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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
TpE Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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Bot.red aa a*ron<t-rlaaa matter April 2S, 1908. at the Postoffles at
Atlanta. Ga.. under act of consreea ot March t. ISIS.
and nobleat achievements of the magnificent century in
which we live, and the movement which places so many
periodicals In the hands of the people Is In one respect
a choice sign of the times. But all these will be but
agenries of decay If they are to sound the knell of the
old and ever delightful volumes which make for culture
and Intellectual .Immortality.
The Trade Press Is Welcome.
The annual meeting of the Southern Trade Press
Association, which la being held In Atlanta today, has
brought together as fine a body of men as this city has
seen In a long time.
There are many matters of Interest to themselves
and to the South In general which are coming up for
discussion during the present session, and this, together
with the pleasure Incident to the annual gathering,
makes the occasion one to be remembered.
Too much cannot be said in commendation of the
noble work done by the trade papers of the South.
While the upbuilding of this section Is an Important
function of the dally press, the latter Is, in the very
nature ot things, a newspaper, first of all, while the sole
province of the trade paper Is to stimulate Interest In
the Industrial and commercial progress of this section
of our common country.
The Georgian Is devoting considerable attention to
this feature, and Its Investigations lead to the convic
tion, made clear In our column*, that the South Is en
joying a period of prosperity such aa It has never seen
before, and which Is not attained by any other section
of the country.
There Is a field for a large number of trade papers
in the South. Our diversified Industries have reached
that degree of Importance that each of them needs a
■pedal organ, and the field Is now very extensively
covered.
President Harman, of the association, who Is at the
head of "Cotton," the largest and moat representative
journal of the cotton trade'published In this section of
the country, hna presided with high ability over the
deliberations of the body and has put through a great
deal of valuable work.
To the visitors within our gates we extend a hearty
welcome. We assure them that The Georgian and the
people at large appreciate their efforts fo build up the
South along the progressive lines they advocate, and
the efficiency of their work will be shown In the future,
as In the past, by the greater prosperity enjoyed by the
South.
Saturday Evening.
It was Coleridge who said that "a book worth read
ing is worth reading twice,” and as an Illustration of
the value and power of thoroughness, someone has said,
"Beware of the man of one book.”
There are only too mnny evidences thnt the Ameri
can people ot today are disposed toward the superficial
•nd have, but little disposition to read- anything which
cannot be devoured within a comparatively short time,
like a magazine article, for Instance.
In this connection some remarkable figures have
recently been given out which show that new period!
cals have been admitted to the malls at the rate of ten
a day for the past ten years, Including 8undays and
holidays. In other words, during tho past decade more
than 40,000 weekly and monthly magazines have been
established In this country.
What Is tfie contrasting fact In this connection?
Twenty-five years ago there were 3,000 book stores In
this country, while the number, we are told, has now
been reduced to less thnn 1,000. This Is In spite of the
fact that during the past quarter of a century the coun
try has greatly Increased In wealth and has grown In
population at least fifty per cent.
In addition to these facts, collected by Tho New
York Times, It should be stated that Germany annually
publishes 354 books for every million of inhabitants,
■nd France 344; that Grent Britain, Holland, Belgium,
Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Sweden, and Norway rank
In the order given. Even Russia, with Its vast agrarian
population, publishes 85 books annually for every mil
Hon of inhabitants, while the Dnlted States, which by
rights should be one of tho most cultured and scholarly
of all the countries of the globe, annually publishes
only 81 books per million of Inhabitants.
This Is Indeed a low proportion In the number of
volumes published annually In this country, nnd At the
same time we are told that the United Stntes publishes
60 per cent of all the periodicals In tho world.
These cold tacts only need to bo reinforced by a mo
ment's reflection on the part of the average reader, who
will readily recall how many new mngnzlncs 'he has
seen on the book stalls during tho past few years, a
great majority of which apparently niako n success,
while some of them attain to really retnarknble propor
tion.
There can be no doubt thnt there Is a larger reading
public today than there ever wns In tho history of the
country. The low price at which the average periodical
can be purchased places tt easily within the reach of peo
ple who a quarter of a century ago paid but little atten
tion to periodical literature and perhaps very little to
reading of any kind.
But It Is an Inevitable deduction that with the amnll
amount of books published In this country, when com
pared to the iKjpulatlon, there Is very little exhaustive
reading—and therein lies the pity of It all.
That man Is to be pitied Indeed who has never form
ed the habit of making fast friendship with books—not
merely with the author but with some Individual volume,
which he thumbs and marks and caresses until It ac
quires the quality of an old friend Indeed. They thus
acquire a character no less distinctive than an Indi
vidual. Wo know the very page to which we can turn
In Don Quixote for the Inimitable scene of Sancho's
Induction to the governorship of the Island of Baratarla;
we remember Just where to find, In "I’nrudlee Lost,”
those haunting lines of Infinite melody, "Heaven opened
wide her ever during gates;” we know Just where yrs
have marked the death scene of Haldee In that surrepti
tious “Don Juan" of the long ago: In the essays of Mac
aulay we turn readily to the New Zealander who "takes
his stand on a broken arch of Ixmdon bridge to sketch
the ruins of 8t. Paul;" we can find "Halmalo” at a
glance In "Ninety-Three.” or "the Island valley of Avtl-
ion" in the "Idyls of the King.”
They are all old friends and welcome us whenever
we have a mind, with the old familiar faces which lend
■ mellow- charm to the luxury of books.
We Salute Them on the Home Stretch,
When the shadows fall slant upon another Saturday
afternoon, there will have passed Into history the mem
ory of the longest and bitterest campaign ever known
to Georgia politics.
Not even the stern and malignant feeling that dis
tressed the days of Troup and Clarke, not that brief but
bitter cnmpalgn between Colquitt nnd Norwood In 1880,
nor yet the fierce rallies between John B. Gordon and
Augustus Bacon, have compared In the remotest degree
to this campaign In the length of Its prosecution and In
the bitterness of the personalities which have distin
guished Its leading candidates.
With the pause which falls upon the closing week
and with the softness and calm of the Sabbath which
Intervenes before the strife is renewed, the Impulses of
the hour lead us once more to a general defense of all
of the parties mixed In this awful scramble and Into
few general words of personal .comment upon each of
those engaged.
Fifteen months, ago not one of the five citizens who
are leading their friends and followers In this campaign,
had ever been smirched by public abuse or by bitter per
sonal criticism. And, six months from today the animus
will hare died from the breath of the battle, and these
five gentlemen will stand up once more before their fel
low men In undlmmed repute and In- unlmpeached char
acter to enjoy the respect of a public which will have
easily forgotten the charges born of conflicting ambitions
and Inspired by factional bote.
We are quite sure -aat each of these men, whatever
the issue of Wednesday's battle, will be glad when it Is
over and will rejoice In the peace and tranquillity which
wraps four of them In the quietude of Individual citizen,
ship, and which will be compensated by triumph evgn if
It beats fiercely upon one of them In the white light of
public station.
Gentlemen of Georgia, wo salute you all. You are
none of you as good or as bad ns you have been painted
by your friends nnd by your enemies. You are none of
you all saints and we feel sure none of you are all sin
ners. You are five strenuous, ambitious, well reputed
Georgln citizens exercising your Indisputable right to as
pire to public office and to fight according to your natural
Instincts nnd to your nnturnl or creative environment for
the one prlzo which Is the goal of your several ambitions.
You can't all win success, but you can each deserve ft.
The Georgian, whose preferences in tl\p campaign have
never l>con personal but are now ns they have always
been attached rather to the Issue than to the personality
at stake, with n full and generous good will salutes you
all.
Col. JAMES M. SMITH, of Oglethorpe, has done his
Estate much service and wo know It. Measured by the
definiteness of his achievements In agriculture and. In de
velopment, no man In all the scramble has writ more
definitely on tho roll of Georgia's meritorious sons
than the farmer candidate of Smltbonia. His broad
acres have been won by his brand Intelligence, and the
teeming crops which have filled his coffers with revenue
have also glorified and Inspired the agriculture of the
state. Colonel Smith has confined his campaign to a
single section of tho state and It Is to be presumed
thnt ho covets most of nil the Indorsement of his Imme
diate neighbors, nnd that within this limited sphere he
hopes to build up a following which will give him n
commanding Influence In case of a locked convention
Thu farmer candidate has freely given nnd received hts
blows In this campaign. He has been criticized and
abused and his personal character Impugned. Hut he
has nlways responded gamely nnd powerfully to every
assault and he will doubtless come nut of the contest
moru respected nnd more Influential than he ever was
before.
Col. JOHN H. ESTILL, of Chnthnm, Is tho only candi
date who has passed through this blistering campnlgn
without n stab or n stroko upon his personal character.
With the single exception of tho bitter feud which has
been voiced In the encounter between the redoubtable
Colonel D. G. Purse and himself, the candidate of South
Georgia has received U|Hin his mailed breast no blows of
venom nnd no shafts of slander or abuse. Ho has pur
sued a tranquil and unruffled way, moving with skill nnd
dignity over the field of battle, meeting his friends, mak
ing bis speeches nnd relying upon n record of remurk-
able business capacity’and success. With a large for
tune amassed by the patient and Intelligent methods
applied to the greut profession of Journalism, Ho has been
for more thnn a score of years the eximnent and voice
of that great section of South Georgia whose metraiiolis
and capital Is the beautiful city of Savannah. There cun
be no doubt that if the ballots of Georgia should cat!
him to the capital. Colonel Kstill would make a sound
and safe executive, nnd that neither the state's credit
nor repututlon would suiter for n moment In his effec
tive hands.
RICHARD RUSSELL has run perhaps the gameyt
and cleverest race of them all. He started with such
small hoiies and with such apparently pitiful possibilities
of success that hts appearance In this last lap of the
race near the front of the procession, running almost
neck and nock with the foremost candidate, is a colossal
and Inspiring tribute to the brains and the energy of this
remarkable man. Without money, without a ring be
hind him, without friends except the faithful few Ins true
as steel to hts cause), he has by the sheer force of his
eloquence, his earnestness and his persistent courage lit
erally forced himself to the front rank of the candidates,
and there are those who say that If the campaign lasted
for three weeks longer his very speed and qualities
| would put hint neck and neck with the foremost man in
admires courage and earnestness can fall to give unstint
ed admiration to the magnificent race which Richard
Russell, of Winder, has run. The'hearts of the people
are with him. They have been won by his self-evident
kinship to themselves and the public will be astonished
by the size of the vote In the Wednesday primaries.
CLARK HOWELL, ot The Constitution, has lived a
life of sunshine and good-fellowship In Georgia. He has
sprinkled a thousand kindnesses over the fertile soil ot
good men's hearts, and the fruits of his sowing have
come back to him In this crisis of his life. Probably
the following of no man in this race is so largeiy and so
warmly personal as that <jf the editor of The Constitu
tion. His genial nature, his kindly speech, bis long ser
vices In the legislature, In the sanetdm and upon state
and national committees of his party and In many forums
of public discussion—all have given him such a hold
upon the people that It Is difficult to estimate It, although
It la not difficult to understand. The Georgian feels that
It rendered Mr. Howell a special service In diverting him
from the mistake of his earlier canvass to a more tram
qull and amiable form of discussion. By bolding the
watch upon him In hla first debate with Hoke 8mlth In
Atlanta we called hla attention aa It had never been
called before to the preponderance of the personal ele
ment In hla argument for the suffrage of the slate. And
with the good judgment which has always distinguished
him, Mr. Howell saw the point, changed hla tactics to
hla own natural and amiable style and has presented
from that time forth hla canvass upon a different
and better plane, .and has unquestionably bettered bis
prospects and multiplied hla .friends every day since hla
change of front. It should be said to hla credit that with
the predictions of the politicians against him he has
fought out hla campaign with a courage and an energy
rarely surpassed. He has not seemed for a moment to
recognise the danger or the possibility' of defeat, but
against evil and good report—upon th* hustings and In
tho forum and In the columns of his newspaper, he has
fought with unflagging faith and with consummate skill
In the political arena, With powerful friends behind him
and with superb agencies sustaining htm In hla great
newapaper, Mr, Howell hna missed no point and skipped
no advantage, and In this closing hour he Is fighting as
cheerily and aa audaciously as If tbe fight had just begun.
Whether he wins or loses In Wednesday's battle he can
have no conscience qualms of efTorta slighted or oppor
tunities neglected In this cnmpalgn.
And whether he be governor of Georgia or continues
to occupy the even more Influential station of editor of
The Constitution, he will continue to be the toast of hla
friends and one of the strongest and most popular men
of Georgia nnd of the South.
HOKE SMITH'S SPLENDID ISOLATION! has been
tho notable and effective thing In his great campaign.
Aa little as his opponents may realize it. It has been of
the strongeat forces thnt have made hla remarkable fob South
lowing. As has been said ot him by one of the strongest
and most eloquent of his champions, "he has met In the
arena every shape of, man and of politician and hat never
yet lowered hla arm. From the beginning until the clos
ing hour It has been Hoke Smith against the field.
He has literally fought them all. Every personal force
In Georgia, and- nearly every forceful politician hae seem
ed J6 be ranged In solid rank against him. It has been
charged that every opposing candidate has held it to be
bis first duty to himself and to bis section to elect blm-
self, and his second duty to defeat Hoke 8mlth. Whether
this be true or not It li at least evident to the casual
and the Impartial observer of The''Georgian that the
campaign baa been held by two factions, one for Hoke
Bmlth and the other composed " ase opposing him.
That he has fought boldly and nult.-.htngly no lover ot
fact or of truth can deny. He has met everything that
has asked him and had a right to ask htm to meet them,
He has faced and fought every oppoaltlon that was flung
against Atm and, without a whine or a whimper and with
out a complaint against the overwhelming odds, he has
carried tbe sword of hla logic and fiercest flash of hla
eye Into the thickest o,‘ the tray. And wherever the
field was the reddest and the fight the fiercest, tbe great
bulk of this isolated candidate has loomed up unterrlfled
and terrible to hla adversaries. In summing up the merits
of the campaign it occurs to the Impartial observer In
the watch tower of The Georgian that this has been the
worst mistake the oppoaltlon has made from the June of
1905 to the August of 1908. The practical unanimity of
the opposition baa awakened for Mr. Spilth tbe sympathy
of the people of Georgia who from time immemorial havo
always been disposed to take sides with the fellow who
was fighting the field. The splendid Isolation into which
this notkbte opposition has forced Mr. Smith In his cam
paign has been a better card than almost any one he
could have played himself. This one man, standing as he
has claimed to stand from the beginning, as the cham
pion of tbe rights and the' interests of the common peo
ple and of the Caucasian race and fighting as one man
against four men, has been a spectacle that has apiiealed
to the people of Georgia In the most dangerous and effec
tive way. Not many mistakes have been made by the
oppoaltlon in this campaign, but the one great mistake Is
to have permitted such an alignment as to have framed
Hoke Smith In n splendid Isolation as the people's cham
pion fighting against all Ihe.forceB of opposition In the
state.
Well, the battle will he over within three days. The
field of the primaries rushes white on on.- sight and the
clans are all gathered In battle array. The eyes of the
people who form the army of the reserve which Is to turn
the scale of battle In this mighty struggle, must lie kept
clear nnd undlmmed .In tho comprehension of the Issues
which dominate the personalities of the campaign.
Not men but measures, not personalities but policies.
Not the politicians but the people, not the office but the
state.
With this shibboleth let the ballot proceed. Let the
great people pass upon the man who shall represent In
best and truest form the measures, tho pollcfM and tho
principles In which they believe.
The battle la on and may the best man with the beat
platform win on Wednesday for Georgia and for the
Growth and Progress of the New South
A Week’s Developments
The Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index, published at Columbus, Oa.,
has now reached Its tenth number. Its special Held Is the Industrial growth
of the South, and particularly of these two stntes. It will give each week,
In succinct form, the latest and most accurate Information of Industrial en
terprises and new buildings of various kinds.
The current Issue Is replete with Information of this kind:
"Continuous and Increasing Industrial development In Georgia and Ala
bama Is revealed by the reports of new enterprises and the enlargement of
established Industries In this week’s Issue of The Index. A feature of the
week's news Is the decision of various progressive cities In the two states
to pave streets, Install sewerage systems and make other improvements of
a public character. The erection of new school houses and the enlargement
of present educational facilities Is also a marked feature.
“Among the new enterprises of the week are 5 banks, bottling plant,
business college, 22 corporations, artoalan well, 2 cotton exchunges, 1 gas
plant, 2 Ice factories, & insurance companies, 3 churches, city hall, court
house, 2 depots, library, Masonic temple, paving plans of four cities, 1
postoftlcc building, many new residences, sewerage systems projected by
3 cities, 9 school houses, telephone exchange, Young Men’s Christian Associ
ation building, 2 warehouses, waterworks systems projected, 4 lumber com
panies, 3 mining companies, neckwear factory, plow factory, poultry farm, 3
power plants, charters for two railroads applied for apd considerable rail
road extension projected, showcase factory, soda water plant, steamboat
line, 10 new business houses, fertiliser factory.’’
&hi &ottiecorks
‘N
The art preservative of arts Is one of tbe greatest ‘the race. Certainly no Georg.au who loves fair play and
O, Harold, you can not havo
a frankfurter—you can’t tell
what they are made of. 1
don’t care |f they do taste, good—you
can't tell what the taste Is made of,
either. The trusts are terrible things,
nnd the beef trust Is worse, although
don’t see why they call It the beef
trust when It has nothing to do with
ef. j
•’Run on nnd bathe now. And you
and Ethel take care of Baby, and if
nu see he'ii going to catch cold bring
him out. What’s that you say? How
you going to tell when he’s going
catch cold? Will you do as you’re
to!d—run on, now. Into the water, but
don't get too wet.
'Ethel! Don’t go too far out. You
can touch bottom? Never mind;
don’t want you to go out *t> far. Why,
I remember a cousin of my slster-ln-
law's child who went out too far, and
she wns drowned and her hair was all
sand.
"Where’s baby?
"Whtri'i Baby?
"WHERE’S BABY?
"Find my child. If you men had
a spark of manhood you’d swim out
and get him. You dont* know where
he Is or where he went? That’s no
reason—I don’t know, either.
"Ethel! Ethe-e-e-1! Har-o-o-o-ld!
Where’s baby? Where’s Ilnrold?
"Oh, there you are, Harold. Have
you seen Baby? He's In the sand—In
the sand? What do you mean? You
were playing pirate and he was your
captive, nnd you burled him. You
buried him—Where? Where? Where,
you young monster?
"You’ll dig him up?
"I should think you would. Fly!
Hurry!
"Oh, Babyunte. Mommer’s nwnest
darling. Is ums Ickle eyes full ot sand?
What did you say, Ethel—the sand
man’s come? You heartless girl.
Come, Babyum*; you and Mrnnnwr
111 have a lemonade. No, you need
not come, Ethel; nor you, Harold. Just
stay there; pirates don't drink lemon
ade.
"Now, Baby, we’re bock again. Hee
brother splashing in the water. Run
away and play now In the sund, and
be a good boy.
"Harold, what are you splashing so
hmch for? Have you caught some
thing? Yes—What Is It?
"It’s Ethel?
"Where Is she?
"She’s under the water—you’re hold
ing her under to see if she can stay
without breathing while you count
slxty-flve—you—you—
"Iset your sister up this instant—pull
her up at once—bring her here In
stantly. She can’t walk—well, carry
her. I can’t get my new pumps wet.
"She's fainted. You’ve killed your
sister” (Zing! Zingl) •
"Here, you man, what are you do
ing—kidnaping my child? What—
you're going to give her lemonade! Oh,
first aid. Hurry up, then; I want to
catch the next boat home.
"Harold—oh, that boy’s fighting!
It’s disgraceful. Stop Instantly, Har
old! Do you hear me? Come here,
sir.
"Why were you hitting that pretty
little boy? Why—because he said
things about your motnmer?
"That’s a good boy, to stick up for
his mother. What did he say?
“What? He said his mother was
fatter than yours?
"Harold! If ever I catch you fight
ing again*’—
CHEAPER STREET CAR PARES.
To the Editor of The'Georgian:
I am this day sending a communica
tion to the mayor and city council of
Atlanta urging them to pass some
measure to secure for the public a re
duction In the price of street car tick
ets by the Georgia Railway and Elec
tric <\mipany, when purchased In
quantities.
nowing of your Interest In matters
pertulnit^ to the public welfare, I feel
sure you will be w illing to make such
editorial comment as you may deem
advisable.
With best wishes to The Georgian, I
am. Wry truly yours,
JAMES N. HORNE.
Atlanta, Go., Aug. 3, 190$.
CAROLINA'S POET CANDIDATE.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Os Welle, of Newberry, who ttvo
years ago gained for himself quite a
reputation as a poet while making the
race for county commissioner, has
again made his appearance In the
county Campaign for re-election, and
circulars, containing "a few disagree
able rhymes,” In his own wordy, have
been scattered broadcast over the
county, The poet laureate of Newber
ry, during the last raco for this office,
delighted to term himself "The One-
F.yecT Mocking Bird," but he has now
dropped such noma de plume and hla
poems appear over hla signature.
In his first poein Mr. Wells pay
respects to a "bad Jumping cow," , _
Ing the following to say regarding the
campaign:
"It Is disagreeable to remove the beam
So you can see the mote,
Or to be hampered with an obnozlous
law that you can't solicit a vote.
Or to see a muster ground bully try
ing to raise a row;
But tbero is nothing so disagreeable
as a bad Jumping cow."
At the conclusion of six verses along
this strain the poet then becomes quite
reminiscent, taking himself back to his
childhood dnys before the wnr, nnd
pays homage to tho "Old .Contort." Tho
closing verse ot this latter l< as fol
lows:
"We are taxed with tolls and cares,
Our shoulders stooped with the weight
of many years;
We once stood erect, considered kind
and brave,
But now we arc leaning, bending over
the grave."
At the conclusion of these two
rhymes, and apparently ns a last ap
peal to the voter for his ballot anil
support, the muse bursts forth In Joy
ful accents, exclaiming:
"Boys, don't pay any attention to what
you hear about my hoary locks.
But drop my name In the ballot box,”
after which It Is left to the voter. In
the meantime Mr. Wells Is receiving,
assurances from his many friends
throughout the county thnt he will he
re-elected by a handsome majority.
Should these predictions prove true,
the people of Newberry- will hnve an
other opportunity to rend a selection
or two from the pen of the poet lau
reate, Ills Invariable custom being to
thank the voters In rhyme for their
support at the ballot box.
The primary will be held the latter
part of August.
HARRY W. DOMINICK.
Newberry, 8. C.
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
• ■ VV . /
New York, Aug. IB.—It mu> ,i„t „ '
been because of an awful squee,i„.
their former master gave their breth*
ren In Wall street yesterday, but to,
some reason or other the two Brp ,,
Alaskan bears given to the br.mx z ,„,
by E. H. Harriman were In a vile st»t.
of temper after the phenomena i unm
In Union Pacific and Southern Pans-
and came very near making a meal „t
their keeper In the presence of a
crowd of sight-seers.
The two big bears were present.-, 1
the xoo by Harrlman and arrived vei°
terday, after a long voyage from ,hi
Cad Ian Islands, off,the Alaskan «
When they had been transferred to thJ
great cage, 75 feet square, In the be"!
den. the keeper fed them meat, bread
and potatoes. In the presence „f .i:
big crowd. ™
The animals got Into a fight over ■
particularly large piece of meat Th.
keeper, seising a pronged stick, riNhcl
Into the cage to separate them Th.
beasts stopped fighting among the™,
selves and ran the keeper Into the ,,,
corner of the cage. The keeper slv.ut-
ed for help and the crowd also veiled
Other keepers came and saved him it
was a hat-il day tor bear.
One by one the Standard on crowd
falls into line as the friends of lh :
public. Walter Jennings, son-in-law
of William Rockefeller, Is the lateit
example. He has thrown open to th.
public the casino and the surnnindhw
lawns of his magnificent estate. n urr .
wood, at Cold Springs Harbor L I
From * o'clock In the morning until |
o'clock In the evening any one may use
the casino dancing pavilion nnd the
grounds, and the millionaire ha* fitted
up thirteen rooms In the hand.,.me
•building as free baths.
Mrs. Robert Lees Arnot. daughter of
Al Adams and divorced wife of a .Men.
can ranch owner, Is finding It a hard
matter to get re-married. Hhe secured
a license to wed a Mr. Naf.ole.in g
Frenchman well known nt Newport
After vainly trying to find one t.
the knot tn Rhode Island, thev went to
Fall River. Whether or not thev have
yet been married Is not known up to
this time.
Miss Virginia Horned Is f.. suirved
Mrs. Leslie Carter-Payne ns a Ibiasi-o
star. This announcement is nm.le ->n
the heels of the news that Mrs. Carter-
Payne had signed a contract with
Charles K. Dillingham, and II Is -.aid
Miss Harned will be under the man
agement of David Belasco for the min
ing season, If not for several seasons.
The play In which Miss Harne.l will
star has practically been derided on.
In the drawings for the national
lawn tennis tournament, beginning at
the Newport casino next Thursday,
Harold Vanderbilt, Sidney .1. Smith and
Francis J. Otis are among the mem
bers of the cottage settlement entered.
More tjinn passing Interest Is cen
tered In Harold Vanderbilt, who h.n
become a clever player, and the young
er set are making wagers he will make
a good showing. So it will be Harold
Vanderbilt who will be the feature of
the tournament.
It Is the time fyr the "tree-lunch
fiend" to feel bad now. Dispatches
from Chicago are to the effect that In a
raid men were found preparing de
cayed |s>rk and beef Into a semblance
of Its, original form for the saloon
trade. ' More than 35,080 pounds of the
■tuff wero found.
The town of llockensnck Is looking
for a new dog-catcher, because Thomas
Greenhaus pulled tho eurl out of the
tull of Mrs. Oelsenhaben'M pug dog and
resigned when charged with cruelty.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
AUQU8T 18.
1510—Mir ItlchnVd Kinpuon ft ml KM mu ml Pmb
I**? rirratrd on Tower Hill.
1569— I*o|H» rmil IV died.
1587—Virginia Dare, flrit white child l*
Amur It'll, born.
1642—(Initio Beni, fnuinti* painter, died.
1780— Engagement nt FDhlng ('feck. H. V.
1830—Kluperor Frnm-l* Jonvpb ot Austria*
Hungary born.
it Alim.
people,
1855— Aimtrin concluded concordat win
Home, giving |m>|n* great power i*
A (inf Hit.
1862—First bmtie of postal currency.
1861—Hcltiirc of tho Weldon rnllrnml.
1880—Ole Rull, fnnmun vlollnlet, died. fl«r*
February 6. 1816.
18S5—German corvette Augusta lout In *!»•
lied Ken with 285 officer* mid men.
1889—M. Dnmnlit, hu*1»mtd of Xnrnli Hero*
Imrilr, died.
1896— flavin fhilton *wnm aero** flic l.’ngll"*
chnniicl on hi* back.
IS9l— Earthquake In Murtlnfque; 34" perwm*
killed.
1894—Aftiuiftsluntlon of Admiral Hn*vliwff»
eoiiiniiiiiMliig KuhmIiiii iihvbI force*.
RETURNING TO ATLANTA
FROM LONG JOURNEY.
TO THE LORD GENERAL (CROM-
WELL) BRYAN.
Bryn
•load
chief of men, who through m
Sot of wnr only, but dofrnetloini ruile.
(*ulde»l l».r fulfil nnd tnntehlem fortitude.
To penes* niu{ truth thy glorious wny hast
ploughed.
And on the neck of crowned Fortum* proud
pursued.
Connecticut Iw now by thee ju)}m1iic«J,
Ohio* Held* rcBomid thy prnlnci* loud*
New Jerncy *«*nd» Iter wreath; vet much
remnliiB
To conquer mill.
* , r l J!.'W 'V «r* tfee colling., from the nsw
Of null Ktreet wolves, whom* go*|M>! In flielr
Special to The Georglnn.
Savannah, Ga., Auff. 18.—J"hn "•
Toole, of the Atlanta Automobile t’otn*
pany, In In Savannah with the large
touring machine In which he Juki com
pleted a trip of 6,000 mllen. He will
remain In Savannah until * qun ^ , . > ;
when he will leave for Atlanta Tn«
car Im the property of Mr. George In
man, president of the Atlanta Automo
bile Company.
WHEN OLD JOHN D. COMES
HOME.
And |MMit o'er laud nnd ocean
They nlmi terxe who only ntmid
hoe John. Avenge thy daughter*!
Ithout
•1 wnlt
Int*.
In men
l.lc M-Stlcrnt .m llw Ibs-ky Mountains rokl:
BrW, nl.| , ’“ kl ' 1 '' ' h> ' ,r " ,h m •" ,r * "t
Wfc*« nil nnr fatlii-rs worship! slocks aud
liondit.
Atlanta, Us. —Jam*, J. Binding
By JAMES J. MONTAGUE.
‘•IliMmt the price of gtnollue!”
fried Roger*, with a neowl:
"Hike the tnx on keroneue,
And let coiiHiimern howl,
For idd John 11. I* coming home, so w
with nil your will* u »
To get n few more billion buck*
In the till*:
For whnt's the l*. K public f»»r
pair (if* tiflfe , , ,
Ere he «etn forth upon the
ocean?"
•*l»t w
(juoth AreblHihl. with n *h«Mit:
"Sqoecge the abort* ninl get the court*
To rule the kicker* out; . hli
Tnke every sucker'* »n*h off him
him If he yip*: . , n
Todny'* th** dny when old John D* u l
the liner anlp*. , ft
And nil hi* loving countrymen • -
l*«y hi* tip* ,
When ho l« oil the raring, tearing «"**a D *
"I’hnrge three per thou, for g*»* fo-hy,
Kntd Bedford, with n frown.
"And have the burlier* *oklered »!'•
Ko folk* r*n’t turn 'em down. n n
Mix ,h.-rtffs wait Inr ok) Julia !>.. «•>
him off the mil. .,
And dnp th* Irnll nnd chain «»» bhu **
n* lie * In hull. . t hlai
Aud lie’ll in*«*l cow In «|umitltle* to
nut of J«f!.
When he get*
lasbiug. Ju.Ulafi