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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
Saturday. acgist
and nobleat achievements of the magnificent century In
which we live, and the movement which places so many
periodicals In the bands of the people is in one respect
a choice sign of the times. But all these will be but
agencies of decay It they are to sound the knell of the
old and ever delightful volumes which make for culture
and Intellectual immortality.
Entered as eecond-cldM mutter Ap-H 28. IMS. at the Poatofftce St
Atlanta. Ga.. under act of congress of Kerch 8. U7f.
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The Trade Press Is Welcome.
The annual meeting of the Southern Trade Presa
Association, which la being held In Atlanta today, has
brought together ns fine a body of men «a 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 of things, a newspaper, first of all. while the sole
province of the trade paper Is to stimulate Interest in
the industrial and commercial progreas of this section
of our common country.
• The Georgian la devoting considerable attention to
this feature, and its investigations lend to the convic
tion, made clear In our columns, that the South Is en
joying a period of prosperity such os It has never seen
before, and which Is not attained by any other section
of the country.
There Is a Held for a large number of trade papers
in the South. Our dlversifled industries have reached
that degree ot Importance that each of them needs a
special organ, and the field Is now very extensively
covered.
President Harman, ot the association, who Is at the
head of "Cotton," the largest and most representative
journal of tlio cotton trade published in this section of
the country, has presided with high ability over the
deliberations ot 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 effort* to build up the
South along the progressive lines they advocate, and
the efficiency of their work will bo 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 wortli read-
Ing Is worth reading twice," and as an Illustration of
the TSlu^ and power of thoroughness, Bomeone has said,
"Beware of the man of one book.”
There are only too many evidences that the Ameri
can people of today are disposed toward the superficial
and have but little disposition to read nnythtng which
cannot be devoured within a comparatively short time,
like a magazine article, for instance.
In tbla connection some remarkable figures -have
recently been given out which show that now periodi
cals have been admitted to the malls at the rate of ten
a day for. tho pnat ton years, including Sundays and
holidays. In other words, during the past decade more
than 40,000 weekly and monthly magazines have been
established in this country.
What is tho contrasting fact In this connection?
Twenty-five years ago there were 3,000 book stores in
this cosntry, while the number, we are told, has now
been reduced to less thnn 1,000. This Is In spite of the
fact that during tho 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 ot Inhabitants,
und Prance 344; that Great Britain, Holland, Belgium,
Switzerland. Austria, Italy, Sweden, and Norway rank
In the order given. iOven Russia, with Its vast agrarian
population, publishes 85 books annually for every mil
lion of inhabitants, while the United States, which by
lights should ho one of the most cultured and seliolnriy
of all the countries of the globe, nnuunlly publishes
only 81 books per million of Inhabitants.
This Is Indeed a low proportion iff the number of
volumes published annually In.this rountry, nml at the
same time we are told thiit the United States publishes
60 per cent ot all tile periodicals In the world.
These cold Vucls only need to be reinforced by a mo
ment's reflection on the part of the average reader, who
will readily recall how many now magazines he has
seen on the hook stalls during tho past few years, n
great mnjorlty of which apparently make a success,
while some of them attain to really remarkable propor
tion.
There can be no doubt that thero is n larger reading
public today than there ever was In the history of the
country. The low prlco at which the average periodical
can be purchased places It easily within the reach of peo
ple who a quarter of a ceqtury ago paid hut little atten
tion to periodical literature and perhaps very little to
reading of nay kind.
* But It Is an Inevitable deduction that with the small
amount of bookB published in this country, when com
pared to the population, there Is very little exhaustive
reading—and therein lies the pity of tt all.
That man Is to be uUted Indeed who has never form
ed the habit of making fast friendship with hooks—not
merely with the author but with some individual volume,
which he thumbs and marks and caresses until it ac
quires the quality ot an old friend indeed. They thus
acquire a character uo leas distinctive thnn an indi
vidual. We 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, tn "Paradise Ix»«t,"
those haunting lines of infinite melody, "Heaven opened
wide her ever during gates;" we know Just where we
have marked the death scene of Haidee In that surrepti
tious "Don Juan” of the long ago; In the essays of Mne-
auiay we turn readily to the New Zealander who "takes
bis stand on a broken arch of London bridge to sketch
the ruins of St. Paul;” we can find "Haimalo” at a
glance in "Ninety-Three,” or '"the island valley of Avll-
Jon" In the "Idyls of the King.”
They are all old friends and welcome us whenever
we have a mind, with the old famlltar faces which lend
a mellow charm to the luxury of books.
The art preservative of arts Is one of the greatest
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 dayB of Troup and Clarke, not that brief but
bitter campaign between Colquitt and Norwood In 1880,
nor yet the fierce rallle* between John B. Gordon and
Augustus Bacon, have compared la the remotest degree
to this campaign In the length of Its prosecution and In
tho bitterness of the personalities which have distin
guished its leading candidates.
With the pause which rails upon the closing week,
and with the softness and calm of the Sabbath which
Intervenes before'the strife is renewed, the Impulsed of
the hour lead us once more to a general defense of all
of the parties mixed In this awful scramble and Into a
few general words of personal comment upon each of
those engaged.
Fifteen months ago' not one of the five clttxens who
are leading their rriends 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 have 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 hate. 1 •
We are quite sure mat each of these men, whatever
the issue of Wednesday's battle, will be glad when it is
over and will rejoice la the peace and tranquillity which
wraps four of them in the quietude of individual cltisen-
shlp, and which will be compensated by triumph even if
it beats fiercely upon one of them in the white light of
public station.
Gentlemen of Georgia, we salute you all. You are
none of you as good or as bad as you have been painted
by your friends nnd by your enemies. You are none ot
you all saints and we feel aure none of you are all sin
ners. You are five strenuous, ambitions, well reputed
Georgia citizens exercising your Indisputable right to as
pire to public office and to fight according to your natural
Instincts and to your natural or creative environment tor
the one prize which Is the goal of your several ambitions.
You can't all win success, bu\ you can ench deserve It
The Georgian, whose preferences In the campaign have
never been personal but are now as they have always
been attached rather to the Issue than to the personality
at stake, with a full and generous good will salutes you
all.
Col. JAMES M. SMITH, of Oglethorpe, has done his
state much sendee and we know It Measured by the
definiteness of his achievements in agriculture and hi de
velopment, no man In all the scramble has writ more
definitely on the' roll ot Georgia's meritorious sons
than the farmer candidate ot Smlthonla. His broad
acres have been won by hla broad Intelligence, and the
teeming crops which have filled his coffers with revenue
have also glorified and Inspired the agriculture ot the
state. Colonel 8mlth has confined his campaign to a
single section of the stnte nnd It Is to be presumed
that he covets most of all the Indorsement of his imme
diate neighbors, and that within this limited sphere he
hopes to build up a following which will give him a
commanding Influence In case of a locked convention
The farmer candidate has freely given and received his
blows In tills campaign. Ho has been criticized and
abused and his personal character Impugned. But he
has always responded gamely and powerfully to every
assault nnd he will doubtless come out of the contest
more respected nnd more Influential thnn he ever was
before.
Col, JOHN H. ESTILL, ot Chatham, Is the only cantM
date who has passed through this blistering campaign
without a stab or a stroke upon his personal character.
With the single exception of the bitter feud which has
been voiced tn tho encounter between the redoubtable
Colonel D. G, Purse nnd himself, the candidate of South
Georgia lms received upon hla mulled breast no blows of
venom and no shafts of slander or abuse. He has pur*
sued a tranquil and unruffled way, moving with sklft nnd
dignity over the field of battle, meeting his friends, mak
ing his speeches nnd relying upon a record of remark
able business capacity and success. With a large for
tune amassed by the patient and Intelligent methods
applied to the great profession of Journalism, he has been
for more than n scoro of years the exponent and voice
of that great section of South Georgia whose metropolis
nnd capital Is the beautiful city of Savannah. There can
be no doubt that tt tho ballots of Georgia should call
him to the capital, Colonel Katlll would make a sound
and sate executive, and that neither the state’s credit
nor reputation would suffer for a moment In his effec
tive hands. •
RICHARD RUSSELL has run perhaps the gameyt
nnd cleverest race of them all. He started with such
small hopes ami with such apparently pitiful possibilities
of success that his appearance In this last lap of the
race near the front of the procesalon, running almost
neck and neck 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 (as true
as steel to his 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 arc those who say that It the eamiialgn lasted
for three weeka longer his very Bpeed and qualities
would put him neck ant', neck with the foremost man in
the race. Certainly no Georgian who loves fair play and
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, of The Constitution, has lived a
life ot sunshine antf good fellowship in Georgia. He has
sprinkled a thousand kindnesses over the fertile soil of
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 largely and so
warmly personal as that of the editor of The Constitu
tion. His genial nature, his kindly speech, his long ser
vices In the legislature. In the sanctum and upon state
and national committees of his party and th many forums
of public discussion—all have given him such a hold
upon the people that it Is difficult to estimate It, although
it is not dlfflcnlt 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 tran
quil and amiable form' ot discussion. By holding the
watch upon him in his first debate with Hoke Smith in
Atlanta we called bis attention as it had never been
called before to the preponderance of the personal ele
ment In bis argument for the suffrage of the state. And
with the good judgment which haa always distinguished
him, Mr. Howell saw the point, changed his tactics to
hla own natural and amiable style and has presented
from that time forth his canvass upon ,a different
and better plane, and has unquestionably bettered his
prospects and multiplied his friends every day since his
change of front. It should be said to his credit that with
the predictions ot 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 the hustings and In
the forum and in the columns of his newspaper, he haa
fought with unflagging faith and with consummate skill
in the political arena. With powerful friends behind him
and with superb agencies sustaining him tn his great
newspaper, Mr. Howell has missed no point and skipped
no advantage, and in this closing hour he Is fighting as
cheerily and as audaciously as If the fight had Just begun.
Whether he wins or loses in Wednesday's battle he can
have no conscience qualms of efforts slighted or oppor
tunities neglected in this campaign.
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 his
friends and one of the strongest and most popular men
of Georgia and of the South.
HOKE SMITH’S SPLENDID ISOLATION! has been
the notable and effective thing In his great campaign.
As 'little as his opponents may realize it. It has been of
the strongest forces that have made his remarkable fol
lowing. As has been said of 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 has never
yet lowered his 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 has seem
ed to be ranged lit solid raqk against him. It has been
charged that every opposing candidate has held it to be
his first duty to himself and to his section to elect him
self, and his -second duty to defeat Hoke Smith. Whether
this be true or not it Is at least evident to . the casual
and the impartial observer of The Georgian that the
campaign has been held by two fictions, one for Hoke
Smith and the other composed «f ' cse opposing him.
That he has fought boldly and um;.„.hlngly no lover of
fact or of truth can deny. He has met everything that
has asked him and had a right to ask him to meet them.
He has faced and fought every opposition that was flung
against him and, without a whine or a whimper and with
out a complaint against the overwhelming odds, he has
carried the sword of his logic and fiercest flash of his
eye Into the thickest of the fray. And wherever the
field was the reddest and the fight the fiercest, the-great
bulk of this Isolated candidate baB loomed up unterrifled
and terrible to his 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 opposition has made trim the June of
1905 to the August of 1906. The practical unanimity of
the opposition has awakened for Mr. Smith the sympathy
of the people of Georgia who from time Immemorial have
always been disposed to take sides with the fellow who
was fighting the field. The splendid isolation Into which
this.notable 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 olalmed to stand from the beginning, as the cham
pion qf the rights and the interests of the common peo-
pie and -of the Caucasian race and fighting as one man
against four men, has been a spectacle-that has appealed
to the people ot Georgia In the most dangerous and elteo
tlve way. Not many mistakes have been made by the
opposition 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 the forces ot opposition In the
state.
Well, the battle will be over within three days. The
field ot the primaries rushes white on ou.- 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 be kept
clear and undimmed In the comprehension ot the Issues
which dominate the personalities of the campaign.
Not men but measures, not porsousiltles 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, the pollctM and the
principles In which they believe.
The battle Is on and may tbe best man with the best
platform win on Wednesday for Georgia and for the
South.
Growth and Progress of the New South
Jng attention. .
A Week’s Developments
The Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index, published at Columbus, Ga.,
has now reached its tenth number. Its special field is the Industrial growth
of the South, and particularly of these two states. It will give each week,
In aucctnct form, the lateet and moet accurate Information ot Induatrlal en
terprises and new bulldlnge of varioua 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, 23 corporations, artesian well, 2 cotton exchanges, 1 gas
plant, 2 Ice factories, 5 Insurance companies, 3 churches, city hall, court
house, 2 depots, library. Masonic temple, paving plans of four cities, 1
postoffice building, many new residences, sewerage systems projected by
3 cities, 9 school houses, telephone exchange, Toung 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 and considerable rail
road extension projected, show-case factory, soda water plant, steamboat
line, 10 new business houses, fertilizer factory.”
“N
O, Harold, you can not have
a frankfurter—you can't tell
what they ‘ are made of. I
don’t rare If they do taste good—you
can’t tell what the taste Is made of,
either. The trusts are terrible things,
and the beef trust Is worse, although
I don’t see why they call It the beef
trust when It has nothing to do with
beef.
’•Run on and bathe now. And you
and Ethel take care of Baby, nnd it
you see he’s going to catch cold bring
him out. What’s that you say? How
are you going to tell when he’s going
to catch cold? Will you do as you’re
told—run on, now, Into the wat£r, but
don’t get too wet.
•‘Kthel! Don’t go too far out. You
can touch bottom? Never mind; I
don’t want you to go out so far. Why,
J remember a cousin of my-slster-ln-
law’s child who went out too far, nnd
she was drowned and her hair was all
sand. t
“Where’s baby?
“Where’s Baby?
"WHERE'S BABY?
“Find my child. If you men had
spark of manhood you’d swim out
ami 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 Harold?
“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, and 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. Babyums, Mummer's ownest
darling. Is urns Ickle eyes full of sand?
What did you sav, Ethel—the sand
man's comet You heartless girl.
Come, Babyums; you and Mommer ‘
will have a lemonade. No, you need
not come, Ethel; nor you, Harold. Just
stay there; pirates don’t drink lemon
ade.
“Now, Bnby, we’re back again. See
brother splashing In the water. Run
away and play now In the sand, and
be a good boy.
“Harold, what are you splashing so
much 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—
“Let your sister up this Instant—pull
her up at once—bring her here
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 wdnt 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 mommer?
"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 FARES.
To the Editor of Tho 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 Company, when purchased in
quantities.
Knowing of your Interest In matters
pertaining to the public welfare, l feel
sure you will be willing to make such
editorial comment as you may deem
advisable.
With best wishes to The Georgian, I
am. Very truly youra, -
JAMES N. HORNE.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 3, 1901.
CAROLINA’S POET CANDIDATE.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Oa Wells, of Newberry, who two
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, contajnlng "a few disagree
able rhymes,’’ in his own words, have
been scattered broadcast over the
county. The poet laureate of Newber
ry, during the last race for this office,
delighted to term himself “The One-
Eyed Mocking Bird,*’ but he haa now
dropped such noma de plume and his
poems appear over his signature.
In his first poem Mr. Wells pays his
respects to a “bad Jumping cow,’’ hav
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 obnoxious
law that you can’t solicit a vote,
Or to see a muster ground bully try
ing to raise a row;
But there la 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 days before the war, and
pays homage to the “Old Confed.” The
closing verse of this latter is 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 are leaning, bending over
the grave.”
At the conclusion of these two
rhymes, and apparently as a last ap
peal to the voter for hts ballot and
support, the muse bursts forth In Joy
ful accents, exclaiming:
•Boys, don’t pay any attention to what
you henr 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 that he will be
re-elected by a handsome majority.
ShoulcL. these predictions prove true,
the people of Newberry will have an
other opportunity to read a selection
or two from the pen of the poet lau
reate, his 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, S. C.
i GOSSIP I
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
N.w . -rk, At... _/.wt y. „ ot
been because of an awml sqneczin.
their former master gave their hreth
ren In Wail street yesterday, hut r,, r
some reaaon or other the two
Alaskan bears given to the bronx
by E. H. Harrlman were In a vile state
of temper after the phenomenal i umD
In Union Pacific and Southern Pm-uic
and came very near making a meal nt
their keeper In the presence ot a Kre .|
crowd of sfght-seers. * eai
The two big bears were presented
■the zoo by Harrlman nnd arrived ye,
terday, after a long voyage from .hi
Cadlan Islands, off the Alaskan Jn
When they had been transferred to ti,.
great cage, 75 feet square, in the bear
den. the keeper fed them meat, bread
nnd potatoes, in the presence of th.
big crowd. '
The animals got into a fight over •
particularly large piece of meat. The
keeper seizing a pronged stick, rushed
Into the cage to separate them. The
beasts stopped fighting among them,
selves and ran the keeper Into the far
corner of the cage. The keeper shout-
ed for help and the crowd also yelled
Other keepers came and saved him It
was a hard day for bear.
One by one the Standard oil crowd
falls Into line as the friends of t h«
public. Walter Jennings, son-in-law
of William Rockefeller, Is the l a te,t
example. He has thrown open to the
public the casino and the surroundln,
lawns of hts magnificent estate. Burr*
wood, at Cold Springs Harbor, I, j.
Frofn 8 o'cloek In the morning until |
o'clock In the evening any one may u*.
the casino dancing pavilion and the
grounds, and the millionaire has ntted
up thirteen rooms In the hand sums
building as free baths.
Mrs. Robert Lees Arnot. daughter of
At Adams and divorced wife of a Mexi
can ranch owner, Is finding It a hard
matter to get re-married. She secured
ft license to wed o Mr. Napoleon, a
Frenchman well known at Newport
After vainly trying to find one to tie
the knot In Rhode Island, they went to
Fall River. Whether or not they have
yet been married Is not known up to
this time.
Miss Virginia Hamed Is to succeed
Mrs. Leslie Carter-Payne as a Helasco
star. This announcement Is made on
the heels of the news that Mrs. Carter-
Payne had signed a contract with
Charles B. Dillingham, and It Is said
Miss Hamed will be under the man
agement of David Belasco for the com
ing season, tt not for several seas in'.
The play In which Miss Hained will
star has practically been decided on.
In the drawings for the national
lawn tennis tournament, beginning at
the Newport casino next Thursday,
Harold Vanderbilt, Sidney J. Smith nnd
Francis J. Otis art among the mem
bers of the cottage settlement entered.
More than passing Interest Is cen
tered In Harold Vanderbilt, who has
become a clever player, and the young
er sot 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 for the "free-lunch
fiend” to feel bad now. Dispatches
from Chicago are to the effect that In a
raid men were found preparing de
cayed pork and beef Into a semblance
of Its original form for the saloon
trade. More than 25,009 pounds of the
stuff were found.
The town of Hackensack Is looking
for a new dog-catcher, because Thomas
Grecnhaus pulled the curl out of the
tall of Mrs. Gelseifhaben's pug dog and
resigned when charged with cruelty.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
- AUGUST 18.
1610—Hlr Richard Etnpsbu ami Edmund Pud-
ley executed on Tower Hill.
1569—l’ope Paul IV died.
1587—Virginia Bare, lirat white child !■
America, born.
1612—Guido Held, famous pnlnter. died.
1780— Engagement at Fishing Creek, S. l\
1830— Emperor Franeli Joseph of Austria-
Hungary bom.
1840—Bridge at Albany, N. Y„ fell, killing
twenty lanqile.
1866—Austria concluded concordat with
Home, giving pope great power iu
Auatrln.
1862— First tone ot poatal currency.
1864—Helmut* of the Weldon railroad.
1880— Ole Bull, fnumtlH violinist, died. Hero
February 6, 1810.
18N6—Oermnn corvette Augusta lost In th**
Bed Hen with 285 officer* nml men.
1889— M, Bnmnln, husband of Hnrnb Peru*
Imrdt, tiled.
1890— Bavin Balt on nwnin across the tingiM
Ninimel on bin bnek.
1S91—Earthquake iu Martinique; 3H> persons
0 killed. _
1S94— Anna nil nation of Admiral ItnsvIsoB,
count funding Russian naval force*.
RETURNING TO ATLANTA
FROM LONG JOURNEY.
TO THE LORD GENERAL (CROM
WELL) BRYAN.
t-inttil
our chief of
who through n
Not of war only, but detractions rude,
Guided by faith nnd uuitcblenn fortitude.
To peace and truth fby glorious way bast
tbei*
__ -jev
pursued,
'onnecfletit is now by thee subdued.
Ohio's fields ce*4miid thy prnljws loud.
Jersey sends her wreath; yet much
Ills state.
Nebraska, thousand* at bin bidding speed,
And post o’er land nml ocean without rest—
They also serve who only stand and wait
”or Job*. Avenge thy slaughtered saints,
whose I mnes
Je scattered on the Boeky Mountains cold;
Even them who kept thy truth so pure of
Special to The Georgian.
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 18.—John
To«le, ot the Atlanta Automobile Com
pany, Is In Savannah with the large
touting machine In which he ju»t com
pleted a trip of 6,000 miles. He will
remain In Savannah until
when he will leave for Atlanta. in®
car Is the property of Mr. George in-
man, president of the Atlanta Automo
bile Company.
WHEN OLD JOHN D. COMES
HOME.
By JAMES J. MONTAGUE.
“Boost the price of gasoline!”
fried Rogers, with n scowl:
“Hike the tax on kerosene.
And let consumers howl. ,
For old John B. I* coming home, *' ,r *
with all your wills , ,
To get a few more billion buck*
In the tills: , . „
For what's the I'. 8. public for except
pay bis bills , , ...itnjr
Ere be set* forth upon the *
ocean?”
tJUinn A. 1 IIIISSMI, w • i•• a -_,j
’Squeeze the shorts nml get the conns
”* ride the kickers out; _ Kl _ nli( j | 1(B
when old John
iNUtds.
Atlanta, Go.
—James J. Booling.
Take every sucker's cash off him
him If he yips:
Today's, the day
the liner ships. . . . ro
Ami all Ids loving countrymen h.i'» *•
nosHn* tltm ,
When he Is on the rnrlug. tearing
“flwirge three per thon. for ga* today.
Halil Bedford, with a frown.
“And have the burners soldered »I •
Ho folks enn't turn ’em .. , n .ill
Hlx sheriffs wait tor old John B- 1
him off the rail. *„. 3
Ami dap the Imll nml chain on him «