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'V HP»" THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. TVEROAT. SEPTEMBER 4. 190«. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Subscription Rites: One.Teir $4.SO Six Months 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By Cirrier, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday bjr THE GEORGIAN CO. tt 25 W. Alabama Street, Atlanta; Ga. Entered as second-elite matter April •. ISM. at tbe Pittance at Attests. Cs- uader act of coosreae of Mircb A ISIS. Municipal Ownership For Atlanta. Hundreds ot people hare commented favorably upon the attitude of The Georgian laat Saturday with refer ence to municipal ownership ot the electric and gas . plants. Words of encouragement bare come to this pa per for ft- to keep up the fight. Consumers who are fear ful of offending the corporation have emphatically de nounced the praotleea of the gae and electric lighting people, requesting that their names be withheld for fear that they will be made to suffer. Story after story of arbitrary’ practice*, such aa that to which Mr. Van Landlngham and Mr. Allen were subjected,. have been communicated to this office. Increase In rate without rhyme or reason have been known. 1 Now the people ere tired. Many a conservative citi zen has shaken hla head In silent rage while there lurked In his breast ah Intenae desire to bring about a change. Many have silently resolved to lend tbelr aid to any movement looking to relief. Tbe question of an appeal to the city officials has frequently been considered. But then there came that same old question of What's the use? The corporation had the monopoly; it owned the gas plant; It owned the electric lighting plant; It owned tbe heating plant; It owned the street railway. It had millions with which to fight Its battles. And that It would fight wont without saying. Tbe mind’s eye looks back to the time when there was competition In atreet railway*. The memory of 3 cent fare*, heated cars and gas that burned brightly, to gether with decent treatment by gas and electric light company omployeas, has not died yeL And the people wonder what baa brought about tbe change. A man up In Boston brought It abouL He came to Atlanta with hla millions and now he ha* taken all of his millions out of Atlanta again and la taking many of Atlanta's millions out with him. Money that could be going to a reduction of the tax rate le going for the en largement of that Boaton man'* builneai; the Atlanta mlllloae are going to Increate the pile of the Boaton man's million*. Every time the queetlon of municipal ownerahlp I* suggested there le raleed the cry of socialism. Every one who knows anything knows that there Is not the slightest similarity. A city Is simply an overgrown Indi vidual. That individual decides that It will make for It- •elf what It ha* been getting another to make for It. There la' no queetlon of dividing tip the city'* wealth. It I* (Imply a queatlon of putting a quietus on the plan of a greedy corporation to collect an unfair per tent of what the citizen* of a city may earn. Then there I* railed the cry that neither the city, itate nor government should enter Into competition with the Individual. Thla cry Is always raised by the Individual. By hi* very cry the Individual admlte the greater strength ot the city. It I* an appeal for sympathy. But the Indi vidual—which happens to be tho corporation which wishes to continue Its practice of overcharging for It* produet—doe* not tell the city that there I* no question of competition. The city does not Intend to manufacture gat or electricity to be ecld. The city Intend* to ut* that . gas and electricity. The olty will not be In competition with tha individual. It a man knowa tha tailoring buelnesi and decides that hs want* to order a pair of trousers, Is It competition with his fellow tailor for that man to make himself n pair of trousers? ff a woman neads a dress and Is capa ble of making a dress—*a all women should be—Is It competition for her to decide not to pay tha exorbitant charge of tbe dreesmaker, but to go to work and make that drees for herself? Ii that competition? New York city ownMhe subway; she owns her ferry tins between The Battery and Staten Island; she owns an electric lighting plant on the Williamsburg bridge which Is saving her annually many thousands of dollars. Tho subway Is leased, but when the lease expires tho property will revert to tbs city. In the meantime the city has absolute control and can dictate the manner In which August Belmont and his crowd shall operate the Subway. Tha Rapid Transit board can dictate that auffl. dent cars be operated so that working women and men will not have to hang to straps. The fltafen Island ferry Is another municipally owned and municipally operated property. Previously It required the residents of Staten Island 40 minutes to reach Man hattan Island, where thousands of them were employed. Old boats, bearing a strong resemblancb to Noah's Ark, ware used. The company operating tha line would make no Improvement. The people stepped In and took charge. Now the time between Manhattan and Btatan Islands la only 20 minutes—Just one-half. The gas plant In Indianapolis la another Illustration. The people got tired. They rose In their might and or ganised their own gas company. It was oporntsd with a rata of 60 cents per thousand to the people and paid a handsome profit. One doe* not have to go to Glasgow or any of tbe foreign cities for example*. Municipal owner ship exists In this country—and successfully. It tho people do not protect themselves In these mat ters they may be sure that they will not be protected. It they remain content to alt Idly by, working nnd slaving that they may pay gas nnd electric light hills bearing enormous profits to foreign owned corporations, then they deserve to have this money taken from their pock ets. Unless they assert themselves they may be sure that tbe money grabbing corporations are going to con tinue to assert themselves and continue to reap every sheaf of the golden harvest that comes within reach of their scythes. Exorbitant rate for electric and gaa power It keeping down local manufacturing enterprises just ns the freight rates keep them down. When a manufacturer has to pay S higher price for hla power and light than does hla com petitor In a neighboring town. Just so much does he have to cut down hla profits to meet that competitor. For that very reason factories that would havo been built In At lanta. giving employment to hundreds of people, have been built In other cities and amaller towns. The growth of this dly has been retarded. Tha department stores that use largely of gaa and electricity are fit a disadvantage. Money that goes to I eying gaa and electric bills could be going to pay bet- ter salaries; to an enlargement of the business; to the men who have Invested their capital In local enterprises who would In turn spend this money locally, building beautiful houses, Improving real estate, paying taxes that better streets and better roads might be built. Thera la no disposition on the part of The Georgian to Insift that tbe city enter into competition with the Georgia Railway and Electric Company In so far as light and power are furnished to Individual*. But tho city I should own and operate lta plant. It should have poles [and wires and conduits. Tha power and light would be there. If the Individual consumer did not get proper rates apd treatment from the Qeorgla Railway and Elec tric Company he could make application to the city for light and power and the city would be In a poeltton to supply It at a reasonable rata so that a legitimate profit might be made. The mere presence of that plant would be a menace to tbe arbitrary dealings of the corporation. That corpor ation would hava a continual warning that It must be civil and Just In Its treatment of tbe citizens of this city. The people have grown tired of Injustice. The Georgian wants to get In touch with the people on this queatlon. If you have been the victim of 111 or unfair treatment at the hands ot tbe Georgia Railway and Electric Company, tell ua your grievance. Send us an account relating Just what the Imposition was. If you don't want your name mentioned you may be sure we won't mention It. Probably there may be bnalneaa rea sons. We will keep the faith. But we want to serve the people. We want the citizens of this elty to be treated Just ahd fair. We will be In position to,,help you right your wrongs it you will tell ua what they are. Understand, we do not waht to read a long account of an Imaginary wrong. We do not want an unfair at tack on the Georgia Railway and Electric Company. We want to treat the Georgia Railway and Electric Company with Justice, Juat aa we want the Georgia Railway and Electric Company to treat the people with Justice. We want the people to think these things out for themselves. We want the people to realize that their financial welfare Iz at ztake. The financial welfare IS es sential to the happiness of tha home. It affects the edu cation of the children. It affects your happiness, your comfort, your future prosperity. Tell us your experiences along these lines. adduced during the recent Investigation, there were cer tain Irregularities In the management of the association which demand a clear and Impartial Investigation. The days have gassed when bitterness and rancour prevailed between tbe Cotton Association and It* critics. We prefer to look upon this Institution In a purely ab stract manner. But we are honestly and frankly of the opinion that the best Interests of the Southern Cotton Associa tion would be better subserved by the resignation of Mr. Cheatham. It Is fin undented fact that this gentleman, who la a high officer tn tho association, has been guilty, accord ing to the findings of hla own friends and associate*, of (peculating In cotton futures. With one hand he was ad vocating day after day the abolition of cotton speculation. He pointed to better worlds, but unfortunately lie did not lead the way. and with the other hand he was un doubtedly guilty of dabbling In eotton futures nnd thereby has brought the cotton association Into something like disrepute. • There la nothing of unkindness In this criticism. We say It solely with a view to the best Interests of a great Institution of which he Is the secretary. But we hon estly believe that the future of that Institution would be best subserved by the resignation of Secretary Richard Cheatham. Georgia reports a bumper crop of peanuts this year. This may explain the wonderful activity among her poli ticians quite recently.—Washington Post. To say nothing of the shell gatge. 'GOSSIP! The Governor’s Responsibilities With this day at Macon, by the formal rote ot the Democratic convention following the gratifying verdict of the Democrats primaries, the Hon, Hoke Smith be came tho nominee of the Democratic party and there fore the next governor of Georgia. It Is stretching no comparison to any that the eyes and the expectation of the state and 6f the South are upon the new governor of this Imperial commonwealth, All the circumstances which surrounded his election and all the militant force and aggressiveness of his own eventful life have-crystallized sectional and national ex pectation upon him, and th'e new governor of Georgia standing In the yrhlte light of publicity will front the mag nificent opportunity and also the fearful responsibility of fulfillment. It can be said without fear of contradiction that If any man could carry out the things with which he has pledged himself, ft would be the next governor of Geor gia. Certainly no personality more forceful, more pro gressive and more capable has held the executive reins of Oeorgln'wlthln the present generation. With courage, with capacity, with past experience and enormous en ergy of will power the new governor of Georgia becomes at once a marked and national figure before ha haa as sumed the rein* of power. The Georgian la one of those who have championed without variation the principles upon which the new gov ernor of Georgia won his splendid triumph. Far In ad vunce of -Mr. Hoke Smith himself, the editor of this pa per has been the evangel and apostle of that doctrine which would settle and establish the supremacy ot the white race In the affairs of this government for the peace nnd welfare of both race*. Ws rejoice without limit In the accession of so great and so powerful a recruit to the ranks of tho reform which we have so mllltnntly preached. And we are glad now that the experiment up on which so much of our racial purity and our racial Integrity will depend la In the hands nf a man so strong with a mind so tortile and so bold to plan and to exe cute. The ono great duty which rests upon the multitude of Georgians who have voted him Into this solemn respon sibility and (tower Is to hold up his hands In the execution of the reforms which he has pledged. It becomes a debt of honor and a debt of patriotism that we who have placed thla responsibility In hts hands shall help him to fulfill the expectation of the stnts. Without the surrender of any Individuality, without forgetting for a moment the right of every eltlxen to think for himself, without giv ing over the undisputed right to crltlclxo and to reject, yet wo feel that the great body of thla great people should give their ears and their hearts to the prudent methods which the new governor of Georgia will Institute to establish white inpremitry and n Juat and equltabla rate for the transportation of commerce through the state ot Georgia. No captious objections should handicap the honest sfforts of a brave executive. No email Jeal ousies should clog the way of vital and great reforms. But with a high and resolute sense of the moaning of the next two years to the people of Georgia, we trust that every cltlsen will lend hie voice and his vote to his full Intelligence and will give his cooperation without stint to the reform measures advocated by the distinguished Georgian whom wo have charged with the responsibility of their execution. We congratulate tho next governor of Georgia. W* extend to him our highest sympathy for the serious and perplexing problems of his administration and we send to him the assurance that he may expect the honest com mendation and support of this newspaper In every good effort which he makes for the welfare of the people and the glory of the state. Cheatham at the Bar. The executive committee of the Southern Cotton As sociation Is nbout to meet at Hot Springs. Ark..today. There will be quite a number of matters brought to the attention or this committee which are of great pith and moment. This association Is recognised aa being one of the great conservative forces In the economic life and history of the South. In the past It baa done a great work In holding together the tollers and the tillers of the soil who raise tbe South's leading product. We truet that this committee will do everything In Hs power to make this meeting a notable one In overy way. and to contribute as far as It lies In Hs power toward the up building of the 8outh. There le no disposition on the part of The Oeorgtan or on the part of anyone who has been associated with the recent Investigation ot the executive branch of this association, to be captious or hypercritical. At tho same time The Georgian would be distinctly untrue to the trust which has been reposed In It If we did not emphasise the fact that according to all the evidence Growth and Progress of the New South Under (hit heed trill appear from tlmo to tine Information 111 not rat to* tho remitrk« M* development or the Booth which deaervea something mora than pa*#- log attention. Another Progressive Move in South Georgia. Negotiations have been going on for some time by parties to procure the large water power, mineral springs and lands clustering around the old Banka mill. Thla deal was consummated Monday whereby Mrs. Mary M. Banka; ot Atlanta, haa disposed of this valuable property to the South Georgia Land and Industrial Company. Mr. Peeler, the general manager, being Inter viewed as to the property, states that there Is about 1,000 horse-power. They will proceed at once to develop tame tor the purpose of lighting furnishing power to small Industries and also constructing and operating an Intsrurban car line from Jlllltown to Valdosta, a distance of 19 miles, traversing one of the richest farming lections of south Georgia. They have secured the services of Mr. Frank Lederie, of Atlanta, to make estimates, etc., on the power, and arrangements wilt be made to push the work for ward with airspeed possible. I*D LIKE TO SHAKE FATHER’S HAND By JOHN ANDERSON JAYNE P ASSING just tb * ed to »eeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeezeeeei -eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeei NOOKS AND CORNERS OF AMERICAN HISTORY JOHN RANDOLPH, OF ROANOKE isteeeseeszeeeeee ‘ By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY. selfeeeeeseeeeMetteeeeeeeseeeeeee(eeeeeeeeeeeee«eeeseeeeeiee«ef*ee< I John Randolph Is the most remark able character In American hlitory, and aa an all-robnd wonder will probably nsvar be equaled In the country's an nals. Born Iri 1771 and dying In 1833, tha courtly Virginian mad# an Impression upon his day and generation that ran never be effaced. Randolph fascinated his contempo raries, and his life-story Is aa fasci nating to ua of today as It Is surely destined to be to those who are to come after us.- In thla brief article I would speak not of Randolph the (talesman, the poli tician, the brator, but of Randolph the man. Aa a statesman he was the peer of any man of Ms age, as a politician he was pre-eminently successful, while aa an orator hs had but few equals and no superiors. It Is of Randolph the man that I would here speak, hoping that this short account of hla personality may prove to he an Inspiration to the young Americans who may chance to read It. John Randolph was a man. Physlo- nlly, he was a mere shell, ao thin and frail that he was scarcely able to cast a shadow. Jim Jsffries. had he been living In his day, could have laid him out with his little linger. He was sick all hit Ilfs, and for years before the undertaker finally took charge of him he was to all Intents and purposes as dead as he Is today. And yet. In tha truest and highest ssnse of tb* word, no man of his time was so thoroughly and grandly alive as was John Randolph! Frail as he was physically, mentally and morally he was- a giant of the giants, and by his superb will power and uncompromising Integrity ot spirit wrote a page of the nation’s history that will always be to ua an honor and a glory! tie was a politician, but he was a Mlitlclan with principle. Whether Ha shing to the hosannas of surcess or sitting In the sshss of defeat, ha never knew what It was to feel the sting of shame, the lashings of an upbraiding conscience. He never championed a cause that he did not believe in with all hla heart and soul, and there was not a man tn the congress he aorvsd In who did not know that John Randolph was too brave to be frightened and. too pure to be bought. Randolph had an Ideal. Fslstsff did not know what "honor" meant. Ran dolph did—and hla honor was the touchstone by which he tried every thing that he said or did, A physical weakling, erratic, eccen tric, Impulsive, hot-tempered, the great Virginian never lost sight of the star that guided him—the star ot truth and principle, of Integrity and manhood! His soul was not In the market. For no price could his honor be purchased. He was high above being Influenced by either threat or bribe. A gentleman of tho "Old School," he was foolish enough to believe with all his heart, and soul, nnd mind, and strength, that there was an Eternal Right to which he owed an uncompro- end. There were giants in thoss days, but the giants were unable to scare him from the path along which he felt It to be his duty to travel. Pages might be filled with his keen sarcasms and msrrlless retorts. Tims and again he was beset by the hench men of unprlnclple, by the fnotllckers and time-servers of his day, nnd upon these creatures ha turned with all the fire and fury, with all the wit and vitriol of Ms impassioned soul, blister ing them until they howled with pain. There never lived a man about whom there Is a greater fund of anecdote. A tnan might tell stories about John Ran dolph by the hour. Rut, Interesting os these stories nre, they pale before the simple fact Randolph’s Incorruptible Integrity. The old Virginian was brilliant, bril liant as n star, and many In his day were made to feel the sting nf his ter rible tongue—but the main thing for us to remember about the man Is the fact that he was a man, and that he was not to be bullied or bribed from doing the thing which he honestly believed he ought to do. Long life to the memory of John Randolph, of Roanoke! ABHING down a atreet In New fork, tbe other day, a mnn happen look tip to t btgb window, nnd over It saw s name. The name atlrred ttrmues of recollection, and oat of the ■lot of yesra he aaw the faes of aa old schoolmate who had boros that ns too. lie entered tho building, took tbe elevator and preoently oteod (tee to fhee wttb the owner of tho name. Ho put ont hi* hand and eald: "How nee yon, WIB7* There wso a nrlnuto or two of loohlnz and senn-hlna the n talcs of siefliorr. aad llies chute the weeds: "Sly Lank Jim, where did you drop from!" Then tiegnn one of those most pleasant experiences of life. In which present busi ness core* nud worrleo or* all forgotten, ami through the day* of boyhood Dnme fancy takes the heart and brings Into view faces,, name* and scene* long line* forgotten. Presently the celversfitlos turned Into more pemount channels aad etch told the other so met Msg of his experiences. Time had denlt gently and favorably with each. Knelt wit it to t fond degree successful In his chosen lines. And yet, ss they looked Into each other’s fhces and heard story of the yeere, roeh knew Ibat there ltntl been times of bitterness, sorrow end hard wrestlings with tbs world. For na truly aa the rocks ut. the sea coast bear tbe mark of rising nnd ebbing tides, so surety do inrn’a fneei record the etory of tbe sorrowe of tbelr heart and life. As tbe ronveraetlon wandered on, ques tion! were aeked concerning the parents of each. Far one e mother bed gone to her eternal hoese. For the othrr, both the tnther nml the mother had passed from these scenes of time and place to the abode of the blest. Sabi one of tha men, reminiscently: "Father anil I didn't get along very well together, lie didn't seem to understand me, nml I didn't understand him. We were I with very much alike, and each was deter* mined to hare bl*. own way, nnd no the upshot of the whole thing wta that I left the old home, and In *11 these jeers have never gone Itark, until Just the other day ■ estne to my h—‘ " 1 snd so I went CM old 1 I wt In th# old barber chair, and had the old town harbor share roc, but he didn't remember me, and 1 didn't tell him who I wan. Then I went to tbe .ceroe* tery on tbe bill. Your mother Is burled there. Will, ami mine not for swat; end bjr mother's Slae father list. And ss f stood there, nil the remembrances nr yeath came tHick, snd nil bis deeds of courses end darln* and lore, snd ss 1 remembered, I sold 'to myself: “ ‘Today, I would giro stl that I am worth to abate father's bund snd benr him •ay. "How ere you, Jim; how ire yon, Jlmr* ••• Then came s summons at Chs 'phone, snd the two friends parted to meet again. When? Where? Qulen eft he, sshe Dloe! But the etory still rings in tbe heart, snd the word»: "Today I'd like to shahs father by tht hnnd." ft's n pretty bard thing for s hoy or s f rrown young man to realise that b>s father • hi* best friend, e*p*cinlly If the father nml non don't hit It eery well together. Imperially, too. If the yonpg man snows that the father ha« waited hts life. And yH. It's s good thing for hoys snd yotfaf men to reninmlier that, seen with nil the inlanmleratnndlnK snd faults the fat ho r Jus, there Is that In him that makes him lore his lioy sad want him to go In the right path. * Why must It be that not until the years of manhood hare come does *» boy realise wbet his father Is to him? Wli/ must he have to wait until Hie father is sleeping hi* Inst sleep, waiting ’he angel's tramp, Itefore he feel* as though he would like *0 slink* hi* father by tue hnml? Yet too “ * Too oft ‘fttnagdrs la INNUMERABLE GRADUATES By MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN 'Copyright, 1906, by W. H. Ileurnt.) It Is it mntter of serious thought ii* to wlint I* to lx* the destiny of the legions of grnduntes from the Innumerable mdiools the country. As one sees tho troop* of boy* nnd girls emerging for tho Jam time from their schools one realises hat they nr* to go nut Into the world to III it place In the great scheme of the world's work, and one naturally wonders low many of them will M successful* and hew lunuy will In* failures. Not IU fret ip *n tly the poorest student nnd dullest scholar when he once embarks upon ii* life career astonishes those who know him as n dullard by his astuteness and alertness In the pursuit of the goal of 'ala ambition; while some of the faithful, pa tient. i onselentlona student* teem to lapse Into dullness snd want of comprehension of the art of success. Very few appreciate the responsibility resting opon them, for, after all. It Is the duals that make up the whole. As each O—- _ _ result be for j nai . betterment of the world. There I* n saying that one-half of the world does not know how the other half manage* to exist, tt Is quite true that a much larger portion of mankind Urea »i|w>n ‘he labor and effort of the few than should .•# allowed to do *o. one sees continually llluatratlona In the same family that one works while the greater numlier plav. The shiftless once trust "to luck for their fu ture needs, nud It Is nn unexplainable fa ‘ that the ceaseless workers always come the rescue of tbe Indolent and Indifferent. Among those who are graduating there III doubtless be Kdlson*. Marconta ami tearhys and other wonderful gennlsee who will startle the whole world by their mar- veloiis Inventions nnd dlacoreriet. The young man who recently made such an Interesting nnd marvelous exhibition of * “ ... r ... -„| | ft nm ■ .... ■ _jme of — _ eapltol In hi* frail craft Is sab! to lie nineteen year* of age. Ills ambition Is to flnntly construct a ship In which he can go through the air from Maine to i nll- fornfn. nnd there are many persons who believe that he will accomplish thl* won derful feat In the not far distant future. As In most eases It Is stnted that this young mnn hn» worked out hla wonderful Miwerfut. agetnent am lug evidence that money ta not all-mi — and prottahly had he been favored by for tune he would not have persisted until he made the success that he haa already scored. It Is to l*e hoped that he will not lie spoiled to the extent of abandoning his aspirations, but tlist he will eventually per fect his scheme for making aomethlng that will tie of lieneflt to mankind. The greatest discoveries that have ever been made hare l*een thorn* born of priva tion. hardship nml opposition. They have been the result of years of struggle nnd have l*een almost In #%ery Instance, hy- j potheen ted for modus with which to place very „ is that have brought blessing* to mankind have yielded little return to their author*, {.utterly Inventors and discoverers have hnd more encouragement to assist them thnn wus accorded their predecfumora, nnd it I* to In* honed that now aa money Is so plentiful that those of tbe twentieth century uiny not l»c larking of iiicnna with which to work out their drentna. The girls nnd young women who have kept abreast with the yotmg men nnd l*oy« In iheir classes have no loss rcsiMinsltdllty than their tunic cotnpnnlqns. I pou them devolve* the keeping of the home* and the giving of much cheer to their life partners In whatever they undertake to do. nml of the bolding of morality and Christianity up to Its highest standard In the homes and community In which they live. They will have much to do with Influencing husband* and son* to superhuman effort In llfe'r ears ilssloner hundred f ew person* realise tne growtn or cut tlnnnl advantages In the seventeen y< which Dr. Harris served as commlsslc of education. Five thousand five hnml high Schools have Iteeti added; there * but two thousand when Dr. Harris assumed the ibittes of that office, while on hla re tirement there are seven thousand five hundred, which speaks volumes not only for Dr Harris' administration, but of the am bition and advancement of educational In terests In the United States. With such facilities n* are provided for the cultivation nnd training of the youth of America they have no excuse for occupy ing a lower plane of Intelligence than any other nation, and It It to I** admitted that there Ik Indisputable evidence that the ef fort which Is being made to .prepare the generation for the Important part they are to take In the affairs of the world during the twentieth eentnrr la not wasted. MBS. JOHN A. LOG AN. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. SEPTEMBER 4. 1532-Plxnrro landed In Pent. 1»-Philip II of .Spain diet!. 17*0—Benedict Arnold'* treason discovered. 1MT—Congress convened In extra session to devise men*nrea to relieve the Itnnn- clal embarrassments of the cnnntry. 1144—Two hundred lives lost In hnrrteane at Mntnnmrns. 1*63— General Burnable occupied Knoxville. 1*64—The Confederate General Morgan's forces routed nt Greenville, Tenn. 1874—Town of Mnketnmne Hill. Cal., totally destroyed by fire. 1*94— First National bank, nf Helena, Mont., closed. 1834—British troops #ut«r#d Khartoum. often It Is the rose. iftco sons and the father. Only occasionally do fathers nnd sons have the mutunl lore snd for- beam nee one for the other that .'bey should have. Whose fault Is It? Today, father, when yon go home too know your Imy will not meet yon with a smile. Yon know he Is afraid or ashamed of you. By the hopes nml the sorrows of years that are to come, search your heart nnd life, atul If yon are nt fault make tho matter right. Today, l*oy. young tnan. you may lie far away from your father, even though living under the same roof tree with him. Boy, young man. In-fore It la too late, search your own heart, and If you are at fault make the matter right. Don't let years add to the estrangement. Don’t let hitter months nnd year* *tnr* you In tbe face ' en yon shall stand by tbe coffined dust your father nnd any; I'd give all I’m worth today Juat to ■bake tue hnnd of my father." OOOOOOOOOOCKWOOOClOOgoOOOOO a PLAY8 AND PLAYER8. O a a OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODOOOOQOOOa Xclln Bergen i, tn lie the prims linnni In "The Free Isinee" eompeny tble uca- By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. By Private Leased Wire. New York. Sept. 4.—All old baeeb,n fans of the previous generation* re member with pleasure the catehlneT. "Doe” Bunhong. back In the eight!., "Docv settled down to the practice hla profession after he quit bluebell nnd the player* who knew him know him no more. He distinguished h!m„o ycatarday at Ocean City. N. J„ by maW Ing & gallant attempt to rescue l drownfkg woman, which nearly him M?;if*.and that of hi. c a °*i daughter, who had gone to hit cue. ns well. *'■ Only the bravery of hla dauxhi.. saved a tragedy. The thre* Bu*honre and the xvoraau they were trying to re. cue formed a life line. Mis* being the tallest, went flr»t. The J. ter had reached her lip* before ,hi could grnep her father's hand. Th.! all the others caught hands and brought ashore. wer * President Roosevelt draws the line a life mask. He has caused It to b! knowa definitely and finally that h. will not submit to have hi* face cov ered with wet, itlcky plaster and breathe through quill* till It harden* Thl* he declares is more than po*ter lty ba» any right to claim of him. The friends ot David Dwight Holmea prominent in the automobile trade in thU city, and Miss Grace McDonnuzh ot Boston, were amazed to learn today that tliey had been married on Bund»v night In. tho "Little Church Around th* Corner." The couple were In an up. town restaurant with three other cou ples, tyhen Holme*, turning to Mi*, McDonough, asked: "Will you marry me tonight?" For answer Miss McDonough moved back from the table and extended her hand to Mr. Holme*. Calling for their wraps, the party antered Mr. Holme*' touring car which waa waiting out- side, and all speed waa made for th* "Little Church Around the Corner." GEORGIA NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS llgiim's rrogre**" until next Mn ran rat Anglin ojmmhi her season William Vaughan M«nm1.t'* play, •'The Grant Dlthle." James J. Cnrliett Is to be *<H*n In a ne4r piny soon. It I* to la? railed "The Bur glar nnd Ihe ledy.'' Kill* Jeffrey.' nett piny. It I* to lie call ed "The llenr i nfnlr Net." early next month In Chicago. Krncet Mtnllnnl. nn Kngll.h nrtor. hns been eng*ceil in nipimrt Henrietta Cm#- mnn lu "All-of-ft-Su .en I'eggy." It I. definitely ntinntinciHl thnt Mrs. Ijmgtry • tour of America will In-gln next moalb. Her reiiertnire will Include "Twlxt Nightfall and Night." - 1 —' i 1 '" Margaret Hale, who bn. Iieen leading wen in n with Jehu Urew. I. the I.- i.llntc Indr In W. II. Crnn-'n new -pin", “lb- 1'rlee of Money," just produced in New Cotton Boll WmvII, Special to The Georgian. Haddock, Ga-. Sept. 4.—Information received through farmers in this vicin ity indicate that tha recent rain* have don* great damage to the cotton crop. Until the rains set in the prospects for a good yield were never brighter, but tbe Indications are now ttyU not more than 60 tier Cent of an average crop will be made. The boil worms art prevalent and are doing much damtxa Only a few bales have been marketed. Mail Carrier* Enjoy Barbeout. Special to Tha Georgian. Americua, Ga- Sept. 4.—Rural mill carriers from the fourteen counties of the Third congressional district -oi- ■emblad In convention in Amerlcui yesterday afternoon with a large at tendance. The carrier* were welcomed by Colonel Z. S. Childers and Colonel Allen Fort in appropriate address**. The visitors were entertained at t barbecue dinner and adjourned to meet In Ellaville on Thanksgiving day. Store Is' Burglarized. Special to The Georgian. Amertcu*, Ga- Sept 4.—The zton of Cobb A Montgomery, at Preitou, waa burglarised a few nights ago, th* safe opened and nearly 3400 in cub carried away. They affected an en trance to the safe without using ex plosives. Crusade Against Vagrant*. Special to Tht Georgian. Macon, Ga, Sopt. 4.—As th* reeult of a quiet crusade against vagrant* and Idlers by city and county officer*, Macon is almost rid ot tbe criminal ciaos of negroes. Many charges have been preferred fn a quiet manner dur ing the past week, nnd convictions re sulted. No Session of Counell. Special to The Georgian. Macon, Ga., HepL 4.—There will be no seislon of the Macon city council tonight on account of the session* of the state Democratic convention. Macon Prisoners Removed. Special to The Georgian. Macon. Oa., Sept. 4.—Albert Wlhon and Henry McGill, held In connection with the killing of John Newsome, <m Bridge row, lost week, were removed from the city prison to the county J»U yesterday. They did not get a trial In the recorder'* court, the esaes hsv- Ing gone over till September 18. Macon Court Convante. Hpeolnl tu Th* Oeorglnn. Macon. Ga., Sept. 4.—Th* September term of the city court of Macon opened yesterday. Before th* hour tor ad journment for th* holiday celebration many cooen had been cleared from tM docket. Died During Night. R|<*clnl to The Oeorzlen. Con yen, Ga- Sept. 4.—La*t Friday night Squire William W. Swann re tired In Ms usual health, and wm found dead In his bed next morning. The deceased was a prominent cltlien of Rockdale county, and held the ofiir* of district maglntrate for not lees thin thirty conmcutlve years. New Pantor Preached. Special to Th* I i cor lion. Haxvklnivllle, Os., Sept. 4.—Rev. 0. L. Greaves, the new pastor of the Bap tist church, preached Sunday morntnt and evening to large and attentive congregations. “AND ONE CLEAR CALL FOR ME* Mjr *0111 In ftllppln* It* lwi«h tonfakt iThoy will wiy I rn»hly dl*l); h But you floAtiMl adown the whit#.— ^ . fll . Down th# rlonr moon-path* where ' will#: m vellwl |„ —. r „ . And culled me to yotir old#. I hnd thnnjrht yon lo«t In a formD** Mine# the etfy entnmb#d your i> I only rlunjc to your grnre. and ’ The rlolefn that l!u»b«l It with aw* And kept ’with my *rl#f nloan a try«t. Altov# yotir waxen face. O love lluit I innnmed oo lon« and 'l^cp. While you dreamed In Ihiradl*#. t You have waked at Inat from yotir •lien* With'**’’ I'loomr <tnwn In your rn4i»«r An.l tnnUht a tryst with my lore I k-T On the ni<Kia-|Nitti to the akl#*> Tima t»i They kf»o„ —. . . Foe the iiKNHi-imtli to idlrer the ran. Thnt I «'ii*»#l|f the Lre.tth «f a aerapb * °* •r,might; .ml >-' 0 ’^^' , klBKLAMA