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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN-
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 4, 19M.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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Entered u tecon<l-elaM nutter April S, ISM. it tbs PoetoHe* it
Atlanta. Os., under let of const era of Ifireb A UTt.
Municipal Ownership For Atlanta.
Hundreds of people have commented favorably upon
the attitude of The Georgian last Saturday with refer
ence to municipal ownership of the electric and gas
plants. Words of encouragement have come to this pa
per for It to keep up the fight. Consumers who are fear
ful of offending the corporation have emphatically de
nounced the practices of the gas and electric lighting
people, requesting that their names be withheld for fear
that they will be made to suffer. Story after story of
arbitrary practices, such as that to which Mr. Van
Landlngham and Mr. Allen were subjected, have been
communicated to this office. Increaae In rate without
rhyme or reason have been known.
Now the people are tired. Many a conservative citi
zen has shaken his head In silent rage while there lurked
In bis breast an Intense desire to bring about a change.
Many have silently resolved to lend their- aid to any
movement looking to relief. The question of an appeal
to the city officials has freqnenUy 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
the heating plant; It owned the street railway. It had
millions with which to fight Its battles. And that It would
light went without saying.
The mind's eye looks back to tha Ume when there
was competition In street railways. The memory of 3-
cent fares, heated care and gas that burned brightly, to
gether with decent treatment by gas and electric light
company employees, has not died yet And the people
wonder what has brought about the change.
A man up In Boston brought It about. He came to
Atlanta with his millions and now hs has taken all of
his millions out of Atlanta again and la taking many of
Atlanta'a millions out with him. Money that could be
going to a reduction of the tax rate Is going for the en
largement of that Boston man’s business; the Atlanta
millions are going to Increase the pile of the Boston
man's millions.
Every time the question of municipal ownership Is
suggested there Is raised the cry of socialism. Every
one who knows anything knows that there le not the
■lightest similarity. A city Is simply an overgrown Indi
vidual That Individual decides that It will make for It
self what It has been getting another to make for It.
There la no question of dividing up the city's wealth. It
Is simply a question of putting a qulstus on the plan of
■ greedy corporation to collect an unfair per cent of what
the citizens of a city may earn.
Then, there la raised the cry that neither the city,
•tate nor government should enter into competition with
the Individual. This cry Is always raised by the Individual
By his very cry the individual admits the greater strength
of the city. It is an appeal for sympathy. But the Indl
vlduzl—which happens to be the corporation which
wishes to continue Its practice of overcharging for Ita
product—doea not tell the city that there Is no question
of competition. The city does not Intend to manufacture
gns or electricity to be sold. The city Intends to uss that
gas and elsctriclty. The city will not be In competition
with the Individual.
If a man knowa the tailoring bualneaa and decldea
that he want* to order a pair of trouaers, la It competition
with hie fellow tailor for that man to make himself a
pair of trousers? If a woman needs a dress and Is capa
ble of making a dress—as all women should be—Is It
competition for her to decide not to pay the exorbitant
charge of the dressmaker, but to go to work and make
that dress for heraelf? Is that competition?
Now York city owns the subway; she own* her ferry
line between The Battery and Btaten Island; she owns
an electric lighting plant on tha Williamsburg brldgo
which is saving har annually many thousands of dollars.
Tho anbway Is leased, but when the lease expires the
property will revert to the 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. The Rapid Tranelt board can dictate that sum
dent care be operated so that working women and
men will not have to hang to etrapi.
The Btaten 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 boat*, bearing a strong resemblance to Noah's Ark
were used. The company operating the line would make
no Improvement. The people stepped In and took charge.
Now the time between Manhattan and Staten Islands
is only 20 minutes—just one-half.
The gas plant In Indianapolis Is another illustration.
Tbs people got tired. They rose In their might and or
ganised their own gas company. It was operated with
a rate of 60 cents per thousand to the people and paid a
handsome profit. One does not have to go to Olasgow or
any of the foreign cities for examples. Municipal owner
ship exists in this country—snd succtssfully.
If the people do not protect themselves In these mat
ters they msy be sure that they will not be protected.
If they remtln content to sit Idly by, working and slaving
that thiy may pay gat nnd electric light bills 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 the money grabbing corporations are going to con
tinue to assert thsmstlvss and continue to reap every
sheaf of the golden harvest that comes within reach of
their acythee.
Exorbitant rate for electric and gas power Is keeping
down local manufacturing enterprises just as the freight
rates keep them down. When a manufacturer has to pay
a higher price for hit power and light than does his com
petitor In a neighboring town, juat so much doea he have
to cut down hla profits to meet that competitor. For that
very reason factories that would have been built In At
lanta, giving employment to hundreds of people, have
been built In other cities and atpallcr towns. The growth
Of this dty has been retarded.
The department stores that use largely of gas and
electricity are at a disadvantage. Money that goes to
l aying gas and electric bills could be going to pay bet
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
There Is no disposition on the part of The Georgian
to Insist that the city enter Into competition with the
Georgia Railway and Electric Company In so far at light
and power are furnished to Individuals. But the city
should own and operate Its plant. It should have poles
and wires and conduits. The power and light would be
there. If the Individual consumer did not get proper
rates and treatment from the Georgia Railway and Elec
tric Company be could make application to the city for
light and power and the 1 city would be In a position to
supply It at a reasonable rats so that a legitimate profit
might be made.
The mere presence of that plant would be a menace
to the arbitrary dealings at the corporation. That corpor
ation would hate a continual warning that It must be civil
and Just in Its treatment of the citizens of this city.
The people have grown tired of Injustice.
The Georgian wants to get In touch with the people
on this question. If you have been the victim of ill or
unfair treatment at the hands of the Georgia Railway
and Electric Company, tell us 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 business rea
sons. We will keep the faith. But we want to serve the
people. We want the cKIzens of this city to be treated
just snd fair. We will be In position to help you right
your wrongs if you will tell us what they are.
Understand, we do not want 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, Just as we went 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 Is at stake. The financial welfare Is es
sential to the happiness of the 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* t He pointed to better worlds, but unfortunately he did
tain Irregularities In the management of the association : not lead tho way, and with the other hand he was un-
Thc Governor’s Responsibilities.
With this day at Macon, by the formal vote of the
Democratic convention following the gratifying verdict
of the Democratic primaries, the Hon. Hoko Smith be
came tho nhmlnee of the Democratic party and there
fore the next governor of Georgia.
It Is stretching no comparison to say that the eyes
and the expectation of the state and of 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 havo crystallized eectlonal and national ex
pectation upon him, and the new governor of Georgia
standing In the white 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, It would be the next governor of Geor
gia. Certainly no personality more forceful, more pro
gressive and more enpabte has held the executive relna
of Georgia wtjbln 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 nnd nnttonal figure before he has as
sumed the reins of power.
The Georgian Is one of those who have championed
without variation the principles upon which the new gov
ernor of Georgia won hla splendid triumph. Far In ad
vance 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 of the
white race In the affairs of this government for the peace
nnd welfare of both races.',We rejoice without limit In
the accession of so great and so powerful a recruit to
the ranks of the reform which we have so mllltantly
preached. And wo are glad now that the experiment up
on which so much of our racial purity and our racial
Integrity will depend Is In the hands of a man so strong
with a mind so fertile and bo bold to plan and to exe
cute.
The one great duty which rcata upon the multitude
of Georgians who have voted him Into thle solemn respon
sibility and power la to hold up hts hands In the execution
of the reforms which he has pledged. It becomoa a debt
of honor and a debt of patriotism that we who have placed
thle responsibility In his hands shall help him'to fulfill
the expectation of the state. Without the surrender of
any Individuality, without forgetting for a moment the
right of every citizen to think for himself, without giv
ing over the undisputed right to criticize and to reject,
yet we feel that tho great body of this great peoplo
should give their ears and their hearts to the prudent
methods which the new governor of Georgia will Institute
to establish while supremacy and a Just and equitable
rate for the transportation of commerce 1 through the
state of Georgia. No captious objections should handicap
the honest efforts of a brave executive. No small jeal
ousies should clog the way of vital and great reforms.
But with a high and resolute sense of the meaning of the
next two year* to the people of Georgia, we trust that
every cltlien will lend hla voloe and hla vote to his full
Intelligence and will give hla co-operation without itlnt
to the reftym measures advocated by the distinguished
Georgian whom we have charged with the responsibility
of their execution.
We congratulate the next governor of Georgia. We
extend to hint 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.
which demand a clear and Impartial Investigation.
The days have passed when bitterness and rancour
prevailed between the Cotton Association and ita crttica.
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 la an undenled fact that thla gentleman, who Is a
high officer in the association, has been guilty,'accord
ing to the findings of bis own friends and associates, of
speculating In cotton futures. With one hand he waa ad
vocating day after day the abolition of cotton speculation.
doubtedly guilty of dabbling In cotton futures and thereby
has brought the cotton association Into something like
disrepute.
There Is nothing of unkindness In this criticism. We
say It solely with a view to the best Interests of a great
Institution of which he la 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 game.
Growth and Progress of the New South
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 Banks mill. < -
This deal waa consummated Monday whereby Mrs. Mary M. Banks, of
Atlanta, has disposed of this valuable property to the South Georgia Land
and Industrial Company. Mr. Peeler, the gener&l manager, being Inter
viewed ae to the property, etatee that there Is about 1,000 horse-power.
They will proceed at once to develop same for the purpose of lighting
furnishing power to small Industries and also constructing and operating
an Interurban car line from Mllltown to Valdosta, a distance of 10 miles,
traversing one of tbe richest farming sections of south Georgia. They have
secured the eervlces of Mr. Frank Lederle, of Atlanta, to make estimates,
etc., on the power, and arrangements will be made to push the work for
ward with all speed possible.
NOOKS AND CORNERS OF AMERICAN HISTORY
JOHN RANDOLPH, OF ROANOKE
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
John Randolph Is the most remark
able character In American history, and
as an all-round wonder will probably
never be equaled In the country's an
nals.
Born In 177* and dying In 18JI, the
courtly Virginian made an Impression
upon Ills day and generation that can
never be effaced.
Randolph fascinated his contempo
raries, and hts life-story Is as fasci
nating to us of today as it Is surely
destined to be to those who are to come
after us.
In this brief article I would speak not
of Randolph the statesman, the poli
tician, the orator, but of Randolph the
man. As a statesman he was the peer
of any man of hla age, as a politician
he was pre-eminently successful, while
ae an orator he 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 fo be an Inspiration to the
young Americans who may chance to
read It, •
John Randolph was a man. Physic
ally, he waa a mere shell, so thin and
trail that he was scarcely able to cast
a shadow. Jim Jeffries, had he been
living In hie day, could have laid him
out with hts little flnghr.
He was sick all hts life, and for years
before the undertaker finally took
charge of him he wee to all intents
and purposes as dead as he Is today.
And yet, In the truest and highest
senes of tbe word, no man of hts time
was so thoroughly and grandly alive ae
was John Randolph!
Frail as he was physically, mentally
and morally he was a giant of the
giants, and by hts superb will power
and uncompromising Integrity of spirit
wrote a page of the nation's history
that will always be to us an honor and
a glory!
Ho was a politician, but he was a
politician with principle. Whether lis
tening to the hosannas of success or
pitting in the ashes of defeat, he never
knew what It was to feel the sting of
shame, the lashings of an upbraiding
conscience.
He never championed a cause that he
I’D LIKE TO SHAKE
FATHER’S HAND
By JOHN ANDERSON JAYNE
P ASHING dowa a street In New York,
Just tbe other dsy, a ratn happen
ed to look up to a high window,
snd over It ssw a name. The name stirred
aromas of recollection, and oat of the
mlat of years tie saw rtio face of an old
schoolmate who had lMrne that name. He
entered the building, took tbe eterator and
presently stood fact* to face with the owner
of tbe name. He put out bis baud and
aatd:
••Row are yon, Willi"
There was a- minute or two of looking
and searching the nlales of memory, and
then came the words:
“My Lord, Jim, where did you drop
from I"
Then began one of those most pleasant
experiences of life, In wbteh present busi
ness cares nnd worries are all forgotten,
and through tho days of boyhood Dante
Fancy takes tbs heart nnd brings Into
view faces, names and scenes long since
forgotten.
Presently tbe eonrersattou turned Into
more pcrsonnl channels snd each told tho
other something of hts experiences. Time
had dealt gently nnd fnvoraldy with each.
Each was to a good degree successful In
his chosen lines. And yet, ae they looked
Into each other's faces nnd heard' the
story'of the yenrs, each knew thst there
did not believe In with all his heart i hud been times of bitterness, sorrow and
and soul, and there woe not a man In hard wrestlings with tbu world. For as
the congress he served In who did not truly ns tho rocks oi, tbe sea cosat boar
■J 0 , hn o. Ra c dolp i 1 ,va * *?° tho mark of rising and ebbing tides, so
brave to bo frightened and too pure to - - -
be bought.
Randolph had an Ideal. Fatstalf did
not know what "honor’ 1 meant. Ran
dolph did—and his 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 of 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 the "Old School.'
was foolish enough to believe with all
his heart, and soul, and mind, and
strength, that there was an Eternal
Right to which he owed an uncompro-,
mining and unquestioning fealty—and
to that belief he woe faithful unto the
end.
There were giants In those 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 Ailed with his keen
sarcasms and merciless retorts. Time
and again he was beset by the hench
men of unprlnclple, by the footllckers
and time-servers of his day, and upojt
these creatures he turned with all the
Are and fury, with all the wit and
vitriol of his 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
man might tell elorlee about John Ran
dolph by the hour.
But, Interesting ae theee stories are.
they pale before the simple fact of
Randolph’s incorruptible Integrity.
The old Virginian was brilliant, brll-
Hunt as n star, and many In his day
were made to feel the sting of his ter
rible tongue—but the main thing for ue
to remember about the man le the fact
that he was a man, and that he wae
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!
INNUMERABLE GRADUATES
By MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN
(Copyright. 1906, by W. It. lleurst.)
It li a matter of serious thought ns to
what Is to be the destiny of tho legions
of graduates from the Innumerable schools
country. As one sees the
troops of boys and girls cmerglug for the
Inst time from their schools one realises
that they sre to go out Into the* world to
fill a ploee In the great scheme of the
worbl’s work, and one naturally wouders
how many or them will be successful nnd
how many will Im> fnlluraa.
Not Infrequently the poorest student nnd
dullest scholar wheu he once euilstrks upon
his life career astonishes tlio*4> who know
him ns a dnllard by his astiiteuess and
alertness In the pursuit of the goal of his
ambition; whits' some of the faithful, pa
tient. conscientious students seem to lapse
Into dullness ami want of comprehension of
the art of aucces*.
Very few appreciate the responsibility
. „ Jew appreciate
resting upon them, for.
Is that make ti
Cheatham at the Bar.
The executive committee of the Southern Cotton As
sociation la about to meet at Hot Springe, Ark., today.
There will be quite a number ot mattera brought to
the attention of thle committee which are of great pith
and moment. This association 1s recognized as lying one
of the great conservative forces In the economic life and
history of the South. In the past It has done a great
work In holding together the toilers and the tillers of
the soil who raise the South’s leading product. We trust
that thla committee will do everything In Its power to
make this meeting a notable one In every way, and to
contribute as far as It Ilea In Ita power toward the up
building of the Soifth.
There la no disposition on the part of The Georgian
or on the part of anyone who haa been associated with
the recent ltfvestlgatlon of the ezecutlve branch of this
association, to be captious or hypercritical.
Al the same time The Georgian would be distinctly
Untrue to the treat which has been reposed In It It we did
ter salaries; to an enlargement of the business; to the j not emphasize the fact that according to ali the evidence
after all. It Is tbe
up tho whole. A*
__ .. .... JoMbla part, oo will the general
result be for the betterment of the world.
There Is a saying that one-tmlf of the
world does not know how the other half
manages to exist. It Is quite true that a
muelt larger portion of mankind Uvea u|muj
the labor and effort of the few than should
be allowed to do so. One tws continually
Illustrations In the same family that one
works while tbe greater number play. The
shiftless ones trust “to luck" for thetr fu
ture needs, and It la an unexplainable fact
thst the ceaseless workers always come to
the rescue of the Indolent nnd Indifferent.
Among those who are graduating there
will doubtless Ue Kdlsotis. Marconi* and
lleschys nnd other wonderful genuine* who
will atnrtle the whole world by their mar*
veloua intention* anil dlscoTeriea.
The young man who recently made such
an Interesting nnd marvelous exhibition of
an airship built by him and In whleh he
circled the Washington monument nud
soared fnr above the dome of the national
capttnl In his frail craft Is said to l»e
nineteen yenrs of age. Ills ambition Is to
Anally construct a ship In wpleh he enu
young man has worked out his wonderful
‘ - — • ~*‘*-mit ——
ey.
_ ill-powerful,
and probably had he been favored by for*
tune he would not have persisted until he
made the success that he baa already
scored. It Is to tw* hoped that he will not
lie spoiled to the extent of altandoulug his
aspirations, but that he will eventually per
fect bis scheme for making something that
will Ite of lieneAt to mankind.
The greatest discoveries that hare ever
been made have l*een those born of priva
tion. hardship ami opposition. They have
lieeu the result of year* of struggle and
hnre I seen almost In every Instance, hy
pothecated for lueaua with which to place
little return to their authors. latterly
Inventor* and discoverers have had more
encouragement to assist them than wus
accorded their predecessors, nnd It Is to
he hoped that how as money Is so plentiful
that those of the twentieth century may
not lie lacking of means with which to
jrork out their dreams.
The girls nnd young women who have
kept abreast with the young men nnd l»y*
In their classes have no less responsibility
than their male companion*. I pon them
tever they undertake to do. nnd of
me noldlng of morality and Christ In "
up to Its highest standard In the homes
community In which they live. They will
have much to do with Influencing husbands
nnd aims to superhuman effort In life’s
achievement*.
Few persons realise the growth of eduen
tlonnl advantages In the seventeen years
whleh Dr. Harris served ns commissioner
of education. Five thousand Ave hundred
the duties of that office, while on his re
tirement there are seven thousand. Are
hundred, which speaks volumes not only for
Dr. Harris’ administration, but of the am
billon and advancement of educatlounl In
terests In the I’nltefl States.
With such facilities ns are provided for
.je cultivation nnd trnlnlug of the youth
of America they hnve no excuse fbr occupy
Ing a lower plane of Intelligence than nnj
other nation, nnd If Is to l»e admitted that
there la Indisputable evidence that the ef
fort which Is being made to prepare the
f eneration for the Important part they are
> tnkc In the affairs of the world during
the twentieth century I* not wasted.
MII8. JOHN A. LOGAN.
surely do meu’s face* record tho story of
tbe sorrows of their heart and life.
As the conversation wandered on, ques
tions were asked concerning the paronts
of curb. For one a mother bad gone to
her eternal home. For the other, both the
father and the mother bad passed from
these scenes of time nnd place to the abode
of the blest.
Held one of the men, reminiscently:
••Father nnd 1 didn’t get along very well
together. He didn’t seem to understand
me. nnd I didn’t understand him. We wert
lioth very much alike, and etch wss deter
mined to hare hla own way, and no the
upshot of the whole thing waa that I left
the old home, and In all these years have
never gone back, until Just the other day
there came to iny heart the old home long'
Ing. and so 1 went back.
Everything was changed. Strangers In
the house. So one In the old town knew
me. I sat in the old barber chair, and
lmd the old town barber shave me, but he
didn’t remember me, and 1 didn’t tell him
who I was. Then I went to the came;
tery on the hill. Yonr mother la burled
there. Will, nnd mine not far away; and
by mother's side father Ilea. And as I
stood there, all the remembrance* of youth
came back, and all his deeds of courage
and daring and^ love, and as 1 remembered,
_ would give all that I am
worth to shake father’s hand and hear him
»y, “How are you, Jim; hoir are you,
Ira?” * *'
Then came a summons at the 'phone, and
ie two friends parted to meet again,
.’hen? Where? Qulen snbe, Mb* Dios!
Rut the story atlll rings In tbe heart,
and the words: •
“Today I'd like to shake father by the
hand.”
‘ a pretty hard thing for a.boy ora
i young man to rralUe that b>a father
i nest friend, especially If tho father
nnd son don’t hit It very well together.
*' *-*•- * - ltnowi
___ . And
yet. It's a good thing for boys and jroung
men to remera1>er that, avert with al
misunderstanding nud faults the father has,
there Is that In him tint makes him loro
his ln>y sod want him to go In the right
path.
Why must It he that not until tha years
of manhood have come does 1 boy realise
whnt his father Is to him? Wliv must he
hnve to wait until the rubor is sleeping
hla Inat sleep, waiting 'he angel's trump,
before he feels SS though he would like *0
shake hla father by the hand? Yet too
often It Is the ease. Too often sons and
fathers are estranged from each other
wheu by the tie of blood that binds them
they should be the best of fiiends—thc
father it guarrltan to the son, the eon to
the father. Only occasionally do father*
| GOSSIP!
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
By Private Loosed Wire.
New York. Sept. 4.—All old baseball
fan* of the previous generation, r ,
member with pleasure the catching
"Doc" Bushong, back in the elghuJ
"Doc” settled down, to the practice of
hl H profession after he quit baeeball
and tho players who knew him know
him no more. He distinguished hlmietr
yesterday at Ocean City, N. J„ by mak
Ing a gallant attempt to rescue .
drowning woman, which nearly
him his life, and that of his son ana
daughter, who had gone to hi, S
cue, as well. **
°nly the bravery of his daughter
saved a tragedy. The three Buihontl
and the woman they were trying to re.
cue, formed a life line. Misa Buahonr
being the tallest, went first. The
ter had reached her lips before ah#
could grasp her father's hand. Then
all the others caught hands and were
brought ashore. . re
President Roosevelt draws the line on
a life mask. He has caused It to b*
known definitely and Anally that he
win not submit to have hla face cor
ered with wet, sticky plaster and
breathe through quills till It harden,!
This he declares Is more than poster
Ity has any right to claim of him.
The friends of David Dwight Hnlmea.
prominent In the automobile trade In
this city, and Miss Grace McDonough,
of Boston, were amazed to learn today
that they had been married on Sunday
night In the "Little Church Around the
Corner." The couple -were In an up.
town restaurant with threo other cou-
pies, when Holmes, turning to Mis,
McDonough, asked:
"Will you marry me tonight?”
For answer Miss McDonough moved
back from the table and extended her
hand to Mr. Holmes. Calling for their
wraps, the party entered Mr. Holme,'
touring car which was waiting out
side, and all speed wae made for th«
"Little Chilrch Around the Corner."
GEORGIA NEWS
IN PARAGRAPHS
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
SEPTEMBER 4.
1SK—Pltarro landed In Pern.
IMS— Philip II of Spain died.
17X>— Benedict Arnold', trt-nenn discovered.
1SZ7—I'ongreea ennvened In extra session to
devise measure, to relieve the itunn-
elsl enitNtrrsHinents of tbe countrr.
1844—Two hundred live* lost In hurricane
st Mntniuoras.
1888—General Rurustde oet-npled Knoxville.
1884—The Confederate General Mormin'l
force, routed nt Greenville. Tenn.
1874—Tutru of Mokelnmne lllll, GsL. totally
destroyed by tire.
1*8*—First National Innk. of Helens, Mont.,
Whose fnult I* It?
Today, fntlier, when you go homo you
know yonr Imy will not meet yon wltn n
smile. You know ho I. afraid nr n.h.med
of you. Ily the hope, nud tho sorrows at
nwuv from yonr fnthar, even though living
under the Mine roof tree with him. Roy.
young ntnn. l.-fure It I. tno Into, seoreh
your own lienrt. nnd If you .re at fnult
ninke the mutter right. Don't let year.
odd to the estrangement. Don't let
mouth, niul years .lore you In the fnce
when you eltnli etund by the coffined dust
father npd sny:
cocooaooossouaaooooowooooo
O PLAY8 AND PLAYERS. O
O O
oaooooooooooooDooooooaoooo
Progress" until uext
Margnret Anglin
William Vaughan
Great Divide.
Junto. J. Corbett I. to l>e .eon In n new
pl.y soon. It la to Ite rolled "The Ilur
ghir nnd the Lady."
Torn of the Tide."
A cUnnce ha. Iteen mode In tlte nnue of
Kills Jeffreys' new ploy. It Is to lie call
ed “The Dear Unfair Sex."
Miss Aller Fleher will moke her Unit
oppearnnee In n new ploy. "Honor Ilrigltt,"
early next month In Chlrogo.
Ernest Ktnllnrd, nu Kngll.h nrtor, hm
Iteen engaged to sitp|tort Henrietta Crus-
atatt In "All ornHu . .,■» Peggy."
plavlns . . .
III. eeaeou will carry him to the Paclflc
coast.
My. -.
tour at Antcricn will tiegln next
'' • will inrlude "T ‘
by Graham Hill.
tiling
Langtry i
month.
Nightfall nnd
Margaret Dole, wlto ha. Iteen
wittiinn with John Drew. I. the lei.ting
lady In W. II. crane', new pi. —
Jit,: produced in New
Cotton Boll Weevil.
Special to Tho Georgian,
Haddock, Ga., Sept 4.—Information
received through farmers In this vicin
ity Indicate that the recent ralna have
done great damage to the cotton crop
Until the rains set In the prospects for
• good yield were never brighter, but
the Indications are now that not mor,
than 60 per cent of an average crop
will be made. The boll worms ar,
E revalent and are doing much damage,
mly a few bales have been marketed.
Mall Carrier* Enjoy Barbeoue.
Specie! to The Georgian.
Americus, Ga., Sept. t.—Rural mall
carriers from the fourteen counties of
the Third congressional district as
sembled in convention In Amerlcu,
yesterday, afternoon with * large at
tendance. The carriers were welcomed
by Colonel Z. S. Childers and Colonel
Allen Fort In appropriate addreisei
The visitors were entertained at a
barbecue dinner and adjourned to :, ■ t
in Ellavllle on Thanksgiving day.
Store la Burglarized.
Special to The Georgian.
Americus, Ga., Sept. 4.—The store
of Cobb & Montgomery, at Preston,
was burglarized * tew nights ago, the
safe opened and nearly <400 In cuh
carried away. They effected an en
trance to the safe without using ex
plosives.
Crusade Against Vagrants.
Special to Tbe Georgian.
Macon, Go., Sept. 4.—As the result
of a quiet crusade agadnst vagrants
and Idlers by city and county offleere,
Macon Is almost rid ot the criminal
class of negroes. Many charges have
been preferred In a quiet manner dur
ing the past week, and convictions re
sulted.
No 8eselon of Council.
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., Sept 4.—There will be
no session of the Macon city council
tonight on account of tho sesalona of
the state Democratic convention.
Maeon Prisoner# Ramoved.
Special to Tbe Georgian.
* Macon, Ga., Sept. 4.—Albert Wllicn
and Henry McGill, held In connection
with the killing of John Newsome, no
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's court, the cases hiv
ing gone over till September 15.
Macon Court Convenes.
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., Sept. 4.—The September
term of the city court of Macon opened
yesterday. Before the hour for ad
journment for the holiday celebration
many* cases had been cleared from th,
docket.
Died During Night
Special to The Georgian.
Conyers, Ga., Sept. 4.—Last Frldaf
night Squire William W. Swann re
tired In his usual health, and
found dead In hla bed next morning.
The deceased was a prominent citizen
of Rockdale county, snd held the ofAc,
of diatrlct magistrate for not lees than
thirty consecutive years.
New Pastor Preached.
Special to The Georgian.
Hawklnsvllle, Ga., Sept. 4.—Rev. ft
L. Greaves, the new pastor of the Bap
tist church, preached Sunday morning
and evening to large and attentive
congregations.
‘‘AND ONE CLEAR CALL FOR ME.*
My ftnut I* slipping Its leatb tonight
tTUey will say l rashly died);
Hut yon floated ndown the mood pat*
^ white.— .
Down the rlonr moon-path, where tn*
sea I* wide; _ . ...
You were veil*! In diaphanous fflr samite
And enlled me to yonr side.
I find thought yon !o*t In « formle**
Mlneo the rtny entombed yonr *
8o I only Hung to your grave, audki**^
“ violets thnt flushed It with time
• oyst, ,
And kept with my grief alone a tryst.
Above yonr wnxen face.
ng nnd deep*
- . adlae. .
You hnve wnked at laat from your
Ih n bloomy dawn In your radiant
And tonight n tryat with my love I
On the moon-path to the tkles.
ml men wfl! i
Thu# to still .... w . , „
They know not I waited so lout. *o long.
Fur the ninmi-im»ti to silver the *•*!»• _
Thnt I cnlight the breath of a seraph
fuulght; slid J'^^rk.TkLANU-