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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN- TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 4, 19M. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Subscription Rites: One.Yeir $4.50 Six Months 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By Cirrler, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sundsy by THE GEORGIAN CO. ■t 25 W. Alsbsms Street, Atlsnts; Gi. 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-