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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Subscription Rstes: One.Yesr $4.50 Six Months ....... 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By Csrrler, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sundsy by THE GEORGIAN CO. st 25 W. Alsbsmt Street, Atlanta; Gt. v Entered os gecond-clsss root ter April 9. 1908, st the Postofflcs tt Atlanta. Go., trader set of coni res* of March S. 1179. A Notable Feat of Journalism. The arrest of Paul O. Stensiand. who Is charged with haying looted the Milwaukee Avenue State bank, of Chi cago, adds another leaf to the laurels which Journalism has contributed to the cause of Justice. It will be remembered that while the entire police force of Chicago was looking for Herlng, the cashier of the bank, a reporter for The Tribune was quietly talking to him In one of the largest parks In the city, and the an nouncement was made through the columns of that paper that the fugitive cashier would surrender himself within a fow hours. What the entire police force had been una ble to accomplish the reporter for The Tribune did easily and prompUy and It was due exclusively to bis own ef forts that the arrest waa made. But In the meantime the larger criminal had made good his escape. President Stensiand was reported at various times to have been in Mexico, In Brazil and In other distant parts of the world. Some of these rumors appeared to have a baats of truth, and It waa expected that his arrest would develop In tho course of a short time. But all the time a reporter for The Tribune, accom panied by an offleer from the district attorney's ofltce, was following a clew of his own. The Inevitable woman In the case turned up. She was the "woman scorned"— one 'of those Who felt that they had a grievance against the bank president and she did not hesitate to give a tip as to where 8tensland had really gone. The consequence was that within a few hours the reporter and the district attorney's officer were on the trail. They followed the fugitive to England, to Spain and finally to Morocco, where he. was finally captured and whence he will be returned to the United States. Tho newspapers of the country have taken the Ini tiative In a great many notable enterprises. Those of New York have done a number of things, since the days when The Herald sent Stanley to Africa In search of Dr. Livingstone. But In recent years the Chicago papers ap pear to have had the call. The Record-Herald has equipped a large polar expedition under the direction of Walter Wellman, and at the same time has sent William E. Curtis to Russia at the very time when one of the greatest revolutionary movements of modern times was being pulled ofT. And. now comes The Tribune which sends Its special representative half way round the world to capture the most elusive criminal of recent years. Theso are valuable contributions on the part of mod ern Journalism to tho cause of humanity and Justice. • As to Racial Prejudice. y Were It not for the fact that none now disputes the assertion that feeling against the negro Is a racial Instinct of the Anglo-Saxon snd not merely a provincial preju dice of the 8outh, the Incidents of tumult and violence that followed the Nelson-Oans prise light would prove a matter of much Interest to students of sociology. According to press reports, there were In New York five affrays of varying seriousness, all due to the boast ing of negroes, elated with the victory of their represen tative In the prise ring. One negro narrowly escaped being lynched. Violence and murder cropped out In Chicago. A drunken negro, hearing a contemptuous remark made about dans, shot the speaker dead. While the fight returns were being received the levee district burst aflame with riot and disorder. In South Chicago, a pitched battle between whites and negroes waa precipita ted, resulting In the severe beating of four blacks aad the arrest of forty men. At Keystone, W. Va.. a physician, superintendent of a hospital, shot and killed a negro who was celebrating Gans' victory. In Cincinnati there was a miniature riot. No disorders or casualties were reported from the South. The Value of By-Products. There Is a man who makes a good living by skim ming oil from the river Seine. This Is an Illustration of the value of by-products, the Importance of which Is coming to be recognised more and every year. The 8outh Is the particular benefldary of one form of this economy, for the cotton seed, which used to be thrown away, now yield an annual Income of $40,000,000. The Standard Oil Company has so systematised Its business that the graphic statement Is made that If every drop of refined oil were thrown Into the sea the company would still make a handsome profit from the by-prod ucts. This Is doubly Illuminating. It suggests In the Drat place, the natural question, why should the people be re quired to pay so much for refined oil If the great monopo ly can make good money on the by-products alone? At the same time It teaches us an Important lesson In econ omy. Forty millions Is an Immense sum of money, and If It can be saved In one single Industry the question naturally arises, how much could be saved In other lines of Industry'? "Despise not the day of small things” la an adage as true today as tt was when It waa penned thousands of years ago. would have to bo cleaned up, and that Immediately Im perilled the sunflower. Tho state was about to be de nuded of Its most precious possession. So an order In council was taken to decide whether the sunflower was .a flower or a weed and the Anal de cision was that It was In very truth a flower. This will give encouragement to the water-hyacinth which In spite of Its beauty has been under the ban. Even the cauliflower will be holding up Its bead and laying claim to being a sure-enough flower. The pine burr, in asmuch as It has become an emblem, will want to vie with the golden-rod. All of which comes about through the official recognition of the sunflower as being what Its name Implies. But Kansas deserves this special recognition. She has been afflicted with cranks and tornadoes so long that she deserves some compensation. The Sunflower Recognized. A much mooted question baa at last been settled and ths people of Kansas draw a sigh of relief. For It baa been decided that the sunflower, the Im mortal emblem of the stats. Is not a weed. During a number of years this controversy has been raging. The sunflower blooms In such prodlcal profusion out In Kan sas that It Is ’dtlBcult to think of it as being a flower at alL If It were an orchid or a Illy of the valley It would be different. It would have .he element of rarity about It. But as the matter stands there are Just enough sun flowers In Kansas to make It the state emblem and at ths earns time to make It so common that In the eyes of the world It Is a weed. At least It was a weed until the board of health took tLe matter up and adjudicated It. An edict went forth Municipal Ownership Is 106 Years Old. The Georgian Is In receipt of a communication signed "JUSTICE" and filled with phrases underscored In red Ink. It Is not our Intention to use anonymous cards, but as the communication from “JUSTICE” bears so obviously the earmarks of having been written by a corporation member or employee, we shall refer to a few of the comments made by the unknown writer, as It may help us to throw light on a situation that la soon to crystallize Into active measures. ■JUSTllCE"—and that Is a fine old word, too good to be tailing to odds and ends of communications—asks first: ‘Why are you for municipal ownership? la It be cause you see an opportunity to mskeThe Georgian popu lar by getting In behind the rag-tag and bobtail, who seldom own anything besides a back-street house and a vote, and are able to scrape up just about enough hard, earned coin to pay for a paper that panders to their social Istlc visions and tries to strike at the foundation of our great progress?” The Georgian Is for municipal ownership, "JUS TICE," not only because the people WANT It, but be cause the PEOPLE NEED It; and we Intend to do all In our power to help the PEOPLE GET it The "back- street" reference of the anonymous writer Is too snob bish to require a retort; however, It might be well to say that not all of us can live upon the principal streets. Again, we have always thought that THE WORKER, WHO OWNS HIS LITTLE HOME, and keeps It, and who OWNS HIS VOTE and WON’T SELL IT, was the REAL FOUNDATION of our wealth and progress. Out of raw material worth practically nothing, he develops and de vises the commodities that sell for from four to ten times the original value. JU8TICE,” after elaborating his attack on the voters of Atlanta and designating them as "anarchistic In their tendencies,” and "going to their destruction In their pursuit or a wlll-o'-tbe-wisp," asks: "What Is Tho Georgian standing for anyway? Is It for municipal ownership of gas, electricity or street rail ways, or all three?” Evidently "JU8TICE" does not subscribe to The Georgian any more than he does to Its views, or he would know what The Georgian stands for. We take It for granted that he must have over-heard some “back- street" resident discuss our attitude favorably, or gained an Inkling of our position by glancing over the shoulder of some "vote owner" who had saved two cents to ex pend on his favorite newspaper. We reply: The Georgian stands for the ownership of A gas plant, AN electric light plant, and control by THE CITY of whatever STREET CAR LINES may be operated over Its streets. The question of a gas plant and of the city burnishing Its own electricity Is a simple one; the mat ter of the street car lines may be delayed for some years, but It will Inevitably come. Let us leave “JUSTICE” a moment; some of his phllllpplcs are about as Illuminating as the gas the city gets during the last few days of each month. The city now owns Its OWN police.force, its OWN Are department. Its OWN health board, Its OWN police station, Its OWN stockade, Its OWN hospital and Its OWN waterworks. Is there any citizen who would vot6 to turn over any one of these to a private corporation? We think not We think every citizen of Atlanta will admit, for Instance, that THE WATER SERVICE FURNISHED BY THE CITY IS JUST ABOUT A8 GOOD AS PRIVATE COR PORATIONS FURNISH IN THE WAY OF A TELE PHONE SERVICE, A TELEGRAPH SERVICE, A BAG GAGE SERVICE OR a MESSENGER SERVICE. And at' that we are confident that many are prepared to state that the city departments mentioned lead the water works In efflclency. For the sake of argumenL let us admit that the municipally o'wned waterworks department 18 NOT A8 EFFICIENT as that owned by a private corporation; We have found In recent months that the freight rate re ceived by Birmingham Is far better than Atlanta's. How about the water rate? The PEOPLE OF BIRMINGHAM PAY TWO DOLLARS PER MONTH for their water ser vice, and the citizens of Atlanta PAY sixty cents. A CORPORATION FURNISHE8 THE WATER SUPPLY TO BIRMINGHAM! We shall let "JUSTICE” in for a Anal spasm. He writes: "Municipal ownership Is RADICAL. (We put those big letters In, but It was because "JUSTICE" bad three lines of red Ink under them.) It Is contrary to the spirit of the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States. And, again, the political corruption of American city governments would Involve Inefficient officers appointed for political reasons, and consequent mismanagement If city officials are dishonest In their dealings with corporations, there Is no reason to suppose they would be more honorable In their management of public Industries and funds." Now, we might dismiss these sentences from "JUS TICE” by referring him to the article from which he de liberately lifted the latter half of his second sentence and all of his last. But we shall take It up In the reverse of the order he has written: LA8TLY. We know of no corruption among local city officials. It there was you would hear from the 'back street” voter. A recent primary demonstrates the determination of the average citizen to find out what be wants and to attend to It. "JU8TICE" would have you Infer that corporation officials are bos set, because In AND JAILED. WHAT ABOUT THE RAILROAD REBATE8? WHAT ABOUT THE PACKING HOUSE HORRORS? WHAT ABOUT THE FEARFUL INSURANCE SCAN DALS? WHAT ABOUT THE GREAT BANK CRASHES, MANY OF THEM RECENT? Now—we are stIIL on the lastly—does “JUSTICE” or any other man believe that any of the foregoing blots would have been put on our country’s escutcheon If the government had owned the railroads, the packing houses, the Insurance companies or the banks. AND DOES ANY MAN BELIEVE THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD LET A SINGLE DEPOSITOR IN ONE OF ITS OWN BANKS LOSE A SINGLE PENNY THROUGH THE DE- FALCATION OF A TRUSTED OFFICIAL? Would you feel safe if your money was In a postal savings depart ment? SECONDLY—We don’t see how municipal ownership Is contrary to the spirit of the Declaration of Indepen dence or the Constitution of the United States. We sur mise that "JUSTICE” wrote his effusion on Labor Day and was under the misapprehension It was the Fourth of July, hence bis patriotic ebullition along this.line. WE ASSERT IN ABSOLUTE SERIOUSNESS THAT THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS NOTHING MORE NOR LESS THAN A MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP MOVE, The people of. this country were tired of Eng land owning It; were disgusted with having A PRIVATE CORPORATION OF NOBILITY, presided over by a king, conduct the machinery of this country; were angered by log to pay taxes without representation. And e an Idea that our forefathers actually CONFISCATED their home country. AND THE PRIVATE CORPORA TIONS OWNING PUBLIC UTILITIES ARE TODAY TAXING THE PEOPLE WITHOUT GIVING THEM REP RESENTATION; but this .we shall discuss another time. As to the Constitution of the United States—we shall leave that with "JUSTICE” while we proceed to — FIRSTLY—"Municipal ownership Is RADICAL," says "JUSTICE." Well, the Declaration of Independence wob somewhat RADICAL, Judging from history, and It was followed by VIOLENCE. The Georgian Is not suggesting anything sanguinary, rather do we believe In arbitration, provided through arbitration the people can get what they want;- we were Just tracing history. Nor shall we Insist that the famous Declaration Is In effect the municipal ownership wc are seeking today; but you might think It over. But all this Is beside the question. We had Juat started out to mention the fact that municipal ownership In the United States is ONE HUNDRED AND SIX .YEARS OLD. This Is true. The first municipally owned waterworks was built In Winchester, Va., In 1800—JuBt 106 years ago. Despite the fact that It Is most difficult to get the people to act In concert upon such a matter, even where they are readiest to rebel against official corruption, out of 135 plants in cities of over 30,000 Inhabitants EIGHTY- EIGHT plants are municipally owned. The Georgian directs these facts especially to those who are Inclined to believe that municipal ownership Is an experiment or a fad! GOSSIP! A BABY IN By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX. (Copyright, 1908, l»jr Amoriean-Journal-Ex* •miner.) I know that a baby waa hid In that bouse, Though I aaw no cradle, and heard no cry; nut the husband went tiptoeing 'round like tnnoae. And the fair wife waa bumming a soft lullaby; And there was the look on her face of a mother— A look that means alwaya one tblug, and no other. "A mother," I said to tnyaelf, and 1 knew The woman before me waa certainly that, For there on the floor waa a cute little shoe, And I aaw on the table a wee pretty bat; And the lieard of the huaband said plain aa could be "Two fat, chubby handa hare been tugging at me." ELLA WHEELER WILCOX. THE HOUSE And he took from his pocket a gar picture book; And a dog that would bark, if you pulled on a Ft ring, And the wife put them by with inch a pleased look. And I said to myielf, "There Is no other thlug But a Imho that could bring about all this, and so. That one la lu hiding here, somewhere, 1 know." I stayed hut a moment, and saw* nothing more; And heard not n sound, but I know ! was right; What else could the shoe mean that lay on tho floor— The l»ook and the toy, and the faces so bright? And what made the hushnnd as atilt as a moose? I am sure, very sure, there's a babe In that house. Neg ks and Corners of American History DAVID CROCKETT By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY. Of ©avid Crockett nearly every na tive American has heard, and yet of David Crockett the average American knows very little. He was a backwoodsman who cguld ■hoot and tell funny yarns. Aa a story teller he waa Inimitable, and aa for his skill with the rifle, la It not proven by the surrender of the coon, which, when It looked down from the limb on which It lay and aaw Crockett about to Are, cried out: “Don’t shoot. Colonel, ’ll come down!" Such Is about the extent of the knowledge that the rank and Ale of the people have of the man whose career reflects aa much credit upon his country aa any one who waa ever born upon Ita toll. David Crockett waa Indeed a splendid .lory-teller and one of the beet shots that over put gun to shoulder, but he waa far more than that—he waa a big- brained, great-hearted, clear-souled man, whose incorruptible manhood made him the eternal example of all who would do the thing that Is right Crockett was born In th. wild, of Limestone county, Tsnnea.ee, August 17, 1786. Without education or any of the ac complishments that go along with the culture of the schools, the young back woodsman by sheer merit and brain power caught the attention of his neighbors, and was by those neighbors sent to represent them In the legisla ture—1822-182S. He did his work so well In the legis lature that he waa sent to represent his state In the national congress, being elected first In 1828, and again In 1830. While a member of congress he did little talking, but when It came to vot ing he was always on the side of "Jus tice. economy and liberty.” They laughsd at hla roughshod ways. Growth and Progress of the New South Coder this hsad will appear from time to time Information lllastretlog ths remarkable development of tbs South wblcb deserves eomethlag mors tbto psss- Increasc in Southern Trade. The advance made last year by the South In the matter of commerce was the moat notable In her history. She contributed directly and In directly 40 per cent of the merchandise In the country's export trade, and handled about 36 per cent of that trade through her own ports. * Of the export merchandise produced exclusively by the South, raw cotton represented 8401,608,921; cotton seed oil, 313,672,370; cotton seed meal and cake, 813,078,100; naval stores, 320,076,686, and phosphate rock, 17,919,983, a total of 8468,747.969. Of export goods produced In other parts of the country as well aa In tha South, tbs latter's estimated share wae: Petroleum, (40,000,000; timber and lumber, 840,000.000; botton goods, (30,000,000; tobacco, $28 < 000,000; provisions, 336,000,000; grain, 120,000,000; coal, 316,000,000; cattle, 113,000,000; and fruits, 33,000,000, a total of $214,000,000. To these totals should be added about 326,000,000, representing the South's share In exports of man ufactures of Iron and steel, of manufactures of wood, of manufactures of leather and other articles originating primarily or secondarily In the South, and there Is a grand total of 1104,000,000 as the share of the South In the 31,743,144,600* of exports from the whole country. Comparing the fiscal years 1806 and 1908, the value of exports from Southern ports Increased from (666,481,202 to (640,032,000, or by 886,551,- OOO, which Is equal to 16.6 per cent, while from all other ports the Increase was equal to 14.4 per cent. Comparing the first year of the century with 1906 the South makes even a better comparative showing, for during the live years the In- creaee In value of exports was at Southern ports from 8628,6(4,706 to 1642.- 083,763. equivalent to about 31.4 per cent, while In all other porta ths in crease was equ^l to less than 16 per cent. In the matter of Imports considerable progress Is also being made by the South, especially In comparison with ths rest of the country, though Its ports are by no means handling the quantity of Incoming goods Justified by the outward-bound movement, the healthiest commerce — that Is, healthiest for the transportation Interests and the business Interests of the ports handling It—being that In which the Incoming vessel or the outgoing train shall have freight to carry sway approaching In quantity or value the freight which In the case of the steamer It takes out and In the case of the railroad that which It brings In. Between 1806 and 1906 the value of Imports advanced from 883,063,679 to (101,206,146, or by 818,162,466, equal to 21.6 per cent, at Southern porta, while at other ports the Increase was from 31,034,469,392 to 81,126,367.699, or by 190,699,806, equal to only 6.7 per cent, and in the live years between 1S01 and 1906 It advanced from 867.611.613 to 1101,206,148, or by 343,604,727, equal to 76.9 per cent, at Southern porta, and at all other ports from 1766,- 660.747 to 91,126,867,606, or by 1866,696,651, equal to 46.6 per cenL In 1906 the value of Imports exceeded that of exports at Boston, New York, San Francisco, Chicago and other districts not In the South, but Charleston and Tampa were about only porta of Importance In the South where there was such excess but no mother's son of them would for one moment hnve attempted to bribe or bulldoze the unlettered hunter-con gressman from whut he believed to be the path of duty. "Be sure you're right, then go ahead, was the motto of hts life, and from that motto nothing could swerve him. In the beginning of hts career he Idol lied "Old Hickory." Than Andrew Jackson there wae. In Ills opinion, no grander man, and he was prepared to follow him to the last ditch. But (he moment Jackson attempted that which seemed to him to be wrong, Crockett left him, denounced him and swore he would have no more to do with him. "I am nt liberty to vote ns my con science and Judgment dictate to b< right, without the yoke of any party on me, or the driver at my heels with the whip In his hands commanding me at his pleasure.” It took n man to brave the Ire of An drew Jackson, but Crockett did It—and for Jackson's wrath he did not care a "continental." And so the rough man from the fron tier served out his four years at Wash ington a patriot In the truest sense of the word, returning to hts constltutents without spot or blemish, as clean as the hearts of the oaks under whose boughs he grew up to manhood. Crockett was too honest to be suc cessful In politics, and he met the fate tint might have been expected—he was beaten, finally, by those who were bet- teg versed than himself In the points of the game. But there was one thing that the politicians could not do—they could not keep Crockett from fighting for human liberty, and when the Texan patriots began their heroic struggle against Mexico, Crockett shouldered his trusty rifle and started to aid them In their glorious light. As long as ths English language la read the name of "The Alamo" will stand forth aa the synonym of heroic courage and sublime eelf-sacriflce. Among the defenders of “The Alamo' Crockett waa prominently conspicuous. When. In overwhelming numbers, the Mexicans broka Into ths stronghold, Crockett was one of the few survivors to meet them In the Anal death grap ple. With hla own hand he slew seventeen of the enemy before he waa struck down. All honor to this man's memory! Brave as a lion and as Incorruptlbls as an angel, he waa proof against all fear and nil wrong. Would that every young man In the nation could read, study and "Inward, ly digest" the life of David Crockett "KEEP UP THE FIGHT.” To the Editor of The Georgian: I, and I believe every rjtlzen who has the good of our city at heart, ap preciate your efforts to get Atlanta out of the clutches of the Georgia Rail way and Electric Company monopoly. I hope Alderman Key will be able to do so, as far as the gas part of It Is concerned. But how about the electric light part of It? As you truly say, the city is now paying 3110,900 per yeor, with scarcely one-third enough lights. If It Is 1110,900 now, how much will It be In live years? One hundred and ten thousand dollars Is 4 per rent on about 82.806,- 000. The city has plenty of ground at the water-works plant to establish the electric light system, and surely If the Georgia Railway and Electric Company cun bring electricity from Bull sluice and Gainesville, we can bring It from the water-works. Under the law, we have a right to uee the conduits and poles for municipal lights, but we ought to see that our merchants are protected should the present company nttempt to get the (110,000 from them, which they lose from the city. ' It Is easy to criticise, but where Is the remedy? Hsre It Is. Let council pass an ordinance asking of the legislature the right to Issue suf ficient bonds to install the plant, say By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. .Special to The Georgian. New York, Sept. 6.—It Is a rare thi„. when the New York street fakir m|>^ a trick. He Is usually close up to th! times, and quick to take advantage the day's news to turn a more or honest penny. ** The new spelling "message" of p rei •dent Roosevelt was one of these or," portunltles not to be loet, and one of the best sellers along Park row i. . pamphlet called "The New Method 2 Spelling, by President Roosevelt/' oj course, it Is not by the president h,» the fakirs did a land office business i! H at a nickel a copy. The pam^lS contained nothing more than a list 2 the words suggested to be clianged, * The call of the wild West has he.* heard by Theodore Roosevelt, Jr a*3 he proposes to answer It. " From Glenwood Springs, Colo hi, come an Interview In which Theodor Jr., says he Is going to grow up in th. same environment as hts father th! president. ' • - He means to rough It as soon ns ha gets out of college, and thinks he *5 enjoy punching cattle, hunting or a nr. thing the wild and wooly offers in th. way of wildness. Of course, he u n enjoy it. There are few healthy, nor. tnally constituted boys who would not What the pirate was to boys of a cen. tury ago or so the cowpunclier la i* the boy of today. Friends of Mrs. Charles M. Schwab while assured that the illness which coflnes her do her magnificent River, side Drive palace Is not serious, an beginning to worry about her. u. Schwab Is most devoted In his atten. tlona to hlB wife, and spends all the time he can take from his business hr her side. Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish Is determined to solve the mystery of the Newport robbers, who paid a visit to her guests at Crossways. She Is convinced that It Is a rase of Raffles arid mean, to land him In Jail, no matter who he Is. She Is keener on the hunt than the police. Charged with horsewhipping a w..... an, Edward T. Perkins, chairman o( the Duchess county Democratic com. inittee, prominent lawyer and brother- In-law of James K. Hill's daughter, will be tried at Poughkeepsie on Hat- unlay. The. accuser Is Edward S. Belknap, a commercial traveler, who declares that while riding with his wife In an au tomobile, Perkins, passing In his car riage, drew his horsewhip and struck Mrs. Belknap a stinging blow ncron the face with the lash, leaving a great red scar from chin to forehead. Belknap says Perkins was enraged because his horse hod been frightened by the automobile. Perkins' version of the affair Is different. He says hla horso was frightened by the automo bile and balked. He began to lash ths horse, and If the whip struck Mri. Belknap It was an accident. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. By Private l.cas,at Wire. New York, Sept. 6.—Here arc some of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—Mrs. C. E. Leebold, H. C. Stewart, J. O; Wynne, A. Wynne, Mtss C. Wynne, Miss Howell, Miss Wil lingham, C, W. Bone, A. Bonnlman. J. B. Cheatham, E. Dougherty, H. M. Me- Cullough, P. D. Willingham, W. B. Wil lingham. T. H. Martin. SAVANNAH—G. W Denny, D. C. Foreman. B. H. Gaynor, f Mrs. C. 0. Israel, a. L. Mohr. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. SEPTEMBER 6. 14!C—Cotuitthtts palled from Canary !*• lands on voyage of illscorery. 1578—Krsnrl* Drake entered I'nHflc ore*! through Htrnlts of Miigollnu. 1845—New Netherlind , colony observe! thanksgiving for restoration of !**<*• with the Indiana. WI1I8 4116* iiiiiiniin. 1781—Fort Orlawold taken by the Britltt under Arnold. , . . 1814— American nnd Brltlah land and watrr force* engaged In battle at UW Cbnniplnln. 1842—M. K. InriilI*, president ot Big * onf railroad, Born* , 1881—Uenernl Grant took possession Pj ‘ ‘ 1171—The mare Goldsmith Maid trotted t mile In 2:17 nt Milwaukee. 1878—Lafayette statue unveiled in tnlon Square, New York eltjr. 1906—New York hwlslatlve InTeitlgntlng committee liegnn examination or ins Insurance companies. COLORED WA8HWOMEN AND COOK8 ORGANIZED Special to The Georgian. Brunswick, Os* Sept. I.—In the P** rade of the labor unions In this city on Monday lost the colored washwo men, cooks and housemaids were rep resented. This fact came as a sur- irise to most of the white peoP 1 * "J Brunswick, ns It was not generally known that ths colored women city had an organization. It *e*w* however, that they have been orgaa Ized for some months, and their union has quite a large membership. WEST INDIA CYCLONE MOVE8 TOWARD GEORGIA 1*|h» /lid to The Georgian. Brunswick, Ga, Sept. 5.—A *'*™" Ing was Issued yesterday by the Lnlteu Slates weather bureau to miners, ao- vising them of the approach °‘ a ”. clone from the West Indies ""*' quently all sailing vessels In thla which were ready to put to sea have postponed their sailing awaiting velopments. bond* fuw.vvv, at ■* j*** teiiw 6-**ry i' would bring a premium.) After bonds have been Issued, It would be easy matter to do the rant “rs park. Piedmont park, police sutl''m “ fine houses. In fact, all the city depsj* rooms, sre clamoring for more lit™ but council Is unable to give them. * every extra light put up. both In* city and suburbs, means better P protection, as ths criminal bst«i ll *„, Anothsr good reason why the “ ' should own Its own light plsnt we conld then establish night wh for men, women, boys snd S ,r J’ )rl must work during the day to *«l i themselves snd families. By all means, Mr. Editor, get city to put In Its own plant and It be the saving of many thousand* dollars annually for the city, and » be of great benefit to our citizen* Keep up the light. A good cau»* n« never yet been lost. R. C. BOSCHE. Atlanta. Sept. 6.