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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN-
KATOWAY. KRPTEMI1ER S, IS*.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
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Enter.-1 as second-elsaa matter April 9, lfioe, st tba Postofflee if
Atlanta, Oa.. nnder act of eanxrena of Mareli S, MJi.
Saturday Evening.
They tell a pretty etory of tbe Queen Mother of Hol
land, who Is one of the sweetest and loveliest of the roy
al women ot the old world. One morning recently she
wn s rudely awakened by a loud knocking at her cham
ber'door. When she asked who was there, a quaintly
dignified voice answered, "The Queen of Holland.” To
this the queen mother answered, "I am not up yet, and
am not able to receive Her Majesty, but If It Is only my
little daughter she may come In.”
And the winsome little queen ot Holland, In the
more charming character of the “little daughter," en
tered her mother's room.
A similar story has been told of Queen Victoria and
the Prince Consort. Answering a rap at bis door.
Prince Albert asked “Who Is there?” and received the
reply “The queen." whereupon her husband, devoted
to her though he was, declined to let her enter. An hour
later she returned and rapped at the door, and In an
swer to the same question replied, “Victoria," whereupon
Bhe was welcomed with open arms.
Perhapf there was never a more pathetic wall than
that of this same royal woman—queen of Great Britain
and Ireland and Empress of India—when In tbe agony of
her grief for the husband of her youth, she exclaimed,
"There la no one left to call me Victoria now.”
These are homely Illustrations of the human side of
royalty—the feeling which underlies the robes ot royalty
and overrides ceremonious conventions. To our demo
cratic minds there Is none of the divinity that doth hedge
a king, but to tbe subjects of other countries there Is a
glamour and a glory In the "round and to top of sov
ereignty" which seems to remove It far above the com
mon herd. And to such as these they must sometimes
even wonder If kings and queens are subject to the Joys
and sorrows and passions which animate the generality
of mankind.
They never hear the despairing cry, "There Is no one
left to call me Victoria now.”
But In point of fact It Is the abundance of tender and
delicate feelings which makes the true royalty and no
bility of mankind. There Is a world of truth In the senti
ment of Bayard Taylor—
Mr. Richard Cheatham’s Extraordi
nary Vindication.
“The bravest are the tendereat,
The loving are tbe daring.”
It was Pascal who said In the height of his fame and
glory that the public, seeking him out In his retirement,
"came to see a celebrity and found a man,” and there is
no celebrity vtorthy of the name who Is not first of all
a man, with all the feelings and emotions which belong
to exalted manliness.
1 It Is a pity that the hurrying world cannot realise
more that there Is something ennobling in the frank and
unfailing expression of the tenderer sentiments which
stir the mind and heart—that the kindly word and the
chcory clasp of the hand Is like a draught of water to
a thirsty soul or the shadow of a great rock In a weary
land. It would redouble our Joys and minimise our sor
rows and scatter flowers along the highway like the foot
fall of the spring. .
"These shall resist the empire of decay
YVhon time Is o'er and worlds have passed away:
Cold In the dust the perished heart may He.
But that which warmed It once can never die.”
Enforce the Meat Ordinance.
Two of our local contemporaries did not see fit to
give to the public tbe most Important and gratifying an
nouncement that has been made for n long time In the
interests of the people, vis., the adoption by council of
the Taylor measure providing for the sanitary slaugh
ter and sale of meat in the city of Atlanta. The condi
tions which existed were proven to have been absolutely
revolting and the demand for Improvement was urgent.
It had been The Georgian's fight, and The Georgian
had won a glorious victory for the people, but It was a
pitiful spirit which should have moved certain of our con
temporaries for these reasons to suppress the news that
the ordinance bad been passed and the moat Important
step for safe-guarding the life and health of the people
had been taken.
How great was the necessity for such legislation on
the part ot the city council was made apparent through
the death on yesterday of J. R. Hlx, a prominent cltlsen
ot Btockbrldge, Ga., as a result of eating tainted meat
bought In an Atlanta restaurant on last Monday. This
circumstance alone should have, and doubtless would
have, stirred tbe people of Atlanta to righteous action,
and there would have been a strenuous demand for leg
islation If this action had not been taken already.
The ordinance had been passed only a few days be
fore Mr. Hlx ate of the poisoned meat, and the strict
enforcement of the measure, It would seem, had not yet
begun, but It certainly emphasised In no uncertain terms
the fact that It was high time that something should be
done.
And this brings us U> the more Important proposition
of the present moment. Now that the ordinance has
been passed It is up to the board of health tp see to It
that It is rigidly enforced. It would be worse than
criminal, now that suclt a measure is on the statute
books, to allow It become anything like a dead letter.
The life and health of the people are In danger, as
illustrated In a very convincing and deplorable manner
by the tragic death ot Mr. Hlx.
The people will not tolerate the continuance of such
conditions sod It Is now time to make a wholesome ex
ample of some of the offenders.
The whitewashing of Mr. Richard Cheatham by a
majority of the members of the executive committee of
tbe cotton association present at Hot Springs, Ark., Is a
matter which does not concern The Georgian any more
than It touches a hundred other leading newspapers of
the South.
This paper which has been from the beginning In
Its staff and In Its columns the practical and helpful
friend of the cotton association, became the medium of
publicity through which the fact was brought to light
that while Mr. Richard Cheatham's newspaper organ was
savagely lighting the bucket shops and exchanges, Mr.
Cheatham himself was actively engaged in dealing with
those Institutions—winking with one eye at the people
In the advocacy of his crusade and actively dealing with
one hand In cotton futures through Oibert A Clay and
through a bucket shop In this city.
Mr. Cheatham brought to bay by these charges was
compelled to confess his participation and brought at
least one witness to prove that his dealings were made
for other parties and not In his own behalf, which was
a very queer and perverted conception of tbe moral ques
tion Involved even If It were true.
There were nearly one hundred of the leading news
papers of the South, all ardent friends of tbe cotton
association, who resolutely Insisted upon Mr. Cheat
ham’s resignation under these circumstances. The Gal
veston and Dallas News did so, as did Ttie New Orleans
Tlmes-DemocraL The New Orleans Trade Index, one
of the greatest trade and cotton papers In the United
States, earnestly and consistently demanded this resig
nation upon his own confession. The Mobile Register
Joined In the demand. The Savannah Press and The
Savannah News and The Savannah Cotton Paper
also demanded It The Macon Evening News, one of
the best and bravest papers In Georgia, Joined In the
protest. The Atlanta Journal, of Which Mr. Jordan was
once the agricultural editor, wrote a lengthy editorial
earnestly calling for the resignation of the secretary ot
the cotton association after his own confession. The
papers at Charlotte and at Raleigh and in Wilmington
echoed tbe demand. The Columbia State and The
Charleston Post, and we think, The News and Courier,
also agreed that It was a necessary thing to be done, and
The Georgian was only one of about a hundred newspa
pers of the highest type and character who felt that the
Interest of this great organisation demanded that Its of
ficial life should be vindicated by this merited rebuke to
one of Its leading oflicers, who, while thundering his
warfare against the exchanges and the bucket shops,
was himself their patron and their beneficiary.
Under these circumstances the members of the ex
ecutive committee present at Hot Springs have seen
lit to vindicate Mr. Cheatham and to restore him to his
position. They do this In executive session, which
means a secret session, and evidently over the strong
protest ot a strong mln9rity of their own members.
Without a particle of personal malice or personal
feeling in this matter. The Georgian cannot fall to regret
the serious mistake made by the majority of the execu
tive committee present at Hot Springs. The public opin
ion which demanded tbe resignation of Richard Cheat
ham was too widespread and too potential to be Ignored.
It Included too many great newspapers and too many
strong and able friends In and out of the cotton growers
themselves. Whatever the conditions which surrounded
Mr. Cheatham's connection with the assoclktlon, what
ever Information he may have had in his possession
which made It necessary to retain him, we do not know,
but we do not hesitate to say without malice and with
out fear, that his restoration Is a serious mistake.
The majority of the visiting members of the execu
tive committee have simply committed themselves to
these astonishing propositions.
They have vindicated an official of a charge which he
has himself confessed.
Moreover, having vindicated him of this charge
which he himself had confessed, they have proceeded in
a second resolution to declare that the act to which he
pleaded guilty was a serious offense against the associa
tion and It any members were guilty In the future they
should be expelled from office. —
In other words, the secret session of the visiting ex
ecutive committee declares that Mr. Cheatham Is not
guilty of a charge to which he has pleaded guilty ^nd
that the act which he himself confesses Is henceforward
an offense against the association worthy of expulsion,
but that Mr. Cheatham, who Is not guilty, although he
himself says that he Is, Is hereby restored to a full fel
lowship and to his high and responsible position with
the Information that he himself doss not know when he
le guilty, but that If he le ever guilty again he will be ex
pelled from the association which sternly condemns the
offense which he confesses In a confession which the
majority of the committee refuses to believe and to per
ceive. Truly this Is a marvelous piece of logic, a decis
ion fearfully and wonderfully made. It raises the ques
tion that there must be something In Mr. Richard Cheat
ham so Indispensably necessary to the cotton associa
tion that he mutt be proved not guilty of charges to
which he has already pleaded guilty—of an offense which
the executive committee declares Is a most heinous of
fense against the association, but of which they decide
he Is not guilty, although he himself says he Is guilty.
It will Impress thoughtful mSn nnd honest friends of
the association that there Is something more than pe
culiar In this extraordinary verdict.
Perhaps the annual meeting of next spring may take
There Ib nothing which so keeps the races on a tension
aa this continued proximity.
We understand that the matter Is to be taken up In
council at an early date and It is hoped that the ad
vocates of separation will be able to accomplish some
thing In the direction of reform. The present arrange
ment should not be allowed to continue for another day,
and the people look to council to give them relief.
The warlike Moors have no hesitancy In surrender
ing—someone else.
a different view of It.
THE PEOPLE'S FIGHT.
To the Editor of Tbe Georgian:
You have now tackled a light which will call forth
all your courage, all your resources and all your general
ship If you are to win.
A light against the Georgia Railway and Electric
Company will be an uphill one, one that no other paper
In the city has dared to begin. If ever there was a time
that tbe people of a city ought to rally to the support of
a newspaper, that time Is now.
This Is not The Georgian's fight, It is the people’s
fight, and as such is started and as such wilt be con
ducted, I am sure. Every man, woman and child who
has any Interest In Atlanta has certainly a vital Interest
In this fight, and having such Interest, should hold up
your bands until the fight Is won and then continue to
do so.
But the average reader will ask how can I help a
newspaper, no matter how much I may approve of Its
policy?
First of all, buy the paper and read It; then buy from
firms who advertise In tbe paper and let those firms
know where you saw the advertisement, and above all, it
you have any advertising to do yourself, do It In The
Georgian and advise others to do the same. It will not
be a charity act, for tbe paper which Is fighting for the
people will be read by the people, and thus the returns
will come. There are many other ways, of course, but
If the people will follow the above I believe you, Mr.
Editor, will be satisfied.
You state In your able editorial that you wish to hear
from anyone who has been unfairly dealt with by the
Georgia Railway and Electric Company. This whole com
munity Is at present being robbed by that company un
der tbe namo of the Atlanta Northern Railway. It Is all
the same company, for they acknowledge^) themselves.
If you go to Comptroller General Wrlght'roffice you will
find that tbe Georgia Railway and Electric Company re
turned taxes on tbe Atlanta Northern as their property.
Such returns were made under oath, I presume, so Is
very likely true. (Jim Key take notice). I live less than
six mile, from the capital, yet this company charges me
and my neighbors 15 cents fare one way. From How
ell station and even inside the city this company charges
a 10-cent fare. You cannot get In or out of the city on
this line nnder 10 cents. Just think of the thousands of
dollars the franchise to run Into the city Is worth, which
this company gets free, and then look at the treatment
the city receives In return.
We who are mulcted of the 15 cents fare are not the
only ones hurt, for It hurts the whole city of Atlanta.
That extra fare Is simply a Chinese wall which plainly
says to Atlanta, thus far Shalt thou grow and no fur
ther. A city always grows by the working people buy
ing and building on the suburbs. They are the pioneers
In city building Just as much as the poor man was the
pioneer who built up the west. How can the working
man pay such fares? How can he get a home In the
suburbs? But much could be written on this subject
by others far abler than I. Think of the handicap It Is
to our local merchants, who In their enterprise spend
large amounts advertising In the dally papers. We see
the advertisements, but In order to take advantage of
them we must spend 30 cents. Consequently we lay
the paper down and say “I'd like to have It but can't af
ford the carfare." We then pick up a catalogue ot some
big Chicago mall order house, with which the country
Is now flooded, and find the same article which we can
have brought right to the door for probably 8 cents, thus
bringing Chicago nearer than Atlanta by 22 cents. That
Chicago man docs not pay a dollar taxes to Atlanta, not
a penny to nn Atlanta paper for advertising, nor a nickel
to any Atlanta man for clerk hire. Is that fair to the
Atlanta merchant? Close to where I live Is a cemetery.
Y#t this same company Instead of establishing a station
or atop at the nearest point and directly on a public
road, have placed a station (Moore’s) In the middle of a
field and for a long time had the station fenced In with
a four strand barbed wire fence. The station Is a quar
ter of a mile from the road, thus compelling the poople
to walk a half mile (both ways) further than necessary,
In other words walk back up tbe track to regain the road.
We sent In a petition signed by people whose relatives
are burled In the cemetery and all the answer we got
was to hare the wire cut so that the people could walk
across a plowed field Instead of going up the track.
Before sending In the petition I made a personal ap
peal to Mr. Glenn for a stop, pointing out tbe danger of
women and children walking up the track. His answer
was that the company could not be held legally respon
sible If they met with neddents.
“Then, Mr. Glenn," I said, “you would rather see our
women and children risk their lives than to grant us a
stop at the road?”
"That's about the slse of It?" was the brutal answer
ot Mr. Glenn. j
Ho may deny that, but I am willing to swear to It,
and I know my word Is as good as Mr. Glenn's among,
my neighbors—those who know me.
May the people realize that you are making this
fight for them and rnlly to your support and that you
may win Is my earnest prayer. Respectfully yours,
W. S. MTNTYRE,-
Atlanta, Sept. 6.
ed that will work better and not leave our people so
wretchedly demoralized. We, might organize Mans
enough to thin the negro out to n stand In a few years,
th-- we would have our own people so degraded that u
would take x. .re than a generation to get us back to true,
quiet, peaceable citizenship again. Something muBt ue
done, but let us work It out with cool, determined Judg
ment, and done In this way It will not destroy the youth
of our young manhood. You can organize K. K. bands
all over the state and when this work is over of
straightening out the negro you would have an element
so drilled nnd trained In such wicked work that it
would become second nature, so to speak—so much so
that the greater part of them would not know when
their work was ended, and It would take quite a while
to teach these klans that tbe war was ended. Now let us
try to get rid of the bad element of the negroes, and In
a way that will not corrupt our own people.
Separation Is the best way we can devise, and If our
people (white) North and South would agree on this plan,
and then let congress make the law and the provision
for such things, the trouble would then be ended; and
it does look like the white people after seeing such a
dreadful thing surrounding us on all sides would begin
to act, and at as early date as could be arranged. Why
don’t some leading man In congress begin to Introduce
such measure? Ben Tillman, with all his eloquence and
"vim" could start something that would end In good. A
quiet separation will beat all the killing we can do, If wo
were to kill all. I am trilling to be taxed $25 per year
for ten yeara to come for this one purpose, and that
much on all male citizens would move the Blue Ridge
mountain across the sea, much less the negro race. Keep
It before the people for you can do It as no other can.
But give your protest at all times to the Ulan plan, and
may we hope for better times and a wise solution of this
much vexed and perplexed problem. Yours truly,
A. D. CURRIE.
Groveland, Ga.
SEPARATION THE ONLY WAY.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Your article "When Will the Reign of Terror Cease?”
Is striking on country people with n great deal of force,
for we think wo have more cause to be In dread than
the city people. We feel proud to know wo have such an
editor in Georgia who enn so Impress us on this subject
as you have. When will the reign end? I wish I could
see an answer when and bow. Now It must cease, cost
what It will.
1 have read with care the plans of a good many. One
plan I can’t Indorse—that Is the Ku-Klux Klan. We of
m.v age (58) know something of this klan business. It
will ruin any country or government that will adopt or
allow It. Let your master pen bear heavy nnd long
against any movement of this kind. It Is too wicked for
any civilized people to tolerate. Other ways can be devis-
TRAIL CARS FOR THE NEGROES.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
When the streets of Atlanta get to Are wide, and
straight, so that the street cars won't have to run round
any corners or up and down grade Mr. Arhwlght, I think,
will let the white people fide by themselves, nnd let the
negroes ride In trailers. Wouldn't that be nice?
But as long as the streets of Atlanta persist in be
ing so narrow and will run up and down, and cars
have to run around corners, why the white people will
just have to ride In the cars with the negroes. Mr.
Arkwright Is awfully sorry, but it can't be helped.
Mr. Arkwright Ib the pretty man the street car com
pany has to tell tbe people what Is best for them in re
gard to street cars. He and another gentleman went over
to the legislature and when Senator Strange said the peo
ple wanted tbe whites and blacks separated In tbe street
cars, Mr. A. and the other gentleman said It wasn't that
way at all, that It wouldn’t be best for the people (no, not
the people; 1 made a mistake)—for tho street car com
panies, for them to have separate cars; that Senator
Strange was entirely mistaken, and made them lay the
bill "on the table.” And tho "other gentleman" was “laid
on the table” by an overwhelming vote of these samo
people. Mr. Arkwright U sorry, but It can't be helped.
The ladles and children must continue to be crowded into
the street cars with the negroes, because the street car
company Is too poor to furnish separate cars, for If they
did what would becomo of tbe watered stock? That Is a
pretty live Issue. However, Mr. Arkwright will allow the
ladles and children to enter the car from tbe front, if
they will bo good, and not fall off, though the posters in
the cars at one time stated In big black letters that,
"passengers must enter nnd leave cars by the rear
platform only, to avoid danger.” Now, however, they can
get in if there Is room, any old way, at the risk of life
and limb. In case of an accident a damage suit might
be rather an expensive item, but no matter; we must
take the chances. Mr. Arkwright Is sorry, but the streets
are too narrow, not for double tracks, but for trailers.
As most of cars on the Peachtree line to Brookwood
have only five seats on a side and the two little end
ones, any gentleman who might wish to enjoy a cigar
while on his way to or from his business simply won't
be allowed to do such a thing. The Idea of wanting
such a privilege; preposterous! He should appreciate
the fact that the negroes must have those seats, tbe
street car company needs his nickel, and you know the
street car company Is too poor to furnish a separate car
for the hundreds of Its negro patrons. So you must be
good, gentlemen, and let the negro have your seat. If
you want your cigar you must walk. Mr. A. Is sorry,
but It can't be helped.
It's a foolish public that thinks they are going to
get any consideration from the street car company—the
poor street car company—that owns all the streets In
our beautiful city, all over It, and now extending all
round It. I think Mr. Key should be ashamed of himself,
trying to make tbe poor street car company pay any taxes
on their nice long line to Marietta, because you know
they are running It Just to accommodate the public.
That’s very kind of them. It may be that they are not
making any money out of It, who knows? What If the
ladles and children do have to be packed Into the cars,
even stand on the front platform, the aisles also being
filled, as I saw them the other day, and falling over one
another, having nothing to hold to, while the,three or four
rear seats were filled with negro men and women com
fortably seated, enjoying themselves, seeing the white
ladles hardly able to stand, being jostled around and
knocked up against the backs and sides of the car. What
difference does that make, gentlemen? Tho negro has
paid tor his seat; the street car company needs the
money. You can’t help It. you must submit to tbe Insult
offered your wives and mothers by your friends of the
street car company. Mr. A. Is sorry—so sorry—but—
things will go merrily on in the game old way unless the
members of the city council have backbone enough to
say "we have stood this Insult to our families Just as
long as we Intend to, and If the street car company has
not respect enough for our white women to change
things, we will make them have. We have stood the
present state of affairs Just as long as we propose to;
patience has ceased to bo a virtue, and Is verging close
onto a crime. Gentlemen of the street car company, we
demand separate cars tor the protection of our wtvea and
daughters.
If (he close contact Is as repulsive as It Is now on
open cars, for heaven sake what will It be when cold
weather makes closed doors and windows a necessity?
Gentlemen of the city council, It Is up to you. What do
you propose to do about It?’ Haven't the ladies endured
the present state of affairs long enough? They cannot
help tbonmelves. Will you condemn them to a contlnua-
tion of presotit conditions?
Mr. A. Ii sorry, but he can’t help it, so you must
*■— . E. K. F.
tell him how.
The Trail Cars Must Come.
James J. Hill says "tbe plough Is the ho|ie of the
United States," but The Boston Globe exclaims with hor
ror, "0, no, no; it's the plow."
Tbe school bey, with that fictitious "shining morning
face,” Is on bis way to lessons with a crabapple coun
tenance.
Allas Maude Snow has been asleep 4S days.
Is not In Philadelphia, but out In Indiana.
Resentment against the Ice trust begins to cool with
tbe advance of the season.
The Georgian has been, and will continue to be,
steady and faithful champion of the poople In their fight
for the separation of the races on the street cars.
We have never taken any stock In the objections
sot forth by the street railroad and we are firmly of the
opinion that It Is entirely feasible nnd practicable for
them to make some kind ot arrangement for this separa
tion.
In another column on this page today we publish a
communication from one of the most gifted and cultur
ed women In the state, who has more than once had oc
casion to protest against the present manner In which
white and colored are made to ride on the street cars.
She makes a strong and vigorous argument and one
which It seems to ua should appeal to the fairness and
the common sense of the street railway company. She
Is amply able to speak for herself, but coming from one
whom we know so well and can commend so entirely to
the confidence and Intelligence of our readers, her com
munication should carry something more than ordinary
weight.
It la nothing short of outrageous that refined wo
men should be subjected to tbe Indignity ot having to
ride In close proximity with the negroes, while the very
fart that whites and blacks In general have to share
the same street cart is known and recognized to be one
of the most fruitful sources of disorder and conflict.
Growth and Progress of the New South
A Piano Dealer’s View of Prosperity.
Mr. A. A. Thomas, of Augusta, Os.,
in one of the most prominent and pro
gressive merchants of that city.
While on a recent visit to Washing
ton, he was interviewed by ' The Piano
Trade,” in the course of which he gave
much valuable Information *1iat will
be of* interest to tho readers t f The
Georgian.
Mr. Thomas likened planer > sew
ing machines in the evolution of the
public demand. He says that as long
ago as 1876 it was p|fdieted that the
sewing machine flclJ would soon »••
exhausted, but that today the demand
Is greater than It has evr been. The
day of the reed organ in the 8 mth is
passing away nnd thr piano is taking
Its place.
Continuing, Mr. Thomas said:
•’There Is no overproduction In cot
ton, and It Is nn easy matter for the
planters to find a market for ail the
cotton that they can ra|se. About one-
fifth of the entire cotton product
Southern cotton manufactories. The
total crop amounts to 11,000,000 bales
each containing 500 pounds of cotton.
Twelve cents a pound means $60 for
a bale of cotton. Thut spells prosper
ity in the fullest degree with ample
money to supply toe rece»>«nrie* of
life. The total value of the niton
crop this year will be about $660,000,-
000.
"What the South nerds most at the
present time," said Mr. Thomas, "Is a
diversified crop, so that In the case of
X failure In the cotton crop there may
be other products to fall pack upon.
Another need is for the investment of
capital for the spinning of cotton so
that the demand for labor may be t-ug-
mented and the money for such work
distributed in the South. Other snm’l
Industries are required, and for the
same reason, to keep the money at
home and to make the unemployed
self-sustaining. The 3onth Is rnptd’y
recovering from the effects of the civil
ar, and Is beginning to pay proper
attention to economic questions that
have a direct bearing upon the happi
ness of Its people and their prosperity,
‘it has mineral resources of unllm-
gunno deposits that when properly
worked win yield a fortune. Other
minerals there are, too, that are
worthy of the attention of the capital-
1st. There are abundant deposits of
coal and Iron; also kaolin, or white
clay, that is the foundation of the
manufacture of fine porcelain. This
Industry Is certainly worth developing.
Then there is plenty of hardwood and
pine timber that In time will add great.
\y to the revenues of the Southern
states. Onsldentble attention is now
being bestowed upon the growing of
various fruits, which I can candidly
say has Immense possibilities, especial
ly In Georgia nnd South Carolina. ThJa
fruit culture has Just been started, and
the promise of success Is very great.
"In Georgia, too, the farmers have
awakened to a proper appreciation of
local bunks, and In a number of coun
ties are organising financial Inftltu-
lions that will help to sustain tbe home
Interests.
"The textile factories are increasing
an « the by-products from the cotton
are yielding handsome returns. Cot
ton has touched 8 cents a\ the low
est price, which Is not prolltable; but
at 10 cents a pound it gives 25 per
cent profit. You can understand what
It means to tbe South to have cotton at
12 cents a pound.
"Of the by-products, there is the
cotton seed industry which shows a
steady growth. It will yield millions
of dollars, whereas a short time ago
comparatively, cotton seed was used
only as u fertiliser. Then there Is
cotton seed oil, which makes oil-cake
that Is highly desirable as food for
stock and from which a very valuable
I GOSSIP
By CHOLLY KlICKERBOCKER.
New York, Septl—It is learned th*»
Mark Twain's dauhter. MlssCI.2
Clemens, will maki her American de
but ns n concert alger on the evening
of September 22, it Norwalk, Con?
Miss Clemens mao her first ntm...
• . , first appear*
nnce In a profession! way at Florene*
Italy, under favorole auspices hi,,
has a rich contrail voice of unusu.i
clarity and beauty.and for years ha.
been devoting herstf to Its cultivation
under the best maters In Europe if
she can sing nnjnhcre near as w.ii
«« her distinguish] father can writ.
fntrip nnn fnrfnxx nra a
her fame and fortne are assured.
'It now develop, that there mav h.
a contest over thaw IQ of the late Her
man Oelrlchs. Til widow has learned
It Is said, that -Y. Oelrlchs' brothM
Charles. Mi slaid Mrs. Colonel Jay’
and Mr*. Oelrlchs son are the benefl.
claries, and that n. does not get ons
penny.
With this news omes the further
statement that It Isnot true that th.
millionaire and hlswlfe had becom.
partlnlly reconciled.nd that when ha
knew he was dying te-sailed hurried,
ly for this country, oping to be with
her at Ills death. Q the contrary it
Is said, he felt even ttrlfie m«re bitter
against Mrs. Oelrlchi because he was
dying under such dhappy circum
stances.
Mr*. Oelrlchs and br son are now
In Newport, nnd at th end of the sea-
son will sail for Kuroc, Mrs. Charles
Oelrlchs and her dauhter, Mrs Pete.
D. Martin, last night — - - r
It ta said they will T
Herman Oelrlchs to i
test can be avoided.
ent to Newport,
psult with Mrs.
If a will con-
gambling and
nen and maids,
Because of vandalls
superfluity of love-stclL
James B. Duke, the toicco king, gave
orders yesterday thal his splendid
country estate near Stnervllle, N j
Is to be hereafter does to the public
The order will depriy thousands of
the enjoyment of the vide woodlsnd
stretches, the wlndlngfootpaths and
rare green houses, for Jtich the great
park Is famous.
There Is a merry wat* n a t Prince,
tort. The Nassau Inn -|r room and
grill rooms were openefct Princeton
yesterday for tho patroiw. of under-
graduates of the New Jigey Univer
sity- Liquor Is sold the) as In any
saloon. Coincident with'he opening
came the heated declaraU, from Mrs.
J. C. Bickford, president'V the local
Woman's Christian Tempeinoe Union,
that the pew saloon Is wned and
operated by Henry C. Bum caretaker
of the grounds and bulldlg* of the
university. It was also annvnced that
President Woodrow Wllsortwould he
appealed to on his return frn Europe
In nn effort to prevent anj-ifflclsl of
the university from being: affiliated
with the operation of a drlnklg resort.
GEORGIANS IN GOTAM.
Nev^York, Sept. 8.—Here -e some
of the visitors In New York Way:
ATLANTA—E. V. Carter, BHandy,
C. T. Hopkins, J. T. Orme, Fu. Rob
inson, I. M. Clarke, Mrs. O. MHcaley.
AUGU8TA—A. A. Thomas.
MACON—M. M. Stapler, W. P.
Wheelock, C. C. Greene, H. Joison.
SAVANNAH—N. C. Colqul Mrs.
H. W. Corner, J. H. Hastatnw. A.
Hlsbee, R. Falllgant; D: C. Korean, S.
E. Teus.
THIS DATE IN HISTOY.
SEPTEMBER 8.
16J6— Harvard college founded.
1760—Bn lr* tore Cherubini boru. Dltdlnirb
15. 1842,
1784—Anna Lee, founder of the Hiker*,
died. •
ISM—Htorm re»nlted In great loss
nnd property nt Ha van null. (In.
_r—Hit trie of El Mollno Del Key. ttlro.
1*1— Itellgtoun liberty Adopted In HfHoil.
1847-
1867—Los* of tbe ship Central Atnerlcaml
461 lire* off Cnpe Mny.
1875—Noltou IHiif ley elected governp of
Maine.
1885—Irish home rule bill rejected by -It*
TRESTLE WASHED OUT
BY SWOLLEN STREAH
Kperlnl t > The Gvorgtnn.
Colurtlbua, Oa., Sept. 8.—The South
ern train* to Atlanta hod to transfer
pannenger* at Oak Mountain station
yesterday morning, a big trentle at that
point having been washed out by the
rnln Wednesday night.
The train from Atlanta was turned
back at Shiloh, Ga., and while through
pasimge wan not assured, It wan nopea
to have the road repaired by Friday-
Many of the county bridgen were
wanhed away along the line of tn«
Southern.
TWENTY-FOOT TIDE
IN CHATTAHOOCHEE
i — .
Hpeolnl to The Georgian.
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 8.—The heaviest
rainfall In yeara was recorded in tnw
city Wednesday night, a total of fl'«
and elghty-slx tenths Inches being tne
registered amount at the weather bu
reau here. Considerable damage w*»
done by washouts, and the street car*
nnd many telephones were put »ut ™
service for several hours. The river
has risen about fifteen feet land wa«
expected to reach the 20-toot mark m
the wharf.
from
theseed that used to be an'nbsolute
waste. It now has a distinct nmnrs
value, and Is used in the manufacture
2.000,000 bales is consumed In the lied character and wealth. There are fertiliser Is also made. A lower grad*
of nn excellent grade of mattresses
These by-products represent a value ot
over $101),000,01)0.
"So you see,” concluded Mr. Thomas,
the South ts In a pro^terou* conffl-
tne aoutn is m a pr*i^>erou» *
tlon from the proceeds of Its gr'*5
crop, cotton. But It will N richer and
more Independent when Its crops sr.
made more diversified Wd other in
dustries come In that will spin the cot
ton and make it Into the finished 0°"®*
for the market. I can s«c very n«y
conditions ahead for the uttlre Soul";
and especially for my stale, O e . nr *„,
Mr. Thomas Is one of file brighter'
nnd brainiest men In the olano tj»®|
In that section, a keen nnd analythsi
observer, and what he eayi > quite in
spiring to those who cast their e>«s
upon the South ns a field to - piano*