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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN- KATOWAY. KRPTEMI1ER S, IS*. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Telephone Connections. Subscription Rules: One,Year........ $4.50 Six Months •2.50 Three Months 1.25 By Csrrler, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sundsy by THE GEORGIAN CO. It 2S W. Alsbsmi Street, Adsnts; Gt. 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*