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ATLANTA
GEORGIAN.
Saturday. si'rrKMnt'.'H 8. wie
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
P. L. SEELY, President.
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Entered nt second-riant matter April 9, 1W. at tba Postafles at
Atlanta. Ga.. under act of consreae of March 1 1*7*.
Saturday Evening.
They tell a pretty itory of the Queen Mother of Hot-
land, who le one of the aweeteat and lovelleat of the roy
nl women of the old world. One morning recently she
was rudely awakened by a loud knocking at her Cham,
ber door. When abe asked who was there, a quaintly
dignified rolce 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 tittle queen of Holland, In the
more charming character of the “little daughter,"
tered her mother’s room.
A similar story haa been told of Queen Victoria* and
the Prince Consort. Answering a rap at hts door,
Prince Albert asked "Who Is there?” and received the
reply "The queen,” whereupon ber husband, devoted
to her though he was, declined to let her enter. An hour
later she returned snd rapped at the door, and In an
swer to the same question replied, “Victoria,” whereupon
she waa welcomed with open arms.
Perhaps there was never a more pathetic wail than
that of this same royal woman—queen of Great Britain
and Ireland and Empress of India—when In the agony of
ber grief for the husband of her youth, she exclaimed,
"There Is no one left to call me Victoria now.”
These are homely Illustrations of the hutpan aide of
royalty—the feeling whlrh underlies the robes of royalty
and overrides ceremc» conventions. To our demo-
cratlc minds there Is i i of the divinity that doth hedge
a king, but to the 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 qneens are subject to the joys
and sorrows and passions which animate the generality
of mankind.
They never bear 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 sentl-
rnent of Bayard Taylor—
"The bravest are the tenderest,
The loving are the daring."
It waa Pascal who said in the height of his fame and
glory that the public, seeking him out In bis retirement,
“cam. to ns a celebrity and found a man,” and there Is
no celebrity worthy of the name who Is not first of all
a man, with all the feelings and emotions which belong
to exalted manliness.
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
cheery clasp of the hand is like a draught of water to
n thirsty soul or the shadow of a great rock In a weary
lnnd. It would redouble our joys and mlnlmlie our sor
rows and scatter flowers along the highway Ilk# the foot
fall of the spring.
Mr. Richard Cheatham’s Extraordi
nary Vindication.
"Theso shall resist the empire of decay
When time Is o’er and worlds have passed away;
Cold In the dnst the perished heart may lie,
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 the most Important and gratifying an
nouncement that has been made for a long time In the
Interests of the people, vis., the adoption by council of
the Taylor measure providing for the sanitary slnugh
tor Bnd tale of meat In the city of Atlnnln. The condt
tlnns which existed .were proven to have been absolutely
revolting and the demand for Improvement waa urgent.
It had been The Georgian’s fight, and The Georgian
had won a glorious victory for the people, but It waa a
pitiful spirit which should have moved csrtatn of our con
temporaries for these reasons to suppress the news that
the ordinance had been passed and the most 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'hart of the city rouncll waa made apparent through
tho death on yesterday of J. K. Illx, a prominent dtlsen
of Btockbrldge, Oa., as s result of eating tainted meat
bought In an Atlanta restaurant on last Monday. This
circumstance alone should have, and doubtless would
have, stirred the people of Atlanta to righteous action,
snd there would have Imn 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 emphasized In no uncertain terms
tho fact that It was high time that something should be
done.
And this brings us to the more Important proposition
of the present moment. Now that the ordinance has
been passed It Is up to the board of health to see to It
that It le rigidly enforced. It would be worse than
criminal, now that auch a measure Is on the statute
books, to allow It become aoythlng like a dead letter.
The life and health of the people are in danger, as
Illustrated In a rery convincing and deplorable manner
by the tragic death of Mr. Hlx.
The people will not tolerate the continuance of such
conditions and it la now time to make a wholesome ex
ample of some of the offenders.
James J. Hilt says "the plough la the hope of the
United States," but The Boston Globe exclaims with hor
ror, ”0, no, no; It’s the plow.’’
The school hey, with that fictitious "shining morning
face,” is on his way to lessons with a crabapple coun
tenance.
Miss Maude Snow has been asleep 44 days,
is not In Philadelphia, hut out In Indiana.
Resentment against the Ice trust begins to cool with
the advance of tho season.
The whitewashing of Mr. Richard Cheatham by a
majority of tbe members of the executive committee of
the cotton association present at Hot 8pr!ngs, Ark., Is a
matter which does not concern The Georgian any more
than It touches a hundred other leading newspapers of
the 8outb.
This paper which has been from tbe beginning In
Its staff and In Us columns tbe 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 fighting 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 hla crusade and actively dealing with
one band in cotton futures through Gibert & 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 hla own behalf, which was
a very queer and perverted conception of the moral ques
tion Involved even If It were true.
There were nearly one hundred of tbe leading news
papers of the South, all ardent friends of the cotton
association, who resolutely Insisted upob Mr. Cheat
ham's resignation under these circumstances. The Gal
veston and a Dallas News did so, as did The New Orleans
Times-Democrat. Tbe 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 demahd. 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 waa
once the agricultural editor, wrote a lengthy editorial
earnestly calling for the resignation of tbe secretary of
tbe cottou association after his own confession. The
papers at Charlotte and at Raleigh and In Wilmington
echoed the demand. The Columbia Slate 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 orgaUzatlon demanded that Its of-
fldal life should be vindicated by this merited rebuke to
one of Its lendlpg officers, who, while thundering his
warfare against the exchanges and the bucket shops,
was himself tbelr patron, and their beneficiary.
Under these circumstances the members of the ex
ecutive committee present at Hot Springs hare seen
fit to vindicate Mr. Cheatham nn<J to restore him to his
position. They do this In executive session, which
means a secret session, and evidently over the stropg
protest of a strong minority 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 the 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 tbe cotton growers
themselves. Whatever the conditions which surrounded
Mr. Cheatham's connection with the association, what-
ever Information he may have had In his possession
which made It necessary to retain him, wo do not know
but we do not hesitate to say without malice and with
out fear, that his restoration la a serious mistake.
The majority of the visiting members of the execu
tive committee have simply committed themselves to
these astonishing propositions. „
'They hive vlndlcsted 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 If any members were guilty In the future they
should be expelled from office.
In other words, the secret session of the visiting ex
ecutlvn committee declares that Mr. Cheatham la not
guilty of a charge to which he hae pleaded guilty and
that the act which he hlmeelf confeaees le henceforward
an offense against tha association worthy of expulsion,
but that Mr. Cheatham, who Is not guilty, although he
hlmeelf says that he It, It hereby restored to a full fel
lowship and to hie high and responsible position with
the Information that ho hlmeelf does not know when he
le guilty, but that If ha It aver guilty again ha will be ex
pelled from the association which sternly condemns the
offenta whloh ha oonfettes In a confession whloh tho
majority of tha committee, refutes to ballove and to per
ceive. Truly this le 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-
hum 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 whlrh they decide
he la not guilty, although he himself says he la guilty.
It will imprest thoughtful men and 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
a different view of It.
Thera Is noihlng which so keeps the races on n
as this continued proximity.
We understand that the matter Is to bo taken up In
council at an early date and It Is hoped that tbe 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.
Ion ert that will work better and not leave our people so
I wretchedly demoralized. We might organize klnns
The warllki Moors have no hesitancy In surrender
ing—someone else.
The Trail Cars Must Come.
The Georgian hat been, and will continue to be,
steady and faithful champion of the people In their fight
fur the separation of the racea on the street cars.
We have never taken any stock In the objections
set forth by the street railroad and we are firmly of the
opinion that It Is entirely feasible and practicable fur
them tu make some kind of arrangement for this separa
tion.
In another column on this page today we publish a
communication from oije of the moat 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 afreet ears.
She makes a strong sod vigorous argument and one
which It seems to us should appeal to the fairness and
the common Bense of the street railway company. She
Is amply able to speak for herself, but coming from one
whom we know so well and ran commend so entirely to
the confidence and Intelligence of our readers, ber com
munication should carry something more than ordinary
weight.
It U nothing short of outrageous that refined wo
men should be subjected to the indignity of having to
ride In close proximity with the negroes, while Che very
fact that whites and blacks In general have to share
the tame street cars la known and recognized to be one
of the moat fruitful sources of disorder and conflict
THE PEOPLE’S FIGHT.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Yon 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 fight against the Georgia Railway and Electric
Company will be an uphill one, one that no other paper
In the city haa dared to begin. If ever there was a time
that the 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 at such is started and as such will. 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 hands until tbe fight Is won and then continue to
do so.
But tbe average render 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 the paper and let those firms
know where yon saw the advertisement, and above all. If
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 the 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 the name of tbe Atlanta Northern Railway. It Is all
the same company, for they acknowledge so themselves.
If you go to Comptroller General Wright’s office you will
find that the Georgia Railway and Electric Company re
turned taxes on the 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 miles from the capital, yet this company charges me
and my neighbors IS cents fare one way. From How
ell station and even inside the city this company charges
a 10-cent fare. Yon cannot get In or out of the city on
this line under 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 hnrt, for It hurts the whole city of Atlanta.
That extrn fare is simply a Chinese wall which plainly
saya to Atlantn, 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 ns tbe poor man was the
pioneer who built up tbe 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 HO 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 of 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 does not pay a dollar taxes to Atlanta, not
a penny to an Atlanta paper for advertising, nor a nickel
to any Atlanta man for clerk hire. Ib tbat'fatr to the
Atlanta merchant? Close to where I live Is a cemetery.
Yet this same company Instead of establishing a station
or atop at the nearest point and directly on n 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 la a quar
ter of a mllo from the road, thus compelling the people
to walk a half mile (both ways) further than necessary,
In other words walk back up the track to regain the road.
We sent In a petition signed by people whose relatives
are buried In the cemetery and all the answer we got
was to have 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 the danger of
women and children walking up the track. Hla answer
was that tbe company could not be held legally respon
sible If tbey met with accidents.
"Then, Mr. Glenn,” I said, "you would,rather see our
women nnd children risk their lives than to grant us a
stop at the road?”
‘That’s about the size of It?” was tbe brutal anawer
pf Mr. Glenn.
He may deny that, but I am willing to awear to it,
and I know my word It 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 rally to your support and that you
may win Is my earnest prayer. Respectfully yours, •
W. S. M’INTYRE.
Atlanta, 8ept. 6.
enough to thin tbe negro out to a stand in a few years,
th- we would have our own people so degraded that It
would take y re than a generation to get us back to true,
quiet, peaceable citizenship again. Something must be
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 nave an element
so drilled and 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 the 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 la tho 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 bo ended; and
It does look like the white people fitter seeing such a
dreadful thing surrounding us'on all sides would begin
to act, and at as early date at 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 kilting we can do, If we
were to kill all. I am willing to be taxed $25 per year
for ten yearB to come fop this one purpose, and that
much on all male citizens would move tbe 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 klan plan, and
may we hope for better times and a wise solution of this
mych vezed snd perplexed problem. Yours truly,
Grovclnnd, Ga.
A. D. CURRIE.
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 a great deal of force,
for wo think we have more cause to be In dread than
the city people. Wo feel proud to know we have anch an
editor In Georgia who can so Impress tis on this subject
as you have. When will the reign end? I wish I could
see an answer when and how. Now U must cease, cost
what It will.
I have road with care the plana of a good many. One
plan 1 can’t Indorse—that Is the Ku-Klux Klan. We of
my ago (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 heayy and long
against any movement of thli kind. It la too wicked for
any civilised people to tolerate. Other ways can be devls-
TRAIL CARS FOR THE NEGROES.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
When the streets of Atlanta get to be wide, and
straight, so that the street care won’t have to run round
any corners or up and down grade Mr. Arkwlght, I think,
will let the white people ride by themselves, and 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
JiiBt have to ride In the cars with the negroes. Mr.
Arkwright Is awfully sorry, but It can’t bo helped. '
Mr. Arkwright le the pretty man the street car com
pany has to tell the people what la 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 the whites and blacks separated In the street
cars, Mr. A. and tbe other gentleman said It wasn't that
way at all, that It wouldn't be best for the people (no, not
the people; I made a mistake)—for the street car com
panies, for them to have separate cars; that Senator
Strange was entirely mistaken, and made them lay the
bill "m the table.” And the “other gentleman" was “laid
on the table" by an overwhelming vote of these same
people. Mr. Arkwright Is sorry, but It can't bo -helped.
The ladles and children muat continue to be crowded Into
the street cars with the negroes, because the street car
company I* too poor to furnUh separate cars, for If they
did what would become of tbe watered stock? That Is a
pretty live lasue. However, Mr. Arkwright will allow tho
ladles and children to enter the car from the front. If
they will b6 good, and not fall off, though the posters In
the cars at one time stated Iff big black letters that,
"passengers must enter and 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, the
street car company needs his nickel, and you know tbe
street car company la too poor to furnish a separate car
for the hundreds of Its negro patrons. So you must be
good, gentlemen, and Iqt the negro have your seat. If
you want your cigar you must walk. Mr. A. Is sorry,
but it esn't be helped.
It’s a foolish public that thinks they are going to
get any consideration from the street car company—the
poor atreet 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 ono
another, having nothing to hold to, white the three or four
rear aeata 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 cnr. What
difference doe* that make, gentlemen? The negro haa
paid for hla seat; the atreet car company needs the
money. You can't help It, you must submit to the Insult
offered your wives and mothers by your friends of the
street car company. Mr, A. Is tony—no sorry—but—
things will go merrily on In the same old way unless the
members of tho 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
act respect enough for our white women to chance
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 n virtue, and Is verging close
onto a crime. Gentlemen of tho street car company, we
demand separate can for the protection of our wives and
daughters.
If the close contact Is as repulsive as It Is now on
open cars, for heaven sake what will it bo 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 ladles endured
the present state of affairs long enough? They cannot
help themselves. Will you condemn them to a continua
tion Of present conditions?
I GOSSIP
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By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York. Sept. 8.—It Is learns...
Mark Twain’s daughter, «
Clemens, will make her American 5?
but as a concert singer on the event'
of September 1*2, at Xorwniw ,. nn *
M!ps Clement made her .Amt
tton of present conditions?
Horry, but he can’t help It, so you must
tell him how. El K F
Growth and Progress of the New South
Tinder this head, will appear from tint, to time Information lllastrsttng tbs
remarkable development of lb* South which deserves somethin* mors thas pass
ing attention.
A Piano Dealer’s View of Prosperity.
Mr. A. A. Thomas, of Augusta, Os..
one of the most prominent and pro
gressive merchants of that city.
While on a recent visit to Washing
ton, he waa Interviewed by ’ The llano
Trade,” In the course of whloh he gave
much valuable Information 'hat will
.f Interest to the readers of The
Georgian.
Mr. Thomas likened planer :s sew
ing machines In the evolution of the
public demand. He says that as long
ago as IK76 It was predicted that the
sewing machine Dell would soon I,.-
exhausted, but that today the demand
Is greater than It has ev -r been. The
day of the reed organ Irt tht S uttli Is
passing away and the piano Is taking
Its place.
Continuing. Mr. Thomas said:
"There la no overproduction In cot
ton, and It Is an easy matter for the
planters to And a market for all the
cotton that they can raise. About one-
fifth of the entire cotton product
Southert} cotton manufactories. The
total crop amounts to 11,000,300 bales
each containing 500 pounds of cotton.
Twelve cents a pound means 1(0 for
a bale of cotton. That spells prosper
ity In the fullest degree with ample
money to supply tlie rcce-sarie* n f
life. The total value of the niton
crop this year will be about 50»0,000.-
000.
. "What the South needs most at the
present time," said Mr. Thomas, "ts a
diversified crop, so that In the case of
a failure In the cotton crop there may
be other products to fall back upon.
Another need Is fur the Investment of
capital for the spinning of cotton so
that ths demand for labor may be tug-
mented and the money for such work
distributed In the South. Other s-na'I
Industries are required, and for the
same reason, to keep the money at
home and to make the unemployed
self-sustaining. Tha South Is rapld'y
recoverlng from tha e.feeIs of ;he.flvtl
guano .deposits that when properly
worked will yield a fortune. Other
minerals there are, too, that are
worthy °r the attention of the capital
ist. There are abundant deposits of
coal and' Iron; also kaolin, or white
clay, that ts the foundation of the
manufacture of fine porcelain. Thle
Industry- Is certainly worth developing.
Then there la plenty of hardwood and
pine timber that in time will add great
ly to the revenues nf the Southern
states Considerable attention Is now
being bestowed upon the growing of
various fruits, which I can candidly
say has Immense possibilities, especial
ly.,? 0 7' rBla ,* n,1 . 8 ”uth Carolina. This
fruit culture has Just been started, and
the promise of success Is very great.
th® farmers have
awakened to a proper appreciation of
local banks, and In a number of coun
ties are organizing financial Institu
tions that will help to sustain ths home
interest^,
" T ?!! factories are Increasing
JJi? u’ y ''‘S n,, e C "’ from ,h « cotton
are yielding handsome returns. Cot
ton haa touched 8 cents as the low-
est price, which Is not profitable; but
at 1# cents a pound It gives 25 per
cent profit. You can tinrf<»raitnnri
Clemens made her first
Knee In a professional way at Kloren/.'
has a rich contralto voice of unusso
clarity and beauty, and for yean sj!
been devoting herself to Its cultlvatlJi
under the best masters In Euron*” v!
she can sing anywhere near a,
an her distinguished father can' ,«!
her fame and fortune are assured. 011
It now develops that there mar u
n contest over the will of the late
man Oelrlchs. The widow has learnM
It Is said, that Mr. Oelrlchs’ broths
Charles, his sister, lira 'colone? j®
and Mrs. Oelrlchs’ son art the bents'
claries, and that she does not Ye?
penny. *
With this
comes the furh>-
statement that It Is not true that Vh.
millionaire and Ids wife had been™!
partially reconciled and that When'S!
knew he was dying he sailed hurried,
ly for this country, hoping to be wuk
her at his death. On the contrary a
Is said, he felt even a trifle more bitter
against Mrs. Oelrlchs because he
dylng-der euch unhappy elrcum.
Mrs. Oelrlchs and her son are new
In Newport, and at the end of the «ea!
son will sail for Europe. Mrs Chari..
Oelrlchs and her daughter, Mrs p. !J
p. Martin, last night went to Newport
It Is said they will consult with Mm
Herman Oelrlchs to see If a will m.
test can be avoided. ”
Because of vandalism, gambling and
superfluity of love-sick men and maldi
James B. Duke, the tobacco king gave
orders yesterday that his splendid
country estate near Somerville, x j
Is to be hereafter closed to the public
The order will deprive thousand* of
tha enjoyment of the wide woodland
stretches, the winding footpaths and
rare green houses, for which the great
park Is famous.
There is a merry war on at Prlnea-
ton. The Nassau Inn ber room and
grill rooms were opened at Prlncetoa
yesterday for the patronage of under
graduates of the New Jersey Univer
sity. Liquor Is sold there as In any
saloon. Coincident with the opening
came the heated declaration from MM,
J. C. Bickford, president of the loctl
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union,
that the new saloon is owned and
operated by Henry C. Bunn, coretaktr
of the grounda and building* of the
university. It was also announced that
President Woodrow Wilson would be
appealed to on t,lk return from Europe
In an effort to prevent any official o!
the university from being affiliated
with the operation of a drinking resort
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New York, Sept. 8.—Here are soma
of the vtsltore In New York today:
ATLANTA-*-Bk V. Carter, R. Handy,
C. T. Hopkins, J. T. Orme, F. 0. Rob
inson, I. M. Clarke, Mrs. O. M. Healey.
AUGUSTA—A. A. Thomas.
MACON—M. M. Stapler, W. P.
Wheeloek, C. C. Greene, H. Johnson.
SAVANNAH—N. C. Colquitt Mr*.
. W. Comer, J. H. Haslnm, W. A.
Blsbee. R. Fnlllgunt, D. C. Foreman, S.
R Tcus.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
3EPTEM3ER 8.
!tt&—lliu-rnrd college founded.
17*>-H<i Ira tore Clicruldnl born. Died March
1M)1—Htorin reunited In front lone of life
nnd property nt Knvunnah. On.
1M?-I!!«ttle nf Ki Mollno Del Hey. Mrxlco.
IKYl—ItellgliittH liberty ndoptml In Holland.
1N67—l/w* of the nhlp IVntml America nnd
4*1 live* off c’npo Mn~
1873— Nolaoii Dlnftey elected gorernor of
_ Mnltie.
Ittft—Irllh home rule bill rejected by Brit*
-IrllL ....
l*h hotinc of lonln.
19M—Wltllnm J. hrynn notified of hla no*
(nation for the prealdcncy.
TRESTLE WASHED OUT
BY SWOLLEN STREAM
Speelnl to Tho Georgina.
Columbus, Oa., 8ept. 8.—The South
ern trains to Atlanta had to transfer
passengers at Oak Mountain stntlos
yesterday morning, a big trestle gt imi
point having been washed out by the
rain Wednesday night. ,
Th# train from Atlanta was turned
back at Shiloh, Go., and while through
passage was not assured, It was hopM
to have the road repaired by FrlOM-
Many of the county bridges sere
washed away along the line of tne
Southern.
TWENTY-FOOT TIDE
-ent profit. You can understand what
It means to the South to have cotton at
12 cents a pound.
,P f ,he .hy-Products, there Is the
cotton seed induitry which showe a
steady growth. It will yield millions
of dollars, whereas a short time ago
rnmnnrntlv*»Iv- nntinn
war, and 1s beginning to pay proper
attention to economic questions that
have a direct bearing upon the happl.
nese of Its people and their prosperity. I that Is highly desirable "as" food 'fnr
"It has mineral resources of unllm* I stock and from which a very valuable
A lower grade
comparatively, cotton seed wee used
only a* a fertiliser. Then there ta
cotton seed oil, which makes oil-cake
000,000 bales is consumed in the Ited character and wealth. There are fertilizer !* also made.
Hpeclnl to The lleorglsn.
Columbus, Go.. Bent 8.—The heavies'
rainfall In years was recorded In uns
city Wednesday night, a total of ■
and eighty-six tenths Inches being
registered amount fit the weather ou
reau here. Considerable damage
done by washouts, and the street rs
and many telephones were put "fit
service for several hours. The r [*
has risen about fifteen feet and
expected to reach the 20-foot mars
the wharf.
of cotton is mads by rtglnnlngjhj®
the seed that used to be an absohn
waste. It now has a distinct mow)
value, and Is used In the man"'- 11 '
of an excellent grade of mattres* :
Thaan hv.nPnflitrlff rFflfMCnt A
Theie by-product* represent a
over $100,000,000,
'So you see/’ concluded Mr. Thom**-
“the South la In a prosperous t*
tlon from the proceed* of H" s^Lj
crop, cotton. But It will be richer «i»
Us crops 1
more Independent when Its cr, ’h
made more diversified a»e other
dustrlee ■
ton nnd make
ore Oivrrsm™ rot-
come In that willi spin ' h *Lj,
ion ana make It Into tbe finlshed * -
for the market. I can aee veryjg”
conditions ahead for the entire - , .
and especially for my state, Ge->rr a t
Mr. Thomae Is one of the brl *" M
find brainiest men In the piano tra
in that section, n keen and ana £
observer, and what he says la qal**,
spiring to those who cast their >
upon the South ae a field for piano-