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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN- MONDAY. SEI’TEMnEIt 10. 190*. 1 The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Telephone Connections. Subscription Rates: One. Year $4.50 Six Months....... 2.50 Three Months 1,25 By Carrier, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by THE GEORGIAN CO. at 25 W. Alabama Street, Atlanta; Ga. Entered an aocond-claoa matter April 18, 1908, at the Poetofflca at Atlanta, Ga., under act of concrete of March S. 1171. The State Fair Next. Thirty days from today the gates of the state fair will be thrown open to the public, and not only the state of Georgia but the entire South Is tip-toe In expectation of the magnificent exhibition which is promised for the occasion. Some of the exhibits are already arriving In the city and the Improvements In the buildings and grounds are well under way. Two thousand dollars will be spent for this purpose alone, and when the work Is done the fair grounds for this year of grace will be prettier and more attractive than they have ever been before. That they will be thronged with visitor* as never before is already clearly Indicated.. The flrst week will be devoted to wbat many look forward to with the greatest degree of Interest—the home coming week tor all Georgians wherever they may be. The sons and daughters of this state who have gone forth Into other part* of the country to make tbelr borne will be glad to meet and mingle bere once again. Not only will they bare the pleaaure of seeing the loved ones they have left behind, but this will be a common meeting ground for Georgians from every part of the country. It is said that there Is one county out In Colorado which is almost entirely made up of Georgians, while the natives of this state who hare made Texas their home run up Into the hundreds of thousands. In a few short days there will be a touch of autumn In the atmosphere and the mind of the public will natur ally turn to the com lag festivities. At that time there ' will be practically nothing to distract our attention from the celebration, and It Is the duty of every Atlantan and of every Georgian to do everything In his or her power to make the fair of 1906 the greatest In our history. The Best or Nothing. The season at the Casino, out at Ponce DeLeon, has closed, and a delightful season It has been. The park Itself will be kept open for several weeks longer, prob ably until after the state fair, but In the playhouse Itself the "spots" are out, the actors fled, and all the guests ; departed. It was originally the purpose of the management to continue the Casino Itself for a few weeks longer, but genial Jake Wella, who Is at the same time always considerate for the best Interests of the people who pat- ronlze the theater during the good old summer month*, did something which Is entitled to something more than passing mention, and should be commended to the at tention and emulation of other managers throughout the country. Nobody expects a dollar-and-a-half < show for fifty cents, but there Is a certain excellence which the) do demand. Mr. Wells could have procured vaudeville attractions of a certain kind for several weeks to come, but after looking Ahem over personally he decided that they ware not up to the standard of the Casino and he promptly decided to close the theater rather than take advantage of the people by giving them something which was not up to the mark. It was a high-minded thing to do. and at the same time It Is this sort of thing that pays, after all. The peoplo will remember this when the Casino opens next yoar and they will have all the more confidence In any promises he may make. He and Manager Cardosa will now devote their time and attention to the Bijou and to that new and better Bijou which Is just ahead of us. No community should bo without Us Jake Wells and Hugh Cardoza. The Passing of the Straw. The time has come for the passing of the straw. A few. of them are lingering superfluous on the brow, even ns Indian summer lingers In tho lap of her elder sister, but they are turning as brown as the stubble fleids and Impress us as a memento of the days that ace dead. In northern latitude* they have largely passed away. On the floors of the wicked stock and produce ex changes the member who absent-mindedly appears with ono of these outlawed bonnets Is rudely awnkened as to the change In the calendar by having It boldly torn to pieces by a lot of joyous bulls and bears who for the mo ment lay aside graver matters to redeem the ancient honor of the guild. An Atlantan who has recently returned from the Windy City relate* that he was walking along State street when he heard the cry of u gamin, "Shoot the bon net," to which he paid no attention, but when the cry swelled, with now an I then the variant, "Didn't you hear those bells ring on September 1?" be Anally realised that his mildewed straw was the cynosure of nil eyes, and forthwith be went Into a battery and bought him the latest block In which the au fait derbies come. Something of the same kind Is occurring all over the North, and from that same Chicago comes the news of a novel method by which the women of the city have made It their special business to clear the streets of the offending derelicts. An enterprising hatter has brought out a small model of a hat, painted blue to enhance Its absurdity, on the front of which Is attached a button bear ing the legend "93 4 U, Straw hats sklddoo." , These little miniature hats are placed at the plate of husband or brother at breakfast, they are placed on hla office desk, they are thrust under his nose when he rlseth up and when he lleth down and wherever they can make him afraid, until life becomes one grand, flerce protest and be has no recourse but to go forth and pur chase a new tile In keeping with the season. It is presumed that the women who have taken the lead in this movement belong to the civic league, prob ably with the aid and assistance of tbe health depart ment. At any rate It Is a worthy and effective effort to : bring the people of a great metropolis up to date. It la hoped that the people of Atlanta will not be forced to re tire under the Are of such ridicule. Tbe tact of the matter Is that they are so entirely . up to date that they are already discarding the out-worn straw, and In all likelihood will be Importing a lot of the “sklddoo" novelties just for tbe fun of the thing long after the straw hat Itself bat gone. The flrst touch of autumn strikes here as early, in r ' teas way, as it does in any of the cities of more this that It la time to wake from such summer somno lence as ever prevails here and apply ourselves to the more active attain of winter. The Spirit of One of Our Corporations. The trouble with the Georgia Railway and Electric Company, which controls the street railroads and the elec tric plant and the gas plant which furnishes Atlanta, la the fact that they hold their franchises and their op- portunties In a harsh and arrogant spirit of inconsldera- tlon for the people. We doubt If there Is a corporation In the whole South which is as little responsive to the wishes and expres sions of the people upon whom It mightily prospers as this corporation, it la singular In view of tbe men who compose the corporation and control It, that they should assumed toward tbe people and toward just complaints and reasonable request* the attitude which It ha* nearly alway* assumed. Mr. Arkwright, ’president of the Com pany, Is a gentleman of birth and breeding, an attorney of experience an da man of the world In tbe courtesies and amenities of life. Messrs. Brandon and Rosser are gen tlemen of character and responsive to tbe amenities In every other line of life. Colonel Thod Hammond, at attorney of the company. Is one of the flrst lawyers of tbe city and a son of one of the best beloved men that Georgia has produced in recent years. And yet, with such a personnel this great corporation has treated more appeals with Ifldlfference and with the con tempt of silence than any corporation enjoying the privi leges that come from the hands of this people. Compare the attitude of the Georgia Railway and Electric Company and the Gas Company with that of the Southern Bell Telephone Company. The latter corpora tion is frequently subjected to criticism and complaint, which is duly made both by individuals aqd by at least ope free voice of the public press. The answer of the Southern Bell Telephone Company to these criti cisms Is always kindly, urbane and considerate, evi dencing a high respect for public opinion, and they at least go through the motion of making an effort to correct any defect Jn tbs system to which criticism has been made. Take on the other hand the company owning the street railways and the electric light plant and the'gas plant A few weeks ago The Georgian wrote an editorial couched In language of the highest courtesy, bearing tes- tlmely to the good work of the corporation, evidencing an Intelligent appreciation of the various difficulties which It had to combat, and urging in conclusion most earnestly but politely upon the corporation to relieve the great congestion of travel In the rush of morning and eve ning hours by either Increasing the number of cars or by adding trailers to the cars already running under the present schedule. To this courteous request not the slightest response was made, although we offered the columns of our newspaper for tt^e officials to state the reasons why this could not be done, If they found It Im possible to comply with this popular demand. A little later and at a time when this city was stirred to Its profoundest depths by the race question, and the' reign of terror which existed In our suburban centers, we appealed once more to the company In this serious crisis of our affairs to avoid the possible conflict of the races by providing either separate cars for the negroes or some* division which would avoid the possibility of con flict and disturbance. This request was also couched In the most courteous and considerate terms, and was rather an appeal tlian a demand. An expression was asked from the corporation with tbe friendly tender of our columns for a reply. To this second request made in the same spirit, no reply was made, but In this matter as In other thattera which come from Individual patrons the most tranquil Indifference and the most contemptuous silence was Illustrated to ward the appeal of those who are the patrons and the promoters of these great enterprises. The experience of Individuals has been the same as the experience of this paper. The corporations which own these franchises are arrogant aud dictatorial and utterly contemptuous of public opinion. The Georgia Railway and Electric Company seems to have adopted tho sentiment of Vanderbilt—"Tho public be damned"—and to havo retained that as Its standard answer to com plaints which It seems to feel Itself a&e to override. We find It difficult to understand bow a corporation like this which has been to royally treatod by Atlanta and which It headed by men of character and Intelli gence should adopt a policy which Is so highly calculated to Inflame the people against them and to antagonise public sentiment rather than to win it. A little ktndnesa and a little consideration and. a little concession on the part of these people would do much to soften the dis content of thousands of Atlanta people toward their sys tem and policies. A little courteous statement or even an explanation. If It were Impossible to grant In degree the demanda of the public, would do much to relieve the an ger and to dissipate the bitterness which Is growing In so many minds townrd the arrogance and the arbitrary policies of the corporation. The Oeorgla Railway and Electric Company might learn n most wholcsomo lesson In this matter from the suavity and politeness of the Southern Bell Telephone Company, which bridges many difficulties and eases many complaints by the simple courtesy and* apparent consideration of Ita officials toward the public. We recall In this connection that there was a time when this Georgia Railway and Electric Company con trolled tho ballots of Atlanta. How they did It we have never been able to understand, although we have heard plausible explanation given. The fact stands that the corporation did control or was supposed to control arbi trarily the politics of Atlanta. That has beeu several years ago. Can It be possible that the same corporation thlnka that It can atttl at any ttme it wishes control the politics of Atlanta and elect a council that will bo subservient to Its will and pliant to It* policies? Is It possible that this belief Is the bastB of the arrogance with which It treats the appeals and courteous requests of the people made Individually or through their public representa tives? Is It iKWstble that the corporation arrogantly be lieves that at any ttme It chooses to do so It can reach out Its strong hand and dominate the etty council and the politics of this city? If this belief exists lu the minds of tbe corporations we believe It Is a mistake. The people have grown with in the last five years. The people are not so easily- footed. The people are not so easily bought. The public spirit has been quickened. In their honest Judgment the newspajrera of Atlanta are freer and more earnest than they have ever been before. - We do not believe that the press, or tbe majority of the city press, can be subordi nated o (Influenced at this ttme, and we confldently assert that if the Georgia Railway and Electric Company and Ita various franchises think they can command and control the politic* of this city In the election of councllmen and aldermen and mayors in order that their arrogant policies may be undisturbed In the ruture as In the past, we do not hesitate ^to put them on notice here and now, that there la one'paper at least, which will Join battle with them In behalf of the people and that one earnest, honest, fearless and persistent effort will be made to teach this great and over-confident corporation the same’ lesson!great deal of fun of Jamet Hamilton Lewis. He was a that the state of Georgia has taught to kindred corpora-1 target for a great deal of good nntured ridicule. He Is a Hons that while we would not at any time do them In justice, the people will demand that they themselves at all time* should be treated with justice and with-consid eration. A soft answer turneth away wrath and a consider ate bearing removes opposition, but contemptuous silence and arrogant Indifference will affr the stones of Atlanta to rebellion and protest. And the Georgia Railway and Electric Company In Ita various franchises may put this fact In Its plu tocrattc pipe and smoke It. It will be an excellent excuse. In these days of un; settled orthography, to say “My stenographer spells for me." The Apotheosis of James Hamilton Lewis. At the banquet given by the Jefferson Club lit Chi cago to William Jennings Bryap .last week one of the most notable. Incidents was tbe reception accorded to James Hamilton Lewis when he made his way down the aisle to the banquet table. Mr. Lewis has been III for some time. The fact of the matter is that he has overworked himself In his recent crusade against tbe tax dodger. He discovered that there was at least pne large estate which had not been paying the amount of taxes to the city during the past few years to which the municipality was Justly en titled. This led him to make a general Investigation and as a consequence he found that there was not only one but there Were many such estates In Chicago which had not been contributing as they should to the general fund. By hla diligence he succeeded In placing hundreds of thousands of dollars In the treasury, but In the midst of bis work his health gave way under tbe strain and he was compelled to go to a hospital for several weeks. His presence at the Bryan banquet was probably, hla flrst public appearance since hla illness, and the cheers and applause which greeted him must have convinced him of the warm place he holds in the affections of the people antong whom he has gone within recent years to make hla home. Every one who really knows James Hamilton Lewis knows that he eminently deserved the reception accord ed him, and the people of Georgia know him very well, for he was born among them. There was a time when the people of the whole country were Inclined to make a man of many peculiarities and this has placed him In the public eye. The New York Sun had a great deal to say about hla pink whiskers and hla white spats, and other wise made all sorts of fun—to their own satisfaction. All of which James Hamilton—or Jim Ham. as ho came to be called by these allesed wits—took tn the best of humor so long that a certain class of people Imagined that he was a man of no particular force—that he was a poseur and a dandy. But there came a time on tho floor of the house— for all this was while he was a congressman from the state of Washington—when a Republican member tried tbe patience of Lewis too far. He made a combined at tack upon Lewis and upon the Democratic party. '1’bls was too much for the member from Washington and be rose in his wrath. From the very nature of the speech he made It must have been entirely ex tempore, but what he did to that offending member was more than enough. It has become a classic In the records of the houtie. Keen sarcasm, ridicule, facts, logic, history were all ar rayed In a masterly manner. His victim writhed and squirmed under the flerce fusillade of the Infuriated con gressman. but tbe steady, even, eloquent flow of rheto ric on Are continued for something like half an hour. . And when be finished that member looked like u paper collar at a picnic. From that good day forward no one doubted the elo quence and ability of tbe member from Washington, and whenever there was any probability of bringing down his wrath they turned aside and said, like Josh Billings, That’s that snax hole.” He was defeated for re-election to congress, but he did not by any means retire from public life. He moved over to Chicago and among other things entered heart and soul into Dunne’s municipal ownership cam paign. When Dunne was triumphantly elected Lewis was chosen corporation counsel for Chicago, and he has been discharging the duties of that office with conspicuous ability. He Is not the man of pink whiskers and white spats any more. At least If he wears spats they are not regarded with any considerable amount of Interest. He Is making one of the best municipal officers Chi cago haB ever had and Georgia Is proud to claim him as her own. He should forgather with us a month «from today when Home Coming week Is ushered In. We will give him the time of bis life. I GOSSIP! By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER New York, Sept. lU—Atthou.h a was denied when the pair ret * n * from Europe recently, It Is atated now that Daniel o. Re'dllm' millionaire head of the tin plate .A .* ha* taken for a bride Mabel - 1 the young actress, with’ whom*" 1 ,? Growth and Progress of the New South Uoder this hwd will appear from tlmo to time information Illustrating the remarkable development of the Sooth which deserves something more than pass ing attention. How Southern Banks Increased. The number of national banka or ganized In recent years Is a strong In dication of the growth of the country at large, and In this growth tbe South ha* shown a gratifying average for her own part. As Indicated by Btatls _ statistics gathered by the Manufacturers’ Record, between March 14, 1900, when the act went Into effect permitting the organ ization of national banks with a capi tal of less than 950,000, and August 31, 1906, there have been organized In the United States 3,095 national banks with a capital of $177,258,300. Of this num ber 810, or 26 per cent of the total, with an aggregate capital of $45,210,- 600, or 266.6 per cent of the total, are tn the South, the number by states be ing shown In the following table: Staten. • Number. Capital. Alabama . 58 $2,952,600 Arkansas . 28 1,720,000 District of Columbia 3 850,000 Florida . 23 2,650.000 Georgia . 52 2,805,000 Kentucky . Cl 4,105,000 Louisiana . 23 2.685.000 Maryland . 31 1,427,000 Mississippi . 15 1,455,000 North Carolina... . 25 1,100,000 South Carolina.. . 12 1,210,000 . 30 1,780,000 Texae .... . 338 14,570,000 Virginia . 65 2,876.000 West Virginia.... . 56 2,955,000 Total South.. .. . 810 $45,220,600 Total U. 8 177,258,300 Texas, as The Manufacturers’ Record points out, led In the number of new organizations, 336, find In the amount of aggregate capital, $14,570,000, with Kentucky second in number, 61, and in capital, $4,195,000; Alabama third in number, 68, but fourth In capital, $2,- 952,500; West Virginia fourth In num ber, 56, and third In capital, $2,955,000; Virginia fifth In number, 55, and In capital, $2,876,000, and Georgia sixth In number, 52, and In capital, $2,805,000. Variations In the other Southern states are Indicated by the fact that while the 23 new natlona! banks of Florida have an aggregate capital of 32,850,000, the 28 of Arkansas have 21,720,000 capital, and while the 30 of Tennessee have $1,780,000 capital, the 31 of Maryland have $1,427,000 of cap ital. Of the new bank* tn the United States, 2,018, or more than 66 per cent of the total, with an aggregate capital of $52,625,500, or nearly 30 per cent of the total new capital, are banks of capital less than $60,000, while the 494 new banks of the'South, or nearly 61 per cent of the total n6w ones In that section having an aggregate capital of $13,215,500, or ndarly 29 per cent of the aggregate new capital of that section, are banks with Individual capital less than $50,000. Georgia's showing, as previously pointed out tn this department. Is high ly gratifying and shows that she Is keeping well abreast of the time*. NOOKS AND CORNERS OF AMERICAN HISTORY How Webster Paid His Debts. ; By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY. l9tlMMHMIMH*HMHHI999H9MHMtl*IHII At often as Nature makes a demigod out of a nmn *he taeka on to him aome badge of Infirmity, aotne algn or token by which the leaa fnv«>red of tbe race may know that ho is not absolutely removed from them, but Is, In certain wnys, co-helr with them lu corotuou humanity. Tbe "godlike Daniel," "expounder of the Constitution" and father of the Sentiment of American Nationality, whoso Joviau front owed all awn and wboac eloquence the "apptauae of listening Henatea" did C4>tmnnim. was mighty careless about his financial obligation*, seldom troubling him self about what he owed or about what othere-ri)wed him. The lute Kraifi..■ were wnrtn friends, aud lalued the fact that once upon a time Mr. omlng indorsed Mr. Misfderable amount. As things go in this world,.note* must ooouer or later K rtlctilnr protest, expounder. ter come due, and when thiz llut Webzter wa. the "great and the. arm, not wishing to eiiitMrrzM him, paid It. Time |«.w*l. and when It was supposed that Webzter's financial condition wna Im proved Mr. Corning wna prevailed Upon by the firm to uak Webster If be could uinke It convenient to liquidate the claim. ■eni n now nimuimiii* »*» trouble he bad put hi* frfeud to. and wound up with a most cordial Invitation to nic'llvntfeuVau’to visit' him."when be would prolstbly be In a nosltoin to pay him, or, nt least, to give him some sort of satisfac tory security. .... . Corning accepted tbe Invitation and went to $44*e the expounder. . . In'due time Corning returned home, de lighted and charmed with hi* visit to ^rshfield. . . . _ , Kntertnlulng hla partner# with enthusl nsttc accounts of the great statesman's hos pitality and with descriptions of the vari- III. vlalt C.lPttlltlf fDMflt til u; n word about the imtlii object of the Finally. after Corning had exhausted had. n niemlier of the firm broke In with tbe rruizrk: "Well. 1 auppoao Mr. Webster vros highly pleased to lie able to psy tb« ate}" > pay t— ' didn't pity any note. - —*e. lint not nay the note. so charmed and delighted mo that ho got mo to sign another note for hint for 96,OM. and Is mt tun Mu 1 _ t b at h o,l hi in t ask me to make It lio.ftm. for I don’t t An ohl Hoztonlan. who knew W»bst»r well, told m* some years ago th. following story: ngnlust Webster for several s - — Inrs. When Webster was elected t-Blted States senator the tailor went down to the “Unit” to see him about hla NIL thinking Mint be was then In a ft lay It fair frame of mlud when the l'ort.month man got to Il<>*tnn tVebzter was hpldtng a Isrm. at which ... strain of state and coubl not ho disturbed, Tho tailor sent up bis enrd, which Web- Webster Introduced him, one the Illustrious cotupnuy; dim. wined him, and In the eonrzv of time tbe attests. Incliidlug the l'ortsraonth man, de parted. If be got tho money for bts "Money for nty bill, tbe devil!” he re- f illed. "Mr. Webster treated me like n ortl, Introduced me to ntore biz folka tlmo 1 ever zaw before In all my life, and do you suppose I could have the heart to meu Ion that blit to him!” HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IB DUE. To the Editor of The Georgian; Not quite two years ago I read an editorial In The Atlanta News, of which paper you were the editor at that time, entitled. In substance, "A Friend In an Allen Camp," which editorial dealt with the character, the record and the pur pose of Thomas E. Watson. I Indorsed every word of that editorial. I felt that you, too, knew the man as I knew him, an honest, fearless and pure statesman. We differed with him two year* ago. We saw nothing to be accomplished by his then light. I frankly told him so tn a trip between Atlanta and Kansas City, and added that we would need him In Georgia two years hence In the light against corporate control of this state, and that I feared that the cam paign he was then making would nulli fy his Influence tn Georgia, i wttt never forget hla reply, nor the ex_- presston on hts face, as we sat there talking In tha smoking room of that sleeper, when he said In reply; “The difference between the Democratic par ty and the Republican party, as enun ciated In their platforms. Is the differ ence between Tweedledum and Twee- dtedee.’ The fire* of Jeffersonian Dem ocracy must be kept burning. My cam paign Is Tor that purpose." How wdll he has kept those fires burning, the event* of the last thirty days testify In abundance. "Honor unto whom hun ts due.” The press has been tilted with accounts of receptions to Mr. Bryan and approval of his utterances. The press of Georgia, dally and week ly. have taken up the cry and are now In mad pursuit of the game. In an ef fort to jump on the hand wagon. It la the tame press that , damned Bryan In 1900 and damned him worse In 1904, and all of his kind. Mr. Bryan Is to day advocating the government owner ship of railroads. Mr. Roosevelt Is practically doing the same thing. Where was Bryan In 1900 and 1904 on that question? He side-stepped It. Where was Mr. Parker and his followers In 1904 on that question? Echo answers where. Where was Mr. Roosevelt nnd his party In 1904 on that question? The answer 1* that Teddy has grown bigger than his party since he was elected. "Honor unto whom honor Is due.” Who kept the fires burning for. Jeffersonian Democracy, Including government own ership of railroads. In 1904? TMe an swer Is Thomas E. Watson and Thomas E. Watson alone. Government owner ship of rallroadB Is the Issue In 1908. Any blind man can see that. "Honor unto whom honor ts due." Who kept the fires burning? JAMES W. GREEN. Lawrencevllle, Ga., Sept. 8, 1906. name has been coupled for tho i ' year. Friends of Mr. Reid s Informed that he has married \ b, "> third time nnd that the Tomer'W Carrier Is the bride. At house. No. 7615 Fifth avenue u‘ 0 ** admitted that Mr. Reid waL’mlrrtU and the servants said that he en d Lu wife were out of the city. na hli Mr. Held, it Is developed Miss Carrier In Europe. hla married 4.AIIG1 carrier in mi rope. To SJ*“°2is 'his try on different vessels. Mr. ReM „* rlvlncr Mnv 27 on tho :°.V* rivInK May 27 on the Cedric and vt Carrier or, rather, Mrs. Reid, „„ .S Itronprinz a day later. Mr 'r.ih that time denied the report that k had married Miss Carrier The Istu, was prevented by a chaperon from answering any questions. ™ •Mrs. Reid Is about 28 years old ... comes from Detroit. She Is tail considered one of the most beautlto chorus girls on Broadway. Daniel n Reid is 48 years old. Ills fortuwh estimated at about $35,000,00(1 u-,.? William Leeds be organized the ■ plate trust, out of which he made . fortune. He Is,still heavily Intern,,. In the United States Steel corporatln. He has a young daughter by hi. flrst wife. To the memory of * did son he erected a splendid hospital i. his native town of Richmond. In. Later he erected the church adjolnln. the hospital, dedicating It to hi. ents. Claris* Agnew, his second wit. died In November, 1904. Andrew Carnegie Is a good man te have for a friend. Mrs. Mary Scott Hartie, heroine of the sensation.! Pittsburg divorce case, has found thu out, according to dispatches from the Smoky City. Mrs. Hartie was the daughter of an old friend of Mr. cat- negie. When the millionaire learned that she was needing funds, he re. marked: “Why, 1 know her; she Is the dauzh. ter of' a friend, and, more than th.t, she Is the granddaughter of Tom 8mu the flrst president of the Pennsylvania Railroad. No daughter of the Scott, could do things her husband charge,." He Instructed his financial agent la Pittsburg to see that Mrs. Hartie had all the money ahe needed for her de fense. When there was talk of a set. tlement he urged Mrs. Hartje to fight the case to a finish and to prove her Innocence. NEITHER PLATITUDES NOR STRADDLES. To the Editor of The Georgian: I read with pleasure closely aliln to delight tho statesmanlike and eloquent speech delivered by Hon. John Temple Graves—The Georgian’s gifted "Jupiter Tonans”—at the Jefferson Club ban quet, Chicago, on the 6th Inst., In hon or of Mr. Bryan. That speech has the ring of true metal. It will live. It ran not fall tc prove Itself a source of Inspiration, as we draw closer nnd closer to the great national political contest of 1963. The once powerful and triumphant national Democratic party has more than once had Its locks shorn by the Delilah of "platitudes.” If we wish to win In 1908, we'must announce a set of Jefterfionlan princi ples and stand by them. If you will go hack to the 'forties and 'fifties, to '88 and '92, study plat forms and results, you wilt remark the fact that Democracy lost whenever It generalized or ventured to straddle. Democracy was triumphant when ever Its declarations as to Its qmsttlon on "the Issues of the day” were clean- cut and bravely put. Let’s not search for the sensational. There are Issues, vital to the people, on which we can challenge the Republi cans to battle. Of all thlnge, we shall need In 1908 _ "definite Democracy”—a declaration of principles so clearly presented that he who runs may read and understand, and understanding, embrace. It was on that kind of platform that Democracy triumphed tn ’44, tn '52, tn '56. In '84 and In '92. MARTIN V. CALVIN. Augusta, Ga. William Sanderson Brown can't f# home any more. His wife, formerly Katherine Ballou, won't let him. Hi tried to see her yesterday, but she ab solutely refused to gee him. Brown, It Is asserted. Is anxious to make up with hts wife, but she refuses to for give him for agnln meeting the woman In whose company she had found him In St. Louis. 81 r*. Brown's bltterneu toward her husband has been Increaa- ed, It Is said, by her failure, throuib him. to forget her past. A curious story cornea from Newport to the effect that Mrs. H. II. Rogem has had returned to her ns "tainted," a check which she recently sent to a chnrlty to which her attention had been called. The secretary, n woman, returned the check with the emphatic note of disapproval. Mrs. Rogers, who ts a retiring and unassuming woman nnd not at all giv en to controversy, surprised her friendi by sending n note to the secretary saying that the check should In no way he confused with tainted moner. ns tt was drawn upon her own prirata honk nnd from nn Income she had be fore her marriage. It was not laid wnothor or not sue returned the check. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. New York, Hcpt. 10.—Here are soma of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—C. D. Atkinson, C. How ell, Mrs, M. J. Quinn. O. C. Smith, T. M. Warden, H. L. Bonier, G. R. Olrnft Jr., F. Johnson, E. R. Phillips. J. D. Wnde, C. Wayne. T. H. Winslow- AUGUSTA—W. Bchwlegert, T. J. Sheron, W. H. Tutt. _ MACON—Mrs. H. B. Evans, Mias E. McMillan, Miss H. Skelll*. „ , „ SAVANNAH—W. W. MackaH l B. Malcolm, T. 8. Molae, O. S. Relder. B. J. Travis, H. M. Vetsburg. H. K. M«l»- steln, W. L. Wlleon. A VOICE FROM NEW YORK. To the Editor of The Georgian: Just read your late article on rape. Good! Good! Oh, good! Keep up the Idea until tt Is adopted. Denature the raplat; brand him In the forehead and on the cheeks and turn him loose. Hts race will shun him—the women espe cially—his punishment could not be greater. That's the remedy. Keep up the Idea; many now, and have always, believed In it. W. JOHNSTONE. New York, Sept. 6. Oh, Wake Upl To the Editor of The Sun—Sir: That genial, kindly old soul, “Uncle Re mus,” were he alive and able to read, would no doubt be highly delighted at the adoption by executive order of his style of spelling as the "official" brand tn these United States. "Carnegie spelling” Infringes 'Uncle Remus's” copyright on Illiteracy. U. 8. N. A. New York, September 9. Dr. Leon J. Cole, of Harvard Uni versity, has been appointed chief of the division of animal breedlnr and pathology In the Rhode Island station. Sherburn M. Becker, "the boy may or” of Milwaukee, automobtled alt the way from his home city to New York with several friends. After hts Syra cuse speech Monday he will return home. He w-lll All eighty engagement! to lecture In the West this fall Miss Hudy Dyer, the flrst woman to become a member of a political club In Oklahoma, was elected to member ship of the Ohecotah Democratic Club recently, and made a political speech which Is said to have "backed the old- timers off the boards.” THIS DATE IN HISTORY. SEPTEMBER 10. 1419—John, duke of Burgundy. n> ur,l ?Ki- 1771—Mungo Park, pioneer African cipicnr, 1771—Mungo Park, pioneer torn. _ . 1913—l'erry'* victory on LOoErlc. ^ 4940—First anfety hmron fixed on On" 1 ™ Honda, off mmilh of Thames river. 1845—Joseph Story, distinguished iurm, died. 1887—Jamc# Kdwnnl Idwnnt Keeler. Aiurrlnin *» tronotner, Imrn. tiled August I- 1 1898—Kmpreau Bllsnhetb. of Auj'rls. slnnted. Horn Dneember 24, 1OT. FaihodB. THE TOPIC. By JAMES J. MONTAGUE. It was the freuzled fiuuneler who «"* To Irani 5 the U *nnnl closing l'tlee AmsIW It w-r&M'g broker who po«<* answer*! Ulm: . , . „ ml "Joe^ Goo* will take that If®*/., 1 ,n yank him limb from Umb. The merchant aaw hla Imnker *ri« ciitcriirialnB view .||jo* Of borrowing for thirty <lay* n The hithker hennl mnfie reply:. *The" moke Jion't ttoml a half .J 1 ‘ agalnat that tow-hnlr*f . The burglar crawled In rubber slm* alienee through the fiat, wY But ronaed the sleeping oceupantx nr Whereat*hit' hopStlSy rlctlm »lo«lf I"’*' pet! himself tu bed wit ind anted upon hia. visitor- the fight I" he auld. * We're on a rock! We'll *11 he dro the gallant captain cried. , |*it, A hole U In the starboard how, sixteen feet wltle! pof sixteen reel wine: __.li, IK The passengers heznl not hie idanelieri. nor onalled. nor rro- tM Who was It?' naked they,, hmara thirty-seventh round? The hungry flames curled graedll) a - Tbe SMoke h 3£rt»rrd the moon'" ,i! ' 'J* roof nnd rafters fell: t the But calmly there zero.* ‘*> e ,Ir „ twedlrav copper atood, pit tW Ami #pnko onto flu* flivman* epuu make* goo*** „ And If that gallant ooldlcr who lay ■ Removed A, lro»F modern "JJ*» i.nd "him* saw «* fore his flnal breath.,. lt'n safe to «ny be woobl ■>«£• >. "He'll beat that Dane to dram- thrl Rear Admiral Willard Herbert Brownaon. the new commander-ln- chief of the Astatic fleet. Is slight of build, with keen eyes that look you through nnd through, and a mind that one of hts officers has said "works with the rapidity of a quick-firing three-Bounder-”