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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLB CRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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The State Fair Next.
Thirty days from today the gates of the state fair
vlll be throern 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 tor 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 tbe 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 visitors as never before Is already
clearly Indicated.
The first week will be devoted to what many look
forward to with the greatest degree of Interest—the home
coming week for all Georgians wherever they may be.
The sons and daughters of this state who have gone
forth Into other parts of tbe country to make their home
will be glad to meet and mingle here once again. Not
only will they have tbe pleasure 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 aald that there Is one county out In Colorado
which Is almost entirely made up of Georgians, while the
natives of this state who have 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 coming 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. Tbe 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 tbe Casino Itself for n few weeks longer,
but genial Jake Wells, who Is at the same tlmo always
considerate for the best Interests of the people who pat
ronize tbe theater during the good old summer months,
did something which Is entitled to something more than
passing mention, and should be commended to tho at
tention and emulation of other managers throughout the
country. Nobody expects a dollar-and-a-balf show for
fifty cents, but there Is a certain excellence which they
do demand. Mr. Wells could have procured vaudeville
attractions of a certain kind for several weeks to come,
but after looking them over personally he decided that
they were 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
people will remember this when the Casino opens next
year and tbey will have all the more confidence In any
promises he may make. He and Manager Cardoza will
now devote their time and attention to the Bijou and
to that new and better Bijou whloh Is just ahead of us.
No community should be without Its Jake Wells
and Hugh Cardoza.
The Passing of the Straw.
The time has come for tho passing of the straw.
A few of them Are lingering superfluous on the brow,
•ven as Indian summer Ungers In the lap of her elder
sister, but they are turning as brown as tbe stubble
fields and Impress us as a memento of the days that ate
dead.
In northern latitudes they have largely passed away.
On the floors of the wicked stock and produce ex
changes the member who absent-mindedly appears with
one of these outlawed bonnets Is rudely awakened as to
tbo 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 relates that be was walking along Btate
street when he beard tho cry of a gamin, "Shoot tbe 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?" he finally realized that
his mildewed straw was the cynosure of all eyes, and
forthwith he went Into a battery and bought him the
latest block In which the au fait derbies come.
Something of the ssme kind Is occurring all over the
North, and from that same Chicago comes the news of
a novel method by which the women of tbe 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 tbe front of which Is attached a button bear
ing the legend "13 4 V. Straw hats sklddoo.”
These little miniature bats are placed at the plate of
husband or brother at breakfast, they are placed on hts
office desk, they are thrust under his nose when he
riseth up and when he lleth down and wherever they
can make him afraid, until life becomes one grand, fierce
protest and he has no recourse but to go forth and pur-
* chase a new tile In keeping with the season.
It Is presumed that tbe women who have taken the
lead In this movement belong to tbe civic league, prob
ably urlth the aid and assistance of the health depart
ment At any rate It la a worthy and effective effort to
bring the people of a great metropolis up to date. It Is
hoped that the peoplo of Atlanta will not be forced to re
tire under the lire of such ridicule.
Tbe tact of the matter Is that they are so entirely
up to date that tbey are already discarding the out-worn
straw, and In all likelihood wilt be Importing a lot of the
"sklddoo" novelties just for the fun of the thing long
after the straw hat Itself has gone.
Tbe first touch of autumn strikes here as early, in
a business way, as It does In any of the cities of more
Northern latitudes, and we need no such reminders as
this that It la time to wake from such summer somno- great and over-confident corporation the same lesson
lence as ever prevails here and apply ourselves to tho
more active affairs of winter.
The Spirit of One of Our Corporations.
The trouble with the Georgia Railway and Electric
Company, which controls tbe street railroads and the elec
tric plant and the gaa plant which furnishes Atlanta,
the fact that they hold their franchises and their op-
portuntlea in a harsh and arrogant spirit of inconsldera-
tloo tor tbe people.
We doubt If there Is a corporation In the whole South
which Is as little responsive to the wishee and expres
sions of the people upon whom It mightily prospers as
this corporation. It Is singular In view of tbe men who
compose the corporation and control It, that they should
assumed toward the people and toward juat complaints
and reasonable requests the attitude which It has nearly
always assumed. Mr. Arkwright, president of the com
pany, la 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 the amenities
In every other line of life. Colonel Thod
Hammond, at attorney of the company, Is one
tbe first lawyers of the city and a son of one of the beat
beloved men that Georgia has produced In recent years,
And yet, with such a personnel this great corporation has
treated more appeal* with Indifference and with the con
tempt of silence than any corporation enjoying the privl
leges that come from'the hand* of this people.
Compare the attitude of the Georgia Railway and
Electric Company and the Gas Company with that of the
Southern Bell Teiephone Company. The latter corpora
tion Is frequently subjected to criticism and fcomplalnt,
which Is duly made both by Individual* and by at least
one free voice of the public press. The answer of tbs
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 on effort to correct
any defect In the system to which criticism has beeu
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 tea-
timely to tbe 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 the 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-
diet and disturbance. This request was also couched In
the most courteous and considerate terms, and was rather
an appeal than a demand.
An expression was askod from the corporation with
the friendly tender of our columns for a reply. To this
second request made In the same spirit, no reply was
made, but lu this matter as in other matters which come
from Individual patrona the most tranquil Indifference
find 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 tha same as
the experience of this paper. The corporations which
own these franchises are arrogant and dictatorial and
utterly contemptuous of public opinion. The Georgia
Railway and Electric Company seems to have adopted the
sentiment of Vanderbilt—“The public bo damned”—and
to have retained that as Us standard answer to com-
plaints which It seems to feel Itself able to override.
We find It difficult to understand how a corporation
like this which has been so royally treated by Atlanta
and which Is beaded 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 kindness
and a little consideration, and a little concession on tbe
part of these people would do much to softon tbe 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
demands of the public, would do much to relieve the an
ger and to dissipate the bitterness which is growing In
so many minds toward the arrogance and the arbitrary
policies of the corporation.
The Georgia Railway and Electric Company might
learn a most wholesome lesson In this matter from the
euavlty and politeness of the Southern Bell Telephone
Company, which bridges msny difficulties and
many complaints by the simple' courtesy and apparent
consideration of Its officials toward the public.
We recall In this connection that there was a time
when this Georgia Railway and Electric Company con
trolled the ballots of Atlanta.' How tbey did It we have
never been able to understand, although we have heard
plausible explanation given. Tbe fact stands that the
corporation did control or was supposed to control arbi
trarily tbe politics of Atlanta. That has beeu several
years ago.
Can It be possible that the same corporation thinks
that It can atilt at any time it wishes control the politics
of Atlanta and elect a council that will be subservient
to Its will and pliant to Its policies? Is it possible that
thts belief Is the basis of the arroganeb with which tt
treats the appeals nnd courteous requests of tbe people
made Individually or through their public representa
tives? Is It possible that the corporation arrogantly be
lieves that at any time it chooses to do so It can reach
out Its strong hand and dominate the city council and
the politics of this city? *
tt this belief exists tn the minds of the corporations
we believe It Is a mistake. The people have grown with-
the last live years. The people are not so easily
fooled. The people are not so easily bought. The public
spirit has been quickened. In their honest judgment the
newspapers of Atlanta are freer and more earnest than
they have ever been before. We do not belteve that the
press, or the majority of the city press, can be subordi
nated o rlnfluenced at thts time, and we confidently assert
that If the Georgia Railway and Electric Company and Its
various franchises think they can command and control
the politics of this city In the election of councllmen and
aldermen and mayors In order that their arrogant policies
may be undisturbed In the future as In the past, we do
not hesitate to put them on notice here and now, that
there Is one paper at least, which will Join battle with
them In behalf of the people nnd that one earnest, honest,
tearless and persistent effort wlU be made to teach this
that the state of Georgia has taught to kindred corpora
tions that while we would not at any time do them In
justice, the people will demand that they themselves at
all times should be treated with justice and with consid
eration.
A soft answer turneth away wrath and a consider
ate hearing removes opposition, but contemptuous silence
and arrogant Indifference will stir tbe stones of Atlanta
to rebellion and protest
And tbe Georgia Railway and Electric Company
In Its various franchises may put this fact In Its plu
tocratic pipe and smoke it.
It will bo. an excellent excuse, In these days of un
settled orthography, to aay "My stenographer spells for
me.”
The Apotheosis of James Hamilton Lewis
At the banquet given by the Jefferson Club In Chi
cago to William Jennings Bryap last week one of the
most notable Incidents was the reception accorded to
Jamea Hamilton Lewis when he made his way down the
aisle to the banquet table.
Mr. Lewis has been 111 for some time. The fact of
the matter Is that he has overworked himself in his
recent crusade against the tax dodger. He discovered
that there was at least one 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 his diligence he succeeded In placing hundreds
of thousands of dollars In tbe treasury, but In the midst
of -his work bis health gave way under the strain and he
nras compelled to go to a hospital for several weeks.
His presence at the Bryan banquet was probably his
first public appearance since his 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 among whom he has gone within recent years
to make his 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 tbe
people of the whole country were Inclined to make a
great deal of fun of Jamet Hamilton Lewis. He was a
target for a great deal of good natured ridicule. He is 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 his pink whiskers and hts white spats, and other
wise made all sorts of fuu—to their own satisfaction.
AH of which James Hamilton—or Jim Ham, ns ho
came to be called bv these alleged wits—took In 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
the patience of Lewis too far. He made a combined at
tack upon Lewis and upon the Democratic party. This
was too much for the member from Washington and he
rose In bis wrath. From tho very nature of tho speech
lie 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 houue.
Keen sarcasm, ridicule, facts, logic, history were all ar
rayed In a masterly manner. His victim writhed and
squirmed under the fierce fusillade of the Infuriated con
gressman, but the steady, even, eloquent flow of rheto
ric on Are continued for something like half an hour.
And when he finished that member looked like a
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 la 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 has 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 his life.
I GOSSIP
Growth and Progress of the New South
Under this held will appear from time tn time Information Illustrating the
remnrkeble development of the South which deeervoe tome thing more than pass-
Ins ettentlon.
How Southern Banks Increased.
The number of national banks or
ganized in recent years le a strong In
dication of the growth of the country
at large, and In this growth the South
has shown a gratifying average for her
own part. As Indicated by statistics
i rat he red by the Manufacturers' Record,
jotween March 14, 1900, when the act
went Into effect permitting the organ
ization of national banks with a capi
tal of less than 300,000, and August 31,
1908, there have been organized In the
United States 3,08S national banks with
a capital of 3177,368,300. Of thts num
ber 810, or 38 per cent of the total,
with an aggregate capital of 145,230,-
500, or 388.6 per cent of the total, are
In the South, the number by states be
ing shown In the following table:
State*.
Number. Capital.
Alabama
. 68
32,952,500
Arkansas
. 28
1,720,000
District of Columbia
. 3
850,000
2,650,000
Georgia
. 62
2,805,000
Kentucky
. 61
4,105,000
. 23
2,685,000
Maryland
. 31
1,427,000
Mississippi
. 15
7,455,000
North Carolina...
. 25
1,100,000
South Carolina.. ..
. 12
1,210,000
Tennessee
. 30
1,780,000
. 338
14,570,000
Virginia
. 65
2,876,000
West Virginia...,
. 66
2,955,000
. 810
$45,230,500
Total U. 8
177.268.300
Te-.un, as The Manufacturers’ Record
points out, led In the number of new
organisations, 338, and In the amount of
aggregate capital, 314,670,000, with
Kentucky second In number, 81, and In
capital, 34,196,000; Alabama third In
number, 68, but fourth In capital, 32,-
962,600; West Virginia fourth In num
ber, 66. and third In capital, 32.955,000;
Virginia fifth In number, 55, and In
capital, 32,876,000, and Georgia sixth In
number, 62, and In capital, 32,805,000.
Variations In the other Southern
states are Indicated by the fact that
while the 23 new national banks of
Florida have an aggregate capital of
32,650,000, the 23 of Arkansas have
31,720,000 capital, and while the 30 of
Tennessee have 31,780,000 capital, the
31 of Maryland have 31,427,000 of cap
ital.
Of the new bank* In the United
States, 2,018, or more than 85 per cent
of the total, with an aggregate capital
of 862,626,600, or nearly 30 per cent of
the total new capital, are banks of
capital less than $50,000, while the 494
new banks of the South, or nearly 61
per cent of the total new ones In that
section having an aggregate capital of
313,216,600, or nearly 29 per cent of the
aggregate new capital of that section,
are banks with Individual capital less
than 860,000.
Georgia's showing, as previously
pointed nut In this department, Is high
ly gratifying and shows that she Is
keeping well abreast of the times.
NOOKS AND CORNERS OF AMERICAN HISTORY
How Webster Paid His Debts.
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
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Aa often as Nature makes a demigod out
of a nmn aha tacks on to him some bndge
of Infirmity, some sign or token by which
the less favored of the race may know
that he la not absolutely removed from
them, but Is, In certain ways, co-helr with
them In common humanity.
The "godlike Daniel," "expounder of the
Constitution" nnd father of tho 8eutlmeut
of American Nationality, whore Jovian
front awed all nnd whose eloquence
the "applause of listening Henntea" did
command, was mighty careless abouthis
Unsocial obllgntlous. seldom troubling him
self about what he owed or about what
others owed him.
nvi« nniMi iiikhuh — —- —jereby Is
plained the fact that once upon a time Mr.
Corning indorsed Mr. Webster’s note for n
considerable amount.
U things go In this, world. s notes must
_ mer or Inter
K rtlculnr note r . -
protest, llut Webster was the great
expounder, and the . firm, not wlshlug to
embarrass him, paid It.
Time imreed, and when It was supposed
that Webster’s financial condition was lm-
proveil Mr. Corning was prevailed upon by
the firm to ask Webster If be could make
convenient to llquhlste thsjglalm.
In answer to Corning a letter, Webattr
sent s note alHtundtng fit npolngles for the
trouble he had put his friend to, snd
wound up with s most cordial Invitation to
the gentleman to visit him, wheu be would
probably be lu a cosltolu to pay him, or,
at least, to give him some sort of satlsfnc-
tory sc4unity.
Corning accepted the Invitation and went
the expounder.
IIcIH.nI and charmed with' his visit to
Marshflelil. ... .. ,
Entertaining his partners with enthuw-
astlc accounts of the grest statesman s hos-
Itnllty ami with descriptions of the varl-
uns Incidents of his visit, Corning forgot to
Mjr iv word about the main object of the
'‘Finally, after Corning hail exhausted
himself lu describing the good time be had
bad. a iueml»er of tin* firm breke In urlth
the remark: "Well. I suppose Mr. * Ulster
was highly pleased to be able to pay the
° "Highly pleased to pay the note!" re-,
eoonded Corning; "he didn’t pfj any note.
He not 4>nly did not pay the note, but be
chinned snd delighted mo that he got
to sign another note for him for
and I am thankful that he did not ask me
to make It IW.Wrt. for I don't think I could
have refused to grant his request."
An old Bostonian, who knew Mebsttr
well, told me tome years ago tbe following
B, A rJ r©rtemouth. N. II.. tailor had a bill
against Weluter for several, hundred dol
lar*. When Webster was elected I nlted
States senator the tailor went down to the
"Hub 7 * to see him about his Mil. thinking
that he was then In a fair frame of mind
When the Portsmouth nmu got to Boston
Webster was holding S levee, nt which
grt_.
Mr. Webster wns engaged with affairs of
state ant! could not no disturbed.
The tailor sent up his card, which Web
ster no sooner saw than he ordered the
gentleman to be ushcreil Into hts presence.
Receiving the man with a cordial hand
shake and a look of supreme benignity,
Webster Introduced blnr, one by one, to
the Illustrious compnuy; dined biro and
In the ec
wined him. nnd
course of time the
guests. Including the Portsmouth man, de
parted.
rpon reaching home the tailor was asked
he got the i '**■ t *"
"Money for
„ the devil!" he re
nter treated me like n
Introduced me to more big folks than
I ever saw l>efore lu nil my life, snd do
I ou suppose I could have tbe heart to men-
Ion that bill to Mm?"
piled. "Mr. Weh.1
fora, r
HONOR TO WHOM HONOR 18 DUE.
To tho Editor of The Georgian:
Not quite two yeare ago I read an
editorial tn The Atlanta News, of which
paper you were the editor at that time,
entitled, In eubetance, "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 men as I knew him,
an honest, fearless and pure etateeman.
We differed with him two yeare ago.
We saw nothing to be accomplished by
hie then fight. I frankly told him so
In a trip between Atlanta and Kansas
City, and added that we would need
him In Georgia two years hence In the
fight against corporate Control of this
state, and that I feared that the cam
paign he was then making would nulli
fy his Influence In Georgia. I will
never forget hie reply, nor the ex
pression on his face, as we sat there
talking in the 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 pletfonits, le the differ
ence between Tweedledum and Twee-
dledee.’ The fires of Jeffersonian Dem
ocracy must be kept burning. My cam
paign la for that purpose.” How well
he has kept those fires burning, the
events of the last thirty days testify
In abundance. "Honor unto whom hon
or le due," The press has been filled
with accounts of receptions to Mr.
Rryan 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 band wagon. It
U the same 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. Rdoscvelt and
his party In 1904 on that question? The
answer Is that Teddy has grown bigger
than his party since he was elected.
“Honor unto whbm honor Is due." Who
kept the fires burning for Jeffersonian
Democracy, including government own
ership of railroads. In 1904? The an
swer Is Thomas E. Watson and Thomas
E. Watson alone. Government owner
ship of railroads Is the Issue In 1908.
Any blind man can see that. "Honor
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York. Sept, lu.—Although it
was denied when the pair return.!
from Europe recently. It Is positiy-i.
stated now that Daniel a. Reid iZ
millionaire head of the tin plate tru,t
has taken for n bride Mabel Carrier
the young actress, with whom '
name has been coupled for the
year. Friends of Mr. Reid have be.!
Informed that he has married for th!
third time and that the former mi™
Carrier Is the bride. At Reldsm*!
house, No. 7615 Fifth avenue,Tt
admitted that Mr. Reid was mam!!
and the servants said that he and hi.
wife were out of the city. n 1
Air. Reid, It Is developed, married
Miss Carrier In Europe. To dinar™
suspicion, tHey returned to this com?
try on different vessels, Mr. Reid »!'
riving May 27 on the Cedric and Mi„
Carrier or, rather, Mr*. Reid, on the
Kronprlnz a day Inter. Mr. Reid ..
that time denied the report that h.
had married Miss Carrier. The latt..
wns prevented by a chaperon from
answering any questions.
Airs. Reid Is about 23 years old and
comes from Detroit. She Is tall and
considered one of the most beautiful
Chorus girls on Broadway. Daniel n
Reid Is 48 years old. His fortune h
estimated at about 335.000.000. With
William Leeds lie organized the tin
plate trust, out of which he made »
fortune. He Is still heavily Interested
In the United States Steel corporation
He has a young daughter by hit
first wife. To the memory of a dead
eon he erected a splendid hospital in
his native town of Richmond, Jnd
Later he erected the church adjoinins
the hospital, dedicating It to hit par.
entg, Claries Agnew, his second wife
died In November, 1904.
Andrew Carnegie Is a good man to
have for a friend. Mrs. Mary Scott
Hartje, heroine of the sensational
Pittsburg divorce case, has found this
Out, according to dispatches from the
Smoky City. Mrs. Hartje was the
daughter of an old friend of Mr. Car
negie. When the millionaire learned
that ahe was needing funds, he re
marked:
"Why, I know her; she Is the daugh
ter of a friend, and, more than that,
she Is the granddaughter of Tom Scott,
the first president of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. No daughter of the Scotta
could do things her husband charges."
He Instructed his financial agent In
Pittsburg to see that Mrs. Hartje had
all the money she needed for her de
fense. When there was talk of a set
tlement he urged Afrs. Hartje to fight
the case to a finish and to prove her
Innocence.
William Sanderson Brown cRn’t go
home any more. His wife, formerly
Katherine Ballou, won't let hint. He
tried to sec her yesterday, but she ab
solutely refused to see him. Brown,
it Is- asserted, Is anxious to make up
with his wife, but she refuses to for
give him for again meeting the woman
la whose company she had found him
In St. Louis. Mrs. Brown's bitterness
toward her husband has been lncreae
Any Diinu man van see inm. nonor toward ner nusDunu nus ueen rncrea*.
unto whom honor Is due.” Who kept ed, tt is said, by her failure, through
the fires burning?
JAMES V.\ GREEN.
Lawrencevllle, Go, Sept. 8, 1906.
NEITHER PLATITUDES
NOR STRADDLES,
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I read with pleasure closely nkln tn
delight the 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 can not fall tc
prove Itself a source of Inspiration ns
we draw closer and closer to the great
national political contest of 1903.
The once powerful and triumphant
national Democratic party hns 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 Jeffersonian princl
pies and stand by them.
If you will go back to the 'forties
and 'fifties, tb '88 and '92, study plat
forms and results, you will remark the
fact that Democracy lost whenever It
generalized or ventured to straddle.
Democracy was triumphant when
ever Its declarations as to Its position
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 things, we shall need In 1908
a "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 In ‘44, In '62, In
'66, In '84 and In '98.
MARTIN V. CALVIN,
Augusta, Ga.
A VOICE FROM NEW YORK.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Just read your late article on rape.
Good! Good! Oh. good! Keep up tho
Idea until It Is adopted. Denature the
rapist; brand him In the forehead and
on the cheeks nnd turn him loose. His
race will shun him—the women eape
daily—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—8lr: That
genial, kindly old soul, "Uncls 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
In these United State*. “Carnegie
spelling” Infringes 'Unde Rem use"
copyright on Illiteracy. U. S. N. A.
New York, September 3,
Dr. Leon J. Cole, of Harvard Uni
versity, has been appointed chief of
the division of animal breeding and
pathology In the Rhode Island station.
Sherbum Af. Becker, "the boy may
or” of Milwaukee, automoblted all the
way from his home city to New York
with several friends. After his Syra
cuse speech Monday he will return
home. He will fill eighty engagements
to lecture In the West this fall.
Miss Hudy Dyer, the first woman to
become a member of a political dub
In Oklahoma, was elected to member
ship of the Checotah Democratic Club
recently, and made a political speech
which Is said to have "backed the old-
timers off the boards.”
Rear Admiral Willard Herbert
Brownaon. the new commander-ln-
chlef of the Asiatic fleet. Is slight of
build, with keen eyea that look you
through and through, and a mind that
one of his officers has said "works
with the rapidity of a quick-firing
three-pounder."
him, to forget her past.
A curious story come* from Newport
to the effect that Mrs. H. H. Rogers
has had returned to her as "tainted," a
check which she recently sent to a
chnrlt.v to which her attention had
been called. The secretary, a woman,
returned the Check with 'th6 emphatic
note of disapproval.
Mrs. Rogers, who Is a retiring and
unassuming woman and not at all gtv-
en to controversy, surprised her friends
by sending a note to the secretary
saying that the check should In no
way be confused with tainted money,
ns It was drawn upon her own private
hnnk nnd from 'on Income she had be
fore her marriage. It was not eald
a nother or uot sne returned the check.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New York. Sept. 10.—Here are some
of the visitors In'Now York today:
ATLANTA—C. D. Atkinson, C. How-
ell, Mrs. Af. J. Quinn. C. ('. Smith, T.
M. Warden, H. L. Bowler, G. R. Glenn,
Jr., F. Johnson, E. R. Phillips. J. D.
Wade, C. Wayne, T. H. Winslow.
AUGUSTA—W. Schwlegert, T. J.
Sheron, W. H. Tutt.
AfACON—Mrs. H. B. Evans, Miss E.
McMItlan, Miss H. Skellle.
SAVANNAH—W. W. Atackall. J. B.
Malcolm, T. fl. Molse, O. S. Reldcr. R.
J. Travis, H. 61. Vetsburg, H. K. Wein
stein, W. L. Wilson.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
SEPTEMBER 10.
1419—John, dnke of Burgundy, murdered.
1771—Mungo fork, pioneer African explorer,
lion).
jurist*
'8 I IP l INI 1113 IITIIIUII - _
Sunil*, off month of Tbnme* river.
1846—Joseph Story, distinguished
1867—Janies E.lwnrd Keeler. American as
tronomer, Imrn. Died August 12. u®
1398—Empress Elisabeth, of Austria, ana*
slnn ted. Born December 24, 1337.
1898—French occupied Fnshods.
THE TOPIC.
By JAMES J. MONTAGUE.
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To lcnr’n* the^finsl closing price Anal**'
It aWKSif broker who peW*
nimworwl him: , , , . Q( j
"Joe Onn* will take that tank?,,Dane ana
yank him limb from limb.
The merchant *nw hi* honker with t •
Of borrowing "for'^thirty day. a min."
The honker beard ills question snd serenely
■Tbe^nioke'Son't stand a half „a ebaucs
against that tow-haired guy.
The Imrglnr crawled In rubber shoes s“
silence lb rough the fist,
But roused the sleeping occupants hr
Whetwat" hit" hoMd-'far victim slowly P rJP '
or-"Who'll «t*
I he drowned!"
least.
The ra^geJT'heSS'Ut h»
thlrty-reventb round?
The hungry flame* curled greedily *l' 0 ' 1
Tbe Snuki'^fdwcared the moonlit *ky. tM
reof xml reftef* fell; .
But calmly there aero** the atreei
hredteat copper ftaod, ,..... M t b«
Ami apake unto flu* fireman. * '•
coon make* good.
And It that gallant aoldler who by T
Removed* modern "£rit ' ,tunt *
like nnraing. grief **** .itSTlreht b*
Had l»ee*i In tkh .dd totl laft »W“ l -
fiwe hta final breath.
IF* wife to aay be wwold kfv#
"lie’ll beet that Dana to death.
•We're on s rock! We ll nil he droe
the gallant raptalu .*
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