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r = THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLB CRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Telephone Connections. Subscription Rates: Published Every Afternoon One,Year........ $4.50 Except Sunday by Six Months....... 2.50 THE GEORGIAN CO. Three Month* ,.... 1.25 at 25 W. Alabama Street, By Carrier, per week 10c Atlanta; Ga. ■stered as ssrsntKUH matter April V, 190S. at the Postofflce It Atlanta. Os., under set «( concrete of March X 1378. 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. » a # a #**t«« a # a i a **#*#**#***Hf* aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ** a ** aaaaa * aa * a ******** # ****** M *** # * # * 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. It ass tbs trended Ousndsr who stress- 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 .* •A hole la In th** atarijoari bow, at