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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
TnvnsnAT. September u. im
The Atlanta Georgian.
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More Evidence of Corporate Negligence.
It would not be difficult to convince the people who
patronise the Marietta branch of the Georgia Railway and
Electric Company that there la a grave -necessity 'for the
regulation of the afreet railway company.
They have suffered In a great many forms from a
lack of those facilities to ^rhich they are reasonably en
titled. The fare Itself would appear to be quite out of
proportion to that which Is chirged on the other subur
ban lines of the company, and what Is of at least equal
moment la the fact that while the people of Marietta have
freely granted to the corporation the right to use the
streets of their ctiy, the company has not seen lit to
provide any depot facilities whatever.
At this end of tho line the same condition prevails,
and while the Marietta cars atop directly In front of the
Georgia Railway and Electric Company’s magnificent of
fices In which It would be easy, one would think, to
tablish some kind of a waiting room, the fact Is that no
provision whatever la made to shelter waiting patrons
from the sun and the wind and the rain.
All this Is but part and parcel of. the arbitrary and
■elfish manner In which this autocratic monopoly admin
isters Its affairs without regard to the comfort and pleas-
ure of Its patrons.
This new line Is becoming one of the most popular
and prosperous In the entire system. It Is only fair that
all the auxiliary facilities which such a line requires
should be supplied for the patrons of the road. But fre
quent remonstrances seem to have met with no substan
tial responae, and those who live In Marietta and Atlanta
and along the connecting lines have too long suffered
from the greed and the selfishness of the Georgia Rail
way and Electric Company.
Perhapa this company thinks that It can go on In
definitely Ignoring the just demands of the people, but we
verily believe that a public sentiment Is being aroused
In this community which would mako It the part of wis
dom for the company to make some concessions to the
, people before, they fatigue Indignation and drive the peo
ple to make (he Georgia Railway and Electrto Company,
with all Its allied utilities, one of the paramount and
Sleepless Issues of the hdur.
“Al” Adams Again.
Information comes from New York that "Al” Adams,
the notorious policy king and backer of M. J. Sage &
Co., after having failed a few woeks since for some
thing like 12,000,000, Is now making arrangements to
open up his chain of bucket shops again.
Of course It Is no part of hla purpose to return to
the defrauded and confiding customers the $2,000,000
which they trusted to him. But a life of commonplace
tranquillity Is unendurable to this high financier and hit
able lieutenants, so he Is making arrangements, accord
lag to this rumor, to resurrect such of his old bucket
shops as were In charge of men on whom he could rely
and so will begin again an active campaign for fleecing
the public. ,
We do not know what measure of truth there may be
In this* rumor, but we do know that If It has any founda
tion and there Is auy way In which ths law could reach
such a man aa he, steps should be taken to prevent hla
further fleecing of the public.
It would seem. In all conscience, that the career that
“Al" Adams has led In the past and the term he haa
served In the penitentiary, would put the public on notice
against any enterprises in which he or hla lieutenants
might engage.
If this were not sufficient to open their eyes, then
his more recent escapade In high finance, namely, this
failure for $2,000,000. should be sufficient to put the pub
lic on fair notice that they could not nfford to touch any
enterprise with which h£$ name was Identified.
It may be depended upon that If he begins operations
again It will be but a rehearsal of the past, and that as
soon as a luting opportunity presents Itself he will he
ready to swoop down upon the unsuspecting flock of
lambs and fleece them to their very skin.
The full details of his proposed resumption of bust-
neas have not yet been given out. It la hoped, for the
aaka of that dais of people who Insist upon trading with
him and with any concern with which his name may be
Identified, that he will find such obstacles In, the way of
hla resumption of business that he will not he able to
perfect the arrangements he contemplates.
The South has undoubtedly suffered Ita share from
these various speculative affairs to which be lent mate
rial aid and comfort, and In the light of the further fact
that there cannot possibly be any hails for legitimate
business transactions with concerns of the character with
which he has been Identified, there should he no more
attempt to play with the fickle goddess through the In
strumentality which he has placed at the disposal of the
people.
The world at large Is entirely sick and tired of “Al"
Adams and his speculation ventures, and It Is to be
hoped he will be allowed at the present juncture to "sink
to silence like a tavern brawl."
Ke has cut a wide swath la Ms time.
Let us hope that It Is permanently at an end.
The Georgian extends a cordial welcome to Dr. H. E.
Stockbridge, who has recently assumed the duties of agri
cultural editor of The Southern Rurallat. of this city. Dr.
Stockbridge comes well equipped for the duties of his
position and The Rnrallst Is to be congratulate on Ita
acquisition.
If this spelling controversy keeps up, Dan Chauc.r U
I table- to set before the people.
Some Municipzl Ownership Examples.
The entire community has become thoroughly aroused
on the subject of municipal ownership of public utilities,
and every bit of Information which can throw any light
upon thla subject should be given to the people. We see
no reason why corporations owned largely by foreign cap
italists should mulct the people of Atlanta when by the
operation of these utilities the city could save hundreds
of thousands of dollars a year to her citizens and give
them a better service In every respect.
The question has already been discussed from a great
many points of view. Surely none of them could be ujore
enlightening than to give concrete examples and Illustra
tions of the profit and efficiency derived from their oper
ation lu other cltlea.
• This question of municipal ownership Is not a new
one. There are various cltlefc throughout the world
which have found it practicable and profitable, and In
Borne of these cities municipal ownership has extended
not only to public utilities but to other lines of com
merce which hitherto had remained In the hands of pri
vate individuals.
Mr. William E. Curtis, tho veteran correspondent of
The Chicago Record-Herald, who Is now traveling in Eu
rope, writes from Vienna of municipal ownership In that
beautiful capital of Austria. That the Viennese are a
happy and-a prosperous people does not need to be ar
gued. Vienna Itself I* one of the most splendid cities
In the world, and except In population compares favora
bly with Paris Itself.'
And yet the city government of Vienna not only op
erates a street railway system but a brewery, a number
of flower storesT a storage warehouse, stone quarries and
other lines of commercial and Industrial activities which
furnish commodities to the people more cheaply than they
were ever bought under private ownership. No one Is
contending for such a municipal ownership Idea for At
lanta as prevails In Vienna, and yet the success of her
street railway system will throw a direct light on the pub
lic utilities In which we are really Interested.
We are told that the city government owns all of
the street car lines and that they are well managed and
kept In excellent condition. In point of fact, the
Vienna street car system Is one of the finest In the
world. A 2-cent fare Is charged before 8 o'clock In the
morning In order that the working classes who are In
greatest need of cheap transportation enn get to their
work at a nominal cost. The gross receipts of the com
pany have greatly Increased since the city took hold of
the tines, but It Is conceded that the expenses have In
creased more rapidly, so that the net profits are only
about one-third as large as they formerly were.
The burgomaster of the city, who Is devoted to the
cause of municipal ownership, takes pride In this very
fact, and points out that the employees, of the street
railway are the men who have largely received these
benefits through higher wsgqs and shorter hours while
at the same time Increasing the effectiveness of the ser
vice and allowing the people In general to participate In
the general benefits of cheaper fares and better facili
ties.
While, as we have said before, no one Is contending
for the municipalization of anything except the recog
nized public utilities at this time, It can do no harm to
add In pasting that Vienna also owns a number of flow
er shops end sells flowers from the parka and cemeteries
at a handsome profit. Lovers-of the aesthetic do not need
to be told that this constnnt pruning and gathering of
the flowers with Intelligent discrimination not only must
keep the parks and cemeteries themselves much more
beautiful and abundant In tbelr floral.array, but that it
provides a means of furnishing the people with flowers
for various purposes at a nominal cost. Undertakers
and caterer* are the largezt customer* and the city
make* enough money to pay all the gardeners In the em
ploy of the city and a portion of the other expenses for
maintaining the parks. The net profits last year were
about $17,000.
Buildings which remained standing after the Inter
national exposition of 1873 were not ruthlessly destroyed,
as In Chicago and St. Ixrats. They were used for per
manent purposes. The main building, which was of great
size, was converted Into a storage warehouse which Is
probably the -largest In the world. It Is operated by the
city, Is divided Into sectlona for storing grain, wines and
household effects, and ylclda to the city an average ne*
revenue of $00,000 a year.
A few miles from the city Ihete Is a stone quarry
which Is owned and operated by the municipality. It was
purchased more than 25 years ago, when the city was
undertaking a great system of public Improvements, and
millions of dollars worth of atone have been taken from
It. While there Is comparatively little public construc
tion going on at this time, the overplus of granite Is aold
to private Individuals and corporations, and last yenr
this municipal quarry yielded a net profit of $19,000.
Thus wo see that the three municipally owned enter
prises outside of the street railway yield to Vienna an
annual net profit of practically $100,000 a year.
The success of the street railway system under mu
nicipal ownership and tho possibility of furnishing ex
cellent facilities of travel, with good hours and good
wages to employees, nominal faros for the laboring
classes and a snug profit over operating expenses. Is the
point which we wish to bring out. It Is full of enlighten
ment to the people of Atlanta who are Interested In se
curing the boat results from our public utilities.
Growth atid Progress of the New South
A Glorious Future.
Prom time to time we have endeavored to furnish In this column facts
and figures which show the Incomparable resources of the South, Joined
with her salubrious climate and her ready access to the markets of the
world. The latter will be even more notable when the Panama canal shall
have been completed.
But we could not possibly present all these facte more succlntly and
more Impressively than In the graphic phrase which recently appeared In
large letters on the cover of The Manufacturers' Record. They should be
clipped out and pasted In the hat of every patriotic Southern man and
read whenever the opportunity presents Itself. Here they are:
“Give free rein to your Imagination and let It picture the future of a
section which has one-half of the iron ore of the United States, nearly
three times as much coal as GreatNBritaln, Germany and Pennsylvania com
bined, which holds a world monopoly on cotton production and Is rapidly
becoming a great cotton manufacturing center, which dominates the phos
phate rock and sulphur trade of the world, which has much of the richest
oil territory known, which has one-halt of the standing timber of the
country, which produces all the sugar, all the rice, most of the tobacco,
and adds to these 890,000,000 bushels a year of grain: and then think of
Its water-powers, Its splendid rivers. Its great seacoast, Its expanding
commerce, and remember that Its cotton crop alone annually exceeds the
total gold and sliver production of the world, and that every dollar of gold
annually mined on earth la not enough to pay the South's bill against
Europe for cotton, and you will get Just a faint conception of the future. ‘
ItOMMMtllltl
! NOOKS AND CORNERS OF AMERICAN HISTORY
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A FORGOTTEN MATCH
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By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
• H9M$«M9Mltt<
“Poor old Spain!" It Is what nearly
all the world Is saying to Itself these
days.
How easily did the great republic
utterly crush the Spaniard In the lute
war over Cubal
What a burlesque of a nation Spain
Is today—a mere dot on the map, a
reminiscence rather than a fact,
shadow without any substance!
And yet one hundred and twenty-five
/ears, tho id of January, a Spanish
orce Invaded our territory, marched,
unmolested, right across one of our
"sovereign slates," accomplished Its
purpose and marched back again to its
starting point with drums a-beatlng
and banners a-fiylng!
For some unaccountable reason
France, after being beaten by England
on the “Heights of Abraham,” and Just
before the treaty was ratified giving
England the fruits of her victory, se
cretly ceded to Spain everything west
of the Mississippi, as though she had
said to herself, "The Briton has beaten
me between the Mississippi and the
Alleghanles, but he shall not have the
domain west of the great river without
a fight with Spain.”
The capital of "Upper Louisiana" at
the time was St. Louis, founded In
1704 by the French, and It was from
this point that the march In question
was made.
Starting from Bt. Louis, on the 2d
day of January, 1781, sixty-five Span
iards and Frenchmen and sixty Indians,
of the Sioux, Ottawa and Pottaivat-
tomle tribes, commanded by Don Eu
genio Pourre, marched straight across
the state of flllnols to Fort St. Joseph,
at the mouth of the St. Joseph river.
In the present state of Michigan.
At Fort St. Joseph the English gar
rison of a few score men wax overpow
ered, the Spanish flag was raised above
the captured stronghold, and With the
British flag as his trophy Don Eugenio
Pourre, with his Spaniards, French
men and Indians, marched back to 8t.
Louts.
This march across the state of Illi
nois was no Utopian affair. It meant
business. There was a method In It.
As the sequel will show, it was Inspired
at Madrid, and was a part of a deep-
laid plot to accomplish one of two
things—the recovery of Gibraltar from
Knglaild or the establishment of a great
Spanish domain upon the North Amer
ican continent. —
Immediately upon Won Eugenio
Pourre's return to St. Louis, Don Fran
cisco Cruvat, governor of Upper Lou
isiana. started a messenger to Madrid
with the news. It was a year before
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the message was delivered and pub
lished In.the Madrid Gazette.
And then the fun began. John Jay,
our representative at Madrid, saw
through the buslnss at a glance, and
wrote Franklin, at Paris, to keep hla
eyea open. Franklin had not been
sleeping. The news reached Franklin
soon after It did Spain, and Franklin,
with his great good sense, wax not slow
In "catching on” to the true Inwardness
of the game.
In the meantime the treaty of Ver
sailles was on the carpet, and In Its
very first session It was revealed that
France and Spain were In a conspiracy
against us. Then appeared the true
cause for the Spanish march across the
state of Illinois and the planting of the
Spanish flag on the stockade of Fort
St. Joseph. The Spaniards had already
established themselves at Baton Rougo
and Natchez, and with Fort St. Joseph
added to their triumph they were pre-
g ared to lay claim to the vast territory
etween tho Mississippi and the Alle
ghanles!
And then the first card was played
with England. Spain would relinquish
her claim to the aforesaid domain II
England would give her back Gibral
tar.
But no! England would do no such
thing. If she had to she would give
up the colonies between the Alleghanlqp
and the sea, but by the Red Cross of
St. George she would not vacate her
stronghold at the gateway of the great
Blue sea.
Spain had played her first card and
lost.
And then she began the game with
the ambassadors of the United States.
At Paris Spain had her astute am
bassador, Count d'Arando, whose part
It was to hold In the diplomatic battle
her rights upon the eastern*slde of
tho "Father of Waters."
But Franklin was there, and Adams
was there, and not an Inch w-ould they
budge from the proposition that Uncle
8am's domain extended to the middle
of the Mississippi.
The Castilian coaxed and threaten
ed. Every device known to the diplo
matic art was tried by him, and tried
In vain. Our self-taught ambassadors
beat him at every turn, and-when the
final terms were made with Great Brit
ain Gibraltar rcmnlned In the hands of
England and over every Inch of soli
between the Alleghanles and the
'Eternal River” It was decreed that
Old Glory" should float.
And thus ended the aftermath of the
Spanish march across the state of lilt
mils. i
A LITERARY FROG.
By CLARA MORRIS.
I PAUSED lu what they rail the "cinssi
cal alcove' lu a Twenty-third street
book .store, to read the I took-backs
when some one, mistaking me. an Id. “1
really think you otifht to come nnt| help
bother to . _____
Bhe had spoken thus of her trouble to
me ft full minute before she discovered I
was a stranger, who bad taken the place
of her comnnulou. Apologies were waived
aside In friendly spirit. '
She proved a hopeful, laughing, trusting
girl—pretty as a flower and frank ns a
boy—who was undertaking the impossible;
trying to select a book to amuse the 1111-
aniumble. Suddenly she burst forth, “Now
what would you do lu my place. I wonder!
You see, my cousin is quite spoiled, and—er
—•he likes Just to glance at a new book
and shut It up In a single word.'*
Pleasant for the author.” I* otumrved.
And for the crushed giver, too,” she
Answered. "Why, Just let me show you
wlmt It's like."
Hhe caught up ft l$oofc to illustrate with.
"If eotisTu opens her new book nud Anil*
the scene laid at &ln> seashore, she claps It
shut, twists her Ups, and Mrs, ’Humph!
Shipwreck or llfe-snvliif?* If mills are
inns the (took to with
Btrlke!' If mines are
mentioned. Tave-fn—or explosion." While
if the book opens with n 6 o'clock tea, she
fairly snorts. ‘Divorce!' "
I laughed, and so did she, but rather
l$onkf" l asked.
Oh. she used .to, but now she sny* they
? re nil repetitions: and she Just Jumps
rout front to lutck, then once in the
middle: it's nil Jump. Jump. Jump, like—
"A sort of literary Jumping frog,.' I
“*S?r she exclaimed. "I don't want to
l»e mean to cousin, but I'll have to tell
papa that Just to hear the windows shake
at his laugh. You nee cousin, therefore,
cuts yon down to such small choice. She
an vs a French l$o<»k ta Immoral, n Scotch
one a sermon, and an American one tnnie
to ennui. See whnt n pile of l»ooks I re
been through! Bhe can gtifss the formula
of every honk extant!"
Hhe groaned. u
"No. she can't." I asserted. "Look here:
whnt almut a l*ook that .linn no villain?
(Her eye* widened.) A book without 11
crime »f any kind fo-Avenge? jBhe shook
her head.) Without." I sternly added,
without nu adventuress—without change
r firene— no Inndecn|>c mania?"
"impoaalble! Impossible!" she gasped.
"Walt." I said. "Now don't scream; a
Iwnk without n divorce?"
"flot." tho charged, ‘why. there a no
material left to make a book of!
"Yes. there Is.” . A , ..
"Wei!, no one would care to rend It,
th "it holds you with a ‘grip of steel.
There Is not a commahdtnfcut broken, and
yet it ( Is strong enough to hold - *“■*“
•nine close to me, and, with dancing
eJr "ft iVvery wicked to toll lies."
"Very." I admitted, steadily.
"Ami you know where there It ft truly
•u^ book like that?"
Bhe took my hands and cuddled them
under her cheek; she cooed ns If she had
been about four years old. t
I GOSSIP
LAND OF WILLIAM THE SILENT
THE HAGUE, HOLLAND
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
Repair the State Fair Buildings.
We aro Informed that the finance committee of
council will meet on Saturday for the purpose of consld
orliiR the suggestion that $2,500, or some auch sum, be
spent on the buildings at Piedmont park, In order that
they may he in proper condition when the fair opens.
We believe that council would be acting wisely |n
making this appropriation, and wo trust that the finance
committee win recommend It.
The stnto fair of last year brought 40,000 people to
Atlanta itnd during their stay, considering the matter
purely from a business standpoint, they left a great deal
of money In the city. Council has frequently made ap
propriations for the entertainment of conventions, and It
Is pointed out that the fair will bring more people here
in two weeks than all the conventions within a decade.
Moreover, the proiierty which council Is asked to Improve
belongs to the city Itself and therefore hns a special
claim on the attention of the city fathers.
Everybody Is looking forward hopefully and buoy
antly to the state fair, which promises to be the most
successful In our history. It Is highly necessary that the
buildings and grounds should be placed In good condi
tion, and that at an early dale, so let the appropriation
be made at once and let the work of repairing and beau
tifying the buildings and grounds go forward.
A new school of theology, representing several de
nominations, has been successfully opened in connection
with Manchester University, England.
The Methodist Episcopal mission In Japan ta erect
ing at Nagasaki a splendid brick structure for a college
building, capable of accommodating 400 student*.
T*
1 alas, auil alas, tor the protty young
* qnen, she haa just experienced her
third dlanppolnlmeat In live yeara, la her
hopes of giving her devoted taial an heir
to the throne.
tua to an opaerver that every wom
an In Holland, save the queen, la the
mother of, at leant, two or three chtl*
drea.
If no heir rontea through Queen Willie),
iidna then the throne goea to name distant
relative, some German princeling, It la
whispered, and there are filtek looks when,
ever the whisper la heat., lor na the purr
ing vat lovea the aggress!.e dog, ao Hol
land loves Germsny.
It I, no wonder the llotlnndera adore
Queen Wllheimlna anil desire her to per
petuate the royal race.
She la the only one left to rontlmie the
line which sprang from thnt glorious mnn.
"William the Silent," of Holland, to whom
the owes Ita freedom front Spain.
I wish every mother In America would
give her young sons the atory of thla great
and good mau to read. It la more eicit-
lag than any novel ever written, nnd more
Inaplring. ■ ........
if rati he found complete In Motley a
"lilntorr of the Dutch Republic."
William the Silent (who, despite hla ti
tle, ivna a great orator and moat elo-
It when moved to speech!. livid In an
age of cruelty, greed anil selfishness Vet
he era a kind, unmercenary and nnaelSsh.
He lived nmong men who were seeking
for personal odviuu'Finwt, yet ho rofu*UHl
iMNlthm «n«l power. whon It would nave
Immmi wise t4$ aooopt It.
Ho llvod In an age of monstrous big
otry, whi n tho torture rack, the prison awl
tho stake awalti* those who dared think
for theanaelvea; yet ho wna uh brail hi
the unlvorae In l»U charity toward other
faith* thnu ht* own. .
.. . cloak, un
ion ho was ready to extend freedom to
other* to worahlp a* they would. No man
felt more than he that tho persecuted re
former, who In turn became a bigot, waa
doubly odious."
Ill* flrmnoM wn* ns great at hit piety.
Whon only twenty-four year* of age'he
resolved to devote hla life to driving the
Iiiiiulattlon from Holland and to establish-
lug the liberty of hi* country. He arrived
at hi* goal, In tho face of the powerful
oppoHltlon of Spain, thou In tho height of
her glory. When he died "the little chil
dren wept in the street*."
Ill* direct line l»ecnuie extinct with hla
grnudHon; hut Queen Wllheimlna I* the
last of his blood, through her descent from
a eonsln. Kouioto a* the relatloiiNblp may
*eera to n* In America, It I* one to lie rev-
erenced nnd to wlah to perpetuate In llol-
inml.
The storle* of the unhapplne** of the
queen in her marriage are absolutely dented
by every Hollander. The vice secretary
of the Amerlcnu embn**y also declnriHl
hla
Make me happy, happy! Help me to
u...y one on the literary frog-far *he could
not* goes* thnt. IMenae tell me—or maybe
It dm* no name, either?"
But, It haa. and a very otld one.
Ob. what?" . . ....
I gave the name. I *nw her scribble the
Initial*.- "P—M." nnd tbeu ahe clnoped my
hand nnd *nld. ■
"Oh. you are the dearest ..thing that haa
"W, KAXrtii,
MEN AND WOMEN.
Lotts, tho once favorite netreaa, la onld
to be one of the biggest taxpayer! among
the women of Boston.
Thomas Bent, the premier of Victoria,
Introduce* song* In hi* *peeche*, but never
•Inga the *onga of the present day.
The first deaf mute In the country to
become n nun I* Mias Etta Mae Holman,
who vent recently received Into the Do
minican order at Hunts Point, N. \.
Blr Douglas* Fox, "who haa been com-
i«r.aJkwfsrE«ii*-h- Channel tifnnel,
‘ i regarded h.v the members of hla prnfes-
Jon ss one of the greatest engineer! of
Ms time.
of Spain I, collecting playing card,,
majesty noisensen. for Instance. the ftt-
motis pack of Itory cards which I rloee
Eugene, the comrade of Marlborough. al
ways carried with him In all the cam
paigns In which he took part.
Mrs. Ruaaell Sage la a descendant el
Miles Rtauill.li. Her maiden name, Olivia,
wan a Ian that of her parental grand
mother. Olivia Htnndtab. Nbtwlthitnndln,
Mra. Sage's great wealth and Interest In
humanity, ahe haa reached tho age of 76
years wfthont ever haring I teen abroad.
place very long. lie waa the first man
to i-roM YellAwatnne park In the winter,
and some eleven years ago he spent moat
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By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York, Sept. 13.—Friends of Mr.
William McKinley In this section ar.
concerned at the news from Ohio th.t
her health will not permit her to aiteM
the unveiling of the statue of |, er <ju
tlngulshed husband. It has been known
thnt Mrs. McKinley has been feeble f„.
some time, but It Was not realized that
she was In such a state that she would
not be able to attend this Important
function. Mrs. McKinley Is a typ| cal
American woman and much of her hut.
band's Buccess was due to her klndiC
sympalhy and capacity to help. Thi. u
true of most all men. The good wome!
of America of the type of Mrs. McKln
ley may some day got part of the credit
due them In the making of our coun
try.
The death of-James A. Garland at
South Hanover, Maas., brings to a o'en
nlte end a strange romance, a great
atlr In society was caused when Marv
Tuber Garland sued for a divorce after
four years of wedded life, during which
the couple had been blessed with four
eons. Mrs. Garland obtained custodv
of the children. y
Garland was graduated from Harvard
and waa a millionaire when he left col
lege. He was a great sportsman. Ha
met Mary Tuder, of Brookline, Mars
and they were drawn together by thelf
love for outdoor life. The wedding was
celebrated In tho church at Brookline
in 1893 and was a great society event
The happy couple went on a cruise to
the Mediterranean. On their return
they went lo reside at Chestnut hllL
ana later In Brookline. ^
In 1900 society was surprised to hear
that Mrs. Garland had sued for divorce,
naming Mrs. Kimball, wife of a Yal,
athlete. Mrs. Oarland obtained her d|.
voreq.
In 1904 Garland, who was cruising on
Ills palatial yacht Barracouta, wus vie.
Red by Ms divorced wife and a recon.
dilation took place. A trip was made
to a minister and they again were made
husband and wife. Since then they
have lived In happiness and no cloud
came to mar their second honeymoon
until Mr. Garland's fatal Illness.
Miss Corrinne Violet, sister of At.
wood Violet, the cotton man, Is being
congratulated on having defeated Den.
nlson Hatch, Jr., In a swimming match
across the sound, from Throggs Neck
to Great Neck, L. I. The race lasted
for two hours and a quarter. Miss
Violet won by two lengths.
Work on the New York, Westchester
and Boston Railway Company's viaduct
at Bronxdale .and Hunt avenues, the
Bronx, hns been tied up by Mrs. Fred
erick Buerya, wife of a policeman. With
a big revolver she held fifty laborers at
bay. The Dueryas contend that they
own the middle of the street and that
until they are paid for the damage to
their property they will not let the
work proceed.
Another sensation Is sprung. The
Rev. A. D. Chandler, of the Baptist
temple, who with other preachers haa
been protesting against the manage
ment of the Bronx zoo for exhibiting
In the monkey cage the little African
pigmy, Ota Bangs, declares that the
"savage" Is neither a olgmy nor a
bushman, but 1* merely a Kaffir bny
A fortune teller wae vindicated whea
Robert McKenzie, a discharged em
ployee of the Realty Trust Company,
was arraigned In the Richmond county
court on a charge of burglary.
"You will capture a tall, light young
man very soon,” the fortune toller had
■aid to Mis* Charlotte Squires, 18 years
old, of Bay View, 8. I. Mlsa Squires
thought the meant a husband, but It
did not happen that way.
The girl waa sitting on the porch nt
her home when (he saw a "tall lirht
young man" rip the boards off a cellar
window and enter the home nt Hoy
Holllngahead, an actor, who Is on the
road, and had closed up the house.
Miss Squires sent her little brother
for a policeman, and then ahe mounted
guard at the window. The Intruder
■aw her and remained concealed In the
cellar until the police came and dragged
him out.
tlonal park ami photographing buffalo.
recently a colleague nsked
' ‘ Ion, wae
. wt
tbt» main clIfTwiv** Itftwwn tin*
bl* youth «ml th$* pranout tun*.
nn*w*r«*»i i’ncl** Jop, rafloctlvoiy, "wln*n
I tv** n yonngffter a younj* man wn* *nt-
l»flpil to paddle hi* own otino#, but now-
odnyft every one think* lie bn* n mil to
■teer the *hlp of state. ”
I’roferaor Irving A. Field, of the United
Staten fl*li commission, recently, nt Wood*
Hole, Mu**., served to hi* nrlentlfle friend*
Im fftudv during the Mummer.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
lie lived when religion wb* n cloak, un
der which Je*lon*y itnd tyranny curried It*
polnnnl t.» *tnb nn enemy, yet he win
deeply, sincerely nud profoundly religlou*.
loving r.otl with all hi* heart, nnd hi*
uelghUtr »* hlm*elf.
*lt»rn of noble family, retired In court*.
1 necufftonied to every luxury nnd re-
linemen! of that ago of luxury Hhe *jyj , rivenry. It 1* linu*
toenth centum, he yet etidnred btinwnfp, people wearing glni
poverty nnd dl*comfort for yenr* In order |,«* three children
to free III* people from the ftwful tyrun-
f KpAtn.
utterly without foundation,
,$er*onn» knowledge.
There I* one cttrlnu* thing whlcl
noticed li> Holland tod lluiglum.
which I would like nn cxpinnetlort.
Thnt 1* the remarkable fieiuetuL ...
curvature of the Bplun among tlt*9 inhabi
tant*. I have counted a* mauy an nix
humped hack* In n *inf!r promenade, and
no day p*H*e« thnt I d« not *ee. nt letiat.
th*r onniber of »he*e unfortunate*. It
noeiR*. too, more prevalent nmong men than
nd for
%
.
•lx
Small Imy*. not over
yenr* of age. are constantly
- countries smoking not clgnr-
In the.
ette*. hut cigar*.
The young men ore. n* n rule, of low
•t.nture. which I* another re*ult t*o |>bv*J.
clan* tell iimi of early smoking. Mentally,
physically or morally, the hoy who begin*
smoking before he attains hi* growth Im
•Ido nhoence
i i*oiupuny of
young
lie
..... of Holland state* wn* assured.
There wn* much In the character of our
Lincoln that resembled the character of
Willlntn the Silent; nnd there wn* a ■hol
lar tragedy at a similar climax of the
two live*. Dnt the Holland hero faced
far greater dHTIeultle* and wo* wore ut
terly alone lu hi* grentue** of character
than Lincoln
Motley *ays
nent qnitilt
iiutime, there I* a noth
glasse* lu Holland. In
un»*ujil to *
nd I have*
. „ . , y* whole month
here no dhtlgured.
In fact, the only evidence of condition*
which Influence physical maladies observa
ble to ti traveler In Holland, I* this large
Iiereentage of people afflicted with gplual
curvature observable In the Rtreet*.
I wish some statistician would give ex-
prevail* to the extent It seem* to me. after
a month's olmervathm. nnd If im, why?
The Hague, Holland.
In Rftce for Judgeships
Bpeclnl to The (frorglnu.
Athens. Ga.| Sept. 13.—Judge Fred
Foster, of MudlKon, I* a candidate for
position on the bench of the new
court of appeal*. He I* making nn
active campaign for one of the office*.
Fraternity Rents Club Rooms.
Special to The Georgian.
Athens, Ga., Sept. 13.—Chi Pal fra
ternity of the university have rented
the Mallory house on Prince avenue
for a club house the coming *en*on.
The owner, Van Dendwyler, is this
week putting the building In fine shape
and making of It a moat delightful
place for club room*.
KITTY OF COLERAINE.
New York, Sept. 13.—Here sre soma
of the visitors In New York today.
ATLANTA—J. Flsh/r, J. H. Rey
nolds, F. Spain, W. H. Oallowny, D. F.
Shumate, J. B. Wright.
IN WASHINGTON.
Washington, Sept 13.—The follow
ing Georgians ore registered at Wash
ington hotels:
GEORGIA—C. L. Dupre, of La-
Grange, nt the National; Henry t.
Cunningham, of Savannah, at the Ra
leigh.
IN PARI8.
Paris, Sept. 13.—Jacob and Mr*.
Haas, of Atlanta, Go, Feglstered at
the office of the European edition of
The New York Herald today.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
SEPTEMBER 13.
151&— French victorious at bftttlo of Marlftr
Italy,
put nit
A* beautiful Kitty
morning wn* trip
tho fair of
him: "HI* «no*t protnl-
.. . m bl* ptoty. From hU Matrimonial ticket* are supplied bj the
i*| he ever derived sumeirt In the Canadian Pacific railway to settler* In the
----- - ^.J22! I Snrthmt Territory who wish to umke a
UMt.int smile and endured luce*- j j, H irney la order tt* secure a wife. Uu pro-
j renting the return coupon nnd the iu*r-i
(rlnge certificate the settler I* —
' traospuftatiou for bl* hrJtr
with
satif talior* »«•! trial* wlfl*
than human.
•erenlly i
ert to tbr reformed
With n pitcher of milk fr«
Coleraine,
When she saw me she Htumhlet], the pitch
er It tumbled, *
And nil the *weet buttermilk watered
the plain.
"O. what shall I do now? Twn* looking
nt yi»u now!
Bure. Mire, such a pitcher I'll ne'er meet
agitiu.
T’^JIrLMiry 1 ' 1 " ' >f "' y ' , " ,rJr ' ° Piracy
a rc acin «■ a ptagm- to tin girl* of
t olernlue.
Iieslfle her, nnd gently did
'•fortune should give her
A kl»* 1 tKen gave her—before I did leave
eh pleasure she'd break
chide her
That sneli a i
pain.
*e$»*Otl,
Htf* fr.N
Misfortune* will m»v
* plain,
■'or very soon after
T»e ’’devil « pitcher
* (aiue.
tell the
r come RlitgV— that's
|**»r Kitty'* dlsas-
wn* whole in t’ole-
1769—General Wolfn killed in
1T86—tVptsbl Vancouver returned from M*
few years' voyage of discovery
1R14— British attacked Fort Ilowyer, MoWkj
J8S1—Albany nud Schenectady railroad,
lu the state of New York, opened to
traffic.
1847—America»* under General Scott ue
fen ted the Mexicans at battle •»
1862—<*’t»iifederate* opened fire on llan*er«
1874—Monument to General Lyon, killed at
battle uf Wilson* Creek, unveiled a*
Bt. I j tut*. , ...
1 We—Admiral T««o'* flagship destroyed U
cxpIcRlou; live* lost.
Will Be in tha Race.
Bpo'dal to The Georgian.
Athens, Ga., Sept. 13.—It I*
on good authority that Hon. J
Holder, of the adjoining county
Jackson, will be In the race for cj»« #
gross two year* hence In the Slntn ow-
trlct, and ft 1* presumed that the in
cumbent, Hon. Thoma* M. Bell.
stand for re-election. Mr. Bel! mad®
a remarkable race two years ag«> * n
primary against F. Carter Tate,
had held the seat for & long time
beat him, with some to spare.
, and
Murder Still la Mystery.
Bpeelnl to The Georgian.
Brunswick. Ga., Sept. IS.—'The
Ing of two negroes In the outsKm*
"‘h HCglUVO 666 lll« ‘ “ |,
of this city Inst Sunday morning »
still shrouded In mystery. The
women arrested In a house ru.K ,n
places where the bodies were foiino.
■till refuse to talk, although the
are satisfied that they know a gee*
—ANONYMOUS. Ideal ills,lit the matter.