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6 The Atlanta Georgian. J.OHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Subscription Rites: One Year $4.50 j Six Months 2.50 1 Three Months ...,. 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sundsy by THE GEORGIAN CO. it 25 W. Alabama Street, Atlanu, Gi. Enter'd second-class matter April 35. ISOS, at tha Poatoflea si Atlanta. G«.. nadrr act of coaims of March A U7*. Subscribsra failing to rseaivs THE GEORGIAN promptly and regularly, and readers who oan not purchase the paper where THE GEORGIAN should be on sale, are requested to communicate with the Circulation Manager without delay, and the oom- plalnt will receive prompt attention. Telephones! Bell 4927 Main; Atlanta 4401. SMITH Sc THOMSON. ADVERTISING IlKI’ltEBRNTA- TIVKS FOR TERRITORY OUTSIDE OF O E O U O 1 A. ‘ Eat farm- Office*; W*»fern Office*.* I'utter Bid*., New York. Tribune Bid*., Chicago. to wind In and out through all the tortuositlea of such TAtlanta does, why cannot Atlanta fell Its gas and light at Hearst and the New York Democracy. The Incidents of politics In New York within the laet two weeks have been nothing leas than remarka ble. We have seen within that time the Hon. William R. Hearat urgently besought by the leaders of the Dem ocratic party simply to atand still and permit them to name him for governor—which Mr. Hearat firmly but courteously refused to do. Then we were treated to a further and even more remarkable spectacle of an appeal from the Democratic leaders to Mr. Hearst to Induce bis Independent league to coniine themselves to nominating him as the head of the Democratic ticket and to permit the Democratic convention to Indorie that nomination and to Ml out the rest of the ticket as their contribution to the cam paign. And this thoroughly humble and contrite request Mr. Hearst In the abundant courage of his convictions has aeen fit alio courteously to decline. It la now a question as to whether the Democratic party at Buffalo In Its convention on the 2Sth of this month will not feel that the absolute necessity of the situation demands that they should nominate Mr. Hearst anyhow. If they do not nominate him the conditions of the contest will make It likely that the Democratic par ty In New York may come third In the race, and by reason of this position lose Its bold upon the offices, state and municipal, which they have enjoyed hereto fore. Under these circumstances It is by no means Im probable that the convention at Buffalo may simply In dorse the nomination of the Independent league and give to this astonishing man, Mr. Hearat, the honor and the support of two organisations which will elect him beyond the shadow of a doubt by a 100,000 majority to be the governor of New York. Mr. Hearat's platform la simple, striking, clear at a bugle and apparently Irresistible to the present trend and temper of New York politics. The dethronement of the bosses, the destruction of graft, the establishment ot public honesty and the up lifting qf the American spirit. Surely, nothing could be dearer, nothing more potent than auch a platform, and no man can deny that it has boon stated In striking and powerful sentences briefly and with thrilling terse ness of expression. • Suppose the Democracy Indorses this platform and this nomination? Suppose the combined following ol the Democracy and of the Independent league electa Mr. Hearat governor of New York by 100,000 majority! He will then have, between this and the .presidential election, 18 months In which to Illustrate the power ot an executlvo capacity which la without a peer among American public men. Above all things, Mr. Hearst Is a man who does things. And If within this period, his strenuous and 'tremendous powers succeed In establish ing by law the reforms for which he stands at this time, Mr. Hearst will be more than ever a national and International flgura, with hla popularity enhanced a hun dred fold, with hla power magnltted beyond all present proportions, and the conception of bis talents and Influ ence raised at last to the actual merits and services of the man. The future grows Intensely interesting along the line of these reasonable probabilities and ws can only awatt with Impatience the action of the Buffalo convention of the 25th. Chorus Girls Arc Artists. The chorus lady Is an artist. This has been officially decided by the Commissioner General of Immigration. Some of you may not he prepared (o believe It, but the matter hai been solemnly adjudicated and can no longer be under dispute. It Is not predicated on the artistic manner In which they distribute the grease paint when they go on In the "merry-merry," nor yet the subtle suggestion of rouge which remains even when they have doffed their tinsel togs and put on a princess gown to go out Into the world, conquering and to conquer. It la based on' the part they play In maintaining the grace and charm of the stage and the manner In which they appeal to the aesthetic tastes ot the patrons who pay their one-flfty, or such a matter, to watch their enchant ing pirouettes on the greensward of Lord Reginald's country estate or In the grand salon ot toms lime light monarch. Herr Courted has' recently brought over half a hun dred chic maldena from Paris to play at the Metropolitan opera house this season, and they were about to be de tained as violating the contract labor laws, but on ap peal It was decided that they were not contract laborers. They were artists. One would think that there a-as a considerable amount of work Involved In dancing two hours a night, with a matinee twice a week, bringing Into play all the masclea ot their more or less lissome and shapely fig ures. And so there Is. But It le not the work ot the hod carrier who climbs to and fro up a sky-scraper skele ton with a load of brick and mortar, nor yet the labor of one who drives a patient male along the length of the furrowed Held when seed time whispers to the earth that spring Is near. In their own way they do labor. It Is no easy mat ter to catch and retain the affections of Jeunease doree, to climb by patient steps from the rear of the chorus to the front row of brown stone fronts owned by some Pittsburg millionaire who Anally makes up his mind to call one of them hla wife. The career has Its anxieties ad Its perils, and in all conscience It must require labor a life and land safely In the newspapers under big head lines and In the softest folds of the lap of fortune. But Flossie Twlnkletoes Is an artist, alright, alright. It has been conceded for a long time. It only remained to be established by some such august tribunal as the commissioner general ot Immigration. Cleanse the Soldiers’ Home. The whole state of Georgia has bean looking on with the gravest Interest and concern while the Investigation Into the Soldiers' Home has been conducted by a special committee from the legislature. While some of the charges made against the man agement may have been exaggerated and In other In stances may be subject to a kind of palliation, It seema evident that the old veterans who have become the ward of the state and who hed every reason to expect kindly and considerate treatment at the hands ot the officials charge, hare been subject to various Indignities and have been fed on Impicper If not Insufficient food In a hundred ways these old veterans, who gave many years to the service of their country and now the evening of their life And themselves Incapable self-support, are made to teel, not that they are the hon ored guests of the commonwealth whose wants wishes It Is a pleasure to supply, but that they are the wards of charity and should bo satisfied If a meagre pit tance la deled out to them In such quantities and such quallt, at will keep body and s*ul together. There have been abuses In the Boldlers* Home, the explanation possible cannot eliminate this fact There have been rumora to this effect for a long time. It has come to the public ear In more or less force for a long time. And now that the matter has become a subject of official investigation, enough of the charges are sus tained to Indicate that there must be a radical chance the methods and management of the Institution. We have no desire to engage In any mock heroics, but these old veterans are entitled to the tenderest care and consideration of the state. Many pf them have given up tho pensions which were properly theirs In order that they might havo a borne for their declining years. This home had Its birth In the patriotic love and affection the people. It was not established In a spirit ot cold charity. It was established on the Idea that the state would thereby he discharging one of the most solemn ob ligations resting upon It to thus provide for the old age of meu who in their earlier years had dedicated their services and Imperiled tbelr lives for the sake of their country. We are wandering too far, In this age of material ism, from the memories of that heroic conflict In which the receding generation engaged. It was one of the titan- tic contests of all time, and one which deaerve* to be enshrined In the hearts of every Southern roan. As the days go by It will become more and more of an honor All to suffer on any occasion and to any extant. The Soldiers' Hams must be put on a high factory basis. There has been enough ot th childish. of this will satisfy the people. The City For the People. stltutlon, for the benefit ot the people? The government was founded to tec ness and the prosperity ot the people. of the greatest number In the perfection of the laws and In the establishment of absolute Justice and equality be tween man and man. Did you ever atop to think that the powers and priv ileges which Inhere In government, state and national are given to Individuals, not for the selfish aggrandise ment of a few, but for the convenience, the happiness and the prosperity of the many. Every franchise ever given by Atlanta was given with the Implied If not the express ed provision that It should be held In the high consid eration of and In absolute Justice an<V equity toward the people, because every franchise comes from the people, and every privilege Is given by the people, and the happy few who secure these privileges and enjoy these fran chises are under obligations, sometimes written in agreements, but always engraven In equity, to be fair and Just to the people In every wa* and never to distress the public or demand from the people prices that are arbi trary and conditions that are oppressive fo the greatest good of the greatest number. It Is because theao principles of government have been forgotten, and because corporations have grown selfish or demoralised by the pursuit ot money that the people, who are the source of all law and the origin ot all franchises, have grown resentful toward the Indiffer ence and disloyalty shown thorn and have been led by the very necessities of corporate setflshnoss either to take back, where poslsble, the franchises which they have granted, or to insist upon holding a stern and proper regulation over those powers which they them selves have given to private Individuals. This Is the whole basis of the agitation ot the present times; and, mark you. It does not come because ot any greed or aggressive ambition on the part of the people, but It doen.dlattnctly come on account of the demorali sation which selfishness nnd the accumulation ot money have brought to the conscfencea and the patriotic Im pulses of private Individuals, and because the people who move slowly hare found It necessary to protest against certain trends and tendencies on the part of cor porations In order to protect their own Interests and to preserve their own property. It Is a fart that caanot be denied that the differ ences between the people and the corporations In this great era of conflict Is the difference between the of fensive and defensive, between the aggressive and the protective, between th<» monopolistic and the Individual istic tendencies of the age. It la a fact which no man can deny that If the corporations had been content to make a reasonable and even a princely profit upon the money which they have actually Invested In the franchises given by the state and by the city, that there would never have been a proteat, and that things which are now regarded as natural and necessary would have continued to jo held as radical and revolutionary. The corporations are to blame everywhere for the reform spirit which the people have Instituted In self- defense. And this proposition hat application everywhere. It has Its application In Atlanta. It the gat companies of other cities sell their gas at a price much lowar than the same price as smaller cities except (or the (act that the ambition for dividends it larger In this city than In other cltlee and that the arbitrary sense of power Is more arrogant and more extreme In Atlanta than In her sister towns. If the spirit of the new commandment wjilch always (alls upon us on this closing day of the week could come once more to the corporations, and they could bring themselves to the broad and statesmanlike wisdom of comprehending the good sense and the good policy of be ing kind, considerate nnd moderate, these corporations might spare themselves worlds of trouble and multitudes of suits and successive periods of revolution, and the peo ple would be only too glad to give up wrangling snd to accept with equanimity conditions which are reasonable and satisfactory ?o themselves. But the corporations are not going to do this thing. And It Is because the public, Judging the future by the past, knows that they are not going to do this thing, that the public Is alive and astir with the necessity of doing something to protect itself. And along this road the peo ple are traveling now with steady and with unfaltering footsteps, first to regulation vigorous and effective at It may be. Then If the taws should be Inadequate and statutes Inequal to the task which the people have set for them, then tho people will be clear enough to say and brave enough to dare and strong enough to bring about the municipal owenrshlp or government ownership, whichever may be neceiaary tor their protection and for their lib erty. Bonaparte on the “Gentleman.” Secretary Charles J. Bonaparte, In addressing the gratuatlng class of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, undertook the difficult task of defining a gen tleman. He pointed out to the young men who are about tp go out Into the world as naval officers In the service of Uncle Sam, that their calling was essentially the "pro fession of a gentleman." For them It was legal duty that they should behave as gentlemen and If they failed In that duty they were subject to punishment as much so as for dereliction In any other duty. He Bald he had no hesitancy, not long since. In opposing the promotion of a certain officer on the grounds that "he had not the sen timents, habits and manners of a gentleman," and henqe was "professionally disqualified" for promotion. After utterances like these' It waa clearly Incum bent on him to declare what, In hla opinion, constituted a gentleman, and he did not shrink from the task. He said that while to a great many people It meant little or nothing, In the navy “Its’essential'meaning Is that you and your brother officers have duties beyond the duties of others; that you have obligations that do not rest on all members of this community; that of you are required a measure of self-control, s readiness for self-sacrifice, a sensitiveness In honor which It misiht not be reasonable to expect nor charitable to exact of all your fellow citi zens.” Above all, they should be known “for such sim plicity and truth, such modesty of demeanor and such purity of life” as would earn for them the respect ot good men. , There have been many futile efforts to define a gen tleman, but on the whole It would probably be Impossi ble to succeed better than Secretary Bonaparte has done. Snobs and toadies have an Idea that "It takes three generations to make a gentleman." This Is merely the superficial view which finds coloring from the Ideas ot herald's college. Possibly It *»— riq.I.o inree descents to. bring seine men and some families up to the stand ard of culture and polish which Is Involved In the Idea of gentility. But there are thousands of exceptions even to this heraldic Idea. There have been men, thousands of them, who acquired all the savolr fatre and culture and charm of manner which courts could bestow without any ot the ancestral advantages ordinarily associated with auch gentility. IJew of the celebrated fops and beaux of the world have really been "gentlemen" by descent. On the other hand It Is almost trite to say that there have been men with blbod as rich as that of all the Howards In their veins who, nonetheless, could never acquire even the outward form and seeming of gentlemen. The "grand old gardener and his wife,” of whom Tenny son wrote, could very well "smile at their claims of long descent.” # In short the man who conducts himself In nil the relations of life In such a manner as to earn the respect of good men” will come very near living up to the Ideal of true gentility, and for all practical purposes It would not be necessary to go farther for a standard. I GOSSIP! DR. HUNTER P. COOPER.—That Is a fine and discriminating tribute paid by Senator Candler, of DeKalb, to the late Dr. Hunter P. Cooper, of this city. Dr. Cooper was Indeed one ta the notable men of his profession and one of the strong men ot his time. He was filled with the great qualities of head and heart which make the great physician and the great man. Of superb physique, of clear brain, of stately manner qnd ot genial heart, he was tho cen ter and the toast of a host of friends, and bis skill In healing and In surgery made him the trusted helper of a hundred noble homes. He was deepen ing every year the Impress of his professional talent and leadership upon the environment In which he wrought, and hla usefulness was keeping equal pace with hla high repute. His untimely death In the full vigor of a stalwart manhood makes sadder the be reavement of the friends and family who have Joined to their memory of what he was, the well- founded expectation of what Hunter Cooper would have been. 1 PLOT TO KILL l a- REGARDED A* * d Paris, Sept. 15.—Conservative news- e papers yesterday published reports of rumored attempts to be made upon the ’ Ilfs of President Failures while he la * at Marseilles. So far as can be learn- ■t Ml these Stories are sensational. M. Failures has left Paris for Marseilles, where he will remain two days. 7 ALLIERES AS UNFOUNDED It Is announced that not only have 15,000 additional troops and police been assembled at Marseilles, but that while the public will be admitted to the presi- denlal enclosure, everyone muat enter empty-handed. No anarchistic attempt Is likely. Many warships will take part In the ceremonies attendant upon hla 'reception. t MONEY OF THE GOVERNMENT t STOLEN FROM EXPRESS BAG New York, Sept. 1*.—The aub-treas- * ury officials are mystified over the g disappearance of $1,000 In Dills sent to , ths aub-treasur. on Wednesday by ths 1 collector of custome at Niagara Falls, d Whan the express pouch waa unseal ed at the aub-treasury on Thursday the envelope In which the bills had been placed waa found, but bad noth ing In It .except tissue paper. PROMINENT CITIZENS OF CHATHAM ARE INDICTED Special to The Georgian.. Savannah, da.. Sept. 15.—At a meet Ing of the Chatham county grand Jury yesterday afternoon Frank Van arisen, money lender and -Justice of the peace, S. T. Holxendorf, formerly chief clerk to Superintendent W. T. Wright, of the Atlantic Coait Line, and J. J. Garlty, all prominent In the public ejle. were Indicted. Van Geleen waa Indicted on a charge of cheating and swindling and Holssn- dorf was Indicted on a charge of for gery, both cases growing out of the alleged mlsuee of passes on which Van Geleen made a trip to New York. Superintendent Wright was In New York some time ago and during hie absence a pass tor Conductor Ollbert and family was Issued end later taken up when It was presented by Frank Van Geleen. In the Investigation which General Superintendent Riddle conducted a lo cal detective waa employed, and the fact* as brought out were that the ticket had been sold to Van Geleen by an alleged gambler here. The alleged gambler's statement was that he hod received a ticket over a gaming table In exchange for |5. This waa later proven untrue, and Holxendorf was discharged. The charge now le that he forged the ticket which Van Osteen had, and Van Geleen Is charged with cheating and swindling In that he used a ticket which he knew was made out for some other person. J. J. Garlty was Indicted on a charge of assault and battery oh two different negroes. Garlty Is city plumbing In spector, and was formerly superintend ent of the scavenger department. OF TIO DEATH BRIDGE By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. New York, Sept. 15.—Society is ,, paring a welcome for Mr. and Mr. . Henry Smith when they return tmt their honeymoon trip, Anyo ne knows how to entertain as well a « v Smith, who was Mrs. HhlnelsSJ Stcv.mi, and who has the means to en terrain as Mr. J. Henry Smith Z doubtediy has, can depend upon a welcome from society. B ar » Society has not yet gotten over tan, Ing about the llnal capitulation sT Smith It hud been rumored “who! Mrs. Stewart, who waa the u/fl a William Rhinelander Stewart u-erff Sioux Falls, S. U, about ' eTthL*: months ago for the purpose of Ilshltig a residence and thus secui-mt b ' divorce, that she was to marry * * Smith as soon as her purpose had here accomplished. Dce » Rut similar rumors had connected the name of Mrs. Smith with men in New York's “Four Hundred" divorced or about to be divorced Z single, numerous times before sire rumor had proven to be without dntlon. So that society, although “V surprised when It heard the .letlmtl announcement of Mr. Smith’s marrlare needed Just that much to dissipate hi Incredulity. I understand the grr-u Whitney mansion on Madison avem.T purchased and remodeled by Mr stn “f Ran Deliberately Over Red Danger Signal at Open Draw. Toledo, Ohio, Sept. IE.—Deliberately running over a red light set In nn open draw in the Wheeling and Irake Erie bridge, a number of employeee of the road on n handcar fell to their death lost night. The number of dead la ea tlmated at ten, although the exact number Is not yet known. Neither has any Identification been established. IS PRISONED AGAIN OFFICER SHOOTS AT BLACK MAN AND KILLS YOUNG GIRL AT SHOW Special to The Georgian. Sandersvllte, Os., Sept. 15.—Bailiff P. Heath accidentally killed Annie, the 11-year-old daughter of T. J. Al ford, at Jonei' circus last night. Heath, while making an attempt to arrest a negro on the outside, fired two shots, one of which passed through the tent, killing the little girl. EGRO MINISTER TO AID flUSADE AGAINST DIVES Rev. H. H. Proctor, pastor ot the colored First Congregational church, will preach Sunday evening at « o'clock the subject, "Tho Dives Muet Go." Since the crusade has been Inaugu rated on the negro dlvee and question able placee In Atlanta In the effort to drive out the criminally Idle, the atti tude of this well-known colored mln- leter will arouse general Internal. Judge’s Mother Is IIL Special to The Georgian. Hastehurst, Go, Sept. 15.—Superior court, which had been In session since Monday, adjourned yesterday, Judge T. Parker having been called to see Parker having been called to see mother In Liberty county, who la seriously 111. The only case tried of much note waa Dealer Warrick for killing Robert Sellers, both negmra. The jury returned a verdict ot acqult- ' after being out thirteen hours. STUART MACLEAN GETS Stuart Maclean, formerly one of the star newspaper men of Atlanta, but who has for two years been courting the muse In the classic shades and sun shine ot Sewanee, Tenn., has signed up with the Newspaper Enterprise As sociation, and will In a few days go to Cleveland. Ohio, to take up hts new work. In Atlanta Maclean used to write dramas, epics, operas, cantatas and baseball limericks, and by way of di version wheedle news out of city of. flclals. In this way he soon accumu lated a reputation, and retired from ac tive service. His many friends and admirers In Atlanta will soon be again delighted by h|a facile pen. Norfolk, Va., Sept. 15.—J. Raynor Btorrs Welle, apprentice seaman, u. 8. navy, eon of Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Wells, millionaire residents of New York and Newport, who lias given nav al offlcors more trouble than any oth er enlisted man at this naval station H?. ny , £_! Ba,n a prisoner In " ,, h ; Franklin, this time charged with drunkenness and the breaking of hla liberty; democrats areTIekTng. TO LAND THE GAME. 8peclit! to The GeorKhra. Bristol, Tenn., Sept. 15.—Tho con gressional race In the First Tennessee district will be a three-cornered one and promises to be the most Interest ing race In the history of the district, with the chances of the throe candi dates apparently about even. The First district Is a Republican stronghold and usually gives a Repub lican majority of about 10,000, but this time the Republican party Is hopelessly divided and has two candidates In the field, namely, Congressman Brownlow. who was nominated by the executive committee of hla party last February after the time for entriea for a pro-’ poaed primary had passed without any one besides .Mr. Brownlow having en tered. Later Mr. Rrownlow brought fc? wn ,j Up °o . h,R . he *‘ 1 thp wrath of all his old political enemlea by hla deter mination to dictate the nomination for governor. This led to the maaa con vention which nominated Alt Taylor Sfrafi *52* 15? P° rty wa « hopelessly divided, the Democrats determined to nominate a candidate, and this week the honor wan conferred upon John H Caldwell, a prominent Bristol business man, who will at once begin a thorough canvass of the district and will organ ize the Democrats by civil dlatrlcta In every county. la being put In order for the recewios of Its new mistress. 10 Miss Ethel Roosevelt, daughter nf th, president. Is receiving congratulation, today because of her narrow from serious Injury as the result runaway accident near Sagamore Hill yesterday, while her father was settiins the fate of Cuba She waa thrown from the carriage and the rig smashed. Ths horse took fright on Cove road. When the smash-up came the groom also v thrown out. THb horse was caught a Miss Rooaevelt ordered him hltehed another carriage, saying she preferred to drive the same horse home. Miss Edith Wilber, the beautiful daughter of D. F. Wilber, United States consul general to Singapore, and heir esa to the vast estate of the late vld Wilber, tanner and farmer, caused a sensation by marrying her chauffeur, John C. Mix. Last year with her mother she tool an automobile trip through southern Europe. Mix went along as the chauf feur. While spending the hours to. gether among the ancient cathedral! and art galleries, a mutual attaehmen arose between the young people. Mix, who comes from an excellem f;.... Ily, declared hla affection with trui American spirit, and the society leader loyal to her love, accepted him The aplrlts will not confer with th czar of Russia through Rev. Mar Popper, the noted Brooklyn medium. Mrs. Popper, who has Just returns from Europe, denies tho report that ah Is going to Russia to Interview spirit for the czar, as she has just signed i two-year contract to reinnln at th head ot the First Spiritual church li Brooklyn. Mra. Popper says that after her con tract expiree she might go to Rusrfc but by this time the revolution may b over nnd hrr services may not be r« qulred. Papa nnd Mamma Harry Pay Whitney arc soon going to Newport see their children there, after a sum mer apent nbrond. The Whitneys ha* been back only a few days and for th present are living on their Long Man estate at Roslyn. Tho children hav been passing the summer In Newpoi at "Hermit's Cave," the cliff home < the Whitneys, which la built on a poln of land that runs out at the souther division line of the Herman Oelrlch estate. Tlllg DATE IN HISTORY. SEPTEMBER 15. 1615— Lmijr ArntiHIn Stuart. victim «»f JpnIoukv of Jniut** I, died In the T 1776—New York city captured by the lfh. 1788—James Kenimore Cooper. Aim- writer of roinnnee* nud history, Mod 1881. 1814—nrltlsh repulsed in nttnek o Bower. At entraueo to Mobile bar 1S30— Porllrio DIijs, president of Mir torn. 1835— Rtchnrd OIney, secretory of state Cleveland'* cnldnet, born. 1857—William H. Taft, secretnry of w Itoosevelt’* enblnet, born. 186S—Surrender of Harper* Kerry after rttfr*' ttghttUK. 18W—1’reiddent IJuooln *u»pended the !»en» cornu* net, 1885—Jumbo, rainon* show elephant, kilb In railway collision nt 8t. Thomas, " tnrlo, 1902—Horace Grny, retired justiee of United States court, died. Horn 1904—Mon and heir liorn to the kliitf of Itslj Much Business on Dockot 8peels I to The G«or^«n Athens, Oa.. Sept. 15.—The city court t of Athene will convene next Monday, probably the lowest county rate of tnv There la much business on the docket, county In the state. y TAX RATE REDUCTION IN BROOK8 COUNTY. Speiinl to The Georgian. Quitman. Ga„ Sept. 15.—The board of county commissioners met today for the purpose.of fixing the county tax rate for this year. The rate levied for county purposes Is 12.20, road pur- K? *1. which, with the state rate of I4.SO, makes a total of |t on the 21,000 for state and county purposes. This la a reduction of io cents on the thousand from last year. Outside of the dispensary counties. Brooks has CONVENTION AOJOURN8 TO MEET IN WAYNESBORI Special to The Georgian. Rtoteaboro, Ga., Sept. 15.—The greaslonal convention of this dlstri adjourned yesterday afternoon t Monday, September 24, at Waynesbor Burke county. No ballots were taken at the month aession yesterday. The time was gl*' to sifeechmaklnc In an attempt t< some solution of the perplexing “It 11 tton. A committee of four from ea side was appointed to meet and cuaa the question of selecting a n date. No settlement Is anticipated the people. A resolution was Intr duced to Investigate charges again candidates In regard to bribery, was promptly voted down. THE CANAL COMMISSION WANTS MORE CROSSTIE Slieclnl to The Georgies. Brunswick, Ga., Sept. 16.—It l» u _ deratood here that the Isthmian ea" commission Is In the market for IM>, more standard 7x7x11-2 cypress ero ties, tor delivery at Colon, nn ‘ Isthmus of Panama. Moat of the Brunswick crosstie dealers will dou6 less submit bids on thla contract. ‘ ties covered by thla requisition arc be used, It Is understood, in the "an ma railroad, and the bids on Lie ■' tract will be cloeed on the 18th mu* AII the contracts for crosstire “J 11 , the canal commission has prevlnuq closed have been awarded to B™* wick exporters, and some one or m of the local dealers will doubt!*' 3 cur* this contract. SCHOOL GIRL8 TOURING IN EASTERN ClTIE Special to The Georgian. Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 15. College, recently removed from » Point. Mtss„ and located In N«»*u will open Its first session this r " lu . a prelude to the opening the P 3 **™* is taking 200 girls on a tour throng the East.