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THE ATLANTA; GEORGIAN.
<|IAV. SEPTEMBER 17. !*»,.
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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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SMITH A TWnnWON. AhVKHTIHINO HKritESHNTA*
TIVKS POH TfMUUTOWY OUTIUDR OV GEORGIA,
Enstern Office*: Western Offices:
Potter Uldff., Xew York. Tribune Bldg., Chicago.
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A Nodding Contemporary.
The W'aihlngton Post, like little Sallle Water*, of
lyric memory, must have been “slttlnf In the sun.'
A few days ago, after correcting a few local abuses,
extending some good advice to the federal government
. and discussing the relation between the pink-eye ahd the
blind staggers, our mental eye chanced to light upon our
old friend Castro, the Intermittent president of Venezue-
la, and, learning that he had been s.rlcken with parat
ysls, we penned a few line* on “The Massing of Castro."
We were not particularly proud of the performance,
We will always contend that our leader on "Who Mado
the Mullah Mad?" or that other little leu d'esprlt, "Tho
Maharaja's Mlsmated Pajamas," will rank higher as lit
erature in the years to come.
But we do claim that we were careful In the collation
of our facts before we sat down to the taak and In,1st
that we were entitled to full faith and credit for accuracy
If not for literary flntah.
We atated that President Caetro had been stricken
with paralysis and that the Indications were that he
would never be able to assume the active government of
Venesuela again. Incidentally we alluded to the fact that
when he retired from Caracas, a few months ago, he as
nounccd that In all probability he would never resume
the reins of office agsln, and that his return was some
what In the nature ot a surprise.
For tb*M statements Tbe Washington Post’s editor
of foreign affairs takes us to task. Not until The Geor
gian "announced the passing of Castro, about ten days
ago," he says, "bad wo suspected anything halt so traglo
In' connection with Venesuela." Continuing, The Post
says: "It must be true, of course, alnce The Georgian says
so; but candor compels us to admit that the news comes
to us as a flabbergaster of the first magnitude." The Post
continues that The Georgian Is the only one who ever
beard that Castro, when he retired from Caracas a few
- months ago, (announced that ho would In all probability
relinquish the reins of government, and much else In
the same vein.
To be very frank about the matter. The Poet practl-
.. rally Intimates that the Information on wmcii so L.
been baaing our editorial utterances must have been com'
Ing to us by way ot Molo St, Nicholas.
Which the same isn't true at all.
Now, In point of tact The Post had better be Joining
In the patriotic effort of Its contemporaries to boost,
Washlngton-on-the-Potomac-FIats ts a summer resort
than seeking to discredit the testimony of The Georgian
on simple little subjects like the coming and tbe passing
of Castro, but for Its benefit we will pause awhile to turn
on a little light. Of course It would have been Impossible
for us, at this late day, to put our flngor on,the ipeclal
cablegram which contained the announcement or Can
tro'a critical Illness, but as If In answer to our needs
comes another cablegram from Caracas to Tho New York
Herald of last Friday saying that “a aerloua relapse" on
tho part of President Castro "hat thrown the city Into
a state of feverish excitement, as little by little ft la
dawning on the populace that the president Is very III.'
Further along it said that "tho government machinery
has been stopped tor nearly two months" because of this
illness, sod that In spite of the fact that every effort Is
made to belittle the malady, the official newspaper mak
ing no mention of It whatever, the people are beginning
to realise that something Is radically wrong nnd they are
getting restless for some Information. The cablegram
goes on to outline what will be done In the event of the
president's death.
So It would seem that there Is something very like
"the passing of Castro" down In that neighborhood, after
all.
We are not fortunate enough to be able to lay our
handa on tho specific cablegrams ot some months ago
conveying the Intimation when he retired to tbe country
that he would not attempt to resume tho active dlrec
tJon of affairs again. Wo will have to ask The Post to
take our word for It, on the grounds that we have sub
stantiated the more Important contention that Castro is
really passing.
But all this still leaves us In a state of mind. We
are at a loss to understand why it ts thnt a newspaper,
usually so well Informed as The Post, should not only
bs Ignorant of what Is going on In the pseudo-republic to
tbe south of us, but should be so cock-sure In Its Igno
rance at to ridtcule those who would throw light on tho
situation.
We think we have hit upon the explanation In that
little paragraph ot the cablegram quoted above to the ef
fect that the Caracas newspapers seek to t^Uttle the
president’s Illness, while the official organ makea no ref
erence to It at all. We prefer to seek the explanation
In tbe thoroughness, rather than in tbe Ignorance, of The
Post. We have an Idea that our contemporary Is accus
turned to getting all Its Information at flrst hand. When
It wants Russian news it reads The Noroe Vramya;
when It wants to learn what ta going on in Italy It turns
to It Secolo, and tntirder to keep sbresst of the situation
on Venexuela It reads the official organ ot the govern
ment published at Caracas.
And that Is where The Post's "faith, unfaithful, kept
tt falsely true," since it was Impossible for our contem
porary to know that the censors were carefully pruning
out all reference to the lll.itas, much less to the "pass
ing," ot Castro.
Htnce these tears.
We have said thla ranch more In sorrow than In an
ger, but we trust that when Tbe Post next reels dis
posed to impugn our knowledge ot foreign affairs—
federal ownership, Venesuelan politics, or such alien
subjects—It will be more careful to Inform Itself In th
premises rather than become "flabbergasted" by a al
pla recital of notorious facts.
One Great Gas Trust Defeated.
An. unjust monopoly can always be overthrown If we
can only have three things In combination.
, First, a fearless newspaper that can neither
bought nor silenced—one which knowing the people'
rights will dare to maintain them with unflagging seal
And second, a courageous people who will not stam<
mer or hesitate like cowards when their Interests are
stake, but who will be bold to apeak and prompt to sus
tain the newspaper which represents them.
To these two may be added as of equal Importance
with the others, at least one bold and fearless public
servant who will introduce tbe legislation and advocate
It resolutely before tbe bodies which make and enforce
tjie laws.
Take the case of The New York American which
has Just won so notable a victory over the monopolistic
and tyrannical gat trust of New York. The legislature
passed and the governor signed the bill reducing tbe
price of gas from $1.00 to 8Qc per 1,000 feet That bill
therefore became tbe law of the state. But thla fact did
not impress the gas trust at all. It went to a federal
court and procured what amounted to a license Issued
by one man to go on charging the people $1.00 per 1,000
feet In full defiance ot the state legislature and the gov
ernor of New Yqrk. It was a bold and Insolent defiance
of tbe state and of Its executive, and was on a par with
the spirit of the gas trust In New York for the last 20
years.
In this emergency The New York American took
up the fight for tbe community. It appealed the order
from the federal to the supreme court, and the gas trust
was ordered to obey the law and charge no more than
80 cents. The Injunctions and mandamuses of The
American met the gas trust whenever It sought to lm
pose the old and unlawful rate on the consumers. With
the splendid courage and liberality which has always
characterised that paper, The American, established a le
gal bureau whose mission It was to fight the cause of In
dividuals among tbe common people who were bullied
and threatened by the gas trust And It soon became
known throughout the great metropolis that any man at
whose head the monopoly presented Its weapons had only
to apply to The American In order to receive protection.
The gas trust persisted. The circumstance that the court
had ordered the trust not to charge John Smith more
than 80 cent* did not deter It from endeavoring to exaot
$1.00 from James Brown or anybody else who would
rather part with his money than go to trouble.
But tbe gas trust found that The American neither
slept nor faltered. It realized that tt had to fight for
every day ot monopoly and for every Individual tt op
pressed until at last tho courage and persistence of the
nowspaper Joined to the courage and persistence of the
people brought about the surrender of the gas trust to
the legal statutes and to the popular demand.
On Wednesday last, Clarence Shearn, attorney for
William Raddolph Hearat, signed stipulations with the
gas trust agreeing that tbe gas trust will accept the 80
cents rate, and will not harass or Interfere In any way
with the gaa supplies of such public consumers until fur
ther court decisions havo been reached In given test
cases.
There ts a mighty moral in this splendid fight of
The American for the people. The American triumphed
not because It was stronger or larger than the gas trust,
but because tt was right Because It represented the
people who were suffering In tho state of New York and
m otner states. Because It stood for Justice against ar
bitrary extortion, and because the people were brave
enough to recognize a champion and to stand behind
him when he sought to fight their battles In the open
courts.
Now let us apply this thing to Atlanta. If the gas
trust in Atlanta which has a monopoly In this capital ot
Dtzle la charging a greater rate than justice or the law
would permit, we have at least two of the conditions that
look to Its overthrow. One of these Is a newspaper that
pledges itself to represent tho people and to champion
Juatlcrf and their rights In this matter. The Georgian Is
that newspaper, and tt It knows Itself it Intends to be
true to the people and persistent In this battle to the ex
tent of Its abilities wHhln the lines ot fairness and of
truth.
We have another element In the person of the Hon.
James L. Key, a vigorous, capable and consecrated pub
lic servanv, unflinching In hla loyalty to hla convictions
and above the suspicion ot graft or selfishness.
There only needs now the other element to make
this cause a triumphant cause. It the people whose pock
ets and whoao principles we are defending and cham
pioning in this matter will stand for the paper and by
the paper, and by the public servant that represents
them, and will give us that splendid moral support which
comes In brave words and In prompt responses, and In
such Information as may rest In their minds and experi
ences, we have tho trinity of forces out of which Atlanta
will Inevitably secure cheaper gas and better lights, and
perhaps some honest Improvements In Its local trans
portation service.
Let us start, then, upon thla basts. The Georgian
and Mr. Key will do their part. Will the people, for
whom we are fighting, suffer ua to fight alone, or will
they Illustrate their own courage and their own self-
respecting Integrity by standing by ua with lip and hand
and sympathy In the battle which la Joined?
This Meat Scandal Must End.
The Georgian welcomes ihb co-operation of Its morn
ing contemporary In the effort to secure a rigid en
forcement of the recent meat Inspection ordinance, with
tho further provision that all the conditions of slaughter
ing cattle for consumption In the local market shall be
the highest degree sanitary.
The Georgian has thus far made a lone fight In
efforts to wlpo out the revolting condition of affairs
which has existed In the slaughter houaes of Atlanta. We
havo won out, nnd a new and rigid ordinance has been
placed on the statute books of the city. The law ta nu
ll It Is properly enforced. It ts now up to the board of
health to see to tt that this ts done.
Dr. Walter A. Taylor, who has been the leading spirit
council In this movemeut for pure meat for Atlanta,
recently been out on a tour of Inspection and Investl-
gaUon and he hat found at least one notable Instance In
which ihe law was so flagrantly violated that tt was past
belief. The filth and corruption which existed at one
plant In (he city was absolutely sickening and needed no
expert to demonstrate the fact that It was a positive
menace to the life and health of the community.
It ts reported that there are other planti tn the city
which are In a condition quite as bad. This being true
Is high time for the authorities to act, and act vigor
ously. We have had something of a struggle In getting
this new law on the statute books. It has not been an
entirely easy matter to awaken tbe people to tbe real
hat i
could not comprehend how
condition of nltal
such conditions crifisted
But now that they have been aroused and the new
law has been placed on tbe statute books, there should be
no laxity In the enforcement of this law or In ferreting
out these violations. If there Is one flagrant instance
there may be many.
The life and health of tbe people of Atlanta Is far
too precious to permit of any trifling with this matter.
The time to act Is now.
Letters In this office for William J. Bryan. Will the
gentleman please call and secure them?
It Is Very Plain !
And so the Southern railway Is fiercely In battle with
tho Louisville and Nashville?
Which makes It not at all strange that tbe Southern's
little organ should have fought the lease of the state
road to the L. & N. with such rabid ferocity as
to Insult leading members of t!:e sonate. The public by
putting two and two together can easily see that under
the hypocritical guise of being a people's paper It' was
simply fighting the battle ot Its master.
There Is no enemy so fierce as that of servility mak
ing a show of freedom. There has not been any change
cf bosses In that direction.
Growth and Progress of the New-South
tinder tbl« hood will appear from time to time Information Illustrating tbe
remarkable development of tbe South irblcb deserve* something more tbau pats'
Ing attention.
The South’s Imperial Staple.
. It Is almost Impossible to grasp the magnitude of the South’s staple
crop and to realise fully the Important part It plays In the commerce and
Industry of the world.
The Imagination Is partially assisted when It Is known that over 82,000,-
000,000 Is Invested In cotton mills In Europe and America, dependent for
their raw material upon the South.
It will probably coma as a surprise to many of our readers to know that
10,000,000 people In Great Britain alone live eh the cotton Industry of that
country.
Jlr pointing out these facts In Its current Issue, The Manufacturers'
Rscord says: '
"The balance of trade In favor of the United States depends upon our
cotton exports, which now annually reach $400,060,000, or more than the
world’s gold production. Of this royal crop. Imperial in magnitude and
In domination of the world's financial and manufacturing Interests, the
South holds a world monopoly. Its ability to Increase cotton production
to meet the world's growing heads, and Its ability to develop cotton manu
facturing commensurate with Its monopoly of cotton production, are lim
ited. only- by Its labor supply. Economic forces will of necessity bring
about a. great Increase In population and thus prepare the way for a vast
expansion In manufacturing and In production as the price and demand may
Justify. The South produces 80 per cent of the cotton for the 110,000,000
spindles In the world, but has less than 10,000,000 spindles Itself. Think ot
the limitless possibilities for expansion in this industry alone when you are
studying the future of the Bouth."
THOUBLB8 OF COUNTRY FOLK.
To tho Editor of The Georgian:
I wish to add my name to the
list of the thousands of men and
women who have Indorsed the position
which you have taken upon the negro
question. I am glad to know that there
IS a Georgian like yourself, who dares
so nobly and ably to defend the cause
of our Southern woman.
But aren't there two sides to every
question? Here we are out here In
the country, right In the midst of hun
dreds of negroes, and do you know, sir,
that all this talk about lynching and
ku-ktuxlng Is - frightening the farm
hands to such an extent we begin to
fear that soon the farmers will sustain
great loss of labor, by their running
away? Already It Is beginning to have
Its effect After night the negroes are
afraid to leave their farm* to go any
where on errands of business. Why,
sir, two miles from this town, the ne
groes arc afraid to come here to trade
at night. Tho country merchants are
feeling the force of It very sdrely, and
If this foolishness Isn't stopped their
losses In fall trade will be very heavy.
And as to going to Atlanta, the dar-
kleB have refused downright to go.
They won't go to Atlanta for them
selves or for anybody else,' I have
known several In the last two weeks,
who would have cat-rtsd produce to At
lanta, but was afraid they would be
lynched, either going or coming. It
was to the Intorest of one negro to go
to Atlanta, and so fearful of the con
sequences, that he really hired & white
man at considerable expense to go
down to Atlanta for him. So you aee
that thla ku-klux foolishness has de
moralised our community to such an
extent that It Is putting the bottom rail
on top. The negro Is making a matter
of convenience of the white man to do
hla business for him.
Even some of the ladles of our com
munity are complaining of this rash
ness. That It la demoralizing the labor
in the home department. So in con
clusion, In behalf of my community and
other country communities, I feel It
my duty to i raise a warning voice
against all such new foolish ku-klux-
ism.
Hoping that you will give this squib
to the public, I am, respectfully.
T. J. LOWE,
Mableton, Ga. 1
INDIGENCY OF CONFEDERATES:
A WORD IN 8ELF DEFENSE
To the Editor of The Gsorzlnn:
At soon ns I saw thnt the house of rep-
resentnttves bed passed the Whitley hill
defining Indigency of Confederate veterans.
observed several tblag* that I believed
were wrong. These were—
t. When the eonstltntlon of a itate con
tains n won! which I* In good nnd common
nee tn the language, the meaning of Hint
word most tie learned from the dictionaries
f th* language, nnd the legislature hns no
utnorlty To lire It broader nr narrower or
In any way a different meaning from that
which It has In the accepted use of Intwill-
*3 nt Il^ttmra tie uncertainty .about a word
used tn tbe constitution or In an rid atat
utc. It I* not tbe province ofthe leg slat are
to define that word, hut that obligation
Indents tn the courts.
' Indigency, given It
tne wnuiey mu, was arbitrary and unjust,
amt It Ignored the meaning of the word
aa It la Currently used.
4. It made tt Impossible for me to get a
pension, a thin* I refy mr-"
gaged In wicked ivoratlona have
ground for complaint against tne. Their
enmity has not hurt me. My wounds bare
been received In the house of ray friends.
These are fseta, hut back of them I aee the
all-dlrectlng band of the Divine Master,
"lie doeth all thing! well."
These afflictions come from bint. I make
no complaint and enter no protest ngnlust
tbe afflictions. I do protest against tbe
unwarranted censure or my course mid the
unkind nnd unjnst condemnation of the
method 1 chose to defeat the Whitley hill.
1. L. V. HlLLYEIt.
REVIVE THE DECALOGUE.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
1 am glad that there Is one paper In
the state which stands for truth and
righteousness. I am glad that there
are a few men who belong to no ring
or clique, and who dare to speak what
they think.
I was struck with an expression of
Senator Beveridge, as reported In Tbe
Review of Reviews, that we need a
"renascence of the decalogue.” As
a teacher, I have been painfully con
scious of the degeneration of the young.
Ideals, It seems to me, are being low
ered year by year. Thla means that
the Ideals of the home are lower, that
self-seeking and self-indulgence are on
the Incrthse.
I can give n concrete example of the
greed and selfishness of leading men In
A FRIEND’S TRIBUTE
TO DR. H. P. COOPER
(The recent death of Dr. Hunter 1’.
Cooper curried sorrow to many homes hi
Atlanta.
He and Senator Murphey Candler, of
Decatur, were devoted friends for u life-
tlim*—school unites, college mates, nnd
tneliilK-ru of the same college fraternity.
As of Interest to Dr. Cooper's many
friends In Atlanta, the followin',! tribute
to hi* memory. Written by Hi-mi tor Can
dler fur publication hi the Kappa Alpha
Journal, Is printed In The th-orglnn.)
HUNTER POPE COOPER.
1860-1906.
Gamma 1876-’77.
Death, In Its ruthless severing of
earthly ties, most often brings sadness
and sorrow. Sometimes, It is sadly
true, there are no real ties, and a hu
man soul takes Its flight, leaving be
hind a tearless world.
Ofttlmes the pale herald, whose
coming has been long looked for, brings
relief to suffering body or distressed
mind and hla Bummons is welcomed.
Ofttlmes the aged saint Is found sit
ting at the foot of the western slope of
a well-spent life, full of honors, ssrvlcs
arid years, only waiting the call to go
up higher.
"And sometimes, ere life's sun has
barely risen, or the earthly Journey
begun, a budding soul la called back
heavenward."
There la sadness In all of these, but
God’s providence In such Is sometimes
plain and we of finite minds and vision
think we understand. But there are
other times, aa When we see a strong
man juat at the meridian of hts useful
ness and powers, suddenly cut down;
when we see a life consecrated to min
istering to suffering humanity, with
much attained, yet promising more,
abruptly ended, that we wonder and
Oak why Is this?
It ts when we see "the grim reaper,”
with keen and Insatiable scythe, tn a
field where there Is so much of matured
grain nnd even of worthless tare, ap-
K rently In utter nithlessness, reap the
rely-bearded wheat ere It had rip
ened, that we stand awe-stricken and
helpless and with broken hearts can
only cry. Lord help us to understand.
Btnndlng today, not for the first time.
In the deep shadows of such a myste
rious providence, I still believe that not
a sparrow falleth but that He knoweth,
and surely not a useful man goeth but
that He catleth, and' that some dny,
In His own good time, we will under
stand.
In the full strength of a rounded
manhood, In the very prime of a highly
successful professional life, with honors
already won apd sure eminence the
tromlse of a few more years, esteemed
>y hla professional brethren, respected
by his community and beloved by a
host of personal friends. Dr. Hunter
Pope Cooper, first of Gamrpa Chapter,
U. of Ga., then of Lambda, U. of Va.,
! GOSSIP!
greed and aemannesa oi leaoing men in d(cd at h „ home At)anta> aa „ Au ,
«m^h°^d h{rwtfeTav”“bored to‘r ■“* 24 "*«• ttf " r »» onlyt ' m
years to pay for a little home and two
acres of ground. A great railroad la
being built. A committee of cltixens
. ...... takes, and mr own, I wrote to
several friends tn the annate, and pointed
nut tbe Inequity of thnt Bill. t*lsn,wrote
mr letter to The Georgian. The hill did
not pa»* the aeimte.
Now cow* my critics and protest nnd
— tne and charge we with unrosnllne.*
lie I make public my Indigent condt-
mon hns the right to find fnnlt with
for Itclug Indigent, nor for being
frank enough to admit It, unless he line
offered me the opportunity to earn a liv
ing nt work for which I am qualified, and
I refused to do auch work. I repeat here,
with utmost emphasis: I am In no wise
unhitmi*tl tuj iiwtiritlw. I tmrv fitlln*
fully and honestly. to th* extent of my
strength awl rapacity, iwrformed every
duty I have ever lw*u employed to per
form. ami I challenge the production of one
line of proof In contradiction of thta etate-
inrat.
hav
made a creditable record In the
- have iilv.-ti the greater part of my time
...I service for forty-five veara to my
bnthrru ami my fellow-men for the lewd a
sake Without any eompensutlon nt all.
I have also the luxury of some enemies.
People who ought to have felt l-etter.
nnd ought to lure known better, have for
twenty rear* l***n bnoy at met saying un*
kind and hurtful thing* about me. much of
which hna come to my knowledge. Ilmv
much more liar gone out Into the world to
shut the gates of opportunity neatest mu
moat remain, at leaat for the prmw-ut, n
matter of coiile-ctur-e.
Why I have enemies. 1 hare no means
of knowing, unless my enemies should write
a book. 1 have antagonised no Interest
that hoe the ranee of hnmau welfare and the
glory of (bn! foe its object, and I have op
posed no man who haa l***n lulmrtng for
three end*.
I do not pretend to ea> that m--o to
wns getting deeds to the right of way,
which passed through thla poor man r
property. They promised him an
other lot If he would give the right of
way. Having secured this deed, the;
now refuse to give the promised lot.
Hla poor wife la heart-broken, for sh*
had picked cotton to pay for her home.
Another case. A widow and her
daughter had the prettiest lot Jn the
place. By cajolery and threats, and
by misrepresenting the route nnd the
effect on the lot, they obtained a deed;
then offorod less than the lot would
have brought without any railroad.
Now, each of the men concerned In
this robbery—for It Is nothing lens-
will make more profit on one acre than
It would coat them to pay a reasonable
price for the property, for they are ask
ing twelve times what their land cost.
Each has from twenty to fifty acres,
while these two persons, have nothing
left. And to make it atlll worse, two
of them havo no children. Or, from*
moral standpoint^ It Is well that they
have none. '
Another Instance. A son of this poor
blacksmith got a Job to run the gin
on a good salary- He had made
crop, and had employed a man
gather tt. This name man, who has
no children and a large property, has
X ce ^ h0 AM fflflTaJS
in the Baptist A Church. c Yours^rubH,
Haralson, Ga.
Now that Harvle Jordan announces
there Is no money in the „ c ?* t0 "
sedation treasury. It won t be neces
sary to ask Dick Cheatham to resign.—
Macon News.
GOVERNOR HOKE «MjTH’8 MpA|aN
Fairest Georgia. RmpIrc State.
linin',! In throe* of awful fate.
For twenty full yenra ami more
Hbe bid from every rare
By Aon,'neat corporation.
All deap'rato situation.
In darkness nnd depression
Rural a mighty expression
From every hill nod dale.
••Hoke Hralth.'" sweeping won the gale.
For Hoke Smith to rave the atnte
From dire corporation fate.
Yea, In truth a statesman tall:
He charged the corporation wall
With valor all unknown.
Mighty giant had he grown
In hot battle* liy the wore.
•Gainst corporate le*»l **»•
Grlev’n* was the robber rut#
For every piece of freight
To a Georgia enterprise.
Shaking were the foundation*
lu all bua'neas relations.
Yea. '(were all too bad to state
Conditions rnetnl of late.
How Mack uegro enfranchised.
With vile rapine avandallsed
our Kvotrhy and Hnxon blood—
Beastly deeds ou womanhood.
This dev'llab mad'nlng Issue
shook Georgia woof and tissue.
-Hoke Smith! loudly rang the cull.
Thla enfranchisement law muat fall:
Ho vile an aggravation
la sure of ail daumatlou.
Store than one long 'ventfnl year.
Sacrifice of all no dear:
Hoke Smith thus Intrepid fought.
• lVople's Rights.” bis constant thought.
Where rage,! moat the deadly clash
Hoke Smith - * knightly armor flash d.
Fast broke the enemy's rank,
Hiult by Hoke both hip and flank,
Aa fell the sun raya ndown
Came new* from every town:
••We've met the enemy's rrew.
They’re onra. August twenty-two."
College Dark, Ua.
-Edwin II. Walker.
weeks, with meningitis, .. He and the
writer were Initiated Into the Kappa
Alpha order on the same night. HI*
life exemplified overy noble principle
of our Order. Hts Interest In the fra
ternity and hla affectionate affiliation
•with the brotherhood continued
throughout a busy life and he was a
member of the AlUmnl Chapter of At
lanta at hla death.
Dr. Cooper waa born in Atlanta May
10, 1860, but spent hla boyhood days In
Washington, Ga., to which place his
widowed mother removed after the
death of his father. Colonel Thomas L.
Cooper, who waa killed In Virginia Juet
after the first battle of Manassas, In
which he took part.
Hla high school education was under
ax-Qovernor Northen while he was
principal of the Kirkwood (Ga.) High
School.
H* attended the University of Geor
gia for two years, going from there to
Ihe University of Virginia, where he
completed his literary education.
He graduated tn medicine at the Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons, Co
lumbia University, New York, with
the highest honors, and for two years
was on the medical staff of the Presby
terlun hospital In New .York,
After this service he went abroad,
attending lectures for a year or more
at Vienna and Berlin, and returning
home, opened an office In Atlanta In
January, 1886, where he lived and
practiced until his death.
His success was rapid and brilliant,
and nt his death he easily ranked
among the foremost physicians and
surgeons of Georgia and the South,
having filled for years with distinction
the chair of gynecology In the old At-
lanta Medical College and the rear,
ganlaed College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Atlanta. For many years
he served on the surgical staff of Grady
hospital, and as a member of the board
of health of Atlanta. With Dr. W. 8.
Elkin ha founded the Elkln-Cooper
Sanatorium, a noted private tnatl' -'iin.
with a large patronage from ■
the South.
Dr. Cooper was a man of marked
ability and rare accomplishments. He
was passionately devoted to his pro
fession. with a lofty conception of Its
honorable character, a deep student and
an untiring worker, he consecrated all
his brilliant talents to the staying of
disease and the relief of suffering and
In the end fell a notable mark for the
one disease for which his beloved
science seems never to have found a
remedy.
Hla line physique, his manly bearing,
hla confident yet modest deportment In
the discharge of his professional duties,
his perennially cheery and hearty man
ner, hts ready wit and always bright
conversation, brought happiness and
comfort and hope Into many a sick
chamber and strengthened many a feint
heart and weary mind In the battle
with dread disease, and I verily believe
proved a valuable aid to the medicines
n prescribed, and ofttlmes quickened
the healing of the wounds from the
skilled surgeon's knife.
Few ever thought of Hunter Cooper
as a mark of death, but hundreds had
leaned with confident hope on him to
stay the dread enemy’s advance toward
loved ones. What ahall l say of him.
aa son. brother, husband, father, friend?
The noblest work of God Is man. and
knowing this man intimately as I did
for SD years, having seen him In every
relation of life and proved him aa a
friend, I bear loving testimony to hla
nobility. In him God made a mtui. I
have set down here no word of extrav
agant flattery. The dead need not such,
neither doe* It verve any purpose with
the living. I have written of my friend
only In simple truth.
He I* dead, but his memory will ling
er fragrant in A /thousand hearts, not
Dy CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York. Sept. 17.—Charles m
Schwab Is telling a good story at thi
expense of a number of his mllllonalr!
American friends he met In Paris
One night Mr. Schwab, so the
goes, was at a tablo ln a famous p ar 7
*lan cafe conversing with a number of
Americans regarding the auperloruv „t
French cooking and the lack of e «
thuslasm for epicurean dishes amone
his own countrymen. s
There was a protest. Each man ,ie
dared himself a past master epicure
“Lucullu* suppers, or lunches with
Lueullus Schwab," a member of th.
party suggested. ln *
"Jr* a *?• theji." said the millionaire
"111 see that there will be epi cu «S
food a plenty ami In order to whet vZr
appetites I’ll have my luncheon within
motoring distance of the Hltx-om J?
the city, somewhere." ‘
He secured the assistance of uh-t
Joseph, W. K. Vanderbilt's high
chef the highest priced chef in the
world, and the feast was set under th»
grand old trees In the forest of
talnebleau. As a tempter there o» a
set before each guest a platter of beau-
tlfully cooked com beef and cabbage
'.'By Jove, that cabbage smells g„ud •
sold one early guest. '
"And that corned beef remind* me of
the old days in New . England," sa |d
another.
‘•Let's to It,-'boys," said another
Mr. Schwab had Just driven up and
was dismayed to see his guests devour.
Ing com beef and cabbage.
A story of similar character I. told
of a group of millionaire brewer* who
disappeared from a banquet at one of
New York’s most famous eating house.
They were found later by friend, en
joying a feast of pigs knuckles and
anurkraut In a little German restaurant
nearby.
There Is good authority for the state
ment that Lord Curzon, former viceroy
of India, is to visit America In the
near future. Lord Curzon, when at.
tached to the Britlah embassy at Wn.h.
'ngton, made many friends In America.
He and hla children have been stay.
Ing In Scotland with Mrs. Lelter, his
late wife's mother. Not far from them
have been the grandchildren of the
late Marshall Field. Both the Field
boys were introduced to the Prince and
Princess of Wales the other day at a
Balmoral gathering.
Coming to tilts country to wed a
prosperous young farmer of Michigan,
who was charmed by her photograph,
which waa shown to him‘by a mutual
friend, Adplnn Wack, who came from
Germany on the Kaiser Wilhelm II, Is
being held at Ellis Island until the
arrival of her fiance, Albert Miller, of
Owosso, Mich., who Is to marry the
young Immigrant. He Is expected by
the girl to reach New York tomorrow.
Mrs. Astor received a hearty welcome
from her friends when she went for a
drive through Belle Vernon avenue and
the ocean drive nt Newport. She has
made no plans tot the future, all de
pending upon the weather and her
health. It Is admitted she had a nar-
row escape from pneumonia. Only
slight traces of her cough remain.
Colonel "Jack" Astor will arrive from
Europe th* last of the month and come
here to see hla mother.
GEORGIANS IN -GOTHAM.
New York, Sept. 17.—Here are »om«
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—H. M- Clarke, Mrs. H.
M. Clarke, Mrs. J. S. Cohen, H. C. Me
Fadden, J. C. Payn*, A. J. Perklna
Mrs. E. A. Wood, B. J. G. Hitt, C. W.
Ottley, D. Payne, I. M. west.
SAVANNAH—E. L. Byck, A. J.Im
W. F. McCauley, A. W. Cohan, C. U
King, C. K. Osburn.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
SEPTEMBER 17.
1665-Phing rV of Bpala died. Born April
-rtrst playhouse opened In New Yot»
city, Joes ted in Nassau street.
if,i—Tobias Smollett, English writer, die!
1804—Aaron Burr nnd hla second arrived «l
St, Simons, Go., on visit to SeMtor
Butler. . „
1814—Successful sortie made from Fort Ene.
General Drummond retired to tm
1829—GoMMtever whleh bad struck the Cue-
lluas extended to Georgia.
1865—Battle of Antletara, Md. ,
1875—Perry's flagship Lawrence railed
Erie harbor nnd removed to PblUMj-
phis for exhibition at the centennlit
1888—Parnell commission first met. ,
1891—Japanese defeated Chinese at battle or
1901—Meitlnley state funeral at Waahlngtt*
FRED 8HAEFER, JR„ IS .,
VERY LATE8T ARRIVAL
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shaefer, of'M
Forrest avenue, announce the birth
Bundsy night of s boy—Fred Shaefer,
Jr. The new comer la a bouncing
youngster, and Mr. 8haefer, Sr.,
a connected with the M. R. Emmons
Company, Is proudly receiving the con
gratulations of a host of friends. TJu
store was crowded Monday, but M"
Shaefer found time to get hla hind
squeezed off—almost—and to replj <»
the enviable ones.
FARMER8 GIVE SITE
FOR 8TATE SCHOOL
Special to The Georgian.
Sparta, Oa„ Sept. 17.—The cltlren*
of Hancock county have determined to
make an effort to secure the agricultur
al school for the Tenth congreasioM'
district which waa provided for during
the laat session of tbe legtalature.
Already several prominent fnrmeri
have tendered to County School Com
missioner M. L. Duggan, who »ui
In charge of the Interests of Hanc
county In the matter, the roquir
number of acres of land, and It >*
deratood aeveral thousand donww
which will be greatly Increased,
been raised as a fund. It ***“*
the fight for the school wlU b
tween Hancock and Washington u
ties.
ONE MAN 13 DROWNED: ,
HIS FRIENDS ARE SAVE&
New York, Sept. 17.—William
man, 40 years old. of this city,
drowned In the North river wh
rowboat cspelxed. Hla two comp»u
Iona. John King nnd Alexander «
dolph, clung to the boat and
picked np by a tugboat. Scare !'>'/.
day failed to recover Hegeman » »oa>-
the leaat loving of which Is that •ot M
K. A. brother and lifelong frif";’.-n.
CHARLES MURPHEY CAN DEW*
Decat jr, Oa., Sept. 4, 180*.