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■ " ■ - THE ATLANTA; GEORGIAN. <|IAV. SEPTEMBER 17. !*»,. irsl The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Subscription Rates: 1 One. Year $4.50 I Six Months ....... 2.50 j Three Months ..... 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by THE GEORGIAN CO. at 25 VP. Alabama Street, Atlanta, Ga. Entered •• eeeond-clau natter April 8.IK*. at tbe poatofftee Atlanta. Ga.. under act ef conarraa ot March t MTS. (T Subscribers failing to receive THE GEORGIAN promptly and regularly, and readers who can net purchase the paper where THE GEORGIAN should be on sale, are requested to communicate with the Circulation Manager without delay, and the com plaint will receive prompt attention. Telephoned Bell 4927 Main; Atlanta 4401. SMITH A TWnnWON. AhVKHTIHINO HKritESHNTA* TIVKS POH TfMUUTOWY OUTIUDR OV GEORGIA, Enstern Office*: Western Offices: Potter Uldff., Xew York. Tribune Bldg., Chicago. J 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*.