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< THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES, Editor. P. L. SEELY, President. Subscription Rttei: One.Yejf $4.501 Six Months 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By Csrrler, per wee* 10c | Ished Erery Afternoon Except Sundey by THE GEORGIAN CO. st 25 W. Alsbsms Street, A Hints; Gs. Bsterwl as swemt^lsw matter April a, tit*. at the Poetofftee el Atlanta. Ga., attder act of ronsrcaa of March A 117*. I. Subscribers falling to reeelve THE GEORGIAN promptly and regularly, and readers who can not purchase tha paper where THE GEORGIAN should be on sale, are raquastsd to eommunleato with tha Circulation Manager without delay, and tha com- plaint will racaiva prompt attention. Talaphones: Bell 4*27 Malm Atlanta 4401. HMITll * THOMPSON. APVKtlTISlNG UGl'ItKHENTV TJVEB Pott TEUIUTORY Ot'TSfDB OP O B O It O ' ' Eastern Oltirea: Western Offices: Putter Illils . New Vork. Tribune Illits., Chlcaxn. subjects—It will be more careful to Inform Itself In the premises rather than become "flabbergasted" by a aim- pie recital of notorious tacts. A Nodding Contemporary. The Washington Post, like little Sallle Waters, of lyric memory, must have been “sitting In the sun. A few days ago, after correcting a few local abuses, extending some good advice to the federal government gnd discussing tne relation between the pink-eye and the blind staggers, our mental eye chanced to light upon our Old friend Castro, tha latermlttent prerldent of Vencsue- la, and, learning that he had been stricken with parol jrsls, wo penned n few linos on "The 1’aBslng of Castro.’ 1 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 Jeu d'esprit, "The Maharaja’s Mlsmated Pajamas,” will rank higher as lit. •rature In the years to come. But we do claim that we were careful In tho collation Of our facts before we sat down to the task and Insist that we were entitled to full faith and credit for accuracy if not for literary flnlth. We stated that President Castro had been stricken with paralysis and that tho Indications were that he would never be able to assume tho active government of Venezuela again. Incidentally we alluded to the fact that when he retired from Caracas, a few months ago, ho an- nouncod that In all probability he would never resume the reins of office again, and that his return was some- what In the nature of a surprise. For thebe statements The 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, “had we suspected anything half so tragic In connection with Venesueln.” Continuing, The Post says: “It must be true, of course, since The Georgian says so; but candor compels us to ndmlt that the news comes to us as a flsbbsrgnster of the first magnitude.” The Post continues that Tho Georgian Is tho only one who ever heard that Castro, when he retired from Caracas a few months ago, announced thnt he would In all probability relinquish the reins of government, and much else In the same vein. To bo very frnnk about the matter. The Post practi cal!)’ Intimates that the Information on which wo have been basing our editorial utterances must have been com ing to us by way of Mole St. Nicholas. Which the same isn't true at all. Now, In point of fact The Post had better bs Joining In the patriotic effort of Its contemporaries to boost Washlngton-on-the-Potomnc-Flats as a summer resort than seeking to discredit tho testimony of Tho Georgian on simple little subjects like the coming nnd tho passing of Castro, but for Its benefit wo will pntiBo awhile to turn on a little light. Of course It would have been Impossible for us. at this late day, to put our finger on tho, special cablegram which contained the announcement of Cas tro's critical Illness, but na If In answer to our needk comes anothor cablegram from Caracas to Tho New York Herald of last Friday saying that “a serious relapse” on the part of President Castro "has thrown tho city Into * state of feverish excitement, as little by little It Is dawning on the jtojmluce that the president Is very 111." Further along It said that "the government machinery has been stopped for nearly two months" because of this lllnesB, nnd that in spite of the furt that every effort Is made to belittle tho malady, the official newspaper mak ing no mention of It whatever, the pooplo nro beginning to realize that something Is radically wrong nnd thoy nre getting restless for some Information. Tho cablegram goes on to outline what will be done In the event of tho president's death. 8o It would seem that there Is something very like "the passing of Castro" down In thnt neighborhood, after •II. We are not fortunate enough to be able to lay our hands on tho specific cablegrams of some months ago conveying tho Intimation when he retired to the country that he would not attempt to resume tho active dlrec tlon of affairs again. Wo will linvo to ask The Post to take our word fur It, on the grounds that we hnve sub stantiated the more important contention that Castro Is really passing. But all this still leaves us In n state of mind. Wo •re at a loss to understand why ft is that u newspaper, usually so well Informed as The Post, should not only be Ignorant of what Is going on in the pseudo-republic to the south of ns, but should be so cock-sure In Its Igno rance as to ridicule those who would throw light on the Situation. We think we have hit upon the explanation In that little paragraph of the cablegram quoted nbove to the ef fect that the Caracas newspapers seek to belittle tho president's Illness, while the official organ makes no ret- erence to it at ail. We prefer to seek the explanation In the thoroughness, rather than In the Ignorance, of The Post. We have an Idea that our cunteni|iorary Is accus tomed to getting all its Information at first hand. Wheu it wants Russian news It reads The Novoo Vremya; when It wants to team what Is going on In Italy It turns to II Secolo, and In order to keep abreast of the situation on Venezuela It reads the official organ of the govern ment published at Caracas. And that Is where The Poet’s "faith, unfaithful, kept it falsely true," since It was Impossible for our contem porary to know that the censors were carefully pruning out all reference to the Illness, much less to the "jiass- Ing," of Castro. Hence these tears. We have said this much more In sorrow than In an ger, but we trust that when The Post next feels dis posed to Impugn our knowledge of foreign affairs— 1 ownership, Venezuelan politics, or such alien 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 be bought nor silenced—one which knowing tho people' rights will dare to maintain them with unflagging zeal. And second, a courageous people who will not stam mer or hesitate like cowards when their Interests are at stake, but who will be bold to speak and prompt to sus tain the newspaper which represents them. To these two may be added et of equal Importance with the others, at least one bold and fearless public servant who will Introduce the legislation and advocate It resolutely before the bodies which make and enforce the laws. Take the case of The New York American which has just won so notable a victory over the monopolistic and tyrannical gas trust of New York. The legislature passed and tho governor signed the bill reducing the price of gas from $1.00 to 80c per 1,000 feet. That blit therefore became the law of the state. But this 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 dcflance of the state legislature and the gov ernor of New York. It waa a bold and Insolent deflance of the state and of Its executive, and was on a par with the spirit of the gas trust In New York for the last 20 yeara. In this emergency The New York American took up tho light for the community. It appealed the order from the federal to the supreme court, and the gaa trust was ordered to obey the law and charge no more than 80 conts. The Injunctions nnd mandamuses of The American met the gas trust whenever It sought to Im pose tho old and unlawful rate on the consumers. With the splendid courage and liberality which has always characterized that paper. The American established a le gal bureau whose mission It was to light the cause of In- dlvlduala among the 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 Tho 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 cents did not detor It from endeavoring to exact $1.00 from James Brown or anybody else who would rather part with his money than go to trouble. But the gas trust found that The Amorlcan neither slopt nor faltered. It realized that it had to fight for every day of monopoly and for every Individual It op pressed until at last the courage and persistence of the newspaper joined to the courage and persistence of the people brought about tho surrender of the gas trust to the legal statutes and to the popular demand. On Wednesday last, Clarence Shcnrn, attorney for William Randolph Hearst, signed stipulations with the gas tmst agreeing that tho gas truBt will accept the 80 cents rate, and will not harass or Interfere In any way with the gaa supplies of snch public consumers until fur ther court decision! have been reached In given test cases. There le a mighty moral In this splendid flgh< of The American for the people. The American triumphed not becauso It was stronger or larger than the gas trust, but hocauso It was right. Because It represented the people who wero suffering In the state of New York end In othor states. Becauso It stood for Justice against ar bitrary extortion, and because the peoplo wore brave enough to recognize a champion and to stand behind him whon he sought to fight their battles In',the open courts. Now let us apply this thing to Atlanta. It the gas trust In Atlanta which has a monopoly In this capital of Dixie Is charging a greater rate then Justice or the law would permit, wo have at least two of the conditions that look to Its overthrow. One of these le a newspaper that pledges Itsolf to represent the people end to champion justice and their rights In this matter. The Georgian Is that newspaper, and If It knows Itself It Intends to be truo to tho people nnd persistent In this battlo to the ex- tent of Its abilities within the linos of fairness and of troth. Wo hnve another clement In the person of the Hon. James L. Key, n vigorous, capable and consecrated pub- lie servant, unflinching In his loyalty to his convictions and above the suspicion of graft or selfishness. There only needs now tho other element to mako this cause n triumphant cause. If the people whoso pock- ets and whose principles wo aro 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 glvo us thnt opletidld moral support which comes In liruvo words and In prompt responses, and In such Information ns may rest In their minds and experi ences, we hnve tho trinity of forces out of which Atlanta will Inevitably secure chcapor rob and bettor lights, nnd perhaps some honest improvements In Its local trans portation service. Lot us start, then, upon this basis. The Georgian and Mr. Key will do tholr part. Will the pooplo, for whom wo nre fighting, suffer ue to fight alono, or will they lllustrnto their own courage and their own self- respecting Integrity by standing by us with lip and hnnd nnd sympathy In the battle which Is Joined? condition of affaire. They could not comprehend how such conditions existed. But now that they have been aroused and the new law has been placed on the statute books, there should be no laxity in the enforcement of this law or in ferreting out these violation*, if there Is one flagrant Instance there may he many. The life and health of the 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 I 1 And so the Southern railway Is fiercely In battle with the Louisville and Nashville? Which makes it not at all strange that the {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 the senate. The public by patting two and two together can easily see tl\at under the hypocritical guise of being a people’s papqr Its was simply fighting the battle of Its master. There Is no enemy so fierce as that of servility mak ing a show of freedom. There has not been any chauge of bosses In that direction. i Growth and Progress of the New South Voder tbit head trill appear from time to time Information Ulnatrntlag the remarkable development of tbe South which deserves something more than pass* Ing attention. The South’s Imperial Staple. It Is almost Impossible to grasp the magnitude of the South's staple crop and to realize fully the Important part It plays In the commerce and Industry of the world. The Imagination Is partially assisted when It la known that over $2,000,- 000,000 Is Invested In cotton mills In Europe and America, dependent far thflr raw material upon the South. , It will probably come os a surprise to many of our readers to know that 10,000,000 people In Great Britain alone live on the cotton Industry of that country. In pointing out these facts in Its current Issue, The Manufacturers' Record says: “The balance of trade In favor of the United States depends upon our cotton exporta which now annually reach $<00,000,000. 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 needs, 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 to manufacturing and In production as the price and demand may Justify. The South produces 80 per cent of the cotton for the 118,000,000 spindles In the world, but has less than 10,000,000 spindles Itself. Think of the limitless possibilities for expansion In this Industry alone when you are studying the future of the South." A FRIEND’S TRIBUTE TO DR. H. P. COOPER Atlillltn. Ho nni 1 localur. wore i time l*VOt«Ml TROUBLES OF COUNTRY FOLK. To the Editor of The Georgian: 1 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 women. But aren't there two sides to every question? Here we are out here to the country, right In tho midst of hun dreds of negroes, and do you know, sir, that all this talk about lynching and ku-kluxlng Is frightening the farm hands to such an extent we begin to fear that soon the furmers 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, air, two miles from this town, the ne groes are afraid to come here to trade at night. The country merchants are feeling the force of It very sorely, and If this foolishness Isn't stopped their losses In fall trade will be very heavy. And as to going to Atlanta, the dar kles 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 carried produce to At lanta, but was afraid they would be lynched, either going or coming. It was to the Interest or one negro to go to Atlanta, and so fearful of the con sequences, that he really hired a white mnn at considerable expense to go down to Atlanta for him. So you see thnt this ku-klux foolishness has de moralized our community to such an extent that It Is putting the bottom mil on top. The negro Is making a matter of convenience of the white man to do his business for him. Even some of the ladles of our com munity are complaining of this rash ness. That It Is demoralising the labor In the home department. So In con clusion, In behalf of my community and other country communities, I feci It my duty to raise a warning voice agnlnst all such new foolish ku-klux- l » m . • .. Hoping thnt you will give this squib to tho public, I am, respectfully, T. J. LOWE, Mableton, Ga INDIGENCY OF CONFEDERATES! A WORD IN SELF DEFEN8E gaged In wicked avocations hare ground (or complaint against me. Their enmity has not hurt me. My wounds have lieen received In the house of my friends. These sre (sets, hut hack of them I see the all-directing hand of the Divine Master. "He doeth MI things welt." These afflictions come from him. I make no enmnlnlnt and enter no protest agnlnst the nfffletlons. I do protest agslnst the unwarranted censure of iny course and the unkind nnd unjust condemnation of tlio method I chose to defeat tho Wbitloy hill. J. L. 1). lULLYEIt. This Meat Scandal Must End. The Georgian welcomes the cooperation of Its morn ing contemiHirnry In tho effort to secure n rigid en forcement of the recent meat Inspection ordinance, with the further provision that all the conditions of slaughter- Ing entile for consumption In tho loeal market shall be In the highest degree sanitary. The Georgian has thua far made a lone flght In Ita efforts to wipe out the revolting condition of affairs which has existed In the slaughter houses of Atlanta. We have won out, and a new and rigid ordinance has been placed on tho atntnto tmoks of the city. The law Is am ple If It Is properly enforced. It Is now up to the board of health to see to It thnt this Is done. Dr. Walter A. Taylor, who hns been the lending spirit In council In this movement for pure meat for Atlanta, has recently ‘teen out on n tour of Inspection nnd investi gation and he has found at least one notable Instance In which the law was so. flagrantly violated that It waa paat belief. The filth and corruption which existed at one plant In the city was absolutely sickening and needed no expert to demonstrate the tact that It waa a positive menace to the life and health of the community. It Is reiiorted that there are other plants In the city hlch are In a condition quite as bad. This being true It is high time for the authorities to act, and act vigor ously. We have had something of a struggle In getting thlt\ new law on the statute books. It his not been an easy matter to awaken the people to the real To the Editor of Tho (Ivorglnn: Ax soon ns t sow thnt the house of rop- rrsentatlres hod pit,nod the Whitley Idll defining lndlxoney of Confederate veternns. I observed several things Hint I believed were wrong. These were— t. When the constitution of n state eon. tntns a word which Is lit good nnd common use In the Itingunge. the inclining of thnt wont mnnt lie warned from the dictionaries of the language, mid the teglslntnre tins no uuttiorltv to give tt broader nr narrower or In any wav n different meaning from that which It him In the acMq»«d use of Intelll- “TV there he uncertainty nhnut n word used In Iho constitution or In nil old stnt- ute, It In not the province of the leginlnture to define thnt word, hut thnt obligation belongs lo the courts. 1. Tho definition of Indigency, given In the Whitley bill, was arbitrary and unjust, unit It Ignored tho meaning of the word as It It currently used. ♦. It mode It Impossible for me to get a pension, n thing I very much need. S. There aro donhtless many other Con federate veternns under sixty-five who nre actually Indigent. For their sokes, nnd my own. I wrote to several friends In the senate, and pointed out the Inequity of that hill. I nlef wrote mv letter to The Georgian. The hill did not pons the senate. ... Sow romp my erltlea nnd protMt nnd criticise nttd charge me with unrajnllneji Im‘ciiu!m» I make public tny Indlgeut coodl- mnn ha* the right to And fault with me for living Indigent, nor for l*elng frnnk enouKh t« ndmlt It. mile** he hns offered me the opportunity to earn u liv ing at work for which I am qualified, and I refused to do such work. I repeat here, with utmost emphasis: I an* In no wlw* (inhumed <»f my neceaaltlea. I have faith fully mid honestly, to the extent of tny I capacity, ever l*e “ cry thh\ new entile)? line of proof In contradlc m i"u.ve mode n ere.mnhle re.-enl In the results .er.uuidt.hed. In nil the work I ever undertaken In the line of my life', culling. _ ■ hnve given I he greeter pnrt of my time jut servT.-c for forty five rear* to ttlJF brethren nuil my fellow-men for the Lords sake without any compensation nt all. I have nlso the luxury of some enemies. People whe "Ught to have felt I letter. • nd ought lo Irnve known lietter, have for twenty rears l-cn busy shout anylng un kind an,I hurtful things about pie. lunch of Which has eouie to my knowledge. Ilow much more linn gone out Into the world to shut the tfntc* of opportunity against me tnuMt remniu. nt leant for the present, a matter of conjecture. REVIVE THE DECALOGUE. . To the Editor of The Georgian: I 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 The 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, aro being low ered year by year. This means that the Ideals of the home are lower, that self-seeking and self-indulgence are on tho Increase. I can give a concrete example of the greed and selfishness of leading men In this community. A poor man, a black smith, and his wife have labored tor years to pay for a little home and two acres of ground. A great railroad Is being built. A committee of cltlxens was getting deeds to the right of way, which passed through this poor man’s property. They promised him an other lot If he would give the right of way. Having secured this deed, they now refuse to give the promised lot. His poor wife Is heart-broken, for she had picked cotton to pay for her home. Another case. A widow and her daughter had the prettiest lot In the place. By cajolery and threats, and by misrepresenting the route and the effect on the lot, they obtained a deed; then offered leas than the lot would have brought without any railroad. Now, each of the men concerned in this robbery—for it Is nothing less— will make more profit on one acre than It would cost 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 flfty acres, while these two persons have nothing left. And to make It still worse, two of them have no children. Or, from a mosol standpoint, it Is well that they have none. Another instance, A son of this poor blacksmith got a Job to run the gin n a good salary. He had made a rop, and hnd employed a man tc gnther It. This same man, who has no children and a large property, has enticed the laborer away from the poor boy. And this man Is n deacon to the churc E h. c Vours Draljh Haralson, Ga. Now that Harvle Jordan announces there Is no money In the Cotton Ap sociation treasury. It won’t he nece* •ary to ask Dick Cheatham to resign.— Macon News. GOVERNOR HOKE SMITH'S 1906 CAMPAIGN Fnlrost Georgia, Empire State, naan'll In three, of awful fate. For twenty fall year, and more She hied from every pore llv Uom’nant corporation, All desp'rnte situation. In darkness nnd depression Ilnrat n mighty expression From erery hill and dole: -Hoke Smith!" .weeping wn. the gnle. For Hoke Smith to mv* tlio .tnte From dire eorporntlou fate. Ye*. In truth a »tnte*m»n tall; He charged the corporation w all With valor all unknown.' Mighty giant hnd he grown tu hot bullion hr the more. 'Gnlnat corporate legal lore. , ilrlev'na wn. the robber rate For every piece of freight To a Georgia enterprise. Slinking were the foundation. In nit hu.'ness relations. Yes, 'twero all too hail to atate Condition, rui'lnl «t lute, tlmv black negro enfrniichlncd. With vile rapine (vandalised This dor'll.It mad'Blng Issue Shook Georgia woof nnd tissue. ■Hoke Smith:" loudly rang the call. This enfBiii'hlseinvat law must full; So vile on nggmvatlon Is sure of all ilrtinliatioh. More than one long 'veotful year. Snerlfi.v of all so dear: Hoke Smith thus Intrepid fought, "People's bights." 111. --- -- — Why I have enemies. I tmv, of knowing, unh n le.tk. I hat thnt.hns th- emu glory of it,e| f, mean. sed ends. r should write uulngm.tied no Interest of hnmnu welfare amt the fts ohjoet. and I hnve op- tio has I teen lat.nlng for ot pretend to any that instant thought. I nit file >loudly clash knightly nrumr tlnsh'il. Iil-.'lnhers of the mime roliege fraternity. A. of lot.'res! to Hr. Cooper', many friends In Atluntn, the following trlhutn fo Ills memory, ivrlttvu by Beimlor t'ltn- dler for pnhllcntlon lit the Knptm Alpha Journal, is printed In The tieoiglnn.i HUNTER POPE COOPER. 1660-1806. Gamma 1876.77. Death, In It. 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 • tearleaa world. Ofttimes the pule herald, whose coming has been long looked for, brings relief to suffering body or distressed mind and his summons Is welcomed. Ofttimes the aged saint la found sit ting at the foot of the western slope of a well-spent life, full of honors, service and 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 Is called back heavenward." There Is sadness In all of these, but God's providence In such I. sometimes plain and we of finite minds and vision think we understand. But there are other times, as when we see a strong man Just at the meridian of hie 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 ask why Is this? it Is when we sec “the grim reaper," with keen and Insatiable scythe, in a field where there Is so mueh of matured grain and even of worthless tare, np pnrently In utter ruthlessness, reap tin barely-bearded wheat ere It had lip ened, that we stand awe-stricken and helpless and with broken hearts can only cry, Lord help us to understand. Standing today, not for the first time, to 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 calleth, and that some day. 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 and sure eminence the promise of a few more years, esteemed by his professional brethren, respected by his community and beloved by a host of personal friends. Dr, Hunter Pope Cooper, first of Gamma Chapter, U. of Ga, then of. Lambda, U. of Va.,. died at his home In Atlanta Ga, Au- ' gust 24 last, after an Illness of only two weeks, with meningitis. He and the writer were Initiated Into the Kappa Alpha order on tho same night. Ills life exemplified every noble principle ot our order. His Interest to the fra ternity and his affectionate affiliation with the brotherhood continued throughout a busy life and he waa a member of the- Alumni Chapter of At lanta at Ida death. Dr. Cooper was bom in Atlanta May 16, I860, but epent his boyhood days in Washington, Ga., to which place his widowed mother removed after the death of his father, Colonel Thomas L. Cooper, who was killed In Virginia juet after the first battle ot Manassas, In which he took part. Hla high school education was under ex-Oovernor Northen while he was principal of the Kirkwood (Ga.) High School. He attended the University of Geor gia for two years, going from there to the University of Virginia, whore he completod his literary education. He graduated In medicine at the Col lege ot Physicians and Surgeons, Co lumbia University, New York, with tho highest honors, and for two years wns on the medical staff of the Presby terian hospital In New York. After this service he went abroad, attending lectures for a year or rnoro at Vienna and Berlin, and returning home, opened an office In Atlanta In January. 1886, where he lived nr.d practiced until Ills death. His success was rapid and brilliant, and nt his death he easily ranked among the foremost physicians nnd surgeons of Georgia and the South, having filled for years with distinction the ehalr of gynecology In tile old At lanta Medical College and the reor ganized College of Physlclann anil Surgeons of Atlanta. For many yent' By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. New York, Sept. IT.—Charles jj Schwab Is telling a good story at the extienae of a number of hla millionaire American friends he met In Paris. One night Mr. Schwab, so the story goes, was at a table In a famous Pari- slan cafe conversing wl$h a number of Americans regarding the superiority of French cooking and the lack of <•„. thuslnsin for epicurean dishes among his own countrymen. There was a protest. Each man de clared himself a past master epicure. "Lucullus suppers, or lunches with Lucullus Schwab." a member of the party suggested. "It's a go. then.” said the millionaire "I'll see that there will be epicurean food n plenty and In order to whet yo Ur appetites I'll have my luncheon within motoring distance of the Rltx—out of the city, somewhere." He Secured the assistance of chef Joseph, W. K. Vanderbilt's high priced chef, the highest priced chef in the world, and the feast was set under the grand old trees in the forest of Fon tainebleau. As • tempter there whs sot before each guest a platter of beau- tlfully cooked corn beef and cahhage. "By Jove, that cabbage amelia good " said one early guest. “And that corned beef reminds me of the old days In New England." said another. "Let'a to It, boya," said another. Mr. Schwab had Juet driven up and was dismayed to see his guests devour ing corn be6f and cabbage. A story of similar character Is told of a group of millionaire brewers, who disappeared from a banquet at one of New York's most famous eutlng houses. They were found later by friends en joying a feast of pigs knuckles and saurkrnut in a little German restaurant nearby. There Is good authority for tho state ment that Lord Curxon, former viceroy of India, la to visit America In the near future. Lord Curzon, when at tached to the British embassy at Wash ington, made many frlonds In America. He and his children hare been stav ing In Scotland with Mrs. Letter, his lnte 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 this country to wed a prosperous young farmer of Michigan, who was charmed by her photograph, which was shown to him by a mutual friend, Adeina Week, who came from Germany on the Kaiser Wilhelm II, Is being .held nt 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 at Newport. She has made no plans for the future, nil de pending upon the weather and her health. It Is admitted she had a nar row' escape from pneumonia. Only Rllght traces of her cough remain. Colonel “jack" Astor will arrive from Europe the last of the month and come here to see his mother. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. New York,’ Sept. 17.—Here are some of the visitors to New York today: ATLANTA—H. M. Clarke, Mrs. H. :. Clarke. Mrs. J. S. Cohen, H. C. Me- Fadden, J. C. Payne, A. J. Perkins, Mrs. E. A. Wood, R. J. G. Hitt, C. W. Ottley, D. Payne, I. M. West. SAVANNAH—E. L. Byek, A. J. Ives, W. F. McCauley, A. W. Cohen, C. W. King. C. K. Oaburn. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. li.M< SEPTEMBER 17. IV of Spain died. Born April 1753—First jriayhouie opened In Now \"rk city, located In Nnwmu street. 1771—Tobin* Hinollett, English writer, di«l. 1804— Annm Iiurr and hi" sei'onil nrrlvml nt 8t. Simon*, On., on visit to Henntar ltutlur. 1814—Hiuwiwful turtle made from port General Drummond retired to yvonit 1829—Gold fever which hud struck the < aw- IIiium extended to Qforfin. 18rt2— Hattie of Atitietntn. Mo. , . 1875-Perry'll flagship Lawrence wM If Erie harlMir and Removed to l'hllaucj- Pfifa for exhibition nt the centennial. lSSS-.Mmell iMHumlMMlon ilrst met. 1894—Jn pit nene defeated Chine**' at ha tile "» Vain river. lOTl—McKinley atate funeral at \1a*bin»jt"u. FRED SHAEFER ( JR., 18 VERY LATE9T ARRIVAL. AJr. nnd Hire, Fred Shnefer, of 90 Forrest avenue, announce the birth . , . - • , Sunday night of a boy—Fred Hh ; K rads ! Jr- 1 - The new comer Is a bouncing hospital, and as a member of the board . ... c,. uim of health of Atlanta. With Dr. W. 8.1?"£„¥' r '„® h 2f ft £' Fmmons Elkin he founded the Elkln-i’ooper i j? r °nnected ^ .*V / h , , n . Sanatorium, a noted private Ins" ' m < The with a large patronage frpm the South. Dr. Cooper waa a man of mar ability nnd rare nccompl!»hmenti . | <;iatulatlona of a boat of friend* : -tore wan crowded Monday, but Mr- Shaefer found time to get hi* .bana Hmlt by I A* fell tl •wv'v. They’n r.*ll.*ce i —Edwin II. Walker. He - pro- fenalon. with a lofty conception honorable character, a deep ntudent and an untiring worker, he consecrated nil hlH brilliant talent.'* to the Maying of dtaenpe and the relief of Buffering ami in the end fell a liable mark for the one disease for witch hla beloved science seems never to have found a remedy. His line physique, his manly bearing, his confident yet modest deportment In the discharge of his professional duties, hls perennially cheery and hearty man ner. his ready wit and always bright conversation, brought hatfpfnesn nnd comfort and hope Into many a :«lck chamber and strengthened many n faint heart anti weary mind In the battle with dread disease, and I verily believe proved a valuable ni l to the medicines he prescribed, and ofttimes quickened the healing of the wounds from the skilled surgeon's knife. thought of Hunter Cooper ns a murk of death, but hundreds had leaned with confident hope on him to stay the dread enemy's advance toward loved ones. What shall I say of him. son. brother, husband, father, friend f The noblest work of God Is man. and knowing this man Intimately as I did for 35 years, having seen him in every relation of life and proved him as a friend. 1 bear loving testimony to his nobility. In him God made n man. I have set ilmni here no word of extrav agant flattery. The den 1 need not such, neither d.ies it serve nay purpo-n* with the living. I have written of my friend only In simple truth. lie is dead, but his memory will ling Shaerer found time to get ni« nn. squeezed off—almost—ana to reply the enviable ones. FARMER8 GIVE SITE FOR STATE SCHOOL 8pecl.il to The Georgian. Sparta, On., 8ept. 17.—The citizens of Hancock county have determined t* make an effort to aecure the agricultur al school for tho Tenth congressional district which was provided for during the lust session ot the legislature. Already several prominent farmer* have tendered to County School mlssloncr M. L. Duggan, who will in charge of the Interests of county In the matter, the require*, number of acres of land, and \t b* u ”" dcrsMod Ncvernl thousand dollar • which will be greatly Increased. j»jj been raised as a fund. It seems in* the fight for the achool will be n*** tween Hancock and Washington < "i*n* ties. ONE MAN 18 DROWNED; HIS FRIENDS'ARE SAVED- New York, gept. 17.—William an, 40 years old, of this city. | drowned In the North river ' v b*r. rowboat capsized. Hls two corn; a. - Ions. John King ami Alexander dolph, clung to the boat and ' ^ picked up by a tugboat. Search* r- day fulled to recover Hegeman-•* b the Lmftt loving of which Is that ( K. A. brother and lifelong friend CHARLES ftlURPHEY CANDI-M* *r. Ot. R«v»c 4. i*»n«