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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN-
THTO8DAY. September r.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES. Editor.
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OUR PLATFORM—The Georgian stands for Atlanta’s owning its own
gas and electric light plants, as it now owns its water works. Other cities do
this and gdt gas as low as 60 cents, with a profit to the city. This should be
done at once. The Georgian believes that if street railways can be operated suc
cessfully by European cities, as they are, there is no good reason why they can
not be so operated here. But we do not believe this can be done now, and it may
be some years before we are ready for so big an undertaking. Still Atlanta
should set its face in that direction NOW.
The Georgian calls the attention of Ite multitude of
eorreepondente to theee fecte: Thet ell eommunlcatlone
mutt be elgned. No anonymoue communication will bo
printed. No manuecrlpte will bo returned unleaa etampe
are Incloaed for the purpoee. Our eorreepondente are
urgently requeeted to abbreviate their lettere ae much
ae possible. A half a column will be read, whereat a
full column will bo paeaod over by the majority of
readers.
The Coming of Sir Thomas Lipton
The announcement that Sir Thnmaa Lipton will be in
Atlanta during the coming elate fair nnd In all proba
bility will act lu Ihe capacity of one of the Judges In
the open air horae ahow to be held at that time, haa
' aroused a great deal of Interest not only In Atlantn but
throughout the South.
The Indications are that whether ho accepts an offi
cial part In the exorcises or not. hla very presence In
Atlanta will serve as an attraction to hundreds of visitors
who will welcome the opportunity to catch a glimpse of
the distinguished gentleman.
There are few men who stand higher In the ea-
teem of the American people than Sir Thomas Lipton.
The gallant and generous tight he has made to capture
the America's cup, wrested from England more than
halt a century ago, has elicited the admiration of every
one who loves clean, manly si>ort and the steadiness of
purpose which never says die.
Although one ot the wealthiest men In England, he
la at the same time one of the moBt democratic and al
together charming. He la popular both at home and
abroad. He la a notable example of tho self-made man.
He started life as a poor boy, and has won Ills way to
success and renown by devotion to business nnd by the
sterling honesty of his methods. He Is known as one of
the most philanthropic nten In England and no worthy
call for charity has over gone unheeded.
America, too, has .felt his bounty. He was a large
contributor to the San Francisco sufferers and on many
other occasions he has given material testimony of hla
affection for the American people.
Sir Thomas la nn expert on horses ns well na yachts
and If ho can be Induced to act an one of the Judges In
the horae show thnt fnct alone will gtm'rnnleo tho attcoeas
ot the undertaking from tho very start.
We trust that he will roe his way clear to accept the
invitation. He will contribute in a large measure to tho
Interest In the vonturo, and ho will place tho enttro
South under a debt of gratitude to hint. Wo assure him
In advance of as warm a welcome ns ever came from
the hearts of an appreciative poople nnd wo hope that
he will ace hla way dean to accept tfio proposed Invita
tion.
Kansas Negroes Demand Mixed Schools.
Something of the sentiments entertained by the
negro race In certain sections of tho country at least
may ho gathered from the fact thnt practically every
negro parent In Wichita, Kansas, has chosen to Incur
the penalty of the law rather than abide by the decision
of the local board of education that the white and negro
children of that city shall attend sepkrnte schools.
A truancy law Is In force In that state, which makes
all children between 8 and IB yeara of ago subject to
the law If they do not attend school, and the parents are
also liable If they do not force their children to attend.
The board of education of Wichita would not stand
for mixed schools, and set apart four rooms In one of
the school buildings Air the tine of the negro pupils.
This angered the negro parents, and rnther thnn submit
to this separate arrangement, they wltheld tholr children
from attendance altogether.
It Is said that when tho schools were opened last
week only live negro children reported for lessons.
It was a part of a general boycott of the schools as
an expression of ;hetr protest ngalnst separation. Their
children, they said, must lie taught In the same rooms
apd by the same teachers na the white children, other
wise they would defy the truancy Inwa and withhold the
children altogether.
The right of the local board of education to eatab-
llsh separate schools Is now under adjudication, and It
Is said to tie uncertain what will be the outcome, nut
there can be no doubt of the regularity of the truancy
laws, nnd the chances nro thnt they will be vigorously
enforced.
One leading negro teacher In Kansas City rises up
to protest ngstnst the folly of his race In demanding
mixed schools, nnd In a letter to the state superintendent
he says:
"1 have no disposition to meddle In Kansas affairs
only Insofar as they concern the whole race. 1 can say,
however, without hesitancy, that wore I a resident of
your state I would. If the facilities were equal, he un
reservedly In favor of separate schools. The contention
for mixed schools by members of my race In Kansas Is
not calculated to bring about that harmony between the
two races which all true race men so much desire. At
no period during all the yeara of his national life has the
negro stood so sorely In need of some friend as at the
present, and no condition that tends to widen the gulf,
now well nigh Impassable, ahoald obtain. I have an
abiding falrh In the ability, wisdom, honor nnd Integ
rity of the American people, and I believe that this, ss
wet! as all other questions now confronting them, will In
time be happily adjusted."
These are Indeed words of truth and soberness, and
should go home to the minds and hearts of every negro
In the land. Instances such ns that out In Kansas are
not calculated to relieve the tension between the two
races at this critical Juncture On the other hand It
comes as a confirmation of the most iiesslmlsttc ronton-
ions of the white race that the negro In an cver-ln-
degree Is not merely content with uu equal
races e
comes b
kons of
right to engage In gainful pursuits and to have the
fruits of bis labor. He Is not content to acquire stabil
ity and substance and the respect that flows from them
by higher manual training. He wants social equality,
nnd deep down In his heart nothing will satisfy him In
his present temper.
This Is one of the alarming signs of the times.
Here In Georgia separate schools for the races Is so
much a matter of course that It Is difficult to realize that
It has taken on so serious an aspect In a sister state
and the negro is actually In moody defiance of the law
simply because hla children cannot go to the same
schools with the white children, though the facilities for
his own race are entirely adequate.
The outcome of the situation In Kansas will be watched
with some Interest, but whatever It may be the lesson is
sufficiently borne In upon us by the situation as It al'
ready exists.
Bryan’s Essential Fame and Service.
When the epitaph of William Jennings Bryan haa
been wrltton, and hla biography haa been gathered In
remoter tlmea Into the history which Is supposed to be
both discriminating and Impartial, It will be found that
his great repute does not rest upon any public office
to which he has aspired or to which he may yet attain,
but rather upon the greater qualities of the man, the
statesman and the patriot, which are JJIustrated and
exemplified upon hla eloquent lips and In his Illustrious
life.
Mr. Bryan haa reached that position not attained
by more than three Americans In all ths history of this
country, where ho Is greater than a president.
It la worth more to him to have reached the serene
height from which he enjoys the perfect confidence of
hla countrymen than to havo held the presidency dur
ing both of the terms for which he has been a candidate
for that lofty station, ft Is worth more to him to have
attained as. hla permanent and universal title the soubri
quet of "Tho Great American Commoner,” than to have
been tho executor of the.policies and of t.io platforms
of hla party.
The things which have bullded this colossal charac
ter into national and International repute, are tho quali
ties to which good men nnd thoughtful men, teachers,
preachers and public speakers may point the youth of
this country as the model way to greatness and the only
durable basis of tho loftiest fame. Integrity of convic
tion, public courago and self sacrifice, are the serene
qualities which fashion the character of men; and all
of there have been lllustratod In the career of the great
Nebraskan who Is Atlanta’s guest today.
It Is, aftor ad, the high, clear moral note In every
ndvocncy to which Mr. Bryan haa given hla life which
has atamiied, Impressed nnd established his character
In hla native land. Thore haa not been a cause for
which he hna fought that he haa not pitched hla sup
port of It on the highest moral ground of Justice and
righteousness.
When he made that Immortal speech In the Chicago
convention which swept him In one electric hour Into
national fnmo and gave him two successive nominations
for the presidency. It was the distinct pulse of patriot
ism and of lofty rectitude that rang like the silver bugle
through hla words.
When he not tranquil and unruffled at hla home In
Lincoln, Nebr., while tho Democratic national convention
of 1S00 waa In session In Kansas City, the dominant
committee of that great assembly waited upon him to
ask that he would honor the convention by becoming
Its candidate for President. And this man to whom the
Presidency hna always been less than hla bravo convlc-
thins, responded that he could not accept the nomlna
tion unleaa the convention confirmed the platform upon
which he had been a candidate four years before and
which represented hla unaltered and unchanged con-
vlctlona.
And tho leaders of the Democratic party, number
ing the first and moat distinguished men of the repub
lic, went back to Kansas City, carrying the message that
one man, greater than office and loftier than station. In
slated that If hla party did not advocate the convictions
In which he believed, that he could not consent to per
mit them to uso hla name as leader and advocate.
Few higher and loftier expressions of personal and
political Integrity havo been recorded lu the long his
tory of this great republic than this meaaage from Bryan
to the convention ot 1800.
And now, as William Jennings Bryan comes home
once more to receive the plaudits of the thousands and
tho Idolatrous loyalty of the party which holds him
first and dearest among Its public men, he stands today
UBspolled and unchanged—Just where he baa always
stood—on tho serene and splendid height of his brave
convictions, willing at all times to hold those convic
tions In the balance against hla personal prospects and
surrender Ihe highest station in Ihe world rather than
surrender the magnificent poisesslon of his personal and
political Integrity.
And so at last when we como to meaaure the char
acter and service of this great cltlxen who may or may
not he President of these United States, we shall be
compelled In the wider and larger view which time and
distance shall bring, and which matures men and Judg
ment. to record the fact that Mr. Bryan's highest and
noblest service to hts party nnd to tho people has been
to elevate the moral tone ot American polities, and to
have Inspired with a more definite Integrity the policies
ot the great party of the |>eople tor whom he stands.
It la only from a real Democracy that a "Great
Commoner" could come. And that this man haa not only
risen above the multitude, but has held hla serene nnd
undisputed place as the loftiest figure In a democratic
republic. In a Joint tribute to the real fundamental aym-
pnthy of the mass with honesty, and for the crystal
qualities which have enabled this great man to reap Its
glorious reward In the universal love and confidence of
his times.
It Is a source both of thankfulness and of Inspiration
that out of the reeking mass of graft and greed, cor
ruption and monopoly of this reckless and rushing age,
that there has come to us "one clear, white figure of In
tegrity, one knight without tear and without reproach."
One Sir Galahad, -vhcae strength Is as the strength of ten
because his heart Is pure.
May he llvo long to he framed against the shadows
of the times, and to light the pathway of our young
Americana to the nobler and more enduring way.
Senator Bacon and Mr. Bryan.
The Honorable A. O. Bacon's elaborate criticism
of Mr. Bryan's government ownership view la not likely
to add anything to the repute tor logic which our Senior
Senator has always enjoyed.
The comment ot the Senator Impresses us as being
both lamentably weak and altogether Insufficient. It Is
the old stock argument of the corporation attorney
which docs not seem to roll naturally from the lips of
the highest legislative figure of our progressive and now
thoroughly Democratic Georgia.
8enator Bacon makes the astonishing statement
that he can scarcely aee a single reason In favor of
government ownership, and a score of sound reaaons
against the proposition. If our Senior Senator hold*
to this extravagant statement he baa established between
blmself and hla constituents a difference which neither
argument can reconcile nor time obliterate. There may
be doubts—and there are doubts—as to -the Immediate
practicability of the plan; but the reasons In favor of It,
from the people's standpoint, are bo many and so vital
that It may possibly explain the Senator's remarkable
statement, to believe that the one reason In favor ot It—
which Is the people's Interest—la greater and more com
pelling than the twenty reasons which he sees
against It..
Now be It understood that Mr. Bryan has distinctly
disclaimed any Intention to press this proposition upon
the next national convention ot our party, and that he
frankly and courageously presents the Issue now, because,
In hla Judgment, railroad regulation will fall, and owner
ship will be the Inevitable solution. And' ho believes
that It la not premature to direct the popular mind to
this great Issue at this time for a discussion which may
materialise at a later time Into definite action.
Agalnat this position of our Democratic leader Mr.
Bacon level* a lance which does not pierce a Joint
ot the Nebraskan's logical harness. Senator Bacon's
argument le based upon a purely speculative prophecy
of wbat would happen in case the government owned the
railroads. Mr. BryAn In previous arguments haa already
shown from practical examples of today that the things
which Senator Bacon apprehends In this country have
not occurred la other countries where, under leas favor
able conditions, the principle of government owner
ship la well established and In successful operation.
Senator Bacon falls back upon the proposition that
the regulation of the railroads la tho full and perfect
solution of the tremendous problem.
Mr. Bryan might well say to Senator Bacon; You
have been for twelve years In the Senate of the United
States. What have you and your fellow senators, Demo
cratic and Republican, done to regulate the railroads and
to establish Just and equable ratee of frelght and trans
portation.
It Senator Bacon should point in answer to the re
cent rate and regulation bill framed by Congress, Mr.
Brykn might very properly reply that he had already ex
posed the sterility and Incompetqncy of that bill to stand
the legal teats and to relieve the people. He might
point Senator Bacon to blit own great colleague. Senator
Tillman, In substantiation of the statement, that the
bill was a makeshift and would be ineffective. He might
point Senator Bacon to hla equally great colleague. Sen
ator Bailey, for the same expression of opinion. He
might point to the President himself who fathered the
meaaure, and recall hla openly expressed regret over its
manifest Imperfections.
Senator Bacon's stock apprehension of graft and po
litical machines discounts the tremendous corrective
power which has been developed by the reform spirit
and the publicity of the great age in which Ire live. It
discounts the development of the civil service In the
hands of an absolutely honest President and cabinet,
It discounts the object lesson of the Postal Department
and the Army and Navy, whose rules and regulations
would Imperatively be enlarged to meet the demands of
the raliway service.
And beyond all Senator Bacon’s objections stands
the proposition and threat that If the government does
not own the railroads the railroads will Inevitably con
trol' and own the government, os they have practically
controlled the government for these twenty years.
We nro exploiting In Georgia at this time a propost
tlon that may have a distinct and definite bearing upon
this great general question. The extension of the West
ern and Atlantic (the State road) from Atlanta to the
sea, would give us, under state ownership, a great
through line from the northern to the southern boundary
of the state. This road would necessarily establish In
the people's hands a competition that would control rates
and regulate tariffs among competing lines In private
hands. If the states of Tennessee and Ohio, catching
the Idea from Georgia, should build lines to connect
with us at Chattanooga, we might have under co-opera
tive state control a great through line from the Great
Lakes to the/Atlantic and the Gulf. And with this great
agency of competition we might well be able to protect
ourselves against arbitrary and exacting corporations
pooled to create dividends and to establish tariffs to
this end.
Perhaps, In this Georgia Idea, we may yet find the
solution'of thta great question of the times. It may
be possible by securing under state and government con
trol one great through llm. In each of the different sec
tions and from the national terminal points to avoitf the
expense of purchase and maltnenance of all the rail
roads.
The great question of government ownership Is fairly
and honorably launched by Mr. Bryan upon discussion.
It must take Its time and stand tho test of consideration
and examination. There Is no need for imniedlnte hurry.
It Is too great to bo considered In pssslou or to be dis
missed In timidity.
Least of all can it be answered by the merely specu
lative apprehensions which Senator Bacon has conjured
out of tho stock arguments of the corporations.
Growth and Progress of the New South
r»m« _
lag attention.
South which dnervra something morn than poan-
Thc South’s Multiplying Spindles.
Thtt ths South Is rapidly wresting from New England her manufac
turing supremacy la well known, but It Is a pleasure to have the facts and
figures presented to us from time to time to prove It.
During the fiscal year which closed with August, Soqthern cotton mills,
for ths second time since the century began, took a greater number of bale*
of cotton than did the mills of the North, the figures being 2,374,828 for
Southern mltle as against 2,843,478 for Northern mills.
The number of bales taken by Southern mills last year were double the
number taken ten years ago, and (our times as great as they were In 1880,
The progress of Southern mills In comparison with mills In the rest of
the country during the past ten years Is shown In the following table, based
upon figures from the valuable annual report of Colonel Henry G. Hester,
secretary ot the New Orleans Cotton Exchange:
Year
Southern
Northern
Ended
Mill*.
Mills.
Total.
August 31.
Bales.
Bale*.
Bales.
1897
1,804,680
2.847,351
1898
1.231,841
2,211,740
3.443,581
1899
1,399,399
2,190,095
3,589,494
1800
1,697,112
2,068.300
3.665,412
1901
1,967,570
3,588,501
1902
1.937,9?l
2,050.774
3,988.745
1903 ....'
2,000,729
1,767,635
3,968,364
1904
1,919,252
2,026,967
3,946,219
1905
2,282,145
4,445,650
1908
2,374,225
2,349.478
4,723,703
The Manufacturers' Record Bays “as compared with 1306 American cot
ton mills show this year a notable advance. In 1805 they took 4,445,(80 bales,
or 82.7 per cent, of the 13,5(5,886 bales of the commercial crop of thnt year.
In 190( they took 4,723,703 of the 11,345,988 bales ot the commercial crop,
or 41.( per cent ot the total. Still, with this advance and In spite of the fact
that had the supply of operatives, especially In the South, been equal to tho
spindle equipment, the takings by American mills would have probably
reached 5,001X000 bales, or nearly half of the total commercial crop, Ameri
can textile opportunities, resting upon the unexcelled advantages of the
South as a cotton grower and the rapid expansion of the chances In the
home market, with an annual Increase of between 1,500,000 and 2,000.000
In the population ot the United States, are not being realized as ttwy
should be. Cotton manufacturers, in contemplation of the fact that while
In the last fiscal year we Imported 1(3,048,322 worth of manufactures of cot
ton, we exported blit 362,(44,033 worth of manufactures of cotton, should
sink all differences of opinion about supposed competition between cotton
mills In different sections of the country In a united effort to give the
full advantage of American market* to American mills, to develop Ameri
can markets to the full and to place whatever eurplua of goods there may
be In foreign markets. It will take time, of course. But there Is no reason
why American cotton manufacturers should not have a standing in world
markets at least equal to that of British manufacturers, particularly In view
of the fact that the market Is coming so rapidly to the United States
through Increase In population."
It Is gravel?' announced from Pennsylvania that "the
chestnut crop will be abundant." As If the iunnygrapber
oulda't take care ot that.
THE WAY THOUGHT 18 TURNING.
To the Editor of The Georgian
Since The Georgian appears to be
the one untrammeled forum for a fair
exprerslon of public opinion In Geor
gia, permit me, anent the troublesome
and antagonistic demeanor of the col
ored rare In this state, to suggest to
our legislators that hundreds of small
white children are compelled by stress
of circumstances or otherwise to labor
dully In factories and other business
Institutions while thousands of negro
children, less able to afford It, are be
ing educated In public and state
schools at the expense of the white tax
payere.
It Is a fact of public record that the
negroes of this state contribute an In-
filntteatmal portion of the educational
fund. Doth In Savannah and At
lanta the negroes are at this moment
exceedingly ugly over the enforcement
of a very proper state law governing
etreet car traffic, and It Is also a well-
known fact that the colored race
greedily seises every opportunity to
oppose and antagonise the dominant
race without rhyme or reason, and
while I do not directly counsel retalia
tion, I do think that the negro does not
now and never will appreciate the
white people of Georgia, and should
be taught a lesson by confining them to
the exact rights thnt they earn ns tax
payers and citizens. Yours truly,
PLINY SMITH.
Savanrah, Ga.
MR. GRAVES* CHICAGO 8PEECH.
From the Rome Tribune.
Colonel John Temple Grave*, editor
of The Atlanta Georgian, made a brave
and thoughtful speech the other night
In Chicago before the Jcfferum Club.
Mr. Grave* took nn hi* theme “The
South Has a Definite- Democracy," and
upon that theme he delivered to the
country a message full of common
*en*e and patriotism.
In opening hJ» address, Mr. Grave*
*ald that both the neetton and the ad
jective are entitled to respect, because
In the political cataclysm of two year*
ago the South wan all that wan definite
and. In fact, all that was visible of any
kind of Democracy.
The speaker nald he wa* certain
"that a bold, definite platform of popu
lar right* and public honesty will
sweep the ballot* of 1908 Into a Dem
ocratic avalunrhe. Roosevelt Is the
only Republican who has a hold upon
the people. All thnt Is good about the
president In Democratic, nnd ngalnst
All that I* Democratic In him hi* party
protest*."
.Mr. Grave* closed with a confident
prediction of Democratic succenn In the
next presidential campaign.
Taken oil In all, Colonel Graves’ nd-
dres* w«* a very valuable contribution
to current political thought, and com
ing, a* It did, upon the very heel* of
Mr. Bryan's great New York speech,
It ha* a great significance.
BRYAN.
Twice chief of Democracy'* beaten host,
lie hend* phnlnnxe* thrice undone:
Bnt innrch now the cohort* In whelming
force
To make n ruler their "peerless one."
He t* full twelve-inch bore In word *nd
deed—
Though some thought best tho "Furker
gun;"
Rut live* he to see hi* sage stiiteRitinn'n
creed
The I/iind’* hope—lucky, fenrles* one.
The voter* knew not wh*t path* to pursue.
Leaders Stumbled by pit nnd dune;
But lmtli know great truth* now they
never knew
Until taught by this peerless one.
Whnt though l*old Texn* Ridley froth mid
fret—
And Bncon tmln hi* glnnt nop gun. m
The people know the foe * third tlme^inet
Must yield Itefore this peerles* one.
True Denmcrnt* In densest column* Stand-
United they, the linttle's won;
And *11 I* well with the denr fatherland
hen Is crowned Its |werle** *on.
-U. M. M.
GOSSIP
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER,
New York. Sept. 20.—Mrs. Hetty
Green, the richest woman In the world,
has no notion of being Imposed on If
she can help it. For ii number of years
she has made her summer home in
Bellows Falls, Vermont. The board of
listers, as the tax sseeesors of that
Green Mountain state are known, have
raised the assessment on her place 82,-
000 and declined to reconsider It. Mre
Green protested. She thlnkB there Is a
sinister motive behind the Increase
She says:
"It is not Ihe 12,000 that I object to
for that la a mere pittance. The board
Is mistaken If it thinks by driving me
out It can get possession of my home-
stead at a low figure for a library r
shall never give It to Bellows Falls for
a Carnegie library, for I do not approve
of such things with a string attached "
Mark Twain Is even a more advanced
language reformer than Preahlent
Roosevelt. He told the members ot the
Associated Pres* that when he had a
contract with a magazine publisher to
write at 7 cents a word thnt he never
wrote "metropolis" for 7 cents, because
1 can get the same money for “city." I
never write "policeman" because I can
get the same price for “cop." I never
write "valetudinarian” at all, for not
even hunger and wretchedness can
humble me to the point where I will do
a word like that for 7 cents. I would
not do It.
Continuing the story of his fight with
the publishers for overtime In long
words, Mr. Clemens declares:
"I said to him, ‘You ought at least to
allow me overtime In that word "ex
temporaneousness." ' He coldly refused.
I seldom say a harsh word to any one
but I was not mastqr of myself then,
and I spoke right out and called him
an Anysodactylous Pleslosaurian Con-
chyllaceous Ornlthorhynlcus. He lived
only two hours."
It was a small wedding thnt took
place yesterday at Grace church, for
the tiny chantry holds hardly more
than a handful of people, but It was
most complete from a social view
point, as It united two old Knicker
bocker families of the most exclusive
set.
The bridal couple dispensed entirely
with attendants and exactly at noon
Mrs. Mary Phillips Iselln, widow of
John H. Iselln, entered the church
nlone. No one gave her away and the
bridegroom. Dr. Francis Leroy Setter-
lee. had no best man.
It was distinctly a family affair, for
among the guests were the married
children of both the bride and bride
groom.
The ceremony was performed by Dr.
Satterlee's cousin, the Right Rev. Hen
ry I. Sntterlce, bishop of Washington,
assisted by Archdeacon Oearge Nel
son, D. D.
Ellis Island Is tho most fruitful spot
for romance about New York. Hardly
day passes but so me story ot human
Interest does not develop there. In to
day's news there are two.
Henry Hortsfdd, a prosperous farmer
from near Topeka, Kan., met his moth
er nt Ellis Island, for tho first time In
30 years. She was Just about to be de
ported.
Ilemlrlk BuIIrcuh Brack, of Paterson,
N. J., sent to Holland for Miss Marla
Chrldtcna Wllhelmlna Cornelia Kor-
nellssen. his sweetheart of boyhood. He
met her at the pier and hastened to a
justice of the peace.
"If I were sure you were not In
love, I’d give you a hundred-dollar bill
to blow yourself," said J. P. Mason, a
wealthy land owner of Atlantic City,
N. J„ to his son, just out of his twen
ties. The son said "honest Injun" and
took tho hundred. Then he sought
Miss Enstlnck, 18 years old, the heroine
of a "nursery love affair.''
They used the money as capital and
ere married in New York, and then
returned for the parental bjesilns.
hlrh wns forthcoming. Mason called
his son the usual "sly rascal."
A party of fat women, none weigh
ing less than 200 pounds, and the leader
easily 300 pounds, are visiting In the
city. They arrived In Jersey City over
the Erie railroad, on an Orafigc county
express. All wore little badges and
evidently belonged to come organiza
tion. Refusing Information about
themselves, they tried to get cabs to
»ai#A I- v—v—i. They failed
Great beads of perspiration rolled
down the face of old Father Knicker
bocker yesterday. For It was hot. The
government weather bureau announced
that It was the hottest September since
1881. The thermometer registered 81
degrees In the shade. All through the
evening and the night the atmosphere
was very close, and crowds, after work
ing hours, rushed to tho seashore for *
breath of fresh sir.
Galileo's discovery that the earth
went round the sun has been outdone
many tlmee by men who have discov
ered that a lamp poet le revolving
around them.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New York, Sept. 20.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—P. B. Barry, O. P. Har
dy, J. W. Pope, J, G. Rossman, A. Pen-
drle, M. R. Swords, W. M. Whjtlng.
MACON—If. B. Birch, G. Parker.
SAVANNAH—Mias M. Smith. S.
Well, Mrs. K. A. Well, J. H. Haalam, b.
Selaeu.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
SEPTEMBER 20.
U8ELES8 INFORMATION
By Wax. Jones,
Sun spots, which are thought to have
been connected In some way with the
earthquakes In California and In Chile,
are caused by prickly heat. The sun
Is natural!y much warmer In summer
than In winter, and suffers from prick
ly heat and freckles.
To keep mosquitoes away, burn a
feather pillow in the room. To avoid
the unpleasant smell of burning feath
ers, stay outside on the porch.
A large part of the earth's surface Is
yet unexplored. The foot of n white
man has never trodden vast areas of
Central Africa, Central Asln, Central
Australia and Central Park. Several
Intrepid adventurers have penetrated
to the great city of Pittsburg, and,
have brought back-specimens of the
When Byron wrote "Roll on, thou
dark and deep blue orean.” he didn't
really expect It was going to stop.
Shakespeare lived for some time In
Stratford-on-Avon, the home of Marie
Corelli.
outside world. Otherwise almost noth
ing Is known of this mysterious city,
which Is believed to be Inhabited en
tirely by millionaire*.
Goldfield, Nev., Is sheltering Joe Gan*
and Battling Nelson. There are some
mines there, but no one pays any at
tention to them nowadnya.
The farthest fixed star Is 12.000,300,.
878,001 miles from the moon. The mind
can hardly grasp the significance of
these figures, but make an effort. Think
how long a walk of (even blocks seems
after you've missed the last car, mul
tiply by 2, and you have n fair Idea of
the distance.
To r.revent automobile* from skid-
many benefits accorded him by the natives, who have greatly surprised the ding, cp them In the pantry.
•a tuti im i tin'mi, « an'nrooii
Hit* signers of the Declaration of In-
dciKMifanre. iMiru. . .
1792—Allied nrmle* of Prussia *nd Austria
defeated liy the French nt battle
of Vntmy. ... „
1797—Unite*! State* frlfnte Constitution,
•’Old Ironside*." launched at D«»tcB.
ISOO-Ileiiry H. Foote, governor of Ml***
tttl—sfiRtsh. under General Drammnn.l,
ml net l niece of Fort Erie.
1839—Kcsrira* O’Connor arrested.
1850—C'onKress a I toll shed slave trade In lu»*
trlct of Colnnildn.
1*84—Battle of Almit.
1*87—Delhi captured by the British. .
1882—The revolving turret patented *'7
Tlnihr. , -
1881—Chester A. Arthur took oath of «p»'*
as president. .
1890—United Htnte* IhmprlNfiD tht e»n
nation of Porto Rico.
10)4— Russia protested against the An**®’
Tltlhetnn treaty.
WHICH WAS IT?
From the Dublin Dl n pot eh.
Two Atlanta afternoon paper? pu''-
Ilshed the fact that Hoke Smith n->j
been nominated fortmor "amId 11 r
wildest enthusiasm" two hours ;
that event took place and even p*J{
fished the nominating speech by• ;
Anderson and Mr. Smith** *'1*1’';.^
acceptance. I* this entetprUe
Journalism? J