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6 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Telephone Connections. Subscription Rstes: Published Every Afternoon Except Sundsy by THE GEORGIAN CO. st 2S V. Alsbsms Street, Atlsnts, Gs. BntereO.se ieeond'cls.* matter April 25. ISOS, at tbs PostoFlc# OS Atlanta, Ca„ under act of conxrese of Merrti A ISIS, One.Yesr $*.50 Six Month j 2.50 Three Montht 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c 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 get 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. 8ubtcrib«rt failing to roeoivo THE GEORGIAN promptly and rtgularly, and road ora who oan not purehaso the papar whore THE GEORGIAN thould bo on salt, are raquootod to communicate with the Circulation Manager without delay, and the com plaint will receive prompt attention. Telephones: Bell 4927 Main; Atlanta 4401. SMITH Sc THOMPSON. ADVKRTIH1NO ItEPRKRENTA- TIVK8 FOR TERRITORY OUTSIDE OF O B O U O 1 A. Eastern Offices: Western Office*: Putter Bldg., New York. Tribune ffldg., Chicago, The Georgian calls the attention of Ita multitude of correspondents to these facta: That all communlcatlona must be signed. No anonymous communication will bo printed. No menutcrlpte will be returned unless stamp* are inclosed for the purpose. Our correspondents are urgently requested to abbreviate their letteri at much aa poaalbla. A half a column will ba read, wharaaa a full column will ba paaaed over by the majority of rtadero. right to engage In gainful puraulta and to have' the fruits of bis labor. He Is not content to acquire ftabll. Ity and aubatance and the respect that flows from them by higher manual training. He wants social equality, and 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 aepnrate 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 slater state and the negro la actually In moody deflance of the law simply because his 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. The Coming of Sir Thomas Lipton. The announcement that Sir Thomns l.lptnn will be In Atlanta during the romlng slate fair and In all proba' blflty will act In the capacity of nno of the Judges In the open air horse show to he held nt that time, hns •roused a great deni of interest not only In Atlanta but throughout the 8nuth. The Indications nre that whether he accepts an offi cial part In the exercises or- not, his very presence In Atlanta will serve ns an attraction to hundreds of visitors who will welcome the opportunity to catch a glimpse of the distinguished gentleman. Thore are few men who stand higher In the es teem of the American people than Sir Thomas Lipton. The gallant and generous light he has made to rapture the America's cup, wrested from England more than half a century ago, has elicited the admiration of overy one who loves clean, manly eport and the steadiness of purpose which never says die. Although one of the wealthiest men In Ragland, he la at the same time one of the most democratic and al together charming. Ho Is poptilnr both nt homo nnd abroad. He Is n notnble example of the self-mndc man. He started life as n poor boy, and hns won his way to success and renown by devotion to business and by the eterllng honesty of his methods. He Is known as one of the most philanthropic men In England and no worthy call for charity has over gone unheeded. America, too, hns felt his bounty. He was n large contributor to the Snn Francisco sufferers and on many other occasions ho 1ms given material testimony of Ills affection for the American people. . Sir Thomns Is an export on horses ns well ns yachts and if ho can be Induced to act,as one of the Judges la the horse show thnt fact alone will guarantee the, success of the undertaking from the very start.- We trust that ho will soo his way clear to ncccpt the Invitation. He will contribute In a large measure to tho Interest In tho venture, and ho will place tho entire South under a debt of gratltudo to him. We assure him In advance of at warm a welcome as ever came from the hearts of an appreciative people and we hope that he will see his wny clear lo accept the proposed Invita tion. Kansas Negroes Demand Mixed Schools. Something of the sentiments entertained by the negro rnco In certain sections of tho country at least may be gathered from the fact Hint practlcnlly every negro parent In Wichita, Kansas, hns chosen to Incur the penalty of tho law rather than abide by tho decision of the local board of education that tho whlto nnd negro children of that city shall attend separate schools. A truancy Inw Is In forco In that state, which maRes all children between H nnd 16 years of ngc subject to the Isw If they do not attend school, nnd tho pnronts nre also liable If they do not force their children to attend. The hoard of education of Wichita would not stand for mixed schools, nnd set apart four rooms In one of the school buildings for th^ use of the negro pupils. Tbia angered the negro parents, and rnthor than submit to this separate arrangement, they wltheld tholr children . from attendance altogether. It Is said that when tho schools wore opened last week only five negro children reported for lessons. It was a part of a general boycott of tho schools as an expression of their protest against separation. Their children, they said, must he taught In tho same rooms and by the same teschers ns the whlto children, other wise they would defy the truancy laws and withhold tho children altogether. The right of tho local hoard of education to estab lish separate schools Is now under adjudication, nnd It Is said to lie uncertain what will lie the outcome. But there' can be no doubt of the regularity of the truancy laws, nnd the ehnnees are that they will he vigorously enforced. One leading negro teacher In Kansas City rises up to protest against the folly of his race In demanding mixed schools, and In a letter to the state superintendent he says: "I have no disposition to meddle In Kansas affairs only Insofar as they concern the whole race. I can say, however, without hesltsncy. 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 tho two races which all true race men so much deBlre. At no period during all the years 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, should obtain. I have ail abiding faith In the ability, wisdom, honor nnd Integ rity of the American people, and I believe that this, ns well ns 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 as tlmt out In Kansas are not calculated to relieve the tension between the two race* at this critical Juncture. On the other hand It comes at a confirmation of the most pessimistic conten tions of the white lace that Hie negro In an cvcr-ln- c ieasing degree Is hot merely content with au equal When the epitaph of William Jennings Bryan has been written, and his biography has been gathered In remoter times 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 nnd the patriot, which are illustrated and exemplified upon his eloquent lips and In his Illustrious life. Mr. Bryan has reached that position not attained by more than throe Americans In all the history of this country, where he Is greater than a president. It Is worth more to him to have reached the serene holght from which ho enjoys the perfect confidence of his countrymen than to havo held the presidency dur ing both of tho*ierms for which he has been a candidate for that lofty station. It Is worth more to him to have attained ns his permanent and universal title the soubri quet of “The Great American Commoner,” than to have been the executor of the policies and of t.ie platforms of his party. The things which have bullded this colossal charac ter Into national and International repute, are the quail ties to which good men nnd thoughtful men, teachers, preachers nnd public speakers may point tho youth of this country as tho model way to greatness and the only durable basis of Iho loftiest fame. Integrity of convic tion, public courage nnd self sacrifice, are the serene qualities which fashion tho character of men; and all of these have heon Illustrated In the career of the great Nebraskan who Is Atlanta's guest today. It Is, after all, the high, clear moral note In every advocacy to which Mr. Bryan has given his life which has stnni|>od, Impressed nnd established his character In his native land. There has not beon a cause for which ho hns fought that he has not pitched his sup port of It on tho 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 fnino and gave him two suceesslvo nominations for tho presidency. It was the distinct pulse of patriot ism nnd of lofty roctltudo that rang ltko the silver buglo through his words. Whon he snt tranquil nnd unruffled at his home In Mncoln, Nebr., while the Democratic national convention of 1800 was In session In Kansas City, the dominant committee of thnt great assembly waited upon him to ask that he would honor tho convention by becoming Its candidate for President. And this man to whom tho Presidency has always been lees than his bravo convic tions, resimndcd that he could not accept the nomina tion unless tho convontlon confirmed tho plntform upon which he hnd beon a candidate four years before and which represented his unaltered and .Unchanged con victions. And the lenders of tho Democratic party, number ing the first nnd moat distinguished men of the repub lic, went back to Kansas City, carrying the message that ono man, greater than office nnd loftier than station, In sisted that if his party did not advocate tho convictions In which ho believed, that he could not consent to per mit them to use his name as leader and advocate. Few higher nnd loftier expressions of personal nnd political Integrity havo beon recorded In the long his tory of this great republic than thla message from Bryan to tho convention of 1800. And now. nt William Jonnlnga Bryan comes home once more to receive the plaudits of the thousands and the Idolntrous loyalty of the party which holds him first and dearest among Its public men, he stands today unspoiled and unchanged—Just where he has 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 hit personal prospects and surrender tho highest station In the world rather than surrender the mngnlflcent possession of his personal and political Integrity. And so at last when we come to measure the char acter nnd service of this great citizen who may or may not be 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 nnd Judg ment, to record the fact that Mr. Bryan's highest and noblest service to his party and to the people has been to elevate the moral tone of American politics, and to have Inspired with a more definite Integrity the policies of the great party of the |>eople for whom he stands. It Is only from a real Democracy that a "Qreat Commoner" could come. And that this man has not only risen above the multitude, hut has held his serene and undisputed place ns the loftiest figure In a democratic republic, t| a Joint tribute to the real fundamental sym pathy of the mnss with honesty, and for the crystal qualities which hnve enabled this great man to reap lta glorious reward In the universal love and confidence of his times. It Is a source both of thankfulness and of Inspiration that nut of the reeking mass of graft and greed, cor ruption nnd monopoly of this reckless and rushing age, thnt there has come to us “one clear, white figure of in tegrity, one knight without fear nnd without reproach." One Sir Galahad, whose strength is as the strength often because his heart la pure. May he live long to he framed against the shadow* of the times, and to light the pathway of our young Americans 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 Is not likely to add anything to the repute for logic which our Senior Senator has always enjoyed. The comment of the Senator Impresses us as being both lamentably weak and altogether Insufficient. It Is the old stock argument of the corporation attorney which does not seem to roll-naturally from the lips of the highest -legislative figure of our progressive and now thoroughly Democratic Georgia. Senator Bacon makes the astonishing statement that he can scarcely see a single reason In favor of government ownership, and a score of sound reasons sgalnst the proposition. If our Senior Senator holds lo this extravagant statement be has established between himself and his constituents a difference which neither argument can reconcile nor time obliterate. There may be donbta—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 so many and so vital that It may possibly explain the Senator's remarkable statement, to believe that the one reason In favor of It— which la the people's Interest—Is greater and more com pelling than the twenty regions 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 of our party, and that he frankly and courageously presents the Issue now, because, In his Judgment, railroad regulation will fall, and owner ship will be the Inevitable solution. And he believes that It Is not premature to direct the popular mind to this great Issue at this time for n discussion which may materialise at a later time Into definite action. Against this position of our Democratic leader Mr. Bacon levels a lance which doea not pierce a Joint of the ^febraekan's logical harness. Senator Bacon's argument Is based upon a purely speculative prophecy of what would happen In caso the government owned the railroads. Mr. Bryan In previous arguments has already shown from practical examples of today that the things which Senator Bacon apprehends In this country have not occurred In other countries where, under less favor able conditions, tho principle. of government owner ship Is well established and In successful operation. Senator Bacon falls back upon the proposition that the regulation of the railroads Is the full and perfect solution of the tremendous problem.- Mr. Bryan might well say to Senator Bacon; You have been for twelve years In tho Senate of the United States. What have you and your fellow senators, Demo- - cratlc and Republican, done to regulate the railroads and to establish Just and equable rates of freight and tra po nation. If Senator Bacon should point In answer to tho re cent rate and regulation bill fr.amed by Congress, Mr. Bryan might very properly reply that he had already ex posed the eterlllty and Incompetency of that bill to stand the legal testa and to relieve the people. He might point Senator Bacon to his 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 his equally great colleague, Sen ator Bailey, for the same expression of opinion. He might point to the President himself who fathered the measure, and recall his openly expressed regret over Ita manifest Imperfections. Senator Bacon's stock apprehension of graft and po litical machines discounts thq tremendous corrective power which has been developed by the reform spirit and the publicity of the great age In which we 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 railway service. And beyond all Senator Bacon's objections stands the proposition nnd threat that If the government does not owh the railroads the railroads will Inevitably con trol.and own the government, aa they have practically controlled the government for these twenty years. We are exploiting In Georgia at this time a proposi tion that may have a distinct and definite bearing upon thla 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 rales and regulate tariffs among competing llpes 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 havo under coopera tive state control a great through line from the Great I-akes 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 ot this great question of the times. It may bo possible by securing under state and government con trol one great through lint. In each of the different sec- tldns and from the national terminal points to avoid the expense of purchase and maltnenaace ot all tho rail roads. The great question of government ownership Is fairly and honorably launched by Mr. Bryan upon discussion. It must tnko its time and stand the test of consideration and examination. There le no need for Immediate hurry. It Is too great to be considered In passion 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 ot the stock arguments of the corporations. gossip! Growth and Progress of the New South Under this head will appear from time to tlinev Information Illustrating tho romarknhlo development of tb« South which deserves somethin! more than paw* lag attention. The South’s Multiplying Spindles. That the South Is rapidly wresting from New England her manufac turing supremacy la well known, but It Is a pleasure to have the facta and figures presented to us from time to time to prove It. During the fiscal year which closed with August, Southern cotton mills, for the second time since the century began, took a greater number of bales of cotton than did the mills of the North, the figures being 2,374,825 for Southern mills ns against 2,348,4*8 for Northern mills. Tho number of bales taken by Southern mllla laat year were double the number taken ten years ago, and four times as great as they were In 1890. 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 of the New Orleans Cotton Kxv'hango: Year Southern Northern Ended Mills. Mills. Total. Almost 31. Bales. Bales. Hales. 1897 1,142.471 1,804,680 2.847.351 1898 1,231,841 2.211,740 3,443.581 1S99 2,190,095 3,589,494 1900 1,597,112 2,068,300 3,885.412 1901 1,967,570 3,588,501 1902 1,937,971 2,050,774 3,988,745 1903 2,000,729 1,767.635 3,988,364 1904 1,919,252 2,028.967 3.948,218 1905 2,282,145 4,445,650 1906 2,374,225 2,349,476 4,723,703 The Manufacturers' Record says "as compared with 1805 American cot ton mills show thla year a notable advance. In 1905 they took 4,445,850 hales, or 32.7 per cent, of the 13,585,885 bnlea of the commercial crop of that year. In 1908 they took 4,723,703 of the 11,345,988 bales of the commercial crop, or 41.8 per cent of 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 the spindle equipment, the takings by American mills would hnve probably reached 5,004X000 hales, or nearly halt 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 mnrket, with an anntial Increase of between 1,500,000 and 2,000,000 in the population of the United States, are not being realized as they should be. Cotton manufacturers. In contemplation of the fact that white In the last fiscal year we Imported 383,043,322 worth of manufactures of cot ton, we exported but 152,944,033 worth of manufneturee 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 markets to American mills, to develop Ameri can markets to the full and to place whatever surplus of goods there may be In foreign markets. It will take time, of course. Rut there Is no reason why American cotton manufacturers should not have a standing In world markets nt least equal to that of British manufacturers, particularly In view of the fact that the market la coming so rapidly to the United States through Increase In population." MR. GRAVES’ CHICAGO SPEECH, From the Rome Tribune. Colonel John Temple Graves, editor of The Atlanta Georgian, made a brave nnd thoughtful speech tile other niqlit In Chicago before the Jefferson Club. Mr. Graves took as his theme "The South lies n Definite Democracy,” and upon that theme he delivered to Hu- country a message full of common sense and patriotism. In opening his address, Mr. Grave, said that both the section nnd the ad jective are entitled to respect, because In the political cataclysm of two years ago the South was all that wns definite and, In fact, all thnt woa visible nt any kind of Democracy, The speaker said he was certain "thnt n bold, definite platform of popu lar rights and public honesty will •weep tho ballots of 1988 Into a Dem ocratic avalanche. Roosevelt Is the only Republican who has a hold upon the people. All that Is good about the president Is Democratic, nnd against oil that Is Democratic In him his party protests." * Mr. Graves closed with a confident prediction of Democratic success In tho next presidential campaign. Tnken all In all, t'olonel Grnvps' ad dress was a very vnluable contribution to current political thought, and com ing, as It did, upon tho very heels of Mr. Bryan's great New York speech, It has a great significance. It Is gravely announced from Pennsylvania that "the chestnut crop will he abundant." As If the tunuygrapher wouldn’t take caru of 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 expression of public opinion In Geor gia, permit me, anent the troublesome and antagonistic demeanor of the col ored race In this state, to suggest to our legislators that hundreds of small white children arc compelled by stress of circumstances or otherwise to labor dally 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 payers. . It Is a fact of public record that the negroes of this state contribute an In- filnltesfmat portion of the educational fund. Both In Savannah nnd At lanta the negroes are at this moment exceedingly ugly over the enforcement of a very proper state law governing strret 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 snd never will appreciate the white people of Georgia, and should be taught a lesson by confining them to the exact rights thnt they earn aq tax payers and citizens. Yours truly, PLINY SMITH. Savannah, Ga. U8ELE88 INFORMATION By Wax. Jonas. Sun spots, which are thought to have been connected In some wny with the earthquakes In California and In Chile, are caused by prickly heat. The sun Is naturally much warmer In summer thnn 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 a white man has never trodden vast areas of Central Africa, Central Asia, Central Australia nnd Central Park. Severn! Intrepid adventurers have penetrated i the distance, to the great city of Pittsburg, and | — have brought back specimens of the | To nrevont automobiles from skltl- BRYAN. IIP iiPnufi luminiisi’P inricp uimnii»>- nut march now tho cohort* In whelming force To mnke n ruler their "peerless one.” He I* full twelve-inch Imre In word nnd deed— Though »orae thought l>c*t tho “Parker gun;" nut live* he to tee hi* sage *tnte«iimir* The voter* knew not whnt |»nth* to pursue. Lender* stumbled by pit nnd dune; nut both know grent truth* now they Whnt though l*old Texn* Itnllcy froth nnd fret— And Itneon trnln hi* glnnt nop-gun. The people know the fi*o a third time met Must yield Iwfore till* (merles* one. True Democrats in den*e*t eolunin* *tnnd— United they, the hnttln’* won; And *11 I* well with the denr fatherland When t* crowned Its peerless sun. -n. m. m. Galileo's discovery that the earth went round the nun has been outdone many tlmen by men who havo discov ered that a lamp post In revolving around them. When Byron wrote “Roll on, thou dark and deep blue ocean," he didn't really expect It wan going to stop. Shakespeare lived for gome time In Stratford-on-Avon, the home of Marie Corelli. outside world. Otherwise almost noth ing Is known of tht* mysterious city, which In believed to bo Inhabited en tirely by millionaire*. Goldfield, Nev., I* sheltering Joe Gan* and Battling Nelson. There are some mine* there, but no one pay* any at tention to them nowaday*. The farthest fixed star In 12.000,900,- 870,001 mile* from the moon. The mind can hardly grasp the significance of these flgurea, but make an effort. Think how long u walk of seven block* seems after you’ve missed the !a*t car, mul tiply by 2. and you have a fair Idea of liun mm lirvrt "III “I'l"nutv •""'•Alii n .'lauinctin HI llir | I u lliril'lll UUlGHIUUIIVn irui many benefit* accorded him by the natives, who have greatly surprised the ding, . .ep them In the pantry. J By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. New York. Sept. 20.—Mr*. Hetty Green, the richest woman In the world, has no notion of being Imposed on If she can help If. For a number of years she has made her summer home in Bellows Falls, Vermont. The board of listers, as the tax assessors of that Green Mountain state are known, have raised the assessment on her place H. 000 and declined to reconsider It Mrs Green protested. She thinks there is a sinister motive behind the Increase She says: "It Is not the 62,00(1 that I object to for that Is 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 I shall never give It to Bellows Falls t„ r a Carnegie library, for I do not approve of such things with a string attached." Mark Twain Is ever) a more advanced language reformer than President Roosevelt. He told the members of the Associated Press that when he had a contract with a magazine publisher io write at 7 cents a word that he never wrote "metropolis" for 7 rents, because 1 can get the same money for "city.” I never write “policeman" because I van get the same price for "cop." I never write "valetudinarian" at all, for not even hunger and wretchedness con humble me to the point where I will do n word like that for 7 cents. I would not do It. Continuing the stagy of his fight with the publishers for overtime In long words. Mr. Clemens declares: "I said to him, 'You ought at least lo allow me overtime In that word "ex- temporaneousness." ’ He coldly refused r seldom say a harsh word to any .one' but I was not master ot myself' then' and I spoke right out and called him an Anysodactylous Pleslosaurlsn i'on- chyllaceous Ornlthorhynlcus. He lived only two hours.” It was a small wedding that 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 Knlclter- backer families of the most exclusive set. The bridal couple dispensed entirely with attendants and exactly at noon .Mrs. Mary Phillips Itelln. widow of John H. Isfllln, entered the church nlnne. No one gave her away and the brldegrootn, Dr. Francis Leroy Hatter- 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 woa performed by Dr. Satterlee's cousin, the Right Rev. Hen ry' I. Satterlee, bishop of Washington, assisted by Archdeacon Georgs Nel son, D. D. Kill* Island I* the most fruitful spot for romance about New York. Hardly a flay passes but some story of human Interest does not develop there. In to day’s news there are two. Henry Hortxfeld, a prosperous farmer from near Topeka, Kan., met hi* moth er nt Kills Island, for the first time in 30 years. Sh« wns Just about to be de ported. Hendrik Bullacu* Brack, of Paterson, N. »!., sent to Holland for Mis* MnrJa t’hrlHtcnn Wllhelrnlnn (’ornella Kor- nells*en, 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 the hundred. Then he sought Miss Eastlack, 16 years old, the heroine of a “nursery love affair.” They used the money as capital and were married In New York, and then returned for the parental blessing, w hich was forthcoming. Mason called hi* son the usual “sly rascal." A partv of fat women, none weigh ing less thnn 200 pounds, nnd the leAder easily 300 pounds, nre visiting in the city. They arrived In Jersey City over the Erie railroad, on an Orange county express. All wore little badge* and evidently belonged to some organlxa- tlon. Refusing Information about themselves, they tried to get cab* to take them to.New York. They failed and had to walk. 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 M degrees in the shade. All through the evening and the night the atmosphere wns very closa nnd crowds, after work ing hours, rushed to the seashore for t breath of fresh air. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. New York, Sept. 20.—Here are som« of the visitor* In New York today: ATLANTA—P. B. Barry, G. P. Har dy, J. W. Pope, J. G. Rorsman, A. Pen- drle, M. R. Sword*, W. M. Whiting. MACON—W. B. Blreh, G. Parker. SAVANNAH—Mine M. Smith. S. Well, Mrs. F. A. Well, J. H. Haitian, & Salasu. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. 8EPTEMBER 20. 1585—Mnwarrp of Kmg Caroline, at. J"hn« river. Florid*. , . . MMS— Sew Knglnud colonies declared *• nrnlnnt Nlnntlrk Indian*. a 1737—Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, one « flu* signer* t»f the Declaration 1 1792—Allied nnnfee’of'Praeel* nnd A»|rg defeated hjr the Freneh »< of Ynlmy. . _ . -Chlted Htnte. frlxnte ••Old Imiwlde*." Hunched *t 1600—Henry h. Foote, novernnr nf -Sfft!»b," ,r Ilnder General Drum »"”<•• mined siege of Fort Brio. 1830—Fen rgti* OVonnor arrested. . I860—Congress nlmUsbcd slave trod.* in trier of Cidmnhln. 1864—Battle of Alms. tt _ 1*57—Delhi captured liy the Brlfi™, , 1882—The revolving turret patent' ! <1 1681—riteiter A. Arthur took oeth ef ns president. . .. 1896—United Ktntes troops began the «* raL nntlmi of Porto Him. 1934—Ituiudn protested npnfnst the Thibetan treaty. WHICIH WA8 IT? From th* Dublin Dlepatch. Two Atlanta afternoon paper. P" , II.lied the fact that Hoke Smith been nominated «overnor " nn, \' wildest enthusiasm” two l. |jur „ ,h. thnt event took place and even : l ^ r fished the nominating speech t» • ; Anderson und Mr. .Smith’s »P»" acceptance. Ie tbl* enterprise or w— Journalism?