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The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES .... Editor. F.L. SEELY President. miiSHio mar tncttsoo* (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN CO., it 25 W. Alabama St., Atlanta, Ga. SUBSCKIfTIOM UIIS. One Year $4.50 Six Months 2.50 Three Months 1 1.25 By carrier, per week.. 10c this time to make It worthy of the full and generous p ronage of the people, and we sincerely trust that the week which Is opening with us today will swell the receipts of the fair to a point beyond the liberal expenses which have made It what it Is. . ' Entered at the Atlanta Piwtotriro at second* clan mall matter. .Telephones connecting all departments. Ions distance terminals SMITH & THOMPSON, Advertising Representatives for all territory outside of Georgia. CHICAGO OFFICE TRIBUNE BUILDING NEW YORK OFFICE l’OTTEIl BUILDING If yon hare any trouble getting THE GEORGIAN, telephone the Clrrulatlnn Department, and hare It promptly remedied. Telephones: Bell AXl Main. Atlanta 44lL It la desirable that alt communications Intruded for .publication In THE GEORGIAN be limited to 400 words In length. It Is lm- neratlre that they be signed, as an erldence of good faith, though the namea will lie withheld If reuuested. Rejected innnuacrlpta trill not bo returned nnteas stnuipa are aeut for the purpoae. The Georgian prints no unclean or objectionable ad vertising. Neither does it print whisky or sny liquor advertisements. The Georgia Home at Jamestown. The decision of the Jamestown commission in choos ing the home of President Roosevelt's mother at Roswell as the type of the Georgia building at Jamestown, is a most tactful and admirable Idea. In the first place this la a typical structure of the Old South. Its tali 'columns and simple front convey a very accurate reproduction of the standard homes of the wealthy and well-to-do Southerner of Archibald Bul loch’s day. This venerable structure has been rendered Illustri ous by Ute International fame of the grandson of Archi bald Bulloch, whose reputation la not dependent upon the lofty station that he occupies. It la no amall consideration that-this structure re- produced at Jamestown, will become immediately one of the objects of especial interest at that great International fair, and will attract thousands of people to the Georgia building who might not have found occasion to visit It In the rush and hurry of a brief and rapid transit through the grounds. From an advertising standpoint, which In this material day la never to be Ignored, the choice of the Bulloch residence Is a ten-strike for the commission ers snd for the exhibition of the material, Industrial and romantic resources of Georgia. Measured In Us political significance, the choice of this building will' be regarded throughout the republic as a very tactful and beautiful tribute from the atate or Georgia to the great and atrenuoue president of the United States, ft will speak louder than words the'fact that however much men In the republic may differ upon po-. Utlcal and economic views and questions, and whatever lines and variations may mark their Ideas upon general questions, that the South and its empire state recognises promptly and fully the sincerity, the courage and the pa triotism of the president of the United States. And so as a mark of fraternity and as a mark .of good feeling,-the Georgia building will bear a striking and popular algnlflcance at the great fair of 1907. It Is doubtless true that the sentiment which cir cles about this structure at Jamestown will upon .a half dozen occasions which may arise during the exposition, gather about the Georgia exhibit some of the largest and most Illustrious assemblies which will mark tho centennial. • , \ So, that for a dozen reasons. The Georgian con gratulates President W. X. Mitchell, of the commission, and hit friends and various workers who have hit upon this happy Idea, and sincerely trusts they will be able to give It a speedy and effective realization.' Sam Jones Dead! If the brief, startling message of the morning wires be verified by later dispatches. Sam Jones, of Georgia, the most famous evangelist of modern times, has been gathered swiftly and suddenly Into reward and rest. If It be true—and there are few possibilities of mis take—the end has come as Sam Jones would have had It come. In the full flush of a glorious and militant life, on the march, In full harness, with eyes bright,'with record clear, with the conscience clean, with the echoes of applause and laughter, and tears yet ringing In his ears, the dauntless evangel, the vital reformer, the mili tant preacher, the eloquent orator, the unequalled Hu morist, without buffering, without waiting and without anxiety, answers the Instant roll 'call and Is dismissed from present service and promoted to a higher and nobler sphere. A brave man physically, Sam Jones was a brave man morally, and spiritually without fear. The prob lem of death bad faced him as an,Imminent issue more than once during the yetrs of feeble health about him and we may he sure .here were no coward tremors and no shrinking hack when the death angel swooped with his sudden summons to the great tribunal where men must give account. And the great evangel had small need to tear the verdict of the Supreme Justice who presided there. His was a faithful and a fearless life. He had been true since the plighting of bis faith to Christ. To strike and spate not was the motto with which he faced the sinner. To help and rescue was the second motto which re deemed the fearless first. He was as swift to succor as be was to smite. He was as tender In healing as ho was terrible in arouseuent. And the terror of many an awak ened sinner had been softeiied in the tenderness of penitent's forgiven tears. And through terror and through conscience, through tenderness and tears, he OUR PLATFORM---The Georgian stands for Atlanta’s Owning its own gas^and elec tric light plants, as it now owns its water tooths. Other cities do this and get gas as lou) as 60 cents, with a profit to the city. This should be done at once. The Georgian believes that if street rail ways can be operated successfully by European cities, as they are, there is no good reason why they can not be so operated here. But we do not beliece this can be done now, and it may be some years be fore we are ready for so big an undertaking. Still Atlanta should set its face in that direction NOW WHAT GEORGIAN READERS HAVE TO SAY ON A VARIETY OF INTERESTING SUBJECTS AS TO CONFEDERATE SOLdTeRS 1 GOSSIP! had fought the Master'a fight, he had gathered the Master's people, and roused and comforted,'and wounded and healed, and In the crowds that followed him, and in the multitude! which heard him, as they heard hia Master, gladly, he had Justified the commission which had been given him to preach a real gospel to a dying world If in the darkness and loneliness of a night upon the rushing rail, the brave, bright soul of the evangelist went out to meet Us Maker all alone, we may be sure that the tears and the tenderness, the love and the laughter, the fear and the faith, the hope and the heartfulness of the thousands who had followed litm through life, were crowned by the “well done" of the Elder Brother who held bis hand as they walked through the last shadows to the light and beauty of the Father's throne. “President of the Palmetto Regiment.” In a few light lines of telegraphic comment it is an nounced from Washington thgt the Hon. John J. Martin, of Atlanta, becomes by promotion the president of the survivors of the Palmetto regiment. To the student of history, and to the lovers of the heortc, this casual mention records a compliment of which any man in the American republic might well be proud. * Readers of The Geortgan will remember that the Pal metto regiment has held for many years, In the best tra ditions of the South, a position of presftge which t has made It akin to the Tenth regiment of Caesar, or of the Old Guard of Napoleon. In the days of Carey W. Stiles, that gallant and dashing Hotspur of journalism and of patriotism whom Atlanta used so well to know and to hon or, the fame of the Palmetto regiment was kept alive in the hearte of the people by the thrilling stories of Us establishment and Ot Ita record In Mexico. The ranks of the famous organisation have thinned to slender num bers snd to the bent forms of a few old and venerable men, but the vital history of this splendid company of gal lants whtJ (ought In Mexico and won for each of them an immortality and repute, will continue to wrap around its name and history the glamor of the best heroism and the best fidelity to the earlier years of the republic. We congratulate Judge Martin and his fatally upon the distinct honor which has «mie to crown his later and declining years. Some Pungent Comments From Geor gia Editors. Rely upon these clear-headed and frank spoken men of the Georgia press to hit the core of a vital question from the various standpoints in which they view It. Here, for instnnee, comes The Waycross Herald with the paragraph: "Disfranchise the negro, take whisky away from him, relieve him of that 'pistorlcal' In his hip pocket, and give him a Job. These are a few steps in the direction of saving our colored friend and brother from himself." The Fair and Its Merits. 1 The state fair now in full blast In Atlanta is drawing its usual stream of interested Georgians from the city and from the state and is offering a rich reward In inter est and attractions to ail who attend It. The city Is rleh In having as a heritage of our great International exposition a park aud equipment so well adapted to a display of this kind, and In spite of the un timely nip of early winter, the people are everywhere demonstrating their keen concern not only in the attrac tions afforded by an enterprising management, but by the ever-increasing scope and selectness of the exhibit of tbe resources and riches of the state. To which The Fitzgerald Leader promptly replies: "Good advice; but The Leader would add, after he has completed his work, pay him in cold cash what you agreed to." And to this The Herald makes this snappy re joinder; "The negro has usually received full pay and prompt pay for work/ The trouble now Is that pay for two days' work enables him to be Idle for a week and he rarely tails to take advantage of the situa tion. It Is more work and less pay that he needs." And here, from n negro paper. The Nows, at Way- cross, comes this startling confession: "It is surprisingly strange to us how professed Christians can be opposed to our advocating common decency and respectability among our preachers and exposing their degradation. Until you get out of this your religion Is open to suspicion, to ssy the least.” And upon this the sprightly Herald again makes a pungent comment: "The' Herald is not informed as to the occasion which has called forth a criticism from Editor Ponder reflecting upon n |>ortiun at least ot the priesthood of his race, but wo do not doubt that he has good rea sons for so doing. At any rate this paragraph, from a colored editor, open* up a wide field for comment, discussion and Investigation, and the question might be resolved Into these few words, "what are the col ored ministers doing for the social, moral and spir itual advancement of their race?’ Let our colored friends ask it among themselves and ask it of those who claim to be their teachers and their spiritual ndvisers. What indeed are these colored preachers doing? It Ib a matter which the whites have been recently thinking of and investigating to some ex tent. Bnd It is a matter which vitally interests the colored race. If their clergy is rotten, then Indeed are they In u sorry plight." Tfio Waynesboro True Citizen, looking at the ultra- serions side of the situation, notes tho following signifi cant facts:: "In Georgia the whites are more than 130,000 in excess of the negro population of the state. There are only two states of the great negro belt where the negroes are numerically greater than the whites, viz: South Carolina and Mississippi, and that amounts to so little that the whites absolutely control govern ment, and negro office holders are unknown. There, fore, with the evident superiority of the whites. In a race clash the negro would be sure to go down." And In a half sarcastic vein The True Citizen sends to the "willing waiters" and the "dally depiorers" of At lanta the following message: "Two weeks since the Hot and not a lynching crime reported In Atlanta! The great ’Georgia dis grace’ has given the Atlanta women two weeks of safety from negro brutes and everiaatlng humilia tion and sorrow.” Well, here is nn editorial salmagundi from which . ... . ,h * students or public opinion in Georgia way gather The management of the fair have spared uo effort at I their own ideas. THE NEGRO IN NEW YORK. To the Editor of The Georgian: I have read with great Interest your .editorials on the race riot question. It Is a problem that affects my home city. New York, as mubh as It affects At lanta, for our "bad ntgger" lives on certain streets, and owing to race prej udice, the decent moral black man can not find rooms anywhere else, so his children must see the vice of the bad arrivals frtrm the Soum In the "black and tan" saloon, and we, like you. live on the verge ot an eruption of this volcano. We have had riots much like your sad experience of September 22. Why not advocate stlrplculture or castration of the bad man, black or white, who commits the crime? The punishment fits the crime. It seems that lynching has failed. Education without morality only makes the edu cated rascal more dangerous. Wash ington said: "Religion and morality are the Indispensable supports of our government. Our schools and our chiurches-must make religion a matter of practice every day In the week, and we must all, white or black, carry out the re ligious principles we hear propounded on the Sabbath. "We must be doers of the word ana not hearers only." Very truly yours, H. G. SCHNEIDER. City College Club, New York City, Oct. 10, 1906. JUSTICE AND FIRMNESS. To the Editor of The Georglanf I am Indebted to you for sample copies of your excellent pajier, and want to say that I heartily approve of your very conservative editorial ut terances on the subject ot tbe late racial disturbances In Atlanta.. What we very much need at this time of domestic unrest Is wisdom and Justice on part of all concerned, more par ticularly on the part of the press. When a paper prints the “blood and murder" letters front thoughtless persons, cal culated to Inflame the passions of Its readers, simply because these letters are commendatory of the policy of that particular paper as to the negro, U commits a great wrong. Let the guilty suffer,- but the effect of his punishment Is lost when the In nocent suffers equally with the guilty. Your defense of the Clarke University In Saturday's Issue, under the heading. "Justice to a Negro College," Is both gracious and manly, and every man with his heart In the right place will say amen. < • At tbl* time and always we South ern white men must be firm In dealing with the race question, but can wo be effectively firm unless we are Just? That's the question. J. Jt. NORMENT, Scottsboro, Ga„ Oct. 9, 1906. THE SECOND COMING OF CHRI8T. To\tlte Editor of The Georgian: It Is rather strange tjint a subject so prominent In the Scriptures as this one should be so completely Ignored by innny Bible students and teachers. Many who give It any attention at all hold quite erroneous views about It. There are five popular notions con cernlng out- Saviour’s return wholly un warranted, namely. 1. That death the believer amounts to Christ's com ing for him. 2. That Jesus come* to every believer the moment he accepts him, and that 1s all the coming re quired. 3. That His coming Is so re mote as to deprive us of any Interest In It. 4. That the descent of the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost con stituted Jesus' return. 6. That It dpcs not rclnte to salvation and, therefore, we need not concern ourselves about It. I wish to show the folly of these five propositions In their order. To main tain any one of them requires, the wresting of plain scripture. It is not Infrequent we hear the familiar text: Be ye also ready for In such an hour as ye think not the Son of Man cometh," applied ae an exhortation to be ready for death. Let us substitute the word death In some other paesagee. “For (Death) shall come In the glory of (Death's) father with (Death's) angels; then (Death) shall reward every man at-cordlng to Ills works." Matt. 16:27. "For (Death) shall descend from heaven with a shout." "Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them In the clouds to meet (Death) In the air, so shall we ever be with (Death.") These. 4:16-17. You see the absurdity of substituting the enemy death for the blessed Bon of Man. / As to the second error: To maintain that view Is to say that the Apostles Paul, Peter, John, James and Jude had never taken Christ as their 8a- lour; for each and every one of them rote of Christ’s coming as a future event. See Titus, 2:13. 2 Peter S: 13, 1 John 3:2-3, James 6:7-8. Jude l«th and 16th verses. The third erroneous view -is held al most universally by those to whom this "Blessed Hope" Is not a living reality. You would condemn me were 1 to set the time of Christ's return, but by what authority do you say It will not he In 1906, or even in your lifetime? No one can say when He will come, nor Indeed, may any say when He III NOT come. The fourth view is to deny the per sonality of the Holy Ghost. The refu tation of the second claim applies In this case. The Holy Ghost was an ether comforter, not the same one. Rend Acts 1:11. "This SAME Jesus which Is taken up from you Into heaven shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go Into heaven." Jesus ascended noiselessly In a cloud. The Holy Ghost came with "a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty Ind." Fifth, that U Is an unessential truth. On* text forever seltlea that point. [I scripture Is* given by inspiration . God. and Is profitable for doctrine. >r reproof, for correction, for Instruc tion In righteousness." 2 Timothy 3:16. This truth I* a purifying hope and a' source of comfort to those who Inward- reallxe and appreciate It. Bs pre sentation to unaaved people la awaken ing In Its effect. There Is nothing Satan had rather keep hidden than the Imminent coming f our lend Jesus Chrlat. Would you elcome Him today my Christian rrad- ? J. B. AHSISTRONG. Norwood, Ga. To the Editor of The Georgian: History and the people 'oTthe whole world reverence the Confederate sol diers, but it xeeyis that there la one side of the Confederate soldier which has not been properly understood and estimated, and it la to thla side that I direct this writing, namely, his human aide. As men they have been and are as full of frailties aa all men. As men. their faults are many; as soldiers, they were faultless. When, on the march or In camp, hla stomach was empty, he charged the first corn field, apple orchard or pig which came In sight, just aa good and laultlees soldiers should do. When he was Issued three days' ra. tlons, he did, or tried to, eat all the first day, as all faultless soldiers should do. When whisky was Issued to hint he drank It all, regardless of getting top heavy, and smackeu hla lips for more. Just aa all faultless soldiers should do. When applejack and old peach came In his way, he filled himself and his canteen, just as all faultless soldlera should do. When his feet became lacerated by the sharp granite In the pike, he took to the woods for a rest, just as an faultleas soldlera Should do. When the cold blasts of winter beat upon hla scanty garb, he fltat burnt up alt the fence rails at hand Before lie took to the woods, just aa all fault less soldiers should do. When he got his .pay, he gambled It all away, just as all faultless soldiers should do. It two of them fell out, they fought It out, Just as all faultless soldiers should do. In the rattle of the battle, 'mid the hissing of the shell, He charged In faultless phalanx and raised the rebel yell. He drove the Yanks before him with his faultless rifle, For the sights were set In Dixie, by his faultless headed sire. He was faultless. In the fashion of the gory battlefield, And left the plates to Dixie, engraven on his shield. He was faultless 1n his larder of stolen corn and pig, ’ When, In the hint of the battle, he mode the Yankee dig. He was faultless with his booxe, Of tanglefoot and brain, Where cannon made the thunder. And Mlnles passed for rain, He was faultless with his cards; A greasy poker desk; t Where canister was emptied. From cannon by the peck. He was faultless with hla cursli, Regardless ot their hue, Where swishing grape was music, And oaths were music, too. Regardless of his faults, — He fought them to a stand; In the tragedy of battle For home and Southern land. this Confederate soldier gave the Yanks a lot of trouble, and herein comes the honor to him. • He gave the Yanks trouble, whether he was drunk or sober, and lie was very .disorderly at the same time. We give him honor for this, and seems to me that he is entitled to give trouble. In fact. Trouble ought to be his name. If he did not give us trouble, he would belie his name and reputation, Trouble Is the honorable element In him, and we ought not to turn him out In the cold, or shun him, because he tries to give us a practical example of what made him famous the world over. I fall to tee how he can possibly In troduce himself to us In his true c< ’ unless he does It aslMr. Trouble. Nobody but Mr. Trouble could hare licked the Yanks. Mr. Meek, or Mr. Sheep, could not have done it, I am. sure. ' None of us likes trouble, perhaps, but this Mr. Trouble, is home-made, and to the manner born. In fact, we In vented him and hold the potent right In him against the world. . . . This Mr. Trouble was not baptised with water: he was baptised with lead and iron hall, passing through space - mile a second. _ , , Turn him out of home? Never! Drunk or sober, disorderly or orderly, the name of this Mr. Trouble Is a pass port to all homes where honor dwells or worth seeks a refuge. His name Is tHe pass word which admits on* Into the love of the hu man heart everywhere. Mr. Trouble, drunk or sober, hss his name embossed In gold and precious stones on the brightest page of the world.s history, and aa a. faultless sol dler. has no equal In history. Mr. Trouble, here 1* to you, with your faultless record of chickens, pigs, apples, corn, applejack, or old peach: cun* words, cards, drunk, sober or dli< orderly! A johNBON. Co. D, 2d S. C. V. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 10, 1906. SOME THOUGHT8 ON THE SAB BATH SCHOOL. „ To the Editor of The Georgian: Owing to the unprecedented Interest manifested In Sabbath school work, I beg space to present to your readers some thoughtfror consideration. 1 have no patience with the modern Idea of Sabbath schools, which re. Bards them as an annex, or adjunct to the church. But 1 do most heartily be- llve In the Sabbath school as a part of the church. From my understanding of the Bible I think the only Institution we have divine warrant for Is the church, believe in the church In a threefold- aspect. First, the church at worship or the attendance upon the preaching of the gospel; secondly, the church at study, or the Sabbath school; thirdly, the church at prayer, or the mid-week prayer service; not that either of the three elements should be eliminated or separated from either (service, but that In ench service they should be the distinctive, predominating feature of the service. In one of the best Sabbath schools it was ever my privilege to attend there were men and women who avail ed ertth God In prayer. The superin tendent of this Sabbath school once told me that he could not sleep after 2 o'clock at night, and that from that time until day he spent the time In prayer—calling each one by name, he took them on his arms of faith before t hss llirnna nf an>1 naL-oil’iha» llnil the throne of grace anti asked .that God for,Christ's soke would give each one the Influence of the Holy Spirit to en able them to rightly understand the word of God. I believe that was the secret of the success of that Sabbath school. I believe that to he the key to the successful accomplishment of the ob ject of the Sabbath school todny. As staled above, I believe the object of the Subbath school should he to study the word of God. Beginning with the child, It should be taught the Ho'y Scriptures "which are able to make It wise unto salvation.” From childhood and youth Into young man and young woman, It should he taught as the “Lamp unto their feet and the light unto their pathway, to -leanse their way," through tin ungodly world on through life until old age it Is the only source of comfort, which assures them that when we are "old and gray-head ed the Lord will not forsake us." Hav ing this knowledge, we ohould make, as the chief end of our lives, the preaching of thts gospel to every crea ture. Not only In our own land and country, but In every nation and king dom of this world, until the kingdoms of this world shall have become the kingdoms of Our Lord and His Christ. To itabbnth school workers and schol ars under whose notice these lines may come, 1 humbly commend this key unto you, and If my suggestion shall be an Incentive to any one to mage use of this gey or use It more effect ually and fervently, 1 shall feel amply repaltl. Plead the great and precious promises of God which arc yea and amen In Christ Jesus and your prob lems will solve themselves, but light of victory shall dawn upon your path. Seek and ye shall find. LEMUEL D. KING. Covington. Ga., Oct, 10, 190S. Cotton Fired by Engine. Special to The Georgian. Pelham, Ga.. Oct. 15.—Fifty bales of cotton came near being destroyed by flic Friday on the depot platform, which caught by n spark from a pass ing freight engine. The cotton be longed to the Everett Mercantile Com pany and was ready for shipment. The voluntary fire department turned out promptly anil saved tbe cotton and depot building. BOLD POLITICAL REFLECTIONS, To the Editor of The: Georgian: ) There, Js 'a trite saying about prophet’s not being without honor save In his own country, which we are ac customed to believe both because It la recorded In Holy Writ and also as a result of our own observations In this respect. At any rate, in the world of politl clans and statesmen the truth of the old adage goes; almost without excep tlon. From the Initiation of authentic history to our time a pigmy ruler has been credited with the life-work of a Bismarck, a Gladstone or a Blaine, Never In the world's history has the truth had such a striking example aa has been presented by the national Democracy In our own nation for flf, ten years past. Prior to that dims we had snjoyed the beneficial competition of two political parties, distinct In name and practice. YVe saw Repub licanlsm openly practicing and advo, eating the rule of the favored few— the educated, the rich, and, to apeak In general terms, the children of fortune: on the other hand. Democracy, aa its name Implies, holding up the banner ot (He will of the great majority, and their Interest*. Somehow, for some reason, we have witnessed in these fifteen years the unmistakable unloiFfof the on all paramount and vital IS suet. 1 Who was the tlret Democrat to warn us of this criminal union? Who was the first Democrat to Inform ue that our lenders were betraying ua? Was It Alton B. Parker? Waa it William J. Bryan? Nay; it waa no othar than a Georgia.farmer, lawyer and statesman, the Hon. Thomas K. Watson. Under the banner of Populism he as Us lead er was the target for the abuse ot both parties. Whenever his strength Iqoked ominous, the national Demo cratic convention adopted some ot hi* platform to palliate the ma*ae«. Verl- ly, there's anmathlng In a name, and ao the otd game goes on. YVere the people the Instigators of the recent Bryan demonstrations? Never In the wide world. The inter est* are playing with him, whether by hla own knowledge and consent or not. It matters not. The Interests know Watson. He la powerful; he is dan gerous. They know Bryan. He la light, popular and honest. Are we to witness the old game again In 19087 Suppose the next national Demo cratic ticket should be Watson and llearat, nr Hearat and Watson? What would be the result? Either of them are stauncher Democrats than Bryan. YValson's Populism and Hearet’s Amer. Icanlam are merely synonymous words for Democracy, which they aa leader* of the people have been forced to use. Watson is aa strong as Bryan In the West: Bryan has never dented It. He I* Infinitely stronger In the South; there has never been a day since 1890 that Thomas E. Watson, even under the banner of Populism, couldn't have won any office In the gift of the white voters of Georgia; everybody know* It. Does anybody suppose that Bryan Is aa strong In the Eaat a* Hearat? Hardly. Bryan will never live to occupy the while home. Watson or Hearat may. Why don't Georgia Democrat* take the lead ai this opportune time and see to It that Watson can realise hi* hoiie of rescuing the party „f the peo ple- and that he occupies the place In which the nation and the world need him? By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. New Y'ork, Oct. 15—The other dav. large number of auto supply me „ '* good judges of trade conditions, w?,?.? discussing the number of autos m.s In the year ending September 1 m? placed the figure at 85,000, of Vnro 16 000 were gasoline car*, known £ 1 taen 9 * d ca , r ''' ,? nd the ,am * numb, of "Independent cars. There about 3,000 8team and *riectrlo vel JJ There are persistent rumors f rom \ London that Richard Croker will civ! t up his residence in Ireland and retain to America. I am beginning to betlev. there Is some truth In them, and todij there Is still further news from CroksT The libel suit which lias been brought against a London magazine win V: settled on Wednesday in the court. The proprietors of tho magazine in formed CrokeFs lawyers that their at torneys will appear in court YVcdnei* day to make full and ample apolon for the libellous statements, and tu express their regrets for the publics- tion. Croker has agreed to accept the an„i. ogy, and not to take further proceed. Inga. The suit ♦will be dropped u Croker does not wish to punish the owners of the magazine for slander magnanimously consenting to accent apology. ' Smart New, Yorkers, religious and otherwise, are today rather startled over Dr. Parkhurst’s praise of .stand, ford YVhlte. It was quite the feature of the dedication of the new Madison , Avenue Presbyterian Church, designed / by the architect slain by Harry Thaw Some of the papers misquoted Dr Parkhurst, and I am going to record’ exactly what he said about White: "We cannot refrain from saying how deeply we lament the absence of on* to whose big heart and artistic Inspira tion the creation of this edifice i, primarily due. Standford White ha* Impressed himself In deep lines upon the regard of those of us with whom In the work he had moat closely asso ciated. "With all the many responsible un dertakings with which he was charged, It was to this church that he seemed particularly fond, and to make of it the Idol of his thought and effort seemed'.his desire. The present occa sion is a little less bright that he i> no lonrer with ua to share Its fruition, and to contemplate thts final outcomt of hla splendid genius.” “Bum,” the celebrated hospital dog, has again achieved fame. The best part about hla. latest adventure is that It Is true. YVfth an *«r almost torn off after a fight with another dot, ■■Bum," for fourteen years the pet of the Flower hospital, made for tbe emergency ward, climbed > upon an operating table and barked loudly for medical assistance. The atorv It vouched for by Daniel Falthy, th”or derly, and Dr. Ray, of the hospital staff. A separation has taken place between Mr. and Mrs. Powers Oouraud, and their friends are wondering whether legal proceedings will be begun In the near future. The cause ef the es trangements la another matter that Is not known. Returning to this country from a trip of several months abroad, she went to the home of har mother, Mra, Amy Croker-Aahe-Gtlllg Gour- aud, wife of Powers Gouraud's eldest orother, Jackson Oouraud, and her husband haa since . lived apart from her. 1 Gouraud's marriage to hts brother's stepdaughter brought about.a peculiar relationship. Hla sister-in-law became hla mother-in-law, GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. New York, Oct 15—Here are some of the visitor* in New York today: ATLANTA—J. R. Boyd, H. W, Brown, R, C. Clarke, S. C. Dobba, M. P. Greenfildd. J. R. Holliday, C. C. Nichols, YV.T'. R. Easons, G. J. Shipp, J. YVatson. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. OCTOBER 15. 1795—Frederick William IV of Fruaala born. Died January 2, lttl. 1854—Jamea Edward Qulgleir, Roman Cath olic* archbishop of Chicago, born. 1874—Prince Alfred of Edinburgh born. DM February 6, 1899. 1898— Dean Richmond foundered in Lake Erie; eighteen Urea loat, 1898—Emperor of Germany atarted on trip to the Holy I*and. , 1902—President Rooaevelt appointed a cam- minion to settle anthracite coal •trike. 1904—Frederick Augustus lit ascended the throne of Haxony. ‘^(TasTbyIibe.” By CURTI8 HIDDEN PAGE. There are two equal loTea, each pawloa* strong. And one doth still desire, and one deny. Strange war they wage, theac twain, their whole life long. • t For either both must lire, or both mu«t «>*• lore-denial prerall and bare hla will ires altre hi* brother, lore-desire: He aae*rii mint Uia uiumei, — ' lore-dealre would win, he flrat most kin. Then burn allre upon hla brother s i P7**- But though denial-be life, desire lie death. Spendthrift of life, I yield to death-de sire. . feel the burning of lore’s Indrawn bWJfc And know fate’* wlll-yet freely choc- the Are. Jd*y rtae.'llke Phoenix, deatblen. from flame. ALGERNON DAVENPORT. Helena, Ga., Uct. », I90S, The Atlanta Georgian Is On Sale Regularly at the Fol lowing Hotele and News Stand*. BUFFALO, N. Y.-Iroqn*i* Hotel, . BALTIMORE, MB.—The New Holla“4- Uelvlil.r* Hotel. BOSTON*. MAS.*.—B a r k * r lions*. Young’s Hotel, Summerset Hotel. CHICAGO. 1 LIJl.-Great Northern Hotel. 1*. O. New* Co., Palmer Hou** ; r~ H. Clark, 112 Dearborn St.; Auditorium Hotel. Joe Herron, Jackson and Dear born streets. CINCINNATI. 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