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I mm HMMHI THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1006. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES . F.L. SEELY rutusma imr met too* (Except Snodiy) By THE GEORGIAN CO., al25 W. Alabama St., Atlanta, Gx. .Entered at the Atlanta I'ostolflre aa second- claaa mail matter. suisatirriee itns. One Year.....' $4.50 Six Months 2.50 Three Monthx 1.25 By carrier, per week. . 10c Telephonea connecting all department,, Long dlatanee terminate. tbla time to mako It worthy ot the full and generous pat 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 hare made It what it la. SMITH & THOMPSON, Advertising Representatives for all territory outside of Georgia. CHICAGO OFFICE TRIBUNE BUILDING NEW YORK OFFICE POTTER BUILDING Dep«r II 4927 X It fa ritslrahl* that all communication* Intended for publication In THE GEORGIAN be limited to 400 words In length. It lelm- perstlve that they lie signed, aa an evidence or food rallh. though the namea will be withheld It requested. Rejected manuscripts will not he returned unleaa stamps ara sent for the purpose. The Georgian prints no unclean or objectionable ad vertising. Neither does it print whisky or sny liquor idvertisements. The Georgia Home at Jamestown. The decision of the Jamestown commission In choos ing the home of President Roosevelt's mother at Roswell aa the type of the Georgia building at Jameatown, la a moat tactful and admirable Idea. In the first place tble la a typical structure of the Old South. Its tall columns and simple front convey a very accurate reproduction of the standard homes of the wealthy and well-to-do Southerner of Archibald Bui loch's day. This venerable structure has been rendered Illustri ous by the International fame of the grandson of Archi bald Bulloeh, whose reputation la not dependent upon the lofty station that be occupies. It la no small consideration that thla structure re produced at Jameatown, will become immediately one ot 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 ot a brief and rapid transit through the grounds. From an advertising standpoint, which In thla material day l« never to be Ignored, the choice ot the Bulloch residence la a ten-itrlke for the commission ers and for the exhibition of the material, Industrial and romantic resources of Georgia. Measured In Its political significance, the choice ot thla building will be regarded throughout the republic aa a very tactful and beautiful tribute from the state of - Georgia to the great and strenuous president of the United States. It will apeak louder than word* the fact that however much men In the republic may differ upon po litical and economic views and questions, and whatever lines and variations may mark their Ideax upon general questions, that the South and Its empire state recognizes promptly and fully the sincerity, the courage and the pa triotism of the president ot the United States. And to aa a mark of fraternity and as a mark of good feeling, the Georgia building will bear a striking and popular significance at the great fair ot 1907. It la doubtless true that the eentiment which cir cles about this structure at Jameetown will upon a half dozen occasions whlc!\ may ariae during the exposition, gather about the Georgia exhibit some of the largest and moat Illustrious assemblies which will mark the centennial. Bo, that for a doxen reasons, The Georgian con gratulatee President W. N. Mitchell, of the commission, and hts friends and various workers who have hit upon thla happy Idea, and sincerely trusts they will be able to give It a speedy and effective realisation. Sam Jones Dead ! If the brief, startling message ot the morning wires be verified by later dispatches, Sam Jones, of Georgia, the moat famous evangelist of modern times, has been gathered swiftly and suddenly Into reward and rest. If It be true—and there are few possibilities ot mis take—the end has come aa 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 bla 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 la dismissed from present service and promoted to a higher and a nobler sphere. A brave man physically, Sam Jones was a brave man morally, and spiritually without tear. The prob lem of death bad faced him aa an imminent Issue more than once during the yetra of feeble health about him and we may be sure '.here were no coward tremors and no shrinking back when the death angel awooped with his sudden summons to the great tribunal where men must give account. And the great evangel bad small need to fear 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 hla faith to Christ. To strike and spare not was the motto with which he faced the tinner To help and rescue was the second motto which re deemed the fearless first. He was as swift to succor as he was to smite. He was as tender |n healing as he was terrible In arousement. And the terror of many an awak ened tinner had been softened In the tenderness of a penitent’s forgiven tears. And through terror and through conscience, through tenderness and tears, he had fought the Master's 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 multitudes which heard him, as they heard hts Master, gladly, he had Justified the commission which had bean 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 Its 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 heartfulneaa ot the thousands who had followed him through life, were crowned by the "well done" of the Elder Brother who held hla hand ai they walked through the last shadows to the light and beauty ot the Father's throne. OUR PLATFORM—The Georgian stands for Atlanta’s Owning its own gas and elec tric 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 rail ways can be aperated successfully 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 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 SOLDIERS “President of the Palmetto Regiment.” In a few light lines ot telegraphic comment It la an nounced from Washington that the Hon. John J. Martin, tf of Atlanta, beeomsa by promotion the president ot the survivors ot ths Palmetto regiment. To the student ot history, and to the lovers of the heoric, this casual mention records a compllmonj of which any man In the American republic might welt be proud. Readers of The Georlgan will remember that the Pal metto regiment hai held for many years. In the best tra ditions of the Bouth, a position of prestige which has made it akin to the Tenth regiment of Caesar, or ot 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 wss kept alive In the hearts ot the people by the thrilling stories of Its establishment and of Us record lit Mexico. The ranks ot the famous organisation have thinned to slender num bers and to the bent forms ot a few old and venerable men. bat tbe vital history of this splendid company ot gal lants who fought In Mexico and won for each of them an Immortality and repute, will continue to wrap around lla name and history the glamor ot the beat heroism and tbe best fidelity to the earlier years of the republic. We congratulate Judge Martin and bis family upon tbe distinct honor which has' come to crown his later and declining years. . The Fair and Its Merits. • The state fair now In full blast In Atlanta la drawing its usual stream ot Interested Georgians from the city and from tbe state and la offering a rich reward In Inter est and attractions to all w ho attend It. The city la rich In havUlK aa a heritage of our great International exposition a park and equipment so well adapted to a display of this kind, and In spite of the un timely nip ot early winter, the people are everywhere demonstrating their keen concern not ouly In the attnfe- tlons afforded by an enterprising management, but by the ever-increasing scope and selectness of the exhibit uf the resources and riches of the state. Tbe management of the fair have spared no effort at Some Pungent Comments From Geor gia Editors. Rely upon these clear-headed and frank spoken men of the Georgia press to hit the core ot a vital question from the various standpoints In which they view It. Here, tor Instance, comes The Waycross Herald with the paragraph: "Disfranchise Hie negro, take whisky away from him, relieve him of that ‘plstorlcal’ In hla hip pocket, and give him a Job. Theso are a few steps In the direction of saving our colored friend and brother from himself." To which The Fitzgerald Leader promptly replies: ' Good advice; but The Leader would add, after he has completed hts work, pay him In cold cash what you agreed to." And to thla The Herald makes thla snappy re joinder: ' "The negro has usually received full pay and prompt pay for work. The trouble now la that pay for two days' work enables blm to be Idle for a week and he rarely falls to take aifcrantage of the situa tion. It Is more work and leas pay that he needs.” And here, from a negro paper. The News, at Way- cross, comes this startling confession; : ‘it Is surprisingly strange to ui 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 say the least." And upon this the sprightly Herald again makes a pungent comment: "The Herald Is not Informed as to tbe occasion which has called forth a criticism from Editor Ponder reflecting upon a portion at least of the priesthood of Ills race, but we do not doubt that he has good rea sons for so doing. At any rale this paragraph, from a colored editor, opens up a wide field for comment, discussion and Investigation, and tbe question might be resolved Into these few words, 'what are the col ored ministers doing for tbe 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 advisers. What indeed are these colored preachers doing? It Is a matter which the whites have been recently thinking of and investigating to some ex tent, and It Is a matter which vitally Interests the colored race. If their clergy Is rotten, then Indeed are they In a sorry plight.” The Waynesboro True Citizen, looking at the ultra- zeriona side of the situation, notea the following signifi cant facta;: "In Georgia the whites sre more than 150,000 In excesa 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, via: South Carolina and Mississippi, and that amounts to so little that the whites absolutely control govern ment, and negro ofllce holders sre unknown. There fore. with the evident superiority of the whites. In a race clash tbe negro would be sure to go down.” And In a half sarcastic vein The True Citizen tends to the "willing waiters” and the "dally deplorers" of At lanta the following message: "Two weeks since the riot and not a lynching crime reported In Atlanta! The great 'Georgia dl£ grace' has given the Atlanta women two weeks of safety from negro brutes and everlasting humilia tion and sorrow.” Well, here Is an editorial salmagundi from which the students of public oplnlou In Georgia may gather 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. Is a problem that affects my home city. New York, as much as It affects At lanta. for our "bad nigger" lives on certain streets, and owing to race prej udice. the decent moral black man can not And rooms anywhere else, so his children must see the vice ot the bad arrivals from the South 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 teems 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 churches must make religion a matter of practice every day In the week, end 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 and not hearers only.” Very truly yours, H. G. SCHNEIDER. City College Club, New York City, Oct. 10, 1«0«. JUSTICE AND FIRMNE8S. To the Editor of The Georgian:. am Indebted to you for sample copies of your excellent paper, and want to say that I heartily approve of your very conservative editorial ut terances on the subject ot the late racial disturbances In Atlanta. What we very much need at this time of domestic unrest Is wisdom and justice part of all concerned, more par ticularly on the part of the press. When a paper prints the "blood and murder" letters from thoughtless persons, cal culated to Influme the passions of Its readers, simply because these letters are commendatory of the policy of that particular paper as to the negro, It commits a great wrong. • Let the guilty suffer, but the effect of Ills 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 Ills heart In the right place tvlll say amen. At this time and always we South ern white men mult be Arm In dealing with the race question, but can we be effectively Arm unless we are just? That’s the question. J. H. NORMENT, Scottsboro, Ga., Oct. 9, 1906. THE 8ECOND COMING OF CHRIST. To the Editor of The Georgian: It Is rather strange that a subject so prominent In the Scriptures as this one Is, should be so completely Ignored by many Bible students and teachers. Many who give It any attention at all hold quite erroneous views about It. There are five popular notions con cerning our Saviour's return wholly un warranted, namely. 1. That death to the believer amounts to Christ's com ing for him. 2. That Jesus comes fo every believer the moment he accepts him, and that Is all ths coming re quired. 3. That llle 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. 5. That It does not relate to salvation and, therefore, we need not concern ourselves about It. I wish to show the folly of these flve propositions In their order. To main tain any one of them requires the wresting of plain scripture. It Is not Infrequent we healths familiar text: "Be ye also ready for In such an hour us ye think not the Son of Man cometh." applied as an exhortation to be ready for death. Let us substitute the word death In some other passages. "For (Death) shall come In the glory of (Death's) father with (Death's) angels; then (Death) shall reward every man according to hts 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 lie with (Death. -1 ) Thess. 4:16-17. You see the absurdity of substituting the enemy death for the blessed Son of Man. Ae 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 8n- vlour; for each and every one of them wrote of Christ's coming as a. future event. See Titus. 2:13. 3 Peter S:12, 1 John 3:2-3, James 5:7-8. Jude 14th and 16th verses. The third erroneous view I* held al most universally by those to whom this "Blessed Hope" Is not a living reality. You would condemn me were I to eel the time of Christ’s return, but by what authority do you soj- It will not be In 1906, or even In your lifetime? No one can say when He will come, nor Indeed, may any say when He will NOT come. The fourth view Is to deny the per sonality of the Holy Ghost. The refu tation of the second claim applies In ghls case. The Holy Ghoet was an- To the Editor of The Georgian: History and the people of the whole world reverence the Confederate sol diers, but It seems that there Is one side of the Confederate soldier which hae not been properly understood and estimated, and It Is to this side that I direct this writing, namely, his human side. As men they have been and are as full ot frailties as ull men. As men. their faults are many; aa soldiers, they were faultless. When, on the march or In camp, hla stomach was empty, he charged the flrst corn fleld, apple orchard or pig which came In sight, just as good and faultless soldiers should do. When he was Issued three days' ra, tlons, he did, or tried to, eat all the flrst day, as all faultless soldiers should do. When whisky was Issued to him he drank If all, regardless of getting top heavy, and smacked his lips for more, just as all faultless soldiers should do. When applejack and old peach came In his way, he filled himself and his canteen, just as alt faultless soldiers should do. When his feet became lacerated by the sharp granite In the pike, he took to the woods for a rest, just as all faultless soldiers should do. When'the cold blasts o( wlnte upon his scanty garb, he flrst burnt up all the fence rails at band before he took to the woods, just as 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 faultiest soldiers should do. In the rattle of the battle, ’mid the hissing ot the ehetl, 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 hts faultless headed sire. - He was faultless In ths fashion of the gory battlefield, And left the plates to Dixie, engraven oa Ills shield. He was faultless In his larder of stolen corn and pig, When, in the heat of the battle, he made the Yankee dig. A He was faultless with his booze. Of tanglefoot and brain, Where cannon made the thunder. And Mlnles passed for rain, He was faultless with his cards; A greasy poker desk; Whero canister was emptied. From cannon by the peck. He was faultless with his cursls, Regardless of 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 gtve the Yanks a lot ot trouble, and herein comes the honor to him. He gave the Yanks trouble, whether he was drunk or sober, and he 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 lie did not give us trouble, would belle hie 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 gtve us a practical example of what made him famous tbs world over. I fall to see how he can possibly in troduce himself to us In his true colors, unless he does It as Mr. Trouble. Nobody but Mr. Trouble could have 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 bsptlxed with water: he was baptized with lead and Iron hall, passing through space a mile a second. \ .. Turn him out of home? Never! Drunk or sober, disorderly or orderly, the name of this Mr. Trouble Is • pass port to all homes where honor dwells or worth seeks a refuge. Hla name Is the pass word which admits one Into the love of the hu man heart everywhere. Mr. Trouble, drunk or aoberf baa hla name embossed In gold and precious stones on the brightest page of ths world.s history, and aa a faultless sol dier. has no equal In history. •Mr. Trouble, here Is to you. with your faultless record of chickens, pip, apples, corn, applejack, or old peach; cuss words, cards, drunk, sober or dle- orderty! JOHNSON. Co. D, 2d S. C. V. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 10. 1906. SOME THOUGHTS ON THE SAB BATH SCHOOL. To tho Editor of The Georgian: Owing to the unprecedented Interest manifested In Sabbath school work, I beg space to present to your readers somo thoughts for consideration. 1 have no patience with'the modern Idea of Sabbath schools, which ro- gards them ae an annex, or adjunct to the church. But I 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, tho church at prayer, or the mid-week prayer service: not that either of the three elements should be eliminated or separated from either aervlce, but that In each aervlce 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 with God In prayer. The superin tendent of this Sabbath school once told me that he could not sleep after 2 o’clock at night, und that from that lime until day he spent the time In prayer—calling each one by name, he took them on hla arms of faith before the throne of grace and asked that God for Christ's sake would give each one ether comforter, not the same one. Read Acts 1:11. "This SAME Jesus which Is taken up front 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 mlghty wfnd." ... Fifth, that It Is an unessential truth. One text forever settles that point. "AM scripture Is given by Inspiration of God, and Is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for Instruc tion In righteousness." 2 Timothy 3:16. This truth Is a purifying hope and a source of comfort to those who Inward ly realise and appreciate It. Its pre sentation to unsaved people Is awaken- ig In Its effect. There* Is nothing Satan had rather able them to rightly understand the word of God. I believe that was the secret of the success of that 8abbath school. I believe that to be the key to the successful accomplishment of the ob ject ot tbe Sabbath school today, stated above, I believe the object ot tho Sabbath school should be to study the word of God. Beginning with the child, It should be taught the Ilo'y Scriptures "which are able to make It wise unto salvation.” From childhood and youth Into young man and young soman, It should be taught ns ths "Lamp unto their feet and the light unto their pathway, to -dennse their way,” through on 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 should make, ns the chief end of our lives, the preaching of this 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 nr this world shall have become the kingdoms of Our Lord and His Christ To Sabbath school workers and schol ars under whose notice these lines tnny come, I humbly commend this key unto you, and it tny suggestion shall be an Incentive to any one to make use of this key or use It more effect ually and fervently, I shall feel amply repald. Plead the great and precious promises of God which are yen and amen In Christ Jesus snd your prob lems will solve themselves, but light of victory shall dawn upon your path. Seek and ye ahalt And. LEMUEL D. KING. Covington. Ga.. Oct. in, 1906. / Cotton Fired by Engine. Special to The Georgian. Pelham. Ga., Oct. 15.—Fifty bates of cotton cante near being destroyed by tire Friday on the depot platform, which caught by a spark from a past* ..... ... ... . . *ng freight engine. The cotton be- keep hidden than the lmmlnent coming, longed to the Everett Mercantile Cont- eady for shipment. The - -p .bustrovo , ,.iluntary (Ire department turned out j. u. | promptly an«! saved the cotton and of our Lord J*su* * >*”* puny and was ready for shipment. The welcome Him today_my * Jrj*tfan rsad- voluntary ftr*> department turned out ? J. B. ARMSTRONG. I promptly and Norwood* Ga. depot building. BOLD POLITICAL REFLECTIONS. To the Editor of The Georgian: There Is,a trite saying about I prophet's not being without honor save In his own country, which we are ac customed to believe both because it Is recorded In Holy Writ and also ss a result of our own observations In this respect. At any rate. In the world ot polltl clans and statesmen the truth of the old adage goes, almost without excep tlon. ' From the Initiation of nuthentlc 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 as has been presented by the national Democracy In bur own nation for flf- ten years past. Prior to that time ws had enjoyed the beneficial competition of two political parties, distinct In name and practice. Wi saw Repub llcanlsm 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 of the will ot the great majority, and their Interests. Somehow, for some reason, we have ,wltnesaed In these fifteen years the unmistakable union of the two on all paramount and vital Is sues. Who was the flrst Democrat to warn us of this criminal union? Who was the first Democrat to Inform us that our leaders were betraying ua? Was It Alton B. Partter? Was It William J. Bryan? Nay: It waa no other than a Georgia farmer, lawyer and statesman, tha Hon. Thomas E. Watson. Under the banner of Populism he as Its lead er was the target for the abuse of both parties. Whenever his strength looked ominous, the national Demo cratic convention adopted some of his platform to palliate the masses. Veri ly, there's something In a name, and so the old game goes on. Were the people the Instigators of the recent Bryan demonstrations? Never in the wide world. The Inter ests are playing with him. whether by his own knowledge and consent or not. It matters not. The interests know Watson. He Is powerful; he Is dan gerous. They know Bryan. He Is light, popular and honest. Are we to witness the old game again In 1909? Suppose the next national Demo, cratlc ticket should he Watson and Hearst, or Hearst and Watson? What would be the result? Either of them are stauncher Democrats than Bryan. Watson's Populism and Hearst's Amer. Icanlsm are merely synonymous words for Democracy, which they as leaders of the people have been forced to use. Watson Is as strong as Bryan In the West; Bryan has never denied it. He Is Infinitely stronger In the South; there ha* never been a day since 1990 that Thomas B. Watson, even under the banner ot Populism, couldn't have won sny office In the gift of the white voters of Georgia; everybody know. It. Does anybody suppose that Bryan Is ss strong In the East as Hearst? HardbL Bryan will never live to occupy th» white house. Watson or Hearst may. Why don't Georgia Democrats take the lead at thla opportune time and sec to It that Wataon can realise his hope of rescuing the party of the peo ple- and that he occupies the place In which the nation and the world need him? Algernon davenport Helena, Ua, Oct. 9, lfo*. » I GOSSIP! By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER, New York, Oct. 15—The other day a large number of auto supply ' * good Judges of trade conditions who. discussing the number of autos In the year ending September 1 tone placed the figure at 35,000, of 'which 16.000 were gasoline cars, known*, "licensed" cars, and the same number of "Independent" cars. There m. about 3,000 eteam and electric v»hi -tes. “ There are persistent rumors from London that Richard Croker will r iv« up hl.s residence In Ireland and return to America. I am beginning to beller* there is some truth in them, and today there Is still further news from Croker The libel suit which has been brought against a London magazine will h„ settled on Wednesday In the courts The proprietors ot the magazine formed Croker'a lawyers that their at torneya will appear In court Wednei- day to make full and ample apology for the libellous statements, and to express their regrets for the publica tion, Croker has agreed to accept the apol. ogy, and not to take further proceed- Ings. The suit will be dropped as Croker does not wish to punish'tbs 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 Btand- ford White. It was quite the feature of the dedication of tbe new Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, dealgned 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 one to whose big heart and artistic Inspira tion the creation of this edifice is primarily due. Stkttdford White has mpressed himself in deep lines upon the regard of those of us with whom In the work he had most 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 bla desire. The present occa sion Is a little less bright that he Is . to longer with us to share Its fruition. ' ind to contemplate this final outcome ot hie splendid genius." "Bure," the celebrated hospital dor, has again achieved fame. The best part a bo t bis. latest adventure Is that t Is true. With an ear almost torn off after a fight with another dog, "Bum,", for fourteen years the pet of .the Flower hoepltsl, made for the emergency' ward, climbed upon an operating table and barked loudly tor medical assistance. The story Is vouched for by Daniel Falthy, .the or derly, and Dr. Ray, of the hospital staff. A separation baa taken place between Mr. and Mrs. Powers Gouraud. and their friends ara wondering whether roceedlngs will be begun In the _uture. The cauee ef the es trangements Is another matter that ts not known. Returning to this country from a trip of several months abroad, aha went to the home of her mother, Mrs. Amy Croker-Ashe-GIlllg Gour-; aud, wife of Power* Gouraud's eldest brother, Jackson Gouraud, and her husband lias since lived apart from her. Gouraud’s marriage to his brother's stepdaughter brought about n. peculiar relationship. His sister-in-law became his mother-ln-law. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. New York, Oct 15.—Here are some of the vleltors In New York today: ATLANTA—J. H. Boyd, H. W, Brown, R. C. Clarke, S. C. Dobbs. M. Greenfield, J. R. Holliday, C. C. Nichols, W. T. R. Easons; G. J. Shipp. J. Watson. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. OCTOBER 1$. 1795—Frederick William IV of Prault bom. Died Jsoaary 2. INI. 1154—James Edward Quigley. Roman Cath- ollce archbishop of Chicago, horn. 1974—Prince Alfred of Edinburgh bora. Died February 6, 1(99. lVX-Dean Richmond foundered In Lake Erie; eighteen lives lost. 1999—Emperor of Germany started ox trip to the Holy land. 1902—President Roosevelt appointed a com- throie ot haxony. “SO AS BY FIRE.” By CURTIS HIDDEN PAGE. There ere two equal loves, each passion- strong, Aud one doth still desire, snd one deny. Strange war they wnge, these twain, their whole life long. For either both must live, or both must dls. If love-detire would win, be'flrtt must kill. Then burn litre upon hts brother’s pjrr. But thnuxh dentil be life, desire be dram. Spendthrift of life, 1 yield to death-de sire. ., 1 feel the bumlux of love’a ludrawa breath. And know Fate'x will-jet freely choose the fire. Some slugle perfect love, burned pure of shame. May rise, like Phoenix, deatblels, from the flame. The Atlanta Georgian Is On Salt Regularly at thx Fol lowing Hotclx and Nawa Standa. BUFFALO, V. Y.—Iroquois Hotel. BALTIMORE. MI).—Tbe New lloIlauJ, llelvldere lintel. BOSTON. MASK —R a r k e r Home, Young's Hotel. Summerset Hotel. CHICAGO. ILI.IL—G real Northern Hotel. I*. O. News Cs„ Palmer House, f. It. Clark. 112 Dearborn 8).; Auditorium Hotel. Joe Herron, Jackson end Dear born streets. CINCINNATI. OH 10.-Gibson House. Grand Hotel. Palace Hotel. DENVER, COLO.—J, Black. H. H. Smith. INDIANAPOLIS, IND.—English Hou«e. Grand llord. NEW YORK, X. Y.—Hotel Astor, Ho tel Imperial. OMAHA. NEBIt.—Megesth Sla. Co. SAX DIEGO. CAL—B R. Amos. ST. PAUL MIX.V.-N. ~t. Merle, 9S E. Fifth street. SEATTLE. WASH.—A. M. Kay. , ST. Mll'IS. Mil.—Hotel Laclede. Koci:li ern Hotel. Planters Hotel. TOLEDO. OHIO.—Jefferson Hotel. TORONTO. CAN.—King Edward Hot.- . WASHINGTON. D. C.-llolel'Will-Mil. McKinney House, luielgb llonso.