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THJkl ATLANTA GiiOKUiAN. MUMiAV, UClOUhli li, \j. Isons of fatherland CELEBRATE GERMAN DAY AT STATE FAIR [Vice President of Atlanta Germans' Talks of Patriotism. The following 1* the address of Er- ,,t C. Konti, delivered at the German ils ce iebratlon at the atate fair Mon day afternoon: If there be one In thla assemblage not In sympathy with American Insti tutions, he Is not In harmony with the iplrlt of this occasion. AS he loves his sire, so does the Ger man love the Fatherland, but os he loves the wife of his bosom, so does he dins to the land of his adoption. The association, unaer whose au- Hdces wo are here gathered together, hid its origin In a call for all Germans Lind descendants of Germans to meet lo refute and to denounce certain base ilinders that have been circulated In Europe and In other sections of this country concerning the South. There Is In the German-Amerlcan Society no bias of religion, no* cf poli tics, beyond the urgent recommenda tion that all citizens Intelligently in terest themselves In public affairs, and that Germans not naturalized qualify themselves to participate, as Individ uals, with their fellow citizens, for the idrancement of the best Interests of the commonwealth. As New England celebrates the land ing of the Pilgrims, so do Germans and their descendants all over this conti nent commemorate with rejoicing the landing on October C, 1683, of the first German emigrants on American soil. The Concord ftas the German May doner. It brought about 40 souls. A the last census 10,484,980 of an entire white population of the United States amounting to 66,800,196, or about 1-6, was German or of German descent— truly an aggregate to be reckoned with. First German Settlers. Lest there be some who from these figures may fear these Germans In a political way, It may be mentioned that they first settled In Pennsylvania at Germantown, which was chartered In 1491, but that Its Incorporation was dissolved soon after because no one of them would hold office. And while It must be admitted that some of their descendants, both In Pennsylvania ami elsewhere, have been known to become Infected by the contagious atmosphere of this, "the land of the free and the home of the brave," the German people ns tuch prefer the peaceful pursuits of private life to the limelight of public ■tttlon. That they are peaceable and Indus trlous Is best attested by the fact that Germany, only little more than four times the size of Georgia and 60,000 square miles less In area than the state of Texas, supports a happy and prosperous population of 60,000,000 peo. He. When they come to us they make permanent citizens; they make good neighbors and good friends. They come not as the ancient Mohamedon offer ing the Koran or the sword, but as Ruth to Naomi, so to America they sty: "Thy people shall be my people end thy God my God." They nowhere ask the breaking down of local laws or Institutions; but only an opportunity for the education of their children, and an equal chance In the pursuit of happiness: and I may also add, without fear of successful contradiction, that those states con taining the greatest number of them «»ve in the past century made great- *at progress both In educational and •material resources. American Germans, u *o while American Germans eel- abrate October 6, and while all may lakf pride In the part which the Ger mans of North Carolina took in In spiring the declaration known aa the ■acklenburg Declaration of Independ ence, which was signed at Charlotte, *«5 -0, 1776, more than a year before declaration of Philadelphia, we of worgia should hold In highest honor IM 11th day of March, 1734, when the Jmrlsbmg (our Georgian German Mayflower") landed with the Saltsy- Purgers at Savannah; and those Amer- , 1 * n * "'ho still have any question as to loyalty of Germans, past, present »r future, should read the declaration S*. , during the revolution by the Mltibuiger, at Ebenezer. 8a!d they: . *!* have experienced the evils of In qur native country: for the Mke of liberty we have left home, houses, estates, and have taken wuge In the wilds of Georgia; shall * »»w again submit to bondage? No, GcnLj! - 1 0t ’" Bismarck said: "We Dr. Charles A. Hex- amer Delivers Address. GERMAN MUSIC SUNG /BY GREAT AUDIENCE A Remarkable Silk Drop Skirt* at $5.00 Prizes Awarded to Winners in Live Stock Show. “Poultry Day.”' Monday, German Day, opened one of the most importaffi, anil what promises to be one of the most successful weeks' in point of attendance, the Georgia State Fair Association has ever en joyed. The most important featurs of Monday's program was the address of Dr. Charles J. Hexamer, of Philadel phia, on the betterment of the South. The exercises began In the audl-, torlum at 2 o'clock, and every seat in the big hall was occupied when the well known Gcrman-Amerlcan leader began hla address. Dr. Hexamer has the distinction of being the president of the allied German societies in the United States. He Is & thorough scholar and Is regarded as authority on German-Amerlcan and socialistic matters. , By noon the crowd had almost equal* cl that of Saturday, and the peo ple were crowding in all the exhibit buildings. The grounds,were thronged with sight-seers, and the attractions on the midway are doing the best busi ness since the fair opened. A holiday atmosphere pervades everything and the crowd is a good-natured one. Atlanta Gesellschaft. Governor Terrell, Mayor Woodward, Alex Smith, president of the Fair.As sociation, and other well known speak ers, welcomed the visitors to the state.' city and the fair. The exercises were tinder the direction of the Atlanta Gesellschaft, a well known patriotic so ciety, which has accomplished a great, deal for the German-Amerlcans of the South. Another feature of the program was The most positive value we’ve ever seen, in a silk drop skirt or petticoat—call it by either name, for it’s designed to carry out either service to the fullest. Guaranteed taffeta, even to the under dust ruffle where cotton is the rule. Taffeta of a good heavy quality, made full aud liberal with a 15-inch hem stitched flounce fulled on. Two hundred of these crisp and rustling, by this very morning’s express. Wine Shades Garnet Navy Golden Brown Dark Green Maroon Dark Brown Tans • / Dark Grey Pearl-Grey In short all the shades that are new. A Full 6.50 Value Changeable Blue with Black Lavender with White Pink with Black Red with Black And several other two-tone combi nations. Second Floor—In the Ready-to- Wear Department, —I^atid he only who'knows !"* “yuan character aa Bismarck •* knows how irrevocable their •termination, nnd what a world of S™? 1 "* »•«» In their word., "We will t- home twenty-seven or more Mo. • ' an "' 11 very small proportion, did conscience sake refuse to lake up h „'"' an an requiring greater moral 1?®!*"' lh an that which bares tho '" the blasts of war: but as a *" '°yal were the Germans to the ”„‘ h »t when In 1777 the llrst naiitiition of Georgia wae adopted. It •" John Adam Treutlen, one of the pi.' n " l)f the Saltxburger church at SO*?' , who was elected first gov- I.'h« republic of Georgia, and h. ih* ""'able fact that so popular was Ron i, he <l* f *»ted for that office the >lzn., lll ,"'? n Gwinnett, one of the i ,‘ r , uf the Declaration of Independ- I th.mt'.u*? ,h “ fl.ty, the humility and tlVM of of ,h £** earl)’ representa- th, , „ ‘ hl > peoplh. that John Wesley, '" un <l*r „f the Methodist church. Amine met th,m on hU voyage to found .L'I , », a/ ? l !* lon * ry ' “ ,d th,t h * M tm u he had never been convert- Uui. i a? eame under the sphere of benign Influence. On Georgia Soil. .oJ:, 8altI burgers established on ' , iDhai,c* , ’ ll ., wt, at was perhaps the first •Inetfc ,i nd widows' home on the eon- iSu,!!!' 'bey bum first for their or- afur. A. lh »rc worshiped until able erect their church. •tei,,.. ““‘“biding were they that for years k,.i "The Plaint," and other well airs, and the choruses were a the entire audience and a was the awarding of ribbons prizes to the live stock exhibit. Spann, of Dallas, Texas, one of the largest cattle breeders of the West, tvho was' judge at St. Louis, Buffalo nnd other expositions, was one of the Judges at the Georgia State Fair. He said that 4he entire live stock ex hibit was one of the best he has ever seen, as far os quality was concerned. He will "be assisted. by W. Gettys, of Athene, Tenn.. and J. J. Richardson, of Davenport, Iowa. AH are well known cattle breeders and thoroughly competent to award the prizes. Tuesday win be Poultry Day, and one of the best exhibits of chickens, ducks, turkeys, guineas nnd other fowls that has ever been collected un der one roof. Many of the largest poultry fanciers of the South have made entries of prize poultry, and as tills Industry has been given a great deal of attention by the agriculturists of thla state especially. It Is expected to prove quite a drawing card. A "Chicken Dressing Contest" ha* also been arranged to take place in rns of the grand stands Tuesday. One en trant Is responsible for the statement that he could dress two chickens ready for the oven within one minute and thirty seconds. Other entries have been made for this contest. of by Cl han uberl in-J lo hhson-1 D U Bose Co. ie t : BEQUEATHS HIS SKULL 10 MEDICAUOLLEG Tourists in Switzerland Horrified by Discovery of Leprosy. their fetv controversies were deter mined by the pastor and the elders of • • * the supe the church, and afterwards rlor court of Effingham county, while that county was dominated by them, with a territory of some 30 miles front on the Savannah and 16 miles depth, with Its population running well Ipto the thousands, never had business enough during any term to require a sitting of more than two days. There Is no American truly, but the red man, and naught but prejudice and Ignorance combined proscribes any man merely becauso he or his ances tors come from beyond the seas, for this Is common to all, and there can be no just test upon this continent but the American spirit, and personal loy ally to Its best traditions. Lessing has well said, "Know this, that every country can produce good men," and so while not claiming the pre-eminence over our brethren today of the English, the Irish, the Dutch, the Scandinavian or other like stock, we would on this festal ocacslon em phasize that we yield to none, as, with wtrlots North, patriots South, iiatilois Bast and patriots West, we sing: Sly country 'tls of thee, sweet land of ilberty, "f thee I sing: Land where my father died, land of the Pilgrim's (andefhe German’s) pride, from every mountain side, let freedom ring." Germans love flowers, they cultivate music, and one of their great writers but expressed the sentiment of his race when he said that "Nature meant woman to be her maeterplece." Germans have freely offered up toelr I'ves on every battlefield of the na tion: with modesty but powerfully they have wrought In every sphere that has contributed to Its growth and ad vancement. . . Then hold high your heads, ye sons and daughters of the land of Guten berg, of Luther, of Wagner, of Ooethe. of Von Moltke, of Koon, and of Bis marck: rejoice that y# ore of that Teu- tonic blood that has ever been In the vanguard of every movement for the advancement of the civilization of the world and here under these sunny flkles, resolve, each for nluiMlf* that the escutcheon of n noble anwflry shall remain bright forever, and that you will plant not the banner of your father., but those qoallllcz which have - - of a great people, been the heritage - _ . , upon the battlements of still more fto Jears they had no courts, but rlotis achievement. By RAOUL DE SAINT RENE. (Copyright, 1906, by Hearst News Service.) Paris, Oct. 16.—Befofe long Paris will be the easiest city in the world In which to find one's way about. The place Is becoming placarded with maps. The Metropolitan Railway Company was the first to paste large maps with the plans of all their roads and the station clearly marked, on the wall, of all thalr station platforms. In addl lion to this they isaue a little guldo telling exactly what route to take and what station to get out at to go to every street In town. Now the cab companies are provid ing their vehicles with small maps on which the distance Is marked from railway stations to certain points of Interest or Importance. For instance, from the Bare St. Lazare to the opera Is 800 metres, to the Bourse, 1,400, to the Etotle, 2,100, etc. The Gare du Nord Is used as another center for measurement of distances, and ao on with all the railroad stations. In this manner a person taking a cab can cal culate the distance he will have to go, and about how much hi* fare should come to. Signor Caruso, the celebrated tenor, has been entertaining friends with an ecdotes of his life. In the states, and among the stories It .one about hla at tempts at ventriloquism. One day when he wanted to astonish some friends' with his powers, and that they happened to be walking along a country road, he stopped under a tree and asked, "Are you there?" Just as he was getting ready to give the an awer of an Imaginary person In the branches, a small voice came front above, "Yes, I am, hut don’t tell my father or I’ll get a licking." At the last sitting of the correctional court the other day a prisoner was presented who hau three enormous holes In his skull. The unfortunate man had three times been trepanrted, and had submitted to fifteen other surgical operations. The man's name Is Laudon, and at the request of sev eral celebrated members of the Acad emy of Medicine he had .bequeathed tils skull to that Institution. Tourists In Switzerland have been suddenly hor. lfled by the discover)’ that leprosy haul nourished In a little village in the Alpe, which has been frequently visited by mountain-climbers, and that the Swiss authorities knew nothing about It. The‘terrifying fact was dis covered through a conscript presenting himself for military service the other day, who was discovered to be suffer ing from leprosy. He declared that many other people In hi*' tillage suf fered the same way. The village which harbors this scourge is called Outlet and Is about two hours distant from the railway station of Lousche. In the Haut-Valass. So much Indignation has been ex pressed by tourlste at the risks which the authorities nave permitted them to Incur through negligence In controlling the hygienic statue of Outlet, that at once the famous Professor Jadassohn, the great skin specialist of Berne, was sent to Investigate. He discovered that among the 260 Inhabitants of Guttet five were In a very' advanced, stage of the malady (one has since died) and numerous others showed suspicious symptoms. The lepers have been temporarily Isolated In a few huta In the midst of the extensive grastng grounds between Galin and Torrentalp, until proper pro vision can be made for their care. The hotel-keepers of the neighbor hood are furious at the discovery, as It will ruin their trade. Among the country people the disease was known to have existed In certain families In Guttet for several generations. The'Amsrlcan colooy at Pau Is In a great state of excitement over the re port that the czar will visit Biarritz next month, and that fashionable au tumn resort Is likely to find Itself in vaded by the American population of Pau. The success attained by Mrs. Car- roll, the Duchess of Manchester, the Duchess of Marlborough, and other American leaden of European society, at Biarritz, when King Edward VII was there, ha* Inspired the fair daughters to see what they can do with tho autocrat of Russia. The czar him •elf Is less accessible than the King of England, but there are soms nobles his suite who are well worth glance, and the gowns which the rue de a Palx modistes are turning out, in hot haute, in preparation for this cam paign will make even the Russian princes, used as they are to luxurious toilettes, stare. Extraordinary Incidents are develop. Ing In the course of the t'otlntess de Rodellec’s prosecution of Mr. Gregor, the Russian diplomat, for the theft of the "Blue Diamond” ring. The coun tess has been the recipient lately of numerous threatening letters. In some of which It Is stated that she will be blown up with dynamite. Some letters say a bomb will be placed under her automobile, other writers declare she will be shot, and still others warn her that her castle at Ker Stears will be destroyed. The worst of It is, that the letter writers have not confined their threati to Madame de Rodellec, hut have also sent letters of the same na ture to the countess’ mother, an old lady over 80 years of age. Madame de RAdellec has chosen Maltre Labor!, the celebrated lawyer, who became famous during the. Dreyfus a/falr, to conduct her case. $20,000 FIRE AT DALLAS; $7,000 INSURANCE HELD Special to The Ceorglen. Dallas, Go., Oct. IS.—On last Satur day night the most destructive fire Dallas has had In many years occurred, here. Seven brick buildings were burned on the south aide of the public square. The damage Is estimated at 820,000, with about 17,000 Insurance. The fire originated upstairs In the Holland A Crew building, In a room used as a ahoeshop. The blaze was discovered about 1 o'clock In the morning and It spread both ways tilt seven buildings were destroyed, as follows: W, A. Cole A Son sustained a loss of house and goods, with 81,000 Insurance. Crew & Holland lost house and goods. Insurance 8800. J. D. McFarland houses and goods, 8760 Insurance, estimated loss of goods alone about 83,000, house valued 81,600. O. XV. Russom, goods a total loss, valued about |3,000, Insurance 81,000. Dr. E. H. Robertson drug store and stock, no insurance. Meek Bros., heavy loss to goods by handling, fire and water; building lost. Insurance 82,600. freight, will die. Stocks of goods of Bartlett A Wat son, Dr. A. J. Cooper A Co., Brown A Meek, E. M. Cooper, J. M. St. Johns, Jeweler, badly damaged by fire, water and handling. The fire 1s thought to have started by a lighted cigar or ci garette over Crew A Holland's store. COLLECTOR IS SUED FOR $25,000 RESULT OF AN AUTO ACCIDENT CROKER STOPS SUIT; PAID IN APOLOGIES Dublin, Ireland, Oct. Vhe libel suit which Richard Croker brought against the London magazine will be settled In the four courts In this city on Wednesday. The magazine proprietors through their lawyers, will make full and am ple apology, and Mr. Croker has agreed to drop the suit. Ideal Skating leather. Special to Tbs Georgian. , Mobile, Ala., Oct. 16 Through hla attorneys In this city Tarry L. Moore has filed suit for 826,000 damages agaJnst William Frye Tebbetts, collec tor of the port of Mobile. The suit Is the result of an automobile accident In which an auto driven by Tebbetts ran over Moore, breaking a leg. Tebbetts la a nephew of Senator Frye, of Maine, and very prominent In Republican politics. POLICy PAID TWO DAYS AFTERDEATHOFHOLDER On October 2 Major George S. Hoyle, recruiting officer for Georgia r.,r the United States army, -was struck by a locomotive at College Park nnd killed. Major Hoylo held a 86,000 pollcv In the General Accident of Philadelphia. The company was notified of his death the day following tho accident, and two days later Mrs. Hoyle received a check for 85,010—face of policy and premiums returned. It Is a powerful argument for the safety, promptness and general worth of the General Accident. H. O. nnd A. T. fox. 601-2 English-American build ing. Atlanta, are the managers for Georgia. AMERICANS DECORATE GRAVE OFJSIR HENRY Liberals in England Now Feeling Their Way To ward Socialism. By RICHARD ABERCORN. Copyright 1906—Hsarst Nows 8#rvict. London. Oct. 15.—The Liberal gov ernment Is feeling Its way toward So cialism as a solution of the great eco nomic problems which pusxl* English public men. David IJoyd-George, who Is minister for trade, has spoken at a Welsh meeting advocating one of the leading principles of Socialism—a fairer distribution of wealth. "There are ten millions In this coun try," he said, "enduring year after year the torture of living on. lacking a suf ficiency of the bate necessaries of life. And all this exists amid a splendid plenty, which pours Into a land so wealthy that It can afford to loan out of Its spare riches, thousands of mil lions to other lands." ‘Tnere is plenty of wealth In this country to provide for all and to spare. What Is wanted is a fairer distribution. 1 do not suggest that there should be a compulsory equal distribution of the wealth of this coun try between Its Inhabitants, but I do r that the law which protects capi tals In the enjoyment of their great poasezzlonz should first of all sea that those whose labor produces their wealth are amply protected from actual need. The sure wealth of this country should be forced, as a condition to Its enjoyment by Its possessors, to con tribute first toward the to be able to maintain themselves.” Americans visiting Westminster Ab bey now never mlsa aeelng the grave of Sir Henry Irving, the laat great man to be hurled In England'! Valhalla. Many of the famous actor's admirers from the United States leave tributes of flowers and laurels. Among three such trlbttts* now dec orating the grave, two ,of which are anonymous. Is one of laurel and llllea from H. F. Kohlsaat, of Chicago, who was a personal friends of Irving's. American visitor! "do” the abbey most thoroughly of all classes of tour ists, and they always ask to be shown the grave of Sir Henry Irving. To create another Monte Carlo on the Belgian coast Is the scheme of a group of London financiers who have adopted the Idea of the late CoL North, the “Nitrate King." The promoters command an Immense capital, with which they Intend to lease a large area of land, nnd to build thereon a seaside resort, which shall be entirely devoted to gambling. There la, of course, the Casino at Ostend, not far away, but the syndicate thlnka that a gambling "hell" pure and simple. In the lines of Monte Carlo, would be a eucceas. The profit! they expect to make will be enormous, and these they will share with the Belgian government, so that no dUricuItiea will be put In their way by official powers. THREE OCEAN LINERS LASHED BY STORIUS New York, Oct. 15.—Three great ocean liners, the Etruria, the Cedric and La Touratne. each of which reached port twenty-four hours late, were swept by giant wavee during severe storms which thsy encountered. One enor mous wave which broke over the La- Touralne, flooded tho officers' quar ters and mess room, nnd part of the steerage, and damaged the foro pert of the deck house. The <v,iric re ceived a damaged propeller. The Etruria met rough weather crossing the channel. King Edward Has set the fashion of wedding rings for'men. His majesty now wears a plain gold ring on the third finger of his left hand, hut the amusing part Is the story told or how he was Induced to Initiate the custom. A group of society ladles with ad vanced views. It Is said, agreed among themselves that married men should be made to wear wedding rings, believing that members of the ‘'deceitful" ses should -be so distinguished when they become benedicts. In order to safeguard the Interest, of too trusting woman. These ladles thought the best way to maintenance of those who have ceased bring about the reform'would be to to Amrr therefore depute to Interview hla majesty and try and Induce him to give It his support. When tho spokeswoman broached the subject to his majesty, he listened to her very patiently and was most sym pathetic. The little coterie of reformers are now wondering whether It Is a mere Joke that the king wears a wedding ring or whether he has taken up their Idea seriously. Probably the former view Is correct, as King Edward has a rare sense of humor. The Chinese Imperial edict prohibit ing the use of opium within the empire has aroused enrioue speculations In England as to what motive lies behind It. It Is not likely that any rrntlmental reasons have Inspired the Chinese gov- ernment to their resolve to throw off the burden which England imposed upon the country sixty years ago In or der to benefit the trade of India; nor Is It probable that such a decree would be made effective or that the wily Chinaman would be found without a hundred ingenious ways of evading It. England’s ally, Japan, is very busy in China, Influencing the Celestials In many ways to direct the trade of China Into channels which flow Japanward. The conquerors of Russia have great Influence at Pekin, and It Is quite likely that they have suggested or dictated the anti-opium edict with a view to discouraging the Indian opium trade, and to supplying the Chinamen's crav ing from Corea and Formosa, the first a Japanese protectorate, and the sec ond a Japanese possessslon. This Is a plausible explanation of China's unexpected action tn forbidding the use of the poppy-drug, uhleh l» considered, after all, not more harmful to Chinese than the cigarette habit Is id Euro pearls.