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6 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. wt:n.\r.xi>M. uciouuu j.. irm. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES .... Editor. F. L. SEELY President. ruiusHto ivuy tFTCtnooH (Except Sunday) , By THE GEORGIAN CO., at 25 W. Alabama St., Atlanta, Ga. susses iftiok aarts. One Year $4.50 Six Months 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By carrier, per week. . 10c itrred at thu Atlanta stoglce aa second- " mall mattar. Telephones connecting all departments. Long distance terminal!. SMITH & THOMPSON, Advertising Representative* for all territory outside of Georgia. CHICAGO OFFICE '. TRIBCXE BUILDING NEW YOIIK OFFICE POTTER BUILDING the' Circulation 'Department. an5 ham it promptly remodlad. -i.-vph.mes: Bell <9*7 Main. Atlanta <401. reasonable and The Globe lias been not unkind. It Is a notable fact that tho newspapers built up by new men and men In touch with the age In which we live have almost universally been conservative, while the old edi torial pages that have beon handed down from preju diced ancestors of the -abolition period, have been about as bitter and vindictive as they were upon the slavery question of 1855. As the Incident of September 22 drops further and fur ther into the past, the entire tone of the press has mod erated and the drift of discussion Is now coming back most happily and moat wholesomely to a consideration of the provocation which forms the basis of almost all lawlessness that ever Is reported from the South. 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 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 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 It t! detlraldi- that all enmmimlcnllona Intended forpaldleatioo In THE OF.OHGIAS lie limited to <00 word* In length. It Is Im perative that they be signed, as an evidence of good faith, though ii... names will be withheld If requested. Rejected manuscripts will not be returned unless stamps are sent for the purpose. The Georgian prints no unclean or objectionable ad vertising. Neither does it print whisky or any liquor advertisements. 1 All thoughts that mould the age begin Deep down within the primitive soul. —LOWELL. Forward the Armory Convention Hall. A few days since The Georgian wrote an editorial urging that great public enterprises should be bullded j by conservative but fearless taxation of all tho people Instead of leaving them to tho private subscriptions ot s few public spirited citlaens. a We are pleased to note from the action of Tuesday that the force of the suggestion has so speedily and ef fectively commended Itself to the committee on the - Armory Hall, but we fear tbat our special committee has carried the suggestion a little too far in leaving tho lm. portent matter so altogether and entirely to the liberality and courage of the city council. The Georgian has spoken as practically as it knows how to speak, and we think as practically ns any other citizen of Atlanta has spoken in the matter of the Armory and Convention Hail. Measured at least by its contribution this paper has done as much In evidencing its willingness to help this great enterprise as any other factor of life and progress in this Twentieth century city. We scarcely need to re peat the argument any further, as we have already made plain more than once the reasons which seem to make this enterprise Imperative to the prosperity and develop ment of Atlsnta. The growth ot a town outside of the natural Incresso of its population, comes largely from the advertisement w hlcb it receives from Its newspapers. Its printed matter nnd,from the comments and opinions of visitors who come to see for themselves. The last Is by no means the least of the sources of our growth, and along this line we, who are crowded now to suffocation with every large convention which comes to accept opr hospitality, can well Imagine how’ much we would gain In repute and in popularity among the strangers within our gates if we could house and en tertain them In a stately and majestic hall which their numbers would not overwhelm, and whose comfort und equipment might compare favorably with the best that they remember In other towns. • The spirit of the military Is a dominant and es»en. tlal thing In our civilization. Under the peculiar condi tions which surround the South, no thoughtful man can fall to see that we need In overy way to encourage and to establish upon broad and effective lines, a state guard. And (be emergencies of the future and tho necessity of the armory become daily more and more apparent. We are In hearty sympathy both practically and the orctlcally with the movement of citizens for the rapid establishment of this enterprise. We onco more pledge our faith, not only from our lips, but as llberifily as any other man from our pockets to further and expedite Its consummation. / Mrs. Jefferson Davis. The death of Mrs. Jefferson Davis In New York re moves one more of the links that bind tbls generation to tho memories ot tho great civil tragedy of 1856. There remains now but one daughter of tbs Con federate President In Mrs. Hayes, ot Colorado. One son of Robert E. Lee Is left to perpetuate that glorious name. The widow of Stonewall Jackson lives In Charlotte, and two of his grandchildren are at school—the boy, Jackson Christian, at the Virginia Military Institute, and the girl, Julia Jackson, at Hollins. In the absence of male survivors the name of Jef ferson Davis is extinct. The Mrs. Jefferson Davis who died on Tuesday was not the first wife of tho Confederate chieftain. Mr.' Da vis' first wife—the wife of bis youth—was a daughter of General Zachary Taylor. She died in n brief year after her marriage. \ The Mrs. Jefferson Davis whom the world knows and has so long received the honor and homage of the South, was the good woman Just deceased. She has borne herself with unfailing dignity and sweotnesa In tho years tranquil or stormy which have followed the failure of the Confederacy, and the South ern people have always been able undqr ail circumstances to be proud of the serenity and balanced dignity of the widow of the first and last president of the Confed erate States. It is true that Winnie Davis, the "Daughter of the Confederacy," was the magnetic woman ot tho Davis fam ily, and that while she lived she was the idol of South ern chivalry and of Southern memories. Very reverently will the heart of the South follow the body of Mrs. Jefferson Davis to Its last resting place, and very tenderly will the South remember the long and loyal years In which the noble woman was the helpmeet of our illustrious gentleman, and the later years in which she .maintained the honor and the dig nity of our common and Immortal memories which clus tered about her isolated station and her beloved name. Nooks and Cornets of American History By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY. Let the Council Convince the St. Cars. W« oongratulato the city council upon the courage and the definiteness with which It has taken hold of the street car question so far as relates to Atlanta. Private cltlsens and public spirited newspapers for weeks and months past have urged in the most courteous and re spectful way upon this great public corporation tho ne cessities of the situation snd the serious discomfort nnd dinger which surrounds tho patrons of tho cars. Not one mjtary act of attention or of recognition has been made of thlif courteous nnd respectful sugges- Uon. It It high time now that the law making body upon whom the city relies upon tor protection and defense should take hold of the matter In its own strong way and let the law prevail where courtesy has fulled to produce an answer. The people are suffering and ns winter advances their discomfort and inconvenlonco will Increase an hundred fold. On many of tho cars going out in the oventng there are more people, -including ladles, dangling from straps and being Jostled about | n tho aisles than there are occupying seats, and with the cars packed like sar dines It simply Blands to reason that the patronago of the people Justifies the liberality and consideration of tho company. We tender our acknowledgments and our best wishes to the city council In this matter. The Friendly Newspapers. Among the Journals which have been conspicuously stair to the South and to Atlanta within the last few weeks we notice with appreciation the current Issue of Harper's Weekly, whose account of the Incidents of Sep- temper 22 was perhaps the fairest and most accurate published in any Northern periodical. The Literary Digest has also been fair and sane in its comment upon Atlanta and has given In an unbiased way the expression^ of Georgia pa|>era and the fairest snd least Impassioned comments upon the incident from ail sources. \ The Minneapolis papers, especially The Journal, have leen notably fair, as have those from Portland. Oregon. The Springfield Republican did not lose its head. The Cincinnati and Cleveland papers hare been conservstlvs in comment, snd In Chicago The Chronicle, The Post and The Record-Herald hare followed the same conserv ative line. The Washington Post and The Baltimore The Fair Worthy of Great Attendance. Counting this day there are three more days In which the people of Atlanta and of Georgia may enjoy the education and inspiration of the Georgia 8tate Fair at Piedmont park. it is distinctly and unquestionably a notable collec tion of resources and attractions which the manage ment has gathered within the gates of this famous placo of exhibit and exposition. In this thoughtful nnd quiet time of industry and agricultural development it i* worth much for any man to go himself and to take his wife and children to see In a quiet and educative way the su perb and ample exhibit of Georgia's industrial resources and her agricultural possibilities. The agricultural display is one of the finest and most Inspiring ever made In the South. It le rich In tho sug gestion of present prosperity and of future wealth and solidity for the commonwealth. The display of live stock Is one which does much to answer a question asked by The Georgian several days ago and to convince the people that our fanners are wisely remembering tho pow er nnd -tho value of cattle snd stock raising as an es sential and collateral Industry with the varied forms of agriculture. The poultry exhibit is attractive In a high degree and Instructive to those who are toterosted In that variety of flesh which Is rarely deteriorated by the meat packera or the meat cannera of the great centers of the country. Tho fair Is full of entertainment as well as of profit able study. The races aro well attended and are bright nnd exciting every day. The airship is wonderful and Is particularly an object of Interest at this time In the rap idly rising interest and success of aerial navigation. Pain's Pompeii and the fireworks make one of the fin est spectacles ever seen In the South and Is s culminat ing feature to a dally prpgram which everybody can en joy. Tho fair closes on Saturday, and we cordially coip- mend its interest and attractions to Georgians every where. The First Reflection on Municipal Integrity. So far as The Georgian knows there hss not been within this generation a charge of bribery against a may or or any member of the city-council of Atlanta, nnd the recent suggestion of the bribery of council mem bers In connection with the reopening of the saloons Is one which cannot be too speedily answered and too vig orously dissipated for tho good name of tho city, whose government, while It may at somo times be in error, has never been shadowed with a suspicion of dishonesty. We trust thnt action will be prompt and vigorous In this connection, and we are quite sure that every Hun have been disposed to see the Southern side of the newspaper In Atlanta will be only too glad to give state- question. a,M have the Hearst papers In New York, nnd wido and South-wide refutation to ony Imputation upon •jbe Herald and The Press. The Roston Herald has been [the integrity of Atlanta'n citizenship or Its official life. Go Slow on the Licenses. We trust that the city council will go slow In the granting of now saloon licenses or the renewal of old licenses where they can well be avoided or consistently refused In the city of Atlanta. There aro more barrooms now than ought to exist, and If they are to exist at all It should unquestionably be the wise ppllcy of the council to condense them within aa narrow limits as possible within ths heart of the city, where they can be controlled and regulated by tbe po lice and the authorities. For Its own part, so km* as the saloons are a part of our municipal life. The Georgian would be glad to soe the licouacs raised to a taller height than ars any which are now paid. This would shut off the low dives snd tho doggeries. It would insure perfect police supervision and control of drinking In the city. It would make the city's revenues larger at a smaller risk to order and quiet, and would do much to reform and redeem those rough and disorderly streets which have so long beon s menace to Atlanta. MIKE FINK, THE BOATMAN. . When the steam, king Invaded the great West and drove out of business the boatmen along the rivers add the stage men and wagoners of the plains, there passed away from us a type of character the like of which will never be seen again. I am Indebted to the learned author of ‘"Hie American Fur Trade In the Far West” for the picture that I-am here to present of one of the most re markable of the rough characters that were developed during the wild days beyond the great river. Mike Fink weighed 110 pounds and was five feet nine Inches tall. His face was broad, round and rather pleasant to behold. The sun, wind snd rain had tanned his skin to a deep brown. The square, brawny form, well proportion ed, with every muscle fully developed. Indicated the greatest strength and ac tivity. Except as to height he was a perfect model for a Hercules. Mike's langunge wni of the "half horse, half alligator" dialect of the early race of boatmen to which he be longed, and when he Jumped from his craft onto the river bank and roared out, "I am a Salt river roarer, and 1 love the wlmmlng, and as how I um chock full of fight," he dirt not have to repeat the proclamation In order to have it behoved. Mike was a'great marksman, aa were alao his two boon companions, Car penter and Talbot, and one day while ascending the Mississippi he noticed a sow with eight or nine pigs on the river bank. He declared In boatman phrase that he "wanted pig," and took up his rifle to shoot one. He was re quested not to do so, but he never, theless brought up his rifle to hie face, and, as tne boat gilded up the river some forty or fifty yards from the shore he shot at one pig after another, cut ting their tnlls oft close up to their bodies, but not doing them any further Harm! In 1811, while standing on the levea at St. Louis, he saw a negro on the river bank listlessly gaslng at what was going on around him. The negro had a remarkably shaped toot. His heel protruded to the rear so far that his foot seemed to be as much In the rear as In front of the leg. The unshapely form offended Mike's artistic eye and outraged his aenae ot symmetry, and he determined to cor rect It. Lifting his rifle at thirty paces he actually shot the heel off the man's foot. Mike was Indicted, tried und found guilty. His plea In Justification of the offense was that ho "wanted to fix the fellow's foot so that he could wear a decent shoe.” - Mike’s friend Carpanter, already re ferred to, was also a great shot, and it was a common thing tor him and Mike to Dll a tin cup with whisky and shoot It from each other's head at a dis tance of seventy yards. The feat was always performed successfully, the cup being bored through.without Injury to the person supporting it. It was a fa vorite performance with the two men, who regarded It as a fresh avowal ot confidence In each other. One day Mike and Carpenter fell Into a deadly quarrel, but In tome way the difficulty was patched up and they be came good friends again. Later on, while in drink, they quarreled again, but, sobering up, once more shook hands, and Mike, In evidence of his sincerity, proposed to Carpenter that they shoot tho cup ot whisky from each other's heads. „ To determine the question aa to who should shoot first a copper was tossed up and Mike won. Carpenter was sus. plcloua and declared mat he would be killed, but true to his compact he fllled the cup with whisky and placed It on hie head. Mike raised his rifle, and In an In slant Carpenter fell, expiring without so much as a groan. The hall had pen etrated his forehead In the center, an Inch and a half above the eyes. Mike coolly set the breech of his gun on the ground, and putting his mouth to the inussle, blew the smoke nut ot the barrel, all the while keeping his eye upon the prostrate form of his old time friend. Finally he exclaimed Carpenter, you have spilled the ky," When told that he had killed Carpenter he wild: "It's a mistake, for 1 took as fine a bead on the black spot on the cup as I ever took on a aqwlr -.I-- " it - -- HARDWICK REPLIES TO FLEMING’S CARD To the Editor of The Georgian: So far as those portions of Mr. Fleming's card of last Friday that un dertake a discussion of certain phases of the race question are concerned, I do not feel called upon, at present, for either criticism or reply, but when he does not oven attempt to coniine him self to a discussion of the question, but launchas Into a bitter pessonal and political attack upon myself, a decent regard for my own self-respect and for the good opinion of my friends re quires me to reply. I do so with extreme reluctance, for I have always believed that the Latin maxim, "De mortuls nil nisi bonum,” ought to be a rule of political as well as social amenity, and In the face ot much provocation and many taunta from him, axtendlng through all the years since he was defeated for con gress, I have heretofore kept uniformly silent, endeavoring to make full and generous allowance for the soreness of an embittered and disappointed man— but when to soreness, sourness, and bitterness he adds uncompromising hate, reckless misrepresentation and Insufferable egotism, forbearance ceases to be a virtue. What le his excuse for lugging me into this self-righteous homily that he gratuitously Imposes upon “the white people of Georgia?" He says that t, as well as Mr. Hoke Smith, "played a conspicuous part In stirring up race hate.” Hs deliberately, and, I believe. Intentionally, misrepresents both Mr. Smith and myself. The men In Georgia whdSroniend for disfranchisement, and who Insist that there shall be neither social nor polltlqal equality between the races In this state, are not only loyal to their own race and color, but are the truest friends of the negro, while men like W. H. Fleming, who Insist on political equality between the races, are the worst enemies the negro himself Jias. They encourage him to claim, not only political equality, but Its necessary and Inevitable resultant, social equality. The negro can only live In the South In an inferior posi tion, socially, Industrially and political ly. Those who maintain the other doc trine are leading him to his ruin and destruction, while those of us who would, kindly, but firmly, let him know the exact truth, are doing our best to save him. If Mr. Fleming had taken the trouble to read my speech at Cartersvllle, Ga., on July IS, 1908, as the same was stenographtcally taken down for The Atlanta Journal, and published In full In that paper, and not been unfair enough to accept what partisan and unfriendly newspapers had said in tho heat or a bitter campaign, he would not, I think, have been careless enough of the truth to have said that I "re pudiated any allegiance to the fifteenth amendment,” and stopped there. He would have discovered that I said, not only at Cartersvllle, but all over Geor gla, that while I had neither love, ad- miration nor respect for the fourteenth and the fifteenth amendments, and did not believe that either of them had ever been adopted In the manner qulred by the constitution, and hoped some day to test that question before the highest court In the land, yet that king ns these amendments .-land unrepealed and are sustained by the courts. I for one shall yield to them obedience, but It shall be a grudging, technical obedience." Mr. Fleming' Insinuation that I have said thing* the stump that I feared to repeat congress Is false. His Intimation that I would take an oath with a mental reservation Is equally despicable and equally unworthy of him. His proposi tion as to what he would have me state If I should adopt either of the absurd tests proposed by him, either in the house or In the supreme court, Is Just about on a parity with that other and ancient bigotry and hypocrisy that threw the suspected witch Into the mill pond, and If she drowned she wo* Innocent, snd If she got out she was guilty! If the Judiciary committee of the house, rendered an opinion that the fifteenth amendment had beeif legally adopted, or that It had not, what court In the country would be bound,? If I swear either before the supreme court or at the bar of the house to sunport the constitution of the United States, am I thereby precluded from contest Ing the question as to whether some thing that purports to be a part that Instrument Is really a part Of or riot? Who Is bigoted ana narrow minded enough to make such an ab surd contention? Nobody that I over heard of—except W. H. Filming! 1 do not apprehend the slightest danger cither to myself or to the Tenth dis trict because of my poeltlon on this question or my views about It. I am sorry Mr. Fleming continues alarmed— surely In four years the edge of his fears might have worn off. But i am taking up entirely too much time and space with Mr. Fleming and hie grievances against me. Neither are of enough Importance to the public or myself to Justify even the length of this reply. I propose to dismiss him his soreness and vindictiveness toward myself, and his Boston Idea of the ne gro question, now and forever, so far Si the newspapers are concerned. So far as I am concerned, the gen tleman from Augusta, safe in ths ee curlty of that private #fe from which he will never emerge, prolific “card writer" and stilted egotist that he is, may wrap himself In the solitude o' his own' fancied superiority and con- sole himself with the delusion that, after all, when It comes to real, un adulterated statesmanship, he Is the only genuine article the South has produced since the days of John Calhoun." THE FARMING SITUATION By MARTIN V. CALVIN. rel’a eye.” He then cursed the rifle, the bullet and himself. Talbot. Carpenter's fast friend, was convinced of Mike’s treacherous Intent, and resolved upon revenge whenever opportunity should offer. Home months afterwards the opportunity came. Mike, while under the “Influence," declared that he had killed Carpenter .on pur pose, and was glad' of It. Talbot In stantly draw his pistol—the one that Carpenter had willed him—and Shot Mike through the heart. Thus perished Mike Fink," the "last of the Boatmen." QOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO o o O POLITICS AND POLITICIANS, a O O 090000000000 00-00 OOQ favors Hz Senator Pettigrew, of Soulli Dakota, who has cast In his i-olltirnl fortunes wltb about every party or inovenu-nt that hss sprang np during the past qnnrter of * reotnry, bus acreptr-l an Invitation to In-Ip VVIIII-.,, VI II—rat In hi- K— Vnrk Former Oovereor James . who was onco regarded ns a Democratic presidential possibility, tuts accepted the ig to hi lloke Smith, the new governor-elect ieorgf Democrats of Hie l ime Bter Sis le nre pur. suing s vigorous campaign with a t|«w to rolling up an unprecedented majority. For the first time since tho Australian ImIM was adopted la Ohio, the ttepunlf. ran tk-kat it next month's election will lie placed in the aeroiut cnlmnii ou tin- Imllot. Tlie Iona of first position for tin- Urn,*nil J. B. Weaver, who was the Pro. de'e Party ram!Male for president In 1993 mil greenback candidate In UM, la running or i-oniimi* on the organised l.it-or party taker the sfrth dut-i-t of Ohio. Ths farming situation, as It relates to the closing months ot (he current year and the first four months of 1907, Is peculiarly Interesting because of the adverse weather conditions which re- cently prevailed for so long a time throughout the greater portion of the cotton belt. If the reports ot damage by wind end rain that have come to us be true, work along economic lines must be mapped out and systematically follow ed upon the farm from this .date till the middle of April next. That the cotton crop has been se riously damaged and the yield greatly reduced can not be doubted. It la, therefore, clear that the Farm ers' Educational and Co-operative Union acted wisely In fixing the min imum price of cotton at 11 cent*. This was agreed on and announced weeks ago. The staple will command a bet ter price, but the minimum named will be conceded to be perfectly fair by every fair-minded man, whether he be middle man or manufacturer. Individual farmers have suffered heavy loss In that the number of bales for which they planted, and which were In sight, have been,noticeably reduced. These fnrmenr may recoup their losses by marketing their crop slowly and by taking advantage ot the favorable turns In the market. We have tlmo and again seen the Im mense value of the occasional smaller crop of cotton. For year* the writer has been endeavoring to Interest South ern farmers In the value and the In- dtspensabillty at accurate etatlstlcal In formation. Some one may ask: "What possible Interest can a man who follows a plow have In statistical Information?" The answer Is: The deepest possible Inter est. Do you know that on no crop, pro duced anywhere on the known earth, has so much study been bestowed or so great a mass of facts and figures collected snd put Into teachable shape as on the cotton crop of the United States? Have you lost sight of the fact that year by year thousands by thou sands of dollars are being expended In a systematic effort to master the situa tion In detail as to the cotton crop? If farmers, old and young, would study the facts thus brought to public notice and carefully file aivay. for easy reference, every article bearing on this Important subject that* falls under their eyes, they would be greatly ben efited. If farmers would turn to this class of facts—say, for example, a table showing the acreage and the crop for each or the ten years 1S96-190S, both Inclusive, and then turn to the prices which ruled In New York for middling cotton each of the ten years—they would have Impressed on their minds the Invaluable fact that' n reduced acreage, thorough preparation of the soil, the Judicious use of a high-grade fertiliser, the choicest seed and the moat approved method ot cultivation mean cotton production at smaller coat and at a decided profit. The Intensive system, mvlth diversi fication In crops, gparanfhea remuner. stive farming. The wind and the rain, to ^hlch al lusion was made In the outset of this article, damaged not only cotton, but corn ready for the crib, and hundreds of tons of the finest hay. This loss must be -made good. How? By a larger acreage than usual in small grain. Take oats as the leading small grain crop for the larger portion of the state ana the South. We do not seem fully to appreciate the oat crop. To be con vlnced of the correctness of ths dtcla ration Just made, you have only to turn to your big dictionary or the bureau drawer where, perchance, you have stored awty newspaper and farm Journal dippings containing facto about erope. You will discover that, unlike In the case of cotton, the year In which a phenomenal crop of otto Is made Is uniformly followed by a sharp reduc tion In the oat acreage. The result Is a crop wholly Inadequate to your wants. That Is the rule. Surely, It le not at all.neceesary, but the writer adopts "ths usual expression," and. urges the thorough preparation of a greatly enlarged acreage for oats, for the planting season Is right at hand. Plow deeply, harrow and cross-harrow till the land Is a seed-bed. Do not broadcast and brush or harrow In your oats. If a regular grain drill be Im possible to you Just now, you can af ford a one-horse drill, such as ths Gantt Brothers, of Macon, manufac ture. It Is cheap enough, the price be ing 19 or 810. The Gantt drill or planter, as you please, distributes the fertiliser and covers It, plants the oats and covers them so that they are at least three Inches below the surface. The growir grain may be nipped by the Jsnusi frosts, but that Is all: the plants wl._ take on new life and push forward to full fruition. No so with grain that is sown broadcast snd brushed or har rowed In. On an average 88 per cent ot the broadcasted Is destroyed by the freezes which come at least each alter nate year. A good oat crop, supplemented «by a forage crop which can be made and harvested within ninety days after the last frost In early spring, will suffice to put you In first-class condition for the remainder of the year, when all your energies will be given to the wide range of crops possible at the South. Just In this connection 1 wish to re peat what a gentleman, who was for three year* commissioner of agricul ture of Pennsylvania, told me at the Georgia State fair at Macon. In 1908. He had carefully Inspected the splen did county agricultural and the most excellent Individual agricultural ex hibits made on that occasion, and was enthusiastic over each and all of them. He said: "I am familiar with Pennsylvania's agricultural results and possibilities, and I have visited and Inspected farm exhibits at county and at state fairs In every state li\ the Union, but no. where have I seen so many, or so great a variety of. valuable forage plants as are on exhibition In this hall.” Augusta, Os. GEORGIANS IS GOTHAM. New York, Oct 17.—Here are some of the visitors In New Tork today: ATLANTA—A. Mitchell, E. H. Rlch- ardson, Mr*. E. J. Bacon. 8. A. Haney. D. F. McAllister, P. A. Baker and J. A. Bradbury. SAVANNAH—C. O. MackalL I gossip! BY CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. ' New York. Oct. 17.—The ballet mas ter did not kiss the chorus girls, so the girls In court say. Anyhow, B. Sant 'Ella, an Italian, who Is rehearsing ths chorus for a new grand opera, was |n the Westalde court on a complaint made by Mrs. William Duffy that fie used unseemly langunge to her, and that he was In the habit of enlivening rehearsals by klsnlng the members of the ballet. The court room held two full benches of young women, dressed for the occa sion. Miss Louise Leslie was very em phatic In saying that M. Sant 'Ella was the "most perfect stage manager" for whom she hnd ever worked, and In dignantly denied that he had ever kissed any of the girls. "Why,” said Mias Leslie, - ;ihe lan guage that woman uses actually made me blush. She called me a burn, your honor, Just because I stood up for him " Miss Lena F.yck' told substantially the same story. The prisoner was dls. charged. One of the first passengers to glide down the gang plank yesterday when the steamer Minnehaha scraped against her pier was Fanny Ward. .Visa Ward was accompanied by Dorothy, her beautiful young daughter, a govern ess, a retinue of maids, an abridged kennpl of abridged dogs and the ken nel's chief hostler. She announced that she was still suffering from the effects of q stormy eleven days' voyage and was whisked away In a motor car to a fashionable hotel. Miss Ward, who In private life Is Mrs. Joseph Lewis, is here on a pro fessional mission, but to all Intents and purposes she will once more settle down In her native land Indefinitely. If you have any fresh eggs, send them ■few York. Wo need 'em. There Is a great falling off In the receipts from the West and North, snd high- grade stock Is scarce. The best eggs are now coming from the southwest. Nearby, freshly gathered, fancy stock Is extremely limited, and dealers are paying 33 cents a dozen for small quantities. They will retail them to morrow at from 37 to to cents. With dally receipts ,ot more than 3,900,000 eggs, most of the lots have to be classed as ordinary, and the consumer will get them for 33 cents, and "choice" eggs 3 cents more a dozen: Refrigerator etock, gathered last April, bring* from 32 to 25 cents a dozen for the best down to 15 cents for the "dirties," The Bohemians of the Rialto have a new club—or, rather, I am privileged to announce the fact for the first time; and, too, It Is a somewhat mysterious organization—nominated vaguely "That Club." Its headquarters are in the theatri cal district. Its stationery states that "That Club" was "placed in 1906.” Further particulars relate to "no of ficers," "an organisation founded sole ly for the alleviation of sadness and a rendezvous for knockers." A rendezvous of the club will .take place Saturday night In a prlvato room of an uptown restaurant. It Is known that a number of theatrical treasurers, house managers and song writers are entitled to membership. Literary New York has welcomed "Tay Pay” O'Conner back again after his visit to Canada, and he Is now at the Prince George. "I spoke In Montreal, Ottawa and To. ronto,” said Mr. O'Conner, "and I found not only enthusiasm for the 'cause of Irish freedom, but (he Canadians sub scribed liberally for our work. I ex pect to sail for home on tho 23th, and my time until then will be taken up preparing for the mass meeting In Car negie hall next Sunday. "Never since the daya of Parnell did ever see such good feeling toward Ireland as there Is In this country to day. I have met no American who does not hope that the last hour of Ireland's affliction Is at hand.” THIS DATE IN HISTORY. OCTOBER 17. 1796— Ninon DeL'Enclos. a notorious rtrls- '’died* ° f **• seventeenth cen- B*—Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke, one 1777—(ieneral Gate* ilrfrattil Central Bur* foyne at ftaratoca. 1797— non*parte and Austrian emperor eon- ■kb srsua c ' upo FomUK IfM-lmch**! of Edlntmrgh horn. 1871—President Grant suspended writ of ha beas corpus In nine counties of South Carolina. -Charles A. Dsns, New York editor, died. -Born August 8, 1819. 11*9—Her, Dr. W, H. P. Fsunce Installed »« president of Brown university. .902—lord KUrhener appointed C> command he British forces In India. A DREAM TO COME. (To Violet Grant Bond.) the white school house on the hllL hear the children singing; Sweet Violet relens o'er them still, To her they stilt era clinging. "HI I dream when far assy Alto on s summer’s day. In the station I msy sit Sweet Violet like s flower o' May, Her weddml lord beside, For this Is \ Inlet's wedding day, And Violet la a bride. yc , may I dream when far sway Alto on a summer's day. -MYBTA LOCKETT AJ'AUY. The Atlanta Georgian Is On 8ale Regularly at the Fol lowing Hotela and Newa Stand*. BUFFALO. N. Y —Iroquois llotsl. . BALTIMORE, MD.-T6S Nsw Holland, llelrldere Hotel. BOSTON. MASS.-n a r k * r House, Young's Hotel. Summerset Hotel. CHICAGO, II.LS.-O rest Northern ntel. 1». O. News Ca, Palmer House, E. . Clark, 111 iiearbotrn St.; Auditorium lotel, Joe Herron, Jackson and Dear born streets. CINCINNATI, OHIO.—Gl Grand lintel, Palace Hotel. .DENVER. COLO.—J. Bl Indianapolis, isD—Engiieh House. mm. N. y.—Hotel.Astoc, Ho le Imperial. OMAHA. NEtm.-Megesth Sts. Co. SAN DIEGO. CAL-ft R. Amos. ST PAI L MINX.—X; tit. Marie, It E. Fifth 8EATTLK. WASH.—A. M. Kay. BT» LOL'JH. Mo.—Ifnfrl South ern 116(1*1. rinntcra Hotel. TOI.KlHI. OHIO.—.Tefferaon Hotel. TORONTO. 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