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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES - . . - Editor. F. L. SEELY Preildent. ruwsHiD mir aftuaoom 'Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN CO., it 25 W. Alabama St., Atlanta, Ga. SUBSCRIPTION RATCS. One Year $4.50 Six Months 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By carrier, per week. 10c Entered at tic Atlanta l’oetofTlce aa second- dais mall matter. Tetapbonea connecting all departmenta. Long dlatanca terminals. SMITH «t THOMPSON, Advertising Renrcaentatlvea for all territory outalde of Georgia. Chicago office tribune BnjJ-Dtsn NEW YORK OFFICE POTTER BUILDING Telephones: Bell 4927 Mala. Atlanta 4101. >)» that all rrrmmonleatlona Intended for PoMImII"® TROIAN he limited to 400 words In len«tb, K « “ para tire that they be olgned. aa an evidence of aood fn.tb, tn u*n k namea will be withheld If requested. Rejected nianuacnp.a not be returned unleas atampa are aent for the purpoae. The Georgian print* no unclean or objectionable ad vertising. Neither doe* It print whliky or *ny liquor advertisement*. The Armory-Auditorium and the Nation al Democratic Convention. The deciding rea»on why Kama* City secured the Democratic national convention of 1900 waa becauao Kanaa* City had Just erected the flne*t auditorium in the We»t With the advantage* and claim* of other cltlee In tierce competition, and with the advocate! of other cltlee vying with eagef eloquence before the committee, the question that turned the scale In favor of Kansas City wa* the presence of a great commodlou*. well equipped auditorium capable of seating 18,000 people with acouatlce In which any speaker of ordinary voice could be heard. The Atlanta committee has had placed In Ite hands the model of the Kansas City auditorium, and one like It or as near like It as may be possible ought to be built In this city at the earliest possible moment In order that we may Invite here either the national convention of 1908 or at least the national convention of 1912. When Atlanta build* it ought to build for a great and growing Atlanta. The halls and public buildings erected in this city twenty years ago are totally Inad equate to the demand* of tbla eplendld city of today. And the4>ubllc buildings erected now for the Atlanta or 1906, If they ehould be built for our present status and our present population, would be totally Inadequate for the Atlanta of 1920, or even for the Atlanta of 1912. If we do this thing at all we want to do It well, and In building our great armory and auditorium It ought to be built for a dty of 600,000 people, likely to entertain the great convention* of tb* republic and of the world. . Three things ought to be considered In building this auditorium. First, its capacity, which should not be leas than 10,000, and if possible should seat 16,000 people. Second, Its acouatlce, about which should be gathered tho highest expert knowledge and skill In the republic. If we had a hall which seated 20,000 people and acoustics that made It Impossible for only 1,200 of the audience to hear, the hall would bo a failure. We are convinced that more time thou Id be expended and greater care ex ercised looking to tho acoustics of this great hall than al most any other phase of Its construction. Care thould be taken also that tti entrances and exits and Its seats should be so- constructed as to mako thp audience safe, and to keep them comfortable if they are detained for one hour or tor five. We take It for granted that the argument Is ex hausted and that every man, woman and child In Atlanta knows that It cannot do without the auditorium. This Is one enterprise upon which we cannot afford to'fall. Atlanta, after long deliberation, IndeBuitely post poned the exposition of 1910, and there are enemies of At lanta who will cavil at this poatponement. Atlanta haa now declared that her urgent and Imperative need la for an auditorium. And If Atlanta permlta now this second great enter prise to tell or fall there are those by the thousands both In and out of the atate who will declare that the far- famed Atlanta Spirit has decayed and that we are no longer the militant and triumphant and all-conquering city that we had plumed ourselves to be. It it no longer a matter of question whether At lanta can build the armory-auditorium, for It has now become established, tn pride, In prestige, in ivolley and In absolute necessity, that It shall be, and an absolute cer tainty that it will be built. The Great Farmers’ Union. The Farmers' Union which holds the center of the stage today, la splendidly vindicating Itself In every added year of its useful and conservative life. There are no pretenses and never a garish display about the Farmers' Union. It le made up of farmers, managed by farmers and set to the prosperity of farmers tn every detail tn which farmers live and labor and love. It* Judgments are unclouded by ambition, and Its public announcements have neither eelflehness nor dis play. Every position that the Farmers' Union has taken in relation to the cotton crop of the South has been vin dicated tn wisdom and discretion. National President Chariot 8. Barrett and State President R. F. Duckworth hare their mlnde and their energies concentrated nnd in tent upon the Interests of the Individual and the aggre gate farmer within the vast territory of their official work. These men, capable, shrewd end diligent them selves, and ever on the alert for information and counsel that le wise and prudent, are doing a work of essential value for the agriculture of the country and of the several states. The magnificent numbers which compose the mem bership of this union are a tribute to the drawing and the holding power of Its splendid purpose, and it is safe to say that this Farmers' Union Is not only at this time the most potential and effective Industrial organiza tion of the republic, but that Jt Js JJJtely to be more and more In the future the most useful and effective agent toward the prosperity and happiness of that vast and In creasing army of cltlsens, who, keeping close to the soli, keep alio for that reason close to the country's vital In terests, tnd to the honor and Integrity of the American he me. Monopoly’s Silence About Jacksonville. You—you who have been receiving from time to time pamphlets and periodicals In your mail boxes, deal ing with the question of municipal ownership—have you ever yet received one that gave the history of Jack sonville, Fla.? And If not why not? Because Jacksonville Is one of our nearest neighbors. It Is one of the brilliantly successful Illustrations of the value of municipal owner ship, and for this reason the history of Jacksonville will never come to you througn the mails from the sources that are sending out these pamphlets from three or four cities and' towns throughout the country In which bad management and insufficient equipment have made mu nicipal ownership a questionable success! Now Jacksonville Is very near at hand. It is only a night's ride from Atlanta. It is a city of 40,000 Inhab itants. It Is Just now one of the brightest, most pro gressive and most growing cities of the South. It is up- to-date in every particular and is keeping alive and abreast of the procession In every phase of Its municipal life. Where could you find a better Illustration than Jacksonvillt of the value of municipal ownership? And this story, we told In full In Tho Georgian of Wednesday afternoon. The figures at Jacksonville will bear repetition. The net cost of Its lighting plant on January 1, 1902, waa $69,275.20 Including all moneys paid by the city to or for the plant directly or Indirectly through the proceeds, bonds, taxation or otherwise, with Interest at the rate of 6 per cent added annually and deducting therefrom as credits only those conceded to the plant for lights fur nishing the city and not paid for, and also deducting the cash turned over by the plant to the city. Beginning with this net cost, the same definite method of determining the net coste on the 31st of De cember of 1904 showsd that th* plant had paid for itself to the lait dollar! Jacksonville's public men are no more honest and no more able than those of Atlanta. What has been done In Jacksonville can be done In Atlanta. The example of Jacksonville la a conspic uous inspiration to Atlanta. Ten year* ago the citizen* of Jacksonville were pay ing $15 ptr month for 2,000 nominal candle power open arc lights and 28 cent* per 1,000 watte for Incandescent lights. The city bought Its electric plant It discharged the monopoly, and though tho monopoly, Just as some monopolies nearer home, proceeded to show that th* city could not possibly furnish lights cheaper than the monop- oly was doing—In spit* of this, the city Immediately re duced open aro lights from $15 a month to $7.50 a month and Incandescent, light's from 28 to 7 cents per 1,000 watte. And In anewer to the doleful protest of the retiring monopoly, this price so far from Tunning the city into bankruptcy, paid for the entire plant within five years'. If any wise and eloquent local monopolist will point out Just why Atlanta cannot do exactly what Jackeon- vlllo has don<p, we will receive the Information thank fully. The fact Is there appears to be a regularly organ ized bureau In Atlanta whose source, origin and finan cial backing can Juet as well be Imagined as described, which Is sending out every pamphlet Into which a plau sible objection can be printed, and tn which can bo exploited an occasional failure or bad management In municipal ownership, and It le hoping with these to stem the splendid tide of municipal ownership sentiment that la flowing over the South. The monopolise will not be able to do It. The peo ple of Atlanta will light this battle and win. We think they are an Intelligent people. They read the newapa- peri both at home and abroad, even read the pamphlets on municipal by the lighting monopoly. But It Is a grsat reflection upon their Intelligence not to know that they promptly recognize the source from which those pamphlets corns, and that they have long since been Impreteed with the emallnett In num- here, end the remoteneee in dietance, and the wide cep- aratlon in Inetaneee In which the municipal ownership plan hat not been a great and beneficent euceei*. And the people of -Atlanta are going to take this matter In bend, and they are going to vote munlclpnl ownership In Atlanta's electric lights, and they are going to do It at tho next election. And they are going to save thousands and hundreds of thousands of dollars to the city and to the citizens by simply falling In lino with the wlee, practical and well eetabllched movement that le at this time taking hold of tho cities and towns of America. great faculty of great teachers who surround Him, ho has worked for two years and.Is working now In'perfect and beautiful harmony without friction, without Jealousy, without any cross purposes, and Is proving every year that this great institution has tjiq solid merit which' a great educational- Institution ought to possess. The Georgian is proud of this splendid school for girls at Milledgevllle. It Is proud of Georgia for hav ing provided such an Institution for Ita young women. And It Is proud of the way In which the peopel display their Intelligence to-know a great school when they see It and to patronize It with vigor and with hearti ness. Georgia can do nothing better than to stand by Its Institutions that have demonstrated their immediate worth In their admirable work. The state can have no higher opportunity and responsibility than to hold up the hands of an Institution like this. And, without dis crimination against the other great schools sustained by the etate, all of which are growing and prospering, we do not hesitate to say that with the single exception of the Technological School In Atlanta, no educational In terest fostered and sustained by the slate Is yielding better results and paying nobler dividends than the school at Milledgevllle. The Circus—A Bridge of Dreams. The circus has come to town onie more and the very atmosphere Is vibrant with the joy of youth, and of happy anticipation. For weeks the city's walls have told in great red letters and In unspeakable posters, the story of this approaching epoch in the history of this Southern metropolis. The children have hoarded with miserly care their pennies, looking eagerly for this day of days, when the blare of trumpets, roll of drums, the Insistent whine of the steam piano, the leisurely tread of camels and elephants, the glitter of tawdry uni form and the march of caravan proclaim that the serious things of life are for the present superseded by a won derland of delight. No thought of tomorrow and if* inev itable penalties darken the day for tho boys and girls who will gather within the confines of the great circus tents. They will loave outside the wldespreading can vas the everyday world, with its duties and realities, which already begin to press upon the borders, of their young lives. Even football and baseball have lost their charm tor the present; tops, marbles and all manner of sports have become Irksome and unworthy of consideration now that th$ clown Is king and the bareback riders, charioteers and acrobats make another world for young and eager eyes. The “Greatest Show on Earth” has Its mission to perform, no matter how prate the serious- minded men—laymen or otherwise—to the contrary. It has He lessons to teach, minus text or textbook. With all Its many varying phases It fills a place In the affairs of men unoccupied by any other enterprise or Institu tion. The first helpful lessons In natural history are taught the majority of children Just outside the bars of the Iron cages of the menagerie; the love of the beautiful In many a young heart findB earliest realization tn the glit ter of gay costumes whose pathetic tawdriness are soft ened by the glow of artificial lights. The restless, motley crowds which-in teeming thousands fill the tents create a kinship, one for the other. In their oneness of bums'll Interest In the sights and sounds of a big circus. Like a bridge o' dreams the circus connects youth and old age, across which troup like specters the memories of other days. The odor of tho tanbark dispels for a moment many a pitiful tragedy of mature life, and leaves the dreamer but a boy again, when tho future held neither shadows nor disappointments. The blare of band will awaken memories of tenderer melodies which found expression on the lips of hopeful youth, and even the Jest of the clown will bring a glimpse of the grotesque and humorous' side of earlier years, when the bur dens of later times were stored away In tho folds of an unknown future. But the bright things of life always fade away; only the darkness Is sure to remain. The tents will he packed away in long modern trains to gether with all the belongings, animate and Inanimate, and the “Greatest Show on Earth" will Journey to oth er cities and to other children, leaving only.big, bare rings to tell of the brilliant charm, of'tinsel life— which for, two days made the young happy, beyond compare, and the old, sweeter and brighter, because they have traveled across the years, over the bridge o' dreams. Into the days of youth, where the sun shone always, the flowers bloomed forever and sorrow was unknown. I GOSSIP TOM WATSON’S NEW PUBLICATION.—We are pleased to indulge the prediction that the next lit- erary/venture of (ion. Tomas E. Watson will be more successful than tho Jast. Mr. Watson hns definitely made up bis mind to publish a monthly magazine either in Atlanta or In Nashville. It will be called Wat3on'a Monthly Jef fersonian. Tho only donbt as to the location de pends upon the terms which can be secured from the publishing houses of Atlanta and of Nashville. Other things being equal, Mr. Watson will certain ly dqpldo In favor of Atlanta. The magazine will be his personal property. There will be no corporations to control, to hamper, or to destroy him. He wtll own the magazine Individually and be personally re sponsible for all of Ita obligations. Among his own people and as the manager of his own affairs, giving them his personal attention and his Individual care, Mr. Watson has never yet failed to make a conspicuous success In the matter of money and repute, nnd we congratulate both our selves and him upon his entrance Into the local field of publication with a mission so definite and an equipment so ffimple and so superb at his. SOUTH’S DEVELOPMENT SHOWN BY BIG INCREASE IN BREADSTUFF EXPORTS Baltimore, Mil., Oct. 19.—Among the facts of steady Southern progress noted In this week’s Issue of The Manufacturers' Record Is the Increase In the value of breadstuff* exported from Southern ports. In compari son with those exported from other ports of the country.' During the first nine months of tho year the value of exports of principal articles of breadstuff* at twenty-three of the leading port* of the country was 1130,(07,719, an Increase over the same period last year of $43,601,664. Of this Increase more than 83 per cent was at six Southern ports, the figures for individual ports being as follows: DISTRICTS. ' 1905. _ 1906. Baltimore $9,640,693 318.623.400 Newport News 3,606,343 7.623.346 Norfolk and Portsmouth 600.07S 2,387,075 Galveston .3,308,359 11,180.664 Mobile 2.224,482 2,000,369 New Orleans 9,667(786 14,361,836 Total I $28,178,743 (S6.6JM70 Alt ports *7,008,066 - 130,607,719 At the six Southern ports the Increase In the value was from 128,- $76,743 to 366,636,470, or by $27,658,727, equal to 95.7 per cent, while at the 17 other leading ports the Increase was from $58,129,322 to 374,072,- 200, or by 315,942,927, equal to 27.4 per cent. This trend tn Southern ports follows activity-In railroad construction toward them and the Improvement of terminal facilities. The application by th* Seaboard Air Line railway for a franchise to enter Charleston, 8. C., suggests an Increase In that city’s Importance a* n port through the construction of an extension from a point near Camden In the course to Charleston, a distance of 106 miles: :lpa! ownership sent out {INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMEN7 IN 7HE SOU7HERN S7A 7ES Georgia’s Great Girls’ School. The state of Georgia la building up at Milledgevllle one of the greatest schools for women to be found In all the country. The Georgia Normal and Industrial Institute tor girls Is an Institution already to be proud of by every citizen of Georgia, and It le growing better and larger and more fruitful of good results every year. One of the great advantages which the G. N. I. C. has enjoyed la in the fact that its affairs, have beqn ad ministered by an mfselflsh and harmonious .board of trustees. There has been no friction In this board. There has been no politics In it at enf time. No personal mo tives have had a place in ite deliberations, and for the last five years at least, the one clear motive which has moved and dominated every action is the single Idea of the best Interests of this great Institution and the best and wisest way to attain them. The Girts’ Industrial Inatituto Is fortunate In having a great president In the person of Prof. M. M. Pqrks. One of the ways In which be has demonstrated that he I* a great educator la that he baa never been afraid to sur round himself with other strong men and other great teachers. No foolish jealousies and no cowardly appre hension of being supplanted haa prevented President Parks from surrounding himself with men as strong, as vigorous and as well reputed as himself. And it Is one. of tbe highest evidences of his wisdom that with this ChAttanooKn, Tenn., Oct, 15.—In It* re view of Bouthern liitlustiinl movement*, The Trnilcamnn present* <t rei-onl of its gresslvor.es* for .the period or one wceu. From the state of Alnluuim nre reported n power company ntnl a content work* with eapltallxntlou of $1,000,0W each, lieslile*’ oral other notable new concert!*. A $240,000 lumber company appear* In the l!»t from Kentucky. A ga* cotniKiny capitalized at $L2T»),000 I* among the new' Industrie* reported from TeitticMime. Saw mill nnd lumltor compa nion, Iron nnd coal development concent*, cotton mill* mol gin*, arc re(Hirted In large nttmlHTM from the respective Mutes. Tue Tradesman's list for the week Is ns fal lows: Alabama. Phoenix—$109,Mwf Ir.mber mill. lUrnilitghairi-$.‘).'iOO lend company. AiinlAioti-i.V'/V’n lime work*. I mdevllle— $10,000 hint ••otMpmty. flay ton—Fertiliser factory. Montgomery—$1,00X000 |K>wer company. Knfaula—$3,000 hardware company. Florida. Jacksonville—$50,009 construction company. West Palm Beach—$50,009 Investment com pany. Georgia. Jskin—'Turpentine plant. Macon—$5,000 naval stores plant. FIRST AND LAST. By BARTON GREY. They *nt together, hand In hand. The sunset flickered low, Tho fickle sen crept up the strand And caught the afterglow. up t wanton laugh. Caught up the song the poet planned Aud snug the other half. Times change—tbe two went divers ways. The evenlug shades Increase, 1 On him grown old lu fame nnd praise. And her, |u household peace. Ha* psWd. as |>as« the summer birds Before the winter's snow. Kentucky. Lexington—Manufacturing company. Monroe— 1 Telephone system. Owouslwro—Powder mill; $109,000 l Wllllainuburg—$25.0(0 coal company. I*oulsvllle— Manufacturing company; | WO iojiI tar product* company. M'mnlstork-Td'—* —*•*“* Mayfield—$m0 -lollnnd—T Jamestown . Btirlxmrsvllle—Gas plant / Mississippi. Vtcksburg-436.00? building company. Bronklmtei»—Ice company. Meridian—Canning company. Tutwller—Hoop factory. New Albany—Htuve factory. North Carolina. Weldon—$15,009 Inick works. High Polnt-$190,000 class factory. Durham—$50,000 lock factory. Kllzalieth City—Furniture factory. Htntesvlllo—$50,000 Investment compan Wayne*vllle-$15O,0OG cotton mill. South Carolina. Columbia—$100,090 mining company. Smallwood— Mineral company. Cheater— Laundry. Charleston—$150,00) building and 1 company: carbonating company. Orangeburg—$29,090 oil mill. rennee|aa. Chattanooga—$1,250,000 gas company. Nashville—$50,090 lumber compsuy. Nooks and Corners of American History By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY. The echo of the false sweet song He sung so long ago. Charleston. 8. C. “RAISON D’ETRE.” By ELLA ANGLIN VERNE. My favorite flower*? Just three’ I count, *nd etch to the other Is tantamount,— f the violet’* hue nre your eyes so true, The Illy’* your face so fair, Aud the waving shower of the Emblem Flower, la the shining gold of your hair. -i IN PARIS. Paria. Oct. 19.—Miss Thornbury end ills* Alice Steele, of Atlanta, Ox, and Ml** Ruby Burden, of Savannah. Ga., registered at the office of the Euro pean edition of The Herald today. Dr. Willetts Speaks at Covington. Sp.-riel to The Georgian. Covington. Ga.. Oct. 19.—Dr. A. A. Wlllela, presented by the Alkahest Ly ceum course, spoke to a large and ap preciative audience last night on the subject of "Sunshine." NATHANIEL BACON, THE FIR8T AMERICAN REBEL. Nathaniel Bacon was born In Suf folk. England, January 2, 1642, and educated at the Inns of Court,. London. Handsome, Intellectual, rich, with the best blood of Britain In his veins, Ba con, nt the age of 28, came to America and settled In Gloucester county, Vir ginia. When Bacon landed on the shores of the New World he found In the colony some 60,000 people, a small minority of whom were living In princely style, while the overwhelming majority were little bettor thnnjdaves. Of aristocratic birth, Bacon was at heart n democrat of the democrats; a man who loved Justice and right as the hungry man loves bread, and It took him but a little while to declare him self. He put himself squarely on the side of the people versus the stall-fed mi nority, who were doing their best to keep them In bondage. At the apex of the Virginia Iniquity, i Bacon found It, was old Governor Berkeley, the representative of the Crown. Close after the pompous old gov ernor came the "gentlemen," the aris tocrats, who lived In the mansions along the rivers and feasted op the fat of the land. Against this combination Bacon d. dared "war to the knife." Circumstances opened the way for Bacon to strike the tvlshed-for blow at the selfish and arrogant aristocracy, and he availed himself of It with tbe avidity of a man of genius and with th* energy of a thoroughly sincere demo, crat. In the aummer of 1675 there was a grsat Indian uprising—and old Gov ernor Berkeley did nothing nbout It. The settlers were murdered right and left, but the governor raised not a hand. He was In the fur trade with the fit- dlan*. Aa a result of that trade he was making mpney, and why sho Incite the Ill-will of the red men i count of the death of a few palefaces? But while Berkeley was taking It easy. Bacon acted. A military force made up of the plain people elected Bacon as their general, and the neces sary plans were begun to be laid for the securing of the peace and safety In the colony that alt so earnestly desired. Then old Berkeley got mad to think that Bacon had dared to beard him without a commission from his high mightiness. At that the people got mad, elected a sufficient number of themselves to the assembly at James town to control It, and gave Bacon a commission as general. That made Berkeley more wrothy than ever, and he refused to sign Ba con's commission that had been given him by the bouse. Five hundred fearless patrlots.gath- ered about Bacon, and .with these be marched to Jamestown, the capital, and demanded the aignlng of hla commis sion, and on July 4. one hundred yeura before the proclamation of the Declara tion of Independence, the stubborn old governor yielded, and by his signature ratified the vote* of the assemblymen. Bacon immediately set out on hla. march against the Indians. But he had no sooner gone than the hypocritical old governor proclaimed him a rebel and a traitor. This unaccountable action Immtdl- ately aroused Bacon's anger, and with his force he marched on Jamestown. Berkeley was there with an army, but the army wa* too cowardly to fight.' and Bacon burned Jamestown to the ground, leaving only the old brick chureh tower, which atlll eland*. In the meantime the hated represen tative of the Crown had fled to the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay, where by promise of booty he began raising a force to sustain him In office. Having cleared the field on the main land proper. Bacon was preparing to cross the Chesapeake for the purpose of driving Berkeley from Virginia, when BY CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. New York, Oct. 19.—Although th. gaekwar of Baroda did not admlr. Amerlcun women when he toured th« United States a short time ago evl dence that he was deeply Impressed with the educational Institutions of this country arrived In New York os I be White Star line steamer Baltic In the person of his son, Shrlmanh Jai Slnyroa. an engaging and clever youth, who may enter one of our colleges Shrinmnh Sampaproa, a brother of the gaekwar, who accompanied him on his tour, was with the young Fast Indian. The boy has Just completed his studies at Harrow, nnd was In. tended by his father for Cambrldzt university, but If he fancies Harvard or any other American university hs will complete his education In the Uni. ted Stntes. Miss Elizabeth Magle, the brilliant Chicago young woman whose remark able offer to sell her accomplishment* to the highest bidder aroused Intents Interest all over tbe country, has re. eelved a bushel basket full of replies from all sorts -and conditions of per- sons. I-'rom this collection she has picked one letter sent her by a couple occupying a prosperous farm In Wis consin. The communication made such a deep Impression on her that she haa sent them the following reply: "Mr. ond Mrs. Davis: Dear Unknown Friends—I have received many replies to my advertisement, but none which touched me so deeply as your letter did. Perhaps you have misunderstood the deepest meaning of my document: poa. slbly you really believe that I am In danger of selling myself body and soul. I enn hardly blame you for getting this Impression, considering the way that some papers reported me. "But I never meant to do anything of the kind. In. the first place, I never Intended that the 'document,’ If it ap- penred In print at all, should appear over my name. <1 did have some vagus notion, however, of filling It up and getting It Into print some way, If I could raise the coin to do It. I sent It to some of the papera here asking what It would cost to Insert as an advertise ment, nnd that Is the way the reporters got It. I was paralyzed when I saw the whole thing In the papers the next morning with my name and all. “But now that It la done, good will come out of It. Good has come out of It already. I have received many ex cellent letters commending my action and offering me assistance. I have received genuine offers of marriage, and. I am aorry to say, some base propoaltlons. Those who made th* lat ter I look upon with contempt and pity; the former are appreciated, but are declined, with thanks. “What I really wanted waa freedom from the fear of want, and an oppor tunity to develop the beat that la In me. True, 1 love to have a Jolly good tlms, but I love equally well. If not better, the simple life, and therefore your of fer to take me Into your home and give me all these things and ask nothing of me In return has appenled to mo more deeply than any other offer I have received. I skimmed throuth letters of foreigners and wealthy Americans, who threw themselves at me bodily, but your letter I read over and over again, and I marked on the envelope 'The highest bid.' "Your letter rings true. You don't know how much I appreciate It. If I had no further 'bids’ I should havt gladly accepted yours. But since tele graphing you I have received many other letters and several telegrams, and have been visited by newspaper repre sentatives who have mads good bull- ness propositions to me. One of these propoaltlons I have accepted. "I am In a position now to work for th* betterment of my leas fortunate brothers and slsttrs and In doing this I •hall ba moat happy. Instead of sell ing myself Into deeper slavery than that In which 1 found myatlf, I have, on the contrary, found my highest freedom. By one single desperate bound I have sprung into famt, free dom and usefulness. 1 writs you this In detail to explain the situation and also to tell you that as soon aa I can finds the time It will give me pleasure to go down to your tome and see you, and I hop* that w« shall become good friends." THtS DATE IN HISTORY. OCTOBER 19. porter of tbe fitusrt cause lu Ireland, norn. Hied July 21, 1483. 1622—I'esce of Moutpeller, ending tb* Hu guenot wars. ,, . 1745—Jonathan Swift, English writer, died. Horn November 10, 1*17. 1779— End or siege nt fiarennab, Oa, 1812—Reread bn tile of Poltoak. 1843—Mormon temple at Xauvoo, Ilia, ds- lSgl—'Thomas IVIIdey, founder "f the In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows, died. Born January 15. 1782. , , 1384—General Hherldan victor at battle of f’edar Creek. Va. „ . 1887—Mr Jnmea Hontb. famous English as tronomer. died. Born 1786. 1998—Harold Frederic. American norc lit and newspaper correspondent, died. 19)3—Creaeens trotted mile In 1:59V Destiny called a halt. In th* low, flat marahee of Tide water Virginia tha death malaria lurked and before that silent, but terrible, foe Bacon fell, October 11, 1(76. at the early age of 84. With their gifted young leader gone, the people (earned able to do but little, and In the following month Berkeley and the aristocrats were In the eaddis again. , Had Bacon lived the Independence of America might have com* a hundred years earlier than It did. That malaria In the Jamestown swamp* postponed the great Declaration nnd the Starry Flag a round century. The Atlanta Georgian Is On Sale Regularly at the Fol* lowing Hotels and News Stands* nt’FFAI. IIALTIM-*»»».. Belvhlen- Hotel. BOSTON. MAKK.-B a r k e r House. Yunna's Hotel. Ruminerset Hotel. CHICAGO, 11.1,8.—G rest Northern Hotel. I*. O. New* Co.. 1‘timer House. B. II. 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