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THU ATLANTA (1E0B0IAN,
IKE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
JOHN UMPll GRAVES. Editor.
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r objectionable advertising. Neither
do** ft print whisky or any liquor ads.
OUR PLATFORM.-The Georgian
stands for Atlanta's owning Its own gas
nnd electric light plants. aa It now
«»wns ita waterworks, other dllea do
this and get gaa as low an CO cents,
with n profit to the city. This should
be done at once. The Georgian be*
Kates that If afreet railways can ba
T stated successfully by European
ties, aa they arc. there Is no good
‘ " • cannot bo so operated
lo not believe tola can
I It may be some years
- t, . Co ttn .
_ x 1 set Ita
face In that direction SOW.
WHY HAVEN’T THE PEOPLE BEEN ALLOWED
. TO VOTE ON THIS?
The question of the abolition of the fee syatem for paying certain coun
ty officio!*, auch aa the sheriff, the ordinary, the cleric of the court and the
■ollcltors or prosecuting attorney., 1* «o one-sided that debate la useless.
There 1* no argument, except against the ayatem.
Vet the plan haa remained in vogue In Oeorgla since the beginning of
county organisation, and will remain until the tax payers awaken and real
ize that by not abolishing It they are robbing themselves.
The county of Fulton haa been giving away from *40,000 to 176,000 a
year by maintaining th* system. A* Atlanta'grow, this criminal gratuity
will Increase until It reaches enormous proportions.
The grand Jury, In Its presentments, makes the charge that during re
cent years the county executive committees have declined to submit to the
people the question of abolishing the fee system.
Why hae the county executive committee failed to submit this question?
Ik it that the putative "court house ring” (of which there hae been gos
sip) really exists and hat had influence with the county cxecdtlvo commit
tee? , ... .
The time for action has not yet arrived, *
But The Georgian makes Uils promise to the tax payers:
The Georgian Intends to see If It cannot fercedhi county executive cpm
mlttee to put this question to the people for vote.
The days of the fee system are numbered.
The Hunting Season.
This ft the season when this English
man would say, "It’s a lovely day
gb out and kill something.”
'The first of November marks a great
many periods, but It Impresses Itself on
U)e greatest number of minds, perhaps,
as being, the beginning of the open ssa
son, when the drumming of the quail
In the lowground le an Invitation to the
elger hunter and his equally • eager
dbg.
Horse racing may be the sport of
kings, but to follow the big dog with
gun and bag over tho fallow fields,
dotted with bare persimmon trees, and
downhtto the hollows where the quail
love to feed, Is essentially the eport of
the average ifentleman.
The busy man who for months has
been poring over desks and ledgers,
glancing at the calendar to see when
a note or account is due. Involuntarily
squints toward the first of November.
It Is not printed In red. True, It Is
All Halnts day, and aa auch occupies a
conspicuous position among the festl
vsls of the church,
But It has no ecclesiastical signifi
cance for that man of the ledger who
Is "like a hound that hunts In dreams.'
Across the chlumns of multiplied fig
ures flit visions of the day when the
air Is crisp and the skies are clear and
, the blood goes tingling through the
I veins at thought of a day’s sport In the
; open fields. In the excitement of the
i chase lies not only the pleasure which
‘ sportsmen alone can know, but the
. glow of health which lingers when
the outing Is over and the hum of tho
*clty, with Imperious Insistence, de
mands that the Nimrod must become
' the elmple city gentleman once again.
The man who does not love a dog U
I unfit for companlonehlp with his tel
• low-man, and there Is no time nor sea
son when the aseoclation between the
master and the humble exponent of
fidelity becomes more close. Tho lap
dog at the fire, that spotted or
nament, the coach dog, the toy
tattler and the pug become con
temptible end we watch the shaggy
setter, with his keen nose to tho
ground, or the pointer, with uplirted
foot, trained to utmost human Intelli
gence not to (lush the covey anil yet
to Indicate their location, with unerring
precision. The ties that bind the hunt
er and his dog are of that sacred and
aubtle texture which only companion-
ship in solitude can knit.
Every hunter Is like the Homeric
hero end his ever}' devoted field dog a
faithful Argos.
The gourmet will delight to find that
the menu for several months hence
contain quail on toast. Perhaps as
"young owl," the same delicacy may
figure there far Into the closed season.
But no epicure beneath the sun will
ever have the keen enjoyment of the
hunter who goes out this morning. In
the November fields, to bring down
the bird which furnished forth hie
feast.
British News Accuracy.
A copy of The Birmingham (Eng-
, land) Weekly Poet for September 23
hat Just reached our desk. In It we
' find a rather wild and woolly account
- of what la termed the "American Negro
Pogrom," In which appears the follow
ing paragraph:
: "An apostle of lynching, John Temple
* Graves, has been disgracing the city of
Atlanta and the state of Oeorgla by
almost dally appeals for mob murder.
For the killing of every negro accused
. of an assault on a white woman one
newspaper offered 51.000 <200 pounds)
reward.’’
The cable that carried that over must
. hove been twisted.
NO REPLY PROM PRESIDENT JORDAN.
The Hon. Harvle Jordan has again spoken, and once again he haa In
hit speech Ignored the charges made against him by the Hon. C. B. Bar-
. rett, president of the National Farmere' Union.
The reply of the president o{ the Southern Cotton Association Is
an attack on The Atlanta Constitution. * It la not the purpose of The
Georgian to fly to the assistance of The Constitution. The Constitution Is
doubtless able to fight Ita own battles.
Nor Is It the purpose of The Georgian to engage In petit or grand per
secution of the Hon. Harvle Jordan or the Southern Cotton Association.
But/The Georgian must again ask the Hon. Harvle Jordan to make
some reply to the allegations against him by the president of the National
Farmers’ Union.
These allegations were serious In nature.
Unless disproved, they will do great Injury to the Southern Cotton As
sociation and Its cause.
And unless they are answered by the Hon. Harvle Jordan they will. In
the minds of thousands of people, stand Justified by silence.
Mr. Jordun should realise that he would be but doing hie duty to the
organization ho heads by making antwer to the allegation that he had
formed an Unholy and notorious alliance of Joe Hoadtey, a Wall street
gambler.
The only reply President Jordan made to President Barrett war.
"Tou're another." .
Tho" only reply President Jordan made to The Constitution was:
"You’re another.’’ ’
Tu qqoque arguments convince nobody, and the farmers of the South arc
looking to President Jordan to answer fully, completely and satisfactorily
the charges against him.
If he does.not, he will become a burden that will exhaust the Southern
Cotton Association and render It useless.
The Ban on Obesity Pills.
Every man will commend so much of
that paternalism In the United States
government which seeks to protect tho
general public against the various and
variegated fraud* which walk In dark
ness and destroy at noonday.
One of the most popular fonns of
these frauds consists of patent medi
cines which are J’guarantced” to euro
everything from housemaid's knee to
the Itch for office. They are embla-
xoned In flaming advertisements on ev
ery blank space from the slant roof of
a country barn to the bald summit of
Pike’s Peak; they constitute the chief
source of revenue to such newspaper^
aa wilt take them, which Is by far the
great majority.
If republics are ungrateful, the peo
pie should at least be grateful to the
republic which, through the medium of
the United States mall,' sees to save
them from these medicated lies,
well as from themselves.
And a happy Instance has just come
to light.
Postmaster General Cortelyou, who
Is no longer busy counting the money
In the Republican contribution box,
has Issued a fraud order ugalnsl obe
sity pills—at least those of a certain
brand Issued from Washington Itself.
There are a great many considera
tions why this course Is wise and Just.
In the flret place, why should any one
object to being fat? Were they not
the kind of people whom great t'uesar
admlrdd—the big, hearty fellows, such
as slept o' nights? The lean and hun
gry Caaatus was constitutionally an
enemy to the state,
Wc know In our own experience that
The fat men and women are the good-
natured ones. Did any boy ever have
a grandmother, who fed him on sur
reptitious pies, who was not fat? Both
men and women. It It the fat ones who
Indulge in pcriietunl good nature and tu
hearty laughter, holding both thetr
sides.
But If they must reduce their llcsh
there arc so many better means than
by employing obesity pills. Exercise
Is one of the most approved .forms of
accomplishing this end. If It Is a man.
he might run for office. We know of
no kind of sprinting which Is better
calculated to deprive a man of flesh,
conscience- and self esteem. If he
weighed In nt a ton he would come out
In the featherweight class.
No obesity pills for him.
Perhaps a better, and certainly
more honorable method still would be
to plow and hoe. to reap and to sow
like the farmer's boy In the song. H<
ould be yielding something to the
general store, white substituting muscle
for fatty degeneration. When they be
come more of n producer nnd less of
consumer they naturally would not
be so fat.
They might take an ax and Imitate
the Immortal example of the Grand Old
Man by chopping down trees. It Is a
useful nnd an exhilarating occupation,
this thing of dealing up the virgin for
est
which two blades of grass may grow
whtre but one grew before.
In short, there are a hundred natural
methods by which obeelty may be re
duced, aside from obesity pills—which
In fact don't reduce at all.
We are grateful to Mr. Cortelyou. He
haa done a great many things to com
mend him to,our admiration, but noth-,
lug which appeals to us more strongly
than that he haa barred advertisements
of obesity pills from the malls.
Publicity in Divorce.
Of more than ordinary Interest at tho
moment when the heads of the pollco
department are threatening to censor
pollco news comes the report of the
committee on resolutions of the Inter
state Association tor Promoting Uni
form Dlvorco Laws.
This report Is a draft of a statute
which will be submitted to the conren
tlon of the aseoclation In Philadelphia
next month. If approved, the associa
tion will endeavor to have the statute
prevail throughout the United States.
One of the most Important features
of the proposed statute Is that "alt
hearings and trials shall be before the
court (as distinguished from a referee)
and ahall In all cases be public.” This
Is to prevail even If the petition for di
vorce be opposed or not.
Ill short, tho crusaders seeking to hn
prove a social evil look upon the se
curing of absolute publicity of divorce
proceedings as one of the greuteet re
forms to bs accomplished.
There arc objections,to publicity in
such cases. Often Innocent parties to
a divorce suit arc brought Into a n
toiiety that Is painful. And not In
frequently newspapers which roll scan
dais on thetr tongues as delicious mor
sets work against the moral welfare of
l community by sensational and salu
huts reports.
But complete publicity of divorce
proceedings will have the tendency to
prevent attempts at hideous frauds nnd
perversions of the law. t’olluslve suits
and the chicanery of rorrupllon which
are not obvious in the written deposi
tions taken before a referee are likely
to be laid bare In the light of open
court proceedings.
Those earnest and Intelligent men
and women who are fighting to light
existing wrongs look upon publicity a*
thetr chtefest battle to be won. >
excuse Is offered, sometimes another.
The reasons advanced don't matter so
much since the annual effect Is the
same—a practical doubling of summer
prices.
This year the burden has come ear
lier than usual. Last winter It was
much later before the maximum of
16.50 for grata coal was fixed. If the
game has started thia early, consumers
may expect further advances when
winter gets down to business.
Dealers advance a combination of
reasons for this raise. One Is that the
Southern railway Is bringing little coal
Into the city and congestion of traffic
on all lines haa served to add dlfllcul
ties to the dealers' getting their coal
Into the yards. Another reason ad
vanced Is scarcity of labor, both at the
■nines and locally.
The local labor problem serves as a
reason for advancing charges for stor
ing coal In the bins of purchasers from
26 to 60 cents a ton. Signs of further
advances are apparent In the statement
that unless there Is Immediate relief In
tho labor problem at the mines, pro-
ducer^will have to raise prices again.
That means thd consumers pay finally.
The small percentage of people able
to buy the winter's supply of coal in
summer at *4 to *4.60 a ton can afford
to look on the situation complacently,
but to the mosses who must buy a ton,
a half ton, a quarter of a ton at a time,
the burden falls heavily.
Probably the producer, the railroads
nnd the dealers can all justify them
selves, but the suspicion will linger
that the regularity with which these
boostings of coal prices come hang as
easily on one plausible excuse as an
other.
Nooks and Comers
of American History
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
Cold Gomel—Coal Riiet.
Every home In Atlanta will have
forcibly brought to mind the effects of
the scarcity of labor today, when the
price of coal fa raised at one stroke
one dollar a ton.
That fit something that directly con
cerns every home In the city. It falls
especially hard upon the poor that
must buy Its fuel In small lots. They
will pay not $6.50 a ton. but at the
rate of #8 or $5.
Atlanta Is familiar with this annual
boosting of prices. Until cold weather
comes on prices air reasonable, but aa
soon ns winter acta in In earnest the
that there may be apace on prices begin climbing. Sometimes one
MATTHEW CALBRAITH PERRY.
One of America’s darling names Is
that of Oliver Hazard Perry, “Hero of
Lake Erie.”
But a very much bigger man In every
ar was Oliver’s brother, Matthew
C,*albraith Perry, of whom the world
lias learned but little, and to whoso
wonderful exploits the rank and tile
of the American people seem to be
blissfully Indifferent.
Matthew Calbrafth Perry, brother of
the man who so gloriously licked the
British on Lake Erie, was born April
10, 1794, at Newport, R. I.
On the paternal side he came of
Devonshire stock, and cm the maternal
of the Hcotch-Irlsh blood, which has
contributed so much to the glory and
honor of our republic.
From March, 1809, when at the age
of 15 he began his first cruise as mid-
shipment aboard tho Revenger, down
to his death In New York In March,
1858, Perry's record was noted for his
faithfulness to duty and devotion to
country.
Here ore some of the things that
Perry has written down to his credit:
1. While yet a mere lad he was an
efficient naval oftieor In the war of
1813.
2. Ho chose the location of the first
free black settlement In Liberia.
3. Ho was the father of oilr steam
navy.
4. He first demonstrated the effi
ciency of the ram as a weapon of of
fense in naval warfare.
5. He founded the naval apprentice
ship system.
6. He was an active instrument In
the extirpation of tho foreign slave
trade on tho coast of Africa.
* 7. He dhl as much as any other mail
toward deciding the result of the Mex
ican war.
8. He crowned his grand life work by
opening Japan to the world, which fact
alone, In the light of recent events, Is
enough to make him one of the must
Illustrious of the sons of men.
As a sample of the man’s make-up
we have but to refer to an Incident of
the siege of Vera Crus.
The siege promised to be a long one,
and In his despair General Hcott called
on Commodore Perry, then In
nmnd of our fleet In the Gulf of Mexico,
to lend him a set of heavy naval guns
with which to knock down the city
walls. With the request came the Inti
mation that the guns would be manned
by Scott’s own artillerists.
INDUSTRIES CHARTERED if
IN THE SOUTHERN STATES
gjHU'lal to The Georgian. I
Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 2.—The I
accompanying list authorised by Thej
Tradesman, represents the more lm-
portant new Industries established In
the Southern states during the week
ending today. Among the more heavily
capitalised of these are a *500.000
building and loan company in Florida,
a *100,000 construction company Jn
Louisiana, a *125,000 oil and guano
company In North Carolina. The
Tradesman’s list for the week is aa
follows: .
Alabama.
La Pine—*5,000 sawmill.
Birmingham—*20,000 sand and sup
ply company; *50,000 development
company.
Anniston—Amusement company.
North Birmingham — *20,000 land
company.
Centerville—*20,000 lumber compa
ny.
Florida.
Gainesville—Two Ice factories.
, St. Petersburg—Lumber company,
loan company.
Oxford—Crate factory.
Georgia.
Cornelia—Electric light plant; wa
terworks.
Marietta—*5,000 laundry.
Savannah—Lumber company.
Louisiana.
'Vlnnfleld—515,000 hardware
otnpa-
ny: land and lumber company
Baton Rouge—Ice and cold storage
plant.
Luke Charles—*10,000 lumber com
pany.
New Orleans—*100.000 construction
company; *50.ooO filter company.
Mississippi.
Hickory—Warehouse company.
Columbus—*15,000 canning factory.
Hattiesburg—Woodworking plant.
Weathersby—Sawmill.
North Carolina.
Durham—Chemical works; lumber
company; *100,000 hosiery mill.
Washington—Mattress factory.
Granite Falls—*100,000 lumber com
pany.
Wllllamston—*52,000 land company.
Plnetops—*126,000 oil and guano
company.
Stovall—Lumber company. ■
South Carolina.
Greenwood—*5,000 handerchlel fac
tory.
Clover—*5,000 cotton gin. „
Tennessee.
Pinson—*12,600 potter}'.
Bristol—*12,000 bottling works.
Chattanooga—*50,000 land company.
Memphis—*10,000 crate factory.
Nashville—*25,000 power company.
I GOSSIP!
SAM SHUBER7 WAS WORTH
$25,000 TO HIS PARENTS
New York, Nov. 2.—A verdict of *25,-
000 damages for the death of Sam S.
Shubert, the theatrical manager. was
returned against the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company by a Jury In the
United States circuit court before
Judge Holt. The plaintiffs were Da
vid and Catherine Shubert, parents of
the dead man. It Is understood that a
new trial wilt be asked.
The damages asked for were *100,-
000. The railroad company admitted
its neglect and liability for Shubert’*
death. The only question to be deter
mined was tho pecuniary damage suf
fered by his parents. It was brought
out thHt Shubert had made *95,000 the
year before his death, having sent home
*11,600 each year for the support of
his father and mother for Several years
prior.
The testimony detailed the business
life of Sam Shubert, with his rise
from a newsboy, to a manager, with
twenty theaters and twelve shows.
He was on the train that ran Into
freight nt Harrisburg, Pa., May 10; was
taken from Ills Pullman berth, badly
mangled, and died from his wounds In
a hospital the next day.
David Belasco testified that Shubert
was a genius, not only in business
acument, but In dramatic judgment and
taste and In his general knowledge of
both the artistic and the commercial
side of theaters.
HAD SWALLOWED IR ON B OL T
EX A CTL Y FIVE INCHES LONG
Middletown. N. Y.. Nov. 2.—The sur
geons in the State Hospital for the In
sane here are Immensely Interested in
the case of Edward Green, of Monroe.
The young man wan re-admitted to the
hospital recently and the surgeons
found he was suffering from appen
dicitis. They operated on him and were
astounded at ; their discovery.
Green’s vermiform appendix
greatly inflamed. Within its pouch
was an Iron bolt, five Inches long, with
a head commensurate with its length.
The inflammation had spread and it’1s
doubtful If the operation will save
Green’s life.
He has a mania for swallowing small
metal articles.
WIDOW OF RUSSELL SAGE
DOUBLES SALARYOFCLERKS
Sew York. Nov. 2.—Mrs. Russell
gage has doubled the salaries of the
clerks employed In the late Russell
gage's office In tho Bunk of Commerce
building. The Increase affected live
clerks, none of whom was mentioned in
Mr. gage’s will. Each of the clerks
will receive hM customsry salary, and.
In addition, an equal amount from Mrs.
Sage Individually.
The increase does not affect W. 8.
Osborne, Mr. gage’s cashier and confi
dential secretary-, who Is one of the
executors of the will.
PURSUIT OF PLEASURE
AND ITS SELFISHNESS
By MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN.
To the request Perm' sent the laconic
reply: “Certainly, general,
fight them."
but I must
And hn did fight them—with hui'Ii
effect that In n very little while
breach was made In the wall wide
enough fur the American army to
march through to glorious victory
And yet When General Scott came to
write hts autobiography he did not so
much ns refer to the naval battery nor
mention the name of Commodore
Perry.
Such Is the dependence that Is to be
put upon history!
Hut It was not until after Perry’s
sjilendid service In the Mexican war
that he begun to make ready for the
grandest work of his life.
While living at Tarry-town, X. Y„
after his return from the land of the
Montexumas, Perry -did u great deal of
thinking ubout Japan and Its senseless
Isolation.
He tried to Interest Danlbl Webster
tn hts darting Idea with regard to Ju-
pan, hut, as secretary’ of state, Webster
was too busy to pay much attention to
him.
But Perry, nothing discouraged hy
Webster’s indifference, kept at his
project, until finally he found himself
at the head of an expedition for the
Island Empire.
Reaching Japan In the year 1552,
Perry delivered to tho reigning authori
ties a letter from the president of the
United States expressing the good
wishes of this country toward Japan
and our ardent desire to render that
country such eervlce8 as ndght bo at
our command.
Having broken the Ice. as It were.
Perry departed, but returned the next
spring, and on the 31st day of March.
1554. signed with tha Japanese authori
ties a treaty of "peace, amity and pro
tection.”
That was the beginning of what may
be termed modern Japan—the Japan
that the world knows—the Japan whose
valor ami enterprise are today the
wonder of mankind!
THANKS THE GEORGIAN.
To the Editor of The Georgian.
I sincerely thank you for your edi
torial in yesterday's Georgian, “Danger
In Mrs. Dickson's Plan." I think <vun-
oilmen understand pretty well tlutt
(Copyright, 1996, by Atnerlcan-Jour-
- nal-Exatnlner.)
Nothing can bring’ less happiness
than the ceaseless pursuit of pleasure,
nnd yet one Is constantly Confronted
by individuals whose sole aim In life
l« tho gratification of their own wishes.
They do nothing that does not promise
realization of the desires of their sel
fish natures.
Home taka Infinite jdeanure In amass
ing fortunes; their possessions con
sume their affections and thetr
thoughts, and they become recluses
from society lest they may be called
upon to 'bear some of Its burdens.
Others devote all their lime to Indul
gence in eating nnd drinking In vain
attempts to be happy. Many more
Imaglno that pleasure Is to be found
In participation In all manner of
amusements and diversions from the
serious things of life. They lose sight
of tlie fact that the frivolous and gay
have no such thing as real ploasure tn
distribute; momentary delight Is all
that aetors In the lighter roles can
promise.
It Is only a question of time when
the pleasure-seeker becomes satiated
with the fruits of his mean ambitions.
Rarest wines, the most delicate of
viands, lose their flavor. The glare of
footlights hurts the eye. The ribaldry
of boon comjianlons soon begins to Ir
ritate. If not Infuriate, overwrought
missions. The soulless creatures who
for a while engrossed their fancies
become the "beta noire" of their exist
ence; Jealousy and ofttlmes murder
ending their Illicit entanglements,
though they may have been legalised
by a marriage ceremony.
Profligacy and dissipation bear but
one kind of fruit—wretchedness and
desperation. No physical constitution
can long endure the ravages of a reck
less life, nor can any mind, however
brilliant and vigorous, withstand tha
excitement that Invariably attends
life of Immorality.
God never Intended that his creatures
should lire for themselves alone; it Is
expected that our God-given gifts
should be employed in some noble way
for the uplifting of mankind and the
betterment of the world; hence It Is
written. "He that noweth Iniquity shall
reap vanity, and with the rod of his
anger he shall be consumed."—Prov
erbs 20:8. And, again. "They that
plow Iniquity and sow wickedness reap
the same.”—Gob 4:8. Nothing Is more
clearly set forth In the Book of Books
than that every human being la re
sponsible for the talents he hath.
The saddest reflection ujion such
misspent lives Is the fact that there Is
not one of this class who has not sumo
nature and who suffers all the agon
ies of outraged nature on account of
the follies anil recklessness of the self-
indulgent pursuer of what Is misnamed
pleasure.
It would be folly to undertake to ac
count for the perversity of human na
ture. There Is no theory upon which
one can explain tho Innate depravity of
the well-born who abandon all pretense
of self-respect and decency and de
scend to the level of the lowest, most
Ignorant, bestial and Irresponsible of
beings, and with perfect abandon fol
low their vicious Instincts until, by
tragedy nr accident, their career* are
ended. Who besides themselves are re
sponsible for such travesties on the hu
man species?
I have sometimes thought that there
was more work for missionaries In the
home field than could ever be done. If
persons In this enlightened country
could be Induced to abandon thetr
wanton, selfish habits and tn lead a
moral, rational, If not righteous life, It
would contribute far more to the sal
vation of the world than can ever
be accomplished by trying to convert
the heathen In foreign lands.
TO SERVE LIFE SENTENCE '
FOR SMOTHERING CHILD.
Special to The Georgian.
Jacson, Miss., Nov, 2,—The first
white woman to be sent to the peniten
tiary In the past flvo years Is Mrs.
Stewart. She gets a life term for hav
ing murdered her child by smothering.
JL
Up to two years ago there was
white woman In the )>cnltentlar}' for
the same offense, Mrs. Mar}' Wilkin
son, from Pie county, but she served
about seven years anil was pardoned.
Tho prison hoard lias received notice of
the conviction of Kirs. Stewart. She
will be the only white woman tn the
penitentiary and things will be mighty
lonesome for her. It la probable that
she will he put on one of the prison
farms, probably In the hospital at Oak
ley.
BY CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York, Nov. 2—Arnold Wells, the
foremost exponent of George Bernard
Shaw's plays In this country, who Is
now appearing In vaudeville In one of
his favorite author's comedlea^ntltled
“Hon- He Lied tu Her,” and Alfred
Hickman, also a disciple of Shaw, but
nt present playing In "The Tourists," a
musical production, have been sus
pended from the Lambs' club.
Their suspension was effected Sun
day night when the doors were closed
to prevent them doing each other bod
ily harm In a personal encounter.
Sir. Mortimer Durand will tomorrow
transfer the British embassy from
Lenox to Washington, and on Afonday,
with Lady Durand nnd Miss Josephine
Durand, will return lo the national cap.
Ital. i
The West has furnished New York
with other fads. It’s the pinto cow
pony. Manhattan equestriennes have
become weary of the prosaic park
"hacks” they ride along the bridle
paths, and a score of them arc bring
ing cow ponies from the West. The
girl who has ranged the prairie on a
fleet bronco In the course of a West
ern trip, Is not likely to be satisfied
all the time with the dignified cob of
the riding schools. One of New York's
most dashing belles shortly will be seen
In Central park on a genuine pinto po
ny, such as would thrill the heart of
any small boy.
• Circus pontes" they have been calligi
by the youth of the land from time Im
memorial, those plntos, though to the
older folk, especially with a New Eng
land training, "calico” has remained a
more specific term.
Mrs. Potter Palmer, back, from Eu
rope, was'met at the pier by Brigadier
General and Mrs. Frederick D. Grant
and Prince and Princess Cantusene. It
was Mrs. Palmer's Intention to stop
over for a few dayB In New York, ami
she had reserved apartments at the St.
Regis, but she cancelled the engage
ment and decided to leave at once for
Chicago.
Mrs. Palmer did not remain for a long
time In London this year, contrary to
expectations. Indeed/ her last stay In
London was limited to the night before
her steamship sailed from Liverpool.
Last year she had a house In London
and did much entertaining.
Great Britain Is trying to purchase
tile property In Washington at Con
necticut avenue and Columbia road,
known as "Oaklawn.” but so far has
failed to have Its offer either accept
ed or rejected. The place Is one of the
largest and finest In Washington and
would give to England by far the most
Imposing diplomatic home there.
Baron Haymerle, secretary of the
Austrian embassy, will go to .Mexico In
the near future to serve as charge
d'affaires for Austria tn the absence of
Baron Karl Von Glskra,' who has been
appointed minister, but who Is nimble
to assume Ills duties there before
spring. Baron Von Glskra wds former
ly first seoretary of the Austrian em
bassy hero, and both he and Ills Amer.
lean wife—formerly Miss Helen King,
of Baltimore—were popular socially.
Miss Lillian Baird Parks, daughter
of Commander William M. Parks, U. 8.
K, and Mrs. Parks, was married In St.
Margarets Episcopal church 111 Wash
ington Jo Richard H. Pritchett, of Dan
ville, Va. A reception was given "at
the home of Cbmmhnder Parks in
Eighteenth street. Miss Victoria
Park*, slater of the bride, was maid
of honor and Miss Miller was (lower
girl. James F. PrltelictMwas best man.
and the ushers Included Harry Berk
ley and John Schnotfleld, of Danville,
Va., and George Reed, of Norfolk.
'GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
Sew York, Nov. 2.—Here are some of the
visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA-1’. <>. Hebert, \V H. Likin,
E. It. fame, M. lame, Jr.
AI’Gt'kTA—J. Dsbr.
SAVANNAH-*. V. K. Mustln.
THIS BATE IN HISTORY.
NOVEMBER 2.
their votes on everything relating to
the estenslon of the saloon limits are
being carefully checked up l>y those
who vote (or counclimen. Beer amid
the blooming flowers, which Mrs. Dick
son promises her patrons, looks Inno
cent enough, but the fruits are not dif
ferent from those establishments with
less euphonious names.
1 thank God for cne paper which Is
not afraid to say the right thing on
■natters of tills sort. Sincerely.
A. B. CALDWELL.
Atlantu, Ga., Nov. 1, 1906.
MISSISSIPPI FARMERS
TO HOLD REUNION.
Kpcclsl to The Georgian.
Jackscn, Silas.. Nov. 2.—It Is official
ly announced that the farmsra' reunion
of Allsslsslppl Is to hold a big state
convention In this city on December l.
The farmers’ union has be^p gaining
In strength at a great rate In this state
during the last few months. Organ
isers have been In all parts of Alls
slsslppl and have organized local unions
It Is probable that the farmers' union
now has as many members a, the cot
ton association, though It Is not near so
old.
1796—James K. Polk. Meventli pirabb'"'
the rolled States, born, fled .lone
1827—le!nl*Knmir Horoobefl, English- gtatoa-
man, born. Died Miiri'h I. 1J99- .
IMl—’i’li* 1 Confederate m , ho4»nor. Benminii,
run flu* «»» Hnvannan.
—(ifin-nil Hhormiin iinnouiwM th** In-
1572—''!om)inenl"’o*"wtrIVa11er Kent! »n-
veiled lo Central park. New lork.
1887—Jenny Mod. fsmisis singer, died. Horn
lie toiler :i, ]KI.
1559—The emperor sod eaqiress of Germany
visited I'nnstsntlnotile.
1891—Maverick National bank. Motion, fall'
1195—Nkdioln* II pruclolmed emperor of
1595—Hullin' inolilllged a ntrnng nivnl fleet
1902—XVw"Irish’loud net went Into ojmts-
1904—Evu’ Booth a|>polided eoiumandor of
the Kalrathni army In the I’alted
1995—Five jhnumud Jess reported killed
In Odessa during the riot,.
To Protset Caroling Gsms.
gjieelal to The Georgian.
Asheville, N. <’., Nov. 2.—At a well-
attended meeting here Wednesday
night the Appalachian Fish and Game
Protective Association wns organised,
the object of which la tha protection of
fish, game and birds. All the western
counties of North Carolina are repre
sented In the membership.
Many Rtal Estate Transfers.
Special to The Georgian.
Covington. Qa., Nov. 2.—During the
last week several large real estate
transfers have occurred here In the res
idence section of the city and near
the Georgia depot, amounting to more
than |29,<t<K>
The Atlanta Georgian
Is On Salt Regularly at tha Fol
lowing Hotelg and Newt Standi.
BALTIMORE, a
lit*! Till ere Hotel.
BOSTON, MA88-
-Barker Rouse.
“ tel.
Northern
i aiuicr iitniM-, ei.
K>rn St.; Andltorfitm
Jackeou aud Dear*
... Clark. 112
Hotel, Joe Herron.
l»orii streets.
CINCINNATI. OHIO.—Gibson House,
Grand Hotel, I'alare Hotel.
DENVER, COLO.—J. Black. H. U.
^INDIANAPOLIS,IND.—English Honor.
Grand Hotel.
NEW YORK, N. Y.-Rofel Aftor, Ho-
.tel Imperial.
OMAHA, NKBR.—Mezeatb 8ta. Co.
SAN DIEGO. CAI,.—II. R. Amos.
KT. PAUL* MINN.—N. Lt, Marie, 9€ E.
Fltth street.
SEATTLE. WASH.—A. M. Kay.
KT. LOUIS. MO.-Hotel Laclede, South-
ern Hotel. Planter* Hotel.
ward i_
. _. -Hotel Willard,
McKinney House, Raleigh House.