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— THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. MONDAY. NOVEMBER ' 1|W«. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN :OHN TEMPLE CKAVES. E4U* P. L SEELY. PmMtnt. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sosdlj) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 3 West Alabama Sf.. Atlanta. Ga. Subscription Rates. One Year I. 14.50 six Months Three Months L2* nf Carrier. Per Week to Smith ft Thompson, advertising rep resentatives for nil territory outside of Georgia. Chlraro Office Tribune Bids. New Yprk Office Potter Bldg. If you hire any trouble getting THE GEORGIAN. telephone the Circulation l>epartment and hare It promptly rem edied. Telephones: Bell 4fc.*7 Multi, Atlanta 4401. | It Is desirable that all «‘otuuiunlc«* lions Intended for publication In THE GEORGIAN Ik* limited tn 40) words In length. It la Imperative that they be slgsed. aa an evidence of good faith, though the hatnes will be withheld If THE GEORGIAN prlnta no unclean or objectionable advertising. Neither does It print whisky or any liquor ads. OUR PLATFORM.-The Georgian atanda for Atlauta’a owning its own gas and electric light plants, as It now owns Its waterworks, other cities do this and set gas as low as W cents, with a profit to the city. This should he done at nuce. The Georgian be lieves that If street railways can lie operated successfully by Etiropenu cities, ss they are, there is no good reason why they cannot be so onersts<l here. But we do not believe this can I* done now. and It may I* some years face In that direction NOW. New Orleans with something: of regu larity. There is nothing along the whole length of the Southern railway, not even the question of freight rates about which the people are so much in protest, ss there is over the almost un broken aeries of delays In the move ments of this great through train be« tween the East and the Southwest. We shall be glad at any time to re cord an Improvement in this schedule or a faithful effort on the part of the officials to make It better. Where the Train* Are Delayed. The delay. In the larger achcdule. ot urn. of our great railways are getting to be something more than an incon- venience. They are a positive loss In many commercial aspects to the people of the South. Let us take for Instance the South' era railway. The Southern railway Is the greatest transportation system In the South. It Is perhaps the richest the longest, the best equipped, and Is supposed to be under the strongest financial management of any transpor tation line In theae Southern states. In tha main, the Southern railway Is sue cessfully managed. Its equipment is line. Its comforts and luxuries are un surpassed. Its finances are well con ducted. Its political affairs are looked after with magnificent ability. Its profits are regular and satisfactory in every respect to the stockholders, and It, .lock la quoted high upon the ex< change. ; The Southwestern Vestlbuled Limit oil from Washington to New Orleans is the graatest train on the length ot the Southern railway. It Is the most Important, the beat equipped, the moat famous and the moat comfortable. It Is not too much to say that thia train Is scarcsly ever on time between the first of October and the first of May. Scheduled to arrive In Atlanta at 3:DS tn tha afternoon, It rarely gets here be fore half past six or aevsn, and some times, many times, even later. Now the question 1*. why this almost unbroken record of Irregularity on the best train of the best road In the Southern system? Some great railroads have trains that are late sometimes. We do not know any other great railway whose best train la late all of the time or at least nearly all of the time. A atudy of the situation reveals the fact that these delays occur almost to variably between Washington and Charlotte. The vestlbuled Is ganerally landed In Washington on time by the Pennsylvania railroad. When It reaches Charlotte It comes with no further de lay straight through to Atlanta, and the universal testimony ot the thou sands who are annually delayed on this road Is to the effect that the dU' treating and harrowing delays which keep men and women from Important engagements, and which so largely at fects both the United States mall and the commerce of this section, are al most invariable recorded at some one or other of these feeding lines running Into the main line between Manassas Junction and Salisbury, N. C. It would seem easy with the condi tion. so very greatly ilmpllfied, that the brains and the resources of this great railway system ought to be able to cure a difficulty or defect that Is limited to about 230 miles of Its route. Surely then the executive capacity of the train dlapatcheri and the traffic managers of the Southern railway ought to be able to better the condi tions about which all classes ot people In this southern country are complain- lag. There la nothing Ill-natured In thia criticism. Tha desire of The Georgian I. not to barate but to suggest; not to abuae but to halp. We think we have stated the conditions fairly, and we w- rlously think that one or the earliest conferences between the great heads »r this system ought to take Into con sideration some ways and means of regulating the traffic conditions be tween Washington and Salisbury. We feel aura that-if the full strength of the Southern's equipment can he con centrated on this point, that the mat ter ought to be settled and we ought to see, at least more frequently than we bare done, tha Southern Vestlbuled c> me rolling into Atlanta and on to HEARST NOW OR HEREAFTER. Our esteemed friend of The Journal Is entirely mistaken In think ing that the possible defeat of Mr. Hearst would hot weaken the eause of reform In New York and that some other candidate could have lad this cause more sincerely and more successfully than the editor of The New York American. The Journal has rarely been more mistaken, and this la putting It rather atrongly, than In the supposition that any man could have led this movement more effectively and more successfully than William Ran dolph Hearst. In the first place. Mr. Hearst has built up the movement to Its present status of possibility by the work and the advocacy of his eight ' great newspapers for the last ten years. Day by day he has sown the seed, and day by day his harvests of public opinion have grown beneath . Ills hands. With four great dally newspaper! In New York to supplement Ills siieecbes on the stump, Mr. Hearst was infinitely better prepared to propagate these Ideas, to preach these reforms and to lead this great cause than any other man. Moreover his record Is Infinitely better lor leadership along this line than any other man who could posalbly Itave been named or who can he named within the next decade to lead this movement. What he preaches he has practiced; what he tells the people to do he has really done; what he advocatea he has accomplished; what be denounces he has restrained, and hit newspapers and hla Injunctions have won so many victories from the fortified redoubts of the trusts, magnates and the syndicates, that he carries in New York exactly the same concbption u-lilch Hoke Smith car ried In Georgia—the suggestion of a personality stroug enough and domi nant enough to accomplish whst he undertakes and to execute what he was elected to do, beesuse he has already fulfilled every other promise and accomplished almost every other thing for the people that he had set out to perform. * ........ Any man who knuwg anythlug of Itadei-ahlp and its qualifications, ought to know that this makes the most superb of all equipment for lead ing the great cause of reform. 0 The Journal need not concern itself about the Impression of Mr. liesrst's sincerity as a leader of the reform movement. It Mr. Hearst Is not believed to be sincere, no man In this republic need ever ho|ie to win that degree of confidence from the people In any other campaign in our history. Nobody In New York Is more profoundly convinced of Ills sin cerity than the trusts who with such frenzied sincerity are fighting him. It la because they believe so tremendously In Hearst's sincerity that they are putting forth auch strenuous efforts to defeat one whose work they so greatly dread when It comee to executive authority. Nobody on either side In New York really believes Mr. Hearst to be Insincere In his advocacy of the reforms he aeeki. lie may be believed liy many to be dangerous, and be doubtless is believed by the selfish capitalists and truata to lie dangerous (as he certainly Is) to their solfisli and monopollatlc schemes. Hut neither people nor plutocrats have any question of the fact that If he Is elected governor that he will do with all his might and malu every thing that mortal man reinforced by ample capital and able lawyers can do to bring about the reforms which are needed In the public life of New York. The people know In this matter that If Hearst cuunot do this nobody else can do It. Without power and without place he has already done ao much more than any pretender has done with power and with place. Tbere.la not In all the clamor of New York politics anything more hol low than this sham cry of distrust of the sincerity, of the Democratic can didate. We do not believe Mr. llearst will he defeated In this election. As we have sald.before, nothing but money by the house-full can buy the election away from hint. It must be confessed that the money la there to do It. In spite of this we believe that the |>eople are going to triumph, that they have the bit In their teeth, that they see things clearly and that In spite or money, they are going to work and win for themselves and for reform the phenomenal triumph of these two decades. Hut If they do not, The Journal need give Hself no concern, for the next leader for this same cause In New York will not he some other mail, such, for Instance, as its famous and successful hero, Alton R. Parker, or any other half-hearted equilibrist between the camps of capital aud the people, hut It will be this same William Rnndolph Hearst who leads today, and the only man who, upon the present horizon, can ever lead the people of New York fo safe and substantial victory along the lines of his present simple and noble platform. The Sophomores of the "Tech.” In words of artful am) moat arro gant alliteration, the sophomore class of the Georgia School of Tech nology has expressed toward the sub ordinate classea of that great school the classical contempt which the high er claasman always feels toward the lower, and has accompanied this pronouncement with the Issuance of certain rules rigid and autocratic, which the "subs" are to observe with reference to their own habits, aud with eipeclal reference to the suiierlor flophs. It Is required that every "suit" shall promptly surrender hfs seat In a crowded street car to a Sophomore or to a lady. It is ordered that no "sub" shall be allowed to smoke without written per mission from the president of the 'Sophs" or from the governor of Georgls, who has been cautioned to be discreet. It la ordered that no "sub" shall be allowed to smoke a pipe under uny conditions unless the word “sub' 1 Is painted on hla pipe. It la ordered that no sub shall wear a celluloid collar under any conditions, and this without regard to previous environment. It la ordered that the subs shall not be permitted to attend the Intercolle giate athletic games without being or namented with a pink and green rib bon. These and other edlcta are thunder ed forth lu a fiery proclamation, and the penalties for violation are hinted at In the most alarming way. The Atlanta public, which Is always Increasing Its affiliation and interest with this great school, will watch with interest the further development of this thrilling war. are not proceeding with the tubs upon the McKinley bants of "benevolent assimilation,” but are moving along the high lines of the moat pronounced "Imperialism." \Ve shall doubtless hear of wars and rumors of wars. There will lie skir mishes betweon the classes. There will he guerrilla warfare. Now and then sonic lonesome sub may have his hair cropped close without his consent by some amateur harlier of the Sophs. Now and then sonic daring Soph, caught out alone by desperado suits, may go home with his shoes painted green or blue. And there may lie at times some grand battle of brawu and good humor between the full strength of the two armies on some fateful bat tle field of Vain or Mukden, or Mud- den. It is against this rashness that we rise to solemnly warn the Sophs. Wo have noted with approval that the Sophs have discretion as well as valor, and the first quality was never better Illustrated Ihan in the wise avoidance of applying theae edicts to the Fresh man claas. The Freshman clasa la twice ai numerous and nearly twice as big as the Sophs. The Freshmen have been In college loug enough to feel their numbers and their strength, and It la quite likely that If this Sopho more Impudence had been addressed to them the Freshmen In the sheer consciousness of their thaws and sln- ‘ husky fellowp train the provinces of Habersham • and Gwinnett,’, and Lowndes- and liberty, and thnt Just as toon as the rawness of their new ness has worn away In the fmpudent atmosphere of Atlanta, they are likely to rise in the might and majesty of beef and bone/i and wallop the Sophs Into repentance and withdrawal. It doesn't matter that the Juniors and Seniors hare underwritten tfco ukase of the Sophs. The Freshmen alone are more than two hundred strong and outnumber S'opbomore, Senior and Junior In a tripartite al liance. The Sophs of the Technological school must not -say that they have not been warned by a friendly power. The Georgian even goes so far as to offer Its good offices In arbitration. Perhaps, If the Freshmen preserve an armed neutrality we may be able yet to patch up a Peace of Portsmouth or a Pact of Peachtree between the con tending factions. At any rate, we have done our |>art as a peacemaker, and if our counsel Is rejected we can at least join the Red Cross Society and Join the Col lege Widows In carrying off the wounded from the field. Unt seriously, or humorously as you will, this is a good live thing in the Sophs of the Tech to do. It Is a good, bold burst of college spirit that brings the Tech up in the ranks of the republic's great schools. The cane- rushes at Harvard and the tugs of war at Yale and Princeton—the claas wart at Cornell and Michigan and Oberlin and Wisconsin are a part of the great big life of these great schools. Godspeed to the manly boys In their mimic battles which are fitting them for the big real battle of the world. Only this; The limit of good hu mor and self control must never be overstepped. This Is not real but- mimic war. This Is good humor on trial as well as strength. This Is mere ly a battle of brotherly brawn and strength, and any man of auy claas who, forgetting the spirit of the col lege, would strike with temper or use a weapon, rettects upon his own man hood and foreshadows a dangerous and unpopular career upon the larger flold of strife. The class battles arc. like football contests, meant to be fought to the last amiable limit of strength and skill, but finished In friendship, with the best men and the next best always shak ing hands upon the field. FRATS SHOULD NOT SOLICIT NEW MEMBERS IN THE FAL TO HAVE BUST SESSION AT MONDAY MEETING All Indications point to an unusually busy session of the city council Mon day afternoon. The year Is fast drawing to a close and the members of council are anx ious that all business be performed as early ns possible. Despltr the fact that It Is the wish of the body not to allow any unpaid debts to go over to the next administration, a goodly number vf res olutions and petitions for appropria tions will come up at the meeting. Principal among theao Is the ordi nance providing for the paving of Peachtree street with asphult. The nec essary advertisement has been made, states City Attorney Mayson, and the question will Ire finally settled. Council and the aldemiunlc board have already slgnltled an Intention to adopt the ordinance. Actual work on the paving will. It Is planned, begin next week. The finance committee at a meeting Friday voted In favor of an appropria tion of something over 11,0110 for the paving ot Capitol square. It remains to be seen what action will lie taken by council on this matter. Small Appropriations. There ure quite a number of smaller appropriations recommended by the finance committee, among them being the repairing of West Hunter street at un expense of 8250, and un amount a little larger for granite steps nt the new Pryor street school. The petition for a franchise by the Atlanta and Carolina Construction Company will nguln be read and acted upon. The franchise was granted by council at the last session, hut was re committed to the finance committee by the ahlernianlc hoard, on the objection of residents on certain streets on the rropoeed .right of way, the main ob jection being that some of these streets were too narrow for tracks to be laid on them. After going over the proposed route of the Interurhsns. one to West Point and the other to Conyers, the commit tee Saturday derided to make a favor able report, with the provision that tha intenirban company agree to widen the streets ut certain points. The reiiort will probably.be adopted by council. The special saloon license committee will report the granting of three of the applications, out of 2S which were up for consideration. The reason given will be the congestion of the traffic In the localities of the three saloons. ouncll will, no doubt, adopt the re port. Park Board Matter. Councilman Chosew-ood's ordinance, hanging the manner of selecting the park board will again come up, the or dinance committee having acted favor ably upon It. The ordinance provides that the mayor, the chairman of the park committee of council and one cit izen from each ward In the city shall the mayor to To the Editor of The Oaorglan; It la not the purpose ot this paper to attempt to Justify the existence of college fraternities. That the oldest of them In this country ere coeval with our present politics! form of govern ment and that they have steadily In creased In number and In extent of territory until now there Is scarcely a college of eny Importance In the United .States without them are sufficient evi dences that they are securely estab lished as a iiermansnt Institution In American cqjltges. That thetr origin la due to that phase of human nature which seeks associa tion and friendship; that thslr fun damental principles tend toward the moral education end social advance ment of their members; and that their Ideals are the highest, no one who Is familiar >1th their nature and pur poses will deny. Hut that there are defects in the actual workings of every fraternity, even in every chapter of every fraternity; that no fraternity comprising thousands of members chosen from various classes of socie ty, even no chapter of any fraternity, measures up to the great principles and high ideals w-hli-h It has set, are prop ositions equally Incontrovertible. Nor are these faults peculiar to fra ternities. Every human Institution Is defective. The church, which Is of divine origin. Is perfect only In so far as It Is divine. Just where divinity leaves off humanity begins, and thus the church has Its bickerings, Its back sliders and Ita hypocrites. But because an Institution Is Imperfect Is not rea son enough for It to be totally con demned. Because It Is defective Is not sufficient reason why It cannot at the same time be beneficial. If Us pur poses are wholesome and Its operation reasonably consistent with them, then Its adherent* should strive to remedy Its defects rather than careleasly to permit their continuance or hastily to conclude that they are pest the point of correclon. It Is for the purpose of creating or. If It already exists, of stimulating a sentiment among college fraternities looking toward the correction of their faults and arousing or re-enforcing a desire among them to preserve their fundamental character and to live more nearly up to their Ideals that this paper Is written. Nor le It to be hoped that any mere agreement, no matter how salutary |>er se. no matter how well It Is calculated to meet the con ditions and correct them, will operate satisfactorily, unlesa It emanatea from an honest desire on the part of Its makers to observe it end to co-operate with each other for its success. In the first place, then, the proposed remedy most give-reasonable assurance that under Its operation conditions will be more agreeable and wholesome than they have been heretofore. In order that It may enlist the hearty support of those affected by It. And this leads us to Inquire where the trouble tlee which we seek to correct, und further wheth er the proposed plan will not, while it works for Improvement along particu lar lines, at the same time entail other conditions that would be unfavorable and that would counteract the good to be accomplished. It Is unnecessary In this papei enumerate the weaknesses and del ir to efects of the several fraternities, the correc tion of which Is sought to be brought about by thle agreement. Whatever they are, they are directly attributa ble to the defective characters of the Individuals that go to make up their respective memberships. If the occa sion of undesirable members to the fra. ternltles la reduced by the agreement, and If It does not operate ao aa to ex clude those that are desirable, then It will have accomplished all that could reasonably be desired, and In so doing would establish a higher character and a better reputation for the frateml- tlea. College fraternltlea have, In aome In stances, been too haety in pledging men for membership. Doubtless each of them can recall some Instance within the past few years wherein It has made a serious mistake, and one ever after wards tn operate against Its Integrity und standing, by Initiating a man whom at first It thought desirable, but who at length proved to be utterly un qualified for membership. Under present conditions there le a rush nt the opening of college by the several fraternities in their efforts to secure for each Its share of available fraternity men. Toot fraternity which would prefer to go slow and exercise more discretion in electing a man li forced, for the sake of self-preserva tlon, to act without due deliberation, because the others will have secured such men ns It would otherwise have asked to join. Aa u matter of fact some men who are desirable have their minds made up before they reach college aa to which fraternity they prefer to Join. They have been Influenced by uluinnl of that fraternity and practically pledged beforehand, so that they only await an Invitation to declare their al- ewe and numbers would have forbid- den the Soph* to wear black cravats | ^nitituu the* imard,' oti the campus around*, and might I make the appointment of the ward re] have enforced the edict. We fear that the daring and dash- SAYS HIRED THUGS WILL TRY TO STEAL LOUISVILLE VOTES legtance. Such, however. Is not true of a large per cent of acceptable men who have heard little and thought less about fraternities. Besides the two classes Just mentioned there Is an other class who are apparently all right, who at flrst-seem to be perfect gentlemen, whose family connections are of good repute, and yet who would disgrace any respectable a*soclatlon that made the mistake of Initiating them. There Is le*s occasion for the pro posed agreement on. account of the first two classes than on account of the third, yet there la an advantage both to the fraternities and to those deslra-- ble men who contemplate Joining and who only need sufficient time In which to decide which fraternity really suit* them best. No two of the fraterni ties would make the same Impression on the outsider who Is a careful ob server. He would find that the person nel of one seemed more agreeable to him than that of another. The traits, character and appearance of one would Impress him more favorably than like qualities of another would. . It such he true, then after one has had sufficient time to make these ob servations he would naturally Join that fraternity which more nearly corre sponds to his own notions and Ideals. Each fraternity would attract men according to Its peculiar character and men of different dispositions would Join the respective fraternities accord ing as they were better pleased with one than with the others. Thus an original purpose of fraternity llfi congeniality among Ita members— would be more nearly reallaed. But the most promising advantage— a consummation devoutly to he wished —to be gained by the proposed plap would be at least the practical elimina tion of the third class above mentioned —those who nre utterly unfit for inem bershlp and who consequently are i burden to the fraternity unlucky enough to get them. Adherence to the terms of the agreement would reduce the probability of this class’ ever gain ing admission Into uny fraternity. After a fraternity had had the opportunity of observing for four montha the con duct, character and class room work of a man It Is scarcely jirobablc that It would be mistaken as to his quallfl cations for membership. Nor would such a plan likely result In a diminished desire on the part of new students to become fraternity men. the agreement were made, the rule es tablished. It would be generally recog nlzed by the uninitiated as valid and binding and they would not expect to be approached on the subject during the fall term of college. On the other hand, If after four months' observe tlon one snould conclude that he doesn' wish to Join, It were better that he re main outside anyhow, for he would scarcely be a suitable man. Conformity to the comiutct would un- doubtedly reduce the numerical strength of the fraternity, but that should receive the least consideration of any of the resulting conditions, for mere numbers count for nothing. Be sides, the elimination of the undesira ble element would surely serve to raise the real standard and character and In crease the true power and worth of the remaining body. R. M. GIRARDEAU. McRae, Ga. COMMERCE AND THE SOUTH. Manufacturers' Record, Baltimore. "Following the line of least resist ance,” the "down hill haul to the sea,” the ever-growing commerce of the country Is more and more seeking an outlet through Southern ports. Our foreign commerce, now *8,000,000,000 a year, will double and quadruple, as will our coastwise trade, but the number of our ports can be very slightly Incressed even If millions should be expended. Nature has fixed the location of our available ports and forever set the limit upon their number. As commerce expands. Southern ports must grow In opulence and population. Great finan cial centers must naturally follow, and the vast commerce, of which we have seen only the beginning, which will soon flow through the South, will be a mighty factor In the building of rail roads, the growth of cities, the Immi gration of people from other countries and other sections. There are few countries on earth which have such a geographical relation to the centers of productive energies on the one side and the world's commerce on the other as the South. The human mind cannot fully grasp the wonders of the coming years In this heaven-favored section From Success Magazine. The editor ot a paper In western Indiana declares It to be a fact that a "cub” reporter on an Evansville sheet In describing the murder ot a man In an adjacent town wired hla paper as fol lows: ••Murderer evidently In quest of money. Luckily Jones had deposited ell his funds In the bank day before, to that lie lost nothing but his life.” MORAN IN CONTEST El LoulHvIlle, Ky„ Nov. 5.—Attorney \V. H. Hayes, candidate for governor j n the Democratic primary tomorrow, ap peared In police court today and (lied a sensational motion asking that the court remain In contlnuoua session to morrow. In thia motion Hayes assert* that he 1m informed that a plot has been formed to steal the primary In Louisville. He allege* that this will be done by the police and Bremen working under di rection of an ex-mayor, meaning j _ 'harles F. Gralner, and assisted by|chu»ett* has been Inthehandsofthe Boston, Mass.. Nor. 6.—Thoma* \V. Uwwn'K promised aid for John B. Moran came today In the shape of a half-page advertisement prominently displayed In all the Boston morning pa per*. The advertisement, couched in Lawson** choice vocabulary* called up on the voter* of Massachusetts to (fleet Moran governor and down the power of money. It begins: "Throughout the land harks the cry of the people's slave drivers. 'Dogs, back to your kennel.* On the highways. In the by-way* Osar Dollar's troopers stand ut guard. "For a quarter of a century Ma*sa< Imported thug* and repeaters armed with thumb stencils, etc., and that the election officer* are to be aupplanted by pliable toots. He says he expect* to swear out many warrant* and want* Immediate action taken before the guilty can leave town. Judge McCann said that i ‘system* anti its men and legislators have been bought and sold like sau sage* and fish ut the markets and wharves. The gigantic corporations and twenty over-night mads dollar kings control the destinies of the peo ple and the state as does the sultan of Turkey his domains aud the slaves who grase upon them." Mr. Lawson say* that Governor Guild he will hold a continuous session of; f* hone«t and a white man, but Guild police court tomorrow. ! represents dollars while Moran repre- ; sent* the side of the people. I gossip: BY CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. New York. Nov. B.—J. P. Morgan haa Imported what la said to be the mo,t complete set extant of original manu scripts and private letters of Rob<-;t Burns, the poet of Scotland. Agents »t the American have been searching Orest Britain for the last fifteen year, to collect the documents and an ex pense of no less than JSuO.OOO, It Is es- Unrated, has been so Incurred. The long-mining manuscripts and letters are In two books of 400 pages racli, measuring one and one-half feet square and five Inchea thick. They have been nominally nppr*is-d by the customs authority at <3o.0o<> each and subjected to a duty of 20 p. r cent ad valorem, so that the Morgan customs brokers paid 810,000 duty.; It Is believed to be the purpose of Morgan finally to bequeath the Burns manu scripts, along with other valuable lit erature and objects of art. to the Met ropolitan Museum of Art. In the best Informed art circles It was stated that It Is Morgan's Intention to bring over practically all the stat uary and other works of art ha hat accumulated In Europe for several years, paying full duty on same. It Is estimated the Morgan art treasure. now on the other side are valued a: n|. most 81B.000.AOII. One never gives a dinner nowadays. The smart thing to do Is to give u series of dinners, for a hostess could not possibly Include all her guests at one time to do honor to a distinguished visitor. In a case of. this kind It alwas .* Is such a relief to know the correct thing to do. The first of this season's dinner sc ries will be given on November ?. I i honor of Sir Thomas Llpton. with Mr-. •»ohn H. Flagler, as mistress of cere monies, Mrs. Flagler has planned a stunning series of dinners for lu-i guests, the first of which Is ta he given at her new home on Park place. The divorce congress, which 'meet* here November 13, has the hearty co operation and good wishes frhiti Aur-1 Batonyl. The delegates will discuss a plan for establishing uniform divorce laws throughout the United States. The Batonyl* hope It will prove a forerunner for an International con- The question of the legality of the severance of Mrs. Batonyl’s pre vious marital bonda has been ques tioned by her former husband, Burk.'- Roche, an Englishman, who declare* that Johnny Bull does not rscognlre her Delaware divorce anti charge.-, her with bigamy. Foreign diplomats are almost famil iar these days to New York aa they generally are to Washington. They are on their way to tho national capi tal to take up the season's work. Among those who have been In the city recently are Sir Mortimer Durand, Brit ish ambassador, with Ills daughter. Mis* Josephine. They have been at r-eno::. Others of the attaches of the British embassy who have gone on to Wash ington r.re the Hon. Ronald C, Lindsay. Captain K. (J, Ryan, naval attache: Ce cil M. S. lllgglns, second secretory, and Mr. and Mrs. Grant Watson. ■Baroness Rosen and Baroness l-IHza- beth Rosen, wife and daughter of Hie Russian ambassador, have returned lo Washington, after a visit to 'lai-ju Schlippenbach. the Russian consul sen- tral at Chicago. All of the members of the Russian embassy staff, Including the ambassador, are now on dutv. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. New York. Nor. 5.—Hers nre some of tlif visitors in N>ir York today: ATLANTA—N. Bodenbelroer, J. A. Bowen, . r. Fennell. A. D. Kiser. Miss >1. S. Merriwcther, C\ B. Joyce, F. B. Shepard. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. NOVEMBER 5. 1914—Americana abandoned and destroyed Fort Erie. 1519-General Benjamin F. Butler born. JW4—Battle of Inkerntan. 1965— Eugene V. Debs, socialist aud labor leader, l**ra. 19ST—Ida M. Tarbell. writer, l»orn. 1962—General Burnside succeeded General McClellan tn command of army of the Potomac. 1871—Eleven women and children killed lu panic in negro church in Louisville. 1991—President Fonseca proclaimed lilmsetf dictator of Brasil. 1999—Prince George of Greece made gover nor-general of Crete. 19-))—Cuban constitutional convention open* ed at liavamt. 19)1—Seth Low elected mayor of New York ItJ. AGAINST FEE SY8TEM. To the Editor of Tbs Georgian! Allow me to congratulate you on your splendid editorial Indorsing the action of the Pulton county grand jury with reference to the abolition of the fee system for county officials. Tt la undemocratic and quite nt variance with popular government. If you fight as valiantly for this as you did for ward primaries I believe It will triumph at the next county election,. provided the executive committee will submit It to the people. With best wishes for the success of your great paper, I remain Yours truly, J. M. 8WICEGOOD. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 3. 1906. tug Sophs have discounted the num ber and avolrdiii>ols of the "subs.'** From our private scouts and aplea in balloons over the scene of battle ft cornea to us that even the subs out* It will be observed that the Sophs • number the Sophs, that they are fine, resentnfives. Ii i* doubtful whut the action of council will bo. The petition of the Piedmont De tective Agency that the private detect* Ives of the city not be subjected to ex amination by the police corn mi**loner* will be acted upon. Considerable In terest centers In the action of council on this question. The tax committee will recommend that pawnbrokers selling g«»ods other than those pawned, be required to pay! "f of ! <'harts,ton, W. Vs„ Nov. B.-Troops J.,o. »hlch I* nW require.!. Hava b»n asked for to quell election - “*■- notice that he will veto any and all ap- t ,on ooni panles are under arms, but the proprintions for anything which I* not I governor I* awaiting further advices absolutely and urgently needed now or j before Mending them to the scene of in the Immediate future. He says no j trouble. debt* wll be curried over from hi* I The Republican election committee administration If he can help It. jnnd a deputy marshal have been ar- The meeting begins at 3 o'clock. 1 rested. The Atlanta Georgian It On Sals Regularly at tb« Fal lowing Hotels and News Stands. BUFFALO. N. Y.-lrognols Hotel. BALTIMORE. MD.-Tbe New Holland. Bel rider* Hotel. BOSTON. MASS.—B a r k e r limn*, oung'a Hotel. Summerset Hotel. CHICAGO. ILLS.—G rent Northern Hotel. l\ O. News Co;. Fulmer House. K It. Clark. 112 Dearborn gt.: Auditorium “Intel. Joe lisrrmi. Jncktun ami Dfur* t>rn streets. CINCINNATI. OHIO.—Gibson House Grand Hotel, Tatsce Hotel. DENVER. COLO.—J. Blatk. II. H. Smith. 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