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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. WI.IiNKSPAV. NOVK.MBEK 7, \y THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ;cHA TEMPLE CRAVES. Editor P. L SEELY. Present. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 3 West Alabama St., Atlanta. Ga. Subscription Rates. One Year..... $4.10 Six Months 2.50 Three Months 1.25 Hy Carrier. Per Week W Telephones connecting all departments. Long distance terminals. nraitu <* iuum|iwh. «*i* »-i ugin resentatlres for all territory outf Georgia. Chicago once Tribune Bldg. New York once .Potter Bldg. If yon hare any trouble getting TIIE GEORGIAN, telephone the Circulation Department sod bare It promptly rem edied. Telephones: Bell 4KT7 Main. It is desirable tbst sll communion- Uons Intruded for publication In THE GEORGIAN be limited to 400 worda in length. It la Imperative that they be ■ianed. as an evidence of good faith, tbougb the names will be withhold If for the purpose., THE GEORGIAN prints no unclean nr objectlonshle advertising. Neither does It print whisky or any Honor ads. OUR PLATFORM.—The Georgian stands far Aiiama'a ownlug Its own gas and electric light plant#, ns It now owns Its waterworks. Other « itlea do tbl« and get gas ns low aa <0 cents, with a profit to the city. This should be done at once. The Georgian be lieves tbst If street railways esn lie operated successfully by K n r n p c a u titles, as they are. there is no good before we are ready for so big au un dertaking. fttill Atlanta should set Its face In that direction NOW. The Georgian’s Frank Statement to the Public. The Georgian I* printing today a atatement which It doee not believe another newspaper In Atlanta would hava the courage and the frankneia to duplicate. At leaat The Georgian frankly chal lenges Its two contemporaries to an emulation of the high example of bull' nei* fairness and Integrity which It seta today. The matter of circulation Is oue upon which many newspapers have felt that they had a right to deceive. Tbo circulation liar la one of the old' eat figures in Journalism and news papers who hold and profess'high’eth' les In other lines have been alt too much, given In time past to make ex' travagant and misleading statements al>out their circulation and to confuse the minds of advertisers with extrava aant claims which were not found In the exact records of their printing presses and their circulation Hats. The Georgian In the beginning made up Its mind that It would do uothlng of this kind. The Georgian lias done leas boasting about Its circu lation than any successful paper of which we have any knowledge or ac count. Wc have not exploited the re markable circulation with which our first edition was given to the world. We have not paraded or boasted to our advertisers or to the public of the steady and atately Increase which ah moat unsought has come to us since the first Issue was given to the world. We have not engaged In a noisy wran glo with our contemporaries upon this always disputed point nor do we In tend to do so now. But we fraukly challenge the attention of the public and the emulation of such of our con temporaries as dare to follow, the atatement published upon our open page today. We have not asksd and iball not ask the public to take our word for our own circulation, because the pub lic has a good reason to dlatruat the statements of newspaper* about them selves. We have not been able to In duce the general public to accept our open offer to count the newspapers re corded by the register of our great Goss press from day to day. And so, aa the only fair and honest thing left for an honest press to do, we have gone to an audit company—one of the Itest and most reliable In the South- one whose prosperity and reputatiou depend upon the absolute fairness and absolute truth of its Impartial re ports. . We have selected from the audit company Mr. C. B. Bldwell as one of the ablest and most Incorrupti ble of Its representatives. And. with out Interference or suggestion we have simply flung open to hint all of the de partments of this establishment with the single Instruction "to wade In and And the troth and tell It." Do yon know another newspaper in Atlanta that would dare to do this thing today? Mr. Bldwell's report la given in his own worda and under his own sworn aOdavit In The Georgian today. We honestly believe that the state ment which Mr. Bldwell makes estab- lishss The Georgian aa the second pa per In circulation in the South. We express this as a belief founded upon Information that Is eminently satisfac tory to ourselves. We credit The Atlanta Journal with a larger circulation than our own, al though we frankly protest that we do not credit The Journal by several thousand with so large a circulation aa it claims. If these two statements, wade not in jealousy but as simple business propositions, should be questioned hy our two contemporaries, they can And an easy and honorable recourse An cm ploying the American Audit Company, or Alonso Richardson, or any other high class accountant, and turn them loose with the same Instructions and the same boundless liberty given to Mr. Bldwell, “to wade In and find the truth and tell It." We frankly and courteously chal lenge our contemporaries to thla course. We frankly challenge them to fol low the exumple of The Georgian in permitting strangers and advertisers to read on unexpected days the dally register of the papers printed on tbelr presses. . Thla we have always doue and this The Georgian will always do. This, as we understand it, neither of our two contemiiorarlea has ever done, and neither of tlfem we believe will ever do. We frankly believe that the business men of Atlanta will appreciate the signal candor which The Georgian has shown in this Important Dullness mat ter. We believe that thla policy honesty will commend us .In future to their confidence and regard in any Important statements that we may make. And we are enjoying fo the full the satisfaction of our own con' science In the fact that we have never misstated in any particular to the pub lic which supports ua either as to the scope of our circulation or the value of our advertising columns. Day by day we are printing the sworn statements of business men to the effect that they reap from no me dium In Georgia results more satis factory, and few one-half so satisfac tory ga those which come to them from their announcements In The, Georgian. We are going to live among this people of Atlanta as long aa health' and their good will and kind'assist' ance will let ua live. And we are going to live fairly and honestly and kindly and truthfully, telling no lies, doing little boasting for ourselves, making no statements will' Ingly which we are not able to prove, We submit the sworn affidavits of Mr. Bldwell to our friends and patrons as a pledge of the honest policy to which we have consecrated our Jour nalistic Uvea, and cnce mure, not in rivalry nor In competition, but In the Interest of that good taun upon which business and competition rest, we challenge our two esteemed content porarles to a consideration of thla ex ample. « MANTLE OF THE LATE J. M. HIGH FALLS UPON ABLE LIEUTENANTS; GREAT BUSINESS IN GOOD HANDS "HOW IT HAPPENED" IN NEW YORK. It la easy enough when it la all over lo And an explanation for the thing that haa come to pass. Perhaps the briefest and most comprebeuslre explanation Is to bo had in the statement that Mr. Hearst was defeatad because Mr. Hughes received the largest number of votes! But there are those of ns who find some comfort and others who find some diversion In looking for the reasons and causes of victory and de feat. Hearst was defeated within the last seven days. Croker and Roosevelt and the Boodle bag were the trinity that over came the people and their champion In New York. Much aa It waa protested at the time, the fear or Croker fell upon the New York Democracy on Thursday last. Neither Murphy nor Nix on nor any other chief has ever filled the seat of Croker In the Wigwam of Tammany Hall. They are all dwarfa beside him. lie was the great boas and all the others were feeble Imitations. There has never been a real ruler since hla time. For twenty years, since John Kelly's day, that grim old man of great capacity sat In the door of Tammany and ruled Its fortunes and its voters with an iron hand. There are men In New York, middle aged men and old men who for so many years have known no other political law than Croker’a will, that when hla voles' sounded even from acroai tho aeaa, they went by sheer force of bablt to obey it. Murphy baa never had Croker's hold upon the Wigwam, and when the trumpet of Croker blew against tho bugle of Murphy, the old chief three thomand miles away blew strong enough to blow more loyal voters from the wigwam polls than had gone astray In many years. With Tammany loyal andf joined to Hoard's own strength, Manhattan Island should have rolled up 150,000 more votes than Hughes received. . Secretary Root with the iqeaaage of the president did a deadly work. Mr. Roosevelt's waa aa mean and dastardly a blow aa waa ever struck by president or private cltlxen. It vjas a shot with a poisoned bullet and was outside the etblce of war. It was a blow below the belt and In any prise .ring of pugilistic pugs would have been called “a foul.” The president knowt aa well aa any man that Mr. Hearst had nothing to do with the murder of McKinley. He knows that tho agitation which Mr. Hearst In voked at that time was fully and abundantly vindicated In the disclos ures of rottenness and tyranny brought out In the Insurance scandals, the exposures of Depew and Platt, the meat monstrosity and the gas grab. He knows that without the ngltatlou and the light of fearless publicity flung by fearless newspaper* the boodlofa and grafter* would be swindling untouched today. He knows. It he will confess It, that his own activity against the Northern Securities Company was quickened and Inspired by the marshalled testimony which Mr. Hearst flung as a challenge at • hla feet. And for the president of tho United States to leave his high station, lower his great estate, and come down Into the arena to levy a charge of murder against an opponent who had simply agitated the eco nomic wrongs wrought by a lot of selfish and heartless trusts, Is the un- worthlest act that has stained the escutcheon of the president. Hut It won. It was low but It was effective. With all of Theodore Roosevelt's undimlnished prestige and popularity behind a charge of mur der—with the wraith of the man. red McKInlay rising behind the motor car of Hearst, there were thousands of workmen pledged to his cause who either betrayed him or did not vote. And for labor to betray a friend like lluarst. was the stab of the Brutus who should have been loyal when all else were false. Last and greatest of the controlling cauaos were the money bags of the opposition. Held In reserve until the last moment, and even sounding the cry of poverty aa a misleading ruse, the uncounted millions of the trusts let go the purse striuga after the president had spoken, and no man will ever know the money that walked amid the masses In tempta tion and corruption on Saturday and Sunday and Monday nights pre ceding tho election. Well, the battle will go on. ltcarst told four thousand common j>eo- pie on the Bowery and repeated It an hour later to more people In Car negie Hall that as long as he had breath and brains and a dollar to Bpend, he should keep up this light In the ranks or at the front. He Is young, superbly vigorous, thoroughly dauntless and absolutely conse crated to the people's cause. It Is the love and the passion of his life to light for them. We are thoroughly convinced that he can know no hap piness outaldc of thla. He has great wealth, nine great newspapers, at last a great organisation of his own, and like the fabled ancient, he rises stronger from every fall. Me has thousands of friends In every state of the republic, aud that he la the real Idol and leader of the plain people of America no man who has eyes and brains can deny. He has no reason to be discouraged after the magnificent fight he has made. No man who ever figured In our his tory has fought such odds, Every trust aud corporation lu the East was fiercely and actively against him. The wealth, the prestige and the Influence of his own party was opposed to him. Every United States senator of his party was si lent or antagonistic. Scarcely a half dozen congressmen were with him. Every newspaper in New York except his own were moving heaven aud earth against him. The mayor of his own great city—a member of his ovd great party—was in the ranks of his intensely active enemies; the president of the Uulted States with the whole enormous |>ower of the administration, marched Into the open Held to deal him an unworthy nlow, and all the money that political workers could nsk or think, was at the service of his organized and desperately eager foe*. And yet against such odds and lighting almost alone, the world, the flesh and the corporation elements of the Republican and Democratic parties could only beat him 40.000 votes! It wasn't much of a victory after all aud its narrowness should move the victors to humility and reform. W. R. M’CLELLAND. THE IDEAL SITE FOR THE ARMORY AUDITORIUM. The Armory-Auditorium wants a site and It is essential that It should be ample in apace and well located for the great purposes for which the Armory-Auditorium Is set. Up to this time the auditorium committees have found no site which will fulfill all tho requirements resting In the minds of Its founders and of the city. In this connection, permit The Georgian to make a suggestion which may not be practical now, but which might perhaps be made so, and whose offering can do no possible harm and may result iu some other sugges tion out of which we may derive definite assistance In this emergency. Governor-elect Hoke Smith, of Georgia, Uvea In a house of hla own on West Peachtree street. It la altogether a better and more comfortable house than the one which the state has provided for the residence of Its chief executive during hla term* of office. Governor Smith, who bat a loyal regard for the tradition! of the state, and the customs of hla prede cessors, will, of course, move Into the Governor's Mansion because It would bo a discourtesy to the state not to do so. But we feel abundantly Justified in the belief that Governor Smith would look with large favor upon the proposition to permit him to remain In hla own ample bouae during hla term of office, and that he might In alt probability strongly favor the use of the present Executive Mansion and Its site for the great public building which la to mean so much for the state. The alte on which the Governor’s Mansion la located la perhaps better suited to the Armory-Auditorium than any other lot now In sight and under discussion and negotiation by the committees working upon that enterprise. Its distance from the center of town I* Ideal. Us front upon Peachtree street is admirable and majestic. Its leovth stretches hadk such a stately distance aa to permit the erection of the largest and moat comprehensive public building in the South or In the country, and which, aa the city grows, could be added to from time to time In the splendid opportunities which Its great area would permit. The State Guard la an applicant for accommodation and a co-worker and co-beneflclary of tho Armory-Auditorium. The State Guard la a part of the scheme. The State Guard is as deeply Interested in the enterprise aa any part of the city or the state. The State Guard has contributed as lib erally out of Its private funds to the subscription for the bonds by which the Armoi’y-Audltorimn is to be built. Take one other fact. Tho present executive mauslou Is not up to the standard of the great and prosperous Georgia of today. Neither In architecture, design nor Internal comforts Is it worthy to be the home of the chief executive of the Empire State of the South. It Is Inadequate In size and equipment and totally Inadequate In architectural design and plans to be the home of the first cltlxen of Georgia, prepared for him by the great and prosperous state over which ho presides. It has been for many year* the subject of discus sion among thoughtful and public-spirited citizens that there should be a new mansion. , Now, then, suppose these conditions might be reconciled to this emer gency. Let us suppose, ror instance, that the state with the concurrence of Its present and future governor, could be Induced to donate or even sell the site of the executive mansion to the State Guard In this capital city of Georgia. Let us suppose, then, that with this generous recognition of the State Guard ou the iiart of the commonwealth, that this great alte, the most admirable In location, the most admirable In size and In conditions to be found lu the city, might be turned over for the greatest public build ing In Georgia next to the cnpltol. A building jointly dedicated to tho uses of the slate In the persons of Its military, and to the city In the entertain ment of the great and distinguished people who come to visit both the city and the slate. Then the great question Of a site would be admtrably and Anally settled In a better and Imopler way than any of ub have eith er hoped or conceived it might be settled. Where.-then, you ask, would the Governor of Georgia live? Why we have already expressed the desire of thoughtful and patriotic people throughout the state to see the first citizen of our commonwealth housed In a better and n statelier home. There are a dozen homes on Peachtree that could he bought within reasonable lines that would be worthy of Georgia and u better house for Its chief executive. There are stately mauslons on that thoroughfare which the state might purchase. We know one which is nearer In iierbaps than Its proprietor would desire, but exactly near enough for this civic purpose, that might be bought. And this home would make for Georgia the beat and most appropriate house for Its chosen head than any other gubernatorial mansion in the South, and almost better than any other in the country. Even if the state should deem H best to sell the sl(e of the present executive mansion and to devote the profits of this sale in |>art to the pur chase of this nobler and statelier residence for Its governor, the situation might still be met and as a result all |>artles,- the city, the military, the state and the governor would all be benefited and thla great, rich and prosperous commonwealth could well afford to stand the comparatively la- significant strain ui»it Its resource} for a purpose so clear and desirable. At any rate this Is an Interesting matter for dissuasion. We submit these reflections to those who have the matter more nearly In charge, and if nothfrtg can lie done upon the lines of our suggestion, then at least no harm baa been done in their frank and free consideration. W. R. McClelland, Vice President, Treasurer, and General Manager, and W, H. Brittain, Secretary and Assistant General Mana- gei‘, Take Charge of Big Retail House aud Will Continue Business as Us- - ual. . ’•*•*•** i GOSSIPS W. H. BRITTAIN. THE J. M. HIGH COMPANY WILL CONTINUE BUSINESS Mr. W. R. McClelland, vice president and general manager of the J. M. High Company, haa authorized the announcement that the business of the J. M. High Company would be continued. Mr. McClelland said; "The 3. M. High Company Is Incorporated. Months before his death Mr. High organised the business with the pur pose In view of providing for Its permanent management. "Hla plans will be carried out, and there will be no change In the bust- That the works that men do live after them la moil emphatically shown by the career of J. M. High, who died last Friday. Mr. High's work was that of build (ng a great retell business, but in do Ing so he built commercial character into men who will make his business live for many years to come. John Wannamaker once said that his stores were burned and his cus tomers token from him he would get up again, but said he, “leave me my stores and my customers and take my organisation away from me and I am ruined." What doea taking away hla “organisation'" mean? It means you take away men who have been growing with him for a quarter of a century, who started ns cash boys 10 vests old, but who now are his managers. In a smaller way, but In the same way, Mr. High has left to his ramily, his employees and to his patrons, men who have been with him through years, and who for some time past have had te carry on the business almost en tlrely. The manager of the business for some time has been Mr. W. R. McClel land, Its vice president and treasurer. "Mr. Me," aa he Is most familiarly known, went with Mr. High In the (0's and for several years, during Mr High’s falling health, he has had prac' tlcally all the responsibility of guld Ing the enterprise. Mr. McClelland t one of those quiet, loyal men who Is reaping the reward of his loyalty. Newspaper stories are sometimes over complimentary, but hardly too much can be said of McClelland's ability. Few business enterprises In this city are In better condition then the High Company. Their October business was the largest month they have ever had. amounting to nearly one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. They own their own building—the business Is wortb from 1400.000 to 1500,000 and Is today one of the best adver Used houses In all the South. The advertising of the company has been In the hands of Mr. W. H. Brlltian for many years. Brittlan has been sec rotary of the company for a number of years, and now Is second In com mend as secretary and assistant man ager. He came here from Covington, Newton county, years ago, and has been with the High Company slurs ISOS. Now, at the age of >6 years, he finds himself next to the head of one of the largest nnd best houses In the Bouth. He deserves It, though, for he le one of the clean, trustworthy kind who has a home happy with little opes, and Is a man whose heart Is In touch with the world and Its cares. Possibly career* Itkp those of Mr. High, Mr. McClelland and Mr. Brittlan often pass on without the knowledge of the world at large, but we cannot help but atop and think and renew our belief In the eternal beneficence of things when we see the mantle of hard- earned success shifted to the shoulder* of quiet, hard-working men, who have gone through the winding path with their leader and, by their loyalty and true worth, have been entrusted with the fortunes and the all of the widow and children, and that at almost the dying request of Mr. High himself. Sit steady, boys, and may you ever succeed! RESOLUTIOXiTADOPTED BY -T. M. HIGH EMPLOYEES The following resolutions were adopted by a committee appointed by a meeting of the officers and employees of the J. M. High Company to take suita ble jetton on the death of J. M. High: The undersigned committee, selected by the officers and employees of the J. M. High Company to draw up resolu tions with reference to the death of Mr. J. M. High, submit the following: Whereas, An all-wine Providence has seen lit to remove from earth Joseph M. High, philanthropist, merchant, public- spirited cltlxen and most beloved of employers, ami Whereas. We reullze that Ids death was In accord with the will of un un erring Providence, we, his employees, desire to express our sorrow in the loss *- have sustained. Therefore, be It Resolved, flfat, That the city, the whole merchant class, and most of sll. his employees, have suffered a severe blow in the death of Joseph Madison High. Resolved, second, That we. the officers and employees, who were In dally con tact with him, as an appreciation of the great affection ami respect In which we ever held him, take this form of ex pressing the great loss we feel now n his death, and, Resolved, further. That a copy of this resolution be sent to the bereaved fain-1 lly, upon whlcb Ibe blow of his death New York, Nov. ’.-The lads lassies of Meadowbrook—even o, youngest—are riding to the hounds th i! season. Children of the members that fashionable club made then- n ra bow to the hunting field by taking p ar . In the fox hunt over the north coun try at Nassau county. They were all mounted on horses that could Jump an , fearlessly put their mounts at the dtf ferent fences. The youngsters stiwji to the line- and several times they c *m, croppers, but they quickly remounted and soon caught up with the pack. The fox after running for eight mile, turned and doubled. Sdbn the | iark was within sight of their quarry an ,i closing from all quarters, he n K , holed In safety. Mrs. L. Z. Lelter sailed today from England on the Baltic for this countrv She Is accompanied by Lord Cursdn and the Earl and Counties Marguo-tt. of Suffolk. They will'go to Washing ion Immediately upon landing and win spend several days at Mrs. I-elter. i Dupont circle home. Later Mr*. I.elter jand her family will go to Chicago In Washington today Mrs. Roosevelt I- giving the weekly recaption to the cabinet ladle* at the White House. The mel ting !* In the nature cf a farewell is tomorrow she will leave the eltv with the president on their tvav i,i Panama. The theaters reaped s big election harvest. Irrespective of partv. Metl- nec* were everywhere given and ever-. where crowded, while Ifi the evening > specially at the musical comedies, th, . r-nvrts - were almost unprecedented r<: uniting groom was sold. In defiance ! •/ :il! the rules of the fire department. Artists learnetl from Londori lodge that two fine portrait* by Frans lints exhibited at th* Agnew gallery, will come here to the Metrnpjlltan Museum ft the end of the year. .1. P. Morgan >wns them. They are portraits of Heer and Vroutv Bodolpz. painted In 1S4::. and were the best pair In th* French collection. They are only rivaled l.v "The Laughing Cavalier." In the Wal lace collection, and will be a splendid addition to th* Metropolitan. Between them at the Agnew show hangs • bril liant Gainsborough, which Is also go ing to America after Christmas. Attorney General Moody, who has occupied a house in K street, Wash ington. for several years, with General Crosier and Representative Gillette, of Massachusetts, hss taken apartment at Champlain for the winter. A Yankee Is getting busy tjown at Kingston. Jamaica, and there will soon be a beautiful 1300,000 hotel at tills rasort. He Is E. R. Grabow. of the Swamp Scott bouse, Maine, and he has the Litchfield, Port Antonia hotel. Ill- purchased from the city of Kingston six acres of land, mads a site for a mammoth hotel, which It Is proposed to erect on the outskirts of the ctyy. Tit* price paid was <12.500. The hotel Is to cost <300,000. The small boy and hi* bon-flre caused the Are tutd polio* departments no end of trouble- yesterday. Up to It f >. in. 14 fir* alarms had been turned n since morning, more then three times the average of an ordinary flay. The fact that thi streets were almost depleted by policemen gave the young sters evrey opportunity to make trou ble and they were npt slow to take ad vantage of It. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. New York, Nov. 7.—Here are some of the visitors Ilf New York today: ATLANTA—H. H. Adam*. W. H. Barker. L. Hudson. F. Newman. A. K. Small, B. Smith, Mr*. XV. L. Taylor. SAVANNAH—G. Fantlne, J. M. Goodman. MACON—R. F. Chick, Mr*. L. !.. Dempsey. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. NOVEMBER 7. 17S4—Tlmulhy Pli-krrlng. of Uasui-huM-lts. became postmsster-genersl of L’slte-l Stats*. 13H—General Jackson, with MW Teniww militia, drove the British from Pens*- cols. U3T-Rlot st Alton. Ilia K. P. LoreJ-y killed. INI—Federal nsvel end military forces, un der Commodore Dupont and Getters! Sherman, captured forts at Port floral entrance. eengen. among them F. W. l.-ring, the author. IStS—Captain and crew of the Vlrglulua eg- ecutod at Santiago de Culm. 1*74—Charlotte Cushman made her last ap pearance on the stage. ISM—Turkish troops In Crete forcibly re moved hy Knsalan admiral. 1S9S—Uulted States cruiser Charleston wrecked on <oaat of Lngon, Philippine WOO—Canadian parliamentary elections ear- tied hy a l.theral majority. tint—1,1 Iltiiig Chang. Chinese statesman, died In I'ekln. 1X8—William I.. Elkins dim). Mrs. Mary H. Mills. The body of Mrs. Mary H. Mills was nent to Gloster, Ga., Tuesday morning for burl*!. Bank Officials Elected. Hpcelnl to The Georgian. Moultrie, Go., Nov. 7.—At a special meeting of the directors of the Moultrie Banking Company, held to All the va cancy In the office of president of the bank caused by the recent death of W. Ashburn. W. C, Vereen, who haa been vice president of the enter prise alnce It was organized ten years ago, was elected to the presidency and Hon. J. B. Moran', of Norman Park, as elected vice president. fell most heavily, and to the city press. that through Its medium we may Impress upon the public-our sincere feeling of sorrow for the death of lilm. who for so many years was our coun sellor and our friend. (Signed.) W. H. BRITTAIN, Chairman; J. E. COLLIER, J. CHILES. MRS. NORA D. POWBLA* MISS MYRTLE BROWN. behhBh