The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, November 21, 1906, Image 4
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OUR PLATFORM.-The Georgian
■taint* for Atlanta * owning It* own ga*
ami electric light plant*, as It now
own* It* waterworks. Other eltle* do
till* and get oil* a* low a* 60 relit*,
with a profit to the elty, Thl* should
ho dime at once. The Georgian lie*
Here* that If street railway* ean he
oiierated siirresaftilly hy E u r o p e a n
el tie*, as they are. there I* no good
leneon why they cannot In* *o oiiorufrd
here. But we do not heliere tula ran
he done now. and It may he some years
liefore we are ready for po hlg nu nu*
drrfnklug. tftlll Atlanta *hotild set Re
fact In that direction NOW.
Mr. Up3haw'» Card.
Eleefchero In The Georgian today
appears a card from William D. Up-
j* ahaw, commenting on our editorial
of lost Friday and urging a prohibi
tion (flection.
The Georgian set forth plainly Its
▼taw. on the question of the prohibi
tion election, believing that Bitch elec-
tion would be unwise and would do
Atlanta more harm than good.
If prohibition, real prohibition,
could be secured without an election
approaching civil war In Its bitter'
nets, without appealing to the negro
vote in all the hldeotu corruption that
marked those prohibition lights of
the ,‘80's, then The Georgian would
doubtless fivor It.
Bui real prohibition has never been
aeculed .In this country, though at-
temiAu have been made all the way
from Maine to California. And the
cruel bitterness of an election would
do Atlanta Incalculable barm at this
time.
The movement council la raaklns
toward raising the license, thereby
decreasing the number of saloons, and
further restricting them, seems to Tho
Georgian to be the sanest and sound
est solution of the problem.
To Wade Hampton.
In- 1878,. when the days of recon
struction were bitterest, the Demo
crats claimed the election of General
Wade Hampton aa governor. The
carpetbaggers and scalawags claimed
their candidate had been elected.
Fearing that Geueral Hamilton
would be cheated of tho governorship,
several thousand armed men marched
through Columbia one day. They
reached the Democratic headquarters,
and halted. General Hampton ap
peared, md said:
“Fellow citizens: l have been
elected governor of South Carolina.
' and hy the eternal God I will ho gov
ernor, or there shall lie none. l)le-
Couldn’t Stand Prosperity.
Those on the apdt unite in declaring
that San Francisco has recently had
the most corrupt and moat Inefficient
city government in America. The
correspondent of Tho New York World
writes that "fostered by, a police rforce
under the leadership of a man’whose
chum Is the most notorious pickpock
et In the West, thngs and thieves are
prospering." Graft la rampant and
corruptlotl'ta skaiigcd ttf the Ofty gov
eftinlViit •‘ffoiir the Tnayor down to the
humblest department employees,
Mayor Eugone Schmitz baa been
Indicted by the grand Jury, along
with A. Uuef, whose tool Schmitz haz
been. The dbarge on which a true
bill has been found against them la
grafting $40,000 for the granting of
liquor licenses to certain French res
taurants.
It Is also charged that Schmitz and
Ruef held up the United Railways
Company for $700,040 for the granting
of franchises since the earthquake
and Are. The grand jury la now In
vestigating this.
At the'time of his election four
years ago Schmitz was the leader of u
little orchestra In San Francisco and
was making about $150 a month. He
was In humble clrcumatances. Hls
salary as mayor Is $500 n montn. In
four years he has built him a magnlft
cent homo coating upward of $25,000,
haa furnished It in lavish style aud
on a trip to Europe made the spend
ers blink by throwing money right
ami left.
Schmitz wz* elected wsyor by the
labor unions, after .lames D. Phelnn
. , had declined to stand for re-election,
perse quietly, and go to year homes. [n „ xccutlve work 8 chmltz proved
All I* wen.
PROBITY VERSUS POLITICS.
From Ksnzaz City comes the positive, unmistakable and. certainly,
authorized statement of Secretary of State Elihu Root that Mr. Roosevelt
will not again accept the Republican nomination for president.
Simultaneously, from Culebra Cut there come the strong, bold,
manly words of President Roosevelt, In the matter of the Brownsville
murderers who disgraced the United States army uniform:
"Unlesa facts as known to ine are shown to be false the order will
under no circumstances be revoked, and I shall not for one moment con
sider suspending It on u simple allegation that there are new facts un
til these new facts are laid beforq me. Inform any persons having new
facts to have them In-shape to lay before me at my return and I will then
consider whether or not any further action by me Is called tor."
Don't you see the significance?
It simply Indicates, on the face of It.- that Mr. Roosevelt la In posi
tion to Ignore politics and be a president; that he baa no negro or ne-
grophlle votes to pander to, and that he can discharge hls duties according
to hla notion of honesty, fairness and square dealing. '
This Brownsville Incident Is a queer thing anyway.
A bunch of negro soldier* of the Twenty-flfth Infantry. U. S. A., got
drunk last August and shot up the town of Brownsville, Texas. Murder
was one among tho crimes tbc/se negroes committed. One white man
was killed, another wounded and the town terrorized. An Investigation
into the affair showed that not only could no evidence be secured against
the murderers, but that the slayers were being shielded from Justice by
the other negroes In the regiment. (Which state of affairs la familiar to
all In the South, where negro rapists and murderers are Invariably given
protection against the law by members of the.r' race). So, being unable
to punish tho murderers because the unoffending constituted themselves
accessories' after the fact. It was ordered that all of the three companies
of which the murderers were members, be dishonorably d I (charged
from the service.
This action offended negroes North and South, who declared It was
an Insult to the race, and wholly an expression of white prejudice
against the black.
Now, the negro vote Is very precious to the Republican party; it
has become even more precious since the fall election* when the Demo
cratic party gained CO seats In congress.
With the protests of the negro preachers and politicians, came the
obsequious protest of the so-cslled G. O. P. The -turn of the screw
made chubby Bill Taft, he of the presidential bee, yell first, Elephsn-
tine Bill, secretary of wifr, while not engaged in running errands for
Mr. Roosevelt, let forth hls squeal fn the shape of an order suspending
that of the president which called tor the dismissal of the men of the
three companies. /
Now comes the word of the president from the Panamanian isth
mus.
There Is only this to be said further about It;
According to the facts developed, the sentence of the war depart-
ment made through tho president was jjist, even as It would have been.
just had the Twenty-flfth regiment, U. 8. A., been composed of Cau
casians; the action of the negroes of the country, the Republican party
In general and the New York Republican Club In particular, and Ele
phantine Bill Taft ranged from the ridiculous to sycophantlih criminal
ity, and that the action of President Roosevelt, free from further polit
ical ambition, la refreshingly strong and manly.
And this: That till the Republican party, the G. O. P„ can cease to
pander fawntngly to the negro vote as a class and can shake Itself free
from Its Old Man of the Mountain, the Trust of Trusts, It need not won
der at the solidity and the solidarity of the Bouth.
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
It Ik the shortest oration In the
world's history.
It accomplished peare aud freedom
and prevented the shedding of. a sea
of blood In South Carolina.
Tuesday there was unveiled at Co
lumbia a monument to Wade Hamp
ton.
It Is well that South Carolina lias
thus expressed In eternal bronze
her reverence for Hampton, but It was
not necessary to pcriietuate the mem
ory of that noble cavalier In whom
there was Joined tho dashing and
dauntless soldier, the wise and honest
statesman and the gentleman of gen
tlemen.
A Negro Editor.
It seems that the negroes of Chica
go object to the existence of Senator
Iteujamln R. Tlliniin, of South Caro
lina.
B Senator Tillman Is scheduled to lec-
Bture at Orchestra Hall In that etty,
■ November 27, for the benefit of the
Chicago Union Hospital.
Au appeal was made Monday In
The Broadax, a negro paper, for “all
brave and liberty-loving Afro-Ameri
cans In this city to assemble at Or
chestra Hall and prevent Ben Tillman
from speaking there.”
.- Another example of the wisdom and
conaervatislm of the negro editor and
r"Uid negro politician!
’ The negro as a race had better dis
claim and discredit such Idiotic conn
i -b vn and follow the advice of those
» l.o sagguft u little more work aud a
' -ii less politics. 1
himself to he a capable, even an able
man. During the earthquake and fire
he was tireless and efficient, and de
serves much credit for the work he
did. But he cduldn’t stand prosperity.
For the sake of the laborer* who
elected him. It Is a pity that Schmitz
has gone wrong.
Ho had the chance to demonstrate
that from the common people honest
and able official* etui come
Religioui Vaudeville.
The pastor of the Central Baptist
church ol New York city, who pos
sesses the happy name uf the Rev.
Frank Goodchtld, haa found the com-
lielltloii of seven theaters, as many
restaurants and saloons • galore, all
adjacent to hls house of worship, a
little bit keen.
Accordingly, the other Sunday
night,, the Rev. JH- Ooodchlld sprang
a stunt that made hls slim congrega
tion alt ui> and take notice. After
the opening hymn and prayer, he an
nounced that Mrs. Bourke, a whistler,
would oblige the audience with a sa
cred sibilant solo. Mrs. Bourke
whistled, after which- the service pro
ceeded along conventional lines.
Last Sunday night there was anoth
er vaudeville turn. 'When the congre
gation filed In they were astonished to
see a Mr. Charles Wold standing Ip
the chancel before a table of profane
wine glasses, on which he subsequent
ly played tunei.
The pastor read for the lesson a
part of the Scriptures, concluding
with the phrase;
Lord." The congregation responded
with a hearty "Amen,*'
Now, all of this Is not as wild or as
fobllsh as one may be Inclined to
think.
The greatest trouble the pilnlsters
of the smallor churches of New York
find Is In securing auditors. Sunday
la a wide-open day In the metropolis,
and those who are most In need of
religious teaching are the ones who
fliirf alluring entertainment every
where except In the churches.
None save a narrow-minded Puritan
can regard these performances In the
Central Baptist church any more sac
rilegious than the conventional choir
music.
And they are Increasing the size of
the R6y. Mr. Goodcblld’s congrega
tlons.
HEARTILY INDORSES
THE GEORGIAN.
To the Editor of The Georgian;
A* on* deeply interested In the won
derful progress and oontinusd welfare
of Atlanta, I wish to commond in be-
nsH of a large majority of tho property
>ity your
owners and taxpayers of tho oity y
■bio and timely editorial in yesterday's
" ' titled, ‘‘Shall Ws Have a
Georgian en.
Prohibition Fight? 1
Certainly, The Georgian's utterances
from its position on th* liquor traffie
should have great influence among tho
prohibition element, even if its splen
did arguments and logiosl reasoning
■ r* uncontidercd. Will you not pltaso
republish th* editorial that those who
did not road it yesterday may do so
today?
All who have even been through tho
strifo and bittornees of a prohibition
■lection will recall all you stats as
true, and indorss it I hav* been
through two ouch elections and remem
ber them st “awful nightmares” when
best friends quarreled and familiea
wars separated.
Tho good mtn who would plunge At
lanta into another prohibition fight are
mistaken in thsir zeal. They are not
true friends of our city’s material at
wtll as spiritual welfare, such as Dr.
W. W. Landrum and Dr. John E. White
are. With dear vision they see the
situation, that if an election wore hold
tho prohibitionists could not earry it,
and therefore they are opposed to an
election being called. Yours, respect-
fully, HOUSTOUN R. HARPER.
CARD OF APPRECIATION
AND OF. COMMENDATION
FROM CHARLES T. HOPKINS.
To the Editor of The Georgian;
i sincerely desire to thank you for
your exceedingly kind reference In Sat
urday evening's paper.
Rut I thank you far more for the
stand you have taken in reference to
this matter. If the better element of
whites will co-operate with the better
element of blacks, both seeing that the
Is commonly, evenly and Impartial
ly administered, we will reach a prac'-
tlcul solution, carrying a permanent
peace. Your* very truly.
<•HAIU.ES T. HOPKINS.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. II. 19"*.
District Attorney Jerome has an
nounced officially that the trial of Her
iy K. Thau In Now Y - ■! U ,'"l Hi- killing
of Stanford White will begin on De
cember 3. Recorder Goff will presld
The police of Nice, France, are In
vestigating the cose of Countess de
LaGrange, proprtiresi of a zoological
garden near that city, who was found
dead, shot through the heart. A score
of years ago she was an actress and
famous beauty.
Attacked by three highwaymen under
th* dark grade crossing of the Dela
ware, Lackawanna and Western rail
road at Groove and Nineteenth streets.
New Jersey, In broad daylight. Floyd
Kubler, aged 1«, a Standard Oil Bank
messenger, was knocked, down, beaten
and robbed of $1,200 In cash.
Fourteen towboats left Pittsburg har
bor yesterday and their aggregate tows
comprised more tfian 3,000,000 bushels
of coal.
Miss Louisla Moncheur, the daugh
ter of the Belgian minister, who came
over to attend the wedding of Mis*
Clayton to Mrf Grant-DufT, died yester
day Id Washington.
The death list of the wrecked steam
er Dlx, which collided with the Jeanle
near Beattie, Wash., bas reached a total
of 50 names.
Secretary Metcalfe, of the depart
ment of commerce and labor, through
th* commissioner of corporations, haa
appointed. Oeorge. E. Butler to make an
investigation of the fire Insurance com
panies In settling the Ben Francisco
Are claims.
Diplomatic circled at Bt. Petersburg
are perturbed over the Macedonian
trouble. The International arrange
ment seetns Inadequate to restore or
der In that part of Turkey.
Anarchists at Rome, Italy, are said
to be planning a big demonstration
against the government when King
George of Greece makes hls visit
to Boms.
The officials of the Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western railroad have
granted their switchmen 4 cent* an
hour Increase and a 10-hour day, the
agreement to last for one year, from
January 1, 1007.
A combination mail and express car
on easlbound Pennsylvania train No.
33 took fire on Monday and 1,500 let
ters were destroyed.
Mrb. Jennie Anderson, of Youngs
town, Ohio, accused of beating her 6-
year-old step-daughter to deatb, was
sentenced to 15 year* In the peniten
tiary.
Alleging that the voting machine did
not properly record the vote* cast In
the recent election, the common coun
cil of Elmyra. N. Y.. adopted a reso
lution calling upon the mayor to ap
point five men to consider the advisa
bility of returning to the paper ballot
system.
Lured to America by dream* of
wealth, Bessie Arnold, Alice Krlglsr
and Eunice Booth, English girls, have
been apprehended by the immigration
agent for violating the labor contract
law. They were brought over to work
In a North Carolina cotton mill two
months ago, but will be deported on
the first Cunard line steamship for
Liverpool.
Mrs. Orondona, with her brother-ln
law, ha* been arrested at; Reno on th*
charge of burning the entire town of
Johnevllle, where the Uvea of two men
were lost. It Is alleged that- th* hatred
of William Passetta, owner of the ho
tel In which the fire started, caused th#
act, and the brother-in-law aided th*
woman through love.
A GREAT EDITORIAL; f——— 1
A WRONG CONCLUSION i j
THE PIED PIPER AND HIS CHILDREN.
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER*
—Yronv Washing.
thnt \n„..
I ton friends
,c *‘irn that Min Ethel
To the Editor of The Georgian: I would carry, two to one. against th'
If wishing would do any good I would saloons, we shown! becoming defer- • f Jf , r 0 j (1 m ’ n . v< . ^ Js
wish u hundred times that you tail j ence,to thdse who did not want an elec- J a charming pi esiding lady of the U’jjjtf
never said It. I mean that leading edl- tion then, and Dr. J. C. Solomon, su- . Houj-e during the absence of her moth*
torlaJ. “Shall We Have a Prohibition pertntendent of the lengue. modified m* * r In I anain.-i unci the Went In.llai
FIlI.i-- which nr,name,1 in !-■» Fri- I motion from February to March and Isles. She Is one of the youngest chat-
J-U.li. umcn appeared In last rn j fron , ji arc i, on | n to the spring, uml slalnes ad Interim who haa graced the
day's Georgian. Nothing but absence | man> . of ua agreed to these dates, even
and an overwhelming ru-li of business against our hearts and our judgment,
could have (kept me silent this long. I In order that we might not run rough-
Allow me to -say that I do not think
NEGROES COMMENDED
FOR MAKING ARREST.
Special to The Georgian.
Dublin, Ga., Nov. 21.—Yesterday
Will Horn was placed In Jail on the
charge of Killing Jerry Roberts. Horn
was arrested by the negro mill hands
at work for B. M. Grier, three miles
west of Dublin, and was held until
Sheriff Prince reached the scene of the
killing. He would not surrender until
he had been slightly wounded by one
of the negroes.
Horn killed Roberta by cutting an
artery In hls leg. It ta alleged that
the killing was not Justifiable. Both
negroes were mill hands.
Sheriff Prince made a speech to the
negroes, commending them for endeav-
, ... . orln* to uphold law and order by ar-
Ob, make a Joyful uoise unto the resting Horn
Wolter Reid, expert adviser of the
Aero Flub of the United Btates, now In
I-ondon, makes the prophecy that, with
the production of a well designed aerial
motor, an air trip from New York to
London can be made In 34 hours.
Gaston Thompson, master of marine,
announced to the council of ministers
that the loss of the French submarine
Lutln was due to an unusual pres
sure of the Intake of water caused by
a pebble landing In the intake valve.
Incompletely closing the water ballast
compartments and causing them to give
away.
The chief vetsrinnry officer of tlu,
Philippines, sent to Malta by the Uqlt.
ed State* to buy goats, ha* caused con
sternation among the people by declar
ing that 58 per cent of the gnats, the
only milch animals on th* Island, are
tainted with a fever microbe.
RAILROAD Y. M. C. A.
TO OPEN THURSDAY
Final preparations have been made
for the opening Thursday of the new
railroad Young Men's Christian Asso
ciation, 3t 1-3 West Alabama street.
From 3 to 5 o’clock In the afternoon the
general recaption to the ladles Interest
ed will be held, and the program for
th* night will be for men. The after
noon program Includes songs by Miss
Luclle Dennis and the rendition of sev
eral selections by Mrs. W. H. L. Nelms,
on the piano. Vocal selections by the
Piedmont Male Quartet anti several
short talks will be given at night.
TERMINAL PETITION
TAKEN UP THURSDAY
The petition of the Gate City Terml-
nal Company {or right to cross certain
streets anti for other concessions In the
construction of a roadbed for the At
lanta. Birmingham and Atlantic will be
acted upon Thursday afternoon at 3
o'clock by council.
CAPTAIN HIGHTOWER
IS LAID TO REST.
you ever wrote a stronger editorial
than that one, unless, perhaps, It was
your last “Saturday Evening” on
“Judging Others,” which, to my think
ing. seems to touch the limit of mortal
pen. And that Is the pity of It alt If
you had not written so strongly—If
you .were not capable of writing so
strongly again—I would not now con
cern myself to reply.
And have I earned the right to differ
from The Georgian In- Its own free col
umns?
If The Georgian's bravely shutting
liquor advertisements out of Its col
umns entltlesTt to speak frankly to the
enthusiastic find vehement friends of
temperance, then surely the fact I have
commended this antl-llquor course with
tongue and pen all over the land enti
tles me to speak frankly to The Geor
gian now.
Then what was the:matter with that
great editorial? This:
The premise was wrong and the con
clusion was—fatal I
For. the sake of brevity, let us leave
off the premise, pass over the argu
ment and come to the conclusion first.
Here It Is:
“Fewer saloons.” ,
"Better regulatlbns."
Mr. Editor, you might have preached
with the tongue of an archangel all
through your brilliant argument, but
If It bring you at last to the fatal con
clusion that the Ideal and ultimate so
lution of the liquor question for At
lanta or any other community Is, not
prohibition, but “a few” high-toned,
low-down, devilish saloon* “wsll regu
lated” In their wrecking work of de
bauchery and damnation—and this
work of refined deviltry approved by
council and defended by law—If this
be the ultimatum of your fascinating
argument and the end of your glowing
periods, then I rise—I stand—I lift my
tongue and pen In one lonr, strong
everlasting protest against the folly
and danger of sueff a compromise. Hold
on—before you rise to a point of "per
sonal privilege" and explanation. I
have hot forgotten that you said If the
test must come you will be found with
the white ballot of prohibition In your
hand- That Is not the burning ques
tion now. A thousand other men would
do the same—because they have to
sleep with' their 'conscience afterward.
But these "conservative” men can nev
er be depended on this side of the
Judgment to launch or lead a battle
against the saloons. TVe. ,ths white-
ribboned throng of men and women In
Atlanta, are yearning for a leader non-
—wise, fearless, uncompromising! And
thinking of The Georgian now we re
member those words so full of pathos
uttered in sore disappointment during
that Sabbath walk to Emmaus: “We
had hoped that It had been he who
should at this time deliver Israel.”
Th* Anti-Saloon League Has Been
Coneervative.
The Anti-Saloon League has not been
rath. No man truly claims'll. While
we believed with Judge Broyles that
an election held just after the riot
shod over the wishes of those good cit
izens who believed It better to post
pone the election until spring. And I
remember now thut such representa
tive men as that astute lawyer. Luther
Rosser, and that sturdy pioneer In At-
slon and
the
die Intends to add her
old I
quota to the social record.
Miss Roosevelt entertained about »
dozen other “sweet slxteejjj- at *
. ■ sixteen*' ,
luncheon ono day last week, and «hT
did the honors In the most approved
Attired In a brilliant red gown with
' ^rose-Ht her throat. Miss Kthel
lanta’s progres-s. Captain J. \V. English. looked stunning. After the luncheon
stood up In that tlrst meeting in thi she escorted her guests all over the
Wesleyan Tabernacle and said: "Gen
tlemen, we beseech you not to call an
election now right on the heels of this
riot. Wait thirty or sixty diys until
this excitement Is over, then we will
be with you.”
All right, gentleman, we have waited
thirty—yea. we are waiting sixty-days.
And where are the then advocates of
spring?
I am sure that the two gentlemen
Just mentioned are ready to redeem
their promise. They are the kind of
men who do, that sort of thing. But
where are the most of the men who. In
that meeting or those conservative men
out over town, were shaking their
heads and asking for more time?
Where? .I’ll tell you where they are,
The last we heard from them they had
followed the Pled Piper Into the woods,
and we cart' hear even yet the seduc,
tlve notes of hls flute:
Not now, my children, not now—
The whites and the negroes will row!
'Tls better to wait, tho' fanatic* may
prate—
Not now, my children, not now!
What is the Meaning of “Now?”
Will somebody tell me the meaning
of "now? 1 What are Its boundaries
and the limits bt Its habitation?
And that fine phrase, “just at thl*
time?'' Ah, each of these expressions
is a coinage from the mint of a
quorlsed" commercialism. An enemy
hath sown' these tares among the
finest of the wheat and the harvest I*
being gathered betimes.
Will Strengthsn Friendship,
Doesn't everybody know that the for
mer prohibition campaigns in Atlanta
did not estrange the races? Dr. Haw
thorne and Bishop Gaines shook hands
on the morning of election and led their
faithful columns against a common
foe. There were but two flags then and
there will be but two flags In the com
ing election—the black flag of the li
censed saloon and the white banner
of prohibition Under which flag?
Under which flag will you march?
And listen, my poor (rlends of the sa
loon, do not congratulate yourselves on
divided forces. Your siren songs have
deluded for a time. But men will awake
and show their colon!
The Georgian will yet present the
splendid spectacle of a great dally pa
per, not negatively, but poaltlvsly fight
ing the saloon. And when the "show
down” comes our conservative friends
will run up their flag and show where
they stand—fighting sanely, but des
perately, against the saloon that Is the
hotbed of crime, the companion of the
brothel, the rateway of hell! Brave
men can do what they will for Atlanta
and eveny brave, true man will fight
the saloon.
WILLIAM D. UPSHAW.
HON. TOM WATSON PAUSES
TO PASS ANOTHER LEMON
■ TO-DELECTABLE COL. MANN
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I am too busy with the bringing out
of my own magazine to pay much at
tention to the published statements of
the notorious human hoop-skirt and
exposed fraud known as Colonsl Mann.
When I Inform you that he and hls
pal, De France, have taken th* lifeless
“Watson's Magazine” Into The Town
Topics den, and are sending out letters
begging for stock subscribers to come
forward and be clipped of their fleece
to the extent of 310 apiece, and that
these begging letters are dated from
the little known' side door of The Town
Topics building on Fortieth street, In
stead bf from Its well-known Fifth av
enue number, you will understand why
Colonel Mann Is so-anxious to gull the
public now as he gulled “yours truly"
In 1904.
Mark the date—1904! Before the
Colliers and N'ormsn Hapgood had
shown him up, and before hls name had
been made a stench In. the nostrils, of
decent people.
Hls statement about the presidency
Is false, as the greater portion 5f every
statement this notorious old rip has
published concerning Watson's Maga
zine has been. It w-as he who Incor
porated In the contract—while I was In
Georgia fiat of my bock with grippe—
that reference to a sealed letter. When
I opened the letter at my home here
and saw that It contained the condition
that 1 might take a> step from the sub
lime to the ridiculous by quitting Wat
son's Magazine for the presidency, 1
laughed at the silly thing, and threw It
aside, it was simply one of Colonel
Mann's artifices In the process of hum
bugging me and putting me Into hls
hands for exploitation. I • had then,
amt hnve now, no more idea of becom
ing president In 1908. or any other time,
than 1 have of dying to heaven v.ith
Dr. Julian Thomas In a balloon. It
grieves me to think that even pocr old
Colonel Mann considers me such an
Infernal fool.
In the first number of my own mag
azine will be given n full story of my
relations with Colonel Mann. Thl*
story will be Illustrated with certain
pictures which will light up the situa
tion considerably. To that I beg leave
to refer Itlose who are sufficiently In
terested to seek the truth about It.
The next time Colonel Mann rushes
Into the papers to publish lies about me
I trust that be will be more liberal In
hls statement of hts own record.
He ought, by all means, to give us an
elegant synopsis of the evidence
ugalnet himself In that famous libel
case. He might also add to hls list of
dates and deeds this line:
"1905. Arrested for Perjury.”
When the case Is disposed of he can,
of course, add the word "Arqultted,”
or "Found Guilty," as the facts re
quire.
In hls latest rush Into prim, the
colonel didn’t say a great doal about
the 19,000 he owes me. In fact he
seems to have forgotten all about that.
A man who hides hi* millions behind
hls wife snd daughter, and thus escapes
hls honest debts, might add this item
also to the record of hls dates and
deeds
‘1906. Humbugged Watson to the
tune uf 31,000.”
Colon#' Mann repudiates "Explana
tory," the false article In the Novem
ber Watwm'a Magazine. Says he:
"Never saw or heard of It till It was In
print. 1 ' What a whopper! Mr. Gor
don Nyo, the artist, avho Is now living
with me. assures me that lie himself
carried the “proofs" of thut article to
Colonel Mann's house, and that Colo
nel Mann not only read and corrected
those proofs, but made certain changes
In the article. If It would not be so
hard' on Ananias I would compare Col
onel Mann to that less expert und
voluminous liar.
THOMAS E. WAT80N.
Thomson, Ga. '
— over the
anslon nnd the grounds anti i-hnnr.
visitor* to the White House were treat
cd to visions of youth and beauty not
often vouchsafed around the exccutlv.
mansion. *
These maids of officialdom ,- ln s
n ashlngton fashionable set have »n
enviable winter In store for them for
the president's young daughter Is to b>
a prominent figure on the social hari-
zon. Following the example of h.r
elder i-leter she will make an early
entrance Into the modish world, p r „b*.
bly next winter.
UEORtJIANS IN GOTHAM
:
New York. Nor. 71.—Anions tin* vUiinra
In* Sew York toil*, J. J. Hofnn. of AthnUL
THI5 DATE IN HISTORY
U
NOVEMBER 21.
IttS-JnniM Hon, poet, dl«l. Born 1772.
1540—rrinroji* Victoria Adelaide. H.|r>t
dHtwUtor of Queen Victoria, Lorn,
plod Antrim 6. 1901.
1181—United Mtn ten xhlp Hnnter captured
fflvujwp li 0 *' 0 * Yacht Off OnlveJtoii.
1171—Grand civil nnd military reception of
thv Ontttfl Duke Alexis In New York.
1877—Mrs. Fair prevented l»y uiob from l«*c-
, t(W tnrlnu lu Kan Francisco.
lsas-UnllM •upreido court decided
<«.* ft* Grn,t to be high sen*.
Iw4—JlnxMcre of the Chlueao by the Jup.
* niu^e troop* at Port Arthur.
1®®—Vice President Hobart died nt Puter*
■on. N. J.
1900— Fifty live* lout In it hurricane Jn Ten.
iwMee.
1598—Yaw ilefeutwl Harvard at foot I ml! hy
id th*
> »ny f— — —
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O POLITICS AND POLITICIANS, a
000OO000000000000000OOOOOO
The HUccoMfnl candidate for state trwi*.
urer In Now York Is it master linker hr
trade. Since hls election be has md«l hls
Itakcry. nnd states thnt he will devote Ills
entire attention to the duties of hi* offlue.
political nnd personal light was waged in
the recent, eampnlgn. has ouuouiicimI hls
retirement from politics.
tor from Delaware will be either J win
James Pennewlll, of Dover, or II. A. Itlch-
nrdMon, a wealthy resident of the same dty.
Both are promluent Republicans.
Governor Stokes, of New Jersey, h.i* de
clined to become a candidate for United
States senator to succeed John F. Dryden.
The senatorial tight In New Jersey ihU
Lewis Stuyveeant Chnnier’s small plural
ity In the great state of New York, which
casts not far from a million and a half
votes, recalls the 1047 recorded for Cleve
land over Blaine In the presidential elec
tion of 1881.
iuuieu Dimes senator rroin, coionmo
particularly Interesting as lllustnitlntr
tendency among captains of Industry to
surne Important political position*.
DR. EBERHARDT DEAD
AFTER LONG ILLNESS.
THANKSGIVING SCENES
TAKEN FROM THE MAGAZINES
By WEX JONES.
Specie! to Tit. Georgian.
HuwklnsvHle, Ga.. Nov. 31.—The body
of Captajn John W. Hightqwer wa«
brought here from Atlanta anti buried
in Orange Hill cemetery Tuesday morn
ing at 9 o’clock. Captain Hightower
formerly lived here and w as well known
by everybody a* a wholeaouled. genial
man. with a kind, happy greeting to
all he met. He died at the age of <4,
while undergoing an operation at St.
Josephs Infirmary In Atlanta.
Those surviving him are his wife and
young son, of Atlanta: Mrs. M. V. Mu-
honey, Dublin. Ga., and Mrs. Frank
B. Waterman. HawkinaviU*. ^
C OCOANUTS were lazily dropping
to eartb from the vines which
clung ground the lofty man
grove trees. Bolo men peeped slyly
from behind great banks of flower*.
Buffley thought longingly of the old
homestead In New Hampshire. "The
Philippines may be an American out
post,* he said, "but take me back to
the old snow-covered hills. The little
brown brother sllckelb closer than a
wife's cousin, and there’s not a decent
turkey In the Islands.”
Just then ^Buffley caught sight or a
Mora camp. In u moment h* had cap
tured It. There he found Mary I-'ls-
kin*. the girl he’d loved In the dear
New Hampshire hills.
“What are you doing here?" be asked.
“1 came out to run the Moro kinder
garten," she replied.
“Sly own!” he exclaimed.
"My ownest!" she cried.
"The happiest Thanksgiving day I
ever had!” cried both.
Jail had scored 31.
Kingston was despondent.
But It minutes of play—It seemed
Impossible to win.
Tad Smith, the Kingston center left
guard, did not despair.
He had a bet 'on the game. If he
won—lie won a bride. If he lost—he
lost n box of candy.
Polly Perkins wa* In,the grandstand.
He knew her eves were upon him. He
knew she wanted Kingston to win.
Tad Smith drilled hi* teeth. He
Special to The Georgian.
Hartwell. Ga., Nov. 21.—Dr. J.
Eberhardt died here yesterday, nfter t
prolonged (lines* of several month*,
leaving a wife nnd four children U"
wa* one of the most prominent citizen-
of this place and known throuxhout
the state tut a successful and skilled
physician. He will be buried today.
STORE AND CONTENTS
DESTROYED BY FIRE-
Special to The Georgian.
LaGrange, G*., Nov. II.—About 1
o’clock yesterday morning Are broke
out In the grocery store of E. Z. t'rea
der nnd for a while it seemed that
nearly all the business house* on that
street would be destroyed, but thr he
roic work of the Are department pre
vented it- from spreading. Thu *M re
room and contents were completely de
stroyed and were only partially cov
ered by Insurance.
■Tabbed the ball trom tho umpire, anti,
running with the force of s locomotive,
touched It down behind the Jail line.
Continuing hi* circuit of the field ne
ran around It without Interruption, at
each time scoring.
Kingston won by 156 point*. . ,
Tad Smith call* It the happlr«t
Thanksgiving day he ever had.
So does Mrs. Smith.
The snow wa* snowing.
The wind wa* winding.
It was a cold, seasonable Thank-: i v *
Ing day. In the comfortable old kitch
en the table groaqed beneath an old-
fashioned Thanksgiving dinner.
The old folk* sat around the boar*,
smiling, but now and then turning **“
eyes toward the empty chair. ,,
"Thanksgiving day!” said the
man.
"Thanksgiving rljiy!'' responded the
old lady In *ad tones. '
A knock at the door!
•it'* him!" exclaimed both the d®
people. , .
The door watt opined and a bear"<-“
man entered.
Ravenously he fell upon the sub.-i m-
tU, l frwd - ..
"Jim's grown bigger,” said the ' ‘
man. "And he's grown whisker*. B"
be’* the same old welcome Jim- .
Presently the man finished hi* m *
and started for the door. _ , -
"Jim. Jim! won't you stay? cri-
the old couple. ,.
"Jim nothing. My name'* * >“■ 1 _
811m, and I must be on my
they're after roe."
And the etranger disappeared