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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 21. IS**!.
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THE GEORGIAN prints no unclean
or objectionable advertlslnp. Neither
does It print'whisky or any liquor ails.
OUR PLAT FOR M .-Tin
stoinis for Atliiuta a ownlug .
sud electrle lltfht plants, ns It now
owns Its waterworks, otherfeltles do
this and cet ens as low as 00 rents,
with a protlt to the city. This should
lie done at nmv. The Georgian tie*
Ilsees that If street railways van lie
operated successfully by K ii r o p o a n
■SB they are. there la uo good
before tve are ready for so Ids an no-
•IcrUklnj:. 81111 Atlanta should aet Its
face lu that direction NOW.
Mr. Vpshaw’o Card.
El inhere in The Georgian today
appears a card from William D. Up-
ahaw, commenting on our editorial
of biat Friday and urging a’prohlbl-
tlon election. '
The Georgian set forth plainly Its
▼lews on the question of the prohibi
tion election, believing that such elec
tion would be unwise and would do
Atlanta more' barm than good.
If: prohibition, real prohibition,
could be secured without an election
approaching civil war In It. bitter
ness, without appealing to the negro
vote In all the hideous corruption that
marked thofcc prohibition fights of
the 'SO's, then The Oeorglqn would
doubtless favor it.
Hut real prohibition has never been
sec tired In this country, though at
tempts have been made all the way
from Maine, to California. And the
cruel bitterness uf^tn election would
do Atlanta incalculable barm at this
time.
The movement council ta making
toward raising the license, thereby
decreasing the number of saloons, and
further restricting them, seems to The
Georgian to be the sanest and-sound
est solution of the problem. ,
To Wado Hampton.
In 1*78. when the days of recott-
atructlon were bitterest, the Demo
crats claimed the election of Genera!
Wade Hampton na governor. The
rnriietliaggors and scalawags claimed
their candidate had been elected.
Fearing that General .Hampton
would be cheated of the governorship,
several thousand armed men marched
through Columbia one day. They
reached the Democratic headquarters,
nnd hulled. General Humnton ap
peared. and said:
"Fellow citiiens: I have been
elected governor of South Carolina,
and by the eternal God I will be gov-
PROBITY VERSUS POLITICS.
From Kansas City comes the positive, unmistakable and. certainly,
authorized statement of Secretary of State Ellhu Hoot that Mr. Roosevelt
will not again accept the Republican nomination for president.
Simultaneously, from (Julebrn Cut there come the strong, bold,
manly words of President Roosevelt, In the 'matter of the Hrownsville
■ murderers who disgraced the United States army uniform:
"Unless facta as known to meant shown to be false the order will
under no circumstances be revoked, and I shall not for one moment con
sider suspending It on a simple allegation that there are new facts un
til theae new facts are laid before me. Inform any i>ersons having new
- facta 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 la called for.”
• Don't you see the significance?
It simply Indicates, on the face of It, that Mr. Roosevelt Is in posi
tion to Ignore politics and be a president: that he has no negro or ne-
graphite votes to pander to. and that he can discharge bis duties according
(o hla notion of honesty, fairness and square dealing.
This Brownsville incident la a queer thing anyway.
A bunch of negro soldiers of the TWenty-flfth infantry. U. S. got
drunk last August and shot up the town of Brownsville, Texas. Murder
was one among the crimes these negroes committed. One white man
was killed, another wounded and the town terrorised. An investigation
Into the affair showed that not only could no evidence be secured agsinst
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
ail In the South, where negro rapists and murderers are Invariably given
protection against the law by members of their race). So, being unable
to punish the murderers because the unoffending comtltuted themzelvoa
accessories after the fact, It was ordered that all of the three companies
of which the murderers were members, be dishonorably discharged
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 elections when the Demo
cratic party gained 60 seats in congress.
With the protests of the negro preachers and politicians, came the
obsequious protest of the so-called O. O. P. The turn of the screw
made chubby Rill Taft, he of the presidential bee, yell first. Elephan
tine Bill, secretary of war, while not engaged In running errands for .
Mr. Roosevelt, let forth hla squeal In-the shape of an order suspending
that of the president which called for 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 the president waa just, even as It would have been
Just had the Twenty-fifth regiment, U. 8. A., been composed of Cau*
caslans: the action of the negroes of the country, the Republican party
In general and the New York Republican Club in particular, and Ele
phantine BUI Taft ranged from the ridiculous to sycophBntlah 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 fawning!/ to the negro vote a* {t 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 South-.
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
Couldn’t Stand Prosperity.
Those on the spot units In declaring
that San Francisco has recently had
the moat corrupt and moat Inefficient
city government In America. The
correspondent of The New York World
writes that “fostered by a polloe force
undSr the leadership of a man whose
chum Is the most notorious pickpock
et in the West, thugs and thieves are
prospering.” Orart la rampant and
corruption is charged to the city gov-
qrn9ie$v,t*<*)lih' > , mayor down to the
humblest department employaea.
Mayor Eugoua. Schmitz has been
Indicted by the grand jury, along
with A. Ruef, whose tool Schmitz has
been. The charge on which a true
bill has been found against them Is
grafting $40,000 for the granting of
liquor llcer.ae* to certain French res
taurants.
t ls also charged that Schmitz and
f held up the United Railways
Company for $700,000 for the granting
of franchises since the earthquako
and fire. The grand Jury la now In
vestigating this.
At the time of hla election four
years ago Schmitt was the leader of a
little orchestra In San Francisco nnd
was making about $150 a month. Ho
was In humble circumstances. Hit
salary as mayor la $500 n montn. In
four years tyc has built hint a nmgnifl
cent home coating upward of $35,000,
has furnished it In \pvlah style and
on a trip to Europe made the spend
ers blink by throwing money right
and Inft.fl^H
Schmitz was electei^ mayor by the
labor unions, after Janies D. Phelan
had declined to stand for re-election.
ernor. nr there shall be none. Dla-
IT® " ni1 * l ° y °" h ° meB - in'hlsTxecutlve work 8cfimll* proved
himself to be a capable, even an able
All la well.
It Is the shortest oration In the
world’s history.
It accomplished peace and freedom
and prevented the shedding of a sea
of blood In South Carolina. *
Tuesday there was unveiled at Co
lumbia a monument to Wade Hamil
ton.
It Is well that South Carolina has
thus expressed In eternal bronze
her reverence for Hampton, but It was
-not necessary to perpetuate the meui* >
ory of that noble cavalier In whom
there was joined the dashing and
dauntless soldier, the wise, and honest
statesman and the gentleman of gen
tlemen.
A Negro Editor.
U seems that the negroes of Chica
go object to the existence of Senator
Benjamin R. Tillman, of South Caro
lina.
Senator Tillman I* scheduled to lec
ture at Orchestra Hall in that city,
November 37. for the benefit of the
Chicago Union Hospital.
An appeal was made Monday In
The Hroadax, a negro paper, for "all
bravo and liberty-loving Afro-Ameri
cans In this city to assemble at Or
chestra lfoll and prevent Ben Tillman
from speaking there.”
Another example of the wisdom and
coiiKcrvatlsim of the negro editor and
the negro politician!
The negro as a race bad better dis
claim and discredit such Idiotic coutt-
X-Irr* and follow the advice of those
bo suggest a little more work and a
'• <u Pus politics.
man. During the earthquake and fire
he was tireless and elficlent, and de
serves “much cVedit for the work he
did. But he couldn't stand prosperity.
For the sake of the laborera who
elected him. It la a pity that Schmitz
has gone wrong.
Ho had the chance to demonstrate
that from the common people honest
and able officials can conte.
Religioug Vaudeville.
The pastor of the Central Baptist
church of New York city, who pos
sesses the happy name of the Rev.
Frank Qoodchlld. baa found the com
petition of seven theaters, as many
restaurants and saloons galore, all
adjacent to bis bouse of worship, a
little bit keen.
Accordingly, the other Sngday
uigUt. the Rev. Mr.- Goodchild' sprang
a stunt that matte his slim congrega
tion sit up 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 in
the chancel before a table of prorane
wfr.c glasses, on which he subsequent
ly played tunes.
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 la not as wild or as
foolish as ono may be Inclined to
think.
The greatest trouble the ministers
of the smaller churchep-of New York
find Is In securing auditors. Sunday
la a wide-open day In the metropolis,
apd those who are most in need of
religions teaching aro the ones who
flhd alluring entertainment every
where extent In the churches.
None save a narrow-minded Puritan
can regard those performances In the
Central Baptist church any more sac
rilegious than the conventional choir
music.
And they'are Increasing tlie size of
the Rev. Mr. Goodchlld's congrega
tlons.
HEARTILY INOORSE8
THE GEORGIAN.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
As ont deeply interested in the won-
derful progress and continued welfare
of Atlanta, I wish to commend In be
half of a largo majority of the property
owners and taxpayers of the city your
able and timsly editorial in yesterday’s
Georgian entitled, “Shall Wo Have a
Prohibition Fight?"
Certainly, The Georgian's utterances
from its position on the liquor traffic
should have great influtnee among the
prohibition element, ovon if its splen
did arguments and logical reasoning
ar# uneonaiderod. Will you not pleats
republish the editorial that those who
did not road it yssttrday may do so
today?
All who have ovon boon through tha
otrifo and bitterness of a prohibition
election will recall all you state as
true, and indorse it. I have been
through two ouch elections and remem
ber them a* “awful niqhtmaree" when
best friends quarreled and familias
were separated.
The good man who would plunge At
lanta into another prohibition fignt aro
mistaken in their zeal. They are not
true friends of our sity’o material ax
well as spiritual welfare, auch as Dr.
W. W. Landrum and Dr. John E. White
aro. With clear vision they aee the
situation, that if an olootion wore hold
the prohibitionists could not carry it,
and therefore they aro opposed to an
District Attorney Jerome has an
nounced officially that the trial of Har
ry K. Thaw In New York for the killing
of Stanford White will begin on De
cember 3. Recorder Goff will preside.
The police of Nice, France, are In
vestigating the* case of Countess de
LaGrange, proprltress 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 unfipr
the 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 16. 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 than 3,000,000 bushels
of coal.
Miss Loulsia Moncheur, the daugh
ter of the Belgian minister, who came
over to attend the wedding of MIsb
Clayton to. Mr. Grant-Duff, died yester
day In Washington.
The death list of the wrecked steam
er Dlx. which collided with the Jeanle
near Seattle, Wash., haA reached a total
of 50 names.
Secretary Metcalfe, of the depart
ment of commerce and labor, through
the commissioner of corporations, has
appointed George E.. Butler to make an
Investigation or the fire Insurance com
panies In settling the San Francisco
fire claims.
Diplomatic circles at St. Petersburg
are perturbed over the Macedonian
trouble. The International arrange
ment seems Inadequate to restore or
der In that part of Turkty.
Anarchists at Rome, Italy, are said
to be planning a big demonstration
against the government when Klrig
George of Greece makes hts visit
to Rome.
The officials of the Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western railroad have
granted* their switchmen 4 cents an
hour Increase and a 10-hour day, the
agreement to last for one year, from
January 1, 1*07.
A combination mall and express car
on eastbound Pennsylvania train No.
33 took fire on Monday and 1,500 let
ters were destroyed.
Mrs. Jennie Anderson, of Youngs
town, Ohio, qccused of beating her 6-
year-old step-daughter to death, was
sentenced to 15 years In the peniten
tiary.
Alleging that the voting machine did
not properly record the votes cast In
the recent election, the common coun
cil of felmyra, 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 dreams of
wealth, Bessie Arnold, Alice Krlgler
and Eunice Booth, English girls, have
been apprehended by the Immigration
agent for violating the labor contract
law. They wers brought over to work
In a North Carolina cotton mill two
months ago, but will be deported on
the first Cunsrd line steamship for
Liverpool.
Mrs. Orondona. with her brother-in-
law, has been arrested at Reno on the
charge of burning the entire town of
Jnhnsvllle, where the lives of two men
were lost. It is alleged that the hatred
of William Passetta, owner of the ho
tel In which the fire started, caused the
set, and the brother-in-law aided the
woman through love. *
A GREAT EDITORIAL: j r ncciD 1
A WRONG CONCLUSION! CiC'DDll j
THE PIED PIPER AND HIS CHILDREN.
fully,
oeing called. Youri
HOUSTOUN R. H
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
urdu.v evenlns's paper.
But I thank you far more for the
stand you have taken In reference to
this matter. If the better element of
whites will oo-operale with the better
element of blacks, both seeing that the
iuw Is commonly, evenly and Impartial
ly administered, we will reach a prac
tical solution, carrying a permanent
peace. Yours very truly.
CHARLES T. HOPKINS.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 1*. I*g4.
NEGROES COMMENDED
FOR MAKING ARREST.
gpeclnt to Tbe Georgian.
Dublin, Ga., Nov. 31.—Yesterday
Will Horn nan 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 Roberts by rutting an
artery In his leg. It is alleged that
the killing was not justifiable. Bath
negroes were mill hands.
Sheriff Prince made a s|>eech to the
negroes, commending them for endeav
oring to uphold law and order by ar-
"Ob, make a joyful noise unto the resting Horn
Wulter Reid, expert adviser let the
Aero Club of the United States, now In
London, 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
I.utfn was due to an unusual pres
sure of the Intake of water paused by
a pebble -landing In the Intnke valve,
Incompletely closing the water ballast
compartments and pausing them to give
away. •
The chief veterinary officer of the
Philippines, sent to Malta by the Unit,
ed States to buy goats, has caused con-
stertintion-among the people by declar
ing that 58 per cent of the goats, thn
only milch anlimils on the Island, are
tainted w ith a fever microbe.
RAILROAD Y. M, C. A.
TO OPEN THURSDAY
Final preparations have been made
for the opening Thursday of th« new
railroad Young Men's Christian Asso
ciation, 31 1-3 West Alabama street.
From 3 to 5 o'clock In the afternoon the
general reception to the ladles Interest
ed will be held, and the program for
the night will be for men. The after
noon program Includes songs by Miss
Lucile Dennis and the rendition of sev
eral selections by Mrs. W. H. L. Nelms,
on the piano. Vocal selections by the
Piedmont Male Quartet and several
short talks will be given at night.
TERMINAL PETITION
TAKEN UP THURSDAY
To the Editor of The Georgian:
If wishing would do any good I would
wish a hundred times that you had
never said It. I mean that leading edi
torial, "Shall We Have a Prohibition
Fight?“ which appeared In last Fri
day’s Georgian. Nothing but absence
and an overwhelming rush of business
could .have kept me^sllent this long.
Allow ms to say that I do not think
you ever tvrota 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'tbe limit of mortal
pen. And that Is the pity of It all. If
you had not written so strongly—If
you were not capable of writing so
strongly again—I would not now con
cern inyxelf to reply.
And have I earned the right to differ
from The Georgian In Ha own free col
umns?
If The Georgian's bravely shutting
liquor advertisements out of Its col
umns entitles It to speak frankly to the
enthusiastic and vehement friends of
temperance, then surely the fact I have
commended this ami-liquor course with
tongue and pen alt over the land enti
tles me to apeak frankly to The Geor
glan now.
Then what was the matter with that
great editorial? This:
The premise was wrong and the con
clusion was—fatal!
FAr the sake of brevity, let us leave
off the premise, pass over the argu
nient end come to the conclusion first.
Here it le:
"Fewer "saloons."
"Better regulations.”
. 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 le, not
prohibition, but "a few" high-toned,
low-down, devlllah saloons “well regu
lated" In their wrecking wprk of de
bauchery and - damnation—and this
work of refined deviltry approved by
council and defended by law—If thle
be the ultimatum of your fascinating
argument and the end of your glowing
perlode, then I rise—I stand—I lift my
tongue and pen In one long, strong
everlasting protest against the folly
and danger of such a compromise. Hold
on—before you rise to a point of "per
sonal privilege" and explanation. I
have not 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 theae "conservative” men can nev
er be depended on this aide of the
Judgment to launch or lead a battle
against the saloons. We, the white-
ribboned throng.of men and women In
Atlanta, are yearning for a leader now
—wlee, fearless, uncompromising! And
thinking of Tho Georgian now we re
member those words so full of pathos
uttered In sore disappointment during
that Sabbath walk to Emmaust- “We
had hoped that It had been he who
should at thl* time deliver Israel."
The Anti-Saloon League Has Been
Conservative.
The Antl-Salobn League has not been
rash. No man truly claims It. While
we believed with Judge Broyles that
an election held Just after the riot
would earn*, two to one. against the
saloons, we showed becoming defer
ence to those who did not want an elec
tion then, and Dr. J. C. Solomon, su
perintendent of the league, modified his
motion from February to March and
from March on info the spring, and
many of us agreed to these dates, even
against mu' horns and out Judgment.
In order that wc might not run rough
shod over the wishes of those good cit
izens'who believed It better to post
pone the election until spring. And I
remember now that such representa
tive men as that astute lawyer. Luther
Rosser, nnd that sturdy gdoneeMn At
lanta’s progress. Captain J. W, English,
stood up in that first meeting In the
Wesleyan Tabernacle and said: "Gen
tlemen, we beseech you not to call an
election now right on the heels of this
riot. Walt thirty or sixty days until
this excitement Is over, then we will
be with you.'* ,
All right, gentlemen, we have waited
thirty—iyea, 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 tbe 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 wc heard from them they had
followed the Pled Piper Into the woods,
and we can hear even yet the seduc
tive notes of his flute:
Not now, my children, not now—
The whites and the negroes will row!
'TIs better to wait, tho’ fanatics may
prate—
Not now, my children, not now!
What is the Meaning of “Now?”
Will somebody tell me the meaning
of “now?” What are Its boundaries
and the limits of Its habitation?
And that line phrase, "Just at this
time?” Ah, each of these expressions
la a coinage from the mint of a “II-
quorized” commercialism. An enemy
hath sown thesV tares among the
finest of the wheat and the. harvest Is
being gathered betimes.
Will Strengthen Friendship.
Doesn't everybody Know that the for
mer prohibition campaigns In Atlanta
did not estrange the races? Dr. Haw
thorne and Bishop Galnea 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 friends 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 colors! •
The Georgian will yet present the
splendid spectacle of a great dally pa
per, not negatively, but positively fight
ing tho saloon. And when the “show
down” comes our conservative friends
will run up their (leg 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 gateway of hell! Brave
men can do what they will for Atlanta
and every brave, true man will fight
the saloon.
WILLIAM D. UPSHAW.
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York, Nov. 2L-From Washing,
ton friends I learn that Miss E lh-i
Roosevelt, undrr the chaperomtge „}
her rid nurse. Mrs. Leftwlch. Is nmk| n *
a charming presiding lady of the White
Hou*' luring the absence of her moth
or in Panurrta nn<l the West Infii-«
**le*. She l- one of the youngest chat.
Staines ad Interim who has graced the
old mansion nnd she intends to add her
quota to the social record.
.Miss Roosevelt entertained about m
dozen other “sweet stxteens” a t «
luncheon one day last' week, and sh»
did the honors In the most apnrovJ
style. ™
Attired In a brilliant red gown with
a red rose at her throat, Miss Ethel
looked stunning. After the luncheon
she escorted her guests all over the
mansion and the grounds and chanr.
visitors to the White House were treat
ed to visions of youth and beauty not
often vouchsafed around the executive
mansion. .
These maids of officialdom and
Washington fashionable set have an
enviable winter In store for them for
the president's young daughter Is to he
a prominent figure on the social hnrl-
zon. Following the example of h er
elder slater she will make an early
iJKORC.JANS IN GOTHAM
New York. Nov. St.-Ainong the vl«u„r
hi hew York today Is J. Hogun, of Atlanta
THIS OATH !N HISTOItv
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 Colonel Mann.
Yyhen I Inform you that he and hie
pal, De Franc*, have taken the lifeless
“Watson's Magazine" Into The Town
Topics den, and are sending out letters
begging for atock subscribers to cohie
forward and be clipped of their fleece
to the extent of $10 apiece, and that
these begging letters are dated- from
the little known side door of The Town
Topics building on Fortieth street, In
stead of from Its-well-known Fifth uv-
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—1*04! Before the
Colliers and Norman Hapgood had
shown him up, and before hie name had
been made it stench In the nostrils of
decent people.*
His statement about the presidency
Is false, ae the greater portion of every
•tatement this notorious old rip hoe
published concerning Watson's .Maga
zine has been. It was he who Incor
porated In the contract—'While' 1 was In
Georgia fiat of my back with grippe—
that reference to a sealed letter. When
I opened the letter at my home here
nnd saw that It contained the condition
that I 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 II
aside. 1: was simply one of Colonel
Mann’s artifices In the process of hum
bugging me and putting me Into hts
hands for exploitation. I had then,
and have now. no more Idea of becom
ing president In 1*0*. or anjg other time,
than I have of flying to heaven with
Dr. Julian Thomas In a balloon. It
grieves me to think that even poor old
Colonel Mann consider* me such an
Infernal fool.
Jn the first- number of my own mag
azine will be given n full story of my
relations with Colonel Mnnn. This
story will be Illustrated with certain
pictures which will light up the situa
tion considerably. To that 1 beg leave
to refer those who are sufficiently In
terested to seek the truth about It.
The neyt time Colonel Mann rushes
Into the papers to publish lies .'bout me
I trust that he will be more liberal In
his statement of his own record.
He ought, by all means, to give us an
elegant synopsis of the evidence
against himself In thnt fambus libel
case. He might also ndd to his list of
dates and deed* this line:
"1905. Arrested for Perjury."
When the case Is disposed of he can.
of couise. udd the word "Acquitted."
or "Found Guilty,” as the facts re
quire.
la bis latest rush Into print, the
colonel didn't say a great deal about
the »»,000 he owes me. In fact he
seems to have forgotten all about that.
A man who hides his millions behind
Ills wife and daughter, and thus escapes
his honest debts, might ndd this item
also to the record of hie dates and
deeds
"1*06. Humbugged Watson to the
tuqe of $9,000."
Colone' Mann repudiates “Explana
tory,” the false article In thi Novem
ber Watson's Magaxlne. Says he:
“Never saw or heard of It till It was In
print." What a whopper! Mr. Oor-
don Nye, the artist, who Is now living
with me, assures me that he himself
carried the "proofs" of that article to
Colonel Mann's house, and that Colo
nel Mann not only read and corrected
those proofs, but made certain chnnges
In the article. If It would not lie so
hard on Ananias I tvould compare Col
onel Mann to that less expert und
voluminous liar.
THOMAS E. WATSON.
Thomson. Ga.
NOVEMBER 21.
1835—James Hogg, |ioet, died. Born 17;.'.
1640—I'rluccss Victoria Adelaide, olden
dnnzht'.r ilf Queen Victoria, l.oru.
Pled August 5, 1901.
1561—United Rtntce ship Santee captured
privateer Korol Yacht off Gniveoton
1171—Grand civil nnd military reception of
the Grand Duke Alexia III New York.
1*73—Mrs. 1- nIr prevented by mob from lev.
luring lu S«u Frnnvleeo.
1581—United Sin tea supreme court derided
IS* Grout takes to lie high zena.
H*4—Massacre nf the Chinese by the Jure
nuoae troops at Port Arthur.
1B0—Vice President .Ilubart died at Pater
son, N. J. •
1909-Fine lives Inst In a Hurricane In Torn
1*03— nledsfested Harvard at football l.y
•a score of 16 to 0.
1994— Kuropatkln appointed to ennmiaud the
Itnssiuu army lu the Far Bait.
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The vurorasfitl candidate for state treat-
nrrr fit New York I* a master linker t*r
trade. Since hla election he hat moM hl$
linker?, and ttnte* that he will devote hi*
entire attention to the duties of hi* offlic.
the next Kansas legislature.
Ocnerni Charles-It. Bray ton. the Rcpulill-
$*nii leader for the past thirty year* to
Rhode Island, and against whom a *trons
political and personal tight was wncH in
the recent campaign, lias annoiiunfl Ul«
retirement from politic*.
It Is believed 'the nest United Htntr*
senator from Delaware will be either Jmlgu
James Pennewlll. of Dover, or II. A. Itlcb-
nrdson, n wealthy resident of tbe same city.
Both are prominent Republican*.
Governor Rtokes, of New Jersey, has de
clined to liecouie a candidate for I'nltml
Htntes senator to succeed John F. Dryden.
The senatorial ftfbt In New Jersey this
Lewis Htnyvesant Cbnnler** small plural
ity In the trout state of New Y’ork, which
cast* not far from s million slid a hnlf
votes, recalls tho 1<M7 recordeil for tlcve-
Isnd over Illalne In the presidential elec
tion of 1881.
Simon Guggenheim’* probable election si
United Htntes senator from tworsdo w
particularly Interesting ns lllustratlm; the
tendency among captain* of Industry to at-
•mne Important political ikmUIoihi.
DR. EBERHARDT DEAD
AFTER LONG ILLNESS.
Special to Tbe Geiirgtnn.
Hartwell, Ga., Nov. 21.—Dr. J-
Eberhardt died here yesterday, after a
prolonged Illness of several month*,
leaving n wife .nnd four children. He
was one of the most prominent oltlxon*
of thin place and known throughout
the state as a successful and skilled
physician. He will be burled today.
STORE AND CONTENTS
DESTROYED BY FIRE.
Spvvlnl to Tho (Ivors:*n.
LaGrange, Ga., Nov. 31.—Aleut 1
o'clock yesterday morning fire lin'k'
out In the grocery Htore of E. Z. i'r"«-
der and for a while It seetnoil th*’
nearly all the business houses "ti >”' I
street would be destroyed, but the he
roic work of tho fire department pre- J
vented It from spreading. Tho store
room and contents were completely de
stroyed and were only partially cov
ered by Insurance.
The petition or the Gate City Termi
nal Company for right to cross certain
streets and tor other concessions in the
construction ot a roadbed tor the At
lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic will be
acted upon Thursday afternoon at 3
o'clock by council.
CAPTAIN HIGHTOWER
18 LAID TO RE8T. j I
Special to Tlie tirorginn. '
Hawklnsvtlle. Ga., Nov. 21.—The body
of Captain John W. Hightower was
brought here front Atlanta and burled
In Orange H1U cemetery Tuesday morn
ing at 9 o'clock. Captain Hightower
formerly lived here and was well known
by everybody as a wholesouled, genial
man. with a kind, happy greeting to
all he met. He died at the age of 64,
white undergoing an operation at 8t.
Josephs Infirmary In Atlanta.
Those surviving him are his wife and
young son, of Atlanta: Mrs. M. V. Ma.
honey, Dublin, Ga.. and Mrs, Frank
B. Waterman, Hawklnsvtlle.
THANKSGIVING SCENES
TAKEN FROM THE MAGAZINES
By WEX JONES.
^'—vOCOANUTS were lazily dropping
to earth from the vines which
clung around the lofty man
grove trees. Bolo man peeped slyly
from behind great banks of flowers.
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 enow-covered hllle. The little
brown brother stlcketh closer than a
wife's cousin, nnd there'a not a decent
turkey In the Islands.”
Just then Buffley caught ’aight of a
Moro camp. In a moment he had cap
tured It. There he found Mary Fle-
ktns, the girt he'd loved In the dear
New Hampshire hills.
"Whet are you doing here I” be asked.
"I came out to ran the Moro kinder
garten,” she replied.
“My own!" he exclaimed.
"My ownest!" she cried.
'The happiest Thanksgiving day I
ever had!” cried both.
Jail had scored 81.
Kingston was despondent.
But 11 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—he won a bride. If he lost—he
lost a box of candy.
Polly Perkins was In the grandstand.
He knew her eyes acre upon hln. He
knew she wanted Kingston In H In.
Tad Smith gritted his teeth. He
grabbed the ball from the umph"
running with the force of a locomotive,
touched It down behind the Jail
Continuing hla circuit of the hrll ze
ran around It without Interrupt!
each time scoring.
Kingston wen by 156 points. ....
Tad 'Smith calls It the happ»«
Thanksgiving day he ever had.
So does Mrs. Smith.
The snow was snowing.
The wind was winding.
It was u cold, seasonable Thank***'-
Ing day. In the comfortable old kite *
cn the table groaned beneath an ol
fashioned Thanksgiving dlnn> r. .
The old folks sat around the “'““"j
smiling, but now and then turnlnF -
eyes toward the empty chair. ,,
"Thanksgiving day!” said the
man. , .
"Thanksgiving day!" reaponi.-'
old lady In sad tones.
A knock at the door! .
“4'a hint!" exclaimed both the
people. i..,nlf4
The door was opened and a '>* ar
man entered. ......
Ravenously he fell upon the * uhl 1
tlal food. „|4
Hut
"Jim's grown bigger, said 1
man. "And he's grown whisker
he's the same old welcome Jim
is the same old welcome jim- !
Presently the man finished m*
and started for the door. ,
Jim. Jim! won't you stay ,r
the old couple. ,-y
"Jlnt nothing. My name "
Slim, and 1 must be on n»'
they're after mix"
And the elraqgec dlsanpearv 1