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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 21. IS**!. [ THE ATLANTA (iEOROIAN cun Hunt CRAVES. Edih- * K t. L SEELY, rmideul Pub'ished Every Afternoon. < Except Sumlnjrt By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At a \V$*t Alabama St.. Atlanta. Ga. Subscription Ratos. one Vear H-W FiX Months 2-JJ Three Months t-» Rr Carrier. Per Week 1® Entered at the Atlanta roatofflca as semod-efnsa pint) matter. Smith A Thorn won. advert If Inc rep* reofxtntlvm for all territory ontsldo of Georgia. * Cbiatpo Offlre. New Yoi If y«>u have any trouble flatting THK GEORGIAN, telephone the Clrcnlntlon Deftartment and nave It promptly rem edied. Telephones: Hell 4327 .Mala. Atlanta 4401. ft la desirable that all eonimunln}; tiona intruded for publication In TIIK GEORGIAN be limited to 40J words In length- It It Imperative that they he signed, ns mi evidence of coml faith, tboiich the names trill In* withheld If 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 $9,000." Colone' Mann repudiates “Explana tory,” the false article In thi Novem ber Watson's Magaxlne. Says he: “Never saw or heard of It till It was In print." What a whopper! Mr. Oor- don Nye, the artist, who Is now living with me, assures me that he himself carried the "proofs" of that article to Colonel Mann's house, and that Colo nel Mann not only read and corrected those proofs, but made certain chnnges In the article. If It would not lie so hard on Ananias I tvould compare Col onel Mann to that less expert und voluminous liar. THOMAS E. WATSON. Thomson. Ga. NOVEMBER 21. 1835—James Hogg, |ioet, died. Born 17;.'. 1640—I'rluccss Victoria Adelaide, olden dnnzht'.r ilf Queen Victoria, l.oru. Pled August 5, 1901. 1561—United Rtntce ship Santee captured privateer Korol Yacht off Gniveoton 1171—Grand civil nnd military reception of the Grand Duke Alexia III New York. 1*73—Mrs. 1- nIr prevented by mob from lev. luring lu S«u Frnnvleeo. 1581—United Sin tea supreme court derided IS* Grout takes to lie high zena. H*4—Massacre nf the Chinese by the Jure nuoae troops at Port Arthur. 1B0—Vice President .Ilubart died at Pater son, N. J. • 1909-Fine lives Inst In a Hurricane In Torn 1*03— nledsfested Harvard at football l.y •a score of 16 to 0. 1994— Kuropatkln appointed to ennmiaud the Itnssiuu army lu the Far Bait. OOOOOOOOOOOODOOOCKrpOOOOOOO O n a POLITICS ANO POLITICIANS. O 00000O00000O00000OOOCOOOCU The vurorasfitl candidate for state treat- nrrr fit New York I* a master linker t*r trade. Since hla election he hat moM hl$ 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