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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. rnriisiiAY. mivemueu ", it THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN .CHI 7 CM Pit GRAVIS. HMr r. I. SttLY. hIIMt Published Every Afternoon. i Hi o'p [ irndan By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, At S West Alabama St.. Atleota. Ga. Subscription Rates. Ooe Tear....'. H.M six Months MO Three Months l.$8 By Carrier, per Week 10 entered nt the Atlanta Poetofflco as second-class mall matter. Telephones connecting all departments. I.on* distance terminals Smith A Thompson, stlrertlslna rep- resentatUea for all territory outside of ■ ieoripa. Chicago Dtrice Tribune Bids. New York OITIce Potter Bldg. If yon bare any trouble getting Tilt: GEORGIAN, telephone the Ctrenlmtloa Ilepartmeit and tort l^jromjtly^trm. lions Inti GEORGIAN lie lh.il lenrtb. It la imperative that they be ■trued, ns an evidence of good faith. thooch the names will lie withheld Ir THE GEORGIAN prime no unclean or objectionable advertising. Neither doee It print whisky or any liquor ft da OUR PLATFORM.-Tbe Georgian itands for Atlanta's owning It* own gas per cities do aa M This The Art Exhibition. Atlanta is to be congratulated upon tbe excellence of the art exhibition now being'conducted under the aus- plcea of tbe Atlanta Art Association and the Art Asaoclation, In Its tuni, to be .congratulated upon having se cured the co-operation of a man who Is go Identified with the best Inter ests of American art aa la James B. Townsend, of New York. Tho exhlbl tlon reaches the highest standard of excellence, and deserves npondu qwn tha llhaaal n,lrn..,,n ,.f (ha merits the - liberal 'patronage of the public. ^ I ■ The Importance of advancing the art Interests of our city'cannot be overestimated. The vital relation of beautiful pictures, driven, parks, build lags and statue* to civic progress and social welfare Is an established fact, and scientific thought la dally accord' lag those n more dominant, InDuenoo upon tho moral and econofnlc condl tlop.i of the state. So, whether our people are meyi and women of culture I whether they ae« with discerning eyes; whether they listen with ears that catch the fuller and finer mean ing; and above all, whether they eg- . rich, human life with the emotion that cornea from an intelligent appre ciation of tho beautiful, can never be matters of Indifference to us. Tho Atlanta Art Asaoclation .striving toward ends which must broaden and elevate, not only the standards of onr civic life, but the standards of education and culture ' throughout our state. It Is taken for granted tlfat Its exhl bltlon will meet with the patronage of the colleges in Atlanta and through' out the state, whose students will not ‘ meet another such opportunity outside of New York, and that people from all parti of Georgia will take advantage of the reduced rates offered by the railroads during the exhibition. Is Tariff the Issue? Ruminating over the recent general elections, The New York Evening Pott-draws the conclusion, which Is held by many of the leaders of the Democratic party, that the tariff re mains the most salient point on which Democracy can successfully attack the Republican party. The Post says; "Three pfomlnbnt standpatters were defeated, the best-known be ing MeClesry, of Minnesota, whose plurality of 9,059 in 1904, was this year turned into a plurality of 1,500 for his Democratic opponent after a campaign In which the tariff was almost the only subject discussed. Lacey, of Iowa, one of the readiest protectionist debaters In tbe house, and a staunch Shaw partisan, was beaten by about 2,-, 200 votes In a district which gave him 9.373 plurality in 1904, and even this year was carried by Cummins for governor.- In ludl-, ana, a plurality of 8,183 In 1904 for Frederick Landis, who Is known as a high tariff orator, became a< plurality of 1,000 for his opponent. Several Republican members of the ways and means committee bad a rough road to travel. Chair man Payne and John Dalzell had their 1904 pluralities more than cut In half, while Watson, of In diana, and Curtis, of Kansas, man aged to retain their seats by bare pluralities only. "On the other hand, two Demo cratic members—Chump Clark, of Missouri, and Granger, of Rhode Island—more than doubled their pluralities of two years ago. In Massachusetts, Samuel W. Mc Call. an avowed Republican revis ionist, carried his district by a greater vote than that given to Roosevelt In 1904, and ran over 3.000 ahead of Governor Guild. "Considering these figures. It . may safely be said that a bold I and energetic tariff revision cam paign throughout the country would have cut the Republican I THE CHRISTIAN LEAGUE. Those thoughtful, earnest, practical Christians who make up the Atlanta Business Men's Gospel Union have aasoed a statement, appear ing elsewhere on this page, which should be read by every one in the South, Irrespective of race or creed. . .' This statement is the result of weeks of serious, prayerful study by such men as ex-Gbrerdof \V. J. Northen, D. I. Carson, E. S. Gay, W. II. Patterson. Dr. J, I). Turner, Marion M. Jackson. John A. Brice. J. Pat terson. W. D. Manley. Dr. Marlon Mcll. Hull. John J. Eagan, E. C. Calla way, Asa G. Candlei 1 , A. W. I'arllnger, I'mnk M. Inman. H. C. Leonard and W. 8. William, of the waya of meeting tbe raci problem. At the ead. It was decided to form a Christian I-oague, compos id of whites and blacks. They have decided that fidelity to the tenets of Christianity Is tbe only solution, In their appeal to the public, they quote' tbe words of an Atlanta minister as their working basis; "The Christian religion Is a working force, the function of which Is to fashion men after the likeness of the loving God In whose-Im age they were created. If In this or that section of human population It falls to perform Its God-ordaloed function, then tbe only legitimate • Inference Is, Its power Is arrested or perverted by the hate of those who refuse to be dominated by Its energy. While the Christian reli gion is a universal working power, its sphere is among persons who can reject or pervert or misdirect Its provisions, or come Into com plete harmony with them. “What is on trial at this time In Georgia and at the South la not the Christian religion, but those of us who profess it. Wc are on trial beforo the onlooking-world. We have been trying to aolve the negro problem without calling to our aid the power of the Cbrlatlan religion.” - And so tbe Business Men's Gospel Union calls to our aid tbe power of the Christian religion. This step Is the most Important ever made towagt tbe solution of our problem of problems. ,-Although the movement Is as yet amorphous, and merely, a beginning. It la born of a -prayerful determination, and It la bound to accomplish good. The contUtions are delicate but the plan aa reached will commend Itself to the thinking, people of the community and of the South. As Governor Northen says: "We cannot afford to continue tbe conditions under which we now live, and we have not been able to 'find any better remedy than Christian sympathy and Christian co-operation on the part of good white people and good negroes for the adjustment of the.relations of the race*.'" The Georgian urges'the extension of the Christian League to every city and community In Georgia and In the South. LIBERALLY TO FUND FOR NEW TEMPLE majority In the Sixtieth congresa much lower.” At the same time there is coming, from a non-partisan source, a cam paign of education. It la a historical series by Ida M. Tarbcll on the sub ject of the tariff. The first article ap pears In the American Magazine for December. Without prejudice or pas sion she goer straight to tho telling of a great story—a story which she herself evidently sees looming-big—a story which from tbe earnest Indica tions seems likely to prove far more Important than tbe History of Stand ard OIL, The new history begins where "The Tariff In Our Time*” began—at the opening., of tho civil war. Here was our country, with a depleted treasury ■and an expensive war on hand, on an'Income of 164,000,000 a year, we were spending 11,000,000 a day. As a country, we were getting beyond our depth—financially. So, In distress, our government met tho sudden roplremonts of an emer gency by departing from a low tariff policy, on which tho mlnda of the peo ple wero settled, and raising duties on Imported goods. But these high tariff laws were not all passed at once; neither were they passed without com bat and excitement. There were great congressional battles, In which legis lative generals were developed. There waa Salmon P. Chaso, the secretary of the treasury—face to face with tho awful necessity of raising money, and of raising It quickly. There was Lin coln—too absorbed In other things to give attention to the details of tariff legislation. There were John Sher man, Justin 8. Morrill, Thaddeus Stevens' and William Pitt Fessenden —congressmen and senators who were leader*, in 1 the various fight* to get tho bills through congress. There were men who took advan tage of their country's predicament to further their own Interests by se curing higher and higher duties In or der that they might charge more and more for their goods. Several Impor tant men are, In this first article, dis covered In unexpected and unfavorable lights. But thero wero men conspic uous for their devotion to the public good at the expense of their private Interests. Not tho least Important thing about the serial, therefore. Is the historical perspective it will fur nish—the perspective that equips the everyday merican better to understand the men and movements of the present time. case waa marked by the same ear nestness and zeal et his confreres. TJie unfortunate omission of Mr. McClelland's name might be con strued by some as an intentional alight, hence this statement. BRIEF NEWS NOTES Preceded by a heavy fall of rain, 1.14 Inches, within three hours, a snow gale with a velocity of 58 miles an hour swept over Chicago and Its suburbs, destroying much property yesterday A chimney of a building at 128 Clark street was sent crashing through a sky- light of a restaurant and several per sons were bruised. Dinner and Good Fellowship Is Followed by Sub scription. ‘MAJORITY MUST RULE;” DR. LEN G. BROUGHTON MAKES STRONG REPLY I GOSSIP! Answers Dr. White’s Card on Election For Prohibition. A combination of tha Atlanta spirit with the Maanolc spirit wqrkeil wonders st nit enthusiastic Md Wodneftdajf night, and made the netv mammoth Masonic Tent, te a eerralnty. Of the 4175,0.0 ueoe.ary for the construe tlon of the temple, nearly $38,000 woe sub scribed, whirl,, together with that pre viously eubarrlhed, leavea a I at la nee | only 440,000 to be ralaed. And that title amount will lie forthcoming there la lit tic doabr. Probably not a* many Masons were ever gathered together I—fore in nay* meeting In Atlanta than Wedueaday night. Between present In the temple at MO and Following nh.olutcly no repast. dellrlomt repast, a Itualnesa bold In the asieintily room. Ori pre.ldlng. mill not until eating itsiT .■■■■mi that meat tog ivn* 1-a III,] (ti order did timet of thoae present khow thnt money for the new temple waa. to Is- raised. And the news came aa an agreeable *ur and James I,. Miiysoit, who made atlrrlUL •her lu behalf of the movement, anil were followed by Captalu James W. epeiH-h these English. Ilnrry mackdell «nd John II. WII klneoii, who s|»ke la a ftlmltnr strain, mid ■■SHmdigt lantn respond lllieritlly, lint menibera from lodge* lii the suburbs were equally si anx ious to have their names, placed upon the list. ng terrl- Michigan Jnhln, nml al*o from Havniitiali, while nn cnihURiaHttc Mhsou from Owen*. Imro, Ky., hnd hl» name down for flvo share*. Every speaker Impressed upon the sub scribers the fact that the money wm not Charged with the murder of Mrs, Georglana Ullsno, whose charred body was found In the woods, Theodore Ul- Isno, her husband, and John, thoir son, have been arrested at New Provi dence, N. J, A revolver and blunt In etrument was found In the home. The woman owned property, while the hue band and son were spendthrifts. H. Clay Pierce, of 81. Louis and New York, president of the Wateru- Plerce Oil Company, has been Indicted by the grand Jury st Austin, Tex., for an alleged false affidavit, made to the secretary of state of Texas saying that the Standard Oil Company did not own or control stock In Wstere-Plerce Com pany, Fishermen at Coney Island are using electric lights'at the waters' edge to attract the fleh. Many of them carry their own electric plugs, globes and wires and fit the plugs to the sockets of lamps on the Dreamland pier. The lights attract fish In large numbers. When Patrick Mullen, of letabell avenue and Evergreen street, Bayonne, N. J., cut open the head of a dressed Pig he found tn It a large pearl. It was found Just back of the pig's snout. Mul. len refused 3100 for the stone. Two special grand Juries will be called In December by District Attorney Edwin W. 81ms to Investigate the bnnk wrecking methods of John B. Walsh, of Chicago, who Is said to have appro priated |3,000,00b from three banks to nls own scheme. President Bird 8. Coler, of the bor- ough of' Brooklyn, yesterday appoint ed O'Donovan Rosso, the Irish patriot, as it corporation Inspector at a salary of It a day. A year or so ago Mr. Rosts was chosen by the county council of Cork. Ireland, as Us secretary and got a big tcntl-off In Brooklyn before his de parture. lie found the place unsatis factory and soon returned to this coun. The crusade against the trusts has try, much to the surprise of his friends, a considerable extiyit obfuscated tjie popular vision toward the meana by which nearly all the trusts have grown to Gargantuan size and strength —r criminal tariff. Bishop John J.-Tigert. In the death of Bishop John J. Ti- gert the Southern Methodist church loses one of Its ablest members. He waa a man of splendid scholar ship and Indomitable seal, a man who earned enough money to pay for his schooling by driving a wagon. Although he bad been a member of A rare phenomenon waa witnessed by the people on the steamship El Nona,- which has just arrived In New York from Galveston, Texas. During n heavy fog at night the ship ran through a phosphorescent sea, .which lighted up the ship so that; Captain lltpner could read a newspaper on the bridge. It was as-If the ship was sail ing through the milky way. all of Prominent M*»on» present st the mectln were highly plated nt the outcome, nn,. expressed (he belief that the balance of the money wonld be sttbnerllied within short time, when plnns will lie made starting work on the new structure. List of Subscriptions. The contributions were ns follows: Xchoeii, Piedmont lodge. $350; E. Oberdor- fer, Piedmont-'lodge, HOD; J. It. Frost, Palestine lodge. 1135; B. A. Baker, Pales tine lodge, "33S; !,. I.. Solomons, Fulton lodge, 110; David Strauss,- Fulton lodge, $35; It. C, Wall. Piedmont lodge, 8100; C. It. , Parnbant, Piedmont lodge, $30; Alex Htrathon. Gate city lodge, $10; John Al- bulge, $75; John D. drlek. Hole t’lty Him lory. Gate city lodge, JJS; pr. Champion, Pnlestlne lodge, $200: _ Payne, flnte City lodge. $30: E. 51. Gibson, Gate City lodge, City bulge, $156; W.' E. Campbell.' Gate city lodge, $800: G. V. tire*s, Goto. City lodge, $100: 8. Huff, Gate city lodge, gin; Jubn G, Waltt. Gate City bulge, $50; “ A. Aher. Gate City bulge. $75; C. C. Kl , $50; Jack C. Brantley. $50; J. I. Hendrick*. $25; M. »C\ Sharp, Hate City IinIro, $100; f). \V. Chtiminn. (late City lodge. $125; T. W. Wingfield, Onto City lodge, $100; W. 5l. Pain, flute City lodge. $200; Kdirnr Ijithnni. $100; Clarence May. Unto (Mty lodge, $50: -W. B. Stovkll, (Jute city lodge. $125; Lcwim Starr, (Into City lodge, $50; J. O. Woodworth. Gate City lodge, $50; A. N.. Cartoon, Gate City lodge. $100; IMillo ‘ Ijre, $26: George Kelli 100; I>, A. UiriWIII, UIH« « 111 Ilolcomb, Georgia tod* K. Aalty, Gvor> $50; W. A. . Got* fTty .. Georgia lodge, Martin, Gate City lodge, $o0; ... _ Client*. Atlanta lodge. $1 Smith, Georgia lodge. $1,000; W. II. Uniuhy, Atlanta lodge, $1,000; P. R. Pane. Solo- luon liMlge. Savanniih, $1,000; John U. WII- kin foil, IL000; J. Wllle Pope. W. lb l.uekio * - - lodge. Locale t’lty SB; HI, fl.uw >, $1,000: lodge) ji.ooo:’ W. L\ Dodson. Gate 1 i,tnvv, vs. h, $r$lvlw, fvuu, t. , Is. |gU,V«lrll, >00; Klino M«M*cngnle, $500; It. R. Pierre, <W0;_C v L.^ Malone,J60O; j. L. Mnynou, w, v. 4J- .xinuNic, fut"', •$. I,, .'illy Mill, ; Hugh McKee. $800; ft. K. Smith, Gate 1 sU|U .'iriYiT, fouu, n, r„ mini C!t jr *9°»J** $250; JL L (’oilier, $250; J. R. C. Wright. $250; M ... Turner, $2>0; J»ck Bid lev, $250; Jullua Brown. $800; V. Wright. $250; J. B. Holier tn. g : II. M. Aahe. $250: George I teaman, ; Henry Miles, $500; Talley Graven. $250; Ely, $250; J. NTIUgwlnfe, $250; U. L. Walker, $25$; Thonun* Evan*. ... _| Harris, $260; T, L. Malone, $250; F. Miles, 125; _M. Lichtenstein, $125; H. C. Braun, t. N\ Pitehett, $50; A. lb Howard. $125 lenry Garrett, $125; J. 8. Aruold, $125; A. P. Ilarrlugtou, $125; 8. A. and It; II. Don alson. $125; J. P. Bradley. $200; Boyul Dan lei. $125; T. Fleming, $125; Ivanhoo.phllt, 1128; W. T. Coombs, $125; T. W. Jinx ter, 125; - MadcttN, $125; George 11. Berk. $125, Charles P. King, $125; J. A. Evans. Mich Igsn, $125; W. K. Wllraerdlnf. $125; W. Hal lard, $125; 8. W. Poster, $125: Castleher . J. A. ItoMler, $125; F. Buchanan, $125, W. Fielder. *126: Wells. $125; John Terrell, $125; s. W. Day, $125; Tom Day, $125; S. G. Turner, $125; T. L. Irvin, tldb K. K. Lltuliatigh, $100; W. II. Terrell. $100; It. J. Pritchart, $100; B. F. Willis, $10$; J. Adolphus, $100; Ike I.lpsteln, $100; 11. C. Jester, $100; N. A. Kaplan. $100; J. W. .MEL i, $100; W\ W. ^Tracey, $10$; Torn Thompson. $100; H. L Clirlstenherry, $125; W. K. C’arne*, $125; W. If. KitcUens, $UW; II. 11. Smith, $100; II. (b Turner. $100; Henry Scbaul, $500; Harry Stockdell, neent, $1,000; G. W. Seales. $25; D. K. Price, Georgia lodge, $126; 1*. F. Brinkley. $125; F. A. Burgln. $80; 8am Wilkes. $100: W. H. Thomas. $50: C. W. Mertwllder, $150; Milt Saul. $100; Calhoun. $25; J. M. Woods, E. P. Anertorook. $50; IV. S. Venti>s, G. Jl. (’rourh. $50j N. H. Culpepper, Jennie Yeamana, the actreoe, 1h sup- poaed’to be dying at the Hotel Gemini, 12$ Wett Forty-fourth street. New York, of consumption. The doctors say that at the most the cannot survive a week. She la the daughter of Anna Yeamaju, the veteran player. The pair have been In vaudeville lately. Henry Youtaay. serving a .life aen- the college of blsbopa only a few! tence in the Kentucky penitentiary for months, he had for years been one of 'ompllcjty In the assassination of 8«n- .. , ator William Goebel, during the lat- the most distinguished figures In the, ter -, contest for the gorernonhlp of. church, and easily filled hts place will not be In Juitice to Mr. McClelland. It has been called to the attention The Georgian that In the editorial. Lesson of Joe Glenn and Two law yers,” which was published last week, the name of Mr. J. E. McClelland waa omitted tnrough an oversight. Elsewhere In this Issue up,tear* a letter from Mr. Luther Z. Rosser, In which he pays to Mr. McClelland the tribute his services deserved. Mr. McClelland was appointed, along with Messrs. Lnther Z. Rosser and Charles T. Hopkins, by tbe court to defend Joe Glean. HU conduct in the Manhattsn "tunneL Kentucky in 1900, has asked Governor J. C. Beckham for pardon. Stephen 8. Sullivan, a Western Union telegraph operator. In a hotel in Fall River, shot himself In the head early Thursday on the upper deck of the steamship Puritan, of the Fall River line, and died before the boat reached New York. Hiss Katherine Van SU'ke. aged it. was found dead Thusday by her father, E W. Van . Slyke. a . Dlnghampton. N. Y„ architect and contractor. She had saturated the pillow with chloro form before burying her face In It. Owing to the increased strain on the Rrnoklyn bridge all conductors of trol ley cars that are being operated try the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company have been instructed, commencing Thursday night, not to permit their car* to become overcrowded at the MINiU. «S8J, r. « "« III I »$. hard, $26; Ike Flnberg, $26. INDUSTRIES ORGANIZED DURING THE PAST WEEK. Special to The Georgian. Columbus. Ga., Nov, 2S.—The Geor gia and Alabama Industrial Index says In' Its regular weekly Issue: "Substantial evidence of the increas ing Industrial development of Georgia nnd-Alabama and of the upbuilding of cities and towns of the two states is given In advance reports to The Index for the past seven days. A 31,000,000 cement company—all of the Mock takBn—hah been organized at Selma, Ala., and will build an 1800,000 plant. A Birmingham company contemplates building a $1,600,001) power plant; a 10.000-splndle yarn mill will be built at Columbus, Ga.ra $100,000 company hus been organised at Birmingham, Ala., to deal In mill and mine supplies; at Thomasvllle, Ga, a 3159,000 timber land deal has been consummated: Au gusta. Ga Is to have u $100,000 .fer tiliser factory: a $50,000 coal mining company haa been organized at Birm ingham, Ala, and another company haa been organised at the seine place to develop coal lands purchased at a cost of 1800,000; Wrlghtivllle. Ga. I* to have a 340.000 cotton oil mill: Birm ingham, Ala, $40,000 bottling plant; Athens, Ga, broom factory; Covington, Ga- chair factory and Knsley, Ala., and Andalusia Ala., each a machine Dr. Len O. Broughton, pastor of the Baptist tabernacle, evangelist and prin cipal worker for the prohibition cause In Atlanta haa Issued a card In answer to the communication of Dr. John E. White, pastor of the Second Baptist church, published In The Georgian of last Tuesday. The card waa received by The Geor gian too late for complete publication on Wednesday. In It Dr. Broughton takes the position lhat Dr. White rep resents but a small minority of the Anti-Saloon League, and that his In formation regarding the proposed elec- tlon was not gained from a represen tative proportion of citizens. His card. In full, follows: Dr, Broughton’s Card. To the Editor of The Georgian: rnnsmuch as you publish a state ment from my friend and brother. Dr. John E.-White, setting forth his rea sons for trying to prevent a prohibition election In Atlanta this'spring, and In asmuch aa hls reasons are quite suffi cient to you and other prominent citi zens of our city, and yet not satisfac tory to many others equally as good, If not as promlnqnt, I write this card to set forth. If 1 may, the reasons why some of the rest of us are pushing for the election In the spring as per peti tions now being circulated. To begin with. Dr. White Is a mem ber of the hoard of directors of the Anti-Saloon League, and the majority of his brother directors In lbs city are In favor of bringing on the election. The principal of democracy to which we all subscribe in this country 1m for the majority to rule. It seems to me that It Is assuming a good deal to say that all the wisdom Is rested In the minority In the cate. Again, under the auspices of this same league, of which Dr. White Is a director, two mass meet. Inga of citizens were held, and the whole thing gone over, and, finally. It was resolved to hold an election In the spring, and a committee was appointed to name an executive committee and otherwise arrange for the election. They wero not appointed to test senti ment. The mass meetings of 100 to 500 citizens had done that. They were appointed to name the executive com mittee and arrange for the election. Dr. White was a party to this action, or else he was with the minority. “What Was Done?” But what was done by this commit tee. or rather what was not done? They simply went out and saw a few leading men, as they said, and “sounded” them, and finding that they were not In fa vor of the election which hod been ordered by the mass meeting, the com mittee did nothing. The league then called another meet. Ing—called It q|t the quiet. No general announcement was made of.IL They wanted to carry out the Instructions of the two great mass meetings, that waa all. Dr. White then proceeded with hls now famous Interview of $50 of the "leading men" from certain churches with the result as published, and pub lished very thoroughly for reasons that arc obvious. One hundred and forty- live were opposed to the election. In the meantime another petition was clr. culated among the voters, and out of about 300 people <0 per cent of them said: "Call the election aa soon as pos sible.” There were twice as many In the other petition who sold “as soon as possible." And this number was got ten In less than half the time that It took to get Dr. White's list. Hers, again, Dr. White nos In the minority, and yet he talks of “pugilistic seal, etc.," on the part of those who favor the call. We submit to Dr. White that we are In favor of the principles of democracy In this and all jnatters of public concern. We deny the right of any minority, however "leading," re spectable and nice, to dictate the poli cy, much leas the conscience, of the majority, and especially do we draw the line when It comes to efforts to make believe that we are hot-heads and pu gilistic for sticking to this American principle of majority rule. Was it Msjority. Once again, take the much-talked about nineteen who carried the prop osition. I want to ask Dr. White If again this famous nineteen was not a majority? The opposition would have the public believe that a great crowd left, and only nineteen remained, and carried it. whereus not over five had left, and they, with one or two excep tions, were In favor of It, and said so. The fact Is every meeting has gone for the election In the spring by a great majority vote, and Dr. White.knows It, and yet lie persists In fighting with the minority, and trying to make be lieve that we are unsafe and unsound. 1 ask him to point ol\t one time when the Anti-Saloon League haa called a meeting that the majority haa not been In favor of the election to be held as enrly os the spring. And yet, now that the League does what It Is bound to do, listen to the majority. It Is abused and criticized os hot-heads and cranks. Take even hls petitions: The peti tions the Anti-Saloon League obtained outnumber hls two to one; that Is, for every one he found opposed, the League's petition found two In favor of it. These facts were before that meet ing last Friday. What was the League By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. Nciv 1 ork. Nov. 33.—John Gibbous young publisher of Philadelphia In love several years ago with \u Leila M. Brown, a blue.*y e d little , „ , eyed little wom an of Quaker ancestry. Her mouS and father were residents of Fr and. -while she Was there with the,!,"'*.' ch count na d court * French count paid court to her The story goes thut her parent* r. vored the count. She lied from ]" . returned to Philadelphia and was by Gibbons. They were married In * hurry and on August last they . , for Havre. The bridegroom ami bjuj the" vessel 0 "^ Cab '" pa “ #n * ei " "hoard the veasef. Captain Jonlca was delighted tohara the couple on board, and summoned an the twenty-four cabin dtewards told them to please look out for thi young Americans. ' The couple sampled all tbe »t„, rooms. Including the chamber de C, In wh!ch they spent most of their time' while the bride waa not out on d«k' caressing Marthe. her pet horse, which was shipped with the couole or ui», for ,he c8p ™ ln £ ship's officers. A flurn- of Interest stirred i.aui wood society when the announcement ■aa made that Irving T. Bdih. multi. millionaire head of the ~Bunh TemdlUt Pfitniiami r\t Pennlrlwn going to do other than what It did, If the Dr. be- unless If was to shut Its eyes to majority, and go with the minority. Just because Dr. White said so? We arc not noted for that kind of thing public matters in Atlanta. Let White answer these questions now fore he goes further In attempting defeat the will of those who are push lng the fight. “People To Be Heard." We say the people are to be heard, and one man's wants Is worth as much as another's, and these petitions are going to be circulated and signed, and then we will see. I have been In this city nine years fighting Just aa hard aa anybody else. I know the masses, and I know that never slhce'I have been here has there been , such a de termination to get rid of whisky now. Lost night 600 voters stood up my church pledging to help put It out In the coming election. All we want ' fair play. If Dr. White wants to go the face of hls majorities and lend hls strength to defeat the cause of prohl bltlon, he has a perfect tight to do It but we do feel like we are entitled ti fair play, and this we are not getting. Even the newapapers, aome of them, are so afraid to let u* be heard that they refuse to publish even a card o' explanations, still they can write ed Itoriat* and urge us to listen to their counsel. Now let me say It real strong, we will listen to nobody, no time, and nowhere who Is so unfair as to refuse us the same chance that la given the other side. This may well be under stood. We have been loyal citizens, and spend our lives, some of us, for Atlanta’s unfortunates. Our time nnd our money has gone that way, afid now we resent the refusal of newspapers in Atlanta to let us be heard even In a card of explanation, and to point out our position. It la unfair And unust, and yet It lii the way the'catise of pro- •hlbithm.has always httn traated. Tbe petitions are gqlng. Let every man pray before he refuses to sign. LBN G. BROUGHTON. It, Paul E. Wilks.. •Paul E. Wilkes, who has l>een city Itor of The Macon News for the past three years, has resigned hls position, sod tomor row morning will Join ths reportorlnl staff of The Atlanta Georgian In Atlanta. Thin announcement will lie received with great regret by the hundreds of Mr. Wlllios' friends In Macon. Bincc coming to the city he has made many friends among the people In nil walks of life, and every one of tbsm will be eorry to know that be ' changing bis residence. ■ The Newe sincerely regrets to give up hi* services. He hse done eplcndld work for the paper since hi* connection with It. and wc predict for him a very brilliant future In the newspaper world. He has nil the talents neccieary to the success- « rl newspaper man, awl we feel sure that Is many Macon fiieiuls will have cause to tie even prouder of him then ever. neon New*. News loses one.- BUSINESS MEN’S UNION FORMS CHRISTIAN LEAGUE TO SOLVE RACE PROBLEM The executive committee and general officer* of the Business Men’s Gospel Union, In consultation and co-operation with the ministers of the city, have undertaken the readjustment of the re lations of the races at the South, through the formation of a Christian league, to which 'shall be eligible ap proved members of both races who nil! agree to promote, under the di< faction of the Gospel Union, the high est type of cltisenship, maintain all existing laws and promote, peace and good will. The Christian League as such shall not be an organisation, but Its mem bers shall consist or those who will agree to hold themselves subject to the call of the Buslnesa Men’s Gospel Union and who will agree to co-operate with It In Us work os outlined tn Its constitution. With this Christian league effected, Its members, both white and colored, will constitute themselves a sort of Southern legion of honor, hoping to be more powerful in preserving patri otism and high morality than all laws or law officers elected to enforce them. When this proposition was present ed to a representative body of colored ministers and colored laymen, assem bled In the hall of the colored Y. M. C. A., it was accepted In full appreciation of the spirit In which It was offered and In good falth'and with reciprocal good will. It waa proper that the Initiative In this movement, looking to the readjust ment of the relations of the races at the South, should be undertaken by the white people, not only because of their greater numbers and superior wealth and intelligence, but for the reason that they constitute the ruling class and are, therefore, chiefly responsible for our present social. Industrial, moral and political conditions. The negro can not act without Invitation from the white man without tbe risk of Incur ring criticism and censure and probable rebuff. Believing that the readjustment we •"* «•»*•"« Is to be found In the prin-, clples and the preaching of the gospel, prayer services wltl.be held each Tues day evening at 8 o'clock In the hall of the colored Y. SI. C. A., No. US Au burn avenue, to which the Christian people of both races are invited. It has been further arranged that every minister In the city, both white and colored, shall preach a sermon the second Sunday In December on obedi ence to law, upholding, In the presence of their respective congregations, the majesty of the law and pleading that criminals shall be punished to the ex tent of the law, and at the same time Insisting that all punlahment shall be administered under due process and by the authority of the law. A prominent minister In the city, speaking of our race troubles, has pub licly said: "The Christian religion la a work Ing force, the function of which la to fashion men after the likeness of the loving God, In whose image they were created. If in this or that section of human population It fails to perform Its God-ordalned function, then the only legitimate inference Is, Its power is arrested or perverted by the hate of those who refuse to be dominated by Us energy. While the Christian re ligion Is a universal working power, Its sphere Is among persons who can reject or pervert or misdirect Its pro visions, or come Into complete harmony with them. "What Is on trial at this time In Georgia and at the South la not the Christian religion, but those of us who profess It. We'are on trial before the onlooking world. We have been trying to solve the negro problem without calling to our aid the power of the Christian religion." That our people may no longer tie put to shame, we are now asking the hearty and active co-operation of every Christian man In the community. Those who will Join us in this move- ment will please give their names to sir. Marion M. Jackson, secretary No 215 Equitable butldtng. We hope to see the purpose and the plan of our effort or something simi lar thereto put Into organised form for action In every community In the itate and at the South. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BUSI NESS MENS GOSPEL UNION. Company, of Brooklyn, member 1 Union League, nnd other club* owner of one of the finest entia r 2 at Lakewood, had been sued for dlvofr. on statutory ground*. i More than a year ago the itushe. separated, Mrs. Bush leaving Lakewood with her two little girls, Beatrice «n Eleanor, aged 10 and « year*. Sl n ™ then, it Is said, she has been living at Los Angeles. Lord Curxon, while stopping at th. Waldorf-Astoria yesterday, said he h,J received no intimation of hi.* being considered for the post of ambassador to the United States. He said he had merely stopped for a day, and » ls about to go on to Chicago. Miss Catharine Rldgley, daughter of the controller ot tne curfenev. and Mrs. William B, Rldgley, entertained* theater party of twenty-four In 1Va»li. Ington, In honor of Mlsa Either Denny the debutante daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Frank L. Denny, and her guest Miss Omdorff, of Springfield. III. The guests Included Miss Katherine WII- Hams, of Chicago. Mrs. Theodore Shonts, wife of the chairman of the' Panama cannl com- mission, and the atlsser Shorn*, sailed yesterday front Panama: • They will go directly to Washington and open their new home. Mrs. Shorn*.will Introduce her two daughters. Miss Marguerite Shonts nnd Miss Theodosia Shout*, to Washington society on December 13. London cable *a»-o that Genri« uird Shaw's new play, "The Dec- A Bernard tofa Dllomimv" which has Ju*l been produced. Is bound to arouse Die med ical world and th© pulpit. The plot is briefly this: A famous consulting physician ran, If he will, save the life of a brilliant young decadent artist. The doctor knows the youth to be bad to ths core. He also knows that some day the ar tist's adoring Wife will find him out. So, partly because the doctor want* to save the path and shame of discov ering -that her husband is a wretch and partly because the doctor himself loves her, he transfer* the pntlent to a criminally incompetent but fashiona ble physician and lets him be murdered. The chief problem which the play offers for discussion Is: Was the doc- ,- ri.hi-i > tor right? The first act la an amusing satire on doctors, , An Atlantic City, N. J„ girl hat evolved the Idea of avenging the treat ment of Countess de Castellane by venting her spite on Count Bonl with an Illustrated post (lard, and ha* start ed a tad that promises to swamp the count with tokens ot American disap proval. Starting with the one card on which Bonl Is reminded lhat he Is now x 'dead one,” dealers along the board walk assert that hundreds of card* arc being purchased by smiling maids and matrons to be mailed to the spendthrift nobleman. Beside the "dead one" cord, which Is the most popular, others call the atten tion of the count to hls financial slate with "You’re all right but you re broke,” “When father goes to work' and other similar reminders. YOUR THANKSGIVING BREAKFAST SERIAL THE OLD FOLKS AT HOME. By Wax Jones. The air waa bitter cold. No wonder; It had no clothes on. The snow was cold. The Ice was cold. . . Everything was cold but the heart oi Hiram Highs!gn. That bubbled over with human kindness. Hiram was ex tracting maple syrup from a can or molasses and sulphuric acid. He hum med to himself the old sugaring song. Dig the maple tree a dig; Get the Jolly Juice. Dig the maple tree a dig; Leave alone the spruce. Maple Sugar! Maple Syrup! Yum, yum, yuml Maple Syrup! Maple Sugar! Away with chewing gum! , ,i* Hiram raised hie axe, n terrW* blow on the back of the head stret* hea him senseless! (To be continued.) New York. Nov. 31.—Here arc — -■-■•— <.. v-..— \„rk today: Dunbar* Ml-V T»» |,M . ATLANTA—O. B. Bojril, AUOU8TA—A. ‘ . Mnlherln. Jr. MACON-C. B. Letrli. THIS DATE IN HISTORY 3 NOVEMBER 22. 1741—Plot perfected for the coup •• Klixnhetti of RiimIk. % „. r 1774—Robert. Lord (’live, hem «£ * ’ 4‘ommltted anldde. Born U'J»- , 1G4—'Thonuii Prm f’ojie. who ••«(.* ..liij. fleet line bf pocket* betweei* « dclphht and Liverpool, died. »*" 1$$7—JefferSon Dnrls returned to Rlchm* 0 *** !£71—Htennihodt City of London Norwich. Conn.; *erenteeu II' ' , 192—International monetary eo»fe» v » In BntMeln. ... r _,:ii$* law— lTenideiit Krnger lundfd *t MNd wn* firm enthnfliwtlc rp'■'’T IUI & —Frederick A. Kropp, $real 0,1 ftin maker, died. 1902