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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26. 1806.
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OUR PLATFORM.-The Georgian
itanus for Atlanta's owning Its own gas
with a profit to the city. This should
f»e done ut once. The Georgian be
lieve* that If street railways can be
operated successfully by European
cities, ns they are. there is no good
reason why they cannot he so operated
here. Hut we do uot believe this rsti
lie done uow, and It may tie some years
before we are ready for so big nn un
dertaking. Still Atlanta should set Its
face lu tbit direction NOW.
Minding One's Own Business.
If Mayor Woodward has been quoted
accurately, and there la no reason to
doubt that he has, hh Is settlnR a
might}' poor example by Insisting that
this Wellington lie allowed to pan
handle ill the streets after the Asso
ciated Charities had taken up Ills case.
Wellington has a cataract on one
eye; this cataract Ik worth JIT. a day
to him when the weather Is good, ho
says, and he dovsn't want it removed.
The Associated Charities, who had 111
vestlgated his case, had offered to
have his eye-sight restored by an able
specialist In this city. When ho de
murred, t'le Associated* Charities
sought to have him removed from
the streets, limllug city ordinances
benrlng on the cnsc. Then Mayor
Woodward sent word to the secretary
of the Associated Charities, telling him
to mind his own business.
It strikes The Georgian that that Is
exactly what Secretary l/ignii was do
ing.
Also, tlint It Is exactly whnt Mayor
Woodward was not doing.
President Eliot's Triumph.
With the playing of Saturday's foot
ball games, tile season of 190G reached
Its xenlth, ami will come to a close
this week with a few gullies of lesser j
national Importance.
The result of It so far has been a |
triumphant vindication for the new 1
rules. *
Kverv big game played this season, |
Kast, West or South, has been marked
by a comiiarntlve freedom from luju- i
rlea that Is In Itself remarkable; In
addition the (day has been more
sportsmanlike and has been of far
more Interest to the spectator ami
doubtless to the player.
And yet, the season lias been one
of mere exiierlmcnt anil except In
Saturday's Yale-ltarvsrd hatttle. the
IKHisIhllltles of the new rules have not
been seized by the teams. With the
fXiK-rimental work of this year to fur
nish lessons for the uext. the season
of 1907 may lie expected to be one of
the most glorious in the history of the
great college s|ioit.
This year there has been an uncer
tainty about the possibilities of the
new rules, and III consequence the op
portunities have not been taken ad
vantage fully. The rules have been
under trial, and they have been found
good.
The mien committee this winter will
do well to avoid further emendation,
contenting itself with the nt ded work
ot revising the phraseology of the code
mid making plainer some of (he points.
When President Eliot, of Harvard,
launched Ills invective against the old
style game of football, he was met on
all KideK with hoots, jeers and ridleulc.
Yet he made his attaek so strong that
for a time the very existence of the
game was threatened.
lie continued to force the Issues un
til the leading exponents of the game
took cognizance and laid the plans for
their scheme of reformation.
The plans have worked wonderfully
well.
It has been a signal triumph for the
l*r»pleadty and determination of
President Eliot.
ll<* has undoubtedly saved the game
^om Itself.
®A*'-G it is a game that Is capable of
pFcoiapllshlng so much goes! that It
- • eg is- lost.
THE TWO GREAT SENATORS OF TEXAS.
tf ever a flaming crusade ended fn a flat fiasco, It was the move
ment to oust Joe Bailey from the senate of the United. States.
If the thing ao soon waa done for, what on earth waa It begun for?
There was no lack of brains, ability and courage among the men
who made up their minds four months ago that they would rebuke Sen
ator Bailey's connection aa attorney with the Waters-Plerce (the Standard
Oil) Company by persuading the legislature uot to return him to his
place in Washington.
The legislature had already been elected which was to choose Sen
ator Bailey's successor, and his re-election was regarded certain.
But thl.i scandal of thF Waters-Plerce Company was aired in the
magazines nud public prints. Senator Bailey’s signal success In securing
for bis clients the rights and concessions which they desired was recited.
His princely fee was duly exploited and the rivals and enemies ot the
Texas statesman thought they had at last developed an Issue upon which
they could clip his. soaring wings and cut short that radiant career which
hail already overshadowed everything else In the stale.
As we have remarked, there was no lack of brains and courage behind
the Scheme.
There Is no better lawyer III Texas than General Crane. He Is a
debater of great power, and of a courage as high and clear - as Bailey's
own. He was the chosen volee and champion of a strong and brilliant
coterie of Texas politicians which Included Attorney General Robinson
and the Idea was that upon the real foundation furnished by the Stand
ard Oil case, and taking advantage of the tremendous tide of public opin
ion flowing against this and other corporatlnnn, they might overwhelm the
young giant of the Southern Democracy and persuade the people to sign
In every comity such master iietltlons as would coerce the legislature Into
refusing Bailey a re-election. *
The scheme looked promising and there were numbers of people In
and out of Texas who were looking gravely ii|K>n the possible retirement
and discrediting of the ablest man who represents the Democratic party In
either house of congress.
Houston, the metropolis of Southwest Texas, and the largest city In
the state, was chosen ns the scene of the opening battle in this great cam
paign of annihilation. The occnalon was widely heraldod and an enormona
crowd assembled to hear the opening speech of General Crane. Bailey
was Invited to meet hlin, nnd. of course, he came. It was a great de
bate and It must be. acknowledged that General Crane held his own
against the eloquent senator. The crowd was not demonstrative and
seemed to ho comparatively Impartial between the two. Bailey was cool
and confident. He claimed that as nn attorney he had a right to accept a
fee from a corporation, and to do his best for his clients within the limit
of the law. He pointed to his long career In congress without a flaw
upon his loyalty to the people. He announced with absolute assurance
that the effort to defeat him would fall still born, and asserted his belief
that it would he dead In a week.
It Is wonderful how accurately lie forecasted the result. Notwith
standing the really brilliant and promising destructive campaign, the en
tire scheme had practically collapaed In a week. General Crane never
-made another speech. Attorney General Robinson swiftly subsided, and
the petition blanks were given to the winds Instead ot pressed upon the
people.
Today there Is scarcely a comment upon the opposition movement,
and Joseph Bailey, even his enemies being witness, Is stronger than he
ever was before, and absolutely Invincible In Texas.
For a’., this, Ills friends, and Ills partisans freely concede that his
connection with the Standard Oil was a mistake In Judgment and politi
cal ethics, but they absolutely repudiate any suggestion of graft or dis
loyalty In connection with It.
It Is a curious fact that the iieople of Texas, although they have al
ways admired nnd appreciated Hajlcy hi a general way, nro just begin
ning to understand wliat a really big man he Is. The Washington es
timate of the senior senator Is just beginning to get home, and these peo
ple nre slowly awaking to the fact that the young publicist of whom they
have always been proud and fond ns a brilliant and promlaing hoy Is
securely established In national regard as one of the very ablest and
soundest statesmen In the republic. The prophet Is coming at last to his
merited honor In Ills own country, anil when Texas gets this conception
of Bailey In her groat and wide spreading mind, he la In Washington to
stay ns long as he pleases.
The man Isn't llviug that can heat him for the senate now.
The truth Is that Texas Is so big It takes a long time for a man’s
worth and reputation to permeate It. A Texas statesman must fight and
struggle a long while on high lines to he known all the eight hundred
miles from Texarkana to El Paso.
Take Senator Culberson, lie Is every whit as good a senator as Bai
ley. Not so eloquent, perhaps, and. iierliaps, not so profound a constitu
tional lawyer.
But as a sound and prudent statesman, he commands ever}' whit as
murh confidence ns Bailey, and Is much more isipular among his col
leagues. He has a better temiier than Bailey's and n warmer heart, and
If the judgment of the Democratic leaders should ever lie equal to the
wisdom ami courage of choosing n Southerner as our candidate for
president, I am prepared to believe that Charles Culberson, of Texas,
would come nearer to the views and measurements of the men who con
trol conventions than any man who has yet been named, lie Is a great,
clean, safe man In every way.
The truth Is that Texas, tnken altogether. Is the best represented
slate of all the union. In the high arena of the senate.
And Culberson, be It remembered, Is a Georgian by lilrtli, and Halley
Is a Mlsslsatpplnn.
The South has mighty reason to he proud of both.
FROM CHINA AND SOUTH AFRICA.
Because It Is a matter ever with us, we deem It not to need an apolo
gy that we again refer to the negro question. There are so many phases
to the Issue, so uiuch being said and so much more that might lie said
that a brilliant young Atlantan Is to publish a magazine devoted solely to
the question. Which would Indicate that the subject Is far front exhaust
ed. and that there seems to us to lie something significant In two letters
that have recently come to The Georgian.
One, which Is from one of the officials of the Soo-Chow tChina) Uni
versity, appears elsewhere oil this page.
The other Is a word from C. Hampden, Box 571, Johannesburg. South
Africa.
Both are comments on the race problem, being hung on the news-
peg of the recent trouble In Atlanta.
Now, tiike a map of the world; draw a straight line from Johannes
burg. South Africa, to Atlanta, Go., anti then extend this line across
America and the Pacific ocean to Soo-Chow, China.
It will give you some Idea as to the aco|ie of the race question. That
question Is uot as provincial as some have seemed to think.
In the editorial from The North-China News, edited by a Britisher,
the iHiint Is clearly made that when the negro attempts to attaia equality
with, or superiority to the white, trouble must ensue.
The letter from Mr. Hampden, which Is certainly a good old English
name, brings out a point, which has Itsd a parallel lu the South. He says
there Is an Ilk In South Africa, known as Kelr-Hardlcs. These Kelr-Har-
dles, he Indicates, may tie compared in a manner with the cariiet-liaggera
of ottr reconstruction days. Inasmuch as they nre English inlltlclans who
ally themselves with the Zulus In conflict with the colonials, said al
liance being made and sympathy professed solely for sordid purposes.
Mr. Ituni|ideii says the women of South Africa are In the same terror
from assaults of the Zulus ns those of Georgia and of the South.
The only Inference to he drawn from these two expressions from re
mute corners of the world is that the race question Is one that exists
w herever whites and blacks attempt to live together.
And the solution?
8TUDENTS WILL ISSUE
A COLLEGE ANNUAL.
Sj,-. wl to Tilt* tireraUn.
Oxford, Oa.. Nov. 26.—In uddlMun to
the Emory Phoenix, the present month
ly publication of
UMinmii Literary S<
1. st
III ii-sae a college annual to
noun us the “Km-
irI Is to la- edited and dnunc
>iar by the senior class.
The board of edttora for this yeur
were elected as follows:
J. (1. Stipe, of Carrollton. Ua.. editor
in thief: J. YV. Iauvrence, oxford, busi
ness manager: \V. A. Woodruff. Poi-
Few and Pill | tcrdale. assistant business manager; A.
(etles. the student | T. Mind. Atlanta, and Wltliain R. Bry
SOUTH'S RACE PROBLEM
AS VIEWED BY BRITISH (
IN THE EAR-A WA V OR TEN!
To the Editor of The Georgian: ^ „
/ Inclose editorial clipped, as shown, from The Sorth China Dally
Sews, a British newspaper, published In Shanghai.
White possibly Inaccurate in paart. it shows that there are some In dis
tant portions of the world and of different nationality who have a very much
keener appreciation of and clearer insight Into the problems and conditions
that confront our people than many of our own countrymen. It further dem
onstrates that the good reputation of Atlanta Irfby no means local.
With best wishes for yourself and The Georgian, I am.
Yours very truly.
Soochow, China, October 18, 1908.
(From Tlie North-China Daily News,
Shanghai, October 17, 1906.1
THE RACE PROBLEM IN AMERICA.
The race war at Atlanta, Georgia,
America, accentuate* a great principle
In government—the principle that white
and dark-skinned race* cannot live to
gether under one form of government
Ithout becoming embroiled. The
emancipation of the American negro
was excusable. But the conferring of
the elective franchise, almost simul
taneously with his emancipation, ww
i Injury, for ft placed him on an
equality today with his master of yes
terday. Owing to his numbers, on ob
taining his emancipation and the elec
tive franchise, assisted by Federal bay
onets, the negro became ruler Instead
of slave in nil of the Southern states of
America. This rule could not last. The
white race In any land will never sub
mit to the domination of the black. The
whites of the South became active.
After the withdrawal of the Federal
troops they redrafted their state consti
tutions. and practically disfranchised
the negro. And today the negro In the
Southern states fills the sphere, but fill*
It poorly. The recent terrible racu
war at Atlanta, where negroes were
shot flown as Indiscriminately a* black
birds, had It* Inception in the shocking
outrage committed by a negro on un
accomplished English lady visitor. Miss
Ethel Lawrence. The Indignation ot
the whites was aroused. Bloodshed
ensued, the state troops were sum
moned, but being of the people they
inflamed rather than quelled the Indig
nation of the community.
The negro problem In the Southern
States of America Is one of the great
est that confronts America today. All
kinds of schemes have been advanced
for Its solution, but the problem re
mains unsolved. The colonisation of
the negro In the Philippines, or else
where, meets with objection from the
negro himself. The negro being a na
tive of America, a citizen of the land,
under amendment* to the constitution,
and In many Instances a property own
er. he could not, without manifest un
fairness nnd great wrong, be forced by
might to seek residence elsewhere. And
If he were so forced, the tenets of a
free, enlightened and constitutional
government would be Jeopardized, if
not destroyed. The education of the
negro makes him a worse citizen than
A. D. THOMSON.
were his ancestors without education.
With education he becomes Impudent,
overbearing and mischievous. Educa
tion to an American negro, instead of
being an advantage, is a disadvantage
—It Is a badge of non-employment—for
the white race, the employers of edu
cated folk, wilt not employ an educated
negro. What is the result? The edu
cated negro becomes a disturber: he
Incites the ignorant of his race to com
mit deeds of violence against the
whites, and the Inevitable happens—the
negro meets crushing defeat. The edu
cation of the Filipino by the American
government will result In similar con
ditions.
The American negro Is a distinctive
race. There Is no race suicide In the
race, nor In the family. He Is rapidly
Increasing. He cannot he absorbed by
marriage with the tvhlfe race, because
such marriage, even among the de
praved white class. Is abhorrent. The
American negro cannot return to sla
very. If It were left to a vote today
of the former slave states, and If that
vote were final, whether the negro
should be relnslnved or remain free,
there Is not a state that would not de
clare emphatically. In Immense majori
ty, for the negro’s continued freedom.
And why? The negro Is not wanted as
a citizen, neither Is he wanted as a
slave. Even in the cotton fields .of
the South be Is rabidly being sup
planted by white labor at a far more
remunerative wage than he, physically
strong ns he Is, Is willing or able to
earn. It Is not possible to dismiss the
subject by complaining of the lawless
ness of the white residents. Atlanta Is
the capital of Georgia. The city, for
Its size, enjoys the distinction of being
the most prosperous in the world. Its
Inhabitants are far more distinctively
American than are the Inhabitants of
Chicago or New York. They are large,
ly descendants of the first families of
the South—of pure English ancestry.
Atlanta Is the home of culture. I*
abounds with schools, seminaries, col
leges, art galleries, libraries, publication
houses for the dissemination of litera
ture, nnd churches. What Boston Is to
the North, Atlanta is to the South.
Significant and weighty is the fact that
a race war should have broken out
In this city of culture and twentieth
century advancement. It Is more—It Is
appalling, for It brings not only
the attention of America, but the civil,
ized world, the race problem In Amcr
lea, for which, as yet, there Is no solu
tlon.
Nooks and Corners
of American History
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
NEGROES AFRAID OF RIOT;
MANY LEAVE CITY FEARING
OUTBREAK ON CHRISTMAS
No Grounds For Ru
mor Spread Among
Negroes.
An exodus of negroes from Atlanta,
aused, it l* said, by the rumor that on
Christmas another riot will start. In
hlch the mob will have for Its aim
the wiping out of negroes, is causing
consternation In some quarters nnd
every effort Is being made to reassure
the timid that .there I* no ground for
any such fear.
Just how a rumor of this kind spread
among the Atlanta negroes Is not
known, but It Is said that some negro
preachers have been sowing the seed
of fear among their flocks and In this
manner many of the l>est negroes of
Atlanta have either gone or are making
preparations to sell out their effects
and leave the city.
It Is said that the negroes believe
plans have been made to start another
riot on Christmas and that a massacre
of negroes will result.
Business men who have dealings with
negroes declare that a general exodus
will follow unless they are assured that
nothing of the kind has been planned,
or even thought of. It Is thought by
some that this rumor has been spread
among the negroes for business pur
poses, but It Is hitting some business
houses hard.
That Atlanta has had all the riots It
will have for many years to come there
I* little doubt and prominent negroes
are making every effort to assure the
timid and fear-stricken members of
their race that the}' will he safe In At
lanta.
1,400 GRAVES OF CONFEDERATES
CANNOT NOW BE FOUND IN
THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS
THE IROQUOIS LEAGUE.
While ns yet no white man tail set foot
ti[K)ti the .Imre, of the New Worlil. there
won lielitg Mulcted upon the virgin continent
nil the |)Un«e« of the ilrnnnt tlint wmk going
mi In Europe. Bed-nltliiueil wsrriortj mnt
ntntenmen were tinny with their tullUnry
tactics sad affairs of state, and midst the
“forest primeval" the came of war and
politics urn* befog pluyed quite u* earnestly
aa In tb« Old World.
History gives us a faint glimpse of an
Onondaga chief named Hiawatha, who was
lioru about inn years before the coming of
Columbus. „ , „
Hiawatha was a “savage, but all the
«ntue lie possessed the Jie.-irt of a ( hrislinn
nnd the brain of a ■tafe*inau. fifty years
liefore the landing of Columbus, Hiawatha,
assisted by the Mohawk chief Ihigonoweda,
had brought about the confederacy known
as 'The Iroquois League."
The ineinliern of this celebrated confed
eracy were the Iroquois trllie* known ns
the "Five Natlous"—the Heneens. Caytigns.
Onondaga*. Oneldn*. and Molmwks.
The object of the league wn* twofold-
first, to nut a stop to the ererlattlog war-
fnre which wn* decimating the tribes, and
second, to create the power whtch would
safeguard the federated trllie* against sueli
other Iudlau* a* might threnteu them.
The plan worked to perfection. It made
the Iroquoi* the strongest power on the
contlncut. nud the knowledge of that power
among the ml men generally tended to
make them more cautions about sounding
the war-whoop.
Mr. Gladstone declared that the constitu
tion of the I’ulted Htntes was the "greatest
piece of work that ever sprang from the
brain of man,*’ nnd certainly we have no
desire to take Issue with the great English
man’* statement; but let It no* In* over-
looked that the Iroquois I.cngne anticipated
our constitution by almost SO years.
The ignorant “snvnge*’’ thought of, nnd
put to work ill their midst, the Identical
principle* that underlie the operation or
our Federal government.
The Idea running all through our consti
tution, of “nn indestructible union of in
destructible states.” Is precisely the Idea
thnt dominated the Indian confederacy.
The “Nations” remained tuitions, presort -
lug their tribal existence Intact, nt the
same time thnt they federated themselves
for certain common cuds.
It Is n pity thnt we do not know more
nlNiut the great Indian who got such a
long start of Jar nnd Franklin. Hamilton
nud Madison, nnd the rest of the famous
men who framed the constitution of the
United States.
OUR THANKSGIVING
BREAKFAST SERIAL
I GOSSIP
Col. Elliott Has Diffi
culty in Carrying on
His Work.
Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 26.—Colonel
William Elliott, of the war department
at Washington, is in imliunupolis. *eek.
Jng the graves of 1,400 Confederate
soldiers who died at Camp Morton dur
ing the civil war.
Colonel Morton apprehended no trou
ble In finding these graves until he ar
rived here nnd begun his search. Stu
pendous difficulties now confront hint,
nnd apparently nil the older citizens of
Indianapolis are unable to aid hint,
though they are eager to do so.
Removal From Greenlawn.
Records In the government war de
partment show that the 1,400 Con
Crown Hill cemetery.
Believing his task all but completed,
Colonel Elliott investigated at Crown
Hill. Hut they told hint there thnt not
a single Confederate was burled In that
cemetery. In Greenlawn no trace of
them could he found.
Trying to Find Gravos.
So the problem remains unsolved.
Colonel Elliott will continue his senrch
until the graves are loeated.
The war department In muklng an
effort to And the graves of Confeder
ate soldiers In the North Is ucting un
der the provision* of the Foraker hill
passed by the last- national congress.
The bill authorizes the war department
to ascertain where all confederate sol.
•Hers lie buried In the North and to
place a marble slab at the head of each
grave.
The Confederate prisoner* who died
at Indianapolis were brought to Camp
Morton In February, 186?. They came
from Fort Donelson and had belonged
to General Buckner's command. Fif
teen thousand Confederate* were cap
tured at Donelson by General Grant
federates who died ut Camp Morton | and were brought North. Several thou
sund of these prisoners came to Camp
Morton.
The weather was bitterly cold when
they arrived here and many of them
contracted pneumonia as the result of
the sudden change In temperature. The
Confederates had no blankets and had
only thin comfort* to wrap themselves
In when they slept.
were burled In Greenlawn cemetery
here. In the state library Colonel El
liott found a history of Indianapolis
during war times, written by Colonel
It. Holloway, now I’nited States
minister to Halifax. Colonel Holloway
states that the bodies of the Confeder
ate* were removed from Greenlawn to
mutual to In* , an. Wrlghtsvtlle. literary editor*: K. li
” This an- { McGregor. Buena Vista, and J. \V. film-I
inuneed each mon*. Atlanta, athletic editors. I
WHAT THE SOUTH CAN DUPLICATE
Each setting r un sees the South richer by over 63.’n)o,ooo in actual
wealth, but even this Is not more Important than the accumulation of
experience In the uitllfxatlon of our resources which Is now' In progress
and the awakening of the entire country to the fact that in the Hmith Is to
center the mightiest industrial and commercial forees of the world. This
section can duplicate the coat and iron »nd steel industry of the North
and West: It can duplicate the cotton-spinning Interests of the world: It
tan duplicate the lumber and woodwctklng interests of the entire coun
try; It can duplicate the oil trade of America, If not the w orld’s: It can
continue to monoi/ollze the world’s cotton production: It can produce nil
the rice needed In Ameiicu. nearly all the tobacco and much of the sugar;
It can duplicate all of the citrus fruit and trucking Industry of the coun
try: It can double Its present cereal crop of S00.000.0n0 bushel*, double
and quadruple Its cotton crop, duplicate through Its great rivers ami
splendid I arbors rHe coastwise and Coreigtt trade of the country. If cun.
ami will, do uji these things, und ever then not have reached the limit of
it* development —Manufacturers’ R;« ■ ni.
By WEX JONE8.
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP
TERS—Hiram Hlghslgn Is snatched
from his happy home by a passing bal
loon and Is dropped beside a farm
house. After u savage dog has taken a
sotivenli* from his leg, Hiram Is ad
mitted by the lady of the house, and Is
congratulating himself on his good for
tune. when a terrific crash shakes the
building.
CHAPTER IV.
"Oh,” observed the hostess, “Man*
dy’s begun washing the dishes. 0
Htrain laughed hysterically.
"Don’t string me,” he said; “I’m over
strung already.”
"Never mind,” replied the hostess,
"let’s go to u matinee and be rest
ful.”
Is there a theater near the farm?”
asked Hiram.
"No, no,” was the response. “We’ll
go to New York; It’s only 350 miles,
and we shall be In plenty of time for
the show the day after tomorrow.”
“See," added the mistress of the
house, picking up an unusually large
carving knife; "with this I shall carve
our way to the stage."
Hiram experienced a vague feeling of
unrest, and his resentment against the
balloonists began to Increase.
"We’ll go to the railroad In my mo
tor car,” said-the landlady.
"I think perhaps I’d better not," ob
jected Hiram.
“Oh, yes, you must,” said his host
ess, delicately toying with the carving
knife.
Hiram grew still more uneasy. He
followed the Indy to the yard, where
she paused before a wheelbarrow.
"Here Is the oar," she said, placing
her hand upon the wheelbarrow. "And
> # ou,” she added, "are the motor.”
Hiram groaned.
"Go up ull the hills you can,” con
tinued the hostess. "I love going up
hills. And as fast as you can, for I’m
quite a reckless chauffeur."
The carving knife looked infernally
long and sharp.
Hlrnm took hold of the wheelbarrow.
I’m Inclined to think the lady is not
absolutely sane." he thought, as he
braced himself to run the car.
"Make a noise like an engine!" com
manded the lady.
"Choo-chug! f'hoo-chug! I’hoo-
chug!" responded the unhappy Hlrnm.
"Hhe must he a bit rocky nt the sum
mit.” he thought.
"And here," said the lady, hanging a
pair of rubbers around Hiram's neck,
"is a couple of spare tires."
But Hlrnm \vlth u wild "honk! honk!”
lied madly down the country road.
By the side of the now motoriess bar-
row lay the figure of a woman, shaken
convulsively by some great emotion.
"Mercy!" she gasped, 'i’ll die If 1
laugh any mole. Hut I sure scared
that panhandler off the premises for
good.
"And he certainly can travel some—
(To be Continued.)
FALL TERM OEBATES
AT EMORY COLLEGE.
Speelnl t«* Tin* Georgian..
Oxford. Ou., Nov, 37.—On last Satur
day night the annual fall term debate
between the Few and Phi Gamma I.lt-
entry Societies of Emory was held In
Fe v Hall, Professor J. p. Danner pre
siding. Few’s representatives were T.
M. Sullivan. Hotn?r. G.t.: <\ I). Elliott.
Covington, Ga.; J. N. Townsend. Tlf-
ton. Ga., negative; while Phi Gamma's
speakers were T. J. Dempsey. Jackson
Ga.; G. C. White. Newnnn, Ga.; L. C.
Dickson, Fayetteville. Ga.. affirmative.
Question: "Resolved That experience
teaches thnt the wist aggregation or
wealth In the hands of private manu
facturing corporations is Inimical *<»
public welfare." The decision was ren
dered In favor of the affirmative.
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER
New York, Nov. 26.—Smart pem,, e
are defying the old-time traditions an.]
snapping their fingers at them a * did
Mrs. "Jack” Gardner. On a reien .
visit In Italy Mrs. Gardner nnd her
maid found themselves in for a Journey
In a railway compartment that bG.'i
three half drunk men.
Their presence jarred the nerv***
the leader of Hub society to such nn
extent that she finally suggested to the
maid that they defy a superstition and
open an umbrella to serve as a S i leen
It was done. With Mrs. Astor a.in
peacock feathers, with brides chow«iu*
Friday as their wedding day and with
Mrs. Gardner opening an umbrella in-
doors. It looks as if society were to
fling all fear of "hoodoos.”
Harry Gordon Selfridge has <„, ne
back to get Ideas for a department More
to be established In London on .\in«>ri.
can lines. It is to be located on • »\f., r j
street, under the name of Se|fri,| Ke .
Waring Company. Mr. Selfrldgc plans
to make the store headquarters f.. r
London shoppers.
Having put down In "Jmpn-*shniT
her observations In Europe, tin* • t.un-
tess Margaret Hoyes, sister of Prince**
Herbert Bismarck, is touring tin r n |.
ted States in search of. more -|i n .
presslons.” Countess Margaret wrote
for a London weekly several sk-tdies
of German and Austrian society. she
and her companion, tlie Countess v„ n
Plesse, will he entertained for a v.^k
In the Austro-Hungarian embassy Jn
Washington, after which they will g.>
South nnd thence to the Pacific mast.
Involving certain rights In the Ktseu-
hut automobile patent, which, it i* ton-
tended, antedates the well-known Se|.
den patent, a suit is being Instituted i>y
Mrs. Ella V. Eisenhut, wife of the in
ventor, and her niece. Miss Marian <}.
Reid, claimants to Interests therein,
to regain possession of patent stock
recently sold by Isaac Gates, a wealthy
capitalist of Wall street.
Miss Virginia Harned, who is ap
pearing In "The Love Letter," declares
the American girl has not been taught
to use good English.
"There should be nn institution of
national character where girls might
be taught the use of good conversation
al English,” she says.
“I think It Is of more importance
even that the national school of dra
matic art—almost as Important. If not
quite, as, the national theater." nh»*
continued. "You van have no Idea how
many girls, otherwise gifted for a stage
career, come to the theater with ab
solutely no conception of the correct
English.”
The Intention of Senator Christy Sul
livan to race a pretentious stable in
1907 was announced at the Denning
lace track. Jn line with such a plan
rt bill of transfers and sale wa* re
corded at the secretary’s office where
by the new senator is set forth as the
purchaser of the Interest held by Morty
Lynch, the club-house commissioner. *n
the colt Rye. Sullivan also bought two
useful two-year-olds. Royal Lady and
Krushman, which are bound to develop
Into useful racing medium three-year-
olds next season.
James Halligan, of McChesney street,
Orange. N. J., got the tlpsey idea that
he needed some aerial exercise. I’n-
steadily he, a muscular fellow, 27 years
old, climbed to the top of the Lack
awanna railroad's lofty signal tower at
Nassau street. There he seized the
semaphore, which stood at a right
angle, nnd 50 feet In air, he swung
out and began to do stunts like a elrcm
athlette on a trapeze.
While Halligan yelled at the top of
hls lungs, he swung to and fro. kicking
all the while as if he were swimming
In another element. The tower signal
man added hls cries. He momentarily
expected Holllgan to fall off and no
dashed to pieces. But there was an
other danger. While the man’s weigh*
hung on it, the semaphore, and the
chain of signals of which It Is part,
could not be moved.
Halligan scoffed until hls arms grew
weary* and then descended. Patrol
man George 8chott promptly arrested
him. Halligan, after a long sleep. t«w
Justice Bray that he remembered noth
ing of the dangerous adventure.
•I fine you 810,” said the Justice.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
MUSCOGEE AT WORK
FOR DISTRICT SCHOOL.
1 H-
NOVEMBER 26.
17nt—Wlllinin «'owner. English
Died April 25. 1800.
1N22—Knrl August Hnnlenbei'}
MatesuMii. who romHieted
reslMtnuce to Nitpoleoil., •
May 51. 1750.
1MJ1—Queen Maud of Norway
I Mb—Fire lu Lynn. Mam., «le>
ooo.oo) I it property.
1899—Charles Frnneln Adams resigned pf
hlenry of I'r.lon Pnellh- railway
1894—Marshal Ilhiueo resigned the .tlL •
'•iplaln general of ( ubn.
1899-British defeated Boers In ld“" |v 1 n
tie of Modder river.
19)2—Flight tel nnd Germany nulled
their elnlniH upon Venezuela.
19>l—President U.msevelt visited M 1 “ 1
world's fair.
MRS. COCKRAN KNOWN
IN GADSDEN, ALABAMA
Mpeelii! fo Th* Georgian.
Gadsden. Alu.. Nov. 26.—Mi^ 'uni*
Ide. the young Indy who recently m* , ‘
lied Bourke t’oekran, the noted
York politician. 1* well known 1 ‘' ^
whet" site had often visited. Fn* ! ’ n
the daughter of II. C. Me. of Jn* *
vllle. Ala., a well-known inere.ian f ■ j'
manufacturer. H? was appoint* *.
President McKinley n* one or tit*
mlssloner* to the Philippine P - 1
HI* daughter Is a striking Dl”
Houthern beauty.
' i WILL INVITE CONFERENCE
‘ TO GO TO BAINBRIDGE
Speelnl to Tin* Georgian.
I Columbus. Ga., Nov. 26—Following!
j up the recent action of the grand Jury Special to The Georgian.
■ In adopting a resolution urging the! Bainbridge, Ga.. Nov. 26.—Th* f
I county commissioners, the commons I quarterly conference of the Bain*'
J commissioners and the city counc il :.>» station warn held In the First M* ' 1
• take an active Interest In securing the ■ church last week. The rep*> r,v
state agricultural college, which I* to jail deportments of the church
be established In the Kouith dlsttlc:. | phowret) the church to be In fin-
j the committee apimlnted by Foreman i Hon. Rev. J. A. Smith. paM° r In •
iSjSinw Jur> ' hH * ,m ‘ l :1 ! trill leave for conference nn th'
V " 1 * iu, '‘ natnol mi Mr. Smith has Iwn authortf'l 1
' « I?!.!. . I active Meta, nr’ t.. ,:r»ni-'.’ of Ihc church to I't'l"
lx taUen lo bi n* aaoui lb* Uczlrci j next rewlan of the South Geontm
* fereuca to Painbrhlgtv.
result.