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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
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THE GEORGIAN prints no unclean
or objectionable advertising. -Neither
dope Jt print whisky or toy liquor ads.
for Atlanta's owolug Its own gas
and electric light plants. ee It uow
owue It* waterworks. Other cities do
this and get gas ns low es 60 cents,
with a profit to tbo city. This should
tie done at once. The Georgian be*
dcrtaking. Still Atlanta should
face m fbif direction NOW.
Heinze'i Check.
1 F. Augustus Helnzc It oue of the 57
human varieties, all right.
Depicted vividly in Toni Lawaon'i
Active history as a sort o' combination
bunco ateercr and gentleman of the
* road and. generally claaaed by con
temporary historians as one of the
most shady of the captains of indus
try, here he cornea, and docB a stunt
that would make old Diogouea adjust
tils bulls-eye and fumble for his
pince-nez.
P. Augustus has sent a check for
$100,000 to the receiver of a busted
hank out In Butte. 'F. Augustus was
president of the bank till 1903. Subse
quently It exploded.
Along with the check for $100,000
llclnzc sent a letter saying that ho
feared muny of the depoattors may
have lost their money through eonfl
I deuce born of his connection with the
Institution. Hence he contributes this
' mite toward Its assets.
Sotno of the cynical may say that
this Is n grand-stand play by P. Au-
, gustos.
If ft lie. It Is jiftt about the dearest
on record.
Organized Charity.
The jctlvity of the Associated
1 Charities of Atlanta, and the Impetus
given here recently to organised char
ity have made many of us reflect up
on the meaning of true charity. Char
ity, w e Were told many centuries ago,
is greater even than the faith which
holds out to sorrowing mortal* the so
lace of Immortality, or the hope
. which throughout the ages has kept
the heart of n world young.
It ts both Interesting and slgulflcant
to note, therefore, the something like
odium which attache* to tho word
' charity In this twentieth century of
ours. Tile beneficiary of an act of
charity (so-called), if he be a self-
;. rdflfiectlng porson is forever burdened
, by a sense of humiliation. The term
"object of charily" suggest* all thg$
i la weakest and moat pitiable In hu
manity. while the mention of aim*
bring* to mind the etas* of people we
( may moat pity, but do certainly moat
despise. The word carries with It
something like a stigma, and there
, has come about a revolution in its
i meaning which denotes that our con-
I ceptlon of It has undergone a radical
\ change.
1 do long has indiscriminate and
' thoughtless glviug played into tho
hand of the Impostor, the indolent,
and the vicious, that men now dc-
i niand that the dispensing of charity
i entail a responsibility.' and the re
ceiving of It an obligation. Instead
of the so-called charity which has
been at best a disorganizing agency,
we are coming to demand the charity,
Mk^hlch. by helping the Individual to
""help himself, shall he n constructive
forre that works for tire good of so-
. ctcty.
We are beginning to feel too much
ref|>cct for our fellow man to give
him alms. *
The basic principle of organized
charity Is to intelligently help every
man to help himself, and so ‘'to
make the very best out of every Indt-
vfdual, to make him superior even to
the full measure of his eaiwcity." Or .
gsnlzation doe* not take the heart out
^of charity, and reduce giving to a
mechanical system. It only brings In
telligence to Itear ii)iou the philan
thropic Impulse, which, when guided
by emotion alone, could never work
toward the ( practical good of the
world.
And to know that we are dtdng our
pati. however humble. In supporting
intelligently organized and wisely dis-
Itensed charity Is surely almost as
compensating as the thrill of magna
nimity which comes ft* ns when we
hand a ituor devil a quarter. - I
FIRST STJiP FOR MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.
It is -to be hoped by all who have the Interest of Atlanta at heart that
council will approve the recommendation of the special committee ask
ing for an appropriation of $500 to defray the expenses of a thorough In
vestigation as to the practicability of municipal ownership of gas and
electric plants.
A .fair and square and careful investigation Into the matter la all
that the most ardent‘advocate of municipal ownership asks.
If“this Investigation proves what The Georgian has contended alt
along, then appropriate action should be taken toward putting 1 the plan
Into operation.
If. after fair and thorough investigation, It Is reported that the
plan la not feasible, then there la nothing that can he done.
But the Investigation must be complete. It must be made with abso
lute fairness, without bias of preconceived Ideas.
Elsewhere on this page is printed a summary of the success that mu
nicipal ownership of gas and electric planti has achieved in Danville,
Va., where light Is furnished to citizens at a remarkably low rate and
profits are turned into the city treasury every year, if It can bo done In
Dauvlile, even under the natural handicaps existent there, why cannot
it be done In Atlanta?
SATURDAY EVENING.
f Editorial Correspondence by John Temple graves.)
"lfow far that little caudle casta Its flickering light*
So shines a good deed in a wicked world!"
But the best deeds sometimes go softly in silence and the dark, and
do not shine at all. unless, in the strange ways of Providence, they are
discovered and related for the good that they may do.
That charity which does not let its right hand know what Its left
hand docth ts nigh akin to the chief of all the Christian graces, atul in the
honest Judgment of the saints who nre as well philosophers, it is not far
off from God.
Prone are we Pharisees to whisper to our friends, if we do Hot boast
it on the street corners, of the good that wo have done, and the alms we
have dispensed. Applause is sweet to all of us and whether it rings for
mortal deeds and great achievements, for the big benevolence of gifts and
endowments, or for the smaller alms which may relieve a widow's need,
we arc rather glad than otherwise to take the world Into our confidence
about It. and we sometimes also find as strong an Inducement to charity
In the world's approving smile, as in the drying tear upon the cheek of
suffering, or in the flushing flesh once pinched by want and hunger.
But the world is always better, when over the sweet silence of the
helper, there creeps out of the moist thankfulness of the helped, a little
story which tells of a faithful struggle and a noble sympathy—a touch
of charity which makes the whole world kin.
II Is so true that a man's sins are sure to find him out. that ills good
deeds ought to be sometimes exposed.
I fell ti)ioii a bit of a story the other day In Arkansas whose dramatis
personae belong to us at home. ~
Ten years ago u young couple wero married in Atlanta. They were
young, they were lover*, and they were happy. The boy wns gentle,
kind and Industrious, touched with some human faults, but capable of
good work and willing to do all things for his little wife. And the girl
was a streak of sunahlne—not beautiful, perhaps, but with a sun-lit face
that carried cheer and comfort Into every day, and a courage that never
failed. She loved her young husband after tho old-fashioned way, and
was happy In every day and hour of her married life. The flrst years
prospered them In their modest line of struggle anil when n little girl
eamc to bless them, thero whs never a palace that could have bartered
Its happiness for theirs.
But there came misfortune to the little home, nnd a shadow fell
through unjust suspicion u|K>n the good name of the hnshand that par
alyzed his work and pinched his Income to a sufforing verge. Bravely
and with unflagging faith the little wife stood by him In ills hour of
gloom. There was never a shadow- on her faith iu him. or n troubled
note In her cheery voice. Slio was the genius of bis defense, uiid to her
wise little hoad and her womanly wit and her tireless efforts must he
credited the vindication that placed him once more with head erect before
the world.
During this period of their trial and sorrow, there was an Atlanta
preacher—a strong and brilliant nun to whoso congregation they had
Joined thomaelvcB, and this big man was never so busy that he could not
help with counsel ami with money when the need was great. Ho was
not rich, for no right preacher is over rich, but the pulse of his life was
strong as the current of hts brain is clear, mid knowing the gulhijU
grace of this youthful strugglo he unloosed bis heart strings and his purse
string* to help them with their battle for another chuncc.
When it was all right the little family went to Florida to begin
again, the patient nlpdding youth, serious and atendied to Ills work, unit
the* brave little woman with the cricket singing always.i^n her hearthstone
and a peri^tual psalm in her giowflig heart.
Things wont well. There was new vigor in the young man's work,
lfi* employer praised hint, ill* comrades liked him, and tho fuliiru wns
rosy In front-of them, and the sunshine of his home was deiqienliig from
morning tn the steady glow of noon.
But another shadow fell—ami n deeper slmdow this than the other.
There grew a hectic flush on the young husband's Chech, tils step lagged
and the flesh wasted from his frame.
*'I give him two Month* to live, If he stay* in Florida," said th* doc
tor, "perhaps six month* If lie goes to a higher latitude."
"We leave tomorrow," said the young wife, and that night a transfer
of business was secured for Atlanta.
For a.week tho change did good. Then the hectic flush grew deeper
and tho cough consumed the night. * ,
i "Ho must go farther we*t,” said the new physician. "He needs a
diver climate. If he doesn't get to Colorado he will die In four months.”
"He shan't die." safil the little woman with a mist veiling the sun
shine of her eyes. "I love him and we will go West together." There
waB no money to go. no work tho boy could do, no rich friends to help.
The great preacher had been called to a greater city tn the West. But
love and a dauntless little woman would not he denied. The few ef
fects they had were sold. The wedding ring was kissed and put in pnwn
against the life 'of tho lover who gave It. amt the start was made. A
distant relative in Mississippi invited them tn a month's’visit. They paid
for that by assistance In dairying and in such work as the nmn could do
upon the farm. But the climate did nut suit, and they must muvq on.
There was a day's Journey Into Arkansas across the river, mid the same
experiment was tried. But the feverish lungs kept up the cry for dry
air. The money was all gone now save Just enough to carry the little
tragedy Into the heart of the Ozark* at Fayetteville. And there'the
little womnn drew out her needle ami set herself down at the feet of
a die A maker to learn and to labor. The Providence that help* those who
help themselves Inspired her unskilled fingers and she became speedily
expert and her work was tn demand. The one little room for the three of
them was matte warm and comfortable, the meals were -three a day and
the husband, now past working, had Ills medicines as of yore.
lie had mure than that. If God Almighty cured sueh ailments with
sunshine, ho had given to thin smitten youth a store of It that did uot die
at evening. All day long and far Into the night the brave spirit of this
woman kept cheer In that llttl^ circle. There was laughter and courage
and hope sod confidence breathed through every hour, and If there were
ever tears and sighs they wet the pillows of midnight aud wore sobbed
tutu the silences when all else was still.
But Fayetteville would not do. The busy needle had solved the prob
lem of bread, hut Hie remorsel/ss coughing still Muted to the softer
West. The last hope was Colorado. Tho wise physician who saw him
shook his head aud said that the quiet young fellow was past the balm
of Colorado now. The air might hold him a little longer, hut It could not
give him hack to the heroine who was lighting at his side. It was sim
ply uow a fight for time. There was only a chance in a thousand.
But tho little woman shook the tears from her startled eyes, and
cried. “1*11 take the thousandth chance. He Vital! go to Colorado."
And there I left them at Fayetteville—this Georgia boy ami girl light
ing the bravest and most unequal contest "ever entered against death.
She was only waiting until her lunger and later hours of sewing could
earn for her a little more—enough to |iay tlo- /are to Trinidad, and she
had act the time when heroic labor nnd heroic saving could buy three
tickets to that last retreat—tbo last hope of a loving heart.
There was one friend, she told me, who had never failed to seud
her messages- of cheer, and a little money out of his slender store—
the pastor who had Ted them into old Trinity church In Atlanta. They
had long since passed out of his pastorate and beyond hts official respon
sibility. But the great preacher knew s great heart and ft great fight
when he saw it, and he honored it with his heart and gith hts hand.
Stiles Bradley never knew that I or any other man would hear in
this strange and out of the way place of the unchanging sympathy which
he has expressed la silence and in generous unfailing kindness to these
young people so much in need.
Bill I am iiad to discover him and glad to expose him here. Uke
many others I have been ail too wont to moasure him by his big brain
alone. It is no small Joy of comradeship to record this one expression
of his large aud uoble heart. By this new measurement I rate him higher
thail I ever did before, and by this tender portent I forecast for him a
grander usefulness than any cold Intellect can ever reach.
I am wondering If this simple tale might move some generous-soul to
stretch out a right hand of helpfulness to this brave battle In the Ozark
hills. I •
,In all .my life I have not known a braver battle or seen a spectacle
that touches more nearly the chords of tenderness and admiration - than
the pathos cf this Georgia girl with a tump In her throat and s laugh on
her lips, wltbdbad in her bead and sunshine li^ her. eyes; with her fast
flying needle fairly stitching Its way across a continent u> buy qnc .last
chance for her lover husband and the breath of life.
The little, heroine does not dregni that t am writing her In-ave histo
ry here, and I am not asking any alms for the brave woman who has
fought her way alone.
But if any big heart that can read through these awkward, blundering
lines the epic of sorrow and struggle which they touch, should, of Its own
free will, desire to help Stiles Bradley in Ms clandestine charity, { will
guarantee ter make one last and happy Christmas for tho bravest little wo
man I have ever known.
Jackson, Miss., Nov. 29.
DANVILLE DEMONSTRATES SUCCESS OF MUNICIPAL
v OWNERSHIP.
From the prosperous town of Danville. Va., comes. Iu the shape of an
annual report of the city water and light departments, a practical demon
stration of the economy nnd value of municipal -ownership.
Danville, Va., Is a city of about 25,000 Inhabitants and possesses only
fair natural advantages In the way of location and - railway facilities.
And, for that reason, success In the municipal operation of public utilities
is all the more creditable In view of the fact that the rate to the consum
ers of gas, electric lights and water is far below tho average of other
cities more advantageously placed. Danville has for a numbtr of years
owned Its water department. During the* fiscal year of 1905-0, water was
furnished the citizens at the rate of $0 a year on tho sewered streets, and
$i a year on the unsewered streets, all meters being furnished and main
tained free of cost. In other words, the maximum charge for water Is 50
cents a month to the average consumer; to many It Is less than that. Ex
clusive of the aunts spent during tho year In construction, the total re
ceipts of (he water department during the year paid all expenaes and n
balance of $100 was left In favor of the department. This sum is small
only because of the exceedingly low rate charged for water.
The operation of the gas plant has Been a glorious success. Because of
Danville'* location the management haa had to pay an unusually high
price for gas coal, but the product was furnished to all citizen* last year
at the rate of $1.00 a thousand, and all connections were made free of
charge. The service Is declared by the dally papers to have been exceed
ingly good-as the public hns had no reasonable cause for complaint. The
operation of the plant for the year showa a "not profit of $5,760 over and
above all expenses. Of course this shows capable management, but
there Is no reason to believe that economy may not be a virtue of munic
ipal administration an well as of private corporate control. This profit of
$5,750 Is exactly a profit of one-seventh of the total receipts. This sum
would have been much larger hut for the fact that Danville Is the victim
or an unjust coal freight rate, the remedying of which Is now being
sought before the state corporation commission. »
The city of Danville also furnishes Its owu electric lights, aud fur
nishes lights and |iowcr to private citizens, ft has been doing this for
twenty years. The financial statement for 1905-G shows a net profit of
$7,750, a profit of ono-third of the total receipts.
So satisfied nre the good citizens of Danville with their municipal own
ership of utilities that they are making great Improvements In tho
mechanical equipment of nil departments, and they purpose beeping these
departments as thoroughly up-to-date as would,any private corporation
owning thorn. ,
The plan lias been a huge success In Danville and its working should
prove a lesson to other cities who are either timid and afraid to strike
out for themselves, or else are In the grasp of private corporations.
FOOTBALL STATISTICS.
One of our esteemed contemporaries takes occasion to give a meed
"of praise td the good, accomplished by tho changes in the football rules,
lint nevertheless finds that further reform Is needed, the conclusion lin
ing based on some statistics which show that eleven were killed in the
game this fall.
Now. these statistics were compiled by some zealous person on The
Chicago Tribune. They nre exnmples of the mendacity of figures not
put together right. ' .
Of those eleven fatalities, two were in Canada, where they play a
game of football not much more like our game than tennis resembles base
ball.
•IW<« of I he remaining nine deaths tu the list were due to heart dis
ease add two more to blood poisoning, all of which might have occurred
to the victims In any athletic sport. Tho first two were physically unfit
for strenuous exertion. The death of the other two was merely conse
quent to minor Injuries received on the football field.
That brings the real death list of football down to fire.
One of theso five was a player on a town temp, which had ueither
eoajh nor efficient training. Two were boys, aged HI and 17 years, re
spectively.
Compared with the great number who participated In the game this
fall—hundreds in every college and university In America, hundreds In
every city anil town, and scores tn every high school, the fatalities arc
very few .
The new rules have proved to he a tremendous success in every
detail. They have taken front football practically nil of the brutality
existed under the old scheme, they have made the game of far more in
terest to the spectator and they have scented to foster a finer aud better
s|K>rtsmanshlp than existed before.
For the elimination of chances of fatalities, it remains necessary,
however, for those who play it to be subjected flrst to careful physical
examination. It ts a hard game—a game for those who are strong, and
none should be allowed to participate in It who has a constitutional
weakness. •
Young boys should not he allowed to iiractice or play without the
presence of a callable coach or Instructor. Injuries and fatalities result
ing front these haphazard mlxups or boys on corner lots are always at
tributed to the brutality of football, whereas the scramble they partici
pate In ts no more football than it Is dancing.
- From every part of the country comes Indorsement of the new rules.
They have reformed'and saved a great and a good game, the Chicago
statistician to the contrary notwithstanding. *
RAILROAD
HAS BEEN
Special to The Georgian.
Jackson. Miss.. Dee. L—Next year
promises to be quite as goad a year
for railroad building as the one which
is drawing to a close. Quite u number
of new roads are being promoted, for
the most part in south MIxtlfGppl. It
Is expected that during the year
a number of Interurbnn railroads,
which have been hanging fl/e for some
time, will b«» bulb. The promoters of
tb«* Vicksburg and Jackson Intel-urban
are hopeful of getting to work ou the
road In the spring, other cities have
railroad projects which they are work
ing on. Tiie record in railroad build-
■ ing in Mississippi during the past vear
(has been marvelous and several million
I dollars have been invested in the state
< by outsiders.
STATESBORO ELECTS
NEW CITY OFFICERS.
Special to The Georgian.
Statesboro, Ga„ Dec. 1.—In the pri
mary for the selection of officers for tlr.
city of Statesboro, the following men
were chosen:
Mayor. R. Lee Moore.
Counellmen. Perry Kennedy, j. l>.
Blltcji. J. ||. Donaldson. J. II Brannen.
K. X. Grimes.
The only change In the list of officers
U the election of Mr. Donaldsou.
TOJJTTE BUNK
Amount Is To Protect De
positors of Con
cern.
Butte, Mont.. Dec. 1.—Receiver Wil
son, of the Aetna bank of Butte, an
nounces that he has received n check
for SlOlt.OOO from Augustus Ileinze
formerly president of lire bank. Helnze
believed that many depositors had not
known of bis wltdrawnl In 11*03, so
he rootle the contribution. It will' In
crease the bank's assets 30 per cent.
NEW ills'
CHARGE OF FIRE
DEPLJATURDAY
“Cap” Joyner has stepped down and
out of the fire department, and It is
now “Chief” Cummings in.name and in
reality.
"Cap" will not find it hard getting
work enough to keep him busy until the
flrst of January, when he succeeds
Mayor Woodward. Getting Ills insur
ance business Into good, easy working
order will occupy" about an mu alt time
as a man wants to devote to business.
Chief Cummings, while not having
given out a statement to that effect,
will probably follow the same general
lines as "Cap” Joyner in running the
Are department.
ARE TORN TO PIECES
By DELAYED BUSTS
IN RAILROAD TUNNEL
Bristol, ya.. Dec. 1.—As a result of
two dynamite blasts that'e xploded un
expectedly at the Clinch mountain tun
nel near CHnchport, Va.. on tho South
and Western railway, last Thursday
afternoon, four men and one woman
were Instantly killed. The bodies were
torn to pieces by the force of the ex
plosion, which carrie/1 with it an im
mense quantity of stone.
The dead are all foreigners and their
names have not been reported.
A number of blasts had been explod,
ed simultaneously at one end of the
tunnel, the workmen, thinking that
every blast had been discharged, re
turning to the entrance of the tunnel
and were Killed by two delayed blasts.
, PRAISE PRESIDENT
Maiiv Indorse the Dismissal
Of the Negro
Sokliftrs.
Wimhlligtott. Her. 1.—Many letters nnd
tel<*grnu)N have reached the president, com*
mending his course In dismissing, without
%raor. the memliers of tlic three companies
of the Twenty-Ilftli infantry, some of whom
Were engaged in the trotilde at Browns
ville. To».
They come mostly from the North, nnd
Include tunny civil war veterans who have
served with negro troops.
A resolution may he Introduced In con-
grese • nlibig for mil the information In the
war department regarding the esse.
NEGROES IN THE CITIES
TO CARE FOR EX*SOLDIERS
New York, Dec. l.--Negroes in New York,
Philadelphia nnd Chicago, working together,
plan lo bring to the three cities mentioned
one company each of the three discharged
companies of the Twenty-fl/tk (negro; iu-
fantry. f
This news was coudrim'd today by the
pastor of one of the leading tiegru houses
of worship of New York, who, however,
would not permit Ids name to be used, lie
says the uegro population III the three cit
ies will lx* expected to core for the soldiers
until their appeals to Washington are set
tled. ,
The plan Is under the active direction of
the Constltuional League, nit organization
composed of IkjIIi whiles ami negroes. -
TWO NEW PASTORS
TO
Initial sermons will be preached .Min*
day morning by two of the new pastor*
of the North Georgia conference who
were recently transferred to Atlanta
barge*.
These two pastors who will nppe.ir
before their congregations for the firm
time Sunday ure Rev. Dr. J. 8. French,
of the First Methodist church, who sue-
ceeded Rev. Dr. c. K. Dowmau, who
went to the oxford district as presiding -
elder.
Dr. French came to Atlanta from
Chattanooga and in that city b«- dem
onstrated that he Is nn eloquent speak
er and u profound thinker.
The other pastor who will preach for
the first time under his new assignment
1* Rev. 8. R. Bell:, who now occupies j
the pulpit of 8t. Mark Methodist |
church. Dr. Belk came to Atlanta from
Augusta and for the jmst fifteen >*ears |
he 1ms been a prominent figure In the
North Georgia conference. 'He #*ir-!
ceeded Rev. Dr. Charles o. Jones, wlio
xfent to the First .'♦ethodht church In
Rome. v
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
, New York, Dee. l.—Owing to the
able plea of his 12-year-old son, Thom
as Maloney ts In jail at - Wflkesbarre,
Pa., and his family at peace. The child,
James Maloney, called ,on Alderman
Donohue and asked that his father,
who had been drunk and was abusing
his wife and children, be cent to Jail.
He produced his statement of the case,
laborously written out. It was as fol
lows:
"Thomas Maloney Is drinking ov*r
two weeks the worce kind of people
could bee. Mamma her face swelled *
out too much to go down please send a
constlble up to ashforta quarry.
"They have 4 cag* of beer up the
river day.
"He keeps Ills pay and never gives a
cent to mamma.
“He near killed the baby in her arms
.Mary Maloney. When we came from
work at 8 on Saturday night he wns
fltlng. v
YHe broke the dishes nnd the door.
Mamma* dont want to punish him yi
much. Put him In jail tonight because
we cant go to t**d to 3 or 4 o'clock cause
he Is out drinking.
“JAMK8 MALONEY.”
It took Donohue less than a minute
to get a constable started after Mo
loney. and naviffg no ball, the man was
quickly sent to jail. '
Hebrews of Philadelphia and of the
country at large tomorrow trill pay a
notable trlbuto to the memory of Sec
retary John Hay. whoso friendship for
the race and his repeated official and
private effort* In Its behalf are well
known. The tribute takes the form of
a memorial window, which will be un
veiled In the new synagogue of tha
Congregation of Keneseth-Israel, the
largest Hebrew cougregutlon in the
United States. The action in placing .i
memorial In a Hebrew synagogue to
the memory of a non-Hebrew I* said
to bo without precedent. Secretary
Root, as Mr. Hay's successor In office,
has accepted nn Invitation to deliver
nn address at the unveiling. Oscar
Ktraus, who Is to be secretary; of com
merce and labor. Is to be another of tho
speakers.
The navy department ha* directed
that, beginning with this date, an
Identification record. # consisting "f
finger prints and personal description,
shall J>e made and forwarded to the
bureau of navigation In the case of
every man enlisting or re-enlisting in
the navy. The system of finger prints
will be practically the same as that al- .
ready employed in the army. 1
Tomorrow will be the anniversary of
Emperor Francis Josepn’s accession to
the throne of Austria, and on that day
he shall have rounded out the 'fifty-
eighth year of hls reign. Tills is a
record of sovereignty greater than any
of bis contemporaries. King Leopold
of Belgium has occupied the throne'for
foitv years and King Oscar of Sweden
conies next with (p record of thirty-
three years.
Adam Swohe, J>9 years old. who
joined Trinity Methodist church in
Trenton. N. J.. on his confession of
faith a week ago, and who said then
It was the first time had ever been
connected with a church, died hero
Wednesday night.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
DECEMBER 1.
isu— Commodore Joshua Barno'* American
naval officer, died. Born July C. 1759.
1823—Nicholas I succeeded to the throne of
Russia.
1811—Colossal statue of Washington placed
In the untloiial capital.
1844—tjuccb Alexandra ft England Ikhu.
1838—Joint French and Spanish expedition to
t'oehiu. t’bliui, annouaced.
1S63—Hnhea* coitus act restored .iu the
Northern states.
1901—Edmund DeLeou. cx-United States con
sul general In Rgjpt. died.
1892— llenryHoyt, ex-governor of Penn
sylvania. died. *
1894—Henry M. Morrs. famous Preshytei Ian
divine, died.
1000—German got eminent lr.tli.mtcd to Mr.
Kruger tnnt n visit to Merlin would ho
Inopportune.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New Yolk, Dec. 1.—Here nre some of
the visitor* In New York today;
ATLANTA—U Goodyenr. E. F. Musa,
8. T. IIinches, Jr.. Dr. \V. A. Byer*.
MACON—l*. <*. Allen.
NOTICE TO
KODAKERS
If you have a kodak, or
even'a supply of kodak pic
tures, and wat^ lo matte
some cute Christmas gifts,
« me In nnd see some of
r new calendars with a
blank space for the differ
ent size pictures, from a
Brownie up to the big Cx?.
The richest inexpensive
present you can pcsMbly
make. To *ye them Is to
buy. Look In our window
and see samples or come In
and*ksk to see them. Keep
your mind fixed on that
kodak for Chriitmax. They
cost from one dollar up.
nnd .emetnber a chl!d can
bundle one successfully,
font. In and see the kulak
line,
v
A. K. HAWKES CO.,
14 Whitehall Street.