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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, MO.VDAT, DECEMBER 10,1M*. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN JOHH TEMPLE CKAVIS. E4U»i. r. 1. SEELY, Pnklisktr. Publiahed Evtry Afternoon (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, At 9 Weit Alabama St., Atlanta, Off. Subscription Rates, one Tear HM Six Months 2*2 Three Months . 1.25 Hy Carrier. Per Week 19 tork Office Potter Bid* If yon hare any trouble getting TUB GEORGIAN, telephone the Circulation Department and nare It promptly rem- •died. Telephones: Beil 47.7 Main, Atlanta 4401. tlona Intended for publication lu 1IIE GEORGIAN be limited to 400 words In leagth. It la Imperative that they be slfoed, as an evidence of good faith, though the names will be withheld If requested. Rejected manuacrlpU will not be returned unless stamps are seat for the purpose. THE GEORGIAN prints no unclean or objectionable advertising. Neither * 1 It does It print whisky or any liquor ads. OUR PLATFORM.-The Georgian m , i ii in. iip ii uun owns Its waterworks. Other cities do low as CO rents. this and get gaa as low os CO rents, with a profit to the city. This should lie done at onre. The Georgian be* lleves that If street railways can be operated successfully by European cltlea, as they are, there la no g * .1 **•— opera this can reason ' here. ... lie done now, and It may t»e some years before we are ready for bo big an un* dertaklng. Still Atlauta should set Its fare In that direction NOW. DON’T FORGET THE TECH. The appeal for help for the Tech xeliwl should not be allowed to go unanswered by Atlantans. The need Is great and just. A little money will remove that need. The Technological school Is doing a great deal of good for the South In educating her sons to work that makes for the individual welfare and for tHte welfare of the section. These young men who are graduated from that Institution are going right ahead, aiding in tho development of the resources of our section. By the alchemy of their applied knowledge they are turning tho streams Into horse-power; they are turning the soil Into gold. But aside from those considerations, wo may consider the one that af fects its of Atlanta most. The Georgia School of Technology means thou sands of dollars spent right here in Atlanta every year, which otherwise would he spent elsewhere. The institution Is a valuable asset to our busi ness interests. Its five hundred-odd students buy their food and their dollies right here In Atlanta. Any help given the Institution toward Its ox panslon Is Just so much money Invested which Is certain to bring Its ow return. Give help Ur tho Tech. If not for broad reasons of philanthropy, then tor reason* of four own telf-lnterest. London’, Waterloo. Kvsry now and then—just nliout as often, In fact, as some crank comes forward with a new theory as to who wrote Shakespeare—the literary world Is shaken from center to circumfer ence with a charge of plagiarism against some well known writer. The latest victim of the “deadly parallel"—they are always called dead ly—is the urbane and debonair Jack Ixmdon. He Is declared lo be guilty of swiping his latest novel, which bears the Irreverent and heretical title of "Before Adam”—for what men could there have been, pray, before our Brat, only and original Adam?— from Stanley Waterloo's "Story of Ab." Mr. Waterloo, whose patronymic may be regarded as Blgnlltcant In the case, wrote about his Ab nearly ten year* ago. The book didn't have any great sale, but it attracted a good deal of attention among the literati aad other learned folk. It was ex ceptionally well written and dealt with the hypothetical subject of pre historic man In what was then thought a right unique manner. It Isn't unique any longer, for Jack London has come along and writ ten about the same subject In the same manner, say the fault-flnders. In reply to the charge of theft, Mr. London naively admits the re semblance,'but says It Isn't really a re semblance. because be Is doing the stunt to much better than Mr. Water loo did It. Or. words to that effect. The whole matter Is really of not ,o much moment, after all. Mr. Lon don does things quite Ills own way, when It comes to writing. And why should lie not take Mr. Waterloo's story and revamp It a little and sell It for ten cents a word—or whatever the market rate ol his work may be? Jack probably needs the money. And then the discussion will help the sale of Mr. Waterloo's book. too. It's a poor steal that don't give somebody h little coin. Plain Talk From Booker Wash ington. The address delivered here Sunday to the members of bis race by Booker T. Washington Is an eminently sane and sound speech. It Is marked by lack of impassioned utterance, and has none of the frills and furbelows of rhetoric. It seems to be a plain, logical statement of facts mid conclu sions. Most of the speech was cast along old lines, with few new thoughts de veloped. There was one suggestion, however, in the speech that is worthy of being prayerfully considered by the white clergymen of the South. He said: "There is no reason. In my opin ion, why the white religious leaders of the South should not take the name Interest In the spir itual welfare of the negro race now aa was true in slavery. I very mueh wlab that oftener In the fu ture than has been true in the past, that white ministers might preach In negro pulpits. I wish that they might feel that this Is a part of their duty throughout the South. I hope that our ministers will see to it that their white brother ministers are Invited as often as possible to speak in their pulpits. I have been greatly pleased to note the cordial co operation between the white and colored ministers In this city dur ing the past few week*." That Is one of the ideals of the Civic League, which hss recently been formed. It Is bound to result in good. Let the white ministers of At lanta come to accept it as one of the pastoral duties facing them. It AGAIN, A^ TO THAT SHIP SUBSIDY. A disputatlve correspondent finds occasion in a letter addressed to the editor to take Issue with the view recently expressed on this page of the ship subsidy bill, now pending before congress. This measure, recollect aright, was passed hy the senate at the last Hcsston of the present congress, and will cotno up before the house before its adjournment. Our correspondent, who asserts he Is a plain farmer, writes with much skill as much skill, possibly, as a good many, of those whom be terms "hired writers.” But In taking position In favor of the nliip subsidy measure and lu at tacking, In opposition, The Georgian's views as unsound, lie argues only from the standpoint of expediency, and loses sight of tho basic principles of democratic government. Our correspondent assumes an attitude that Is very unsound; lie seems to believe the end justifies the means. The ship subsidy bill, says he, is a fine thing because It will give us of (he United States a chance for the South American trade; It will build up our atrophied merchant marine; It will restore the American flag to dominion o'er the see. We grant without argument that the 8011II1 American trade would be a fine thing for the manufacturers nnd producers of the United States to enjoy In greater extent than they now do; wo grant that it would bo a fine thing for our merclinnt marine to fiourjsh like a green bay tree; we grant that tho sight of Americun flags flying at tho masthaad of tho ships in the harbors of the world would lie a thing to set every patriotic pulse a-qulver with jiride. But we do deny that a government subsidy Is the square and honest and proper and democratic thing to do to nccomplish those things. Almost any subsidy tnay lie looked upop With, righteous suspicion. The word "subsidised" has a sinister sound. A subsidised press Is a hideously criminal thing; a subsidized Individual Is a pitifully weak thing lo behold A subsidised opinion Is an Instrument of evil. There are, of course, some governmental bonuses that are of unmiti gated good. But a subsidy should be looked In the teeth, not so much by recipient as by the real donor. This ship subsidy measure has the ardent support of the president, it Is said. It certainly has Mr. Ruot, and Mr. Taft, and a good many others among tho Uepubllcati leaders, Heartily favoring it. It is essentially measure of tho Republican party—the party of tho protective tariff, the party that actually accomplishes, If It does not abstractly approve of, special privi leges. , The inherent honesty of Mr. Roosevelt may not be questioned. But re sults are what he wants, and not always Is ho careful to consider how they tiro secured. The other devotees of the measure may lie dismissed as more politicians, however able they may, bo.. So much for the power behind the ship subsidy. This particular nioasure is aimed to rectify conditions that arc due solely.to n high protective tariff. On the face of it, It may not appear to bo so, but a.careful consideration of It will demonstrate that at'the bottom of It all the high tariff lurks as the chief ami the contributing cause of the dwindling of the American merchant marine. It is simply that the American shipbuilders cannot—or will not—build merchant ships as cheap as can—or will—the foreign constructors. Further more, foreign built ships may not be nationalized, so to speak. They may not fly tho American ling. And so, American merchant lines have not been able to compete with foreign ships. Wherefore, they have' languished. The shlj) subsidy bill Is purposed to give tho American lines the handi cap of enough money to enable thorn lo buy ships here at home—at the higher .prices—and lo pperato them at a profit. The lurking evil lies not In the giving of the money to the operators of the ship lines. It Is granted that they will nut profit. But' the money goes into tho pockets of the ship builders. These ship builders form a trust. They can charge whatever they want to. Because In dealing- with Americans they have no competition. Suppose the ship subsidy measure passes, and with It in effect uu Im petus is given the merchant lines. With this in view, they order the building of several ships. Tho demand grows. Why, nil the ship buildiug trust need do Is to raise the prices again. Then to save the poor merchant marine, It Is necessary for tho government to Increase tho ante. And so on, ml In finitum and to the swelling of the profits of the very few stockholders In the ship building trust. Isn't that obvious? Will not this subsidy merely pave I lie way for more? And who, pray, will be paying the freight? The people, of course. The subsidy Is too patent a steal; a grab by the few front the many. Of course tho cry of “build up our trade with South America" nnd the ap peal to patriotism are mighty fine; but they are shouted so very loud, in order to drown the still small voice that squeaks, "stop thief!" The real remedy for this sorry condition Into which our merchant 111a- riue Is fallen? Simple enough. Merely allow foreign-built ships lo fly the American flag. Merely let the American operators of shipping lines purchase their vessels In European |>orts as cheap as the foreigners can. Then lliey will be on an absolute equality with the foreigners, and if American business methods aplied to the shipping business cannot hold their own with the foreigners, why let them fall. But they won’t fall. And, also, there will quickly come a reduction in the cost of American- built ships. Competition kills a trust; just like ammonia neutralizes nitric acid. A BIG INCREASE IN BANK CLEARING The clearing house issued Saturday shows a gain of over a million dollars for the week over the corresponding week of last year. The exact figures are $1,935,845, which is a remarkably good showing. For the day over last year the in crease Is $132,598. The report is os follows: December 8. 1906 $884,328.02 Corresponding day lust year 761,732.42 This week, Dec. 8, 1906 6.699.008.13 Corresponding week last year 5.363,152.60 : PLAYERS AND PLAYERS. BONFIRE A T CROSSROADS TO WARM NEIGHBORHOOD Topeka, Kans., Dec. 10.—The people of Meade, Liberal and other towns In southwest Kansas, have appealed to Governor Hocli to aid them in getting coal for, fuel* With the thermometer marking zero In that region, the people In twenty towns are without fuel. In many of the smaller places the inhabi tants have congregated at court houses and places where one Are will warm all. The roads are charged with confis cating the coal atarted for the fuel famine districts. The railroads use steel cars lu hauling their own coal to prevent citizens from forcibly taking possession of the coal. SHOOTS SWEETHEART DEAD DURING ROMP AT TABLE David Relnsm has made another strike. Ills latest production, “The Rose of ffie Rancho.*' fa packing hfa New York ter to the doors nt every performance. John Drew hns Just celebrated his one hundredth appearance in “Ills House lu Or iler“ nt the Empire theater. the Lyric theater. New York, Mrs. Fluke nnd the Manhattan Theater Company • settled down for a run In Mr. Mitch ell's comedy, "The New York Idea.” Mis* Rose Stahl lx In her fifth month of •The Chorus Lady" in New York at the Ilackett theater. The new Itrondburat play. “The Mn the Hour" is being played at the Savoy theater. New York. The play portrays the political situation lu u great city, with nil the nccompanlmeuts of ward politics nud graft. It l« said that Lula Glaser la to Ipi the principal role In Sidney Roicnfcld’s new play. “The Aero Club/* Clyde Fitub's uew play.-written especially for Blanche Walsh. hns been named “The Straight Road." Miss WalsU- will a| It for the first time nt the Astor^fheater early next your. The drama Is dBserllied as n tilav nt itiotiern nneletv life. ^ n play of modern Henry W, .......j. ... Savage’* production, of * daine Butterfly" Is to be seen Christmas week In Cincinnati and New Year'* week In Cleveland. - .... ill occupy booths . rofesslonal Women’s league baa/tr to be held at the Waldorf on Friday nnd Saturday of this .week are Lillian Russell. ‘•Nina Wallace Hopper. Anna Held. Blanche “Itchle Adele Ritchie and Mrs. Madge Carr The advance sale, of seatCftl the New York Hippodrome is said to have reached the enormous figures of $l00,0P0tln a single day previous to the opening of the latest novel ty at that place of amusement. York have voluuteervd tliel. ... monster benefit to bo. given at the Broad way theater Tuesday afternoon In uld of The time has come In New York theatri cals when there are so many theaters that each week sees pot one hut several new Thomas W. Ryloy's production of “The Belle of Mayfair," the latest musical play * V Charles II. E. Brookfield nnd Cosmo ntullton, with tho munlc by Leslie fituart. hns been warmly received In New York where It hns been put on for a run at Daly's. Miss Christie MnrDounld nnd Miss Irene Bentley have tho principal parts. , pi ... — tlntie their run fft. the Knickerbocker theater. New York. At the Astor theater, the new Klelo play, The Daughters of Men," is attracting large houses. Baltimore, Md., Dec. 10.—In a spirit of full, Peter Baurmer, aged 20.,point ed a pistol at Cynthia Uttoreuther, his sweetheart, while they were at lunch eon laot night. The weapon was dis charged and the baJJ jdcreed the girl’s heart. She fell from her chair, dead, a smlla-on her face. Baummer, horror-stricken, dropped the pistol, ran around the table, caught up the dead girl in his arms and cov ered her face with kisses. The tragedv occurred at the home of James Horan, 106 North Chapel street, where the girl boarded. Sev eral members of the family were pres ent. All were laughinfc at Baummer when he drew -the revolver and or dered the girl in play to hand him the chili sauce. It is supposed that in laughing his hand shook and touched the trigger. DISASTROUS BLAZE By M. D. GLEASON. Special to The Georgian. Buford, Ga., Dee. 10.—Heroic INSPECTS SHOPS OF HIS NEW ROAD upon the part_of the Buford Volunteer Fire Department saved Buford from having a very disastrous fire Saturday night, when tho straw store house of R. H. Allen burned to the #round. Tills building, on account of the na ture of its contents, was built at what was considered a safo distance from Mr. Allen's large harness and hor*e collar factory, nnd under ordinary con ditions very little apprehension would havo been felt by tho owner and citi zens of tho fire spreading any farther, but at the time of the fire Saturday night a brisk wind was blowing the fierce (lames dungerously close to tho main building, and Fire Chief J. L. Shndburn saw that he and his men would havo tho hardest kind of work in saving the main building, and directed Ills men to play on the largo collar fac tory, which looked as If It would catch fire several times. Captain Fred Wilson led a force tint also did good work In extinguishing tho burning brands that fell on the large harness shop and adjoining buildings. The citizens of Buford are loudly praising their fire company for the good work they did Saturday night, and tho mayor and council arc so proud of them that they are going to buy them a new first-class, up-to-date equipment. The company consists of twenty-two of the most active young men In the town, and they say that with new ap paratus, backed \ip by tho splendid water pressure In Buford, the loss by fire in Buford will bo very small. A thorough Inspection of the Sea board’s properties in Atlanta was made rk Sunday morning by W. A. Garrett, vice Herald Square thente hold on popular patronage since the pro duction of the burlesque “The Great De file." INTERESTING ITEMS. a rule, are nbout 1 1-2 er than the surrounding British soldiers who have no trade are to be taught one during their term rvlce. A committee Is now study ing out a plan at Aldershot. Dining a lecent all-night session the house of common* disposed of 2,000 ups of coffee, 500 cups of tea, 370 hlsky nnd smhis and 420 bottles of beer, 700 eggs nnd a few other things. A correspondent of the London Mall yg that women always rode ustrlde till Queen Elizabeth, In order to show a magnificent dress upon a certain state occasion, rode sidewise, and so set the fashion. Tho women of Sumatra wear costly dresses, many of them being made of pure gold and silver. After the metal mined and smelted, It Is formed Into flue wire, which Is woven into cloth anil afterward used for dresses. In order best to. Influence the British government a meeting of Hindoos op posed to the partition of Bengal de elded th? other day to observe the an nlversnry of “Partition Day” by “fast ing, praying and bathing In the Ganges." A photographic Journal Is now pub lished in France In the Esperanto lan guage—the Foto Review. This Is an Esperanto developer: (a) Akvo boiinta lem.3. Anhldm SuJflta nutria 3 50g; (b) ( Vivajo A malvatma 100 cm.3. Kur- bonato Kilia 1009. OF A PER80NAL NATURE. After touring the world for a year or two Perry S. Heath, long a well-known newspaper Vorrespondent and govern ment official In Washington, has settle ! In Muncle. Ind., his native town, where lie will engage in banking and manu facturing enterprises. last week, aged 87. Mr. Mellon was a member of the Union Guards, which organization gave a lake excursion on the steamer Lady Klgln In I860. The vessel was burned off Wlnnetka, caus ing great loss of life. Mellon escaped on a raft and was In the water forty- sight hours before teaching land five miles from the disaster^ A roung woman caught smelling books in u London public librury was asked why *die did that. She said she Aid ft to sec which book smelled of to bacco. K it did she knew It was a book men liked to read, nnd therefore probably a good « no. <’hn.np.igne ‘.ikes up mu* h time and care Ir the making. Altogether a bot tle of champagne joes through 200 dif- frroti* operation**, covering n period of two a id a half ye.irn. And Iri addition it is sometime:- kept two or thrfc years longer In the vaults maturing. There is considerable dlscuasfon in Indiana as to which of that mute's fa- end i mous *V n * •"‘hall be placed in Statuary '* 11 “ tatue — — - ..*«». states are represented By two statue*, but Indiana has only her war governor there. Ben jamin Harrison seems to have the lead, but Thomas A. Hendricks, Daniel !>. Pratt, James B. Kails and Lew Wallace Alvina lx- IVr.nczy, » Hj-v.-ui -ol«lj 1>av o many advocates, girl of Hungarian parentage, living in —— Denver, is believed to be the only fe- Professor Bulges?. Roosevelt lecturer in Berlin University, will shortly visit' the universities of Bonn. Jena end i .. „ ... ., _ Leipzig to lecture on the history of the I " l V , 1 V n ?I on ' ,,u * American constitution. Emperor Wli- Mom stat* liam has issued strict Instructions that his son. Prince August Wllhelnt. is an undergraduate ut ponn, should attend the lectures. male violin maker in the father Is known Internationally for his skill In the same line of work. The girl has just completed her fourth v to- 1 Iln. ail of them being of excellent work- j (tranship and unusually fine ton**. Jat Great Edward Mellon, oldest survivor of tli«*' | D g Lady Elgin disaster, died in Milwaukee singed i Hill, president of the Northern railroad. takes immense pleasure in retailing that he cut the first stencil uml marked the first Parrel of flour ever maim fartured in Minneapolis. This was in tsil* or 1* '. when he was agent f.»r a line of freight steamers running on tin* Mississippi. The particular stencil was kepi by the mill any fo at last The recent invitations for bids on cutlety rot- the British army are prob ably rtnong the largest ever specified. These tendets include 300,000 table knives. 2‘Ri.uQO table forks and 70.000 clasp knives, containing u can opener uml a spike. The patterns for the knives and folks ure of the all-steel varietv nip.de In a single piece ground by machinery. * There’s something I don’t like about Maud.” “Merc}', what Is it, George?” “Bill Smith’s arm.”—Washington Times. PALMETTO EXILES TO GIVE SMOKER A smoker will be given at the Kim ball Monday night at 7:30 o’clock by the South Carolina Society. Colonel Sam Wllles, president of the society, will address the meeting in the absence of Hon. John Temple Graves, who was called away to New York. No special program has been arranged. BABY ELEPHANT BORN ON THE TRAIN; IS NAMED QUITMAN Special to The Georgian. Quitman, Ga., Dec. 10.—Probably the first baby elephant born In Georgia In a long time was one which arrived hile Sun Brothers* circus train was en route from Camilla to Quitman Saturday morning. The little elephant is lively and the show people believe that they will have no trouble 1m rais ing him. They have named the baby lephant Quitman, in honor of Quit- nan, his birthplace. COUNCILMEN ELECTED BY CITY OF HARTWELL. Special to The Georgian. Hartwell, Ga., Dec. 10.—The annual election for members of the city coun- was held Saturday, which resulted in the unanimous election of Hon, .fumes H. Skelton and Colonel J. D. Matheson, who will serve for a term of three years. They succeed J. II. Hodges and Clarence Linder, who, for a number of years, have served the city faithfully. They were not candidates re-election. president nnd general manager of the Seaboard Air Line, who, together with a number of high officials of that sys tem, arrived In this city Saturday night in a special train from Birmingham. immediately after their arrival the officials went to tho Piedmont, after which they were guests of K. T. Brown, a well-known local attorney, nt a din ner at the Capital City Club. A num ber of prominent Atlantans were /In troduced to the officials on this occa sion and impressions were made that will tend to bring Atlanta more prom Inently In the minds of the officials in the future. Mr. Garrett appeared to be greatly impressed with the Importance, the metropolitan atmosphere and tlie on- ergy of the Gate City of the South. The new general manager showed that he was thoroughly conversant with mat ters pertaining to both the freight and passenger departments and in fils talks with both freight and passenger offi cials proved fils knowledge of detail. General Manager Garrett did not wait for dt hived carriages Sunday morning, and after an early breakfast started out on foot to inspect the Seaboard’s shops. The special train left about 7:30 o'clock Sunday morning on Its way to Ports mouth. The party Included General .Mana ger Garrett. General Superintendent C. H. Nix, General Passenger Agent C. P. Ryan, General Freight Agent C. It. Cupps, Division Superintendent J. M. Shea, Birmingham; Assistant General Freight Agent J. G. Cantrell. Superin tendent of Motive Power R. P. C. San derson. Assistant General Passenger Agent W. E. Christian, Assistant Gen eral Freight Agent J. A. Pride. SPEAKER'S PLATFORM FALLS WITH CROWD PLEADS EOR CLERKS Wants More Help and La- creased Pay in His Department. Washington. Dec. 1)).—“We have reached the point where we have got »,> have system, or the department ur.i oe swamped." It was In these emphatic terms that Ellhu Hoot, secretary of state, put the case to the house committee on appli cations when he appeared before iha* .body to ask additional employees and higher salaries In the legislative, ex ecutive and Judicial application bin f or the department of the state. He was asking for an Increase of twenty In the clerical sendee and s*pe. lally an Increase of fourteen for spe cific reform In Indexing papers nnd correspondence in connection with the work of the department Referring to Ills wish for Increases In the salaries of eight bureau chiefs in the depart ment. Mr. Root suld: “The pot Is boiling all the time, and the questions are increasing constantly, and the work that Is pressing up*.n these bureaus and bureau chiefs is in creasing correspondingly; and we have got there a set of men most of vhunu are men of first-grade ability. They arc men who ought to be, If they were out In a profession, making from flw- to twenty times what they are getting in the department. Of course, we cannot regulate our government salaries upon such a consideration as that, but we do think these men ought to be put on as good a basis as the men who hold sim ilar positions In the other departments of the government." REV. SAM W. SMALL Sam W. Small, one of Hi- bust known Journalists In the South. Is now tb* pastor of the FgHston Methodist Episcopal hurch nt Washington ami Fulton street**, and when he preached Ids ltdHal *wiwu Sunday morning on “The Creators of Mob*" It was a large congregation which filial the church to hear hliu. At the recent session of tie* Georgia Methodist conference, held in Atlanta. Bishop Cranston left authority for the ap pointment of a minister to the. KgcHion church and selected Mr. Small for tie* p!n<*\ Acting under these Instructions. Presiding Ham or the Methodist church hen he was ordained. Mr. Small Is a graduate of Ki Shin* ISS'J, ty him hy the Ohio Normal University. II*' D only an eloquent speaker but a bril liant and versatlf*^writer os well. MOTION FOR TRIAL TO BE HEARD WEDNESDAY New York, Dec. 10.—An immense He brew mas* meeting In Durland’a Riding Academy last night nearly ended In a panic when part of the speaker's platform collupsed, dipping Jacob IT. Schlff, tho presiding officer, and ubout forty other persons In a heap on the tanbark floor. The meeting was called for the pur pose of welcoming to this country Dr. Shmaruhu Lewln, a Hebrew member m the late Uoumu. and a leader of Ills people in Russia. Dr. Lewln was among the persons who wont down with the? platform, as were Cyrus L. Sulzberger and Congressman Uoldfogle. One or two of tho women shrieked, but the crowd that went down was, on the whole, calm. BARRETT SLATED FOR DIRECTORSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL BE ADOPTED. Special to The Georgian. Hartwell, Ga., Dec. 10.—Hon. J. Lcuird and Mayor \Y. T. Johnson w Saturday’s election unanimously it-n a** trustees of Hartwell Institute for the next three y?ar*. A vote Is to be taken in the early pring on public schools and the strong sentiment which Prevails here n«»iv in dicates that the public school system will be adopted ill Hartwell, us has al ready been done by a number of the tate’s progressive cities and towns. The office boy had pled the first page by dropping the form down two flights of stair**. "I wish,” murmured tlu» gentle editor, “that >ou had broken the news more gently.’*—Judge. five than It did years ago." sold the man who com plains. "Yes.” answered the man who enjoy* modern conveniences; "but It’s worth more."—Washington Star. BRANCH ANNOUNCES FOR CITY RECORDER. S|*«m ut The iteorgian. Austin Mlliject W-I i annouBe***! Iilnnw»li •eonler «f the city PHH the firm meeting ttiiuHi for l»7. Mr. I.rau«-li i» ; \ouog attorney of Aueumn ni fi'i«n*i<« here who would like \ •ee him ►ecure the office, lie has the in •l<>r*eiiiciii of n large number of ih** mein l*er« of th-* AugiiM’.u I*ar :*ti*l will make .i strong fight .igalu»t the in<mu ben i, C. A. I’lcqut L of Augusta, of the city welt known t ha* many uin**b to Washington, Dec, 10.—John Barrett, American minister to Colombia, will be elected to the office of director of the bureau -of American republics, to succeed William C. Fox, whose term of office expires shortly. The Mate department some time ago recommended Mr. Barrett for the of fice, the recommendation being op posed by some of the LatIn-American diplomats who were desirous of having the office go to a Central or South American. Sp*> Hal to Thu Georgian. Augusts, Ga.. Dec. 10.—The motion for x new trial lu the cn*o of J. II. Sbarptuu. who was eohvleted In the superior court last month on the charge of shooting young Walter McDonald, ii little hoy. while the latter was In Hhnrpton’s watermelon pa till ls>»t July, and which resulted In the l>oy n- rolrlnff Wounds in the even ihnt will render him sightless forever, will be heard Wednes day. The Jury which tried Sharp ton found him guilty of shooting the McDonald hoy. but recommended that the offense he classed as a misdemeanor. Judge llittuniond *•- cepted the reconiiiieiidntiou of the Jury, hut gave I he extreme |»ennlty for u misde meanor, which Is six months In Jail, twelve months on the public works and a fine <>r $1,000. Attorneys for Sharpton at once gave notice that they would appeal for a near trial. BOBBY AT THE HORSE SHOW. By WILLIAM K. KIRK. i! I Well, I Kent again last uitc. wud newer go again but my. Pa went m I was following In Fnthora footsteps. when we go* Inside- after I'a tnlk***l a long time to u man A tosld him he v..i* with n newspaper^-we went around the ring, looking nt the various aites. As Dr r.s the eye end see thnre was a array *’f bewildering hivllness to the left A right, wiiiiuieii, wiuimen everywhere A not s plala to hide. My son, sed I'a, this teaches us that **e shod not allow wiimuen (b rime supi‘*m- beer we are nt a llorse Show* hot whan* are the horses, than* Is nothing but Prince** gowns Ac Itivly ladles talking about eech >maus pints Is ut liomn. your deer Mother Is. putting the »sby to sleap. It is ever thus, s***l Ik*, hand that rocks tho cradle rules the wind the hand that buys the cradle g*»’s the llorse Show. . Ilttcl pony Jest then A I Sf ' O Pa, wont you buy him for me Ac l a Why yerti for a steed when Mister Belmoin hns ubwny ? se*l I’a. among the nine liad on '*e A she laid on n fine Purls g 1 Inlaid with a belt A U7 tsIjty-A'vein i illmonds A peris nnd fit her Jn • Jules SOUVENIR CALENDAR FOR HOLIDAY ti! FT The new souvenir calendar of At lanta which has just been placed rain in many leading stores is one of the handsomest ever issued, and will no doubt be a popular gift for the holi days. The views of the city which adorn each page are new and interest ing. and the calendar will appeal to the business man for Its plain black figures as much as to the lover of the artistic. The cover Is a handsome design, show ing the gate*j of the city- in gray and gold, and the whole Is encased* in a neat 1k>x for mailing. N., C. £ ST. L. RAILWAY HAS NEW OFFICES Attractive quaiters have been cMab- Ifahed In the Century building for the general offices of General Pussengd Agent Charles E. Harman, of the West, m f*nd Atlantic rid t»*e Xa*d»vll!e, Chattanooga nnd Ht. I»ui*. The rooms have been fitted up with mahogany fur- nthings nr.d the offices are as iian«l- eome as any In the Souits. After all. seil Pa, what is a Horse Hi* it Is n body of tnnhnrk surrounded hy inllyun dollars worth of dresses. t**c“ an- h**er, tomorrow we,nr *1 \ " Sick Transit Gjnrla Monday. lu Youkei se*l to Pa Do you know any *»f th‘-‘ s '* people A Pa sed O yes, see that mer tiler** behind Ills wife? He "" l forty t$rn dollars. Also, sed Pa, thao Is Sllster Jungle of Chicago, him used to go to school together A n» is beer looking at the horses so h* forget about all the |nn»r old tows In* lu the tMitifnt Western city by the Ink* that was’ the limit A my Paw knows in the grate calm of Life THIS DATE IX HISTORY. DECEMBER 10. Ifol—Slr thigh Myihieltoti diet/. 1793—'Timothy riekerlng, of Massaehu-** became secretary uf-state un* •wn'inrj »ii -nmn-. .. lMw—l.eo|K>l*I II ascended throne of glum. , .. 1869— National negro lal*or convention la Washington. . 1874—Destructive fire nt Charleston. " ISM— Financial panic in Newfoundim • government resign*'!. 1S39—British l"*i heavily in tin*ucce**o"i . tempt to carry Boer |*osltb;'“