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. , M* PHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN - , SfO.vnAT, DECEMBER it, ins. Published Evtry Aftarnoon lExcppt Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 25 Wfit Ainhama St.. Atlanta, Ga. Subscription Rates. one V«*r Six Months , Thra* Month* H* rnrrlor. Por Wank.. I.nn* *fl*tniM*«* tonnlnnl*. cllne nil <li*pnrtnx nts. retentntlveu (or nil territory outeu Georgia. Chicago Offlre ,.TrHmn»* fll*l«. Sen York Office.. Potter Hltlf. If rdn Imve nny trouble getting TIIK •SEORGIA.V. telephone the Circulation Department nml have It promptly rent* edled. Telephone*: Hell 4'/.7 Msltt. Atlanta 4401. It It desirable that nil cmntnunle*. tlon* Intended for iMildlratlmi In TUB GEORGIAN’ be limited to 403 irords In length. It I* Imnerntlre that they be •IgiMMl. n* on evldeiun- of good fnllb. tliouch the nntiie* will lie withheld If requested. Rejected umiuftcrlpts will not be returned unless stniupa are spot for the purpose. . own* It* waterworks. Other cities do ibt* ami .get gaa ns low a* *> cent*, with a pnihf to the «|fy. This should t*e done rtf once. The Heorglan he* lleve* Hint If street rnllwnys can be operated surretafnlly by K it r o p e :i n eftbm. a* they are. then* is no good reason why thee call hot lie so operated here. Hut we do not liellere this can be done now. nud It may be some years before we #h» ready for *n Idg au un dertaking. (Mill Atlanta should Ml Its fan* in tint direction NOW. The Joy of Giving. To every well leni|x>recl roan or wo man a warmer glow cornea In Riving than In receivin'! In thla season when heart anrl purse atrln«a are looted. Hut the hardeat tiling to do la the wlaeat—to temper our giving with res ton and moderation. Thn.-e who (peed the gift with only the thought of intrinalc value, and thoae who seek only the price tag on the. gift, nilaa the whole spirit of the thing. Giving which la btirdenaome and the straining of reijoiircea la not wise or sensible. It lend* to the sweetest and holiert anniversary a tinge of commercialism that roba It of Its beau ty and ita deeper significance. For the little once, for the poor and heart tore, for the inalmod and crip pled, for the hosts whose lives are sor rowful or barren we should come with gifts. To these It lightens the bur dens, sweetens and sanctifies the sor rows and brings sparkling sunshine to Illumine the dark way. Put back of your giving heart tliroba and It will dll you to tho brim with happiness. You will sen the Inward meaning of the day on which was giv en to the world Ita greatest gift—the Lowly Nata retie. Perhaps those Brownsville negro troopers are still kicking just to show.that they are qualified for |x>*|. tlons upon some university football After Senator llcverldfge abolishes Child labor, he can earn the lasting gratitude of many by aliollahlng labor for some of ua who are no longer chil dren. Alfred Austin In a recent poem ex presses a wish to "perish with the tword." We have Always suspected that Alfred's aword would be mightier than his pen. Is the Oame Worth the Oandle? Not long ago an ex-oongretaoian vis ited Washington on prlvato business. He looked on the game there front a new viewpoint. Now. lie was simply • spectator, one of those for whom legislation was being enacted or not as the caee might nte. H« cante away thoroughly content with hla decision to retire. Whatever of regret he might have felt at drat was entirely absent after a week's look-in as a private citizen and not aa a cog In the legislative machinery. While there a congressman who bad been In harness half a century and had- grown hoary In the public service told of the pathos of auch a mah: "You quit before It was too late to pick up the threads of your profes sion and gain a competence again. You ware wiser than moat of ua. Would that I'd have had some wisdom of that kind. I have been re-elected for another term. If I live to the end of that, and-I am still vigorous menially and physically, I will be 75 years old. “I have grown very weary of It all here, and long for rest. Rut I cannot afford It. I have saved nothing from my salary and my position In the par- ty has precluded outside work to aug ment my pay aa a congressman. I am too old now to attempt to build up a business outside I have many loved one* dependent on me, and I must pro vide for them. "From the viewpoint of the world, perhaps I am a successful man. I have been returned to the halls of congress by my dlitrict eleven times; I bar* been honored by party with Impor tant places of trust; tny name la at tached to many measures of national importance; my name la frequently heard In the party councils. "But to my own mtnd I have come to the gear and yellow days a failure la the biggest and best senae of the word. What can 1 do now! I am de pendent absolutely on my constituency for bread for myself and the loved ones. The people have been very good to me, and t have been faithful to them. Hut age will begin to bow me down In a few year* at the moat. Then won't they turn me out aa the worn down hack horse and place a younger steed In my place? “In the nature of things I have naught else to expect, and f presume It la right. But my case Is pitiable after all. I am tied to the wheel with out power to release myself until it crushes me.” What food for profound reflection In this simple story! But how few will heed It. WHERE NEW YORK LEADERS ARE DEVELOPED. (Kdltorlal Correspondence by John Temple Graves.) The keenest politician! In this great political commonwealth are theac shifty "up state" fellows who for three decades have furnished the leaders and the constructive brains to both factions In state and na tional nffalrs. ' * We in the South are accustomed to look on Tammany Hall, with Its vast machine, aa the center, the director and the Inspiration of elective victories In New York, and upon Ita bosses and aachema aa the men who furnish the bralna and win the battles of every contest In the state. This Is a mistake. Tammany la an office holding organization, held to gether by the cohesive power of spoils, and yielding that perfect discipline which comes from the constant expectation of personal reward. Its obe dience and Its solidarity may be counted upon to win a municipal victory In tho inctroixills whenever there Is not a spasm of civic virtue or a wave of municipal reform. Hut Tnmmany has not developed the great leaders of New York poli tics. It has had few really gVeat politicians In Its ranks—In fact only one. In these two generations there has been only one great and maaterful man who has ruled In absolute sway over the great society founded by Aaron Hurr. John Kelly had some great points and he was brave and hnneal ns any man who has figured In lla history. But he was never absolute. t The only man who ever held Tammany—wigwam and tribe—In the hollow of his hand, was Richard Croker! He ruled like au emperor, lie led like a conqueror. He was believed In aa one Inspired, and he was obeyed ns slaves obey a master under the laah. This waa [fie man that defeated Hearat for agovernor. Ten years after hla abdication, hla voice In a single sentence sent across the seas, had more compelling force than Murphy's official command a dozen times.repeated—and Tammany Hall obeying Its old leader rather than Its new and discredited chief, laid Ha knife fo the vitals of the best Democrat and the truest reformer thkt ever had a right to expect Ita votes. That Richard Croker by himself and In a single telegram defeated William Randolph Hearat In now an accepted fact by all the astute poli ticians in the state. Roosevelt and Root had little to do with it. The shrewdest Republicans up state think that the people really resented the president's Interference In state nffalrs, and Root's Speech drove votes to Hcnrst Hint would hnve gone for Hughes. They call to witness the fact that Hearat'a vote outside In the atatS waa far In advance of other candidates on his ticket, and that he polled more than his party’s sup port above the Harlem. Then turning to the city where Tammany gave Chanter 140.000 majority and Hearat only 80,000, we see that Tammany cut tbe Democrat ic candidate by BO.tMO votes, and thereby cut him out of the Substantial victory that, with Chanter's vote, would have been hla. But 1 am diverging. It 1a so easy to diverge. I was talking about the leaders and the famous politicians of the state, and I waa aaytng that Tammany had not produced them. Count out Croker, and Tammany hns been nlmost barren of such products, while the "up state" has sent down to both parties In Albany and New York a notable line of leaders and astute political managers. Front Klmira came David H. Hill, than whom thp Democracy of the Umpire State has known no more accom plished politician. From Tioga came Thomas E. Platt, who for nearly two decades held tho Republican party at hla will. From Buffalo came blue-eyed Billy Sheehan, disciple of lllll and afterward the fierce und capable adversary of hla master. From Utica came Odell, whom It took the most redoubtable of presidents to unhorse. From Buffalo came the lllasella and from Buffalo mlw halt Norman E. Mack and M. F, Connors, who, outside of the city, are the rulers of the state Democracy. There la too much of the machine and too little of the Individual In city politics to develop leaders and staleaniett, and If an observer or a student wishes to know the facts and tho philosophy of New York, he must cross the Harlem and go up state to And It. I had a dinner given mo last night by a Joint and charming com pany of eminent Republicans and eminent Democrats. There was a Re publican supreme court Judge and a Democratic leader of state wide re pute. The conversation was general and free, and of course I have no notion of giving names or of repeating personal confidences. I am not built of the stuff of n Bellamy 8torer. Ihit I may sar without reserve that I was nmazed at the reaction nRalnst Roosevelt which was made manifest In the Republican party of New York. The president's popularity has gone-and It has dwindled to pltirul proportions In hla own slate. Thsre can be no mistake about thla. Wherever else Sir. Roosevelt may retain hla hold, he baa undoubtedly fallen In Die graces of his own state. Several causes have combined to tiring this about. Tho president la very much of an autocrat. He la also very much of a politician. He has never lifted hla hand from the ltd of New York state politics. And this seems to have been a great mistake. There are scores of leading politician! of hla party who have personal grievances agstnst him.. There are scorea of othara who have heard stories of Ids political Unease which reflect seriously upon hi* candor and sincerity. There are scores of other Republicans who seriously distrust hla Democratic tendencies, who declare that he has stolen Bryan'a liv ery and It wearing It without sincerity, and there be they who distrust and fear his economic creeds, and are eager for a more atalwart and standard Republican. This fa not a Democratic view alone, but la freely expreaed by some of the moat stalwart Republicans In the state. Out of It comes the view that even If Roosevelt should be “over- liersuaded" to run again for president In 1908 he would be likely to lose New York to any popular Democrat opposed to him. It Is confldently be lieved that the combination of Bryan with Hearat supporting him, could win against Roosovelt and Root or any other member of hla cabinet. The Bellamy Storer incident has hurt the president. He has not conducted It with dignity, lie has called Storer a liar, just aa he called Senator Chandler a liar In the rate debate, and both Mr. and Mrs. Storer arc united with Archbishop Ireland In teatlfylng that the president told Bellamy Storer to do what he by hlmaelf positively declares he did not lell Bellamy Storer to do. Storer'* violation of confidence, bate at It la, doe* not relievo the president of Inconsistency. And ao the outlook Is brightening for nryan and the Democratic hoat. ( New York likes Bryan personally. It has teen him accorded In Ita great garden hall the. greatest ovation ever given a eltlien, and It believes him now sincere and honest and is willing to trust him with the reins. The whole host of Republican orators can't scare the people about Bryan any more. It looks to m<* now as If we might really win In 1908. I am racing homeward with this letter, and I am not going away any more. Ralamanca, K. Y., Dec. 14. GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES OF VALUE TO SPECULATORS. It ts an old and trite saying that "there are two sides to all ques tions." It could also be said that if all questions were left to tbe two sides directly Interested they could be easily settled In a satisfactory manner In quick order. More especially does this apply to commercial matters—that Is, buyers and sellers. At present the question ss to whether or not the estimates of tbe gov ernment as to tbe number of bales of cotton • produced by tbe farmers of the South for the year ending August 31, Is of benefit to the producer. Some claim they are of benefit, while others claim they are not. The claim that they are of benefit I* a* yet to be proven, and that there are good and sufficient reasons that they are Injurious to the pro ducer Is a fact-well known. There are two classes of our people directly Interested In the price of cotton—the producer and tbe spinner. The demand must emanate from the spinner. The producer should furnish the supply. Prices should be fixed by these two forces—supply and demand, the law that governs all commodities. There Is another element to reckon with In the fixing of prices of the South'* staple product—Ihe (peculator. He apparently holfli "the balance of power;” a shrewd manipulator of figures and In the end the power that the producer la forced to look to for the price at which to sell hla cotton. "He la the middle man—"go between" the spinner and producer, and the ease with which he can befuddle the brain of the Southern farmer Is known to some of the more prosperous of this class of our best citizens. Some Instances are known where he haa got the best of the spinfler He deals In figures mostly; bases his advice as to when to buy or. sell cotton on figures. Occasionally to cinch his argument he will funtlsh a few pictures to prove his figures do not lie. Government figures are the speculator's hobby. They carry weight, because they are Issued by a disinterested (?) government department. They are of sufficient frequency to keep him busy the entire time from the "Intention" of the farmer as to how many acres he Intends to devote to cotton to the final out-turn of the crop These reports come In rapid suc cession—weekly, semi-monthly, monthly and annually. If urged It Is pos sible the government would Issue a semi-weekly report. The'fact that the government estimate Is Invariably enormously un derestimated la known to the entire cotton trade, and It Is this feature that makes them worse than useless aa a factor for better prices. In commenting on the estimate of the government on last Tuesday The New York Commercial aaya; . "In the past government estimates have been very Incorrect, but In spite of thla they do not seem to lose their speculative value. A bitter protest from both the North and the South against thla sort of manipulation has gone up for years, and while It haa never had any effect ao far, some bets were made yesterday that the report would be the last of Its kind ever Issued.” The following figures show the government guesses and the crops In past years. Crop 1897-1898 . Crop 1898-1899 Crop 1899-1900 . Crop 1900-1901 . Crop 1901-1902 Crop 1902-1903 Crop 1903-1904 Crop 1904-1905 . TAX OFFICIALS MAY LOSE PLACES IE NOT CAREFUL t'nfetc a large nuinlfor of th* newly elected tax collator* und tax receiver# get hu*jr at once, there promise* to be on tonlthlug number* »f vactnclei In inch of- flees about Jfliittsrjr 1. Under the law, such official* are •julrM to hare on file with the comptroller general, by January I, their atafe bonds. Though the election wna held In October, only about twenty tax collectors and ceitert hnve filed their Imnd*. Tlie law la mandatory about filing Imnds lyr January 1. Unless tbe official* have theae iKtiid* In the comptroller general'* office l»y January I. 1937, they stand lia ble to hare their offices vacated. * Tli»*c who do not eoniply hare no au tboWty to i‘olleft taxes, ami If they -* without filing tha bond, they are to punishment as for a misdemeanor. General Wright has no idea why the of flclala harp been so dilatory In attending to this important matter. lie urges them to come forward with the bonds at once ‘ order to save trouble. December Actual Est. of Dept. Outturn. 9,100,000 11,181,000 . 10,000,000 11,235,000 . 8,900,000 9,440,000 100,100,000 10.425,000 . 9,074,000 10,701,000 . 10,417,000 10,758,000 . 9,962.000 10,124,000 . 12,168,000 13.667,000 10.167,000 11,320,000 . 12,546,000 ? a pinning their faith. The only question, they claim, Is how many bales must be added to arrive at the actual outturn this Reason. Tho figures show that by adding 1,011,000 balea to the estimate the 1904 05 bumper .yield will be equalled, and by adding the difference between the estimate and actual outturn, tho crop will be 18,935.000 balea. So figure the bears In supplying figures for the Interrogation point under the actual outturn heading. These figures are apptfentiy bearish—have been used with bearish effect, but there Is a possibility the estimate this season will be nearer correct than any here tofore Issued due to the fact that different methods were employed 111 arriving at the figures published. If thla be true, the prices for cotton are "dragging bottom," as tbe enormous consumptive demand will absorb tbe entire crop at prices better than now current. Do Your Shopping Early. With Christmas about a week off, it may not be out of place to suggest to those who Intend making purchases to ■hop early. There are several excellent reason* why you should take advantage of the earliest opportunity to aelect presents, Chlefest ot these la the fact that by ao doing you take a burden from the shoulder* of the young women clerks. Don't wait until the last minute to attend to your shopping. If you do, you make one of a crowd which will compel these clerks to stand all day while endeavoring to make salea of the goods which you want to buy. Be comlderate. Thla la the time of year when you ought to be doing something to make other* happy. You can make a whole lot of people happy by shopping now. If you Intend to make your pur chases Immediately, you avoid the crowd* and have a better chance to make your selections deliberately and with some degree of eatlafactlon, not only to yourself but to tbe persons who Walt upon you. So, do your shopping early. Twenty persons In thla country fell from balloons during thla year. Con sidering the fact that thla haa been a political year, these casualties are very few. OF COURSE WE WILL. To the Editor of The Georgian: In the month of May The Atlanta Georgian tvas kind enough to publish an editorial entitled, "An Appeal From Clouded Minds." which wns an appeal for contributions to the Georgia State Sanitarium Library, which I am happy to say brought us many contributions of valuable books, magazines, papers, etc. It speaks well for The Atlanta Georgian that the editorial-appeal waa copied In many papers of the state, and Influenced distant papers to place the library on Ita "complimentary" list, such as The Brooklyn Dally Eagle, The Electrical Age, The Electrical World, The Technical World Magazine, The Forum, etc., which come to the library as donations. In addition to the eloquent editorial of the Hon. John Temple Graves, you placed The Georgian on our "compli mentary" lift. The wrapper doe* not aay for how long a time, as the wrapt, per of the above papers and magaztnez do for the year 1907. We therefore respectfully request that the time be extended, or the “renewal" be made for the year 1107. and have the addreee changed from "N. Maddox" to "Libra ry Georgia State Sanitarium,” for It haa sometimes been placed In mall for my family In town, whereas. I am out two mile* from Mtlledgevtlle. Very truly yours, N. MADDOX. Librarian. Mllledgevllle, Ga. NOT YET CERTAIN The fate of the prnpnfHl whisky nwilji Hons will be In tbe hand* of council Mon day afternoon. The report of tbe apectiil police commit' tee, recummeudlng there regulations, trill be adopted, but not by n unanltuoua rote. There la decided opposition to tin? plan. Some there nro who favor tho original port, which fixed n llccnae nt 92,0)0 lust of 11,903, and provided that no onltvon could be established until tbe population had been Incresaed to 150,000 limtend of 120,000. It !• possible that the report will In* changed by council before It I* adopted. Anyway, there Is atire to be lively d‘ alon. . If council adopt* the report It*;fate will even then be not finally and positively ■Ti tled. For there I* the innyor. Mayor Woodward has not said he would veil “ ordinance, and uelther haa T Ut\ salt would approve It. » It Is well known that Mayor Woodward .lews are not entirely In hccord with some of the provisions In the ordinance drawn tip by tbe special police committee. NEW RAILROAD IS. GRANDTED A CflA RTER Secretary of Staty Cook granted a char ter tfnturday morning to the Abbeville and Northwestern Mnllromi Company. The rond Is to be 5) mile* In length, beginning nt Ahlwvlllc, and ending At Fort Valley, traversing Pulaski. Dooly and Hous ton counties. Tbe cnpltn! stock I* to be *130,000, and the principal offices In Abbeville. Iucorporn tors are J. !,. Bankston, J. ft. Mon Hal !*nw*on and others. OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The Evening Georgian has sounded a popular chord In It* light for better school houses. It I* to be n-ngrntulated for It* gal lant entry Into this fight and every encouragement should be given the pa per to continue the hntile until every child It provided with n tent In our •choola—and further, a seat In a house lit for aueh purpose*. The Journal of Imbor has long been In this fight nnd will continue to be until the end Is achieved. A few months ago this paper con talned an editorial upon the eubjecl and attracted the nttentlon of a mem ber ut council who In open meeting read It. nnd followed with a resolution calling for the appointment of a com mittee to perform thla duty. The com mittee watted <>n the editor and the feet* were gone over—and—that waa the last. There f* not enough school room. The achnola we hnve with the ex ception of m few buildings are not what they ehould be and council should now and at once proceed to erect suitable school buildings. The wage earner of Atlanta In the end paya all the taxes and-God know* he should have the opportunity of tending hla child to a decent school building. The Lee Street school Is a veritable old shark of a barracks and an eyesore to Weit End. Walker street school looks a* though It were the habitation of bats and owls. The Marietta Street school house Is a death trap. I jet the new council get down to business and give the people more school houses nnd better ones.—Jour nal of Labor. By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. New York. Dec. 17.—The society woman and the pet dog have been a long familiar pall- In the park, but I hear now that a new fad Is slowly com. Ing Into vogue, whereby the dog has the brougham and the park all to him self. Several prominent women send their doggies out driving unaccompanied; the girls who don’t own carriages even ordering hansoma at certain hours dal ly that their dogs may "enjoy" an airing. One observer say* that In the park on Sunday he saw no less than ten hansoma unoccupied save by a bulldog Boston terrier. Pomeranian, Blenheim' of Yorkshire in all hit slver-coated glory. Mr. nnd Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Jr„ have sailed on the Kron Prlnz Wilhelm. In Southampton they will he met by the duchess of Marlborough and from there they go to the Medlter. rnnenn, where they will board the yacht Valiant for a three months' cruise In the Mediterranean. Attorned General .Moody haa taken an apartment for two years at the I'onnectlcut, In Washington, and Is having the drawing room and the tun ing room changed to meet the require ments of entertaining; Miss Moody, hla slater, la stilt his guest. The United 8tates geographical sur vey commission, which has been work. Ing at Cape Elizabeth, believes that a gas plant altunted tin the recently dis covered Cape Elizabeth peat hog could pipe Its gas to Portland, forming the purpose of converting the power Into electricity and transmit that. Colonel Charles Anderson, of Ander son, S. C.. who haa the biggest mus tache In his state, called on the presi dent n few days ngo. They hnd met once before, when the president was visiting Charleston, ami Colonel An derson was a member of the reception urfinlttee. "Do you grow such Whisker* In South Carolina phosphate?" risked Mr. Roose. vcit on that occasion. When they met at the white house Inst week Colonel Anderson Inquired: "Do you remem ber me, Mr. President?" The president said: "I certainly know that mustache." and then he recalled the circumstances of the first meeting. J. D. Rockefeller, Jr., advised the un married members of the Bible class nt the Fifth Avenue Baptist church to be extremely careful when picking out wives for themselves. The young mil lionaire, In his Impressive tones, de clared that marriage Is a decidedly se rious thing, nnd that m»n must give It serious consideration. In the audi ence were n dozen or so gray-halred bachelors, anti they -were considerably heereri by their leader's utterances. A man's wife has Much to do with success In life." snltl Mr. Rocke feller. "Many men hnve ruined their prospects In life by Inking the wrong sort of n wife. Some men hnve picked out wive* only for their Thoney. They have reullzed Ister on that It was a huge mistake. I want to say to you. nnd 1 w ish to make It as strong a* I enn, that a man must he sure to se- leot fer Ills t|fe partner n woman whose temperament Is like hi* own. “If he does not. his wife will he most apt. In time, to lake him from hk# nat ural business tendencies. She may think he would do better In some other sphere, and unwittingly Influence him to take a step that will mean his busi ness ruin. I wont you unmarried men to consider this seriously. Don't marry woman who I* not In full sympathy with your ideals. She will be a con stant handlrap to you. It la easy for ft woman to make or mar the success of her husband. Don't marry ft woman simply be cause she Is prsttv. t’ommon sense la what counts. If you get the right kind nt a wife, you will be greatly heii-ed. If you don't, you would be better off Ithout one." Germans complain that William II baa too many Americanism!. Per haps that man la really better than tome of ua hare been thinking. The “ Child'i Playground. ” It Is peculiarly appropriate In con nection with the present agitation for better school facilities and an enlarg ed equipment of our educational sys tem, that Prof. Henry 8. Curtis, of New York, should lecture tonight In the Y. M. C. A. hall on "The Play ground In the Life of Children." Professor'Ctirtls Is an expert student along all forms of child itnd educa tional life. He considers the question from the broadest and moat compre hensive view, and we cannot Imagine that any subject at this time could be more interesting, either to thoae who have children of their own or those who have In charge other people'* children In educational Institutions. We sincerely trust that Professor Curtis' ctuertaiamest way be liber- // ally' patronised, and that both Intel lectual profit and some wholesomely enlarged Ideas may be received by thoae people public and private who attend the meeting. Statistician* say that tbe average $1 bill lasts sixteen months. Nona of our $1 bills, then, are of the average kind. Spain haa some nice, new warshlpe. If she wishes to keep them nice and new, she should carefully refrain from war. The ship subsidy bill It again be fore congress. There seems no way to ship a bill that calie for a subsidy. The Pullman company's surplus ot $26,000,000 teems to Indicate that the porters have to turu in their tips. Wall street's regret at Shaw's going out Is tbe only thing that reconciles the country to the thought of Cortel you ss secretary of the treasury- senator Cullom favors tariff revis ion. That wily statesman I* willing to revise anything except Illinois' rep resentation In the senate. Count Bonl owes only 14,000.000. Considering the opportunity that he had. It doesn't seem that Bonl It such s great financier after all. Although 09 banks were chartered in Georgia during 1900. getting enough money for Christmas shopping teems to ha Just ss bard aa ever. It'a Joa Bailey, not Bill Bailey, whom those Texans are tinging to to come home. Money may be easy, but the trouble la that the man who baa It lan’t. Souvenir Calendars. The souvenir calendars of Atlanta, which havt been on rale In the leading stores for the pest week, are hsvlng a rapid sate and promise to become one of the moot popular gifts of the holiday season. LA W AND ORDER LEAGUE IS INDORSED BY LABOR THIS DATK. IN HISTORY. DECEMBER 17. -John Oreenlent Wblttltr, American -ffimjamlrfw. Croirulnahltld, of Mat*** chiiartts, Ifocouie aacratnry ot too 1*49—Unplain Klrhnrd Wn In Wright, U. B. Nt I*>rn. ’ . _ IMS—Th«> Union troop* occupied Bnttio Hour*. I.*. Jay Gould restored $8,000,000 worth «’f ty to Brie — • of peace. firat tlaie *ln«*e January. IM£ Utf5-I*r*«l8l#iit Cleveland *ent to confffe** hi* memorable meawtfH on Wnexueln. IMS— Baron Ferdinand de Hothschlld died. Horn IMS. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM We notice from the dally press that a law and order league ha* been formed in Atlanta with many prominent cltl- sers enrolled ts members. We'presume these gentlemen hsvlng In view at all times the Interests of At lanta deemed the step necessary; tlltt such an organisation Is needed. We know them to be gentlemen of In fiuence In this community: we know that they love Atlanta as they do their lives,' and their affection for her inter ests Is as keen as their love ot family ties. They are gentlemen who are among the foremost In pushing the city's In terests and on all occasions among the leaders In performing deeds redounding to her worth and prosperity. * The Journal of Labor Is In thorough accord with all movements that make for peace and harmony, and for thla particular organisation and the person nel that make up It* membership we have the highest regard and respect. We could not be otherwise and be true to the union* we represent and tha principles the organisations stand for. The organised workman who la not loyal to the Interests of Atlanta and the preservation ot Ita Institutions, and la not In arcord with the law and order element of the community. Is not true to the principles of the organisation of which he la a member. This much can truthfully be said of organised labor of Atlanta, that in tts ranks are men whose claims for good cltlttashlp are not surpassed by any; men whose characters are unimpeach able and Whose children are an orna ment and add a pride to the city; men wbote character and skill and Intelli gence mark them a valuable asset to Atlanta. These men love their families and Atlanta, nnd would not yield a Jot In their love and fealty for our beloved city and her peace, happiness and good name to any class of men within her border*. Within the ranks of organised labor ran be found men of all shades of polit ical and religious opinions, but In one thing they all agree, and that It the right* of alt mankind without regard to race, creed or color. Theae men are of the Industrial class —men who know nothing but labor and believe absolutely in labor’s rights— ever striving to better Its condition and Improving the material and Intellectual life of the worker. The labor organisations are construc tive In their character—not destructive. They atm to build up materially and In character—as such we can well afford to put tbe stamp of approval on any movement looking to the well being of our citltenshlp. The organization numbers among Its membership men who are Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, and In fact officers and members ot all fraternal orders, as well ae officers and members of the varfou* churched. Theae men are striving by precept and .example to place the artisan class of Atlanta in the very front rank at citizens of worth and merit. These men have not wealth—as meas ured In dollars and cent!—but they have honor and character which they N.w York, Dec. 17 -tler. are some of th» visitors In New York: ATLANTA-J. M. t hspnian. Dr. E. <» Jones, it. W. I'ratt. It. Robinson, It. 8 Hpeer, IV. tVnlthonr. Mrs Donald. Where the Georgia Delegation Live In Washington. SENATOR8. Augustus O. Bacon. 1767 Oregon avenue. A. 8. Clay, the Normandie. CONGRESSMEN. W. C. Adamson, the Oxford. C. L. Bartlett, the Shorebam. Thomas M. Bell, the Iroquois. W. G. Brantley, the Chapin. T. W. Hardwlrk, the Shoreham. W. M. Howard, the Bancroft. Gordon Lee, the Shoreham. E. B. Lewis, the Metropolitan. J. W. Overstreet, the Metropoli tan. L. F. Livingston, 1916 BUtmora street. J. M. Griggs, the Metropolitan. FIRST CARGO OF COAL ARRIVES AT BRUNSWICK. Wltr stake for Atlanta's good name and their peace end happiness and that nt our humblest citizen. We are sure that organised labor will commend the efforts of the league to preserve forever the peaceful tran quillity of our beloved city.—Journal ot Labor. Special to The Gcorglaii. Brunswick, Ga.. Dec, 17.—A l*rtt« cargo of coal arrived Saturday on th* steamer Orleans at the Atlanta, Birm ingham and Atlantic pier*. This Ik the first cargo received by the railroad companies and the Be# Lin# of ateam- shlpt. The Oriesns will load pilings for New York after discharging her car*3 of coal. , A tramp steamer with kalnft and saJt will arrive this week at the A, B. * A. piers.