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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1906. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ■cnn nunc ernes. utter r. i. sccly. Miuktr. Published Every Afternoon 'Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 25 West Alabama St.. Atlanta. Oa.« Subscription Rates. One Tear 5J-J2 Six Months Jg Three Months... By Carrier. Per Week »» Telephone* connecting all departments, tong distance terminals. Smith tz Thompson, advertising rep resentatives for all territory outside of Georgia. Chicago Off!re Trlhnne Bldf New York Office Potter Bldg. GEORGIAN, telephone the Circulation Department nnd nave It promptly rem edied. Telephone*: Bell 4X7 Mala. Atlanta 4401. GEORGIAN be limited to 400 words In length, it la Imperative that they be signed, as nn evidence of good faith, though the ujimea will be withheld If requeued. Ilelecteil manuscripts will not he returned iinlesa stamps are aent for the purpose. THE GEORGIAN print* unclean .... . Neither jr liquor ads. OUR PLATFORM.-Tho Georglno stand* for Atlnntu a owning Its own gas and electric light plants, as It now own* ita waterworks. Other el tie* do this and get gns aa low as CO rents, with a profit to the rlty. This should It# done ut once. The Georgian be lieves thnt If street railways can be 3 tended successfully by European Ilea, a* they nr**, there la no good renaou why they cannot l»e so operated t er*. Hut we do not liefleve till* *au i done now. nnd It may be nome year* before we »r* ready for so big an un dertaking. Still Atlruiht should *et Itv far# In tint direction NOW. matte Interests of his country as am bassador to Washington. We feel confident that James Bryce will receive a welcome from the American republic which will not be surpassed by the consideration evi denced toward any other member of the ambassadorial corps. He has made hts welcome by his statesman's pen and is not likely to. lose any laurels In the field of high and courteous diplomacy. Mr. Roosevelt’s High National Note. The era lias been prolific In plati tude* of fraternity nnd In verbal aa auranecs of a united country. But annieliow nothlnR seems to have sounded this note so clearly or emphasised the fact so convincingly •a that part of the president's mes sage which commented upon (lenernl Oarltngton’s presence upon the Brownsville commission. At this point the president's words ring with an earnestness b;h1 force which carry the conviction of his national and non-sectlonal spirit. They Impress aa few other words have done the feeling among the broad-minded and level-headed Americana of whom the president is a type, that the civil war is ancient history nnd that a man's section makes no difference in any public or private expression of his citizenship and opportunity.' This is what he lays: An effort hat been made to discredit the fairness of tho In vestigation Into the conduct of these colored troops by pointing out that General Garlington It a Southerner. Preeltely the same action would have been taken had the troops been white—Indeed, the discharge would probably have been made In more sum mary fashion. Oeneral Garling ton la a native of South Carolina; Lieutenant Colonel Lovering ii a native of New Hampshire; Major Blockiom It a native of Ohio. Aa It happens, the disclosure of the guilt of the troop* we* made In the report of the officer who comes from Ohio, and the effort* of the officer who comet from 8outh Carolina were confined to the en deavor to shield the Innocent men ef Che companies in question, If any such there were, by eecurlng Information which would enable us adequately to punish the guilty. But I wish It distinctly under stood that the fact of the birth place of either officer is on* which I absolutely refuse to consider. The standard of professional hon or and of loyalty to the flag and the service is the tame for all of ficers and alt enlisted men of the United Slates army, and I resent with the keenest Indignation any effort to draw any line among them bated upon birthplace, creed or any other consideration of the kind. I should put the tame en tire faith In theee reports if It had happened that they were all made by men coming from tome one state, whethei in the South j or the North, the East or the West, as I now do, when, at It fMp- pent, they were made by offlcere born In different states." These shining sentence* should be garnered into the scrapbooks of every good American of today. They should be read and remembered as the real gospel of fraternity, and they should be flung Into the faces of every nar row bigot and every unforgiving hoc- tionallst of the republic. incidentally, too. they nteke an ad mirable plank for the platform of the first Southern candidate to succeed the man who wrote them. THE MAYOR’S SURPRISING VETO. Mayor Woodward's veto of the alpioat unanimous act of the city council, raising the liquor license In Atlanta Is the subject of varying comment'upon the streets today. In the main, the view of the thinking people condemns-the mayor's veto and feels that he has been unwise and has acted unnecessarily In a matter which might have been left to hla successor. The mayor states hla case with undouhted plausibility and there Is nothing to be gained by questioning the sincerity of the views which have Induced hla adverse action. The mayor will And It difficult to per suade the Atlanta public that the little liquor dealers of the city would force a prohibition election If the higher license were maintained, and he will In fact And It dlfllcult to demonstrate to the people Just how theao men could foren a prohibition election on the city at this time. There are many people In the city who will be much more Im pressed with the mayor's claims that the present law has stood the test of time and has been sought after by other cities, and that In many campaigns its undisturbed maintenance has been made the win- nlng Issue and the pledge of candidates. This statement soflnds well and carries wllb It some Impression of civic obligation to ttfe mind of the average reader. The mayor, however, doea not take the broader and Bounder view that, since those earlier campaigns of bis, and within a very recent period. Atlanta has passed through a great and striking trag edy which has changed the status of our affairs to a very great degree and forced upon our people In sheer necessity a change In conditions which were not contemplated at the time when these laws were establish ed. The necessity of the time, and the urgent demand of the people for a curtailment of the liquor traffic and a stricter regulation of the salo of Intoxicating spirits has risen distinctly above the question of Inci dental precedent. There should be to Ibe minds of municipal statesmen a strong and compelling argument for a measure better suited to the times and the present conditions which surround us. A liquor law and conditions wbjch were framed to suit the period of Mr. Woodward's earlier office holding has been rendered Inadequate by incidents nnd conditions occurring during the present year. And the statesmanship that Insists upon meeting a present emergen cy by past traditions. Is neither modern nor ijlscreet. We sincerely trust that the council may be staunch enough to over ride the mayor's veto. WILL THE MAYOR OBSTRUCT THE INTERURBAN LINES? The retiring mayor Is also under criticism In many quarters for his recent veto of the franchise by which a notable Interurban line must find an inlet Into the city. We confess that In this matter as well we are not In accord with the Ideas of the mayor. There was a time when It was hinted In public that the mayor was over cordial In his feeling of regard for the Ueorgla Railway and Elec tric Company, nnd that hla Judgment might jierhaps be swayed in matters touching tho interests of that great corporation. We did not Join In those reflections then, and It In by no,means our purpose or intention to repeat them now. but the mayor cannot fall to realise that the persistency with which he stands obstructive to the plain wishes of .the people' in giving a welcome to these great Interurban lines which Join us more closely to our sister cities and multiply our trade and commerce, will In evitably he construed by the mayor's critics Into a further expression of this partiality. We sincerely believe that the vast majority of the people of Atlanta earnestly desire the establishment of these Interurban lines. We believe that upon a popular ballot they would vote by a two-thirds majority to give them every facility and reasonable opportunity to secure a right of wuy and terminals In the city. We believe, from such opportunities as wo have had lo Investigate, that these new and enterprising corporations have compiled* with all the requirements of the law, and we cannot do less than express our regret that the mayor has seen lit to close his admin istration with two nets so unpopular as his veto of tho council's liquor license and the obstructive action toward the Interurban trolley lines. HOW OLD ARE RAILWAY TELEGRAPHERS? Mr. Ackert, vice president and general manager of the Southern railway, nnswers Indirectly the editorial In Thursday's Georgian on the nge of telegraph operators who arc In the service of the Southern rail way, and states that the operator at lawyers, Va„ where President Spencer lost his life, was 32 years old. He declares that these comments have induced him to make special Investigation Into the ago of operators employed on other standard lines, lie finds that the age of o|>erators on the Southern line Is well up to the stnndard nge ami) ntinomiccs that a man Is entirely reliable for such work at 18 years of age, while spme well managed companies accept op erators at 1(1 years of nge If their character and Intelligence justify. Mr. Ackert also declares that his road has Instituted a reform In a sys tem of special Inspectors who devote their entire time to these o|iei‘- at or* and act under direction of a chief dispatcher where heretofore the superintendents nnd trainmasters have Inspected the work of the opera tors. These reforms we note with pleasure, but we are yet unconvinced thnt n Id-year-old boy, .working 13 hours out of the 24, can he relied nit on at the eleventh hour to be us alert and as accurate as his responsible position will require him to be. We arc sIbo quite sure that with larger pay and shorter hours It would be entirely possible to secure a better i-lass of employees for this now vitally Imiiortnnt position In the ser vice of the railroad. From Information apparently authentic we have It there are boys holding offices of signal Importance within 40 miles of Atlanta at the age of 15 upon a salary of $40 a month. We trust this Is one of the changes which this era of Investigation and Improvement will develop. shall be able to persuade the railroads to double their tracks and their facilities and to make aa small a diminution of their time between points as possible. Don't let us go back to ‘‘grandfather schedules" until we have exhausted every effort to make our present schedules possible.* Time Is money In this age, and saving of time by railroads and Indl vldnala Is a tremendous Issue among men. . ’ The president Is evidently “getting shed” of his strenuous hour In order to enjoy a happy holiday. It Is a fact of Interest 'to the Atlanta tennis brigade that the president finds his standard recreation In the racquet. America Will Welcome James Bryce. England has again done the right thing in sending Jamea Bryce to fill the place of Sir Henry Durand as am bassador to the United States at Washington. James Bryce is one of tho most thoughtful and philosophic observers of our English speaking race. He has been a wise and parent student of our country and Its institutions. So man has written of the American system with more clearness, more fairness . and more comprehensive force than I this thoughtful and accomplished Eng- r '<*h«mn who will represent the dlplo- NO “GRANDFATHER SCHEDULES” FOR US. We cannot rfgrce with the proposition advanced by one of our con temporaries that in order to Insure regularity of trains, the railroads should spin out their schedules not from one to three hours, but if neces sary, from twelve to twenty-four hours. We think this carries the prop- oaitlon a little too far. We are going to get out of this tangle by and by, and the roads are going to be forced by their own absolute necessities .to the making of t>etter and more regular schedules, without necessarily ruining that ele ment of dispatch which is so essential to modern business. Think of going back to the facilities of 1S70 and taking two and a half to three days for a trip from Atlanta to New York! How old the n«*wsj»ai>er8 would be when they got here! How belated the malls and the letters would be! How slow would be the service of our express matter and of our registered packages of mail! And how exhausted would be the passengers after so tedious and tiresome a journey! It Is ail right to be after the railroads with a sharp stick at times and to prpd them to a sense of their public duty. But there Is no sane man who could look with any degree of equanimity upon a back step toward the railroad schedules of our fathers. V Time was in the recent past when the schedules, fast as they are. were made with some degree of regularity. That was before freight and passenger traffic multiplied In such enormous volume, and before the equipments of the railroads were overtaxed. Time will be again when the necessities of the times will force the railroads to the ample equipment under which they can once more and safely make schedules that will also be fast. Time is a mighty element in the age In which we live, and a day lost between Atlanta and New York to all* the people lying between these two cities Is a matter of tremendous consequence. Let ns hope that Instead of the proposition to make schedules abso lutely certain by doubling the time already named for them, that we A CHRI8TMA8 GIFT FROM A STORMY PAST. To the Editor of The Georgian: While looking through some old books tonight 1 found one that I have treasured very highly. 'It is an old- fashioned leather-bound volume of the New Testament, ami on the fly leaf Is dimly traced, “F. J. Gaskins, Fiftieth Georgia. Corporal F. J. Gaskins. Com pany P, Fiftieth Georgia regiment. This, May 19. 1864.** On the reverse able Is this: “W. A. Park, a member of Company G, Six teenth Georgia regiment. Found this book on the battlefield near Cold Har bor, on the 3d of June. 1864.” This W. A. Park was my oldest brother and gave his life for the Con federacy, and 1 appreciate the little book because he sent it home to me. But tonight I thought that perhaps some of Mr. Gaskins’ family might be living and be glad to have /he little volume as a Christmas gift. So If you will give some notice of this in your paper It may be the means of finding such a one, and If so, I shall be glad to turn it over to them. Yours, A. B. PARK. Jasper, Ga., Dec. 19, 1906. AN ANSWER TO MR. ACKERT. To the Editor of The Georgian: We note Mr. Ackert* general manager of the Southern railway, in this morn ing’s paper endeavors to Justify the Southern’s policy in employing young men under age, or, in other words, “boys,” In their telegraph block signal service, by the fact that other roads are doing It. Since Jie has gone before the public with this* statement, do you not think he should give the names of the roads? «As a matter of fact, we know of no roads of the resources of the Bouthern, In fact, no road whatever that advertises the block system'and operates same that employs and places boys in charge of “blocks,” thereby placing alone the responsibility for “rear-end” collisions nnd the very probable loss of life on the block op erator's shoulders, ns the Southern does, ns demonstrated by their state ment in connection with the investi gation of Mr. Spencer's death. As I told you personally, we have no fight to make on the Southern rail way management, in fact believe they are doing the best they can, as so ably set forth in your very fair and reasonable editorial yesterday after noon, hut we do think we should have whnt is right and Just, and think if Mr. Ackert is going to place on our shoulders solely the responsibility for such accidents as the Southern has re. cently had In Vlrginlu. thereby plac ing us open to prosecution for murder, as General Counsel Thom suggested in his statement to the newspapers con cerning Mr. Spencer's death, we should have more pay to cover the responsibil ity heretofore resting on the train crew. And further, our oyder ns a whole want to see better service given the railroads, thereby lifting It In rank among the labor brotherhoods, which can only come by filling our rank* with for sharpening peu- nny of these are up-to- For n Man: If he smokes—tobacco. If he doesn’t smoke—uo tolmeco. A comfortable couch for his den. works better snoozing (says to, doesn't be?). A lmne cellar button. A French racing cnr. A pair of aboe laces. I*. 8.—Do not give your husband a safety rnxor; you can’t use it * His. For n Child: Anything It likes. For Another Child: The same. Hoiue-mudo Presents: Presents made by the giver are more ap preciated than one coldly tiouglit in a store. To make n piano—Huy wire, wood nnd so on In the nwessary quantities J —* “ gather ns shown in the cut printed herewith. To make n nice Christmas plum pudding— Huy u padding and some plums. Put the plums In the pudding. put them In a case. Wind, nnd see If It’a BARKSDALE CHOSEN Special to The Georgian. Washington, Ga., Dec. 22.—Washing ton’s first municipal primary passed off quietly yesterday. Both political fac tions came to an agreement (n naming T. J. Barksdale for the mayor’s chair while each side named six opposing councllmen. Three men from each list were stricken and the remaining six men went on the ticket tor the honors. Only a sqgall vote was polled, result ing In the selection of the following men: T. J. Barksdale, mayor; W. T. Johnson, S. H. Hardeman, J. T. Lind sey, W. H. Philput, T. H. Wooten and John B. Green, councllmen. WANTS GRAND JURY TO PROBE LYNCHING Annapolis, Md,, Dec. 22.—Governor Warfield vigorously denounces the lynching of the negro. Henry Davis, charged with criminal assault upon Mrs. John Retd, hy a mob of 60 men. and urges immediate action by the Anne Arundel grand Jury. He says: "I reached Annapolis from New York city shortly before 8 o'clock Thursday. I knew nothing of the. lynching until Friday morning.” The governor said he thought the lynching was a complete surprise to evryone FINE JERSEY COW AS CHRISTMAS GIFT Special to Tho Georgian. Gainesville, Ga., Dec. 22.—Rev. O. J. Copeland, pastor of the First Baptist chdrch of Gainesville, who Is one of the strongest ministers in the BaptW de nomination In the state, and who, dur ing his pastorate of a number of Geor gia churches, has had some Interesting experiences, was gl^en a great surprise yesterday. The members of his church, and some of bis friends of ASKED ONLY PRAYER; BUI NOT A FRIEND PRAYED WITH HER It has generally been thought that prayers were about the easiest presents for poor folks to get, but even they seem hard to get when wanted, least It would so appear from a letter Just received by Major Berrlman, of the Salvation Army. This letter is one which paints picture of terrible suffering, and yet not once in the letter Is there a word of complaint. It Is q letter from a poor, afflicted woman who has been in the hospital four months this year and who Is now In her home still suffering. She doesn 1 ask /or money or help. A1I she wants is someone to visit her in her lonell ness. She wants prayers. She is des date. In her letter she says she has sent word to several people asking them to visit her humble Hbme and pray with her In her affliction. But they didn't come. She also sent word to a preacher. But this particu lar preacher evidently didn’t have time to visit this afflicted woman. At last she turned to the Salvation Army. She.nsked Major Berrlman to send some of his women workers to her house that they might pray with her. She doesn’t want a thing but prayers, She also asked that she be remembered In their prayers during the meetings. Investigation has shown that this woman Is ft poor, but very respectuble, woman, and while a merry Chrlstnius would find a place In her house, she doesn’t ask it. Pretty tough, especially around Christmas time, when thoughts turn toward the Prince of Peace and His charity and gentleness, that a poor, af flicted woman cannot have even prayer. RESPITE GRANTED FOR JOHNSON TO IIIHHIHHUeitlHtM! I GOSSIP denominations, prepared a pleas older and more experienced men. Com- surprise for him on account of the pared with the remuneration paid Christmas holidays. They made up a members of other brotherhoods In mil- road service, this cannot be done with the present small salaries railroad tel egraph operators receive. In other words, we would like to see our calling made as attractive to the better class of young men starting out in life as the Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers nnd other orders. We do not want you to feel that we are asking too much, but If you can consistently “put In a word,” we boys will very much appreciate it. Yours very truly, R. P. HENDRICKS, Operator. AN UNJUST LAW. Montezuma. Ga., Dec. 19, 1906. Hon. John Temple Graves, Atlanta, Ga. Dear Sir—I enclose $2.50 for your paper, The Georgian, another year. There Is a law on our statute books so unjust that*It is a marvel that It should continue to disgrace us after It should have been obsolete for more than forty years. This Is the road law enacted In sla very times requiring all males, with some exceptions, from 16 to 50 years of nge. to work the roads. There are some special rond laws for special counties and there Im a gen eral road law enacted by the legislature of 1890-’91, that can be put In or out if operation by recommendation of grund Juries. * In all the counties (a majority of all In the state) where this old luw Is still in operation property owners are ex empt from road tax absolutely. Ne groes and poor whites hear the entire burden of keeping up the roads. # In slavery times the owners of slaves lost the time they spent working the roads. Now negroes and poor whites lose their own time and keep up the roads for property owners’ use. I appeal to you, who are always * ready to champion the cause of the o| pressed, to ring the changes on this great Injustice anti keep ut It until it will not be left to grand Juries to keep such a law in operation. Truly yours, A. J. CHEVES. purse of $60 and purchased a fine Jer sey cow, which was driven to the par sonage yesterday afternoon and pre sented to the pastor and his wife. At tached to the cow’s horns was a placard bearing these words: “Reciprocity. To Rev. O. J. "Copeland, from members of your flock and from friends who have heard your voice. (Signed) Santa Claus/* Dodgen Case for Grand Jury. The last meeting of the 1906 grand jury was held last Saturdny. Jurors for the grand jury for 1907 are being summoned. The first meeting of the new grund jury will be In the early part of January. It Is probable they will take up consideration of^he mur der of Bailiff Dodgen at once on con vening. A GUIDE .TO GIVERS. By WEX JONES. m1* nnd the Just now. The C’brUt- _ the humorist ninl the pntiinrtst—that should Im» ns gt**) n word as the other—unlimited opportunity. The Christum* spirit 1* really the spirit of perplexity, it’s nothing to lntfitb at and nothing to cry over. To help out those as sailed by the t\ 8. should lie one’s only ob ject. lienee— General Gifts: An lne*|ieosltre way of giving Jkny one twenty-four hour* of pleasure o U CUrl*tm.i* day U to baud them a cheek for $5,000. Payment I* stopped of course the following morning. A deed to a house nnd lot is almost n* good. lie careful to pick out a non-existent place for ilcscrlptlou. A set of Dickens. )*>ught on the install ntent plan, is a pleasing gift, nnd the first payment Is merely nominal. If you expect to dine frequently at your friend's home, a case of good champagne Is a well-advised present. Books are always welcome gifts, and dur ing the holiday season may l»e had In nl most all sixes. \V. met, appreciate n tilre dinner set. Give yonr friend a couple of plates, nnd she can w*»rk her husband to <*omplete the service. An ugly t’hinese vase which won’t hohl anything i* sure to lie prised by a woman. A pianola or n sewing mnebinohs i» better than the old-fashioned piano i»r sewing machine. A piMtprnia. for which score* of record* can lie hail. U n useful gift. A nmiNila. which will wash any fl*wir for which a iliac fa provided-* waablioanlu!j-a Suit for Damages. W. L. Wllmot brought suit In the city court against the Georgia Railway and Electric Company Friday for $20,1H)0 damage*. He charges that he was shoved from the front of a car by pas senger* who were trying to get out and that n car on the other track caught him and rolled him between the two cars, mashing him badly. Tearing Up Streets. Commissioner of Public Work* Col lier will recommend to council that an ordinance be adopted prohibiting the promiscuous tearing up of the pave ment on streets and sidewalks for the laying of sewers and pipes. He will recommend that when a private cor- pohttlon does tear up the pavement to lay pipes It shall pay $50 to the public works department for the purpose of relaying the pavement where it has been torn up, and a certain distance on both sides. Will Johnson, the negro who found guilty December 1, of assault ing Mrs. Richard Hembree, of BattLe Hill, and who was sentenced to hang on January 4, 1907, will spend the Christmas with much more happiness and a greater feeling of security, on account of the efforts of his attorneys, Wulter McElreath, M. Tolbert and Alex W. Stephens, Saturday morning. Judge Roan granted a supersedeas order, superseding his previous order for the death sentence, and staying execution until further order of the court. The motion for • a new trial, which was to have been heard, was postponed to January 5. Johnson's at torneys say they can prove the negro worked all day on the date of the al leged crime, by a time book found In Mobile since the trial and by the tes timony of H. I. McDuffy, foreman at the time, of the work In which John son was engaged, and who is now In Birmingham. Johnson's attorneys have given out a statement in which they say they had no desire to be mixed up In the case, but were appointed by the court to defend the negro. And since the matter has been placed on their shoulders, they feel they owe it to the public Justice and their own honor and consciences to present everything they can find In favor of the prisoner. They believe it is a’case of mistaken Identity and are satisfied of the ne- gro’s Innocence. OVED HER CHILD, SO STOLE FOR HER - By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. New York, Dec. 22.—There Are n few new wrinkle* every Christman, and I «ee that 1906 I* no exception. Dog. dom Is having Its Innings this Christ- man sure enough. There hae been and ■till la keen Activity, and dealers have been pressed tor the “goods" that they have actually' been heard to assure would-be patrons they were “sold out." For a month, at least, there has he.. n a frenzied "market" In Boston terriers. French bulldogs, Pomeranians, and a very strong "bull" movement In Eng lish toy 'spaniels, Japanese spaniels, Yorkshire terriers and all branches of the terrier family. Boston terriers, however, are un doubtedly the present erase. They have been excellently and cleverly boomed so much so that their sponsors would have one believe there never was such a dog before. So great la the demand for mixture of terrier and bull that many cute markings and cute ways is being retailed as a Boston terrier. All the cities and towns In the east ern section are being scoured for an- Imnls with pink ears, any kind of dark markings on a whit* background, and vice versa, and this city Is snatching them up by the ''bushel." There will be a big Christmas for “the common people" in Newport, for A. O. anil B. C. Vanderbilt, Reginald and Bradford Norman will furnish a ''Christmas treat" for the churches of all denominations In Midletown and Portsmouth. If a feminine member of the family does not need n motor car, she may like a big doll with flirting eyes. This, by the way. Is the newest comer In dolldom. Not so very many years ago dolls which would open and shut their eyes were considered surprising. Their successors In favor not only can go to sleep, but can also turn their eyes from side to side and roll them under long, curling eye lashes. These eye lashes, by the way, are attached to movable lids, so that when the dulls close their eyes they do not -leave the lashes on their foreheads, os was their wont when the eye lashes were merely painted. "That is the limit," "Of all absurd affectations" and various other com ments were heard In a fashionable restaurant the other night when a portly dame who <vas not as young as she would like to look entered with a brown "Teddy" bear In her arms and followed by a young man of about 22. As soon as they were seated and the bear placed )n a vacant chair, thu emotional woman leaned over and Im printed her lips upon It fuzzy head. “Doesn't he behave like an angel?" she asked. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. DECEMBER 22. 1626—Plymouth, Mas*., founded. 1807— Embargo laid by congress on Ainerl* 1823— Thomas Wentworth Hlgginson, Amer ican writer, born. 1842—Lord Alverstone, celebrated Ilrltlnli lawyer, born. 1846— Colonel Doniphan, In command **f 1,000 Missouri volunteers, defeated force of Mexicans nt Itrncetl. 1847— Arab chief, Abdel-Kader, surrendered to tho French. 1853—Rdouarri Deltesske, opera alngcr, Dorn. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. New York, Dec. 22.—Here are some <>f the visitors In New York to4lny: ATLANTA-O. B. McCarthy, It. Rosen baum. GOVERNMENT SUED BY RICE PLANTER TO RECOVER DAMAGES Mitchell on Peaca Board. Washington, Dec. 22—John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers of America, will be labor's representa tive on the board of trustees of the In dustrial Peace Commlssclon . Sacks $5,000 Damage. Suit was tiled In the superior court Friday morning against the Gate City Coffin Company for $5,000 damages fi»r alleged personal Injuries caused to James Holmes, a negro, by the negli gence of the defendant. . The negro alleges he was working on a scaffold, October 30. when a wagon of the Gate City Coffin Company was driven against one of the post* of the scaf fold, causing Its collapse and throwing the plaintiff to the ground. Hi* Inju ries were severe. The Cincinnati Ferro ConVrete Company, which is said to have built the scaffold, is sued jointly vfth the coffin company. Where the Georgia Delegation Live in Washington. SENATORS. Augustus O. Bacon, 1757 Oregon avenue. A. S. Clay, the Normandie. CONGRESSMEN. W. C. Adamson, the Oxford. • C. L. Bartlett, the Shoreham. Thomas M. Bell, the Iroquois. W. G. Brantley, the Chapin. T. W. Hardwick, the Shoreham. W. Howard, the Bancroft. Gordon Lee. the Shoreham. K. B. Lewi*, the Metropolitan. J. W. Overstreet, the Metropoli tan. L. F. Livingston, 1916 Biltmore street. J. M. Griggs, the Metropolitan. Accused of stealing a $100 bill nnd buying a lot of fancy and costly cloth ing for her child, who Is In a colored orphanage, Josephine Porter, u negro ant In the home of J. A. Cleary Central avenue, local superintend ent. of the Southern Kxpress Company, was bound over to the superior court Saturday morning by Recorder Broyles on the charge of larceny. The $100 bill mysteriously dlsappeai - ed three weeks ago from the room S. N. Dykeman, who boards at the Cleary home. The bill was stolen from a trousers pocket while Mr. Dykemnu and members of the Cleary family were at church. CLUB SMOKER The Transportation Club v. Ill give a smoker Saturday night In compliment to F. A. Healy, the retiring secretary and treasurer, who has recently ac cepted a higher position in the railway world. Like all of the Transportation Club affairs, the smoker Is expected to be a feast of good fellowship and kind words. No more popular man than Socretury Ilealy ever entered the por tals of the club ami every member will turn out to do him honor. GOT ms XMAS COIN IN HURRY UP FASHION A negro boy. who obtained employ, ment Friday at the Peachtree street store of the King Hardware Company proceeded to annex his Christmas money In ' rapid transit" style and as a result Is now being sought by the po- Bhortjy after hi* aervlces were en- Special to The Georgian. Anderson. S. C., Dec. 22.—The papers in a damage suit for $10,000 against the Federal government were served upon United States District Attorney Cochran here yesterday. The plaintiff is Andrew H. Heyward, a rice planter of Beaufort county, who alleges that the government in Improv ing the hurbor at Savannah built dams and retaining walls In the Savannah river and caused the river to back up on his beach hill plantation, completely ruining It. \V. Boyd ICvnps. of Columbia, Is thi plaint Ill’s attorney In the case. District Attorney Cochran said today that tho first he knew of the cast- was when the papers were served on him, and that he did not know what, If any, defense would Ik? made. TWENTY-ONE BOYS DISMISSED BY BROYLES The cases against twenty-one bov*. four of whom are negroes, nnd all hom have been on probation for time, were formally dismissed by Tie* corder Broyles Friday afternoon. In taking this action, the recorder made a splendid talk to the boys. ing them some good advice and urgin'? them to continue In the path of . tude. Clerk \V. H.'Preston and P r " h, 'T officer doer also made talks along the same line. A numjwr of visitors were In rjmrt to witness m* proceedings. SPEAKERS CHARGE TO Speelnl to Tho Oercxten. Savannah. Ga., Dec. 22.—After being In session for four hours L»st evening, the grand Jury took a recess until nesday, when the Investigation the fireworks horror will be tcru Out of sixteen witnesses summ before the fire committee of ■ this morning, but one appeared in'® services were en- tills morning, but one appeare i f5*2u.'/ftALm u u'h I'", 1 .":. 8 " ,n , rp ,n ! lh * Investigation hod to tie tow'll V • package, j The blame has not been lixol , l !ol/ Pl .itr n thcpai kitgc all right nnd < 'ampnlgn orator* of the !’• notion !e.B h!‘ , 'ih 8, "‘* lhtn he Iws Democratic League lust night <1 not been .ecn b> the hardware people.' that the admintstratfon was to !•