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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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elynod. na an erldenee of good faith,
though the nnmea will lie withheld If
THE GEORGIAN prlnta no norleOo
owo gai
It now
nwoa tit waterworko. Other rltleo do
Ibta nod cel can no low, an to cent!,
with n profit to the elty. Tbit abonld
lie done at once. The Georgian bo-
llctee that If ttroet rallwnya can bo
oporalad aueeeaafnlly by Europaao
cltlre. ag they arc. tbora It no gitoil
reaaoo why they cannot lie to operated
here. Rut we do not hellere tble eon
lie dose now, end It may lie eome yenre
before we are ready for to big au na-
dertaklug. Still Atlanta ahoald eet Ito
face la tbit direction NOW.
of 1892 contained an anti-child labor
plsnk. We believe that la the last
platform on which we have done any
bnilneaa. ft mfgbt be well to try tbat
plank a|pln.
Perhaps one of the far-reaching re
sults of the discussion of this measure
In congress and Its resistance by the
aelflsh Interests, will be tbat In the
tariff revision. discussion, which can
not be much longer postponed, the ex
ploiters of Infant Industry can hardly
ask the American people to protect
tbeJr Infant Industries.
In any discussion of the rights ofjtlon.
childhood, tje child* (s at last bound
(o win. We had an Impressive lesson
of the value bf publicity In such
cause In Georgia. The child labor
evil is not conflned to the South by
any means. It Is national In extent
The debates In congress will give na
tlonal publicity to the evils of the
system. And the result la Inevitable.
There la no stronger appeal than
that which helpless childhood makes,
and once this nation has heard the
cry of Its children It will rage like
the lioness robbed of her whelps and
rush to their rescue and their protec-
A National Qbild Labor Law.
8enator Beveridge's bill for the abo
lition of child labor In the nation Is
likely to excKe wide-spread Interest
during the remainder of the short ses
sion of congress.
The bill provides that no railroad
engaged In Interstate commerce shall
transport from one state to another
the products of any mine or factory
where children are employed. The
age-limit, 14, Is the standard already
In most of the states of the Union,
some Southern Hates among them,
and In Europe as well. It Is admitted
that It such a bill Is passed by con
gress and declared constitutional, It
will be effective In the prevention of
tha evil of child labor where there Is
the greatest abuse of the system, In
the mills and In the mines.
President Roosevelt has come out
heartily In favor of the bill and It la
receiving strong support from mem
bers of both parlies In congress.
And that illustrious exemplar of
Democracy, William Jennings Bryan,
has declared himself In favor of the
measure and has added that the Inter
state commerce clause of the constitu
tion. as he has always contended, af
fords the same simple remedy
agalnst the oppression of the trusts.
Of course‘there will lie those who
see in this extension of the functions
of the national government, under
this clause, u violation of the doctrine
of states rights. But ho wan the
quarantine bill, and the rate bill, and
ao were the pure food and meat In
spection bills, to all or which the
South and the Democratic parly as
sented. The trusts have been quirk
to see the same connection between
this and an anti-trust measure, that
Mr. Bryan has Muted out. And it
happens Just now that the'strongest
advocates of states rights, or at least
the most conspicuous, are the corpora
tion lawyers. But the Democracy has
had enough of lining up with these
Influences. One half-hearted cam
paign for the presidency with that al
liance was enough for one generation.
And we predict that the uncorrupt
ed Democracy ot the South, feeling
the necessity of uatlonal protection
against the oppressions of trust and
railroad corporations, which are quick
enough to uie the Interstate commerce
provision tar evade state lawa. will be
found favoring the full extension of
the rights of the federal government
under that provision of the constitu
tion, while the capitalized East, made
rich by the plunder of the 8outh and
West, through the debauching of such
a state as New Jersey with Its un
limited charter grants to corporations,
' will be found now contending for the
sacred and inviolable rights of the
states and Mntlng out the danger to
our liberties In yielding one Inch to
the powers of the national govern
ment!
One of the gravest questions for the
nation to consider Is the welfare of its
future cltlienahip. The system of
child labor Is an Injury to the wel
fare of that citizenship of the future.
And when the sacred rights of the
child are considered, as well as the
right of any state to be protected
against an unfair and Inhuman sys
tem of labor, as allowed by another
state, there will He an Insistent de
mand for the suppression of the evil'
that will make the isaue oue of the
Uvest ones before the American peo
ple. •
And the debates and dlscusiions of
the subject will doubtless make such
revelations ot Intolerable conditions
as the discussion of the meat Inspec
tion Mil disclosed In the last con-
~rees-
It le fo be hoped that the Uemocra
will lie found on the right aide of
las'ic. The Democratic platform
■OUR FAMILY REUNION.
The flrst family reunion of The “Georgian folks," celebrated at the
Kimball house on Thursday night. Is worthy of something more than cas
ual comment. ' - .
In the flrst place, the number of thoae engaged in the dally making
and handling of this-newspaper, was a surprise to each one connected
with the staff, saving only the publisher, and the bookkeeper who dis
burses the-weekly payroll. *
There were 106 men numbered among the staff and employees of
The Georgian, and to these were added some twenty or twenty-live ladles
of their families.
There ' were two notable facta of the evening's assembly: The per
sonnel of the men who make up The Georgian day by day was Impres
sive. Not long since an expert In Georgia Journalism, after a day spent
In this office, declared that The Georgian had not only the finest equip
ment of any South&m newspaper, but that The Georgian had In all Ita de
partments the very pick of the men who work with newspapers In the
South. And we are quite dure that anyone who looked out upon that ad
mirable assembly Thursday night must have been Impressed .with the cal
iber and character of the young men who belong to our official family.
No finer or q more repretentative body of young men could be gathered
In Atlanta or In the state. They were young men of character, of Intelli
gence, fine In personal ap\>earance, well dressed, with good manners and
with clear heads and self-respecting minds.
Time was when the printer In this Southern country was a dissipated
and unreliable character whose stay In any office was always a limited
one, and whose habits were scarcely calculated to elevate or dignify hia
profession. In this day the men who set the type and run the presses
and the machines and direct the details of printing offices, are men of as
high and as solid a character as those who occupy the most responsi
ble positions In the great department stores, or Jn the flelds and factories
of our Industrial life, and The Georgian*was proud in looking out upon
Its staff on Thursday evening to realize the high character represented
by Ita young men and Ita older men.
Among the 106 employees of The Georgian present, there was not an
Intemperate man or a drunkard In any department.
Another observation which made this happy evening memorable, was
the fact of perfect unity and good will which prevailed among all the
menibers,V>f the family gathered around this hospitable hoard. There
was not'an enmity existing between any two men of the 106 present.
There was uot a man who had anything leas than kindly feelings toward
every other man, and the fellowship and harmony that existed from flrst
tovlast, from the publisher and editor and editorial staff down to the de
livery department oh the paper, was a happy and wholesome guarantee of
the effective and united cooperation which has made The Georgian so
speedily a success.
Time was, and In Atlanta, too, when many men felt that a rise In
journalism was to be accomplished only by cutting the throat of the man
Immediately In advance, and that promotion was only to be secured by a
preliminary degradation of a co-worker.
Thut day has gone, or If it exists It certainly has no place In the
office of The Georgian, where the entire staff Is harmonious In each of
Its departments and In all Its departments with each other, and where
good will and fellowship and fraternity prevails among every Individual.
It was this at last which made The Georgian family banquet so hap
py and ao enjoyable an affair. As Mr. Seely said In his opening speech:
"It was just a getting of the family together and tbat the family would
be brought together In the same way once a year."
And so, without a breath or a ripple to disturb the fellowship, hearti
ness and happiness and Joy of the evening. It progressed through Ita In
formal but charming program from a hospitable and easy beginning to a
hearty and harmonious close.
What was said at the banquet was a discussion of family affairs
atid, therefore, doea not concern tbo public, but It Is no violation of con
fidence to say that the steady growth and wonderful success of this news
paper was the subject of mutual felicitation and Inspired confidence for
the months to come.
It was an occasion that made The Georgian fnmily acquainted with
each other, that manifested Its numerical strength and that demonstra
ted the character of Its workers. It Inspired Iho confidence of each de
partment In every other department, and It re-framell and re-set for all de
partments those high Ideals of character, accuracy, reliability, cleanliness
and kindliness which have given The Georgian Its curreucy among the
(teople, and which must hold us our ixultlon to the end.
RECORD OF WHAT A YEAR HAS WROUGHT
Notable Events During 1906 in the Principal Lines of Interest
IHIMMMMMlWutHMMI
POLITICAL.
January,
burn It t
tlon by the Democratic caucus
ror i n I ted HUtes senator frotu Keu-
\ tuckjr; Thomas II. Foyuter nominated
in his stead.
•—President Gareln declares Ecuador In a
slate of war.
12—Diplomatic relations between France
and Veuesnels brokeif.
British parliamentary elections begin
ex-Premler Balfour loses his seat.
International conference _pn Moroccan
affairs opens nt Al*ecl¥ns, Spain.—
House pnytcM the Philippine tariff bill.
J7—Fnlllefes elected president of France.
18—First national convention of any pollt-
or an/
leal party in Russia, that of the "Con
stltutinnal Democrats, assembles.
-Capture of gulto by Genera! Alfaro, the
revolutionist, cuds the Ecuador revo
lution.
25— House passes the Arizona sud New
Mexico statehood bill.—Now mutiny
breaks out at Vladivostok.
-Frederick VIII Is proclaimed king of
Denmark.—Senate passes the consular
reorganisation bill.
February,
1—John C. Botes succeeds Adun R. Cbuf-
tm ns lleuteunut general commanding
the army. •
8— House pass % the Hepburn railroad rate
lilll.
Heuate ponses a resolution to Invest}-
note railroads.
New British parliament opens with a
large Liberal —■—
14—Hcuate passes .19 | JMPV
19—Hungarian parliament forcibly dissolved
by the royal commissioner.
21—Senate (Misses the aineuded Hepburn
K ire food bill,
ouse passes the Tillman resolution to
Investigate railroads.
March.
—Dr. Alfonso Morelra elected president
of Brasil.
8—Russian government promulgates the
law Instituting the duma, or national
parliament.
-Uouvler ministry defeated In the French
chamber of deputies, and resigns.—8lx
hundred Moros slaughtered Itv troops,
marines ami constabulary In the crater
of Mount Do Jon, near Jolo, Philippine
Islands.
9-Senate passes the statehood bill amend
ed to admit only Oklabomn and the
Indian Territory ns one state.
10—Sarnen begins the formation of a new
French raid net.
12—Father Gnpou arrested In St. Peters
burg.
19— House passes the sennte bill reorgnnlx-
INDORSING THE GEORGIAN'S POSITION.
Box 42. R. F. D. No. 9, Atlanta, Ga„ Dec. 26, )906.
- Editor Georgian: • •
Dear Sir: Your aditorlal of the other day In which you show
that th« railroad corporations ars not antlroiy to blame for-thelr
present Inability to move freight, etc., was ont that will com
mend itself to all fair-mlndtd people.
The people want tha truth, all of It, and the paper which pre
sents only one side of a question and that tha blaekest, very soon
loses the confidence of thoia It is trying to serve and is soon
looked upon as being mere scandal mongar.
And it is this vary knowledge that tha truth wMI bo spoken, *
which gives The Gtorglan such a groat Influence amongst its read-
era.
Very often railroads adopter make rules which are a hard
ship on tha people, but they—“tha railroads”—do not (enow of
the extent of tha injustice until their attention Is balled to It. Then
such a paper aa The Georgian la of Juat ai much help to tha rail
roads aa It la to tha paople, where they Inland to do right.
. w. s. mcintyre.
Tfle 'writer*of this comment iBone of the soundest and truest men In
Norfh Georgia. He' Is himself a mai^of the iwople, and a friend ot tho
people. He has shivered more than a single lance against the mailed
crest eff the corporations, aud In another column of this page today we
print from him a clear and Impressive comment upon the methods of an-
’ other great corporation.
But MnpMclntyre Is a fair, brave, honest cltlxen, and believes In Jus
tice and consideration.
It la upon such.men as he tbat The Georgian depends for Indorse
ment of fair, clean (mlleles of Justice and fair play. To receive such
approval is to'.cAnflrm the conviction of rectitude In our own expressions.
Ot course, neither honest men nor honest newspapers can afford to
notice utterances conceived In malignity and expressed In untruth, reck
lessly misstating facts for the purpose of injuring those whose success
tnflamea.wenvy.
The‘appeal of honest publicists Is ever to an honest people. And
the man who discounts either the honesty or Intelligence of Ihe people
Is thoughtless or he Is deaf and blind.
The iieople read, and then they alt down and think of what they
read and In the calm refleetiou of quiet homes, which Is much better
than some of the more heated opinions of our rushing lives, the people
reach conclusions which are nearly always fair and honest. The people
are no longer the easy prej- of demagogues and of tricksters. They don't
wish to oppress anybody or to hurt anything. They want their rights,
and .they will not fall to demand them, but they are not disposed to pull
chestnuts ont of tbe lire either for designing politicians or for starving
and Irresponsible newspapers.
We thank Mr. McIntyre for his timely and manly comprehension of
The Georgian's motives and Ita methods.
This paper la always for tbe people when tbe jjeople's Interests are
antagonized by the corporations. When the two Interests come In con
flict. we always stand for tbe greatest good for the greatest number. But
bill abolishing
itennut general.
20-BHJniiijr Storer r_
ambassador to Austi
24—House substitute for the senate anti-
linrbig lilll passes the house.—.Samar Is
land rulnjanes, gathered ostensiblv to
surrender to Ainerlt-nn authorities.
April.
2—House passes the employers'
flow of the some.
0—I'rlsls In the relations between
Hungarian parliament and cronru set
tled by compromise.
-Lleutenaut General John C. Bates re-
succeeded In *eominnnd‘<
General J. Franklin Bell.
2—Resignation of Premier Witte, of Rus
sia. nerepted; succeeded by Gorctnyklu.
6—Zulus attack a pursuing British column
aud lose sixty, killed.
10—First Russian dunia assembles.
12—In Ihe Tennessee Democratic primn.
rles. Robert L. Taylor defeats K. W.
earmark for Ihe senate nomination.
17—General Htoessel, who surrendered Port
Arthur, convicted by Russlnu court mar
tini.
IS—Hennte passes the railroad rate bill.—
Italian cabinet resigns.
24— Senate
25— Korean
breaks out.
26— Russian dunia votes lack of confidence
In the Goremjklu ministry.
27— Revolutionists Invade Guatemala at four
points.
28— Justice Brown's retirement from the
supreme bench officially announced.—
Ex-Premler Gloletti accepts the king's
commission to form a new Italian cab
inet—Prince Hobenlohe-Bchllllnsfuenit's
Austrian cabinet resigns; Count Conde-
vove summoned to form a new minis-
31—icing Alfonso of Spain marries Princess
x , \ June.
4—Democrats carry Oregon on the gov
ernortMp; Republicans elect other offl-
cera.—Senator Burton, of Kausas. re
signs.
19—British win _
rebellious Zulus.
11—Colonel Henry A. DuPont elected United
States senator from Delaware.
a* decisive battle against
meat Inspection bill.
14—House adopts the conference, report on
the stntebood bills, which go to the
president.
-President signs the statehood bills.—
House passes the senate resolution re
quiring that Panama canal supplies be
bought In tbe United States.
17—"President" Sakay, ladrone leader In the
Philippines, surrenders.
19—Mont Inspection bill passed by
house. »
-King I lank on VII of Norway erowi.*,-.
Senate passes the Pnuama lock caual
bill.
— -Pure food Idll passed by the house.
24—President Ainador, of Panama, re-elect-
• July.
4—Heir presumptive to the Imperial throne
l*qru to Crown Princess Cecil* of Ger
many.
7—In u letter to J. K. Jones, Brynn an*
four suliordluate officers engaged In tbe
battle of the Sea of Japan.
11—Salvadorean troops Invade Guatemala,
but are defeated In Imttle.
13— French parliament enacts n law restor
Ins Alfred Dreyfus to the army; duel
follows In which Under Secretary of
Slate Sarrntiet Is dangerously wounded
by M. Pugllest-Coutl.
14— Honduras declares war against Guate
mala.
19—General Stocssel condemned to death
by Russian eojirtinnrtlal for surrondCr-
n pence treaty nlgned
Jted States crufa
1 ilehon (I.
21— Csar dissolves tho Russian dunia and
proclaims martini law In St. Peters
burg city nud province.
22— Stolypln succeeds Goremykin as Rus
sian premier.
23— Russian damn, before dissolving, elects
n permanent executive committee.—pan-
American conference convenes III Rio
Janeiro, and the Inter-Parliamentary
Union In Guidon.
31—ItUMsInii garrison of Svenhdyg, near
Helsingfors, mutinies. #
August.
2— Naval mutiny brenks out nt Kronstadt,
Russia.
3— Russian political strike begins.
6— PuliiJnnoH raid the town of Abuyog,
llcnn congressional cnuipalgn.
29—Representative Democrats of tbo coun
try gnthcr In New York and welcome
Bryn it back from Europe.
September.
4—Vermont Republicans elect Fletcher D.
Proctor governor.
9—Cuban government wins a victory over
reliefs at Palacios.
10—Governor Cobb, of Mnlue, re-elected on
a prohibition platform.
12—New York Independence League nomi
nates Henrst for governor.
14— President Roosevelt Informs the Cuban
' mlnlffitol* Hint tho /itv 11 wav milafr /mil /IS
GOSSIP
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New Yo „ rk ,\ ***• 28.—-Notwithstanding
the late Bellamy Storer affair, I f u n
believe ami am sure the fact Is een
erally recognized In all the great court,
of Europe that American wives ,
distinctly helpful to their husbands m
the world of diplomacy. 1
No woman, the London newspapers
say, has shown »ueh an even hula ru e
a* Mr*. Whltelaw Reid. She Is mo e
popular than the wife of any ambus-
crate party senators aud represent*- rwlnn/!■ r UI ?a,°5. ?** James -
tlvcs or Cuba resign. A newspaper, largely recognized as
26—New York state Republicans nominate *ne society organ of King Edward
Ifttffh/ia. f/.r Iin,n,u,««i.. ......... HflVA ahn la novliniilovli, 7 . *•
Hughes for governor; Democrats inline
Henrst.
28— President Pnlmn resigns and the Un
ban congress falls t«» name Ills suc
cessor; Culm without n government.
29— J'resident Roosevelt orders American In
I fervent Ion In Culm.
39—American marines land In force at Ha*
October.
-Charles E. Mngoon chosen to be pro-
22— George i
of a new French cabinet.
23— These cabinet changes announced
telyou. secretary .
tor II. Metcalf, secretary or me
navy; Charles J. Bonnnarte, attorney
general; George Von L. Meyer, postmas
ter general, mid Oscar N. Straus, sec
retary of commerce mid lalmr.
29—Libera! government defeated In the
British house of lords on nn amendment
to the education bill.
November.
8—III the state elections. Republican* save
their control of congress by u reduced
majority; they elect heads of tickets
In New York, Pennsylvania. Massa
chusetts. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois. Kan
sas. Nebraska. New Jersey, Wisconsin,
Uoiiilectleut, West Virginia. Delaware,
Washington, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado
mid California; Democrats cany -North
Dakota, South Dakota. Missouri. Rhode
Island, Oklahoma and the Soutlierii
states; Silver party wins in Nevada.—
Joint statehood proposition lost. New
Mexico voting for and Arizona against.
7—Secretary of tbe Interior Hitchcock re-
signs, being succeeded by James It.
Garfield; Attorney General Moody ap-
Flanders Is officially
of the king of Bel
of Congo Independ-
oyatera.' never mlaalng a Christmas
time, ond this Christmas was no ex
ception. Heretofore 1 have called al
the office on Wall street and received
the goods. This Christmas the clerk
at Wall street sent me to tho Termi
nal station.
In answer to iny Inquiries I was
mwi. we mimmjm nuuiu *ui cue HiCAtrat ruu«i iui tuv s.v«u«i uuuiucr. DUl _ ** _*| tf inform***! that Much m shin.
We T® ,r Ve ^ f “"^. t° *‘ ve th .? other . ,lde • ,?" d honestly K^a bucket of n^tenr-had biSn
fair for a newspaper of the Twentieth Century. As Mr. McIntyre
strongly says, Tbe people wish the truth on both sides ao tbat they can
Judge for themselves, and they cake The Georgian became they have .
learned to expect In Its columns the truth for both sides.
In the salutatory which The Georgian made to the world at Ita birth
It was distinctly stated that our consistent advocacy of the people should
nevffr lead us to bo unfair or unjust to the corporations which it found
necessary to oppose in the popular cause.
When the editor of this paper was a candidate for the United States
senate, he proclaimed In every speech his Arm intention to be aa fair to
the railroads as be had always been faithful to the people, and In no
phase of recent discussion—even in the beat of the freight rate argu
ment when we wero training our heaviest guns on tho discriminations
practiced against the shipper, did we fall to hear and to weigh the defense
of tho other side. A newspaper la both a judge and an advocate, and to
be judicial it must be fair and openmlnded to tbe facts.
In the present distressing situation, after battling in the forefront of
those demanding the betterment of railroad transportation, it has been
our pleasure and our privilege to give to the people the railroad side
of the question. After having said all we could say to urge tho railroads
to Improvement, we have taken pains to ascertain from official sources,
what the railroads wero already doing In the way of remedy, to explain
the difficulties which tho railroads were combatting in the effort to rem
edy tho situation, and to ahow where the shippers themselves were
retarding and hampering the betterment of conditions by their failure
to unload cars consigned to them, and thereby blocking, freight yards and
crowding platforms until the railroads had neither cars to send nor spnee
to unload their freights.
We have shown, as a matter of simple fairness, that the railroads
were multiplying their divisions, Increasing their superintendents, double
tracking their lines In all the most congested sections, buying. engines
and cars as fast as shops could furnish them, remodeling their schedules
to conservatism, and holding dally and nightly conferences to consider the
situation and to provide the remedy.
This is what we have done.
We are glad we did it. It has scattered Information among tbe peo
ple. It has given the people a fairer view of the situation than they
have had from any other source. It Is well for them to know tho facts.
It would have been unfair In ua to withhold the facta when we knew
them.
When'the time comes for ua to decide the question aa to whether the
railroads have done all they might have done for tbe people in this emer
gency, and whether they have left undone the things which they should
have done, wc shall be in a ixxiitlon to meet that question with an un
biased mind, and to base our ndvocacy of policy and conduct among the
people, absolutely and unfalteringly upon the straight line of the people's
Interest and the people's duty.
rIiiiii o. xov.relzn
ent fitnfe.
14— President Rnoxevqtt arrives nt the Ixth-
nuts of rnnnmn. /
19—Office of governor of Panama eanal zone
nholl,lii'il. and Chairman Shout. I.
made the executive hens.
SO—American Federation of Labor Indorses
Hamper,' non-political policy.
St—Preiident Rooievelt nrrlvt', at Ponce,
Porto Rico.
23—tV. J. Rrynn'n rexolutlona for enenurng-
Inx the merchant marine nnd for better
mall fnellliie. with Mouth -America
adopted by the tniui-Mlaal.ilppI cou
rt reus,
Decembsr.
3—I-aft nexalon of the fifty-ninth eongrexx
nmetnblei,
9—Pope eoinmnnda rexlntnnee of tho new
French public worehlp law.
11—Pn|*al necrelnry In Pnrlx nrre.lod and
expelled from France.
15— Senate confirm* the treaty of Algecl-
rna.
13— French law aeparntlug church nnd atntc
roc. Into full effect.—German emperor
dlxaolvoH tbe relobstnR after It had
retimed mipport for troop* In Mouthd'il
Africa.
14— In pnM.lng the IrRl.lntlre, executive
aud Judicial appropriation bill, the
houne vote* to Increnxe mlnrlea of vice
preiident. apenker nnd cabinet mem
ber., but reject, proposition to ralxc
- nay of eoiiRrcmen.
16— Presldent sends a special mexxnce to
the oennte, replying to the rcaolntlon
regarding - the dl.mla.nl of colored
troops.
St—.tames Bryce ehoaen to aui-ceeil
Mortimer Ilurniid as British ambassador
to Wniblngton.
says she Is particularly gracious to her
own country people, and is sensible
enough to make fewer distinctions
than some other wives have done in
her pogltion,
- Even at Dorchester house, where her
surroundings are almost royal, she u
able lo retain that graciousness ,,f
manner that is so delightful in Ameri
can womeq. All the widely different
American nets living in London appre
ciate this.
Mr*. Reid seems to be able to conclll.
ate all classes. She may be the hostess
of tile duke one week at West Park a
beautiful country estate, where the
week-ends are passed, and the follow.
Ing week she will give a charming t,.,
party to a bevy of American women
who are far below her in the social
scale, but sincerely appreciative at
such hospitality.
General and Mrs. John C. Black are
entertaining a house party of eighteen
in Washington for the wedding of their
daughter. -Miss Helene Black, who was
married to Lieutenant Stephen Abbott
U. S. A Wednesday afternoon.
Charles F. Proctor, a New York
artist, who has bought the famous
Southm-ick grove In Middletown. Conn
nean the farms of the Vanderbilt*, pur.’
poses to build a residence there. The
grove contains 111 acres and has been
the favorite picnic grounds of society
for decades.
The British ambassador, nnd Ladv
Durand will leave Washington todav
preparatory ro sailing tomorrow from
New York for England. The embnssv
was abloom with the flowers sent them
by hundreds of friends in social. ,.in-
clal life, who greatly regret their de
parture. /.
When August Beckard. of Webster
Grove, walked Into the waiting room
of the union station at St. Louis, he
led his favorite ’possum hound, bound
to a chain. While the 'animal was
sniffing about, a little girl, carrying a
large "Teddy" bear, passed. The dog
pricked up his ears. Then he grow led
and backed. '
Before Mr. Beckard could under
stand the cause of ail this, the dog
lunged at the little girl and her tnv.
He pulled his owner along In his fran
tic efforts to reach the bear. The llttia
girl screamed and was nimost In hys
teric*. Beckard held the dog. and she,
with her mother, ran away to another
part of the station.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Now, I have a grievance against the
Southern Express Company, nnd while
It may appear a personal one, still It
affects all shippers or receivers who
mnr K*> U‘\
may be similarly vlrrumatanced.
A* Ihe address below Indicates, I
live outside the city, and have all ex
press matter simply marked Atlanta,
and. of course, call for the freight. I
have relatives living in Biloxi, Mils., j man in charge there remembered re-
■t-h., rwAsinnnlli* semi me a bucket nt eelvlnr n bucket ot oysters "nmnnir
tory It had been taken to the Fulton
market to be sold!
The clerk remembered the package
well: did not oven have-to refer to Ills
book.
On my pressing Inquiries as to why
they hail been so quickly disposed of,
the only answer t could get was that
they ala-ays did so where there was no
street or number on perishable goods.
Now, thoae were picked oysters and
1 did not care to lose them: so away
to the Fulton market 1 went. The
company any right to confiscate my
property In that way? They had not
the excuse that they must get the
freight, for that was paid. Does It not
give the opportunity for graft? Could
there not be collusion between the ex
press company's employees and the
commission merchant? Why were all
the tags removed from the shipments ai
that no record of sales could be kept?
It could not be possible that ail the
tags were torn or rubbed off in transit.
The commission merchant explained
that when perishable freight was re
celved and not In prime order the bill
of lading was marked "dump,” and he
was given credit, by the express com
pany. The express company cannot
claim they were turned over to the
commission 'merchant to protect either
shipper or receiver, for no separate
record Is kept of the sale.
This particular keg of oysters could
not have arrived In Atlanta before
11:40 on Monday morning, yet before
night they were in the hands of the
commission merchant with no means
pf identification. They cannot claim
that they would spoil In lean than a
day's time, being well Iced and received
during a blizzard.
But you will say the express com
pany Is liable and will |«y for the
oysters. Will they? If I or anyone
else receive a penny for those oysters
In six months' time I will make public
acknowledgment In The Georglnn. Two
years ago exactly I received a bucket
of oysters, which showed unmistakable
signs of having been tnmpered with. I
refused to sign for them until the oeent
had examined the bucket. The agent
directed one of the clerks to make the
examination. The clerk admitted the
bucket had been opened, "lie thought
by some hungry messenger." He nlso
measured life contents and found over
half gone. He directed me to enter
claim, which I did, or rather had the
shippers at the other end do so. That
was two years ago, and not a penny
has been paid yet.
Of course I ntnint go to law
them: I cannot Bfford It, so that being
a poor man I have to pity them freight
for goods they don't carry.
And mine Is not a solitary case, as I
mentioned above, there was four other
buckets of oystersyconltscated that I
saw. nnd there Is no telling hmv much
other perlshnble stuff given over to tho
commission merchant under the plea
that the owner could not lie found.
Does It not give that commission mer
chant a great advantage over his com
petitors? That Is, If he does not have
to pay too great a rake-off.
Now, l hope you will publish llils.
that many who fall to receive presents
of game. etc., will know the methods
practiced by this corporation, and then
wonder why Bryan should favor gov
ernment ownership of railroads.
Respectfully yours,
W. 8. M'iNTYRE.
Where the Georgia Delegation
Live in Washington.
SENATORS.
Augustus O. Bacon, 1757 Oregon ave
nue.
A. S. Clay, the Normandie.
CONGRESSMEN.
W. C. Adamson, the Oxford.
C. L. Bartlett, the Shoreham.
Thomas M. Bell, the Iroquois.
W. Q. Brantley, the Chapin.
T. W. Hardwick, the Shoreham.
W. M. Howard, the Bancroft.
Gordon Lee, the Shorehum.
E. B. Lewis, the Metropolitan.
J. W. Overatreet, the Metropolitan.
L. F. Llvlngiton, 1916 Blltmore street.
J. M. Griggs, the Metropolitan.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
DECEMBER 28.
1832—John C. Calhoun roaljpifnl vfeepre*!-
denejr of the Uulted Htnteii.
1835—Ihtde'M maziincre by the ffemlnnlez.
1851—Peyy Belmont, New York finaneier,
born.
1862—Kceond attack on Vlckubarp.
J889—I'hnrle* I proclaimed king of Portugal
1899—Captain Wallace and aereml *»l«lh'r*
killed by Sioux Indian* In South Da
kota. /■
1896— Mr*. Htlrl.nc, famoha nctrew 11 July
Gregory), died.. Born 1817.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM
Sew York. Ik-c. 28.—Here are some
visitors In Now York lodny:
ATLANTA—J. V. Iloliiu-s. .1. I>. I
W. II. Lawson, Jr.. II. F. Moore.
Parks. A. Sweet. II. R. Vnuglia
who occasionally send me a bucket of reiving a bucket of oysters "among
many others," one of which he was
sure was from Biloxi, ow ing to the ma
terial of which the bucket was made.
He examined the express Invoices
which came with the buckets, hut each
was marked no tag. so that no record
could be kept, all trace of any particu
lar shipment was lost after it reached
the Fulton market, of course tbe oys-
conaider the plea which corporations e>;t up In justiflcatlon of their de- received the day before, but as my
fecta and in defense of their policies. ‘No other line of conduct would be 1
{
dm we dJd nut appear Jn tbe city direc-
R. F.*D. No.
NEW STEAMBOAT LINE
HAS BEEN INAUGURATED.
SprHal lo The Georgian.
Brunswick, On., Dec. The
steamer Attaquln, o? the 81. 8imons
Trenail Company, has been leased ;o a
Steamboat company In Savannah anil
» 111 Put <>n the run from Savannah
to Bluffton, 8. C. The Attaquln mix
sjrsany' jane to Savannah and will
±
Now, Mr. Editor, baa the express star, on her new run Immcdl.-iely.
i
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HEROI8M OF THE-OLD SOLDIER.
In isilflt of diversity of character the
old xoldlerit In the National Home are
not unlike what they were during the
civil war. ChaVacter tends to
Habits are not eaaily changed. Amoi.t?
the member* of the home are man.'
whom any man would be glad to know;
and If there are other#—a# It was In
deed In the civil war, both In the anny
and navy—I And It hard to think any
thing unworthy of one who still wear*
the "old blue coat” of the long-ag" ,la - v *
of the civil war. Time haa dealt n •'
nltogetlur kindly with the men In every
respect. Many of them for yearn li.-ut
good homes from which, fftr one c. i-*
nr another, the light haa gone out. J»
the hospital one day, I came t<> tne
hedsdde of a veteran who told me he
wan 85 years old.
"Have you a wlfa?” I Inquired.
He nald he had.
"And how old la she?’* I Inquire*..
"Eighty-three,” was the reply
"Well," I added, "It la certainly k-v
for you to be separated at this tim ■ •«
life."
"Yes,” he ae.ld, “but the pensl-i
money was not enough for us both, an *
so J came here Jn order that **he c *-■
have It all."—Henry 8. Burrage, in I ne
World Today, for January’.
In the Wrong Town.
When ministers exchange they J- *
ally preach old sermons, but, h«»"
they generally look over the Mbh. *
fully to see If the local points ».•
alteration#
A Somerville preacher many .
ago* went to Andover to preacn . •
neglected this simple precaution *
his discourse was an allusion to
sane hsylum at Somerville, an i *• •
getting for the moment that he * »•
Andover, he said: ,
"Sooner than a child of mine *•
Ive subjected to such Influences i "• - *
be willing to have him confined in
der Institution." _ t
And the good man pointed dln > •
the Andover theological «emln*R>*
Boston Herald.