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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. fridav. dehembhr a. isoc. Published Every Afternoon :Eicept Bnndnyl By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, At S Writ Alahena St., Atlanta, da. Subscription Ratal. Pa* Tnrr , a..,|l.3» Six Mentha !.. in Three Monlhi...... Ry Carrier. Per Wee! Telriiaoore enrne.-tln* all drpartmoia. l.ona tlletance terminals. Smith * Tbompvn. niltertlitna.rip. reientatlree for all territory ooteMe of i.torgla. GEORGIAN, telephone the _ Department and hare It promptly ram. idled. Telepboaee: Bell Iff? Mala. Atlanta 4401. It la dralrnhle that nil eommnnlea. Ilona Intended for puldleatlnn In Till! GEORGIAN lie limited to 400 word! In leneth. It le Imperative that they he 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 .... 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.