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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
FiiiDAr, December 28, iso®.
•the daylight CORNER."
This Is the Time
To Bay
Children’s
Clothing
From now until January
1 you will be able to get
great bargains in these
goods on account of the
fact we are clearing out
some small lots left from
the Christmas trade.
COME NOW.
DON'T DELAY.
Eiseman & Weil,
1 Whitehall Street.
PANIC ON PETERS STREET;
"SNAKE EA TER’S" RA 7 TLER
STARTS A ROUGH HOUSE
When Bailey’s grocery store, at 140
Peters street, was opened Friday morn
ing a big rattlesnake, fully six feet In
length, was found colled on the floor in
a coal room.
The startling discovery was made by
a negro delivery boy, who had gone
into the room for coal to make a fire In
tne ptore. The negro almost stepped
on the huge reptile before noticing It,
ana when he did see It, almost went
into hysterics.
Wildly throwing his coal scuttle to
one side, the negro gave a yell and
"skldooed" • as fast as his trembling
limbs would permit. Several other men,
including Policeman Butler, were
quickly attracted to the scene, and
with sticks, dispatched the reptile.
An investigation was' made, and it
was soon learned that the snake had
escaped some time during the night
from a snake "eatln” show nearby, In
Peters street. It Is presumed the rat
tler had a horror of being eaten alive
and consequently bolted at an oppor
tune moment.
ELiHU ROOT DEFENDED
AS TO STATES RIGHTS
1 MILITARY DRILL
PLANNED By TROOPS
LOCATED AT AUGUSTA
Special to The Georgian. •
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 28.—The local
military officers are planing.for a field
day exercise which jrill be held next
Tuesday, January 1, at the site of
Camp McKenzie, the place where the
United States soldiers were encamped
during the Spanlsh~Amerlcan waf.
Adjutant Major Barbot, of the Au
gusta battalion, has charge of the ar
rangements for the day and every ef
fort Is being made to make it a great
success.
battalion drill will be held and
Colonel John D. Twiggs will review the
Besides the regular field day
•ises that will be held, several
Athletic contests will be engaged In and
prizes will probably be given to the
mccessful competitor In each one of
“■ 'ontests.
Washington, Dec. 28.—A vigorous
defense of the secretary of state, Mr!
Root, from the charge that he has, on
behalf of the administration, favored a
strongly centralized government to the
prejudice' of the reserved rights of the
states, Is made in a brief filed with
the United States supreme court by
Solicitor G?neral Hoyt, of the depart
ment of justice.
The brief presents the government
contention in the now famous case of
Kansas vs. Colorado, upholding the
right of federal control of certain
streams pecessary to carry on the gov
ernment’s reclamation work. In main
taining that this Is a conflict between
the states which only the national
sovereignty is competent to set-
the solicitor general makes the
following comment on Mr. Root's much
discussed speech:
The present secretary of state
speaks with the authority of an emi
nent public man us well as counsel
learned in the law. The purport of his
utterances on uniform state laws has
been misconceived. He says that if
one state maintains a law condemned
by tho public sense of the country or
lags In the performance of Its duty,
then the instinct for self-government
of the people Is too strong to permit
them long to respect any one’s right to
exercise a power which he falls to ex
ercise. His conclusion Is that the
states must awake to'their responsi
bilities, must reassume and exercise
their power. His searching words are
a.plea for more state power; greater
states rights, not less."
According to the department of Jus
tice, the position of the federal govern
ment In this case raises a constHutl mal
question, the importance of which has
never before been exceeded. The wa
ters in question are desired for Irri
gation In Colorado, In which state the
river has Its source. Kansas raises the
point of riparian rights. Colorado
claims she can do with the waters as
she pleases as a sovereign right. The
government agrees with neither state.
“Their powers of internal police," it
is declared, "arc exhausted at the
boundary, and yet the effects are
claimed to pass beyond.”
It is here that the government’s claim
for further powers than those enumer
ated and Implied under the constitu
tion may again draw the fife of those
who have been contending that the ad
ministration has been aiming to take
away valuable prerogatives from the
states.
The government expects to meet with
stern opposition this effort to ex*
erclse control over non-navigable- Inter
state streams. The minority party Is
beginning to have an idea already that
the next national campaign can be
fought out on tne old states rights
Issue.
REMOVE CATHOLICS
FROM CITY OFFICES
THE A. PI DEMANDS
Warm Factional Fight for
Local Positions on in
Augusta.
THE THEATERS
TWO NEGROES HELD
FOR SELLING LIQUOR
0|MH*ial to The Georgian.
Loganville, Ga., Dec. 28.—Two ne-
froes. Joe Pattillo and Edgar Cooper,
K*re tried yesterday before Judges
Starr and Tuck on a charge of sell
ing whisky, out of which, It seems, the
munlcr was committed at Reuben Blas-
•AJgaine’s house last Sunday.
The negroes wer© bound over In a
i.f $j5o each far appearance at
ity court of Monro© In January next.
Mansfield in "Peer Gynt."
"If you think that Is good,” said the
Lady Who Knows to one who was
oracularly descanting on the merits of
Richard Mansfield’s production
"Peer Gynt," "why you’re no Critic."
‘Gimme a transfer," one whispered
to the conductor, partly by way of re
ply to tjie Lady Who Knows.
Mr. Mansfield would deserve th©
plaudits of the theatergoers merely for
having the faith and the confidence
requisite for the producing of "Peer
Gynt." It Is a most ambitious effort—
and a most unconventional effort in
this degenerate day and time. In the
popular mind (the mind that directs
tho hand to the purse) Ibsen stands
for Ghosts and Hedda Gabbler and A
Doll’s House. It required faith and
fool-hardiness to produce those plays,
and, so far as one has heard, nobody
has ever made money with them. Yet
comes Mr. Mansfield with ambitious
love of his art (and, mayhap, faith In
his own ability to fill a house at ad
vanced prices) and puts thousands of
dollars Into a lavish production of a
stupendous dramatic poem, the name or
the nature of which not one playgoer
In a hundred wot of.
There doubtless were shortcomings
to the Interpretation, ns seen at the
Grand Thursday evening—shortcom
ings that jarred the sensibilities of the
few who know' and love their lbspn.
That is rather to be expected. There
were those Shakespearean scholars
who found many faults In Booth’s
Hamlet and his Iago. Yet, without’
Intending any Inferential comparison,
Mr. Booth Is to this day held up as a
great Hamlet and a great Iago.
Were there any acid test of criticism
to apply to acting (or writing, or paint
ing, for that matter,)* the theater would
cease to be. Were there any absolute
standard of criticism, actors w'ould
cease to be. But fortunately It Is
permitted that the art be that of in
terpretation. Jones’ Hamlet may In no
wise resemble Smith’s Hamlet, save in
name and make-up; yet who Is to say
that Jones’ work was art and Smith’s
was balderdash? Is It not sufficient
to say: "I like Jones’ work; it was con
vincing?"
That Is as near as any critic may
get to the standard of criticism. Does
It, or does It not. convince one?
Some fault, as has )>cen Insinuated,
was found by uvid Ibsenltes with Mr.
Mansfield’s "Peer Gynt" on the ground
that he failed to present the play
wright’s meaning. He erred, they say,
In making Peer Gynt appear to be half
witted, somewhat Idiotic; these Mans
fleldlan tricks of gait, speech and man
ner, they point out, have no justlfl
cation In the text of Ibsen. Granting
the possible validity of this. It is noth
ing but Just to grant Mr. Mansfield the
right to paint the thing as he sees lr.
His version of Peer’s early character
certainly had the merit of being con
vincing. The miracle that changed him
from th© worthless dreamer to the
wealthy merchant could as well an
chor an aimlessly wandering Intellect.
But, to the play:
George Bernard Shaw points out
that Peer Gynt Is comparable to Don
Quixote—that both Ibsen and Cervan
tes had the same general object in view
—the reducing of ideals to absurdity.
It is well to keep this In mind In think-
Special to The Georgian.
Avgusta, Ga., Dec. 28.—At the meet
ing of the city council of Augusta last
night T. M. Phllpot was elected police
commissioner from the First ward. His
opponent wa« John Jay Cohen, chair
man of the board of italics commls
sloners. 1 The vote stood 9 for Phllpot
and 7 for Cohen. The election of a po
lice commissioner means jnuch to the
members of the police department here.
In Augusta each policeman Is elected
for a term of three years, and
January 1 the terms of all the police
men expire, ana there Is considerable
uneasiness Among a large number of
the members about whether or not they
will be re-elected.
In the last mayoralty campaign
Mayor-elect Dunbar had thc^ support
of the A. P. A. element, which is the
most powerful organisation In local
politics. Dunbar was elected by a good
majority over Captain Young, and now
his constituency in the ranks of “
American Protective Association
demanding that all the Catholics and
their sympathizers who are holding
positions under the city government
be removed. It Is predicted by some
that many of the most efficient officers
In the fire department, the police de
partment and other departments of the
city government will lose their positions
for political reasons solely. Chief Rey
nolds, of the Are department, is said to
be one of the best fire chiefs Augusta
has. ever had. yet the A. P. A.’s demand
that his head must come off.
Lieutenant Collins, of the police de-
DR. LINGLE TO PREACH
AT 1ST PRESBYTERL1N
Muse’s Versus
the "Slipshod.”
A bint of good tailoring, with a “bow
and a scrape” at style, is the success of
some clothes; or the lack of it, rather.
And there is a temporary gain in that
sort of achievement—but temporary for
both you and the store that sells yon. But
it isn’t the soit of thing that will build a
store like Muse’s.
Muse’s demands that the foundation of
a suit of clothes, as well as every detail,
shall be such as to stand the correct test
of service.
Closest of.care and sharpest oversight
are indispensable—means more expense
to us. Does it pay?
Well, you see Muse’s, don’t you?
Suits $15 to $40.
Muse’s
3-5-7 Whitehall.
’On next Sunday, morning and even
ing services, Dr. W. L. Llngle, of Rock
Hill, S. C., who is In the city tem
porarily, will occupy the pulpit of the
First Presbyterian church.
Two weeks ago the congregation of
the First Presbyterian church called
ngle to become Its pastor, to fill
the vacancy made by the resignation
of Dr. C. P. Bridewell.
Dr. Llngle Is one of the foremost
Presbyterian divines In South Carolina,
and In addition to his duties as pastor,
he is engaged extensively In education
al work, being chairman of the hoard
of trustees of Davidson College.
Dr. Llngle Is a thinker and speaker
of power and Eloquence.
SPECIAL TRAINS DUR
ING HOLIDAYS BE
TWEEN ATLANTA
AND ALBANY VIA
CENTRAL OF GEOR
GIA RAILWAY.
Effective drat train leaving Atlanta
8:46 a. m. and flrat train leaving Al
bany 2 p. m„ December 16, and daily
to and Including December 26, (or the
accommodation of holiday travel.
For detailed information apply
your nearest ticket agent, or
W. H. FOGG,
Dittrict Past.ng.r Agent.
Get Stylish Clothing
For Men and Women
Pay as you wear—that’s our plan—
and goods are sold as low as at any
cash store—$1.00 a week buys a whole
lot here.
For Men and Boys
Overcoats, Suits, Shoes, Hats.
For Women and Misses
Furs. Coats, Suits, Silk Waists,
Silk Skirts, Millinery, Rain*
coats, Shoes.
PKSKfcg!
Over 71 Whitehall St.
he story of t»eer Gynt !b fhe study
of a temperament; It records the ad
ventures of a man, richly endowed by
nature In imagination, whose Impulse
is to Nn&tch every pleasure, elude every
pain. His watchword Is Compromise,
and the spirit of/ Compromise Is
sonified in the "Great Boxy" who
him "go,round" Instead of ’{through.
Peer has in his youth one pure love,
the love for Solving. But so entan
gled has he become In the sensual life
of the kingdom of the Trolls that he
believes It Impossible to accept the sa.
cred love of Bolvelg, offered with such
abandon.
The results of his casual Intrigue
with the TroU King’s daughter are no
maddening, so suffocating to one whose
chief aim Is to escape everything un
pleasant that he flees Norway, leaving
Holvelg In her mountain hut, her pure,
enchanting voice calling clearly over
the snowy waste, "I will wait for thee,
dear boy.’J
Then begins a series of fantastic nd
ventures In foreign lunds (remember
the Quixote comparison!) which
stretches over a period of thirty years,
and w'hlch Includes not only America,
but Africa, In their field of action.
He becomes a great merchant,
through devious means, and, mad with
hls ambitions and his dreams, suggests
the possibility of hls becoming Em
peror of the World, through the power
of hls money.
Hls yacht is stolen by his friends of
the moment, and he Is left helpless and
alone in the desert. The yacht is blown
to atoms In Peer’s sight. "God Is with
me," says Peer. "Providence saved
me." From out of the sands of the
desert comes a richly caparisoned
steed to take Peer away to food and
shelter. "Man’s will accomplishes all/
■ays *Peer.
Now, much of this part of the play
was omitted Thursday night. Peer,
tottering old man that he Is, has an
Intrigue with Anita, daughter of the
desert. She robs him and leaves him
again In the desert. He makes hls way
to a mad house, where he becomes Em
peror of the World. It Is only in this
mad house that Peer achieves hls
dream.
He makes hls way on ship back to
Norway. There is a storm; the ship is
wrecked. Peer wrests a plank from a
man, leaving him to drown, and
reaches th© shore In safety. It was hls
last triumph of self.
He reaches his old home in Norway.
The boys and girls are still laughing
over the memory of the boy Peer Gynt.
Now he Is broken In body, penniless,
hideously pitiful. He faces Death. He
secures respite to account for hls sins.
Death, In the form of the Button
Moulder, return*. Peer tries to prove
he ha* committed crimes—claims sins
that he doe* not really thlrfk are sin*.
The Moulder refuses him. Finally the
supreme love and sacrifice of Hfllvetg
brings home to. him the realization of
hi* real crime*, and the fact that he Is
broken-hearted and sincerely self-con
victed gives him a chance to try and
make a man of himself. Peer Is given
another chance. In Bolvelg he finds
hi* strength and hi* refuge.
Peer Gynt I* a difficult play; Its the-
FIELD IS CLEARED
EOR GUGGENHEIM
Denver, Colo., Dec. 28.—The last
estlge of opposition to the election of
Simon Guggenheim to succee^ T. M.
Patterson In the United States senate
disappeared today when Congressman
V. Bonynge left for Wash!ngt<
after announcing hls withdrawal fro
the senatorial race.
Mr. Bonynge was Mr. Guggenheim's
jnost formidable opponent and has
spent hls holiday vacation In a vigor
ous canvass of the legislature and
among party leaders. He said before
leaving that he found the sentiment
for Guggenheim so nearly unanimous
that he had given up all Idea of hav
ing hls name mentl'’ )d In the llepub
lican caucus next Monday night.
'ocked 'out by fantastic and sub-
It Is full of elusiveness.
sis Is WO!
t’o treat! _
thnt defies the tangible expression of
cold fact. It Is largely an appeal to
one’s Imagination, one’s inexpressible
sensibilities.
The presentation Thursday nigh! was
rich In this appeal to one’* mental
sensibilities.
There Is always the on© criticism to
be brought against Mr. Mansfield's
w'ork. The same old tricks and man
nerisms and that same old voice so
Irritating irt time*, are omnipresent,
peer, returned, is too much like Baron
Chevernl, too much like Ivan. It was
as the rolllcksome, harum-scarum lad
that Mansfield was best. This man,
old In years and In art, can be a youth
of youths! And In Ase’s death—Mans
field's elocution was superb. Oh, you
could lly over the ground In the car
riage with him; you could feel the
horses charging, you could see the
castle Just ahead! And then, when
Peer turned and saw hls mother dead,
what a fall In art! Mansfield failed
almost utterly. There was no pathos,
there was none of the love of the boy
for hls "little, ugly old, good old moth
er.”
Miss Emma Dunn scored an artistic
triumph as Ase. None of the others
had a chance.
The orchestra quickly went from
Grieg to grief. Pity ’twas, ’twas true.
The audience was the finest of the
season. EDWIN CAMP.
"Mt, Him and I."
performance Friday nlghe and
matinee and night Saturday will con
clude the engagement of "Me, Him and
at the Bijou. This attraction has
won the proud record for playing to
more people than any other attraction
at the Bijou this season.
It is a musical comedy absurdity,
that Is full of bright and Jingling mu
sic. clever comedians, pretty women, a
dainty chorus and a magnificent equip
ment of wardrobe and scenery.
The attraction has scored a wonder
ful hit here, and will" be one of the
most welcome attractions of the fu
ture.
Nat WifiT Coming.
It may be like counting chickens
before they are out of the Incubator,
but It certainly looks as if the Bijou
111 have the event of Its season In the
engagement of Nat M. Wills for the
week that starts on Monday night.
There Is no question but that "the
happy tramp" Is one of the greatest
local favorites in stage land, and the
fact that be is to play at the Bijou for
a solid week, and at Bijou prices, comes
as a tidal wave of good fortune.
In "A Bon of Rest" and "The Duke
of Duluth," Nat Wills scored great suc
cesses, and In hls new play, "A Lucky
Dog," It Is agreed that he has the best
play of hls career, one that give* him
a wider field of action and a more cer
tain way to present hls specialties.
The supporting company Is of rare
excellence, Including a score of well-
known and popular musical comedy
artists, and there is to be a musical
-rogram of interest, because It is the
effort of George A. Nicholas, once on
the Wells, Dunne & Harlan staff.
Keats for the engagement can he ob
tained Friday from the box office, and
absolutely no advance In the scale
ef prices.
Colon«l Edgar to Speak.
tttonqpall Jackson” will be the sub
ject of a lecture that will be delivered
the Baptist Tabernacte Friday night
by one of those brave men who fol
lowed that darihg and Illustrious leader
during *he civil war—Colonel George
Edgar, of Lexington, Ky.
$1.00
Start, an account with a LITTLE HOME BANK and hook or with tht
book only in tha
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT OF
THE NEAL BANK
Interrat allowed at the rate of THREE AND ONE-HALF PER CENT.
PER ANNUM, compounded eeml-annually.
E. H. THORNTON, President. W. F. MANRY, Caehler.
H. C. CALDWELL, A»L Caehler.
WITH IRA U7MANS IN COURT,
THIEF LOOTS THEIR HOME
Nety York, Dec. 28.—While Mr*. Al- link, n diamond brooch, a silver match
exnnder Troutman and her husband
were In Jefferson Market police court
yesterday' In the case In which Mrs.
Troutman was discharged on the com
plaint of larceny made by Peter J. Ho
gan, a burglar entered their home at
886 Lexington avenue end stole prop
erty worth about 826®. The stolen ar
ticles were a gold watch, a diamond
case, and other trinkets.
When Mr*. Troutman returned, with
her husband . they found Ihat their
houso bad been ransacked and the
goods stolen. Tho thief had pried open
a door opening from the basement Into
the areawny. Dr. Trautmen notified
Captain Carson of the Bast Thirty-
fifth street police station, and his de
tectives are now . searching for the
burglar.
known as one of the most brilliant and
foremost educators In the South. He
enjoyed the close personal friendship
of Jackson, both in peace and war, and
Is therefore highly qualified to tell of
the beaptlfu! Christian charucter, ns
well us the marvelous mnrtlal ability
which combined to make ope of the
most famous and revered geniuses tho
South has ever produced.
“Th* Two Orphans.”
The production of "The Two Or
phans" Inst night at the El Dorado by
the Unldwln-Melvllle Stock Company
was an epoch In the higher stnndard of
plnya anil acting that is being net by
this p&pular company. In the organi
sation of a stork company and a grad
ual settling Into the wants of the popu
lar taste there are many things to be
considered and among them many
plays have to be tried out to learn
wlmt t|ie public demand. These pre
liminary trials have been gone through
and In the class of plays now seen at
the El Dorado the results are apparent.
"The Two Orphans” butt night drew a
large crowd, 111 spite of the Inclement
weather, and that they were well
pleased was evident by the repeated
applause thnt greeted the company's
good house Thursday night, who seem
ed to enjoy every line of the perform
ance.
The musical features were of the
sort that drive away care* and the
blues.
Tho Star chorus of pretty girls are
seen at their best In this bill, with
many new musical and march fea
tures. t
The moving pictures are also well
worth seeing.
"A Fight for a Mine" Is one of those
exciting dramas filled with plenty of
gun play and hslr-ralslng scenes.
This bill will be presented Friday
and Saturday nights and Saturday
matinee.
Wedding at Court House.
W. C. Brice and Mis* Flora. Hatids-
lon, both of Atlanta, were married In
the private office of County Ordinary
John Wilkinson Friday morning. Tha
license applied for by the young man,
who was accompanied by hls chosen
bride, was grunted by Deputy Clerk J.
W. Stallings, and ns soon as the paper
was In the hands of the happy pros
pective bridegroom he asked Mr. Stal-
. ■ ■■ lings to perform the Interesting cere-
efforts. The production would have mony. Always accommodating, Mr
done credit to a much higher priced mailing* said that ho would secure a.
organisation. minister, and Rev. W. T. Allmand. of
"The Two Orphans" will be repeated the Baptist church, responded to tho
Friday afternoon and Friday night and call, pe.-'ormlng the ceremony In the
Hat uni ay afternoon and night. presence of Mr. fundings, Messrs. M.
I M. Anderson and P. H. Calhoun, of
•The Star. the ordinary’s office, all of whom heart-
The Star company played to another I lly congratulated the happy couple.
will prove be a literary treat, as
Colonel Edgar has a thorough knowl
edge of the great soldier of whom he
III speak, and besides the lecturer is
After January 1st, 1907, interest at rate of 4 per
cent per annum, compounded semi-annually, will be
paid on savings deposits.
Deposits made on or before the 5th of January
will draw interest from the 1st of yie month.
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