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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. TRUSTCOMPANY OF GEORGIA EQUITABLE BUILDING. Capital, Surplus and Profits $650,000.00 Open till 4:30 p. m. Saturdays, 6 p. m.