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THE ATLANTA
GEORGIAN.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 190*
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OUR PLATFORM.-Tbe Geordsa
stands for Atlanta's owning Its own gas
and electric light plants as It sow
owns Ha waterworks Other cities do
this nod get gas as low ns W cents,
with a profit to the city. This should
b* done at once. The Georgia* bo
iler e* that If street railways can tw
operated successfully by European
cities ns they are, there Is no good
reason erhy they cannot he so operated
here. But we do not heller* this can
be done now. and It may be some yean
dertaklng.
The millennium la here! A musical
comedy with a real plot and no cho
rus! a
Jackies down In Panama describe
their dally duties as "pill and quinine
drills."
A 8b I sin la dlapatch chronicles the
fact that a nine-months old baby there
talks plainly and a great deal. Of
course It is a girl baby.
Prominent melt are urging Secre
tary Root to reform I he Congo. The
firat step In that direction will be to
pry loose the grip of 1-eopold.
An Indiana man fell heir to a for
tune. lie acknowledged It by prompt
ly falling dead.
There Ought to lie n clearing house
for knit slippers and surplus neck
ties just uow-.
"The president will aland put." ns-
Berts a political prophel. Yes. but will
"Pat" stand ihe president?
The bald-headed man enjoys an ad
vantage uow since hair cius are noon
to (o up to 35 cents.
Does Christmas coiue In Atlauta?—
Charleston News snd Courier. It does,
and the sanest, happiest, brightest,
best Christmas In Atlanta's history,
too. Charleston may lake It for a
model.
Emphatically The Georgian dis
claims any responsibility for the fact
that Miner Hicks is to go on the lect
ure platform. Because we happened
to prognosticate correctly on his prob
able course, It should not render its
liable as particeps crimlnls.
Philadelphia seems unable to illter
the truth out of Its Biter scandal.
A Western governor-elect has dls
appeared to aave himself annoyance
from oflee seekers, but they have de
tectives on his trail.
Secretary Shaw aays too many ten-
dollar bills are being held In reserve.
Our alibi Is ready.
A Washington ptragrapber “counts
that dsy lost whose low descending
sun" finds that he hasn't taken a shot
at John Wesley Oalnee.
That Kansas City judge who said
no fiddler ever amounted to anything,
took a mean aide-swipe at Nero aad
Senator Hob Taylor.
Many who turn over a new !eat
New Year need some good glue to
innke it "stay put."
The postage stamp# that were
wasted on letters to Santa Claus will
help some In wiping out our postal de-
iihi.—Washington *Poat. "Don't you
believe in fairies?"
Congress will reassemble iu a few
dajs to renew perusal of that charm-
lag serial, "Presidential Messages."
Dr. Newell Dwight Hints' aays we
need more poets. He'd say Ihe oppo
site if be was an editor.
Baltimore has no poor and needy
children who missed Santa Claus’
visit. At least that is the supposi
tion, because a young woman of that
city was forced to, the expedient of
Using a Christmas tree for her pet
dofc
WON’T YOU WITHDRAW YOUR VETO, MR. MAYOR.
The OeorRinn hopes and helieVea Mayor Woodward' ia mis
taken in his statement printed elsewhere in today’s paper to
' the effect that, whether his veto holds or not, there will be a pro
hibition election.
It is generally believed that a prohibition election would not
lie wise at this time, and The Georgian believes the majority
of thinking people think right as a rule.
We have stood against a prohibition election ’ from the
beginning, but we stand more firmly against such setback^ as
we have recently passed through, and in our front page state
ment of December !J4th we distinctly stated that if we cannot get
the regulation as passed by council and vetoed by the mayor, the
thinking people who are waiting patiently wilLsee relief through
a prohibition election. In other words, the lirpior conditions-that
existed when the riot came, which conditions Mayor Woodward
states he wishes unchanged, MUST BE CHANGED, and ifthemay-
or and cdiincil, who were elected by the people, will not grant
what seems to he the wish of the people, hacked by The Georgian,
The Constitution and The Journal, then we believe the more rad
ical course of a prohibition election will he the next best means,
and the only means by which we can impeach the opposition that
is being shown to a popular demand.
Mayor Woodward firat saya he is trying to act in aceord with
the wishes of the people and then declares the people will have
prohibition either way—how about that, Mr. Woodward!
We need a change—we need the s)l2,000 license.
It will not he an experiment nor a risk. Prohibition may
be both to a certain extent but there seems to be nothing left but
to try it.
Mr. Woodward, think seriously! It takes a great man to have
the courage to about face, but you have the courage, ami don’t
von think developments have made it appear that you will do a
great service to the city we love so much, if, as almost your.last
official act, you save us from the risk ami turmoil that is alniost
sure to come.
We will stand with you against a call for an election if you •
will do it, and the other papers, we know, will do the same.
Do it, Mr. .Mayor.
Up East the Ice cro|> Is said to he
the best In yenra. Just wait mull the
tee trust gives out the uens about
next August.
General Wood Is In trouble. Yet or |
again ?
“What la a k!a|itoniaiiiue?" some
body asks. It’s witnethluK only rich
folks can afford to be.
SATURDAY EVENING.
The twlllg.,t falls fast ujion the last Saturday evening of the event
ful year of 1906. v
It has been a stormy and tempestuous cycle for us all. In war. In
peace. In trade. In politics. In society and In religion, It has enriched all
records with events of vast and varied - meaning, and at It passes to the
realm of shadea and memories It leaves behind for history’s pen the
documents to establish It an immortality In time.
It would he fine with sweeping pen to trace the majestic line of Inci
dents that have marked the closing year—to summarize the martial
movements that have been transformed Into the mightier miracle of
peace, to gather Ihe great sweep of commerce Into descriptive statement,
to balance It against the dark exposures of human frailty In high finance,
and to contrast these with the uplifting currents of society and Ihe rapid
and Inspiring fraternity among religious creeds.
Hut the hour admits at best a passing local comment, and a purely
local plea.
We are passing out of the shadow now of the darkest incident In our
local annals, Into an era of peace and a high conception of the reign of
law. The white man has reacted from the wildest expression of his
racial antagonism Into a noble and uplifting advocacy of law, and the
negro, he It said lo his credit, Is co-operating through his highest repre
sentatives, with the best and kindest element of the superior race. For
this we offer thanks to the Throne from which all mercies come.
We have suffered In this eventful year, the sorrow and travail of a
long and bitter political campaign. Blowa have been dealt-and wounds
have been made that leave memories which only noble minds are great
enough to efface from recollection. Friend against friend and kinsman
against kinsman have ranged themselves In separate and opposing
ramp", nnd In their honest advocacy have clashed In Judgment, sympa
thy and public spirit upon the Issues of a great campaign.
The keenness of debate la over, but there lingers In the aftermath of
battle the embers of a bitterness that smoulders and menaces the unity
of the tranquil and prosperous future to which we strive.
There should be no factions of personal feeling In this great and
united slate of Georgia. We may divide on economic llnea and social la-
sues, but we have been too long a unit In the essential things of civiliza
tion for feuds and personal eumltles to disfigure a people, which side by
side Has grown out of great tribulation and wrought out surpassing prob
lems to noble and correct results.
The clash of ambition Is a transitory thing which should be fought
In fairness and ended with tbs verdict ot the polls which telle the winner
and denlea Ihe loser of the prise. The clash of Ideas may represent our
different minds and our varylug environment, and If each man has car
ried Ilia own Idea In honest courage to the public conscience of a demo
cratic guVei nim-iii, be should utxepl the <eidict Of tufct majority Which
may give IU Judgment lo one man and Its nffectlons to another. The Idea
that wins today may be discredited tomorrow, and the victor of yester
day may follow today In the wake of a greater than he.
No honeat difference of opinion on public Issues should separate
honest men, and when the battle of our brains la over, Ihe unembittered
band should reach out to find Its comrade In the friend of common strug
gles In the years gone by.
And so aa the year falls to alienee In this softened week of peace
and fraternity, let us trust that the Georgians who have been estranged
upon so scant a cause aa varylug friendships and differing opinions, may
let fall the passion nnd feeling of days and hours that are forever past,
aud on the bright threshold of Ihe brave new year, renew the fellow
ships of yesterday and repledge Ihe friendships that should be strung
enough to survive n dozen differences and a thousand coufilctliig views.
I-et ua forget all In Ihe paat that Is unpleasant and bitter, and let us
remember for the future that we are all Georgians, seeking according to
onr several lights to advauce the Interest of the people and the honor of
the state.
And so let us all shake hands and start the year without malice
and without guile.
RECORD OF WHAT A YEAR HAS WROUGHT
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Notable Events During 1906 in the Principal Lines of Interest
IMSMMtMtHHHM
BUSINESS
January.
I—Printer* In many eltlea strike for
an eight-hour day.
3—McCall resign* a* president of the
New York J.lfe Insurance Company;
succeeded by Alexander EcOrr.
with a capital of 375.000.000.
. 29—American National Live Stock
Association formed by consolidation of
two national organisation*.
FeCruary.
*—Central Pennsylvania coal min
ers' strike; trouble settled on the 12th.
13—Helnxe sells his copper holdings
to rival concerns.
15—Bank of America, In Chicago,
placed under a receiver.
- 19—United States supreme court
holds that traffic In coal by railroads
is unlawful. President Roosevelt and
Secretary Taft, concurring In the re
port of the minority of the board of
consulting engineers of the Panama
canal, favor a lock canal.
1—United* Lead Company and Na
tional Lead Company consolidate.
22— New York legislative committee
Investigating life Insurance reports to
the legislature.
23— aerman relchatag peases the bill
to extend reciprocal tariff rates to-the
United States.
26—President Roosevelt's Interven
tion Induces President Mitchell, of the
Unlted,Mlne Workers, to call a nation
al convention, with the view of avert
ing a miners' strike.
28— United State* steel Corporation
leases the J. J. Hill ore mines In upper
Michigan for thirty years.
March.
9— Vanderbilts buy the Pittsburg and
Lake Erie railroad.
10— Ohio 2-cent-a-mlle railroad fare
law takes effect,
11— Anthracite coal operators reject
miners' demands.
2k—George W. Perkins, ex-vice pres
ident of the New York Life Insurance
Compnny, arrested on a technical
charge of grand larceny In giving In
surance money to campaign funds.
29— Conference of miners' represen
tatives and operators at Indianapolis
adjourns sine die, without reaching an
agreement.
April.
2—Mining suspended In the anthra
cite region.
17—Attorney General Moody decides
to prosecute coal-carrying railroads.
Russia concludes a loon for 1450,000.000.
20—Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Company nnd officers fined by a Fed
eral court for rebating. ,
28—Suit begun at Toledo against the
Standard Oil Company and subsidiary
concerns to revoke their charters.
May.
' 4—President Roosevelt, In a special
message to congress, attacks the
Standard Oil Company. Sugar trust
and New York Central Railroad Com
pany Indicted under the Elkins law.
5—Anthracite miners accept peace
terms offered by the operator*.
10—United StateVsmeuinr. Refining 9^-CoHapae of tHejopBahoremen'a
and Mining Company Incorporated, Jtrike at Cleveland kills the mates
10—Electric
chartered.
Properties Company
June.
12— Kansas City Jury ffnds four
packing companies guilty of accepting
freight rebaty, j
13— Federal court at Kansas City
convicts the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy railroad of rebating.
18— Lake Erie 'and Ohio river ship
canal charter bill passed by the senate.
Tobacco companies Indicted by the
Federal grand Jury of New York for
conspiracy.
29—House Anally passes tha Lake
Erie and Ohio river ship canal char
ter bill; signed by the president next
day,
} July.
6—Former officials of the Chicago
and Alton railroad convicted In Chi
cago Federal court of rebating.
8—International policyholders' com
mittee permanently organised. Wagea
In New England cotton mills raised.
,14—Central Pennsylvania coal min
era" strike settled In conference.
lit—Cincinnati laundries Indicted on
charges of combination in restraint of
trade. - 4 > .
19— Dissolution of the sewer pipe
trust announced by Harry Alvan Hall.
31—Pennsylvania railroad reduces
passenger fares east of Pittsburg and
Erie and abolishes the 1,000-mlle tick
et rebate.
August.
6—Closing of the Milwaukee State
bank, of Chicago causes a panic and
two deaths among denosltors.
8—Standard Oil Company Indicted by
the Chicago grand Jury for accepting
rebates.
10—Federal grand jury at Jamestown.
N. Y„ Indicts the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company and the Standard Oil Com
pany for rebating.
22—Conference of governors. Insur
ance commissioners and attorneys
general meets at St. Paul to draw up
an Insurance code.
22—Al Adams' 400 bucket shops as
sign.
25—Pennsylvania railroad lines west
of Pittsburg give notice of a reduction
of fares to a '2-rent basis.
27— Ten Indictments returned In Chi
cago against the Standard Oil Com
pany.
28— Railroad rate act takes effect.
Real Estate Trust Company, of Phil
adelphia. suspends and goes Into the
hands ot a receiver.
September.
7—Vanderbilts begin a railroad rate
war. - ,
22—Largest natural gaa well In the
world brought In near Kane, Pa., and
gata beyond control.
24—H. C. Frick and H. H. Rogers
buy control of the Norfolk and Western
railroad. Pennsylvania railroad cuts
passenger fares to 2 1-2 cents a mile
In Central Passenger Association terri
tory.
. v ' October.
B—Terms of lease of the Hill ore
properties to the United States Steel
Corporation made public.
6—American Union Telephone Com
pany absorbs several other Independent
concerns; total capital 325,000,000.
9—Ohio Bridge Trust dissolved.
18— Detroit United Railway Company
announces aa an experiment a rate of
ten fares for 26 cents.
19— Jury at Findlay. Ohio, convicts
the Standard Oil Company of conspir
acy. New York Central railroad fined
by a Federal court In New York for re
bating.
24—Trans-Alaskan-SIberlan Railroad
Company chartered In New Jersey.
}0—National Petroleum Association
flies complalntg against the Standard
Oil Company.
November.
6— Harrlman wins control of the Illi
nois Central railroad, defeating Presi
dent Hamilton Flah.
7— Pennsylvania railroad orders In
crease of wages.
14—John D. Rockefeller and Standard
Oil directors Indicted at Findlay. Ohla
16—Attorney General Moody sues for
an Injunction against the Standard Oil
Compaby. American Federation of La
bor approvea of alliance with the Amer
ican Society of Equity.
19—Thomas F. Ryan resigns his of
ficial connection with many railroad
and Industrial .corporations.
22— Minimum fine Imposed upon the
Pullman Car <?ompany In the Pennsyl
vania pure food law cases.
23— United States Steel Corporation
announces Increase of wages.
24— Samuel Gompers re-elected pres
ident of the American Federation of
Labor.
Decamber.
4—National Petroleum Association
flies with the Interstate commerce com
mission complaints against flfty-one
railroads.
Standard Oil Company Increases
wages. Amalgamated Copper Company
absorbs the Greene Consolidated Inter
ests. Mexican government assumes
control of all railroads in that republic.
21—Insurance presidents take the
first steps toward forming un associa
tion.
the national capital turns Its prophetic and its seeking eye to the land of
Calhoun nnd Lamar and Stephens and Hill and Toombs and Hayne and
McDuffie, la an Inspiration to the stateamanshlp of tbe New South to go
backward to the fountains of Inspiration whlcb are to be found In the lives
and advocacies of their famous and faithful forefathers.
And by this sign we know that the day Is advancing when a South
ern nominee shall advance and strengthen the hope of victory In tbe
great political party which has lived upon Ita loyal support.
A SOUTHERN CANDIDATE AND A STATE'S RIGHTS
PLATFORM.
Now, then, The Washington Post seems to be taking the suggestion
ot a Southern mau fur the presidency with proper seriousness, and to
regard It with seasonable pood will.
In a brief editorial at the head of Its page on Wednesday last. The
Poet remarks: *
"A year from now the Democratic party will be running up
and down the South hunting a candidate for president of the
United States. He may he found In little Delaware; he may be
be found In big Texas; he may be found on the banks of the
Yazoo. in the state of Mississippi.
"It has been a long time since the country has had a taste
of old-fashioned Democracy. Those of our population who were
fortunate enough to experience it have a recollection of what real
corn bread was; hut even In Kentucky the making of sure-enough
corn bread la rapidly becoming a lost art. Just as Democracy
got to be a lost art, so far as the Democratic party Is concerned,
some len or a doxen years ago.
“Hut there are some real Democrats left. Just aa there la
some real corn pone left in Kentucky, and the Democratic iiarty
Is likely to be on a voyage of dlicovery a year or sixteen
months hence. Gray. Rayner. Williams. Culberson—there are
plenty of them between Delaware Bay and the Rio Grande
mouth.
"Mr. Root lately made a speech that awakened the Democrat
ic conscience of the South. There Is some dispute as to the cor
rect Interpretation of Mr. Root’s speech, whether It was a threat
ora warning. Some folks say It was a bugle cell to patriots to ral
ly to the support of state’s rights; other saw In It a funeral ora
tion pronounced on dead and done for state's rights.
"Whatever It really was, It nude mighty logical the Demo
cratic party's search for a Southern man to captain the Democrat
ic aquad In 1908.”
There Is resl meat In the comment of Tbe Post, and it Is an Inspir-
ration. to note the Idea Implied If not expressed by that great newspa-
iwr, that the South is tbe American section of the republic, and Ita states
men the real defenders of the constitution and tbe rights-of the states,
"be fact that In this call for a real Democracy the leading newspaper at
A STATEMENT THAT STAINS.
It does ring monstrous upon the conscience of Atlanta to hear from
a reputable committee after careful Investigation, that not one of the
victims of our September riot was remotely connected with any of the
offense* charged against the race, and that there was not a vagrant In
the entire list ot the twelve killed and seventy wounded.
This Ktrong statement Is a damaging thing to send abroad for the
great public who t^ave already abused Atlanta so much, but It Is a whole
some and effective warning to din Into the ears of every riotous and
diaorderly Individual In the city ot Atlanta.
It does not seem likely that the majority of the men who were most
guilty In this affair will ever be reached by the strong and avenging hand
of outraged law. And there la only left the mighty engine of public
opinion to bring to bear In condemnation of their crimes.
The press ot Atlanta must perhaps risk the. further damage which
will be entailed upon the .reputation of the city In this publicity In order
that tut- atrouK clear note of the newspaper: shall represent the spirit of
the city and ot the community, and may possibly reach the ears of at
least a majority ot those who were engaged Ip a riot whose results upon
the Innocent have perhaps never been equaled In tbe annals of crime.
To think that tn a racial trouble Inspired by revenge for monstrous
outrages, real or attempted, that the bllud majority of rlotefa should have
found no single culprit on whom to whet Its vengeance, but In a spirit
of wanton and reckless generalization should have destroyed twelve and
wounded seventy entirely innocent and Inoffqndlng parties.
It is not possible to disguise the fact that there were many people en
gaged In that mob who ought by all their traditions to have known
better, and who entered It thoughtlessly on the angry and frenzied Im
pulse of the moment. These participants will carry with profound and
lnug-contlnued regret the results ot their conduct. They were swept
away by the events of the preceding weeks and probably followed tbe lead
of bolder and more reckless spirits who were not so careful of human
life or conscientious as to the guilt or innocence of the assailed.
We feel sure that these men are already suffering sorrow and tbe
pangs of remorse, because they are built of the stock and come from the
blood of a civilization that cannot contemplate such a fault even of its
own without an aftermath of horror and regret.
To those of this class who are reached by tbe appeals of the public
press, this ghastly finding of the committee should be a warning's* long
as they live, dgalnst hasty and Intemperate ezpresslons of either private
or public passion and revenge.
Never again should any young man or old participant who reads
this startling statement, be tempted to forget this episode which, wheth
er designed or thoughtless, has made of him a criminal In a greater or
lesser degree. Never ngaln should any man who touched the outskirts
of this violent demonstration fall to remember the Imperative duty which
devolves upon every citizen In a crisis to keep his temper and retain his
head and not to forget the sanctity of human life or the majesty of the
law.
There are doubtless some sad and shadowed hearts that are beating
today In the bosoms of some men who were Impulsive members of this
mob. The law may find them out and physical punishment may be added
to their keen regrets, but if It does not we are confident that every ad
vancing year of their lives and of their reflective capacity will add to the
shadow and to the suffering which the memory of their connection with
this deplorable tragedy must entail.
For whether they are punished by the law or whether they are unap
prehended and go unwhlpt of Justice, they must undoubtedly suffer under
the lash of that conscience which Is the heritage of every man born of
good parents and under a Christian civilization.
Morgan will proceed to grill him on
the witness stand.
A cable says Ralsull Is to be de
posed. Make It decapitated and we
acquiesce.
Most of us work bard enough, but
too many of us work hardest trying
to keep from working.
! GOSSIP
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York. Dec. 29.—Almost as hit.
ter a social war as ever raged In New
York (and there are lively memories
of the rancorous hatred of certain i,,
cat vendettas), !. the one that hai
for 1U « n ‘™' * r °und and
Washington at an outpost, with uie
causes of conflict found In Bellamy
Btorer and hla wife. *
Young Mrs. Longworth la making a
show of treating the affair with In-
difference, but her friends assert she
feels the complications keenly, it i,
all right now. when she Is In Wash
ington, but the case takes on a dif.
ferent aspect in her husband's home
The elder Mrs. Longworth has gone
oyer absolutely to the cause of ,hi
Storer*. and, naturally, la not on
dial terms with her daughter-in-law
Society In Cincinnati sticks to the
store™.
Intimate friends of the Roosevelt* do
"°. t „. h , e *‘‘ ate . to *«y that the president
might have been more tactful and not
have brought a family dispute on hi*
daughter within a year of her mar-
rlage. The Cincinnati contingent in
Washington (and It Is powerful) i*
openly in favor of the Storera. and
young Mr*. Longworth will be In ihe
unpleasant position of finding ihe
wives of her husband's associates die.
tlnctly cool.
Mr. and .Mr*. Reginald C. Vanderbilt
will sail for Europe the first of Janu
ary, accompanied by Mrs. Hollis It.
Hunnewell, sister of -Mrs. Vanderbilt
and her husband and Mrs. Frederick
Nellson.
Great Barrington has Introduced a
new thing—a man chambermaid.
“Men are Just as able to take care of
children as Women and are as com-
patent and gentle tn the performance
of such duties," one woman I know,
declares, "and the women of Great
Barrington who have tried it say that
they are perfectly satisfied with the
result.”
The difficulty Is, will enough men
who are out of jobs attempt to invade
women's .sphere In this capacity. Manv.
perhaps, seem to feel that unless Car
negie medals are given to the men who
volunteer to act as nursemaids the
generality will refuse to believe In the
genuineness of hero rewards.
Secretary and Mrs. Root will have a
house party over New Years, Including
Miss Harrlman, Miss Janet McCook.
Ellhu Root, Jr.. Owne Root, Jr.
The Russian ambassador and Baron
ess Rosen have as their guest for a
week or ten days Baron Schlppenbnch,
Russian consul at Chicago. The baron.
an old friend of Mr. and Mrs.
Rosen and did much lo entertain her
on he^recent visit to Chicago.
Where the Georgia Delegation
Live in Washington.
Must be hard times In St. Louis.
Firm there Is advertising "men's
suite cut In half."
Wanted—New Year's resolutions.
The kind that rough handling and
frequent neglect won't effect.
WHY HE SUB8CRIBE8.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Twelve months ago I subscribed for
_ The Atlanta News because you were
’it" editor, now I want The Georgian,
first, because you are Its editor; sec
ond, because you have no Sunday edi
tion; third, because It takes no whisky
advertisements; fourth, beoause It ad
vertises no medicines- that' are objec
tionable, and, fifth, because I think,
having seen only two copies, It Is one
of the best in Georgia.
Are you offering any holiday Induce,
ments? Whether you are, or are not,
pleaee give me your price to minis
ters. ! am a Methodist minister.
I am yours very truly.
J. W. TAYLOR.
Rayle, Ga„ Dec. 18. 1906.
WERE TODAY BUT YE8TERDAY.
Were today but yesterday
With all Its Innocence and fun,
I would the day could never end—
That there could be no setting sun.
For 'twere yesterday that you and l
Gathered violets, tender and blue,
You grouped them Into bunches for me,
I bound them with threads for you.
I did not know—l did not dream
That In this blissful binding
Our hearts were being 'twined together
For the ecstacy was blinding.
Were today but yesterday
Ere life's bitter strife begun,
I would the day could never end—
That there could be no setting sun.
—CALVIN F. CARLTON.
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. G. Brantley, the Chapin.
T. W. Hardwick, the Shoreham.
W. M. Howard, the Bancroft.
Gordon Lee, the Shorehnm.
E. B. Lewis, the Metropolitan.
J. W. Overstreet, the Metropolitan.
L. F. Livingston, 1916 Blltmorc street.
J. M. Griggs, the Metropolitan.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
DECEMBER 29.
A rich Eastern man wants to find a
poor but worthy person to whiom he
can leave bis fortune. A local reporter
knows where be can find Ihe party,
but modesty causes blm to refrain
from saying more.
Here's an Incredible thing. New
York woman was robbed of $10,000
worth of diamonds. She .wasn't an
actress!
A California man has Invented a
pump to milk cowa. Dairymen In this
section have been using tbe pump lo
other ways a long time.
Wonder If tbe cold wave didn't nip
that famous white flannel suit of
Mark Twain’s?
After wishing WUIIam Nelson
Cromwell a happy New Year, Senator wcstvitW.
ONLY A BEGINNING.
'•"»'« know. Mr. M’elloph." she de
murred. "There nre-there are Httlemeuis
to he considered, you know.”
"if that I* all, MU* Maggie," he Mid
"we'll hare an trouble." ’
n Gere he slipped a, diamond ring on her
"How does that strike you?" he asked
- "II m. she rejoined, holding It up to tbs
Might niMt Inspecting it critically. "j think
liro ’rrtCuS; w?l1 '** * ret * ln, r.”—Chi-
Credit System Abolished.
Special to The Georgian.
Augusta, Ga„ Dec. 29,-The steam
laundries of Augusta hava decided that
after January I all laundry bills must
be paid at the time the article* are re
turned to the owners and the credit
system will be completely abolished.
Bank Declares Dividend.
fi|>ecisl to The Georgian.
Covington. Oa„ Dec. 29.—At the reg-
ular meeting of the directors, of the
Bank of Covington, on December :s, a
* P" «« «u declared*
fundi ‘ ** p * r c * nt lo ,he surplus
John R. Johns.
John R. Johns, aged 33 years, died
Saturday morning at hla residence -I
Hayden street. He Is survived by'hls
wife, one sister and three brothers The
funeral service* will be conducted
1778—Savannah taken by the British.
18W— Andrew juiiuauu, iwventffntS* ?«*?!*!•"♦
of the United fitnte*. born. l»led J«»'5
11, 1875.
1809—Willluiu K. Glndntnne, Knglh>h utat^
man. l»oru. tiled Mn.v 19, IK*.
1812— Commodore Bnlnbrldgc, commatjdlnir
the frigate Constitution, raptured th-
HrltUti frigate Java, off Ann Salvador.
1843—••Carmen flylva,” queen of Hounionia.
born.
1846—Texaa admitted to the Union.
1846—tleueral Taylor took po«ae**lon of M‘‘-
torln, capital of Titmaupun*.
1960—John It. Floyd, of Virginia, ronUiinI
a* secretary of war.
1862—Tbe Confederate* attacked <»e«eml
flberman and drove him bark.}'}
Brat line of defenae before tlekabur*.
1968—Moaliy Clark, a Revolutionary iw.l.ller
died at Richmond, Vo., at the ndvanml
age of 121 year*.
1876—Train wreck at A*htabul.i. nhl0 *
Klgbty killed and ataty Injured.
1894—Forty peraoua perished by nf *
Christmas festival at flllver lib.
Ore.
DON’T BOAST.
linen * *»•»* •
The wares that tn** the wildest
Are not of Ihe deepest sea:
The fruit ihnt Is the sweetest
len't on tbe tallest tree:
The dog whose lisrk Is $eree»t
Doesn't always know the mo«t:
And tbs man that Is tbe hrare*:
Isn't always on ihe boeii-
THE
KODAK
HOUSE
Agents for the
Eastman Kodak*.
W* handle piste*,
films, chemicals and
rrery hind of sup
plies for th# sms-
tear Kodsker.
fiperlallr equipped
department for sins
tear finicking. »t
guarantee the l»*t
possible results-
Bring ns your piste*
snd films.
Mall order deport
meat for ont-of-lowu
Kndskers.
fiend for catalogue
and price list.
L K. HAWXES CD.
The Kidik House