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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 190* THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN .tnr nvm turns. tut* f. i. Kill. r.iHiktt. Published Evsry Afternoon 'Except Roodejl By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At S West Alabama St., Atlanta. Oe. Subscription Rates. rtae Tear M JJ Sis Month* J-g Three Month* 3.33 Bt Carrier. Per Weeh 39 Telcpoone* rnnn.-t Inc all departments Ijm* dl*tanre terminals Smith * Thomp*cii. advertising rrp- retentatires for all territory outside of Georgia. Chicago Offle* Trlhnne Ittd*. N’ew York Oltlre Totter Hid*. If yon hare nny irnohle *ettln* THW CEOROIAN, telephone the Circulation Deportment and hare It promptly, rent- edled. Telephones: Bell 4*77 Main, Atlanta 4401. It la desirable that all rommnnlra- tlona Intended for publication In TIIFS OEORU1AN be limited to 4M words Is lesKth. It la Imperatlre that they hs elcned. as ao evidence of *ood faith, thouxh the name, will he withheld If requested. Rejected manuscripts will not he returned unless stamps an sent for the purpose. THE GEORGIAN prints no unclean or objectionable ndrerllaln*. Neither dsoa It print whisky or any liquor ads 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 -—• —— ~7 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. 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