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JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
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Evelyn Thaw'* Story.
— The testimony of Kvelys Nesblt
Thaw qo Thuraday would aoo» to set.
tie In advance the verdict In this cele
brated and sensational case now on
trial In the metropolis.
Whether tho testimony Is entirely
true or not, we have no means of
knowing. Skillful lawyers, long train
Ins, thorough preparation with the arts
of the actress might possibly do much
to give the Impression of perfect sin
cerity to a carefully constructed nar
rative.
Bat whether that testimony be true
or false. It was most admirably and
aldllfully rendered, and Its effect can
not be over estimated upon an Amerl
can jury. The story rings simple and
tme, and the almost girlish simplicity
and youth of the witness, we may be
sure, added a thousand fold to Its Im
pression upon those who heard It
If only the description of the apart
ments of Stanford White were true,
and nothing else remained, It would
serve to establish Harry Thaw's vic
tim as one of the most accomplished,
luxurious, admirably equipped rakes
and libertines in any metropolis of aoy
country In the erorld.
"What business." the public may
well ask, "had a married man of family
for a luxurious home of bis own, with
apartments fitted up In the tower of
Madison Square with the luxuries of a
Sybarite, and with every possible
equipment tor the winning and wreck
ing of women?"
No one who reads this part of the
testimony will fall to aed In the very
picture of the various apartments from
tho bed-ebamber to the banquet table
of this married man's down town
apartment, the equipment for the ca
reer of temptation and ruin which he
is reputed to have followed.
And the mother of Evelyn Nesblt.
carrying her daughter at the tender
age of Id to pose as an ertlst’a model
before .the Irresponsible bohemians of
the art quarter of the metropolis, leav
ing her In their hands for hours at a
time, and then Anally going away to
Pittsburg, with her daughter, scarcely
half way In her teens, left under the
sole protection.of a luxurious rounder
with the reputation of Stanford White.
If only half tbe story of Evelyn Nesblt
Thaw Is true, It would surround that
young woman with a degree of sym
pathy and pity for the small chance
she has had In life to make anything
of herself or to do anything with a
life so little guarded and so desper
ately tempted as bars has been.
The dramatis personae of this fa-
mous trial loams altogether In the
shadow, with tbe single exception of
the mother of Harry Thaw, whaae loy
alty and devotion will command the
sympathy and respect of the world.
COULD CttXAT BXITAIir BXATAHY THUS F0WXB8 AT BX|?
Some official figures.published the othar day from The Loodon Times
by Sir WlUIsm White end quoted In The New York Hun, indicate that at
the present tinge Great Britain's sea power Is mors than equal te tbe com
bined naviea not of any two, but of any three other countries In the
world.
This Is a degree ef superiority which tbe admiralty has not avowedly
aimed at. and the fact that It nevertheless has been attained demon
strates ths futility of Germany's efforts to vis with Great Britain on tbe
ocean.
The figures cited by filr William While cover the sis years ending
on March tl, 1906. and compare the tonnage of first class battleships built
and completed for sea by tbe United Kingdom, Germany, Prance and the
United States during that period. Oreat Britain constructed vessels aggre
gating 311,886 tons; Germany, 141121 tons; tbs United States. 110410
tons, and Prance. 44.216 tons. It Is obvious that ths assregste tonnage
built during the sesennlal tilth by the throe countries lest nsnied fell
short of the tonnsge created In the same time In the United Kingdom
by 60,000 tons.
It may ha admitted that the relative strength of navies should aot he
measured by the amount of . tonnage added within so short s term es sis
years, because the average period during which a battleship retains It*
original eOcieney Is. about fifteen years. As it happens, the conclu
sion deduced from Sir William Whltete figures Is confirmed by those of
tbe Dtlks return, which gtvec the number of first cleat battleships
constructed during ths 16 years preceding ’March 81. 1S0I. It seems that
In that time Great Britain jiullt and completed for sea forty-six first class
battleships, aa against eighteen credited to Oertneny, fourteen to
the United States and eleven to Prance. That Is to say.
Orest Britain built three more vessels of tbe type mentioned than did
tbe other three powers together.
If we compare the aggregate tonnages, British superiority Is more
marked. The total tonnage of theft British first class battleships was
661,600 tons; that of tbs 18 German ships, 204,611 tons; that of the 14
American ships, lot,412 tons, tnd (bat of the 11 Prench ships. 127407
tons. It follows that the aggregate displacement of tbe first class bat
tleships belonging to Great Britain ou ' Ibe one hand and to Germany,
the United Btates and France on the other Is repreesnted by the dif
ference between 668,600 tons and 191476 tons, that Is, by about 164,000
tons. In othar words, but for tbe toss of the Montagu, of 14.000 tons.
Oreat Britain'* superiority as regards the aggregate tonnage ol first class
battleships built In tbe period named to the combined tonnage of Ger
many, the United States and France would have been equal to the whole
tonnsge of that class of ships built In tbe Vnlte(l States during the fifteen
years preceding March 31, 1906.
Experts might say that tha relative efficiency of naviea cannot he
judged by their relative displacement. In a paper read not long ego in
the Boyal United Service Institution Lieutenant Carlyoo Bellsrs declar
ed that tonnsge Is not an accurate measure of fighting strength. Nor
Is It, because a vessel may have more displacement, but a weaker ar
mor or armament. Nobody would pratand that a vessel like the Royal
Sovereign, of 14,160 tons, launched In 1S91. Is a better ahlp than the
-n«ne.ahi.«.d nf rinflow™,., i«nn»h.<t i n nu)i ti Bfr Winiam White
has pointed out, however, displacement tonnsge Is s fair measure of tho
misfire fighting capacity of two warships of even date, provided, of
course, all tbe elements of fighting strength, namely, armor, armament,
coal, endurance and speed, ere combined, as presumably at ths same dale
they will be. to equal advantage.
What la her* laid concerning Oreat Britain'* preponderance aa re
gard* 11 rat data battleahlpa la true of her superiority In reaped or ar
mored crulaera.
Bo far aa theae element* of fighting atrength are concerned. It
aeema demonstrable that she would be s match for Germany, the United
States and France combined. It should be borne In mind, however, that
her battleahlpa and armored cruisers art necessarily so scattered (hat
for her concentration would prove a relatively slow and dlBcult task.
In measured sentences snd /yet with wonderful Mtf-control"—because
did not make any definite snd distinct, charge ^gainst Mr. Cleveland or
aurtodr else "higher.in. authority" in the party—entered hi. e.rne,, and
solemn protest agqjnst what bo called the Injoalice of attempting to fasten
upoa the Maryland senator any degree of responsibility that did not hon
estly be Ion r to him for tha failure of tbe Democratic party to carry out it*
pledges to the people. He declared that Mr. Gorman's co-laborers upon
(lie senate committee on finance, molt of whom are now dead, all bore will
ing wltnaaa to ibe fact that never was a modification made of tha tariff
bill, and never a atep taken aa to Its revision, or an all*ration proposed or
carried Into affect that bad not been unhesitatingly approved and Indors
ed, and pleaded for and demanded "by those higher In authority than Mr.
Gorman or myself, who afterwards saw fit to denounce It and brand It
with the brand of perfidy."
We an entirely In accord with our Charleston contemporary In the
view, that even If these allegations against Mr. Cleveland are
true, snd we have never believed them to - be true, they do
not justify tbe Gorman amendments to the tariff Mil admitted
In the face of tbe national Democratic platform of *98, denouncing the very
protective Interests which were unduly regarded Id the Gorman tariff—In
the face of tbe Iowa slate convention of 1199, and In face of the eloquent
platform of (be Democracy of Massachusetts and Nebraska, while both
Nebraska and Maryland Itself In the same year heartily commended the
wisdom snd patriotism which have marked ths administration of Presi
dent Cleveland and demanded the revision of the tariff.
The singular and gratifying faotln connection with this long and per-
slsteat malignancy toward Mr. Cleretasd Is that It seems to hav* no ef
fect whatever upon his fame and popularity.
Tbe ex-prestdent moves serenely along to hit great.place In history.
In Ibe fall present enjoyment of the confidence and admiration of the
great bulk of the American people.
The Oeorgla Cadet Is tbe latest en
try into college journalism, and It rep
resents the Georgia Military Collage
at Mllledgevllle most creditably. Cadet
C. F. Andrews Is managing editor, and
Cadat W. A- Davis, Jr., Is business
manager.
Beveridge spoke four days In the
United Btates senate last week on tbe
child labor bill, and when It Is print
ed bis remarks will fill about 200
pages of tbe Congressional Record.
"The young Indiana statesman," we
are told by* The Washington Herald,
showed neither physical nor mental
fatigue after be bad finished his re
markably long oratorical effort."
BEOHmiNG OF THE FIGHT AGAINST THE WHITE PLAGUE
The earnest sffort of The Georgian to arouse the people to a compre
hension of the dangerous spread of tuberculosis, and to tbe necessity for
sanitary pravautloa and remedy, culminated on Thursday afternoon In a
thoroughly representative meeting of eoma prominent gentlemen who had
been naked to aaaemble for a preliminary conference upon the subject.
The meeting wee thoroughly earnest, snd those who composed It, both
among the dtlsens and ths medical fraternity, were men or eucb force
and prominence ae to give emphasis to their expressions.
It waa notably evident that the puhltc nrtnd had been-very generally
quickened to a realisation of tha danger of an even greater spread of this
diseess under the carelessneta and apathy which prevails among the
people toward It.
The meeting was eminently successful In the feet that It created end
expressed a profound Interest, and appointed a committee to confer with
the other bodies, the chamber of commerce, the city council, the state and
municipal boards of health and to ask from these bodies the appointment
of cooperative committees to Issue e public address and to call for an
other end larger public meeting to awaken further and wholesome Inter
est In this groat aud all-important theme.
Whan thla meeting Is called, we feel sure that It will be largely at
tended, and that the results given to publicity will b* beneficent and help
ful. ft wee never Intended to make this meeting the foundation for the
building of any particular hospital, or the establishment of any particu
lar Institution. Any result of that kind must grow out of It Incidentally
and naturally and not by pressure or especial advocacy In any direc
tion.
The mluion of the movement Is in awaken the people to a sens* of
danger, and to the enactment and execution of laws that will protect the
public from the dissemination of germs through sputum recklessly depos
ited In thousand* of localities where heat of steam or sun dries them
and puts them Into circulation through the air which Is breathed Into the
lungs ot the public. And out of this movement It Is hoped there will grow
e campaign of education against the ipreed of consumption, and per
haps e more general comprehension of Its remedy and suppression.
And this movement will not be abandoned until these results have
been. In pert or In whole, attained.
Meanwhile whet mutt ths public think ef a Journalism which through
simple Jealousy ef a contemporary will not only Ignore but will actually
and specifically dltcouragt tnd oppose In hoadlinoa and In words a move
ment sst exclusively to tho protection and holp of tho pooplt whom It a»
•umia to represent.
Whenever Tho Georgian comsoto that point whsre It withholds Its
Indorsement from s beneficent public movement eimply because a contem
porary or competitor happens te bo first to mention and advoeata It, than
Ws trust that our subscribers will fall away from uo aa Isavts from tho
trets In winter.
ed a 160,000 "Samuel Spencer Memorial
Hospital," In which tbe employees of
bis great railway system might be
ministered unit) In their necessities,
thus better preserving tbe name of tbe
great presided! by jteneroue service
from generation to generation.
The new folk lore song sung by tbe
Vanderbilt Glee Club on Thursday
evening and written by Mrs. F. H.
Gaines, tbe wife of tho president of
Agnes Scott Institute, is likely to take
Its high place among the negro melo
dies of the 8outb. It Is doubtful If
anything better has been written
■Ince “Old Black Joe." Mr*. Gaines,
who Is both poet and musician. Is one
of the most accomplished of our
Southern women. A Virginian by
birth and a loyal Georgian by adop
tion, sh* Is one of the many brilliant
forces that make up (he merits of
Georgia's famous female college at De-
catur. —
Army-Navy Orders
MOVEMENT OF VEMELS.
Army Orders.
Washlnston. Feb. I.—Tbe following
orders have bean Issued:
First .Class Private Thomas 8. Jack-
son, signal corps, from Fort Robinson
to Philippines. June (.
Private Eugenio A. DeHormlda. gen-
aral service. Infantry, recruiting station,
Chicago, discharged from the army.
Colonel Peter 8. Bom us, to Ninth
Cavalry.
Lieutenant Colonel Matthias W. Day
to sixth Cavalry.
Major John B. McDonald, to Flf-
teentii Cavalry.
Private Edward 8. Irish. Third bat
tery, field artillery. Fort Myer, trans
ferred to signal corps, to Port Wood,
Sergeant James Richards, signal
r . Port William Henrjr Harrison.
Corporal Richard Battle,- etgngl
The Charleston Newt and Courier
thinks and says that Instead of the
960,000 monument to Samuel Spencer
In tbe Ptasa of the Atlanta Terminal
station, there aEoUTa~hgV8 teen erect- lesrpsrrnrt‘*D. “a^* KMm'iT'to" ridl'liT Ifflntei
_ p|nH March 8.
Private Herbert Pleasant, troop D,
Tenth Cavalry, from Washington to
Fort Roblnaon.
Colonel John Cook and Private Gro
ver I,. 81. Clair, Nineteenth recruit com
pany, from Washington to proper sta
THE ENDURING HATRED TO CLEVELAND.
Tbe deathless animosity entertained by certain public men to Grover
Cleveland lose* no opportunity (or expression. /
Even the memorials of the dead are utilised to vent a hostility which
time does not seem to eoften or remove. Either Mr. Cleveland la a man
of monstrous Insincerity and corruption, or he la tha moat slandered man.
save one, who has figured In the public life of theae times.
Here In tbe senate last week the memorial exercises of Arthur Gor
man furnished in eagerly seised occasion for another Illustration of thla
blttoroeai.
The eulogies to Arthur Gorman were tlntcly and well deaerved. He
was s great Democrat, and deserved the love snd the laudation of his par
ty.
Hut Tlllmsu. of South Carolina, uuder cover of r. tribute lo Gorman,
charged Mr. Cleveland with Mid faith In hit dealings with Mr. Gorman In
the WIlson Gonusn tariff measure, declaring that the ex presldeat had
roonlved at every compromise and subterfuge expressed In tha final bill
and had then sought to ruin Gorman h v charging him with “party dishon
or’ In admitting the amendments which practically surrendered It to tha
sugar trust.
The Charleston Ntws and Courier declares that the testimony on
which Senator TUIman bases this charge would not be accepted as con- /
elusive proof of ibe guilt of a negro charged with larceny <n Edgefield
county. , % i
And then Senator Blackburn, when his time came to euloglte the la
mented Gorman, "speaking." as we are told, ‘‘with great deliberation pad
VOTE UNANIMOUS
FOR LOCAL OPTION
IN LOWER HOUSE
Special to Ths Georgian.
Montgomery. Ala., Feb. 1—After
tight lasting two days, which called
forth much debate, the local option
bill Introduced by Dr. Lnvelady, of Jef
ferson , and which had the becking of
he anti-saloon league of this state,
passed the house without opposition
whrti'the final vote came up.
On the first test vote which was on
the adoption of the substitute offered
by the minority ot the committee tt
stood 70 to 84 and those opposed to
the measure realised then that It was
going to pass and when It cam* upon
substituting a bill offered by tbe ma
jority for the original bill, not n
gls vote was ctst against It.
he local option men got the start
early In the game and kept It up till
the bill waa passed. There waa not a
member of tha housaw-ho had not baen
sounded upon this proposition before
ho waa elected and a majority of them
were pledged to the bill.
While those opposing ths bill were
against ths majority report, they
claimed they were In sympathy with
local option end If thtlr views could
not be carried out they would vote tor
the other one. “anything to regulate
the sale of liquor." as one expressed it.
OFFICE EMPLOYEES
GET AN INCREASE
ON C. & W„ C. ROAD
■pedal te The Georgian.
Auguste, Os.. Feb. 6.—An order has
been Issued, through Superintend'
snt Lynch, of the t'barltston and West
ern Carolina railway, which relate ths
salaries at 176 employes* of tha rood
tl per month. Eighty Augusta man,
who are employed at the Charleston
and Western Carolina offices In a cler
ical capacity, will receive 8406 more
per month than formerly and 84,860 ad
ditional will be paid annually by thar.
railroad to Augusta employees alone.
The Increase In salaries affects also
COMBINE.
Hevannah. aa- .
charged the grand jury yesterday with
particular reternce to the alleged tur
pentine trust.
Will Net Contest Election,
gpertal le The Georgias
Jackson. Mlaa, Feb. I.—It le an
nounced that the saloon men ot Jeffer
son county have Abandoned their plan
for contesting the recent local option
election In that county which resulted
in a verdict in (aver of prohibition.
The contest was to have bean mad# oa
tho ground of Irregular voting.
lion.
Captain Edwin B. Wlnans, Fourth
Cavalry, detailed In subsistence de
partment, to office purchasing commis
sary. San Francisco, April 17, vies
Captain Hamilton 8. Hawkins, com
missary, who ta a aligned to Fourth
Cavalry.
Private (first class) James E. Aekln.
hospital corps, to duty at general hos
pital. Fort Bayard.
Private (first class) William C. Rein
ing*. hospital corps, general hospital.
Fort Bayard, discharged from the ar
my.
Following enlisted men of military
prison guard, Fort Leavenworth, trans
ferred to organisations daalgnated:
Private J. D. Bullet, to Troop L First
Cavalry, Fort Clark; Prtvata Charles
K. Lons, to Bavnth battery, field ar
tillery. Fori Riley; Private Travis
Hawkins to Company H, Twenty-sixth
Infantry. Fort Sam Houston, and Pri
vate Roy C. Hensley, to Company &
Twenty.ninth Infantry. Whipple bar-
racka.
Private (first clast) Theodora Fled-
ellus, hospital corps- recruit depot,
from Fort Blocum to Fort Hamilton.
Navy Orders.
Captain I- C. Logan, to comamnd
eighth naval district and naval station.
Pensacola.
Lieutenant C. W. Cole, detached,
navy recruiting party No. 8. home,
wait orders
Lieutenant L F. Landis, to charge
navy recruiting party No. 8.
Lieutenant J. M. Tuselg. detached,
Celtic, to Lancaster, thence to Kansas,
when placed In commission.
Ensign M. K. Metcalf, from naval
hospital, Mara Island, home.
Assistant Paymaster E. C, Little and
Chief Boatswain J. McGrath, from na
val hospital. Boston.
Movements ef Vessels.
The following movement* of veeael*
have been reported to the bureau of
navigation:
ARRIVED—F*b. 6, Charleston and
Boston at Ban Dlsgo; Mayflower at
New Orleans. Eagle at Guantanamo.
HAILED—Fsb. 6. Don Juan Da Aus
tria, from Monta Christ I for San Juan.
Feb. ;, Weep, from Charleston fur Sa
vannah; Don Juan De Austria ordered
to navy yard, Portsmouth. N. H- to be
placed out ot commission.
DR. GEORGE LADD
LEAVES COLLEGE
Friends tn Atlanta of Dr. Oedrge E.
Ladd, formerly connected with the
Georgia geological display, have learned
of his resignation from a chair In the
Missouri Btate School of Mines. Ho
wttl devote himself to mining, having
secured an Interest In a valuable mine
In the sine and lead district of Mis
souri.
Dr. Ladd was connected with the
state geological department about nine
years ago. He te one of the country’s
foremoat mineralogists and has been
Identified with many Important aur-
veys. He was In charge of. tha Massa
chusetts exhibit at the St. Lout* fair
and later Ideatlflad himself with the
Texas geological surrey, (tome years
ago he compiled an Important bulletin
on Georgia clay.
BANKER STILLMAN
IS ILL IN FRANCE
Nrw- York. Feb. (—James Stillman,
president of the National City Bank. Is
seriously III In Thirls, and there' seems
little likelihood that he will return to
this country In many weeks.
WOMAN HANGS SELF
AT POLICE STATION
New- York. Feb. 8.—A woman aged
about 84, wbo said she. was Catherine
Williams, and who was locked up at the
tendrrtotn police station, tried to snd
her life by hanging hereelf from the
ban of her call early today. The wom
an said eh* arms a nun* at Bellevue
Hospital. 8m waa smitten with 6am
at being arrested.
I
CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER
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Gossips About People
and Other Things.
By CnOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
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New York. Feb. I —The tragic death
of Lady Dorothy Cutbbert. who waa
accidentally shot- and killed by her
husband during a pheasant shoot last
k at Beaufront Castle, has called
public attention to the remarkable ee
rie* of tragedies that hav* befallen the
earls of Strafford and their connections
tn recent years.
lady Dorothy was a daughter of ths
present earl of Strafford, who succeed
ed to the title on the death of tbe
fourth earl of Strafford, who married
Mrs. Samuel Colgate, of New York.
Eight years ago the fourth earl met a
tragic death by accidentally (oiling
under a railway train not fsr from
London. While standing on the sta
tion platform at PotteFs Bar the earl
was seised with a fit and fell to ths
tracks. The Cambridge express came
whirling along at the same time and
the earl's body was decapitated and
mangled almost beyond recognition.
The present earl owes his title to a
tragedy. The third earl, wbo died In
16(6. was without male Issue, hla two
■one having died within a short dis
tance of time from on* another. The
he eldest eon waa ting
tragical. He was traveling wit
father In the Mediterranean, and my»-
tertously disappeared from on board the
■htp somewhere between Gibraltar and
Malta, the presumption being that he
must have lost hla balance and fallen
Into the sea, no one being with him at
the time of hie disappearance.
Rear Admiral William W. Mead, hav
ing reached the age limit for active
service, wee today placed on the re
tired list of the navy. Though he ha*
no civil war record, Admiral Mead has
been In the service for 42 years, bavins
lift ths Naval Academy Just when ths
conflict between the states had ended.
Admiral Mead Is a native of Ken
tucky and was appointed to the Naval
Academy from that state. He ranched
the grade of lieutenant In 1669, and It
was about that time that he com
manded a landing party from the Colo
rado that captured and destroyed the
Corean forte that opposed the Ameri
can expedition seeking to open up
~ " commercial relations with the
hermitTtTn*dbm."“ Dunn* rtietettar
part of the war with Spain. Admiral
dead commanded the Machlae. Sub
sequent to reaching the grade of cap
tain In 1899, he commanded the Phil
adelphia and subsequently served as a
member of the board of Inspection and
as commandant of the naval trstnln*
station at Nawport. In 1904 he was s»*
t €, th * command ot the naiy
yard at Portsmouth, N. H. '
Admiral Mead le the second on a Il.t
of eleven rear admirals who are t„ i„
retired during lb* year 1907 for «».
The next ou* whoa* name will be re.'
moved from tbe active Hat | a n, ai .
Admiral Joseph E Cral*, comm.n,i,„i
of tho League laland navy yard. The
data of Admiral Craigs retirement i.
February 94.
That tha duke and ducheea of Man-
borough Have com* to *n underetun.t.
lug waa ahown publicly for the m-t
time at the Drury Lane Theater, when
the duchess, with her two eona, and un
due*'* mother, the marchioness
Bland ford, occupied a box. The dun;. -
ess and the marchioness chatted pica*.
antly. After the performance the (am.
lly returned to Sunderland house for
Persistent Inquiries bav* coma m
New York from the West since the
Thaw trial began concerning the iden
tity of May MaclUnsle. the friend -f
Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, who has been i
feature at. each day's aeaalon.
put In Kansas City they have found
a butcher who declares he le the hu--
band of May MacKensI* and that «),.
deaerted Mm and her two children and
refused to go bark to Kansas citv ni-.i,
him when h* found her In New' Tor;
Kansas city has about persuaded itseli
that the missing Wife and the frlrnd • f
Evelyn NesMt Thaw are one and the
same.
The chances ore that Kansas city
wrong. The May MacKenxle of the
Thaw trial It a Boston girl. She came
to thla city about flvo yeara ago amt
baa been connected with Broadway
■howe most of the time since. Her last
engagement was with Jo* Weber m
“Fiddle-De-Dee." Sh* la not more than
88 year* old. There lx a May MacKcn-
sle in burlesque. Will she please n rr>
aa* City and satisfy the letlti-
mat* yearnings of an anxloue man?
The secretary of state and Mrs. Root
are entertaining General and Mrs.
Frederick Dent Grant, who arrived in
Washington yesterday for a visit of
Ing from a cold and wa* unable to
attend tbe white houee reception la.«c
night.
The attorney general ha* Invited tie
justice* of the supreme court to la
hla guest* at dinner on Saturday nigh 1
'A Story and the Moral’
(Charleeton News and Courier.)
The esteemed New York Tim;
le hasty In seising upon the busi
ness einbxrrexement of The Atlanta
News, to “point a moral.” The Inde
fensible and melancholy course of The
New* In advocating lynching doubtless
crippled Ite usefulness and cost It
friends, but the simple truth le that
there waa no room tn Atlanta for three
afternoon newspapers. Room there
probably I* for two.
About seven years ago a rival to the
Atlanta Journal, called "The New*.’
sprang up In a day, but at the end of
eleven months, when It had about
proved Itself able to make end* meet.
ISO MV Its friends) capttallets owning succeeded In obtaining financial ■
The Journal acquired cnntroloUt aiwk [^porLIor A lhftd ni w«jape»jrenture
SYMPATHY FOR CHINA.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
The starving condition of the C hinese
appeal* to every feeling of humanity.
"The children crying for (dying for)
bread!"
While your eloquent pen Is suggest-
Ing go many Improvements for the
betterment of the public. If you would
vour forceful manner place before
them the Immediate catr for tlielr aid
to aend bread to that starring natltm.
It la needless to say you would be
doing a great work. If even every
schoolboy and girl In the land should
contribute even 10 cents It would
amount to a good deal and save many
starving Httl* bnea They, too. would
ba benefited.
This country, which le said to be
tho "richest on the earth." will surely
not bo found wanting. My aubject le
my apology for taxing your time.
Very respectfully.
MRS. W. J. ELLI8.
Oakland. Ga.. Feb. 6 1*07.
P. 8.—I read your article, The Jews
with so much pleasure that I have been
Intending to secure the paper which
contained It and 1 take this opportunity
of asking you to lend me The Georgian
If I am not mistakes,, tbe dote wee
January 6. I want to send It to a lady
In New Jersey, t eent one to New
York. The copy I sent was for a Jew.
MR8. ELLI8.
“one OF 20400.”
To the Editor of The Georgian:
It did my heart good to read your
editorials In behalf of the two eon-
eumpttves. And the quick and gener
ous response to these editorial* I* evi
dence of the class of people who read
The Georgian—people who have money
and people who have hearts
The etatlitlcs compiled by the tuber
culosis convention which met tn Atlan
ta In 1908 show that there are 20,000
of these unfortilnatta In Oeorgla.
1 have often wandered why the great
dallies did not devote arnne apace to a
discussion of mean* and measures for
alleviating the suffering of this great
army of the “white (Hague." But I
notice The Georgian editorials are usu
ally the Bret to touch on vital things.
Of all the great army of diseased
_bo mutt fight the battle of Ilfs and
a battle for Tlf* at the same time, the
consumptive le at the greatest dlsad-
vanag*. Hle field of labor le Hmlted
and he Is often shunned as “unclean."
Tours truly,
ONE OF THE 30,600.
Logsnsvlll*. Ga. Feb. 0. 1*07.
without ceremony, garroted it. A yeer
or two later another Atlanta "New*"
wa* founded, with Mr. John Temple
Graves ss editor. About eighteen
months ago Mr. Graves withdrew from
"Tha Newt" and. backed by a wealthy
man, established ths "Georgian." aims
then It baa been recognised that either
The New* or The GeorgUn would be
crowded out of the Atlanta field.
Mr. Oraves' personality te very at
tractive to Geotgfane and The Georgian
probably ho* more money behind t:
than The New*-
The New*' doom, however, was seal
ed when the dissensions arose whirl;
ted to tho withdrawal of Mr. Grave*
from Its staff and whep that gentleman
succeeded In obtaining flnanclsl sup-
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
Where the Georgia Delegation
Live in Wuhington.
FEBRUARY 8.
UK—Mery Queen of Scots beheaded. It -re
", tm
IMS—Pope Plue deposed ss temporll sorer-
;s admitted to statehood.
Jsiro, governor-general of Ii/di;,
M ttd at Port Blair.
MSO-T/obongTlo" erst performed tn Lug-
1 tri-John A. McCall elected president of
the New York Life lnmraoc* Co.
I9n-L'0tt0d atstii coslnaod (ho Runlso
extradition treaty.
1M7—Union of Orooco tnd Crete proclaim*'!,
trig—President Barrios, of Osatemals. ar
tist—Mala Japanese 6sot engaged tbe Hus-
■tan ships sod batteries st Port Ar
thur.
RELIGIOUS REVIVAL
CLOfilfiAT GAINESVILLE.
■peels! to The Georgian.
Gainesville, 0a, Fsb. I.—The Athens
Arch Doaconry of North salt Oeorgla
hss Just closed a very successful nml
Interesting meeting tn this city. Bishop
C. K. Nelson was present *t the clos
ing services and delivered a very for
cible sermon.
The Woman's Auxiliary, of which
Mrs. Neill* Pater* Black, of Atlanta. t«
president, met last night- A number
of visiting member* of tha auxiliary
ware present.
CLAIM DISEASED TREES
SENT TO MISSISSIPPI-
Cpeclsl to The Georgian.
Jacluon, Mis*.. Fsb. 8.—Much com
plaint I* being heard from tanners a.I
over the elite In regard .to the very
poor quality of fruit trea* that are br
ing received In Mississippi. It is »ts |,J
that all the fruit trees which are f-
jeettd by the rigid Inspection lav J
Georgia are Immediately sent to Ml-
stsslppl and sold here. The come-
queue* Is that many fin* orchards at*
afflicted with the seal* and In a few
years will be useless.
SENATORS.
Augustus O. Bacon, 1717 Oregon ave
nue.
A. 8. ('lav, the Normandie.
CONGRESSMEN.
W. f Adamson, the Bancroft.
C. L. Bartlett, the Shorehsn;
Thomas M. Bell the Iroquois.
W. G. Brantley, the Riggs.
T. W. Hardwick, the Bhoraham.
W. M. Howard, the Bancroft.
Gordon Lee, the Shoreham.
E. B. Leals, the Metropolitan.
J. W. Overstreet, the Metropolitan.
L. F. Livingston. 1916 BUtmora street.
J. M. Griggs, the Bancroft.
ALEX MARSHALL DIES *
FROM HEART FAILURE.
■pacta! te The Gturztex
Eatonton, Gx, Feb. 6.—Alev ’
■ball died of heart failure here
needay night at 16:80 o’clock.
Ite belonged to one of the older: ■' 11
best known families of this town Ml-,-.
Marshall was 81 years old. He trevo.
two young daughter*. Mieses Viral*; '
and Lydia Marshall, besides tt.rm
brothers and two staters, William M < -
shall and Suven Marshall, ot Putnam
county: Ed Marshall, of Eatonton: M'-
Robert Esell. of Montlcolto. end Mix
Will Davis, of r
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