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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS
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THE DAY THE GOOD IRISH LOVE
A4 TRON SAIN7 OF IRELAND;
HE DROVE OU7 THE SNAKES,
MADE SHAMROCK FAMOUS
Frua fiuren* to At. Patrick marks tb#
•volution of the nnm* of tlw patron Mint
of Ireland. Only rtpo nrboltra and hla
tarlana know that the nano was orJctnallr
Accrat. bat tbo world gradually cbaucod
It to At. Patrick—and At. Patrick It will
remain for all tin*.
Baftsnd. Scotland. Wales. Franco, all
present claims aa tbs Mrtbplaco of At.
Patrick, which shows that be was worth
It b
tho^it. Patrick of the snakes, and that suf
. Since historians are at loffcrkeads a boat
the place of his birth, reasonable doubt Is
he was horn In the year of onr Lord 372.
Home of the writers any Ur died at ibr
ago of in, while otbera of a more liberal
turn of mlu«t pat It at 121.
Actual facta aa to bis life begin at Ills
fifteenth year, lie was stolen by pli
r.nd sold into slavery In Ireland. Ifrlng
en years In County Antrim, lie esc .
nnd went to the continent, where he began
his holy life. Hucceaslvely he was ordalunl
deacon, priest and bishop, finally returning
to Ireland to proarb.
_ atrlck employed It to typify aud eiplain
the doctrine of the Trtulty. In spite of
his hollosaa. Ht. Patrick was a merry man.
WEARING THE GREEN
DON'T FORGET YOUR GREEN;
EVERY LOYAL IRISHMAN
WILL CELEBRA TE HOLIDA Y
Krin go brack!
Art yon Irish?
Than yon do not loos!
Tradition about being Irish and losing Is
nmiahsd, at lsaat once a year—March 17,
At Patrick's day. Anyway. It Is only tra
dition about an Irishman losing at any time
Within the cycle of tho twelvo months.
Tbe sods of Brin generally get thorn
It la March 17. July 4. April
On nil Intervening daya
are among those actively present.
March 17 only nerves to emphasise the fact
that Ireland la scattered front tho Florida
% Andrews bay, and from little
ork to Ban Francisco. Intense-
show traces of tho same,
[orphya, tbe O'lioolthana, the
—i et al. are mighty good
y dp ran the politics and
■pt the lob oTPOlIrlng the country. It
right. They also form tho beat and
sat claas of ciditnry In many other
i of Industry and endeavor.
.Instance, any native non of Erin In
the Halted States may generally be found
to the thleh of the ahlndy-be It poliU
cat, commercial. Industrial, or juat a r *frrc-
far-all." Particularly In the latter does be
glory and shins. A hefty fight Is as the
breath of life to him. lie may get most
of It ptxmaaeled oat of him la tbe affray,
bat usually his antagonist Is removed from
tho ocsoe in a loach baakst.
Atlanta baa a pretty good sprinkling of
Xraland'a sons as permsusot cltltena—aud
mighty good onto (boy art. too.
a tree Irishman doesn't approve ono
of hla kind who doesn't do thlnga or amount
to something, whether he Is running a bank
or excavating tbe eub-beeinnent of a twen
Temptation cornea strong here to t<
nor Irish Jokes, but threats of dire cn
, / Engl
however, and It only goes to ebow that
many of the alas accredited to the Irish
belong elsewhere.
On Hands* and
of Erin will observe _
There will be lota of Interlopers, too.
Funny how the rest of humanity butts In
on the Irishman's day. The Hired**, the
German, the Itsllan, tbe Hebrew nod the
ordinary United Htnter feels called upou to
assume some Insignia of the day—n bit
of green, tbe shamrock or a Jag. A not
Inconsiderable part of the alien cclebrapta
Atlanta's large* and splendid Irish rill*
aenry will get tiweiher on Ht. Patrick's
day and celebrate fittingly In honor of their
great patrou-salot. The program appears
elsewhere.
•noonday and Monday, all faithful sous
At. .Patrick's day.
SOLEMN MASS ON SUN DA Y;
BANQUET MONDA Y NIGHT
' Member* of the Ancient Order of
Hlberniene In Atlanta will gather at
10:10 o'clock Bunday morning In the
chapel of Marl et College and will march
In a body to Sacred Heart church,
where eolemn mast will be followed by
a dlecourec on "Ireland and St. Pat-
rlrk'a Day." by Father Murphy.
Shamrocke, both real and Imitation,
have already made their appearance
In the lapele of the faithful follower* of
St. Patrick In Atlanta, and Runduy
ever}' admirer of title patron saint will
have a bit of green commemorating the
day-
Mayor W. R. Joyner will deliver un
address at the banquet In Hlbcmlen
Hall Mopday evening, where an Inter
esting program will be given.
The program followe In full:
''Weartn' o' th' Clreen.” Emmet Rey
nolds.
Address. "The Day We Celebrate'' —
Father Murphy.
Sung—Frank C. Wheat
Address—Mayor Tv. R. Joyner.
Address, "Ancient Order of Hibern
ians'*—James T. Lynch
Song—Joseph Reynolds.
Recitation—Hugh Keene
Keeney.
Bong. "Dear Little Shamrock"—Ja«
Connolly.
ROAD OFFICERS
NOT TO PLEAD
Decide Not to Call On President Roosevelt
For Conference as Arranged by
J. Pierpont Morgan.
New- York, March l»; There will hv
no conference nt the While llnure l»»--
tureen President Roosevelt nnd u coin-
miller rcpie*?nting the great iullnn-1
system* of the country for the purp<*>e
of talMng over tallroml matter!*.
Janie* Met*ren, president of the
, Pann»>Ivanln; William II. Newman.
preelUcnt «»f the New York Central:
Marvin Hughltt. president of the
Northwestern, nnd Charle* 8 Mellen.
president of the New llaven railroads
held n meeting here yotteulny nfter-
noon. dleeuese«l the situation t horn ugh-
! ly and de hied not to go to Washing
ton.
They felt they could not assume the
position of a v!f-oon»tltut* d • t.mnilt-
tee t«> formulate • : represent the view**
of th.*- hundr.Ml** of railroad mmpuntc*
owned by million* »-f shareholder*.
They re* agnize*! that tl»' railroad mini-
ngeri* of the I'nlttd Htnten are not
then*, reive* In |«erfret uerui’d and that
until some nteth*.d could In* adopted
for recttrlng a consensu* of opinion, a
visit to tin* president would bo Idle.
*lhoma« F. Rrvan. when asked hi*
opinion about tbe me -tlng :ttranged oy
Mr Morgan, raid;
-! b#;i#*»e thaf I* Mr Morgan* Unit
I** tin* pi evident t* followed up a* It
should b«* t»> ull «»f our business Inter-
est*. It win do much good.
I also believe that the president’s
attitude toward corporations Is much
tulsuiider*tood bv tfte general public.
It t* unfair to ausuine that It Is Ids |
*1* sire to hamper the business Interest*!
of tin* country I am. however, eon- i
vlnced that lie purposes to enforce the
law* us he finds them upon the ntatute i
booKs. and I think tbe sooner the bust- I
ness Interests of the country conclude j
to aid the president In solving the;
problems that confront him every day.
the sooner confidence will he restored
and the business of the country' move
on without interruption. Ho fur as
general business is concerned the only
fault to be found with It Is that It Is
too at live.”
A Toll Tain Sign.
foil..wlnq np|H*srs ou n sign In the
* of ,n lltpior store lu Now Yoik city;
m .i iuatiel <*f corn the distiller f»*ta
%vld*k\. which retull* St $16.
|4 4A.
4 rill.
• the notfrni
• I It** farmer
mis.
the corn yets JO
ctsllcr ii»*U Itell.
NEWS FORECAST OF COMING WEEK
Washington. March 16 —The Interstate commerce commlnslon In lo
give a beating (n Chicago Monday of the ruse in which the city of Hpo-
kane complain* of its Inability to secure the same freight rates from tha
Hast as are granted to the Pacific coast * files.
After numerous delays and postponement* the Hyde-netumn-DItnond-
Schneldnr land fraud cases will probably be tried In the criminal court of
the District of Columbia this week.
Detphln M. Deltnun. senior counsel for Harry K. Thaw. Is to bn the
guest of the city of Hoiton Monday on the occasion of the observance
of the anniversary of the evacuation of ponton by the Hrltlsh.
Grover Cleveland, the only living ex-president of the United Staton,
will bo on vent y yearn old Monday Mr. Cleveland Is now enjoying one of
his customary hunting trips in the South.
An event of Interest In Roman Catholic circles next Tuesday will be
the consecration of Right Rev. G. A. Ouertin, the new bishop of Mtutrhes-
ter. X. II.
A conference will aasemhle in Chicago Tuesday In order to perfect. If
poaalWo. details of the contemplate*! union between Congregationalism,
Methodist Protestants and l'nlt*d Brcthrtn
Kx-Senator Joseph P. llurton. of Kansas, wilt be released next Fri
day from th* 1 ronton. Mo, Jill, where he is serving a six months* sentence
for practicing aa cn attorney before the pestufflee department while a
member of congress.
On Saturday a cable cheon mat* h for the Isaac I. Hire trophy be
tween Oxford and Cambridge and Harvard. Columbia. Yale and Prince
ton will be held In New York.
Horfento.
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t. TV, Bv.IV (*.kr - HKIMI, t* t«cWirf».«l rri. Son-
hi it .1 I*..imr n.ViVltW tw,fnaln4i*iw*r1. Brr
IS ATTACKED
BT
GOBBLERS ORGANIZE
FIRST GRAND. LODGE
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WEARING OF THE GREEN.
Few songs, not ovon those of dear Tom Moore, are dearer to tho heart
of tho true Irishman than "Tho Wearing of tho Green," an sung in Dion
Boueicault’a "Arrsh na Pogue." A part of tho favorite tong in reproduced
here:
ST. PATRICK’S DAY
Oh. blent be the daya when the green banner floated
Sublime o'er the mountain* of free Innlsfall.
When her nonn, to her glory und freedom devoted,
l>efled the Invader to trend on her soli.
When back o'er the nutln they chim'd the Dana
And gave to religion and learning their spoil; *
When valor and mind together combined —
Hut wherefore lament o'er the glorlts departed?
Har star shall shine out with as vivid array.
For ne’er had she children more brave nnd true-hearted
Tlu^n those she now neon on Hi. Patrick's day.
Her scepter, alas? passed away to the atranger.
And treason surrendered, what valor hnd held.
Hut trtio, heart* remained amid dnrkneua and dungcr.
Which, despite of her tyrants, wouJt} nut be quelled.
Uft. oft. Utrough the night tlupheil glennts of light.
Which almost the dnrknesa of bondage dispelled.
But n star now Is dear, her heaven to cheer.
Not like tha wild gleams which. *0 fitfully darted.
But long to shine down with Its lujllowlng ray,
Un daughters us fair and s ms as true-hearted
As Krin beholds on Ht. Patrick’s day. ,
Oh. blest he the hour when, begirt by her cannon
And hailed ns it rose by n nation's applause.
That flrfs waved aloft o'er the spire of Dungannon
Asserting for Irishmen Irish laws.
Once more shall It wave o'er hearts as brave.
Despite of tho dustards who mock at her cause.
And like brothers agreed, whatever their creed.
Her children, inspired by those glories departed.
No longer In darkness desponding w ill stay.
But Join In her cause like the brave and true-hearted,
Who rise for their rights on Ht. Patrick's day.
HON. TH0MA8 E. WAT80N.
CITIZENS MAY HUY
MACON CITY PARK
Sftecisl to The Georgian.
Macoiv Go.. March. 16—citizen* rej>.
resenting different business houses and
enterprises of Macon met at the city
hall nt b o'clock last night to consider
plan* for paying off the debt Incurred
by the Mncon Fair Association last
full. As but 146 1-2 shares were rep
resented no quorum was present. The
smallest number of shares which could
have done busine-* as the Fair Asso
ciation was 2'H, nnd *>n account of tht
absence of this number the session re-
solved Itself Into a msH> meeting of
citizens. Tho result of the entire ses
sion was the request for the chairman.
Mayor Hmlth, to appoint a committee
of three to confer with the directors
TO PUCE INSURANCE
ON STATE BUILDING
With the completion of the splendid
new building for the Georgia Academy
*>f the Blind at Mncon the state Is pre
paring to place $120,000 Insurance on II.
‘••'ntracts will be made by the gov
ernor la a very short time for thus
protecting the state's new property.
Already several bids have been filed
and others are expected
FIRE RETURNED
• BY J. D. WATSON
Shots First Fired at Rear of
Home of Oscar Lee
Nearhv.
Possibly one of the most enthusiastic
meetings that was ever held In this
part of the state wan held In Atlanta
last night when the Grand Lodge
the Ancient Order of Gobblers won or
ganized. This Is the youngest of fecr^t
orders, and since Us Inception It has
constantly growrn In popularity and Is
destined to become one of the greater
social, educational, benevolent and fra
ternal secret orders In the country.
The organizers have taken into the
order some of the foremost men of the
city and the state.
Immediately after the grand lodge
went Into executive session a number
of resolutions was offered and carried,
a grand lodge constitution and by-law's
adopted, and the election of officers re
sulted as follows:
Grand Chlef—Horace Hood, editor of
Montgomery Journal, of Montgomery',
Ala.
Vice Grand Chief—Dan 8. Walraven,
of Atlanta.
Post Grand Chief—Frank M. Hughes,
Atlanta.
Grand Chief Organizer—James II.
Oraden. Atlanta.
Grand Treusurer—J. H. Jennings, At
lanta.
Grand Secretary—E. Walter Tripp,
Atlanta.
Grand Conductor—Judge O. II. Puck
ett. Atlanta.
Grand Warden—E. A. Baughan. At
lanta.
Grand Chaplain—Hon. 8am W.
Small, Atlanta.
finance committee of city coun*il. with
n view to the purchase of tliv bulld-
the Macon Fair Association and the tag at Ccntiut city park/
Spe-inl to Tb<*Georgian.
Thomson, On.. March 16.—When It
become known h*re that shots hod been
fired into the home of Hon. Thomas E.
Watson early yesterday morning with,
from all appearances, un effort to as
sassinate J. D. Watson, or possibly his
father. Hon. Thomas E. Watson, great
indignation was expressed among the
citizens of the town and community.
From all appearances it was a deep-
luld plot to assassinate either Mr. Wat
Hon or his son.
Two shots from a shotgun were fired
Into the Watson homo at 2:20 o'clock
yesterday morning, the second passing
very’ near J. D. Watson, who had run
from his room to the piazza, when the
first shot was fired. Mr. Watson re
turned the shot, firing twice at the
would-be assassin, who fled in the
darkness.
Shot at Lee Home.
Prior to this, at about 11 o'clock,
three shots had been fired at the rear
of the home of Oscar Lee, which.atands
some distance away, and It Is now
thought It w*as an attempt to eutl?e
Mr. Lee from his home by the would-be
assassin. Mr. Lee Is a son-in-law of
Hon. Tiiomas E. Watson. Ho was
aroused by the shots, but retired ogsln,
thinking It was some of his neighbors
shooting.
After the shots were fired Into Mr.
Watson's room, Mr. Watson telephoned
Sheriff Hawes and a party made search
of the ^premises, but no clew was ob
tained.
Mr. Watson Away.
Hon. Thomas E. Watson, who Is In
Florida, has not been heard from In
regard to the attack on his family.
J. t>. Watson this morning gave the
following statement to The Georgian:
"Thursday night about 2:30 o'clock,
two shots were fired Into our home, the
first striking a partially open window;
blind and the second breaking a win
dow pane and entering the room where
I was sleeping.
"Home three hours earlier in the
night three shots had been fired at the
rear of the home of Mr. Lee. a few hun
dred feet away, but after nil examina
tion he concluded that It had been some
of his neighbor* shooting and retired
again.
Returned the Fire.
"I was sleeping In a lower front
room and my wife and Miss Ethel
Jones were In th** room directly above |
me. My room hud U*cn lighted up late |
and 1 tmd laid upon a I range nnd read j
before retiring \ noire awoke me >
some tiin** aft* »• 1 retired und I was)
still awake when tc t»'si shot was
fired. The loud « f *.*•»» entered the !
partially i»prn wind »*\ blind at the 1
front and right sh.r of : »* room. Pick- J
In* up my ruii 1 .an u,»nn tin* front j
. piazza ami us 1 did ao the second shot ,
' was fired, th#* load pushing near my
head und entming too window, some
twenty shots t -i?r: burled In a door
at the opposite shit • f I he room Just
above the Itiung * * n widen l had boon
reading In the early 1 art of the night.
1 saw n man about thirty fc-et from
the rear ptnszn and when the second
shot wus fired 1 u-turned the flic,
shooting twice ns the man tied In the
darkness.
Thinks it Was White Man.
"I could not till, hut think he w.1.1 u
white man.
"I noted that l had hern almost In
the line of his shot when lie fired the
second time, which shot seemed
have been ulined at the lounge on
which I was lying before the Ugh
wan extinguished in tho earlier part
of the night. The window pane was
shattered to pieces by the second shot
nnd scattered over tiin room.
"1 haven’t the least idea on earth
who did It or what their motive was.
1 am Informed that there was promts
cuou* shooting In -other purta of the
town that night."
When asked if he thought It was a
political enemy. Mr. Watson stated that
he did not think ».>. He stated that
he at first thought the officers would
be able to locate the-party, but »o far
they hnd no clew to who It was.
J. Durham Watson.
In the February number of Wntnon'n
Jeffersonian ('harlen J. Bavne, writing
of the Watson home, said:
"The room In which he < Mr. Watson)
did his literary work has been detached
from the old home and added to the
house next door, which Is also his prop
erty*. Here his daughter and her hus
band, Mr. O. R. I,ee. make their home,
with a dimpled toddler of the third
generation growing up under the shade
of the very trees planted by Grandpa
Watson and hts devoted wife.
'And In this connection let It be said
that no man ever had a helpmeet
more peculiarly fitted to "redouble his
joys and cut Ills griefs In half." The
Durhains of MCDufflle belong, like the
Watson*, to the pioneer stock which
cleared the primeval forest* In the days
when Georee the Third was king, and
they have been prominent In the life of
the community ever since. The gracious
charm with which she presides over her
hospitable home, the woman of culture
combined with the efficient housewife,
constitute the keyr.nt#* of that helpful
comradeship which hoe comforted her 1 The average rise of the Nile Is a lit-
husband through the storm'and stress lie more than twenty-four feet.
HORACE HOOD, GRAND CHIEF.
Mr. Hood is oditor of Tho Montgomery Journal and a man wall
known in tho 8outh. Ho heads ths nswly organized Order of Gobbtsrs.
New Secret Order Begins Life With Big
Membership and Plenty of
Enthusiasm.
Grand Inalde Guardian—Amo* TV.
Brawltan. Atlanta.
Grand Outalde Guardian—J. TV. Fry.
Marietta. Oa.
Grand Chief Councilor—Jack J. Hut-
Inca, Atlanta.
The Hat of charter member* th.t
have been oecured for the Allan:*
Lodge of Gobbler* followe:
Hon. Rom TV. Bmull, H. C. Gullalt.
W. T. TVtnn. Mayor TV. R. Joyner. TV.
H. Mlllen, Governor-elect Hoke SmlliL
Thomaa Pltte, H. Bukofier. Chief Hen
ry Jennlng*. C. D. Cheatham. M. C.
Strickland. T. R. Mathetv*. J. D. La.
nler, Harvey H. Payne, C. TV. Me-
Clure. Fred M. TVooddall. Janie, K.
Belcher, Jack J. Haetlngi. M. H. White,
Marlon Bmlth, Harry Poole, Frank M.
Hughe*, W. T. Dillard, George C. Zim
mer. E. River*, J. L. Ebberhnit. C. P.
Hill, Louie C. Gregg, TV. C. Bennett,
A. B. Barker, B. H. Canon, Fred L.
William*. M. O. Waltt, D. A. Farrell,
J. B. Womack, O. H. Blame*. R. M.
Harwell, Amos W. Braeelton. K A.
Baughan, R. V. Gresham. Dr. II. it.
Donaldson, Sergeant M. TV. Jolley. Dr.
J. TV. Mitchell, A. P. Phillip*. TV. B
Carhnri. E. If. Stout, R. E. Richard
son, A. L. Barry, J. L. Burnett. James
H. Garden, J. H. Jennings, R. ft
O'Shields. Superintendent K. H. Hurt,
J. A. Camp, Dudley Gloss, R. F. Hemp,
hill, \V. H. Holmes. Judge O. 11. Puck*
ett, F. Raymond Daniel, R. V. Wood*.
Horace Waters* Carl Hutcheson. TV.
Fry, Len C. Baldwin, A. S. Gray, F.
TV. Tripp, 8. C. Glass. John Graden.
As soon as the remaining number li
secured the Atlanta Lodge will be In
stalled under most flattering auspice*.
WATSON HOME AT TH0M80N.
CAUTION TO THE
SPECTACLE BUYING PUBLIC.
The genuine Hawltps glaMrea cun only
be had from our two Allnnln store*
niul our regularly unpointed agents.
Haw kes* glasses are* never peddled.
Positively no house-to-house can
vasses fir traveling opticians can han
dle them. Almost every flay we have
complaints of people being Imposed
upon by Itinerant peddlers, eic.. claim
ing to be our representatives. TVe cun
not make It loo emphatic tliut you
must be careful of these Impnatora. TVo
make n thorough und cureful examina
tion of your eyes nnd lit ottr glusses .it
It Whitehall street and 125 Peachtree
street. A. K. Hatvkes Co,, optician*.
he has encountered and subdued.
' His eon, Mr. J. Durham Watson,
with his wife, who Is n native of King
ston. X. Y., make their home with Mr.
Watson, ami here another grandchild,
Just rounding out Its Urn year, suffuses
the household with the sunshine which
cun only come with the prattle and
coo of budding Infancy. Mr. Durham
TYulaon has represented his native
county In the general assembly of the
■tale, and during hi* father'* connec
tion with the New York publication
bearing hi* name wax the associate ed
itor. At present. In addition to the
practice of Ills profession, he Is th*
associate editor of The Weekly Jef
fersonian. to.the dutle* of which poal-
tton he hrlng* n mind well equipped
CRANE IS GUEST
AT CLUB DINNER
William II. Crane we* entertained *t
the Capital city Club Friday night after
tlie performance at the Orand. hv E. H
Butler, of Buffalo, N. Y. Mr. Butler I*
editor of The Buffalo New*, und during
th* performance occupied u box at 1
theater with a party of friends.
TESTIFY THAT HARRISON
TOLD OF KEEPING CHILD
*|teclal to The Georgian.
Charlotte, N. C.. March 16.—I” l! '*
trial of Joshua Harrison, charged "H®
kidnaping and murdering the eon «f
former State Senator S. H. Hensley. »t
Elisabeth City Friday, the slate Intro
duced two witnesses, who swore tMj
Harrison hid admitted to them ,h ,
the child was In hi* keeping and in*
he would be returned to hi* l“’ r< ‘ r,t *Jj
soon as n sufficient reward was "ff 1 r™ ]
for his return. ... :
Other witnesses testified ha" »
seen the defendant In a bug*' " -
Kenneth Beasley Hie day uf" r 0
mysterious disappearance.
DEEP WELL POWER D|i
WORIONO HEAD*
DUNN MACHINERY CO*
54 Marietta St.
Atlanta. Oa.