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' '■* T. - 10 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS " ’~ r «* \W» VW- »*'■*- r? T**P..>. jtiuxt. UAtum u, M >■» ,IW in* 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. 41 I. Ml ru.4r4«r,M4 4Ujtt War tb. e.vit Wife-log ivMd. Tk* 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 kkaa.mrk t< In • k* *7 Irr.UV, MW *111 m'n ftr-tt'l, IV kwH-wHk Ota. lit «f • row frm tk. Two Shots Fired Into Bedroom of Noted Georgian’s Son. f—if mm pm if 1 . 11 1 1 ' 1111 ‘ r Pst-rlrk’i dsy , no isotvae^l k»*T, kb re - lor rant hr tike tie Akus-rnck trxa yonr kst. sed rs-i it ca tb*- wbli-per ef n rosn-try, Iksl II** fsr kr-ysst tbe 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.