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• -~'.»nr.v THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MOmiAT. MARCH *, M4T. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Uttar. V. L. SEELY, Preside*'. Publish** Every Afternoon* (Except Sunday) By THE OEORQIAN COMPANY, At S West Alsbent 8t. Attests. Oe. la tubscrlptlen Rates j5fbe‘""V.lI"lV.V.""’."" *M* Telephone* cea settle! ell d*p*ft**et*. Loot dleleee* leiulMH Oxiflli rhlres" office Tribes* Rid*. Xewferh office potter PldA ^ssr^-asrsJSs^s mt Mein. Atlente MSI. It Is drelrsbl* thet ell eetamantrs- none Intended for pnldlretlon Is TJIK flBOROIAN AND *BWff bejetftod to MS words In length. It le libperetle* thet the* lie elen~l.ee en *»•«•*••£ ■end felth. fiejected manuscripts will "t l»p r#tnpn#d u fhp |iurpM*». TIIB ..... UKOIIOIAN AND NBBS prints so smelctn or eMeetjaasbl* ed- rertlelne. Neither dees It print whisky •r «oy liquor *d«. _ sUmls for Atlanta’* owning Its own cm and elartrlc llfftt plant*, •a It now ow»a Ha waterworks. Other rttle* do this indjnt *•• he. 1 . 0 " “ “ rente, with e profit to the city. Thle ebon Id be done at one*. The Oeorgleo sad New* belleree thet If etreet rail ways reo he operated successfully by Boropeee cities, ae they err. there I* a* send ret eon why they no not be eo spiraled her*. Bet w* do net heller* thle n* be don* new, aed It may be •erne year* before we are ready for eo Mae* undertaking. Still Atlssta eSoeld sale lie fee* la tbit dlreetlos NOW. raitht suffer or be h on cry or b« sick without it. Among the noble InetUutlons of tha city, this Is one well reputed and well eatebllehod. lie work epeeka for It. Ha record I* beautiful with eerrlce and tha good woman who, without fur thar reward than their own approving conscience, give their time, their taJ cnts and their grace* and much of their money to it* work, ere certainly entIUed lo the mere trivial encourage ment of a transfer of dinner bouse* on Wednesday. March' nth. ’ NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS AND ADVERTIBERS. On February 2 The Georgian pur- ahassd the name, food will, franchises, advertlllng sentraet* end eubeeriptlen list of The Atlanta New*, and Tha News to new published ae a part of The Geor gian. All advertising under contract te appear In The News will be printed In The Georgian and New*, without Inter ruption, axoapt such at Is debarred by Tha Qsergltn'a established policy to exoludo all objtotlonabla advertising. Charity Hade Easy by King's Daughter*. The appeals to charily In this Chris tian rlty are so many and so varied that a responalve public should always appreciate thoae forms of appeal which make easy the answer and trivial thu tax. Herr, then, la a charity aa gentle and approved as any that we have In all Atlanta, which limply Involves on Iho part of the public the rholre of a place to take Ita dinner. All men and all women oat dinner If they have the price of It; and II Is • worthy and conimendnlile art. There arc some who go so far as In declare It also necessary. The crowded tables Of our hundred restaurants In Atlanta Indicate that the taste of the public runs In varied channels, some prefer ring one place and some another, but all going somewhere. Why. then, should not the public In Atlanta, for aweet charity's aake, con centrate tta Wednesday's luncheon aa far aa possible upon two places where •very coin spent to the satisfaction of the appetite will divide Itself In half to the and of blessed benevolence? Mr. Basil, of the Child’s restaurants, one on Broad and one ou Mitchell atreets, ha* been exceptionally gener ous to every charitable work In Atlan ta.' Time and again he haa given hla establishment* to the service ol char ity worker* In this rlty, and on Wed nesday he has turned over both estab lishments, the one on Mitchell and the on* on Broad strsets, to tbs charitable efforts of Tha King's Daughtars Circle No. 2. Mrs. C. F. Ooree Is the effective pres ident of this circle, and Mrs. W. O. Bal lard Is the tireless and popular treas urer. ever mrklng- In Its behalf. Ou Wadnssday from 11:10 to 3:00 the two Child's restaurants of Mr. Basil will ba given to the service of the King's Daughters. One-half of the entire proceeds will ba turned over to thla body of noble woman for Intelligent and effective charity. Tbit circle of King's Daughters Is known as the Emergency Circle and Its mission It lb* relief of sudden and casual cases of suffering for which there la no organ Itad system of care and whuee case* sometimes escape tha aye and attention of our other noble todies of relief. Tbla noble body of good women bava dona much work that has baan effective and beautiful In tbs history of Atlanta, and the public can safely Uwst It with the largest confidence and reward. It la difficult to tea bow any ooe can raatot aa appeal for charity based upon these Its** A tax which does not taka on* additional penny from lbs Pockets of tha people, but simply transfers (or a slngia day tbs pat- . roq#** (or aplngto meal tram on* ras- ihtwna* ta soother A ad the total of THE FAKMZBS’ UNION OPPOSES IMMIGRATION. Tha earnest and honest men who Are moving for Immigration to Georgia, may as well realise that tbejr’hava to persuade, educate and convince the moat powerful element In Georgia before they can unite the public sentiment of the state Into cooperation with thslr plans. Tom Watson at the great Farmers' Union convention In Atlanta dis couraged the Immigration movement. Ilarvle Jordan before the Cotton Growers at Birmingham did tha atm* In more emphatic language. And here comes President Duckworth, of the State Fanners' Union, SO,- 000 alrong In Georgia, who at editor of Tbs Union News, the official organ of the Union, declares that the farmers are satisfied and want no foreign labor In the elate. Bays The News: The question of Immigration la receiving quite a good deal of notice Juet now by the “big" papers, the politicians, the big land owners and the manufacturers, most of whom arp In favor of Im migration. Who else favors It? Nobody. The farmer doesn't went It He Is Just now getting control of what he produces and Immi gration would be In Jils way; they would become the tool of those who do not want the fanner to organise (without the lawyer, banker and merchant) to price hla labor. No,' sir. the man who plows will never favor immigration. The city laborer doesn't want him for he can live on less, hence work cheaper than the American. Why do others went him? Now, of course a little paper like The News ought not to try to answer such a big question, for we are liable lo bring the wrath of some big fellow down on our heads. Thla would be a terrible calamity to a little thing like us, but "sink or awlm, survive or pariah,” we are going to touch It lu*t i little. The big papers are In favor of Immigration because the poli ticians are (the politicians control the papers. Bee?). The politicians are In favor of Immigration because the man ufacturer* are (the manufacturers control tha politicians. See?). Now what will the poor old farmer and day laborer do? "Do!" cries the politician, the "big" newspaper end the man ufacturers. "Do! Nothing, of course, haven’t we been doing the thinking for the farmer for these maoy years, and the laborer don't amount to much." Yea. Mr. Farmer, thla la what la thought of you, and If you don't wake up and light thla thing to a bitter end, you will wake up In a fow years and And yourself living In a cabin with your nose pressed harder to the "grind rock!' than It haa ever been, and your daughters will lie marrying the sons of some “foreigner." You will llnd that the manufacturers have grown richer and that you (or your children) are forced to raise cotton for them instead of yourself, the land having been bought by theae rich manufacturers who made their money by using foreign laborers and buying their cotton from foreign farmers at a low price. Oh! boys, Mr. Watson told ua In that Atlanta speech bow the Eastern manufacturers had grown rich at the expense of the farmer. Now they are coming South and have Already begun to lay plana to rob the farmer. Fight "em." yes we will, and If the farmers will refute to be lieve the pretty yarns told by the politicians and rise up and light for their Southland with the same vim that our forefathers fought for it In the sixties, we will win this time. ? Tbit Is strong language, but the source from which It comet makes It Important. V The men whn are moving In this Immigration matter are honest and patriotic. They are not, to the beat of our belief, awayed by the politi cians or any particular class or Industry. They think they are doing signal service to the farmer, and to the Induitrlal llfo of Georgia. They believe, and have reasons for the felth that la In them, that the coming of thrifty foreigners here, will lucreaae the value of every acre that a farmer owns In Georgia. They believe that settlers of (ho right stripe will furnish the labor that thp fanner need* to make hla cotton, to till hit Helds, to diversify his crops, and to Illustrate that saving graco'of economy which will make the agricultural Oeorgia rich. Our Immigration cnthualaata honestly believe all this. Hut U Is quite evident that tho farmer does cot, and If It Is desir able to have a state support of this Interesting and Important, movement. It Is absolutely necessary that the farmer, through speeches and literature, should he given sound and convincing reasons to allay hla apprehensions, and to convince his Judgment. In Which We Surrender A Laurel. In time past some Irreverent scrib bler, careless of the facts, has been crude enough to suggest that the edi tor of Tho Georgian waa proltflc of words. If so we have worn the laurels of verbiage long enough, and now sur render them to a well attested victor In the Held of speech. Our esteemed contempotsry of The Journal Is easily entitled to pre-emi nence in thla arena. The editorials of that excellent paper are tha longi tudinal marvels of the time. Two columns of brevier make the minimum of expression on any Inter esting theme. For whether tt be * railroad argument, or a bank review, a political suggestion, a protest or a veiled apnlogyd-wjiether In lighter vein or In hsavlbr metre, thoy stretch with such unbroken regularity to the last limit of theae double columns, that they have long since destroysd tho hope of longitudinal rompetltlon. and rule unrivalled In the realm of words. (fit .goes our mantle, down go our laurels, and we content ourselves henceforth with mediocrity And brev ity. Simplified Spelling Will Come Again. Have the advocates of simplified spelling subsided? Never a bit of It. They are aa reso lute, as eager and unterrifled as any organisation that ever spelled or spelt reform. From the president—strenuous soul —down through the college doctrin aires behind him. (here la not a sign of discouragement or s suggestion of surrender. The spalling reformers realise that they tried to more too fast at flrat. They sought to carry things with a rush and with the mighty thews and sinews of Roosevelt behind them, es sayed to carry the hall down the Held and make gains with a flying wedge. They have new determined to go Into training for the next encounter with the public, end they era now an organised body with definite plena, end a fixed Intention to succeed. A gathering of ■cholera and philolo gists from three great English speak ing countries will he held on April 3 and 4 In' the Waldorf Aetori* hotel. New York, when the Simplified Spell- Ins Hoard will bold Ih* first anatial ting of all Its members^ Already tweaty-fve of the forty members bay* represented by William Archer, who will come from London to attend tho session. Canada will send two dele gatee. and the western part of thla country will be strongly represented, three members, among them President David Starr Jordan, having said that they win come all tho way from Cali fornia to take part tn tho discussions. The meeting will consist, of sessions covering two days, and a dinner at which Mr. Andrew Carnegie will pre side. Among others who will bo pres ent la Jsmes W. Bright, professor of English philosophy In Johns Hopkins University, who It tha latest member to be elected to the board. Theodore Roosevelt looms In the background. When simplified spelling comes again. It will com* to win—and to etny. THE DICTIONARY OF MISINFORMATION By WEX JONES, Lsxleographtr. ALARKA-WhHT tha lOirlH rome from. Tb* CP ,l ,? f lhr A Wary ®f Alaakn Tb* Broilers. All • Alaskan Chorna. K-til Zero, the Alakk* Kotinlotifh. Km»t Bitten Foot, or the Lure of the North.—Four Rnt Seller* HUB—The e of later of a honeycomb. of matri* Hobby—Your coohlnc'a Imnrortni. my thla I* a> llahrar Narult than utuat. WI fey-Ok. darllna, I cave you a door, knob by mistake.—lHxneatlc Dialogues. BOlt.KR—A meant of supplying « thin with ate# m and mloalons. p Ctpttlu Wkere’i Juggins? First Of leer—Gone aloft, air. Captain—why? First Officer- Nautlcai Talks. CO It K—A place of bark Irrtmovablj tied In the nock of a hot t la. FROG—What frog legs coma from. On * log. Kiplrlng frog. I will take you down a pec When I frlmsoee your leg —CHAuLKS DICKENS. GIRl*—Goodness knows what. Ob. a girl Is a dear and a devil; A sinner and salat tn one; Rhe’n crooked and on tho level; Mha't asad and abe's ouly In fun; Rbe'a stupid and also she’s wlttv; Hbes cruel, and aoft aa a date; Hbe'a ugly and ravlahlng pretty; fthe'a—ofc. she's jutl aoaietbltu SOME GOOD BOOKS AND OTHERS By “ARTh'JR PENDENNI8, JR.” “THE RANOE DWELLERS," by M. Bower (G. W. Ditllngham * Co, Publishers). For sale la Atlanta by Laster Book and Stationery Co. In hi* new book, "The Range Dwell er*," Mr. B. M. Bower (B. M. Sinclair), charmlogly ahow* bow th* faaclnatlon* of tb* rang* and Ufa In tha open grad ually grow and bernma firmly fixed upon a new comer to tb* desert. H* take* for hi* hero a young gen- I toman of leisure from San Francisco— •on of a millionaire—who haa spent hie life With no end In view, beyond the eucceeeful manipulation of hi* motor car and hto boat. Having broken all th* law* of tha city as to speed limit, with numeroua tinea thereupon—In flicted In court—hi* father awaken* to the fact that It I* about time that change ehould come over, th* eplrit nf hla eon’* dreama and Ilf*. With hto allowance cut off, a railroad ticket and a few dollars In hto pocket, he to sent td the Bay Stata ranch, owned by his father, with a totter of Introduction to th* range foreman. In which It to di rected "You will treat him aa you do the other boys, and If ha wants to work, pay him th* earn* wages—If he earn* them." Ae th* young hero properly say*. It 4r*s not throwing any flowers In hto pathway—but It might have been worse. When th* young man leaves hts train In Montana, to ride an hundred miles across country to the ranch, he takes a good look around him at the country and gives voice to the same Impres sion* of He outlook which we venture to say from personal experience, has been done by every new-comer to the desert country. It to difficult to make clenr the awful oppressiveness, with which the great distances—the bleak earth— and the dull and forbidding mountain*, deeply depreae the new ar rival. One beglna to realise and that acutely what a email atom of creation lie I* In God's universe. But how the charm of the open life grows upon him! How quickly he grasp* the motif of the plains. The story of -The Range Dweller*'' to one of the most pleasing nf Westenl descriptions, from the viewpoint nf light realism, that we have read In many a day. It to Juet such a story aa a Western man would give a friend, who wanted a clear and pleasing Impression of the fascinations of the desert. There to a charming light love strain ruh- nlng through our hero's life and the fact that he wins the daughter of hto father'* old enemy for hie wife and lives happily ever afterward does not detract from the Interest. Taken all together, discriminating reader* of genuine Western st'ofles should welcome this delightful addi tion to desert lor*. As before stated, there are numerous pseudo-Western teles, but not many which oxcel “The Range Dwellers" In Its faithful, accu rate and attractive picture of the real life of the desert. it something to lav* -A lowers Leaser A German totter carrier In Belling ham. Wash, was found to be distrib uting letters and papers on hto route fairly and Impartially aa to quantity, but regardlaaa of address**. When he was overhauled he said it waa too much troubto to read the addresses. The Minus Legielatura. An Ideal legislature wmiu| |, ,.r, P ,n a , aould repeal mare tows rheu II yeeees- THE CREDITOR! BCOREO. Judge—I'eu Mall her log lek-e Ike etwee, sine e purOMbaee eaelelstag the task I their lalentloa ol coming, and mw see seaetd toils* ipactod that JtogUnfi alii SstJS B-tUZUftA THE LIFE OF OR. SAMUEL A. MUOD, by his daughter, , Miss Nettle Mudd. (The Neale Publishing Co, New York.) We get • very good Idea of the In- flemed condition of the public mind at the time of the assassination of Abra ham Lincoln and for a long period thereafter from the Interesting collec tion of data, connected with the trial of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, hto conviction by a military court, and hto Imprison ment on Dry Tortuga* Island for about four years. Thl* collection, edited by Mle* Nettle Mudd. daughter nf Dr. Mudd. contain* hi* letters from Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugns Island, while In prison: together with statements by Mr*. 8amuel A. Mudd. Dr. Mudd and Edward Spangler (the man who held Booth's horse on the night of the sa nation). regarding the assassina tion: the argument of GenerAI Ewing before the military rammleaton. and nleo the "diary" of John Wilkes Booth. This "diary." found on the body of Booth, after hla death, doe* not assist In any way In clearing up the connec tion of any possible accomplices. It wnjt not allowed by the government to ba presented In the trial of Dr. Mudd, although It was a turn nf the rase •gains) John H. Surratt, and who. after many escapee, waa Anally brought back from Egypt, and after u trial lasting over sixty days, the Jury disagreeing, It was discharged. Surratt was sub sequently admitted tn hall, hut his case was never again brought tn trial. l)r. Mudd fared very differently. He was convicted. In the face of whnt now ap pears tn have been overwhelming evi dence In hla favor, and sentenced to life Imprisonment. Dr. Mudd. a coun try doctor, living In Bryantown, Md„ twenty-live miles from Washington. D. waa awakened near dawn nf the morning nf April It. 16*5. by loud rap ping at Ills door. A stranger standing In the grey light said he had with him friend wbo had a broken leg. Would Dr. Mudd eel the leg and give him a bed? The doctor responded promptly and cheerfully; the broken leg was and I he Injured stranger waa put bed. In ten hours the two men the quiet Maryland home: In Wash ington. Abraham Lincoln lay enld In death and In Bryantown, Dr. Mudd. a country practitioner, happy, useful and upright, went his dally rounds, uncon scious that history would coll him one of the I.kicnln conspirators. With all the farts before ns. Dr. Mudd's art eeems an entirely Innocent, natural and humane one, but the wounded man waa John Wilkes Booth, end an Infuriated and outraged nation hounded every body who waa fn any way connected with the assassin. Dr. Mudd was con victed. and sent to serve a life eentence at Fort Jefferson. He was released by President Andrew Johnson, February, 114*. after serving four year*. The story to told mainly by letters, court testimony, documents, official report* and order*. These are presented with out comment and are effective and Ade quate. Dr. Mudd's letters to his family de- ecrlhe hto prison life and reveal un consciously th* heart and lift of an honorable and law-abiding cltlten. One closes the book convinced anew that court* and .decrees do not make and unmake men. Dr. Mudd lived for thir teen year* after hie release from prison, but "frail, sick and weak, never again lo be strong." This book to a worthy addition lo any library. WHISPERING 8MITH- by Frank H. Spearman. (Charles Bcribner's Bona) In "Whispering Smith." Mr. Spear man eand* forth a pleasing breath of the desert elr. He w rites lute one who he* had hto own nostrils filled with that delightful oaone. and better, too. he make* us breath* It with him. This latter requisite of a good book, which seems to th* unltleted. very eaey of ecrompllehmeet, to a most difficult task and one saldom attained by the w titers of numerous Western si or lea, W hich till our book dealers' ehelvet. The scene >.r th* majority of tha so.called Western stories rnleht u sell hs laid In New England. If wo are lo Judge t,y the absence nf what wa call for th* lack of a better name, genuine lu. al roloi The chief object with tho a»*r. age writer eeems to be to have las harmrisrs wear sombreros and i he:,, perils and to live In the open To one who has spent years oa the Western desert u la • difficult Usk ip t*A4 altb. put wonder or the loquacious-hero of the^ordlnary Western’ story and hto aa, Great 'distances and high mountains crest# • severs economy of speech and It Is not an uncommon thing In real Westsm life to ee* ten or fifteen cow boys come Into camp after a hard day’s woriL consume their evening’s meal In alienee, light their pipes or cigarettes and alt together for hour*, without ut tering a single word beyond a mere answer to a question. Mr. Spearman knows thle: he haa evidently lived as he writes and nla "Whispering Smith" I* a very charm ing addition to real Western life as told *ln hooka. The story I* strong enough, the character* are genuine Western people and time devoted to th* reading and enjoyment of the plot Is more than Wall spent. "THE WOMEN OF THE CONFEO ERACY," by Rev. J. L. Underwood, master of arts, Mercer University, and chaplain In tha Confederate army. (Tha Neale Publishing Company. New Tork.) Not too late, but timely, and ap propriate, to the worthy tribute to Southern women, written by Dr. Un derwood. ' There hoe not been half enough said or published about th* noble women of ’gl-'fiS. and It to a pleasure-to know that there has been complied eo enter taining and delightful a volume ae “The Women of the Confederacy," which certain tributes palMo the good moth ers. wives and sweethearts of those trying times by writers and orators. Dr. Underwood has done a splendid and patriotic service In collecting these tributes, and better still In making a most Interesting book of them. Th# volume 1a divided under six heads: Symposium of Tributes to Confeder ate Women. Their Work. Their Trials. Their Pluck. Their Cause. Mater Redlvlva. Dr. Underwood has been a resident of Georgia for more than thirty years, his home being that charming Pearland cottage In the suburbs of Camilla) Oa. He has been under treatment at Kellam's Hospital Richmond. Va„ for some time, and js he saye this "book Is sent forth from an Invalid's room with a fervent prayer that It may do good In all sections of our beloved country." All Southern men should read this book. If only to confirm their own opln Inn of .Southern womanhood. Even General Sherman's excuse for hie ar rest order In Savannah when he drove the women nut of that city, namely, "You women are the toughest set 1 ever knew. The men would have given up long ago but for you, 1 believe you would keep this war up for thirty years,” has Its proper place Ih the sym posium. for It tells of the Indomitable courage and the magnificent patriotism of the noblest type of womanhood ever given to bless a .people. “THE 8ILENT WITNE88.” by Kate Slaughter McKinney (Katydid). (The Neale Publishing Company.) When our reviewer began the read Ing -of "The Silent Witness" by Mrs. Kate 8. McKinney, he was pleased to think that here wns one bonk from a Southern woman which would Justify our opinion firmly held that not only are there great opportunities In this beautiful Southland for a more than Interesting story, but thst one had been accepted and advantageously employed. In advice to reviewer* the "Ixrndon (England) Academy" saye: "Call no novel good (III It to flnlehed might be adopted as the motto nf the patient re viewer. Of twenty writers who begin a story well, not ten go on well and not five go on and end well." Jack ]/mdon flatly let himself down In the final pages of his magnificently begun and partly carried out atory, "The Sea Wolf." There to a great weak ening In Robert chambers' fascinating atory, "The Fighting Chence." a* It nears the end. Mrs. Edith Wharton rilsappolnta us sorely In parts of "The House of Mirth" and so on. Not that either of these stories or "The Silent Witness" fall, for they do not. Some of the situation* In Mrs. McKinney's story are worthy of Anna Katherine Green nt her best. The authoress of "The Silent Witness" Is capable of something much better than this her last work, which we have In hand, and we believe time will prove that w# are light In this assumption. The plot Is all Jight nnd one la struck with the number of epigrams, good ones, too, with which It to Interspersed. Taken all together. "The Silent Wit ness" gives great promise. The slight weakening of the etrlnge ehow that something very much belter can nnd we believe will come from Mrs. Me- Kinney's pen. Thle novel, which to Mrs. McKinney'* first, plainly exhibits her enpablllty for a greater success and we ahall expect It. Mrs. McKinney Is a Southern wom an of rhnrm. talent and of the best •octal environment. She resides with Her huabnnd. Superintendent. McKin ney. of the Louisville and Nashville railway, at Montgomery. Ala. Her posite gifts have already placed her In an enviable position among the rarely talented southern women, whose liter- an' genius has aroused a genuine ad miration and appreciation. BROADWAY MAQAZINE, from a publication devoted to the people of the stage, their doings and misdoings, has made a complete change and has be come one of our brightest monthlies, clean and full of good things. Th* recent Issues are very Interest Ing. but especially eo to Atlantans, owing to the appearance In the January number of a special article on "The Hall of Record*." New Tork city, by Mr. Robert Adamson. Mr. Adame in wee for a number of years city editor of The Atlanta Conetltutlnn He to now one of the prominent political writers of The New York World and to rapidly pushing himself to the front. In addi tion Mila newspaper work, hr to called on frequently for special articles by the foremost magaslnes of New York, eome of his recent stories appearing In Suc cess. Broadway - Magaalnr. In Ita foreword aa to authors for 1107. prime a rut of Mr. Adameon and advlele Ita readers that ha will contribute timely ttoriee during the year to that publica tion. Mr. Adameon Is one of the bright est newspaper men of the South, who has found congenial work In New York When Mr. Adameon was city editor of The Atlanta Constitution the la mented Walter Howard filled moat creditably a similar position on Th* Atlanta Journal. They were Intimate friends and both entered the Journalistic field in New York about tha same time. Mr. Adam son on The Sun and Mr. Howard tu win great fame as a leading writer on Heerst'e Journal and American, for which paper he covered the Spanish war end afterward* waa sent tn lam- don ae rhler correspondent. Both of these young men never tot an oppor tunity for a news etory pass without galling hold of It Mevsral years ego, when with a pony of Atlanta. »n*ng men In New York, all aa a strictly pleasure trip. Mr. Howard failed to keep promptly aa eafisgaaiyal for Ike UMMM, When ha «U appear slier th* A Pleased Customer is the best advertisement a bank can have. » We always endeavor to increase this feature of our .advertising. . .. / We offer to depositors cvjerv facility their balances and business responsibility warrant. ' MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO. first act waa aver, he explained to his maud* that he bed been detained down town Interviewing Theodor* Roosevelt, then police commissioner of New York city, as to how the seemingly eternal, then aa now. "Atlanta police commis sion squabble could be straightened out and wouid it*. If he hsd the time to do It" 8CRIBNER'8 MONTHLY for March continue* th* good work, well begun for 1(07. February and March nun bars ar* noticeable, as containing In •tallmcnte of Mr*. Edith Wharton's latest novel. “The Fruit of the Tree,' It having begun aerially In th* Fabru ary number. There to another good "Rebecca »f Sunnybrooke Farm" kind of story, oy Kate Douglas Wlggln. some selection* of Interesting letters of the New York editor, thq late E. L. Godkln. and an especially strong article by Thomas F. Millard on 'The Situation In Manchu ria." “TRANS-ATLANTIC TALES." to- •usd monthly by the Ess Ess Publish ing Company, contain many entertain ing stories by foreign writers, rendered Into the beet English. It glee* us a striking and pleasing change by con trast with our own good short story writers, and to a welcome monthly visi tor to discriminating readers. A REALLY VALUABLE HISTORICAL SUGGESTION To the Editor of Tha Georgian: Some day* ago I noticed an article on Aaron Burr, by Rev. J. S. Bryan, In which he states that "the location of Fort Wilkinson wee 31-3 miles below Mllledgevllle, on the west bank of the Oconee." , , Parton says that "Fort Wllklneon, on the Oconr* wa* about (0 miles from the boundary line between Georgia and South Carolina." This I* welcome In telligence tn many, of the students of the War nt ISIS, the location of this fort having been a mooted question, Some claimed (hat It was on the site afterwards occupied by Fort Hawkins. A family paper In my possession would seem to preclude this Idee. It reeffs: “Major John Wootan, a brave of ficer of the. state troops, was from Edgefield district, S. C. He was in command at Fort Wtlktnaon, and waa killed In a riot In discharge of hto duty, while trying to make peace between his men and the regulars. At the same time hto son-in-law. Major Philip Cook, Eighth Infantry. C. S. A., was In com mand at Fort Hawkins." Major Cook was the eon of Captain John Cook, of South Carolina, one of Marlon's men, Vho came to Hancock county alter the revolution, and to burled there at old Island church. Major John Wooten and hie wife, Mary Simms, ere both buried at Mil- ledgevllle. 1 take the liberty of writ ing this, to Rev. Bryan, in hope nf gain ing additional Information, and would be obliged If he. or eome one, would answer these question*: There were about 1,000 Georgia mill- tla In the War of ISIS, to there any record of their organisation? How were they officered? Beyond the names of a few leaders, even the very names of these brave men are for gotten.) When was Fort Wilkinson built? Are there any remains of tt standing? Would It not be a fine thing for the old counties In our state tn hate, etch, an historical society, to preserve Bites, relics, records and traditions? Take our forts, for Instance, of which Geor gian had many, and about which many fine article* have been written. There etl(J seem to be mnny whose history Is unrecorded. Who to the president of the Georgia Historical Society? Why cannot, nnd why should not, he moke a beginning and take up. say, the elx oldest counties, and got them to organise under a com petent lender? By thl* time next year what n harvest we would renpl MRS. WILLIAM LAWSON PEEL Atlanta, Ga., March ft), 1»07. Army-Navy Orders MOVEMENT OF VetBELS. Army Orders. Washington, March tt.—The follow ing orders have been Issued:. Flrat Lieutenant Edward Gottlieb, Seventy-seventh to Ninety-ninth Com pany, coast artillery. Following offluen designated for duly on commission to examine and report concerning use by Ufllted Btatea of waters of Mississippi river flowing over certain dame: Major William V. Judson. corps of engineers, vice Lieutenant Colonel George McC. Derby, corps of engineers. Private Jacob Chauaer, hospital corps general hospital. Fort Bayard, dis charged from the army. Private Paul Sundhoff. Nineteenth recruit company, recruit depot. Jeffer- eon barracks, transferred to hospital corps Private Robert H. Green, hospital corps, from depot of recruits and casuals Fort McDowell to Philippines. Private Ellison C. Rose, Company E. Fourteenth Infantry, general hospital. Fort Bayard, transferred to hospital corps. Navel Orders. Rear Admiral J. P. Merrill, commis sioned. Warrant Machinist J. L. Been, de tached Texes to navy yard. Norfolk. Paymaster's Clerk T. J. Mulcahy. ap. pointed to naval training station. New- port." Movement of Veesels. * ARRIVED.—March 31, Manly at An napolis; March JI. Saturn at San Fran- Isco. SAILED.—March 37, Pontiac from Annapolis for navy yard. New York. Prairie, from Clenfuegoe for SlaniluKu de cflba. . TOO MUCH ABOUT HELL. LABOR ON THE HOSPITAL BOARD. To the Editor of The Georgian: 1 have seen so much of lalp about hell In yuur paper until one would think there muet be eomethlng somewhere to cause such a commotion. Ever since the devil told hto firet lie to old mother Eve there hoe been trou ble In the human family. He told her that God knew she would not die If slui ate of the forbidden fruit, but she did. And he has ever since had the human family In trouble whenever they would listen to him. There are many men and women In Atlanta that would be more at ease It they knew to a cer tainty that there to no such a place as hell. Th* gentleman In Thursday even ing's paper wants to know If there Is a hell, where It Is located. I will **k him If there to a heaven'and where is It located? We have the same author ity for believing hell exists a* we have that heaven exists. The same book telle ua about both, the same hook tells us all we know about Godr It telle us heaven Is God's throne amt the earth to Hie footstool? The name hook that tells us about God tells us also about the devil. We learn from It that hell Is tils headquarters.: Do you. sir, believe there In's God? If your answer Is "ye*," you are compelled to acknowl edge that your belief is based on omit the Bible tells you about It. Then if you believe what the Bible says about God and heaven, why not accept w lmt It says about hell and the devil? But If you do pot believe there Is either heaven nr hell, God or devil, you should at least have respect enough for emieiy to be like Solomon's fool—Juet "say It In your heart," but not put It In tho paper. But If you Bo Insist In show Inc yourself to the world, then write (or the Police Geeette or some other dlrtv paper, and tot The Oeorgien slick to Its policy'of steering clear of unclean advertisements. Yours truly. W. M. JONES. 48 Queen 8t„ Atlanta, Gs. From The Journal of Labor. The working people of Atlanta have eucreeded ,ln eecurlng one of tlielr number nit (he board of trustees nf the Grady Hospital—Mr. Wade P. Hard ing. nf the Atlanta Typographical Union. In seeking this, and other positions In our city government, the working people are not actuated by any desire to laud themselves or to decry the eerv. Ices of others. The desire tn eerve the city I* born of patriotic and civic pride: an ambi tion as cltlaene to give and lo show that we, as working people, are In earnest In our protestations that we are pert of the clUxenehlp—not only count •• number*, but In reality mov ing and actlv* cltliens. We have no desire to enarl end criti cise the actions of others, hut feel that we, ton, having our all In thle progress ive city, should lie represented In the various departments of the city govern ment. The Journal of Labor and the work ing people of Atlanta have long ago •ought this recognition, end the coun t-11 on leet Monday, In selecting Mr. Harding for the position nf one of the members of the hospital board, will never have cause to rograt their action. The Indurtrtol class of Atlanta haa won thla recognition of public approval by their rloee attention to buetneee and participating In all things that tend to develop our rlty. It le not too much to say that th* council having taken thle step will go •tut further and place a competent and capable man on tn* board of education. In doing thle—recognising the Indus trial element—where merit and capa bility to presented—the council to lend. Ing a valuable aid to the upbuilding of the people that will bring good results. In the name of the people of Atlanta we thank the council for this magnifi cent approval of their respect and con fidence. for euch It to. WhU* tha coun cil saw fit to bestow thle mark of die- tlhctl'in i>n Mr. Herding, w* must not loee sight of Ihe fact that we, too. have been honored In Ih* bestowal, and should give us even greater aa In th* I fuiure lo strive as rlllaens to make C roatves competent sad capable, and oar conduct to warrant Sag firm* •till further honors at Uie hand* of all Tha CAN IT BE POSSIBLE?” To the Editor of The Georgian: The statements contained In Georgian ar# generally eo correct thst one to naturally led to believe that Hie things It steles are so. tn a recent Issue, however, a state ment appeared that waa fairly stagger ing. at least lo the writer, and I write to ask can It be possible thet the *"- called "age of consent" In the (treat state nf Georgia I* eleven years. It wee so stated In the article on th* edi torial page of March 14, bearing the fitting title "Does China Bhninr I's Here," and signed by Vara A. Majeii". I will simply refer you and your rend er* tn that article for fuller Inform i- tlon. I would simply state that up t > about fifteen year* ago such wns ih» age allowed by the tow In India for the natives to consummate their ihu l marriages. At that time Ihe women medical missionaries of that rounnr. who all too often cams Into touch " u > the terrible teeulte of such a ls» 1 the mutilation of Ba victims Ihm lh" v roae In a body and 15* of the women mleslonariea,.most of them physicians, signed a petition end sent It throng > Lady Dufferln to th* queen of Englaii". and the law waa soon changed The ag* of consent end marring' ' n New Tork state to, I believe, 16 > ' young enough. Indeed! There !► ■ ; courea, conelderabto difference h*i" f ' 1 the legal ag* for marriage end th* re called "ege of consent" without tnoi ceremony. All l can tay I* that the sooner («;■' a blot I* removed from the felr JT‘ cutcheon of Georgia th# better. knowledge ol each • M being in »» Istence to enough to keep out of state many desirable famine* with * 1 children Let th* -power* that t>* buay. and If they will not do * •j th* press and tb* people make th do their duty. GEOROE D. DOWKONTT. M l> Atlanta. Ga., March 14. IN 1 ' I _ 1*1 V- mernber of Ihe boaid. The J. um Labor desire* to give II* b*ei'> . proval He to a young men. • Industrious, capable and fully prep- by education and natural quail*' " to nil ib* aoeltloa ia which h* hs " I" - —. _ me tlaflart Up la m ultwa at Altiol* our fellow (itlarna, rich aa4 poor illki. hu mtwssm kata rloniy UkfftiM * Te Mr. Wad* P. Uaraiag. lb, elected (£* wZ^«fce»oU>* «-*' isaA^u,«.— —, - ---- ' / sii .eflirBii iTiiii -.