Newspaper Page Text
n
1HI'- ATLANTA (tKOKGJAN AND NEWS!.
rlMDAT. APItH. 5, l!*r.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
,'OHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
Published Every Afternoon,
(Except Rands?)
By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY.
At * West Alabama 8t.. Atlanta. Os.
Subscription Rates:
One Tear SJ-J®
Mr Months r-K
Three Months L-®
H.r Carrier, Per Week M
Telephones eonneetlnx all depart-
lents. Long distaace terminals
Smith k Thompson, adrertlslnn rep-
resentatlres for all territory outside of
ChJeZlo office Tribune Rufidjsg
Maw York office rotter BulldlDf
If you hare any trouble setting THE
GEORGIAN AND NEWS telephone
the elrculetlon department end hare
It promptly remedied. Telephone#:
Hell ita main, Atlanta 4401.
It la deelrahle that all eommnnlM-
Ilona Intended for publication In THE
GEORGIAN AM) NEWS he limited to
.WO words In length. It la Imneratlre
the! they be signed, as an evidence
good faith. Rejected maouaerlpts will
not be returnod unless sumps are sent
for the purpose.
THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS
prints no unclean or objectionable ad
vertising. Neither dees It print whisky
or any liquor ads.
Ol’R PLATFORM: The Georgian
and News stands for Atlanta's owning
IU own gas and eleetrle light plants.
It now owns Its water worke. Other
weye can be operated euccessfully by
Kuro[iesD cities, as they are, there Is
no send reason why they can not lie in
operated lure. Rut we do not lielleve
this can be done now, end It may he
some reare before w# are ready for so
Ids'an undertaking. RHII Atlanta
Should eat IU fare In that direction
NOW.
Mew Orleans Wins Our Gratitude
When Atlanta begina to agitate the
trouble and expenae of making aanltn
ry school homes and itreeta, let It
look toward New Orleans.
The Crescent City within the last
five years has done In this respect a
colossal work. Neither time nor
pnlns nor money haa been considered
uni If New Orleans ever haa another
epidemic of yellow fever It will not be
the fault of Ha sanitary conditions or
tbo Indlfforence of Its people.
Latest of all cornea from New Or
leans the proposition to get rid of all
mosquitoes, and this New Orleans pro
poses to do at once. The Tlmea-Dem
ocrat Informs us that efforts already
made have practically eliminated the
stegomyla fly. which la the most dsn
serous of all mosquitoes, and has
nearly eliminated the anophlles,
which come second In the amount of
damage which they cause.
Incidentally It may be remarked
that what New Orleans does not know
about mosquitoes Is not In the books
written or unwritten In the realm of
science.
And now New Orleans proposes to
go to the very bottom of the matter
and get rid of all mosquitoes, and
public newapapera declare that this
can bo done at a comparatively Insig
nificant cost.
First among the remedial efforts la
to drain a large, low tract of wet
ground over which the rails of the
Illinois Central railroad come Into the
city and which The Tlmes-Oemocrat
calls the last cltldel of tho mosquito
In New Orleans. The city proposes to
auk the Illinois Central to drain this
swamp. It It does not do so willingly,
to proceed through the board of health
to compel the railroad to protect the
city In this sanitary line.
If New Orleans had done nothing
else within Ha brilliant commercial
years that would entitle It to the grat
itude of other Southern communities,
it would have won Its right to the title
of n municipal benefactor In the dem
onstration of the fact that It ta possi
ble and practicable to eliminate mos
quitoes from any part or place In Ha
civilization.
Now If some other Southern city
will only show the rest of us the way
to get rid of the house fly, we have
another laurel chaplet waiting for Ha
brow.
Attention Needed on Mitchell St.
Since the establishment of the New
Terminal station Mitchell street baa
become one of the great avenues of
the city.
It la the passage way of most of
the people who enter this great termi
nal to Whitehall street, the shopping
renter of the town, and for this reason
the city quthorltlea should take great
pains to make Mitchell street an ac
ceptable and alwaya passable thor
oughfare.
The people who come Into Atlanta
front alt over the South on shopping
tours hare made some complaint of
the obstacles on tne sidewalk of
Mitchell street and of the untidiness
with which the thoroughfare la kept.
The Georgian feels confident that It
la only necessary to direct the atten
tion of the civil authorities to this
condition of affaire to effect its speedy
remedy.
The present administration Is show
ing commendable activity In all mat
ters reletlng to the public’s thorough
fares, end. of course, It would not un
der any circumstances neglect that
short avenue which leads from the
• ' nter of the state's travel to the |
rrtsl shopping thoroughfare of the
dial city. I
"PEONAGE” OR "PROSPERITY” THE FAULT?
The case against the Coles, of Newna., charged with "peonage” In
the federal court, la a most Interesting one and gives rise to some reflec
tions both reminiscent and prophetic.
Mindful of the proprieties, we have no desire whatever to discuss
the merits of the case at Issue, beyond the statement that the Coles a‘.
* Newnan are among the soundest and moat representative citizens and
manufacturers of the entire 8outh, and with a record behind them of
fifty years of usefulness and of unspottedlntegrity they are not likely to
lose anything either of prestige or of public confidence In any result of the
trial.
The attorneys for the defenae assert their capacity to make pl|)la
the fact that these foreigners who are the supposed plaintiffs In the suit
for peonage, were simply adventurous foreigners'who took advantage of
a liberal offer to see and observe the South at the ezpenae of tbe Cole
Manufacturing Company,.and the company applied to them the Georgia
law against receiving money under false pretenses.
But this la not the basil of our comment.
The frequent recurrence of these charge! of "peonage" against cer
tain Individuals of the South la coming to he significant, and this signifi
cance la greatly heightened by the fact that the proiecutlona 'oome
through the federal courts, and seem to be Inspired by a public senti
ment which haa lta capital and circumference in the manufacturing cen
ters of New England and the East.
Which leads us to remember that In the agitation from 1850 to 1861
over the abolition of slavery the violent diatribes of Wendell Phillips and
Lloyd Garrison had at first little effect upon the moral sentiment or the ab
stract philanthropy of New England, where both Phillips and Garrlion
were frequently given the "rough house”'and were almost mobbed at
times by hostile audiences In Boston and New York. Finally, however,
the evangels of abolition touched a chord that rang resiionalve their
needs when they began to paint the prosperity of the princely planters of
the 8outh—when they pictured the feudal splendor and power of the
Southern planter and the proud and confident air with which he trod the
halls of contrail nnjl society—then the astute commercial mind of tbe
manufacturing East received an Impetus which no real phllanthopy had
failed to give, and the war of the rebellion was perhsps due more to the
jealousy of New England against the growing agriculture and the commer
cial importance of the South than It was to any sincere and impassioned
sympathy with the down-trodden (lave.
Is the history of the Eastern manufacturer 'trying to repeat itself In
theae constantly recurring charges of peonage In the South, and In tbe
Vigor and Intensity with which they aro being prosecuted by federsl offi
cials from that sectional environment?
The conditions of 1850 are being repeated In a different phase, but
In the same degree. The South la prospering marvelously. The won
derful development of Ha manufacturers Is challenging the apprehension
of New England. And one of the highest officials of one of the greatest
mllla at Manchester has openly confessed that the time la rapidly coming
when the manufacture of cotton In the fields of production would atop
tha wheels of scorea of factories In New’ England and reduce that prodi
giously rich and prosperous section to the ranks which tha 8outh has felt
In poverty for so many years.
The Idea has gone abroad and grown general that the need of South
ern manufacturers Ilea In the foreign element, and that both our agricul
ture and our manufacturers are being enriched by the Incoming tide of for
eign laborers who have heretofore dispersed themselves exclusive
ly through the Eastern and Western states.
la it possible that that keen and far-seeing commercial greed which
swept the South into war In order to check Ha material progress and
Its Individual wealth. Is seeking now once more to cripple the marvelous
Industrial development of thla region by prejudicing the minds of for
eigners against the Southern manufacturer and the Southern farmer?
There are Indications all too numerous of tbo spirit of more than ordi
nary eagerness which pulses theae prosecutions and of the unfailing cus
tom of giving them all possible publicity In the public prints of the North
and the 'Eaat.
Ii It unreasonable to suppose that these extracts furnish convincing
material for a strenuous war on the part of Northern Immigration and
labor agents against the tide that la setting toward the South? 1
, There ta nothing colder or more remorseless than commercial greed,
and when the growth of one great section of the country Is treading so
dangerously upon the pre-eminence of another section, It la nothing more
than natural that we should recall the history of four decades backward
and keep an eya upon the emissaries of Eastern and New England man
ufacturers as they grow officious In their meddling with the growth and
development of the Industrial South.
ROOSEVELT AND THE RAILROADS.
The views expreasod In a recent letter by President Roosevelt relating
to the railroads has in a marked degree met with cordial opproyal, and
the president haa become entrenched In a position ao strong before the
people that no argument of the railroad financier and manipulator can
shatter It.
The president In every line of his argument shows that he Is acting
aa the prealdent of all the people, guarding tbe interests alike of the
corporations and the public. He Justly recognizes that any fanatical In
fluence brought to bear upon state legislatures causing unwise, unjnat
and Inimical legislation against the railroads Is Injudicious and would be
wldekpread In dangerous effect.
Not only la such legislation Injurious to the rallroada, but tn many
cases acts greatly to the detriment of the Interstate shipper.
The highest consideration should be given to bis Idea that the In
terstate Commerce Commission should be strengthened, its jurisdiction
extended, and a wider charge given them over the rallroada.
Again the president’s Idea Is eminently Just and correct that this ex
tended jurlxdlctlon of the Interstate Commerce Commission should be had
over the railroads to protect the people. Ai the railroads owe their birth
to the chartered rights given by thp people for their benefit, then the rail
roads, to a large extent, are for the people, and are thereby in tbe peo
ple ap a public utility, and a rigid investigation Into tha finances of the
roads ta Justified by the government that the people’s rights may be pro
tected.
Thousands of small Investors place their money in stock of the rail
roads as a business Investment. With the financiers that manipulate the
securities of the road these small atoekholdera have no influence, and are
at the mercy ot any financial trickster, and many a widow and orphan
retires at night In the security of supposedly safe Investments to wake in
the morning to realize that over-night at a desk in Wall street, dishon
est manipulation has wiped their all out of existence.
It la to protect thts class that the president desires a rigid Investi
gation In the manipulated finances of the road. The road that la being
honestly administered both in its management and Ha finances will not
fear Investigation. The management of a railroad that does fear Investi
gation should be rigidly Investigated. There has recently been heralded
In the papers the suggestion of a Wall street panic. 8toeks have touched
bottom prices and below. Rallroada bearing 6 per cent dividends, honest
ly earned, legitimately paid, with a surplus to their credit, tn splendid
financial condition, have been beaten down to below par; yet the divldeud
haa not been affected, the traffle on the road haa not been affected, which
Is proof conclusive that the panic ta not a country’s panic, but a Wall
street gambling panic.
No price of commodities has fallen, no wages have fallen, no legiti
mate Incomes have been affected, nothing but marginal and fictitious In
comes. based upon gambling, have been touched, and tbe president In
declining not to utter anything further on the railroad question Just nor
deserves the commendation of the entire country.
To the average man It la safer to take hla money, with a half dozen
friend*, and play inker than to take the same money and Invest In atockr
In the money market tn the one case tbe man knows that the cardc
are not stocked by hla friends, In the other he does not know whethc?
tbe legitimately earned dividend stock of the railroad he bays with a
surplus back of It will be Harrimanlzed during the .night, the security
ruined and the surplus wiped out to permit another Illegitimate scheme,
while the financial promoter pockets his stolen profits.
The president with hi* usual courage and directness la going to the
tout of tbe matter.
PRESIDENTS ATTITUDE
TOWARD RAILROADS
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Are dUalmulAtlon. Intrigue and temporla-
Ing the watch word* of American liberty?
One would surely think »o from reading
tbe pre*» reports of recent requests made
the president by the railroad mag
nates. The attitude of these men Is so
consummately selfish and regardless of the
general good as to lie almost nauseating to
those who hnre tbe leant spark of true
patriotism’. They would hare the president
restore public confidence, an they call It,
by declaring officially that lie will not fa-
▼or making n valuation of the raHroads
which will interfere with present fiiarket
rallies of securities by squeezing out' any
water that may be In them. In short, they
care little or nothing lor the larger, major
ity of the public, Just so long nn tbelr In
geniously Inflated securities shall not be
Interfered with.
This la the boldest and most bare faced
proposition that has yet beeu bgoached or
attempted by any king, or set of kings, of
high finance, and only shows to what
lengths the people may expect these men
to go If tbelr past and present policies are
permitted to continue. In the first place,
the public confidence is not shaken and
need not be so long as the reserve fund
In the treasury remains Intact and Iwhlnd
each paper dollar Issued Is an equivalent
value In gold nod silver coin deposited In
the vaults of the United States for Its re
demption.
A SELFISH CLAMOR.
In addition to this, the truth, and. get
ting upon a true basis, never can and
never will hurt the honest and Industrious.
Only those who make their living by their
wlta are ever bean! to cry out against the
truth. This Is precisely now what is the
difficulty with these railroad manipulators
who, to further their own ends, are clam
oring for the president of the people to
restore what they call “public confide
In the first place, as they well know, there
Is no loss, or occasion for loss, of public
confidence to be restored, but they seek
to create, by thslr dissimulating. Intima
tions and Insinuations, n loss of confident**
to further tbelr own financial ends In
manner so brasen and shocking aa to lie
truly repulsive to every true and brave
American heart oud to call for the severest
censure of the entire public. Let tbe peo
ple beware that they lie not <hus de
ceived, and in losing faith, without cause,
so of a state legislating within its own
borders for the reasonable protection of Its
citizens, especially when, as in the present
case, the cause of such damage would In
all probability. If the true situation were
known, be attributable direct to the self
ish wrongdoings of the parties complainant
Instead of any Inherent evil In such laws.
Hucb a doctrine as tbe railroads wish to
establish Is contrary to nil tbe settled prin
ciples of Jurisprudence from the remotest
times, and Is no less than nnother attempt
on the part of a body of meu who have suc
ceeded by tbelr Intrigues In stifling the life
of trade and killing competition for their
own private gain, to now, for tbe same
benefit, throttle the legislature nud Juris
prudence of the country.
The beautiful lines of the late Hon. John
Hay. secretary of state, may well In this
present crlslt be the prayer of tbe people-
liberal sun.
Oh, Lord, be there! Thine arm made bare.
Thy righteous will be done.”
F. 8. KBY SMITH.
Washington, D. C.
”TK3 HARMONY BELL.”
That lx a fine Idea of tf|o "Harmor." Bell" which 1b growlnc out of
tbe commltte-j of tho Confederate camps and the.Blue and Gray in At
lanta.
It is based upon the theory that wc oueKl to have in thl-j republic a
companion for the Liberty Bel! which hangs In the great hall of Indepen
dence In the City of Brotherly Love.
The Liberty Bell Is cracked and hac rung for more than 100 years
the proclamation of independence and freedom which our fathers gave
to the world Ir. 1776.
And now the patriotic camps of the Blue and the Gray In this phoenix
city ot tbe civil war have, conceived the Idea that another bell should be
built st Washington—"The Harmony Bell,” which, on the Fourth of July,
should ring out from the capital the glad tidings that the republic Is st
peace, that harmony prevails throughout the land.and that we are a uni
ted and a happy people.
The first ringing of tbe harmony bell Is to be in a grand gathering of
the veterans of both .armies and of patriotic citizens In the city of Wash
ington.
Committees from the Confederate and Federal camps have sent out
n ringing appeal to the camps of the Grand Army across the line and to
the camps of the Confederate veterans In Dixie. The appeals were first
sent to the Grand Army camps and the responses have been swllt and
hearty, indicating the largest and most catholic spirit of fraternity toward
the South and tbelr willingness to contribute the small sum asked of each
Individual for the Harmony Bell. The Federal soldier and his friends
have rallied promptly and Instantly to the Atlanta proposition.
Appeals have gone and are going to the Confederate camps, and it
Is to be hoped that every section of tho South will speed this wholesome
and happy Idea and will urge upon every camp In every section to send
their contribution of from 25c to the extreme limit of $1.00 as their con
tribution to this cause. ana
And If there be those among tbe Confederate camps who are not able
to make this material contribution, each camp be sure at least
to send an expression ot its deepest sympathy with this splendid memo
rial of a forgotten strife and of a common and glorious destiny.
We trust that no Confederate camp will be less patriotic than Jhe vet
erans of the Grand Army, who have come so eagerly to tbe Indorsement
of this plan. r \
The war with Spain demonstrated that the South leads the republic In
patriotism. Let us Illustrate further how hearty Is the Individual loyalty
which Confederate soldiers feel toward the reunited country which our
better times hare brought us.
Are You Prepared for an Emergency?
Don’t depend on your salary alone—that is only a temporary means
of support and Is liable to stop at any time.
Start an account tn our Savings Department today—It will not only
be a protection to you, but is the best assurance of a comfortable old
age.
One Dollar will open an account
We pay Interest from the date deposit Is made at the rate of 4 per
cent per annum, compounded semi-annually.
Army-Navy Ordersj
—and—
MOVEMENT OF VESSELS.
nntl taxes (tint iiintliemntice doe* not tie.
Ion la an exset science. Ileed not the
vain vaporlnsa of tola# prophet,, my eoun-
tryinen, who would lead you to your own
ruin hr ehsltlng your conOdenee In affairs
snd taking advantage ot your fright to
aeeure thereby legislation amt policies at
your expenae I* aggrandize themselves.
lUtnember once and for all time, that plae-
Inx a true and proper valuation on any
commodity or property can never operate
In tbe Ion* run to work nn Injuatlee, hut
will aurely I* for the welfare of the
whole and brtn* order out oftebaoe. Here
the prealdent to accede to the ilealree of
theae railroad mafuatea and make the pub
lic Ittterancee they would have him make,
no doubt be would quiet their tempettuoua
feellogs. and If thla be to restore public
confidence, he would undoubtedly scrota-
pi lab It. '
PATRIOTS WOULD BE NEEDED.
The day would come, however, and la
the very neer future, were auch the cuee,
when the public confidence would be shak
en. end Justly eo. Then It would re
quire something more than one. or even a
doaen public utterances hy auy one to
restore It. Much u crisis, terrible in the
extreme, would require the combined el
forte ot noble and unselfish patriots wll 1
In* to make any sacrifice for the *ood of
their country, regardless of personal eo*.
A firm stand at iweaent against these
relied threats and Intrigues, th. dlulmu
latlon of corporate greed, must be the ant
ration of the country. Nothing abort of
this will enswer. There must he no feni
iwrlslug. The people mutt win tu thla fight,
Which the president haa ao manfully atari
ed. and thereby restore the country to lta
one time equilibrium, serenity nml 'happi-
ursa or the iintlon Is "loomed.
Another thing which la aa certain aa there
n heaven above, ta that no person or
of person# need ever request a second
from the president nay utterances.
S e or olberwlao. which In tnitb Is raleu-
to benefit the whole people.
The railroads know thla. \jtt them come
out In the open, vesting off the cloak of
illsafniutatfon. nud request anything which
really for the good of tbe people nud
only Will la- prealdent of that people
hut tbe people themaelvee willingly accede
to It. The claim made by the railroads, as
recently stated In the press, that the laws
of certain hoot hern states peeaed with a
view of expediting the delivery of freight
within their borders are In mnfilrt with
the conatUnthm of the l ulled Rtntes In In
terferlng with the Interstate commerce tie
cause the railroads. In i W I**-
laws, here-to neglect
too absurd to deserve serious roneldrratton.
Wall Settled Rule of Law.
It te a well-settled rule of taw that a per-
eon In the exercise of a lawful right can
net cause Injury to nnother. being what the
law calls damnnin nhsqur tie lltlarla. which
When each new morn cornea with lta wealth
of light
To flood the earth with rlelons fresh and
bright
And self awaking from night’s Imndnge—
free.
In aweeteat lore, O Lord, my heart goes out
to Thee.
When la the heat and tumult of high day
My worn heart wearlea with ceaseless fray
And Ion** for rest to come, at peare to he.
In yearning lore. O !,ord, my thought goes
forth to Thee.
When shadows fall and the tliy’e task la
done
And all my life aeema lost, the prlxc un
won.
Tbe sorrows ranleh and the dnrk doubts
When kindly slumber rails the world of
aense
My soil) It mil, my will no longer tense.
Thy dear warm presence hovers over me
And with lore’s nrma, n Lord, my dreams
THE DICTIONARY
OF MISINFORMATION.
Wax Jonas, Lexicographer.
JVICE—Telling some one e<^ in do
something we dont want to do^TTaalrea.
CLUB—A place where n men goea to
wish be wee at home again.
LOOT—The other fellow's perquisites.
PIG—Unrip* bacon.
POSTAL CARD—A blooming nnlsnncc.
ROLLING-TIN—An Instrument for Bat
tening out (Miatry and husbands.
SNUFF—Emotional tobacco.
Army Order*.
Washington, April B.—The following
orders have been Issued:
First Lieutenant Michael H. Barry,
artillery corps, assume chart* con
struction work at Fort DeSoto. reliev
ing Second Lieutenant Albert T.
Bishop, artillery corps: Captain Carter
P. Johnson, quartermaster, from fur
ther duty In connection with Ute In
dians; Private Robert E. Krange, hos
pital corps to recruit depot, Fort Slo
cum: Second Lieutenant Stephen M.
Barlow from Twenty-sixth to Eleventh
Infantry; Second Lieutenant Philip J.
Golden from Eleventh to Twenty-sixth
infantry; Captain Fox Conner, artillery
corps, detailed member general staff
corps, report to chief of staff. Washing
ton: Recruit Frank W. Haller, general
service, recruit depot, Columbus bar
racks. transferred to hospital corps a's
private.
First Lieutenant Craig R. Snyder,
assistant surgeon, .from Philippines,
June 1, to Snn Francisco; First Lieu
tenant Joseph Brady, Fourth Infantry,
from recruit depot, Columbus barracks,
to his regiment. May 1; Second Lieu
tenant Andrew W. Jackson, artillery
corps, having been examined for pro
motion by board and found physically
disqualified for first lieutenant of ar
tillery by reason of disability Incident
to the service, his retirement from
active service ns a first lieutenant of
artillery Is announced.
Corporal James Riley, One Hundred
and Twenty-fifth Company, coaat ar
tillery, from Fort Monroe to Fort Ter
ry; Sergeant (first-class) Francis J.
Elseman from Philippines, report to the
adjutant general, Washington; First
Lieutenant William C. Fitzpatrick, sig
nal corps (Infantry), having been found
by retiring board Incapacitated for ac
tive service on account of disability
Incident thereto, hla retirement Is an
nounced.
Naval Orders.
Captain H. Osterhous. detached board
of Inspection and survey, Washington,
to command Connecticut; Captain W.
Swift, detached Connecticut, lo home
Lieutenant J. M. Enochs, to navy yard,
League Island, for duty In connection
with fitting out of Kansas: Lieutenant
R. E. Pope, detached Connecticut, to
Denver; Ensign B. B. Strasaburger, de
tached Connecticut to Cleveland; Gun
ner L. S. Walker, from naval hospital,
New York lo home, await orders; Pay-
master's Clerk G. Q. Lanelng, appoint
ed to naval station, Guantanama.
Movements of Vessels.
ARRIVED—Worden at Key West,
Chicago and Princeton at Amapala;
April 3, Abarenda from Guantanamo
for Hampton Roada, Worden from
Guantanamo for Key West; March 31.
Scorpion from San Pedro de Macons
for Sanchez, Saturn from Magdalena
Bay for San Diego, Boaton from Mag
dalena Bay for Acapulco and ifm-
Julia, Mayflower from Colon for Ha
vana, April 3.
SO-CALLED UNWRITTEN LAW.
THE FATE OF THE RUBBERNECK
WAGON.
By James Montague.
»A hill has been Introduced at Albany to
aboliflb **set>injt New York” wagons.)
From Oshkosh. Kennebec, I>et Moines,
Tucson nud Krcrgiadi*.
Came MunriuK of eager folk to Jolu
The rubberneck parade.
Ou pndded flight* of ntalra on wheels
They henrkeurd to the tone
Of learned and Instructive iqiiela
Propelled by megaphone.
And nh! their buugry hearts would thrill
When past the Tombs they rode,
Or rumbled over Cherry Hill—
Mold’ Kastman's late abode.
Qr when their guide with unction spoke:
“In thla here part of town
We’ll mnv lie met them famous folk,
John Smith and Henry Brown.”
A radiant but wholesome Joy
Full harmlen* pleasuring thla aeemr.
(loth innocent mol lawful.
And yet the Ixcgiiilafure de*‘iu«
That It In iMmietliint; awful.
By J.. L. D. Hillyer.
It I* not unwritten In Georgia anti
the Thaw trial shows that It Is prac
tically the same thing In New York.
In the 8am Hill case It was held
that the plea of Justification made oy
the defendant wa* not aufilcltnt. be-
cauae he had allowed a sufficient time
tn elapie between hi* hearing of the
crime against hla home and the killing
of his victim, for him to have cooled
off; In other words, he had had time
enough to allow the “brain atom)” to
subside. He therefore committed the
crime In cold blood and it waa murder.
fn this ruling of the court It Is dis
tinctly ndmltled (hat the plea of justi
fication would have been aufflclent If
the killing had followed the knowledge
of the wrong more cloeely.
The legislature took up the matter
afterward* *r.d provided th*t In eatl-
matlng the value of such pleas the jury
should determine whether cooling time
had passed and not the Judge on the
bench. That ruling of our iuprtme
court supplemented by that act of the
legislature makes the plea an appeal to
written and not to unwritten law In
this state.
Besides that, the vcrdicta of a hun
dred Juries have gone on record ac
quitting men who had defended their
home, against that Invasion by a horn
Irlde. It has always been the law In
Georgia that a man had the right
protect hla home against a burglar, an
Incendiary or. an assassin or hla stables
against a horse thief, ami If In these
cases It was necessary to kill the In
vader he was Justifiable, provided the
Jury agreed with nlm that the killing
of the Invader wae the best that could
be done. That principle long ago was
applied by Georgia prior to those cases
w have men have defended their homes
against the Invasion of a libertine.
How Is It In New York? The law is
a little complicated by the "brain
storm." According to the law and facts
brought out In the Thaw trial every
killing done by a person of sound mind
and discretion In the peace of the state
Is the reeult of "brain storm.” The
question as to whether the "bralu
storm” was justifiable Is left to the
Jury. That Is the law In Georgia, and
it seems to be the law In New York.
The average Georgia Jury’ would ac
quit Thaw on the evidence as pub
lished In this country. We shall sec
what a New York Jury will do.
Carnegie on Orink.
The first and most seductive peril,
and the destroyer cf most young men.
Is the drinking of liquor. I am no tem
perance lecturer In disguise, but a man
wh< knows and telle you what obser
vation has proven to him; ami I say tu
you that you are more likely tn fall lo
your careei from acquiring the hsbll
if drinking liquor than from any or nil
of the other temptations likely to as
sail you.—Andrew Carnegie,
Novelty in Autos.
The xenith of luxury has almost been
reached tn automobiles. The newest of
all In the auto line In which luxury
crowds luxury Is an attachment to a
magnificent limoslnc car which a
prominent society belle received as a
wedding ptesent from her father.
Apartment would be a more appro
priate word than attachment, for the
novelty Is a tiny boudoir, a boudolrette,
a, the makers call tt, built Into the
body of the car. Tho little apartment
i« really a dressing room. It can b*
shut off from the rest of the tonneau
by sliding panels and It has barely
space for the fair owner and her maid
to squeeze Inside. Small ns the room
Is wonders can be accomplished there
in. The owner, when touring, can be
greatly refreshed from the effects of a
long spin by retiring to her boudolrette
and submitting herself to the skilful
hands of her maid. A fine dressing
case swings from the wall, a minia
ture lavatory occupies it corner, mir
rors line the whole Interior and the
boudolrette is lighted with softly-shad.
ed Incandescent bulbs. The auto haa
all the other conveniences known to
the wildest flight of the gasoline wag
on-maker’s art—a buffet, a kitchenette
and even a smoking room. What a
pity they can’t put a shower bath lit
an auto and bowling alleys on the ocean
greyhounds!—New York Letter.
Only Two’ 8*aeon(.
One winter when Thaddeus Stevens
had come back to his Vermont home ha
was the victim ot a severe cold and
could not leave the house for 'many
weeks. One of his callers was Lewis
Clark, a man of short stature, who In
earlier days had been a playmate of
the “Old Commoner" and was a near
neighbor of the Stevens family In tbelr
Feacham home. Vermonters had Just
begun to wear buffalo costa and Mr.
Clark arrived at the Stevens home al
most lost In a coat which reached to
the ground. His upturned collar com
pleted the disguise.
"Is that you, Lewis ?’’ asked Mr. Ste
vens fn an Incredulous tor.e.
"Yes, Thad,” he replied.
"Well, skin yourself and sit down,”
exclaimed the other.
During the Interesting conversation
which followed Mr. Clark asked Ste
vens If he wouldn't come back ta his
Vermont home to life.
"No," replied Stevens. "You have
but two seasons hero—winter and late
In the fail.”—Harper’s Weekly.
Splendid Isolation.
A number of military men In a
Washington hotel were giving an ac
count of an Incident of the Civil War.
A quiet man who stood by at last saldt
"Gentlemen, I happened to be thsre,
and might be able to refresh your
memory ns to what took place In ref
erence to the event Juat narrated."
The hotel keeper said to him:
"Sir, what might have been your
rank?"
"I was a private.'*
Next day the quiet man, as he wts
about to depart, asked for hla bill.
"Not a cent, sir; not a c«nt,” an
swered the proprietor, "You are the
very first private I ever met.”—Phila
delphia Ledger.
English and Squash.
I think you will enjoy the following
from our English cousins. We have
laughed ourselves weak over It. A
barrel was sent to London at Christ
mas containing apples, a Hubbanl
squash, some cranberries and sweet
potatoes. This Is from the reply:
"The apples were fine, but tha pota
toes, alas! had gone quite bad and
yellow. The cranberries are very hand
some, but seem somewhat acid to our
taste. The squash wits a novelty, and
1 dare say we didn't, know exactly how
to deal with It. We put It on the table
for dessert, but James found It ex
tremely difficult to cut. Later I stewed
It with lemon and sugar, and wt all de
clared It delicious!”—Boston Trans
cript.
Man of Quiek Action.
The quickest action ever noted by a
Cincinnati newspaper writer was Il
lustrated when he reported a murder
case In which one of the witnesses was
a negro porter in the hotel that was
the scene of the killing.
The negro was asked how many
shots he heard. "Two shots, suh,” ho
replied. "How far apart were they?”
“’Bout like dlsaaway,” explained tho
negro, clapping his hands twice with
an Interval of about a second between.
"Where were you when the first shot
was fired?" "Shinin' a geinmsn's
shoes In duh basement of duh hotel."
"Where were you when the second shot
was fired?” "Ah was a-passln* duh
Big Fo’ Depot.”—Philadelphia Record.
The Carpenter’s Speech.
The village carpenter had given so
generously of his services and sound
advice toward rebuilding the little me
morial chapel that when Jt was com
pleted all the summer. people agreed
that he should be asked to speak after
the luncheon which was to follow the
dedication exercises.
The day and the carpenter's turn
came duly.
"Ladles and genjlemen—dear,friends
" he began, his good, brown fare
very red, indeed. "I am si good deal
better fitted fur the scaffold than for
public speaking.-"
Then he realised what he had said
nd set down amid roars of laughter.—
Youth's Companion.
In Dreamy Samoa.
In a letter from Samoa to the Chi
cago Dally News R. C. Givlna *•>*
that the natives toll little and spin only
when their clothes are worn out. for
the wonderful trees produce all the
food they require. Breadfruit, cocoa-
nuts, pineapples and numerous berries,
together with an unlimited supply "?
good fish, make It possible for them ■->
exist without much labor. (They trou
ble thcmselvee very little about poll-
lies, and thus America's new -found
iklitei cliixens du-am their laxy lives
nwny under the shades of the old palms
withoui the slightest worry about frvu*
xltd finance.
