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I 6 THE ATLANTA UKOJfULAN AND NEW S. r.NMt. a mm. !». iwr. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES, Editor, F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon, (Kirept Sands;) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. It S Writ Alabama St.. Atlanta. (la. Subscription Rates: One Year nil Month* Throe Month* By Carrier. Per Week ......... ..MS" ... S » ... 1.* Telephone* connecting nil depart* menu. I etna distance terminals. If yon here any trouble (siting TUB GEORGIAN AND NEWS telephone the rlrrulntlon department nnd bnen It promptly remedied. Telephones: Bell SMI msln. Atlsata 4401. _ jsd. rasnuserlpts trill not hs returned nnless stsmps ore tent far the pnrpooe. vsrtfslng. Neither darn ft print whisky eertlslsf. Neither or sny llqoor sds. OCR PLATFORM: The Georflso snd News stsads for Atlsnts's ownlsg Its own (Si snd electric lleht plant*. — ‘ iter works. Other t (SS as low as 40 to the city. This •Mold .bn done nt once. The Osarglsn and Nswn hnUneen that If ntrant rail ways can he operated suereeaftilly by European clttei. an thny am. thorn In no sood reason why they ran not be no operated hare. Rat wa do not baUSen thin can ho done now. nod It rosy he some years be for* ws are ready for *o Mg so undertaking. Still Atlanta ehonld net tta fnen In that direction Oklahoma's constitution, completed last week, contains over 100,000 words. The constitution of Tennes see contains shout 12,000 words. Time must be required to vindicate the relative value of verbosity and brevity. Georgia "Doing Pretty Well." 8tate Treasurer R. E. Park has fur nished to the agricultural department some very Interesting Information to be printed upon the back of the new map showing both the senatorial and congressional districts of Georgia. The figures and facta presented by our caiwble state, treasurer are calcic lated to produce a feeling of aubatan tlal cheerfulness among the dtliens of this empire state and to effectually put A stop to any disposition evident now or In the future to raise a note either of discontent or of hard times. Not one of the United States haa In her conatltutlon a limit so low as Georgia's In levying taxes, five mills being the highest amount that can be Imposed, and 4.80 mills being the very low rate for 1007. The total taxable valuei of Georgia In 1886 were In round numbera about $160,000,000, while In 1860 they reach ed $672,000,000. In 1007 the approxl mate value will reach $650,000,000, or very near the amount In 1660. Expert statisticians claim this Is only about $5 per cent of the real amount of Georgia's taxable value*. This shows the wonderful locrease In values In the last forty yean. In 1866 there were no banka In Georgia, In 1100 there were 140, In 1907 thore are 408 Btate banks and 83 National banks, besides a number of private banka. Six years ago the great banka of Eastern cities had an nual demands made upon thorn to transport Georgia's wonderful staple crop of cotton, but In 1107 the local banka of the state are fully able to aupply all of the money needed for all of Georgia's remarkable crop*. The Increase In the cotton mills and In the consumption of Georgia-raised cotton haa grown almost beyond com putation, and annually, almost weekly, numerous cotton mills are added to those already In active and successful operation. The vast extension of railroads is keeping equal steps with the rapid progress of the state In. agriculture and manufacture!. Georgia'! growth in her public school system and In her high school! and colleges haa attracted the atten tion of the entire country. Indepen dent of the amount* devoted to local aystems of schools, Georgia Is now ap propriating $1,750,000 per annum to ward her public schools, and there Is scarcely a square mile In the state but Its children ace' accessible to a good school. The above facts have recently been widely published and have given a great Impetus to Immigration, both foreign and domestic. Into Georgia, and all good cl tire ns are warmly wel comed. Georgia owes s small bonded debt of about 87,000.000, which* Is being re duced at the rate or 8100,000 per an num. and the constitution prohibits the issuance of any more bunds. WOMAN’S LOGIC IN THE THAW CASE Women are queer creatures after all. / . That Is, some of them are, and we make haste to save our necks by a limitation of the reflection. Here cornea Dorothy Dlx. who from the beginning haa been the stal wart champion of Evelyn and Harry Thaw. Within the few days past Dorothy Dlx. who la Mrs. Elizabeth M. Gilmer sems to have been much moved by the Hummell affidavit, and comments as follows upon the charges which it contains: “If they are true they show him a bully and a brute who de serves as little mercy as be showed, while If they are false they show Evelyn the tpost conscienceless, heartless, faithless wanton that ever played two men off against each other for her own profit and enrichment." All of which Is very womanly and very Illogical. The Important “if which Dorothy Dlx leaves out might be stated as follows: “If anything which Abe Hummell has stated Is to be believed at all In this connection." Dorothy Dlx seems to think that if Hummell'* charges are true that Thaw was Indeed right to have beaten her, but If they are rtot true as charged by Evelyn In the Hummell affidavit, then Evelyn I* a faithless wanton. Dorothy Dlx’a logical mind seems to Ignore the possibility thst Thaw neither beat Evelyn nor Evelyn falsely charged him with doing so. but that Abe Hummell may have concocted both charge* out of his fertile and very Ingenious brain. It Is quite likely that Mr. Del mas will make all these things clear today. VIDALIA ADVANCE COMMENDS WORK OF EX-GOV. NORTHEN A SCENE AT A GRAVE. The Savannah Presa tell* a pretty and purposelul story of sn affect ing scene at Bonaventure, the other day, when the body of E. A. 8llver, a Confederate veteran, was being lowered to the dust. In Mr. Stovall's own graceful way he describes how, when the cere monies had been concluded and the last number on the program was ihe blowing of tape the Confederate flag was spread upon the grave. This was a familiar proceeding In the South, and yet the solemnity of It la always Impressive and affecting. Across the walk from the sec tion which bore the new-made grave was a group of Northern visitor* watching from a distance the interment of a Confederate soldier. When the burial wa* over and the “bugle sang truce" there was not a dry eye among the tourists. It made no difference npon which side the man had fought. At this late day the color of the uniform was a small matter. Here was a soldier who had served on the Southern aide, who had died In the Soldleri' Home and who was brought to his native place to rest among hit comrades and his kinsmen. The ranks about the grave were thin, but each ntan who atood there might have felt that one day In the near future his own bier would be surrounded by his old associates and be might be greeted with tbe re veille. Possibly the strangers who watched the ceremony might have realised that an old foe was being laid away wlio had fought In the army banded against their own people; but It was a touch of nature which made tbe whole world akin. It was a mingling of tears by friends and former enemies;'It was a scene not without Its suggestion - and Its sad ness. FOR FUNERAL REFORM. The Washington Herald Is much enamored of the plan of the Atlanta ministers for a reform In the ethics and customs of funeral obsequies, and gives Its hearty indorsement to the plan. The proposition was: (t) The elimination of eulogies; (2) the aban donment to a large extent of the Sunday funeral; (3) the use of less mourning; (4) discrimination in tho sending of floral offerings. And commcutlng upon It The Herald thinks it Is not to be denied that the movement was conceived In common tense and might be adopted by the public in general with good results. Gradually the world Ir getting around to a new point of view In these matters—a rnubh happier and a much nobler point of view. Death, from which there la no escape In any event, ought to be robbed of Its terrors to the ultimate extent or which man Is capable of divesting It. 8orrow for loved oues passed away ought to be tinged with the Joy of believing that they have passed Into greater Joys than earth ever knew, or ever can know. Grief should not be Intruded upon with long and fulsome oulogles, nor Is It necessary to attest Ita sincerity with smothering and unhealthy mourning garb, donned not solely for sorrow's sake, but because It la thought necessary to advertise one's unhappiness and pain to the world at large! The grief that retires alone to aelpaet and there asks to be shown the aweetnesi of the sacrifice involved In the giving up of some loved one, Is the noblest and slncerest of grief for the dead. In Ita last analysis, If the things of whlcS"wc havo been told are true, moat of our sorrows are selfish In tbe extreme. It la a much nobler thing to minimize sorrow than to magnify it. Simplicity In life, simplicity in death, simplicity In all things Is the great factor In human happiness. The movement of the Atlanta Ministerial Association deserves to succeed. WE LOBE A COMRADE OF THE FOURTH ESTATE. The Fourth Estate In Atlanta loses todsy another ornament to the realms of trade. Alan Rogers, philosopher, Journalist and bohemian, after four years of brilliant service on The Conatltutlon and In other fields, severs his connection with our contemporary across the street, and henceforth will he a vital (actor on the staff of the Maaiengale Advertising Agency. In tho rare measures In which Alan Rogers has made hla mark in our bright and shining field of local Journalism, ho will bo felt and heard In that collateral branch of advertising which Mr. Maaiengale haa made successful and mature In ini* twentieth century city. With our regrets for the passage of our comrade from the field in which we worked In common, and in which he always worked so well, we speed him with our beat withes and our hopeful prophecy of happi ness and success to the Important field to which he goes. tFrooi The Yldallt A*Iv*hcp > Our r#*d*r* nre «i*ar<» (bat for some ireeka we bare been fradnalljr iteromlnf more and more in i/ropatb? with Georgia's •oble ex-governor, \V. J. Xortben, In bis great wort. Tbe more . rommends Itself to any citizen of highest •T.a nerer a policy of oars to giro pub ... ir volred. ... be It to riHidrmu: i«» sny yes or no. Ho soon ns we rend n fall statement of Gorernor Norlheri'a plnu to organize elrle leagues, to maintain and preserve law and order, or, rntber, in many Instnnoes. nre vent crime from even being committed, ttin noou we eaiue to hla muiUtniicc. It really appeared to ns that no broad-minded cltl- sen who loves twine, purity and rigbt llv . ■* Xortben. " Ing inn oppose Mr. Vet to l*s—gentlemen wlio* 1 . prises iiiui'b—these men actually bate become so much mixed In tbe last gubernatorial i a nmpnlgn that they are slaves to extreme heats of pas sion which seized men In their support of the dlsfrancasisement of the negro vote. The pe4>ple of onr section know full well how loyally this editor supported Hoke Mm!tla and nls great platform. Now tnes* friends of ours are uneasy about us. and think wefare deserting onr great Houth- ern statesman before he Is Inaugurated. On thla point let us say frankly, but In all couruajr: I. The writer supported Hoke Hmltb cheerfully, honestly and openly, and <lld so wholly Independent. We asked nor do w** expect any return* for any support any more than a citizen will reap from an honest administration by Mr. Hmltb. No man known or ippieilates tbls fact tno.v* than Mr. Smith. wre honor him as a true man: because In our very soul we twlieve In reform Iwougbt uhont within the Democratic party. Such reform as Just railroad regulation and tbe dlsfra»chlS4>njent of the worthless negro. For-ali this we contend today. 3. For the same reason—love of reform we now support Governor Korthen—In his altogether different line of activity, bring about sentlmrnt nnd ro^perat flfeient line of activity, yet to . ... sentlmrnt and co-operation of Georgina people to create such.needed re form la every community, lie wants to put an end to drunkenness and such crimes as bar rooms promote. He wants to let the law break the uecka of criminals, aui! not mobs and lynchers. No hlgh-toiieil I'ltlzen in dispute tbe ex-governor on this point. 4. Then Mr. Northei 4. Then Mr. Xortben proponed to unearth the rot and crime of white men whli*h is bidden by white men and punlgh a white man Just as severely as the uegro for the same offense. If every white ntan was lynched who commits adultery with negro women, we fear there would lie lota of new graves. Aud they ought to l»e just us se- verelf — *—-—- ongf negro. 5. Then we hare not tbe slightest Idea ist our great governor-elect is half neasy about Gorernor Xorthen'a effort i s effect upon his plans as are some of Mr. Hmith’a enthusiastic supporters. Nay! And If Hoke Hmltb does oppose the noble as warmly aa he ever favored him. We are not mortgaged to Hoke Smith nor any other living man. l.et Governor Xortben go forward, giving dignity to law and order. Let Governor Hmlth and his helpers kill the negro vote. of every saloon In the state, and thus cut out 73 per cent of crime auioug us. Yea! we are agaluat nil crime. We nre for lloke Hmlth. W. J. Xortben aud any man who has a plan to make our Georgia more and more the garden spot of earth. A PREACHER’S HOLIDAY. Congratulations aro duo and hereby tendered to Rer. J. W. Lee, D. D.. upon the good (ortune which haa berallen him In the Invitation to a well merited holiday to be spent In Europe. Dr. Le« in hla meanderings has come In contact with many men of many minds and has left his kindly Impress upon them all. Fortunately among these are some blessed with a large share of thla world's goods. Rnd of this number one has tendered him a holiday of six months across the sea with all expenses paid. It Is good for a preacher as It is good for an editor now and then to get away from hla desk. Preacher* and editors both have a tendency to carve out ruta and to run In them all too much. Moreover, both of these classes are inclined at times to get cobwebs In their brains that grow out of the musty tones and accumulated masses of paper and pens and Ink about them. A little, quick, breexy sail out into the great big world gives the old ruts time to grow up and fashions the tools of the mind tor carving new ways and lines of thought, while tbe cobwebs In tbe dome of thought are swept clearly away by the breexes of the Atlautic and the breath of other lands. We are quite sure that both Dr. I.eo and his congregation are to be congratulated. The one will come back refreshed. Inspired and enthused to do a better work, and the people Id tbe pewa will feel tbe aalt of the seas and the breath of other countries In the discourses which fall from the prcaeher'a lips. , May other preachers snd other editors he as fortunate a* Dr. Lee. that other pulpits and other sanctums may be renewed and that other congregations and other reading Hat* may note the absence of the cob webs and tbe Incoming of the spring flowers and the trailing vines. AS TO “JEROME ANO HYDE.' To the Editor of The Georglsn: Yesterday afternoon your paper hon mined a communication under the head quoted above, signed “8. D.,” I he says the conduct of Mr. Je shedding "tears” «nd saying that the “poor insane boy (Thaw) ought never to be tried." when two days before he had "lined up" Ills experts and had them pronounce the “poor boy” sane. "Is nn offense to common decency and an Insult to one's manhood." Perhaps It might hsva been If It had been true. As to whether he shed tears and used the language Imputed to him, I do not know whether this Is true nr not. But let us concede that. The fact remains If the accounts of the trial that have read In the three Atlanta papers were correct, that Jerome's expert! have never pronounced Mr. Thaw sane. They have never had an opportunity of testifying on thst subject. All that they have ever had any opportunity of testifying about Is to answer the hypo, thstlcal questions propounded to them based upon the testimony thus far brought out in the trial. Their unani mous opinion Is that so far the evi dence thus far brought out shows, Mr. Thaw was ssne at the time of the com mission of the deed for which he is be. ing tried. As to what their opinion would be If they were .allowed to testify as to Thaw's ssnsneas at the present time, or If all the evidence tn reference to tho killing of Htanford White had been brought out, we do not know. Their testimony thus far Introduced has nec essarily been entirely In answer to the hypothetical questions propounded, based on the evidence that line been In troduced In the trial of this cose. It sometimes seems to me that there are people In this world who believe that there Is no law, that a rich limn Is hound to nbisrve. If Thaw Is guilty of murder, even though he Is worth mil lions, he ought to be hung. If he Is guilty of manslaughter, even though he la n millionaire, he ought to be Im prisoned. If he Is craxy, even though it may he worthy fifty qr seventy-five millions, he ought to be shut up for the protection of tho public; he Is too dan- iterous a man to be allowed to run r.t arge. A rich, man, before the law, ought to have no more rights than a poor one. otherwise the administration of the law Is a farce. The real an archist are not only those poor devils who blow up people with bombs and are themselves In turn hurled Into eternity, but also these Immensely wealthy people who override tho law and laugh at It, and those who, through fear of truckling servitude, cringe before them and glorify them In all their acts and doings and loudly and valiantly defend them on all occa sions. As tn whether Thaw Is guilty of murder nr manslaughter or not 1 do not know. That la for the Jury to say If Ihe trial proceeds. But this much we do know, for It Is absolutely uncontra dicted: that he deliberately shot down an unarmed man, totally without warn ing, and without even so much as giv ing hint a chance to dodge, let atone defend himself. A* y> whether the story told by Evelyn Neshlt Is truo qr not. I do not know. But this much wo do know, for It Is uncontradicted: thst she and Thaw staid together as man and wife for months before sny actual marrlaga look place. To my mind, at thla diitanc* from the trial, her atory seems to be a fabrication against a dead man. who Is unable to defend him. self, to save a millionaire from tlic gallows. Stanford White was undoubt edly one of the greatest const! uctive gentouses that this country has ever produced, snd. even though he was poor In comparison with the New York and Pittsburg millionaires. If he woe murdered, his murderer should suffer for It. - On every hand I hear people knock ing Mr. Jerome. It seems to me that his handling of this esse Is the most brilliant handling of a rase tn court on record in the world. It may be that Mr. Kftagerald's rulings are collect law and that he Is administering the law honestly and fearlessly, as he under stands It. but It seems to me. at this distance from the trial, that his rulings have almost Invariably been In favor of Mr. Thaw and against Mr. Jerome. Un der ills rulings It has been Impossible for Mr. Jerom- to bring out the whole truth relative to this killing. Mr. Je rome Is the sworn officer of the slate. It Is his duty t* prosecute. If he should tie nominated for president by tho Democrats I for one will gladly vote for him. M, Army-Navy Orders —and— MOVEMENT OF VESSELS. Army Orders. Washington. April The following orders have been Issued: Major George J. Newgarden, sur geon to retiring board at Washington barracks for examination; First Lieu tenants William McK. Lambdln, Philip Yost and Edward N. Macon, artillery corps, promoted to captains; Contract Surgeon Ira A. Allen from Fort Mc Pherson to his home. New York city, for annulment of contract; Contract Surgeon Herbert C. Woolley from New York city to Vancouver barracks; First IJeutenant Clarence C. Culver. Third cavalry, Is detailed for service and to fill a vacancy In the signal corps. Naval Orders. Captain P. H. Garst detailed member temporarily of board In connection with cost of changes In (he building for the bureau of steam engineering being erected at the naval academy: Lleuten ant A. W. Pressy detached Brooklyn to Lancaster navy yard, league Island, Pa.; Lieutenant F. McCommon de tached Lancaster navy yard, League Island, to Brooklyn; Midshipman N. M. Smith (o the bureau of yard* and docks, navy department, Washington; Civil Engineer A. C. Cunningham de tached duty bureau of yards and docks, navy department, Washington, to navy yard. Norfolk. Vs.. April 8. 1907; Civil Engineer L. E. Gregory detached duty navy yard, Norfolk, Va.. April 9. 1907, to the navy yard. New York, April 10, ; Chief Boatswain C. F. Pierce retired to the navy yard. New York, N. Y., duty office of the paymaster of the yard. Movements of Vessels. ARRIVED—April 6, Choctaw at Nor- folk. Dolphin at Washington, Boston at Cacapulco, Whipple, Hull, Truxton and McDonough at Key West, West Virginia at Olongapo, Caesar at Charleston; April 7. Prairie at Guan tanamo. Abarenda at Hampton Roads, Mayflower at Havana. SAILED—April 4, St. Louis from Guantanamo for Hampton Roads; April 6, Choctaw from Pagoda anchorage for Shanghai, Hercules from Pensacola for Key West, Paducah from Port I.linon to Tnixlllo: April 7. Petrel from San tiago de Cuba for Guantanamo. PROTECTING YOUNG GIRLS. DRINK. (A posni for boys to read. Was com posed by a man In the penitentiary, put In for forging a check while In toxicated.) A bar to heaven: a door to hell: Whoever named It. named It wall; A bar to manliness and wealth, A door to want and broken health; A bar to honor, pride and fame, A door to sin and grief and shame; A bar to hope, a bar to prayer. A door to darkness and despair: A bar to honored, userul life. A door to brawling, senseless strife; A bar to all true and brave, A door to every drunkard's grave; A bar to Joy that home Imparts. A door to tears and breaking hearts; A bar to heaven, n door to hell. Whoever named it, named It well. Sam Jones said the saloon Is the Devil's recruiting station. The man's name who composed the above |siem Is Curtis Johnson, Jeffer- aonville, Ind. To the Editor of The Georgian: Seeing considerable comment ‘and disagreement aa to what Is known as ‘consent ago" of n female—you un derstand—as an old lawyer, I may be permitted to say that the age Is arbi trarily fixed by law at ■ "ten years.” This Is. of course, done so us to have ascertain age. fixed by law, and below which Inability to consent Is estab lished, and nothing to the contrary cun be heard In defense. Upon the whole, I think thll) Is right, although the age Is very young. Hut this applies only in cases of criminal assault. I would suggest a remedy for the de bauchery of children, which. If en acted Into law by our general asaem- bly, would prove very beneficial, and u rigorous enforcement by the court would prove the salvation of many un fortunate feniules. who urc loo young to be left to these merciless libertines. Here Is the remedy: "Whoever has car nal Intercourse with any unmarried fe male who Is at the Uine of auch Inter- cnqrse under the age of 16 years shall be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary, not more than five years nor less than two years, unless the Jury shall recommend to the mercy of the couti, In which case Ihe offender ahull be punished by serving twelve months on the ehalngang.” You see, that this punishment does away with the legal mockery of tine, which op erates terribly against the |x>oi- man and lightly agnlnst the wealthy, and consequently the punishment Is equnlly severe on all offenders. This is not a new law; on the contrary, the sub- stance Is now- the law of many states; the object Is the protection of young. Inexperienced females from the beastly wiles of the seducer and roue, and whoever was the originator of it de serves the thanks of nil purity loving people. Then let our legislature enact the proposed law', and every good man and pure woman In Georgia will tine up and call them blessed. FRANCIS H. HARRIS. Brunswick. Ga. Time Is Money ' Especially Is tbls true with the business man. We can reduce tbe time you spend in going to bank to a minimum. Being located right In the heart of the city, accessible to all car lines and with adequate facilities for handling every branch ol bank ing, wc enable you to transact your business with such dispatch as you may desire. We invite you to call and Inspect- our commodious banking-room, and to give us a part of your business. MADDOX - RUCKER BANKING (A AN UNRECONSTRUCTED GREENBACKER To the Editor of The Georgian: The recent Wall street flurry brings to the front and makes the money question again the paramount Issue and whether recognized as such or not. It willl so remain till settled, and an Issue la never settled upon any other than a basis of right and Justice. The financial panic of 1857 blasted the youthful hopes of my life, and demolished my apartly realized air- castles. I attributed it all to natural and providential cause nnd renewed iny hopes, iRid plans for other castles and got another pretty good start only to get another big back-set tn 1878; and then I began to doubt auch cruelty ■a being the works of an all-wise Frov Idence. 1 commenced Investigating and found the fault neither providential nor my own, but In a vicious financial system; concelved.and adopted for the express purpose of robbing the many to enrich the few and being one of the robbed many, I got mad and became a green- backer, not knowing at the time that there was another greenbacker In the United States. • To accomplish the selfish purposes of the money power, Grover Cleveland precipitated another flnahda! panic, 1899, "his object lesson.” Business men. mechanic* and labor ing mail of the present generation have not forgotten the disastrous effects thereof, nnd so far aa they are con cerned. Mr. Cleveland went Into ‘in nocuous desuetude" and hla party went with him. for a time at least. Financially powerful organisations and individuals are now engaged In a desperate effort to head off anti-trust and salutary legislation and with de signing politicians of both old parties are doing all In their power to precipi tate another panic before the next elec tion. If they aucceed. the wheels of Indus try. trade and commerce will be choked again and again'the industrial manses will be charged with the crime of "overproduction" and thousands of am bitious young men will loose their part ly paid for homea and In their Ignorance of cause and effect will charge their misfortune to the administration and Mr. Roosevelt and possibly his parly will also go Into temporary "In nocuous desuetude." for aa the two old parties are now and for the last forty years have been, controlled, ft la Just simply jumping back and forth from frying pan to fire, on the part of the common people. Mr. Roosevelt knows the effect a pan ic would now have upon hlinself and party and Is engaged In the most stren uous effort of Ids life tn prevent the consummation of Ihe money changers' vicious scheme. And I hope, for pity s sake, hd will succeed. The actual basis of all or any money Is the wealth producing capacity of the taxable people. Through financial Jugglcrv, we are now* on what they call a gold basis. Upon what Is the gold based? Bonds! What Is a bund A bond Is an Interest-bearing green back of denomination too great- to cir culate as money made more valuable than the gold they purchase, because they are the Joint notes of the com bined people and are aecured by a mortgage upon all the property of all the people, through the operation of our Indirect lytltm of taxation, and ao aa a greenbacker . "Time—and clrcumatancea”—the im pression deeper makes As streams their channel* deeper C. T. PARKER. GLASSES FITTED **Th« representative retail optical bouse of the south." A ••flrcfn!, exhaustive and complete examination of the eyes and the latest atylea glasses fitted. Ask to see the new Tories and tbe semMnri*]* ble Bifocals. Thirty-five year* as opti cian* to tbe Southern peo ple—of much coniequenc* to you when you need glasiea. A.K.HawkesCo OPTICIANS. • Two ) 14 Whitehall Street. Stores ) 125 Psachtrs* Street reducing the rates on first-class matter to one rent tier half ounce. This party ls‘also collecting all the money he ran from the signers of hla petition, the al leged object of the collection being to create a lobby In Washington to see that the measure Is passed.” A prominent business man In Chicago who gives us this Information states that he absolutely refused to entertain It for one moment, and The Manufac turers - Record would think that any other business man of ordinary judg ment would know that a lobbvlng scheme of this kind should be beneath the support of honest and honorable business men.—Manufacturers' Record April 4, 1907. ^ TRACING GENEALOGIES. AN INSULT TO CONGRESS. To Ihe Editor of The Georgian: Knowing your ability and the very deep Interest you take Irt all subjects hrouzht before the public for th* public good, and haring had much trouble In tracing of ti lls* of property and locating former own. ers and dndlng cases of death, who wer. their heirs and whether they were all of age and whether nny dead left heirs Hint would be Interested aud have legsl clnlni*. I have become very much Interested In the grest Importance nnd value of sn up-to-date , genealogical society located here In Atlan ta. If not for one reason, ss shove *tme,I, there nre good reasons thst sll parents should supply their Immedlste family rec ord of ancestry, ot; so much of saute ns possible, as n starling point for prevent nnd future. If neglected, It leaves chil dren with little If sny knowledgs of par ents and grandparents. For Ulnstrstlon. my parents snd grandparents on both sides have l»een dead many years. I have only one uncle on either side who could furnish me with any Information, and they are both old and feeble, and should death remove them, I would not know how to trace tip the past. I hare five children, nnd their mother and grandparents are all dead, nml In rase of my ileatb there would let o one to locate their ancestry. Ilnvlng given the aulijrrt much thought. I llnd ouly a very few who an- taking nny Interest In this subject. I don't believe there Is one out of n hundred nr, perb.ip*. flve hundred, of our Montherii people who have any record. I regard It essential to .hare n starting point, and believe If tie* subject was taken tip nnd n record of the present grnlidparents. pnrents snd chil dren of each home was gotten up in n re liable manner. It wonld 1>e of InralenlahU value nnd It* Indnenre amt Interest would stimulate snd benefit future generation*. It no grent amount oft he past cdnld b* oh. tallied, I would endesvnr to nuke It a* A great many people have wondered hat Influence wan bringing pressure to bear upon congress to change postal rates, a* was proposed at the last ses sion. Possibly many congressmen themselves did not know that back of this there Is an organised scheme at work purely as a money-making ven ture. This scheme Is being worked on the basis of the payment from business houses In the way of subscriptions to ,,, ni|llrtr perfect a. pc'IMe. It seem* a fund for the purpose of lobbying In the American is-ople give -this subject very behalf of nn Increase In postage rates"’*" on fourth-das* matter, on the ground that If this should be brougbt about It would be possible to secure a one-cent letter postage. Some yeara it go the writer hud copies of circulars which were being Issued for tho purpose of securing agents who would quietly nnd vigorously canvass their communities for contributions of this kind, practi cally promising to the business men who Joined the scheme tint by doing so they would be enabled to have their letter postage reduced to one cent. tVe supposed that sqme such scheme was hack of the movement In congress last session, but could not get at the facts. We are advised of a campaign which la being made by a man “who la soliciting nnd. we have heard. Is securing hun dreds of signatures tn a petition to he placed heroic congress at the next ses sion advocating the Increase of postage rates on second-class mall matter to four renta nr eight rents per pound nnd lent value snd that the public wnubt h* iuteri-sted nnd willing lo aid me by Iss-om- Ing n memts-r at * small fee and willing nnd that of tliolr nelshlmrs, I would not object to you making Ibis public, nnd let ns see bow many would let me hear from them on the subject. I have been s resi dent of Atlnntit for thirty years, nnd my business dealing* In various way* nnd ei- perlencs would enable me to get a good work started which 1 believe would re. doiind to the Rood of present nnd future generation* of onr Southern people, who nre scattering nut all over the world, nnd whose tinst history of relatives I* Istlng lo*t sight In the eager nnd sltsorblng qa**" (ton of making moner, I*. Cavalry at Jamestown. Brigadier General Edgerly has issued ordese for the second squadron of the Twelfth cavalry at Fort Oglethorpe to proceed tn the JatAestown Exposition I snd go Into camp. The order calls for the report of Ihe officers and men, not later than April 24. The squadron I will fin fully equipped with service anti full dress uniforms ami will lie pro vided with tent* and cots for a pertna- I uent camp. RoVal Baking Powder Made of Pure Grape Cream of Tartar. Safeguards the food against alum* ssvu law root* co.. •» Ttsa*