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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
;OHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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orrT PLATFORM: The Georgian
and News atond# for AthUytti °^* 1
Its own gas and electric light Pjf" t, I
aa It now owns Its water works. Other
cities do this and get gas as low as «
cents, with a profit to the dir. This
should be done at once. The Georgian
and New* bellerca that If street rail-
R ya can be operated successfully by
ropean cities, na they are, there fa
no good reason why they can not be so
operated here. But we do not believe
tola can be done now, and It may be
pome years before we are wady for ao
big an undertaking. Still Atlanta
should set Its face In that direction
NOW.
Unsuccessful Success.
A Kansas woman, Mrs. A. J. Stan
ley, of Lincoln, baa been awarded a
. prise of $250 by n Boston firm for the
best answer to the question, "What
constitutes success?" She wrote: •
"He haa achieved euccest who has
lived well, laughed often snd loved
much; who has gained the* respect of
Intelligent men and the love of little
children; who haa filled hie niche and
accomplished hi* task; who has left
the world better than he found It,
whether by an Improved poppy, a per
fect poem or a rescued soul; who ha*
never lacked appreciation of aarth'a
beauty o.r failed to expreit It; who haa
always looked for the beet In others
and given the beat he had; whose Ilfs
was an Iniplratlon; Whose memory a
benediction.”—Kanina City Indepen
dent.
A Chair of Public Speaking in
Our Colleges.
We fall Into line with prompt and
hearty agreement beside that alum
nus of our university who advocate*
the establishment of a Chair of Ora
tory and Public Speaking In the fa
mous Institution of the state.
Tbe absence of this as a distinct
department marks one of the ele
ments In which our state university
Is behind tbe great educational cen
ter* of other states.
There Is not a college of any note
In tbo middle states or In thb fiaat
or West in which the Chair of Oratory
Is not an essential and exceedingly
popular one. The whole life and
trend of student life bas been changed
, and elevated by these departments.
The Intellectual and political life of
the middle atatea and the West have
been almost remade by the Influence
of these great chairs of public speak
ing and the champion debates 'and
oratorical contests which have grown
out of them.
Bryan and Beveridge, and Bailey,
and Towne and Landis and Champ
Clark, and Late Pence, and Wolcott,
and Dolliver, and Cousins, and nearly
all the'young and brilliant statesmen
of those secUops who have gone at a
bound to fame and power in the na
tional congress—are all graduates of
these departments and nearly all of
them prise winners In these great and
no£le contests of speech.
We are losing out in the 8outh in
this great Held in which we held so
long all the laurels of the Republic.
, We bsren't developed a national ora
tor In congresa from tbe central
South In years, while every season
sends some new and virile young
Westerner to tho front In national de
bate.
Our academies and boys' prepara
tory schools have almost cut decla
mation and debate out of tho curricu
lum, and the very sentiment for pub
lic speaking Is dying out of our edu
cational ijwtem—even while Bryan la
making a mighty object lesson In tbe
sight of men of the pqxer of oratory
In the affairs of our world.
What has come to us In the South
in these later days that we are dis
counting and neglecting the training
of our youth In oratory and debate?
What bas come to us unless It be the
material greed that shuts out,with a
dollar ths horizon of tbe noblest In
tellectual endeavor? Where are our
statesmen to come from, our reason-
era and orators to be found for the
South's great assertion and equality
In that mighty arena which holds our
future place In history?
Years ego tbe editor of this paper
suited a great movement which re-
•M.e-; -,<er—.* Ir the areal art of n'-
lege oratory. Inspired the youth of our
| state Institutions, and set the capital
dty of Georgia in a blaze of unparal
leled Interest and excitement ever}
year over the state oratorical contest
in which Athens and Emory and Mer-
cer and the Tech and Dahlonega com
peted In the noblest of arenas for the
highest of prizes.
The old fogy folly of some educators
of that early day killed the associa
tion. and with it died the spirit of or
atory in young Georgia.
Let us revive it now. Let us put
a chair of oratory and public speaking
at the university. Let us have one at
the other colleges. Let us teach our
sons once moro the noble art which
made their fathers famous throughout
the world.
Let us lay the foundation for some
other statesmen and orator* to Illus
trate the South.
The dollar Is actually growing com
mon. Let us lift up the art of speech
again. .
THB BRYAN- ROOSEVELT SUGGESTION CAN WAIT.
So far as Tbe Georgian is concerned the Bryan-Roosevelt suggestion
It at rest. ,
It has done It* work, performed Ita mission and can wait for further
vindication upon that time which hat brought Indorsement to nearly all
the other serious positions which Its author has assumed.
The suggestion has had a wide and notable Indorsement Tbe office-
holders and the politicians on either aide bare opposed It, as we knew of
course they would. Many of tho newspaper* which are themselves pure
politicians, have treated It with skeptical protest The local newspapers
are, aa all men know, not normal on any proposition In which a competing
contemporary I* concerned.
On the other band many of tbe strongest and moat influential news
papers of the republic have given high Indorsement and approval to the
plan. All of them from Maine to California have discussed It most elabo
rately.
And the people—the practical citizen, the practical business man, the
fanner, the mechanic, the laborer and the student have sent In a swelling
volume of applauding letters and have given us In multitudes of mes
sages and cordial handshakes the assurance that the suggestion struck a
responsive chord among the people. Many of these publications and let
ter* we have published In The Georgian. There are hundreds which wo
cannot find a place for. but whose writers and tenders we desire to thank
with all our hearts for the touch of grsteful kinship which they make be
tween ns. These letters and papers speak for themselves. Surely noth
ing more representative, nothing more convincing could be desired.
We were never more confidently sure than we are today that the peo
ple are In sympathy with the spirit and nature of that suggestion. If
there were any way to bring It to a test by ballot, the result would
astonish tbe politicians who believe that tbo mats of the people are
■till blindly loyal to parties, without regard to principles and achieve
ments.
We are serene In the consciousness that we have bettered the senti
ment of politics by the auggestlon. The Ideal which It presented was
high, unselfish and essentially American. It was in accord with the spir
it of representative government. Itwaa honest, patriotic and founded es
sentially upon devotion to democratic principles which a great man was
fearlessly working out. It commanded nowhere greater respect than In
the mind and heart of tho Groat Democrat In whose presence It was
frankly voiced.
It has done much to allay, the bitterness of faction, and to soften tbe
sharp asperities which have divided the sections and the parties.
And It has stirred end quickened the ranks of tho Democratic party
aa nothing haa done slnco the last national election. It at this moment
tho leaders are aroused, the politicians' stirring, and the assemblies are
aroused, It la In pfrt because of tho Interest and activity quickened by
that Chattanooga speech. It Is tho basis of nearly halt tbe Jefferson ban
quet speeches In different cities of the country, and It has altered tho
nature and trend of tommpnt In half the party papers of tho states.
It has left Its author and this nowspnper not one whit less loyal to the
creeds and principles for .which they have always stood. To that Democ
racy which believes In equal rights \o all and special privilege to none—
In the greatest good of the greatest number, In a government for the
many and not for the fow—In the honest and economical administration
of government, lit the reserved rights of tho states and In a tariff for rev
enue only—to that eternal Democracy which stands for the plain people of
this great government, wo are consecrated In that devotion which la
founded on principle and la not baaed upon tbe spurious loyalty of apolli.
Somehow, some time, we want to get tbat real Democracy separated
frotfr tho counterfeit article that la accustomed to doctor platforms In or
der to win eleetlons, and which Is willing to nominate candidates upon
the subtle plea that “they are not offensive to the trusts.''
Wherever and whenever we can, we shall advise the people that the
only hope of thla old Democratic pfrty of our fathers Is to purge It of
name principles and of some politicians that our fathers did not pledge
themselves to follow, and which wo are,under no personal nor hereditary
obligations to sustain.
And always we shall, without fear or reserve, advise the people tbat
a deep and sincere conviction of public duty or of public honesty out
weighs In honor and In patriotism the claim of any party or the command
of any caucus mado by men.
This Is the freest, the bravest and the cleanest people in all the world.
They are ripe for the reign of honesty, and they are ready everywhere for
the rule of principle and patriotism In tho representative republic In
which wo lire. ■ *
ATLANTA WOMAN’S MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
We have several times taken occasion to refer to the excellent work
being done by this society, wbleh la composed of ladles from the different
churches In Atlanta, and whose particular work la to malntalu matrons at
both railroad stations to meet the Incoming trains both day sod night and
to help strangers both coming to Atlanta and patting through tho city,
particularly young women.
At the annual report of the association held recently. It was shown
that daring the year ending April 1, 1907, 5,969 persons were helped In va
rious ways. This Is over 200 people a day—an astonishing record.
Boarding places were found for a great many, and employment was
found for over a hundred persons. This association Is supported by the
voluntary offerings of tbe different churches, and by nn appropriation
made by the city government.
The constantly growing work, noble and beneficent, however, brings
continually Increasing expenses, and the co-operation of every well-wlsber
Is earnestly desired. Tbe 'president of the asaaclntlon Is Mrs. R. M.
Walker, 1371 Peachtree street. Full details can be obtained front her, and
any one wishing to contribute to help along as noblo a work as Atlanta
contains may send their contributions to her.
THE GEORGIA EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION.
- The coming meeting of the Georgia Educational Association In Ma
con this week la likely to be one of far-reaching Importance.
The recent appointment of fifty business men by Chairman S. M. In
man to meet for educational conference In Atlanta May 24th, Is but part
of a general forward movement begun at the Georgia Educational Asso
ciation one year ago.
'-A committee was appointed to aubnilt something definite by way of
betterment of the profession and Improvemeht of education in Georgia.
This committee la beaded by T. J. Wooftcr, professor of education In
the University of Georgia. Other members arc Prof. J. M. Pound. Super
intendent L. B. Evans, Co-Superintendent E. W. Childs and Prof. J. Henry
Walker.
The meeting tn Macon will confer on this report. The chairman.
Professor Woofter. had a conference with a quorum of bis committee at
Plnchurst, and be Is now completing the report to submit. This report
will ha mnstrWilve In Its nature, enter further than ever liefnre to or-
following
ganlze, „ unify and professionalize education In Georgia
are somo of tho needs to be laid before tho association:
1. A professional State Board of Education In lieu of the present
board of state house officers.
2. A State Superintendent of Schools substituted for the state school
commissioner, and this officer given more power to unify and supervise
the educational work of the state.
3. An amendment to the constitution favoring .the development of
high schools, especially rural filgh schools.
4. The county school commissioner changed to county superintend
ent of scbopls for more effective supervision;
6. Local taxation stressed for Increased school funds and longer
termi. Increased appropriations also asked.
6. The teaching profession put on a footing with other professions.
7. An effective organization of teachers.
Definite propositions will be made looking to the fallowing
(1) The financing of our school system wisely and effectively.
(2) The securing of trained and efficient teachers for all schools.
(3) The proper supervision for organization, management and leader
ship In Improvement
The propositions of the committee as approved by the association will
go finally to the legislature. Mr. Inman's committee will doubtless back
it up. Governor-elect Hoke Smith will favor educational reform.
Therefore, the coming meeting In Macon bids fair to be one of the
greatest Importance. All people Interested In school reform should at
tend this meeting. Chancellor Barrow Is president of the association and
•has arranged a splendid program for Thursday night, Friday and Sat
urday morning. ,
The committee's report comes up Friday morning at 9 o'clock.
Surely no movement more vital and Important has stirred the modern
educational life of Georgia.
The Young Business Man
. who has demonstrated ability successfully to con
duct a small business will receive special atten
tion and consideration from this bank.
Newly organized firms and corporations will
have every courtesy extended their business re
sponsibility may warrant. >
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
NOW FOR "ROOSEVELT DEMOCRATS'
In the course of a speech delivered at a
banquet given at Chattanooga, Tenn., In
honor of William J. Bryan, on Wednesday
night, John Temple Graves. of Atlanta,
Ga., declared that "Roosevelt fcbould be
nominated for president by the Democratic
partv and that Rryan should make the
nomination speech." He did not add, how
ever, that to make thla nomination entirely
appropriate, Mr. Bryan should nleo *
placed upon the ticket aa the candidate
vice-president.
At first glance this suggestion of Roose
velt as the Democratic nominee for presi
dent la 2908 will Impress the average reader
is one of those Idiotic outbursts which are
nsepnrably connected with national politics
In this country. But quiet consideration
will show that there la reason to fear that
the Democratic party, as tbe time for Its
national convention approaches, will find
more Democrats of tbe John Temple Graves
-* i In existence, and may t>e confronted
aome of them clamoring for the con
vention to name President Roosevelt aa the
head of the Democratic ticket
One hae only to look at the record of the
recent congress. In connection with the pro
gram laid down by the chief executive for
the guidance of that body, to obtain a
strong Intimation of the strength of what
may be called “Roosevelt sentiment" among
Democrats. The conversion of the president
to some of the doctrines which, when pro
posed by Mr. Bryan, more than a decade
ago. were retarded aa dangerously radical.
If not actually revolutionary, drew to his
side n large number of the Democratic
members in both bouses of congress. In
deed, It Is mpre than probable that bad the
Democratic members been lined up solidly
In support of Democratic policies, and op-
posed to'the policies of the president, the
latter would have been beaten In his fight
nson of the opposition which he en-
ered at the hnuds of the Republican
_ Ity. Democratic co-operation and sup
port mado the president strong enough to
defv the recalcitrants of hls own party,
and to compel the submission of many Ke-
lubllcans who. had it not been for this
‘"nocratlc support, would have gladly ar-
»d themselves in open opposition to tbe
ildent
living arrayed themselves In support of
resident chosen by the opposite political
ty, and having thus ennbfed him to de-
, the hostile elements of bis own partv,
jy Democrats feel political sympathy
with ths president, particularly Democrats
of the radical atrlpe who believe In the
doctrines of Mr. Bryan, which President
Roosevelt bis swallowed with soch.nvldlty.
What more natural, therefore, that! to find
this manifest sympathy assuming the form
of a desire to take advantage of President
Roosevelt's personal popularity, nml Ms
ready acceptance of jhiIIcIcs which Mr.
Bryan has long sought to establish as
purely Democratic, and endeavor to win
victory by making him the standard bearer
of the Democratic party In next year's
campaign.
The natural Inclination of the .ror.ge
Democrat will be to dl.mls. this .ofgp.tlou
22*5, * *”!* of disdain and « contemptnon,
y-rdlctof Its "absolute lmpo,«lblllt}•. , • nut
thla disposal of the unsavory .uxswtlon
will not cum It to down. What would
“H awmed more of a politic! Impos.l-
bllity, or s political moc.tro.lty, a year be
fore Its consummation, than the .unction
of the nomination of Ilona Greeley for
president by the Democratic national con
tention of 1972. And yet that sanction,
abnormal, even revolting, as It waa lo every
respect. Anally hypnotised the convention
so completely, despite the Democratic asso
ciation of the city of Baltimore, tn which
It wee held, that the vole of sterling Bern-
SfTfT-. wh,n "ia** 1,1 protest, w.e repn-
dieted In scorn end the fever-struck dele
gates, by an overwhelming majority. In
dorsed tbe nomination of Greeley and
Brown. •• previously made by tbe Liberal.
He^ubllcan national gitberlug In Clncln-
But there were conditions and ctrcnin
.lances that aided the nomination of Ores-
Icy which by no methods of argument can
be made to apply to the proposition of the
nomination of ltooaevelt by The Democrat.,
In 1972 the Democratic party waa jn.t be
ginning to recover from the effect! of tbe
clyll war, and delegate from the Southern
states to the Democratic national conven
tion of that year a; In their support of a
one-time rabid abolltlonlat their absolute
acceptance of tho new condition, arising
from the result of the great civil conflict,
and their devotion to the c.u.e of tbe re
stored Union.
Fortunately no inch conditions can npply
to tho suggested nomination of Mr. B<x»c-
velt for prealdent by the Democrat, of the
country. The South now stand. In Demo
cratlc national convention! as a command
ing Influence and a recognised element of
national politic., on all-Tours with every
other section of tbe country and with not
South could confront the Impo.alble Hnoae-
extrancoue considerations.
It may be that the mad nr m of Roosevelt
l«m among Democrat, will die out before
the assembling of next year's Democratic
national contention. It la hoped so. at any
rate, for that gathering will here sufficient
trouble on Its band, without being reaufred
to deni with a lot of political maniacs and
tholr crexy suggestions. But already there
•re Intimation, that tbe shadow of tbe "big
•tick" will fall; across tho thro,bold of tho
convention halL If reel Democracy pre-
y»Ue, however, there will be no danger of
the shadow assuming the slightest ante
stance.—Wilmington (Del.) Every Evening.
* 0**0********too***OOOOOOOOOO**•***•«*«••*0,1
The Soul Cannot Die.
By CAMILLE FLAMMARION.
r llAT tbe sou! exists aa a force we
do not doubt, that It Is one with
tbe cerebral atom, the principle of
organization, we mav admit. That
thus survives the dissolution of the body
we conceive.
Hut what becomes of It? Whither does
go?
The greater number of aoula are not even
conscious of their existence. Of tbe 1,600,-
000,000 human beings who people our planet,
ninety-nine one-hundredths do not think.
What use should they moke of Immortal
ity?
As the molecule of Iron floats without
being conscious of It In the blood which
throbs beneath tbe brow of a Lamartine or
a Victor Hugo, or remains for a time at-
“ id t* * - *
of
fWl. , r I
t o* water swallowed by a fisb Into the
abysses of the aea, so do the living
atoms which bare never thought slunil>er.
To the souls Wh“
Intellectual life.
tellectual life. They are the guardians
the Inheritance of humanity and augment
for the ages which are yet to come.
Vere It not that the human eouls, who are
conscious of their existence and live by the
spirit, are limnortnl, the whole history of
tbe earth would end In nothing, and the en
tire creation tbat of the greatest of worhls.
— well as our own Insignificant planet,
Id be a specious absurdity more vile and
lelesa than the meanest worm that
us well as our own Inslj
woof* ‘ * ;... ...
senseless than the meanest worm that
crawla. Thla has a raison d'etre, and tbe
universe should have noue!
Tan you nictate to yourself myriads of
worlds attaining to the utmost splendor of
life ami thonght succeeding each other end
lessly In tha history of the sidereal universe
for uo other end than to* give birth to
hopes perpetually deceived, to
pen ' - -
Wf
progress, proved such by the whole history
* nature. Souls are the seed of tho pint)
a population*.
in souls then transport themselveg
from one planet to tho other?" I hear some
one ask.
Nothing Is so difficult to comprehend ns
that we are Ignorant of. while nothing Is
simpler than what we know.
Who womlera today nt seeing human
.joughts Instantaneously transmitted across
continents and oceans by telegraph wires
nml cables, or even without these, by wire-
less telegraphy.
Who wonders st seeing light transmitted
from one star to another with n velocity
300.000 kilometers n second? Besides,
onlv philosophers would Ih» able to appre
ciate these marvels; the vulgar herd Is sur-
prised at nothing.
If hr means of some new discovery we
were able tomorrow to semi messages to the
Inhabitants of Mar*, and to receive answers
return, three-fourths of mankind would
hare ceased to wonder at If the ilny after.
Yes, living principles of force can trans
port themselves from one world to the
laws nml romlltinus to be ohscrroil,
My will, by the nbl of mv muscles, has
iwer ti> move my it mi to throw a stone;
I take In tuv hand a weight of 20 kilo-
1, It still has power to n
' I try to raise it ton. It <
ertuln spirit* are Incapable of activ
ity whatever: other* bare attain / trnn
■H-endeiit power*,
Moanrr. nt $ years i»f ace. made nil who
heard him feel the s|»cll of hls musical ge
nius and published, nt 18. hls first two
Army •Navy Orders
MOVEMENT OF VE38EL3.
Washington, April 23.—Colonel James Par
ker, to Eleveutb cavalry. Lieutenant Colo
nel Walter L. Finley, to Thirteenth caval
ry. Major Tyree * It. Rivers, to Ninth cav
alry. Captain Wallace M. Crnlgle, to Ninth
cavalry. Captain Samuel Van Leer,
Fonrtn cavalry.
First Lieutenant Clarence A; Scott, to
Second cavalry. First Lieutenant Marr
O’Conner,• to Fifteenth cavalry. Captain
James D. Reams, from Twenty-fifth to
Thirtieth Infantry*.
Chaplain Oscar J. W. __ „
fifth Infantry. First Sergeant Frnuk Mar-
tines, Company C, Xlutb Infantry, placed
upon retired (1st.
Promotion of Major Morris K. Barroll,
artillery corps, to present grade from that
of captain, announced. 8e«-ond Lieutenant
William L. Pattersou, Eighteenth Infkntr
report to Brigadier General Charles B. Ha
ns aide de camp on hla stuff.
Following enlisted men, signal corps, to
Seattle, reporting to commanding general,
department of Columbia, for duty lo con
nection with Alaskan cable system, under
chief signal officer of tbat department.
a Privates Charles J. Hobbs and Fred
C. Ryan. Fort Omaha.
First Class Private F.dward J. France,
signal corps, on Imard cable boat Burnside,
discharged from tha army. Recruit Hnmuel
It. Mct>earman. Infantry, recruit depot.
Fort Slocum, transferred to hospital corps
SENATOR DILLINGHAM
ELECTED CHAIRMAN.
Washington, April 23.—The commis
sion appointed In pursuance of the ac
tion of the last congress to Investigate
conditions In connection with the sub
ject of Immigration, met yesterday and
organized by electing. Senator Dilling
ham, of Vermont, aa chairman.
FOR WEEKS Tf4ESE NEGROES
ARE TO EAT MOLASSES.
New Orleans, La., April 21.—It lx an
nounce^ that nine negro Inmate* of the
parish jail will be uxed by the atate
board of health In a five weeks' test to
learn whether sugar moloaaet, a* It hot
been made In Louisiana for many ears.
Is Injurious to human health. Sul
phuric acid Is used In the Louisiana
process and the use of this chemical re
cently was stopped under an Interpre
tation of the pure food law.-
Alleged Agent Arretted.
Pittsburg. April 29.—After two
weeks' work on the part of three post-
office Inspectors, Samuel Conkle, alias
J. W. Clark, who It accused of having;
sold a large number of tickets of the
Sierra Madras Imperial Lottery Com
pany, of Mexico, In this vicinity, was
' ‘ ' rday at hls ‘
arrested yestei
Chester, W. Va.
home In
\
GLASSES
FITTED
"Tho roprecentatlxe retell
optics! bonMof the south."
A careful, exhaustive snd
complete examination of
the eyes eud, the lateat
styles glasses fitted.
Ask to soe the new
Tories and the teml-larlsl-
hie Bifocal*
Thirty-Are yeare at opt!-
dans to tbo Southern peo-
pie—of much consequence
to you when you need
glasses.
A.K.HawkesCo
OPTICIANS
-Two ) Id Whitehall Street
Stores ) 125 Peachtree Street
RIGHT OR WRONGt
By MARCEL ROCHON
had written nothing worthy of hi* nam«>
In-fort* thirty.
We tit nut not think tho aotil notour* lo
whim. «u|M»r»jar , *r;il world Tbo;-** la nothing
that l« nor In Xatnra. D !» orarrwjy mon>
Hun a hniHlrv,! thosnutnil veara itm
Naval Orders.-
Llent#naut roiuiunnilar R. K. Crank, de
tached IcOuUlann. home watt orders; Lieu
tenant <’ouimanner A. II. dchales, detached
Columbia to MtMonrl: Lieutenant A. Knurr,
detached Missouri home, wait orders;
Lieutenant W. R. Sexton, detached Maine
to l.oulainnit: Ensign G. A. Beall. Jr., de
tached LotilMinna to Iowa; Midshipman .V.
M. Smith, detached navy department, wait
orders; raosed Assistant Hurgeim r. A.
Asseran detached Columbia to Kansas;
I'aime? Assistant Surgeon J. T. Kennedy,
detached Hancock, to naval tneillrnl ki*hool,
Washington; Assistant jk — - -
Crea. to navy yanl. Noi
Chief Boatswain G. B. Monrrlef, detached
Cntioiiicus am! continue ditties navy yard
Norfolk: Chief Bontswoln K. M. Isaac, de
tached Franklin, to comtnnnd Minutonomoh;
Boatswain II. M. Anderson, detached linn-
cock to Virginia: Gunner J. F. Carrno'
detached Hancock to Tacoma: Gunner
Mitchell, detnehed Tacouin. home, wait
orders; Warrant Machinist F. G. Hprengel.
detnehed Indiana. May 1: Pay Director J.
It. Roflfleld, retired, dleil at New York
April 1.
Movements of Vessels.
Arrived: April 20. Galveston at Amoy;
Dixie nud Des Moines et Havana; Cleve
land at Hampton Ronds; IVntucket at Nor
folk; Chattanooga at bhlnkwan; Vesuvius
nt Boston. April 21. Kt. Louis at New
port News; georpUM nt Santiago de Cuba;
Paul Jones nt Mnre Island.
Sailed: April 20, Cleveland from Nor
folk for Hampton
rnuton Ronds; Yorktown from
Acapulco Tor AuiimiIs; Sr. Louis from New-
^t for Newport News. April 2L Ueuver
port for Xewp4»rt News. April 2L Deuve
from league island for Hampton Ronds.
U state of lielng.
During millions
niary, secondary and tertiary pei.
was not upon etrth u single tnlnd to ap
preciate the gbwloue spectacle* If offered.
rintw miicr-stel from Its chrvsel- lug ascent.
lor untile; man I. uf recast dale
upon the pi,.et,
Nntare I. an tuiceoMii* imeen. the uni
reree I, n iierpelaal Ure-wlng, • roer-eod-
From my youth I remember an Inci
dent of which I think very often, even
today, when I am sn old man. I worked
together with my father, an honest
cobbler, and though we both did our
best with awl and needle, we did not
always make enough to buy meat every
day. On such days when no ■ money
had come In I often went down to the
river laid In the afternoon to I
luck with the rod. The river w
of fish, and very seldom I came back
empty-handed.
One Saturday afternoon In June
had chosen a place on the bank quite
near the old mill. I was on tho point
of going home when I heard the drunk
ard, Nicholas, coming along.
None of us In the village had much
use for Nicholas, and I always tried to
avoid him and hid myself In the wil
lows on the bank. Nicholas had eight
children. Every year hls poor wife,
Nanette, presented him with a new
edition to the family, and every year
she grew thinner and weaker. But
weak though she was, Nanette wae
never Idle. Summer and winter she
worked from dawn to sunset In the
factory, and as she was a skilful work'
er she made not a little money.
Nicholas himself never did anything
but wait for hls wlfo outside the fac
tory on pay day to take away the
money from her and spend It In the
nearby saloons. When the money was
K ne be went home and beat hls wife
cause the had not given him more.
I could hear him at he came along
talking to himself. "Look out Nicho
las," he said, "death Is lying in wait
for you at the plank, but——"
The rest was unintelligible, but he
did not know how true were hla words.
I could from my hiding place see the
center of the primitive bridge, and soon
I saw Nicholas come walking along
maintaining hls equilibrium with great
difficulty.
He was about ten feet from the other
bank, when somebody gave him a push
and he fell Into the water.
My heart stopped beating, for I .had
plainly recognised hit wife, Nanette, ax
she rushed away after committing the
■crime.
Without a moment’s hesitation I
Jumped Into the river. The water was
deep and the current very swift and
Nicholas no longer to be seen. I dived
once, twice, but In vain.
Fifteen minutes later I knocked at
the door of hls shanty. A faint light
waa visible through the windows, a sign
that Nanette was still up.
"Who Is there?" she cried.
We knew each'other from our school
days, so all 1 said was; "Open the
door."
"is It you, Victor? What do you
want?"
"I must speak to you.”
A couple of minutes passed.
"Nanette," I cried, when she openefl
the door, "what have you done?"
She guessed Immediately that I had
seen her and her voice was unnaturally
calm as ehe asked: "Did you recognize
me?"
“Yes, I recognized you—at the bridge
--you pushed Nicholas Into the river."
"I do not deny It,” came the reply in
the same calm tone.
"But why—why did you do It, Nan
ette?"
"Why?"
With her right hand she pointed
through the door: "My eight children
are sleeping In there. I had to choose
between them and their father. To
night we had a quarrel, as uwual on
Saturdays. I had brought home from
the factory nineteen francs. He want
ed to take ten. I would not give them
to him, and 111 a fit of anger he hit
me until 1 began to spit blood. Then
he took all the money and went away,
leaving me upconscloup on tho floor.
For. ten years I have suffered In pa
tience. What should I do? I felt
that my strength was falling, that I
could not long continue working In the
factory. Three, times this week I have
fainted at my work. I am only 24
year* old, and If more children were to
come, what could I do to support them:
those I now have starve half the time
and freeze almost to death In the win
ter. Who Is the more guilty of us
two, Victor? Is it Nicholas or J?"
Until now she had spoken calmly
and In a low voice, but she grew ex
cited as she continued:
"No, no, and again no! I am not
sorry. I must protect my children. Yea,
I did push their father Into tho river
—I confess It—but I have nothing to
regret, and never will. It could not
go on this way. I would have died,
and what would then have becomo of
my children? If one has given them
life, one must provldo for them. And
now I will see that they do not starve.
The drunkard Is no longer here to take
away my week’s wages every week. Ws
will live poorly, that It true, but the
children will never starve. That Is all
I have to say."
She turned away and went Into the
Uttle house with a defiant toes of her
head, slamming the door behind her.
I passed a sleepless night When
morning came I did not go to the po
lice.
Nicholas- body was found In the
forenoon, and everybody thought he
had died through on accident—that he
had fallen Into the water while drunk.
Nanette died six years ago, so I ran
tell the story now.
Did I do right In keeping secret Nan
ette's crime?
FUNERALQFMRS. HILL
TUESDAY AFTERNOON
The funeral services of Mrs. Caro
line H. Hill, wife of Charles D. Hill,
solicitor general of the superior court
of Fulton county, who died -Monday
morning at her resilience, 604 Piedmont
avenue, will be conducted Tuesday aft
ernoon at 3 o'clock at the Sacred Heart
church. Rev. Father Gunn will offi
ciate. The Interment will be In Oak
land cemetery. Mrs. Hill was a mem
ber of one of the most prominent fam
ilies In the state, being the daughter of
the late Colonel D. U. Hughes. Be
sides her husband, she Is survived by
one ton. Harvey Hill, one. of tbe lead
ers of the younger members .of the bar.
Her brother, Hon. Dudley M. Hughes,
of Danville, Ga., also survives her.
Row In Greek Restaurant.
Special to The Georgian.
Columbus, Go., April 31.—Columbus'
leading Greek restaurant on Twelfth
street was "cleaned out" at 1 o'clock
yesterday morning by a crowd of me*
and boys, and before the trouble was
over almost a' riot was In progress. One
of the Greek waiters became Ineulled at
a remark ipade by a visitor. Greek
cooks and waiters swarmed out frotu
the rear part of the building and a gen
eral free-for-all fight ensued.
Christian Endeavor Rally.
A grand rally of the Christian Kn-
deavor Society will be held Monday
night st the Central Congregate nal
church, when William Shaw, general
secretary of the Christian Endeavor
movement, will be greeted and heard.
A painting of John O. Carlisle h*.J;^*
received be tho Kentucky Historical
and placed lit tbe historical rooms at J ran*
fort alongside of the former foveroor*
flitttafulshed Kentuckians. It was PjJn'JJ
In 1893. while Mr. Carlisle wns •wretarf
of tbe trensurjr, bjr II. liolke.
BAKING
POWDER
Makes delicious hot biscuit,
griddle cakes, rolls and muffins.