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I THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. f MONDAY, MAY 13. 19K. THE ATLANTA 6EOKOIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon, (Except Sunder) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 25 West Ale heme St.. Atlnnte. He. Subscription Rates: Hi*# Veer fix Minfin H t-M Tliic#* Months * I-® Br Carrier. Per Week Entered at the Atlanta Poe'.offlce •• second-close mall matter. Telephone* mnnertfna all depart* uenta. Loaf distance .terminals. Smith Sc Thompson, ndrertlslns rep resentatives for all terrltoty outside of a offlee Trlbnne Rnlldlns New York offlca..*....Potter Itutldlog If yon bare any trouble yet tiny TIJM GEORGIAN AND NEWS telephone the circulation department sod have It promptly remedied. Telepboaea: Bell 4977 main. Atlanta 4401. It la dealrabto that all communlca* mamk mmASPs 900 words fa length. IfM ejee _ .(tented «“ for the pomow. It t« Imperative •d.ni an evidence^«J TUB GEORGIAN AND NEWS trtMlf. Neither dor. ft print whisky or any liquor adz. OtJR PLATFORM: Tb. OeorrUn and N«w. .land, for Atlanta', owning tta own gaa and elftlrle light ptanta. at It now own. Ita water wnrka. Other dtlea 4o tbla and get gaa a> low a. t) nd gat i cola, with a profit to tb. eltr. Thlo Georgl.n European eltlea, aa they ara, tbara no (ood^roaaon why Ib.y.can not bo ao erwratad b.r. Bat w. do not IioIIoto tbla can bo done now, tnd It may l>e aome year, before wo are rrody for ao blf an nndartaking. Still Atlanta {tbonM aat Ita fact la tut dlractloa The judicial committee of the lower house la Illinois by to almost unanl mous vote has refused to recommend the repeal of the public opinion law under which the people of Chicago have.bean: Voting direct qn the qua*, tlon.of public ownership and opera tion of the Street rallwify system. That fine poem of Klpllng'a In The Georgian today .will well repay peruaal It; Is In Kipling's best Vein. bu The oOngregational Methodists and Atlanta, < At their meeting In Monroe county last week the Congregational Method lets launched a movement of great magnitude, and one which makes At lanta the center and head of tho fu ture operations of the church. In view of the growing Interests of the church it was doclded that a pub lishing plant of large dimensions should be established at once, and ttepi were taken to finance the «aye The plant will contain the most modern machinery made and will In side of two or three years have an equipment which will make It a prop erty valued at not lets than 1100,000. It la In proceaa of eatabllabment now In Atlanta. The church now haa located In At lanta the Atlanta Bible School, the In stitution owning Its buildings and be ing valued at )100,000. At Milner, Ga„ tba official organ of the church. The Watchman, Is located, and Is one of the few religious jour nals owning Us own plant, which la to be enlarged and bettered. In order to put thle machinery of the church, repreaentlng a valuation of nearly a quarter of a million of dollara, In shape for highest usefulness, it was decided to elect a business manager and to locate all the Interests of the church above mentioned at one point In order to be under the general su pervision of a practical buslneas man. Being at present editor of The Watchman, and president of the At lanta Bible School. Dr. Rolfe Hunt was selected aa president of the combined Interests, and after searching diligent ly for the man fitted to bold the posi tion of business manager, the church UId hold of Edward Young Clarke, a religious journalist of Atlanta, and a man who haa proven htmaelf valuable to everything with which he haa con nected hlmaelf. The above action moans much to tba comnierelal and religious Interests of the community, and places Dr. Hunt and Mr. Clarke In charge of Interest* of the Congregational Methodist church which bid fair to reach a valua tion of half a' million of dollars within five' year*. It la announced that Mr. Clarke will have absolute control, under the gen eral direction of the church boards, of the business affalra of the denomina tion In America aa represented by the Interests above mentioned. Dr. Rolfe Hunt, It Is announced, will have direction of all the doctrinal and general church policy of the move ments and will bare general manage ment of the church Interests under the Control of the various boards. There ara few people In Atlanta who have realised the Importance of the movements Inaugurated. The plans as formulated put tha Church enterprises outside the realm of charity movements In ao far as they are any drain upon Atlanta.-Tile publishing plant has already on hand more than 118,000 of contract* ready for execution. and the business men of Atlanu have given the business a cordial reception. Not only have they already pledged the Urge amount of business above mentioned, but the Chamber of Commerce has adopted resolutions welcoming the publishing bouse to Atlanta. From the very beginning the move ment la bringing thousands of dollars to Atlanta, and the movements backed by the church will represent much to the banks, compiercUl houses and ,r«‘ llglous Influence of The cAmmunlty. The centering of this movement In Atlanta la only another movement In Atlanta’s onward march to-a “greater greatness," and the Congregational Methodist church make* the Indepen dent announcement that at the present time, when the city Is being taxed for donations to large rellglouB undertak Ings, that the present movement, In volving hundreds of thousands of dol lars, la launched on a business basis, and that no campaign for subscrip tions from, the people of Atlanta is about to be entered upon. ; .Tim movement Ifl‘ establishing in the city a splendid addition to Its business Interests, and the profits from these Interests, which will be conducted on a practical and helpful business basis, will all he tdriied to the support of worthy charitable Institutions. ANOTHER “ERA OP GOOD FEELING” NEEDED. • In a recent editorial The Georgian cited the “Era of Good Feollng” under President Monroe as a precedent at least for the Chattanooga sug gestion. * * * , The “Era of Good Feeling" was a term applied to a period In Ameri can history from 1817 to 18*4, during which time there was virtually only one party, the Democratic-Republican party, existing In the country. . At the close of the war of 1812 the Federalist Party, like the Demo cratic party now', was-In a state of discouragement over successive de feats, and In 1821 the wise and practical statesmanship of President Mon roe commended him so much to the general confidence of the people that he was re-elected to the presidency by a vote of 231 out of 232 In the electoral college. Aa soon aa bit administration was over the economic questions of the country, the tariff and the Internal revenue, brought about a new alignment of parties along practical lines just as an Era of Good Feeling would Inevitably do at this period In our political history. It haa been argued In opposition to this modern Era of Gqod Feeling that one of the parties, the Federalist-fiarty, never recovered from the union of all parties Into the Indorsement of.Prealdent Monroe. This argument Is easily answered. If the Federalist party In name disappeared after that "Era of Good Feeling" It was* because It had finish ed Its mission, and the Era of Good Feeling gave an opportunity for the reorganisation of parties which bettered the entire republic. From, the standpoint of the Federalists It was an unmixed blessing, for if the Federalist party died In name, out of Its elements waa reorganized the definite, coherent and all-conquering Re-‘ publican party which triumphed under Lincoln and has held the govern ment for nearly half a century. Just so the Democratic or the Republican parties might reorganize for victory, after a period of union and rest. The hopeless tangle of the two parties today with their corporation Democrats and their people's Democrats—with their Rooaevelt Republi cans and their Harrimnn Republicans—makes f condition 'jhere nothing less than a reorganisation can establish parties upon a coherent and defi nite baatfeffc. K Under piosent conditions each party contains a large and ever In creasing element that fa out of sympathy with the majority .element of Us organisation. Bryan and Belmont, Hearat and Ryan are as hopelessly split as Rooaevelt and Fornker on the other side. There seems to be no; law by which these antagonistic, elements can 'be. eliminated or persuad ed or reformed In either party, and from either view the only wish* and sensible thing to do would be to reorganize both partleaTDpon a definite and coherent platform which would enlist the conscientious support and the honekt seal of honest citizens on either side. And the only way under heaven by which this can be accomplished Is by another "Era of Good Feeling," In which both parties may come to gether for a single administration, and after this breathing apace, to re organise along Democratic or Republican lines, two great organizations that would carry the conscience, the convictions and the honest zeal of the Individual voter. - Strange a* It may seem, the old primal qacstlon of states’ rights which began under Hamilton and Jefferson seems to stand as the principal bar rier to a proposition of this kind. Men hare forgotten that party alignments have not alwnys been defi nite and clear upon this theory In tlmp past. There was a time when the Democrat* came to be almost aa liberal In their Interpretations of the constitution as the Federalists had been before them. For while In 1788 the Federalists denounced the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions pasted by the Democrats In favor of slates' rights. It Is yet true that In 1814 tha Federalists were vigorously opposed to any extension of the au thority of the central government, while the Democrats were practically committed In tbla respect at that time to the former Federalist policy. Once more The Georgian reiterates the proposition, from which It refuses to be diverted by any thoughtleee or captious criticism, that the su preme and dominant Issue of this era I* tha Restraint and Regulation of Predatory Wealth. All other lisuea are subordinate and secondary to this Issue, and If at thla time there be evident any man or any policy upder which thla great question can be moat wisely and most justly aettled, then the discovery of that man or that policy la In itself a bugle call to the American people for another Era of Good Feeling In which this great question can be decided. And after this the two discordant, divided and Incoherent parties can be reorganised and defined along line* to en list the convictions and cooperation of the two tides of sentiment and theory which separate the people. If there ever was a period In American history for another Era of Good Feeling that period Is now, and we trust In .that Providence which rules the destinies .of nations, to strike the scales from the blind ed eyes of partisans and office seekers, and to permit them to see tbe su preme Issue of tbe time, and the open way to. the solution of the problem, and the reorganisation of parties. legislature, who will say that the majority of voters has not the right to veto also? (Applause). Bryan, Democrat, and LaFoIIette, Republican, are both thundering this doctrine from platform and press and hustings. The monopolists In aqd out of both parties will cry out against It, hut the people, we believe, will vote for thp Initiative and referendum whenever and wherever they have the opportunity. But how aro the proa and cons In either party to get together on the Is sue? And how are the Democrats and Republicans who favor the Initiative and referendum going to mass their votes under one platform to make their .votes effective? And bow are the opponents of the measure In each party to make their opposition effective. What a hopeless tangle It Is In either party, and how absolutely and evidently necessary It Is that there should be a reorganization of par ties so that the honest voter can express his honest convictions at tho polls, that the majority may win! Under the present condition'of party slavery a majority of the people favoring the Initiative and referendum may lose their will, because of their pnrtlsan slavery. An "Era of Good Feeling” would liberate all these honest ballots and enable the majority of the people to follow their convictions to victory. DIRECT ELECTION OF UNITED STATES SENATORS. Two more states have established a direct election of United States senators. Iowa and Washington have joined the procession, making five states this year, and a total of eighteen. The Northern states are Oregon. Washington. North Dakota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Okla homa, with a unanimous house in Pennsylvania and a tie rote In the sen ate and tbe contest still "on." The Southern states are Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mlaslsslppl, Texas, .Arkansas, Ten nessee and Kentucky. THE INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM COMING. Throughout tbe country there la an Interested discussion of Hon. W, J. Bryan's declaration In hla recent Brooklyn speech that he will do his beat to drive from the Democratic party all who do not believe In tho people's eapaelty tor self-government. The Brooklyn Eagle's report of the occasion Is aa follows: Oratorically, he waa the Bryan of 1906—the Bryan who swept THE SONS OP MARTHA By RUDYARD KIPLING And afie bud n ulster raHed MnW which aat at Jesus' feet and hoard Ilia word, hut Martha waa mothered •bout much serving Him and aald, Lord, doit ear# that my aimer hath left me tb nerve a lone 1 Bid her, therefore, that aha bmp mr. And Jeaua answered and mill to her. Martha, Martha, thou art careful' and troubled about fill, and Mary hath c base n't hat food part whteb shall not Im taken away from her. I.uke j, »■«. The aona of Mary seldom bdther, for they have Inherited tint good part. But the aona of Martha' favor their mother of the careful eoul and the troubled heart; And because she loaf hor temper once, and because she was rude to the Lord, her gueat. Her sone must wait upon Mary's sons— world without end, reprieve or rest. It Is their care In all the ages to take the buffet and cushion the nhock; It Is their care that the gear engages; It la their care that the switches lock; It Is their care that the wheels run truly; It Is their rare to embark and entrain. Tally, transport and deliver duly tbe sons of Mary by land and main. They say to the mountains, "Be ye removed!” They say to the lesser floods, "Run dry!" Under their rods are tha rocks reproved —they are not afraid of that which Is high. Then do the hilltops shake to tha sum mit, then Is the bed of the deep laid bore. That the sons of Mary may overcome It, pleasantly,sleeping and unaware. ... ' atIf, at their glove’s ond They flngerfdeal when they piece nnd repleco the living wires. He rears ngalnstuhe gates they, tend; they ft(«l him hungry behind their Early at dawn ere men see clear they stumble Into hls-twrlble stall. And hale him forth like a haltered steer and gqad and turn him till evenfall. Army-Navy Orders MOVEMENT OF VE38EL3. Army Orders. Washington, May 13.—First Lieuten ant Edward BeaVer, asalstant surgeon, from San Francisco to Fort Douglas. Contract Surgeon Albert Miller, now In the United States, from further duty In Philippines to military prison, Fort Leavenworth, for duty June L Private William H. Wynn, Company B, Twen ty-sixth Infantry, Fort Sam Houston, having enlisted under false pretenses. Is discharged without honor frohi the army. Naval Orders. Lieutenant Commander W. Ball, de tached Rhode Island home, wait orders. Lieutenant C. A. Gardiner, detached Ohio to St. Louie. Lieutenant W, B. Wells, detached St. Louie to Rhode Island. Movements of Vessels. ARRIVED—May 10. Washington a navy yard, .New York; Slay 11, Wll mlngton at Chlnklang. SAILED—May 11, Hannibal from Hampton Roads for Philadelphia. To these from birth la belief forbidden; from these till death Is relief afar; They are concerned with matters hid den. under tha earth line their al tars are. The secret fountains to follow up water* withdrawn to restore to the mouth— i Yea. and gather the floods as In a cup, and pour them again at a city * drouth. They do not preach that their God will rouse them u little before the nuts work loose; They do not preach that His pity allows them to leave their work whenever they choose. ways, so In the dark and the desert they stand, Wary and watchful all their day*, that their brethren's day* may be long In tha land. Lift ye the atone, or .cleave the wood, to make a path more fulr or flat— Lol It I* black already with blood aome sons of Martha spilled for that. Not as a ladder from earth to heaven, not aa nn altar to any creed, Rut simple service, duply given to hla own kind, In their common need. And the aona ot Mary smile and are blessed—tlray knowrflp* angela are on their aide. » They know In them Is the grace con fessed, anil for them ar* the mer cies multiplied. They sit at the feet and they hear the Word—they know how truly the promise runt. They have cast their burden upon the I.ord, and—the Lord He lay* It on Martha's sons. a convention off Its feet and himself into the presidential candi dacy by tbe overpowering eloquence of his tongue. He was bril liant, sarcastic, humorous, but above everything else, he was a man Intensely In earnest, a man who believed every word that he uttered and who believed that the time was not far distant when the nation would believe them, too. Twice during hla speech did he drag bis audience to 4ts feet to hurl volley after volley ot cheers. Tbe first time waa when be exclaimed. In a passionate outburst, "you may differ from me In other questions, but If you do not believe In the right of the peo ple to govern themselves, I wifi. If I can. my friends, drive you out of the Democratic party.” Mr. Bryan's statement In part haa been given to the pnblic through The Georgian. Here, however. Is another paragraph which la full ot Inter- it: The faults of our government are not In tbe people them selves; they are In those whom the people elect. Tbe faults of our government are in the representatives of the people who pretend to be friends of the people but betray tbelr trust and turn to private account the authority placed In tbelr hands for pub lic purposes. (Applause). The Inltlstlee placet It In tbe power of the people to compel the submission of any question upon which they want to act. and the refendum enables them to alt in judg ment upon anything which the legislature baa done. Your con stitution provides that the governor or. president may veto what tbe legislature proposes, and It any man baa a right to veto the REGARDING SUN'S ARTICLE. To rite Editor of The Urorflaa: I hare not aeon tha article In the New York San, tint Mr. Klstsy line been etrstisely misinformed on the subject. Most of the English planters were residents on their tv. 1. estates, sm) I never heard that the representatives of tbe absentee* treated the negroes. I waa there myself * retry 1 —— hag ilreils [lilt** A MONUMENT TO GENERAL JAMES LONGSTREET. To the Editor of The Georgian On Mny 3} the unveiling of the monument to tho gallant General John B. Gordon will tsko place at the rnpltol square In Atlanta, nud It will lie the occasion upon which many of us who wort the gray will moot for the last flute is pay s tribute to one of the flrst soldiers of the South In her struggle for Independence; for the annuls of no war produce n Oner or more devoted figure than the great soldier whose bronze statue will lie unveiled upon that dav. Bot, rrcalllnrtho Iron days ivMaSl'ftrlSSV.there It.another martial rharartcr* a qallve Geor gian. Job, whose fame ns a soldier extends beyond the seas and wilt'live In history as long as history Is .read or heroes are wor shipped by men-GeucrsI James Longstreot. commanding flrst corps da artnle—Army of Northern Virginia. What hnttledeld la nil thoao years, whether In Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, nnd I might say Tennessee, where bit strong arm failed to strike atsrdy blow* for the cause nearest his heart? IIow would you attempt to write a history of the flrst or second Manassas, the Peninsula. Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Cold tlnrlmr, Gaines Mill, Travers’ farm. Malvern Hill, tho campaign against Pope, Brow Sal >o rough gap, HharpehurK, J-redcrlckehtirg, Gottve- burg. Chirksmauga, Knoxville, tho dreary East Tennessee rompnlgn. the Wilderness, th«- lota* drawn-out hat tie* nml rnnihnti around Petersburg and Richmond to Appo- matt"*' and *HI to And What a dominant jmrt GeneraMjmfttree^ete^iyll^orelv o'-nu i.iiiixeirrev aeron tn ail? Hurelv man deserves to lie rememliered with ifatne to rommemomte his deeds to the remotest posterity, nml It Is to be hoped that *'eps will be successfully taken to raise lh ,c. necessary fundi to erect It. As a soldier General Longslreet had no suiterlor E • * »>»'£«. BRUNSWICK WANTS CAPITAL TO COME TO BIG PORT. OtaUtal have taken - pi aro titer*, ft I* tipolitriit If •or blood bound* wertf Indiana wer* wnployrd to trark rui*waj*. A great uroflt waa doubtlrM utade by tbe •larv traders. Irat tbe horror* of tba middle a pea»i»ntry aa yon will lad anywhere In the world. They are not Mints, all of them. than-could be railed bad.- lUngerum men. They sever lost their respret for ihetr white masters or for any white person. Yours truly. IL E. Hl l.I.GCK. Vienna, US. GOLDEN WEDDING IS CELEBRATED After Journeying along the way of life together through fifty years of sun shine nnd rain. Rev. Dr. L. B. Davis and Mt*. Davis on Sunday celebrated their golden wedding at their home. 394 Spring street. Alt the children of the couple were present, nnd during the d%y numbers of frjenda who have known them both for many year* drop ped In 44 4>ffef congratulations. Dr. Davie Is a Preebyterlan minister and hU aeatoua labors In the cause of Christ has been greatly aided and en couraged by bla loving wife. To tho Editor of Tho Ceorgbtu: (Worn tbo Atlanta, illrmtiijtbiiiii nnd At- lantlc Rnllwny Company nnd Bruuatrlck Htoamftblp Company commenced tbo creation of their groat terminal* nt Brunswick, there waa n done approximation to 15,000 feet of whnrvf* owned by tbo tftmthern. tbe At lantic coa*t Line and private parties. Tbo terminal* of the A. H. A A. nud Bruiiftwlck HteantHtflp Company are unique In ninny respect*. Before commencing work, 140 acre* of laud In s continuous body wufl secured. The wftterfront was all marsk land. By dredg ing from 4he river It Is nil being made high land. Tbe expedient of slips dredged Into the land for vessels to lie in. oae, a lumber bnsln 1.700 feet loug. giving 3.40) of front age for vessels to loud; nnother 7B0 feet long, giving 1,500 feet of frontage; auotber 400 feet long, giving 500 feet of frontage; nnother 525 feet, giving 1,060 feet of front age: another of 350 f«vt, giving 700 feet of frontnge. makes it complete froutage of 7.450 feet. l»est<l«Mi additional frontnge par allel with the river frout, carrying the total when terminals are completed to 8.000 feet. On one able of the lumber basin there will he 400 by 1,700; on the ’other side 300 ALONZO RICHARDSON & CO. Public Accountants and Auditors ( Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta, Ga., May 9, 1907. To the President and Board of Directors, MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING COMPANY, ' Atlanta, Ga. Gentlemen—We have just completed a thorough examina tion of yonr bank and have to report that wo found all depart ments in excellent condition. The assets appearing in the ledger accounts were thor oughly examined. Loans and Discounts were listed in detail and found to agree in the aggregate with the amount called for by the books; and in examining the papers we noticed that the loans were well distributed among various lines of business. Stocks and Bonds were examined and listed. These are all of a high grade and carried on the books at very conserva tive figures. We timed our visit to be there on the first of the month, when statements were being exchanged with other banks with which you were doing business. Wo were thus enabled to veri fy these accounts more thoroughly than would have been pos sible at any other time. This is also true of the depositors’ accounts which were verified, the deposit ledgers footed, and found in exact balance with the general ledger. We were courteously treated by the officers and employees of the bank and were allowed every opportunity for a thor ough examination of all departments. Respectfully, ALONZO RICHARDSON & CO. London, May 13.—The first of the season's visiting Americano are already ‘‘doing" the eights of London prepara tory to their trip to the continent. Tho real ruih, however, does not commence till next month. Londoners • expect It to be a record one. Some- thing like .a quarter of a million first and second-class passengers will prob ably visit this country from the United Stntes between May and September. The great London hotels are already booking orders for Americana visitors. At the Carlton Hotel room* have been engaged as for ahead a* August. From all aides come the report that the ad vance orders are heavier than ever be fore. American holiday makers apend as a rule from three days te a fortnight In London. In that time they contrive not only to see most of the famous show dace*, ranging from Weetmlnater Ab- ev down, but alto to do a good deal of •hopping. For tome reason Americans are fond of London purchases and Brit Ish tourists who have always shown t weakness for Amerlcan-mado goods, are somewhat at a loss to account for the mate of their American cousins. The West End shopkeeper* are filled with happy anticipations of American customers, end are making prepara' tlons accordingly. Among those chief ly concerned are jewelers, tailors and bric-a-brac dealers. All these tradesmen are unanimous In their declarations that American shoppers, judging from the quantity ot their purchases here and from state ments made by them, do not cere to Invest their money In either German, Italian or oven French goods. They may buy bric-a-brac In Paris and some of the very wealthy women patronize, of course, the French dressmakers, but the bulk of ahopplng Is done right here in London. Each pier 011 the slips la covered l>v open sheds, girls* shelter lor freight In the ag gregate 276,wd aqnare feet of apaee, with warehouse*, giving an aggregate floor spacu for freights of IZ2.000 square feet. the piers all upou concrete lllilug. Thl, gives a faint hies of the new ter ntluiils. unanrpaMtol. if equalled. In the United stole*. Te-ntlitale ample for hand- lire great nnd sew freight steamship* tween Brmuwlck and New England feeder In the shape of another steamship. Boston nml New Vorh: n pns- wlek and llarnmt, give an Idea what this steamship sad railway company have al- mlnala. Three— - — — limn,nick for a commerce, domestic and foreign, of *200.010.001. Brsnawtch baa 350.000,000 of . commerce now. tthr wants the other 8110.000,000. Oar t ehasnel .depths, dork to sea, will prevent channel depths, dark to oss, m lie Increased within a year to thirty feet C. f. GOODYEAR. Brunswick, Ga., May IX The German Navy League, which, protected by (he emperor, has done so much, with Its 1,000,000 members and annual Income of U30.-000 devoted to propaganda work, to develop the naty. » seething with Internal differences that, according to its opponents, may result In Its dissolution. . The original trouble wee caused by General Kelm, the moving spirit of the league, In the Reichstag campaign. He used the organisation to encompass the defeat of Socialist, Soman Catholic and other candidates supposed to be hostile to Germany's naval ambitions. At the annual meeting In Cologne to day and tomorrow the Bavarian branch will bring forward resolutions demand ing that the league and Its officers ab stain from any sort of political activity Ih South Germany. Thousands of the South German Roman Catholic mem bers of the league were enraged by General Kelm'n Insinuation that the Centre was "anti-national," and they ore up In arms against the Prussians who control the league. If-the Bava rian resolutions are rejected there will be en enormous defection, and If It is decided to abandon political activity the control of the organization will be wrested from the aggressive spirits now managing It. Altogether, the Impending meeting promises to be the inott Important In 1 he history of the league. Conservative friends of Its plana are pointing out that, by entering the political arena, the league made a great mistake end over stepped the boundrfea of Its original scope which provided for non-parti san agitation In tavor of u greater navy. Emperor William la said to he using hla personal Influence with the Bava rian branch to prevent th* Introduc tion of the resolution referred to, but the temper of Its members Is such that his efforts are not likely to prove suc cessful. travelers transported through the Sim plon was 230,0.96, and the goods amounted to 22,603 tone. The piercing of the Lotschberg tun nel, which has commenced, also renders it necessary to have this sec ond tunnel for the future traffic be tween Brigue and Berne. Brandau and Company, the firm which constructed the Simplon tunnel, estimate that It will, taxe between four and five years to bore the parallel tun nel An official report received from Sim la states that the number of deaths which occurred from the plague In In dia since October, 1897, to the pres ent day has reached more than a mil lion. Of late the mortality haa In creased to such an extent that the government officials, while still enforc ing the strictest sanitary rules wher ever their Jurisdiction can be extend ed, are practically resigned to let th* scourge take Its own course. It la stated that during one week 75,000 per sons perished, most of them In Bengal, the United Provinces Af the Punjab. There seems to be little abatement of the epidemic In any of the affected districts, and only the largest cities show any. Improvement, while some of the low-lying country sections are In worse condition than last years. RABBIGOROWITZ SPEARS TWICE Rabbi A, Gorowltz, of Woonsocket; R. I.; preached to the Orthodox Jewish congregation at tho Temple on Pied mont avenue ond Gilmer street at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon, and at 8:19 o'clock Sunday evening delivered a lecture to tho Young Men's Hebrew Association. Dr. Gorowltz will probably be In stalled as rabbi of the local orthodox congregation. He la one of the promi nent members of the Jewish pulpit, and Is a renowned Zionist. > HOLMES SMITH LEAVES SOUTHERN Holmes Smith, traveling passenger agent for the Southern, with headquar ter* at Atlanta, has tendered hie resig nation, to take effect on Wednesday, and haa accepted a responsible position with the Frank E. Block Manufactur ing Company, of Atlanta. Mr. Smith has been In the railroad business over seven years, and In that time made for hlmaelf a reputation In tbe buelnese. He will probably be succeeded as traveling passenger agent by J. Law rence Hunt, traveling passenger agent at Houston, Texas, until that offlee wss recently abolished. Mr. Hunt Is also well known In the railroad world and Is considered one of tho most efficient men in the passenger department. Be fore going to Texas ho was traveling passenger agent for tho Southern at Macon, succeeding James Freeman when the latter waa promoted to the offlee of district passenger agent, with headquarters at Jacksonville. Prince Fuehlml, of Japan, Is here with a brilliant suite to thank King Edward for last year’s royal mission conveying the order of the garter to the Mikado. He waa met at Dover by a suite of court officials specially deputed to be In attendance upon him. On nrrlval In London he drove In state to York House, St. James' Palace, where he will be In residence during hla official stay In London. Afterwards he will visit several provincial cities and ship building yards. York House, the former home of th* Prince of Wales, wee occupied by Prince and Princess Arisugawn, of Japan, when they were In London. It Ig being specially decorated for the present occasion. According to a dispatch from Gene va, Swltxertand, there Is every proba bility that work oi» the second Simplon tunnel will be commenced this year as t|»e traffic through th* principal »• ••••••. »»••»*«••»* -GU |*6 tin i|>ai tunnel Is Increasing rapidly. During the last six months of 1908 the number of NINE NAVAL RECRUITS 8ENT FROM MACON. Special to The Georgian. Macon, Ga, May 18.—Ten navy men have left thla city for Norfolk, Va. Nine of theeo were recruits and one waa an old stager, having re-en!!*ted for another term of four yeara All were enlisted here the past week by navy recruiting party No. 4. Below are the names of th* men: William Archie Harris, Tallahaaeee, Fla.; John Derward Splllera, Macon, Ga.; Lattte Dean McMath. Macon. Ga ; Daniel Gunn Chivere, Madison, Ga.. John Frank Stowers, Crump* Park, Ga; Henry Richard Chamber*, Atlan ta Ga.; William Harry Stembrirttte. Macon, Ga.; Thomas Smith, Glovers, Ga; James Jackson Weaver, Dud e)1 Ga; James Harrison Melton, Dudle>, Ga. HORSEMEN WILL TEST ANTI-RACE TRACK LAW. Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga Tenn. May 13— Local horte racing enthusiast* are rejoicing over the prospect of knocking out the atnfa lata' nthlnh nMVAntl hOttllDs ■tata law which prevents betting « race tracks. A test case ha* been pre pared and will be submitted to th* supreme court In June. JUNIOR ORDER MEETS IN ANNUAL CONVENTION, Special to The Georgian. , Chattanooga, Tenn.. May 13.—Tn* Junior Order of United American Me chanics and Us auxiliary, the Daugh ter* of America, begin their anntt-t- state conventions here tonight. Atwu 500 delegates are expected at the <»< conventions. The locaJ members ha' arranged to entertain their gueat* u an elaborate manner.