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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
xTIURSDAI, MAI W,
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
COHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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A our” PLATFORM: The Georgian
and New, (lands for Atlanta’, owning
Its own dsa and electric light plants,
at It now Owns Its water works Other
cities do this and set gao as low as 10
cents, with a profit to tha dtr. This
should be done at once. The Geocpap
and News believes that If street rail
ways can be operated successfully by
European cities, ss they are, there Is
no good reason why they can not be so
operated here But we do, not believe
this can be done now, and It may be
some years before we are ready for so
big an undertaking.' Still Atlanta
should set Its face in that direction
NOW.
Persons leaving tho city can
j have Tho Georgian and News
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office. Changes of address will be
. made as ofjt^n as desired.
The Tabernacle’s Standard
* Charities.
Atlanta has learned to feel safe In
following any suggestion* for charlta
ble work that comes under the frank
and Indorsement of tho Tabernacle,
and It is therefore an announcement
which carries Its own appeal to say
that on next Sunday the Tabernacle,
with Its organised enthusiasm and Its
active force, haa^etermlned to make a
'filial and vigorous rally to provide, the
.means to discharge the accumulated
Indebtedness of Its charity work at
the Infirmary and other enterprises
which Involve the altruistic labors of
that congregation.
Dr. ilrougbton and his great enter
prises havo occupied no little space In
the Atlanta papers for the last six or
eight weeks. But no one will deny
that the* public and unselfish nature of
these enterprises justify the gratui
tous generosity of the press and the
responsive generosity of the people.
The great aui]jtorlnm project when
brought to completion will be an or
nament and a glory to Atlanta. Tho
Tabernacle Infirmary and Hospital is
already a helpful inspiration to the
philanthrope life of Atlanta, and
richly deserves that cooperative sym
pathy and helpfulness which a grate
ful but busy people are always will
ing to give to one who works for oth
ers and whose example points a way
to a better charity than most people
have time to .discover or skill to util
ise.
Dr. Broughton hopes that his Sun
day services, will free his hands from
the worry of these charitable debts
and liberate them to other and more
progressive usefulness for the future.
Aud we join in the wish that the
response may be ample.
The Sentiment of Labor.
The eloquent and thoughtful article
upon General John B. Gordon In The
. Journal of Labor will serve to Indicate
to the people in general, that Atlanta's
labor paper Is not exclusively engag
ed In the business of agitating
wages aud rates and the recognition
of labor, but that Its editor and those
who support it are themselves a part
of all the noble and patriotic senti
ments of the state and are fully re-
' sponslve to the occasions of patriot-
. Ism and of admiration In which we
pay tribute to our noble living and
to our Illustrious dead.
The article from The Journal of La
bor, written by Mr. Jerome Jones, Its
editor, will illustrate fully this spirit
■ in the journal set apart for the orgaa-
lzed working men of Atlanta.
Ten to one that Harvlo Jordan did
not think to say to Emperor William,
"Cotton Is King.”
8urely Hattiesburg, Miss., must be
growing Wonderfully when It can af-
' ford a dally paper so bright, so newsy
and so ably edited aa The New*.
Dr. G. W. Bull, formerly of the West
End Presbyterian church of Atlanta,
and later of Nashville, 1b now winning
golden opinions for his eloquence and
Piety in the great Presbyterian church
ol Scranton, Pa. Dr. Bull's recent
sermon before.the 0. A. R. is com-
| merited upon in terms of great admt-
ration.
THE PEOPLE WIN CHEAPEE LIGHTS AND POWER.
YVhen the Georgia Jlailway and Electric Company underbid all com
petltors for tho city’s lighting for the ensuing five years, Tho Georgian ex
pressed its gratification In this evidence that our agitation for municipal
ownership had borne its legitimate fruit and bad saved the city many
thousands of dollars by the change of heart wrought In the minds of the
directors of this company.
We expressed our approval of the action of the company and our
Indorsement of the committee's action In accepting the bid.
W« qualified, however, moat distinctly this Indorsement with the pro
viso that the Georgia Railway and Electric Company should subsequent
ly make such a concession to the private users of lights and power as
they had made to the city, and *o cheapen the cost of these commodities
to Individuals as well as to the municipality.
This concession the company has also made and upon the basla of
these two concessions The Georgian cannot do less than express Its grat
ification at tho more considerate spirit which the corporation has shown
toward the municipality and to the citizens and to express Its pleasure
In the acceptance by the committee and the probable acceptance by the
council of the bids which the Georgia Railway and Electric Company has
made.
These have been the main contentions which we have had with this
great corporation aud we feel a peculiar gratification In the fact that
they have both been settled in the Interests of the people and to a very
large saving of public and private funds.
We shall .probably have occasion from time to time to make sugges
tions In a friendly spirit to the company In Its handling of local and sub
urban transportation lines, but we do not hesitate now to say that in the
aggregate the corporation has rdtnoved the major basis of criticism and
that Its present attitude toward the people la both pleasing and com
mendable.
If the strong stand which The Georgian has taken and maintained
with vigor and consistency In favor of municipal ownership baa bad Its
Influence upon these policies, we are sincerely glad.
And tbe public may be assured that It 1b much more to our liking
to applaud and to approve both public and private men than to criticise
and condemn them in either relation, of life.
THE INSPIRATION IN SAM INMAN'S BENEPIOENOE.
That wqs a great scene at Agnes Scott on Wednesday when Sam
Inman, Atlanta's noble and philanthropic citizen, gnvo $50,000 to this
splendid college for young women.
' The occasion has a double significance.
By sheer force of solid and substantial merit Agnea Scott has estab
lished Itself by common consent beyond criticism and beyond jealousy In
the very forefront of educational colleges tor women In tbe South. It is as
standard In tho South as Bryn Mawr or Wellesley or Vassar In tho North,
and Its diplomas are coming more and more to be recognized ns conclusive
and substantial evidence of female scholarship and merit.
Only patient work, only high Ideals, only, faithful service and only
careful and rigid selection of teachers by the highest merit hqs estab
lished this enviable reputation,.
The moral attaching to this end of the comment is that- It Is In. col
leges like these that Intelligent philanthropy delights to express Itself.
And the fundamental reason for the princely generosity of Atlanta’s
noble citizen lies In the fact of his absolute and well founded confidence
In the merit and mission of Agnes Scott l
Tho act of Mr. Inman la notablo in tho fact that It sets a high exam
ple of the consecration of wealth In the' hands Of strong Southern men to
tho great cause of education. Unless we greatly mistake, this la tbe larg
est single contribution made by an Individual Southerner to the cause of
education. The fact that It it glvon to tho education of women has per
haps no other significance than the fact that In this ago education Is gen
erally recognized as being as much womau's duo and necessity as It Is to
men. .- t
But tbe point 1b that this strong and liberal man who has grown rich
In tbe South has set the example to other strong ahd liberal men who
have grown and are growing rich In the South, to give magnificently of
their wealth to the greatest of all causes which concern tho future and
the welfare of this section of our country.
Mr. Inman’s liberality la'not more munificent than It 1b wise.
The Georgian trusts that It moy also be equally as lnBplrlng,. and that
from this time on our great educational Institutions in tho South are to
be established by tho consecration of some of the superb accumulations
which have como to tho South within tho last decado of Its industrial and
economic life.
In behalf of a civilization whose foundation rosts upon tho educa
tion and Intelligence of Its youth, wo thank Mr. Inman not less for the
fact of bis well placed and noblo generosity, than for th» Inspira
tion which It must Inevitably carry Jo other Southerners who love and
would help tbe land In which they have prospered.
THE A„ B. & A. &Y. AND COMPETITION.
It is not the purposo of Tho Georgian to differ with the railroad com
mission In transferring tho Atlanta, Birmlhgham and Atlantia Railway
from class D to class C ot tho freight tariff schedules, thereby rednclng
its freight rate* by about'10 per cent nlong tho line. Wo have, howover, a
word to say about this road which might as well be said now In explana
tion of the present and the future attitude of The Georgian toward It.
Tho Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railway la a corporation like
other corporations, run for the purpose of making money for its stock
holders. It la not a completed road'as yet and la therefore undor enor
mous expense In the process ot construction.
Perhaps when tho railroad la completed. It may, as other railroads
have done, become Indifferent to tho people, oppreaslvo In lta rates, ova-
slvo ot Its obligations and Intent solely and alone upon making divi
dends for its stockholders at tbe expense of tho poople.
All these results may follow upon the completion of this railroad and
upon Its full entrance upon tho field* of commerce as a great through lino
of transportation.
-• And when it does, the railroad and Its officials should be watched oa
vigilantly and curbed aa relentlessly by the law aud by the commission
as other railroads have been restrained and must be restrained at the
present time.
But tho point wc mako about tho Atlanta, ttlrmlngbam and Atlantic
railroad Is that at this time its completion Is necessary for two reasons
which are of Interest to the people.
Iu the first place, the cry ot the age Is for Increased transportation
facilities. The congested conditions of freight havo been tbe tragedy of
commerce and the piling up of vast carloads of shipments In the depots
and yards ot our Southern and other railway systems has well nigh pre
cipitated a panic and has cortalnly provoked a revolutionary protest on
tho part ot tbe people.
More transportation facilities and better transportation facilities
have been the cry ot the times. The Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
contest in part, to meet this cry. It furnishes a through lino from Atlanta
to the Bea and from Atlanta to the great Iron center of the South,
where It touches tbe greatest distributing railway system of America, and
it undoubtedly ought to relieve tho congestion of freight and traffic In
the country.
In tho second place, and perhaps as the most Important consideration
the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railroad furnishes to Georgia
what we have been clamoring tor through all our newspaper columns,
and through all our lines of public life—a competitive railroad. This
railroad la a distinct competitor with the Southern, the Central and the
Seaboard Air Lino In this state and In tho other states through which It
passes. It turnlshcs to the people of Georgia Just what wo have been try
ing by law to compel tbe Central road to become—a competitor of the
Southern In handling the business of tho state.
So that the Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlantic has tn especial and to
a certain extent a beneficent and eco nomic meaning to tbe times and to the
state, and is entitled to the encouragement and cooperation ot the pub
lic and private people of Georgia a* an enterprise. It Is to their distinct
and definite Interests as a people that this great line should be built.
When It is built. It Is our duty to invoke every possible law already in ex
istence, or. If necessary, to create otber laws aa may be necessary to pre
vent Its merging Into other railroad! to destroy its competitive capacity.
But, meanwhile. The Georgian feels that the people of tbe state
ought to understand the conditions surrounding this railroad which mako
It an object of unuaual Interest and of unusual helpfulness to our trans
portation problems and to railroad competition at tbe present time. Un
der these circumstances, we feel that the road should not be unnecessa
rily or prematurely handicapped by any legislation looking to that end
As we have said, the road Is not completed, and there are vast sums of
money yet to bo expended for Its completion. The president of 'these lines,
who has demonstrated a wonderful capacity in a flnanclal way, has yet
.bis limitations in capacity and Is dependent for the money to complete his
road upon the showing of profits he can mako for the capitalists who. sup
ply tho means to exploit these great enterprises.
We go a little further than one of our local contemporaries along
this lino by saying that If wo had been a member of this commission, it Is
quite likely that we should have deferred advancing tbe Atlanta, Bir
mingham and Atlantic to tho C class of freight tariff until after the road
was completed and running as a through line at least.
It seems to us that public policy, whlcn always means the Interests
of the people, would have Justified this consideration and forbearance,
and wo believe that public spirit will sustain tho commission in such le
gitimate encouragement as we give to this new and competitive line In the
South. •
These are the views which havo from time to time moved The
Georgian to expressions of special kindliness toward the Atlanta, Birming
ham and Atlantic road, and which may In the future Incline us to further
consideration In Its behalf.
ANOTHER COLLEGE FORTUNATE IN FRIENDS.
The only, other college In Georgia that seems to be as rich In a de
voted and admiring clientele as Agnes Scott Is tho Shorter College of
Rome.
Liberally endowed by Alfred Shorter some thirty years ago, Shorter
has held a strong but not a pre-eminent place in Georgia female educa
tion for tho last three decades.
Within these five years there have grown up In Rome a half dozen
men of largo mental caliber, and of broad and liberal spirit, who have
realized their duty an<J their obligation to this splendid Institution, and
have expressed their loyalty in noble and far-reaching liberality.
Chief among these men. are Walker IV. Brooks, Paul Cooper hnd Jo
seph Bass. Each of these youhg men leading the list with magnificent per
sonal contributions-have not only aroused a now and splendid enthusiasm
for Shorter College, but havo equipped It with an endowment which Is
perhaps second to no other financial backing held by a college In the
South.
And so, thanks to the noblo public spirit and to the Intelligent liber
ality of a few strong young men. Shorter College Is rapidly taking Its
place among the leading* female colleges of the South.
The moral In this case, ns in tho. case of Agnes Scott, Is that only
when the state, either In Itself or through Its noblo and progressive citi
zens, realizes' the pre-eminent necessity of education and backs Its faith by
Its open pocket, will our Institutions begin to grow great and famous.
What Sam Inman has done for Agnes Scott—what Walker Brooks,
Paul Cooper, and Joseph L. Bass havo done for Shorter, other liberal men
In other sections of tho South may do for the local educational Institu
tions fjbout them, until in the prevalence of this splendid spirit our whole
system of collego education in the South will receive a magnificent Im
pulse In equipment and In merit for the work of tho future.
Tho president's recent wetting In
Virginia was Orthodox according to
several denominational standards. He
had first a "sprinkling,” then It "pour
ed” and he was finally "Immersed. 1
Who says the president Is not an able
politician? .
Ray Stnnnard Baker is still "Fol
lowing the Color Line." But the Amer
ican’s readers are no longer following
Ray.
TAXATION AND EDUCATION.,
To the Editor of Tho Georgian:
The present agitation of tho educational
question In Georgts moves mo to air -some
views of my own upon tho subject, which
I submit without apology, though not with
out a full realization of the probability
that they wilt .receive -the vigorous con.
deinuatlon of most of those who nmy chouce
‘t> Mo this letter.
t)f course, I nm. “shocked, grieved and
mortised” to discover, from ,the statis
tics Which ar. Just now being given such
wldo publicity, that my native state oc
cupies so unenviable a pre-eminence among
her slater commonwealths tn percentngo
. nit, toklng Into consideration that
Georgia lms the largest negro population
of any state In tho union, the figures ap-
r «r somewhat lest appalllng-to me. And
must confess, moreover, that I would
rejoice exceedingly to see tho aforesaid per
centage still furthor Increased by the de-
f ortnflon of about two-thirds of our moat
Ighly cultured coons. It Is ill very well
to prate of our duty to tho Inferior race:
but, for my port, I maintain that our first
ond highest duty Is to our, own race. Fur
thermore, I do not admit that the negro Is
made a more deslrntdo member of society
by receiving tho kind of education which
conduces to the highest development of
Ilf I wore asked to give a recipe for ruin
ing a good negro I would say: "Educate
him!" If the people of the North desire
sort, not on oort-for tbe Instruction of
negro youths. I would be willing to con
tribute liberally, according to my mean*,
to a fund for defraying the expenses of
any who wish to avail themselves of the
any who wish to avail themselves or tno
privilege, of such Instltatlone—on condition,
of course, that they never return to the
[South.
The Idea that a negro can by snx pos-
bllltv be educated up to a pnsltlo- ‘
equality with the whlto man lx <*e v I R
should he vigorously combatted by every
believer In white supremacy. Tho preva,
MBMaAmUeiiisartMSMisIh whites
MmMHMPMPKtofir, if no!
soley. responsible for the fact that wo h»v,
a "race problem."
To my mind, all history presents nothing
•q Incomprehensible, to paradoxical, at the
Course of tbe Southern people with refer
ence to the negro since the war. In etav.
ery the negroes were useful, happy end
remectable—If not literary. They bail no
Mine to (tody Latin or mathematics; they
[ad sonicrhlng clac to do. There were no
[Dr. Waablngtons" lu those dnys. At the
lose of the War. the Republican perty—
the negro, upon which tn large measure ae-
pended the perpetuation of Its power, the
party deemed It necessary., or at least high
ly desirable, thst a goodly number of Jht|
•nation’s werde” shoold be provided with
offices end clerkships under the government. I
|The chief. If not the only. Impediment to
the nofompllsbmcnt of this scheme (the
tbe
L'
Site Bonth) wee the Incapacity, by reason
of Illiteracy, of the nrgro to dll fitch po
sitions as the goremment had to offer.
From this dilemma the G. O. P. was
promptly delivered by the action of the
Southern people tbenuelves.' lor aome In
explicable reason—or for no. reason at all—
we saw tit to employ a considerable portion
of onr scanty resources, which were to
sorely needed for the education and up-
’ Idlhg of M MM
isolating
Jor poatmaateri. internal revenue
collectors and government-clerks of all
kinds. Those who so loudly bewail tbe
Afrlcaalutton of onr railway mall service
and other governments! departments, and
who advocate the education of the negro,
or at least tacitly Indorse It. should Brat
go out and kick themselves, or get aome
s
eagerness of the colored peopl _ .
chance to *en«l their children to school,'
ettee it typical Instance of a family of mill
operative* who employed a intro rook,
*5ndf while they sent their children to the
mill t« work, the cook *ent her children to
school :”~ln order, I suppose. ,that they
plight qualify themaelvea to pnrau* eomc
occupation more high-toned than that of
cooking. If auch cases as thla seem to tha
negro to hold a promise that the next gen- great Eric canal vjateui connecting the
oration may see a reversal in tbe status of
the two races, can we ’* Hig
tbe point Is, that the -.JMPmHL-M!
negro servants' children attend while our
own little ones are tolling lu the factories
and in the Helds, derive their support al
most entirely from funds which we rallo
by taxing ourselves!
The very best negr * **-—gw
men and women wii
•17 and whoaa quail „
•ible for whatever of kindly feeling—and
there is much—still exists between the two
races—are for the most part hopelessly Il
literate, On the otber hand, the negro eil
itor who left Atlanta somewhat hurriedly
about the time of the recent disturbance
and who at present infests Chicago, where
ho Is boldly advocating amalgamation ay
the only possible solution of tbe race prob
lem, Is a sample of tbe highly educated ue-
«ro.'
J?
own "race;' sad' fifths 'Republican party",
which lias always stood, for principles
and practices moat obnoxious to Southern
sentiment, needs moro educated negroes
for political purpose*, why let them take
tho raw material and work It up at their
own expense.
BARI.E RICHARDS LIVELY.
Atlanta, Os., May 27.
8HARP IRONY IS AROUSED
BY GEORGIAN CONTRIBUTOR.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
One af the Ideas for which our forefathers
fought and died was "Freedom 4 to worship
God." One of the principles upon which
they founded our government waa "Lib
erty."
We as Americans and as Christians are
wont to boast of the liberty of our people,
and the freedom of our speech. But when
liberty and freedom amount to license and
license “to false representation and unjust
accusations It would seem as If It- were
time to rail a halt.
For the past twelve months one of your
contributors has with syntemntlc regularity
misrepresented what he-hat l>een pleated to
term "Orthodox* and religionists," and
'intlou he Ins employed
from lgiioramu* to-Infidel,
lefente of hit contributions,
you aay you publish articles from Rev.
Fllnn, f)r. White, llabbt Marx and Father
tribe against all others who do not chooye
to think-and speak as they do.
If words are the signs or Ideas, oh for n
word that will convey the Idea of "a lib
erty" which allows a man to class every
body who trusts In the blood of Christ for
salvation as a coward, who apologises for
the statement upon the excuse that It was
hastily prepared, and then later reiterates
the statement In harsher language.
Apd for another word to»expreaa "a free
dom," the Joy of which "exhilarates his
soul and sends the wings of his aspirations
to tho very throne of uod." The pity of It
la that It could not have stayed there, re
turning to earth again with Information,
that 1 am glad that Paul- did not give us,
and whtcb was not revealed tn John.
This Information consists in the statement
that an Infidel Is not a "bug-a-boo." Ob,
what Information, what Jlbtrty, what free
dom! Then for the sake of convenience ho
groups Infidels into two classes, namely,
"Theoretical and Practical."
Having defined a "theoretical" Infidel sat-
Great Lakes with the Hudson river and At
lantic ocean In New York harbor.
Comparable with ;i work now progressing
In South Ariierlca, in the Buenos Ayres din-,
trlct, 23G miles long, connecting the Jurliu
and Parana rivers, under engineering diffi
culties far surpassing those upon tUe route
of our canal. Incomparable In the resu'Js
It will achieve, the number of people it
will benefit, of any canal of auclent or
modern times.
Southern in location, it will be intense-
lv national In character. In purpose, in ben
efits. C. R
Brunswick, Ga., May 28.
n purpose, in hen
I*. GOOD YEAR.
♦HE AUDIT DAY OF GOD.
(A reply to Itudyard Kipling’s
of Martha.")
By Arnold B. Hall.
The Tribune of Tomorrow,
Eternal in Its decrees.
Will give for every sorrow
Fairness for Its fees,
planet -of st_.
ng house of God:
ie Want and sable pall.
For, though men may often irec,
God, the giver, won’t forget;
And with word* of wisdom sweet
He will all the toilers greet;
If they, do as best they can,
As n worker and as n man,
He’ll not place them ’neath the ban,
lie will read the meaning meant,
He will fathom each intent,
And on that.great audit day
God will in proportion pay.
Oppression then will pass away.
Though It now Is green and gay;
He trill tyranny deride,
Tyrants who to him have lied,
For they claim to serve him now,
Though they're brulslug Labor's brow.
All the sufferers of this life
Will receive the roses of life;
Kings of commerce In, tbe end
Won’t declare a dividend;
some money-glutted clown,
Aii of these in fitter here,
God will In abundance cheer;
Human demarcations deep
In God's book are very cheap—
So cheap In sooth they're naught;
He can not be bribed or bought;
All Ms Jewels for the Just
• In hlg temple of .pur trust—.
These await the weary who
Tolled and suffered ns be knew.
He’s, the controller of our fate,
Be the ending soon or late;
He will not accept rebate,
Even could men offer one,
In the realm beyond the sun;
He knows all humsu needs
And will rightly judge our deeds.
N, Y, POLICE THINK
CAPTURED YOUTH
IS GIRLS SLATER
Believe Leon Graham Killed
Pretty Amelia
Staffeldt.
C KSd out. what prostitution!
Thou claa.lng the rust of society's Inflitols
as "prsctlesV ha define! them aa being
everything from u hypocrite to a thief, con
cluding with the etntementa that the prac
tical Infidel "thrives upon theology and con
tinues Its Insidious work with the function
end often th* actual cooperation of the or
thodox," and continuing, adda: "Tbe prac.
tlcal model la a welcome member of every
church that lifts lta splr* heavenward.'' i
ik for every church that lifts
, veaward, but of the churches
which I do know the above statements are
ahftolutely untrue.
This contributor reminds me ot a certain
IUlde character who “went np to tbe tern-
pie” r» make a stump speech to the Lord,
v. ■ "■*-* I thank thee
fe; not even
like tt»M poor eowerds who trustrin the
Mood of Christ for salvation.
Every bhturday I mount tbe platform of
The Georgian and there with entiling face
upturned to God I proclaim tnyMlf a "the.
oretlctl Infidel," ctoMlug tbe poor orthodox
end, chnrch members as "practical Infldcls."
Oh, liberty of speech, ok, freedom of
prees, give him more ensce.
„ LEMUEL D. KINO.
Covington. Ga.
OUR GEORGIA CANAL.
To the Editor of The Georgian;
New York. May Sd—Arraigned before
Magistrate Conncrton In the long Island
police court todny for baring attacked 5-
ycarold Mamie Luck, at Corona, Leou
Graham, a.savage-looking youth, furnished
the police with a startling evidence which
(minted fo him at tho ''probable slayer of
Amelia Staffeldt/'
every detail of big appearance,- oreu
to the attire howweara, tho yonug mnn
bear* a startling resemblance to Henry
Becker, tho half-witted, prisoner, who has
boy*, niUIctl to the
confessed to haring nuncseo twcire girls;
that he told n fnleo story as to hla whore,
about on the day tbe child wai killed,
nil that lu hla home a shirt from which
tolcs had been out was found, hat given
still mure baffling turn to the Stnyfeldt
mystery. .
THINK COREY
HAS QUIT JOB
New York. May 80.—The presence In this
city of Alva C. Dinkey, president of the
Carnegie Steel Company, baa revived tho
report that he will succeed IV. E. Corey
•a president of the United Statea Steel
Corporation.
In Wall street circles the Imprcaalon la
quite general that Mr. Corey bne placed
Ids resignation In the hands of tha direc
tor*. but It Is said In one well Informed
quarter that "
lo accept It.
On Your Savings
Compounded Twice a Year
The average balance for
each account in onr Savings
Department is $391.20,
As nearly all of these ac
counts were started with
small amounts—many with
one dollar—this high average
clearly indicates the success
of those who regularly save
a part of their income.
MADD0X-RUCKER
BANKING CO.
DONALD FRASER ENDS
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AFTER LONG ILLNESS.
NOBLE ROME WOMAN DIES,
Special fo The Georgian,
Rome, Go., May SO.-Lait evening at 7:»
«clock. Mrs. ’ “— • — ‘
lotfl- lllners.
sought health
bom# eighteen months ago but slightly ben-
Defore bar marriage, Mr,. Veal waa Mtoa
Fannie Manly, daughter of John F. Manly,
formerly of Augusta. Bnnrlvln* are a de-
voted husband and two daughters. Misses
Anna and Beheeca-Veal.
The funeral will l» held Friday morning
at St. Peter* chnrch. nod Interment wifi
be In Myrtle lllll cemetery.
J, Bara Veal died after *
fur two year* Mrs. Veal
1 In Asheville, and returns.!
J! I
In what rank shall the canal be classed _ ... . _ , _
connecting tbe Mississippi river and all its' Upshaw at Gosptl Tent,
trfbutnrlea with the Atlantic ocean upon 1
ith tbe Languedoc canal connecting the
Mediterranean with the Atlantic coasts ot
France,
With no other single canal In France, bnt
easily comparable with the entle 'canal
system of Trance, connecting every rlrcr
with every other rlrer, the difference he-
Ing that It require* a mileage of canals to
connect «,W> mile# of rlvera ft Franco,
nenriy equal to the entire rlrer mileage,
while our canal of about SM miles In length
concert* mor- — *“* —" -*
Ooniparabb
William D. Upshaw, editor of The
Oolffen Age. will speak at the new gos
pel tent, at Pulliam and Crumley
Streets. Thursday night at 8 o’clock.
The tent meetings are being conducted
by Rev. Sam W. Small, of the ISgie»ton
Memorial church, but Mr. Small will be
absent from the city Thursday.
• Senator Hale III.
Baltimore, Sld May M-Ualted Btote*
Meaator Eugene bale, .if Maine, to III at
ot’an^peraVlom “ ,he rt,ult
A’fter the moat prosperous year tn
the history of thd school, the Donald
Fraser has closed Its fourteenth ses
sion.
The following prizes were awarded:
First honor waa won by William Steele,
It., Lafayette, Ga., whoso yearly aver
age was 05.73. Tho second honor was
awarded to Clifford Cowles, Jr, De
catur, Ga., whose .average waa 95.41.
The American history medal, offered
by the George Muse Clothing Company,
Atlanta, was awarded to Wharton Me-
Jntyre, Corona, Ala.
Special credit Is due to Clifford
Cowles, who has for the fourth time
taken first or second honor In the
school.
Worthy of honorable mention are
William' Thlbadeau, Decatur; Eugene
Taylor, Summerville, Ga.; William Jen-
kins, Atlanta; Stacy Caper.1, Newnan,
Ga.; Edgar Walker, Quitman, Ga. To
these young gentlemen large credit is
due for the success of the school
monthly. Orange and Black, whoso last
issue Is a decided hit and a credit to
a much larger Institution than Donald
Fraser. •
With one exception, the entire facul
ty will be re-elected, Bon Lacy, Jr.,
haying resigned to go to Oxford, Eng
land, on a Rhodes' scholarship. Mr.
Lacy’s successor Will be Louis T.
Wildes, Jr., who comes to the school
with very high qualifications.
A largo number of the old student*
will return, and everything blda fair
to break all precedents for the coming
year.
ODD FELLOW EDIIQR
TO BE HONORED GUEST
Hon. William H. Barnes, formerly of
Atlanta, but now of San Francisco,
where he edits the oldest secret order
paper In the world,•’will he the honored
guest of the local lodge* of Odd Fel
lows and Rebckahs next Tuesday night.
In honor of his visit all the members
from every Odd Fellow and Rebekah
lodge In the.clty will meet In their hull,
corner Broad and Alabama utreets,
where Colonel Barnes will deliver an
address.
Colonel Barnes Is well known In
Georgia, where he took an active In
terest In secret order affairs before
his removnl to San Francisco. He to
past mnster of the Georgia Odd Fel
lows, and was tho first Georgia repre
sentative of the Odd Fellows to the
sovereign grand lodge, which met In
Baltimore Immediately after the Civil
War.
COUNTY EXHIBITS
PROMISE SUCCESS
Advices being received dally by Sec
retary Frank Weldon of the State Fair
Indicate that the display of county ex
hibits at the fair this year will be bet
ter, larger and more attractive than In
the history of elate fairs In Georgia.
It was learned Wednesday that J. W.
Fountain, one of tho largest and most
successful farmers In Gwinnett county,
will send down one of the flneat ex
hibits ever rent out of Gwinnett county
and will endeavor to have h!» county
secure the first premium. Mr. foun
tain runs a farm of 1,400 acre* and
he has already planted his various
crops with the vlow of making a P”**'
winning exhibit. It Is also probable
that there will he on excellent Indi
vidual exhibit from the lame couBb.
During the f.ilr In Atlanta ill 1905, Mr.
Fountain helped to make the Gwinnett
county display and It waa considered
one of the finest at the fair.
A meeting of the board of director*
of tho Fair Association waa held wed-
neaday morning at which aevernl mat
ters connected with the fair were dis
cussed. One of these was the propo
sition of a Chicago man to bring a hip
podrome, but no action wa* taken re
gardlng it
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