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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
THURSDAY. JULY 4, 1WT.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, Pre»ldent.
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OUR PLATFORM: THE GEORGIAN
AND NEWS stands for Atlanta’s own
ing Its own gas and electric light
plants; as It now owns Ita wntfr
works. Other cities do this and g»€
gas as low ns 60 cents, with a profit
to the city. This should be done at
once. THE GEORGIAN AND NKW8
believes that If street railways can lie
operated successfully by European
cities, as they arc, there Is no good
reason why they can not be so oper
ated here. Rut we do not believe this
can be done now, and It may be some
years before we are ready for so big
au undertaking. Still Atlanta aboum
set Its face In that direction NOW,
AN EFFORT TO SHELVE CULBERSON.
The rumor that Tho New York Sun is conducting a deflnlte and
personal cruiade throughout the South and Weat In behalf of Senator
Culberson for the presidency should be rocelved with grave concern by
the friends of the Texas statesman.
The New York Sun la the recognized organ and exponent of Pierpont
Morgan and Wall' street. When this paper, a confessedly stalwart Republi
can, goes out of Ita way to conduct a campaign for a Southern Democrat, It
is calculated to carry a deep and permanent Injury to every prospect of
that candidate’s success.
Wo sound the alarm here to The Houston Post, and to other friends
of the Texas statesman, that this destructive agency Is at work to the un
doing of Texas' favorite son.
For whether It be an earnest belief on the part of the Wall street
organ that Senator Culberson It as conservative as Alton B. Parker and
for this reason as desirable to vested Interests, or # whether The Sun Is
Impressed with the popularity and tho possible success of the Texas
senator and desires to crush him beneath the weight of Ita affirmative ad
vocacy. we do not know and It doea not matter.
We only know that every real friend of the Texas senator should re
pudiate any effort that comes from The New York Sun to kill Charles A.
Culberson by the . cruelty of Its championship.
If we can help The Houston Post In this emergency we shall be glad
to do so.
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made as often as desired.
The Bull Dog and the Children.
The savage and square-jawed ani
mal whose possession as a pet has
never yet been quite clear to our ap
preciation, is beginning to arouse a
protest among a great many thought
ful people who have no bull dog but
who have several children In their
possession.
The recent event In East Point and
other events scarcely less terrifying.
In tho city of Atlanta, have served to
call public attention to the menace
which exlets In the possession of these
powerful animals during these sultry
days.
A bull dog. when he cbooBes to be, la
one of the most dangerous of animals.
He Is without fear, and when ho see*
fit to take hold Is without surrender
and without remorse.
It took six men and a railroad aplke
to beat off a bull dog from a child In
East Point. It may take bb many at
any other time.
The owners of these grewsome pets
claim that a bull dog Is amiable to
ward Individuals and rarely attacks
those with whom he Is acquainted.
All of which may bo very true, but
wo are qonnt'lled to suggest tho fact
that the bull dog Is sometime* very
discriminating In the quality and
quantity of his friends, and sometimes
moat Ind'scrlmlnatlng In his disposi
tion to plant his teeth In the pants or
the throat of an Individual.
To Bay the least of It, those who
own bull dogs In thickly settled com
munities ought to exercise great care
In keeping them from doing harm.
Every bull dog ought to wear a mux-
sle, every hull dog should be kept In
chains or confinement, or perhaps bet
ter still, every bull dog should be com
pelled to give way to a pet equally aa
playful If not so bloody.
We trust that the bull dog fancier*
of Atlanta will remember the warn
ing made by the heated season that
is now upon us and that the children
and the parents may be protected
from the danger which comes from
the animal's change of temper and the
change of season.
Let us concede that the weather It
hot enough for us.
The prohibition wave seems to be
•weeping the country^
Only to think that Fairbanks, of all
men, should have given his name to a
cocktail.
The News and Courier is good
enough to think that there is enough
of Hoke Smith to divide between The
Georgian and The Journal.
Theodore Shonts announces that his
daughters must marry men who ac
complish things. He forgets the presi
dent Is not a widower.
'Col. George Harvey," of Harper's
Weekly, who has been pouring hot
shot into Mr. Roosevelt, comes back
from Europe to confess in his Journal
that the president is ths most popular
man In the world.
OUR CHARLESTON AND AUGUSTA CONTEMPORARIES.
Our esteemed and distinguished friend of The Augusta Herald aeems
much disturbed over the editorial Intimacy which exists between The
Georgian and The Charleston News and Courier.
We seriously regret to have aroused any protest 1n the bosom of'
one whom we esteem so highly and admire so much as We do the editor
of The Herald.
The fact Is that we really like. In these later days, The Chsrieston
News and Courier. Its editorial page Is one of the most thoughtful and
Interesting that cornea to this office. Wo agree with a great many of the
conclusions which the Charleston paper reaches, and on the other hand
we differ most radically and frankly from many of the opinions which It
sees lit to express.
But since the great American game of baseball has made ua more
nearly one with our brother Hemphill, we have not failed to note a mellow
ing of bis paper's policy, and an Increasing kindliness of Its attitude to
ward this city of Atlanta which it has always heretofore protested.
And wo do not hesitate to say that In these later and better days It
has come to be an equal pleasure to shiver a lance or to drink a lemonade
with the redoubtable Charlestonian who may not always carry our con
victions as to his wisdom but who never loses our respect for his absolute
sincerity and a certain consistency of bourbonlsm which has never brok
en and never changed since we have known him.
In equal measure we may say that we enjoy the brilliant and fear
less editorials of Tho Augusta Herald, and If we quote The Charleston pa
per oftener. It isn't that we love Phlnlzy loss or Hemphill more, but be
cause the foil of distance, tho clash of steel across the border line, seems
to give a little more of pungency to controversy and of pleasure to agree
ment.
PUT SOUTHERN BRED NEGROES IN CHARGE.
It Is a very Interesting decision of the Nashville board of education
to employ only native born and native bred negroes as teachers In the
colored schools of that city.
We see plainly the basis of this determination among the Tennes
see authorities.
As The Knoxville Sentinel well says, a Southern negro educated un
der tho Influences of the Southern white man and brought up In a
Southern environment la Inoculated, so to speak, with Southern senti
ments and impulses. He has a conception of the true relations existing
between the Southern white man and the negro, and he knows by ex
perience and training that bo should keep within the limitations of this
relation.
Ths Northern negro, on the contrary, is permeated with many fool
ish Ideas, many false notions and conceptions coming from the foolish
philanthropy of tho North, of the treatment that should bo accorded from
the white man to the negro and from tho negro to tho white man in the
South.
We have no doubt that much damage has been done to the establish
ment of a proper relation among the races by the thoroughly unwise and
sectional conceptions which these Northern teachers, white and black,
bring down to teach the mass of their fellow negroes in tho South.
We nro progressing now in respect to the race question under some
favorable and promising conditions. We should be greatly loth to have
these conditions, Illy established as they sre. unsettled In their progress
by the unreal and unnatural Ideas promulgated by negro educators who
are trained In Northern schools.
It la the policy of this soctlon of the country to give tho negro a com
plete elementary education coupled with manual training in lines to
which the Individual Is best adapted aud this with a view to tho negro's
earning his livelihood.
But we may be sure that If our schools are fitted entirely with ne
groes or with white people who come hero filled with tho conception of
social equality and of personal equality, our best efforts will be brought to
uaught and our race problem so far from approaching a possible solution
Is likely to drift more and more Into antagonism and chaos.
Wo shall watch the Nashville experiment with more than ordinary In
terest and are Inclined to think that it may pffer an admirable suggestion
of policy to the educational power* of Georgia and the South.
Democracy and the Railroad Problem
Writing In Collier's for July «, on Democracy and the Railroad Prob
lem. United Stines Senator Charles A. Culberson, of Texas, snys:
The future of the Democratic party depends upon Its adherence to Its
fundamental principles. If there be anything whatever In the utterances of
Its founder. If there be anything In Its traditions and history. If there be
anything In tho philosophy of Its profession and action for more than a cen
tury. the party must oppose paternalism and centralization.
Paternalism Is that theory which would Intrust to government the
business of the citizen. It comprises not only paternalism proper, but It
Involves the perversion of the functions of government from public to pri
vate ends. Centralization Is iho theory which would augment the powers of
the stnte governments by encroachments upon the rights of tho people and
the political subdivisions of the states, and that theory which would Clothe
the Federal government with powers not delegated to It by the constitution.
Great as has been the offense of the Republican party In fostering
paternalism, In perverting tho functions of government, and In encouraging
centralization of power under state and Federal authority any single prop
osition In Its history Is as naught when compared with the policy of gov
ernment ownership and operation of all railways, which wus tlrst proposed
as a party measure by the 1'opullst party and Its predecessors. Nor did tho
Federalist party ever propose a measure so radical and far-reaching. Not
only would It work a dangerous centralisation of power, both In the state
and Federal governments, creating millions of additional partisan offices and
controlling at the outset, through political machinery, more than fifteen bll-
Uuns of wealth, but this measure eint odlea the most advanced and aggra
vated form of paternalism ever seriously offered In a free government, ex
cept perhaps ite Populist companion measure, the subtreasury. Much as I
respect and admire and honor some who advocate this dogma, 1 con not
conceive that the future of the Democratic party lies along this path. It
could only lead to party stultification, and to the corruption, subversion
and destruction of Its vital principles. Such a doctrine. Indeed, Implies and
presupposes that the principles of the party are unsulted to the tlmee; that
Individualism Is gone; that centralization Is-wise, and that the govern
ment Is best which governs most. As tho doctrine Is based upon the prop,
nsltlon that public ownership Is necessary wherever competition Is Im
practicable, Its logical and ultimate end Is government ownership and op
eration of every business susceptible of monopoly, whether of carrier, pro
ducer. or dealer, and this Is the essence of Socialism. •
The hone and the future of the party rest, rather. In the preservation of
Its ancient landmarks and the maintenance of Its organic faith. These In
clude the control and regulation of all public utilities and all property
charged with a public use and trust, and If courageously applied they will be
found equal to every emergency which con confront us as a people. Instead,
therefore, of turning to new and foreign dogmas, let us lift up the old ban
ner. and declare old-fashioned truths. These truths are at the very root and
foundation of free Institutions, and through them alone can the government
which the fathers conceived be preserved and maintained, and Uie future of
the Democratic party be assured.
COURT SCENE 10 YEARS HENCE
The prisoner took his place upon the witness stand. A careless smile
played upon his lips at he took a cigarette from his mouth and blew the
i-moke In the Judge’k face—that worthy coughing violently much to the
merriment of the court room.
"Upon what grounds." the prisoner was asked, "did you shoot up
tills man, his wife and four children?"
“What else could 1 do?” petulantly asked the one on trial. “A cer
tain fnan told a friend of mine who In turn told me thht .this man had
said my dog was killing his chickens—and so I went for him and his fam
ily with a gun."
"I can prove," shouted the prosecuting attorney, "that this man here
had no dog. and the other fellow never owned a chicken In his life. I—’’
. "That has nothing to do with tho case.” replied the Judge, "we must
bass our proceedings upon what the prisoner heard—not upon what act
ually happened.”
“Not guilty," remarked the foreman of the Jury ten minutes later.
—The Tennessean.
Some Watchwords For Democratic Success
By EX-SENATOR E. W. CARMACK, of Tennessee, In Hsrper's Weekly.
To regain power the Democratic party must be courageous and demo
cratic. It must be brave enough to Bay what It thinks, and brave enough
not to say what It doea not think. Boldness In the wrong la stronger than
timidity In the right. The party that has the audacity of Its wickedness
will triumph over the party that has not even the courage of Its convictions.
The time la ripe for a renascence of the constitution, and. therefore, for
a campaign that will present the fundamentals of Democratic faith.
A strict—or let us rather say an honest and faithful—construction of
the constitution, which, being Interpreted, Is, "The support of our state
governments In all their rights, as the most competent administrations for
our domestic concerns and the surest bulwark against antl-Republlcan tend
encies.
“The preservation of the general government In Its whole constitu
tional vigor, as the sheet-anchor of our peace at horn eand our eafety
abroad." i
To resist with the utmost energy every unconstitutional axtension of
Federal power aa against the statee, and of the executive power as against
other departments of the government.
In our foreign policy to keep well within the "shadow of our rock-
safety," the counsels of Washington and the maxims of Jefferson.
To cast out the devil of militarism from the councils of the nation and
the hearts of the people, and to put aside all dreams of conquest and co
lonial empire.
To make legitimate uee of all the powers of the Federal government to
suppress monopoly, but so as not to give countenance and support to the
deadliest monopoly of all—the monopoly of power In the government at
Washington.
Rigidly to regulate and restrain the great railroad corporations, which,
being natural monopolies, have a power or oppression too great to leave un
checked—but disclaiming any sympathy for the policy of government own
ership of the railways.
To Institute a wise economy In public expenditures.
Resolutely to set about a reformation of the tariff with the ultimate
purpose to make revenue the only object of taxation.
Such, It seems to me, should be the policy of the Democratic party, and
such should be the Issues of the next campaign.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
—AND—
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS
Army Orders.
Washington, D. c., July 4.—Captain
Edgar A. Fry, Thirteenth infantry,
from transport Sherman, to report to
commanding general, department of
California, for duty pending arrival
Thirteenth Infantry at San Francisco.
First Lieutenant Samuel R. Gleaves,
first cavalry, detailed to attend en
campment First and Second regiments,
national guard of Tennessee, at Wa-
verly, July 16, and edcampment Third
infantry, national guard of Tennessee,
near Knoxville, August 6.
Resignation of Chaplain Paul T.
Brockmann, Twenty-ninth Infantry,
accepted to take effect September 1.
Corporal Edward Ward and Private
Joseph E. Barrett, signal corps, Fort
Wood, report to chief signal officer at
Washington. Captain Michael J. Lent-
hun, general staff, detailed to report
joint army and militia coast defense
exercises, July 15, In the artillery dis
trict of New London.
Navy Orders.
Rear Admiral Q. C. Reiter, to he
placed on retired list, July 6; Captain
A. P. Naxro, detached Brooklyn, to
command Wabash; Lieutenant Com
mander C. M. McCormick, detached
navy yard, Mare Island, to bureau of
ordnance, navy department.
Movements of Vessels.
ARRIVED—July 2, Yankton, at navy
yard, New York; Prairie, at League
Island; Des Moines at Eastport, Me.
SAILED—July 2, Talbot and Manly,
from League Island for Annapolis;
July 2, Glacier from Cape Cod bay
for Tompkinsvllle; Brutue, from Tomp-
klnsvllle for Newport News; Yankton,
from North River for navy yard, New
York; Lebanon, from Bradford for
Lambert's Point.
Truxton ordered detached second
torpedo flotilla and assigned to reserve
torpedo flotilla; Lawrence ordered
commissioned at navy yprd, League
Island, and assigned to second torpedo
flotilla.
HERE COMES AN “ANTI.”
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Referring to the proposed legislation
prohibiting the sale of Intoxicating
liquors within the state, I am not in
favor of any such law, as It has been
thoroughly demonstrated time and time
again that prohibition does not pro
hibit, and If. therefore, the proposed
bill Is passed the revenues of this and
other cities In the state will be se
riously depleted without any good re
sults being accomplished.
With the object, however, of reduc
ing to the minimum the evils which
have heretofore resulted from the op
portunities given the laboring class,
and particularly the colored race, to
Indulge In Intoxicant*, I am much In
favor of restricting the sale thereof
to a .greater extent than at present, and
beg, therefore, to submit the follow
ing suggestions:
1. That no licenses for the sale of
Intoxicants be Issued to Independent
saloons or barrooms.
2. That licenses for the sale of in
toxicants be issued only to orderly con
ducted hotels or Inns, permission being
given them to operate a bar In con
nection therewith.
3. That the operation of barrooms In
connection with hotels or Inns be re
stricted as follows:
One barroom only to be permitted
to each 2,000 of the population of the
cities or towns in which located.
In towns of less than 10.000 popu
lation the hotels or inns In which bar
rooms are operated to embrace not
less than ten sleeping rooms.
In cities of over 10.000 and less than
25.000 population the hotels In which
barrooms are operated to embrace not
less than fifteen sleeping rooms.
In cities of over 25,000 and less than
50.000 the hotels to embrace not less
than twenty sleeping rooms.
And in cities of over 50,000 not less
than twenty-live sleeping rooms.
AU hotels or Inns operating barrooms
to be subject to rigid Inspection, to
see that they are conducted In an or
derly and cleanly manner, both as to
their sleeping rooms, dining rooms and
barrooms, authority being given to the
mavor or other properly authorised of.
tidal In each community to revoke li
censee when conducted otherwise.
I believe this plan can be worked
successfully, and that the effect would
be to practically do away with the chief
objections to the sale of Intoxicants
which at present exist.
A. MADDISON.
to nlnrm the stnte. If this trial nnd ver«
diet establish a precedent in Virginia, here
after when n woman charges a man with
nti offense ngnlnst her honor, snd relates It
to n male member of the family nnd so In
flames his pssslou as to cause n "brain
storm," such a man will be Justified In
slating the person accused. It will matter
not whether the woman’s story be trap or
false; whether It be an exaggeration or a
pure Invention. Not a word of testimony
can be lntcnduced in court to Impench the
witness. The only thing necessary will be
to make the Jury believe that she told such
a story to tho prisoner at the bar nnd that
the shock of it deprived hint of bis reason
for the moment. If the prisoner was once
a drunkard nnd had Injured his brain and
weakened hla will power by strong drink,
so much the better for bla case. He will
bo less responsible in law than otherwise
he would have been.
Can any doctrine more dangerous than
this he Imagined? It Is simply astounding.
We have the Southern Instinct. We un
law.
If this doctrine he accepted In Virginia
it wilt be Impossible to convict any man
who has murdered another, provided only
he can Induce some woman in his family
to swear In court that abe told him the
necessarily Involved? If ft man bears from
any source n charge ngnlnst another which
so enrages him as to produce a brain storm,
whether the story be true or not, he Is jus
tified In committing murder.
This must not be the practice In Virginia.
We are carrying the "unwritten law" and
the doctrine’ of irresponsibility to absurd
and dangerous extremes. Public sentiment
must bo aroused and crystallized, nnd there
must lie a radical revision' of the criminal
law by the next legislature.
A LARGE EMORY IN SPIRIT.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Your editorial yesterday on "College Pres
idents nnd the Confidence of Students’’
should lie read by every nlumnun of every
Georgia college, nnd especially by every
itlumnus of Emory College. It Is an old
saying worthy of all acceptation nnd appli
cation that no administration can succeed
In the highest sense which falls to hind
with great, strong tendons of mnnly affec
tion nnd respect The student l»ody and the
faculty to the personality of the executive.
No amount of Intellect or ability in any line
can atone for the lark of n warm human
friendship between n college president nnd
his boys. I bindings null finances do not
compare to this Itesutlful relation. If this
inability to attract the trust and devotion
of the student body lie present, the training
of toys Into strong, capable, good men de-
B clienttes Into the hearing of lessons aud
le observance of rules.
Whenever tills friendly fellowship be
tween president nnd teachers nnd students
Is lacking the power of the college to hold
nnd highly Influence students is sadly ah-
sent, and after graduation the alumni do
uot exhibit th« greatest affection nnd love
for their alma mater. The same general
facts apply to the relation between n presi
dent and fill faculty. There must be on af
fectionate rcgnrd nnd respect nnd unified
purpose ns to the policy of an Institution,
and when these are lacking the relation I*
unhnnp.v nnd tin Wise.
Differences In snlrlt are hard to define;
they are more deflnlte unspoken than spo
ken. better felt tbau uttered. We know
that the spirit of a tnnn la tho unified pur
pose snd tendency of his speech and acts
that give a constant direction to bis life.
We think it Is evident that n man or an
Institution may b# progreaalve nnd decent
at the same time, may live-In the spirit of
the age, and still be religions. Progress
doea uot mean evil, neither doea the wor
ship of custom or the pursuit of tradition
mean righteousness. Not slothful in spirit
means progress. There are hundreds of
alumni who want their alnta mater to mold
opinion as well as follow the beaten paths
of custom for custom's sake alone; to gen
erate in her students and alumni a wonder
ful spirit of lore and enthusiasm for their
college and teachers, and president, and
finally, to lessen the momentum of tradi
tion. Human sympathy !* better than nar
rowness. the heart of the student body
better than ail their books, and love for
teachers and president argues more than
perfect lessons for future manhood.
No college In Georgia doea better work
thnn Emory; very few In the South hnve
better buildings or equipment: her students
are graduated with trained minds; her sons
have gone to many lands nnd honored many
nations; from her hare come ninny great
nnd holy lives, and the state of Georgta
bolds her as n great possession. AU these
things nre true, nnd yet Emory needs added
unto her a larger spirit, nnd we are hoping
for a larger Emory in service aud in spirit.
In material resources she has done well; In
spirit she must broaden and widen and
love, mold oniulnn and not so often follow
tradition: enlarge her mental and spiritual
scope and view; live more with the spirit of
the day nnd lean with that of other days,
and keen her heart beating In manly sympa
thy with the Btroag young hearts «f her
Let us bops for a larger Emory In fellow
ship and in spirit,
. AN EMORY ALUMNUS.
Atlanta, Ga., July 4. 1907.
BRAKEMAN STRIKE
QUICKLY SETTLED
Savannah. Ga., July 4.-VThe strike of
fifty Seaboard Afr Line brakemeu for high
er wages, declared when they quit work
last night, was settled before midnight at
a conference between officials and a com
mittee of the strikers.
INDEPENDENCE
A few patriots signed the Declaration of Inde
pendence; a small army won the victory for our
Republic; but millions today celebrate with pride
and pleasure the glorious heritage of liberty. *
However, in these commercial days a man can
best win his independence by establishing his cred
it and accumulating a good bank account, which will
be enjoyed by himself and in . after years make
grateful the family he leaves behind.
The Maddbx Rucker Banking Company cordial
ly invites new accounts, both commercial and savings
WHY LIMITS OF ATLANTA
SHOULD NOT BE EXTENDED
AS AT PRESENT PROPOSED
To the Editor of-The Georgian:
I want to submit tho following reasons
why ths city limits of Atlanta should not
bo extended as proposed:
1. The tax rate or the assessment must
be raised to provide the present nnd new
territory with sewers, wafer mains, lights,
schools, police, street paving, fire protec
tion nnd snnltury service.
2. The rity Jms recently voted water
bonds for the sum of 1350.000, but only two
wards, the sixth and eighth, voted to sus
tain them. The Other six wards fnjled to
sustnlu them. Hence no bond Issue can be
relied upou to furnish money for the cry
ing needs of the greater Atlanta.
1 The manufacturing Interests should not
Ite forced to pay city taxes; neither should
the bnilders of homes lu the, suburbs be
taken Into the city against their will. The
owntug of suburban homes should l>e en
couraged, rather than discouraged, by fore
lug city taxes upon the owners.
4. Suburban communities which oppose
annexation should bo dealt with In a demo
cratic way; the people should be allowed
to vote upon the question; If annexed, they
will be component parts of the city. •
5. The annexed territory must be repre
sented in counrll, nnd there may be some
very active members from the new wards.
Tbev tuny get more thnn tlielr sbnre of the
city s tnoney. For'example, consider West
the taxes obtained from the new ter
ritory for the next five years will be spent
upon said territory, and not elsewhere, on
prolmsed. why not postpone annexation?
7. If. na many think, the state will have
a prohibition law after 1907 and the 1 quor
licenses will be discontinued, the Greater.
Atlanta will be Impossible on account of
lack of funds to sustnlu her. Indeed, the
revenues of the city at present are not suf
ficient to meet the reasonable demands of
the several wards. Why not await the ac
tion of the legislature on that subject **'
fore taking on 32 squnro miles of new ter-
^f^Ench town proposed hi the annexation
scheme has stipulated th, * t f t W,!
never be told nor manufactured within
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
(From The Chicago News.)
All Isn’t singing that la gurgled.
Even the beat phraies of a flatterer aome-
tlmea fall flat.
Never Judge a woman’s brilliancy by the
brlghtueas of her hair.
Running for office costs almost as much
at ruunlng an automobile.
Our Idea of a charming woman Is one who
is Ignorant of her chnrma.
When a man has a good Job he should
take out a fire Insurance policy.
The better acquainted a man Is with him
self the harder it is to fool him.
Figures may not lie, but they are capable
of being judggled by crooked accountants.
Some men do not care to take vacation
trips because their wives insist on going
along.
her influence.
Yon may have noticed that one girl no
•ooner breaks a man’s heart tbau another
comes along and bandages it up.
The first step toward a widow’s second
trip to ihe matrimonial altar ts her an
nouncement that the will uever marry
agulu. v
If a man knows that other people are not
any bigger fools tbau he is be knows nil
ulHJut human nature that Is worth buorlng.
S n bis wedding day the average nmu
ika ho is getting a peach, but In slier
years he may discover that he plucked a
< !o “« don't mind getting It In tbe
neck If their nelghhnrs jet It Just n, hard.
Every man la entitled to a limited nnmher
of faulte, but uioet men ezered their limit.
When u min la reslly and truly In lore
ha thinks there la but one woman In tha
world.
Many more men would buy guM bricks
If they were to l« had on the Installment
plan.
wife's relations.
loot* at first sight is easy, but few people
can stand the teat of a long-drawn-out ac
quaintance.
It l« only nutnral that we should loam to
crawl l>efore we walk, hut some men never
get beyond the crawling stage.
BRlTISHLOmiS -
MAY CLOSE DOWN
Manchester, England, July 4.—The sud
den Jump lu cotton prices following the
pessimistic crop estimate In • the United
Rtatcs may result in a practical paralysis
of the Lancashire cotton Industry.
There has Iwen acute depression among
the wearers for two mouths, and higher
pricet may cause the cloving of all mills.
In the Burnley district, arrangements are
made to ck**e down a fortnight this month,
and It may be prolonged all the summer.
their limits. Is not the question of pro
viding funds for those towus a serious mat
ter?
9. Whv does Decatur desire annexation?
Does she expect to give more In taxes
than she will get from Atlanta?
10. Is not n well-governed, cleanly, henlthv
city with good streets nnd low tax rate
better thou a city of large area, covering
miles of vacant lands, with poor street*,
no lights, no water, uo schools? The county
furnishes schools, keeps good roads, mount
ed police and a low tax rate.
11. Tho citv of Des Moines, Iowa, has a
tax rate of 48.20 upon a 25 per cent valua
tion with 64 squnre miles—Atlanta's tax
rate is 41.25 upon a 60 per rent valuation
with 12 square miles of territory. Rood
this statement encourage tbe comiug of
manufacturers?
12. It Is submitted that Atlanta should
encourage the building of suburban home*,
free of city taxes. If water Is supplied,
tbe rate to them Is double that charged
to residents of the city, and they pay for
laying ths pipe: there Is n large profit to
the city In this Item. The city Ts at no ex-
pense whatever for police, lights, sewers,
schools or anything else. On the contrary,
your suburbanite is usually a tax payer
upon hts business in tbe city and upon hla
city realty. He should lie encouraged to
own large lots upon which his homo Is
built.
13. It la submitted that only thickly set
tled sections should be annexed, for the
purposes of sanitation, police protection
and other city advantages.
14. What doea Atlanta gnJn by acquiring
32 square miles of territory, most of which
Is not settled? Our city Is growing apace
now. ’TIs well to int her grow naturally
an cl keep on growing. Such a boom growth
as-expanding nearly four times her present
area at one liound Is apt to prove a boom-
defer action on the annexation till two or
three years hence, nnd submit the matter
of the extension to a vote of tho people
Interested? TAX-PAYER.
OF JULT FOURTH
Young Man Fired Revolver
Thinking Bullets Were
Blanks.
b>w York, July 4.—Tbe exhuberance of
two young raeu celebrating the Fourth It
regnrdeq by the police aa responsible for
the death early today of Xlmpa Glronznnte,
aged 19, a talloresa, while she was dress
ing to go to work.
She was standing In front of a mirror
when two shots were fin'd suddenly. One
bullet struck tbe girl In the forehead, and
ahe died without uttering a word. Tbs
second bullet pnssed over the beads of two
others girls, still in bed, and burled itself
In the wall.
The police will hold nil .the occupants of
the house for witnesses. It Is supposed
that one of the two young meg with rooms
across the hall fired the revolver, thinking
It was filled with blanks. Both of then
got away before the arrival of the police.
IDENTIFIED NEGRO
AS ASSAILANT
Richmond, Vs., July 4.—Frank Al
len. colored, who Is alleged to have
attempted an assault upon Mrs. Har-
vie Calls, a young married woman,
near South Hill on Monday, wa,
brought to tlila city for esfe keeping
last night. Allen, who wa, arrested
between Lacross and Skelton, wa,
trffiight to South Hill for the purpeto
of Identification by Ihe young woman.
A large crow d had gathered at the
station, Mrs. Calls, however, withheld
her Identification until the train bear
ing the negro was safely on Ite way to
Richmond. Allen was Identified by
both Mr,. Call, and a negro youth.
GEORGIA - INVENTORS
GRANTED PATENTS
Washington, July 4.—R. W. Bishop,
l’« tent attorney, report, the l,«u- of
the following patents to resident, of
Georgia and Alabama:
Cotton harvester, Clifton Corley, At
lanta, Ga.; qttacbmont for fireplaces
W. H. Daniel, Bessemer, Ale.; eye
glasses, I. M. Schwab, Savajinah, Ga.;
saw clamp, J. W. Douglas, Augus'a.
Ga.; pencil sharpener, W. A. Besson.
AshvlUe, Ala.; alr-broke mechanism.
G. H. Boswell, Albany, Ga.; • priming
press, B. W. Morgan, Atlanta, Ga., as
signor to simplex Press Company,
sumo place; broomshleld, John Papp*.
Atlanta, Ga,; brush for cotton gin*
'"homas Brantley, Albany, Oa.; hall-
apllce, W. H. Lewis, Sylvester, Os;
i ut lock, M. P. Morrison, Atlanta. On.;
washing machine J. W. Bedlnsheld,
Florence, Ala.: guard for edge, of con-
uete paving, William Crenshaw, At
lanta, Go., and short turning gear,
A. Reed, Fitzgerald, Ga.
“MONKEY HOUSE”
CARUSO DECORATED
London. July 4.—Conferring tho royal <1** ]
fre* of tbe Victorian onler on Enrico *-»•
raw*, the noted tenor, by Kin* Edward »
regarded lu wrnie quarter* here a* M
anawer of England to the abnae heap*-*
upon the Italian alnger In New York,
be waa arrested on account of tfel fawow
• monkey house’’ Incident.