Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, August 14, 1907, Image 6
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
•VEDNESDAY. AUGUST 14, ldOT.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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AND NEWS stands for Atlanta'* own
ing Its own gas and electric light
plants, os It uow own# It# water
works. Other cities do this and get
gas ss low ns CO cents, with u profit
to the city. This should be done st
once. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS
I relieves that If street railways can be
operated successfully by European
cities, as they are. there Is no good
reason why they can not be so oper
ated here. But we do not Iielleve this
can be done now, and It may l»o some
year* before we are ready for #o big
as undertaking. Htlll Atlanta should
set Its fsce In that direction NOW.
A Fan’s Just Complaint.
The "fan" public unquestionably
boa Just cause for complaint against
the management of the Atlanta Base
ball Park In such Instances as that
referred to In a communication on the
sporting page of this Usue. The cir
cumstances are correctly related, so
far as the principle Involved Is con
cerned. The management has no
moral right to refuse to allow Us pa
trons to pass out and In tho gates In
search of shelter from the rain, when
it falls to provide means for such
shelter within the grounds. It makes
no difference whether the company
haa a self-made rule that the public
ahall not pass out and In the gates
during a game, nor la It material that
this rule Is made and enforced to
safeguard the soft drink concessions
at the park. The presumption Is that
the management It primarily engaged
In the business ot furnishing amuse
ment to the public at so much per
head. This presumption Is not com
patible with the policy of forcing pa
trons to endure a driving rain In the
bleachers, because, forsooth, they
only pay two bltB for the privilege of
seeing the game. They willingly
forego the luxury of shade In order
to witness the great national sport,at
a prices they can afford, but this does
not Involve a sacrifice of acting upon
occasion on the great primal instinct
of self-preservation. No sane man
will contend that a bleacher patron,
when he purchases a ticket for 25
cents, knowing that the seat he la to
occupy is unshaded from the aun.
agrees also to alt itiplnely throughout
a driving rain, with the dire conse
quences that It threatens to health, to
say nothing of the bodily discomfort.
Our laws do not require a man ac
cused of crime to prove his Inno
cence. The prosecution lias to prove
bis guilt, and If It falls to do so he is
legally Innocent. Many distinguished
captains of industry have to thank
this legal presumption for their pres
ent ability to view the scenery or the
Hudson from the quarter decks of
their steam yachts instead of through
grated windows.—Samuel E. Moffett
in Collier's.
The English language affords more
than one way of saying a man's a
thief and ought to be In tbe peniten
tiary.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
(From The Chicago News.)
Experience teaches a few and fools
many.
A girl with pretty teeth wilt laugh
at any old Joke.
Only a woman Is capable of Irons-
forming a yawn Into a smite.
Too many people deny themselves the
eemforts of life fn order to pile up on es
tate for a bunch of dissatisfied heirs to
fight over.
Many a man's good Intentions are
due to the headache next morning.
There Is more or less charity In tlte
heart of every man—usually lesa
Unless a man has sense In his head
It Is difficult to keep dollars In his
pocket.
A woman realties that she Is getting
the wont of an argument with her
husband when he refuses to become
excited.
When a married man brings home a
box of candy Instead of a box of otgan,
his wife Imagines that he has been
doing Something he Is nshamej of.
Women say that men are all alike, hut
•hen two men full In lore wlib the same
wouiao a dlffea-uce sooa exists hetweeu.
THE HOURS THAT ARE LEFT.
[Fully realizing that possibly a large majority of the people
at large—and especially our wives and mothers—are not deep
ly Interested In political matters, and hence may tire of their
treatment so fully from day to day. The Georgian wishes to re
mind tnem that the laws wo live under, and that affect our wom
en even more than they do the men, are made by our friends
wtfio, from ypar to year, come hero for that purpose. '.Vc apol
ogize to the good womon for what may seem to them too much
attention to matters In which they are not Interested, but we
indulge tbe hope that they will take time to study a little more
fully the meaning and merits of the laws of our state and na
tion and the making of them.]
The time left for action by our General Assembly has now
reached a matter of hours. Very little has been FINISHED,
though much has been DONE. Extra sessions are always to be
avoided if possible without serious neglect of the public welfare;
$2,000 a day for an. extra session is a lot of money. The state
needs it. We can ill afford to spend tho money that we have
worked ao hard to provide. And yet we believe it is the opinion
of the best people of the state—and these are the great majority—
that we need the laws we have set out to get even more than we
need the money -an extra session will cost.
The measures that are pending will mean not only money, but
more than money. The principal ones will give the state more
money indirectly—practically all of them will give us more hap
piness. And there i% not an important measure pending that, as
a whole, would not give to the people of Georgia, both white and
black, more happiness and greater comfort if enacted into law.
Then, gentlemen, why npt be as brief as you can and wipe the
slate by Saturday. If you have nothing vital to offer for or
against a measure, don’t use tho valuable time that is costing the
state nearly $7 a minute. Weigh well your words, and see if they
are worth the price to the populace.
We believe your own people, for whom you are working, will
love you more for saving to their homes and farms the sum that
must come out of taxes to hold an extra session, if, when you can
not materially add to the success of measures, you be silent, than
if you use the golden minutes in an unnecessary effort to prove
your fidelity to your constituents.
A man consuming an hour that costs Georgia over $600 in talk
ing nonsense about dogs, just because some one crossed him,
ought to get a bill from the state for the amount, with interest.
Make hay now, good friends, and there Vfon't be any need
of an extra session.
AMERICA IS UNRIPE FOR
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP,
SA Y CIVIC LEA GUE EXPER TS
(From the LItsrary Digest)
That a committee of twenty experts cities to secure a blfher type of public senr/
chosen by the National Civic Federation
should be able to make an exhaustive inves
tigation of municipal ownership In the
United States .and Great Britain without
coming to any definite recommendation for
or against It seems to some a lame and
Impotent conclusion. “The wonderful con
clusions of these wonderful coucluders do
not seem to get us any forrader." remarks
mo editorial writer of the New York Even-
"If they had brought out any kind of pauu-
ceu with ii great flourish," says the New
York Evening Post, "sober people would
have distrusted them," while as It Is, their
from M. E. Ingalls, railroad magnate,
D. J. Kesfe, president of the International
Longshoremen's Association, with editors,
college professors, lighting experts, and
others between. Yet they all were able to
agreo upon the report, save two who made
some modification#, and one who wrote n
separate report of bis own. Tho most Im
portant point In the main report is the
opinion tnnt municipalities should operate
whatever affects the health of their people,
but should not go into municipal trading,
where revenue, nud not health, la tbe main
object. To quote from tne report:
"We are or the opinion that a public util
ity which concerns the health of the cltl-
sens should not be left to Individuals, where
the temptation of profit might produce dis
astrous results, and therefore It Is our
HELP THE TECH, GENTLEMEN OF THE SENATE 1
It Is to bo hoped that when tho Senate reaches that part of the gen
eral tag act which provides for appropriations for state educational In
stitutions, It will give the Tech.the Increased amount asked for—If nec-.
essary amending It a little to thnt end.
The House of Representatives has given the Tech all the money
it seems to think the state can stand, and possibly all that could be ex
pected of that body under tho circumstances. Some of the leaders who
wore unwilling that Tech have more iiBcd the argument that each grad
uate from that school cost the stato $1,000, while the public schools re
ceived from tho state but $2.40 per child.
Now, let's see about that.
As a matter of fact, the 562 boys at Tech cost the state less than
$100 a year each. The state's $2.40 per capita to the children of tho
state'Is tho amount they get year after year, during their school life.
However, all children who are of school age do not attend school;
hence these figures used by our friends do not represent the case. But
suppose they did—the children represented In the $2.40 per capita fund
are all the children, the majority of whose education reaches Its maxi
mum In the "three R's.” If, then, our friends who would, to tho great
disadvantage of tho School of Technology, make the odious comparison
of $100 for a few years of higher training against tho amount the chil
dren of the stato receive from It for rudimentary education, then It Is
.only fair to place both products side by side.
A caso In point:
Only a few weeks ago we had tho pleasure of a visit to our own
great Exposition Cotton Mill (which, by the way, la tbe highest rated
mill In the South, being rated 200), with one of tbe boys the Tech had
educated. ThlB young man, the son of a widowed mother and of one ot
our best Oeorgla families, Invited us. with a degreo of pardonable pride,
to see one of the most marvelous machines used In the cotton Indus
try—the mechanical knotter. One stands In utter amazement before the
little device. No words can expross one's thoughts, as In nine minutes
this little wizard ties nearly throe thousand knots that have always re
quired a minimum of live hours by hand. Regardless ot tho argument
that It takes work from the girls, wo have only to deal with the argu
ment that our Northern competitors have them to our disadvantage, and
we may not expect to bring trade to Oeorgla If we alt and do by hand
In five hours what Is being done In tho rich mills of New England In nine
minutes with this machine. But to the point: This machine, so mar
velous, costing $5,000, was demonstrated and Installed In perfect work
ing order by this splendid son of Tech. He knew every bolt and screw
and felt every motion of tho machine, and Its successful operation In
this, our home mill, was due to the brain and the schooling ot this
Tech boy.
Somebody says, "Yes, but wasn’t It a Northern firm, and tbe Inven
tion of a Northern man, and didn't tho $5,000 go out of the 8011th?"
Yes. just so. The looms themselves all came from New England;
some of the carding machines, from England; the luppers from Rhode
Island, and even some of the long staple used tor certain purposes,
from Egypt. But whfit of that? Results are what we are after, and
here Is where the young man figured, nnd where the Tech figured In the
man. The mnchlncs In question are Intricate—very delicate—Being 250
knots n minnte In slender yarns and doing It far better than can be done
by hand. There Is always a great deni of difficulty In the Introduction
of such devices In now territory, and especially In the South, where good
mechanics nroTiot abundant. One of the greatest difficulties Is to get
men to treat Innovations of this kind without prejudice. Here comes our
young man, with home traditions, home considerations, home character
istics, nnd endowed with the best knowledge a man ever absorbed from
a school of learning. He doesn't simply know the little branch of the
business with which he Is directly conceived—he knows all the intricate
processes of the cotton mill. He knows the causo of trouble with cer
tain products. He knows tho habits, the hopes and the cares of the
people he Is sent to servo, and he bends every effort to make the de
vices with which he deals to succeed and accomplish their end.
Better than all. he Is fitted to take the workman, who has never
seen such a piece of mechanism, and train his hand to operate It suc
cessfully, and thus avoid the necessity of Importing a man from another
section to do something ho otherwise could not do, and take the money
out of tho' hand of our native artisan. In a word, he la of our own
blood and hone, nnd possessing the Intelligent training equal to that of
any man In the world, he does good in a thousand ways and brings ben
efits. dividends and fair wages, where, In our Inability to educate auch
young men, we would be absolutely at the mercy of more favored) sec
tions. with little hope of over rising above ourselves.
What tills young man docs in his line, every boy .on whom the
Tech bestows its Godspeed Is doing In a greater or lesser degree la the
South today.
■ By no process of reasoning can you estimate the Tech'* claim on the
state by the dollars-and-cents comparison that prompts some of orir
good friends to discriminate against the school. It Is not a question cf
a Tech boy against a school child In the country In so far as tho cle
ment of personal selfishness or the Idea of the lion's share enters Into
It. The Tccf hoy does get more from the stato than the one who docs
not matriculate there, but the selfishness. If any. Is not on the boy's
port. It should be selfishness for the state who needs the Tech boy In
Us business, and If sentiment and every other consideration but state
selfishness bo eliminated, tbe Tech graduate is tho best investment
Georgia ever made.
erateil by the publ...
“We imve come to the conclusion that
municipal ownership oJ public utilities
should not tie exlemled to revenue-produc
ing Industries wblcb do not Involve the
public benlth, the public safety, public
rsniportntlou, or tbe permanent occupation
>f public streets or grounds, and thnt ntu-
ilcfpst operation should not be undertaken
solely for profit.
“We are also of the opinion that all fa
tore grants to private companies (or tbo
construction and operntton of public utlll
rty for operation, lease, or sale, paying
fair value."
America's unripeness for municipal own
ership, as compured with Great Britain, is
trented 111 these pnrngrnpha:
"We wish to bring to your consideration
the danger here In the United States of
turning over these public utilities to tbo
present government of some of our cities.
Some, we know, nre well governed nnd tho
situation on the whole seems to he Improv
ing, but they nre not up lo the government
of British cities. We found In Ungliind nnd
Scotland n high type of municipal govern
ment, whleh In the result of many years of
struggle and Improvement, business men
seem to take s pride in serving ns city
councilors or nltlennen, nnd the govern.'
rnent of such cities ns Glasgow, Manchester,
nirmlnghsm. and others Includes insny of
the best citizens of the city. These condi
tions nre distinctly favorable to municipal
operation.
"In the United States, ns Is well known,
there are ninny ettles not In such n favora
ble condition. It Is charged that the politi
cal activity of nubile service corporations
bae In many Instances been responsible for
the unwillingness or Inability of American
This charge we believe to be true.
However, there seems to be ao Idea with
many people that the mere taking by the
city of nil lte public utilities for municipal
operation will at once result In Ideal munlci
pnl government through the very neceselty
of putting honest and competent cltlxens In
charge. While an Increases Id the number
and Importance of municipal functions may
bave a tendency to Induce men of n higher
type to become public officiate, we do not
believe that this of Itself will accomplish
municipal reform. We are unable to rec
ommend municipal ownership an a political
panacea.
"In many cases In the United States tbs
people have heedleuly given away their
control or regulation, nnd we
corruption of public eervante haa sprung.
In large measure, from this condition ot
things. With the regulations thnt we have
advised, with tho publication of accounts
nnd records and systematic control, the
danger of tho corruption of public officials
la very much reduced."
Tbe committee's division of utilities Into
two classes, one of which should fall In
side municipal ownership nnd tbe other out-
1*1
side, Is supported by the following argu
ment ot the New ) ork Journal of Com
merce: /
"There Is one Important factor lacking In
nnd city government for the direction of any
kind of business which Is not an essenttal
part of the administration of affairs strictly
governmental, nnd that is tbe Incentive of
self-interest In those charged with the labor
nnd responsibility of management. Certain
functions, 'an tbe construction nnd care of
streets, parks, and' piddle places, police,
Are, nnd public health protection, nnd pro
vision for general education, must be exer
cised by ergnnlied government. It Is not
eney to get them performed efficiently,
economically, ami honestly, but they are
things lntp whleh private self-interest nnd
St can not practlenlty enter. The pro-
PL _ ....
auction nnd distribution of gas end elec
tricity for light, bent, or power, and the or-
f nnlaatlon and direction of facilities for
ravel, are business mntters Involving In
vestment, capital expenditures, financial con-
Ipts kintemiiy iu.im.utP BUUlfSWUI
results. This incentive of personal success
mu! private gain needs tQ he under such
control thnt public • rights nnd Interests
shall bo duly secured, but It can not he dis
pensed with without n loss of vigor nnd
vigilance. There is need of nn effective
regulator, but the motive power enu not he
spared.”
Another plan is presented bj
Francisco Chronicle, which snvs.
"Whnt we nro beginning to enll the *Mexl-
enn* method of control ot public service cor
porations Is not touched on In this report.
Thnt method Js- the control by acquirement
of n large, If not controlling, interest In the
stock. There Is no reason for calling It a
‘Mexican* method, for It tins long been In
use In Europe. The Sue* Cannl Company
Is one example. German ownership In coal
companies Is another. The old United State*
bank Is still another. This method bn* the
advantage of effective public control while
retaining the stimulus of private Interest.
The private stockholders can he relied on to
prevent political abuses, nnd the public
ownership assure* tho necessary publicity.* 1
False Impressions About Banking
There are two or three prevalent %ut mistaken . Ideas about
banking that we wish to correct:
In tho first place, one does not have to be wealthy to open a bank
account. At this bank, one dollar is as cordially welcomed tor a
starter as one thousand.
In the second place, tbe transaction ot business with a bank Is
by no means a complicated proceeding. It requires no more technical
knowledge than tt does to do business with a grocer, druggist or a
department store, and ts generally a far more agreeable undertaking.
Finally, banking Is the one business conducted without expense
to the customer; as a matter of fact, a bank by paying Interest on
deposits, pays Its customers for their patronage and furnishes be
sides all the materials and facilities required, free of charge.
The advantages of a bank account are manifold. It remains for
you to accept the aervlce.
MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO.
SOME NEW BOOKS AND AUTHORS
REBEL PLOTTERS
ARE BUSY II CUBA
Guerrilla Armed Bands Are
Hiding Out Ready to
Strike August 19.
Havana. Cuba.. Aug. ll.Cuba Is
excited over the discovery today of a
plot for concerted uprising of rebels
August 19.
Ouerrllla bands, organized and,armed
are hiding throughout the Island, wait
ing the leader's word to strike. Many
petty uprisings are already reported.
WHY NEGROES OPPOSE
DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL.
To tho Editor of Thn Georgian:
Monday, while the house was considering
nnd discussing the measure commonly refer
red to by pre«s nud public us tbo "dis
franchisement bill," Mr. Trent, the gentle
man from Heard county, Is reported to have
exclaimed, "You dlnfranchise the white man
nnd enfranchise the negro*.” Now, if this
la to, w*hy did Representative Rogers, Ruck
er, nnd tbe rest of the negroes, memorial
ise this general assembly, * T For God’s sake,
don’t pans this bill!”
There are various reasons for our memo
rial, and some of them ought to be appa
rent, at least to every legislator. We lore
Georgia and nre now, as freemen, ns we did
while slaves, working for her prosperity,
her glory snd her honor. \\ e would not
ourselves humiliate her, nnd our aim,
though weak, Is to protest against her
humiliation at the hands of those of her
nous who nre clothed with legislative pow-
er. The disfranchisement bill Is intended
to humiliate your black brothers. But, as a
matter of fact, Its chief characteristic is
that of u boomerang, whose reflex action
will humiliate In the future the entire state,
causing the children of the present law
makers to pray to Im» delivered from the re
sults of tbelr unwise notion. 1 argued be
fore the house committee when the bill
rested there that such legislation Is calcu
lated to do the state Irreparable harm. 1
told them that we were then engaged In
trying to stop the steady exodus of our
goixl people from the state, and that If this
kind oMeglslatlon Is enacted nnd enforced,
our effort# In this matter become# futile.
Duly the other day there appeared In yottr
paper nn advertisement from n Western
state. Inviting all good negroes to come out
there and bring their families If they want
ed "big wages.” Our people lmd rather
live here among you and labor with you
for th*» development of the state’s possi
bilities and the education ami uplift, Cbrls-
t In tt and material, of all her citizens. Ids-
lam m
SPREADS 1$ CUBA
One Death and U. S. Sol
diers Are Stricken
JVitk Fever.
Reviewed By ARTH UR PENDENNI3, JR.
well In print. The telling of such har
rowing Incidents as those of the re
construction period must undoubtedly
make clear and vivid to us of this
g eneration the splendid heroism of tha
outhem people amid their fearful
trials and tribulations Immediately aft
er the war. but naturally there Is the
fear that the reading of Mr. DIxon'a
"Trilogy." while undeniably full of
facts as a basts for his fiction, will
leave the searcher after truth possibly
much the worse for his reading. Facts
exaggerated or made most prominent
hide the real truths which, history (not
yellow journalism) gives us, and the
reading of books such as "The Clans
man” and “The Traitor" leaves us—at
least Southern people—vindictive and
revengeful, It may be that a reading
of Mr. Dixon's "Trilogy" will promote
(at least let us hope so) a desire to In.
yestlgate thoroughly these facts. His-
tory on this subject Is certainly har
rowing enough without aany shade of
"yellow," and a study of It would re
dound so the profit and information of
Southern people.
"The Traitor” Is an absorbing story.
The reader will be thoroughly enter
tained, and while there will .not be left
In the reader’s mouth so bad a taste
as came from the perusal ot "The
Clansman," a little llsterlne "after tak
ing" would not be found unpleasant.
Mr. Dixon has a genius for creating
a literary whirlwind, whether he treats
of reconstruction days or deals with
the love of men and women. In tho
wake of his stories there can generally
be found pitiful and hopeless wrecks,
of things animate and Inanimate.
Clenfuegos, Aug. 14.—Yellow fever Is
spreading here. There was one addi
tional death today, and the Inhabitants
are leaving. Several American sol
dlers are stricken.
PRIEST AT DURAND’S
NOT YET LOCATED
Some person, probably a foreigner,
with very hazy ldeaa as to the
geography of Georgia, mailed a letter
In New York addressed to:
"The Parish Priest of Durand, State
of Georgia."
When the mall clerks got hold of
the letter on Its way to Georgia they
consulted seriously over the situation.
The only Durand they knew was Da
rand's restaurant In Atlanta. It mat
tered little that the restaurant kept
no parish priest. They decided that
they discovered the Intended destina
tion and so had the letter delivered
there. Until the real addressee ts dis
covered or until the restaurant employs
a parish priest to ask the blessing,
tlte letter will remain there unopened.
f Deaths
and FuhSrals
frinchlsement measures, although operated
ngnlnst and affecting many whit
tes. though
net so Intended, or If so. artfully, as Stated
by some of tho statesmen, will not eneour*
ncf thousands of eolored people to remain
by your sides.
t do not wish to see my native state hu
miliated. t do not want tA see this exodus
of eolored people from the state continued.
I do not favor oppressive legislation, no
matter who Is to receive tta force. I do
want the good people of both race, to live
In peace ood harmony—each admitting nnd
respecting the rights of the other.
These. Mr. Trent, nre some of the whys
we mcmorlnllged the Georgia legislature
against disfranchisement. Respectfully.
It. A. RUCKER.
The following letter explains Itself:
Ion. Seaborn \Vrlght, state Capitol, (
Itear Sir: As a lusty ot eltliena nnd voter*
ns well ns a hotly pf stalwart supporters of
ohthltton entile, we beg to think
tr open letter which appeared la
Issue ot The Atlanta Georgian,
(or yonr open letter which appeared la
day s Issue ot The Atlanta Georgian,
plaining your position on the $3.*) club
tax amendment, whleh you Introduced In
the house of representative*, and also to
heartily Indorse the stand which you hsre
thus taken In Introducing such a Idll.
At nn exeenttre session of this longne we
have transmitted to the senate n resolution
calling upon thnt body to ktnend yonr bill
Joseph Johnson,
The funeral services of Joseph
Johnson, who died suddenly In Char
lotte. N, C., Sunday morning, were con
ducted Wednesday morning at 10:30
o'clock tn the chapel of Barclay A
Brandon. The Interment was In Oak
land cemetery.
Frank J. Williamson, Jr.
The funeral servlcea of Frank J.
Williamson, Jr., the Infant son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank J. Williamson who died
Tuesday morning nt the family resi
dence, 536 Washington street, were
conducted Tuesday afternoon
o'clock at the Church of Immaculate
conception. The Interment was
Oakland cemetery.
Mrs. Ellen East.
The friends of Mrs. Ellen East will
be sorry to team of her death which
occurred at a private sanitarium tn
London. England. She and her sister,
Mrs. Thomas McWhlnney, had gone
abroad to spend the summer. Mrs.
McWhlnney sailed for home Wednes
day.
Joseph Johnson.
The remains of Joseph E. Johnson,
son of Mrs. M. J. Johnson, who died
Monday morning after a short illness
In Charlotte, N. C„ arrived In Atlanta
Tuesday morning. The body was re
moved to the chapel of Barclay A
Brandon, where the funeral services
will be conducted Wednesday morning,
the hour to be decided later, lie was
31 years of age and was one of the
best known telegraph operator* In the
city.- Besides his mother he Is sur
vived by three sisters. Mr*. Leon J.
McRae, Mrs. John C. Maddox and Miss
Kate Johnson. The Interment will be
In Oakland cemetery.
Katl* Joblonski.
The funeral services of Katie Joblon
ski, wife of C. R. Joblonski, who died
your action In Introducing such n.lilll snd Mn’ndav afternoon at her
to publicly state that we Iielleve year mo- . . n S* on
lives to be pure and trno I Itellwood avenue, were conducted T'
vorxu MEN'S’ PROHIBITION LEAGUE• day afternoon at 3 o'clock. The In
OF FULTON COUNTY.
utent was in Hollywood cemetery.
“THE TRAITOR." By Thomas Dixon.
Jr. (Doubleday, Page & Company.)
From history we learn that when
the federal army occupied Alexandria.
Va., John C. Underwood used his posi
tion as United States district Judge to
acquire the homestead, fully furnished,
of a Dr. McVeigh, then of Richmond.
Judge Underwood had confiscated this
property to the United States; had
dehlsd Mr. McVeigh a hearing; had
the property sold, bought It In his
wife's name for $2,850 when It
worth not less than $20,000. and later
hod his wife deed it to himself.
1873, Mr. McVeigh's home was restored
to him by law, the United States su
preme court (McVeigh vs. Underwood)
pronouncing Underwood's court "a blot
upon our jurisprudence and civiliza
tion." Judge Underwood waz In pos
session of the McVeigh home when he
presided at the trial of President Jef
ferson Davis.
While the author does not so state,
It evidently Is upon this fact of his
tory. together with a mixture of love,
adventure, treason and the United
States secret service, that Mr. Thomas
Dixon, Jr., has written the closing vol
ume of Ills "Trilogy of • Reconstruc
tion," dealing with the decline nnd
tall of the Invisible empire or Ku Klux
Klan. The author has named the
closing volume “The Traitor.” The
other two books. It will be recalled,
were “The Leopard’s Spots” and “The
Clansman.” "The Clansman" was
dramatized—riots were even threatened
over Its production and sometimes It
was prohibited, In certain towns,
though no riots ever materialized and
many good people were led to believe
that the author was either a fire
brand or a moit Industrious press
agent. There Is not any likelihood,
however, of any race riots being sug
gested. even In the newspapers, over
“The Traitor.” In "The Traitor" the
author has shnpty changed the name
of Judge Underwood, of history, to
"Judge Butler" In the book—furnished
him with a beautiful daughter, beyond
the dreams of any poet—turned the
Dr. McVeigh, of history. Into a dash
ing young veteran of the Southern
army; "John Graham,” who was the
head of the Invisible Empire, In the
state of North Carolina, with Inciden
tal supernumeraries of love, adventure,
treason, etc., necessary to complete a
"thriller.” Mr. Dixon has made a
"thriller" all right—all right—there Is
no doubt of that. And as some one
has said, the author has surely brought
to the attention of everyday readers
the terrific Injustice of reconstruction
times, which possibly could not have
been accomplished If simply left to his
tory. But Mr. Dixon seems to have
written of those time not untruth
fully. for hts fiction ts borne out by
facta (see history), but he has stated
his facts In and a way and In a flam
boyant style, now designated by the
name of "yellow Journalism." The au
thor states his facts correctly but
It is the false light of his yellow
Journalistic methods, which reflects
not the truth alone, but the truth en
veloped In a sensational atmosphere.
"Judge Butler" haa taken over tho home
of “John Graham.” Graham calls on
this Judge to demand restitution, at
which time he threatens Judge But
ler with the Ku Klux Klan and first
meets Miss Butler—that paragon of
loveliness. ,The Inltlaf interview with
Mies Butler Is sufficient to put to flight
all of Graham’s plans of revenge
ngalnst her father—for. of course, he
falls Immediately and violently In love
with the daughter. Soon after this
meeting, General N. B. Forrest, su
preme head of the Invisible Empire, by
decree, disbands the Ku Klux Klan.
The book deals principally with the
talse Ku Klux Klan organized by
Irresponsible*, Immediately after the
tUsbaadlng of the real Invisible Empire
which had been necessary for
these trying times nnd which had
accomplished great good. Everybody
In the state became mixed up with
the crimes of the psuedo Ku Klux
Klan—agents of the United StateB se
cret service were brought to ferret out
the trouble; and love, adventure and
almost everything necessary to hold a
stimulated Interest are Introduced by
tho author into Ills exciting novel. The
Ku Klux Klan had a habit of calling
on certain belles of the neighborhood,
so Mr. Dtxon says. It was at a gath
ering at tho home of Miss Butler, who
knowing as she did her father's preca
rious position In tho state, the reader
will be more than surprised to And
the Klan at her home upon her Invita
tion. Judge Butler was astasslnatcd by
another company of false Ku Kluxers,
while the genuine members of the Klan
are dancing In another part of the
house. Ovyr the dc-ad body of her
father. Miss Butler swears to find and
punish the murderer. The fulfillment
of this oath becomes the real plot of
the novel.
SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA.
Judgments Affirmed.
Plnnebad v. Plnnebad. from Glynn
superior court, before Judge Parker
Crovatt & Whitfield and John M. Gra
ham, for plaintiff tn error. D, w.
Krnuss, contra.
Murray ot al. v. McGuire, from
Glynn superior court, Judge Parker. D.
W. Krauss and F. H. Harris, for plain
tiffs in error. Bennet & Conyers, con
tra.
Martin v. Hunter, from Ware su
perior court. Judge Parker. Walter T.
Dickerson, Wilson, Bennett & Lambdln.
for plaintiff in error. S. C. Townsend,
contra.
Thomas v. Herrington, from Coffee
superior court. Judge Parker. F. Wllllz
Dart, for plaintiff In error. W. W. Ben
nett. contra. (Direction’given.)
Richards v. McHan ct al., from Ful
ton superior court, Judge Pendleton.
Chambers & Smith, W. R. Daley, and
Peeples & Jordan, for plaintiff In error.
Smith, Hammond & Smith, contra.
Culbreath v. Martin, from Richmond
superior court, Judge Hammond. F.
W. Capers, for plaintiff In error. Bry
an Cummlng, contra.
Harrison, administrator, v. Harrison,
from Hancock superior court. Judge
Holden. W. H. Burwell, for plain
tiff In error. R. H. Lewis, contra.
Cordele Sash, Door and Lumber
Company v. Wilson Lumber Company,
from Crisp Superior court, Judge Lit
tlejohn. J. T. Hill, for plaintiff in
error. W. H. Dorris and W. H. Mc
Kenzie, contra. (On condition.)
Clark v. Knowles, from Colquitt su
perior court. Judge Mitchell. T. H.
Parker and W. C. McCall, for plaintiff
In error. J. A. Wilkes, contra.
Ford, administrator, v. Clark, from
Colquitt superior court. Judge Mitchell.
W. C. McCall, for plaintiff In error. E.
L. Bryan, contra.
Judgements Reverted.
Wldencamp v. Jones, from Tattnall
superior court. Judge Rawlings. W. T.
Burkhalter, for plaintiff In error. C.
L. Morgan, contra.
Ivey et al. v. City of Rome et al
and Town of East Rome v. City of
Rome et al., from Floyd superior court.
Judge Wright. (Reversed with direc
tion to dismiss In term.) Henry Walk,
er. for plaintiffs In error. John W.
G. E. Maddox, contra.
Dismissed.
Curry v. Curry, administratrix, from
Clinch superior court. Judge Parker.
J. W. Quincey, S, C, Townsend and W.
T. Dickerson, for plaintiff In error. R.
G. Dickerson and Leon A. Wilson, con
tra. '
JEROME JONES TELLS
LABOR’S POSITION
Miss Butler wrongly suspects John
Ornham. She .decides to make him
love her, then through hts love to force
him to disclose the secrets of the In
visible Empire. Right here alt readers
of romance can figure out what hap
pens to young women who lay such
trans, with young handsome men for
thetr opposites. Mr. Dixon does not
destroy our tradition of romance. Gra
ham Is arrested, tried and convicted
by a negro Jury, not of the murder of
Judge Butler (the real criminal having
been discovered—a la Sherlock
Holmes), but of conspiracy against the
United States, and sent to. the prison
at Albany. N. Y. Of course, by this
tlmo Miss Butler Is wild, tears her
hair, weeps, defies Graham’s enemies
(now her own. she says), calls'herself
names (good ones, too, the reader will
think), nnd so on. There may be wom
en in real life similar to Miss Butler,
but the reader wilt call himself lucky
to have escaped such termagants and
viragoes among his own acquaintances.
Beautiful, charming and fascinating as
she appeared to Graham, she was a
fiend Incarnate and (praise God) most
unlike Southern girls of today or of
any other time. Graham gets hi* par
don and In time married Miss Butler.
If Graham wanted her. there really
Jerome Jones explained Wednesday
the position of the Atlanta Federation
of Trades In advocating elections by
the people.
"We know.” he said, "that the fewer
officials the people are allowed to vote
for She less Interest «fill be taken by
the people. This Is evidenced always
In the primaries, where the voting In
the wards where there Is no contest Is
nlways lighter than In the wards where
contestssnre waged! Lack of Interest
by the people la always dangerous and
a menace to good government, and the
Federation, In aeklng for popular elec
tions, Is actuated solely by patriotic
motives.
"While I may have some doubt as to
the wisdom of electing the superintend
ent of public schools by the people, I
am satisfied that If the schools were
brought closer to 1 the people or the
people closer to the schools our children
would not have to be shut In ramshack-
ly little barns and abandoned coal bins
to get a little education."
AGED WOMAN KILLED
BY LIGHTNING STROKE
8pecial to Tbe Georgian.
Meridian, Mlsa., Aug. 14—Mrs. Annie
L. Barnes, one of the oldest residents
of this county, was Instantly killed
by a bolt of lightning at Collinsville
yesterday evening. The body was
found later by a visiting neighbor, sit
ting up In a chair In front of the nre-
— — — place with a wound tn the top of the
was no serlou* objection to the mar- head. The tlghtnlng set fire to tits
rlage—non* at least that would took house, but this went out.