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the Atlanta Georgian and new s. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 20 West A la bleu St. Atlanta. G«. Subscription Ratesi one Tear W.W Six Months ■ aicnin* Thra* Months *•» One Month... Bj Carrier. Per Week Telephone* eonnectln* all depart* meota. Lon* distance tcrtnlnsls. ■'.'.I’d 0 ,* If yen here ativ trouble getting TUB GEORGIAN AND NEWS, telephone the clrcnlatlcn department and hare It Is desirable that nil communlcs* ur.UllUims nmr PHHII IIP s*msu:« W NO tvords In length. It Is Imperative that they lie signed, as an evidence of good ralth. lie;acted mannecrlpts will THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS prime so unclean or objectionable advcrtla- lug. Neither does It print whisky or nny liquor sds. „ .. now owns Its water works. Other clllcg do this aod get ^as ai low aa M cents, with a proltt the city, Thla should he done at once. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS believe! that If atreet railway! can be operated aucreaafully by European rltlea. aa they are, there Is uo good reason why they can not lie ao oper ated here. Rut we do not bellevo this can ho dime now, and It may be aome years liefore we are ready for ao Id* undertaking. Still Atlanta should set Its face In that direction NOW. Not a saloon keeper In Mississippi voted for Noel for governor. For a flat with a proper sense of dt notion take the fist of Fish. The flat of Stuy. Fish takes Its place promptly In the list of cllglbles for 1908. The Bald Boanerges of the Buffalo Bayou had better tune up his Culber son boom. The Folk folks will catch him—If he don’t watch out. George Gober of the Blue Ridge and Charlie Brand of the western circuit lend the list of Georgia Judges In hit ting the first licks In the prohibition light. The election of Noel, a stalwart pro hlbltlonlst, aa governor of Mississippi, Is regarded by the temperance people as equivalent to the enactment of a statutory law of which It Is a definite promise and prophecy. Judge Oeorge Gober of the Blue Ridge circuit has “Jumped Jim Crow" as the first expression of the prohibi tion law In his circuit. Jim Is an old offender and George Gober Is an es- iSDtially vigorous Judge. The list of Stuyvesant Fish enmo pretty near to voicing the public senti ment of the country when It landed on Wednesday on the face of J. T. Harahan. If only It had been Hard man Instead of his lieutenant. The nst of Fish Is n good honest American list and It would have landed In the right spot. The Georgian today roasts Mayor Joyner, of Atlanta, In no uncertain terms. For n straight- out rib-roast. The Georgian Is al most the equal of The Macnn Telegraph. — Fitzgerald Journal. No, The Georgian never roasts. When a public official Is In error, or are think he Is, we say so In plain tonns and give our reasons for the tnlth that Is In us. The Atlanta Georgian Is stick ing to Governor Smith and his methods. How long this devotion will last do living man, or wom an either, can tell.—Waycross Herald. Just as long as the governor Is tight and no longer. As long as wo think be Is right. And we think he a “mighty right" so far. Incidental- qr, In all our brief and fallible career, there Is no record of our ever hating Inserted a friend. The Atlanta Georgian, after nominating Roosevelt for a third term, clearing up the water of At lanta's "dirty" water works de partment, passing the prohibition Dill, Is now after the Bell Tele phone Company.—Winder News. Well, what do you think of the re mits? Are you for or agalust us-on ftese issues. The Atlanta Georgian writes It down as "the great and histori cal legislature of 190?" Histori cal for what? Is it for the pass age of a prohibition bill full of holes, oi“ for the enactment of a dishonest suffrage law?—Winder News. The prohibition bill has no hole hat a law-breaker Is likely to get hrough, and the suffrage bill estab- Ubeg white gupremacy and makea It ■oeatble for thinking men to be free. Nhen the transient criticisms of the ait legislature are all forgotten, the hree great things It did will be well emembered. did nothing else, the Candler- Karetreel public utilities bill would to make it historic. A QUESTION OP IMPORTANCE TO WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS Editor of The Georgian: I Judge from a paragraph In The Georgian yesterday that you do not oppose the arrangement which has been in vogue with reference to the passes given the weekly newspapers by the railroads In exchange for advertising. As you Bay it is likely that we give them much more than we get, but at the same time It Is not like paying out cash for our transportation. Now, I am satisfied that the railroads would not Bpend anything with the weeklies and pay cash. If our passes are taken away from us It will not only take away some of onr privileges but also cat off our Income, for much of the advertis ing is personally solicited and we could not afford to go after it at the rates we get, if we had to pull the money out for transportation. I am satisfied that your Influence, personally and as editor of The Georgian, would have great weight If you seo fit to say a word In favor of allowing the present arrangements the week ly papers have with the railroads to continue. I really do not seo any Impropriety In it, and I feel sure that it Is the wish Of the country editors that they shall have the privilege to con tinue. I believe a short editorial from you in The Georgian along this line would secure the attention of the railroad com mission and the railroads, and if you can see your way to so favor It, the weekly editors would be brought under renewed obligations to you. With good will and best wishes for you and The Georgian, I am, Fraternally, Barnesvllle, Qa„ August 99. B. H. HARDY. The Georgian Is not In possession of any Information as to the In tentions of the railroad commission touching the matter of Mr. Hardy’s letter. * • But It Is a matter of more than ordinary Interest and Importance. Mr. Hardy Is edjtor of one of the strongest and most representa tive weekly papers In Georgia, and has always Illustrated the highest personal, socIbI and commercial ethics of his profession. Wo feel sure that he would neither ask nor advocate anything that could he proven prejudicial to good government or the Interests of the people. The proposition which he presents Is one of the most Interest ing which will engage the attention of onr great and capable commis sion. Abstractly speaking there would seem to be no sound reason for Interrupting the Interchange of commodities between the newspapers and the railroads. The railroads have transportation to sell at so much per mile. The newspapers have so much advertising space to sell at so much per Inch. The newspapers need to use the railroads' commodity for moving about after business or health and the railroads need to nse the news papers' commodity for Informing the people as to their rates, schedules and excursions. Abstractly It would be difficult to locate the »ignt by which these two merchants or tradesmen could be forbidden to ex change their products with each other. In other words, a railroad and a newspaper have Just as much right to exchange transportation for advertising, as two farmers would have to swap a bale of cotton for twenty bales of hay, or two merchants to exchange a barrel of salt for a sack of sugar. The principle Is clear and can not be gainsaid. The argument Is sophistical which claims that the railroad man Is exchanging In transportation something which belongs In part to the people whose franchises, etc., establish the railroads. For the commodi ties may be mado of even value, and If the people are partners In the railroads the managers who operate for this partnership have a right In their discretion to exchange one commodity for an equivalent commod ity In the general Interest of both partners or of all the stockholders. Mr. Hardy clearly shows where the abolition of the present ar rangement would materially and seriously cripple the revenues of the weokly press, whose profits are never large anywhere, and would han dicap publishers of small papers even In going out to seek the adver tisements on which they live. We do not need to argue for a moment the value of the weekly newspaper to the towns and counties and to the state Itself. It must be a serious and clearly Important policy of state which would Justify the crippling of the weekly press. ' The only danger we can see In the matter is the apprehension that In the mere placing of these advertisements the railroads would find a way to Influence the opinions and expressions of the press upon affairs In which tho railroads are Interested. But the same argument would apply to the relations between news papers and an7 other corporation, civil or matorial, which used their advertising columns, and there must be somewhere a Hue of confidence drawn between tho state and Its citizens. It Is a sad and damaging day when the whole relation of the state and Its people must be founded on suspicion and mistrust, and surely In a case where so much of material lntorest was at stake for a great pro fession, the state could afford to trust something to the Integrity of a profession whoso record In the main has been high and clean. The Georgian Is of open mind upon this question and Is ready to hear and be convinced by any sound reason which may be advanced In favor of an opposite view. But at the present writing, we do not see sny Just cause to disturb the present normal and commercial relations between the nowspspers and the railroads. THE PROSPERITY OF THE RAILROADS. In the midst of much pessimism, and a multitude of “poor mouths" among the railroad magnates and officials, It Is Interesting and not un pleasant to be assured from official circles that these great corporations are still far distant from any actual suffering. According to Poor's Manual, of which the fortieth annual number, covering 1906, has Just been Issued, the railroads of the United States last year enjoyed extraordinary prosperity. Compared with 1905 their gross earnings showod an Increase of $234,4(2,616, or more than 11 per cent, and their net earnings from operation alone an Increase of $104,- 823,224, or mure than 15 per cent. The average dividend rate on all rail- read stock, good and bad, rose to 3.63 per cent from 3.27 per cent In 1905. On the other hand, the funded debt of the steam railroads Increased $425,845,877 and the capital stock $864,452,151, a total of $790,298,028, or about 5 1-2 per cent, aside from an Increase of $309,317,239 tn other liabilities, a large part of which will be ultimately converted Into fund ed debt. With this Increase In capitalisation, however, there were less than 5,500 miles, or nearly 3 1-2 per cent, of new construction. Capitali sation Increased over twice as fas't as miles of new track. The railroads, says The New York World, have expended Immense sums In enlarging terminal facilities. Improving their tracks and In creasing their Tolling stock, but It does not follow necessarily, says The World, that the physical value of their properties has kept pace with their capitalisation. ^ When Mr. Harrlman, for Instance, engineers large Issues of Union Pacific lands In order to buy stocks of other roads, which rapidly de preciate In market value, the Union Pacific actually suffers heavy loss es. Tho railroads of the United States own $2,554,368,152 In other stocks and bonds. To a certain extent this representa double capitali sation, and It Is on their capitalisation, honest and fraudulent, that the railroads claim the right to earn dividends when they are confronted with the question of rate regulation. If they are to be left tree to fix their own rates they must stop watering securities. Any other policy would he to put a premium on financial fraud. On this principle the Georgia railroad commission has firmly plant ed Itself. A law passed by the Connecticut legislature will make It necessary for the hunter of birds and quadrupeds In that state to take out a license. It the hunter Is a bona fide resident of the state he will have to pay $1 as a license fee and 10 cents for a re cording fee, while every citizen not a resident of the state must pay $10. plus 25 cents, and aliens, whether resident or non-resident, are to pay $15 and an extra 26 cents. Violations of the set will'make the violator lia ble to a fine of from $7 to $50, or Im prisonment for not exceeding thirty days, or both. Senator William B. Allison, of lows, has the unique distinction of having refused cabinet portfolios from more president! than any other American statesman. His first Invi tation to enter the cablnot came from President Garfield. Arthur also asked him to sit at the president's council table, as did Presidents Hod rlson and McKinley. In other words, every Republican president for more than a quarter of a century, with the exception of President Rooeevelt, has sought to secure the venerable Iowa statesman as a member of his official '•rally. ARMMAYY ORDERS —AND— MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS Army Orders. Washington, Aug. 20.—Captain Clyde D. V. Hunt, quartermaster, from Fort Roaecrans to charge Pittsburg storage and supply depot,'relieving First Lieu tenant Thomas M. Knox, First Cavalry acting quartermaster who will proceed to h'ls regiment. Resignation of Second Lieutenant Nathaniel L. Howard. Eighth Infantry, accepted; Second Lieutenant Town send Whelan, Thirtieth Infantry, from Sea Girt to Philippines; Second Lieu- tenant William A. Ganoe, from Twern ty-elghth to Seventeen th Infantry. Captain Peter Murray, from Fort Leav enworth to Fort Slocum aa quarter master and In charge of construction work, relieving Captain Frank C. Jew ell, who will proceed to Havana. Second Lieutenant Jesse Gaston, from Fifteenth to Eighteenth Infantry. Following master gunners, coast artil lery corps, now at Fort Monroe, to du ty In artillery districts and stations at posts Indicated: Carl M. Taute, to the artillery dls trlct of Mobile, with station at Fort Morgan; Merlo C. Leonard, to the ar tillery district of Portsmouth, with station at Fort Constitution; Master Gunner Arthur J. LaFonta, coast ar tillery corps. Fort Barancas, to duty In artillery district of New Orleans, with station at Jackson Barracks. Navy Orders. Commander F. W. Kellogg, Lleutem ant Commander A. A. Pratt and R. C. Moody and Lieutenant R. M. Griswold, commissioned. Lieutenant C. A. Afcele, detached Nebraska, to Chicago; Lieutenant T. R. Kurtz, to naval training station. San Francisco; Ensign J. H. Black burn, to Chicago. Flrat Lieutenant Albert Hamilton to navy yard, New York; Captain Charles B. Taylor, de tached navy yard, Norfolk; Captain Charles B. Taylor, detached navy yard, Norfolk, to command Marines, naval station, San Juan. First Lieutenant Charles R. San derson. detached naval station, San Juan, Washington, reporting to Brig- adler General commandant. Captain Edwin A. Jones, assistant quartermas ter, from Seattle to navy yard. League Island, as post quartermaster. Commander J. C. Glllmore, detached Helena, home. Commander R. M. Hughes, detached naval station, Cavite, to command Helena. Lieutenant C. M. Toser, to Rainbow. Midshipman L. D. Causey, detached Rainbow, to Dale. Movements of Vessels. ARRIVED—August 28, Mayflower, at Whltestone; Prairie, at Portland, Me.: Caesar, at Philadelphia; Scorpion, at Boston; Dolphin, at New London, and Newport; Cincinnati, at Honolulu. SAILED—August 28, Mayflower, from Oyster Bay for Whltestone; Prai rie. from Portland for Newport; Ala- bamn, from Newport for Hampton Roads; Dolphin, from New London for Newport; Alexandei, from Yokohama for Cavite. August 22, Adams, from T'anjongprlok, Dutch Etut India, for Mahe Seyichelles. Severn placed out of commission August 28 at naval academy. A LIMERICK TO LIQUOR. Said a most erratic "Cracker" Of "Dame Booxe," "Pray 1st us side track her." So he got up a dicker to cut out the liquor. And now all we’vs got is "terbackar." —J, B. M6, Birmingham, Ala. 00000000000000000000000000 o 0 A PROFESSIONAL COMPLI O MENT. a O (National Printer-Journalist.) O Colonel John Temple Graves, O O the editor of The Atlanta Geor- O O gl&n and News, Is probably ths O 0 moat gifted editor-orator In the 0 0 country. H1& reputation Is as 0 0 wide as the nation, and he speaks 0 0 and writes upon public questions O 0 with power. 0 0 0 O0000300O0000000000000000O 0 O O A LITTLE TENDERNESS FORM O 0 TEXA8. O 0 O 0 (From the Houston Post) 0 0 Despite all these things, the 0 0 distinguished editor of The Geor- 0 0 glan Is one of the most brilliant 0 0 and attractive figures In American O O Journalism. He does not hesitate 0 0 to say what he thinks, even when 0 O he thinks wrongly, and when he 0 0 thinks wrongly It Is due to inac- 0 0 curacy of ipental vision rather O O than to a purpose to subordinate 0 0 the public welfare to his own O g profit or amusement. 0 There Is nothing he might do 0 0 that would ever snake the confl- 0 O dence of the Post In his splendid O 0 Integrity or diminish Its faith In O 0 his lofty purposes. So long as he O 0 may live, his eloquence, his po- 0 lln 0 etry, his soul-thrllllng political 0 O stunts and his luminous sentl- 0 0 mentality will attract and be- 0 0 witch us. He may do things and 0 0 say things which no other friend 0 0 or acquaintance could do or say 0 O and hold our unshaken faith, and 0 0 we further know that he can per- 0 0 form more Interesting antics when 0 0 he ts mentally or politically de- O 0 railed than any twenty-seven men 0 0 In the country. 0 0 But we would have no reader 0 O ever dream that Temple Graves 0 0 ever commits wilfully a wrong. O 0 There Is not a purer patriot any- O 0 where, and every effort he makes O 0 Is for the good of humanity so far 0 0 as he Is able to see It. He is as 0 0 straight as a shingle. In heart and O 0 soul he Is just as guileless as he 0 0 was In the dim long ago, back In 0 0 South Carolina, when all the 0 0 neighbors admired and loved 0 0 "Aunt Lucretla's Little Boy." 0 0 0 00000000000000000000000000 Monday, September 2, 1907, (LABOR DAY) Being a LEGAL- HOLIDAY In the state of Georgia, this bank— a member of the Atlanta Clearing House Association—will be closed. Our customers will please bear this In mind In requesting trans fer of funds, remittances, pay rolls, or attention to other business matters. Notes and acceptances maturing Sunday and Monday are pay. able Tuesday. MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO. THE BRACEBRIDGE DIAMONDS A Thrilling Story of Mystery and Adventure SYNOPSIS. Frank (the hero) find Itcgtiinlri Brneebridgf (cousins) meet 3!we. Vent Hlnvlnskv, ft beautiful wouinu. at Saratoga. Site Is nl- tacked by a foreigner (Dr. Cftrl Mueller), the latter demanding that ahe surrender to him “u bit of paper find' n •tone.*’ He claim* he has the missing fragment nnd thftt "the others were then In the hotel.** Frank rescues her and Is given n package Q. B. WHATLEY WRITES OF NEW PROHIBITION LAW. The following article on the new pro* btbltlon law from the pen of G. B. What ley,- of Savannah. Gt„ one of the state** ablest lawyers nnd long a powerful advo cate of prohibition, appeared In The Sa vannah News recently: Many of my friends have been waiting to hear from me on the subject of prohi bition. Everybody who has followed my writings for the past twentr-flve years knows what my view# are, and have been, on thla great subject. Throughout the late heated campaign I have kept perfectly quiet, knowiug full well that nothing, pro ~ ~i, spoken or written, would chnnge the io read In the papers the arguments of « ber of individuals, against the measure. If our legislators at Atlanta had not known otherwise, they would have come to the con clusion that the many factories and mills that line our Mnvaminh river, nnd other places !u and around Savannah, Instead of £'11111 went Is mere Swaddle. It may cause a bar rooms to be vacated, but these LYING A FINE ART IN JAPAN. 'As liars, the Japanese are unex celled," writes Richard Henry Little, in the Inaugural Issue of The American Business Man, which appears on the news stands today. "Lying Is practiced In Japan os a fine art. Any foreigner who haa been In the East will tell you that he would sooner take the unsup ported word of a Chinaman than the oath of a Japanese." The subject of Mr. Little's .article Is 'Business War With Japan.'* As a war correspondent of considerable fame and an inveterate globe-trotter, Mr. Little has made a study of the Japanese people. The lying qualities of the Japs, a tic i/iiir nuuimt'it us wtie a, writes Mr. Little, are at the bottofn of the trouble between their country and the United States. Regarding a proba ble war, Mr. Little says: "We, In the United States, have been much concerned of late over the pros pect-of war with Japan. It may be that some time In the future, near or far, this country may engage In a death i rrapple with the conquerors of Russia. Jut whether or not that war shall ever be, there Is another war between Amer ica and Japan that Is raging now. "It is an unseen war, and It lacks the spectacular situations, the excitement and the glamour of real war; but none the less It is war on which hang results almost as momentous as though decid ed by armies and navies. This war that la now going on is the war of prestige. The battle ground Is the en tire Orient. The prise of the war Is as rich as ever rival armies struggled for—the trade of the East." iquor men are responsible for tbla pro. blhltton law, and no one Is to blame but themielvea that It Is on the statute books today. For « period of over a quarter of a century, county after county In Georgia has been going dry. This was done through the sovereign will of the people In tbe Interest of a better, higher nnd nobler cltlsenshlp. The liquor men In the cities, regardless of the wishes of them? people, expressed at the polls, have energetically, persistently and defiantly poured the liquor Into these dry counties, and reaped a boun tiful harvest For all these long years, they have been deaf to the appeals of these people, this nruiy of hundreds of thou sands of tho yeomanry of Georgia, through the temperance societies, the temperance leagues, the churches and every other moral force nnd suasion brought to bear upon then), nnd now that these people have risen up In their might and as a measure of re tributive Justice blotted tbe liquor business out of existence In Georgia, nobody shonhl be surprised. I hate statistics. They are usually dry and tiresome. But to show whether or not a state can nnd will pros- Jght time has come. A telegram an nounces the sudden death of Hegluald's father. Frank Is made executor of the es tate. Reginald Is charged with forgery, nnd calls upon Frank to snre him from arrest. A maid rushes Into tho room and tells Heg- ed with her murder. leave the house by . reach the Urncebndgc country home on Long Island. They enilmrk In an airship. Reginald Is sent to Frnnc*. Frank learns that the physician who attended Reginald's wife reseiufdes Dr. Mueller. He hires a farm In Ohio near the place where this doc tor lives. Sylvia Thurston, pretty daughter of a Judge In Ohio, Is brought luto the story. Dr. Mueller falls !u love with ber. lie seems to know her brother, a painter, who resides girl ■ajd to be haunted. II Thurston mi -s He tells her he knows she loves and Is only kept from saying so by fear of her brother. Raymond. Basil makes threats nst! is almost persuaded to go to Colo rado ond seek his fortune In the mines. He turns to drink In his distress over his un successful love affair, and his sister. Rose, pleads with him to reform. Basil does not reform. While In the field begs her to wed him. She Is frightened nnd fuses. While trying to escape from Basil she runs Into the arms of I)r. 3Iueller. She consents to marry the doctor. I)r. Mueller urges Sylvia to marry him at once, although she tells him she wishes her brother. Raymond, who Is In Europe, thla neighborhood before," the. minister gasped, truthfully, aa he mopped hla steaming forehead with a red silk hand kerchief. "But, Sarah, my dear, what do you mean by saying that you 'con nect the two circumstances of poor Raymond Thurston's death and this un fortunate girl’s extraordinary state” I do not quite follow you, Sarah. How can these circumstances be connected except that they occurred, perhaps at A.hntif tho nnmA * to bo present at’the ceremony. Ruth Pritchard warns Syivln against Dr. Mueller, and Basil Thnrston declares. In .. letter to Sylvtn, that he will prevent her marriage at nny cost. Raymond Thurston returns home unex pectedly nnd Is greeted by his sister during the temporary absence of her dance. Mueller disappears in a most extraordi nary manner, but a letter from him to Syl via explains his absence. Sylvia nnd her brother go for a walk iud meet Basil, who quarrels with Ray mond. Basil, apparently Insane over the loss of 8ylv!n_, makes ugly threats agnlnst Ray- lvTa nnd Raymond return When Sylvl Raymond finds a mysterU his dresser. After the family retires, he gets out Into the stormy nlsht to keep engagement demanded In the letter. 12,000 THE 8TATE MUST BE PROTECTED (From The Gainesville Eagle.) While we are still rejoicing over the wholesale victory of the state prohibition law that has Just been passed, which marks new era In our history, and which has demonstrated unmistakably tbe temper of a vast majority of tbe people of the state, and will make that session of the legisla ture which was Instrumental tn this great that must be dofie. As the law stands, we are safe from ourselves, bnt not from others. The si conditions exist tn state prohibition that Isted under the local option law. Other states have the privilege of shipping liquor Into Georgia Just as tbo wet cotfntles of tbe state could ship liquor into the dry counties. It Is only a question of time when the states Sooth, at least, will, state by state, tn* up In the prohibition ranks as Georgia has done. Already some tbe are trying local option ss a present solution. entura. kflittlot by congress bar ..ng the shipment of liquor into dry states. This should be attended to at the next session of congress. Tbe government, which Is set for tn* prosperity and pro tection of the rights of each state, should see to It that the states which have this law should not by preyed upon by tbe others where the manufacture and sale of liquor Is licensed. There must be no let-up In this greatest *1! great reform movements Let the people of this state memorialise tbe Fed eral legislature and aek for the enactment „ __ merce regulations, __ qnor will pour Into the etate, and none can hinder It. But with the proper action of those la position to relieve the situation, we may nave the safeguards necessary. Mena tors and congressmen of Georgia should take a lively Interest In this mat ter. and. at the earliest possible moment, push vigorously such a measure as will bo ailequate to tbe emergency. nlbltlon, let ns compare tho present liquor state of Georgia with tbe prohibition slate of Kansas. _ . „ Georgia. Kansas. Population 2,500,000 1,600,000 Foreign-born popula- Municipal* taxes lev led $ 2.500,000 Farms, with building* and Improvements. 183,000,000 Real property, city nnd country 517,000,000 1,067,000,000 Public school fund... 1.500.000 6,656,000 It will be seen that Kaunas, with n pop ulation of 1,000,000 leas than Georgia, pays $3 to Georgia's fl for the education of her boys nnd girl*. and doe* It without one cent from the aid of a liquor revenue. Dur ing the Inst decade, according to tbe United 127,000 $ 4,000,000 643,000,000 in population. During the same pel ■as City. In Knn*as. gained 34 per cent. Does this show that "prohibition hurts business?" This old worn-out senre, coupled with Its twin brother. "Prohibition won't prohibit." Is fast losing its force liefore an Intelligent i»eople. Whenever you hear a person say that prohibition does not pro hibit, he Is the very person that does not wish It to prohibit* In the generality of esses, and thla truth Is now getting to be pretty well understood lyr the nrerage voter. "You can't fool air the people all the time " There Is one elans of our people that thla law will hurt, ond that Is the liquor men themsqlves, especially those who have In vested largely, and lu many cases their all. In the liquor business. They will deserve every one 1 * sympathy where they may have to dlipose or their business at a an January they may Ik? able In the * " ~ them to get rid of their ich. If any loss. pi the world as a community of law-break ere. That this law will !>* enforced and eventually Obeyed In Hnrannah there Is no doubt. I have too much faith In the aver age Chatham county juror to believe that be will falsify bis oath, but that he will ran der a verdict "according to tbe evidence," In all violations of this law. My firm conviction ts that If this act re mains on the statute books for five years. and Is firmly enforced, that Rarsnnah will be one of the strongest prohibition towns In the state, and will not bare liquor (Nick here under any considerations whatever. ___ matter right before the world and enforce and obey the Iaw. Let (hare ha nn "hliml nr nthar urn. thore t>« no "blind tigers," or other ero sions or tiifrtnxements of tbe lair. It will only erentnally lirlna sorrow and distress upon those who violate It, and It will be upon the minds anil morals of our yotinc men and boys who are to come after us. now upon onra. to preserve In honor to norselves and In loyalty to onr erand old commonwealth, the time-honored motto which adorns onr state's coat of arms, "Wisdom, Justice and Moderation." O. B. WHATLEY. Savannah, Oa. Thay Will “Probably Sit.” (The Americas Times-Itecorder.) The Atlanta t’ouatitntlon still Install that Georgia Is too small to hold Imth Hoke Smith and Tom Watson. If that la ao, where ran standing room he found for CHAPTER XLV. Mrs. Prosser Talks. About 4 o’clock on the afternoon of that fateful day Mr*. Prosaer descend ed from her yelloW phaeton at the rectory door and turned to say a word or two to the boy who was Just about to lead away the pony. “I shall, want the phaeton again. Samuel. In about an hour or less. I am going over to Redbrow. Has the rector returned yet?” The Rev. Isaac Prosser had gone to Cleveland that morning on some cleri cal buslnees, and his wife had not seen him since. “No, ma'am; he’s not back yet. But he'll likely come by the quarter to four train, and he'll be here in ten minutes or eo, I expect.” Mrs. Prosser entered the house and went upstairs to her own room. Sho wae In a etate of great excitement. She could not rest. She walked up and down the floor, always pausing to peep through the window aa she returned to It; and at last she beheld her husband riding leisurely on hla atout. lazy bay cob up the abort avenue between the laurela. "He haa evidently heard nothing yet. If he had, he could not ride so alowly aa that to the houae," Mrs. Prosser decided, by no means sorry that It would fall to heraelf to tell the terrible news to the rector. She hastened downstairs and stood waiting for her husband attthe open front door. She did not wish that Samuel should have time or opportunity to aay a word. "Oh, Isaac, come In here, quickly— quickie!" Mrs. Prosser said. In a por tentous whisper, as her husband dis mounted and threw the reins to Sam uel. "Come Into the etudy, dear. A perfectly dreadful thing haa happened today. You heard nothing about It, did you?” And ehe turned as she led the way to the study and glanced sharply with her small, reddish eyes Into the minister’s large pink and white face. "Bless me, Sarah, what do you mean? I've heard nothing.” "Hush! Walt a moment,” Mrs. Pros ser returned with a mysterious nod. "Now sit down In that chair. Isaac, and I will tell you everything.” "One can not help connecting the two circumstances, Isauc," Mrs. Prosser went on. In a still lower voice. “Ruth Pritchard, It appears, was absent from Moorcombe nil night, and so was poor Raymond Thurston. "In Ruth's pocket was found the key of one of the back doors, which she had evidently opened and then locked after her at some late hour of the night. The other servants know absolutely noth ing of her movements. When they were going to bed the door In question was locked and they gave the matter no further thought. r "Then, as to poor Raymond, the win dow of the smoking room was found unhasped this morning. Raymond went to the smoking room last night when he had said good night to his sister and parents, and that was the last they saw of him until he was carried to his home this morning, when Monica Peard had brought her ghastly tidings to Moorcombe." Dreadful! Dreadful! Such a thing never occurred within my memory in about the same time?" The Revelation. Mrs. Prossor hesitated for a moment, gazing darkly into the minister's face’ Then she leaned still closer to him, anti her forefinger dug Into his shoulder so vehemently that the good man almost winced with pain. "Ruth Pritchard made no secret of the fact that she was In love with poor Raymond Thurston,” Mrs. Prosser said, distinctly and slowly. "It was a very unfortunate attachment, but such things are not unusual. Now, Ruth, and only Ruth, had the key to that studio, and she must have gone there last night: for there was a dark lantern found In the little hut, which the girl. It appears, always kept In her own room at Moor, combe. Raymond, then, was found dead In the studio; and what on earth brought him there at such an extraordinary hqur except an appointment of some kind with Ruth? Yes, It Is plain enough to me, Isaac, thSse two met by appointment—Ruth betrayed her love to Raymond, and maybe (for a girl In love will do anything) asked him to marry her, and"— "And shot him because he refused to do so. Or else he shot himself In or der to escape the difficulties of the situation,” the minister Interposed, with a sudden flash In his mild blue eyes. “Now, Sarah, to my mind that Is an utterly untenable suggestion, and I sincerely hope, my dear, you will not repeat it to any outsider. "I have been intimately acquainted with Ruth, Sylvia and Raymond ever since their childhood, and I know per fectly well that so far from Injuring poor Raymond In any way Ruth Pritch ard would shed the last drop of her blood for him! "And as to this theory of suicide— It does> not hold water, Sarah. Why should Raymond Thurston end his life? Had he not everything to make Ute In teresting to him—everything to urge him on to a successful, prosperous, happy future? No, Sarah, whatever the solution of the dark mystery of the night may be, It Is something very dif ferent, you will And, from—this!” CHAPTER XLVI. - A Sister’s Lovt. "But who is to solve the mystery, Isaac, I should like to know? Not a soul under the root ot Moorcombe can give the faintest clew to the truth. Until the dire discoveries of this morn ing, no one there even knew that Ray mond Thurston and Ruth Pritchard had not been In their own rooms dur ing the night. There Is not one bit of evidence of any kind to hint at any satisfactory conclusion whatsoever In this terrible business I "The only one who might reason ably be supposed to know some par ticulars as to Raymond's fate Is Ruth Pritchard; and she might as well be a corpse, Isaac. Dr. Peard says that she Is affected exactly like that girl In Cleveland—Polly Davis; so that It Is by no means Improbable that she may not recover the use of her limbs or of her tongue for months. I saw her myself, Isanp, today and I shall not soon forget the sight. Save for a faint respiration, she seems ns one dead?" A short silence followed. The min ister was gazing upon the floor, as he compressed his lips and nodded his head to and fro. "What a state they must be In over at Moorcombe! May God comfort them! Sylvia, the poor child, I am sure Is altogether distracted." ‘‘She seems like one dazed, Isaac, She has a dreadful vacant look In her face, as If her mind was affected In some way by the shock. Monica Peard Is seriously alarmed about her, and no wonder. Just before I left this after noon Dr. Mueller drove over to Moor combe. He limped Into the house with the aid of a stick, as he hurt his foot In some way a few days ago. I never saw a man more distressed than he was when he saw Sylvia. I did not care particularly for him up to this, but now I shall always like him.” Anotner pause ensued, and then ths minister said abruptly: "Of course, there will be an inquest?'' "That Is the worst of It. If they could avoid the publicity—the harrow ing features of such an Inquiry—the tragic occurrence would not seem quits so terrible. At least that Is my way of looking at It, Isaac. The Inquest will be held tomorrow morning, but I shouldn't be at all surprised If they have to adjourn It In order to search for evidence of some kind. I don't sea how they can arrive at any satisfactory opinion as matters are today." “I am sorry I did not know of the occurrence before I started for Cleve land this morning, Sarah,” the minis ter said presently. "I should have gone over to Moorcombe In that case. How ever, I shall go now—when I’ve had something to eat. 1 may be of some little comfort to the afflicted house hold.” Continued in Tomorrow’* Goorflisn. School Opens September 9 If you wish your child to complete the term creditably, see that hlz eyes are In good condition—a pair of glaaoea, correctly fitted In time, may save hla vision and strength. A. K. Hawkes Co., Opticians, (Two Stores) 14 Whitehall and 125 Peachtree (Candler Building) John Temple Grates and Se-.il> Wrlrhtt