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TJ±U ATLANTA liLUKlilAA A\L> jNJ’JWS.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
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TH^i GEORGIAN A
belleree Unit IS street railways i
efsratsd isucdlitelly by European
rifles, ns • they are, there la no good
fra eon nb.v tnry ran not l» so Jpor-
sled here. But We do not believe tbit
ran be done now, sad It may be eome
re herore we ere randy for so big
nadrrtnltlng. sun Atlanta sbmtia
Its fare In that direction NOW,
The CaAr Nicholas (field n flying visit
to hla capital the other day, end left |
intact. ■
Mare has swung near and gone again, I
and etlll no canal on earth to anewer |
"hla marked .Inquiries!
of the (’lilted States nr
. America Is said
the Intervention |
of the (’lilted States nod Mexico. It’s
a risky piece of Insurance.
Secretary Straus favors Taft for the
presidency, notes an exchange. It re
mains to be seen whether or not Straus
shows which way the wind blows.
Dr. John Bryttan, the Pittsburg phy-
alctan who hanged himself. Is said to
have been In love with Nan Patterson.
What else could he do?
Surely Billy Muldoon will not pre
sent a bill for services rendered to Sec
retary Root, lit view of the advertis
ing ha has gotten nut of Root’s esse.
Mrs, Stuyvesant Pish says Prince
Wilhelm’s charm and not his title won
Newport.- Had It not been for his ti
tle, the prince would not have hail an
opportunity to work his charm.
Brussels lace Is very valuable, It re
quiring the lives of many little children
.to manufacture It. Estimated In this
same currency, some ofthe products of
our cotton mills would be a* valuable.
The Washington Post In defining lux
ury oa "merely what we ran not af
ford,** runs the risk of mixing up the I
definition which some of us would glvo |
for necessities these days.
1 A number of New York millionaires
have bought houses In Paris. The |
United Rtetea Is still home, but In these
.troublesome and Investigating times It
. Is well enough to have a place of ref-
A Buffalo (N. T.) coachman, when
summarily dismissed, revenged himself
by murdering the daughter of his cx-
employer. Instead of marrying her ns a
more 'vindictive man might have done.
The mother of a Michigan boy who
spanked Min on Ids hip pocket and ex
ploded a stick of dynamite, used very
little forethought. In view of the well-
known heterogeneous chsrncter of the |
contents of a boy’s pockets.
Rumor says that the Filipinos are I
preparing to tight Japan for the United
States. If they do, that Important ques
tion, What shall we do with the Phil
ippines? will probably be answered by |
Japan.
A scientific writer on New York's!
"wave of crime" explains that It In I
caused by ths consumption of animal I
food In the hot weather. Boston should I
come to the rescue of her sister city |
with some beans.
King Menellk. of Abyssinia, expects I
to Send his son to America to be edu-1
eated. And about the first thing the
heir to the throne of the Lion of the
Tribe of Judah learns will be that some
Impudent college boys consider his |
toys! highness only a little “coon."
E. K. Larkin, of Junction City. Mo.,
blind In one eye and scarcely able to I
aee In the other, Is making a tour I
around the world, and will probably I
see aa much of It as the members of |
the personalty conducted tours.
There be some who do say that the
magnificent castle of Ralsull at Zlnat Is
nut the only modem palace-home In
this World whose foundation la loot.
However, Ralsull uses the more repre
hensible Robin Hood method In select-
*ng hie victims.
A young woman, plainly gowned and
unannounced, made the rounds of (he
ceding rhurches of New York. Brook-
,n,! Boston to ascertain what the
JE™*- 'Htrangers cordially welcomed
displayed at these churches realP
these churches really
an,i ,„., 8he 3** wU S * cam attention
Kr.Hii ,e s Courte,> 'v “ad ,,he * on « 1“
s.,,™.—_ »no gone in
beni^ s ’ "aracter she might have fared
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THE FARMERS MOVE POWERFULLY ONWARD.
The frank and unpretentious good sense with which the Farmers’
Union moves on Its even way Is one of the most hopeful and pleasing
spectacles of the time.
The convention of this great body of a million and a halt of bona fide
farmers, which has Just adjourned at Little Bock, was signalized by the
most unbroken harmony and by the moat solid and lerel-beaded good
sense In Its deliberations.
Ab The Georgian has previously remarked, the leadership which has
been manifested In the management of the Farmers' Union has been some
thing more than ordinary. When It Is remembered that those who have
been at the head of this largest body of farmers that the country has ever
known, are not men of previous political or large financial experience—
when it Is recalled that few of them have oocupled any station of Import
ance and none of them baa been trained to executive responsibility—
It becomes a matter of mingled surprise and rcongratulatlon that the
Farmers' Union has made no mistakes, has recorded so many successes,
has preserved so even and unbroken a harmony, has recorded an almost
unparalleled and progressive growth In numbers and In Influence, and Is
today more powerful In progress and more prepared for the commercial
battles of the future than any similar organisation In the world.
It seems Impossible to explain upon ally other theory than the Inter
position of Divine Providence, the wisdom and the good Judgment and
admirable temper and spirit In which President Barrett of the National
Union and President Duckworth of the Georgia 8tate Union and the na
tional and state officers of this organization have prospered In counsel
and prospered In execution as they have done.
Of course no other organization of farmerz can exercise so potential
an Influence with regard to markets and prices as this organisation made
upj>t real farmers.
It Is impossible for any organisation to prosper or to prevail In Its
Judgments or In Its demands unless Jt Is fully and entirely becked by the
men who make the cotton and produce the crops of the country.
This Is what the Farmers’ Union does, and In plain and practical
common sense, preparing Its way by creating an atmosphere of absolute
unity and co-operation among Its members, by preparing warehouses In
which to store the cotton which It desires to bold, they have planted them
selves upon a foundation of advantage which Is absolutely commanding
and invincible In the commercial developments of the future.
The recent convention at Little Rock transacted much Important
business, perfected many practical and valuable plans of defense and of
development and after an Intelligent study of the conditions of the pres
ent cotton crop and of the markets of the world, have firmly planted
themselves Upon an ultimatum of 15 cents a ixiund for the present crop.
This price is Justified both by the Increased cost of the production of
the staple and by the shortage of the crop In Texas and In other states.
No message more Important haa recently been sent to the markets of
the world than this from the Little Rock convention. That It carries be
hind It the power to enforce Its demands would seem to bo evident, and
that It may lie ablo to do so Is the hope and the expectation of the South
and Its people.
The resolution of President Duckworth relating to Immigration fairly
voices the majority sentiment of the Southern people and will go far to
ward establishing this view as a part of the policy of the dominant party
In this section and In the country at large.
We congratulate the great and clear-headed army of farmers upon the
splendid work wl^lch has be?n done In past years, upon the noble evi
dence of continued unity and strength Illustrated at the Little Rock con
vention, and wo jvlah for them the triumphant and glorious establish
ment of the right which they have asserted to name the prices of that
which they produce.
PROTECT US FROM “THE BAG
AND CABBAGE" COMPANY.
THE CRY FOR UNION AMONG REAL DEMOCRATIC LEAD.
ERS.
An editorial recently published In The Georgian discussing the ru
mored understanding between Messrs. Bryan and Hoarst and suggest
ing that this union would be greatly strengthened by the establishment j
of cordial relatione with Thomas E. Watson, has been wldoly copied and
Indorsed.
It *ls evident that' the thinking masses of the definite Democracy are
ready to voice u demand tbet these and other -leaders of the Jeffersonian
Democracy of the people shall got together and Join tholr talents, their
Influence, and their followings for a great poople’e victory In the next
national '•atqpaign. »
Hero la i letter from a Chicago Democrat which ’outlines the West
ern view of this necessity:
Chicago, Sept. 2, 1907.
Editor The Georgian:
I was pleased to read In an Omaha paper of August 27,1907,
that “some Interesting Tumors are afloat all over the 8outh and
during the last few days have percolated Into various states
north of Mason and Dixon’s line. They appeared first In The
Georgian, edited by John Temple Gravee. where the editor said:
TUo rumor of a political understanding botweon Mr. Hoarst and
ML .Ilryan'Is exciting more than ordinary comment throughout
the South and the country.'
” ’Watson, Hearat and Bryan art natural allies. With slight * ’
and Inconsequential difference they have the same political con
victions. They have fought In the main for the samo reforms.
They are each one pulsed through and through with the same
consideration for the rights and liberties of the plain people of
America. Surely no light and trivial circumstance, no small dif
ferences of opinion, should separate men who see so much to
fight In common and for which to hopo in patriotic and unselfish
ambition. The Georgian, awaiting with such patience as It can
the confirmation of the rumored understanding between Hearat
and Bryan, sends out the fervent wish that It may he so: That It
may be followed by the full co-operation of Thomas E. Watson,’
" The abovo statements taken In connection with the dccla-
ration that the organised Democracy, at least In Georgia, has
gone to the ‘scrap heap’ mukes mighty Interesting reading."
Permit me also to call tho attention of Mr. Graves to a com
munication. which appeared over my signature In The Investiga
tor', May 15, 1907, under heading: "A Little Difficulty."
"Editor Investigator: Allow me to respectfully suggest that
If you and Messrs. William Rnndolph Hearn, William Jannlngs
nryan, Thomas Wntson and Tom L. Johnson, mayor of Cleve
land. Ohio, were to unite In one platform In the coming contest
for the presidency of the United 8tates and support each other
you might put up a strong battle.”
Ab regards the "platform," I thought the one you and Mr
Watson had when Mr. Watson last ran for president and you
ror vice president of the United States was excellent. In fact
the Populist party appears to have some very good Ideas. Now
either Mr. Hearst or Mr. Urfan should be nominated 1 for presi
dent of the United States and one of them for vice president If
we are to win.
However, a little difficulty presents Itself here as to which of
these two gentlemen should be preferred for president. So, allow
me to suggest that they might settle the question between them-
selves by drawing lots. These live gentlemen I have named are
patriotic and hnve the welfare of the people at hoart. But you
divide your ranks and the Republican party, which we may call
tho mouey power, will move solidly against you and throw you
overboard. You five gentlemen might meet privately, without
any fuss, and settle the matter among yourselves.
"The Republicans always do the wise thing,” said a former
prominent Democratic leader. "They may not all like the man
they nomlnato for president; ho may not be satisfactory to a
large number of the leaders, but they lay aside their personal
likes and dislikes and nominate the man who will secure the
largest number of electoral votes.”
Permit me to state to you, Mr. Graves, In conclusion, that It
looks to me ns though the Republican party would vote the man
of their choice In again for president unless such men as Messrs
Hearst, Bryan. Watson. Tibbies, -editor of The Investigator, and
Tom L. Johnson, mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, unite and agree to
work together and go solidly against the Republican party.
Praying God for your health and happiness,
Respectfully yours,
THOMAS WRIGHT HURST.
The Democratic party at-the present moment Is doing nothing; not a
conference of leaders, rfot a convention of Interested members of the
party, has been held. Everybody Is Just apathetically drifting behind Mr.
Bryan'to the national convention of 1908.
Mr. Bryan Is a good and noble gentleman and a loyal gentleman, but
the absolute Incoheredcy of the Democratic party and Its utter lack of
Interest and Individuality Is discouraging to the rank and file and offers
little hope to the man who may be chosen to lead It
The Democratic party Is In apparent and apathetic chaos.
Any five resolute and well reputed men In Its ranks who would take
hold of the situation and Illustrate a masterful definiteness and vigor,
would control the next convention, and might be able to name the next •
president of the United States. -
To the Editor of The Georgian:
“(Vhat’s that?” did you say? Well
It’s that thing of Insatiable maw. self-
named “Cab and Baggage Company."
that centers at the Terminal and ra
diates to every corner and cranny of
Atlanta, seeking whom It may devour,
on account of which chief character
istic one of Its facetious Jady victims,
punning upon Its name, dubbed It "The
Atlanta Bag and Cabbage Company."
Is there not spme power this side, the
Judgment day court ground that can
protect us against this dreaded and
dreadful monster? Of courBe, we know
that at that place And time punish
ment. according to their "deeds done
In the body," will be meted out to the
men who constitute the company and
Its human Instrumentalities: but It’s
relief now that we want—relief for our
selves during our sublunary peregrina
tions—not punishment for them. Is
there no way to get It? The suffering
public, of which I am’ one, haa. and
have, whined and howled and begged
and cussed (?) (no, not me, but some
of the others; I don’t cuss, but If I did,
the muzzle would be toward the "B. &
C. headquarters).’
"What’s your grievance?” did you
•ay? It’s not grievance, but grlev.
ancon, namely.:
I do not often carry baggage that I
need the services of a baggage convey
ance. The one-only time I have need
ed such service since the “B. & C."
captured Atlanta was to convey the
body of one of my family, deceased,
across to the old depot. Then I atep-
ped off a train' face to race with a
representative. of the ”B. & C." and
put the business Into his hands thnt
minute, with the request that It be
promptly carried. He, with assuring
emphasis, replied: "It will go at
once.”
, Sight hours later, after repeated
phoning and“& threat at last to seek
police Interference, the body reached
the other depot. But I have some
daughters whose calling necessitates
traveling, and .for some two years,
through Atlanta has been a convenient
route but for the baggage annoyance.
And they have friends In the city they
love to visit, but the pleasure in nntlcl-
patlon is always mixed with dread of
the pitiless "B. & C.” One of them
returned from her lost trip from mid
dle Georgia last Monday night. . She
trusted the ”B. & O.” with her bag-
gage, anti ahe got It at noon Tuesday,
because they neglected to get It shipped
“ Y“«- Her lust coming In before this
she had a similar experience. Another
one, visiting from below Atlanta from
Saturday to Monday, some time ago got
case, containing clothes she
carried for Sunday, some time Monday,
borrowing clothes from her friend to
wear to church Sunday. Soon after
coming home for her vacation, she
trusted them again. The family was
then domiciled at the farm house, a
mile out of town. A hand was secured
to take the wagon to bring her bag
gage out, but had to go back the next
day to get it. With repeated trips
•ucn has been their experience, with
or two exceptions, all the time.
And such has been the experience of
multitudes. .Many have resolved to find
a way around Atlanta when possible
hereafter on account of the "B. & C,
Imposition In Atlanta.
Now, Colonel Graves, the last appeal
to you that I have noticed was to pro
tect the women against cooks and
washerwomen. Very well. That Is a
prime desideratum with some of our
women, no doubt; but with some oth
ers It Is not. Some of them. If they
must, cun do their own cooking some-
tlmea, and sometimes a little washing,
but they can not shoulder and carry
their trunks from depot to depot, and
to and fro between depot and places
or residence or sojourn In the city, and
sometimes not to got their baggage at
OtlCA Urwin orri.tn 1 I. ., n .
THE BRACEBRIDGE DIAMONDS
A Thrilling Story of Mystery and Adventure
SYNOPSIS.
Frank (tho hern) and Reginald Rrarebridgc
(cousin*) meet Mme. Vera StnvInskY,
beautiful woman, at bfcratogn. She I*
tacked by a foreigner (Dr. Ctrl Mueller),
the latter demanding that »he *nrrender to
him “a bit of paper and a stone.” Ho
claim* he has the missing fragment nut
that “the others were then in the hotel.
Frank rescue* her nnd I* given a package
with nenulsison to open It when he think*
the right time has come. A telegram an*
notinees the sudden death of Reginald's
fnther. Frank Is made executor of the es
tate. Regina!d is charged with forgery, and
A malt
ed with her murder. Frank and KegfrnaL
leave the house by a secret passage and
reach the Brncebrldge country home oa
Long island. They embark In an airship.
Reginald Is tent to France. Frank learns
that the physician who attended Reginald’s
wife resembles Dr. Mueller IteEiret a
form In Ohio near the place where thla doc-
if»t_ __
s j--. .nth her. He seema
to kno.r her brother, a painter, who resides
abroad. Sylvia, Dr. Moeller and n girl
friend visit “Tho Hollow," an old house,
said to be haunted.
Raymond Thuraton returns home unex
pectedly and Is greeted by bis sister during
the temporary absence of her fiance.
Sylvia and her brother go for a walk
moml^^t Bn>,,a who quarrels wljh Ray*
The following morning Ruth Pritchard la
found in the wooda near the Thurston home,
un conscious. When she recovers conacloua-
ne*i, her mind la apparently unhinged with
some horror. Rnynmnd Thurston Is found
In the studio, shot through the heart.
Sylvia suspects Basil of the murder of
her brother.
once upon arrival is an lntolerablemls-
nap to a woman.
Please add thle to your many labor!
if . you , can "® e any possible
Fay to relief, and many of ue will blest
you as a benefactor.
PASSENGER RATE8 IN GEORGIA.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I notice by the newspapere that the
railway officials have recently appeared
before the etate railroad commission on
lule of rates decided upon by the
commission In Juno le of course very
unsatisfactory and unreasonable, aa It
"J’l rreaie many complications, some
ld ou ) *? y m» In
of which were points,. „„
previous letters published h) The Geor.’
gmn. One Inconsistency I will repeat
right here:
The commission tells the W. & A.
railroad that Its maximum rate shall be
? i C i* n, A P®! mlle - and at ,he same time
tells the Southern railway that It Is
permitted to charge 2 1-2 cents pep
mile because Its net earnings In Georgia
are less than those of the *v. & a. rail-
road. Now, the distance between At-
la 0 ta M><1 Dalton via W. & A. being
100 miles, makes the rate by that line
?! )« c t n,a P* r mlle * 2 , “gainst a rate of
hr the Southern railway, based
on 112 miles at 2 1-2 cents per mlle.
Again, the distance between Atlanta
and Chattanooga via (V. & A. being 118
m “■.. I ? ake * ,t,e rate at 2 centa per
mile 12.7*, while the rate via Southern
railway figures »3.80. same being based
on 1(2 milts at 2 1-2 cents per mlle.
(It Is true that Chattanooga la beyond
effect*** l,ne ' but <hl * wl11 not a|ter the
Now, I would like to oak the commie-
■Ion whether It Is expected that the
Southern railway can secure passen
ger* In competltnn with the (V. & A.
at a difference In favor of the latter
road of 80 cents between Atlanta and
Dalton and 21.04 between Atlanta and
Chattanooga? A 6-year-old boy would
very promptly answer In the negative.
If, on the other hand, It Is expected that
the Southern railway will meet the
« • & A. rates between these points In
order to secure a share of the business,
what Is the result? It It not plain that
Instead of obtaining 2 1-2 cents per
mile allowed by the commission It will
be forced to accept about 1 3-4 cents
per mlle because of Its greater mileage?
The Injustice of the commission's de
cision Is therefore obvtoua, many other
Instances of a similar nature occurring
between points of competition within
the stste.
The proper course for the commission
to take. If not too late. Is, In the opinion
of the undersigned, to cancel Its pre
vious action and decide In favor of the
following rates to govern on all the
larger lines performing through service,
via:
Regular one-way tickets at 2 1-2
cents per mile: 1,000.mile books at 2 1-4
cents per mile or 122.(0; 2,0du-inile
books at 2 cents per mlle or 140, the
railroads being permitted to place such
restrictions, on the Issue of mileage
books as wilt prevent their misuse
without being too burdensome. This
recommendation le based on an expe
rience by the writer of over tVentj
years In the details of passenger traffic,
and while the rates suggested would be
of great assistance to the traveling pub
lic. they would not. In his view, work
any severe hardship on the rarriera
The state railroad commission and
the railway companies may perhaps
consider the writer somewhat officious
In publicly expressing his views with
out being asked, but two years having
elapsed since hla connection with the
railways, the public, tn his Judgment. Is
entitled to expert opinion from a dis
interested source on a'queatlon In which
CHAPTER Lll.
Mueller Again.
It was with some relief that Monica,
Just two days before the date of their
projected departure for Florida, found
Uylvla ln^Raymond’s study one after
noon, -occupied In arranging the books,
papers and other belongings of the de
ceased.
This study was a small apartment
adjoining Raymond’s bedroom, and It
had always been reserve^ and kept In
order exclusively for the young man,
not a book or paper being removed from
the position In which he had left them
during his many long absences from
Moorcombe. Just as the studio In the
wood had been Ruth Pritchard’s special
care, so had the charge of Raymond’s
studjrever been Sylvia’s exclusive pre
rogative.
”1 wish to give this place a thorough
dusting and overhauling before I leave
Moorcombe, Monica,” Sylvia said, with
a little catch In her voice, as her friend
entered the room. "Will you please
help me, dear, to take down all the
books and plies of paper from these
shelves? I want to dust them prop
erly."
Monica was only too glad to be of
some use to Sylvia. In ten minutes
the shelves were cleared and the books
and papers heaped on a table In read
iness to.be dusted and reinstated In
their accustomed places.
“I have arranged with mother and
father, Monica, that thle room Is never
to be altered In any way, and none of
these things ever removed," Sylvia said,
as she went on with her task. It Is
still to be Raymond's study, and no
one Is ever again to have the use of
Everything Is to be left exactly as
It was when he occupied It; and mother
has promised to attend to It during my
absence.”
Sylvla'e voice was steady now, but
there was an Infinite sadness In Its
subdued, hopeless tones. Monica felt
that she could not trudt herself to
speak.
At this moment Dr. Mueller’s voice
sounded at the study door.
"May I see yeu for a few minutes,
Sylvia? 1 want to tell you something
Important. Your mother told me I
should find you here."
As he entered the room Monica
quietly withdrew. The "something lm.
portent” was probably for Sylvia’s ears
only; and Monica always had a shrink
ing horror of being "In the way" on
such occasions.
Mueller looked pale and anxious. He
had discarded the stick a few days be
fore, He took In the details of the
room and the emptied shelves In one
rapid glance; then his eyes rested
wistfully on Sylvia's colorless face and
slender — almost attenuated —black-
robed figure.
"Your mother mentioned to me the
other day, dearest, that you felt uneasy
at leaving Ruth Pritchard In her pres
ent distressing state without some more
up-to-date and skilled nurse to look
after her In your absence than Mar
tha Jenner, so I’ve taken the liberty,
Sylvia, to procure an experienced wom
an to fill the post. She will arrive to
night; you are sure to find her satis
factory, One of my qldeet and beet
friends hns recommended her, so you
need have no hesitation, dearest,
leaving Ruth In her charge."
Sylvia was genuinely grateful. Ev
ery line of her face bespoke It as she
glanced at him.
“That Is so truly kind and thought
ful of you.» I have been really un
easy about leaving Ruth altogether In
the hands of Martha. But now I need
have no further fears on this score.
I shall have a day or two to talk with
her over Ruth's strange condition."
"You are as deeply attached as ever,
I see, to this afflicted girl, dearest, not
withstanding all."
“Ruth Pritchard has ever been a* a
sister to me, Carl. What do you mean
by ‘notwithstanding all?*”
"Oh, nothing. At least, I may ex
plain myself at another time,” Mueller
responded hastily, and he glanced away
from Sylvia's puzzled face, and, seem
ingly in momentary embarrassment,
turned his eyes upon a crumpled news
paper lying on the top of one of the
bundles of papers which Sylvia had re
moved from the shelves.
“An old number of The Journal?" he
said, absently, as he mechanically un
folded the paper and glanced down Its
columns.
* "Stay! There Is something marked
with a blue pencil here. What Is It?"
The early twilight shadows had be
gun to gather In tl|e room, and Muel
ler found It necessary to move closer
to the wlhdow In order to ascertain
what the contents of the marked para
graphs were. Sylvia and he stooped
together over the newspaper and si
multaneously their eyes fell upon the
heading:
over hi* faco In the gathering shad
ows.
Then he crumpled the newspaper In
his hand and tossed It from him to the
floor with a gesture of disgust and
aversion.
CHAPTER LI 11.
Nurse Mason.
Sylvia stooped mechanically and
took up the crumpled newspaper from
the floor. She folded It neatly aqd
placed It on tho top of the bundle from
which Mueller had taken It a few min
utes before.
"These were Raymond's papers. I
do not wish to destroy any of them.
I wish to leave them always.In this
room exactly as he arranged (hem
when—when he was here."
She did not seem to have paid any
particular attention to Mueller's agi
tation at sight of that marked report
In the newspaper. Her thoughts were
so full of the all engrossing subject
that occupied them so unceasingly of
late that ahe had no room In her mind
for any less Important matter.
Dr. Mueller hesitated for a moment,
then said hastily:
"The truth of It Is, Sylvia, that ‘Dr.
Newell,* who was so very unpleasantly
mixed up In that ugly business at the
Black Horse Inn some yeurs ago, Is a
very old friend and distant relation of
mine, and I naturally resented the vile
suspicions to which he was subjected
at the time of that Ctrl's death.
"(VhenSver the memory of that case
Is renewed I can hardly control my
temper. I heard you once—on that aft
ernoon last month When you and Miss
Peard came to The Hollow—express
your opinion that Newell was, guilty.
Your words stung me, Sylvia—al
though, of course, you could have no
Idea at the time tha^ this man was one
of my friends.”
"None, Indeed, Carl, nnd surely you
will admit that the evidence seemed
to suggest his guilt—from an outsid
er's point of view, at least?”
Yes, that is Just It—from an out
sider's point of view. But an outsider
never can form a Just opinion on such
a matter. It is necessary to be In the
court during the trial—to follow every
word of the evidence, pro and con, to
study the faces of witnesses and others
—In order to arrive at a Just, unpreju
diced decision. Had you seen Frank
Newell, Sylvia, you would no longer
accuse him of that cowardly crime.'
Stirring a Heart.
“I am sorry I did not know he was
a friend of yours. Carl. Let us forget
the little Incident. It Is all past and
gone now. and there can be no reason
for reviving It. But Raymond knew
and liked that wretched girl—Pattle
Pollard—and that was why he was so
Intr. rested in the tragedy, and why, no
doji*, he kept the reports of the news
paper in this bundle.”
"Don’t tnlk any more about It, dear
est,” Mueller said, as he drew one of
Sylvia's hands In upon his arm and
lifted her Angers to his lips. ”1 shall
miss you cruelly—cruelly—when you
leave Moorcombe. The thought of the
long winter without you Is like a night
mare to me, dearest. I do not believe
I can resist the temptation of paying
you a flying visit to Florida soon.”
“You must And me a gloomy com-
y OUNG men will do
well to investigate
the advantages offered
them by this bank in
financing their busi
ness.
The management will
be glad'to talk over with
them any plan of co-op
eration looking to the
advancement of their
interests,
MADDOX-RUCKER
BANKING CO.
M.BXIUIIIJF LUIll-
panlon of late, Carl—and If I were to
remain here 1 should go mad! Per
haps the change of scene may be of
some benefit to me—physically; but
no change can undo what has been
done.
“W ere I to live for a thousand years,
I should carry to the hour of my death
the burden- of this sorrow of my life.
I can novel be again as I was—never.
But, of course, I shall bs glad to see
you ahy time you think of coming."
vofJ‘“ V h ' n at . 0 > e _ through Mueller’s
veins as he heard these words. What
?JL e 2.?. ec ?. ndary plac « he occupied In
tmb girl 8 heart and existence! Even-
and existence! Even'
pip t°o f
actua| a presence!*° hla own
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
—AND—
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS
Army Orders.
Washington, D. C„ Sept. 6.—c a „ t-1in
Sherwood A. Cheney, general t i,»
from Provincetown to Newport; i-'ust
Lieutenant Albert L. Hall, transferred
from second to third field artillery i,.
tery C; Captain Frederick W. stop,
ford, coast artillery corps, detailed |„
subsistence department for school f,, r
bakers and cooks, Fort Riley: Mat r
Charles T. Menoher, first Held artillery
from Provincetown to Newport; Ma.’
Jor Edward Chynoweth, Seventeenth
Infantry, report to chief of staff for
temporary special duty In Washington
Navy Orders.
Commander A. .O.' Winterhalter „
naval observatory, Washington; l.ieu
tenant W. Brown. Jr., to naval arade-
my; Lieutenant E. A. Brooks, detached
navy department, to charge navy re
eroding station, Memphis; Lleutena
I. E. Bass, continue In charge navy re
cruttlng station, Chattanooga.
Movement of Vessels.
ARRIVED—August 29, Nina
Newport. September 2. Strlngham at
navy yard. New York; Nero, at Balti
more; Preble, at Victoria, B. C. Sep
tember 3, Louisiana, at Hamptun
Roads. September 4, Helena,
Shanghai.
SAILED—September 2, Strlngham
from Newport for navy yard. New
York. September 3. Caesar, from Phil,
adelphla to Cape Cod Bay; Dolphin,
from Boston for New York city. Sep
tember 4, Chattanooga, from Hnkndate
for Yokohama, Japan. Arkansas placed
in reserve August 31, at na\Vl acade
my.
SOME GOOD SUGGESTIONS
FOR THE SCHOOL DAYS.
By Adam aPrson.
„„ . , Mueller said, a mo-
Itoh.VoV 1 ? la L er ’ "There is a de-
n the draw| ng room, and
I want to have a confidential t«iu
you hefoe. . J? confidential talk with
: OU ra£ e 1 1 wish to iret back
to The Hollow at 6 o’clock to see
Nurse Mason. I’ve ordered an
svwvKiira s 7 ve ordered an auto-
mobile to meet her at Cleveland, and
SmiV 0 d . ln ‘’ at The Hollow and to
come here later tonight.
“!!!!“!? acc °mpa-
the
Pil ed ,? ,ue i 1 ? 1 ' to the drawing room; but
the ’oonfldemlal talk” was a dtaap-
Polntlng one. Sylvia was abstracted
a ? d _ 8il 1 ent - Mueller eager and nervous
afmost reproachful*^* con,tral "* d a " d
55^ b\ y, ;x, a?
ast, aa he rose to take his leave "1
Is unfair to blame you in any wav fur
anythin*. But I pray God Jhe Ume
may come when I shall feel that I am
of some Importance In your life Dav
hour." ght 1 hun * er ond ,hlris t for that
i ;;‘ en «l‘y of the words and of the
tones that accompanied them stirred
UP Within tile irlrl'M nnmho>i t
Into Its rooms
the unplonsnnt dny* which
tiired to come to theiii mu l»e 'turned Inti,
•he happiest hours,., the most successful
dsys of their lives. Mast children dread
school. A great many hate It. and though
the teachers may be the jollleit ever, some
children hate them, call them all kinds -f
names and blame everything on poor teach
er, Just us If the teacher were an umpire
In a baseball game.
Now that I am out of school nnd at ray
flrst work, I can see how those days which
I made miserable could barb been turned
Into the kind they have in heaven.
r rst, when I knew my lessons, when I
eoiild go to the board and work any nroh*
lem In Algebra, when I Could explain the
hnrdest proposition In Geometry, when I
eon i prove anything In “Trig.” when I
could read my Latin or Spanish. I could
not wait until I was cnHeil upon, lint would
raise my Ipuul and try to recite everything.
J was then luippy and loved my teachers.
* ,, ve “ , H<, ho°I. I enjoyed life and wore ths
2.. wouldn’t eome off. But let a
football game, n holiday, a “put off" study
hour or something of that kind cotue. nnd I
V.'. J. « tn 1r. then was the time that I got
sick and went home, when I hated the
teachers because they ridiculed me for
missing; then was the time I would want
to quit or get out one way or another.
. MVL know thnt when a l»oy who has
health written upon hla cheeks and can
run. holler nnd root at a game, or eat th->
biggest dinners, lays his face upon the
dj*sk and says he’s sick, It Is because he
dldn t study. He does not know his h*s-
,Therefore, i K ny, Study! Begin on the
day when your first lesson Is assigned, nnd
'v* ,,ot *t«P until the teacher tells you
mere will be no more recitations until next
year.
If you do that and attend school regu*
1,1611 will enjoy school life nnd
will love ami be loved by all with wboia
VnH **re connected.
glr1,8 numbed heart u
vague sense of self-reproach. She also
rose, and Obeying an impulse „ f re
morseful kindness, caught his fuce be
tween her hands and swiftly touched
hi ?.tf orehead w,th her ouc # nea
Perhaps the hour may come Carl
ST JWfW at . e brought about Very
are all to? m tr!* ast . e)tpect Wl
are an the more welcome on that ac-
count. But in the meantime? you
must never think for a moment that I
am ungrateful for your love—.that I*«|l
to appreciate It and to thank you in mv
heart for Itl Now, good-bye for {he
present. I am unstrung this evening I
daresay my visit to that memonr.
haunted room has upset me” J
Mueller left and slowly approached
:P*.°!P.. n :“_i n "heltered hoN
The Black Horse Inn Poisoning Case.
"Close of the Inquiry.
"Discharge of Dr. Newell.”
"Oh! that confounded case! Who
took the trouble of marking It and of
preserving the ne«vspaper?”eMueller
said, white an odd. grayish pallor atole
It la ao vitally Interested.
If the railroad commission will con
sult several of the prominent wholesale
merchants of Atlanta It will. I think.
And that the above recommendation Is
entirely agreeable.
I will merely. In conclusion, warn the
commission that, notwithstanding the
flattering comments on Us work by The
Constitution and The Journal, when
the matter gets Into the courts Its
schedule of rates will be so completely
riddled on at least half a dozen differ
ent counts that It wilt not have a elngt*
prop to stand on.
A. MADD1SON.
nue he heard the sound of n vehicle
Just leaving the front door, and the
fact was borne to him that Nurse Ma
son had arrived, and his gloomy mus-
h)g» w ’ 6re instantly banished. He
quickened his steps and In a few min!
Cles had reached the house.
The front door wus open and a toll
strong-featured woman of 40, or there.’
abouts, dressed in a gray uniform
jMvIng^djrectton. B£?V te
Mtrailer ^saldf w!?h°a* careless^nod as
he entered the hall. “Kindly fn|?P£ “
to the drawing room. I have a few
things to say to you before y ou dine "
The tall woman started a little and
a dark flush suffused her swarthy faS,
tt>r a moment or two her eyes inttw-
ed. and the bit her thick under lip, L
If In anger, but whatever fhi.
anger, but whatever this feeling
may have been. It quickly passed and
with a murmured acknowledgment of
Ms greeting, she followed him to the
drawing room. ,u m
. be had closed the door be
hind her Imposing figure did Mueller
utter another word. Then he “mi id
extended his hand, and looked full and
somewhat apologetically Into the worn-
an n face.
“Well. Rebecca, and how have vou
been ever since? For my own reason^
1 thought It better to act as I did ■„
the hall just now. Servants are curious
and observant In these out-of-the-way
CIVIL SERVICE NOT TO BLAME
FOR DELAYS IN THE MAILS.
To tho Editor of Tho Georgian:
At you are.the champion of fair piny,
will you kindly penult mo to correct th*»
•Mtcnient of “Hallway Postal Clerk," who
attributes thp lateness of the malls to the
presence oft he ncj;ro employe,•* In tlio
postal service. The writer happens to l»e
In a position to know that for months* con-
ifestod railway trnffle. and not civil wrv*
Ice regulations. Is the ono predominant
cause, hvery shipper of letter, peach <T
watermelon,' if he stops to thluk, must see
that the consignment Is likely to go slow.
And not only |* this true where there hap-
pen* to he negroes employed, but It l*
the same in other parts of tho country
where only white men serve. And
Wjfftl* ./or h colored man ..PVR
eligible list, the I’nlted States govern
n Jn tho law of nobble
oblige—nn obligation to, not the depriva
tion of, nn "Inferior,” so-called—and this
Im not social equality.
Not until men of the type of "Railway
Postal t.lerk” learn also this lesson and
cense the distorting of fact to sene a pollt*
leal end will race riots cense, or Northern
journalism of the yellow strip* that Is ">«
the look-out for Just such examples ns h!s
letter furnishes, to keep up n feeling that
should have been relegnted to Mr. Clew-
‘“•“Is ’Innocuous desuetude” long ago. Ir
Railway Postal Clerk” will wait for tin*
advent of llungnrlntis and Servians, nnd
himself la contact with the "yellow
.. or w,,h 5,afla . Highbinder nnd
Hlnrk llnml, lie tuny ho content to hear
those negro Ilia he now hns than fly t«»
th4‘S4» foreign oues thnt he knows not of.
tor the government would not be likely
*2 <M .r r !!Pl n,l »« "Jtnlnst them either If th**v
manifest n parrot rrontpy
to pass a civil service examination,
which nnhnppliy some white men can not
11 *olgl»t look un-American to deny
them, 'err truly.
KATHARINE MATCIIKTT VAUGHN.
Augusta, Gn.
places, and It Is Just aa well to give
them oa little food for speculation a*
may be.”
An angry retort seemed to tremble
on Nurse Ma son's tongue, then ahe r< *
■umed her self-control.
"I have been very well.” she said.
”And the child r*
JjJj woman’* face softened.
^“Whlch one do you mean?” nhe ank-
Dr. Mueller waa shrewd enough td
Pj*y the right card. “Youni—ours— *
course.
Continued in Tomorrow’s Georoiaa*