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6 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, WOT. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, Presidenl. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At * West Alabama St. Atlanta, Os. Subscription .Rateei one Tear *1-R SI* Months One Month ••••■• •£ By Carrier, I’er Week •** Telephones* connecting ell depart ments. Lon* distance terminals. resentatlres for all territory onl Chirac o' OITlre Trlbnne Rulldlng New York Office Brnnswtck Bldg. If yon hare any trouble getting TUB GEORGIAN AND NEWS, telephone the clrmlatl It promptly Bell iizt mal tlons Intrrded for publication GEORGIAN AND NEWS be limited to 900 word* In leuftb. It la Imperatlre that they be signed, as an evidence of good faith. Rejected mannecrlpte will not be returned unlcse atampe are teat for the purpose. TUB GEORGIAN AND NEWS prime bo ancleaa or objectionable adrertla. no Bocieno or uiijccuuusuis umcme- luff. Neither does it prlut wblfky or any liquor ads. NEWS stand* /or Atlanta'* own- iBff Its own gaa and electric light plants, as It now owns It* water works. Other cities do this and ffet gas as low as 60 cents* with a profit to tba city. This should be done at once. TUB GEORGIAN AND NEWS better** that if street railways can bo JO ffOOd reason why they can not bo so oper ated hero. But we do not bolloTt this The Onward March. Not for a day does the march of Southern progress bait, or the people /row weary in enterprise and devel opment. Notable in the development of the laat week la the lartO number of new pianta established to handle lutm w ber and Its products. -' The reports to The Tradesman for ; the week show one such plant In Ala- v bama, twt> In Arkansas, one in Gcor- gla, two In Kentucky, three In Mis sissippi, two in Missouri, two In North pCarollna, one In South Carolina, two I In Tennessee, seven In Texas, two in I ^jrglnla, one In West Virginia. It la also gratifying to note from the list that the number of cotton m|lls, ! gins and warehouses In the cotton ; states la on a steady Increase, the ' .week’s report showing three new cot ton mills In North Carolina, seven new thills and warehouses In Missis sippi, two new cotton gins In Texas, and a new cotton company In Arkan- VMS , Among the most heavily capitalized : -new Industries In the South during •tho week, as shown In the list, are a ■ $5,000,000 Iron and coal company In Alabama, a $,'00,000 mining company In Missouri and a $500,000 manufac turing company In Oklahoma. . . The prophets of pessimism from Rockefeller all the way seemed to have spoken cither without Inspira tion—or without conscience. The South’s whole forward^ move ment laughs them to scorn. . Charleston’s strut over that base- -ball pennant Is at last only a mild Effort to Imitate Atlanta. There are no strings to the pre- diction that Billy Smith will give At lanta a great team next season. *. Flushed with one victory, he pants for further glory. 1 * Says President Small, of the-Teleg raphers’ Union: I believe that when a man Is ! ' found who Mis the office to the i x satisfaction of a great majority of I j the people ho should be contln- - ued In office Irrespective of sen- t * tlment against the third term. 1 i Chief Jennings Informs ub that the young man mentioned In a Georgian j editorial In the Issue of the 14th in- * slant as having been arrested twice j, for fast automobile driving was fined < on the 13th Instant on an old charge 1 of July .3, and that his arrest on 1 ''September 6 was the second arrest. Chief Jennings states that after the young man’s arrest on September 6 * he did not drive a machine on the j streets, so far aa the record shows. I, New Power for 8partanburg. ” Special to The Georitfnn. *" Spartanburg. 8. C„ Sept. 20.—J. C. t Slack nnd F. R. Drove, capltaliata of , Pittsburg, and officer# and directors of , , the Electric Power and Manufacturing J' Ccmpany engaged in constructing dec. ;:'trlcal power plants at Gaaton Shoals • on Broad river and Nesbitt Shoala on j Tyger river, spent Wednesday In the • -.city making arrangements to open gen. J eral offices. The company will be ready j'tb furnish electric power for commer- jr®** 1 ■ nd manufacturing purposes early • this winter. * Formar Express Agent Arrested. ! Richmond, Va., Sept. 20.—G. M. 8hu- I mate, of Mount Sidney,-Augusta coun- { ty. wae placed under arrest at bis home i yesterday on warrants awom out by the Southern and Adams Express Com. 1 KrP l *“Ai , Th< young man Ip charged by t “*• officials with the robbery of the * comt'Yntea white employed by them as messengsr running into Richmond/ \ TO THE PEOPLE—WAIT! Tho state of Georgia Is soothing with politics and fairly swarming with politicians and office-seekers. ' Children of tho revolution of 1906, born of tho new conditions, fos tered by tho opportunities of the new regime, they are allvg and active everywhere. Young men and old men, eagles with untried pinions and ancient birds with plumage rent by a score of storms, they are fluttering tho wide wings of ambition and scanping tho heights, great and small, upon which are supposed to rest both proflt and repute. There Is not a county In the state In which from a half dozen to a score of aspirants aro not working their way through popular favor toward the goal of election day. Every congrcaalonal district la astir with life and competition. Tho gubernatorial bee Is buxxing In several ears, and the senatorial toga flut ters Invitingly to at least four of the strong men of the state. The primaries of August a year have lifted the ltd from a multitude of ambitions held down beneath the erstwhile "power that controls," and In the freedom of the "new deal" the political atmosphere Is flattering with wings hopeful to soar and eager to try the upper air. More than all are the "new combinations.” Rings within rings, clr-. clcs of "Influence," partnerships In politics, political alliances, "promises . to pay,” and a new and greater "machine" growing out of the wreck of the old. Perhaps a better machine for a time, with cleaner machinery and larger movement, but at laat a "machine," and sure In the lonfe run to clog and grate, to roll remorselessly over those who oppose It, to di vide out the offices, to dispense the spoils and In time to offend the people. To all this the wheels are running, the gear is adjusted, the machinery Is In motion, and hands swift and willing are volunteers,' some accepted ‘and some rejected, to establish the new regime In Geor gia polities. While out yonder on a thousand farms, In here behind the rush and roar of a million spindles, and wherever disks the workman's hammer, the merchant's register or the farmer's spade, thire moves on Its tranquil way the great, quiet, patient body of the people, upon whose favor and above whose suffrage all these eager ambitions must come for fulflllment or denial. Paul may plant and Apollos may water, but the people at last must give the Increase to the politician’s store. There Is something almost pathetic In the people's Isolation from these earlier struggles. They do not see and they do not know alt that Is going on behind these doted doors'and In these eager conferences. The time Is not yet come for the people to be taken Into tho confidences of the office-seekers. When tho plant are ripe, and allotment settled and < the "divisions" made, then the chosen few will go out before the silent, unconsulted but puissant many, and rake the great harvest of their votes for the spoils of office and of honor wblch the great rich state has In Its power to bestow. v It would bo pathetic but for the conception of the vast power of veto or approval which the people hold In the hollow of their mighty handB. Time was when the completed "conferences” would have been conclusive of the end. Time was when the great helpless mass, servile and obedient, would have swung responsive Into line bohtnd the edict of the leaders, and the polls would have simply rung the echoes of the poli ticians' will. J That time Is past In Goorgla. The people are partners now In the politics of this enlightened state—full partners and conscious of their rights. Outside the conferences they may be, but they are iitsldo the “facts,” and they know the situation that confronts them, and the vast Issuos which conserve their homes. Each man In this great democracy of cheap newspapers and n rural mall dollvory holds "high conference” ' with himself and with his neighbors,, and no man Is commlssldncd to promise or convey his votes. He does his own thinking, and ho does his own voting, and'no leader Is strong enough to corral him Into the politi cal tnclosurc mado by a "conference" with which he bad nothing what ever to do. The people are In the saddle In the politics of Georgia, and they are there to stay, riding freely and Independently over tho great domain of tho ballot which Is their Inheritance from the founders of tho republic. It Is nil right for the politicians to aspire. No harm In that. Nor Is there any crime In conference and alliance. That Is tho right of office- seekers under the constitution which enfolds us. But It Is also right and eminently wise for the people to be resolute and deliberate In their Judgments of public men nnd publlo measures. Haste Is an error so serious as to be almost a crime lu tho history of government by the people. Our earnest and serious counsel to the pcoplo Is to go slow In making up their minds. Tho wisdom of the Hour Is to wait. "Give every man thine ear, but few thy tongue." It is a long time bofore the next election. Twelve months charged with tremendous changes must Intervene before the ballots como to Judgment. There has not been In forty years an era that held In solu tion so many great questions near to the ^people's life and prosperity. Each month records some progress, some new development, some poten tial change. New men, some of them bearing the suggestions of a Prov idence In their cleanness and courage, are arising almost every day. Tho year Is chaotic, parties aro in confusion, policies are clarifying under the leadership of patriots and the white light of publicity shed by on tin- trammoled press. It would be a crime against opportunity and common sense for the people to commit themselvep thus early to any man or to any measure In this period of change and upheaval. We say to tho people WAIT. Promise no politician anything. Hold your ballots as the farmer holds hla cotton—In resolution and Intelligent reserve. Sit Bteady In the boat Watch the times, study the Issues, con sider the developments as they come. Trust In God and keep the pow der of your honest ballots dry. And do not forget to WAIT. THE NEGRO’S NEW RELATION. , In the September World of Today ex-Oovernor Northen, of Georgia, contributes an Interesting article on the negro situation. The governor takes the optimistic view of the situation. He thinks It Is a great mistake to believe that there Is no kind of harmony between the better elements of the races In Georgia and at the South. Quite the contrary Is true. The good class of negroes Is Intelligent, progress ive and resourceful. Its religion Is not a sham. Its education has not spoiled It and Its devotion to duty Is not Inspired by the "loaves and fishes.” Its Ideals are good. Its social standards high and Its life whole some and elevating. It has been lilted from heathen darkness to Its present attainments by the power of the grace ot God. If all American negroes were of this'class, there would be no "negro problem." Miscegenation by law, says the ex-governor, will never take place at the South. That may be accepted as an established fact and settled beyond question, and for all time to come. Intermarriage at tba South need not be argued for a moment. Unless the South breaks the record ot all history, there Is only one alternative left, and that Is that the negro must be dependent. In a measure at least, upon the white man, as he can not hope to dominate him. This basis of action was notably ac cepted In an address delivered In Atlanta by Dr. Booker Washington, and loudly applauded by the large number ot negroes be was addressing. The negro In Georgia hai now put himself as a dependent upon the superior race by his own public, general and voluntary statement. The white people of Georgia would be grossly recreant to this acknowledged confidence and this trust If they did not give the assurance that every Individual blspk man, with his family, shall be absolutely sure that he will receive Justice, in his civil rights, his Industrial relations, his edu cational opportunities and his moral and spiritual Interests. This the people In Georgia have publicly proclaimed. All that we now need In or der to work out our problem slowly and surely, la the sympathy and not the criticism of those who do not still understand the, great hindrances that are yet In our way. « The view of Governor Northen has much to (ntereat the student of this problem. Ho himself Is an earnest and patient student of It, and hts view, even If not unanimously accepted In Georgia, Is received With great respect. Growth and Progress of the New South The Georgian here records each day BY apme economic fact In reference to morou a I ivei v the onward progress ot the South. JOSEPH B. LIVELY Under the bead ot "Cotton Consumption In tho South," Colonel Hester elves aome Intereating data on the growth of the spinning Industry, lie says: ‘The net uni consumption by tho mills of tho Mouth during tho commercial year Just ended haa reached n total of 64,833 bales more than last year and la that much In exrcfla of the Inrgowt conmiinptlon ever beforo recorded. Most of tlio state* •how Incrcnac*, the largest l**lng In North Carolina and Gcorgln. North Cnrollnn continues to lead na tho largest consumer of cotton of any state In the Mouth. Moat of the mill* report haring made na full time n* possible, but complaint continues general of insufficiency of labor, and while resort to finer numbers has, In n measure, reduced coniumptfon, Inability to obtain sufficient help affect* re sult* to the extent of about 200,000 bales. "Tho growth of aplndlea continues nt n handsome rate. In tho active mills, 791,065 more nplndlea are recorded, while the number of Idlo spindles baa dropped from 81,840 laat year and 210,702 the year before to 66,120 this your. There are twen ty-seven more mill* In operation and the new nnd not completed mills includes twenty-nine, with 640,978 spindle*, while a number of new concerns aro projected, with n prospect of materializing during the coming season. Of the mills building jnany will l>e In operation In the near future. "As stated In laat year’s annual report, the picture could hardly bo drawn moro gratifying, the only drawback being the question of labor which It Is hoped and believed will. In a measure, rectify Itself. "The total consumption for the year Is 2,439,108 bales ngnlnst 2,371,225 last year, and 2.1M.505 the year before, an excesa over lost year of 64,883 bales and over tho year More ot 275,603. . . "How the cotton manufacturing Industry baa odvanced la beat told by the fol lowing showlhg. 'The yearly net additions are new mills, leas deductions on account of burnt, dismantling, etc. Total mill, In South consuming raw cotton September 1, 1890 (old, new and not complete) 236 1696-1891. net additions 4 1891- 1892, net additions 16 1892- 1893, net additions 13 1893- 1891, net additions 17 1894- 1893, net additions 49 1896-1896. net additions 49 1896- 1897, net additions - 7 1897- 1198, net additions 9 1898- 1899, net additions 69 1899- 1900, net additions 113 1900- 1901. not addition 25 1901- 1902. not additions C.. 23 1902- 1903, net additions 24 1903- 1901, not additions a 22 1904- 1906, nst additions IS 1966-1906, not additions U 17 1906-1901, net additions 20 Total milts In the South consuming cotton (old, new and not completed), September 1. 1907 814 •'An Increase since 1390 of 478 mills. I hare used the words "mllla consuming cotton" tn-enuse thorn are factories known aa woolen mills, etc. each consuming considerable raw cotton annually, and which naturally are classed ns cotton con sumers.’* The following tatde takings of rottqn by American mllla. North nnd Sooth, from 18W to 1907. Inclusive. It la gratifying to note tho steadily Increasing tak ings hy the Southern mill- sine,. 1890, the Increase being 1,892,214 bales, against an Increase of 727,122 by the Northern mllle: COTTON TAKINGS BY AMERICAN MILLS.* Year Ending Northern Southern August 31. Mills. Mills. Total Crop. Hates. Bales. Biles. 1 Isles. * 1890 1.799.258 646,194 3,346.183 7.3U.893 1891 3.027.363 601.661 2,632,023 • 8,662,597 1893 L 2.190,705 966.060 2,876.815 *.016,379 1863 1,887,388 743,848. 1431.114 6,700,3# 1894 1,601,173 718.615 2,319.688 7.549,817 1895 2,061.889 863.838 3,946,877 9,901.251 1896 ,1,600.271 904.701 2.504.972 7.1*7,846 1897 1.804,680 1,042,671 3,847.351 8,757,961 1898 2.211,740 1.231,141 8.443,581 tl,199.994 1899 3.190,096 1.399.899 3.689.494 11.374,840 1900 8,068,300 1,597.113 3.165,412 9.429,416' 1901 L907.570 1,620,931 9A8S.501 10.183.422 1903 2,060,774 1,937.971 3,196,745 10,610.680 1903 1.07.635 2,000.729 2.963464 10.727,559 1904 2,026,967 1,919.253 3,946419 10,011,374 1905 2.282,145 3,163.606 4,445,660 13.665.885 1906 9.340,4« 3.374.225 7,723,703 11.345,968 .1907 ; 3,526,390 3,439,108 4,065,499 18,610,983 •American cotton. . DELAYED BE30LUTI0N8. To the'Editor of The tlcqrelnn: More thnn n month meeting of tho Hcl mutations Indorsing.— . . . - wer* unanimously adopted, and I wna re quested In liehalf of the committee to transorllte nnd forward tho same, to the publishers. I am Informed that this paper never reached the office. Our club num- senreely a family In all the nelghlmrkixxl but • ' In Its membership. We M organise,! for the enforcement ox the taw end purpose to see that prohibition laws can prohibit tbe nee of Intoxicants In tbli part of the state. Oqr motto Is. dght on.i hold-bn, and never give np till the menu- Jaetnre, sate anil uee of liquor na a bevor- [ge la eradicated from the state. The reeo- I Utkina follow: "Whereas, The _. - nnuneetl for the prohibition traffic and haa so nobly and fearl fa? .... nobli, mm command* Itself at once to all lovers of moral* and tbe twtterment of mankind; therefore Resolved, That we, aa a club, moat heart- hereby support. Resolved farther. That we will manifest our approval by liecoming subscribers our* selves and seeking to extend Its circulation throughout the country, J. B. CHEVK8. (For the Committee.) Zenith, Os., Sept. 12, 1107. WHAT COTTON 18 WORTH. To the Editor of Tho Georgian: Cotton would not bring over its worth to —— 26 to SO.cents a arm labor haa In past years advanced from $8 to $10, $12.60. $15 and $18 per month and board. It will take $16 a month to board a hard-working ARMY-NAVY ORDERS —AND— MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS Army Orders, Washington, Sept. 20,-Captafn K. W. Cole, to Presidio, Ban Francisco, as quarter master, relieving Captain Harry A. lltrsch, who will proceed to Colnmhus barracks as quartermaster, and nasumc charge of eon- R traction work at L'nltmiUus harraewa, re eving Captain Harry ll.X'bnmbcrlln. who will proceed to Chicago as assistant to chlcf^ quartcnnaatcr. Department of tbe Lieutenant-Colonel Edwin F. Glenn, Twenty-third Infantry, from Columbus bar racks to hla regiment. Navy Ordark. , Lieutenant C. L. Arnold, additional duty Inspector of ordnance, Boston. Movements of Voaseta. Arrived-SeptcmlHT 17: Prairie at Hamp ton Roads. September M: Sterling at Portsmouth, ... Soiled—Heptember II: Huntress, from Pensacola for New Orleans; Yorktovru, frdm .icnjutla for Acapulco, Mex. CARD FROM MR, CULPEPER. To the Editor of The Georgian: Yonr kind nfltlce of mygircak-down In Bir mingham baa brought more Inquiries than I -tile to answer, * * generous source. what bill fair to lx> the meeting"of" my life to undergo an operation for necrosis of tbe left antrum. Involving complications of tho eye nnd nose, operations, nn,l will eight or ten days. MADD0X-RUCKER BANKiNG CO. - Corner Alabama and Broad Streets. Capital -$200,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits . $600,000.00 Commercial Accounts Invited 4% Compound Interest Is Paid In Our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT THE BRACEBRIDGE DIAMONDS A Thrilling Story of Mystery and Adventure SYNOPSIS. Frank (the hero) and Reginald Bracebrldgc (coining) in«vt Mmo. Writ Mlnvlnsky, benutlful woman, at Saratoga. She fa tacked by a foreigner (Dr. Carl Mueller), Frank rescues her nnd Is given a packngt with ncrmlriaon to open It when ho think! tho right tlmo has come. A telegram an nounces the sudden death of l/eglnald father. Frank Is made executor of the es tate. Reginald Is charged with forgery, and calls upon Prank to nave him from arres r A maid rushes Into tho room nnd tells Rej Inaid his wife la dead nnd that he !• charg ed with her murder. Frank and Reginald leave the house by a secret passage nnd reach the Bracebrldgo country home on Long Island. They embark In an airship. Reginald la sent to France. Frank lenrna W *» V ICDVilllJIt-B i/t, iUUl’UCI. — farm in Ohio near the place where this doc- tor lives. Sylvln Thm-Bton, pretty daughter brought into the sto ova with her. II a painter, who •• Mueller nnd to know her brother, a painter, who reside* abroad. 8ytvi(, Dr. Moeller and n girl friend vlelt "The Hollow," an old house, said to bo haunted. Raymond Thurston return, homo nnex- cctedly and Is greeted by hl« sister during bo temporary absence of her Dance. Hylvla and her brother go for s walk .ml meet Basil, who quarrels with Ray mond, Tho following morning Ruth Pritchard Is found In tho woods near the Thurston boms, unconscious. When she recovers eonsclous- somo horror. Raymond Thurston Is found In the studio, shot through the heart. Sylvln suspects Basil of the muruer of her brother. Sylvia prepares to visit Florida lu search of health. Nurse Mnson appears on tho Moeller ere greater the enrfsce. , Mueller end Sylvia aro married In New York. Rose Thurston ndmlts sho told a falsehood to shield Basil from suspicion of having murdered Raymond. pol Lres- dsonlng CHAPTER LXVII.—Concluded, "1 have a nervous horror of entering that room," ho said to Sylvia. "Pray, pray do not ask me; I know nothing of tho state she Is in, so that my opin ion would b« valueless. Nurse Mason, however, understands tho case thor oughly. nnd Ruth Is perfectly safo In her hands.” Sylvia had mode no further effort to obtain Mueller's consent to dismiss Nurse Mason since that one Ineffectu al attempt. The matter had not been touched on even indirectly during the weeks that had followed. The truth was that Sylvia Mueller was growing .erribly weary of her life at Tho Hoi- ow, and . and everything seemed to have lost Interest for her; so that tt become a matter of complete Indifference to her whether Nurse Mason departed or re mained. I should never hove married Car Mueller," Sylvia sometimes whispered to her own heart. "Day by day con vinces me more and more that I can never be a happy woman ns hi* wife. ”1 do not understand him; there Is mysterious barrier between us, which have abandoned even the attempt to pull down. It Is always there, It will always be there, and there can be no real confidence between his heart and mine. It is Impossible.” And sometimes during these sullen November evenings, as Sylvia sat alone by her solitary window gazing amid the stormy shadows of the desolate lake, a memory of Basil Thurston crossed her mind like an apparition, and a sudden heart-longing oppressed her with a well-nigh unendurable force, Where was he? What was the truo ex planation of his share In the story of i hat tragic night? Mueller had told his wife of the min ister’s tidings as to Basil Thurston’s letter to Moss; but.since that barren piece of Information Sylvia had learned to rats* cotton. _ mathsmati eat calculation of his labor. Interest on In vestment In firm Implements, stock, tbrtr I, the hired help nnd his expense nil moved up for the year, whet does cotton cost to grow, pick nnd gin nnd market? Thu fnrmer la slow to mine hts price. All he thinks of Is n certain lump sum In the fall. If the farmer were forced to take s trip there was by the rnlirnad, wli tho farmer would here to go down In his Jeans nnd get It. Now. when the Mg cor- lar “lilll owner wants cotton, why loesn't the fnrmer lie Independent and say " ' “ - ” lit cotton lauds, stock, etc., to raise, cotton. temutic alwut expense nnd proflt as <L mill men nnd railroads to make s ri-rtsln net proflt, the farmers will have to put np their prices to double what they, are now - , to come nut ami make the proflt the other. ami learning a few things. The most N portent ef all Is keeping.out of debt, and the raising of grain, meet and foodstuffs to run on. thus-getting Ini shape where they back they had to sell In'Octnlier and No vember, ns soon as they could possibly get It picked nnd ginned. Now some bold It j’lth calls from Jacksonville, pensscols nnd Apalachicola, Fla., and from Kentucky, l am afraid tho whole comitry will ' before I get well. If I welt. So this from Die train, on route for Owens lx>ro, Ky„ for s hand In that conflict. I lectured twlco In Birmingham, to 1.600 men each time. The war Is on there. They mean to win. One good temperance tec. lure these days Is enough to make the conn start s mean to win, lure these dny ell come togother and forms—anyth’ Yours fot* n half dosen ra ng Inevltsbi J. B. CULPEPER, forme-sny'ffin^i hut the' 'thlng"lnevTtsbie.' Lieutenant Lott With Seventeenth. Second Lieutenant Warren Lott. Jr, a Georgia boy sWho recently graduat ed with honors from West Point, has been assigned to company M, Seven teenth Infantry, end assumed his duties Thursday. In the absence of the cap tain and first lieutenant he Is now In command df the company. Cigar Company Chartered. The Oppenhelm Cigar Company was granted a charter 'by Judge Ellis, of the superior court. Thursday. The in corporators are I. H. Oppenhelm. Mayer and A. S. Marshall. Attorneys Slaton & Phillips filed the petition. hnve felt lonely nnd weal tbe eonntry, hut they hare learned there Iff ' ell over .... that n union there Is 1 strength, end the ntteutlnn veil the Fanners' Union hse resulted In lem seeing nnd rasping great tietieflts and ‘ rotten single- of cost HENRY n. JACKSON. of production. Atlanta, Ga. Southern Land Company. Under the name of the Southern Land Company, Frank C. Owens, Jo seph Lee Rhodes, Charles W. Hop kins, John S. Owens and Asa O. Can dler have applied tor a charter. The capita! stock Is to be $350,900, at $100 per share. The company will desl 111 real estate securities and do a general business, navlng Its headquarters In Atlanta. Carrier’s Residence Burned. Spec 1*1 to The Georgian. Griffin, Go, Sept. 20.—The residence of J. E. Pentecost, carrier on a Griffin R. F. D, was entirely destroyed by fire from an unknown source one day this week. Train Injures Norcroes Boy. Special to The Georgian. x Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 20.—A tele gram has been received by H. S. Kcnl- hofer, secretary of the Montgomery Freight Bureau, from Norcroes, Go., stating that hie little eon. Starr, aged 12, had been struck by a Southern train tit that place and seriously It not fa tally Inlured. The boy had his right arm broken In tivo places, his knee wrenchev), right side hurt and other- vise Injured. He was knocked uncon scious. when Miss Lotltln had called at The Hollow, Sylvia had been tempted to re fer to the subject, but a sudden nerv ousness overcame her and the worde died on her lips. • • "If sho had any favorable nowe to tell she would let me hear It without being questioned,* surely,” Sylvia thought, as she endeavored to Justify her \>wn lack of courage. "What is tbe use of touching again on a painful subject that can only open the old wound afresh?" , As November drew to a close Cart Mueller'a etate of mind became very evidently more and more of a torture to him, and once or twlqe. when he and his wife were alone ho eeemed to be on the point of confessing to her title secret anxiety that was crushing him down. But he always checked himself, and Sylvia asked no questions. She began to remark, however, that her husband's darker moods usually followed his con versations with Nurse Mason, who had a habit of sending messages to Mueller by one of the servants, such as! "Tho nurse wants you for a few minutes In the library, Dr. Mueller." Or: "Miss Mason would like to see you. Dr. Mueller, before you go out." And Sylvia noticed that her husband always shrank a little and changed col or as he received these messages, al though he promptly answered them, even If he happened to bo at dinner at the time. "Nurse Mason had something to tell mo about Ruth.” he sometimes ex plained afterwords to Sylvia, who.' how ever. had not questioned him. "Ruth’s state seems to be undergoing a change of tome kind of late." Immediately after one ot these Inter views on a dark, stormy morning at the close of November. Mueller entered his wife’s boudoir, where Sylvia was arranging some white end pink chrys anthemums In a vase. As Sylvia glanced up from her task she noticed how pale and careworn her husband looked, and a little thrill of self-re proach passed through her. - "Are you not well today, Carl? ts there anything the matter*" CHAPTER LXVIII. New Plans. "I am sick and tired of this gloomy old spot, Sylvia, and I shall never again be able to rouse my spirits while I'm here, he burst fosth vehemently. "And I wnnt you to como to New York for a mqnth or two, nnd then. If you like wo It go abroad for the remainder of tbe winter, or return here, just as you please. But we both need a change deareBt. I am certain of that Youare not a bit like yourself of late. I can see it In every act and look of yours during tho paBt few weeks.” s , y !Y la .. rtld not Immediately reply, and Mueller, mistaking her silence, re sumed etlll more urgently: ''™ a £ lac ? h0 ? sot upon my nerves ot late, Sylvia. I can not stand It! If you refuse to como I shall have to go alone. But you will not do that, dew est? Surely you win come? You need have go fears whatever is to Ruth Nurse. Mason will look after h* care fully and conscientiously. And, of course, any tlmo you wish to return, there will bo nothing to prevent your doing so." ^ ®hould like to go away tor awhile, Carl," Sylvia said. "L too. feel that I need a change." ' "Then that is settled, thank heaven!" Mueller cried, with a sigh of relief, and ho threw out hla arms as It he was costing a weight from his shoulders. "I shall mnko all arrangements ot once. First of all, I shall have to go tft Buffalo about that business, but I expect to be back by tomorrow evening at tho latest. Can you bo ready, dearest, to atari eq tho following morning?” "Certainly, Carl, If you wish. My preparations will not take me long.” “The sooner wo aro off tho better, This placo would drive ua both Into • madhouse, Sylvia, If wo stayed hew much longer. Onco wo aro in town) we can draw our breaths freely again. I have found It Impossible to rouse myself of Into, dearest; »weight eeem- ed to be crushing me down. You must have thought mo a very dull compan ion, but I could not help It, I shall en deavor to atone for all when wo gotta. New York.” He drew her to him suddenly and kissed her and held her In a passlonato- embrace. "Darling, darling! I wish I could prove to you tvhat my love for you. really Is! Even yet, I sometimes think' you can not really understand me." “As tlmo goes on. Carl, wo shall understand each other batter," Sylvia still nt hor heart. “I valuo all your klndnesa and goodness, you may rest assured. I liavo not yet been able to recover my old. spirits—not Just yet. But that tlmo will como, too, perhaps. If you aro satisfied to wait for tt,” A little shadow passed across her face, and Mueller knew where her thoughts had suddenly flotvn. "If I have to wait half a lifetime for It, darling, I shall be satisfied. I have not forgotten our Interview laat Jan uary. You spoke frankly to mo that day, and I answered you with corre sponding frankness. I do not wish F ou to bo disloyal to the post, dearest; only ask you. as I asked you that day, to believe In my love for you, and then all must come right at last." After an early luncheon that day Mueller started for Buffalo, and a few hours later Sylvia drove to see Moni ca Peard and to tell her of her ap proaching departure for New Yorki "Although I shall miss you dreadful. 1 y, l am glad you are leaving The Hoi- low for a while, dear." Monica said, ’■your spirits have become terribly de pressed since you went there.” Sylvia drove back to The Hollow with a somewhat lighter heart. She found her mother awaltlng.her, and shortly afterwards the Judge dropped In. "I am so glad you’vo come this after, noon, as Cart Is away, and I am all alone," Sylvia eald, and then she went on to tell them of hor hastily arranged departure from Tho Hollow. .“Tint it tun Ffiirtnln In Knw But If wo remain in Now York for Christmas wo shall expect you both to como to us," Sylvia continued. “It will be livelier for all ot us than spending Christmas here.” It was past 9 o’clock when the Judge and Mrs. Thurston drove back to Moor- combe. The night was stormy and threatening, and nn hour later the rain was beating ngalnst the windows at The Hollow with an angry pattering as the sweeping gust whirled It along. Before retiring to her own room that night Sylvia .went up. as usual, to sco Ruth Pritchard. Sho found Nurse Ma con pacing up and down the room with a shawl wrapped about her bead and face. “My old enemy, neuralgia, has at tacked me, Mrs, Mueller. I've not had If nmt* ulnon loaf tvlrtfnr *' It now since last tvlnter.' Her voice was quivering with pain. "I'm so sorry. You should go to bed at once," Sylvia said. "And It yok don't feel better tomorrow, nurse, you must not get up. I shall attend to Ruth In that ca*e. M Nurse Mason only groaned In replf. She was suffering so acutely, Indeed, thafehe was hardly conscious of Syl via's words; and on the following morning ehe was In such torture that It was Impossible *0 lift her h«Rd from the pillow. "Now, you are my patient, remem ber,” Sylvia said kindly as she stood ■by Nurse Mason’s bed Just before breakfast. "Between you and Rura I shall have my hands full today. For, of course, you must not get up." "I fear I can not attend my duties today; I feel almost demented. Mrs. Mueller." Nurse Mason answered. "tVhenever I get this attack I am help less for the time being. I hope I shall be better when Dr. Mueller returns this evening. I shall have to be at my poet then, at least." “Not certainly If you are not very ttfilt imnt*nvA/l w return* 1 '" much Improved," Sylvia returned "Ruth will be all right Hi my hand*. so make your tnlnd easy.” , The morning was dark and storms, and af tho day advanced the vrlnd ro-e to a gale. The full force of the blast seemed to expend Its fury on that wins of the ancient house In which Ruin Pritchard’s room was situated, ana about 4 o’clock In the afternoon, a Sylvia was proceeding down the corn- dor to this room, she was startled b a loud crash nnd the shattering °* broken glass from within. i Georgia/ Continued in Tomorrow’i “7,