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rHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS,
MONDAY, SKPTICMHKK 3, 19VI.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
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,e*r. l>efore we are Made foe to blc
Railroad Protests and Increasing
Earnings.
Sertoualy wo have no dcalro or In
tention to be unjust to tho railroad!.
Nor will wo be so far aa freedom
and fairness and common honesty will
keep us from It
But when Inconsistencies aro appa
rent It is best to point them out for
the benefit of the railroads as welt ns
for the edification of the people.
Here, for instance, Is tho governor
of Alabama calling an extra session of
the legislature to determine whether
the peoplo or the railroads are to con
trol the state.
And hero come the ruHroade com
plaining that tho reduction In passen
ger rates Is ruinous to their profits,
and almost confiscatory of their prop
erty.
While on the heels of tho protest
come the New York market sheets of
Saturday showing that the Central of
Georgia, which has been most vigorous
among protectants, has earned during
the second week In September $15,070
, more than It did on tho first, and that
the Southern Railway within the
same period has Increased Its receipts
by $85,000.
Now without any comment wo sub
mit tho mere discordant facts, and are
willing to publish the explanation If
there be any of tho discrepancy be
tween public claim and printed offi
cial statement of increase.
In spite of the fact that Dr. Osier
was severely criticised tor bis pro-
nunclamento on old age, he still re
tains the high respect of his con
freres, and anything he has to say on
tho science of medicine Is listened to
with respect He haa won commenda
tion for hla observations before the
International Congress on School
Hygiene in London, In which ho
talked of the importance of caring for
tho teeth of school children. He said
that 70 per cent of tho school attend
ance In England showed decayed
teeth, and he advocated the appoint
ment of a school dentist who should
make regular Inspections.
The navy department haa thle year
expanded the list of officers to whom
are sent special letters of commenda
tion on account of the connection
with the achievements in naval work
manship on the tsrget range In West
Indian waters. These letters, says
The New York Tribune, are Identical
In form for the most part, and are sent
to those In charge of the gun crews,
tbe executive officers anil command
ing officers of the trophy winners, and
tbe gunnery officers of the ships which
made more than £5 per cent' The let
ters have value In that they are added
to the recipient officer’s record In
Washington, and may count for some
thing some day when there Is an over
hauling of these records to determine
fltnese for compulsory retirement It
is oousldered that the letters are also
an encouragement to the best Individ
ual effort, since they show official ap
preciation of what an officer bas been
able to do. The president. It is well
known throughout the navk takes a
deep Interest In marksmanship, and
during no previous nJjnlnlatriYIon has
there been so much emphastS placed
on the ability to hit th, target'’There
*“• been a systematic Cevelopmint of
marksmanship and naval gunnemhas
“” n Placed on a sound wd practical
THE IDEAL GEORGIA REMINISCENCES.
When the roster Is mado up of those whose pens have paid high trib
ute to Georgia, and shed unfading honor upon her Illustrious sons, we are
Inclined to think that Lucian Knight will lead the list.
Back across the century, from White's Statistics and the Historical
1 Recollections through Stevens and McCall and Smith, clown to the pre
paid bfogmpbtes which we class as history today, there Is’nothfng better
or anything quite so good aa '•The' Reminiscences of Famous Georgians ’
written in exile by tho young editor, orator and minister, whose genius
and devotion'have mado him for two decades one of the beloved and
brilliant children of tho state.
For the work of Lucian Knight fairly glows with genius and enthusi
asm. It takes the dry bones of history and reminiscence and makes them
stand up clothed and beautiful In human interest and vitality. It gilds
fact and Incident with the touch of romance, and while sacrificing no
■ truth or accuracy in relation, wraps each figure and period In the senti
ment of patriotic .levotlon, and like the ancient Scot, freshens and deop
ens with the chisel of the pen the epitaph upon tbe tombs of the famous
Georgians of the past.
It is doubtful If any history ever written anywhere or at any Umo
has been framed In English so mellifluous and beautiful as these remi
niscences. They run like rippling water through tho annals df the com
monwealth, musical fn flow, pnd sweet and pure In origin as In direction
and conclusion.
For no man who has ever written history for Georgia has been more
free frpm prejudice, more untouched by enmities, and more fair In hla
friendly and unbiased justice to the state and its mighty sons. Lucian
Knight writes In the sunshine with no shadow upon his nobio spirit and
no malice in his gontle heart His work, by all the signs, has been a
labor of love, and he has lived with those he loved, labored for those ho
loved and loved those for whom he labored.
If these “Reminiscences’’ had been written when our world was young
er and before the age had been vexed with the making of so many books,
It would have mado Immortal the young m|n who wrote it As it Is, each
succeeding year will deepen the sense of obligation which Georgia and Its
people owe to the writer of those charming sketches.
Let no man think that In tho sheer beauty and witchery of his style,
Lucian Knight has been indifferent to fact and accuracy. Legend indeed
and tradition wrap some of the delightful incidents of bis reminiscence,
but It Is the legend and tradition whose long acceptance has deepened
Into history. All that Is vivid, dramatic or eventful In tho lives of Illus
trious Georgians Is gathered Into the pages of the book. But along with
these there runs tbe pure current of biography, of record, of the linking
of great names to groat events, of the past that each man played, and of
the place that each man deserves upon tho roll of honor, while as a com
mentator upon policies and as a philosopher of events Mr. Knight displays
sn Insight, a balance, and n comprehension which give a double value to
his charming work.
There Is not a young man la Georgia who ought to be without these
Reminiscences. If he Is going Into public life they will enrich his equip
ment with tho amplest store of Incident, and the clearest Illumination of
Georgia’s great poriods and of tho great men who ruled them.
There Is not an old man In Georgia who would not find more charm
ing than novel or romance this revival of tho scenes and figures of a past
In which they had borne a part If Reminiscence Is a torch to youth It
Is a delight to age, and around many a winter fireside these rare sketches
and comments would furnish the material for an evening of intellectual
and* social charm.
There Is not a literary man In Georgia or elsewhere who can afford
to have this brilliant work out of his library, for In no other and similar
book that we have ever read Is there as much to charm the oar, and de
light the taste and quicken tho Imagination.
Beyond all this Georgia owes to her brilliant son who, In broken
health, has written in exile, this noble and beautiful tributo—the full and
generous meed of practical and substantial appreciation of the gallant
service he has rendered to the commonwealth and to history.
Out yonder on the far Pacific coast, Islandod tn an Avalon ns sweet
as Arthur’s Knights oh chlvalrio memory, he bas wrought with a sweet
ness, a patience and a courtesy that stamps him one of them—and not
less one of ours.
fjct us send to Lucian Knight—our Galahad of Literature—tn his far
Avalon tbe assurance that we appreciate the beautiful chapters with
which ho has garlsndod Georgia-for her noble place In history. -
Let us send him In a thousand subscriptions to his first volnmo of
Reminiscence, Georgia’s thanks for what he has already done, and Geor
gia’s generous Inspiration for what ho has yet to do.
HOW OHANLER LOOKS IN THE EAST.
The Georgian has said that among all Eastern Democrats mentioned
for tho Democratic nomination, Lieutenant Governor Chanter of New
York la tho likeliest and tho boat—saving only William Randolph Heartt,
who is not in the race nor likely to bo In It.
We adhere to that opinion.
And here comes cx-Congrossman Sullivan of New York with this
wholesome and telling tribute to bis friend and fellow-citizen:
"I am for Lieutenant Governor Chanler for tho Democratic nomina
tion for president,’’ says Mr. Sullivan, "because I think wo con win with
him. 1 don’t know any on* else whose name has been mentioned on our
side of the fonce of which this can be said.
“This Is not said In disparagement of any of tho distinguished men
who aspire to load the Democratic party In a national campaign. They
are all good mon In their way, but the so-called psychological moment for
them. In national politics, has not yet arrived. Their time will come, but
just now the need of tho party Is for a young man whoso personality Is
strong enough to carry New York atato and whoso name will Inspire con
fidence among tho business men throughout the nation.
"Whether we like It or not. wo must admit that of late years the
commercial interests of tho country have been arrayed against the Dem
ocratic party. I am one who believes that discrimination has been most
nnjust and undeserved. In every fight wo have been handicapped by this
unreasoning sentiment. As long as the party la enveloped In this hoodoo
we may expect to go down to defeat.
"This Is an opportune time to cast It off. Against Chanler not
a word can be said. He Is strong In the South, where his family for over
a hundred years has been honored and respected. He has been the archi
tect of his own political fortune In this state. Nominated on the Demo
cratic ticket he wins for his party—the first time in a dozen years. He
demonstrated that thla la a Democratic state If you give the people the
candidates that they want. Chanler haa made himself stronger with the
people every day be has been In office. Ho haa aupported every reform
policy urged by Governor Hughes. When Chanler said ’to do right Is to
be a Democrat,’ he epitomised the entire Democratic situation.
"What the Democratic party needs It a man who has the courage to
do right—one who can not be Influenced by the political bunco man, no
matter In what gutso ho may turn up.
"To my mind Lieutenant Governor Chanler Is just such a man.
“The deeds of the Chanler family and the Astor family aro Inter
twined In the history of this country, and the party leaders feel that the
public will have some faith fn the promises mado by a Democrat pos
sessing the antecedents and character of Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler. If I
do not make a bad guess the Democratic state committee, at Its next
meeting, will bear out what I say about Chanle.r by unanimously Indorsing
him as the choice of the New York state Democracy for president."
Among all the Democrats named for the high estate The Georgian Is
first of all for a Southern candidate—Hoke Smith, Culberson or Aycock
of North Carolina, or Broxton of Virginia—next for Bryan or Hearst,
who, It they lived in Georgia, would be our first. Jfad then tor Chanler
of New York, for his gallant loyally, hts clean record, and his common
sense. '
KICKED WHILE YOU WAIT.
fProia The Nashville Tennessean.)
“(let kicked while you wilt” Is the Isteet
thing tram Atlanta.
Chief A. Hugh Turner of the county po-
lice, according to Tbe Atlanta Georgian, la
advocating a slot machine whleh will sclen-
till rutty kick all persona who have a grudge
at tbomselvea for the amall sum of 5 cento.
Stock In tke "t’onaoildnted Automatic
Self-Kicking Treat'.may noon get on the
market, and the Atlanta Officer Ja of tbe
opinion that the new machine will l>e In
great demand. *
The Georgian Intimates that thla new
machine would ire a great thing for the pot.
Itlrtana who have been worsted; it does
not Intimate that the new device will tie a
satisfactory substitute for whisky through
out Georgia.
Chief Turner seys be bae teen tbe time
when he would have given a dollar for a
good, thorough kicking, but admin that be
never could nave eudnred punishment from
a heavy tuot wielded by a sturdy citizen.
The strictly Imiiersonal nature of the anto-
untie kicking machine of the police eppeele
Itviirtcs aunt tutu iur mat lllliri
Inclosed In booths, safe front the gase of
the public, disgruntled politicians and self-
hating citizens will and much solace. He
also advocates graduated treatment accord
ing to the mentnl condition of the patient
ami would regulate the severity of the kick.
Ing according to the amount contributed,
k’lve cents In the slot would give mild treat-
uicnt. And for one dollar the consolidated
strength of nil the famous halftiseks In
tbe world would be applied to the patient.
It bad never occurred to ns that ao many
Atlantans suffered from Indigestion.
Leiter’a Widow Dying.
Paris. Sept. SI.—Confessing at laat
her fears that she will not survive her
present Illness, Mrs. Levi z. Letter,
widow of the Chicago millionaire and
one time partner of Marshall Field, haa
sent messages urging her children to
hurry to her bedside. Sha la suffering
from liver trouble and her physicians
■ay u Is cause for the gravest alarm.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian here records each day
some economic fact In reference to
the onward progress of tho Sooth.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
Following the phenomenal growth taken on during tho Inat two years. In con*
luence of the building of the Presbyter*— ™—**“ w — **—
»oom. Barring unforeseen setbacks, it
►re than doubled ita population and f
Not within Ita history hare the bank- . 4
dous business ns they are doing now nml hare a prospect of doing this fall. The
farmers of the county have made superb crops.
Blackshear has begun agitation for water work*, electric lights and sewers,
and tbe prospects seem to faror these Improvements. The town bns over $1,«
000,000 ralnation nd valorem, which would permit a bond fasQe of 170,000, but It is
estimated that 150,000 would be sufficient, and It Is thought that the Income from
the lights and water wonI<Kprovide for the payment of these bonds without any
coat In taxes to the people.
Four splendid brick stores hare about been completed on Railroad street,
some handsome residences are under construction and several other nice busi
ness bouses are contemplated. Extensive improvement* are being made on the
west side of town. It proposes to erect a brick business house on tho Drown prop
erty.
It Is rumored that the Waycross and Vidalla railroad will certainly be built,
that It will adopt electricity as a motive power, And that It will be built by
Blackshear, Also that the Waycross Street Car Company will use Its tracks be
tween here and Waycross, to run Its street cars, on an hour schedule.
It seems evident that Wall street Is trying at this time to bring on a money
panic, but Rlnckahenr and Fierce county, put Wall street on notice that this com
munity will take no part Jn It. The farmers of tbe county have made enough to
eat for another year, nml Wall street can go on nnd have her panic If she wants
to. If people In other communities are frightened over the situation, there Is
plenty of room nnd prosperity In Fierce county. * v
CONTROL—DON'T CRUCIFY—RAILROADS
The Journal of Labor believes it Is abont
time to cnll a halt to the war of extermina
tion going on all over- the country ogalnat
the railroads and other corporations.
Tbe wago earners of the country, particu
larly railway employees, ore of course the
worst sufferers from this reign of tbe dema
gogues and doctrinaires.
What was at Drat n Just calling to "book"
of the railroad, insurance companies and
other large corporations—for many of them
bad grievously sinned against the people—
has degenerated Into a wild orgy of radical
ism, closely bordering on anarchy.
Thousands of workmen all over the land
who were happily at work a short time aro
are Idle now—many of them are being dally
forced to wander far n-fleld to secure em
ployment, with all the demoralising effects
which often result from such causes.
Msny an honest, hard-working man forced
to leave homo to look for work, failing to
And It, gradually loses heart, his spirit Is
crushed nnd the knowledge that his loved
ones left behind are suffering for bread
causes biro to grow desperate and Anally to
become a pitiable moral and physical wreck.
And who can fathrfra the depths of misery
iithtnnd the same conditions prevail. Tho
railroads have been forced to stop railroad
building, extensions and repairs nnd hun
dreds of thousands of dollars of loss will
result to them by the washing away of such
unAnlshed grading and construction work.
Hundreds of workmen tn the railway
shop* aro being summarily laid off, and
doubtless the pitiable end Is not yet In
sight. And the railroad* must know by sad
experience that to nllow machinery to got
Info a state of unrepair damages It Incalcu
lably, and takes severs! years' work to get
In repair again, with resulting loss to the
railroads of hundreds of thousands of dol
lars.
And death and disaster by way of horri
ble wrecks on account of lack of machinery
and tracks follow pitilessly, with the fur
ther resultant loss of thousands upon thou
sand* of dollars In damage suits, beside*
the Immeasurably greater loss of human
Ufe. nnd tbe bitter tears of widows audwr-
phnns.
Itself in loss of revenues to call
for closing down of railroad operations.
Certainly corporate mnnagraltiit,. ei.._
dally railroads, has been Incompetent and
oppressive during the past decade In Its
dealings with tho people, and railroads are
**■ *— responsible for stirring
people, who are slow to
anger, hut surely these managers could not
be so hopelessly Idiotic and asinine ad to
- ‘“-iff,”
now,
; the
rnnrnmiR uavrn'i got toe nmuey, ana they
can't ret It In the faco of the terrlAc on
slaught made upon them everywhere. It Is
aot the absolute loss of revenue to date
which Is causing til these unforunato condi
tions; clamor sod wild threats of aberrated
(From The Journal of Eabor.)
propagandists and piebald, pesky politicians
fenders and investors of
RECIPE FOR COMMUNION WINE.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
vessel containing water on the st<
11 the Juice
and seal, and It will keep
~ “ ” * * •
It remain till
Let
Juice Is boiling hot. Cook
j rill keep indefinitely. We
have prepared apple cider the same way.
It is more easily managed than canning
fruit. Large stoue Jugs can be used. These
we boll In the "wash pot." The wine of
the ancients was nothing more than bard
cider. No sugar used to product the alco
hol. Very respectfully,
Dig Creek, Ga.
"OLE MISS."
QREATE8T MORAL REFORM
MOVEMENT SINCE THE WAR.
(From The Detroit Journal.)
The prohibition of Georgia Is too recently
enacted, too novel in Ita very stringency,
too much of a surprise nnd, therefore, too
suggestive of perishable enthusiasm
make one certain of what its record
effect will be, even In the Illuminating And
hopeful report given of It by Ralph 8.
Thompson, •of New York, through bis Inter
view In The Journal. Her# Is a state
whleh, although four-Afths of the coun
ties had adopted local option prohibition,
K it one-fifth, among them the counties
eluding the big cities, had not adopted
prohibition,
On the ere of a legislative session, after
ggJPQ ^ ‘ “ *“
which
ted the traffic In strong
drinks Is absolutely prohibited In the state.
And the other public questions were either
alighted or swept aside for this new, revo
lutfonnry law.
The tone of such revolutions hns not
usually been sound. In Maine nnd Kan
sas the real sentiment of the people If
probably not for prohibition, and officials
are chosen In the big cities who will see
to It that the town Is "open." But in
Georgia the ground taken was not that
of the blue law legislatures at nil, but
the solid ground of economic need nnd
the necessity of public pence, reinforced by
the religious and philanthropic elements in
the state.
Tho liquor traffic has caused race riots.
The saloon Is blamed for much of tbe In
citement of criminal negroes. The low
tastes which liquor drinking engenders In
negri>es and poor whites makes their la
bor. their only value to themselves or to
posed partly of moderate drinkers, which
was sending Mils to a governor who own
ed a hotel In which Honor wns sold and
tbe tense of which would l>e worth $10,000
a year less to him because of the new
law—voted the liquor traffic ont of the
state. It Is not a blue law proceeding,
hut a public health proceeding. The meu
who thus voted believed they wen* rep
resenting Georgia. They had not l*een
elected ns temperance men. hilt as Hoke
Smith men. They are not members of the
'Toblbltloit party, bat Democrat*. And
..istend of being merely local agitators, they
have set an example which North Carolina,
South Carolina. Alabama and Tennessee are
likely tn follow, nnd no one knows wbnt
other states may strike at alcohol ns China
hns struck at opium. In fart, the South
regards the liquor evil much ns the Chi
nese regard the opium traffic.
The South has always pleaded with the
North to allow her to settle her own
problems. Th# recent excise laws of South
Carolina Illustrate* bow the South regards
the liquor traffic ** * problem connected
with her negro problem. In these rselm-
laws, though they have proved to be fall-
cause the money lenders and investors or
England, Holland, Germany and Franco and
of our own country to talco fright and to
nail down the lids to their coffers, which
prevents the rnlirqads from borrowing
money.
When President Roosevelt began hi* fight
in* coarse, ouc even tuim firmest. reut/«ioc«-
ble reformer ha* gone too f«r. And nil the
hosts of satellites, taking advantage of the
Just resentment and wrath of the people,i
are going to even more drastic, exter
minating lengths than Mr. Roosevelt. Verily
history It repeating Itself. |
Tho railroads need Tim
not extermination. OnrHHBPBBBBH
era' Union, In demanding lower passenger
rates, whether wisely or unwisely, were
acting ns the farmers hare always acted—
In a fair spirit—demanding advantages
which must InerltaMr accrue to all citizens
alike, and through Its officials, In a spiriti
of concession, expressed their willingness
that tho railroad commission of Georgia
should establish a rate of 2V4 cents per mile
on all the railroads, without discrimination,!
which, If adopted, would bavp satisfied tho
railroads. i
Although .the farmers are the biggest
shippers, they have not asked a single rc-r
duct Ion In freight rates on farm products!
Thsy are willing i>>r the railroad, Iin-l- r
strict regulations, to make remunerative
revenues If thereby they, the farmers, can
srfcnra prompt transportation of their prod
ucts, safe travel for themselves nnd their
families, and to tbe end that now railroads
and extensions may be built In many sec
tions of Georgia where they are needed.
The same can not be said of the manufac
turers and other large shippers of freight.
lierAtise, when the freight rates Were re
duced these same patriots (7) immediately
advanced the prices upon their goods so that
the great masses of the people are not only
falling to receive any benefit from such
I freight reductions but are paying more for
tho necessaries of life than before. Anti,
be it remembered, there has been no in
crease In the wages of the employees of
such nmnnfnctnrrs In this bailiwick.
The rights of the wage earners seem to
have been lost sight of altogether. Their
wage* must come ont of the earnings of
railroads and other corporation employers.
If these corporations are not permitted to
tarn sufficient revenues with which to pay
decent wages to their employees nnd to
provide for future advances In wages, ns
the cost of living continues to go higher
and higher, will not the wsgo earners suffer
In reduction of their wages, and will not
their lalmr thus Indirectly go Into the
pockets of the manufacturer* and other
shippers?
The Journal of Labor believei In a aqusre
deal to the rich and the poor—to corpora
tions as well aa Individuals. Justice knows
no distinction, thank God!
■And they who crucify the rich today will*
■ M mm
rlfy
test against the fanntldsm and proscriptive
K Holes of these "Mad Mullahs" who, to
itber thslr own political neats or to gain
undeserved popularity with the "dear peo-
Die." seek to cripple and destroy corpora-
They should be stopped In this un
holy war.
may succeed or fall, the Month
Ijr struggling with a problem of whtch the
Mouth alone knows the terms and factors.
It Is a costly and splendidly courageous
experiment which Georgia Is making. Bbe
lr making It at a sscrlAce, at the risk of
more Injury than good from tbe standpoint
of mere prosperity. She has declared her
self aa believing that this Is a atep In
the right direction morally, and that It
means success economically. If she main
tains her ground, nnd her experiment is
successful, she will deserve all tho honor
that Is due the state which initiated the
greatest moral reform since tbe Civil war,
an honor which neither Maine nor Kan
sas can take from her.
IN 8EARCH OF AN AFFINITY.
(From The Toledo Citlsen.)
Met my aoul-twln today. She Is beautiful,
and they say her old man bas oodles of
coin. The moment I met her I felt that
our twin souls bad been seeking each other
through apace ever since the world was set
rolling by the Great Artist.
I told Alice of my love this morning aa
we sat In the garden—a new Garden of
Eden. I told her that It needed but Ere
to complete tts Adam’s happiness. Rather
a neat turn; must embody It In a sonnet
Read Alice—lovely name—my lines begin
ning "Through thp empty aeons I have
waited." She admired my poor lines exces
sively, which shows that she has keen
poetic Insight.
Alice, I can not live without thee.
Today Alice agreed that we were twin
soul*; ami we kissed each other; rather
banal, perhaps, but aoul-kissea are so little
regarded by any but n* poor geniuses of thei
iMHarttstfc tmpenmentjMHMMd
true
Alice'* father Is Impossible. He asked me
how I would support his daughter. Tbe
old curmudgeon! Money may come with
fame; I care not.
Our twin souls are reunited. To avoid ar
gument with the materialistic father, Alice
ami I were secretly married.
How happy she Is!
She worships my genius, and I read her
my poems nil day long. She Is not brilliant
herself, but quite stupid persons can recog
nise merit In other*. My magnlAcent lines
on the empty aeons she pronounces this
greatest poem In the world's literature, al
though I And she thought aeons were some
sort of soup tureen.
Alice’s father hns no money!
I am crushed, crushed like a fragile blos
som of the roadside.
I shut myself up lu tbe house and penned
►me Inspired lines, beginning. ’The mor
dant tooth of most malltt<ro* time." it Is
on tbe Mhakegpearean plan, bat Improved.
Alice, It appears. Is s stenographer. Rhe
works—being of s coarser nature, work does
not grate upon her nerves—during the day
in some stolid office, so we do not lack the
bread trt nourish our earthly frames, of
spiritual sustenance I, who ueethso much,
receive none from her.
Alice will not listen to my verses any
longer. My sonnet, "My Koul Is Soaked In
Paradise," only made her say vulgarly that
everything else wa* soaked In theho.'k*hop.
At a poem recital last night I met nv «f.
Unity.’ ;
Happy, happy dny!
Our soul* leaped together across space ns
I read her my lines, "On an Emancipated
But tartly." Hbe Is a widow, whose hus
band left her nearly a million dollars. Crude
prosperity.
Mrs. Plopdobs is past 50, woman’s most
charming age, nnd she recognises me ss
her true twin soul.
I wrote Alice's father:
"I bare met my affinity. Rend for Alice
until I can obtain a divorce."
Alice’* father called next day. "lYhst *
this nbnnt au affinity*" be mild, nml then
before 1 could reply muttered coarse vxpres-
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for their funds.
slons about "taking It out of my hide."
Tbe doctor says I can leave the hospltnl
In ten days. In the meantime Mrs. Flop-
dobs consoles mo with daily visits. She hiis
opened it bank account for me and deeded
me a house.
In return I havo written her the Hues,
"Through empty aeous 1 have strayed."
My affinity. ^
HOW LONG WILL THEY LAST?
Is sowing his oats with
That la making a swift excavation
In the coffer containing Jits cash.
On playing the ponies, nnd autos,
And chorus girls boasting a past,
* nd bridge ho is wasting his substance—
How long will It last? #
A feisky young matron of twenty
Is bewltchlngly giddy nnd gay;
She flirts In a manner outrageous*
Whenever' her husband's away.
There are strolls on the beach in the moon
light.
And rides In a motor ear fast.
And trips Into town with admirer*—
How long will It last?
The faddist who starves for a theory, •
And breakfasts on muffins of titraw.
With ft peanut nnd milk for bis dinner, -
And for supper ft benn enten rnw;
Who believes we c«n live without cook
ing,
And at mutton and beef 1« aghast,
• —‘ting too thin for a —•**-
long will It last?
mm heaven, ho say*. » « um
In the mold a glittering logic
His argument specious Is cast, (
But when Satan I* stoking the furnac#—
How long will It Inst?
—Minna Irving, lu Leslie'* Weekly.
THREE WAYS OF ESCAPE
FROM DEPTHS OF POVERTY.
dream, *
For those who go down Into the depth of
poverty there are conceivable threo means
of escape. The Arst nnd most honorable of
these 1* self-help. The second and hardest
Is the taking of prudent advice nnd tho
third and most often abused Is relief. Ench
of these ways out of poverty hns Ita sturdy
advocates who have misunderstood and mis
represented each other. They are not ihl*-
issarify mutually exclusive routes, but may
nstoad be only so many different stages of
he one long upward Journey.
Self-help is tne best of sound doctrine for
a society of equals. It la the surest and
sAfest road; but blinded eye* do not And/it
with ease, weak hands can not always push
;>en the door which leads Into It, frail feet
-jumble In Its rough places, humau courage
1* now and then unequal to It* hard de
mands.
Self-help la a product of character rather
than It* source. It I* a fair flower which
blooms best In the rich soil of opportuni
ty. It Is a trait which passes readily by
Inheritance from self-helping and offspring-
helping ancestors. It Is a spiritual heritage,
cacy of material relief, and Ita
all that Is reoulrt __
temporarily lifted. Satire latent spring* of
energy are released by the removal of an
obstacle which Was Beyond the streugth
of tbe poor man In his poverty. It would
be Instructive for charltanle societies to In-
quire how often tho Improvement over
ting InAuence of a superior mind, but
solely through the recuperative power
which the Individual displays when given
a chance. Poverty of character, which is
named In an annual report a* « more se
rious detriment to the poor than their
lack of mnterlnl resources. Is not a gen ‘
characteristic of the poor.—Edward T-
via#, In tbe September Charities and The
Commons.
ARMY-NAYY ORDERS
—AND—
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS
Army Orders.
Washington, Sept. £1—Captain Eugene
Whitmore, assistant snrgeon, to general
hospital Presidio, Sun Frnucisco.
Captnlb Edward P. Nunes, quartermaster,
from the'office of quarterniaster-geuernl to
assume charge of construction work. Fort
Washington, relieving First Lieutenant J.
P. Terrell, coast artillery corns.
Second Lieutenant Troup Miller. Seventh
Civafey. aide de camp, from general hos
pital, Washington barracks, to proper sta
rs plain Theodore P. Heap#, Second reef-
ment. I), of C. N. G . Ami First Lieutenant
Claude A. Lindsay. Necond regiment. D. of
C. N. G., to gnrrifton school, Fort Meyer,
Navy Order*,
Lieutenant J. Downs, Jr., detached navy
recruiting station. DesMolbes, to naval
medical hospital, Washington.
Meutenunt It. M. Griswold, to charge
navy recruiting station, lies Moines.
Movements of Vessels.
Arrived—8epteml»er 18: Culgon at New
York city. Keptember 20: Wasp at Wil
mington, Del., New Jersey.at Boston, Buf
falo at Seward, Alaska, Choctaw at Wash
ington. *
Palled—September 18: Cntgoa, from navy
yard. New York, to. foot of Eighteenth
street. New V>rk city. September 20; Wasp,
faom Newcastle, Del., for Wilmington, Del.;
New Jersey, from Cape Cod Ray for Hop.
ton. September 21: Concord, from Hankow
for Kiukntig; Adams. from Malic,
Seychelles, for Aden, Arabia.
KIDNAPERS SAY
THEY’LL KILL GIRL
Now York, Sopt. 23.—The kidnaper,
of 3-year-old Annie Orlando wont a
letter today to her father, Gluaeppe Or
lando, threatening to kill the child un-
leea a large ransom 1$ Immediately paid.
The stealing of the child a week ago
nnd the subsequent demands nnd
threats by the kidnapers have com
pletely prostrated the mother, whose
doctors fear for her life unless tho
child Is soon found.
JUVENILE COURT LAW
TO BE GIVEN TEST.
Special to The Georgian.
Anniston, Ala., Sopt. 23.—The consti
tutionality of the juvenile court law
will be determined by the supreme
court of the state of Alabama In the
case of Ira Perryman, charged with
the murder of Phil Crook,’ a negro.
Judge Thomas W. Coleman, of the city
court of Anniston, a few days ago de
cided that the law was unconstitution-
Colonel Fred L. Blackmon, one of
the attorneys for the defense, went to
Montgomery In behalf of his client and
succeeded In having Judge AnderJhn
laeue a writ of prohibition restraining
Judge Coleman from further action In
the matter. The hearing will probably
come up at the next sitting of the su
preme court.
\
Berry Again In Custody.
Special to The Georgian.
Columbia, 8. C.; 8ept. 23.—O. Ray
mond Berry, former superintendent of
education of Marion county, thl* state,
who was arrested In October, 1905,
charged with forgery, but who after
wards forfeited his bond of $2,400, Is
again under arrest.
Blacks to Fight Taft
Washington, Sept. 23.—Reports of
concerted anU-Taft-Rooaevelt move
ment a on the part of negroes of the
country are caualng alarm among the
aupportera of the Ohio candidate In this
city. Maas meetings held recently are
■aid to have developed Into a perma
nent organization among the black,.
$300,000 Fire in New York.
New York, Sept. 23.—Following a
terrific explosion In the boiler room
that shook every building In the block,
flames swept a six-story tea and coffee
warehouse of Louts de Gross on Beech
street thla morning, necessitating the
sending In of four alarms. There were
100 men reported to have been Injured
tn the fierce rush to escape. The loss
will be In excess of 3300,000, practically
covered by Insurance.
BIBLE CONFERENCE
ATTENDED BY 5,000
Upeclnl to The Georgian,
Cartersvllle, Ga., Sept. 28.—Five
thousand people gathered at Sam Jones'
Tabernacle yesterday despite the down
pour of rain to attend the Bible con
ference.
Rev. Walter Holcomb preached the It
o’clock sermon ,to art Immense crowd
at tho Tabernacle.
In the afternoon at 8:30 Dr. Critten
den preaahed a special sermon to wom
en only At th* Baptist church. Rev.
French B. Oliver, at the same hour,
delivered his "Purity" lecture to the
men at the Tabernacle.
The closing sermon was preached
Sunday night at the Tabernacle by
Rev. F. E. Oliver to a large congrega
tion, despite the Inclement weather.
The Bible conference has been a dis
tinct success.
CLEVELAND KISER
TO ENTER MINISTRY
C. Cleveland Kiser, one of Atlanta's
most popular young men, has decided
to enter the ministry, and left thla
week for Mercer, there to devote a
year to preparation for a three-year
course at the Southern Baptist Theo
logical seminary, at Louisville.
' Mr. Kiser Is aged 24 years, and Is
the son of Mrs. C. C. Kiser, of 58 East
Harris street. He was born and reared
In Atlanta and few young men are bet
ter and more favorably known here
than he. He was connected with the
Pullman Palace Car Company until
recently.
Mr. Klaer preacher his Initial sermon
last Sunday night at the Western
Heights Baptist church.
CANNON POWELL
DIES FROM FALL
After suffering terrible pain for many
hours. Cannon Powell, the electrician who
fell from a second-story window of the
Ratler street power house of the Georgia
Railway and Electric Company, died at a
private sanitarium late Saturday afternoon
from concussion of the brain, cauaed by
the fall.
Mr. Po ,
after, the fall.
ed by his bedside until his death. The body
wns removed to the undertaking eatahlMi-
ment of II. M. Patterson & Son. The hotly
wns sent to Jonesboro Monday, where the
funeral nnd interment took place.
' Mr. Powell held an Important position
with tho electric company and wns only IS
year* of age.
CAVALRYMEN TO ATTEND
MONUMENT UNVEILING.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 23.—The
eight troops of the Twelfth Cavalry,
U. S. A., stationed at Fort Oglethorpe.
Ga., will leave Friday for Canton, Ohio,
where they go to attend the unveiling
of the McKinley monument. The other
four troop* of the regiment are at the
Jamestown Exposition.
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