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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2. 1937.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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OUB PLATFORM! THE GEORGIAN
AND NEW8 stands for Atlanta's own*
gas ns low as <0 cents, with
to tho city. This shf.r'.d be done at
once. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS
believes that If street railways can bo
operated successfully by Europenn
cities, ns they are, there Is no good
reason why they can not t>e so oper
ated hero. But wo Jo not believe this
can be done now, and Jt may bo some
years before we are ready for so big
an undertaking. Still Atlanta should
•st Its faco la that direction NOW.
AMUSEMENTS.
THE GRAN D—Wednesday night,
"Parsifal."
THE BIJOU—Wednesday night. "The
Candy Kid.” ,
THE 0RPH EU M—Wednesday, matt,
nee and night, vaudeville.
PASTIME THEATER—Vaudeville.
SOUTH SIDE THEATER—Vaude.
vllle.
ST. NICHOLAS AUDITORIUM
Wednesday afternoon and night, skat
ing and fancy exhibitions.
It comes to The Herald pretty
straight that Governor Hoke
Smith told a prominent cltlaen of
Worth Jjounty at the Worth Coun
ty Fair-oh last Tueaday that he
wanted to go to the United Btatca
senate, but that he had made up
his mind' to serve out the UBual
second term as governor and
would not, therefore, be a candi
date for the senate.—Albany
Herald.
This la no longer a whispered se
cret, Colonel McIntosh. It Is a fact
that you can talk out In meeting. The
governor can not desert the Ship of
Reform until It reaches port.
"Charleston and Atlanta," says
Tho Atlanta Goorgtan, “fly the
pennant* of the two Southern
leagues. Which would indicate
that a slow town can play ball
oven as a fast town.” Cut At
lanta Is really not such a "slow
town!”—Nows and Courier.
Gallant old Courier! Such a happy
escapo from a aelf-evldent conclusion.
It reminds us of General Toombs'
story of the fellow who was caught,
because he waa too drunk to run, too
honest not to tell hla name.
The Atlanta Georgian says:
"In our opinion the Populists
have fought their battle and prac
tically won It. Not by direct vic
tory, but by the peaceful line of
educating the Democracy to their
views." We would deny this If
we could.—Nashville American.
The confession does credit to the
honesty of The American. The Macon
Telegraph quotes the same paragraph
, from The Georgian, aud says, “We
lure compelled to acknowledge that
'there Is more truth In this than we
like." Our contemporaries will of
course not agree with us, but we are
sure that the fact which they both
concede Is one of the most wholesome
In the modern "history of Democracy.
It has been hours, perhaps
days, since John Temple Graves
has nominated any one for the
presidency.—Memphis Scimitar.
Hearst Is the latest flame of
John Temple Graves, shy co
quette. Changes In hts affections
will be bulletined aa rapidly at
the telegraphers" strike will per-
N mlt.—Little Rock Gasstte.
The editor Of The Georgian has
not nominated any outsider for the
presidency. He. suggested a nomina
tion to Mr. Bryan once, and since that
suggi .-lion was not adopted he has
dlscu.-r-ed the eligibility of other men.
Tho only candidate he haa eYer nomi
nated Is the present governor of Geor
gia. He has spoken of Culberson at
eligible and of Aycock and Glenn, of
North Carolina, and of Bryan always,
and has expressed the opinion that
Chanler was the hiost eligible Demo
crat montloned from the East, always
provided that Hearst did not run.
But nominate—never one of them.
The Gazette and The Scimitar have
fallen Into the loose habit of the para-
grapher, nod written merely for the[
print and without regard to the fact.
THE PRESIDENT’S SUSTAINED COMMON SENSE.
There Is nothing especially notable In the president's speech at
Keokuk.
Unless It be that the speech at Keokuk Is Just a* vigorous, just as
loyal, and Just as full of common sense as the speech at Jamestown or
the speech at Provlncetown, or any other speech that the president has
made during this period of unsettled conditions.
The president declares In an apt paraphrase of John C. Calhoun's
famous statement that, "‘Eternal common sense Is the basis of liberty,"
and the chief executive Is undoubtedly bringing to bear the moat reso
lute common sense upon this great question of difference between the
corporations and the people.
Mr. Roosevelt has never varied onQ hair’s breadth from tho even
line of his expressed determination to be equally as Just to the rail
roads as he was to the people, and with equal heartiness he has de
clared and reiterated his fixed determination to stand resolutely by the
people until this great question ot just laws and of considerate treat
ment by the corporations Is established In the legislation of the country.
The president Is one man who always wins something by hlB pub
lic speeches. He has never spoken yet that he did not attract attention
by the definiteness, vigor and loyalty of his public utterances. As a
speech-making vote-getter he Is doubtless without an equal In the polit
ical annals of the country, and his- last utterance at Keokuk does not
fall In this respect below the high level of effectiveness and winning
force of his record.
- We suppose the'man never lived who did not bring down upon him
self the criticism of the ultra-fastldloua and the always-hard-to-please.
But when a man speaks as sensibly, thinks as wholesomely and acts as
resolutely and as fearlessly as the president does In behalf of the peo
ple, it Is ndt to be wondered at that each successive appearance deep
ens his hold upon the confidence and admiration of the masses.
And It may be said without any new enthusiasm that he Is today,
outside of ofllce, the foremost force and the most trusted executive that
the common people of America have known In all their history.
Meanwhile, the weak-kneed and Irresolute among our own people
who have been tempted to re-act toward apathy and maudlin sympathy,
should take courage from the conservative vigor of tho president’s ut
terances. They Bhould learn that this great battle of predatory wealth
Is not yet fought and by no means won, and Instead of any cowardly
whimper of surrender or withdrawal, they should fall fast and firm be
hind the clear-headed and strong-hearted president of the United States,
and establish Just and equitable relations with the railroads and corpo
rations before a single moment Is given to the Idea of apathy or sur
render.
Frizzell, at Hampton, Va., and oven Booker Washington, at Tuskegee.
DuBols" convention antagonizes the good will of sensible people In the
North, and even The Outlook, which has heretofore been classed as a
negrophlllst, believes that such a spirit and such a convention should be
condemned and repudiated by negroes and white men in the North.
This Is the work to which DuBols seems to be lending bis talents and
his Influence.
On the other hand, there has Just met In Baltimore a convention
with a record, a convention made up of negro physicians, dentists, sur
geons, who represent over 2,000 negroes In the United States, who have
stood the test generally set up tor the dignity and the safety of the vo
cations represented there. It Is not strange that such a convention was
welcomed to the official life of Democratic Baltimore, and that Jt was
regarded and treated with respect and consideration as long as Us ses
sions remained. It was a convention of prudent, discreet and patriotic
negroes who spent their time In discussing ways and means to promote
law and order among their race, to disseminate sanitary intelligence, to
promote the national health, to check the ravages of consumption and to
bring about such a spirit among their fellows as would win and deserve
the respect and co-operation of the white men of the country. Not a
line of bitterness nor a sentence of abuse toward the South was spoken
in the Baltimore convention. Not a hint of race prejudice was voiced
there, and the thoughtful and able publicists of the press, the pulpit, and
the bar who heard Its deliberations, agree that this one negro conven
tion has done more for the uplift of the negro race and for the good
will of the white race toward it than all the conventions which have
been held In Northern cities within' the decade.
These are the two lines upon which the negro Is progressing, the
malignant. The ambitious, the race prejudiced and the discontented
negroes following DuBols, and the sensible, level-headed, wise and patri
otic negroes following the Baltimore convention to the only possible line
of solution which the race problem holds In these United 8tates.
A SLANDERER OF ATLANTA.
A few weeks ago the little city of Fitzgerald was stirred to Its cen
ter by a communication sent out under Its postmark painting a most
doleful picture of Fitzgerald's frightful condition of division and bitter
ness, hinting of depreciated values and decreasing prosperity.
There was not a word ot truth In the communication, bnt It hurt all
the same, and the loyal newspapers and cltliens of the generous and
prosperous little city bestirred themselves mightily to a refutntion In
which their friends of the metropolitan press were gladly willing to Join
In removing the reflection so damaging to the welfare of the town.
Atlanta, not less than Fitzgerald, suffers many times from reckless
prevaricators and sensational correspondents such ns the one who wrote
of our bright Georgia neighbor.
Here, for Instance, through one of the great press associations,
there comes to The Georgian a letter evidently signed fictitiously and
dated from . Atlanta which paints of Atlanta just such a picture as was
tragically drawn of Fitzgerald. It describes hero In sensational language
how our whole city Is In a state of depletion, steady contraction of
money for Investment, despair and despondency throughout the ranks
of the developers, money stopped In Its Journey Southward, and tho op
portunities and Industrial growth of the town practically paralyzed.
Tho statement Is altogether and meanly untrue, and we are Indebted
to the Hearst News Service, which flatly refused to publish It.
There ought to be some way by which communities as well as indi
viduals can have legal recourse against liars and slanderers who depre
ciate municipal prosperity and do damage to the growth and develop
ment of cities. t,
If this mean and untruthful statement had not fallen into the hands
of the friendly Hearst Service or some other friendly association and
had Instead been broadcasted throughout the republic It would have
done Atlanta more damage in a day than Its advertising agents, Its
friends and Its newspapers could correct In a month.
Letters like these In most cases emanate from those who are with
out financial responsibility and have nothing to lose In the way of
money, but merely vent their Jealousy and revenge because of their dis
like ot certain cities. But the law of libel to protect cities should also
provide for punishment by Imprisonment and such other retribution as
may be visited upon one who deliberately sets out to defame a city or to
injure Its prosperity.
Atlanta Is enjoying aB level and splendid a stretch of prosperity ns
It has ever known. Its real estate wns never held more stiffly In the
markets. Thera was never a greater demand for places to rent either
of homes or public houses. Its merchants were never laying In larger
stores of goods of all kinds and varieties, and Its people never were
more confident than they are. today that the stately march of Atlanta
toward a magnificent prosperity In numbers and In wealth Is as definite
and unobstnicted as it haa ever been In the history ot this phenomenal
municipality.
We bold In reserve the name of the author ot this damaging letter
In order that we may use It when the time Is ripe, and hold It to protect
other cities from the defamation ot a malicious pen.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Genrginn bore records each day
some economic fact In reference to
tlio onward progress of the South.
BY
J08EPH B. LIVELY
The Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index says* In Its Issue for this week;
••With the larger jmrt of the eoustructioh material produced In the'two states,
towiiH and el ties of Georgia and Alabama nre being upbuilt steadily, substantially
onieiit beds, transforming timber Into the most finished bull
TWO LINES OP NEGRO SENTIMENT.
The Outlook treats with a aplendid sanity two recent antithetical
conventions of the negro race, which have recently assembled In Boa*
ton and Baltimore. One of these was a convention with a grievance
and very naturally found a welcome in Bocton. The spirit of the Boston
convention of negroes was one not of growth, of development and of
wisdom, but the spirit of complaint. We are sorry to record that Pro*
feasor W. E. DuBols. of Atlanta, was the leading personality In this un
wholesome organization. Its deliberation wts based upon political and
social theories which have been discarded by wise and sensible negroes
and which are only provocative of bitterness and misunderstanding.
It proceeded upon the Idea that the ballot Is an inherent and inallen*
able right rather than an earned responsibility, that equality of treat
ment as, for instance, In public conveyances, means Identity of treatment
and that a Just compensation for past Injuries would be a granting of
privileges In the present. It does not aim to urge negroes to fit them
selves tor the requirements ot the suffrage as laid down In the Southern
states, but endeavors to force the Southern states, chiefly by appeal to
the Federal congress, to abandon tbeir suffrage requirements. It does
not use Its efforts to see that accommodations In cars for blacks are as
good as those In cars for whites, but demands the total abandonment
of race separation. To quote exactly:
We demand Federal legislation forbidding the exclusion of any per
son from Interstate cars on account of race or color.”
Which does not stimulate the negroes to supplement their weak
ness by the strength that comes from overcoming obstacles, but Instead
declares that the law should lessen the burden of the black men’s lives.
We quote these words from the convention’s address:
And why not? Has not the man In the White House set
them an example by bowing before the brown and armed dignity
of Japan and swaggering roughshod over the helpless black regi
ment whose bravery made him famous? With such examples,
why should not the lawless and vicious of the land take cour
age? Why should not the less civilised part of our country fol
low this lead and spread the mockery of republican govern
ment In the South? Rut we will not follow. . . . We de
mand full exoneration and reinstatement of our shamefully li
beled soldiers; and, Anally, in God’s name, we ask justice; qnd
not only do we ask and pray, but we back our prayers by deeds.
We call on the iOO.OOO free black voters of the North: Use
your ballots to defeat Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, or any
man named by the present political dictatorship. Better vote
for armed enemies than for false friends.
It Is much to be regretted that DuBols, of Atlanta, lends his voice
and his Influence to a lot of baneful rhetoric like this rather than to the
records which are being made by Stinson, of Morris-Brown University;
ng the world to*
ti.i/ju.ixn cement plant. At Jasper, Ain., one of the largest luml ___
plant* In Alnlmnm la tielng Inatiilled. t'ltroiivllle, Ala., will have a $30,000 planing
a*: ,1 tnaiinfacturlng concrete block and another for making file will Im»
cNtnmliuieri ut Illrinlnghom." Ain. In addition to nmiierou* hnalnean lmlldlnga nnd
residences, The Index report* the following to bo eonstrtteted: $15,000 church at
klbn, Alnj city bull, paving nnd newer* nt Albany, (In.. $10,000 hotel at Wadley,
(»n., $100,000 hotel nt Atheua, On., 100-room hotel nt Ynldostn, Ga., 75-room hotel at
Manila. Gtt.. school building* nt Athena, tin.. Bensemer, Ala., Hufnula, Ain., Ain-
pnhn, <In.. Htzgcrnhl, tin., nnd I.luevllle. Ain.. Arc-proof warehouse* at Climax,
<la. f and ftronwood, (in., $25.000 depot nt West Point, On.
"Ainoiur the contract awards reported for the week are: Improveinpnta to the
federal building nt Montgomery. Ala.. Interior decorations for $1,000,000 hotel nt
Mobile. Ain., three-story business building nt Gndsden. Ain., county court house nt
Chathom, Ala., building for 10.000-eplndle mill nt Butler Springs, Ain., bank building
With Interior flnlsli of mahogany nnd marble nt Macon. Ga.. gus plant at Bessemer,’
Ala., building for wood fllH-r plaster factory nt Huntsville. Ala.
“Banks are to Iw estabUnheil at Covington. Ga., (Enterprise, Ala.. Iteldsville,
(in., nnd Cednrtown, On. Twenty new corporations are re|»orted with total min
imum capital stock of $316.90.t. Among Industrial plants reported are: Chute far-
tory a t rtlrudfighiim, Ala., Ice factory nt Dalton, Ga., stave mills nt Demopolls,
A n., and Olner, Ala., overall factory at Atheus. (In., lighting plant at Hnrtselle,
Ain., currycomb factory nt Athens, Gn. • •• 9 * '
"•s’— * * * “mUde
railroad between OmJ
AJn., nnd Mie
t Atheus. (In., lighting plant at Hnrtselle,
Company has applied for elinrter to build
I'ffleJd, A la.
CULTIVATE ADAPTABILITY
IN YOUR CHILDREN.
No man lire* Independently of hi* en
vironment. whether for good or evil, ami so
we flint that what Is agreeable to one Is
very offensive to another. People nre Iwrn
different—some have unturai adaptability,
nnd enu conform to the circumstances that
suiorttnd them without so much friction nnd
discontentment, while others by nature hnv.
but little of the power of adaptability, am
nre ntwnys fighting against things they enn
not help, even very aninll thing* give them
much troubb*—to be hnppy we uinst be
bright nnd cheerful, nnd adapt ourselves to
own pleats-
aim to too pleasures oi other* nround
— Tbl* Is a vital principle to bo ,tnught
In our families by ini rents to their chil
dren.
Parent* should tench their children the
treat lesson of adaptability by their rnla-
.ng, tench them to eat what Is set before
them, nuking no questions, nnd then they
will be more prudent nt other people's tn
from childlike Impulse, and demand
flint which Is most agreeable to their
taste, without regard to adaptability, and
so It Is with many grown people— they ouly
want the host of everything In the common
luxuries of life, nnd they Ignore the society
of good people on account of their humble
condition In life. Our duty and mission in
this life Is to do good to others, nnd In uo
wuy can we accomplish so much good ns
to ndnnt ourselves to everything that Is
good, uht to nothing that Is evil. We
sre crentnres of circumstances, which con
trol u* more than we control them, nnd this
lietng true make* It nil the more necessary
that we accept thing* ns they nre. No
people are so happy ns those who nre
bright nnd cheerful, with a full share
of adaptability In their nature. .
The men nnd women In this world who
can adapt themselves iu«>st to nil kind*
of business nre the greatest lever-power
of the world. Wisdom nnd long experi
ence tenches ns that It I* liest for nn to
live nnd practice adaptability In nil the re*
Intlons of human life; great losses and
Crosse* often come to people who have no
nilnptnblllty—losses of money, losses of
positions In business, nnd In society. At the
close of the Civil war this wns fully IU«s-
truled In the conduct of the poor soldier
who had lost his fortune, nnd wn* form)
to neeept poverty ns n result, nnd con
form to clrcmnutnucen thnt have made
many n soldier rich, while others with no
adaptability have remained poor with o
spirit of discontentment. What we want
Is more common sense adaptability nnd
contentment with what we hare. And why
so much suicide, theft nnd robliery In the
world at this time? Hlmply because of such
discontentment and want «>f adaptability to
our circumstances In life—cant accept
poverty and disappointment with content
ment. but often ends In suicide. And why
so few suicides with the negro? Simply
because be 1* contented to live In n Plain
simple life, that demands but little of the
good things of this life. The negro hn*
more of adaptability and less ambition
for the higher life. What the negro wants
Is a good supply for today nnd let tomor
row take care of Itself. And why so many
divorces In all this country? Simply be-
ennse iff a Iwtd selection of husband or
wife with no congeniality of spirit or dispo
sition. nnd no adaptability to each other •
wants, so very soon one or the other com
mits suicide or calls for a divorce, and
so It Is with many insane people today who
are In the asylum, because of want.of
adaptability to the circumstances, that
causes them to fret nnd fume until they
are only lit subject* for tho Insane asrlum.
What we Want Is a full shore of adapta
bility In onr natures and less friction—a
thing that sets machinery on Are nnd hums
up whole towns and cities.
AR8MAVY ORDERS
—AND—
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS.
Capital $200,000.00
Surplus ahd Undivided Profits $600,000.00
Commercial accounts invited.
4 Of Interest, compounded twice a year, is
/O paid in our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
THE BRACEBRIDGE DIAMONDS
A Thrilling Story of Mystery andAdventure
SYNOPSIS.
Frank (tho hero) nnd Reginald BrnccbrJdge
(cousins) meet Mme. Vera Sluvlnskv, a
beautiful woman, nt Shralogn. She Is at
tacked by a foreigner (Dr. Carl Moeller),
the latter demanding that she surrender to
him "a bit of paper nnd a stone.” no
claims bo bn* tho missing fragment and
that “the others wero then In tho hotel.
Frank rescues her and is given a piwknge
with nermlrison to open It when he think*
right time has come. A telegram an
nounces the sudden death of Reginald's
father. Frank I* made executor of the es
tate. Reginald I* charged with forgery, and
A mold rushes Into the room and tells Reg
inald hts wife Is dead and that he Is charr
fd with her murder. Frank and RsgtoaL
leave the house by a secret passage nnd
each the Braeehrldge country home on
.one Island. They embark Jn an airship,
leglnnld Is sent to France. Frank learns
that the physician who attended Reginald's
wife resembles Dr. Mueller. He hires a
farm la Ohio near the place where this doc-
cruel dilemma. The situation was not
only an extraordinary one, but had *
suddenly become acute; for Frank
knew that he must make'an immediate
derision In one direction or the other.
He glanced at the director and saw a
palpable look ot Impatience In his face.
“You seem to hesitate,” said he. “Are
you In any doubt as to the identity of
this body?"
Here at last was the direct question.
to know her brother, a painter, who reside*
abroad. fcvlvln. Dr. uasller and a girl
friend visit "The Hollow,” an old boose,
•aid to be haunted.
Raymond Thurston returns home unex
pectedly and Is greeted by hla sister during
the temporary absence of her flanco.
Sylvia and her brother go for a walk
ad meet Basil, who quarrels with Ray-
Army Orders.
Woahlngton. Oct. 2.—Captain Edgar A.
Fry, Fifteenth lufnntry, to Fort l*euven-
worth. First lieutenant Earl tllacoe, coast
artillery corps, from Forty-seventh to Eigh
ty-ninth company.
Captain George W. Heims. Nineteenth
Infantry, general recruiting service, to Jef-
fersou barracks, relieving Captain Howard
L. iMuhnch, Twenty-third Infsatrs', who
will proceed to bis regiment.
Major John II. Duval, retired from St.
Josephs college. Pbllndelphla, detailed with
organized militia of IVnnaylvanla; Second
Lieutenant Arthur It. Ehrbeck. corps of
engineer*, from Company A to Compuuy C,
first battalion of engineer*.
Following transfer* of first lieutenants.
Fifteenth cavalry ordered: William C. Tre
maine from troop II to D, George M. Bus-
sell from troop I) to II.
Navy Orders.
Captnln A. M. Knight, detnehed nnvy de
partment to comnmud Washington; Cap
tnln A> G. Berry, detnehed Teunessee, home
to await orders. Captain T. II. Howard, to
command Tennessee. Captain J. F. l»«r-
ker, retired, detnehed naval war college,
home.
Lieutenant Commander C. T. Voge|ge*niig,
detnehed Louisiana, to naval college. Lieu,
tenant Commander C, T. Jewell, detached
Uttvnl war college to I.nul*lnim. Lieutenant
C. Joyner, to Minnesota; Lieutenant C,
t. Bloch, detached Ylrglutn to duty as aid
on staff commnuder special service squad
ron, on Tennessee.
Ensign It. H. Holmes, detached navy de
partment to duty n* aid on staff romrann-
3. M. IIURST.
Atlanta, Oa.
HEIRS OF CAPT. JOHN PHILLIPS.
To the Editor of the Georgian:
I have In mv po*ses»lon the commu
nion of Captain John A. Phillip", cap
tain of the Brown Guards, Issued by
Governor Joseph E. Brown, dated Sep
tember IS. 18(1. which I would like to
return to him. If living: If not, to hl»
nearest relative*. I don’t remember
how It came In my posseeMon. but I am
under the Impression I picked It up on
• battlefield In Georgia. I Junt found
It A few days ago In an old book,
where It had been »lnce th» w*r. I *l*o
have the reunion badge worn by Jef
ferson Davl* nt the l**t reunion of the
Confederate* he ever attended, at Ma-
con. On., October >(. 1887. which I will
dispose of for a consideration, as I am
quite a poor man and *lck, with no
mean* whatever. I am. your* respect
fully. JOHN R. MOORE.
Richmond. Va., Sl( N. Twenty-seventh
Street, Sept. 2«, 1907.
P. S.—I also have cancelled 1500 state
of Georgia bonds of 1149, Governor
Lowe; a curiosity.
Surgeon II. A. Ilium, niMItlunnl duty with
nnvy recruiting party No. 2.
Movements of Ve.selt,
Arrived—September 28, Sylph at Tomp.
hln,vllle; Keptemhrr 30. Sylph at Delaware
Ilrenkway; Glacier nnd Illinois at Boston:
Itrutn, nt Baltimore; Albany at Acajutla;
Mayflower nnd Illinois at Cnpe Cod Buy;
Wolverine nt Erie.
Balled—Bylph from Tnmpktnavllle for
Delaware Breskwnter: September 29, Ten
nessec front Boston for Newport; Hentcrn
tier JO. Illinois from Beaten for Cnpe Cot!
liny. Albany from Aonjutln for l.uCnlon;
Wolverine from Cleveland for Erie; stand-
l-li from Norfolk to Aminpoll,; October I,
Attains from Aden to Tort Sold.
PRESERVE THE "M'INTOSH OAK.’
An article In your paper from Whites-
hnrg. On., to the effect thnt the old Me.
Iutoah oak hnd fallen and that the grave of
General Melntoah, near It. la In a neg
lected condition, make, me kit that I
think the atate should care tor the grnve.
erecting a aultnble monument over It. 1
vie!ted this spot In 1894 nnd found thnt the
grave waa marked by a pile of rough
stones surrounded by rank weeds In n
neglected Held. When the owner nf the
property baring such historic Interest Is
willing to. preserve It, probably the state
eonld afford tn leave It alone, hut other,
wlee the comparatively small sum nerea.
anry to make the Identity of inch a spot
permanent can enally be spared by ihe
state.
Auntlier relic In Putnam county, left by
the Indians, Is the "I'rone Engle," built
of a grent heap nf earefnlly laid atones.
Keekers for Imrteil treasure hnd thrown
ont a great pile of rock* In the breast
of the ldnl many yearn ago. nnd when I
visited It In 18* ft wan neglected, lying
on n high bill top. A suitable Inclofurc
nnd n tablet, telling what the figure Is,
with mme other statements aa to Its proh.
ahlo origin nnd purpose, erected by the
atate. seem to me to be worth while. Borne
attention may have been paid to this since
I was there.
t use the above simply ns llhtatmtlons
of possibly a score of similar places which
the state or private Individuals should
ark In some suitable way. Very sincerely,
LEON SMITH.
LaGrange. Ga. ■»
Aftermath.
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her brother.
Sylvia propatea to Malt Florida In search
of health. Nurse Mason appears on the
scene, nnd It derrlops that she nnd Dr,
Mueller nre greater friends than appears on
the surface.
Mueller and Sylrln are married In Now
Tork.
Bose Thurston admits she told a falsehood
to shield Basil from suspicion of having
murdered Itaymond.
Mueller, fenrlng to meet Ethel Creswell.
who la stopping with hla wife, returns
home unexpectedly and approaches the
house unobserved In order to ascertain If
"the const Is clear. ' lie nnd Mlaa Crei-
well meet nnd she brands him ns "Dr.
Newell, of Black Horse Inn pollening
-nmo."
Basil Thurston retnma home nnd de
mands to see Sylvia. Mueller tells bis wife
•he inuet not see her cousin. Rath Fritch-
nrd returns to consciousness.
She accuses Mueller of the mnrder of Ray
mond. So does Basil, who steps Into tbs
room In time to hour the gfrl's words.
Mueller escapes during the excitement. Syl
via la convinced of hla guilt. Frank Brace*
bridge nrrtvee with detectives In aenrch of
Mueller. Nnrao Mason nnd Mueller atenl
Frank's nlrshlp nnd escape, carrying with
them Reginald Brncebrldge's child. Reginald
returns to New York from France, and Ite*
gins squandering tho money with which hla
cousin supplies .him.,
A quarter of an hour later, accom
panied by Detective Loftus. he entered
the corridor of the Grand Hotel. Frank
went at once to the desk and r satd to
the clerk that he had Just arrived from
Now York and wished to make Inqui
ries concerning a certain Mr. Brace'
bridge.
"Who was killed, by an automobile
two days since?"
Frank nodded assent.
"Well.” said the clerk, "I can give
you very little Information about tho
young gentleman. Ho arrived from
New York on the afternoon of the 21st.
Two days afterward he was kllleX and
his body Is now lying In the hospital. I
understand that he had relatives, and
they hod been communicated with.’
"Precisely,” said Frank. “At least,
mean. If hla Identity Is conclusively
established, you understand."
"Oh. quite so,” nnd he smiled. "Very
essential, that, of course."
The letter dropped from Frank’s
nerveless hands. Had Mueller killed
Reginald? The affair looked like Muel
ler’s fiendish work. If he hail, then
Mueller wns probably now In possession
of the diamond necklace and the two
odd diamonds. This letter put an en
tirely new complexion on the whole af
fair, and Frank realized he was Indeed
In a hideous predicament. He looked
up and encountered an Inquiring glance
from the eyes of the director.
Eh! Then it It further confirms'
tlon?" said he.
He could but nod assent.
"Very well, then." ho added cheerful
ly. "In the face of such conclusive evi
dence, what follows will be a mere
formality, painful to you. Mr. Brace
bridge, without doubt, but still t
necessary formality. Thla way. gen
tlemen. If you please."
He led them through long corridor*
and down at last to a sort of crypt. He
beckoned to an attendant, who nt once
conducted them to a trestled bier upon
which a rigid figure lay. He withdrew
a face covering and Frank saw—he
knew not whom.
CHAPTER LXXXII
Hesitation.
It might be Reginald. It had much
the appearance of being Reginald. But
the face waa greatly disfigured and
the hair had been cut closely away
from a terrible scalp wound, which
seemed to htfve altered the configura
tion of the head, If It were Indeed Regi.
nald’s. Frank looked up and met an
Inquiring look from the director.
“Well?" sntd he.
"Well?” echoed Detective Loftus.
Frank turned first to the latter.
"What do you think?” he asked.
"Don’t know; give It up. Barring the
mutilation he look* Juat like the other
chap.”
Frank then turned to the director.
"I am soqtcwhat puzzled,” he said,.
■The body bears a very strong resem
blance to that of my cousin; but still
the disfigurement may have something
to do with It. perhaps."
"Everything, my dear sir. Take It
for granted that your general Impres
sion I* quite correct."
He handed the letter without a word
of comment to Detective Loftus, and
while he read once more surveyed the
dead face, and thla time critically. A*
he looked the likeness to Reggie seem
ed to grow upon him. Despite all dis
figurements. this must Indeed be he.
Besides, such collateral and cumulative
evidence was Irresistible.
It was clear that he had made a
ghastly mistake In Cleveland. Still. It
was a perplexing circumstance that
Frank was not alone In doing that.
Harris, the money lender, and Barker
had been equally positive. Never was
a man Impaled upon sharper horns of a
which for good or evil must be an'-
siyered at once.
Decision.
Frank had been so stunned by the
rapid series of events following the
finding of Reginald's body tn Vera Sla-
ylnsky's trunk that he had forgotten
the one sure mark of the Bracebrldges'
Identification—tho clenched hand of the
Bracebridges.
He rolled up the dead man's sleeve,
but started back In sickening horror.
The arm was a mutilated mass.
There was no chance of identity by 1L
Any mark which might have been upon
it was forever obliterated. .
Frank beckoned Detective Loftus
aside.
"You examined the body In the trunk
pretty thoroughly, did you not?” he
asked.
"Yes.”
"Was there any mark upon tho arm?-
'Just nbove the elbow there was a
black and blue discoloration made by
Jamming the body too hurriedly Into
the trunk. Otherwise there was noth
ing," replied the detective.
Fate again! Both bodies mutilated
at the only positive point of Identifica
tion. But the preponderance of evi
dence was for tho body before them.
Frank made his decision quickly.
" He turned to the director with a
reassuring smile and said; "Oh, no, I
have not the slightest doubt about that;
only’’—but before Frank could add an
other word the director replied with
manifest relief:
"Very well, then. There, of course,
will be certain legal formalities, cer
tain declarations to sign at the coro
ner’s office and at police headquar
ters. That done, 1 shall bo pleased to
hand over the dead man’s effects and
body."
The plunge was thus taken Into pos
sibly a very serious quandary, and how
Frank was to got out of It again time
alone could tell. At the crucial mo
ment. however, he was Indeed thankful
that in the astute Detective Loftus ha
had such powerful backing whatever
might befall.
"I may further say,* continued the
director, "that to savo you unnecessary
trouble I will have the body decently
coffined for transmission to Now York,
The expense will be very moderate."
Frank thanked him very warmly tot
his courtesy, and, aa a new Idea then
sped Into his brain, added:
”1 purpose wiring at once to the gen
tleman who sent the bills to my cousin,
asking hlm-to come tomorrow. X should
wish him also to Identify the body.
That would be quite conclusive.”
“Oh, quite so, though realty quite
unnecessary," said tho urbano dlrcotor,
"Still, it will be my pleasure to meet
your wishes In every way. sir.”
Five minutes later they were out
upon the sweltering boulevard again.
"A Bad Job.”
"Well, Mr. Detective,” Frank said,
“what Is your honest opinion of thla
Job, anyhow?" •
A bad Job, as I told you Just now,"
said he. "Still, I think you havo done
the proper thing. No mistake this
time, In my opinion. A capital Idea,*
too, that of bringing the money lender
over. If he confirms our opinion, then
you are clean out of the woods and
need not fear awkward complications.
But what about this baroness, eh?
Funny how she has got mixed up with
the whole affair. Who can the other
victim be, and how the deuce did he get
Inside her Saratoga trunk?"
"The Lord only knows,” said Frank,
affecting a nonchalant air he wns far
from feeling. "My hair will bo snowy
white over this matter. Meanwhile,
here comes an electric car. Suppose
we Jump Inter It and go straight and
send a wire off to Harris." »-
This was agreed to and within a
quarter of an hour a telegram was
speeding on its way to New York.
Then they walked back to the Grand
Hotel.
"Well," said the smiling clerk, "X
suppose you have been to the hospi
tal.”
Yes. and Identified the body." Frank
replied. "We shall be atopping here
tonight. Kindly give us two room*. I
may require another. Will let you
know later on. Meanwhile I should like
to have a look at Mr. Bracebrtdge’s
baggage."
"He brought very little with him, sir,”
was the reply.
“So much the less to examine.”
He laughed and rang the bell. A
bellboy appeared, who, having received
his Instructions, motioned them to fol
low. and led the way.
"This way;” said he. "The room Is
just here, and has not been disturbed
since the young fellow left It,” and
with that he unlocked a door and stood
aside.
It was just as the clerk had said.
There wns, Indeed, very little to exam
ine—a few toilet accessories on the
dressing table end a small portman
teau containing underclothes and other
essential Items of apparel, nothing
more. All this Frank could readily
understand, as It quite accorded with
Reggie's telegram to the hotel In New
York, where his baggage still remained.
His wns doubtless a very precipitate
departure from New York. He hnd ■
probably made n few hasty purchase*
on his way to the station. Detective
Loftus concurred In thinking this a
very reasonable conjecture, and both
were more convinced than ever that a
grievous mistake had been made In
New York, and that they were un
doubtedly nn the right track at last.
A few minutes later they were out on
the street again, this time In quest of
the chief of police. It Is needless te
give a detailed account of what took
place there. Alt difficulties were sat
isfactorily smoothed over and every
formality duty compiled with, so that
wtlhln a couple of hour* Frank and
I-oftus were empowered to take posses-
slon of Reginald's body and all his ef
fects.
Continued in Tomorrow’s Georgian.