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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25. 1907.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
P. L. SEELY, President.
T. B. GOODWIN, Gen’l Mgr.
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AND NEWS stands for Atlanta n own
ing Its own gns and electric light
plants, ns It now owns Its water
works. Other cities do this and get
gns ns low ns GO cents, with s profit
to the city. This should be done at
once. Til)-: GEORGIAN AND NEWS
hetieroM that If street railways can be
operated successfully by European
cities, ns they are. there Is no good
reason why they can not be so oper
ated here. But we do not believe this
can be done now, and It may be some
years before we are. ready for so big
Notice.
Mr. Grave* will continue to occupy
the editorial chair of The Georgian
until Saturday evening, November 9th.
On that day, which la bla birthday,
the connection will cease and hts vale
dictory will appear.
i And now a nihilist Is after Taft,
ilow premature. . Z
The tale of the three bears Is quite
interesting, but we still want to know
who ktllad them.
Tho Southern shy smiled Us bright
est on Bryan. Let us hope It will not
weep over Chanter.
In Atlanta Chanler Is the man of
the hour—(Friday from 11 to 12. at
the fair grounds.)
The trackless trolley I* predicted
for the near future. The way of the
pedestrian is hard.
If modesty Is a disease, as a noted
German doctor advocates, It Is clearly
not In the epidemic class.
'The London press Is about becomo
satisfied that the Pnclflc trip of the
United States fleet really Is a pacific
trip.
"Divorce Is a woman’s greatest
blessing," says Lillian Russell; not ex
cepting that which makes divorce pos
sible.
At tny rate, the balloon racers are
not so hard on the public as the auto-
inoblllat*. If anybody's killed, It will
ho themselves.
Bernhardt expresses the hope that
she may die on the stage. She should
not And It hard to do. after all the
practice she has had.
In the write-up of a recent fashion
able wedding In New York It was
noted that "the presents were as nu
merous as the guests.” No tree passes
there.
A fashion note declares that a dark
brown Is suitable for early morning
wear In rngn's clothes. Just so; and
how about blue for our working hours,
And a bright red when we go out In
the evenings to paint the town!
A Chicago man was sued by hla
wife who claimed that he had not
sent 'her any money during a three
months' absmico In New York. He
declares that he has always been kind
to her. In hla defense. But, woman
like, she waif not satisfied with unre
mitting kindness.
Mrs. Ida Lewis Wilson, a light
house keeper oft Newport, R. 1., has
been singled by the Society of the
American Cross of Honor as the brav
est woman In the United States. But
there are many more brave women In
this country, proving their heroism by
their light house-keeping.
Nevertheless it Is growing more and
more evident that our great Georgian
vjia light on his return from Europe
when be said that, with the people
turned loose to vote, Theodore Roose
velt would poll more rotes North and
South than any man In the country,
with Bryan next In popular favor.
Tarn the people loose to vote and
Roosevelt would carry Georgia today
by twenty thousand majority! Find
a way to make the experiment and we
will #ager our limit on the result.
THE PRESIDENT’S BRAVE, CLEAR SPEECH.
When one Is at a loss to understand the almost phenomenal popu
larity which the president enjoys without regard to /actional lines In this
republic, he will And an explanation In Jnst such a speech Is was made
at Nashville on Tuesday.
It Is the bold, straight stroke of the fearless publicist who knows he
Is right and la not to be staggered by condition* or by Conspiracies.
The failure of the Knickerbocker Trust Company was so colossal In
Its scope that It was calculated to stagger the country. Followlbg fast
upon the walls of pessimism from the hard-bit camps and the beleaguered
trusts. It might have been easily constructed Into a panic to depress the
prosperity of the country and to saddle the blame upon the brave presi
dent who has been fighting the battles of the people.
Even as It was the voices were many that rang from the camps of
• the spoilers declaring that the Knickerbocker calamity and others that
had come before and others that might follow after It had been due to
the agitations of the president of the United States. Any weakness, any
Irresolution on the part of the great leader of the reform forces of the
time would have given currency to this attack and would have whelmed
the reform movement with the discredit of a financial panic and calamity.
Bqt straight and clear as a bugle note on the field of battle rings the
trumpet tone of the president declaring that If these things do happen,
they happen from the rottenness, from within and that he without regard
to slanderous Implications shall preserve unswervingly the policy of
bringing honest government and Just relations to the people In bis time.
It la a slander born of the twin parents of Malice and of Fear to say
that the president has played the demagogue or has depressed values by
hts opposition to vested properties. There .was never a bolder slander
concocted In the brain of frightened malice. In every single speech that
the president has uttered from the first militant campaign against the
merger of the Northern Pacific railroad, down to the last speech made on
Tuesday at Nashville', he has never ceased to hold the balance fair and
level between property and the people. He has never failed to say that
he would fight as strongly In the defense 4 of property honestly acquired
and honestly used as he would fight In defense of the poor man who was
oppressed by the selfishness and greed of the corporate rich. His whole
brave executive life has been one balanced effort to preserve an even jus
tice between these Interests of the country. He has Indeed simply striven
to "punish successful dishonesty." He is Indeed “responsible for turning'
on the light, but he Is not responsible,for what the light has shown," and
the whole republic, with one accord, will rise up and applaud his state
ment that he. would permit neither the demagogue upon the one side nor
the reactionary upon the other, to drive him from the course of policy
which ho regards «b vital for'the well-being of this republic.
Tho president has spoken with timely force and conspicuous clear
ness at just exactly the right time. He has quieted the panic. He has
rebuked the reactionaries eager to take advantage of panic for the dis
couragement of reform. He ha* rung a bugle note- to Indicate to the world
that the fluctuations and follies of Wall street lack a great deal of being
the financial life of the republic. And he has stiffened the backbone of
every honest man In the republic who wants to see cleaner politics and
better government and more upright relations In the trade between the
corporations and the people.
We thank the president for his brave and timely utterances, and we
take courage from It to go forward In our. own battle* here.
It Is a lesson which we may well t^ke to ourselves In our Georgia
state affairs. We can flot afford to allow the enemleB of reform, either
In tho shape of open opposition or of secret enemies, to discredit or to
thwart the movement which has been set on foot by the famous primaries
of 1906. >
Nor can we afford to be driven In hasto any more than we can In
fear.
We applaud the.deliberation of the railway commission which Is mov
ing slowly and Investigating fully In order that they may decide wisely.
We protest the baste and criticism which is being all too boldly employed
to rush the administration to Intemperate or untimely action. And, In the
spirit of the president whose popular prestige is now beyond doubt or
cavil, wo may call upon every cltlxen of Georgia who voted for reform to
stand by the resolved and yet conservative forces that are patiently arid
definitely and heroically carrying these reforms to execution.
There Is not enough partisanship loft In this country to prevent the
people of all parties from a free and just applause of the recent speeches
and actions of tho president of the United States. He Is proving himself
every Inch a patriot as he has always been every Inch a man, and the
people of Georgia, who are the boat people In the world, are not the least
among those who reoognlte and applaud both the patriot and the man.
We lift our hats to tho able, undaunted and Incorruptible president of
the United States.
TWO ANTITHETICAL PRESIDENTS.
While Theodore Rposcvelt strides his world like a Colossus, vital,
puissant, honored, deferred to, almost omnipotent In politics, and a part
of everything t:i the republic, President Fallleres of our sister republic of
France lives tu comparative retirement and obscurity on tho outskirts of
Paris, and Is apparently without force and evidently without Influence.
The ghastly crime of 8olellland, who murdered a child In Paris under
the most revolting circumstances, thrilled nil Franco with horror. He
was condemned to the gulllotlno by n Jury, but In accordance with pre
vailing French sentiment, as well as with the precedent of years, tho pres
ident remitted his sentence and Imprisoned him for life.
This gives M. Rochefort an occasion In bis Intranslgeant (Paris) to
declare that the president gave the reprieve to Indicate his own exist
ence and authority. The president of France at present Is a nonentity.
He doe* not sign any treaties. Nobody consults him, and he has become
positively useless. Hear Rochefort;
"Attention has suddenly been called to the comical person-
• ality of Mr. Armand Fallleres. •
"No ono ever thinks about the president In his retreat at
RaniboullleL Tho Moroccan affair goes on, with Its alternate
skirmishes and truces. Kings, emperors and ambassadors make
agreements nnd exchange visits. The dirigible balloons execute
evolutions In the upper air; tho delegates at Tho Hague debate;
the apaches'ln Paris do their deeds of darkness. Mr. Fallleres,
oblivious to all these events, takes his accustomed dally walk,
and IiIb dally nap at noon.
"No one speaks of Kim; all but hfs name Is forgotten. Peo
ple, probably, sometimes ask whether a president of tho republic
existed. Bets are made at the seaside as to the name of Mr. Lou-
bet'a successor.
"At last Solellland came, and Mr. Fallleres found an un-
equaled opportunity of gaining the llmollgnt. Llko a Chinese
shadow his profile was suddenly projected upon the white screen.
"The deed was done; the spell of silence was broken. Peo
ple began to talk about him. ...
"Yes, Mr. Fallleres has proved to us, In an Indescribably mas
terly manner, how flagrantly useless Is his function as presi
dent.
"Apart from pardoning Solellland, tinder circumstances of
nameless scandal, what has he done? Nothing. Formerly, the
president of the republic signed trestles. Under Mr. Fallleres
everything Is ohanged. . . . The president of the republic has
really become a fifth wheel In the government of Franco.
"A gust of wind will entry him away, him and bis office, for
he can not exiiect to have a Solellland ready all the time to save
him."
And yet this man lives with the object lesson dally before him of a
president who has made his democratic chair‘ more powerful than a
throne.
Think of any man talking of Roosevelt as Rochefort does of Fal
lleres. •-
And wbat a pitiful personality the president of France must be!
would not wish It If It did not do good and help to Increase their trade
and enlarge their revenues and please the people.
And so as we are all Interested In the state and In Atlanta and In our
selves, let us realize the reciprocal obligation that Is upon us and let us
all—the fathers of families and the mothera of families—with our chil
dren and their dependents, strike a bee lino this evening for tho Geor
gia State Fair, making It a Joint tribute to the glory of an October day
and to the fullness of the October exhibit of Georgia’s riches spread out
before the people.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian here records each day
soiui economic fact In reference to
the onward progress of the South.
BY
J08EPH B. LIVELY
The Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index says In Its Issue for this week:
“There could be no more reliable barometer of business conditions In Georgia
and Alabama than the continued demand for and steadily Increasing prices of lands
of all kinds. The value of the great tracts of timber lands In the two states
S tows month by month. In many sections the prices of farm lands have more Juan
oqhled In n few years, suburonn lands are in greater nnd greater demand as
cities anti towns expand, nnd mineral lands hpld valuable deposits that are al
ways subject to check. During the past week manufacturers of g Tennessee city
purchased a tract of timber bind In northern Alabama, nnd representatives of a St.
Lout* syndicate prospected for the purpose of making a similar purchase, subur
ban building lots are to be placed on-the market In rearson, Ga.: Carrollton, Ga.;
Jnsper, Ala.; Blakely, Ga., and Bessemer, Ala. In a south Georgia county ft pur
chaser gave 66.600 for a 480-acre tract of farm land for which he declined to give
6200 a few years ago. the great development of that section being the explana
tion. In another south Georgia county In which Sumatra tobacco Is being grown
with great success, a yearly profit of fl,0J0 per acre, not being so very unusual,
the values of lauds have Increased to enormous sums.
“Industrial operations definitely projected Include Important enterprises. A com
pany is being organized to build a railroad betwoqp Pelham, Ga., and Havana.
Fla., through a rich timber and agricultural section. Of a proposed «wD*l of
6250,000, 6176,000 has been subscribed at Albany, - Ga., for building a lO.OOO-spIndle
yarn mill, nnd business men of Hnnola, Ga., biiTe subscribed $65,000 for building
a cottou mill at that place. At Busier, Ala., a company has been Incorporated
to build a street railway and light and power plant. At Huntsville, Ala., a 61o0,-
000 company will build a Jute bagging factory. Furnaces will be enlarged at
Gadsden. A‘ “* " * * ‘
Huntsville,
with loss c.
Birmingham, , ..
has been formed st Brunswick, On.
“Reports of construction planned show steady activity, the number of substan
tial residences being n feature. Site has been secured nnd nil arrangements per
fected to hnitd a 6150,000 hotel at Athens, Ga. A 650,000 company will erect building
a for use by department store st Sylvanln. Ga. Improvements and enlargements of
buildings of an Alabama college, to cost 6100,000, are planfled. Sparta, Ga., Is to
have a 616,000 church. Mobile. Ala., proposes to pave portions of six streets nnd
paring plans have been projected at Bessemer, Ala., and Dublin, Ga. Theater
building at Huntsville. Ala., will be remodeled to Include offices. Hotel st Dub
lin, Ga., will be enlarged, probably by the erection of a four-story addition."
I N upbuilding a city there is no more important factor
than conservative, yet progressive, banking—conservative
in order that financial conditions may always be sound;
progressive in order that no deserving business enetrprise,
capable of contributing to the growth and prosperity of the
city, may Lack proper financial aid.
This bank, which is conducted along these lines, is pleased
to place at the disposal of its customers the facilities gained
during twenty-seven years ofcontinuous service and growth.
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
REAL MEANING OF THANKSGIVING
leeeeeeeeeeeeeee'i
By WILLIAM J. BRYAN.
Thanksgiving Is of little value If our
expressions of gratitude have no effect
upon our own conduct. Appreciation ot
blessings Is shown by acts rather than
by words. If we regard citizenship as a
priceless Inheritance, we should resolve
to transmit It, not only unimpaired, but
Improved.Ip the next generation; if Our
educational system has-been a,boon.to
us, It should be extended and amplified
for the benefit of posterity; If the re
sources of our country have a value be
yond computation. It behooves us to see
to It that these resources are not squan
dered, and that the bounties which the
Creator Intended tor all shall not be
monopolized by the cunning, the craft
and the avarice of a few: If our.govern
ment gives to life, liberty and prosper
ity greater protection than any other
government grants, we can not excuse
ourselves If we fail to preserve It, In all
Its purity, for our children and our
children's children; If,In our religion
we find a consolation, a life plan and a
moral uplift, we can not but earnestly
desire—and embody the desire tn doeds
—that thede shall be shared by those
about us and by those also who, though
separated from us by seas, are bound to
us by that primal tie that links each
human being to every other.—From
"Why We Ought to Be Thankful," by
William Jennings Bryan, In‘The Circle
for November.
ATLANTA DAY AT PIEDMONT PARK.
When Atlanta authorities name a day for Atlanta to Illustrate her
loyalty to a state Institution which Is no less a local Institution by Its lo
cation, then every loyal citizen-of Atlanta should rally to Atlanta Day at
the State Fair.
This notice will reach the multitude too late to urge them to spend
the haif-uay within the gates of this splendid exhibition, but tn this beau
tiful October weather while the air Is balmy and the moonlight lend* Its
glory to every lake and leaf, there Is no reason why Atlanta, with her ac
customed loyalty, mould not lay aside Its duties, real or Imaginary, and
go out In the early afternoon to stay until bedtime amid the attractions
and pleasures of this admirable state exhibit.
It Is worth something—much—to Atlanta to have the State Fair As
sociation hold its exposition within our gates. Our merchants and our
business men are Interested every year In securing Its location here.'They
A GODSPEED AND A GREETING
THE GOING OF GRAVES,
(From The Augusta Herald.)
The announcement that John Temple Graves would leave The Georgian
to go with The New York American has created quite a sensation In Geor
gia—not only amongst us editor folk, but even also throughout the reading,
newspaper public of the state. A few years ago It was the Hon. Thomas
E. Watson, of Georgia, that Hearst wanted to edit hla papers—since then
there have been rumors that Mr. Graves has been ofttlmes approached by
Mr. Hearst, and now comes the news that Mr.-Graves will leave The Geor
gian and cast In his lot with The New, York American, Mr. Hearst’s most
serious paper, as Mr. Graves puts It.
It certainly la no laughing matter for Georgia Journalism at the present
Juncture to give up Graves. Without A thought or purpose of Invidious
comparison. It Is a safe saying to utter, there's no one thqj occupies, or has,
or probably ever will occupy, Just the position that John Temple Graves
has made for himself and The Georgian In the newspaper and political
world of the state. One might almost say that he has created the situation
nnd now that one's Interest and delight Is at the keenest, we are to abso
lutely lose him. /
The mights' Influence of Hearst Is surely being felt In Georgia. The de
parture of Graves may mean the end or the beginning. It may mean the
Georglanlzlng as well as galvanizing of all the rest of the Hearst papers.
In that case It will be a blow to the state, worse than the prohibition shock
and surprise. Georgia without Journalists, and such Indeed may be the
fate of the state, as all the rest of us. one by one, follow the footsteps of
Graves and Join the chain of Mr. Hearst’s papers, from one end of the con
tinent to the other. Like John Temple, we may pretend not to hear the call
for a while, but when It comes again and high nnd clear, we. too, may feel tt
our duty to gird our loins, take up our staff, put on our coat nnd follow.
Aside from the posltlvo political and personal loss tn the press nnd to
the state that comes with the announcement of Mr. Graves' call to the Hearst
service, there comes the warning premonition to the faithful of the Georgia
press, that one day Mr. Heat'st may need us. too, and we can already
Imagine the struggle such a situation will make In every sanctum of the
'state. T<r go to New York and dine on lobsters or remain at home nnd
I finish picking tlje cotton crop! However much New York may need us at
the present moment, let us not forget that as yet the potatoes are not dug,
the pea* aye not picked, the 'possums and the persimmons are still ungath
ered ana the harvest fields still fleecy with what Is to clothe and warm us
and the world. The working force of the state, and there are too few labor,
ers, Is seriously weakened by the going of Graves.
We know that Georgia will miss this genial gentleman In more ways
than one, nnd upon none will the loss fall sharper than upon hts brethren
of the press. It will doubtless be his comfort, ns It Is generously his due,
to carry with him In his new field of work the genuine cordial regard and
the warm personal well wishes of hit thousands of friends and admirers
throughout Georgia and the South,
A WELCOME TO EDITOR 8EELY, OF THE GEORGIAN.
The editor of The Herald has Just penned 'a Farewell to the Going of
the Gallant Graves, from the Ranks of Georgia Journalists. Colonel
Graves has been called higher and now New York and not Atlanta nor the
southorn platform nor banquet board can claim him against the world
for all their own. The passing of Graves leads one naturally to thoughts
of his successor and this we already see In the smiling face, the strong
hand clasp and love for the common people, so strikingly exemplified
In the erstwhile publisher and now the editor of the Georgian, Colonel F.
L. Seely.
Graves A Seely—Seely A Graves—have made a strong combination—a
unique partnershlp-Tln the newspaper world of the state. The Georgian
today Is what they have mails It—each In his separate sphere. Seely ns
an editor, we are sure, will make equally as good and strong and capable,
as Seely as a publisher. Ccrtplnly there Is no doubt but that every paper
In Georgia would benefit by having just such another Seely connected with
It, as editor or publisher, or as editor and publisher, as now the an
nouncement will read.
While our heart Is sore at the passing of Graves, we rejoice that tho
press of the state has Seely left with us, and we are doubly glad that
he Is going to be the editor of the Georgian. It means that the Geor
gian Is going to continue on the path marked out for It; It means that
mofe work and greater usefulness Is going to be gladly undertaken by
Editor Seely In the Journalistic vineyard of the state.
If you haven’t met Seely of the Georgian as yet you can have an ex
perience and sensation coming to you. It has always been worth a trip
to Atlanta to see him nnd talk to him, when he was only a plain pub
lisher of a mighty good newspaper. The joy and delight and charm of
finding him s fullfiedged editor, with scissors and paste and brush and blue
pencils tn play with—well, tt will be compensation for staying In Atlanta
over night and getting u chance to read the Georgian the day It's printed.
Seriously, The Herald predicts that Seely Is going to make a great
editor for the Georgian. At any rate, we are confident that he Is going
to give the best that's In him to the Job. which Is considerable, and
with his steadfast belief that every man ought to earn his wages, we
are happy In the conviction that the Georgian will be no less brilliant,
helpful, stenflfast and patriotic In the future than It has been In the past.
The Herald extends It* congratulations, and Its cordial wishes for peace,
prosperity and success to Editor Seely of the Georgian. '
FALL TIME IN GEORGIA.
Fall time In Ogorgla—
State fair now Is on—
Aunt Jane has arrove.
Along with Uncle John.
An’ Cousin Jeem* Is here—
Said he'd be sure to cum
To hear the music of the flfe
An' rattlin' kettle drum.
Sum air stoppln' with Uncle Jim,
Sum with Aunt Marie,
While Aunt Ann an' the ktds
Air stayin' ’long with me.
Fall time In Georgia—
Kin cornin' every day.
Them that’s not yet arrtv'
Air now upon the way.
Some atr steepin' on the bed
An' some air on the flo'.
While we ain't had no sleep
In 'bout a week or mo’.
We've borrowed klver from Lu Jones
An'.some from Mm. Brown.
In fact, we've borrowed from the folk*
Two block or mo' around.
Fall time In Georgia—
The frost la on tne way—
So air our country kin
Who's a-comln' fer a stay.
There's.Uncle Jim, Aunt Caroline,
Bllas. Paul an' Lou—
Jonathan an* Jeremiah,
Luke an* Peter, too;
An' ylt they Jest keep cumin'
From most everywhere 7
They cum to see Atlanta
An' the Georgia State Fair.
W. M. C.
FACT8.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
The National Magazine, under a title
of "Who Pays Uncle Sam's Expenses?"
says: "The salary of the president,
vice president and entire cabinet for
one year Is collected from the beer
drinkers In one day.
"By midnight. January 1, the smokers
of cigars and cigarettes have provided
for the salary of the ensuing year.
"The consumers of chewing and
smoking tobacco pay the salaries of our
splendid navy.
"The snuff consumers maintain th*
public health and marine service.
"The tax on oleomargarine and ren
ovated butter pays the National Sol
diers' Homes.
"Card players supnort West Point
Military Academy.
“The tax on these articles paid 53 1-2
per cent of the Spanlsh-AmSrlcan war.
"Now arises the question: will the
teachers of prohibition assume the tax
If the beer revenue fails to come tn?”
CITIZEN.
, Covering a long-abandoned well In
Bosworth street, Boston, was an old
gravestone which workmen unearthed
whll* excavating for a water pipe. It
bears the following Inscription: "Wil
liam Trow, son of William ami Eliza
beth Trow. Dec'd Aug. 17th, 1724.
Aged 1 Year and 4 Mo." The stone
has a border ot acanthus leaves, and at
the top the traditional cherub's head
flanked by wings, all neatly carved.
The tout capital Invested In British
coal mine* Is fully 1900,000,00*. Th*
annual wages amount to 2300,000,000.
A TRIP TO MARS
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
Oh. by and by. we shall hear the cry:
"This Is the way to Mars:
, Come take a trip on the morning ship.,.
It sails by the Isle ot Stars.
“A glorious view of planets new
We promise by night and day;
Past dying suns our good ship runs,
And we pause at the Milky Way.” /
I am almost sure we will take that tour
. Together, my. dear, my dear:
For ever have we, by land nnd sea.
Gone Journeying far and near.
' Out over the deeps, up mountain steeps,
We have trtiveled mile on mile:
And to sail away to the Martlnn Bay—
Oh, that were a trip worth while!
Our ship will race thro' sen* of *pnce
Up Into the Realms of Light.
Till the whirling ball of the Earth grows small.
And Is utterly lost to sight.
Thro* the nebulous spawn, where planets are born.
We will pass with snlls well furled,
And with eager eyes we will scan the skies,
For the sight of a new-made world.
From the derelict barque of a sun gone dark,
Adrift In our fair ship's path,
A beacon star shall guide us afar
And afar from the Comet’s wrath.
. Oh. many a start of pulse and heart
We have felt nt the sight of land;
But what would we do If the dream came true
''And wo sighted the Martian strand?
So, If some day you come and say.
"They are sailing to Mars, I hear,"
I want you to know I am ready to go—
All ready, my dear, my denj^
PEOPLE AND THINGS
GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS
AND THE STREET CORNERS
Former Governor W. D. Bloxham, of
Tallahassee. Florida, Is spending sev
eral weeks here, a guest at 575 Peach
tree street, and Is one of Atlanta’s most
distinguished visitors.
Mr. Bloxham has held nearly every
Important position of trust and honor
In the state of Florida, from governor
down, and tn 1901, after a public life
of 41 years, he gave up the strenuous
game of politics for quieter walks of
life, feeling that he hud had all that
was good for any man. *
Mr. Bloxham was governor twice,
from 1881 to 1885, and from 1897 to
1901. He was at different times mem
ber of the legislature, lieutenant-gov
ernor, secretary of state, surveyor gen
eral, comptroller general, and governor.
nnouncemwt Is made of the lllr
of Jack Kerstaw at his home, 183 East
Hunter street.
Jack Kershaw Is one ot Atlanta’s
pioneers. He lived here before the
war, fought valiantly through that
struggle and returned again to make
Atlanta his home. Now that he Is an
Invalid at hts home, he Is, exceedingly
anxious to talk over old times with
some of his comrades and companions
of long ago.
Dr. Ed. L. Griffin, of 454 Woodward
avenue. Is seriously III at his home, of
typhoid fever. Dr. Griffin Is medical
examiner for the U. S. recruiting of
fices In Atlanta.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
AND
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
GENIU8ES THE CHILDREN
OF MIDDLE-AGED PARENTS.
(From The Literary Digest.)
That coiuporatlvcly few men ami women
of genius wore the eldest children of their
parent* Is ft fact announced l»y Dr. leonine
O. Itablnpvltch, of New York, lu a paper on
'The' Helicals of Genius, “ read before the
recent International congress <>u psychiatry,
* ‘ - ---- 1 Record;
at Amsterdam. Hays the Medical
“In a study of 74 nit
and women—poets.
-w Army Orders.
Washington, Oct. ■ 23.—Following change*
In Htstlon nnd duties of officers coast artil
lery corps:
Colonel John D. C. Hoskins, from Fort
Dupoiit to Fort Bara in'/in, Fla., command
post nml nrtlllery district of I’ensncoln:
LletitennnM* ‘ " “
Hnrnncn
nnd artillery ......... ..
John C. W. Brooks, from Fort Orelile to
Fort Admits: Major Eugene T. Wilson. 10
Fort McKinley; Major Edmond M. Blake,
from Fort Adnins to Fort Groble, command
Major Warren I*. Newcomb, from
duty a* lifting inspector-general t* Fort De
Koto, command post nnd artillery district
of Tnmpa; Major Millard F. Ilnruion. from
ordnance hoard, detailed acting Inspector-
general; Major George F. Barney, detailed
member ordnance hoard.
Following changes In stations and duties
of paymasters;
. Captain Thomas II. R. McIntyre, from de
portment of the gulf, upon arrival at At
lanta of Mnjor Francis L. Pnyson. to this
city, office of pout paymaster; Mnjor Her
bert M. Lord, from Boaton Noveinlier 1 to
Omaha. ns chief paymaster of department
of the Missouri; Major George T. Holloway,
from chief paymaster, department of the
Missouri, to Governor's Island; Major Man
ly B. Curry, from department of the East
November 5, to Atlanta; Major James W.
Dawes, about November 10 to Han Antonio
for temporary duty during absence of Can*
tain Howard C. rarrj Captain Ernest A.
Grcetioiigh, cnaat nrtlllery corps, is detailed
for service nnd to fill n vacancy In the pay
department November 28. vice Captain Mar
lins G. Hplnks, paymaster, who is relieved
om detail; Captain Greenough will report
to the commanding general, department of
pnlltirliini.
■lx were the eldest children; among 17
painters but one was the first-born «>f his
mother (be was a natural child); muon* J5
musicians there were only two tlntt-hom.
Not only were these men of genius not the
first-born, in a very large number of coses
they were the youngest or next to the
youngest of the family. Thus Coleridge was
the last of thirteen children; James Feut-
more Cooper was the eleventh of twelve
children; Washington Irving was the last of
eleven; BaJxac, the last of three; George
Kllot, the Inst of four; Napoleon was tue
eighth, nnd pmlmhly the Inst; Dnnlel Web
ster, the last of seven; Benjamin Franklin
was the last of seventeen, and the last-born
of the last-torn for several generations;
Rembrandt was the Inst of six children;
Itnbeus. the Inst of seven; Hlr Edwin Laud-
seer, the fifth of oeven children; Joshua
Reynolds was the sorenth child of his par
ents; Carl Marla Weber, the last of oeven;
Mozart, the last of seven; Schumann, the
Inst of five: Hchubert, the thirteenth of
fourteen. The parents, therefore, of great
men.were, for the most part, of a ripe nge
“t the time at the concept ten of the latter;
.hat Is to sny, the cellular potentiality of
the parents was then at Its maximum from
the mental na well as the physical point of
view. Herein Ilea hope for Osier's super
annuates who have passed the dead-line of
forty years. If you can do nothing more
for the world with bands or brains, they
can nt least at rive to people the earth with
men of genius, who will carry on nnd per
fect the work which they themselves, at
the acme of their usefulness, hare been
condemned by the Oxford professor to lay
California, for assignment In Sun Francisco;
Major Jonas A. Emory, Twenty-seventh In
fantry, upon his own application, after
more than thirty years' service, Is retired
from active service.,
Hpcond Lieutenant Frank N. McEnhlll.
second cavalry, having been found Incapac
itated for active service on account of dis
ability Incident thereto, retirement Is an
nounced. First Lieutenant Charles H.
Blakeley, Third field artillery, to Fort
Meyer for temporary duty.
Naval Orders.
Captain II. Winslow, detached In com
ma ml Kenrsarge, November 1, to home arid
wait orders; Commander II. Hutchins, de
tached navy yard, League Island, to com
mand Kenrsarge, November 1; Lieutenant
D. F. Boyd, to duty as Inspector of equip
ment works of Cramp A Hons: Midshipman
G. Jnerna nml C. E. Hovey, detached Con
necticut to Ohio.
Movements of Vessels.
Arrived—Octolwr 18: Thornton at nary
yard. New York; West Virginia, Colorado
nnd Pennsylvania at Kants Barbara. Octo
ber 20; Wasp at Bridgeport, Cano ot
Cavite. Justin nr Hants Crus.
„ Hailed—Octotor IS; Thornton, from New
port for navy yard. New York; Brutus,
from Bradford for Norfolk; Wasp, from
Htnmford for Bridgeport. October 20; Pncas.
from Boston for Guantanamo. .October ZD
Arkansas, from for Annapolis;
Florida. Bnltlmore for Annapolis.
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