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— THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. fridat, NOVEMBER i. ivn. THE ATUNTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President, r. B. GOODWIN, Gcn’l Mgr. Published Every Afternoon, (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY At 3 West Alabama fit., Atlanta. Ge. Subscription Rates: One, Vear W-M Six Months ?.£> Ibrff Months one Month ** tty Carrier, l>cr Week 10 eon net Inf alt depart. Smith 4t Thompson, ndrertlstnsr rep- resentntlv(*s for all territory outside of Chicago Office .... Tribune Building. New fork Office .... Brunswick Bid*. If you Imre any trouble retting THE GEORGIAN A.\T> NEWS, telephone the circulation department and hare it promptly remedied. Telephones: Bell 4337 main; Atlanta 4(01. Subecrlbero desiring THE OEOR. QIAN AND NEWS discontinued must notify (his office on the date of expira tion; otherwise, it will he continued at the regular aubecripllon rates until notice To atop Is recelred. In ordering a change of address, please *lre the old as well ss the new address. It la dealrahle that all con .-miilca- tlons Intended for publication In THE r.EOROlAX ANIi SEWS be limited to SOS words In length. It Is Imperative that they be signed, at an orldenco of good follb. Rejected manuecrlpls will not lie rcturneil unless slumps nre sent for the purpose. OCII PLATFORM: THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS atonds for Atlanta’! own ing Its own gas and electric light planta, as it now owua Ita water works. Other cities do this and got e a aa low as (10 cents, with a profit the city, Tide should tie done st once. THfe GEORGIAN AND NEWS ballerea that If street railways can lie operated sneeessfnlly by European cities, ns Ibev nre, there Is no good reason why they esn not he so oper ated here. But we do not liellcre this can tie done now, and It may he some years liefors we are ready for so Ills an undertaking. Still Atlanta should set Its face In that direction NOW. It will toon bo time lor the ladles 'to bay their husbands a clock for the parlor mantel. It’s a doubtful honor tho exar has accorde^Taft, that of being treated like a native nobleman while In Russia— That Cannon boom touched off In Chicago the othor day seomB to havo fizzled out already. Automoblling may be the more reckless s|Kirt, but at any rate It takes sand to bo an aeronaut. Honeymoons are said to bo wanlnR In popular esteem. An artist of Altoona. Pa., whose thumb was injured In an electric car accident. Is suing tho company for $50,000. He roust make a specialty of thumb-nail sketches. J Gerontmo, tho notorious old Apacho chief, haa attended his last war-dance and he will probably soon lie a good Indian. . Maxlmoffsky Is tho most recent of the Russian high officials to suddenly go offsky by the anarchistic route. “Baby" McKee, of President Harri son's administration, is a Junior at Yale. We mention this fact that folks may have another opportunity of exclaiming: “How time flics!” ; The suggestion haa been made that automatic whipping ixists be estab lished in school housed and jails. It’s ion late for the school house to save the man who made such a suggestion. Ho should be put In jail for the rest of bis life. A wealthy resident of Buctzow, Mecklenburg-Schwerln, has committed suicide becauto the worry of looking after a largo fortune weighed too henvtly on his mind.' Couldn't they have used a few libraries over In M ccklenburg-Schwerln ? A letter addressed to William Allen Gazette, aays the Kansas City Star, was delivered to the person tt was Intended for In Emporia. That's easy compared to some tho postmasters have. Tho richest baby In New York Is the young son of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., who at the age of two days Is heir to sixty million dol lars In gold—er, that ts, In clearing house certificates. BYRON'3 FIRST 8HOE3. Speaking of Byron. I once owned the first pair of shoe* that he wore. They vere given to my father by a woman wh,j had been the poet'a nurse. She had cut them down to fit the feet of a •loll belonging to one of her children. It must have been a pretty good-slsed •loll, for the shoes—little soft things made of braid—were none too small for .'• child. I gave them to the Players bat auae I knew that they would be well taken care of (nor because Hymn was ;• Playwright), and to the beat of my Knowledge and belief they now repose under a glass case at 16 Orantercy I’arit—“The Lounger" In Putnam's. Boston la the greatest telephone user in tho world, according to the annual : eport cf the New England Telephone anil Telegraph Company. Every day ■ a New England there la an average uf 335,358 telephone conversations. In H",ton there la a 'phone for every 11 persons. THE STEADY WORK OF THE RAILROAD COMMISSION. The action of the railroad and public utilities commission In the aboli tion of freo passes In Georgia was not a haaty one, but tho result of steadfast nnd deliberate Investigation and study. It will stand because It Is a well-considered expression of public policy. And It Is exactly ■ along this line that the commission Is proceeding In Ha work. , How foolish and how Ill-considered It has been on the part of out siders really or superficially eager for the accomplishment of certain reforms to urge upon tho governor and tho commission hasty and Im perfect decisions and statutes. When wo started Into this reform administration It waa otir impres sion that nothing waa better understood than that the Initial policy of information was the basis of all action. It was understood and declared that no changes would )be made nnd no rules or rates established that were not based upon a full Investigation and a full understanding of the conditions which surrounded both the public and the public carrier in question. From the best Information at hand wo believe that the governor and commission are proceeding wisely and diligently and fearlessly along this line. The experts of tho commission are Investigating the financial affairs of every public utilities corporation In Georgia. The paid experts of tho commission are also examining the physical properties of tho various transportation lines throughout tho state. So that when the commission comes to act It will have before It from expert and Impartial testimony a true statement of the facts which may Indicate neglect or indifference to tho public safety and tho public welfare and at the same time the financial capacity of tho corporation to undergo the discipline and to put into effect tho changes which conditions may require. u Taken altogether, we are disposed most heartily to congratulate the administration and tbo commission upon tho fact that in thfe midst of much childish clamor and of much unreasonable haste, they have pre served an unbroken calm and have prosecuted with tireless activity and conspicuous fairness and rare common sense the Investigation which Is a primary and ^essential prerequisite to any careful and prudent hand ling of tho questions which concern the people and the corporations. It Is only along lines like theso that we can hope for a wise and wholesome outcome of this great reform movement which has been the hope of the pooplo in this generation. Slowly, steadfastly and wisely we are progressing out of our op portunities Into the establishment of those conditions which mean pros perity and development In the South. A MAN NAMED BARRETT. Thoodore Price In a New York newspaper says that “a man named Barrett down In Georgia makes a fresh appeal to his constituency to hold their cotton for fifteen cents a pound." If Theodore Price was as well posted upon cotton and the men who make It as he ought to be, ho would know that tho "man named narrett” Is tho president of slxteon hundred thousand farmers In this republic, of whom seven hundred thousand live in tho South and make the cotton crop of the world. If any man has a right to speak upon this question It Is “the man named Barrett In Georgia." And Thoodore Price may be assured that when "the man named Barrett" speaks, his words carry more weight in an hour than Theodore Price's views would convey In n week. “The man named Barrett” Is tho able and boloved president of tho Farmers’ Union. They trust him Implicitly and they believe in him to tho uttermost. He has never betrayed them nor misled them, nnd you may he sure that bis fresh appeal to his constituency will ho followed to the full limit of tho capacity of tho Southern farmer to hold his cotton until he can get for It what he knows It to bo worth. Mr. Barrett and his people may or may not be ablo to secure fifteen cents for this year's cotton crop, but Thoodore Price and other financiers who deal with this great commodity, may as well realize now what they will learn hereafter, that there will be a strong and intelligent effort to secure this prlco for a staplo whose supply this year Is comparatively limited, and whose demand baB never been surpassed by tho call for It, (luring the coming year. And meanwhile, although we would bo tho last to counsel tho farmer to any obstinacy or to any unreasonable pride of opinion In the matter, we sin cerely trust that our Southern farmer will wait for better reasons than any which now exist for the surrender of a prlco which he has the right ,to name for the great product of his fields and energies. THE ATLANTIO-MISSISSIPPI CANAL. TIjo Indorsement by President Roosevelt of tho Atlantic-Mlsslsslppl waterway will undoubtedly give force and Impetus to that great enter prise. The president does not usually go off half-cocked In business mat ters and during his recent trip he has evidently given groat study and consideration to the development of the Mississippi Valley as part of this great country. That the Georgia project as prosecuted by its friends should Im press tho president's practical mind, Is proof not only of the feasibility of the plan, but Is also the guarantee of strong and compelling forces which will bo brought to Us realisation. With tho two senators from Georgia heartily In accord with tho chamber of commerco and the congressional delegation, this Is an excel lent time to begin the agitation of the project along practical lines. The deep water convention at Knoxvlllo next week offers an oppor tunity to presont It to representative men of tho country, which should be utilised by n strong delegation from Georgia. Tho president's Indorsement sets the ball In vigorous motion. Tho Atlanta Georgian thinks that Mr. Roosevelt lost, a strategic point In not accepting tho Invitation to be present at the Stato Fair In that city, as, In the Georgian's opinion, he would, by following Mr. Bryan as a guest and speaker, havo laid the llryan reception In tho shade and scored heavily against the great Democratic leader. We dou't see It that way, and would wager a neat sum that Mr. Roosevelt, with alt his conceit. Is not so deceived as to his powers as a public speaker, when compared to Mr. Bryan's. No one lias ever seriously claimed for President Roosevelt any remarkable oratorical gifts or charm of address, and his speeches are singularly lacking In * any elements of popular appeal and attraction. Mr. Bryan, on tho other hand, is the greatest public speaker of his day and country, and people of all sections crowd to bear him and bang spell-bound on his eloquent words. For Mr. Roosevelt with all tho prestige of his offlco and success to have followed Bryan as a speaker would have been to Invite a comparison most unflattering to the president, and one which no public man could be blamed for avoiding. In re- fusing to lend hlmsolf to such self-injury, Mr. Roosevelt scored n strategic point Instead of missing one, and proved hlmsolf again the shrewdest and most pnctlctl of politicians. The Atlanta Georgian got the wrong cue for this particular Roosevelt spiel.—Tho Tennessean. But my dear Tennessean: Wo did not mean that Roosevelt's speech would beat Bryan's, but there Is nobody In this neck of the woods whtf does not know that Roosevelt's crowd and Roosevelt's reception would have laid In tho shade anything that has happened In Atlanta— since Roosevelt was hero before. Jt Is understood that Col. John Temple Graves will leave his prohibition soul In Atlanta, while his body tussles along In little old New York, with Tammany. Independence league ami 11,000 saloons. It will bo a big job, but Mr. Graves can achieve it.—Chattanooga Times. This Is an age of wonders, .my son, and no man has a right to say that even New York may not be plucked os a cherry from the highballs. There can be no better day than autumn days like these. Do they comp anywhere else than to Atlanta?—Atlanta Georgian. Why. of course not. But you ought to see South Georgia at this season of the year. If you had a ticket to Paradise and had to loss through South Georgia you would swap It for a jack knife and get off at Donglas.—Douglas News. That's the spirit. Douglas. Keep It up. Stand by your own. Mag nify your home, exalt your calling, and If you don't grow aa big aa At lanta. you arc certain to be bigger than somebody else. Hon. John Temple Grave* will leave Georgia to be editor of the New York American.- Now when Mr. Koosovelt be comes the editor of the Tribune. It will be a pair for the other big papers to draw to.—Talladega Reporter. In that day we shall e ideavor to treat the new recruit kindly and make him feel at home. , Growth and Progress of the New South The Georgian here record* each day some economic fact la reference to the opuartl progress of the South. BY JOSEPH B. LIVELY ; total value of towu property $1,944,063. Thq tax return* on tho book* of Auditor Dare II. W Iso *how pome very Interest- Inf fact* regarding the valuation of property In Aiken county, South Carolina. The following nre the returns according to the auditor's hooks: Acre* of !nn«l 657.503. value $2,662,482; building* in country 9.023. value $1,612,325: total value of country property $4,074,007. Lot* In town* and cities 2,867, value $564,156; buildings In town* and cltle* 2,367. value $1,379,89$; toti ' Total value of renl estate $6,018,960. Number of horses (2.462, value $1 $311,367; hog* 8,007, value $26,012; fIhtu mm vmin n*) imiu- «wi, nanun, vw., wt value $9,$43; nlnnos and organ* 647. value $39,883; vehicle* 6.307, value $122,006; dog* 3,666, value $36,660; household furniture, etc.. $1,394,933; bank returns $123,710, Total value of ncraoiml property $4,759,294. Total taxable value of real nnd personal property In county $10,778,15-' * ' * “ ‘ ‘ “ ““ tarns. U54. This Is on Increase of $515,306 Inst year's re- Clarendon county, South Carolina, la to have n farm capitalised at $250,000. The . petition for letter* of Incorporation urn* Hied yesterday. The indltloners are Thomas H. blunter. John II. Humter nnd II. T. Abbott. The style of the company will lie The Sou them riant lug and Producing Company, and general fanning will be practiced. • The Moratory of atate hat received petition fc of the Highland mill* of Newberry, 8. C. These Mower, w. O. IIousc.nl, J. A. Mlmnnugb. J. II. W etltlon fer charter from the corporators le are F, N. Martin, George 8. ... ... ... .. ... West, J. A. Burton, J. U. Me- Caughrln, Alan Johnstone, C. K. Bummer. The capital stock will be $300,000. Another $30-1.000 mill to be built soon Is the Misbnn of Union, 8. C., mentioned heretofore In the papers. The corporators yesterday filed petition for tho charter. These are 15. M. Jordan. A. II. Foster. B. F. and W. I>. Arthur, I). C. Fllun, W. M. McClure, Macbeth Voting, I,. II. Ilnyue*. DOROTHY DiX ASKS: Why Did You Never Marry? Is It Because Women Cannot “Pop the Question? P ROBABLY no other thing In the world , Ho the girl has to keep mum. And the would do so much not only to pro- j man dares not sneak. And tho slrl won t mote matrimony, hat to Insure do- marry the muritiif;lii who would like to Jolu (nestle felicity, ns for women to have her fortune to hi* own, no that M could Ihc right to take the Initiative III love mak- * * ’ uff, nnd select their own mates, indeed. If women had the privilege of pop hi praetlcally.be plug the question there wouk no old mnf ‘ * Isn't asked _ time during her life, but l»ecnuse matrimony would have uew charms If a woman could pick out the kind of n husband she wants Instead of having to take the kind of a hus band she There Is no woman so ugly nnd unnttrac tive that she can not marry somebody, but many women refuse to marry at all, be cause they nre uot willing to espouse the sort of a man who offers himself. No convention of society Is so cruel ns that which debars a woman from taking a frank and active part In the most Important decision of her own life. It Isn't enough for her merely to have the veto power In settling tho husband question. Him should have tho right to seek the umn whom she would like to niarrr, a* well ns turn down the man she doesn't want t» marry. No Chanco to Meet the Right Man. Suppose, for Instance, the enne of an In telligent. level-headed, athletic young worn- ... .. .. ..... namby-pamby, cane-sucklag youth* whom* conversation I* confined to starting topics, and whose ambition In life f* to break au automobile record. Huch a woman may count among her ac quaintance* a strong, ambition*, manly, poor young man who realize* tier Ideal ami horn she would lie clad to marry, but the ♦or man I* debarred by Id* circumstances from mingling In the society that she fre quent*. Ill* tear of being called a fortune hunter also raise* a barrier between 19.ni and the rich girl, and he never dreams of *uch a thing a* n*klug her to bo bis wife. But the rich girl dreams of him. and she would be glad enough to marry him If she were only uerrnlttml to say to him that he’s about the kind of » man *ne likes, nnd with whom she Is wllllug to enter luto a life partnership. Poor Girl Hat to Keep Mum. .. ;ould shock everybody to death, the man Included, however, for n woman to coiuo out lintfooted nml honest, and tell n man that she love* him nml would like to have more to spend ARMY-NAVY ORDERS AND MOVEMENTS OP VESSELS. Army Orders. Washington, Oct. 31.—Captain William M. Connell, to Fifth cavalry; First Lieutenant Ronald E. Fisher, to Seventh cavalry; Colo nel Charles J. Crane to NlutU Infantry; Lieutenant Colonel Charles Byrne, to Seven teenth Infantry; Major Benjamin C. Morse, to Twenty-seventh Infantry; Major John I*. Finlay to Twenty-eighth Infantry; Major Frederick R. Day, to Thirtieth Infantry; Captain Ernest M. Reeves, to Twenty-ninth Infantry; Captain II. J. Aimer Erlekson, to Twenty-seventh Infantry; Lieutenant Harry Ople, Jr., First Infantry, Michigan national guard, to garrison school. Fort Wayne. Navy Orders. Commander 8. 8. Wood, commissioned; Lieutenant C6tnmander O. R. Evans, to board of Inspection and survey; Lieutenant Commander L. L. Howard, detached at na val attache, Berlin, to bureau of naviga tion; Lieutenant Commander It. U. Belkuap, detached office of naval Intelllgeuco to duty a* naval ottacho. Berlin. Lieutenant O. lllll, commissioned lieutenant. Junior grade. Movements of Vessels. Arrived—Octolwr 27, Nero st Portsmouth, N. II.; October 29, Uncas st Guantanamo; Wasp at New Haven, Chattanooga st Cav ite. galled—October 29, Marietta from Key West for Puerto Cortes, Honduras. PLAYFUL. How can a fellow read nt all. I'd like to have yon say. When you’re a-tuggtn* at his arm An* teasin' "Turn an' p'ay," For how esn any daddy Remain seated where he’s at, When a baby Is a-tuggtn' An' a-coesln' him like that? There Isn't nay atory Ever written, or been planned, That baa got the stren'th to hold me Like a baby’s dimpled band; There ain't no book nor magmslue At all around the place That's half so dear au' half so queer An’ sweet as baby’s facp*. An' so I lay my magazine Or paper down an’ go The way my l**bjr wants me to. An’ gallop to nn* fee: An' ghldap when abe »;tys glddnp: An v gee when she says gee; 8he doesn't need no llnee at nU Or whip a-drlriu* me. But when she's straddle of my back We have the m.ieteat fun; I scramble all aliout tu# bouse. An' bump mysH&an* run; But there ain't nothin’ makes her cry, Nor makes Iter iwhy fears; It's daddy's back she's straddle of, Hhe’t boldin' daddy's ears. An' so she ride* him round the hou*& An' up an* down the stairs. Into the rooms an* through the hall. An’ never baby rarce Tbo part- we take at all, at all: Bhe’s frightened not a bit; Her daddy Is the horse, an* she la safe, an* sure of IL Bat when abe la abed yoo'd think I'd read a little then; I do get out my magazine* _ _ chorus girls, and the result Is ouc more rich old maid added to the list of wcrtlthy girl bachelors who try vainly to establish a home with the. assistance of a cat nud a dog and a parrot. The advantage of women having n right to propose, as n first aid toward promoting matnqiniiy. would work out as well for men as It would for women. Would Any Man Daro Say No? Of course, there might possibly l»e n few men so gallant that they could re fuse a woman nothing, not even their hand when she asked for It. but they nre so few that they would scarcely count.' Besides which, they nre too good things to l»e al lowed to escape, any way. The renl ad vantage, and where the woman suitor would turn nn Illuminating light on the subject, would eouslst In women convincing men that they really needed wives nnd all the comforts of n home. Many nnd many nn old bachelor nnd wid ower going their disconsolate way through life merely need to have the advantages of inntrliiiony boomed to them by the proper party, In order to make them hasten to en ter Into the holy estate. Woman's Tact Might Help, It Is one thing, for .Instance, for n timor ous. middle-aged man to think vaguely of getting married ns an awesome proceeding In which he will be dragged up nn nlsle of a chftfeh in the wake of seven yards of white satin train, Niu#*:inded by glggllnr bridesmaids, nnd stared nt by the critical eyes of his dear live hundred friends. II Is another thing for n quiet, sensible, sym pathetic woman of r.ny twenty-eight oi thirty to mathematically demonstrate to him how thw marrying part could l»e done by a quiet dropping around to the par son’s. and that no would bo assured of a future In which he would never ngntu have to count h!s own collars when he sent them to the laundry, or wenr socks with hole* In them, or think whnt he Is going to have for dinner. The example* dted are only two of ml! Uons that might be brought forward to prove that If women could propose, they would do It (intend of Imnglug back ns men dii. For further confirmation, I no peal to the readers of The Georgian. Would you not, Miss Spinster, have, married If you could have popped the question to the pnrtieiilar man you fancied? Would you not, Mr. Old Barb, have married. If sumo idee Indy Usd askwl you? PEOPLE AND THINGS GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS AND THE STREET CORNERS MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO. CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS. Capital $200,000.00 Surplus ahJ Undivided Profits $600,000.00 Commercial Accounts Invited. y/ Interest, compounded twice a year, is JO paid in our SAYINGS DEPARTMENT A MEETING By MARCUS A. HANSEN It was really strange! Aud still, everything that happens In t'ul* world has Its natural exnlnnatlon. So bad also this Incident. He leaned back In his chair, and In his thought* lived the whole affair over agslu. It started—well, to lie exact. It started at home In the old country many years — -but the Inst, the principal part, began the invitation to take part In « I>an- - meeting for young ' * ‘**' 4 He had rend the Inv paper. The -meeting Chicago nnd In Hepte _ when It would he convenient for him to be there. 8o he decided to go. And how he enjoyed It In the anticipation —he was to meet countrymen, ranuy coun trymen. listen to Danish speeches, T)nnl*h songs. Danish music, be wns to sing the dear old tune* together with many others who wonhl feel equally happy. All thl* meant something to him, who had not heard his own language for many yenrs. Chance had taken him to the town where he now lived, where he had worked himself up. where he held n good position and where he had won many friends, where he had everything he could wish for—except no thing. He missed bis uatlve language, and though he loved the country of ala choice, bo had lost nothing of his love of the country of his blrth-^nay, he loved it more than ever. . And now he wna to enjoy all that he had missed. If it pc only for a few day*. He wondered If ho were to meet old frleuds. There waa Anton, his old schoolmate, who had gone to Chicago long ago, yenrs before he hlmsolf had left Denmark. And there were others, many others, who had gone to that great city during all these year*. Aud Christian, son of the rich brewer, hi* comrade from the backwoods of Michi gan; he also had gone to llvo In Chicago. If he could only meet him. Ills mind kept on working. There were more ''possibilities"—friends he would love to meet, hut fourteen yenrs la a loug time nnd much Is forgotten. Only for a moment he had thought of one no would rather meet than any one else, but that, of course, was more than unlikely, nnd he drove tho thought away with n sigh. Then It wus the strange thing happened. He went to the theater of the town. On the program wns mtnd-reading. "Mis* Ray. the World's Greatest Marvel," could rend hidden thought*. Koine young men distributed among the ntidleuce slips, of paper on which those who received them were to write down questions, sign their name* nnd put the slips Into their pockets. He also received a slip. Whnt would ho care to know? He did not liellcre In these things—but most of the people did write, and be followed their ex ample. He wrote: "Shall 1 meet good friends In Chicago?" He smiled nnd put the slip In hli pocket The rnrteln row. "Mias Ray;’ was sitting on the etnge, dressed Id white end hoerlly rolled. Her right hend she kept ou mov- In* In the elr. catching tho thoughts, end she answered the many question* to the delight of the audience. » Then she began to epell out his name, aud the answer come: ' You will meet one good old friend." , _ ... , . He laughed. It wee very likely ho would, but that she had been able to read wbat he had written nnd had In hi* pocket! He felt for the slip—It was ■till there! Then he forgot the whole thing during the following days, and In due tlmo he left for Chicago. ... * He enjoyed blmvelf Immensely; he made new acquaintances, many of them even, but be did not meet a single friend from by- gone days. Several time* he thought he recognized a face, but every time he found he waz mistaken.' Then Sunday came. He went to St. Ausgurlus church and aat down near the center of the nave In a new In which there were already several other*. He enjoyed the old hymns and the whole service, for It waa all aa It used to bo at home. The church was crowded, many, mostly men, had to stand, but one lady stood close to him, so ne moved to glva her a seat next to him. It was sultry, so he helped her to taka off her Jacket. She thanked him nnd sat down again. He looked at bis watch. In side the case was a photograph of the girl he bad loved, and, strange to *ar, be looked at It, though ho did not usually notice It after the*© many year*, and besides-ahe wna lost to him or she would bare answered his letter*. But now his eyes dwelt long upon the picture. He remembered that the Inst time he had visited the church at home In Denmark, she, too, had been there, and he had helped her Just as he had helped the lady next to him now. Then he tore himself loose from these thoughts. Just at the minister left the pul pit. The ynnng lady next to him seemed un easy. She. too, had Been the photo Imldo the wntcbcaso, and he felt ahe waa looking at him. IIo looked up, their eye* met, and theyi recognized each other. It was the, the girl whose photo he had In hi* watch, whose Image be carried In hla heart. It was the beloved of hla youth, a little older, of course, but, oh, so like her self yet. They left the church together, spent the* day together, and the next day. They had! so much to talk about, so much to explain. Then lie bad gone back to hla fonely home. He bad written her a long letter, *‘i letter full of the * '—* Now, * In hla .... L She wrote she would come. ■♦ay—forever. [fe thought of "Miss Ray’s" answer* 'ou will meet one rood old friend* 1 r full of the longings of fourtocn years. w, he sat there holding her answer s trembling hand. SAYS MARIETTA LINE IS UNAFFECTED BY REDUCTION Lewi. In Houston Twelve recruit* for Uncle Sam'a fighting force on the high scan left Thursday over tho .Seaboard for Nor folk. where they will report at the navy yard and commence their work In the aervlce. Thla appresents the work done In a week by Chief Machinist Hhdaon, who Is In charge of the Atlanta re cruiting office. Interest In the navy seems to be Increasing dully and tho Atlanta office Is making an excellent record in getting recruits. THE MATTER OF LIVING. (From The Nashville American.) D. O. Mills has completed his third hotel In New York. The three havo a total of 3,000 bed rooms, and a room costs the occupsnt from 30 to 40 cents a night, with meals at corresponding prices. One of these hotels has been in operation for some time and has proved to be a very satisfactory In vestment. The conveniences nre mod ern, the rooms are comfortably fur nished. the service Is good, the meals well cooked, anad board and lodging inay be had for 35 a week. They pay 4 per cent on the capital Invested, and the ground on which they stand Is very valuable. They are said to be far superior to tho average boarding house and to many hotels which charge S3 a day. If such hotels can be profit ably conducted In the heart of New York, why are hotels of equal or in ferior quality In smallerxlties so much more costly? The Louisville Courier- Journal says: “The fault of our hotel system Is that It forces us to pay 12,000 a year for fond and lodging or eat food that Is distinctly objectionable to discriminating palate. The prepara tion of fancy dishes requires tho art of a high-priced employee, but string beans may be cooked as well by a mere cook as by a chef. Yet when we pat ronize hotels at which wo may lodge for II nnd dine for a half dollar, the simplest dishes are badly cooked and we arc driven Into the gilded dens of the highway robbers to pay the price of an opera ticket for a meal. Even In the smaller cities and towns the old fashioned tavern where once we could get n well cooked 'square meal' has given way to the modern hotel, which slavishly Imitates the high-priced hos telry by printing a menu In two lan guages and several chapters, hut sets upon the table food that an ante-bellum black mammy would have considered unfit for a despised 'nlr-stralncr.' Hotel management Is something of a science. The art of selection and prep aration of food Is almost as a sealed book to many. In every city a large per cent of the inhabitants are board ers. Most of them live In boarding houses where living Is merely exist ing. while man)' live In hotels, which In many cases Is a poor sort of living. There Is a melancholy homelessness In such living which has depressed many a man and many a woman. Hotels for such people, those of moderate mean*, or those who live by their daily- labor. could be made comparatively at tractive. The success of the Mills ho tels depends upon their patronage. They are where they get It. A hotel that Is full today and empty tomorrow- may lose money. In public Institu tions. asylums, reform schools, etc, where there Is thorough system, capa ble cooks, bakers, proper cooking ar rangements, service, experienced pur chasing agents, and the like, excellent, provement and reform—In conven well cooked meals can be served at an lence. Comfort nnd cost To the Editor of The Georgian: The reduction of the faro on tho river line to 6 cents has nothing to do with the Marietta line. We still have td pay 15 cents from-the river to At lanta. It Is about the same distance from the river to Atlanta a* It Is from Smyrna to the river, where the car stops. The faro to Smyrna Is 10 cents; to Atlanta 15 cents—two and a half cents a mile for Fulton county, one and a half cents a mile for Cobb county. The faro from the river to Howell Is 15 cents; the distance Is three and a half miles, or 4 cents a mile for Ful ton county and 11-3 cents for Cobb county. The two car lines from the river do not run In the same direction. It they did, there would have been no need of building but one, os they belong to the same people, so the reduction docs the people who live along the line of the Marietta car line no good. Did the street car company or any body else ever pay Fulton county any money for the right to run on Mariet ta road from the city limits to where the car track leaves Marietta road and crosses the Western and Atlantic rail road and runs on Its own private right of way Into the Marietta road a short distance from Collins' Bridge? The street car crosses this bridge. Did the street car company pay any money for the right to cross this bridge? Hon. James W. Collins gave tqc .splendid rock pier of the bridge to Vulton coun ty while he waa a member of the board of county commissioners. Mrs. Collins was compelled to take 350 per acre for land for the right of way In Cobb county from the Atlanta and Northern. The Seaboard Air Line rail road paid her 3100 per acre for tho right of way In the same locality. The two railroads cross on her land. The street car company always pleaded the benefit to the land owner by having a railroad built through their land In ask. Ing for right of way. I havo known of several large land deals having about been made, when the purchaser found that a 16-ccnt far* was charged. It was all off. There Is a cemetery at Casey Hill, largely patronized by people who live on the northwestern side of the city about the Exposition Mills and Marietta street. Theile people arc required to pay 15 rents from Howell Station to Moore It they are oh the car*, for a two and a half mile ride—6 cents a mile for Ful ton county, 11-2 for Cobb county. All mills and ferries and every other con cern that takes money from the peo ple for business are required under the law to treat all people and sections alike. If I own a country mill nnd grind for the people and show favors to sections or people for each offense I am liable to a fine of 330. There is nn Invisible cord that binds the railroads and people who own land along their lines together. Their interests are the same In 'k« matter of building up. There Is (#t a trolley !(•« In the state that charges os much at the Atlanta and Northern railroad. We want to get to Atlanta as cheap as the other people so that we can epend what our farms make. Atlanta ha* been kind to the people who own thle Atlanta and Northern. Respect fully. C. A. HOWELL. R. F. D. No. 5, Atlanta. astonishingly small cost—meale that are much superior to those of the aver age boarding house or hotel In such K laces everything le regular—the num. er of boarders deviates but little, and any Increase or decrease Is known In ample time to meet It and thus avoid a shortage or an excess and therefore a waste. The life of that large class of persons who board Is. with excep tions. very primitive, so far Is* the matter of boarding and lodging le con cerned. There le a field here for Im provement and OtMODOOOOGDDDGOOODODilHjQOiM 0 HAND8HAKE AND GOOD 0 S WISHES ALL THE WAY 0 FROM ILLINOIS. 0 0 To tho Editor of Tho Georgian; 0 O It Is a long stretch from Illl- 0 0 nols to Georgia, but here Is my 0 0 hand on your magnificent fight 0 0 for prohibition—shake! 0 O Lot the South put a prohibition 0 0 plank in her platform, and the O 0 North will help her to ride Into O 0 power. 0 O Success to you!-* 0 0 GEO. M'GINNIS. 0 O Waukegan, III. 0 00000OOOO0O00000000O00O0OO TWO GOOD OLD SONGS. i Oh! Willie, Is It you, dear, safe, safe at hptnsT They did uot tall ms true, dear; they said you would not com*. I kcurd you nt the gate, and It made my heart rejolee; For I knew that welcome footatep, and -that dear, familiar volra, Making music on my ear Id the lonely mid-; night gloom. Oh! Willie, we hnvc misted yon; welcome, welcome home! We've longed to see yon nightly, but this night of nil; The are was lilntlng brightly and lights were In Ibo ball. The little ones were up till 'twns 10 o'clock nml post. Then their eyes began to twinkle, and they ore gouo to sleep nt last, Hut they listened for yonr voles till they thought you'd never come; Ob! Willie, wo hove missed you; welcome, welcome home! The tlnyn were sad without yon, tho nights - long nud drear; My dreHmn hnre lieen about yon. Ob, welcome, Willie, denr! Last night I went nnd watched by tho moonlight's cheerless ray, TUI I thought I benrd your footsteps, thru I wiped my tears away; But my henrt grew and again when I found run bid nut come; Oh, Willie, wo have missed you; welcomm welcome home! Wo shall meet, hnt ws shall mlaa hltu There will be one recent chair; We shall linger to caress him, while wo tirentba our evening prayer. And onr hopes In ruin lie. Chorus— Ws shall meet, but we shall miss There will lie one vacant chair; him; We Sin linger to'onriss'b'lm" when we breathe onr evening prayer. At onr fireside, tail and lonely, Often will the bosom swell I At remembrance of the story How our noble Willie fell; How he atrnre to beer our banner Thro tho thickest of the fight. And uphold our country's honor In the strength of manbood'a might True, they tell ns wreaths of glory Evermore will dock his brow; lint this soothes the anguish only ■. kweeplng o'er onr heartstrings now. I Sleep today, t) early fallen! In thy green nnd narrow bed: Dirges from the pine nnd cypress Mingle with the tears we shed. MANY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF DIAMONDS LOST Thousands of dollars worth of dia monds, Jewelry and other articles are loet every year, and a large percentage of them are recovered by want ads. in the "Loet" column of The Georgian. Half pound box of Wlley'e best candy free with each 30-cent want ad. receiv ed at The Georgian office Friday or Saturday for Saturday's Georgian. In France there nre 3.000.000 smokers. Of every fifteen there are eight who smoke a pit*-, fits who smoke cigars, »nd ouly tw» who ere cigarette smokers. . .