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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
TUESDAY, novi:.miu;ic a, wot.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President,
T. B. GOODWIN, Gen’I Mfer.
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ODB 1-I.ATPOni!: THE GEORGIAN
AND NEW?) stands for Atlanta's own
ing Ira own gas and oteotrlo light
plants, as It now owns Its waist
works. Othtr cltlrs -do this and gat
gas ns low SB tO cents. with a profit
Sr m
ull.v
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.tie*, as they are, there 1* no good
reason why they can not he ao oper
ated hero. But we do not hellere
can be done now, and It may
yea re before we n/e roody
an nhdortea'
ic now, and It may oe zorne
^■arA^afepiS
‘ In that direction NOW.
Four Magical Words.
Nothing »o becomes the young
men of our rnco aa to go out Into
the world with clear conviction*.
They will be met at the ntnrt, and
they will find them nil along the
way, problems • that require for
(heir right solution clear Ideas
and sound [ffinclpies.
Alas, ao many fall to see the
necessity of this. Thoy go out
with desires, ambitions, .persona).
purposes; hut above' these', and
controlling them, there Is no reg
ular Impulse to do exactly the
thing that Is right. They trust
this to circumstances. They rel
egate this to policy. And when
the climax- comes they are very
npt to do the wrong thing, be
cause they have no convictions to
guide them.
This should not bo. Every
young man Bhould go out Into life
with right Ideals, by which ho
should stand If he had to die for
them. That Is heroism. That Is
manhood. That means straight,
clean, upright living, which
ought to bo the purpose of every
young.man of our race.
The; problem <s by no mentis
complicated. The road Is plain
and clear. "A man need not stand
and argue long which way to
take. -From* (due ‘words a man
can deduce a rule for solving
every problem that comes to him
on his tvpy through life. These
are Tiirlty, Reverence, Temper
ance nnd Honesty. They are the
builders ol character, and who
ever Is Imbued by the principles
they imply !b a success ' In life,
even If he does not wear the
badges of worldly proapcrlty. Hut
he is very likely to wear these
badges.
The first thing our young men
should do, in fcolng out In real
life, lx to create for themselves
Ideals that Illustrate these vir
tues, and utilise them every
where, all, the tlm£ ‘ No wonder
them Iff so much complaint, dis
couragement and regret. Life Is
a poor thing without thorn. It
may wear kid; stores and run an
automobile,' Hut It la worthless to
tlie man without them.—New
York Age.
These fine words are from a negro
paper of New York addressed to the
young men of tbo negro race. If
there are any better words more ap
plicable to ell young men, we have
not seen them In recent newspaper
columns. It la good to know that the
leaders of the negro race are Inculcat
ing such counsel, and It can not have
too wide a circulation among the
youth of all races and sections.
The Atlanta Georgian says,
"turn the people loose to vote and
Roosevelt would carry Georgia
today by twenty thousand ma
jority.” Wha’a holding 'em?—
Jackson (Miss.) .NewR.
You know what 4a bolding them
back. Caucus precedents, the party
lash, selfiBh apprehension, political
ambitions for oBec, and everything
except the common sense view of
politics and the situation.
.I.,- m - th IhtitM. near Barlndnn.
i.iiykuid." Mr. Williams I, employed at the
forge In the wagon department stamping
•bop at th» ((real Western Beltway t’oni
pai r's work*, Bwtndmi. He la an entirely
t.ir-taugbt nun, nod worked on the farm
lu hl» youth. He la wall rend In Greek,
Lsiin an.l Krone!) literature, nnd Ida eon-
tm.nitons to the anthulogy constat of the
translation at an ode from Anacreon and
Y. inker* .log entrber, who bad been
i-" l>y dogs awn than 200 Hines, la
liy ilcml. ltut, after all. spinal uirutu-
. got In abend of hydrophobia.
THE STRENGTH OF GEORGIA BANKS.
Seventeen years ago the editor of Tho Georgian, at that timo In
New Yolk, was Introduced to President Williams of the great Chemical
National Bank, reckoned as perhaps the strongest financial Institution In
the country.
Mr. Williams Inquired from what state his visitor came. When he
was told that he was front Georgia nnd from Rome, Mr. Williams asked;
“And. do you know Mr. John H. Reynolds of tho First National Bank of
Rome?” An affirmative answer was made and then tho great financier
declared with more than usual omphasla: “If I had a small sum of
money, which was all the money that I had and that I wanted to put In a
perfectly safe and secure place for keeping, I believe I would as soon or
sooner risk It in the First National Bank of Romo than In any other placo
in the entire United States.”
This was a great compliment to a private banking Institution and It
Is Just as true now as It was then. And It la no more true of the First
National Bank of Rome than It Is of a score or a halt hundred banks of
Georgia that are conducted along the same prudent amj conservative
lines of finance.
The editor of The Georgian has seen fit to Inquire of men strong In
common sense and established in business judgment os to the best policy
for the owners of m.onoy to pursue with their cash at the present time,
and with ono accord the answer has been to let It stay safely and se
curely without a fear or an apprehension, la tho sound and conservative
banks of the country.
"Except ye abide In tho ship, ye cannot be saved," was an old and
almost divinely Inspired word of counsel given to men In a time of storm,
and .the best-and wisest counsel we have been able to gather from the
present situation makes us believe that this counsel is Just as applicable
now as It was In tho days of tho Master.
Novor In financial history have the banks of tho South Illustrated
more' conservatism In Interchange and moro cooperative Judgment than
they have in this period of trial and of apprehension, and we believe
that there Is nothing sounder In the entire financial system of this coun
try at this tlmo than the co-operative and unltod system of banks that
are working clearly and honorably nnd wisely to protect the people In
this-emergency.
We do not hesitate to advise any man who has money In the bonks
to leave It there and to give himself no further concern about It. Noth
ing Is more certain than that the expression of panic Or an endeavor to
take, funds out of sound and safe places of deposit and hide them In pri
vate safes and In old socks and bags would withdraw from circulation
the money which la as necessary to prosperity as the blood is to the
body, and would do more to precipitate disaster both to the Inventor and
to the people than any other one thing that could bo done. Tho South
will weather this storm, we believe, without a financial tragedy and cer
tainly without disaster to any conservative banking system of the en
tire auction.
The supreme need of the hour is confidence and the supreme com
mon sense of the people ought to Inspire confidence which will tide the
ship of state over the financial breakers of the present time.
"Except ye abide In tho ship, ye can not be saved." •
THE CHRONICLE’S GREAT FAIR EDITION.
The Gebrgla-Carollna Fair edition of THo Augusta Chronicle Is the
greatest and most significantly promising newspaper that ever came out
of Augusta.
Seventy-six pages printed In six sections of twelve nnd sixteen pages
carried moro than 270 columns of advertising, which Is forty columns
more than The Chronicle's best previous record and the greatest liter
ary and Induatrlal Issue of a newspaper in eastern Georgia.
When our friends In Augusta started on the uew journalism which
Involved great expenditure, there was a wldespre"d apprehension that
the field was not largo enough for the venture and that disaster Inevita
bly waited upon the Investment of money.
The result has shown that really great newspapers create the condi
tions' which sustain and support them, and that The Chronicle and The
Herald have literally educated Augusta up to an appreciation of adver
tising and of enterprise which hate made possible such magnificent edi
tions as The Chronicle of Sunday,-NorSmben tho 3d. , i '
We congratulate both Editor Loyless and the peoplo of Augusta upon
the evidence not only of a greater Chronicle but of a greater Augusta,
and we feel; sure (hat. pur. beautiful City by tho Snvannah has now In
deed and In fact started upon a career of prosperity and development
whoee prophets are U# tpodulmlrable newspapers, and-whose latest evan
gel Is the super!? (Mr edition of The Augusta Chronicle,
GOVERNMENT MONEY AND COTTON INDEPENDENCE.
ft is difficult to see an/ reason why cotton does not make os good
security for government loans as the banks or the railroads.
Cotton .Is the standard staple of tho world and Is almost as Indispen
sable as bread and meat to the peoplo of all the nations. Why a com
modity ao essential and so standard as this does not make good securi
ty fur any holy's money, private or .public, are can not understand.
' We feet 'quite sure that tho president and secretary of the treasury
are profoundly. Impressed with tho necessity of doing something at this
tlmo to help one of tljei great stahdard crops of the country which holds
the center of the stage at this season nnd absorbs .more of national and
of International Interest than any other product of the soil,
We are willing to trust the secretary of the treasury and the finan
ciers as to tho manner and method by which this help can be effectively
nnd safely rendered. But of ono thing we feet perfectly sure, that tho
people of tho South nnd of the country would heartily Indorse the* offort
of t!)e government to caro for the enormous value of the cotton crop of
the South.
A GIANT SABBATH DAY MERGER.
tt Is a little significant that the great trade which Is to transfer the
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company to tho. United Statck Steel Trust, was
consummated on the Sabbath Day.
The great financiers of the country have long since set up the dollar
as i their divinity above the Creator of the Universe, nnd the worship of
mammon Is above all ths considerations suggested by the Ten Command
ment! and banded down through the ages as the traditions and creeds
of pious parents ami a Christian people.
Perhaps It Is none of our business that Pterpont Morgan and bis
financial giants should have taken the Lord’s Day to consolidate two
other great properties and ,to strengthen still further one of the gigan
tic trusts of the republic. Tho Almighty for His own good reasons per
mits these things sometimes to prosper and sometimes delays judgment
upon them until His own happy time. But It seems to the orthodox peo
ple of this orthodox section of the country that a great merger of trust
properties, even by n worshipper of mammon, might have been post
poned out of deference to public sentiment until Monday Instead of the
Sabbath Day. •
Meanwhile the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company Itself, perhaps the
greatest corporatlbn outside of the railroads In the South, has now
merged-its properties and tta Interests and Its policies Into the great
steel trust end goes on to swell tho vast power of the united corporate
wealth In the republic. ,
A bad time It would seem to the thoughtful and unbiased observer,
tor the forces of reform to relax tbelr vigilance and to surrender their
advantages when these colossal mergers of corporate companies still
continue to go on.
THE ATLANTA FAIR.
(From Tho Augusts Chronicle.)
Tho Chronicle ino*t heartily ronsratuUte*
Atlanta on the marked *nere«B nf the «t*te
fair, whleh oauie to a oloae In that city on
Saturday. All arcuunla agree that It was
not'nnly ouc of the !>e*t fnlra ever held In
the Sooth. Imt a Ion one of the Imt at
tended. oral, therefore, n tUranelal aueeeaa.
lu this connection there In n local liiter-
e*t; for • former Angnstan wn* the presl-
dent of tlie Atlanta Fair Association this
year. Till* tenth-wan la none other than
Mr. II. II. Calmntss. who for two ream wne
manager of The I'hroulclc. and who. hy bln
puli Hr uplrlt nnd iieraonal qualities, so
* ' • -- *- people of
•erred In that r*purity, Tt* most itrl
thing in thia connection la Ihe fact that,
while tailor* ban arreral time, attended the
Atlanta faint—practically so hut year, when
the association enme out several thnniand
dollar* behind—not once haa Mr. t'nhanlM'
•dmlulatratlon tailed to acurt signal nie
ce**. In tact the record almoit neenie to hr
that whenever the association bad Mr. t.'ab-
anlt# ns l!s prealdent surceas was luevlta-
Thoae who are familiar with Mr. Cabinin'
reputation for nntlrlns euergy and rnlhuot-
UB la whatever he undertake* srl|! h-..
no difficulty In a cramming for thla The
t hroulrle and all of his Augusta friend* will
fbgre In Ihe aatfstaetlon that mint coate to
him thla year In the splendid record made
In the fare of great dltrirnltle*.
Ik Idle extending thl* Jiut pralae to the
execntlre head of the Atlanta Ktlr A«*ooht-
tlan. unite si much nhnnM lie mid of the
splendid work of Mr. Frank Weldon, who
for year* has acred as nra-retary awl mana
ger of the Atlanta fnlra. Thoroughly fa
miliar with inch work uni a man of energy
ami business ability, Mr. Weldon hoe again
demonstrated what be .-an do wttb an enter,
prior of thl* character wbrn be haa the
right sort of bud tt the holm to ssstst him.
Growth and Progress of the New South
Tho Georgian her* records pfleb dnj
MJ». economic fact In reference to
the onward progress of the .South.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
The following list of new railway corporations In the South Is from the Hallway
Ago. ('htcflgo: , - . *
Birmingham and Gulf ItnifWnr Navigation Organisation, with a capital of
$10000,(»o, hna been completed by J. M. Dewberry, president of the Tidewater De
velopment Company. Thla company, which I* organised to acquire nud operate rail
road* and power companies In Alabama and other state*/ has acquired the franchise
right* of the Tidewater Development Company.
The Gotetxi and Bouthwentern ha* filed amended article* of incorporation In Okla
homa to hnlld n railway from Frederick to Clinton. Okla.. 123 mile*, via Ootel»o
Iij*tend of from Frederick to a point 43 mile* routhwest of Ootcbo, a* originally
planned. The capitalization Is Increased from $300,000 to 11,000.000.
Kanin* k Texan—Chartered |n Oklahoma with a capita! of 36,000.000 to bulbl a rail*
road from Darden City. Tex., via Guyiumi. Okla.. to Amarillo, Tex.. 700 mile*.
Middle Tennessee—('bartered In Tennessee with n capita! stock of $10,000 to
build o railway from a point-on Lent her wood creek. In Hickman county, to the
headwater* of Upper's creek, In Maury county, nlxiut 23 miles. The road when
built will open some valuable phosphate territory.
Oklahoma, Mexico nnd Pacific—-Chartered In Oklahoma with a capital of $500,-
000 to build a railway from Oklahoma city to Ilolll*. Greer comity, Oklahoma. The
headquarter* of the company will Im; nt Oklahoma City.
Bristol and Kingsport—Chartered In Tennessee with n capital of $13,000 to build
a railway from Kiugsport, Sullivan county, to Bristol, Tcnu.
FORWARD.
(From The Manufocdirers' Record.)
This is not lime for the pessimist.
The man ivho can see nothing but the
dark aide nt the present moment Is an
enemy to the people. It Ji a time for
courage and optimism; a time In which
men of strong character, without un
dertaking to minimise tlie hardship, or
discouragements of the moment, take
on new courage,and become leaders In
the restoration - of confidence and the
rc-eslabtlshmrnt throughout the land
of business activity. *,
The country wan suffering to Home
extent from cramp colic, hut In the nat
ural order of thlngn thin would have
passed away. Tho learned Burgeons
diagnosed It as appendicitis, and have
been operating rather heroically. If die-
aatrously to the patient. In the lan
guage of surgery they con eay that "It
wo, a beautiful operation." hut the
common sense of tho American people
know-, that ft was not a successful one.
The recovery of tho patient will not be
due to the skill of the surgeons who
made the false diagnosis and operated
for the disease which did not exist, but
the recovery will he due to the magnifi
cent physical condition which will en
able the country to sustain the shock
and soon regain Its wonted strength.
Every dollar lost to the Southern cot
ton grower or the Wostern wheat pro
ducer by the decline forced upon the
country through the present financial
situation, every dollar lost through the
depreciation In securities through the
wiping out of vnlues, every laborer out
of employment Is a tribute to the power
for evil of tho demagogic agitation from
press and pulpit and public men during
the last ten years.
As the farmer seen Ills cotton or his
wheat decline In price through the In
ability of the banks to give him the
needed financial assistance, an work
men here and there nre already looking
for Jobs, while for the lest five or ton
years the Jobs have been looking for
the men. there will be brought home to
them with Intense force that the aglta.
tors throughout the land who hnve been
fighting rallrondu nnd corporations. In
stead of proving .1 blessing, have
proven a great cuise. Every public
man who lias taken part In this active
ugltatlon, who has stirred up hatred
against railroads, who lus undertaken
to cure Imaginary appendicitis by the
knife when the colic might have been
cured by less drastic means. Is respon
sible to the extent of his Influence for
the conditions which we.. now face.
Sanity, the avoidance of hysterics, su
preme confidence In his fellow-man and
In his country and Its unequaled re
sources are the qualities needed at the
moment.
The Manufacturers' Record has an
abiding faith In the good sense of the
American people, and an abiding faith
In the marvelous recuperative powers
of the country. Though the country
has been operated upon, It came ut the
time when It could stand the ordeal
vastly better than In former periods. It
must undergo more or less suffering
from the operation, but Its complete re
covery l» certain. Possibly tho country
needed such a lesson ns this to- teach
laborers that faithfulness and efficiency
are eaaentlsl In the long run to success
In work and In character. Possibly It
was needed In order to bring ua back to
a realisation of the fact that you can't
Injure one member without the whole
body suffering. You can't fight the rail
road or the great corporatlbn without
the day laborer and the clerk and the
mechanic and all others sharing In the
suffering. Possibly It was needed to
bring ua back to the point of realising
that the demagogue, whether he be a
demagogue because he la a knave or
because he Is a fool, has for some years
been sowing hatred broadcast and
preaching the gospel of hate Instead of
tho gosiiel of love.
On January 3 The Manufacturers’
Record, In reviewing the wonderful
story of American progress, closed with
the following:
"Despite It all, and remembering none
of these things and caring l,sa; Instead
of reverently calling the people to
thanksgiving nnd rejoicing for the
blessings we enjoy and Invoking a Di
vine blessing In tho continuation of this
golden era which lights up all civilisa
tion with Its brightness, tlie agitator is
•eeklng to create unrest and unhappi
ness by creating a false atmosphere,
fafal, If continued, to the highest busi
ness development. The agitator of to
day and the mob spirit which follows
him are like the pessimist of whom tt
has been Held. 'IVhen given tho choice
of two evils he gladly takes them both.'
It Is time for the American people to
etop and think ere they destroy the
goose that Is so busy laying golden
^Tlie American people have now been
brought to a point where they must
•top and think, and out of this will
eome good, for an overruling Provi
dence will enable us to turn the evil
of the moment Into a blessing.
As we said at the start, this la not
the time fur pessimism. This is not
the time to look blue, to talk blue, nor
to think blue. This Is not the time to
Imagine that the conditions of the
moment are more than temporary. We
may not for s brief period reeume that
tremendous rate of progress which was
overtaxing brain and body, but we spall
continue to market the cropa with
which nature has blessed us. We shall
continue our general manufacturing
and mining Interests, curtailed, of
course, a little here and there. We
shall pauee long enough to take pen-
breath, but no man need he dismayed
or discouraged. We have the rlcheat
country on earth for development. We
have the most wonderful geographical
location given to any nation. We have
resources In cotton and coal and Iron
that many times more than match all
that combined Europe has. We have
Sft.000.000 people, aa a whole the moat
active, virile, energetic upon whom the
sun ever shone, and these *5,000,000
people are not going to stop their work
nor their sctlvity slnmly because for
the time being tve are having some
financial disturbance. The causes
which produce the disturbance must be
removed. The demagogue must re
ceive leas attention than In the past.
New legislation must give us a better
currency system, and the "hope which
springs eternal tn ths human breast”
will look forward to greater opportuni
ties than ever the past has afforded.
PEOPLE AND THINGS
GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS
AND THE STREET CORNERS
Representative E. H. McMIchnel, of
Marlon county, was a visitor to the
state caplto) .Monday. When naked If
he would be In the race for congress
from tho Fourth district, he said:
"Plenty of time for that. No use
starting a race twelve months before
the election and wearing myself and tlie
peoplo out. When I do announce, you
may guess that I am going to get Into
the running and stay on the Job."
Which may be taken to mean that
Mr. McMIchael will be a candidate.
Congressman W. C. Adamson and Hon.
S. E. Leigh, of Coweta, are already In
the field.
State Geologist W. 3. Yeateir. after a
serious breakdown lasting several
weeks. Is able to get out for a short
while each day now, though, still too
weak to attend to hla regular work at
the capital.
Captain Charles M. Furlow, assistant
to the state treasurer, has returned
from a sojourn, of some weeks in New
York very much improved In health.
Captnln Furlow was In III health for
some time, but he returns apparently
completely restored to his accustomed
health. He was In New York during
the recent financial trouble, and said
that for a few days tho situation looked
very serious.
It Is his opinion that the wise hand of
J. Pterpont Morgan did much to steady
things and bring obout normal condi
tions. Money Is said to be plentiful In
New York now at G per cent—a lower
rate than obtained before the flurry In
Wall Direct.
Hugh M. Fuller. son of Clerk
O. H. Fuller, of the Unltod States
court, spent Sunday nnd Monday In
town visiting his parents. Mr. Fuller
Is a student nt Emory College nnd is
taking an active part In the athletics of
that Institution. Ilo Is considered a
favorite for the track team and Is ex
pected to make a record In running.
President K. G. Matheson. of Tech,
left. Wednesday to attend tho annual
convention of the Southern Association
of Preparatory Schools und Colleges,
which meets at Birmingham. The
meeting Is one of tho most Important In
Southern educational circles during the
year and la attended by representatives
of the most prominent Southern col
leges. Professor Matheson will be ab
sent from tho city two days.
J. N. Hurrlaon, formerly western
R assenger agent for the Southern with
eadquarters tn Dallas, Texas, arrived
In Atlanta Tuesday morning on his way
to Jacksonville, where he succeeds
James Freeman os district passenger
agent In that city for the Southern.
Mr. Harrison has been with the South
ern several years, and Is well known
among railroad men In the South,
It's a pretty smooth game thnt has
been worked once or twice lately.
Maybe It's happened to you and you
haven't told tt, but you are not the
only victim.
' smooth stranger walked Into
cigar store Monday. He produced
handful of stiver.
Got a five spot?” he asked. "Want
to mall It In a letter.”
The urbane clerk produced the five
In paper money. Tho stranger folded
It carefully into an envelope and wrote
an address upon tt. Then he started to
hand over the silver.
'Hello," he remarked. " I'm a quar
ter short. Thought I had five. Just
hold that envelope until 1 step out and
raise the quarter."
The clerk dropped the envelope Into
the cash register and waited. Hut the
stranger returned not. When the clerk
balanced his cash Monday night he
opened the envelope to recover bis
and found a neatly folded piece of
brown paper. And the stranger never
returned.
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
CORNER ALABAMA ANP BROAD STREETS.
Capita! $200,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits $600,000.00
Commercial Accounts Invited.
Jt rr! Interest, compounded twice a year, is
“8* fO paid in our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
EXPRESS NO. 13
By OTTO EDWARD
Having important liffwinns* hr Fnrl*. I left
Bayonne on July 13, 1899, by Express No. 13,
’bleb leave* nt 12:13.
Benldr* the engine, the train con*l*teil of
thirteen ear*; two express ears, ten conches
anti n parlor ear. Thl* latter ear. which 1
iHuirdod, we* the last in the train, nnd I
was It* thirteenth passenger. I am by no
mean* *nper*tltlou*. hut 1 must admit I
thought of ••thirteen" a* mii unlucky mini*
her several time* after I had noticed these
peculiar coincident*.
friend of mine, Egerton Shield*, nn
American, had n compartment and Invited
me to share thl* with him and hi* two
benutlfnl (laughter*.
In the compartment Ahead wn* a Spanish
family, a young woman with three hand
some boy*. Among the other pnstenger* I
noticed an elderly gentleman with gray
hUkere, who walked up nnd down the
ir corridor, chewing a cigar, nnd n priest,
who was l»u*y reading hi* prnyer book. 1
saw iu the paper the next asy thnt be wn*
Abide laihlrrlgoyeu, nud was on hi* way
to Furl* lu response to n numinous from
‘*ie archbishop.
Egerton Shield*, who hnd made million*
i cooper In the t’nlted States, wa* now a
prominent resident of Biarritz, where 1 had
met hfin a few year* before.
in spite of the great difference In age. I
wn* not n little In love with Betsy, the
eldest Ml** Shields, and only the thought
of her wealth had kept me from proposing.
We were nil chatting in the most pleas
ant manner when my utteutlon wn* at
tracted to the elderly geutlemau. who wn*
now tulkiug to the priest Just outside the
door of our roiupnrtmeut. A* he wn* evi
dently very much excited and repeatedly
pointed out fomvthlux odtside the ear. J
went outside to see what wa* the niptter,
followed by Mr. Shields.
As we looked through the window, the
American exclaimed, "But what I* the mat
ter? The sun enn not possibly set ns early
ns this."
A red glow as from a beautiful sunset
Illumined the whole western horizon.
"it Is a forest tire." the elderly gentle
man explained. "It is directly In our path
and you will see one of the most Imnoslng
looked nt oue another uneasily.
The conductor came through the train
nnd ordered all window* closed. The old
gentlemau told me he hnd passed through
seven lire* like tbl* unharmed, nnd thnt
there would lie positively uo danger.
lu a few minutes we were III the midst
of the flame*, and the 8panl*h Indy gave a
cry of terror as tho tongue* of Are seemed
to lick against the windows’. The three
little boys began to cry aud disappeared
under the sent.
"Beautiful, beautiful Indeed," remarked
Egerton Shields In hi* most phlegmatic
voire while handing me ni* cigar ease.
Through the dense uiatsea of smoke we
could plainly see gigantic pines blazing like
Immense torches belching sparks and smoke.
The ground between the trees looked like a
carpet of tlre-
Mr. Hhlelds, ...
ostod, stood with hi*
hnnd.
"We nre running about 103 kilometer*
an hour. The area nflre la about 4 ktlo-
meten* wide, *o It will take about 140 sec
ond* to get through."
The only sound uow heard was hi* vole*
ns he counted off the seconds. "One hun
dred and twenty—one hundred and thirty."
We were now near the edge of thl* lu-
femo. The beat In the car was stifling—
we coaid not possibly stand It for rnauy
minutes longer. I felt how the bent burned
my skin and my eye*. The priest was
praying, as I will swear ho never prayed
"One hundred nnd forty."
Shield's calculation proved wonderfully
correct. A cry of Joy from the old gentle
man told us that we were once more In the
fresh air.
I tore open n window and put out my
head, but what I saw there nearly made me
Insane with fear. The whole fore part of
the train was nflre, and we were speeding
along faster than ever.
Whnt wn* happening on the engine? Why
did we not slow down? Why did not tht
conductor set the emergency brakes?
From tho passengers locked up In tlm
first cars came heartrending cries. All of
us in the parlor car by this time realized
our desperate po'sltion. The Spanish lady
was unconscious, the priest wn* tearing bis
hair In despair, and the old gentlemnn look
ed through the window with ict teeth, pale
but calm. . 4 .....
If nothing happened to save us It looked
ns If we were (loomed to the most terrible
of all deaths—Mng roasted In the burning
a, fi was impossible to communicate with
the engineer or fireman, who were probably
already dead or at least overcome by the
heat. . . _
Several passengers Jumped from th«
conches, only to he crushed by the fall.
A station! It is Moreen, when* we are
scheduled to stop. Wo see the station ins*-
ter nnd dispatcher on tho platform wring
ing their hands In despair ns we shoot by
—twenty minutes ahead of our schedule.
In my despair I murmur. "Betsy. Betsy."
and she throws herself lato my arms. She
know* she I* doomed, but *Ue show* uo. out
ward sign of fenk.
.Shield* 1* absolutely calm. He Is examin
ing the time table and making his calcula
tion as If he were sitting nt his offlcs
"We mu*t necessarily run into train No.
48 which wo were supposed to pass at La-
mothe. Draw your feet up tinder you on
the sent. Tho crash will coino In n min-
U And It did. I suddenly felt a terrible Jar,
a noise a* If tho world was coming to an
end. I thought every bone In my body
was broken—nnd lost consciousness.
When I came to again I was In a barn,
resting comfortably on a bed of straw.
My head and hands were wrapped In band-
fl ... -
crying
Eger s U .. B ,
o sling, stood at ray side and told me
was not dangerously Injured. Ills two
da lighters were almost unhurt, but the old
gentleman nnd the priest were both dead. .
At the Investigation It was brought out
that ngnlnst the rule* of the road, tba
first express car had been tilled with In
flammable goods, which Immediately had
caught Are. . , t .
The engineer and fireman hnd both d!e<L
and the heat of tho burning foreat bad
caused the brake rods to expand ao that tho
emergency brake could not work.
Three day* Inter, Betsy insisted upon mar
rying me, aud weak aa I was I did not have
tho strength to object.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
AND
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
Army Orders.
Waahlngtn, Nor. 4.—Captain Charles 1*.
Henri, from Third to Second Held artillery;
Captnln William 1*. Hampscll, from Second
to Third Held artillery, Fort Hntn Hous
ton: Captain Mcrch H. Htewnrt, Eighth In
fnntry. from military academy, to bis regl
tuent In Philippine*.
Major Eugene T. Wilson, const artillery
corps, to school of submarine defense. Fort
Totten; First Lieutenant ltoliert Hferrett,
Ninth cavalry, detailed as recorder competi
tive examining Inxird at Fort l^avenworth.
vice Second Lieutenant Walter II. Neill,
Thirteenth cavalry.
Navy Orders.
Commauiler E. II. Tillman, retired, de
tached nnvnl training Mtatlou. Newport, to
duty as inspector in charge. Sixteenth light
house district, Memphis. Lieutenant Com
mander P. N. Olmsted, detached naval acad
emy. to charge navy recruiting station. Dss
Moines.
Movements of Vessels.
Arrived—October 31, Lebanon at Phila
delphia; November i, Caesar at Norfolk;
Adam* at Gibraltar.
Hailed—Octidier 31, Lebanon from League
Island for Philadelphia.
Dixie placed out of commission, navy
yard, famgae Island. El Cano placed oat
of commission, naval station, Cavite.
RHYME OF THENO-SENsi RHYME
The no-sense rhyme Is a foolbh thing,
ililUgy. sqnlHigy. squit:
on mill sonic feet that loudlv
And now you've started It.
The !e*a of reaaou you have 'tls liest.
Pickles, spldjlcttni, Po;
And that** the way to start, the rest
Is Ju*t to let >r go.
Hna.
You sqno a squee about a Mibb,
And foose some floolsb flaff;
And then you've what they cal! a qnlb,
'Tl* that which Is to laugh.
And when it's did yon bee a haw,
Marconi, bullflab. prime;
Then I daw n bice and aqnore a squaw,
Aud here’s your no-st-tts* rbynie.
—Frank Bates Flunucr, in iuUianapolla
News. _
WHAT SHALL THE RATE BE?
To the Editor of The Georgian:
An editorial In a Friday’* afternoon
paper refers to the conference between
the governors of Georgia, Alabama and
North Carolina on the passenger rate
question. J agree with the paper as to
the advisability of deciding on a uni
form flat rate of 2 1-2 cent* per mile,
and reiterate my opinion a* expressed
In previous Issues of The Georgian that
thl* rate should apply, not only In the
states of Georgia, Alabama and. North
Carolina, but in every other Southern
state except Florida; also, that 1,000-
mile books should be Issued at 2 1-4
cent* per mile and 2,000-mile book* at
2 cents per mile. If the governors can
reach an understanding between them
selves and afterward effect a compro
mlse with the railways on this basis It
will be of material benefit to the gen
eral public. From my knowledge of
the executives of the railways In this
territory I am satisfied that with one or
two exceptions they are thoroughly
fair-minded and conservative, and are
anxious to act toward their patrons as
they consider right and proper, and I
therefore believe that the 2 1-2-cent
basis as a standard will be accepted by
them as a compromise measure. The
exceptions referred to have been ac
customed to dominate for so long a
period that they can not tolerate Inter
ference on the part of anyone, not even
the president of the United States, and
aro consequently not amenable to rea
son.
I disagree with The Journal, however,
In Its suggestion that Georgia’s ad
hesion to the arrangement between the
states should be conditioned upon a
settlement of the freight rate question.
The passenger rate matter I* an entire
ly separate and distinct proposition and
should be eliminated from any connec
tion with freight rates. Each tub should
stand on Its own bottom and be settled
on Its Individual merits.
A. MADDISON.
SORROW IN THE HOME.
Ma is in there eryin’.
His is weenin', too;
Auntie’s In there try In’
He wants to run *wny:
All tbl* fuss twee* I bail
My curl* rut off today.
Kids they called me "Curllc,**
Never railed me Joe:
Called me "81s" aial "Girlie,’*
Co* my hair hung low.
Mn say* she don’t like tt—
That* n woman's way;
Hhrddin’ tears tteeos I hnd
My curls cut off today.
What’* a feller goln’ to do
Thnt Plays nt second base?
Can't pick grounders off his shoe
With hair about bis face.
Baseball fan* will roast him
In an awful way;
Schaefer don't wear curia, and I
Had mine cut off today.
M i *ay* she don’t like It,
Hay* I look so strange;
Anntle any* she never will
Get used to the change.
HI* don’t like It. either.
But they want to wait
TUI they hear the kids outside
Tell iuu I look great.
—Detroit Free Press.
HOW WATERED SILK IS MADE.
Hllks which are Intended for watering
must be of good quality—heure "watered
idlk." In the 'prore*# thfcy nre wetted
nnd then folded with pflrtlrntnr cure to
Insure the threads of the fabric nil lying In
one dlrectlou. The folded piece* nre Iheu
placed In a machine nud subjected to enor
mous hydraulic pressure. By rbl* p»ensure
the air I* slowly expelled, and tu wafting
draw* the nudstitre Into curious waved
line* which leave* the permanent marking
known aa "watering."—Oar Country.
THE HOLY WILLIES.
(From The Nasbrille American.)
The Scrllx 1 , ami Pbsrleeee who control
euch matter, have denied Edgar Allan Poe
s •niche la the eo-ctllral Hell of Fnrae, si*
though competent English critics hare class
ed him as the first of Americas poets. Ills
genius Is not denied, Imt the Imbecile Judges
have barred him because he drank brandy
nnd gin. If reasons were ns plentiful as
blackberries none could be so excellent as
thla—In the eyes nf n fool. A disgusted
correspondent of the New York Mm writes:
"l am told Grant drank whisky and that
Lincoln recommended the other generals to
ascertain his favorite brand. Dickens loved
a bowl of punch, nnd Hbakcspears was not
above 'a dish of lie.' Byron extolled cognac,
and the turgid Johnson drank wine greedily.
Mast a man be n teetotaler to qualify for
the Hall of Fame? Great writers end greet
painters hove never been total abstainers,
so that If the Hall Is to go on with th«
Ides of excluding judges of good liquor,
better dub It the Hall ef Prohibition.”
Daniel Webster was In the habit of get
ting drunk. Why not exclude him from ths
Hall of Fame? Great statesmen, warriors,
sages, poets, orators and tetors bsvo In
dulged too freely In the flowing bowl. Is
tbelr great ability, or genius to bo denied
recognition because of this? Tho- personal
habits nf men must be Judged In Ihe light
of the times In which they lived. In Eng
land ladles of the court and fashion ones
KWnro like troopers, nud It was regarded
ns something of on accomplishment. Tern-
Iterance men of today owe tbelr sobriety
more to sentiment and ths restraining In
fluences of environment rather tbsn to any
Inherent or superior virtue. It Is not true
■ bat drunkenness ever brightened genius,
for the drunken mnn Is for the time a
fool, hut tn the past men of genius and
grastneaa have often been drank. •
Poe was a victim of Inlomporsnee, bat
he was not s common drunkard. Even If
ho hail been, It wonld afford no reason why
he should lie barred from the American
l’nntheon. He should be honored as s poet,
not hooored or dishonored because of his
ate and personal Imhits. Even Georga
iblmrtnu could not stand tha test somo
of the cheap modern moralists would meas
ure great men of the past hy. We lhould
have to turn the portraits of many Illustri
ous men to the wall If the spirit of tha
unco guld’l or the "rigidly righteous'*
wore to prevail. The committee of selec-
tlon hna already succeeded In making tha
Hall of Fame something of a Joke. Accord
ing to the test aet np, If Horns had been
nn American be wonld ba, debarred. 8s
would Byron. Ho wonld many otheri.
HOW TO SNUB BORES.
A friend nf mine returned the otheS
day from an American tour, and told
ine that he received a severe rebuke,
out of the mouth of a babe, which cured
him of expatiating on his experiences.
He lunched with his brother soon after
hla return, and was holding forth with
a consciousness of brilliant descriptive
emphasis, when his eldest nephew, aged
S. toward the end of the meal, laid
down his spoon and fork and said
piteously to his mother: "Mummy, I
must talk; It does make ine ao tired to
hear uncle going on like that."- A still
more effective rebuke was administered
by a clever lady of my acquaintance to
a cousin of hers, a young lady who
had Just returned from India and was
very full of her experiences. The cousin
hnd devoted Iterself during breakfast
to giving a lively description of social
life In India, nnd was preparing to
spend the morning In continuing her
lecture, when the elder lady slipped out
of the room and returned with some
sermon paper, a blotting book and a
pen. "Maud," she said, "this Is too good
to be lost; you most writs It all down,
every word!” The lesson was not
thrown away.—A. C. Benson to Put
nam's.