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aavAI, NOVEMBER 12, TfTV. I’HE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY,* President. T. B. GOODWIN, Gon'l Mgr. Published Every Xfternooo. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY At 3 West Altbsnu 8t., Atlanta. Cs. Subaerlption Rateat Ono War H K hi, Man tbs ; S Three Months **g By Carrier. Per Week - 10 Telephones connect)!)* menta. Ix>ng distance tcrmlnsls. Smith * Thompson. sdvertlstng rep- rcentstlves for nil territory ontslde of ciiinago office .... Tribune Building* New York Office .... Brtinawlek Bid*. If yon hove nnjr trouble retting THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS, telephone the circulation department nnd have It promptly remadled. Telephonea: Bell 492? main; Atlanta 4401. notify thla off iff on the <lat« of expira tion; otherwise. It will tx* continued at the regular atibaeflplion rate* until notice to atop la received. In ordering a chsngc of addreaa, pleas* five tne old aa well an the new address. It la deairable that all communica tion! Intended for publication in THE GEORGIAN AND NEWH tie limited to 300 word* In length. It la Imperative that they be signed. aa an evidence of took faith. Rejected manuscript! will not ne returned unless atampa are sent for the porpote. * THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS prluta no nnclcoii or objectionable advertis ing. Neither doee It print whisky or any liquor tda. Otm PLATFORM: THE (i EOROlAN ANT* \KW> stand* for Atlarta’a own ing It* own ga* aud electric light Plant!, aa It now own* Ita water work!. Other rltlcs do till* tnd get gnt aa low na 10 cent*, with a profit to the city. Tht* should be done at once. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS believe* that If afreet railway* can be operated aucceeafully by European eft leg, si they are, there la no good reason nby they can not be sa opar* ated here. Bnt we do not believe thla can be-done uow, aud It may be some year* Wore we are'ready for to - Editor Cooley is Dead. A career that promised a brilliant future baa been cut off by the hand of deal* In the pairing away of James P. Cooley, solicitor of the city court of Covington and editor of The Cov ington Enterprise. While not yet 28 yearn of age, Mr. Cooley hat Jhown in that time what a young man of en ergy and determination can do even though handicapped at the outset. That he was loved and esteemed by his fellow-cltliena was attested by the fact that 1,200 people, probably the largest number ever attending a fu neral In Newton county, were present to pay tribute to his memory. Left fatherless when only live years of sge, Mr. Cooley began the struggle: of life. Education he snatched whlio earning a living for himself and family and many a hard day's work was supplemented by- hours of study far Into Iho night. Such energy was bound to win and it resulted In bis going through college while teaching school during vaca tions and his final admission to the bar In Atlanta by a brilliant examina tion. In October, 190C, be assumed charge ot The Enterprise and Imme diately it became marked by his per sonality. Through his efforts It took ita place In the front rank of Geor gia weeklies. The Enterprise will lie conducted In the fntnre by Attorney H. I,. Bridges, ot Atlanta, as administrator ot Mr. Cooley’s estate. And now tho mercury haa taken a slump. Fred Grant seems to have made a dent In the president's bootji over In Mississippi the other day. Is Secretary Taft going to omit Vladivostok because Russia's assur ance of safety does not carry much weight? And now they’re saying the presi dent's speeches ore to be toned down, Jn older that - the financial markets may be toned up. H. H. Rogers has recovered hla health. All advance matter on “retributive Justice'' will have to bo held over a while now. Arthur Fairbanks, nephew of the vice president, spent Hallowe'en night In the lock-up at Mansfield, HI. Too many cocktails? In West Carlysie, X. J., a mule kicked a chicken thief Into a well and kept him there till the farmer awoke. This Is one on Mand. Paris has another airship that does stunts. Paris manages to hold her own in the aerial world even If she doesn't possess a Dr. Julian P. Thomas. »— An actress held for fraud played with her babe In a Chicago court room. And It Is said the baby actual ly seemed to know his mother slightly. A French comic opera singer great ly distinguished himself In the late lighting around Casablanca. We Judged it to be a good opportunity for comic opera singers. foil ^foe Recent statistics show that 5,000 people were killed and T9.28* Injured !.-n>t year by the railroads. Still some folks tblnk Edward Peyson Weston Is foolish to take such a long walk. NOT HARD TIMES BUT ROBBERY. People continue to aak what will bo the outcome of the financial de pression. Few seem to understand what haB caused It and what must take place to relieve It. It Is largely relieved, though there Is not yet enough money In the hands of tho people to do business with. The depression has bden due directly to the fact that although there Is abundant wealth in the country and good crops there haa been a lack of money—real dollars and cents—with which to do business. There are In the United States three billion or three thousand million dollars—gold, sliver, paper and otherwise—but when people began to get uneasy over things that have happened In New York, they got all the money they could and locked It up with the hope that If anybody was hurt It would'not be themselves. As a consequence, two dollars out of every three In this country, or something like two thousand million dol lars, are locked up In vaults and elsewhere. But why all this trouble? Mr. Roosevelt has been pursuing unlawful railroad aud other deals In general in Just about the same manner Gov ernor Smith has proceeded to regulate some of our local Irregularities and here are some of the reasons why It has caused general depression: There are 0,500 national banks, and about 8,500 state banks through out the country. These hanks live by loaning the farmer and the mer chant money on their notes. All these banks do business with the largo banks In New Y’ork. directly or Indirectly. New York being tho money head of the country, our local bank* would have had no trouble If they could have gotten the money New York banks owed them. New York banks regularly hold largo amounts of cash; Atlanta banks pay out thousands qf dollars of cash for pay-rolls in the mills and elaowhere and on Saturday night are low In money. They wire tho banks In New York that they do business with for, say, 150,000 in bills and sl|vor—hardly a bank in Atlanta but has a quarter of a million dollars owing It by Now York batiks—their banks In New York simply wrap up a bundle of money worth $50,000 and ship It by express to the Atlanta banks, and all goes well. Just before the recent Issue of Clearing House certificates a wire for $50,000 brought $5,000 or $10,000, nnd in some cases nothing. The railroads are the biggest slnglo line of business In our country— the greatest single enterprise. Tho year 1880 saw our first railroad, but In the few short years, even within the scope of a life, we have seen them grow to 250,000 miles—practically as much:as the railroads of tho bal ance of the world combined. Doy by day we have seen them grow together; hour by hour they have succumbed to the control of a few men, and now tho railroads of the nation are under the thumb of a few men who play with them and the deatlnles of our industrial life in Wall street, The railroads and tho New York banks have become practically one. What were a few year* ago Independent banking houses have now combined under the ambitious schemes of a few men Into "groups” ot Interests. First Is James Stillman, born In Brownsville, Texas, now tho head of the National City Bank, which with Its one hundred and twenty millions of "loans and discounts” Is the father or rather the stepfather of eleven other banks and six trust companies in vftiich Stillman Is director. .Mr. Stillman Is Henry It. Rogers, Standard Oil,.John D. Rocefcllcr, all .combined—any of tho four names means the same thing. The Bank of Commerce, with J. P. Morgan and George F. Baker, otto hundred and ton million dollars, five national banks, and eight trust companies, comes next. Chuso National, which meant the First National, National Park and four or five other banks and trust companies, with something like one hundred millions, come In third, and so on and so on. Tho money In these banks has been used to corner pnd handle stocks, principally railroad slocks. In Wall street. The “loans and discounts" of all the Wall street banks practically represent the capital of tho trusts doing their buslnoss with them—this spring only a few days after a panic In Wall street ono of Its national banks showed that It owned noarly sixty million dollars worth ot "stocks and bonds," while Its commercial loans were practical ly nothing—90 por cent of Its available assets In Wall street stocks and •rinds. , , Now, then, It Is easy to see that when ive begin to punish or regu late tho persistent "manipulation” that haa gono on for years and Is growing well-nigh Intolerable through the greed of the traits, we do not simply offend a local end of a railroad, or any Interest for that matter— we offend the entire body of the combination, which means really the money bond of the whole country. It is wheels within wheels. Tho railroad Interests acting almost ns n.unlt. Standard Oil and Rockefeller, most dominant In all things, the Steel trust, since 1904 going lmnd In hand with Standard Oil—Frick and Rockefeller representing It. Steel trust buslnoss, formerly dono with lit tle banks when tho plants were separate, now hamilinh their money through tho Xntlonal Bank of Commerce “group" and the Stillman Bank. Morgan, Rockefeller and the other leadere playing with the destinies ot our millions uf homes as no king could do—Is there then any man to stand tn the way of the president in hla campaign at putting tho couutry back Into tho bands of the many, and taking It away from tho few? Aro there those In our midst Who, seeing tho evil wrought by viola tion of the law, gave to our present chief oxeeutlve, Hoke Smith, tho commission of getting Justice for our state from oppressors of whatever name, but who, because ho baa set out to do what he promised, have seen fit to critlolso him. Yea, there are such; but may he never let up; may Roosevelt never lot up till It la dono. The depression la aa bitter medicine to the patient— bnt tho results will be health to our Industries and property to our sec tion. The humblest wage-oarner feels tho pinch of the greed that de mands twenty-five rents more for the shoes, nnd, so far aa can bo found, the very paper that this editorial la printed on haa como under the slimy hand of the trust, and Rockefeller, who sees that publicity le his greatest enemy, Is trying (o control tho supply on which the newspapers of the country depend. TJieso things may all bo possible, but we be lieve that the cltisens of this good state still hope to maintain their In dependence, and that they will bear patiently such luconvenlenee as may be theirs until things have righted themselves. REUNION OP VETERANS AT AUGUSTA. The elm-arched street* of Augusta are filled today with veterans ot the grandest army that ever marched to victory or ever accepted defeat tn the history of tho world. Each year theee men who wore the gray In the most memorable conflict ot modern times grow leas in numbers aud feebler In strength as Time relentlessly does hla work. But while the years gamer a harvest of deatbleis names those who remain to tell the story of matchless heroism find' their aupremeat hap piness In keeping alive the glorious records of a past without a rival In all the annals of time. The tottering step* of many n hero who gave four years ot bts youth to the defense of home and principle will bo guided today by the strong arm of son. or grandson, who esteems the bronse Cross of Honor a* hla richest Inheritance. Bullet-riddled battlcflags will tell their pathetic story ot blood and carnage and bravo men who are nobly doing their duty to a reunited country will recount thetr experiences tn camp, on Hold, In trench and on the long marches of ’6I*'65. The pathos ot a glorious, unforgettable past will be a part of tho vital, throbbing days of this era of commercial and industrial activity. The men who fought under the Stars and Bara have made possible by-^ their Intellectual strength thetr Capacity tor selfdenial and their genius in business and governmental affaire, the splendid resuscitation of the best Interests of the South. The men who wore the gray and over whose courageous hearts are worn the Cross of Honor have struggled fraternally with the men who wore the blue, and now are granted tho Inestimable privilege of seeing the result of the great work of their hands and hearts before the even ing shadows lengthen into eternal night. No more beautiful picture ot patriotism could be presented to the country at large than these annual reunions of that rapidly decreasing army, the magnificent achievements ot which stand unrivaled and un challenged by the nations of the world. Atlanta sends her grateful greet ings to the noble veterans who are gathered today- In the beautiful city of Augusta and wishes to remind each hero who wore tho gray that their declining years arc glorified with the love ot their own people and with the admiration of the whole world. Growth and Progress of the New South Tb® Georgian here record* each day tome economic fact In reference to tne onward progress of tbo South. BY JOSEPH B. LIVELY * r The Tradesman. Home quite heavy capitalization Is recortled, Including n *2.Vn,(«'Q railway safety appliance company In Alabama, a $100,000 lum ber company In Arkansas, « $250,000 cotton mill In Georgia, two $500,000 Iron work* pony In West Virginia. Ainb/iinii—Montgomery, $3,500,000 railway safety appliance company; Mobile, $30,- 000 development rompnnr Arkansas—Little fit—, TW ,— f.l porn dp, $35,000 waterworks; Prescott, 000 lumber company. (JeorjrlH—Americas, $50,000 fertiliser factory; Albany. $250,000 cotton mill. Missouri—Independence. $100.00) Implement company; Ht. (souls, $500,000 Iron work*. $10M0O manufacturing company, $50,000 Investment company. $50,000 manu facturing conipniiv. sash ana door factory. $300,000 lumber company, $500,030 Iron and runemne works. fft.toO amusement company; Clayton, $3),000 land company; .Topllu, ♦-7.000 mbilng 1 oinp-iiiy, $10,000 Investment company. $30,000 mining company, $50,000 mining nnd milling company; Webb City. $20,000 mining company. \lrglnla—Clint wood, $20),000 wrench patent corporation; Newport News. $60,000 building company; Franklin. 175.000 phosphate company, $50,000 mining nud manu facturing company; Galax. $25,000 hardware company; Homioke, $100,000 Iron worka; Norfolk. laud company, $500.00) medicine factory; Petersburg. $50,000 laun dry: Snffolk, $25,000 fitim curing company. West Virginia—Ffllnlianr, $28,000 mining company; Marshall. $5)0.O» mining com pany; \ nkim, $40,060 mining company: Fayetteville, waterworks, electric light and gas plant. - North Carolina—Alto pna*. $100,000 mining nnd manufacturing, company; Oxford. $2»,noo Investment company; Greensboro, $20,000 r.stwstoa company: Fairmont, $23,000 eotton storage company: Wllllnniston. $100,000 penuut company; Wlneton-Hnleiu. $in- U| 0 manufacturing company; Newborn. $HW.C00 lime company; Wilmington, $150,*)00 woodworking plant. ' Oklahoma—Okhiboiim fifty' $25,000 construct ton company. $50,000 Mellow concrete pole company. $260,000 development comjmny, $250,0)0 oil company; Meeker, $500,000 ol! and gas company: Hhiv.-nc*. ll&O.ou) light and power company. $2,500,099 mining nnd milling coiiipmiy; ( Ilntofr. f&iwi telephone system; Lawton. $5V1»0 engineering company: chandler. $200,00) company;.Cleveland, $75»9O0 bowery lull!*; A*ir- cndla. $25,0^9 Investment company. fitonth Carolina—Newberry. 5300,0X) cotton mill; BlacUsbnrg. $S»,000 cotton mill. MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO. CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS. Capital $200,000.00 Surplus ahd Undivided Profits $600,000.00 Commercial Accounts Invited. Interest, compounded twice a year, is in our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT 4#-58 COM FOR 7 AND HAPPINESS OF THE OLD PEOPLE IS 7OO OFTEN NEGLECTED To the Editor of The Ooorclan: I write thla lotter with diffidence, not only because I am a stranger to, you but also' because your time Is chanted with so many Important duties 1 fear you may consider me an impertinent Intruder; but the' hope that possibly some good may result urge* me to write, and I b»» you to pardon my do ing so. For years I have thought that the comfort and happiness of old people have not been properly considered In tills age of large rharltleg. It seems strange that almost every other class of unfortunates has been provided for, and they alone are overlooked. Even those who suffer from their ow n wrong doings are remembered, and It Is right to bUUd reformatories and rescue bouses, but la-it right to Ignore the needs of these “whose only fault Is that of having lived too long?" I have pre sented this subject to different persons, especially to clergymen, and they all agree that It Is a worthy—"a sacred"— cause, and should be looked after, but I do not know that one of them has ever said or wrltton a word In Ita be half. Last year there nppeared In The Christian Work an article which eo well sets forth this need that I take the lib erty of Inclosing It for ynur perusal, tf what the author says applies to the North, how much truer Is It of the South, where many of the oldest peo ple have never recovered from the rav ages of the Civil war? There arc miUtltudea of gentlewom en, whose small Incomes do not afford them environments of refinement nnd Congenial associations In tlielr declin ing years. What a comfort und bless ing it would be to them to have a suit able home for tho aged, which they might enter. I do not mean n purely charitable In stitution, but a home where a reason able prleo for board Is required, nnd the Inmates are permitted tn retain the management nnd final disposition nr what property they may possess—and not feel pauperised by having all thalr belongings claimed by the home. The Louise Home. In Washington, Is. as you know, such an Institution. What could be more fitting than that a home on the some plan should bo built In Atlanta, one of the largest nnd most progressive cities of the South? Would that every town which supports u Young Women's Christian Association hall would have also a home for aged women, where, by paying board, they may .secure shelter and care and at tention when sick to tHe end of their lives. . . I trust that thla subject will appeal to you. nnd that you will advocate It every now and then In the Columns of The Georgian until sentiment In Its fa. vor will have been created and people of means will be Influenced to build these homes, as the best monuments to the memory- of sainted mothers or oth er dear relatives. Very truly yours. MRS. JOSEPH WHEELER. .Marietta, Ga. The article from The Christian Work Inclosed by Mrs. Wheeler follows: Provision for the Old. Editor Christian Work nnd Evangelist: No form of philanthropic work seems needed ntbre than Increased provision for the shelter of old people. Tho new adjustment of business matters has thrown out of employment scores of men, upwards of 90 years of ngs. Con densing and concentrating affairs re duces working forces; naturally, the younger men'are retained, with the nightmare Impending that In a few years they, too, will hear the unwel come words: "We do not employ old men.” Following loss of work, soon comes the Joss of home. Tile plodding mechanic has raised a family, but they have homes nnd burdens of their own and Invariably the apartmept kind of life lias been all that either has known. Then begins a death In life, of the bet ter Impulses of the party of tho first part and the party of the second part. Pons shirk the responsibility of taking tho parents; perhaps the young wife Is already taxed, physically, to tho utter- mqst. Tho daughters may not be able to move to larger quarters, and un sympathetic husbands are as unyield ing as the contracted walls of the too small flat. Jealousy, resentment, all the.unclean weeds spring up In deso late ground, the yearning homeless hearts of the old. The wonderful growth of life Insurance among the class of people likely to bo left In the lurch, long, long before they need bur ial, may prove that people could be equally Interested In some Insurance for a shelter against old age. Often tho man and his wife find scant welcome In separate families, which Is a trial to all concerned. It Is devoutly hoped that wealthy people of advancing years will give this subject thoughtful at tention. The young philanthropists also, who are doing so much good with money, In love of the dead, who never lucked shelter, let them'build homes for the homeless, whose only fault Is that of having lived too long. There are good homes no'v. but not half enough to care for pressing needs. Lonely old women, lots of thorn, grudged a living among unloving kin dred, could pay a reasonable entrance fee and live out a happy life. In a proper home. It need not be a place of luxury, needing millions for Its sup port; hut simply a plain, orderly dtvell Ing place, where soul und body may be at peace, eased of "the cares of bread," with a bed assured to life's end. « MARY RICE MILLER. New York City. GOVERNOR HOKE SMITH ON RATE REGULATION Governor Hoke Smith has written the following letter for The New York World explaining the state of Geor gia's attitude toward the railroads: My attention has been called to an editorial published In your paper of October 3! under the head, “More Southern Rate Laws.” In It you refer to the governors of North t'arollha, Georgia und Alabama as a few months ago having sworn “by the sacred fires of tho South” to line “the county Jails with railroad officials,” and as now*belng engaged In on effort to accomplish "a little regulation of In terstate commerce." Your editorial also refers to each of the three states as having fixed pas senger rates by arts of tho legislature. You dose with tho suggestion that “If the Southern states arc determined to exercise n Judicious control over public, service corporations they should cre ate' public-service commissions like those of New York for a patient and thorough study of traffic and flnanctal conditions.” Much has been published In the East ern papers during the past few months attributing to the state of Georgia and to Georgia officials acts and words for which they are not responsible. Other Eastern papers have contained state ments even more extreme than your editorial. The publication of articles attribut ing extreme conduct In connection with railroad properties to state authorities must necessarily prove an Injury both to the properties and to the people of the stale where the properties are lo cated. No Interference With Interstate Com merce. Permit me to give you a few facts correcting the information upon which your editorial was based. Neither-of the three governors to whom you referred at their conference In Atlanta suggested any effort to In terfere with interstate commerce. Such conduct upon their part would have been foolish In the extreme, and neither should have been charged with It. A suggestion had been made by rail road officials that a uniform local rate In several of the South Atlantic ad joining states would be beneficial, and that In consideration qf an Increase ot the existing intrastate rates the rail roads would offer Interchangeable mile age books, good for Interstate as well as local traffic. This proposition, coming from rail road officials, was considered. You must realise how such action differed from an effort to fix Interstate rates by the governors themselves. The legislature of . the state of Geor gia did not fix any paaaenger or freight rate. For years there ImB existed In this state u railroad commission with authority to regulate passenger nnd freight rites. Th» powers of the commission were enlarged by the legislature, nnd the commission was changed to a pub lic-service commission, very similar to the public-service commissions of New York state. No other legislation was passed In Georgia applicable to railroad proper ties. All the cry about extreme antl- rallroad legislation In tills state Is with, out foundation, unless you consider the public-service bill of New York extreme antl-rallroad legislation. fixed by the Railroad Gommiasion. The railroad commission of this state, after a careful and thorough In vestigation, fixed local passenger rates, varying from 2 to S cents per mile for the transportation of passengers, based upon the volume of business and the ability of the railroads to make a rea sonable proflt at the rates allowed. Your own commission In New* York Investigates no more patiently and thoroughly questions before It than does the railroad commission of Geor gia. A bill was presented to the United States circuit court Judge asking for an Injunction to restrain the enforcement of the passenger rates fixed by the rall- soad commission of this state. The ap plication for the restraining order was denied and the order of the commission Is being observed by the railroad com panies. In Georgia there has been no conflict with the Federal courts. I have seen a full statement of the operation of the new' passenger rate upon only one of the roads. On this road the revenue of the road with the new rate In force'has been larger than It was for the same period of time last year.- Your criticisms, therefore, so far as they apply to the state of Georgia, have no foundation. State Regulation in Harmony With Na tional Regulation. IVe arc engaged here in the earnest effort to help work out the problem of state regulation In harmony with na tional regulation, having In view the protection of the rights of the proper ties of the railroad companies and at the same time the protection of the rights of those who deal with the rail road companies. The responsibility of our railroad commission Is the greater on account of the fact that many of our roads for a number of years past have been owned, controlled and directed by men largely engaged in stock speculations. Tho men who had the power to con trol knew nothing of local conditions, and the men on the ground In the Im mediate management of the. properties had very little authority. Still I be lieve we will be able to demonstrate the fact that a conservative, able railroad commission can right the wrongs In all Intrastate business of those who deal with the railroad companies, and at the same time do no Injustice or Injury to the owners of the properties. This Is the. aim In Georgia. HOKE SMITH. Atlanta, Gn„ Nov, 9. PEOPLE AND THINGS GOSSIP PROM THE HOTELS AND THE STREET CORNERS EFFORT TO DRIVE WHISKY FROM DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. A PROFFERED SOLUTION OF COTTON PROBLEM. To the E«llt«r of The Georgian: A iletormlm*<l effort will l»e iu*»lo nt the coming *e»*lon of roogre** to drive Imr fooni* from the DUtrtet of Columbia. This I* n movement In which every cltlsen of every *tnte 1* Interested. If the effort mu? reed* It inunt he through the action of our rougrenimicti nnd senator*. In ft *en*e. Washington City Moug* to nil of u*. It Is the national capital—our cnpltnl-snd we Unve right* there th«t can Ik* properly asserted nnd that our representative* will not f*ll to respect. Congress can stop the legalised liquor traffic In Washington If It will* to do so. The District of Columbia U under the direct control of congress. The wishes of Georglnus In this matter will naturally carry weight with Georgia con gressmen ottd senators. A request coins* to me from one of the lending lawyer* and lay churchmen of Washington, asking that petitions Ik* pre pared nnd circulated, praying congress to prohibit the liquor trrtfn‘' In the District of Columbia. HI* Idea I* to get some active member of every city and eountrv church to prepare and present to each of his fel low-members • simple petition tor signature, - * *ug congress to stop the legalised liquor le In the district where our great cap ital city Is located. Ix»t the petition* he signed, not by churches but by Individuals r.s C’hrlstlon oltUons who stand for the suppression of erlme tnd the promotion of morality and decency. Let It be a cry for civic righteousness lit ottr capital city. As a Georgian and n cltlsen of the lilted States. I am glad to Join In this movement. I have acme personal knowl edge of the sltuatlou In Washington. For four year* It was my home, nnd I shudder now as 1 recall the *»d havoc that was wrought among my friend* by the liquor demon. Young men from every state in the union flock to Washington annually to ne eep: service In the government depart ments. The snares and allurements of the gilded and gorgeous uloons of that gn at and a* an open ami persistent tempts - to them* boys, and tncy fall before it by hundreds. Some of our congressmen also might Ite safer and cleaner nud better - tel for faithful and effective service with bar room* banished arm iHiluuw, isapr-'i--! frmu unr law-ntakln* i:.nt.r, IF,hit**, flu- tlxht In Oa»r*lii !» nnljr a port of llo* grant rnnmw.t again-: King Alcohol In tho L'nlir.1 Sim,,, ini in Washington'" I, to la* tbo uoxi rallying <TJ. An offntlvo war lo let am ojngA-Murn anil aenatar* know the ran! .ittmlhHt ami bow « about lo -ign ami maxi. up J SHRSiHVHeBMMBM b*glunlug of ih« next rengWM »nrb «|flr,t Slnmlay In Ihi'eml . r. reaily to In- for* .welling Ibte **f petition, aa will com-1 wnnh,l In ileorgla aoliatoni an,I oongreea* K l attention lo oar ilenmmlm nuppmaliui u on the lueeilug of ibe non rangrrar. ■ Ihiuor trer - In our iwnltal rlty ami I Tin* way tn r-aoli, I, tn go t„ work, irrpure Ibe waj for uoch I. gW.Ibni u* will WILLIAM J. NKKL lertufter prate Georgia »ml other prahl- Cartererill., Ua. To tho Editor nt The Georgian: I think I have u solution of th. cot* ton problem In regard to putting the price where the farmers, ean-get a llv Ing proflt on the rout of production. It in this: I-et every merchant In the cotton Btatea buy from one to twenty-five bales and ntore it away from one to five yearn, or longer If necessary, which would cause a shortage and give the farmers the benefit of the same. There are thousand* of merchants who could buy nnd hold from five to twenty-five baies Indefinitely, nnd get big returns nnd not count any profit on his entton investment. T. \V. READ. Marietta. Ga. The Atlanta Georgian thlnka that the failure of President Roosevelt to attend the state fair In Atlanta Is conclusive evidence that he doeen’t really care to be president any more. This leads us to remark that he bearly missed It.— Hartwell Sun. SUCCESS. To work steadfastly with an upward aim. To conquer wisely trials met: With little use for anger or fop blame. The highest good from life to get: To gather wealth, not for its sake alone. But for the good It helps to do; To strike each morn a richer mental tone. And onward press with courage new; To hold In other hearts a sacred place, To gladly helping hands extend. To grow In spirit beauty, spirit grace. As through thl.*> busy world we wend; To win the power to lead, to cheer, to bless Our brother man—this constitutes success. —Sarah E. Howard lo Tin* Circle. vlts of the Inter* l-ltlon states against the state traffic In llqnur. This appeal I, to ro.,1 men In .rare i.qn* uiunltr In Georgia to lake ibis mutter up Ml feel; kuiMcdlat.ly nnd rlrentste petitions that will Ign sml send np l>y the:lie olive und hsuled with signature* by the Paul W. Spink, superintendent of tho Transportation Club, Is seriously III nt the Presbyterian hospital with typhoid fever, Mr. Spink was taken III over :i week ngo nnd his multitude of friends are alarmed over his condition. Clerk Colquitt Carter, of the United States court, and Lieutenant Rucker, C. S. A„ retired, n son-in-law of Judge Newman,* will leave Atlanta Tuesday on a hunting trip. They will be gone several days, W. S. Mohsberg, former vice presi dent of the local union of the Commer cial Telegraphers, and one of the most expert operators In the Bouth. left At lanta Monday for Birmingham, where he will work one of the Postal's bonus wires In that city. There were no va cancies In tho Atlanta office where Mr. Mohsberg worked previous to the strike, but he was given the first opening In the Magic City. Whitfield X- King, architects, of New York, have been chosen by tho build ing committee to erect tho new branch Carnegie Library for the Fifth word. These architects stand high In their profession and have built three of the branch Carnegie Libraries in New York. Work will begin at an early date. Judge Ernest C. Kontz. who was ap pointed by Governor Hoke Smith as a commissioner from this state tn attend the convention of the National Tax As sociation, left Monday for Columbus, Ohio, to be present at the big meeting After the Columbus convention Judge Kontz will go tn Providence, R. I., and attend the annual convention of the National Municipal League, of which he Is n member, and also a member of the executive committee, Atlanta and this part of the country Is now being spoken of highly by two more admirers. These are former State Senator J. A. Klmmel, of Kind- lay, Ohio, and I. S. Townsend, of De troit, who have been spending a fen- days in the city and in McDonough. Both men are prominent capitalists and are well known In their part of the country. X prize drill was held by company K of the Fifth regiment In the armory of the company Monday night, 10 1-2 West Mitchell street. The non-com missioned officer’s medal was won by Sergeant William M. Smith, while Pri vate Frank Market won the private's medal. Lieutenant Miller Cochran, of ct mpeny D. acted ns Judge of the drill. ARMY-NAVY ORDERS AND MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS. Army Orders. ttnslilugton. Sox. 12.—Llentmisut Harry t)|»ls. Jr., Third Infantry. .Miclilsmi natlof n! tftinrd. ti» garrison school nt Fort wifii**, FnlIon ing transfer* In const artillery • orps: Fniitatu Jacob t\ Johtifton. One hun dred nnd eleventh Infantry to One hundred nnd sixty sixth emnpnny; Captain Unity L. Steele, Ninety-third to one hundred nnd tenth company; Captain I.eayert Coleman, unsislaned list to One hundred nnd nljfy- seventh company; Flmt Lieutenant Cartl* G. Koebfck. One hundred nnd eighth to one hundred nnd sixty-ninth company; First Lieutenant t’lnnde K. llrlghoui, Six- circulating among railroad men. . star !• v.rS! la tho South and Infe friends wherever he goes. J. ». It. TliomiMMtn, assistant to the pnwt* dent ot th** Koutueru railway, is In Birming ham Tuesday, representing the Hontheru In a conference of official* rh^re. He went to Birmingham frwhi Montgomery after a visit to New Orleans. He la expected bark In Atlanta Ibe end of tubs week. Captain J. Rupert Fatter, a wealthy and R rontlneut hotel owner ot Marysville, Cal., •ft Atlanta Monday night for home after „ w . spending several daja at the Piedmont, well pleased with the dtj. First Lieutenant Louis ll. Dice, tmasslgn- ed list, to One hundred and slxty-flftb com pany, nnd First Lieutenant Itlchnrd Fund* vnl. One hundred nud twelfth to Seventieth eon: pony. Captain Dennis F. Nolan, Thirtieth In fantry. report to governor general Philip* nines ns Inspector Philippines constabulary, r’lr.i Lieu ii'nn nt William N. Ilaakrll, Foarth cavalry, ilclallctl to All varanvj* lu signal corps. Nsvy Ordtr*. Rear Admiral F. lingers, from Honnlohi to liom,. Il.nr Admiral A. Walker, de tached naval observatory, to bomr: Hupcr- Intrndeiit J. M. Mna-rry, commlMloned. t’ommnndcr It. I’, lAtt. retired, detarln-1 11,li enminlMlon, Washington tn heme, l.lentennnt K. L. Chapin,* detnehed lend.* Innn tn office nf naval Intelligent*. Ws»h- Ingtun; Lieutenant I'nininand.r K. W. RficfW. detached hoard of lu.prcllou and •tirvey, to Ixmlslana. Movemtnts of Vs,ills. Arrived—Novemlier 9. Rocket st Norfolk; Wlliulnston ot Cavite. Hailed—Normber 7. Saturn from Mac ■!al**na hay for kandlegn and dan J'rsnetw co. November 0, Uslulmw and Gnlvc.tou from Mnnlla to Vbidirustok: rhsttanooga, Manila, for Vladivostok and Nagasaki. OPPORTUNITY. They do me wrong who say I come no more When once I knock and fall to find you In, For every* day I stand outside your door And bid you wake, and rlee to fight and win. Wall not for perlehetl chance* passed away! Weep not for golden ages on the wane! Each night I burn the records of the day— At sunrise every soul Is born agsln. When down In mire, wring not your hands and weep. I lend my arm to all who say: "I can!" No shame-faced outcast ever sank so desp But yet might rise and be again a man. Art thou a mourner? Rouse thee from thy spell. Are thou a sinner- nips mav he for- | given. Each morrlng gives thee wlnge to flee from hell; Each night a star to guide thy feet to heaven. JUDGE WALTER MALONE Memphis. Tenn. sMipra? win* uu ur i innr runi. coiislderatilc property In Fan Frapdico. H«* had nfTT**r been tn Atlanta before and waa