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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER IS, 1907. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. I . SEELY, President. ' T. B. GOODWIN, Gen’l Mgr. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) •y THE GEORGIAN COMPANY At » Wnt Aleksina fit., AtlsuM, Os. 1.25 Subscription Rates: Ons Tesr b:x Months Three Months one Month n.T Carrier, Per Week Telephones ronnectlhf atl dspftrt* menta Loaf distance terminals. Smith A Thompson, tdrertlslnf^rep resentatives for til territory on tilde of ^^°^::., r gr.vOTISg: the rlreuletlon Senarttnout nud here It promptly remedied, Telephone.: Bell «K7 main; Atlanta HOI. SBbtorlbtri desiring THE OEOfi- GIAN AND NEW8 dTecontlnued must notify thl. office on the date of exptrt- tioa; etlierwtie. it will ho continued at the regular tmheerlptlon rate, until notice To atop I. received. It la desirable that all communlea- tlona intended for publication In TUB OEOBGIAN AND SEWS l>a limited to MO worda In lenfth. It fa Imperative that they he alined, na an evidence of good filth. Rejected mannecrlpta will THE OKOBGIAN AND NBW8 print* no nnclean or objectionable advert!* Ing. Neither doee It print whlaky or any liquor ada. 00* PLATFORM: THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS etande for Atlanta's own ing Ita own gat and electric light planta, na tt now owna Ita water worlta. Other citlca do thla and *Jt gas aa low aa W cents, with a profit to the city. This should be. done at once. THfe GEORGIAN AND NEWS hellerea that If street railways can be operated successfully by Europeau cities, as they are, there Is na good ration why they can not ha w oper ated I -re. But wa do not believe this can bo done now. and It may bo some Tiara beforo wa are ready far so h i an undertaking. Still Atlanta ahould set Its fac# In That direction NOW. Three highwaymen held up a Chi cago newspaper man. Clearly the work of amateurs. D. M. Ferry, tho great seed man, Is dead, but his works will keep his memory green. Tho granite men are claiming that they're still getting the marble heart from tho Georgia railroad. A Chicagoan, reported dead for twelve years, has come back home to look- for hta mothor. , No Enoch .Arden atunta for him. : Dr. Felix Adler takes exception with George Eliot's views on immortality. Hut we venture To say she knows more about It than Dr. Adler. Those who eeeapo fatalities In the football games of the next few days may reasonably expect to live till noxt season. The Boston Trartscrlpt says rats are man's Implacable enemlaa. That must be the reason all women fear mice. Vice President Fairbanks' study of Ksperanto may help him to jioll the solid Esperanto vote, hut It will hardly be worth speaking about at that. . A Polish nobleman who came to America to sock his fortune recently committed sutetdo In hie desperate poverty. Min inlstnke was In marry ing before ho came. Japan proposes to hold an ox posh tlon at Toklo In 1912 that will begin la cherry-blossom time and last through the chrysanthemum season. Hope her Intentions will not be nip- lied In the bud. It Is the hope of the traveling pub lic that King Alfonso's, initiative In using a dummy baby on hit trip may become generally impnlar with all classes of travelers. A British naval officer, accused of flippancy to the German kaiser, will probably lose bis position. This shows that the world Is advancing. A few years ago and It would have been Ills head. Julian Thomas declares he could have dropped dynamite straight down from hie balloon Into the heart of New York’s coast defenses. Sh! not so loud, doctor; they'll hear you over In Japan. An historic peace tree Iti the Botanic garden at Washington la to be cut down that Grant’s monument may be placed there. Again we are reminded that the public took little interest In The Hague conference. That the government anil the people of tin Palled States are lagging fir behind the European oountriei (n the matter of --‘erinl navigation la the opinion of Major Henry B. Tierney, ehtef inspector of ih,. I“ tumeat ranoorolnflent aervlce. ■ i ■ urge* that an aeronautical deitartment in. »«t«h -lied by the government to keep pice with tk* European powers. H P r ‘ narks for toe city a the chars' which will hare -tat of action and raetcr» representative of ts# various ■train of Berlin's population. The aapt- raws for the prise and honor are warned to avid the complex paycholoxlcai or proh Ifni style, bat they are at liberty to auhiult -‘>y form of play from farce to tragedy. Iff all caaea it ninet lit remembered THE CONDITION OP OUR COUNTRY. This Is no time for pessimism and whining. Conditions as they ex ist today In the United States are the result of possibly a little too free a democracy In our laws and an over wrought nervous age that has taken advantage of them. Few enough of us sit down and calmly study tho situation and fewer of us read the facta that would establish In our minds the remedy. Let is consider the whole plan from the beginning and possibly reason It out so a child might understand. This Is a free country. Man may engage In any honest calling that be may choose so long as he does not do violence to the few plain laws of honesty by which we have been governed. These laws were framed for and cover normal men—and do not provide for abnormal or unusual cases. The merchant may sell a pound of sugar; he may sell a hun dred pounds; If he Is big enough to get the business he may sell a mil lion; then he may grow into a Jobber, and sell It In carloads and train- loads. We can not make a law that will place a maximum limit on what he shall do. He started to sell as a small retailer—he sold his first ten pounds for more than !t cost him. That was how he made his living. He continued to do so until by thrift Bnd cheerfulness he sold so many ten pounds ho reached a point where he thought he would sell ten pounds a little nearer what It cost than hla neighbor was doing and get a few of hla neighbor's customers. His neighbor has a larger famlly-and Is not as thrifty possibly and can not meet the cut, so soon the neighbor loses his customers to the other fellow and goes down. Number One hears of his tottering and says, Til take your stock at what It cost and hire you to run the storo for me.” And so Number One puts his sign on his neigh bor's store and says, “My Two Stores." A little further up the street Is Number Three. Number One tries the game on him and begins to soe how nice his own sign would look over Number Three's door. Be fore ho gets Number- Three he has to sell a little under actual cost for a few days, but Number Three eventually hae a new sign over his door and Numbor One has three stores. And so on. Now there can be no law to say that a man mum sell for sq much more than actual cost at all times—there-can be no law to prevent a man giving away his business If he likes—and selling anything ho has for less.than he .paid for It.even though his motive be disastrous—but when this one man has succeeded In placing his name over every store In his city, In his state, and finally his nation, and then has his hirelings place a tariff law on the statute books that prohibits our eighty millings of people from getting a mouth ful to eat except from him’, then it should be In the power of the people to rise up and say that If the monopoly shall he complete, there shall be a maximum limit of tribute that the people ehall pay to thle monstor— and the only alternative may be revolution. The interest* under which our country auffers Just now aro en tirely analogous to the case of the sugar and the grocer. The country has fallen under the financial control of single Inter ests which act largely as ono. The power began with so simple a com modity as oil, a natural product which cannot be grown, as eatables can. If labor be expended on tho soil. When you lease or control the spots of ground where this. Important product may be found you have done a lot toward controlling It. This monopoly grow until it has become nearly complete today. Wheu It rolled up a hundred millions—two hundred—and three hun dred, nnd so on, It became most powerful In money centers, as well as In the field which It controlled—it began to control banka and trust com panies; then It controlled Insurance companies—then wbat could com bine and eliminate competition finer than railroad Interests? Then we see the Steel Interests combine Into a huge trust—hun dreds of millions of dollars—then the oil trust leader, William Rocke feller, goes to the Steel Trust directorate. Frick, who sold his Connells- villc Interests to Carnegie for some sixteen millions years ago, and then rf Steel trust, fame, becomes as much at home in Oil as In Steel. Then the lines of railroad that had up to 18T0 boen combined to form long trunk lines under single heads, began to combine parallel lines and do away with competition and the like. Sentiment began to disappear. Our honored, careful, old engineers, who cherished their engines as one would a child, saw the names by which they had known them painted off never to appear again, and only a number to go by. Then they saw their own personalities fade under tho cold-blood- od Iron-handed management that wantod only revenue for foreign mag nates, and the old onglneor, himself hardly designated by more than a number, as are the Italians and Polos who construct tho tracks, and the new regime became about complete. Then we see the steady march of thla no less than monster with its narrowing down process shrink to a handful of cooperative groups of Interests, acting aa one man for their mutual good. Standard Oil controlling lines of railroad over which their own product—and that of the struggling independent—must travel; the Independent made to observe the law nnd more, too—the trust-defied law. Then, even the money thoy make by these moans goos to their own banks In Wall street and la used there again to control now lines of Industry until one by ono wo see oil, gas, coal, railroads, steel, Iron, copper, electricity, and even lhe street cars on which we ride to and from our work, pay tribute to the Interests, and now the effort Is being made to control the newspapers, which are tbelr greatest enemies. What then may he done? No law can be enacted to stop these things, for who shall say whero development shall atop? What man will refuse to sell hla all to these very Interests If they will buy, and who has not the same right as they? What we can do, la to say that the commodities they have to sell shall como under govommont supervision Just aa the pure food commis sion is sn.vlng that no man may dilute his goods nor deceive the cus tomer who buys or cats his product. Time was when men were more honest. Fifty years ago we needed no pure food commission. Benxoln ot soda and aalycyllc acid were medicines In the eyes of our people then. Now they havo become chemical agenta by .which the unscrupulous may fleece tho public regardless of the consequences to the health of the In nocent purchaser—hence government interference. Eighty years ago we had no railroads, no telephones, no electric cars and no malls to speak of. Men lived quietly; honor was the fashion; people lived, loved and worked their way through life. Now, wo have them all, and tho TO- mlle-an-hour rate at which men live has grown so nervous a generation that In place of living, loving and working we find It fashionable to He, steal and work tho human race for all we can. Then the only remedy Is regu lation by the supreme forces of our government, and until these forces settle down to safe, methodical work thore will be flurries and panics and depressions, and wc should thank God that In a time like thla when humanity Is faced by a condition ot selfishness on the part of our mod ern Croesuses! ?) such as tho world has seldom seen, we have been given men to lead ua who have held as their highest atm the curbing of op pression. Panics, depressions and the like In the pact have been the result of pov erty, poor crops, hunger and scourge. Haw different Is the condition of our couutry now—standing on tho highest round ot prosperity our nation has ever seen. Crops bunting from their storehouses, our own fields white with nine hundred millions of their products, our national debt the envy ot the nations because ot Its mlntmitude, and financial depression abroad In It all. Was there ever a more anomalous state of affairs? Can any one believe It la natdral? No, It la tho child of the causes above set forth; tt Is abnormal; It la the effort on the part of the mon opoly to starve our money centers tuto submission—to rock the boat till we are scared—but so long as the sun ahlnes so brightly, and our streets throng so morrily, let's stand by the men who hold In their hands the only remedy we will ever have from oppressive measures that otherwise will close tighter and tighter around the life of our Industries and our homes aa the years roll on. MR. BRYAN’S FUTURE POSITION. Hon. William J. Bryan hat Issued a notable atatement to the Ameri can public, making distinct and positive hla future position aa It relates to the approaching presidential campaign. For many months the politicians of the country have been speculat ing aa to the future of Mr. Bryan and how tt would affect the aspirations of any other public man In the Democratic organisation. Tho statement of Mr. Bryan. Issued Thursday, from Lincoln, Neb., clears the atmosphere somewhat, yet necessarily leaves points for con tinued discussion, which probably cannot be definitely settled until the national convention of the Democratic party meets, adopts Its platform and nominates Its candidate. Mr. Ilryan'* position, as given In his statement. Is acceptive and thoroughly non-aggressive. He says plainly und without circumlocution that be will not ask tor or seek nomination, and learea the question of his availability to bis friends and to the great mass of Democratic vot ers. He generously acknowledges how deeply bo is Indebted to his party for past honors, 8Dd thinks that the only question which should weigh with tho organization Is whether It will be made stronger and more powerful by his candidacy. Ho says he will not feel aggrieved if the party shall select another standard bearer, yet shall be be selected, he will accept the nomination and make the best fight possible. Mr. Bryan's promulgation contains absolutely nothing new; It Is only a repetition of the statement of the position ho has tacitly held ever since the memorable campaign of 1804. But the fact that be recognizes the propriety of saying publicly what he thinks and feels In this Import ant Juncture of affairs opens the door of opportunity to any other man who can bring to his support a following brave enough to enter the struggle for future national honors against Mr. Bryan. In so great and militant an organization as the national Democratic party there must be a number ot men who because of intellect, charac ter, achievement and the courage of political faith and conviction are In ev ery way worthy of consideration at the hands of the Democratic voters of'the country. . , The man who will lead the next campaign for the Democratic party will have as hlx opponent- either Mr. Roosevelt or a candidate of Mr. Roosevelt's selection. The man who shall bear the banner of Democracy either to victory or to defeat muat be prepared to combat the remark able popularity of President Roosevelt throughout the South and the al most universal approval of his present policies felt In this section. Mr. Rryan't statement, whllo simply reiterating hla views as to fu ture preferment, Is valuable as the natural means of precipitating a discussion of the availability of other prominent men for presidential honors. Mr. Bryan has still a vigorous and splendid following, but bis re markable personality need not obscure the claims ot other men to tho presidential honors. MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO. CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS. T? OR over a quarter of a century this bank has paid particular attention to commercial ac counts and is still prepared and desires to extend to firms, corporations and individuals every facili ty consistent with sound banking. . ■ PEOPLE AND THINGS GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS AND THE STREET CORNERS ARMY-NAVY ORDERS AND MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS. Growth and Progress of the New South Tlie Georgian here record! eneh fifty BY JOSEPH B. LIVELY *^*$ilckftoi». Mlm., p/ov. 14.—The following new Industrie! have been organized In the fttflfe daring t be pm ft few day», and will shortly submit their charters to the governor for approval: .. „ .. . .. Rank of Weir, Weir, Attain county; capitalized nt $10,000; J. E. Cobb, J, It. McKIrnon, A. M. Weir and others. „ . „ ... Security Rank. Ripley, Tippah county; capitalised at $2o,000; T. J. Cole, G. \\. Smith, a. P. Stewart and others. ... * Rank of Ethel. Ethel, Attala county capitalised at $10,000; E. M. Gregory. A. Reynolds. K. J. Cook and others. , „ . Honthcrn Timber nud Lumber Company, Hattiesburg, Perry county; capitalised at $50,000; William Lott. W. II. IUtten nnd others. „ * ... Godbold Mineral Wells Company. Summit, Pike county; capitalised at $80,003; W. W. Rrsdsbaw, 8. J. Harper and others. M Clark-Herrtn Company, Clarksdnle, Coahoma county; capitalized at ISOjDOO. Gainesville and Hall county, despite the disturbed condition of the fiusncla) sit* uatlou throughout the country, is In finu condition to meet nud copo with the situation. The banks are Itt fine condition with n banking capital of three quar ters of a million dollars, nnd with an abundant supply of ready money on band. They have bedn able to meet all demands on them nnd at the same time furnish sufficient money to handle the eotton crop, without Issuing auy clearing house certificates or borrowing money abroad. _ . . ... The farmers over the country are In good condition, with good crons of both cotton and com. They hive sold a large portion of their cotton nt ip%c nnd lie, and are practically out of debt, with n good surplus on band for next year. The merchants are bnvlug a fine trade, with good collections. ONE OF MOST REMARKABLE EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE MOST REMARKABLE TOWN IN THE SOUTH (Editorial In The Charleston News and Courier.) Mr. ffeely's dinner In honor of John Tem ple Graves at the New Kimball house In Atlanta Saturday night wap one of the most remarkable events In the history of the most remark!) 'j town In tbs South. Three hundred representative men were present, ami among their number were Jur ists, statesmen, governors, United States senators, congressmen. supreme court Judges, newspaper editors, the governor of Georgia, lawyers, physicians and minis ters. Every profession*f and business pur suit was represented in this notable gath ering, and while the dinner was perfectly served, the meun consisting of oysters. f ilsoked fish, quail on toast, coffee, Nenpoll an cream and cigars, these were only tho material trimmings of a great spiritual feast, the llko of which has never been known In this country. All that waa said was well said, ami Mr. Graves. In hfs fare well address, was never so tender and felic itous In his eloquence. “Graves loves tho world, and that'a why he Jias auecteded,” said Honator Clay. "lie Is going to New York not to defend the flour h. out to Interpret It." exclaimed the Rev. Ur. John K. \VmL-, pr,stor of tho ftoc- oud Raptlst church. "Hfs life and career are an Inspiration to every one of ua little fellows who have been setting up through tho lean yenrs of Southern newspaperdom, and talaurefi our courses between princi ples. the *pn«te pot nnd the pay roll.” re marked James Thompson, proprietor of Tho New Orleans Item. Hoke Smith, governor of Georgia, after saying. “We coma on this occasion with sorrow mingled with pride.’* declared that "we shall hitas him, nut wo have the consolation that he will not for- B t us. and that ho will return." Clark owe'.l, of The Constitution, after saying that he had labored side by aide with try's flag, nnd he will apenk for the whole country wherever he goes," nnd after ex pressing some doubt an to "bow Graves Is ! [olng to get along in the cold and mere!- ess atmosphere of New York," the Rev. aii G. Dronghton said, "Rut be that ss It may, he goes from us with the hearty Godspeed good will and good cheer of the people who have known and loved him so mitat A. Ho..ell, nt The Jtnktnnrlllr Metropolis, assured the company present that. "I am not afraid of wbat be Is go ing to do." and that "In the power nnd strength of his life he la able to measure worda with the Achilles of public oplulon In this country." nnd Colonel Walter J\ Andrews aujagested that tho Democratic convention place the name of John Temple Graves on the ticket for vice president, "as the man most cspnhle of bringing the triumph of the Democratic party in tho next presidential campaign." The Rev. Richard Onne Flint* expressed regret at his going, "hut ns he goes to broad fields of usefulness he Is followed by the love and the good wishes of the whole people of a n nnd tho Mouth," and Pleasant A. I. of The Savannah Press, after speaking tenderly of Colonel Graves* ven erable father, General Graves, who was present, expressed confidence that the son "will continue to guard the dignity nnd the purity of the Month In his new home on he has always-done # here." There were a number of other speakers, among them Walter Vlsnuiika. who. repre senting tho Mouth Unrollna Society of Geor gia, and a native of Abbeville county, lit this state*. Iii which we IhjIIcvo Mr. Graves first saw the light, rejoiced at the de served honor which had been conferred upon the distinguished guest of the evening. And then ennie the parting words. Mr. Keely, the proprietor of Tho Georgian, say ing briefly that he henrtlly fiidorscd all the good things that had been said of Mr. Graves during the evening, presented him with a beautiful laurel wreath sent by a Florida Indy and a handsome cone, the gift of The Atlanta Georglnn family, nnd then with his eyes filled with tears, umldst the cheers of the company, and the chnutau. qua Solute, made by u flowing sco of nap kins. Mr. Graves, "Mfn'Mklng slowly, fender- ly, Ids voice shaken with feeling," said that he would go away "with the wonder ful knowledge that 1 am secure In the af fectionate regard nnd esteem of my own people," and that when they came to know* his psrtuer as he knew him, they would cease to regret his golnr, and would "find him as I have always found him, true to every Jiiat cause, true to rlaht, true to all that la best nud highest In life." In Its admirable report of the finely din ar. The Georgian notes that the tonpts were ell drunk "In sparking water," nnd thus proved Its faith <u the cause of prohi bition by Its works. * ir best wishes attend Mr. Graves In his field of labor. He hits a great oppor tunity. if Mr. Heorst will 4 |il> give him a halt chance. We do not share lu the fear expressed by the Rev. Mr, Rroughton that Mr. Graves will be affected Iii any way by the rarer atmosphere In which he will live and move In the grant metropolis, ex cept that ho will be made stronger In ills faith and more eloquent lu his denuncia tion of evil wherever It may l*o found. Once more, Va!#'. Yalqto sc plnudlte! ASKS ROOSEVELT TO HELP HIM OUT Imagining that he has 8(00,000 In the Fourth National Bank, on Which he is Unable to Is)' his hands. Pierce Nelson, a negro student et Morris-Brown Col lege, a few tfaya ago wrote tv letter to Colonel James W. English, Jr., nnd another to President Roosevelt, asking the president to aid him In getting his money. The matter was turned over to the police and Nelson was arrested by Plain Clothes Officers Heslett nnd Dorsett end ts being held In the police station, It being thought that possibly constant study of the country's financial condi tion has unhinged hla reason. The students Insists he has money, not only In the Atlanta bank but In Fine- ROOM OE TEACHER On lielng suddenly nwaltened by a noise In her bedroom shortly eft.r midnight Fri day morning. Miss Nlnn Hornsdy. of *6 E. Linden avenue, a private school teacher nnd formerly ■ well known tencher lu the puhltc schools, dlacorered u.hoy burglar, apparent, ly not more than if or u years of nga, climbing cut of a window. Tbs boy. with the skill and daring of an old nnd experienced burglar, had entered the room while Its occupant slept and bad ransacked It. He hud worked the Job with absolute snore., until the time for bis exit, when he fumbled by making a noise nt the window. Notwithstanding this, however, he made good Ills eacape and Is still at large. Miss Hornsdy, on seeing the childish form going nut of the window, leaped from her lied nnd ran to the door, only to nee the J. J. Akers, chief clerk to tho super intendent of the Atlanta division of the Southern railway, has been promoted to the chief clerkship to tho general superintendent of the road, with head quarters at Charlotte, N. C. Mr. Akers hss been chief clerk for the superin tendent of the Atlanta division for sev, oral years, and Is an expert In this Una. His manv friends are congratu lating him on his promotion^ "Funny things happen around here sometimes,” said Commissioner ot Ag riculture Hudson. “A few weeks ago a man enme In here v.lth a small bug of cotton seed meal. He sold that he wanted It examined, na some from the same bag had killed his cov.-. •T had the chemist to make an nnly- sls, and ho reported the men! absolute ly pure. I then asked the man who brought It to the department: " 'Whdt makes you think this meal killed your cow? The chemist finds It pure In every way.' '“Why, after my cow died,' replied tho man. ‘I cut her open. All I found in her stomach was a small amount of this meal, and a ten-penny null sticking through her Intestines, thought, of course, that It must be the meal.' **■ "I saw a terrible disaster averted by a singular incident over In Birmingham the other day," said John Harris, n former Atlantan, now resident In Bir mingham. “A wagon, with 2,040 pounds of dyna mite on It, was crossing Morris avenue, when a switch engine, traveling very slowly, struck the rear wheel. Tho wheel was crushed, but the engineer applied his brakes so quickly that the axie of the wagon rested on the pilot of the engine. The dynamite was hard ly Jarred, but. I’ll tell you, there wpro some white-faced folk around there. That driver has not stopped running yet, and I have not ceased getting trem bly In the knees.” "Japan lias lmd her panic and It blew over Just a* America’s Is blow Ing over. Your panic, however. Is not among tho banks, but the people." That Is what Toyotaro Yukl, a Jap anese banker from Toklo, stated. In reference to the financial situation. Mr, Yukl Is spending several days In Atlanta and Is stopping at the Pied mont. In regard to war talk Air. Yukl, like many others, blames It all on the "yel low newspapers." "Wa have one In Toklo," he said, “and the war talk In Japan Is confined to this newspaper. The people and the officials are not thinking about war. Japan and America were never better friends." Mr. Yukl is a great admirer of Sec retary Taft. "He always makes a big Impression," stated the Japanese hanker Jocularly. In regard to labor, he Is of tho opin ion that Japanese labor would be a fino thing for the South. “In Japan." he said, “the laborers gat to centa a day. They would work here for Tt cents and 11.00 and would be glad of tho chance.” Rev. E. Dean Ellenwood, pastor of the Unlversollst church, Atlanta, lec tured In Canon, Ga., Wednesday and Thursday evenings, returning to tho city on Friday. Z* and Germany. ThM.ueratoC*. «*£ .* U. *»V ona. English and th. president -'re f “'"nsd, such nature thst It was at once decided. „., y W | tb „ 5 nni , „ thrvk for „„ the negro was craxy and should be I nieyele Pollerum II. E. Smith and Jarne- confined. son were notified, and made ■ search, find ing In the yard another cheek, taken from somewhere else ami drefeed by the lad In bis flight. Before entering school Nelson was In the Philippines In the United States army, and says he mat (be president there, as well as rulers ot other na tions. "I met President Roosevelt In Ma nila," saya Nelson, "and he at once became my friend. He la standing by ahould b« tied up In bank vaulta when no much gold Is being shipped to this country." Nelson) will be examined by Dr. WU- , .... , kins. Hxlth ward physician, and will me In thla matter, and will help me probably then be tried for lunacy He get my money. I don t think my money la at present held on "sueplclon " ■!Tho boys of the Seventeenth In Cuba nre homesick for Atlanta," said Lieutenant Charles H. Danforth, who returned Thursday from the Island, where he has been stationed for the past year, to join the third battalion of the Seventeenth at Fort McPherson. "They are leading almost the same life In Cuba that they do when at homo,” continued blcutenant Danforth, •'but It Is not as much fun. They have their gnirlsou duty and their usual so cial life and receive courteous treat ment from the Cubans, but they prefer Atlanta. "There hae been no symptoms of a disturbance on the Island recently. All those Interested In property wnnt n stable government. The soldiers are very kindly treated. It Is merely a peaceful occupation of the country." Raymond Hitchcock, the famoue comedian whose disappearance stirred little old New York a few weeks ago. and over whom same four or five cases are now hovering. Is scheduled to make his appearance In Atlanta on January 17-10 tn "The Yankee Tourist." And he will appear, provided, of course, "the goblins don t get him" before he gete here. In addition to the fact that Hitchcock Is one of the greatest comedians on the American stage, and that "The Yankea Tourist" Is probably the best vshlcle for the display of hie powers along the funny linn that he has tver appeared In, there Is a great deal of mystery and additional Interest cen tering around the fascinating man, and the crowds that will greet him In At lanta will, 'of course, be large—very large. ete from New York to they hollered to Ite Absolutely good for nit the way, even In the Atlanta Ihtxgnfe nnd Cab ComjMny's bus. censed qnlte n scour et the TerinliiAl Station Thursday night when called upon to pay their fare from n wild druinnstratlnu. lulleTlng that tbe nrui of the law hed said they were uo good M New Orleans. Two Greeks were railed In to Interpret, but they foiled ntierty. When, by eigne, diagrams nnd other means sn understand ing *vas retched, n compromise was ef fected nnd the party went to spend the night nt a hotel, leaving n weary police- man enylng hunt things about the mine ot Immigration. LIVELY IS HELD TO STATE COURT Jolin Lively, tbe !*>y Who is alleged (o Imre cut nnd terlotiftly tujured N. M. Rol»- lusoUe a ren of County Offtw Robinson, tv»! bound over to the sn|>erfor court on n Zl •32S ,t w,th I ? t#nt ro murder by Judge orr I* rid** morning. Lively’* bond wa* fixed nt $100. which he gave. Tbe cuittlu* lx sold to hove taken pine* n Mflrfeftn fttreef gbotit two necks ago. Kntdusuii bad owe kulfe wound on his bend, one on hfs neck end mother on his Army Ordtrs. Washington, Nov. Llcutenaut-Colotiei Erasmus Miller,-signal corps, to Augusta to nttend meeting commissioned officers, Na- tionul Gunrd of Maine, December 4. Gnptoin George M. Hoffman, ccyrps of en gineers. detailed for duty with Isthmian on uni comniUHtou, Panama. t'Aptnln Gll/ton C. Kinney, Twenty-fifth Infantry, report to commanding officer of Ninth Infantry. First Lieutenant Joseph V. Kuzdlk, to Fourth cavalry; Major Carl ttelsohmnun, t<» Twenty-fourth infantry; Captain John W. Wright, to Third Infantry. Captain E. I*. Campbell, appointed judge nriroente-generat, with rank of captsiin for four years from November 12. Captain M. R. Delhi, resignation qs Judg.* advocate-general, accepted to special tem porary duty, Washington. Navy Orders. Commander A. E. Culver, detached De§ Moines to office osslstant secretary of the navy yard department. Lieutenant-Commander A. L. K4y. detach ed genernl board to Quincy, general Insnet- tor Ffalem and to command said vessel when commissioned. Lieutenant-Commander L. M. Nulton, de tached naval academy to Tanther. Lieutenant C. II. Nelson, detached Por poise and Sh ark to Missouri. Lieutenant F. D. Rerrien. dotacbed Mis souri to staff commander socond squadron, Atnlnttc fleet, on lionrd Minnesota. Midshipman A. C. Meyers, detached-De Long to Truxtom Midshipman fi. G. Kno, detached String- ham to Whipple. Movements of Vestals. Arrived—November 12: Wasp at nary yard, New York. Sailed—November 12: California, from finn Francisco to Rrctnerton; Justin, from Honolulu for Nan Francisco. Retiring North Georgia Commander Is Enthu siastic. , * "It wam one of the grandest reunions T aver nttended. Tbe people ot Augusta showed us unbounded courtesy and I never enjoyed an occasion more.” Thus spoke General L. P. Thomas, former commander of tho North Geor gia brigade of Confederate Veterans, of Augusta hospitality and the Confed erate Veterans' reunion held In that city, nnd from which he has just re turned. General Thomas was unstinted in his praise of the reception accorded the thinning ranks of the veterans of the gray, and declared that the reunion In every particular wan one of the most successful that has ever been held. "They positively refuted to let us pay for anything,” said General Thomas, “an." there wns nothing we wanted that we could not get without money and without price. The young people espe cially seemed to appreciate our visit, and the way In which they waved flags and enthusiastically cheered us on the parade waa a scene tn mako tho heart of the old soldier overflow with Joy. Notable Address,,. "We had some of the best speeches I ever heard. Governor Smith's ad dress was notable, as was that of Gov ernor Ansel, of South Carolina. And General A. J. West, who Introduced tho speakers, should not he forgotten. His speeches Introducing Ahe speakers were most happy efforts, and his elo quent and fitting remarks were com mented upon afterward, hy Governor Smith and many other,. "The North Georgia brigade was there In large numbers." continued General Thomas, "and l think this j remnant of the Georgia army attracted quite as much attention as any body of veterans ever did. "Of particular Interest was Sergeant Edwards, of the Forty-second Georgia regiment, who marched In the rear of the carriage In which I rode, and who carried the old battle flag of Ills regi ment, rent and scarred by shot and shell, blackened by the smoke of many battles nnd now little more than a rag. He Carried the Colors. "Sergeant Edwards," said General Thomas, as he drifted from talk of ths reunion and trailed off Into remlnls- cencea of the stirring times of the war, "was file last color sergeant the Forty- sccond had. At the battle of Resacn, where our colonel woe killed and I, as ranking captain, took command, our color hearer was shot down. Edwards, who was hut a young boy, was near him at the time, and seizing the fallen colora he bore them to the front. We then made him color sergeant and he carried the flag through every fight In which the regiment afterwards en gaged. "When we surrendered at High Point. N. Edwards concealed the flag about his person and carried It hornet and he has kept It ever since. I spoke to him once about putting It In tho state Capi tol with the other Georgia flags, hut he seemed so much attached to It thst I hadn't the heart to Insist. "We secured the next reunion for At. tanto," continued the general, ns lie once more drifted back to talk of the reunion, "and if the people of the city will co-operate with us there will be nt trouble about holding It hare. It <* desired to hold the reunion on July 20, 21 and 22, the days on which the battle of Atlanta was fought, and un less the plans are changed this will be done.” General Thomas, who has been in command of the North Georgia brigade, was succeeded by J. Old Morris, of Ma rietta, one of the best known Confed erate veterans In the state. The change was made In accordance with a rnlo adopted at Savannah that this post shall only be held for one year by each commander. A letter has been received by Gen eral Thomas from Mr*. F. 8. Gregory, of Madison, Fta„ who desires to get In communication with some one wh“ knew her husband. Ferdinand Sturr Gregor)', ■ private In company A. Sec- The defendant was represented hy Attor- - r , — —- Stf *•-?' KupntrlcX. while Attorney B. u. ond regiment, Gartre|l's brigade of Hnrwinfrp nrwrerefi rep tire prr*pfjt»l^. Rct^rvfn.