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THE ATLANTA UEOKrfTAN AND NEWS. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NETS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. T. B. GOODVIN, Gen’l Mgr. Published Every Afternoon, (Except Sunday) By the GEORGIAN COMPANY At S West Aisbsms Bt. Atlanls, G«. Subeorlption Rateei One Tver Ms Heaths Tbrse Month • Jl 51 .... i.w ... i * br«« Month* at Month Carrier, Per Week *1® Rmlth A Thomr»on. adrertlalnf rep* rtpentatlves for nil territory outride of Qeorgln If TOO hart nny trouhlo retting THE GEORGIAN* AND MEWS. telephone the circulation A#pnrtm*ut nnd have It promptly remedied. Telephones: Belter main; Atlanta 440L 8»b#er!b«m deslrlur T IT F. GFSOR* OJAS AND NEWS fjTucon tinned omit notify this office on the date of expira tion; otherwise. It will be continued at the regular ivihecrlptlon rates until nvtlce to stop la recelred. In ordf»iior a ebango^of taur#**. It Is desirable that nil comntnnlcft* tlons Intended for pttldlcatlon In Tllfi GEORGIAN AND NEWS l* limited to 900 words In length. It Is Imperative that they bo elrned. ns an evidence or good faith. Rejected manuacrlpta will not be returned Rtniupa sent for the parpoae. TI1E GEORGIAN AND NEWS prints no unclean or objectionable advertis ing. Neither does It print whisky or may liquor ads. OT*R PI ATFORM: THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS stnnds for Atlanta's owb- lng Its own gns and electric light plants, ns It now owns Its water works. Other cltle* do this and get gas as low as CO cents, with a profit to th* city. Thin should be done at once. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS betterthut If street railways can bo operated successfully by European cities, ss tbev sre, there Is no good reason why they can not be so oper ated here. Rut we do ndl believe this can be done now, and It may be some yeora before wo lire ready for ao big an nndertaklnc. Ftlll Atlanta Rhould set Its face In that direction NOW. Returning Confidence. Henry Clews, In Ills weekly finan cial review, takes on encouraging view ot the situation. He sees dis tinct signs of returning confidence. He commends tho skill and spirit with which tho New York banks mot and ore handling the crisis, but deplores the tendency on tho part o( some ot the Interior banks to hoard cash. Ho declares that tho hoarding ot money at such o time Is tho most harmful thing for the country that could bo done and describes the hoarder as an enemy of society who should bo shamed out of hts folly. Tho review, in part, follows: "Confidence Is reviving gradual ly. Distrust is lets acute than at the time of tho runs on financial Institutions, although the shock then administered Is traveling acroRH the mtinant and starting the forces of renil.e.isinient In gen- er&l business with unexpected severity. Our chief troublo has been tho demoralized condition ot credit Tho local banks aro hand ling the crisis with admirable skill and rplrlt, but are still crip pled by tho universal loss ot confi dence; and. because of a tempo rary breakdown In the credit sys tem are unablb to do tholr full share of tho country's business. It Is estimated that fully 95 per cent of tho transactions In this country aro settled by check or tho transfer and balancing of credits; yet In many Instances the banks aro now obliged to refuse credit on chocks for deposit, tho result being a much heavier de mand than usual for currency In the making of payments. "Addi d t.> tills exceptional de mand Is the tendency to hoard cash, not only by Individuals, but by Borne of the Interior banks. Nothing could be mors harmful at such a time than hoarding. This tendency. It Is true, has been some what counteracted by the premium of 2 to 4 per cent on camncy, but the Injury Is serious never theless. Tho hoarder should bo regarded as an enemy of society and shamed out of his folly. Thero are numberless Institutions oil over tho country where the de positor's money Is perfectly safe, while In stockings and other hid ing places It Is very unsafe. Many of our state hanks have enviable records for safety and sound ness. Our national banks are emi nently safe; so, too, are oar sav ings banka and conservatively managed trust companies. "People must cense their silly and Injurious boarding, and It dis posed to Invest at this time should deposit their funds In banking Institutions of well-estab lished reputation, managed by men of high character and ability ami free from all undesirable connec tions. There aro plenty of such Institutions, not a few of which are profiting largely by this shift ing of deposits from weak to strong concerns, but they are not among the class that seek public notoriety. "• • • No more patriotic duty can now be undertaken by any cltlxen than to do his best to restore confidence by rational means; not by timid concealment of the facts, hut hv a spirit of helpfulness, by consideration and patience, by quiet recognition of the situation and by a calm ac ceptance of the Inevitable process of readjustment which baa al ready set In and must work out Its own solution." THE PRESIDENT IN THE BREACH. The announcement Just made at Washington by Secretary Cortelyou, and which receives the thorough approval of President Iloosevelt, that ae a means of financial relief to the country the treasury will Issue $50,000,- 000 of Panama bonds and 1100,000,000 certificates of Indebtedness must of necessity bring a feeling of comfort In all sections of the republic and to all classes of citizens. The tense strain In monetary matters ot the past few weeks has had Its Influence In every branch of business and In every phase ot domestic life. Anxieties Incident to the business dis turbances have been difficult to allay. Perhaps thero Is no form of panic more hopeless to combat than that which comes from any flurry whether great or smnll—In financial affairs. The cowardice of the aver age man Is more In evidence In times of money panics than in any other possible crises In human life. This fact Is understood and appreciated by all men who by reason of talent or character have risen to positions of trust and honor. Involving the direction and control of their fellowmen. Mr. Roosevelt has always shown himself equal to every crucial test to which ho has been subject ed and at this special crisis, with the aid of the secretary of the treas ury, he now takes a stop which must put a period to further financial anxiety. In his letter to Secretary Cortelyou approving tho sale of Pan ama bonds, Mr. Roosevelt says: "What la most needed Just at present Is that our citizens should reallzo how fundamentally sound business conditions In this country are, and how absurd It Is to permit themselves to get Into a panic and create a stringency by hoarding their sav ings Instead of trusting perfectly sound banks. Thero Is no par ticle of rlsk lnvolved In letting business tako Its natural course, and the people can help themsolvcs and tho country most by put- Ing back Into active cterulation the money they aro hoarding. The banks and trust companies aro solvent. Thore Is moro cur- ' rency In the country today than thero was a month ago, when the supply was ample. Fifty-five million dollars In gold has been im ported, and the government has deposited another $60,000,000. These are facts; and I appeal to the public to co-operate with us In restoring normal business conditions. Tho government will see that the people do not suffer If only the people will act In a normal way. Crops are good, and business conditions are sound; and we should put the money wo have Into circulation In order to meet the needs of our abounding prosperity." Coincident with this action of Mr. Roosevelt regarding governmental aislstance In the present money crisis, comes the announcement from Washington that the president has Invited the governors ot states and territories to meet him at tho Whlto House, May 13. 14 and 15, to discuss the question of means and methods to preservo the natural resources ot the country. This Invitation of Mr. Roosevelt's Is a wonderful step for ward looking to the preservation and development of the resources of the nation and must ultimately result In the conservation of all natural re sources which shall make for tho universal good of tho people at large. In his lettsr sent to the governors, the president says: "The matters to be considered at this conference are not confined to any region or group of states, but are of vital con cern to tho nation as a wholo and to all tho people. These sub jects Include tho use and conservation of tho mineral resources, the rosourcos of tho land, and tho resources of the waters, In every part of our territory.” MR. PRICE ON THE ANXIOUS SEAT. Theodora Price, of Wall street, Is apparently disturbed over tho fail ure of the fanners ot tho South to market their cotton as rapidly as In previous years. He claims they havo not done so, and Is using all means In his power to force them to throw their holdings on tbo market. Undar tho head of "Cotton 'Shorts’ Attack Holding Movement,” tho Edward Staata News Bureau, Now York, Issued the following circular letter on Friday, November 15: “Pressure of the most pronounced sort Is being brought to bear upon the cotton growers of the South to break up their hold ing movement and thus bring Into the cotton market such a mass of tho staple ns will onablo tho enormous speculative short Inter est In this city to depress prices, so that the bears can close out their market gambles by shifting thslr losses upon tho growors ot the South. . ”As December draws near and tho members of tho big bear pool are confronted with tho possibility of paying prtcc3 at pres ent ruling In tho South, or oven higher prices, for cotton with which to cover tholr short December contracts, they aro resort- / Ing to desperate means In tho hope of extricating themselves from a most uncomfortable position. Stories ot tho wildest sort have been circulated freely with tho Idea of convincing tho hank ing Interests that tho cotton growers, by keeping tholr crop out ot tho market until better prices could be obtained, have de ranged tho entire normal market for foreign exchnngo and aro adding to the money stringency from which tho country Is suffer ing. In this their efforts havo been entirety unavailing. The bank ing Interests, knowing the facts, havo refused to tako this view of the situation. They are satisfied that tho trouble lies with the exchange market and not with tho cotton market; that It Is . tho Inability ot buyers to finance purchases that Is delaying tho bringing ot fresh gold from abroad. “The real trouble responsible for the threatened squeeze In December options In New York Is not due to a speculative long Interest because none exists; It Is due to the tremendous short Interest. The bear pool, headed by Theodora H. Price. Is cur rently reported to be short more than 300,000 bales ot the De- comber option. Against this speculative short Interest aro tho hedges held by the spinners and exporters who need the cotton for legitimate manufacturing and exporting. The need ot the hedge ‘longs’ has Inspired the current premium. This also has given an opportunity to the speculative shorts to circulate a story that some thousands of bales were being shipped back to New York from Liverpool to cover contracts. This report, how ever, met a speody death through the action of foreign spinners In taking every available bale of spot cotton In the Liverpool mar ket on the very day after the re-shlpmcnt story was started. "The latest among Mr. Price’s Interesting moves In the hope of Inducing the Southern growers to old him to get cotton to New York for the purpose of covering tho short contracts of his pool, is a widely advertised offer to deliver currency to the 8outh In exchange for cotton. As bis offer la good only up to 90 per cent of the selling price ot tho' cotton, and as he announced that the prevaillog New York premium on currency, now ranging around 4 per cent, will have to be paid by tho cotton shippers, such a move Is by no means benevolent on Mr. Price's part; It also shows how badly Mr. Prlco wants to get cotton here for De cember delivery. "The entire situation, as regards December cotton, has re solved Itself into a struggle between the Prlco pool on the ono side and tho tremendous bona fide demand for the actual cotton on the other. This demand resisted all the Ideas of the men in the bear pool and now, satisfied that tho cotton on their con tracts Is require^ tor spinning and exporting, Price and his as sociates appear to realize that thslr only chance of averting tre mendous losses on their transactions lies In a complete break down of the entire holding movement, thua forcing the growers to sell their crop at ridiculously low prices. "It was not long ago that Mr. Price was speaking disparag ingly of wbat be termed the New York ‘paper contracts.’ Now that he la heavily short of these ‘paper contracts' ho Is surprised to find that the delivery ot actual cotton not only la wanted but Is demanded on them. "If the bolding movement Is maintained at Its present strength the Price bear pool may be compelled to pay the grow ers the price to which they are entitled. It Is the chance of the Southern growers to make them pay on the full basis.” GEORGIA COLLARD NOW IN ITS PRIME. With no intention whatever of throwing certain boasters of Houston, Washington, Richmond, Charleston and Nashville Into frenzy; with no desire to excite envy of Oeorgta'a superiority In food products; with no purpose of inviting or engaging In controversy, since It la a matter that does not admit of It, we mention this delectable dish. Nowhere else on the habitable globe does the long-legged collard grow to such perfection. And the poorest man In Georgia can and docs enjoy it A dish to tempt an epicure. It Is not dented to all save the rich as It the Potomac shad or the Buffalo Bayou baas. Driving along the country roads one tees the collard growing lux uriantly In the garden ot the rich planter and of his humble ntgro ten ant. How happy the Idea, too, that collards are not In their prime until frost has come and made them sweet and tender! Jttit about the time frost Ilea white everywhere, the air la keen ar.d_ bog-killing weather la on hand, the collard la ready for tho pot. And MONDAY. NOVEMBER la ===== cooked with hog-jowl, backbone or spare-ribs it is something to tempt the appetite of anybody on earth! Those who have wearied of honey shad, tasteless bass and rancid whale are invited to come to Atlanta, and we will have prepared a great pot of collards and hog-jowl, with hoecake and buttermilk on the side. This, we feel assured, will end a long nnd bootless controversy • about realty delectable food. DEATH OP ELI. P. SMITH. The death of Mr. Eli P. Smith, managing editor of The Birmingham Dally News, which occurred early Sunday morning at Birmingham, Is a distinct and Irreparable loss to Southern Journalism. For twenty years Mr. Smith has been one of the leading factors In the upbuilding of the best Interests of Alabama, educational, Industrial and commercial. A native of South Carolina, the son of a brave Confederate soldier, he went to Alabama as a strong, aggressive, ambitious young fellow Imbued with the highest Ideals and with the physical and moral courage of his con victions. Mr. Smith represented a positive and unyielding type of Southern and American manhood, which attracted tho attention and commanded the respect of all classes of persona coming within tho radius of his In fluence. For many years Mr. Smith has been Intimately associated with Mr. Rufus N. Rhodes In tho management of The Birmingham News, and did his part toward making that dally one of the most successful nnd in fluential newspapers of tho South. For several years Mr. Smith has been managing editor of Tho News and one of the most forceful and fluent editorial writers on Its staff. Few young newspaper men In the South had achieved so envlablo a position among Journalists as Ell P. Smith, nnd no man more richly deserved tho honors which camo to him. His remarkable Intellect, always keenly alert, was trained in the school of early adversity and struggle which prepared him for the serious and Important work which later came to him. In all the relations ot llfo Ell Smith bravely met his duty with a ten der heart and a smiling, hopeful face. His brilliant editorial work easily placed Mr. Smith In line with tne best newspaper writers ot the coun try; his duty courageously and faithfully performed as son, husband, friend and citizen made him a model, whoso examplo 3liould be proven an Inspiration and whose work should Incite emulation. The Georgian extends Its sympathy In this hour of distress to Tho News and to tho* family of Air. Smith, and desires to express Its sense of personal bereavement In the loss of a friend and of a Journalist whoso achievements excited the admiration of all men who rejoice In the successful accomplishment of great tasks assumed, and In tho reali zation of the loftiest and purest Ideals. CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS. Capital $200,000.00 Surplus ahd Undivided Profits $600,000.00 Commercial Accounts Invited. Four Per Cent Interest Paid on Savings. Growth and Progress of the New South Th# Ororglnn hero records each d*y •otno economic fact lu reference to the onward progress of the South. BY JOSEPH B. LIVELY The people of Ratidererllle woke • had a wonderful growth and .... ...... _ with It* schools. Its city hall. Its waterworks system. Ita Its interests demand their attention. terprlses. from which the people expect success nnd good service. guard and protect the puhllc interests and •eeHHHHHHHHMIP which such good enterprises so richly promise. The people are looking on. some praising, some criticising, some silent, ■"—— • , - Lf “ J aid. ^ but all are'looking on.—Kundersvllle ller- for on administration of the public weal In i In tho year 1908 the A., IS. and A. railroad will Ik? completed to Hirmlnchai tho terminals of tbo line nnd those of the Ilrunswlck Hteamshlp Company will AN IMPOSSIBLE PANIC .■ (From Tho New York Evening Mall.) It Is hard to make a silk purse out of a sow’s oar, but It ought to bo harder still to make a national crisis—let alone a panic—out of a crop ylold of $7,000,000,000. Seven billion dollars represent the yield of the farms of the United States In 1907. This takes no account of the products of ores, minerals nnd chemicals of tho earth, which will be well up to another $2,000,000,000. Seriously, soberly and honestly, what earthly ground Is there tor dis trust as to the future, In this favored country? Is there real material for alarm In corn, and wheat, and oil, and fat cattle sad swine, and In gold which grows out of our heaven-enriched loll like robust weeds In a neg lected garden? This Is no pleasantry; It Is a sober fact. This country is bursting with fatness, and positively more so than In any other epoch since trusting Puritans and Dutchmen first hitched up their oxen to plow the fields of New England nnd New Amsterdam. Wealth" It It here In larger measure than ever. Wealth Is Just the stuff of well-being, and that stuff abounds, until the granaries crock with it. But money, you say. Is scarce. Stop a moment; money Is not scarce—It Is merely scared. It Is all here, somewhere. People may have been playing ducks and drakes with their credit and extending their schemes too fast, but they hsve not been burning up their greenbacks, nor running their gold and silver back Into the veins and fissures deep down In the dark rocke un der the ground from which It came. The money has merely gone, white with senseless fear, off Into timid corners here and there. It will all come out In a moment when It finds out what a precious tool It has been. There never was a moment In the history of the country when the con-' dltlon of tho national treasury was better, or when the currency was mors solid. The combination ot causes that made tho trouble In 1172 and 1S93— Inflated nnd rotten currency-, tariff troubles, overproduction, commercial dis organization, and so on—Is not In evidence now. The main factors are es- aentlnlly sound. . _ . Our Industries are producing regularly. Trade goeo on Just ae usual. So far as thslr condition la concerned, the producing people out West sim ply do not know that there Is any trouble. Nor le there In New York a man who could give them a satisfactory reason why thero should be gen eral and prolonged trouble. . . , „ We repeat. It Is scared money, not scarce money, that has made this "panic"—* "panic” without a real leg to stand on, or a causs that Is not correcting Itself. > THE PMMENTER MILLIONS ... A Stirring Novel of Love, Conspiracy and Adventure . . . •Copyright. 1907, by Arthur W. Marchmont.) By ARTHUR W. MARCHMONT. Author of ‘‘By Right of Sword,” “When I Was Czar,” Etc., Etc. Synopsis of Previous Installment. Jack Is scat to Ilcrlln on official business, and Olivo ilecfteft It 1h time to pat ber scheme Into effect. _ Shp disguises herself President Duckworth Gives Facts Regarding Receipts at Savannah To the Editor of Th# Georgian: Thsre bat been for eomo time «n effort on the part of cotton buyers nnd others who desire to press tho price of cot ton down In Georgia to make It appear to th* farmer* In other eecttonn of the country that the Georgia farmers sro selling their eotton, and they have pointed to the »*■ rinnah receipts ne evidence of this. Th* partners’ Union did not believe that Saras nah was receiving the amount of cotton she claimed, and we did not believe tbet the majority ot the cotton received at Savannah ports wss being shipped from Georgia, hence we have made an Investigation through our business department, which la In charge or Mr. i. G. Eubanks, and And that In making up the Sarnnnth port re- ARMY-NAVY ORDERS AND MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS. Vn-hlngton. Nor. 14.—Captain trunk Cheatham, quartermaster, to Sun Francisco for examination for promotion. Colonel Charles J. Crane, Ninth Infantry, to army nnd navy general hospital. Hot Captain William Merry. Ninth Infantry, to proper station, via Milwaukee and Fort Riley. Captain Herbert J. Breese, drat cavalry, rom army hospital, Han Francticc. Colonel Charles E. L. It. Darla, eorp* of engineers, to Washington barracks, exami nation for rnttremsnt. Navy Order*. islgn C. B. McDowell, detached Cntgoo. istgn O. C. F. Dodge, detached nary to Geuigta. Ensign W. (f. Teas, detached Georgia to department to Whipple. Ensign It. Dstton. Jr., detached Scorpion to Krntneky. raymaiter C. J. Clcborn eotton may not lie delivered for that Georgia le eomparntlrrly furnishing a small part of It: In fact. It looks like shout tin! — — * Alabama and Tennessee has been directed ts the Ravannnh port for the purpose ot than the minimum price, and the gamblers go to sea. R. F. DUCK WO President Georgia Division of tho Farmers’ Hartmanns. . _ Knrt Ibirtinitmt, pressed by her beauty. Bite hns no difficulty lit getting Into the treed graces of the fam ily. Karl makes love to her nnd hint* nt the robber Itnnd of which lie le it member. She force.) n erials by mmouuclng ber In tentlon of leaving. "Rnaal” he exclaimed In a tone of Intense consternation. "Leave us? Way?" "You hove been too ltlnd to me, Anna nnd you. But—but”— nnd she broke off. as if her feelings were too deep for ur-ernnee. "YoU can not go. No. no, It Is Im possible. Where yould you go Indeed?” Olive threw- up her hands In direst perplexity and sighed deeply. "Any where, anywhere. What does It mat ter? X must live.” "Would you make me miserable?" Olivo turned her eyes on him for a flashing glance, and then looked away. “Y"U don't understand. You mustn’t undert-tand." she cried vehemently. "I understand that I will not let you go," he replied passionately. Again she looked at him earnestly straight lit the eyes. “That Is the rea son, JC.'i rl,” she said slowly and with much feeling. "I love you, Rosa. By Heaven, I wor ship the very ground you tread!” "Ah, that Is terrible!" she cried, shiv ering. "Terrible. I feared it. But 1 have .Derived you, Karl. Oh/ I must tell you row. even if the shame of It kills me.” Olivo was a born actress and her affectation of grief, agitation and remorse wo* perfect. . "When you. know, you will spurn me from you.” For a moment she lapsed Into silence as If striving to nerve herself to tell him; and he waited with all the Impa tience of a loVeb. "THI me. Rosa,”’ he said at length. nm a thief, Karl, I have come Into your house with a He. I am not worthy to touch your sister’s htutd. I. am a thief: a thief: a thief! Do you understand?" and she lifted her head as If In very bravado. Ho laughed. "My dearest. If you were the worse woman In the.world It would make no difference to me. Be sides, how- do you think I live? Anna and I. both?” A quick, questioning light shone in her eyes. “Karl!” she cried, eagerly ns she put out her hand hastily and toucIMrtPhls orm. Yes. If you did not tell us, we did not tell you. That need not part us, Rosa," ho answered with a smile. "Tell me,” she said. “I was not always like this: but I was always a socialist. I have known what It ts to starve, to beg, to grovel nt the feet of those wbo did me and mine the cruelest of wrongs; ground us under their feet until the Iron of suffering and hunger and misery en tered Into my Innermost soul. Then I turned; and with others declared war agalnat the oppretenr, against the rich and powerful vampires who feed nnd fsoet and riot on the wretchedness of their victims. 1 "Poor Karl," said Olive, with a sigh. "I know. I know.” "I am glad you have told me, .Rosa; so glad. I feared lest, when you learn ed the truth, you would turn from mo with hatred and despise ms." "Poor Karl,” she murmured again. "We are strong now," he continued, after a pause. "There are several of us banded together here In London, all heart and soul In the work. You shall Join us If you will. We need a girl with your quick wits and cleverness. Anna Is with us, but she Is not sharp and shrewd as you are. You have seen Rosensteln at our house? He Is ono of us; and only yesterday he was speaking of you and urged me to get you to help us. ■ "We should not have to part then. Karl,” said Olivo, concealing every trace of the feeling of triumph with which she had heard his proposal. "I am not a coward, but should I have the courage needed for this? Would tho others have me for a comrade? I am almoet frightened, I think.” He smiled renssurlngly. "I know you better than that. Besides there would he no danger for you In what ts need ed. They would welcome you on a word from me. It It but to make some Inquiries.” "Tell me.” He took off tils hat and passed hie hand through his long fair hair, and a smile of enthusiasm lighted hts face. ■We have a great scheme on hand, “What ts the reward In this case” "Good," he cried, delighted nt this practical question. "No less than five thousand pounds will be divided when we are successful." This was tho amount which the rest laid been told was tho sum to be paid. “It ts a fortune. It takes my breath away," cried Olive. "Twenty thousand dollars! Twenty thousand dollars!" "Yes; a hundred thousand marks." said Karl, adding with his former air of satisfied pride, "We do not-touch any email affairs." ’ “And what will be my shnre?” sho asked w-Ith Teutonic directness. “About fivo hundred pounds. Is It enough?” he laughed. “It takes my breath awny," sho re peated. "Of course I will do It." "Good. And then you wilt marry me?” "Karl! We must wait yet. You must sec whether I can do all this. You must know me better. No, no; not yet" "I loved you the momont I saw you looking about for our house and heard you murmur those words In our dear tongue. And Anna can live with us for n time. She Is a dear, good soul, Anna, and a rare housewife. You know how she can cook, Rosa. She will teach you. If there Is anything In the world you do not know,” and he tried tn take her hand an.l kiss her. I am thinking of this scheme, Karl.” she protested and drew wi>, "Let us talk of it. for unless It succeeds wo shall have no money to marry with." “Alt. lmt you are shrewd and far- sighted!" ho cried, vastly pleased. “I will tell you. The Minister has a sec retary of the name of Fenwick, nnd wo think that he takes these Important papers to hie chief from tho Bureau, and wo have a plan by which tho suapl- cion of having stolen this one shall fall on him.” Ah. thnt Is clever. Indeed.” cried Olive with a smile; and sho always be lieved that the smile with which she received that news was the most suc cessful piece of acting of all that strange time. He la n self-conceited fool with hts head In the air, like so many ot these English aristocrats," said Karl, contemptuously. "When you got to the house you may even be able to get the papors yourself." 'That would be u stroke Indeed," sho cried. But at any rate you will certainly find out how they can be got;" and they entered upon n long discussion of tho means to be employed. "You will come to our meeting to morrow night,” ho said as they rose to return to the houeo. ■1 shall then seo Mr. Mawford? I wish to see him." "Yes, he will be there: nnd In tho meantime I will tell Rosensteln that you have Joined us. It will be splendid to work together, Rosa.” "Wo must euccecd and get the mon ey, Karl, or else—" and she finished with a significant nnd somewhnt co quettish laugh. He laughed In response with much satisfaction and drew her arm Into his as they walked away. "You are late, children,” was Anna’s greeting as they entered the little house. "Supptr ls.gettlng spoiled. Why do you dawdle?" Karl told (ter the new*—that Rosa was to be one of them. She was ploas. ed, and declared that she would not have believed It. Sho was older than her brother and trontod him In the hdute more like a son. At supper, when Olive had to eat a i-umber of sour messes which as a Ger man sho was supposed to enjoy, Anna said that Herr Rosensteln had called ntd would -return. When he came, the two men had a talk alone at first, and then with Olive, about her part In what had to be done. He appeared as pleased as Karl that she was to Join them, and while tho two smoked and drank beer and talked about the project, Olivo sat listening Intently, drinking In every word nnd fixing every detail In her memory for future use. Karl Hartmann told tho other that Olive was tn be his wife, and when he turned and toasted her, lifting his glass high, with a smiling "Prostl" she ac- repted tho congratulation and smiled back, and then smiled at Knrt as though he wore tho center of all her hopes, dealreg and thoughts. It was ths short rut to the man's confidence, and she took It readily and eagerly, as she would have taken nny other course that would have led hef Ross. Some Important papers have tb nearer to her object he Ml fr.im ths TtritUh n>—i—> n rt— I ODJSCl. On the following evening she went to PEOPLE AND THINGS GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS AND THE STREET CORNERS to navy yard, folk be got from the British foreign office for which a btg price will be paid. Wo already have one of our number cm- « ln a humble post tn the office cse things are guarded well, and that ts not enough. We have a plan, however, and It Is to help In this that these Inquiries must be made." "But how could I help?” asked Olive. "Wo must have some one to enter the household of the minister himself to find out every detail of tho life there. Afina was to go; but ebe Is not quick enough. She has no eyes for such work. We must know who comes to and from the bureau to tho house, and who carries tho papers to ar.d fro." "That would not be difficult, surely.' "Not for you; but for a timid soul, like our Anna. yes. Would you do It?" Olive paused as If considering. "How could I get In the house?" "That Is arranged already. A serv ant Is wanted there. You would only have to observe and report your dis coveries to us." “To the leader, Herr Rosensteln?" "He Is not our lender. Gideon Maw ford is the leader." lie said tills with an air of pride. "You have heard of him In the States V. "Yes, I have heard of him, of course.” said Olive, as If the fame ot the man were International. "He Is the man who always succeeds.” ••res,” podded her companion read ily. "He Is wonderful." ”1 could do It easily, Karl. Yes, easily. But can you tell mo more of the schemer’ She was anxious to learn the part which Selma had told her Jack was lu play. "If you Join us you will be told ev- vements of Vexsels. erythlng. Wo work tn common; shar- ' ember It I-. "Lei f r.'iii N >r I!.* dillo-l .1- .. r jtr.ls. You will have your share of course.” Commissioner of Agrlenltnre T. O. Ilud son and State Chemist John M. Mci-nn,liras will tear* Slander evening for Columlds. 8. C.. to attend the snnnal convention of commissioners of agrleiiltar* of the ttonth- era state*, which meets there November 13-71. Both will make addresses before the convention. Catnnel Hudson I* vie* presi dent of the organisation and ntsy be named the next president. Deputy Sheriff A. J. Shropshire re turned Sunday night from a three days’ hunting trip In Le* county, where be was the guest of Sheriff Sid Smith. Deputy Sheriff Shropshire reports that he killed one fine bird dog and several bird* the meeting In the same deliberate pur poseful mood. Some three or four other men were present, and they came to offer congratulations upon her be trothal to their comrade. She wished the fact of the betrothal to be spread abroad, knowing that when Gilbert Merrldew heard of It and met hef as Karl Hartmann’s future wife. It would do more than anything else to blind Ills eyes. The hour for his coming arrived, and when the clock struck she nerved her self for the ordeal of meeting him. Then the sound of footsteps told he was coming. ’it Is Gideon Mawford," said one of the men. Olive clenched her hands Involunta rily and her heart quickened Its bents. But outwardly she was as calm as a statue, and sho turned to Karl ami mode some trifling remark In a caeual tone that was without a quiver ot nerv ousness. But her eyes were fixed stealthily on tin- r. t. i..I. 11- ll . .| ..-It..!, Mi.- f ft tight her breath. Continued in Tomorrow's Georgtsn. amount to t»».0O3.W>. James Storey Wright, of Spalding. claims S he tbs oldest bellringer In England, bsv- g been M year* at the rope* sot hpnldlng Parish church. He tvs# l-tra on February 2, H77. nnd began ringing nt tt years of 3C yearn h • has been eitplnltt KpnlUag 1'arUh church age! For ovur of th- ringers ait has ralv—1 He ha the the treble fa ll- I 1-lls 111 parts et