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j THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) Published Every Aftemoor, (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY At tS (Veit A la he mi fit.. Atliati. Gi. Subscription Rates! One Tear *$•£> fils Months A J-S Tlireo Months 1 J? One Month ?Z lly Carder, Per Weeh 10 Telephones rnnndrtlng *R depart ments. I.ong distance terminals. Smith & Thompson, advertising rep- -esentatlres for all territory outside of Chicago O New yerh re.entitled for all territory oqti Georg fa. _ , . Office .... Tribune Mid of. Office .... Brunawlck Bldg. If yon hire any trouble getting TUB GEORGIAN ANTI NEWS, telephone the circulation department end have It promptly remedied. Telephones. Roll 4K7 mein; Atlanta 4401. Subscribers dealring THE GEOB- GIAN AND NEWS discontinued must notify this office on the date of expira tion; otherwise, It will be continued at the regular sntiscrlptton retd until notice to atop la received. In ordering a change nf address, please give the old as well as the new add real. x It la desirable that all communica tions Intended for publication In THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS bo limited to MO words In length. It Is Imperative that they be signed, as «n evidence of good fsltb. Rejected manuscripts will not be returned nnleis stamps are sent for the pnrpote. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS prime no onrlean or objectionable ndvertls- lag. Neither does it print whisky or any liquor ads. OOB PI.A*rFORM: THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS stands for Atlanta's own ing Its own gas and electric light plants, at If now owns Its water works. Other . Illes do this and gat gas ss low as Co cenie. with a prwbt to the city. This should be done at once. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS bellerrs that If Hreat railways ran be operated scccesifulJy by European cities, as they are. there Is no good res son why they can not be so oper ated here. But we do not believe ibis can be donn now, and it may bo loraa roars boforn wo nr* rendy for nn big an undertaking. Still Atlanta ehoula sot Its face in that direction NOW. Two American Slaters. Perhaps no woman has so thoroughly I endeared herself to the American pub- i Ho as Miss Helan Miller Gould, a large proportion of whose vast Income Is ex. | pended In making better and brighter • the live* of her less fortunate fellow creatures. Ths gsnerous benefactions of Miss Gould to the etek and helpless chil dren of the alums of New York have been sufficient to enshrine her In the hoarts of all men and women who have faith in God and humanity.' Not content with thl* great yet un ostentatious work for children. Miss Gould hes devoted many thousands of dollars toward the betterment of the conditions environing the lives of the Amcrlcmi sailor. As Is well known, she has erected at a coat of half a million dollars a Y. M. C. A. building, near the Brook lyn nary yard, for the use of sailors, | which la said to be the finest sailors' club house In the world. She has pro vided for traveling libraries, music on . shipboard, branches of the Naval T. M. I C. A. In Nprfolk, Philadelphia and Ma. nils, and litnumarabla thoughtful serv. ; Ices In the camps and hospitals. In token of their appreciation of Miss | Gould's many kindnesses and of her 1 unparalleled generosity, hundreds of i sailors, gathered In the Nary T. M. C. | A. building at Brooklyn a few days ago ' to present to Mine Gould a megnlflcent '• sliver loving cup, which had been ..bought by the sailors for thli splen- 0 did American woman. The cup Is two , feet In height and was presented to f Mies Gould In an appropriate speech 1 by a young yeoman, George D. McNeill. Distinguished officers of the navy b also made brief addresses, all paying ; tribute to the greet worth of this use- j ful. generous woman. ! In striking, startling contrast to the V remarkable life of Mies Helen M. Gould l stand out the unfortunate experiences j of her-sister. Anna, who years ago left i, her native country as the bride of the | worthless French spendthrift. Count o'Bonl deCastellenr. f The public press never baa had oc- r tcslon or opportunity to chronicle a | generous deed of the countess, but has ' been sometimes fllltd with unfortunats i accounts of her matrtmoplal failure l and of her struggles In the French courts for certain tights and privileges. Not content with her unenviable, (.frivolous life In Peris and He sad mat- > rlmonial ending, the cables are some- • times weighted with further discus sions of her future marriage with an- . other Frenchman of higher title but similar tendencies and weaknesses at those of her former husband. The lives of these two American sit ters furnish a sermon to laymen, who usually are indifferent to the ortho dox teachings of the great pulpit ora- - tore of the day. Helen M. Gould, beloved and admired In every part of the English-speaking world; Anna—Madame Gould—the silly toy end victim of unscrupulous fortune hunters of foreign lands. Who hath chosen the wiser part? I General Superintendent C. H. Nix. of the Seaboard Air Line, with headquar ters In Norfolk, arrived In Atlanta Ip his private car Friday morning. Mr. Nix Is on a trip of Inspection and be fore he returns to Norfolk wlU visit several points on the Seaboard system. Rev. Jullen S. Rodger* and Mrs. Rodgers left Atlanta Friday for Wash ington, D. r. Mr. Rodger- goes t» at tend the thirty-sixth International con vention of the Young Men's Christian Association. Mr. Rodgers Is assistant secretary of the organisation In Geor gia. On their return to Atlanta they WUI atop in Norfolk. THE GOOD AND THE BAD OF THE WEEK. The business man never knows how far ahead or behind be Is with his year's business until he has taken stocy, and we think that the ex citing times that we have been passing through lately make men wonder If we are ahead or behind thla week. We are far. far ahead—In knowledge. In actual wealth and In many way*. Usually only the men understand financial matters, and women stop reading when that topic la reached. Hero are a few comforting facts plain enough for all: A few months ago everything,was very prosperous and busy. Then there was a sudden slow down. Such symptoms as the financial and business world is now experiencing have heretofore always been caused by porerty of crops or something of the kind. But this is not the old kind. This was a “made-to-order" panic for the especial benefit of Wall street, as we have explained before. Yes, don't forget that the last real panic we had was In 1893, and we had one hundred and sixty-four millions of gold (n the treasury. Now we have nine hundred millions In the treasury and epormous crops throughout the country, and when the little "made-to-order” depression started, we knew of all this prosperity and wealth. Now, as It Is gasping Its last breath, we find we havo all these things and one hundred and fifty millions of government aid be sides. In other words, the week finds us with all we had when the scare came and a hundred millions or so more. Alabama has decided, and that upon a special call of the legislature, which required a larger vote than otherwise would have been necessary, to prohibit the manufacture and sale of liquor after next year. Birming ham and a number of other places put the law Into effect January 1, 1908. They are a little more radical In Alabama than we were, and are tlelng their state even a little tighter than we did on the liquor proposition. Then, too, they havo passed a law prohibiting tbe carrying of a pistol under 24 Inches long. Shades of Socrates!—they will be trying to stop dishonesty next Tbe third big thing of tbe week—and a sort of a comforting'vindica tion It is of the judgment shown in putting certain policies into effect— is that Atlanta has token her Inventory and finds her property worth ninety-one millions of dollars, and that In 1907 taxes she has gained |1B4.- 000 over the previous year—far more than she lodes in liquor licenses. Maybe the people who put the licenses out of business wore dreamers, but the business end of their, act will show Itself In Improved Industrial conditions, and Atlanta goes marching on, making up the losses without a murmur. -A most wonderful city we live In I Who Is It that Is not proud of It? Then we have the two big church conventions at Cartersvllle and Valdosta.' Most prominent in tho deliberations of each are two plain busi ness men, an ex-governor and the next president of our Chamber of Com merce. It has always been the custom to look to the preachers to run church matters, hut^vhat a happy day it is In our history when men can aucceod In business, contend with all the schemes of business life, and still foster In their lives the sentiments of higher things. Think of |10i,- 000 being pledged for mission work! That means educational work. The biggest ship the world has yet seen came to our shores this week, too—the Mauretania, built by England; that is, England supplied the money at Interest and practically owns the ship, with the right to use It If ehe has war. These new ships are each over an eighth of a mile long, each costing In the neighborhood of seven or eight millions of dollars, driven by an entirely new method—the turbine engine—and making the fastest speed ever made across the ocean and without the terrible shak ing that travelers have become so accustomed to In the high speed ships of the day. It seems that Invention and ability to accomplish big things havo gone rampant. In fact, we have reached a point In our career where nothing seems too big to undertake. No finer illustration of this fact could be bad than the rapid work on the great Panama canal. Only a generation ago It was abandoned hope lessly. Now skeletons of the huge engines and dredges, that rust would have completely demolished If left a little longer, have been brushed aside by new American progress, and where disease lurked and preyed upon tbe lives of those who tried hard to stick it out, we have almost Ideal sanitary and health condition!, and a death rate ai low as some of our cities. What an age of progreis! An age of tbe overcoming of obstacles— and the greatest demonstration of our power to overcome and preserve our equilibrium has been the prompt and builneaa-llke action of the gov ernment In the past week. Red tape was brushed aside—the secretary of the treasury talked with the president, and presto! One hundred and fifty million dollars files from the nation's capital. A few years ago It would have taken a year of red tape to accomplish wbat hss been done in a few dayi. And now we see cotton advancing—cpll money dropping to normal— clearing bouse associations urging others to join in establishing usual eash condition*, with onr own little town of Columbus leading the way by calling in 26 per cent of Its clearing house certificates. The week hai given u* IU deaths and sorrows—Its sunshine and rain—but on the whole there has been more than the usual share of signs of unmistakable growth and progress. And there is little room to doubt that, with right thinking and hard work, the nation la growing. EARLY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING. Each recurring holiday season an effort Is made In all th* largo cities of the country to Induce shoppers to make their Christmas pur chases as early at possible. The tendency, no matter what commend able resolutions may have been made, each year Is to defor holiday shop ping until the street* and shops are absolutely congested with a strug gling rnnss ot humanity. The discomforts and Inconveniences tncldant to this congested condition In tho stores at the holiday season, seedi to be forgotten from year to year, and beginning with the first weeks In De cember the crowds on the business thoroughfares become almost Impas sable. The annoyances and nerve-racking experience* appertaining to Christina* ahopplng are not only keenly felt by the proprietor* and em ployees of the stores, but by every man, woman and child who makes a purchase. There Is no reason that a radical change In this Important matter shall not be made at the approaching ChriatmaaUde. It Is not Impossible that the buying of gifts—large or small—shall take place several weeks before Christmas. This beautiful season, full ot sweet and tender memories, should not be mado a time of torture to either the buyer or tho seller, the purchaser or the clerk. Under th* preaent condition* the dawning of the biassed Christmas day finds great armies of worn, exhausted clerks In every city of tbe country who have neither desire nor Inclination left for the enjoyment of the moat Important day In the Christian calendar.' This year systemati cal effort Is being made by phtlanthroplats and loveri of their fellow men In various section* to create a public sentiment In favor ot early Christmas ahopplng which shall result In altered conditions. Why can not every woman In Atlanta who contemplates the buying of a single Christmas gift resolve to purchase that gift as etrly as pos sible, long before the maddening rush Is made for the stores and shops of the city? By so doing the shopper can reaaonnbly expect courteous at tention from the clerks and an opportunity to consider carefully the ap- - proprlateneaa of her purchases. By this arrangement he or she shall bo relieved of many of the nerve-destroying experiences absolutely unavoid able after the Christmas ruth has begun. Tbe great philanthropic movemenu ot the preaent day have the ultl- rhate object or leaaenlng tbe burdens or tbe oppressed and lightening the heavy loads which stoop tbe shoulders and darken the Uvea of leas for tunate men and women. At no period of the worlds history baa such a genuine widespread concern been felt for and manifested In the limita tions of the dally Uvea of the poor and the helpless. Each effort at further reform Is an attempt to make easier and hap pier the lives of men and women to whom has been denied the ordinary necessities and comforts ot dally existence. , Such men as Jacob A. Rlts, Mark Twain. Edward Bok, Richard Watson Gilder and others of like conspicuous nets have just Issued an address to the American public In augurating a movement on a national acale to modify tha hardships of Christmas shopping. In which they say: ‘‘Will yon join In a movement on a national scale to modify ' the hardships Incident to holiday shopping? Observations might show many -of us that Christmas Is a time ot hardship for those who have to do with supplying th^ needs of Christmas shoppers. Authentic records from the lives of clerks, delivery boys and drivers of wagons show that, while we are keeping the Christ mas festival, while we are feeding the lame and halt,.the blind and friendless, we are lightly reducing to Illness and exhaustion the young and strong and faithful who serve us, seen and un seen. "Every year the celebration of Christmas glows more elab orate. Moro presents are bought; the crowds are greater; the decorations are more splendid. The problems of the merchants are correspondingly more complex; the pressure at every point intensifies. On tbe one hand, public opinion disapproves long hours and late work, particularly for young women, girls and , children. On the other hand, merely through thoughtlessness, many shoppers defer their purchases until the last possible mo ment at tbe cost of -unnecessary strain upon salespeople and de- livery force*. "By joint effort of editors and merchants, the Idea can be brought home to millions of customers that they can benefit themselves and every one concerned if they will do tbelr ChrlBt- mas shopping early In the season and early In the day. This will lengthen the Christmas shopping period and reduce the disad vantages which. In other seasons, have attended the Chrlstma# crowds." THE DEATH OF TWO OF ATLANTA’S BEST CITIZENS. Even the legitimate claim that death makes on ripened years falls far short of comforting the family and friends, or compensating the loss to a community, of two men who have been as'much to the world as. have Walker P. Inman and Anton Kontz. Mr. Inman, soon to have seen Ijls eightieth year, and Mr. Kontz, near ing sixty, have passed out from us almost hand In hand, only a few short hours Intervening in their going. With Mr. Inman goes much of Atlanta's history—much -of its best history, for ho was here working and plodding before the war, and has seen each stone of our progress put In place since Sbertnan destroyed all but hope In the spot so dear to men ot Mr. Inman’s type. This man had few of the characteristics of the average mpn of his walk of life. He was very quiet and unassuming In his habits—devoted to his church affiliations—and few men who have called at his office have failed to notice tbe Bible lying over on his desk, and if any remark has been made, havo heard him say, “Yes, I use It a little every day." Possibly Mr. Inman was not quite universally loved or admired, as one would be accustomed to say after a man has passed from us, but he was so nearly faultless In his conduct of life that no one coqid be his en emy unless it was that some selfish interest ot the crltto had failed to be served fey this grand old man. Few men havo been so fortunate as to retain their faculties to the full extent that Mr. Inman did to the time ot his death. Even up to his last day ho had the spirit of youth In his every movement and his eye and ear were as keen to every thought and act as with (post men at half his age. He lived to see much of his family pass from his view—he had seen much of sorrow and sadness, but to him these things were but as dis cipline and the evangels of new hope for the future and the life to come. The state sustains a losp in the death of Walker P. Inman. Tbe Geor gian deeply Sympathizes with his bereaved family In their mourning, and we reach out our hand In the sympathy that only death may know to those be has left. , '' ■ t ’ Mr. Kontz, younger by some twenty years, held In the hearts of the people a place of love and confidence. Ho had served his section faith fully as a public officer, and in a business way with the utmost fidelity and love. There aro few of us today who, as we see these men pass from view, can do less than feel an Inspiration to give to the world the best that In us lies—for,"the nfght cometh when no man can work.” - ,. Growth and Progress of the New South Tbs Georgian here record* each day some economic tact la reference ts tbe onward progress ot tbe Booth. BY J08EPH B. LIVELY (From Southern Building Record.for December, 1107.) Personal Interviews had by correspondents or the Southern Building Record with contractors, builders, supply dealers, architects, manufactur ers and others Interested in the building trades In all the cities of ths South Incline ths balance of sentiment strongly on ths optlmlstlo side of ths situation. IVt have won tha appellation of "the solid South,” politi cally. and It now seems that ws are on the eve of winning the same dis tinction financially and materially. Among the cities that reported conditions to be excsltsnt and th* out look good are to be found Chattanooga, Dallas, Augusta, Little Rock, ' Nashville and Memphis. Only New Orleans and Louisville are arrayed on ths gloomy aids ot ths picture, although In Birmingham ths “prosperity talk" shows a perceptible break and there are several blue spot* to be, noted In a review ot conditions In that city. In Louisville ths situation la worse for extraneous reasons than on account of th* financial panic, that city having recently passed through a persistent strike which affected the building trades adversely. As a whole, tha South Is In a wonderfully healthful condition finan cially, although, to be sure. It would be an Impossibility for the country to be shaken os It has bean, while the South escaped scot free. The prin ciple backset, however, as Indicated by the reports to the Southern Building Record, fits in the shortago of cars and the postponement ot prospective big contracts. The car shortage hampers the movement of crops aa well os building supplies, and has created a measure ot congestion which patience will remove, it la believed. The postponement of big con tracts, attributable to the tight money market In the East, does not affect the Immediate situation, as the majority of contractors have their hands full and labor It wall employed. An optimistic feature of the situation Is that, so far os reported, no Southern city bos failed to provide for It* pay-rolls In cash. SOUTHERN BELLENDS LENGTH^ HEARING Councilman Terrell Takes Up Petition at Later Date. Bo far as tho Southern Bell It conenrned, ill of their testimony r*g!Ming the com- piny has been submitted to the railroad com mission, concluding Friday afternoon with the statement! of Auditor J. M. B. Hox««y. Councilman Terrell will, at a data to be announced later, take up bis petition for reduced telephone rate* fa Atlanta. Joat when this will be done has not been decided yet. but It will probably be within the next week. lie will hare the. right -to anmraon and croaa-examlne any of the Bell official! on statement* submitted during the hearing, which baa occupied altogether more than a so I Hi week, and bee been mo.texhsuetUe. In thla It le probable that a time will be Hied for bearing cotuplainte on the charac ter of service given by the Bell. TWO CONVICTED OF KILLING MISER Linden, Ala.. Nov. 21.—Th* trial* of three of the men accused of killing Luke Bradford, an aged miter, at Oc tngen, two months ago. ended yester day. WlU Ford was convicted end sentenced to life Imprisonment. HI* brother, Spencer Ford, was sentenced to ten years. Wiley Huckabee wn* fuumTnot guilty. Cams against Sara Ford and Bert Huckabee, father* of the boys; were continued. WOMAN SHOOTS SELF AS FAMILY-EATS Augusta, Q*. Nov. 23.—-Mr*. Ltln Clark, wife of Janie* D. Clark, an #m- ployee of the Georgia Bagging and Tie Company, committed suicide last night by shooting herself through th* tempi* with her husband's revolver. She had been In poor health some time. She killed herself In n room while ths household *vs* at supper, and died be fore medical aid reached her. PROFOUND SECRET J. S. B. Thomson Won't Tell Though He Has Per mission. * Although J. B. B. Thompson, assistant to the president of the loath* ?; rniirnmi. wm given direct consent of Chairman McLen don, of the railroad commission. In the re ception room to the governor's office Satur day morning, Mr. Thompson declined to give ©at any Information regarding tho remedy to be applied to tbe ratlroads within ninety days. If they do not move frelrfat. Mr. Thompson called on the railroad com mission ‘Saturday morning to present M, M. Richey, manager of the southern and western division, who bad In a letter ap proved the method of Inspection employed by the commission. After a lengthy chat the party proceeded to the governor's of fice. "Sow, Mr. Chairman, we hate you amt mku McLendon. **Oh, well,” r*_ _____ roads all show such a disposition ~ta that there la no cause to lnvokd the rem edy. therefore no n*v**lty r«.r tailing wtwit It Is. Wntt until It gets cold and remedies *Mi? i ^omnfon then presented Manager Richer to Governor Smith, and tbe three talked together for wtni time. Mr. Thomp son Mid It was only a formal visit .to pre- seat Manager Richey. VIRGINIAN DIES AT GRADY FRIDAY W. H. Crenshaw, ti years of age, who com, to Atlanta s short time ago from Lynchburg, Vo., died Friday aft- ernoon at the Grady Hospital. Mr. Crenihaw ws* taken to the hotpltol Thursday from hi# boarding house, 1*0 South Prydr street He had been work, lag for Foote & Davlee. Th* body woe taken in charge by Barclay & Bran- don. undertaker* and will be sent to Virginia. MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO. CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS. Capital $200’,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits $600,000.00 Commercial Accounts Invited. Four Per Cent Interest Paid on Savings. PERTINENT FACTS AND INQUIRIES ' TOUCHING PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS F. L. Seely. Editor of The Georgian, Friend of Teachers and School*: A few facts and queries: If thq profession of public school teacher was made.more attractive and comparatively remunerative, would there be such a dearth of satis factory applicant*? Can the beat and experienced applicants be expected, when teacher* holding positions are poorly paid, overworked and given much unpleasant notoriety, which doe* not reflect credit on the system? The supply does not equal the demand now. There was difficulty re cently to fill upper grade position*. There are several schools still with out supernumeraries, and some of the experienced teachers will give up the work soon because they need and can get better pay. "As the teacher so Is the school.*' EX-TEACHER. THE NEXT GREAT WAR lIHIIMttMIUI • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••MM**,,, By ARCHIBALD H. OAVJ8. The view of Mr. Hobson that our country Is on the ere of a titanic conflict with Ja pan has much In It that Is plausible. Tbe Eastern sltuatlop Is strangely pregnant with danger ot to outburst of hostilities. A glance back at recent history reveals the sources of this danger. Tbe Chinese trade Is the prise for which tbe commercial notions have l»eeo for some time wrestllug. This struggle Jor ascen dency was nt first conducted through diplo matic machinations, only, nut It developed ““ advantages thus gained were not ae- _ j or lasting. The Celestial character Is such that slight excuse Is needed for an unexpected change of heart. It was also found that the propinquity of power was an effective solvent for Indifference to Western Influence. * In consequence of these discoveries, the contest has reached ths belligerent stage, and two wars have already occurred, one between Chins and Japan, the other be tween Japan and Russia. These wars re land was the power behind the scenes,1 Isympatby being with Chin*. Japan mane her fight and gained the victory with aston ishing celerity. This put her In s position I to have things her own way lu China, but Western preventive Influences Intervened, add soon afterward large concessions were granted by China to England, France, Ger many and Russia. Russia, spurred on by Internal conditions and natural aggressive ness, pressed her advantage too far. Hbe virtually Invested Manchuria with troops and kept them there, notwithstanding tne Russia became, for tho nonce, the dominant influence In Chines© affairs. This naturally provoked Japan, and, with England's tacit Ispproval at least. JapsnM^MHmi^mw the srbltmmerit of rhiis. restored, tho United 8tat a ce-mMker. Jnpsn ski J full fruits of vlctotfiI polntment seems to have been, to some «x4 tent, charged up to our country. It should M^Hlted that Knglsnd, hr her alliance pnn, kept off nny possible assistance •la, and thus contributed to tbe suc cess of Japan, It now seem* that, notwith standing her partial disappointment at the result of her last war. Japan, with Rnglain! In the background, wields the greatest In- flueuce In China. But the United States, with Its comniur- dal aggressiveness and the possession of tho Philippine Islands as a base, ts a menace, to Japanese supremacy. Moreover, the coudltloir precedent to war ehtsts ua»iu In the fact of tbe predominance of o»m power. Consequently some great nation will soon hare thrust upon It the nqdeslr able task of fighting Japan. The questhm Is, shall the United States become the rat'* paw of other world powers In restoring equilibrium In Chins? It bbboores us to consider calmly the elements of danger In our position In the Far Bast, and to avoid irritation which msv precipitate us Into the most stupendous conflict ever waged. To the dlspasslouate student of history it must appear that our war with Spain was unnecessary. It was brought on largely by agitation and con tinual {nutting of the flame* of mltrepresen tatlon and prejudice. The same proceeding can easily produce a breach with Japan. Do we want this war? Suppose we should go In and win the fltfbt? Our position as to China would then be that of first Im portance, bat the tenure would be brief. All this recent history teaches thst the power predominant In China has a hot Iron to hold. Even now Japan Is doomed unless she concedes satisfactory trade privileges to the several contestants. Again, It roar be asked, la tbe United States to be the Instrument of wresting priority from Japan? It may truthfully be said that Japan owe* much to the United States. The two conn trie* have been friendly from the time of the first contact between them. There Is now no unfriendliness between tbe peoples at large or between the two governments. Our diplomatic agencies can safely be trott ed to tee that there be no unfair discrimi nation against the growth of our commerce with China. War, as a rule, la not a good Investment. And a war simply for com mercial aggrandizement la criminal. On the theory that being ready for war Is the best means of preserving peace, Mr. Hobson’s sensational articles may bo con sidered as timely nnd productive of good. But In the effect they havo of arousing sus picion, distrust and hostile feelings against itbe Japanese government or It* subjects, they are to be deplored and condemned. PEOPLE AND THINGS GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS AND THE STREET CORNERS Hon. L. M. Brand, former mayor ot Lawrencevllle and on* ot the moat prominent banker* In the *t*te, will return home Sunday, after spending a week In Atlanta at th* Piedmont under the care of a throat specialist. Mr. J3rnnd I* a warm advocate of the municipal ownership of lighting plants and during his administration oa mayor of hie city he put the municipal eleotrtc plant there on a thorough busi ness basis. While the plant gives the people light at a moderate rate and breaks about even in expenses and re ceipt*, Mr. Brand say* If It was en larged It would be a good money-mak ing proposition for th* citizens. "We could run a larger plant,” he said, "for about the same money that It cost* us to run thl* one, and yet we would get in more revenue. The plant at Monroe Is an Illustration of what can be done In the municipal ownership line. There the people have their elec tric light plant and waterworks and os a result the people have good, cheap service and the city has money In the treaeury.” After looking over his business af fair* In Lawrencevllle, Mr. Brand will go to Florida for a few weeks. rrengements have been made by GeneVal Southern Agent George L. Word, of the Wabash railroad, for of fice* In the Kimball House at 4 North Pryor street. Two yeat. ago this road opened offices at 308 and 307 Peters building, but the advisability ot being down on the etreet hoe been realised and th* necessary arrangements per' footed. ARMY-NAVY ORDERS AND MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS. was recently Successful In the primary tor the nomination for mayor of his city, was in Atlanta Friday at the Piedmont on legal builnees. Judge Miller and his entire aldermanlc ticket were swept Into office and as a result there are many employees and office holders of Macon who aro waiting for the municipal ax to fall at the end of the fiscal year. December 17. and many outsiders are waiting expectantly under the political plum tree. Judge Miller I, an able lawyer and his friends de clare he Will find a way to carry Ma con along without the 180,009 a year or more received from the present sale of liquor. Professor G. C. Adams, principal of the agricultural achool of th* Fifth congressional district, will he In At lanta on November 28 for the purpose of conferring with any who mtty desire to be’students at the school. Professor Adams wlU mtk* hie headquarters at the office of the county school com missioner and will be there from 10 to 12 o'clock. Any Information concern ing the school will be given to those who apply. Mr. and Mr*. J. T. Polk, of Evans ville, Ind.. are In Atlanta, the guists of Mrs. Polk’* brothers, Dr*. Carnes. Mr. Polk le a prominent man of hi* city sod Is one of th* largest canners ot fruit In bis section of the country. They will be In Atlanta several days before gplng to New Orlsan*. Memphis, Nash ville and home. Mary Gertrude, the l-y^ar-old daugh ter of Judge Edgar H. Orr. who has been seriously III with typhoid fever *<for the past three weeks. Is somewhat i Army Orders. Washington, Nor. 21—First Usutenant Edward A. Krrger, Twenty-eighth Infantry, detailed acting judge advocate department of tho Colorado, to (Denver, December vice Captain Clarence 8. Nettle... acting Judge advocate (first lltentensnt Twcntj- fifth Infantry). Captain Julius A. Wllg, Second Infantry. Nebraska National Guard, to garrison school. Port Crook. 8ergeant (first-Him) Fred S. Owen, hos pital corps, from Presldeo of San Francis™, to depart t| recruits and rasuala, Fort Mc Dowell, thvnc* to Philippines. Sergeant Major William K. Corlor. Junior grade, coast artillery corps, from Fort Mlloy to Fort Ward; Poet Quartermaster Sergeant John T. Simmons from Van ronrer barracks to Fort Leavenworth mili tary prison for duty. Navy Order*. Commander A. W. Grant, detached eersl academy te command Arethusa. I.teutenant Commander R. B. merer, to Anthnsls. Lieutenant Commander S. P. FulllnwW-r commlsslonsd. Lieutenant' I,. Jobneoo do Inched Missouri to Tncoma. Surgeon G. A. t.ung detached recruiting station, Philadelphia, to Hancock, (blef Boatswain A. Smith detached navy yard, Washington, homo, to tvalt orders. Movements of Vessels. ARRIVED—November 20. West Virginia, Colorado, Maryland and Pennsylvania at Redondo. SAILED—November 20, Strlngham. Pbu- brick, Thornton, Delong and Stockton froiu Annapolis for Norfolk; Marcellue from Portsmouth, N. Il„ for Philadelphia: "»( Virginia, Colorado. Maryland and Peeneyl- vanla from Long Bench for Redondo, tat. Prairie from Hrwall Point for New t nr ‘- Nebraska from San Francisco for Bremen. Arethna ordered commissioned Norfolk ntig yard with naval complement DR. L. G. BROUGHTON IS HOME AGAIN Dr. Len O. Broughton has returned from Knoxville, where he con/locted ■enrice* f<»r the ptet few days. Dr. Broughton will fill bl» palpi* J un ' day, and the prelude of hie ••raon 8nn day night will be on Knoxville and her nr* prohlbitloi WESTERN UNION TAXES DECLINED Comptroller General Wright ha. r " celved * targe number of letters from tax collectors all over the state, asking tor in structions regarding payment of taxes « th* Western L'nlon Telegraph Company.^ The collector* say thst chert* have twee received In payment of Wart *» property, but the checks do not Inclu.b (»' fraSrhlne taxes. They ask advice *!«“' receiving three cheeks. j r .elsr comptroller Wright has Iteoed letter to all tbe rollectora. a dristagta not to receive say ui peyatents Dom " school districts. Improved Saturday, and It 1* th«» I * M that she is now out of danger. L