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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
MONDAY, DECEMBER ».
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any Ifqaor mis.
Other cities do this and yet
one*. Tllfe GEORGIAN AND NEWS
believes that If street railways can be
operated successfully by European
cities, ns they ore, there Is no good
reason why they esn not'be so oper
ated here. lint we do not ballevt this
esn be done now, and It msy be soms
years before ir* are ready for so b e
on undertaking. Still Atlantn should
set Its faca In that direction NOW.
Winter begins officially December
22. Do not accept any but the genuine
article,
"Shall reason or sentiment rule?”
pt>hs a writer. A Judicious ' mixture
would bo best.
The harvester trust has been con
victed In Kansas. Ilrlnglng In the
sheaves, slowly but surely.
Chicago gets the 0. O. P. conven
tion. Is that a straw showing the plan
to nomlnato Uncle Joo Cannon?
"Argument can only convince the
reasonable," observes The Houston
Chronicle. A married man wrote
that.
England's charge that thli country
uses false weights, has nothing to do
with what Tommy Burns did to Gun-
ner Molr.
A Montana woman got a divorce be
cause her husband wrote poetry. She
probably did not care (or rhyme with
out reason,
The Pittsburg Dispatch says the
Knox boom Is 'the only one without a
handicap. Go way, and stop /your
Philandering.
To tbo Mcelt and lowly shall be
given high place. If you dotPt bellovo
it look at the Southern League bat
ting averages.
A Tacoma bootblack has retired on
a fortune of {(0,000, earned at his
trade. The papers are holding him up
as a shining mark.
Lady Stegomyla Fascists can not
dodge the responsibility. Horcafter It
Is to be known as "mosquito fever,”
Instead of malaria.
Governor George Peek la going
down In Texas on a hunting trip. We
cite him to The Houston Poet as the
one place where the largest amount
of misinformation about big game can
be obtained.
"Drop a bouse and lot In your wlfo’a
stocking for a Christmas present.”
advises The Jacksonville ' Times-
Union. It would be a good deed.
A New Yorker who killed two Ital
ians was convicted of murder In the
second dogree. If he had bagged four
It probably would have been an ac
quittal.
"Wo have become a nation of gold
worshippers," declares Senator "Bob”
Taylor. Clearing house certificates
look pretty good down this way yet.
Henator.
Representative Acheson proposes
to double the beer tax for river Im
provements. Raising money by water
ing stock Is a favorite scheme In
other lines also.
"Coal goes up or down aa the mlnea
dictate,” says a dealer. Observation
compete- the suggestion that the rise
and fall of the fnercury has more In
fluence than anything else.
Some one rises to remark that the
motor car Is "the agent of health."
Probably on the theory that dodging
them Is conducive to exercise and ex
ercise Is conducive to health.
"IIow many plans for currency re
form have been advanced?" asks
inxlous SkiLscribcr. We forget the
population of tbo United 8tates
its moment.
THE PRESERVATION OF APPALACHIAN NATIONAL
FOREST. „ '
Onp of the most gratifying and encouraging Indications of perma
nent national progress Is tho concern manifested In the protection, devel
opment and conservation of the material assets of the country. The re
cent waterway* congress held at Washington, D. C. t ranks among the
most noteworthy efforts In this direction and will of necessity result lu
tremendous benefit to the South and West. These movements are gen
erally of slow growth and of delayed fulfillment, yet, having once been
launched under the proper direction and management. Increase In Impor
tance until an educated public opinion demands their consummation.
Approaching In commercial Importance the waterways conference Is
the organization of the Appalachian National Forest Association, which
occurred In Atlanta on Saturday and has for Its object tho preservation
of the Appalachian national forest, which Is of Immepse moment to those
sections of the country embraced In tbo great range of mountains. For
two years an effort has been made by adherents of tho forest reserve
policy to secure the passage In the national congress of the Southern Ap
palachian and White Mountain forest rescrvo“bill.
Up to this time no especial progress has been made In this matter at
Washington, ss the bill after passing the senate last year was defeated In
the house. Men concerned In this momentous work for the commercial
Interests of the large section of tho country Included In tho territory af
fected by the bill have not been Idle during the past summer, but have
secured valuable data, which will soon be published In the form of a re
port to the president and later submitted to both houses of the national
congress.
The organization of a state branch of tbo Appalachian National For
est Association In Atlanta on Saturday was a significant and definite
notion which will prove an Important factor In arousing public opinion
upon a question of paramount concern to the South. Besldos the protec
tion of forests and forest Influences, the association proposes to look after
the maintenance of water power, navigability of streams and co**t har
bors, the preservation of tho fertility* of valleys and low-lying lands and
the prevention of Injury to life, commerce and property by freshets and
floods and the securing for this section of a climate Ideal and well-nigh
porfeet.
The selection of Robert Ligon Johnson, of Atlanta, ns president, was
a most happy and fortunate one. Of recent years Mr. Johnson has been
greatly Interested In forestry matters and his splendid legal work along
these lines has resulted In bringing him to the especial consideration of
men high In national authority at Washington, who havo bestowed upon
him signal and distinct honors os a reward for bis thorough and con
scientious labors looking to the preservation of tho forests of the country.
The association Is also peculiarly fortunate In having such men ns
John H. Finley and Allen M. Schoen as Atlanta representatives on tho
offlclal board—tho latter ns vice president for Georgia, the former as
secretary-treasurer, with the following local executive committee of
prominent nnd usoful men: Dr. Roy Harrla, Captain R. F. Wright, Dr.
W. 8. Yeatos, Captain R. J. Lowry, R. F. Maddox, J. A. McCord, R. F.
Sheddcn, Albert Howell and J. W. Pope.
The following are the permanent officers of the organisation, elected
on Saturday In Atlanta: Ligon Johnson, Atlanta, president; John H. Fin
ley, Atlanta, secretory-treasurer; Allen M. Schoen, vice president for
Georgia; Robert J. Chambers, Montgomery, vice president for Alabama;
H. M. fiuter, Nashville, vice president for Tennessee: O. W. Hubley,
Lqulsvlll^ vice president for Kentucky; W. T. Williamson, Charlestown,
vice president for Weet Virginia; Joeeph Bryan, Richmond, vice president
for Virginia; D. A. Tompkins. Charlotte, vice preeldent for North Caro
lina; J, E, Slrrlno, Greenville, vice presldont for South Carolina.
FORMAL ENTRY OF THE A., B. & A.
If the elements will permit the prosecution of the work, the traeks
of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad will cross the corporate
limits of Atlanta Tuesday. This will bo done wlthout--blare of trumpets
and the formal exercises that usually mark such an occasion, but the Im
portance of tho event will not be minimized in the minds of thinking peo
ple by the absence of these things. Tho A., B. It A. R. R. Is the first new
rnllrosd to enter Atlantn In twenty-two years. This does not mean that
other roads liavo not c<$me Into our olty within that time, for several
have been added to our transportation facilities until they are now practi
cally unequaled In the South, but other roads that havo sought Atlanta’s
business during that period have either shared tho traoks of thoso al
ready here or havo purchased linos already In existence. The fact that
the formal entry of the new road Is not more extensively horaldod Is not
to be set down to a laek of appreciation on the part of the Atlanta public
—far from It The possession of numerous splendid arteries of commorco
does not lessen a realising sensq of tho need for more. The unostenta
tious manner of the coming of the A., B. & A. Is simply In kooplng wlth
the quiet, stritightforwnrd conduct of the enterprise from Its Inooptlon.
There has been from tho beginning an nbsenco of the parado that so
often marks tho progress of such undertakings. There has been no effort
on the part of the promoters of this road to make It appear that it was
being built purely out of philanthropic motives. No such fnlso appeal has
beon made to the public. Little has been said of tbo tremendous amount
of money provided or the towering obstacles overcome. The men behind
it have asked only that the work be spared unnecessary hindrance, and
this has not always been the case.
Such men as H. M. Atkinson and those associated with him are splen
did exponents of Industrial achievement In this country. They havo built
of the confidence which they have In tho South and Its people and In
themselves.
- DO IT RIGHT NOW.
Have yon ever wntched a busy man ns lie waded through his work?
He didn't waste time In looking nfter the non-essentials.
Ho didn't fool around and whine about the Immense amount of work
he had to do.
He didn't call his wife up on the telephone and tell her he hnd "an
Awful headache" and he didn’t "know bow he was over going to got
through wjth his day's work."
He didn't stop to jaw the bays, growl at thp girls or scold tho mon.
He sat right down at hit desk, or ho lifted his hammer or plane, and
Just pounded In, working with all his might and main, and prosontly the
thing was done.
Dawdlers never accomplish definite results.
Shirkers nover get to the end of the way.
Loafers are a thorn lu the flesh, a bone of contention and a general
nuisance to society.
Men who make things go, go themselves. Being good ifoers they are
good getters and the best of all getting Is to get the thing done that
must be done.
If you have a bill to pay, and know that you have been swindled, yet
must pay It, pay It and get It off your* mind. Delays may mean suits.
Suits cost, cost loss of temper, standing and self-respect As long as
you delay paying an ugly bill, so long you will feol ugly and be unablo
to forget It. When once It Is paid. It Is off your books, out of your mind,
and a Joy song Hngs In your heart.
If you have an apology to make, make It. Don't hesitate! Apolo-
, gits delayed make the hard task harder. Every man makca his mis
takes,. If you have made a mistake and an apology wlir rectify it; or,
If not rectify It, make things temoother, or give you another chance,
don't hesitate to apologise. A map never lost anything by being a gen
tleman.
Sometimes you must even apologise to one who has mistreated you.
Don't think that because a man has mistreated you you have a right to
mistreat him. Two wrongs never made one right, but an apology may
right two wrongs. Make your apology If you must Get the thing done,
and let that be the end of It .
The hardest thing for a business man to do Is to look after yester
day's tags. They are forever bobbing up, bothering around r and beating
you out of your precious time. Oet today's work done today. Stay a lit
tle longer at the desk. If need be. Lose that train, miss that car. Ten,
minutes of today is worth two hours of tomorrow! _
Tigs left over from yesterday are like mortgages and taxes, they
work all the time and Increase at a terribly rapid rate. Tags are the
best multipliers In the world. There was never any such thing as race
suicide In the tag family. The only way they can be blotted out, fin
ished, gotten rid of. Is to put them out of the way today.
When the doctor comes to your bouse, and you are not feeling well,
‘ <t asks you to tell him your symptoms. You teu him and he knows Just
J ' ,
what Is wrong with your system- If your work Ib moving sluggishly, ot
getting behind, It’s a sure sign that something Is wrong with your busi
ness system. It's your business to make things go, your business to get
things so they will move along in the right channel consecutively, con
tinuously and complalsantly. If thing! don’t run smoothly, there Is a
fault somewhere. It’s your fault If therc_are faults In your work. Look
the facta squarely In tho face. Not only resolve that you will, but go
ahead and do It—that Is, untangle the snarls, so that when the same cir
cumstance comes around again there will be no possibility of another
snarl. There are bound to be snarls In this life, but a man Is unwise If
he lets the same snarl come again In the same place.
Oet the thing done! That’s the main thing! The work that you do
Is not so much as the character that is wrought Into your life because of
the way that you do your work. Do today's work today, and you'll bo
stronger for tomorrow.
In the spirit of the sainted Charles Kingsley:
Do the work ttutt's nearest, though It’s dull tho whiles,
Ifefping, trbm you moot thorn, tmno dofs o'rr the stiles;
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georjjlnn here record* each day
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
building the JB
Untie railway, la ranking rapid progress on lta work In the western pnrt of that
oftjr. To make room for these yards, freight houses nnd other buildings, a large
number of dwellings were removed, atreeta have been changed, nnd the entire dis
trict occupied has been and Is being made. Work hna l>e**u -In progress for this
task for more than n year, and considerable I» accomplished.
The freight yards will extend from Newton street to Weat Hunter street and
from, the main line of Urailroad to Hnynea atreet They are 1.800 feet long and
500 feet wide. Of this distance 1,000 feet will be occupied by traeks for loading nnd
Omptrlng cars, these tracks being reached from Newton street. There will be two
fmdl lmu*es ( each 10x720 fee* and one story high. The ground la now being pre
pared for the foundations of these buildings, and will be made sufficiently strong
to permit of carrying four stories, If necessary. There will be twenty-six tracks
In the terminal with an overage length of 1,(00 feet, this being In addition to
the main line track and the tracks to the ronnd house.
To |>r• • j• !•' much <'f thin L-r«..ir.-1 f.-r ; !,- • :trd*
some heavy grading, a space 2,600 feet long nnd 400 feet
44 feet deep and some AIIm 34 feet high. At another poiru -HP
required some Alls (0 feet high and cuts 3( feet deep. The grade of a number 6f
streets was changed, and It is said that there Is doubt ns to whether the cost of this
construction can be kept within the estimate of 31,000,000.
Tho Atlantn. Birmingham and Atlantic rallwny proposes to begin operating
trains Into Atlanta about December 20, and completion of the line up through
Georgia Is now being rushed.
and approaches necessitated
feet wide requiring ion# cuts
• point the building of the line
PEOPLE AND THINGS
GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS
AND THE STREET CORNERS
"My partner nnd I used to be hobos
when wc were kids, but we cot Into
this ateepl, climbing business by acci
dent and we've stuck to It," said George
K. Elder, who, with hts companion,
W. B. Welts, finished painting the stee
ple and roof of the Congregational
church Saturday. While at work, sus
pended by ropes, the two young men
attracted the aUentlon of a crowd of
people which gathered on Cain street to
Watch them work.
"We were both about IB years old
when we landed In a little Kansas town
dead broke. We didn’t do much work
nny time, but we had to have some
money. 'A fellow who was painting n
stack offered us n quarter apiece to lln-
leh the Job. It lapked so easy that we
took him up. By the time we had
climbed that stack we found out tbat
It was a different proposition, but we
stuck to It, and when we heard what
the fellow was getting for the work we
decided that we could go Into business
for ourselves.
The queerest Job we ever had was
puttlng-out the lire In the ball on the
steeple of Trinity church, In Cincinnati.
Lightning struck It and as It was 300
feet up—too high for the firemen—It
burned two days. Then they gave us
the Job.
"I knocked out the elats In one of the
windows about half way up and made
a little platform outside. Then I
climbed up Inside as high as I could
and punched a hole In the elating.
Through this I dropped a rope, which
my partner on the platform below
enught. I fastened the rope Inside nnd
came down. From the outsldo I hauled
myself up to the top of the steeple. The
big gold looking ball was made of cop
per and filled with pine wood, which
was burning. I hauled up a chemical
hoes and put It out. One funny thing
was the chief of the fire department.
He had knocked a. hole In the face of
the clock below, big onough for him to
stick his head and a trumpet through.
When I looked down and saw his head
sticking through the hole and heard
him yelling to his men, I laughed so
much that 1 was afraid I would loee my
nerve. We-got tho fire out all right,
nnd. for the wholo Job. they gave us
J276."
J. S. Etehbergcr, traveling passenger
ngent for the Seaboard Air Line, left
at noon Saturday for Norfolk, and will
be In oharge of tho special trains leav
ing there Tuesday with the squadron
of the Twelfth United States cavalry,
which has been at the exposition during
the summer. There will be three sec
tions to the special train, and they will
arrive here Wednesday night and at
Fort Oglethorpe Thursday.
It'e rather early to receive Christ
mas presents, but Hugh Galvin, of the
Piedmont's staff of clerks, has received
his first, and It Is probably one of tho
most curious that any Atlantan will
receive.
Ho received n package through the
mall from Boston, and when he opened
It a turtle crawled out. Mr. Galvin
hastily got hta hands away from the
box, for he hnd heard that snappers
bite nnd never let 'Bo until the sun
goes down. Ho did not know but that
this turtle might be a snapper.
Another of the clerks, J. B. Jones,
was not.so careful, and the turtle re
minded him that tt was armed by tak
ing a snap at Jones' finger. He has It
bandaged now.
Who sent the turtle Mr. Galvin does
not know, and ho Is wondering what
he will do with It. The turtle Is too
small for the chef to make soup with
for a Christmas dinner, and, in the
meantime, the strange visitor Is making
Itself at home In the hotel office.
Richard A. Jaoluon. first vice pres
ident and general solicitor of the Rock
Island System, with headquarters In
Chicago, and Robert Mather, general
counsel of the same road, with head
quarters In New York, arrived In At
lanta Saturday In a private car, from
Florida Mr. Jackson's family was
with him on the Journey through, the
South. The trip Is merely one of pleas
ure, and It was Mid at the car that
there was no business significance to It.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
AND
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
Army Orders.
Washington. Dec. 9.—First Lieutenant Jo
seph Rogers, Philippine scouts, to genernl
hospital, Wellington barracks. Second
Lieutenant I’htllp J, Guided, Twenty-slxth
Infantry, hiring been found by retlrluz
board incipneltsted for aetlre service on
seeount of disability Incident thereto. Is
retired.
Navy Orders.
Lletttennnt Commander W. D. McDougt>ll,
detached nnvnl war college to Vlrgluln.
Lieutenant Commander D. (.'. Davidson, de
tached Virginia December XL
Movements of Vessels.
ARRIVED—December S. Charleston. St.
Louts, Milwaukee and Chicago at San Die
go; December 6, Missouri at Newport, New
Jersey at Hampton Ronds, Kngle at-Port au
Prince. ,
HAILED—December 5, Hntnrn from More
Island for San Diego; December «, Ohio
and Alabama from navy yard. New York,
for Hampton Roads: I-eontdaa from Lam
bert .Point for Trinidad, standlsh Annnpo.
FORWARD GOES THE APPEAL.
{From The Yldsjla Advance.)
Wc note with pardonable pleasure the
continued growth of the Idea we have been
trying to push-tbe complete reorganisation
of tic,Vila's public school system. *
The Atlanta Ororgtan sees the correctness
EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO.
The following communication from
Onnliy Jordan appeared lu the lust Issue of
The Tradesmnn:
Columbus, On., Nov. 20, 1397,
The Tradesman:
Thinking paople are beginning more nnd
more to believe that a great mistake bss
been made heretofore In the education of
the negro. v
Personally I have thought for n long
time thlit not only negroes? lint white peo
ple, should have some form of Industrial
education concurrent with tbe academic ed
ucation tangbt.
In onr own schools we have free kin
dergartens, where the ground work for such
edncutlon Is given. These free kindergar
tens apply to flic white and colored alike.
Then we hare a primary Industrial school,
where git timing, outdoor life, basket weav
ing. burnt' leather, bead work and kindred
arts are taught.
And then a secondary Industrial school,
where onr white hoys nnd girls are made
practical bread-winners In u three years'
course. Carpentry. Joinery, machine work,
forging textile education, stenography,
typewriting, bookkeeping, dressmaking, mil.
finery nnd cooking are taught along with the
nrndt-mlc course.
So also In the colored schools, nfter the
rhlldren tinvo passed through the kinder-
v-srten, they have demettle science and the
Industrial arts taught them. All fhe boys
are trained In carpentry, joinery, forging
and blacksmith work, and wo hop* to add a
leather working department to this soon.
The girls ore mode practical cooks, dress-
makers and taught laundry practically end
such other branches os will make them good
domestic servants and competent In their
own homes.
It Is a pleasing symptom to see that the
colored schools, suqh at Clark University,
have adopted ngrimlture as ons of their
regular courses. The Tuskegee Idea tt grow
ing throughout the Houth.
Very rapidly prohibition, by local option
or statutory enactment, Is maklnrf alt the
Heuthern ststesr where the majority of the
negroes reside, a better plsee for tl,e educa
tion of the negro than heretofore.
It conld only tie expected that a race,
generous by nature, easily lultneneed. Igno
rant and lately enslaved, should yield to the
temptations which tho saloons offer, and
.thli has probably been the moat potent
argument for the rapid growth of prohibi
tion In the Houth.
The saloon haying lieen nbollshed nnd In-
dnstrlal education growing ns It Is, there
must be much greater hope for Ibe future of
the negro. This face should he taught prac-
tlcnl every-day work In those lines which
the negro la tit tel to fill nnd In which he
must make hts living.
Y Ol’NRY JORDAN^
President Board of Education.
X 1
CALLS IT A WILD IDEA.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I aee that our president has gone
wild again In hla message to congress
by recommending that the govern
ment pay ^he expenses of nil political
K rtles. Don’t you think that would
n fat thing for the political Hes
sians. Wa would have four or five at
every precinct, which would cost
325,000,900 a year, and the "outa"
would be In the nine-hole all the time.
GEORGE P, BRIGHTtVELL.
Deeatur, Ga.
MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO.,
CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD SJS.
ESTABLISHED 1880.
Capital $200,000.00
Surplus and Profits $600,000.00
Banking in all its Branches
THE P ARM ENTER MILLIONS I
... A Stirring Novel of Love, Conspiracy and Adventure. . . I
(Copyright, 1907, by Arthur tV. Marchiuont.) j
By ARTHUR W
Author of "By Right of Sword,”
Synopsis of Previous Installment.
Mrs. Tlslcy Informs (Hive that sbe Is to
he pnt In one of the deserted mlnea In the
neighborhood and left to starve to death.
Tbe girl, seeing that the woman Is tipsy,
seeks to draw ber out sttd ascertain all Ibo
dctatla of the plot ngalnst her life.
Nor would there be any proof of
murder. There might bo suspicion;
there must be that, of couree: but Mer-
rldew would not be stopped by any
such consideration as that. He had
taken that risk all through his career.
Besides, there was a great chance that
her body would never be discovered.
Yes, «he believed tho woman's story.
Merridew had had a ceremony of mar
riage gone through, and could produce
hie witnesses and the forged register,
It he were ever driven to fight his claim
to Sllverbeech and the fortune; and
It would be the easiest thing In tho
world for him at once to apread the
report of their marriage, coupled with
some He to the effect that she had run
away from him directly afterward |M)d
had mysteriously disappeared.
That mlng" would never reveal Its
grim secret. It would Indeed be easily
practicable for him to purchase the
place. If It was not already his, and fill
up the shaft and so bury the secret
beyond all chance of discovery.
The devilish cunning of the plan wns
worthy of the man.
It fascinated her, and It required nil
the strength of will In her nature to
enable her to tear herself away from
tile thought of It and turn to her Bible.
With sheer dogged perseverance she
fastened her attention on what she
read until the calm and solace of the
holy words soothed and cheered her.
So absorbed was she at last that the
hours slipped away unnoticed, und It
wqp not until the dusk was closing In
and reading became difficult that she
remembered the woman had not
brought her tea at the usual time.
Any change frorp the .routine of the
day was an object of suspicion, and
when she closed her book tt was to sit
considering whether the omission had
any sinister significance.
The little room was almost dark
when Mrs. Tlslcy arrivptj. She was
now In a very different mood. No lon
ger truculent, Insolent and abusive, but
sleek, sly and prlnglng almost. She
was sorry she had forgotten the tea,
but had been busy. She was afraid
Olive would be both hungry and thirs
ty. but she had brought more bread
and butter than usual. She set tt on
the table with it smirk and went away.
Her mind keenly on the alert. Olive
read all this as full of.suaplclon, and
was Instantly 6n her guard. The meal
had been kept back In order that her
hunger and thirst might make her the
more eager for It nnd more likely to
take it without question.
A sharp nnd rapid Scrutiny of every
thing on the table convinced her that
both the tea and milk were dangerous,
and she was about to pour them away
when she caught the sound of a step
on the stair. She poured nut a cup of
tea quickly, nnd was apparently put
ting It to her lips when Merridew en
tered.
A few words only passed. Ho asked
her if she meant to do what he requir
ed, and when she refused, he announced
that he had changed his plans and was
going nway at once, having resolved to
keep Olive a prisoner until she yielded.
As If refusing to even lleten to him.
she put the cup to her lips and began
to drink the tea. She did It quite nat
urally, as though she had not a shade
of doubt about the contents.. But she
saw him glance as he want out, and
understood it.
He had lied about the change of
plan. He had come to satisfy htmself
tf she was taking the drug thus cun
ningly put before her.
That night was to see the deed he
had planned.
When he had left her she rose nnd
wns about to throw away the milk
when she paused. Her face lighted
■with a new thought.
Her prayers had been answered. The
way of escape had been pointed out to
her.
Intensely excited, she put the little
Jug back on the table and sat down,
wrapped in close, deep thought over the
details of her plan.
Her eyes beamed brightly; for now
the light of hope ones more shone In
them.
the people. This little weekly paper nor Its
editor line tie pulltlenl ends to gratirj what-
ever. When Georgia shall tarnish funds
snfllrtrnt to glre every school district a
competent teacher and a graded school for
nine months lu the year. when Georsln
spends money to pay teachers only In the
common schools, then our light ends,
aspirations for ntthlle nolle* erases.
of the Issue and ons day last week repre-l When such statesmen as Hcii’h ’Wright
■Ineed onr last leading editorial an the sab- “tfh pleasure
Jset and on another day published a strong
editorial Indorsement of oar little pies.
From sll sliout over the state come ring
ing words of encouragement from able and
good men. We have lieen more nnd more
Impressed with the fset that so toon ss tbs
people realise whst we are demanding the
victory will It* won.
The legislature will get busy and pat Into glory te inch men.
especially In the statement, 'The __ ..
the country Is to pat the rural schools on a
firm Lull*. • This. In my Judgment, la the
hey to the situation." When such men
speak something Is going to lie dime. We
sre only too snxtous for strong statesmen
to take np the light and carry It to victory.
For onr pnrt. we will quietly yield the
CHAPTER XXXVI.
Suspense.
Olive wqe now eager for the next
development of the scheme against her
life. The rigid discipline to which she
had subjected herself while In the
houte was bearing fruit. She was com- 1
plete mistress of herself, of every fac
ulty and every nerve, and. what might
prove of even more Importance, of
every muscle In her young, lithe, strong
body.
She would have to fight for her life.
She understood that and alt that It in
volved. Merridew had come with this
last falsehood In ordnr that she might
be deceived and caught off her guard.
The glance she had seen from him
as he left the room showed that he
believed he had quite succeeded. But
It would be his turn next time to be
caught off his guard.
Whatever their plan might be—and
the woman had said more than enough
to let Olive understand Its main lines
—she must appear to be deceived by it.
and this gave her considerable thought.
Bhe must, of couree, appear to have
taken the drug they had given her, and
the question which filled herewith anx
ious speculation was what'next step
Merridew would take to ascertain this.
Would he come himself to see. or
would he flret send up the woman?
She guessed It would be the latter.
He had said he was going away, anil
In his desire to keep secret (he fact
of his presence In the house, he would
send the woman up lest Olive should
not have taken the drug and find out
hts lie. and thus, prove a less easy vic
tim.
But she must be prepared for either
course. If Merridew came, Olive must
attack him suddenly, and she had al
ready though*, of the means. , Bhe had
a weapon with which, tf she bould but
find the opportunity for a blow, she
could certainly disable him.
ThU was the short Iron bar used to
MARCHMONT.
“When I Was Czar," Ete., Etc.
keep the laths of her bedsted taut. She
had often taken this out for the pur
poses of her exercises, and she knew
she could use It with deadly effect.
Her plan would be, therefore, to affect
to be unconscious, but to have this
weapon at her side, and then to find a.
moment when ho was off his guard and
strike,him down.
But If the woman came she had a
different plan." To use the weapon on
her would only rouse Merrldew's sus
picions, find,Olivo would still be locked
In her prison with the certain prospect
that ho would find other means, prob
ably with more help, tp accomplish his
purpose.
She must, therefore, manage to deal
with the woman almost silently, so that
Merridew sshould have no thought of
her being able to offer resistance. She
thought all this out and was soon ready
for cither emergency.
She did not touch the food which had
b(en brought her; but having made It
appear ns if she had both eaten and
drunk freely, she drew out the Iron bar
fiom the bed nnd eat down on the bed
In such a position that, while appearing
to be overcome with the drug, she
could readily make the attack she had
planned. . •
She knew that there would not be
long to wait. Whatever the drug was,
tt wns sure to be rapid In Its effects,
and one of the two below would soon
cume to learn the result.
Some minutes passed and she used
the tlme'to practice the simulation of
heavy stertorous breathing, such as she
concluded would be the result of the
drug.
It was not quite dark, but Ollve’e ex
perience during the time she had been
shut up there had accustomed her eyes
to darkness, anil she could easily make
out the objects In the room. .
The house below was as still ns at
midnight, and strain her ears as Olivo
would, she could not detect a sound.
Then suddenly a beam of light flash
ed across the celling and she caught tho
sound of footsteps on the grounds cut-
side. Some one had been Inspecting
the i>ath to the mine shaft, she thought,
and had thrown the light of a lantern
up to her window.
Strong confirmation this of her sus
picions.
Soon afterward she heard the stairs
creak; some ono fumbled at the lock of
her door; nnd then a light, faint and
dlmTshowed through the chinks.
Continued in Tomorrow's Georgian.
THE DEADLY PISTOL.
To the Editor of Tbe Georgian;
It Is very gratifying to find that
thinking men are rapidly coming to be
of but one opinion about pistols, and
that Is that they ought to be abolished.
Since the publication of your article
about carrying pistols In your issue of
November 22, I have Interviewed sev
eral editors and others on 'the subject
and find a unanimous sentiment In
favor of abolishing the pistol. The hor
rible crime perpetrated In'thls city on
Friday ts but a specimen of the ordi
nary work of the pistol. Officer Manler
was shot down and killed by a pistol
In the hands of a drunken negro. Why
not turn mad dogs or raging Hons loose
In the streets? People could see nnd
avoid thqjn, but cannot sec pistols In
the pockets of drunken fools. Any fool
can have and use a pistol, nnd, there
fore, every good citizen, whether he
carries a' pistol or not, Is at the mercy
of the fool or the assassin. Our civili
sation Is diagnosed by the use that is
made of the pistol among us. We are
killing each other at a horrible rate—*
more than 10,000 a year—and the pis
tol Is largely responsible for this mur
derous work. What we prepare for,
that we perpetrate. Armed for kilt
ing, we shed blond ns if it were water.
Let us abate this disgraceful evil by
abolishing the too convenient Instru
ment of homicide. When we are rid
of the pistol, we shall bo amazed that
we permitted It so long.
If the press of Georgia will advocate
tills move, as I believe they will, our
state will not be long In achieving a
most desirable and beneficent reform
In the utter abolition of the pistol.
Respectfully,
W. L. C. HUNNICUTT, D. D.
IN DEFEN8E OF THE POLICE.
To the Editor pf The Georgian:
Seeing an editorial In Saturday's
Constitution In reference to the assas
sination of my friend, Patrolman James
A. Manler, In which It censures the po
lice department for not weeding all the
loafing and vagrant negroes from this
fair city of ours, I want to say that
I happen to hear some things about the
way that the officers and patrolmen
have to perform their duties in regard
to the vagrants, etc., ttmt the general
public does not hear of. I was a mem
ber of the force for several years; In
fact, I was appointed on the force
the same time that Manler was and
knew him as a true friend and a bra ts
officer. After the deplorable riot of
September, 1903, the officers and Men
on the force had orders to keep (he
streets clear of the loafing, vagrant
negroes and whites, or to keep the
chalngang full of them, and It Is
needless for me to say the orders were
obeyed. Our city, especially on Deca
tur and Peters streets, was transformed
Into an almost Ideal state, until some
of the shops and resort-keepers began
to register a vigorous ’kick with some
ons In authority about the police being
too strict about keeping the trading
people!?) off the streets. I do not know
who gave the orders for the polyte to
cease their vigilance and let the ne
groes alone unless they became disor
derly, but-the orders were given Just
the same and soon the crowd of loafers
was on hand again, but not quite so
bad as before. So you enn see that
It Is not the patrolmen or officers that
should be censured, but the police com
missioners or some one else In author
ity, who ts indirectly to blame for there
being one more sad widow and orphan
In this city today. I can not give my
Informant In reference to the orders, as
It would be liable to 'cause him to
lose his position on the force, but he is
a conscientious .Christian gentleman,
and would not have told me an untruth.
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