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TEE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY. MARCH 5. 1» Published Every Afternoon (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY At X West Alabama fct.. Atlanta, Os. Subscription Rates. One Tear Sii Ij® Three Months... One Month Uy Carder, I»er Week.. Telephones connecting all departments. Long distance terminals. resentstlTfs for Georgia. _ .... Clilcszo Offle. Tribune IJulMh'ff New York Offle. Bron.wle, Bill*. II jtu In*, nr trouble getting Tbe JeorgUn and New*. Ml.pboD.tb. elf; 'ttlMlon <lep«rtme»I «nd have l{ ifn. Atlitltft Mbl. gobsertbert itrolrlng Th. QwtpM a nA vm dfseontlaned mn.t nollfr tbl. offle. ... tU date of .zplrntion; rvt li.alrl.a It will ha MinflBBM At tht ID'S onice Oh Sue- ...YIP Ol stherwf.e. II will be rennnuej «t lb. r.(al.r mlaerlpllon r»te. .Dili nolle. roguUr mMcrlpu.- lo atop la reeelrwl. Tn ordering . oban,, of aAAreaa, pleat* (I*, id* olA a. well a. iba new It It deelrahl. that all ea»»nnles- Moai Intended for puhlloatloa in Ilia Georgian anil Ntwa ba limited to tut words In length. It la Imperetlre that the* ba .Igned, an e.ldenr, of food faltb. Ilejected tnannaorlpla will not I. r.tnni.A nnlraa stamps art aoat f»f tba pnrpoao. * Tb. Georgian «nA New. print, no incites or oblMtlnnabl. edvertltlng. Neither dor. It print wbl.kjr or nny ,'riiflw win liquor ads. Oil* PLATPOItM: Tb. GeorgUa >nA News .lands for Atlanta's owning It. own gne or.A oleotrlc light plant., a. It cow owns Its w.trrworka Other eltl#» wim a pivni la mu 'Hjt • be Aono it one*. Th. Owrgl.n «nA New, heller,, tbit tf .tree! rnllwsj. e.n Ue operated nrcmefnllr by Koro- pean eltlea, .. they are, there I. no *1 reaeon why ibr * “ •rated here. Bt a ran b. done torn, years before Mg an nndert.l operated here. Bot w« do not hem*, this ran b. done now, and It may bo mo years before wo are r.«dy for an . Jg an undertaking, mill Atlanta ehonld aat Ita fact In Mat dtraeUon NOW. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN POLITICS That new star you aea In Old Glory represents Oklahoma. ' Vp to thirty a girl can depend on her good looks. After that she's got to be clever. The Rome Tribune-Herald Is now a ■even-column, elght-pago, all-wool and a yard-wide paper. Any New Yorker feels neglected that does not have his flat burglarized at leaat once a week. Perhaps Senator Dick wishes now that he had not, piped "me-too" to Foraker's shindy In Ohio. A Trenton policeman was robbed of $30 while on duty. Must have been an unusunlly sound nleeper. The committees on woman suffrage In the national congress have sud denly sssumod some significance. After oil, the Issue raised In Arkan sas, "Will Senator left Davis go to heaven?" Is purely a moot question. Baltimore has a prosperity conven tion, but that does not mean that It Is trying to corner the prosperity mar ket. An elevator dropped oleven stories with a woman In It,- and broke the flow of her conversation for ten of them. The Joke Is on thirty Brooklyn boys who participated In mock marriages. The court says the marriages wore gonulne. The Nebraska supreme court holds that It can penallso a woman for stepping off a car backwards. It can, but It won’t. An Eastern mechanic has invented a "pay-as-you-leave" car. It makes 110 difference whether they get them going or coming. John W. Gates Is going to try truck farming for a living down In Texas. Maybe he wants to get In the collard competition with Georgia. Tight trousers are coming back Into style to eternally blast the mat rimonial chances of the bachelor edi tors of The Rome Tribune-Herald. Harry Altchlson, formerly a Geor gian reporter. Is now editor and pro- priator of The Mllledgevllle News, and Is making that live psper fairly hum. William E. Curtis believes In the “Anger print system," He wouldn't If he had youngsters ranging from two to ten. who were fond of mo lasses. The first and most notable change made by Mr. Munsey on assuming control ot The Baltimore News was the removal of all advertising from the first page. Congressman Crumpacker wants to reduce the mileage of members of the national house to eight cents. Those Indiana men will stay In the lime light somehow. A Virginia bank defaulter went to prison on a special train and accom panied by a party ot friends. That kind of a thing makes some ot our le gal punishment seem a farce. A scientist aaya the ocean holds 2,- 000,000 tons of allver In solution. Fake mining schemes hold about aa easily mined, and much better paying, sliver as old ocean—that factor the promoters. Cs k It is altogether unworthy of The New York Mall to Interject such a query as “What Is the feminine of Carrie Nation?" Into a learned discus sion as to the feminine of paragraph- er. Resides, Mr. Nation may be a worthy perron. John E. Murphy said In a Chamber of Commerce meeting on Wednes day that the time will come when the Chamber should take a hand In politics. Possibly some will brand this as a most remarkable statement; but, brand It aa you please. It la one o( the most far-reaching, sanest suggestions that has left the Ups of a business man in this city In many a day. Let's see why: The politics of our city, as most cities. Is often carried on without the very active cooperation of most business men; few of them go to primaries, few of them register and few vote. The chief plea Is that they haven't the time; not even time to take an Interest in the opera tion of our city, much less to serve It as an official; and then when something goes wrung, and men fall to do their duty, we wake up and complain—and criticise the men who have sacrificed their time to serve the city. Present conditions do not warrant the Inference that the Chamber of Commerce should take a hand In politics because our city Is Buffering; but It should tske a hand not only to guarantee good government, but to give moral support to the men who are trying hard to do the right thing. Take for Instance our worthy citizen, Luther Rosser, who has served so faithfully our school Interests. No one can say but that he serves unselfishly, and that he Is above any suggestion of benefit from the of fice. Atlanta needs schools worse than most anything we know; yet, what a fight he haa had for them, largely because he hadn't the co-opera tion and sympathy of the men whose word and Influence mean most. The Chamber of Commerce represents the highest and best of our business manhood; the blood and brawn of our material welfare—even ■ome of our preachers and lawyers—snd Its record le almost unequaled. Every good work has come under Its notice; men have been brought here to aid In the getting of builness; enterprises have been sought out and moved here; struggling home Industries have been helped, and every opportunity that baa offered Itself for the advancement of Atlanta has been grasped by this organisation of business men. Who, then. Is so well equipped to go the reet of the way and have a hand In the govern ing of our city, the management of our affaire? What Is the running of a city but a big business enterprise? Machinery Is to be bought, coal Is purchased by thousands ot tons; men ere employed In great numbers, electric light contracts, running Into hundreds of thousands of dollars, are made, and practically every question Is a business question. When San Francisco got to depths it couldn't get out of, what did they do? They appointed a commlsalon made up of the heads of busi ness organisations in the city and they pulled It out ot tbe mire. If business men are tbe ones to go to In the last extremity, then why are they not good to go to sooner? It may not bo wise to turn the absolute running of the city over to the Chamber of Commerce, but a finer thing could hardly be conceived; for suppose the president of the Chamber of Commerce and mayor meant the same thing—as The Georgian once suggested—how wisely would the city's Interests be governed, and what economies could be practiced. BROAD EPISCOPACY If any one hae entertained the Idea that the Episcopal church Is cir cumscribed In' Its belief or stiff In Its manners, we aro sure that the action of our Atlanta Episcopalians has answered the charge. Rather an unusual spectacle has been presented by our friends who are celebrating Lenten services, aided by the ministers of neighboring creeds—Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians and others, and the thought that Impresses us most deeply Is the broadening of men and their beliefs, whereby our brotherhood knows no religious demarcation. This Is a great step in advance; a great degreo of enlightenment and a help to happiness. The Episcopal church has stood thru the centuries for dignity and modesty, and few people outsldo the church realize the ex tent of Itz charities and its missions. Tha Episcopalians do great work. In China, In Japan, In India and everywhere they are working for the bet terment of the hnman raco and loglons of men and women ocho back from the spirit world their songs ot praise for the solace these earnest church people so frsely gave In suffering and povorty and death. Thank God for what wo see of progress and hope and fellowship. PROGRESS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS Among the most gratifying evidences of. modern progress are the changes and Improvements In the public school systems of many large cities. The establishment of gardens In connection with some of the public aahools of tho country has already been referred to. Thl« Inno vation must necessarily prove one of the most valuable adjuncts In the education and cultivation of children. It will Inspire habits of Industry, encourage physical exercise, develop s love fpr the beautiful In nature and eventuate In tho pmbelllshment and adornment not only of the schools, but of the homes ot the children. In Borne of the larger cities practical Instruction <o the art and science of cooking has been made a part of the regular curriculum. By this means the home life of boys mud girls who come from crowded tenement districts has been made more attractive and whole some and the health ot tbe families represented greatly benefited by tbe culinary Instruction given the children. Modern philanthropy Is essen tially practical and helpful and baa for Its primary object tbe better- qjent of those conditions which mske for human development and hu man elevation. ' In Chicago the public schooli and the library boards have reached ■n agreement with reference to the establishment or reading rooms and the circulation of aultable books In certain schools, having night as well as day classes. It Is proposed to arrange, convenient to the school buildings, what are termed sub-statlous, where books will bo placed for the use of pupils ot tho public schools and maintained tn the evenings and on Saturdays for the convenience and assistance ot teachera and children. It Is argued by tho school and library authorities of Chicago that teachers and assistant librarians will be given a greater opportunity for directing the literary tastes of the children by the establishment of those school reading rooms and that many boys and girls will be weaned from street amusements. Boston library authorities have recommended school reading rooms for that city and In addition suggest portable small ■tructures to be used for library purposes In districts not sufficiently supplied with public school buildings. While so much Id being planned and accomplished for tbe children of the public school systems of the country In certain cities, the teach ers have not been entirely forgotten or Ignored. In the lower house of the Kentucky legislature there was recently introduced a bill providing for tbe pensioning of those tesebers In the public school! of Loulsrllle, who, alter having taught twenty-five consecutive years v have reached the age of fifty-five years. The pension. It Is proposed, shall not be leu than three hundred dollars nor. more than five hundred dollars per year. This bill advocating tbe pensioning of IxmlavlUe public achool teachers bss proved to be a popular measure. This Is due. In a measure, td the fact tbst tbe teachers to be affected by the bill are Inadequately paid for their services. Tbe limited ulsries of tbs majority of public school teachers precludes all possibility ot putting aside even a small sum for the necessities of a helpless old age. WHO WILL SUCCEED EVANS? Rear Admiral R. D. Evans will probably be precluded from com manding tbe battleship flefl on Its return voyage from the Pacific, be cause ot bis retirement for age on August !$. With the exception of Rear Admiral Charles B. Sperry, who has been selected to command the new Philippine station, the other two fleet admirals with Rear Admiral Evans will be retired this year and several officers have been mentioned to succeed Rear Admiral Evans. Among them are Rear Admiral Uriel Bebree, In command of tbe second division of the Pacific fleet, who does not retire until February, 1P10, and Captain Seaton 8cbroeder, com manding tbe battleship Virginia, and Captain Richard Walnwright, com manding tbe battleship Louisiana. COINS ALUMINUM IN MINT For the first time In Ite history the Royal Mint last year used aluminum for coinage purposes. In all 31.872.134 colna were struck from this metal, these comprising half-rent pieces for use In Uganda and one-tenth of a pen ny pieces for circulation In the Nigeria protectorates. A good deal of Imperial silver finds Its way to the West Coast of Africa, much of It going into northern Nigeria. Bronze coins also circulate to some ex tent on the coast, but It Is rare for th*m to be met with In the Interior. In these regions the little shells known os cowries, the value of which Is continually fluctuating, being high est In the remoter districts, have hith erto formed the medium of exchange. "It Ih hoped that these small alumi num coins will gradually take their place as the medium of exchange," said Ellison Macartney, deputy master of the mint. "They have a fixed value, which ought to be of great advantage to the native as well as to the general trade of the country.” Mr. Macartney explained that the low value of the coins and the Immense number of them required rendered It necessary to make them of some ex tremely light mstal—hence the adoption of aluminum. "The smaller the amount the greater the cost of coinage," he remarked. "Half pence are much more costly to coin than pennies, and yield far less profit. So far as I know, these are the only aluminum coins In the world." Both the new colna are perforated in the center to permit the natives to string them together as has been their habit with the cowries from time Im memorial.—Chlcogp Inter Ocean. BANDIT KING IS CAPTURED E! VlvMlo, the famous Spanish bandit, has been arrested at Buenos Aires on the request of the Spanish government. There Is eager interest In the ultimate fp*e of the most picturesque of modern Spaniards, who has combined the ca reers of politician, philanthropist and highwayman for many years past. HI* "office" was a cavern near the old town of Esterla. Here he came to live In ‘early youth, after his employer, a farmer, had dismissed him, and after he had burned down the farmer’s house In revenge. Worshiped by the popu lace for his generosity, the brigand was quick to gee and use his political op portunities. Municipal and parliament ary candidates whom he favored were certain of success. Candidates and lo cal party leaders, therefore, sought au- dienre of him In his cave. He soon controlled municipal politics, and was consequently free from embarrassing attentions on the part of the local police. Hla wife, her two beautiful daugh ters and three sons, lived In a splendid house at Cordova, enjoying all the lux uries of wealth, Including a carriage and pair, and ranking as musicians and art connoisseurs. A fine picture gal lery and library were Included in thelc house. Letters and money arrived for the brigand’s wife once a month by mounted messenger. Among El Vlvlllo’s greatest "suc cesses" was the raiding of the town of Cuchalla, which was set ablaze at mid night by his men while he directed operations from a hilltop. This brought* a punitive expedition against him. H< was captured and imprisoned, but van Ished mysteriously from his cell. An other feat was the robbing of a party of ten merchants of a total sum of $49,000. Less than five hours after the theft police visited* the Cdvern, forty miles from the scene of the robbery, and found VivUlo In a'drunken sleep. With relays of horses he had covered forty miles In four hours and estab lished what was thought to be an unim peachable alibi.—Chicago Inter-Ocean. MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO. CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS Capital $500,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits $350,000.00 Commercial Accounts Invited. Interest, compounded twice a year, is paid in our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT ARMY-NAVY ORDERS AND MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS. MUST READ 20 BOOKS A DAY Somebody has Just figured It out that a man will have to read at the rate of twenty-six books a day to keep up with American literature alone. Last year, according to The Independent, we broke the record: 2,481 more books published In the United States than in 1908; far Ahead of any previous year. The total number for 1907 was 9,020, from which may bo subtracted 695 new editions, leaving 8,925 really new' books appearing In the United States. Of these 6,517 were by American au thors or were new editions manufac tured In the United States, the others being by English or other foreign au thors or consisting of Imported edi tions, bound or In sheets. We are gradually making good our literary declaration of Independence, every year producing a larger propor tion of the books we read, especially fiction. In quantity, If not In quality. we are catching up with England, where last year 9,914 books appeared, only i 294 ahead of us, whereas In 1906 the i English publications outnumbered the j«Amerlcan by 1,464. The French In 1907 produced 10,785, | of which, however, 2,000 or 3,000 were I mere pamphlets. The Italian book pro. Auction for the same year was 7,040. j In the American list fiction, of course, ! stands at the hend. with 1,171 titles, j Next to It and rapidly gaining on It Is theology and religion, with 876. The classes following are law, physi cal and mathematical science, poetry {and the drama. Why Is It that people l will continue to sqy that religion Is a I dead Issue and that nobody reads po- {etry In face of the fact that last year In | this country the number of now publl- f cations In religion was more than 40 j per cent greater than the year before, and the volumes of poetry more than doubled? Have You Noticed? The new, big, polished brass signs at either Bide ot the Poachtre<•-at. en trance to the Candler building? How they are ripping open the pave ment In laving mains In the Center of the city and how rocky the pavement looks after It has been relald? That London says tight-fitting trous ers are coming back Into style? That many Improvements are being made by owner H. O. Reese on his building at the Intersection of Plne-st. and Angler-ave, ? Workmen tearing up the stone pave ment In Marletta-st. In front of the Bijou and replacing It? That the platforms of the trolley cars carry more passengers these spring days? That both approaches to the Pryor st. subway under the railroad are near ly completed? That prohibition hasn’t diminished tho number of guests' names on the hotel registers? That some of the cops are wearing summer coats and some wearing the long-tailed winter affairs? His Own Theater Voice Preserves The announcement 4hnt fount Tolatol hat •'■hipped" to Amorteu n tpoken mu nag* .1*. to lw» tr “ - " * tnlrueulou*. It I* mlraculoua. n* far m human being* ran perform miracle*. A* n remit of the Tolutohin consignment of word* persons In tbe United State* may listen to a talk by one of the world* celebrities while he himself stay* on the other side of the globe. The Invention of the various machine* for reproducing speech )>»* worked Its wonders' almost as grant ns those of the telephone and tele graph. tho they may not be so essentially utilitarian. These machine* scatter the the earth. The voice of Emperor WllUntn may be reproduced to nn nudleuee In Heat- tie. Emperor Nicholas III Ht. Petersburg may address a gathering in Montevideo, Marcella Rembrlcn nliigltig In Paris may please an audience In Galveston. at Ions the voices of men mid women of this age. Centuries hence people mar lis ten to Emperor William. Emperor Nicho las and Marcella Sembrleb. There Is something uncanny In the thought, but It I* true. If such machine* had been In ex istence In their time* we of today might hear the won)* of Julius Caesar. Nero ami Ht. Paul ns they were spoken tn life. Think of Iwlng addressed by men who have been dead a thousand year*:—Louisville Courier-Journal. There Is a town In Pennsylvania, not far from Harrisburg, but off tho beaten track, which boasts of a theater which for luxury of accommodation would be hard to equal. The theater haa all sorts of modern conveniences, of a kind that could hardly be expected In a city un der a million of Inhabitants. This par ticular city had at the last census about 10.000 Inhabitants. The reason for being of this theater, which gets all tho regular road attrac tions of high class, Is that here Is in the town an exceedingly wealthy man who wants to see shows without leaving home. He Is worth about 910,000,000. He has lived in and about the place all his life, making money out of lum ber and manufactures. When ho had enough to retire on he didn’t want to have to go anywhere else to see shows, and as the theater the place boasted was a very dingy one. he had one built. He runs the theater himself at a considerable loss every year, but he gets what he wants. The theater peo ple like the place, too, because It’s so very different from the average show house in the small town.—New York 8un. Army Orders, WASHINGTON, March 5.—Major Arthur E. Hunter, artillery corps. In addition to other duties, assume charge construction work Fort Constitution. Navy Orders. Lieutenant Commander R. O. Hitler, to navy yard, Norfolk; Ensign R. E. Ingersol, detached, navy department, to Mayflower. Second Lieutenants N. A. Eastman, B. II. Drees. J. Dixon and H. M. Butler, appointed Immarlne corps. Movements of Vessels. ARRIVED—March 2, Taconm, at Fort DeFrance; Arethusa. at Callao. SAILED—March 2. Alexander, from Cavite, for Guam; Tacoma, from St. Kitts for Martinique. PEOPLE AND THINGS GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS AND THE STREET CORNERS A Diet of Royalty The emperor ot Austria makes the plainness of his fare Something of a hobby, attrlbutlng-to It Ills long life and good health. Milk porridge for breakfast, a little cold poultry and cheese for lunchoon^nd an equally simple menu for dinner satisfy this emperor of Austria and king of Hun gary. Scotch broth In the only soup for which he cares. / The kaiser Is somewhat uncertain in his demands, altho, as a rule, his wants are simple. The German royal kitchen is one of the best equipped and most up-to-date In the world, so that un expected demands are easily met. His majesty's healthy appetite is usually satisfied with two or three plain dishes, a small quantity of wine and a glass of beer. The national food—sauerkraut— has a firm friend In the emperor. One of his favorite breakfast foods Is maca roni with hashed liver. The empress prefers English cooking, roast beef be ing her favorite dish. Roast sucking pig Is extremely popu lar on the Russian imperial table, as wbU as chicken and veal cutlets. The czar is especially pleased when his cook prepares a dish known as vana- nekl, which is composed of small pas tries doubled and stuffed with either forcemeat, cabbage, or plum jam, the whole being covered with rich cream.- Harper’s Weekly. After an lllnpss of several months, during which he was confined to his bed almost continuously, Billy Sharpe, one of the best-known theatrical men in the South, is again able to be upon the streets and receive the hearty con gratulations of his hundreds of friends. Altho he Is still weak from his long confinement and In getting about is oc casionally compelled to have the serv ices of a cab, Mr. Sharpe Is rapidly re cuperating and it Is only a question of a few days until he will be himself again. Hope for his recovery has been al most entirely abandoned by the friends and relatives of Warren Jordan, one of Atlanta’s old residents, who has been seriously III at a private sanitarium for several months. His condition Thurs day is very serious. For t-he first time since he was taken 111 at hl.s residence* on Uourtland-st. several weeks ago. Frank Duncan was able to leave his room Wednesday aft ernoon. Mr. Duncan Is a well-known traveling man and has many friends who/welcome his return to health. O. E. Torrey, one of Elberton's lead ing hardware merchants, is at a local sanitarium for the purpose of under going a surgical operation. W. L. Skelton, a brother-in-law of Mr. Tor rey, accompanied him to Atlanta. In response to a telegram announcing the death of his brother. Dr. John Tay lor, of Vlnlta, Okla., Dr. Wesley Taylor, of Atlanta, accompanied by his wife, left Wednesday to attend the funeral, which was held in Vlnlta Thursday. Death came to Dr. Taylor after an.ill-' nesa of ten days from typhoid fever. He was a man of scholarly attainments and a surgeon of marked ability. After graduating in medicine from an Ameri can institution he studied surgery In London and obtained a degree of Fel low of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons. / Late Wire News Hughes’ Delight in Work No prominent New York lawyer ban ever had a cleaner personal record than Charles E. Hushes, says Burton J, Hendrick In McClure's. "He delighted In legal work very largely for the sake of the work Itself, and put Into his briefs much more re search and Industry than the possible fees would always warrant. The one subject upon which he and his senior partner frequently disagreed was the site of the bllle; and It was not unusual for Hughes to cut them tn two before sending them out. As years went on, however, he made a deep Impression on the legal fraternity. He was n law yers' lawyer, 'I guess we'd better take that to Hughes,' the brethren would say when faced with an especially difficult problem. A considerable part of his practice consisted In solving legal co nundrums sent him by other lawyers." Mr. Kendrick tells a number of Inter esting stories of Hughes. An especial ly entertaining one Is an account of Hughes' triumph over Henry \V. Taft, brother of the secretary of war, In the historic beet sugar case. Grdwth and Progress of the New South Thi* Georgian here records each day some economic fact In reference to tbe onward progress of tbe South. BY JOSEPH B. LIVELY T. B. Allen & Co., tbe'well known local Arm of linn!wood luiulier mnniifnctur- era. have recently taken mi important step In the development of that growing In- “ Texas, rays the Southern Lbi ' dnstry Is south Texas, rays the Southern Lnutierman. Home time since Messrs. Al- Trtnlty river tin Lttierty comity. al*out 150 miles from Galveston. This acreage Is well covered with oak. ash. hickory, gum. express and cottonwood and I* consid ered one of tbe most valuable holding* of hardwood tltnl»er land In south Texas. “ convert this stumpage Into marketable lumlier Messrs. Allen A Co. hare ro- afnl^tag Its output milting plant In the country. The im g Mf R. Allen, of Memphis, Toun. capacity of 40,000 feet. The mill I* equipped with * modem In all of Ita appointment*. The .. ... output era unsurpassed by any hardwood plant wni constructed from plans prepared by G. ... — hr L.._ . _ States l,e*thcr Company becomes the owner of »l»c entire* holding* or the Cherry Hirer Boom and l.tttnlw*r Company. Thla company is «n»» of the largest In West Virginia and the consideration I* raid trlwr* teen alioiii 91.000.&00. The new company will take fnll charge of tb*» holdings of the obl company March 1. aud the present rapacity «f the plants will be doubled. For the post year tbe Cherry Hirer Room and I.mnlter Compnr.r ha* had about 800 men In Ita em ploy. and If reports are true, this number will be raised tp I.ftW durlug the present All of the bark owned br the Cheity River company wlfl pass Into tho hands of tbe new company and at least 2.SC0 men v. Ill tie employed In getting things In shape for turning over the property to the new concern. The Cherry River company ha* been In business In the vicinity of RIchwooil for a numts-r «►# years, and has l*cen the lemflng Industry of that occtloa of the state, ft has Immense bolding* In aurnmndlng count ita, and these timlrcr Udds are alt iNiught up by tbe new firm. garni year. The read* honied an additional !.SKM*4 ton* of iindaraffled forest prod ucts during tbe same period. The lumlier tonnage waa greater than that of mix other commodity. A gift of 250,000 from Andrew Car negie to the Beloit College, Wisconsin, endowment fund waa announced by President Edward Dwight Eaton at hla Inauguration last night. The 150,000 Is to be the last .of a fund necessary to obtain $50,000 from the Rockefeller ed ucutlona! fund. Justice O’Gorman, of New York, ad journed until tomorrow the applica tion to have continued the ex purte Injunction issued last week restraining the Delaware and Hudson from paying quarterly dividend due In March. Mr. Ransdell, of Louisiana, has In troduced u bill appropriating 9300,000 and making it immediately available for the purpose of protecting the banks of the Mississippi river, in front of the city of New Orleans, In connection with the recommendations of the Mississippi r|ver commission. Representative Smith, of Texas, has Introduced a bill requiring the Inter state commerce commission to divide all freight and railroad property In special classes and to fix the rates for freight within these classifications. Robert G. Camming*, civil engineer from Pittsburg, who returned from Ber muda today on the steamship Bermu dian. said the health of H. H. Rogers, the oil magnate, was such that It Is causing his friends and family the greatest alarm. Representative Livingston, of Geor gia, has been named by Chairman Taw- ney, of the appropriations committee, to consider the Keep report for the re grading of government employees. Mayor Joyner has received an invi tation from Edward Taylor, mayor of the city and county ot San Franclaco, to attend the festivities which will mark the reception of the fleet In San Francisco bay when the fleet arrives. The mayor says he will be unable to accept. Inmates of the Soldiers’ Home had a rare treat last Sunday, when n men’s ouartet went out to the home and sang for some time In the open hall, while the old veterans gathered around in keen appreciation. Two ladles also rendered ducts, with piano accompani ments. An old veteran said: "It was a great treat for us. We do not have much music out here, and when good musicians come out to en tertain u* it is certain they could not find a more appreciative audience any where. If singers and musicians In Atlanta only knew how keenly wc old fellows enjoyed such thoughtfulness, I am sure we would have good music every Sunday. I hope to see others come out." Chairman 8. a. McLendon, of the railroad commission, will addross the students of the Boys' High School Fri day at noon in the debating hall, speak ing on tho work of the commission. He will make clear the exact meaning of port and other rates. The public Is Invited to hear the address. Father Dempsey, of St. Louis, has reported to the police that he has re calved threatening letters from sup posed anarchists. A new propaganda Is to be formed liv London by Rev. R. J. Campbell, denies the divine origin ot Chrlat. Woman Fort Keeper There Is one woman fort keeper In the United States, and only one. She Is Mrs. Tucker, widow of Ordnance Sergeant G. H. Tucker, IT. 8. A., who died a few weeks ago In Cuba. She Is in charge of Fort Foote, Maryland, alz miles below Washington. The post as a fort has been aban doned. but Is retained as a military reservation. Sergeant Tucker was the fort keeper for ecveral years, but on being ordered to foreign service two year, ago the war department con ferred the trust of keeper on his wife. The position Is classed as a civil ap pointment, subject to a competitive ex amination. and carries with It a salary of $30 a month. Mrs. Tucker has five children, aged 11, 9, 7, 1 and 2. re spectively. A searcher for the picturesque will find it at Fort Foote. Dlsmanll-d guns, ungle hidden gun carriages, decaying >ulldlngs, tree grown earthworks, weedy graves and grim relics of war are there. Fort Foote was abandoned because after the development of the high pow er gun It was considered too close to Washington to be of use In the defense of the Federal city, the protection of which is now committed to Fort Wash, ington. Maryland, and Fort Hunt, Vir ginia. eight miles farther down the Po. tomac river.—Kansas City Star. COL. J. B. GARTRELL DIES AS RESULT OF A FALL. WASHINGTON. G,.. March 5.—The funeral of Colonel J. 0. Gartrell. who died Wednesday morning, the result of a serious fall sustained several weeks ago at Orders have been received at the De partment of the Gulf to Instruct Cap tain E. J. Williams, commandant at the North Georgia Agricultural School. Dahloncga, to attend the officers' school at Fort Leavenworth. Captain Williams Is to report there not later than August 15. He Is to remain at Fort Leavenworth a year, and will then probably go to the war college In Washington for another year. Captain Williams Is well known by rea son of his stand for pure college ath letics. He wqs Identified prominently In the meeting here of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, when the charges against Georgia and Tech were sifted. Union sheet metal workers are giv ing the glad hand Thursday to Ed ward .Barry, general organizer of the Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers' Alliance of America, who Is paying Atlanta an official visit. He Is mak ing the Aragon Hotel his headquarters while In the city, and he will address the members of local unions Nos. S5 and 350 during Ills stay here. Mr. Barry was welcomed to Atlanta by President C. H. Barnes, of No. S5, nnd J. L. Poindexter, a prominent member ot the same union. Mr. Barry’s headquarters are In Kansas City and every year he makes official visits over the country. He has visited Virginia and the Carotlnas and came to Atlanta from Columbia, S. C. "There are many signs of spring, so- called," said the man who works In the sporting goods store, "but there Is none. I think, so conclusive as the be ginning of Interest In lawn tennis. “When the players bring In the rac quets to have various repairs done, f think that spring surely Is on the way. Some of the players bring in racquets to have new strings put In and others to have the frames straightened. "Then there are the others who want to see the new models of tennis rac quets for the yeur. They and those persons who want to buy tennis guides oil tell me that spring Is at hand. But'I understand that there are sure signs of spring In all trades.” 15 EXTRA OPERATORS EMPLOYED AT AUGUSTA. AUGUSTA, Ga„ March 5.—The Oeor- gla. the Central of Georgia, the Charles, ton nnd Western Carolina and the Southern railroads all‘put their dis patchers and telegraph operators on nine-hour time yesterday morning. In compliance with fh# new Federal law. Trainmen all went on a limited sixteen- hour schedule. There were about fif teen more telegraph operators employ ed by the roads for the Augusta offices. Rio Bank Suspends. RIO DE JANEIRO. March 5.—The Bank of Commerce, of nio de Jahniro. his home In this county, was | the principal financial Institution, has conducted this morning nt 10 o'clock. I suspended. The failure threatens >e- He 'was 70 years old and one of the I rtous embarrassment to smaller Utstl- largeat planters of the county, tutlons. J