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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
THUR8DAY, JULY 9. 190S.
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liquor ads. •
Glad Jim 8bermftn got back so he
could unpent "pent-up Utica.”
The Chicago White Box team la
(lipping footward, where aox rightful
ly belong.
"Mae Wood, but ahe couldn't,"
oplnea The Birmingham News. Why
deal tn auch Platt-Itudes?
They are trying to ring In that
belled butaard atory out In Mlaaourl
after the lapae of yeara.
The Hoo-Hooa have been meeting In
Waco, but . the hoodluraa are In ses-
alon all the time In Houston.
The sleeping sickness has struck
Veneauela. If It will only atop the
yapping of Castro nobody will object.
A letter carrier has found an hon
est man out In Michigan, and will ex
hibit him around the museum circuit
this fall. ,
"80,000 men return to work In the
Pittsburg district." reads a news dis
patch.* Now will Chronic Grouch stop
his yawp? . i
' If the Western and Atlantic Is ex
tended as far as some of the remarks
on It Id the house, It Is going to be a
swell line.
"Bipllea, like beauty, are often only
akin-..deep," eays The Philadelphia
Telegraph. Well, ought not "smiles”
be akin deep?
In a chicken fight down In Mexico
foxy Texans rang In an eagle on the
greasers. The American eagle won
the Mexican eaglea. »
The AntJ-Nolse Society should try
to atop the wall of the loud-clothes
boys since the New York anti-race
gambling bill pasted.
A Connecticut man was hit by 11,.
000 tolta of electrcllty and never
turned a hair. Must have been that
Wlnated prevaricator.
Speaker Cannon opposes Hitchcock
M chairman of the national Republt.
can committee, which ought to aatlsfy
everybody that Hitchcock la all right.
The department of commerce and
labor flgurea that the coat of living la
29 per cent higher now than It was
last October, (lee. and the beef trust
hasn’t fairly commenced.
Here Is the hardeat luck mortal
man ever encountered. A Chicago
party has been compelled by a court
order to pay for his ex-wtfe's trous
seau when she married another man!
The paragraphers of this c&untry do
not fully appreciate our unselfish
labor In jolting Stack until be let
"Dune Smith get back on the edi
torial page of The Nashville Ameri
can.
Bryan vs. Taft It Is - •
The political forecasters aeem to have hit off the national campaign
correctly early tbii spring when they predicted that Bryan and Taft
would engage In the mighty struggle of 1908 as the standard bearers of
the two great parties. Taft has already received the nomination at the •
hands of the Republicans and Is now resting up for a few weeks at Hot
Springs, Va„ preliminary to the real grapple In the autumn. Bryan sat
for nearly two hours on Wednesday listening to the telegraph wires
ticking off the tumult at Denver over the mention of his name, practical
ly clearing away all doubts as to hla nomination by the Democrats.
Bryan against Taft. then, will be the battle array for November, un
less something entirely unexpected takes place.
It Is rather early for campaign discussions, yet even the moat casual
political observer must have noted already one or two features of the
Impending struggle which certainly ought to have some Influence In the |
campaign.
Primarily; of course, the Democrats go Into the battle practically
united again, while the Republicans have the largest wedge between their
factions that Has pried them apart for many, many years.
When Democratic'organization# like Tammany agree to support
dieartlly the leader of the "radical" *lng, the "Peerless One," then It
must he admitted that gulfs In the old party have Indeed been bridged
and bleeding hearts are happy again. From ’way up East to the far
Southwest, from the Gulf coast to the Canadian border come pretty good
evidences mat Democrats will dote up gaps In their ranks and fight
ahoutder to shoulder once more against the common enemy.
Not so with the Republicans this time. With the Foraker faction In
Ohio nursing sore apota caused by the Big Stick; with the Wall atreet
element lowering Its lance against the "Roosevelt" wing; with the tariff
reformers crouching for a spring upon the stand-patters—with all these
discordant elements In the rank*, the "Grand Old Party" resembles
somewhat the broken army of Democrats that went Into the campaign of
twelve yeara ago with the Indigestible "Free Sliver" In Its stomach to
destroy Its vitality.
Thll, then, Is the situation as regards the highly important "har
mony" feature of the campaign. It has been said that no great party
can poll Its full strength without harmony In Its ranks, and It would seem
that the campaign of 1908 will be a fairly good test of the truth of the
aasertlnn.
Certainly It looks now as tho Bryan will have tr harmonious party to
hack him up In the battle, while Taft appears to enter the field with no
auch desirable condition prevailing among his followers.
Around the Clock
The Little Boy
It seems particularly fitting that Julian LaRose Harris—"the little
boy" who sat at "Uncle Remua'a" knee and drank In the wit and wisdom
of that sage—-should have been chosen to succeed Joel Chandler Harris as
editor of Uncle Remus's-The Home Mngftfine. No one better under
stood the alma and purposes of the founder of that magazine, and no one
Is better fitted to carry ahem out, and make the magazine not only a per
manent memorial to the genius of Joel Chandler Harris, but a constant
and potent factor In the upbuilding of the South.
That It ahould be auch was the hope of Joel Chandler Harris, and It
was at the sacrifice of -some of the serenity of hla quiet private life that
he undertook the task. In an Intimate letter to a friend of his he said,
Borne few months ago:
"I - think the magazine's aucceas will mean more to the people of the
whole South, white and black, than any work of purely local philan
thropy. I have It In my mind to fit the magazine to auch gentle and sure
policies of persuasion with respect to the negro question, which la also
the white man's question, that honest people cannot realat them—and, In
the main, the people of the South are both honeat and kindly. This
briefly la the great work I have set before me. I do not aay I am the ' ^d wer^on"'"Va h .*ftSm'hff'lift'.
only man who can carry It on. hut no other man la In a better position
to do It provided the magazine proves to be the aucceas we all think It
will be."
Tha^on, belter than any one else, can bring to the point of fact that
groat hope ao modestly expressed—and the support of the South la due to
him In his work. J , ,
It hag been the pleasure of The Georgian, since the magazine/ was
started, to give to It ail> possible encouragement—not thru a misdirected
sense of charity, not for persona! friendship, but because we believed that
Uncle Remus's had vast chance for doing good. In giving the people of
othet* 1 aectlojis to understand ns of. the South, enabling us to regard them
with a "seasonable toleration In all matters where opinions and beliefs
are likely t6 dash;" and In preaching a cheerful philosophy.
The little hoy has a difficult taak, but those who know him are confi
dent that he will meaatire up to hla duty as competently and as bravely
as ever hla llluatrloua father did.
The Wrong Address;
Then Trouble.
A atory of reality—with a bunch of
morals.
The story—
It was one morning last week that a
postman stopped at the home of a well-
known member of the police force,
whose name, merely for convenience,
will he Mr. Johnny Blank, and delivered
an ordinary looking letter. As a mat
ter of explanation. It must .be stated
That this letter was received at the
poatoffice, bearing fnls address only:
“Mr. Johnny Blank. Atlanta. Ga."
As In all rases where there Is no
street address nnd the letter Is not
addressed "General Delivery," It waa
promptly turned over to the directory
clerk, who consulted the city directory
to ascertain If the name appeared
there. He found It—"Mr. Johnny
Blank, Sueh-and-Such a number. In
Blank-st., policeman,"
The letter was then given to the
postman In this district and he did the
rest. Tills brings us back now to the
real substance of the story. Mr. Blank
was not at home st the time and the
Innocent-looking missive was received
by his wife, whose trained eye Instant,
ly noted the unfamlllarlty of the writ
ing and the fact that It had been writ
ten by a feminine hand.
The envelope was postmarked New
Orleans. She knew her husbarvt had
no relatives there. Her heart bounded
upward Into her throat. In a pair of
Jiffies she wss excitedly reading some
thing like this:
My Darling Johnny—I thank you a
thousand times and more, too, for the
beautiful hat. If you were here now I
think I could hug you to death. You
had better wear a brass collar,
when I do see vou you are llkeiv to
net ?our neck broke- by the hug I'm
aavinff for you. You apoke about a
pair of fihoefl. Well, I must eay I am
somewhat In need of n pew pair. They
would rome Jn handy/'
Mrs. Blank got no further. She
hurled the tell-tale letter across the
room. Tears streamed down her face
and she fell across the bed. sobbing
hysterically. Mr. Blank came home at
the usual hour. He greeted his wife
with a smile, as would any "Innocent"
hubby. The tears broke out afresh, she
at first refused to speak to him. and
then the storm broke. Here we draw
the storm curtain—to prevent the type
from being melted.
' In the meantime, a traveling man,
bearing the familiar name of Mr. John
ny Blank visits the postofflee and
makes diligent inquiry for a letter,
which he had been anxiously expect
ing. While the matter was being In
vestigated. in walks Officer Blank and
Mrs. Blank. He had been unable to
convince his wife that a mistake had
been made, and he appealed to the pos
tal officials. The letter was exhibited—
It was the one Intended for the travel-
Tbe Georgian here record* each day
some economic fact hi reference to
the onward progreis of the South.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
The knitting plant of the Skylnud Hosiery Company, of Flat Rock, X. C.. has
been rompletcil and it# equipment installed. The machinery include# 200 knitting
machines. 40 burners and 50 rihbera for the production of ienmlcM cotton and
lisle whole nnd half hoae. John F. Wilcox 1# president, and the capital atock Is
1150,000.
equipment will consist of about 11,0$) spindles and electricity will be used. The
about $14,000.
Llneburger la president nnd the ■
The addition to the plant of the Rosemary M.1 n n fact tiring Company, of Roan
oke Ilapldn. X. C.. has been completed. :tud is ready to be equipped. The ma
chinery consists of 5,000 spindles, nnd 104 looms, which has all been purchased snd
is now in the mill, but the concern will wnlt for Improved condition* before set
ting It ifp. Electricity will be used. (
will hsndle the product* of the Sltyland Hosiery Company
of the Tryon Hosiery Conipan - "* * ~
ITS,000.
The National Wire nnd Iron Fence works, of Houston. Tex., will Increase the
capital from $40,000 to $100,000, and ns soon as ft anftable location can be found
will erect n rolling mil! for the purpose of reducing Into billets scrap Iron nnd
ateel rails, also manufacture cotton ties, railroad spike#, nails nnd merchantable*
irrti. At present only wire fencing, barb wire and fencing machines are manufac
tured. All of the Increased capital stoefe Is practically subscribed. This wljl be
used for present needs this year. There will also be added to the enterprise
a ten-ton* wire mill and a foundry. When the new plants are built the company
will employ over a hundred men. George L. Glass Is one of the principal stock*
holders.
“MEN WHO WERE ASKED TO WRITE
THE PLATFORM” ARE COMING INTO
DENVER IN FLOCKS, COVEYS, HERDS
By SAMUEL G. BLYTHE,
' Special Correspondent Hearet New, Servioe.
DENVER, July Sr—All day and all|next tall to exercise our glorious right
Mr*. Blank smiled and murmured to
her hubby, who felt aa tho a ton of
pig Iron had been lifted from him:
"I’m *0 glad."
The Morals—Figure them out. They're
ekKy. C..B. N.
IVhat la the matter with everybody?
The way theae dlMlngulahed Republt-
ease are ducking from under puffers
of the chairmanship, they muat fear
the corporation! won't loosen up this
year.
The simplified spelling board says
the movement haa spread to England,
France and Germany. If It can sim
plify some of those German words a
couple of sentences long It will be a
real reform.
iW owed
Seventy people were made 111 by
eating chicken potple In New Jersey.
It Is foolish for people up there to at
tempt to make chicken potple. That
delicacy la found in Its perfection
only In Georgia.
A Manchester, England, newspaper
will have to pay Richard Croker
$7,500 for unfavorable comment on
that gentleman. If that sort of a
thing went in this country, Croker
might be e much richer man.
Bernard Dlerhes la a candidate for
auditor of Missouri, and Instead of
making speeches will sing tn hla au
diences. Here la a man with an origi
nal Idea. Mlaaourl votera should en
courage him—If hla singing Isn't ao
Yery bad.
"Republicans badly split,” la the old
familiar line creeping back Into head
lines and comment. We refuse to
bite. Time was when we believed
that meant something and went out
end whooped it up for Good Old De
mocracy. But along about election
U>ose splits have a wonderful
|bR of healing at the ballot hem.
A Little Too Quick. »
Numerous complaint* had com* be
fore a certain public official In regard
to the quality of the food served to the
Inmate* of one of the public Institu
tion*, and he determined to Investigate
for himself In order to *ee whether the
matter really required attention.
Making hla way to the particular
buildings In question, Just about din
ner time, he walked straight over to
where the kitchen waa located. At the
very door he encountered two muscu
lar-looking men carrying a huge (team
ing boiler.
"Put that kettle down." he ordered
brusquely, nnd the men at once obeyed.
Get mo a spoon," he next command,
ed.
The man that brought the epoon was
about to say something, but waa or
dered to keep silent.
•Take off the lid.” was tha next
command; "I'm going to tasta It."
The two men weru utterly cowed by
the official's brusquenes*. and wonder-
Ingly watched him gulp down a good
mouthful.
"Do vou mean to say that you call
this soup?” the official demanded. "Why,
It tastes tn me more like dirty water."
"So It l». sir." replied one of the
men. respectfully. "Wo have Just been
scrubbing the floors."—Philadelphia
Telegraph.
Tha Nuptials of Jim and Bet.
In Sumner county, Tenneesee, lives
an Irieh magistrate, a man of liberal
education and a full quota of that
mother wit for which hla people are
noted. A short time aeo a negro pair
named Jim and Ret railed upon the
'squire to be united "for better or
worse." probably the latter. Having
had some notice of their coming, he
prepared and actually ueed this unique
ceremony:
Jim. will you take Bet,
Without any regret.
To loyp and to cherish.
Till one of you perish
And Is laid under the sod.
So help you God?
Jim. having given the affirmative an-
awer, the 'squire turned to Bet:
Bet. wilt you take Jim,
And cling to him,
Both out and In
Thru thick and thin.
Holding him to your heart,
Till death do part?
: modestly acquiesced, and the
newly-married couple were dismissed
with thla "topper over all:"
Thru life's alternate Joy and strife.
I now pronounce you man and wife.
T5o up life’* hill till you get to the level.
And salute your bride, you dusky devil."
—Nashville Tennessean.
Around Georgia
Nevin’s Habits.
Jim Nevln haa been writing editorials
In the Washington Herald about "The
Idiocy of Profanity." That hoy haa
grown In grace during the last fee-
weeks that he has spent hanging
around the Tribune-Herald office.—
Rome Tribune-Herald.
Haven't allowed him to associate with
Rowell any, however, have you?
Cordele'e $L200 Mayer.
The suggestion made by Th* Senti
nel that the mayor of Cordele be paid
a 11,500 salary so aa to demand the
hulk of hla time In looklrg well after
the Intereatt of th# city has proven
very popular and not a single objec
tion have we heard.—Cordele Sentinel.
Don't you know high-priced mayora
never win fame? Just look at that dol
lar a year chief executive of Tlmpson,
Texaa. Why. he Is the best advertised
mayor In the union.
The Peragrapher.
Great Is the newspaper peragrapher.
He caused the senate to reconsider Its
resolution to make a trip to Chatta
nooga, to "Inspect the state's property,"
on the glorious Fourth, and to do euch
other things as opportunity might sug
gest.— Lawrencevllle News.Herald.
True. The good the paragrapher
does far outweighs the bad.
• Diplomatic 8trvica.
According to The Houston Post, a
Dallas man has come home late sev.
entv-elght nights in succession with a
different explanation each time that
waa perfectly satisfactory to his wife.
A man like that really ought to be In
1
ARMY-NA VY ORDERS
AND
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS^
WASHINGTON, July The'follow.
Ing orders have been Issued:
Army Orders.
First Lieutenant Douglas McCaakey,
Fourth cavalry, to Fort Riley; Captain
David T. Beckham, coast artillery, tr
Thlrty-seventh company; Captain Ed
ward Carpenter, coast artillery, detailed
as an assistant to chief of coast artil
lery August 1.
Captain George Blakely, coaat artil
lery. to One Hundred.and Twenty-fifth
company; Captain Charles R. Lawson,
to Twenty-second company; Captain A.
H. Sunderland, to Thirtieth company;
First Lteutenant Wade H. Carpenter, to
One Hundred and Seventieth company,
and First Lieutenant Stephen Abbott,
to Forty-eeventh company.
Naval Orders.
Rear Admiral W. T. Swlnburn. to
dutr aa eommander-ln-ehlef of Pacific
fleet on board the West Virginia, on
July II.
Commander T. R. Rodgers, to navy-
yard, Philadelphia; Commander H.
Phelps, front the Wisconsin to naval
station, Mare Island; Lieutenant F. M.
chief of Ih^Parffle Lle!!‘) condensed that immortal
tenant J. R. Freemont. from staff of ^ument from soma 400 000 wo^ to a
night th# Unwilling platform makers
tolled and moiled over the declaration
of principles on which Wllllsm Jen
nings Bryan will take hla stand. This
making of something that Is already-
made I* laborious and exhaustlnglvork.
Btlll It must be said the sub-committee
of the resolution* committee have given
a fine Imitation of statesmen creating
something.
You would think to gee them In the
stress of It that they- were really In
cubating. Considered as a group, the
largest aggregation of patriot* of the
same type In Denver, next to the Amal
gamated Protective Association of Vice
Presidential Candidates, Is the bunch
of M#n Whom Bryan Asked to Write
the Platform. They- have been coming
In on every train, until the lobby of the
Brown Palace Hotel waa thickly popu
lated with them.
Bryan Gentle Jollier.
They are to be told by their lofty, air,
the masses of manuscript sticking out
of their pocket* and their eagerness to
engage In Joint debate on the burning
topic of saving th* Democratic party
from dire disaster by the application of
their own theories to the situation. It
seems Colonel Bryan ha* developed
Into a gentle Jollier.
He put his arm around th* necks of
about 200 leading citizen* who dropped
off at Lincoln to discuss great affairs
with him and Incidentally to ask him to
remember them when It cornea time to
distribute the postofflee* and each—If It
ever does—put his arm around their
nerks and whispered Into their flat
tered ears that the only way to make
victory sure, to copper-rivet ft; tie it
down so it can not get away, would be
for the cltlxen he had strangle hold
on at that particular time to write the
platform.
Colonel Bryan apparently haa held
close communion with about 100 large
and furry ears, unless he whispered
Into both ear* of each leading citizen
to make It good, which yvould bring
the total to 200. for there are about a
hundred platform makers here, all en
thusiastically on the Job.
The suh-eomnillteemen have been
patient. They have listened with well-
simulated Interest to all sorts qf propo.
slllon* from one from Nebraska mak
ing It Imperative that hens stsmp the
date of laying on each egg and one
from Texas that all lunch wagons shall
be equipped with roof gardens and fire
escapes.
Large and Influential cltlxena have
surged Into the committee room telling
the member* how necessary It Is to de-
prlv* the courts of all function* except
the hearing of admiralty cases, and
other* have been arguing that each la
borer shall be allowed to Issue his own
Injunctions.
, "Alfalfa Bill” Again.
"Alfalfa Bill” Murray. In a brief ar
gument of three hours, presented a con.
deneed version of the Oklahoma con
stitution for the consideration of the
committee, explaining that after much
of suffrage.
The way to stop this, In Mr. Hob
son’s opinion. Is to build ships. He was
of the opinion, evidently, that Urey
Woodsen and Roger Rulllvan and Gov
ernor Haskell and Tom Taggart ought
to go right down Into the lobby of th*
hotel and opnatruct a few Dread
noughts befors morning. What he de
sires Is an appropriation of a few bil
lions or trillions. Immediately, and he
thought If the sub-committee would lay
the word the money would be available
by Saturday night.
Great Hit With Nixon.
Thla mad* a great hit with Louis
Nixon, of New- York, who Is In the
ship building business, but unfortu
nately Is not on the sub-committee.
More than that. Mr. Hobson wanta to
elaborate the army ao we can look with
calm complacency at the enormous ef
fective fighting force personally con
ducted by Mr. William Hohenxollern,
of Germany.
After long thought. It appears that
Mr. Hobson Is of th# opinion that
Before All Else
You demand security in your
bank; but you have the right
to demand other things with
security.
We are pointing out in
these columns from day to
day the services enjoyed by
the customers of this bank.
You'll find these notices not
only interesting;—they de
scribe banking facilities
which you can employ to
good advantage in your bus-
iness—they’re stimulants.
■You will be as pleased with
the service and equipment of
this bank as the rest of its
customers. We invite your
account.
until Big Bill Taft must have felt rnlgh.
ty uncomfortable down there In Vir
ginia Hot Springs. He elucidated all
the Issues that were previously eluci
dated by Temporary Chairman B«ll
and presented a few new- ones which
he labeled as Immortal tenets of the
party. It was a halcyon and vocifer
ous occasion. 2|r. Clayton Is one of our
grandest little human megaphones.
Late In the afternoon there was a
meeting of the Amalgamated Protective
Association of Vice Presidential t'andl.
dates. The membership of this organ
ization ha* now Increased to 100. anl
new eligible* are being discovered *v*rv
minute. There was a rumor that the
members of the executive committee of
the national committee had decided to
put a license tax on all vice presidential
candidates and make It Imperative that
each should wear a tag.
The story wss that the national com.
mlttee thought this a good way to
start a campaign fund, and It was re.
lated In circumstantial detail that no
candidate who could not show a llcenee
receipt h.v Thursday morning, together
with a tag, would be allowed to
go before th# committee. The member*
of the amalgamated association pro.
tested violently and drafted a memorial
to the executive committee, which set
forth that this was tyranny of the
most despicable sort, Inasmuch as the
members of the association had gone
to considerable expense already In the
way of press agents, advertisements
and badges.
The committee reqtalned firm, and It
Is expected the tax and tag will he
enforced, for It Is not the Intention of
navy la necessary to subdue Japan. . .
while we must put every fifth man In 'P* m,n *"'* are running the conven
the army In order to keep th# soft «0J» _*» nominate evleepresIjXmt until
rommandertln-chlef of Pacific fleet to
home and wait order*.
Lieutenant E. T. Constantine, tn staff
of eommander-ln-chlef of Pacific fleet
as aid*. Lieutenant F. I,. Rpoffleld. to
naval academy.
Movements of Voosolt.
The cruiser fit. T.nuls ha* .arrived at
San Francisco; th* cruiser Wolverine
ha* arrived at Marklnar Island, and the
cruiser North Carolina haa arrived at
Norfolk.
Th# collier Nero ha* sailed from
I,amperts Point for Bradford. The
cruiser* Tenneesee, Washington and
California and the torpedo boat* Preble,
Perry and Farragut from San Diego
for 8an Francisco?
the diplomatic service of hla country.—
Acworth Post.
if that isn’t helng In thf finest dip
lomatic service In the world, we mis*
a guess—having had several years ex
perience at ft.
trifle over 75.000, which he thought
would be Just about right for the pre
amble. and volunteering to furnish any
number of needed words up to a million,
which he must do If the colonel realty
wants to win this yenr.
Captain Richmond Pearson Hobby—
no, not Hobby—Hobson, of Alabama,
not having prepared a speech, talked
only four hours and a half. Mr. Hnb-
aon. who now Is In congress, unleashed
so many dogs of war that the meeting
place looked like a bench show before
he had been going thirty minutes.
Wearing Kimonos.
He had observed that one of th# local
places of refreshment lias a Japanese
boy slicing the free lunch ham and enn-
sidered this another proof that war is
Imminent—more than that, war la al
ready upon us. The Jspnnese have
snuck In enough of their hated race to
tripe ut/Oft the earth, and unless some
thing I* done about It we will all be!
wearing kltnono* by the time we get t
ready to march up in the ballot boxes
pedal on Germany. Thla In some cir
cles Is known a* playing both end*
against the middle, but, of course, that
version of It did not percolate Into Mr.
Hobson. Thus the committee whiled
away th# hour*.
About That Platform.
^ Man after man who had been to Lin.
coin single-footed In, single-taxed
around and dashed panting to the lob
by again, sure Ills favorite planks had
been Incorporated In the Immortal doc
ument that was In- preparation. It was
clever of the sub-committee. Knowing
that the platform that will be adopted
by the convention 1* already made,
signed, senled and all hut delivered,
they amused the members .by getting
Intensely Interested In tentative planks.
After practicing jlu-JItsu on one an
other. the credentials committee waa
ready to report In the evening snd Rep.
resentatlve Henry D. Clayton made his
speech as permanent chairman. Mr.
Clayton Is a large and Imposing geh-
lleman, with a voice that make* th#
bellow of the bull of Baehan seem like
the squawk of a field mouse. He took
his voice and hurled It against the
walls, threw It madly at the visitors
to the convention. Swung It around hit
S end and launched It forth with utter
Isregard of the ear drums of those
who were assembled to hear him.
He lambasted the Republican party
Friday, they having assurances that
Mr. Bryan will be heard from on the
aubject late on Thuraday evening.
About The Georgian
The Atlanta Georgian says: "Gen
ealogically, the Atlanta hall team Is of
the tribe of Hlttltes." So are th#
Houston High Ball team and the Har
ris County Mint Julap nine.—Houston
Pott.
■Ay* Th'e Atlanta Georgian: "A Wis
consin gtrl wrote an assay on 'The
Cladaphoraqe of Dane County.' May
we expect Jack McCartney to clear up
the myatery?" Ask us something hard
Spelled phonetically, thla Is caught-
four-ace. Don't know what It I# In
Dane county, but In Floyd county It Is
sign to bet your shirt. Even the
school girls know that—Roms Tribune.
Herald.
According to The Atlanta Georgian.
Mr. John w. Gates recently paid fio
for a ahave In Aurora, III." Evidently
the barber "skinned" Mr. Gates to *
fine finish.—Washington Herald.
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