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ATLANTA IjLOiililAN AND NLvtfS. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN •AND NEWS) T. L. SEEtiT. FublltfcW. * E DAVIDSON. A«“>n>1. rsblsrt.r. A. V. BROOKS. S<aitir7- Published Every Afternoon (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At :3 Writ AU he me St.. Atlanta. Ge. Rubicrlptlon Ratei nr. Tree M.M Sit Mentha ;1 LM Thr*" Months L* •Dltr Month <* By Carrier. TVr ITrrli I® Tclrpbonee connecting all department*. Lon* dlitanre terminals. smith * Butld, advertising repreaen- fatjraa for ell territory outside of Georgia. Chinaeo Office Trlhnne RnllAlne New York Office Brunswick Bldg. If ynti haea any fronhle retime The Oenrrlan and News, telephone the elr- eolation department and hare it promptly remedied. Both phonea mo. Snbacrihera dealrlnr The Oenrrten and New* dlacontlnned moat notify tbla office on the date of expiration: otherwise. It will he continued at the reynlar subscription rates until notice to atop la recelred. In orderlnr a clung. of address, pleaae rlre the old as well as the new address. Georgian and News he limited to ICO words In length. If la Imnerallrp that they he signed, as an evidence of good K ith. Rejected manuscripts will not returned unless stamps are sent for the purpose. The Georgian and News prints no noclean or objectionable advertising. Neither does It print whisky or any Honor ads. The flah trait began to smell and had to retire. Bren a Joke may go too far. In stance J. Adam Bede. Somebody wants to know If spirits can talk. Well, brandy peaches. Inspector Bingham Jumped on the Jaws. Then he Jumped off, right away quick. "The Apache dance" Is the latest It la laid to have "The Salome” scalped to a finish. There can be no scarcity of stage stars aa long as the divorce mllla grind to Industriously. A Denver woman makes her dresses from discarded umbrella covers. Hub by probably collects the umbrellas. Utah Republicans have nominated William Spry aa a gubernatorial can didate. He ought to hustle things along considerably. They have killed the largest rattle snake at the Washington soo. Still, they do not need such thing* there as much as we do here. Sirs. Ruth Bryan T.earitt, daughter ef William JAhnlnga Bryan, has writ ten a political play, which Mary Man- ncrlng will probably produce. Well, well! They dragged our old friend I«ille M. Shaw out before the spotlight. In Illinois the other day. Where you been so long. Lea? "doing from Dalton to Rome Is about the same aa going from Atlanta to Buckhead,” tays The Dalton Cltl- len. Up and at him, McCartney. The average life of a ship la twen- ty-ilx years. Aa ours has baen over due much longer than that, wo sup pose it has long since gone down. The New Convict Bill Is Not the “Holder Bill.” Senator .Felder, who led the successful fight in the Georgia senate against the Iniquitous convict lease system, very graphically described the 'conclusion of that spectacular struggle in these words: "We have.killed the system, but we haven't burled the corpse." Senator Felder's words seem to be taken literally In some quarters, for there Is a very dlatlnct effort on the part of politicians and their news paper organa to blow a last breath Into the corpse of the convict lease sys tem, In order. It seems, that they may further their own political ends. This effort wa» particularly noticeable In one of the Atlonta Sunday pa pers and Ita Macon echo. The statement was made both editorially and in Its news columns that the bill passed by the general assembly was practically the Holder bill, and that tfce same result might have been achieved at the regular session had the aolons been economically dis posed. The absurdity of this statement la at once apparent when It is re called that the Holder bill bobbed up about four different times during the consideration of the convict question. It Is well remembered that the orig inal Holder hill waa nothing more nor less than another five-year lease proposition, under the exact terms and conditions as those embodied In the present disgraceful law on the atatute books. The next Holder bill was tha aame proposition, with the lease clause limited to one-year contracts with leasees; This proposition waa tinkered with and patched up with minor details and Issued forth once more In the shape of a conference re port but It contained the aame old proposition of leasing. Finally It dev veloped once again In that critical moment when the sub committee of tbe>penltentlary committee was working on the senate substitute known as the "27" bill. Tbla time It came In the shape of a substitute offered by Mr. blackburn, of Fulton, and that It was the same old Holder bill was clearly evidenced by the fact that It had the lease clause In it. together with the same old proposition to charge counties,$75 per convict per year for all they desired above their present quota. It U well known that two memhejrs of that aub-commfttec, Messrs. Dean and Fowler, promptly discovered the Holder proposition, altho it waa cleverly disguised. How these two fought against tbo price on "overs" In the lub-commlttee. were outvoted by the other three members, but finally triumphed when the full penitentiary committee turned upon the Holder leadership and overthrew the whole proposition, la likewise known to all who followed the convict legislation thru Ita Intricate passages. The committee knocked the price off of convlcte the counties might desire to add to their road gangs, and tha house sustained the committee by a vote of (1 to 68. Thereby perished the Holder bill In every essential point. The Intent of the Holder bill, at every member of the legislature knows, was to discourage counties from taking the convicts from the state, by puttlqg a price on them the county authorities would not pay. C'olnci-, dent with thle effort the provision waa Inserted that the prison commis sion might lease convicts If the counties did not take them. When the price was removed from the convicts, the whole structure of the Holder proposition fell thru. It was precisely as tho a mercantile houae, after having tried to dispose of Ita stock at a high price, adver tised that the stock might go to all who desired, to take It, with a con tract to pay for It In kind whenever both sides were ready for the pay ment to be made. If It Is natural to assume that the mercantile house could get all of Its stock off Ita hands by the latter plan more readily than It could by the high price, then It Is equally true that the prison commis sion will dlapoae of all the folony convicts more readily under the new law than It would under the Holder proposition. ' It would be Just as logical to say, therefore, that the two plans of the mercantile house were precisely the aame. aa It Is for scheming polUlgftina and their newspaper organa to say that there Is no difference between the Holder bill, or bills, and the new law the general assembly bas given the state of Georgia. Under the Holder bill, the leasing clause extended over misdemeanor and felony conriets, thereby legalising the "wild cat" camps now operat ing In violation of the law. The new act not only expressly prohibits leas ing misdemeanor convicts undst any circumstances, but also prohibits the hlring'Pt even any “overe" li^felony convicts to any person or corpora- tlon Interested In the smountof- labor aconvict may'perform per day. Uncle Joe Losing His Grip. Edison predicts we will fly to the North Pole In forty minutes. Bay. It lan't fair to do Walt Wellman that way. after all bla trouble and worry. John W. Gates paid $6,000 for a set of finger bowls. As he has moved away from Texas, hls guests will prob ably not attstnpt to drink out of them. ‘‘Philadelphia demands faster street ears. What for?" asks The American Star. Why, for the vtsltori from At- lanta. Baltimore and other live cities. Tea is said to be bad for the nerves, but It doesn't seem to have affected 8lr Thomas Ltpton's. who Is coming over to have another try at the yacht cup. When Mrs. Carry Nation brnka In on Taft at breakfast the other day, he rendered himself liable to be classed si a mollycoddle by simply exclaim ing, “Gosh!” “With i-evl Ankeny gone who will become the moat useless of United States senators?" asks The New York World. Easy money. Tom Platt, of New York. The faint, faraway voices you hear up New York way, atnee the Republi can state convention, are tb* Wads worths. father end son. They are down under the landslide. And scupperaongn are ripe! Those who have never tasted this most deliciously flavored member of Ibc grape family can not appreciate Just what that statement means. "If heaven is tilled with pianos, as an lows woman says, what do thay call the place next door?” asks The Toledo Blade. Ob. h—. You mean thing. You almost made ua say It. John Jenkins down and out. Joe Cannon an$ John Dalsell fighting hard to save their own aklna! Wall, well. It does begin to look like the people will do some ruling after all. They found a abark near New Lou don. Conn., nod ou opening it found a silver spoon with the name of a hotel on it. If It had been the human shark that spoon never would have been re covered. One of the remarkable political phenomena of 1808 la the widespread revolt ngainat Joseph G. Cannon, of the Eighteenth Illinois district, and ■pesker of the national house of representatives. And the most remarkable feature of this fight against this hard- headed old obstructionist comes from within bis own party. The more advanced wing of the Republicans Is making a determined fight against him. Such papers as The Kansts City Times and The Chicago Record- Herald are calling for hls defaat. As an Indication of this deep-rooted antipathy‘to Cannon, some of hla most powerful adherents In congress have bean defeated. First on the Hat to go was that atony old chap, General Grosvenor. of Ohio. That waa two years ago and marked the beginning of a revolt ggalnst the Cannon regime. Thin year two of hla moat faithful adherents have gone down and out—John J. Jenkins, of Wisconsin, and J. Adam Bede, of Mlnneaota. And they came mighty near scalping Jim Tawney out In Minnesota, too. There can he no question that the defeat of such men as Jenkins and Bade Ilea wholly at the door of Cannon. Both are able and brilliant men. but they hare the Cannon taint, and they had to go. Juat now there Is a bitter fight In Cannon's own district to dffeat him. He la being opposed by Henry C. Bell, a Democrat, and an able and clean man. It la almost too much to hope that Cannon’s hold can be broken In hla district. Ha Is very rich and he Is moreover one of the wiliest politicians In this country. But hls day it waning. There la no place In the tremendous advance of this country for an obstinate old obstructionist of all advance movements, such as Joseph G. Cannon, of Illinois. Hla day for blighting good legislation and standing In the way of real advanctmcnt la passing, and for the good of the country it can not pass too quickly. This section has felt the power of the Cannon hand. We saw him block the Appalachian forest reserve bill, a measure fraught with tremen dous Importance to the entire eastern seaboard. He belongs to that bull headed school of politicians that block all Improvement or advance. The day of Cannon and hls Ilk la passing, and It will be a happy day when we have the laet of him and tham. Three (lay* after a man be- , come* the owner of an automo bile he begins to learn what a useful tool the monkey wrench Is.—Washington Poet. Also what an exceedingly limited rspcrtolre of iwear words he bas. Growth and Progress of the New South Th* Georgian bar# record* each day mdi economic fact In rsfertneo to th* onward progress of ths Booth. BY .OSEPH B. LIVELY latest mitt news from the American Textile Manufacturer: There la a movement on foot for a new mill nt Demur. Ala. unrd, X. (’.. hove ptirch.nr,I twenty aplunlnt framea hopa of Lowell. Man. The lioheritet Mllla. Rockingham, N. c., bar Ine Khe an early < iiar villla Snirtinhura, „ looms which they recently taught. Ijturtl Bluff rotten Mill*. Mount Airy. N. C„ hare (lurch***! thru tho Southern office of Masuo Machine Work* new aplanlnf frame* to replies thair old tqulp- Tb# Clinton *H. C\ Cotton Mllla hare completed thair new building and In* •tailed a new 3.000.hor*cpowcr stsom engine. Th.* arru« turc la Are atortca high, MO feet long, and J3 feet wide. It la being equipped to make lawm#*nd will atart maaufarttiring about October 1. No other enlargement* are contemplated at tha preaent. The additional building of the Spencer Mountain. N. «*.. mill la now about ready for cover and will bold a large number of loom*. It la a one atory building and ‘ “■ “ building la ' ft. W. T. I«sng. vrho haa been with the Ilmokalde Mill*. Knosvllle. Tenn.. for many trear*. I* planning the organisation of another cotton mill company. He |g in the Ka«t conferring with capitalist* relative to the enterprise and cspccta to complete arrangement* for a $100.W.corporation. I’etalh of the project will be announced Inter. , • ■ ©0otue4 !J3S9S Recognized the Line. Two girls were talking over the 'phone on# afternoon, the subject of the conversation being a lawn party to take place the following day. Both were dlecussing what they should wear, and after flvC minutes had come to no decision. Right in the midst of thle "Impor tant" conversation a masculine voice Interrupted, asking humbly what num ber he had. A stern reply that the wire was busy did not successfully squelch the Inquirer, for he asked again for the number. One of the girls now be came Indignant ard with supreme scorn asked, "What line do you think you are on. anyhow?" "Well," said the man, “I'm not sure, but Judging from what I’ve heard t should eay I was on a clothes line."— Philadelphia Public Ledger. In the Black Republic. Some of the\ v VYest Indian Islanders have learned that when a foreigner misbehaves on their shores It Is better to suffer in silence than to mete out punishment at the risk of a descend Ing gunboat from the miscreant's Hit- ties land. A Judge In Haiti, however, recently took occasion to pay off old scores and to redeem hls self-respect In the case of an offender brought be fore him. . . To hls first question, as to the na tionality of the accused, the Interpre ter had answered that the prisoner was from .Switzerland. ••Switzerland!" said the Judge; “ah! Switzerland has no sea coast, has It?” "No sea coast, your honor," replied the Interpreter. "And no navy?" continued the Judge. “And no navy, your honor," was the reply. "Very well, then." said the judge, "give him one year at hard labor.” London Opinion. Aunt Mahaly'e Expedient. "These stockings are so full of holes that they are worthless. Aunt Maha- ly." said a lady to an old colored woman with a largo family, who was a pensioner of her family. "No'ni dey ain’t,” replied Aunt Ms- hrily. calmly appropriating them. "Ra'stus an' Verbena got such black lafgs dat de holes won’t show, nohow, an' dem rhllluns what got yaller meat kin wear two palre at de same time; an' yon knows, Mis' Jo. dat de holes In all dem stockings ain't gwlne hit de same places."—Youth's Companion. Psdeitrian Training. Kind Lady—My poor moil, how did you ever bccustom yourself to such long walks? Frayed Fagtn—Please, mum. I used to own an automobile.—Chicago News. The Small End. Representative Longworth, at a din ner party during the Republican con vention In Chicago, talked about hon est politics. "Honest politics alone pay In the end." said he. "Your dishonest politi cian comes out like Lurgan, of Cincin nati. "Lurgan. of Cincinnati, was canvass. Ing for votes. He dropped In at a grocer's. '• 'Good-morning.' he said. 'I may count on your support, I hope?' " 'Why, no, Mr. Lurgan,' said the grocer. Tre promised my support to your rival.' , "Lurgan laughed easily. "'Ah! but In politics,' said he, Around the Clock Here's a Stout One! "Is this a part of the circus train? It looks like the fat women's branch of the museum,” re.narked the man with the glasses as he climbed aboard hie incoming Peachtree car about S:30 In the morning. "I'don't know whether It's corsets or kimonos.” eald the . conductor. "But we’ll find out when . we get down In Whitehall." "I didn’t exactly get your meaning," said the man with the glasses. “Why, I mean this pilgrimage of stout women," said the conductor, as he absent-mindedly punched the wrong hour In a transfer, laying up an argu ment for the next, conductor. “It'* some kind of a bargain sale. It's a sale for stout woman's things. They ad vertise 'em sometimes, you know, and the ud brings out a shoal of fat women every time. Thin women take things easier and don't crowd the care. They know there'll always be a supply to fit them." , The car stopped at a Whltehalt-st. corner and every woman climbed out. The Inquisitive passenger took a look at a big sign In a department store window. It read: SPECIAL SALE DRES8ING SACQUES * KIMONOS. EXTRA LARGE SIZES. Pity the Press Agent. Billy Sharp, treasurer ef the Bijou, and Jack Young*, treasurer of the Orand, collaborated and told thl* one— which, of courne, is true In every de tail: A press agent struck an Alabama. U tvn on a Sunday and was anxious t» get . out that day for another town- very Important business, don't you know. He called up the home of the iranager of the opera house, and waa Informed that the manager waa at the club, and did not look after business on a Sunday, anyway. He called up the club, and the mana ger, In no uncertain term*. Informed the agent he did not transact business on Sunda3% and In addition used some worda In connection with hls name which were not to be found In the dictionary. The agent decided he would imve to stay over until Monday morning and catch tha 9 a. m. train out. At 8 o'clock the next morning the manager had not shown up, and so the agent called the manager .nt hla home. "Look here, you!" exclaimed the manager, as lie came to the ’phone, "look here, you pie-faced, mut. you punk pleco of pale cheese, you chesty, nervy, pesty quintessence of nothing. I’ll come down to the office when I want to and not before." "Your blamed old opera house 1h burning up," exclaimed the agent In triumph. "I guess you will come down." And he did come down, and the opera house was not burning up. and the agent caught that 9 a. m. train—that I*, of course, he would have except that the road had discontinued that train about two weeks before. i THE BOOK OF BORES By DOROTHY DIX. • ••••••••••MM CHAPTER I. THE ADVISER. proml.lng »n<! performing are two dif ferent matters.’ ■In that rase,' eald the grocer, heartily, ‘I ahell be most hnppy to give you my promise, Mr. Lurgan.' "—Wash ington Star. . Come, let us consider the bore, who Is an ever present affliction In our midst, robbing death of Its victory anil the grave of Its sting, and reconciling us to the brevity of life. Why a mer ciful heaven permits this ecourge of society to exlet la beyond mortal com prehension, but doubtless It Is part of the mysterious dispensation of Provl dene*. along with snakes, mosquitoes and gnats, to keep us meek and hum ble, with our thoughts fixed on that better land where the human auger ceases from boring and tha weary are at rest. Unfortunately. In our present Impel-- feet state of civilization it Is unlawful and -full of unpleasant consequences to shoot a "tore at sight. Many people long to do this. As they see one bear ing down upon them, snd realize that escape la cut off, they with difficulty restrain themaalves from committing what should be regarded pa not only, justifiable homicide, but a meritorious public service. We have not yet reached that degree of enlightened al truism, but the day will come when a grateful people will arlxe and build monuments to those who hav# cut short the devastating careen of the tedious. In the meantime bores have all times and seasons and places for their own. They are to bo found In all parts of tha world to which the foot of man lias penetrated, and tho you should take the wings of the morning and fly to the uttermost part of the earth you would find one waiting for you, ready to fall on your neck and eat you alive. Now, there are many kinds of bores, but perhaps the most virulent known, variety, and the one that there Is the least chance of dodging. Is the Adviser. Some bores only prey on their own tamllles. Others only devour strangers and are quite harmless and innocuous In tltelr own lioniea. Still others are timid and only attack when they see a good opening made for them to get In their deadly work, but the Adviser goes for every thing In sight. He or she. for this fearsome creature Is of both sexes, la the universal buttinski Nothing is safe, nobody escapes hls fatal attentions. Friends and foes alike fall victims before the conscienceless mania of the Adviser. It makes no difference that you are free, white and twenty-one, that you are ablebodied and capable of taking care of yourself, and mentally compe tent to rook after your own affair#, or that the Adviser Is weakly, sickly and unsuccessful. The one thing he has left In life Is a never ending supply of advice, and the mere fact that you don't want It and won't take It and that It Is an Impertinence In him to offer It to you cuts no Ice with hint. He Is wlthQUt bowels of compassion and It matters not to him how you writhe under the ordeal of being smothered, and stuffed, and phoked, and gorged on unsolicited counsel. The mode of attack of the Adviser Is as brutal as hls crime. You are en joying. say, your new automobile, that you have bought efter spending weeks of study of various makes and your pocketbook. You have gotten the one that seemed the happiest combination and are satisfied and ralm as a clam at high tide. Along comes the Adviser. Say," he says, "what make of ma chine have you got? A Speeduni? Say, you are an easy mark. Why, that ma chine Is the punkleat ever. A regu lar milk cart. Speed of about six miles an hour. Say, you'll never get arrest ed N for breaking the Jersey laws for NEVER AGAIN! ByT.E. Powers fast driving. Ha!, Ha! Why, you should have bought a Fastum, that's the only auto on the market worth having. It’s got!'— And there you hav# to alt and listen while the Adviser, who never owned any vehicle but a baby perambulator, hands out .'«• and tons of advice about autos, how to buy them and how to run them, and the law- doesn't per mit you to run over hint and flatten him out. Oh., cruel, cruel justice! Well may men paint you blind, for you nils* seeing aoine golden opportunities for getting In good work. It goes without saying that the Ad viser knpws your business a million tlmss better than you do vouraelf. If you have bought P D Q stock he urges and entreats you to sell It and buy X Y D. If you are a law ver he advises you to quit practicing and go to farming. If you are a grocer he tells you what a terrible mistake you made In not studying for the mlnlstrv. If you live In town he urges you io live In the country and give your chil dren the benefit of fresh air, and If von are domiciled In the rural district he counsels you to sell out and go to the city nnd educate your family. When you are sick the Adviser is in hi* element. Tou may hav# six spe cialists, world-famous for tltelr knowl. edge of your complaint, and the Ad viser may not know concussion of the brain from, housemaids' knee, but that doesn't hinder him from cheerfully chipping In and advising you not to di> what the doctors say. but to follow some remedy that hls Aunt Susan tried with good effect on the cow. The female Adviser Is sven mors pit. tlless and Inescapable than the male of the species, and while the male Adviser Is a pest to society the female Adviser Is a menace to It. It is site who drives her husband to drink with her perpetual. "John. dear, do change your shoes. You have been on the w et grass and I am sure your feet must be damp.” "John, don't eat that meat. You really should live entirely upon vegetable diet with a little milk.” "John, you mustn't smoke, you know It's so bad for people's hearts, and I am so afraid you'll get nicotine poi sons." It's she who scatters her children to the four winds of heaven as soon as they ettn fly, driven away from home by the inother'a never end Ine stream of advice about what they should wear, where they should go, what they should do and think, and see. It Is she w ho becomes the first aid to the divorce court when she becomes a mother-fn-law. "My dear Mary, take my advice and don't give In to yonr husband. Make him toe the mark and refuse to permit him to have a latch key. and don't believe him when he tells you that he was kept at work at night." Or "My dear John, take your mother's advice and be firm with Susie. Don't let your wife boss and henpeck you as she will If you let her have that gown she bas set her heart on." Then follow trouble and alimony, which la one degree worse than being bored. How lo deal with a bore is still a matter of Individual experiment. Dif ferent people have worked out various theories and diagrams of esespa. but the consensus*of opinion Js that ths quickest and safest way ,1a to take to your heels .whenever you see one ap proaching. This llna of conduct Is the only known way of getting abend of the Adviser, but If must be modified In the caae of those from whom you have great expectations. ' Witty a rich old aunt, for Instance, ltd* wise to even court danger and request her counsel on personal matters, such as picking out a wife, the beat brand of cigars, etc. Women who have the constitu tion to stand It will also find that there Is much profit In asking the advice of men. It Is considered very becoming and womanly. Further Facts. Statistics show- that ten million peo ple are annually bored to death In this country-. Of those so slain 5.*7*,932 are done to death by the Advlssr. Great la the reward In popularity of those who cat? enduri boredom. Th# Meddler Is another type of bore so closely related to tha Adviser that nobody has ever yef been able to dif ferentiate them. We can forgive everybody but those who make ua tired. ARMY-NAVY ORDERS AND movements of vessels WAIH1NOTON. Sept. M.-Tbe following orders hare been Issued: Army Orders. First Lieutenant Thoms* W. HalHdnr. Third artillery, to Fort Riley. First Lieu tenant llaldsn U. Tompkins, roast artillery, to Fort Monroe. Navy Orders. Lieutenaat O. 11. Oakley from na<s! academy, Annapolis, to Hie Celtic, t.l'n- 'tenant MrCanley, Jr., from the Mississip pi to the Casllne. Ensign R. A. While to tho C'attine. Aimed at Atlanta ~| "Jedge Briles" In Atlanta la likely t" become aa great terror to violator* or the prohibition taw, regardleaa of col or. aa he la to the crapshooting negin- He has Just sent four white men to the stockade without the alternative or paying a fine.—Valdosta Times. Since the Atlanta baseball tea"' seem* determined to finish last In In# pennant race. It would be a shame to deny Billy Smith’# follower* that ex alted privilege.—Jackson (Miss.) News. It now look* a* If the lit on near- beer was going to give Atlanta * better revenue than the liquor tax formerl) did.—Elberton Star. The Atlanta baseball team I* mak ing a desperate struggle for the toll end place In the Southern Leegue this season. We can but hope that *uc» noble effort* will meet their due re ward.—Rome Trlbune-Harald. The new-fangled aheath gown w»* on exhibition In Atlanta the other d«> and the women crowded around th* thaw- window until the men couldnt get even a peep at It. Clever scheme those Atlanta women worked on their husbands.—Dalton Argus. Two year* ago Birmingham won tb« pennant and ha* been tha **P ly? tall end ever since. Last captured It and la now crowding tne Barons for the other extreme. N**®' vtll* doesn't want the glad rag at suen a price.—Nashville American. Atlanta I* to have a "Great Whh*