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THE ATLANTA (iEOKUlAN-
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
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THE GEORGIAN COMES TO
GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE
A man may well bring a horse to the water.
But he cannot make him drink without he will.
' —Heywood.
Saturday Evening.
This Is the migratory season of the year, when
humanity, with money In Its purse or gypsy-blood in Its
veins, swells the passenger lists of outgoing steamers
and the exchequers of the seaside resorts.
'This migratory Instinct Is as strong In mankind as
In any of tbe feathered tribe, from the restless quail
which, hatched In captivity, will beat Its brains out
against the bars, to the wild goose whose honk marks
the coming and the passing of winter. It Is elemental
and primeval, and all the civilisation under the sun
cannot entirely eliminate tt.
Bayard Taylor tells us that as a boy, and long before
he began that marvelous career of wandering In which
he mastered a score of tongues and made hfmseif at
home In all tbe continents of the earth, he. was In
the habit of climbing tbe loftiest hills In the vicinity
of his Inland home and looking out with a vague and
propheUc longing toward-the ever luring sea.
Madame de Stael has told 11s that travel Is "the
saddest of all pleasures,” for we realise that In making
new and attractive acquaintances and In becoming at
tached to charming scenes In other lands we are mere
ly forming ties which iriUst be broken again as the ne
cessity for moving on arises.
tt may be a sad pleasure, but we have It upon the
authority of the great dramatist that "home-staying
youths have ever homely ways,” and that
"It would be great Impeachment to bis age
In baring known no travel In his youth."
There mgy be a certain class of people who would
ride a hundred miles to see an Interesting man, but
"would not, throw open their window to see the bay
of Naples." These are few and far between, however,
and the desire to follow tho sun In his course around
the earth Is as old as the descendants of Noah, who
sought their future homes In the outlying lands, far
beyond the four rivers.
This Instinct, together with the desire to better
their condition. Is responsible for the fact that more
than a million people crossed the Atlantic last year,
and still more will come over during the present year,
to make their homes In the land of freedom and unlimit
ed opportunities.
"The grand tour” of the continent was at one time
it part of the education of princes and the members of
tbo nobility, for It was a perilous and a costly undertak
ing. A form of Insuranco onco prevailed by which the
Insurers received' a sum of money on the hasard of
paying back a much larger sum In the event that the
traveler returned to his home again. That was In tho
days when Coryat and Sir John Maundervllle and .Marco
Polo made their daring voyages to the lands beyond the
seas and brought back strange and Incredible stories of
the people they had seen.
The Ingenuity and development of modem times has
made not only “the grand tour.” but a much grander tour
possible without the hasard Implied by the Insurance
arrangement of early times.
It Is a part of the culture of the times and one for
which we should be duly grateful. The people who are
"bom In a teacup and never look over the brim" are
sadly handicapped In the race of life. It Is wrought Into
the very essence of the soul when one has stood upon
the Alps and looked out across tho wilderness of Ice
and snow where nature has written her most Imposing
masterworks or stood upon the Palatine and surveyed
the crumbled ruins pf an empire, built with hands, which
rose, reigned and fell In a cycle of power, luxury and de
cay. It becomes a part of our very being when we have
atrolled through the dreamy temples of the East, where
gray-halred pundits teach the mystery of Brahma, where
muexxlns call the Faithful to the worship of Allah or the
holy men of all Christian creeds exhibit the living evi
dences of^the life and teachings of the Naxarene. It ex
pands the mind and quickens the Judgment to trace the
operation of laws and customs In lands less free and hap
py than our own. It gives us a keener appreciation of
the blessings we enjoy under an enlightened republic
and a Christian civilisation.
It Is well worth while. In the highest and noblest
sense, to become a man of the world.
lanta, are sitting under their vine and flg tree. In happy
enjoyment of a temperature which scarcely occasions
Inconvenience and Is certainly free from anything like
sunstroke or prostration.
It would Indeed be tbe means of bringing labor and
Capital to this state If these facts were set forth as they
deserve, and no man Is better qdallfled to do this than
Mr. Marbury.
The cost of tbe undertaking would be Insignificant
compared with tbe good that could be accomplished. Five
or ten thousand of these books scattered throughout tbe
country where they would be most generally resd would
serve to attract new blood to this favored section.
It' Is- royally generous on the part of Mr. Marbury to
offer to do'this work without money and without price,
Impelled thereto oply by bis civic pride and his love for
the state as a whole. His offer Is heartily appreciated
and should be put Into effect at once.
Heard on the Corner |
A Brochure on Our Climate.
The proposition of Forecaster J. B. Marbury that
If the city wilt defray the expense of printing, he will
prepare a work on the climatic advantages of Atlanta
and of tbe state, should be promptly accepted and put
Into execution.
Mr. Marbury, who is one of the most efficient ob
servers In the meteorological department of the govern
ment, is particularly well qualified to discuss this sub
ject, and It Is knowu of all meu, when they stop to con
sider the fsets, that this Is indeed one of tbe most de
lightful and wholesome climates In tbe world.
Mr. Marbury Is quite right In attributing to this ex
cellence of our climate a large degree of tbe material
prosperity of the city, and it would be of Inestimable ad
vantage to have these fsets made known to the world at
large. There Is something bracing and Invigorating'In
the very atmosphere, while the temperature Is mild aud
even. The Atlanta observer speaks by the card when he
says that It Is the most delightful climate east of the
Rocky mountains.
What Is true of Atlanta Is true in large measure of
the state as a whole. GeoYgla can boast of a climate
which makes life worth living the year round. It goes
without saying that there Is no extreme cold such as
Northern clUes suffer, and It Is equally well known
by those who live here that when the large cities like
New York, Philadelphia and Boston are sweltering In
the summer sun, and humidity Is claiming Its hundreds
every week, the people of Georgia, and particularly of At-
Electric Eels as Motive Power.
Will the horse power be supplanted by the eel power
as the dynamic measure of the future?
The question opens up a condition of affairs which Is
dwelt upon without a smile by grave and reverend
signors who ought to khow what they are talking about.
When the average man Is told that concerted ef
forts are being made to utilise the electric eel of South
America as a motive power be Is naturally Inclined to
titter, bnt If Don Quixote de Esperando, of Venexuela,
comes to this country, as he Is reported to Intend, we
will have "In our midst” the greatest living authority on
the electric eel, and In the meantime tbe people who like
to speculate on tbe wonders of , tbe future are figuring
out some curious applications of this remarkable force
to the work of transportation and Illumination.
We are gravely told that one hundred of these eels
can be put In a sine tank and will give enough power
to run «n automobile for twenty-four hours. Even If
It Is a very small automobile, this would be a novel
means of transportation, and we,are asked to believe that
tbe motive power would not be subject to the uncer
tainties nor to the expense that 'attends any of the va
rieties of power now employed.
A correspondent of The Chicago Post Insists that
10,000 of these eels, distributed In suitable tanks or jars,
would propel a three-coach train at the rate of 35 miles
an hour. (For bow many hours Is not stated!) Carry
ing the calculation still further, we are asked to believe
that 300,000 of them, If so many could be collected from
the Amazon and the Orinoco, where they thrive, would
carry a trans-Atlantic liner from Sandy Hook to Cher
bourg without the slightest difficulty.
And In tbe matter of Illumination they would be no
less useful. One eel would light a room with ease, while
a bunch of them, say a dozen or so, would light a whole
building. They would be the handiest things Imaginable
to have around the house. The saving in gas and elec
tric light bills would be enormous, so tong as tbe eels
continued to live r.nd flourish. What the expectancy of
the average eel may be, according to the mortality ta
bles, Is not stated, and what chance they would have
to tbrivo and multiply so far from the South American
waters which are their native habitat has not been made
public.
Presumably all this will be made clear when Senor
Don Quixote de Esperando arrives in this country. On
the whole It sounds as If the gentleman who Is quoted
as an authority on electric eels were well named, and
that ho might at any time be expected to employ a squire
and start out on a crusade against windmills, but we are
askod to accept the whole story seriously and we shall
endeavor to do so until Don Quixote actually arrives on
tho scene.
In the meantime there has been no slump In the
price of coal on account of the prospective competition
from the olectrlc eels of South America.
Gourdain’s Strange Case.
The case of Louis A. Gourdaln, of Chicago, who
Is making desperate efforts to break Into the peniten
tiary, Is one of tho moat remarkable In the history of
American freaks and eccentrics.
Gourdaln was arrested, tried and convicted of run
ning a kind of lottery scheme by which he bad accu
mulated a fortune. Hb Is represented as being a mil
lionaire several times over. He made a vow In court
that If he was found guilty he would not appeal from
the sentence of tbe court and would return every dollar
of his Illegal gains to the people he swindled.
He was found guilty, all right, and was sentenced
to the penitentiary at Joliet tor four years. After
few months' Incarceration however, an attorney, who Is
said to have acted on his own Initiative In the matter,
secured a pardon for Mm, and Gourdaln was released.
He accepted Lis freedom under the persuasion of
his wife, but he l-as been conscience stricken ever since
and has been tenting desperate efforts to be sent back
to the penitentiary. He Insists that his honor Is In
volved, and he has be«n trying to see various Justices
of the supreme court to have his petition for relncarcer-
atlon filed In'duo form. He declared that If he Is not
sent back to prison he will erect a cell at his own ex
pense on land which he has already bought In the Im
mediate vicinity of the penitentiary and serve out his
sentence, after which he will restore to the people who
trustod him tbe fortune he made and will embark on a
vessel with all his Immediate relatives. The Gourdaln
family will disappear from the earth.
It does not seem to occur to him that the Gourdalns
as n whole may not be willing to embark on his ship
and efface themselves from the earth at the whim of
Louis, but be that as It may Gourdaln appears to take
the whole matter very seriously. True he mqde a vow
that he would not cut until he had been restored to
prison, but the pangs of hunger won out over that deter
mination. He has gone from city to city, however, try
ing to find some Judge who will put him back in the
penitentiary, and has met with no success.
The mystery of It all Is that the mau appears to.be
perfectly sane, at lenst on every other subject, and an
nounces that he Is simply conscience stricken and wants
to make amends.
The chances are that his ardor will abate In a short
time, and certainly the ends- of Justice will be met If he
will redeem his promise to return the money secured
Illegally, with Interest, much more effectively than It
he went back Into prison to brood over his sins.
EXCHANGE ANO BUCKET SHOP.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I have read with great Interest what has been pub
lished In The Georgian on the subject of bucket shops.
Commercial questions are out of my line, but J do know
something about law, logic and moral philosophy, and
I am not entirely Ignorant about political economy.
Two elements enter Into the essence of gambling.
They are both present In every act of gambling, and
wherever both exist In any transaction they make It
gambling. These elements are:
First. The smallness of the amount paid Into tbe
transaction and the possible large gains therefrom.
Second. The presence of contingency that wins
through the transaction.
The capitalist who puts up fl.004 In an exchange
How Ht Got Elected.
Judge Joel Branham Is a recontuer
without a peer when you find him In
the mind for It—which Is almost any
time, as the venerable Jurist Is usually
In a rare good humor. He was at the
capitol the other day, and, the conver
sation drifting around to politicians
and their ways, he told this one:
"Up In Floyd a good many years ago
a certain well known man was a can
didate for the legislature. He was
getting on pretty well, though having
hot opposition. Then an ugly rumor
started that this candidate had been
guilty of selling the cow of a widow,
which was her sole support, and which
furnished sustenance for her baby.
"Immediately the candidate got busy
and secured an affidavit from the wom
en that he had not only not sold her
cow, but that he had given It to her
after her husband died In order that
she might live. The outraged people
rose up and elected him overwhelm
ingly as a rebuke to the parties who
started the first report. Years after
ward he confessed that he started both
reports."
Puss In the Corner.
One of the popular residents of N.
Jackson street almost had a fit the
other morning when she missed two of
her choicest angora kittens. 8earch
high and low failed to reveal their
whereabouts. As a court of last resort,
she appealed via telephone to her laun
dry people. They had taken away a‘
basket of wash that very morning.
'Jhe was just In the nick of time. The
contents of the basket were being In
troduced to the first degre when the
telephone bell rang. A quick search
disclosed the precious pair comforta
bly ensconsed In pa's discarded soft
shirt.
Houssr’s Story.
’Colonel" Fred Houser, the genial
chief clerk at the Aragon hotel, Is a
veteran fn the hotel business and Is
fond of relating some of his expe
riences to his friends who may be whil
ing away the hours on a rainy evening.
One of the stories told cv. him Illus
trates the wonder and simplicity of the
Briton. An English gentleman who
was a guest at a hotel with which.
Houser was connected was given a
fishball for breakfast. He sized the
thing up for a while; then, deciding
that It must be- some sort of a roll,
picked It up In his fingers and took n
>lte. Amazed at tasting animal matter
where he had expected vegetable, he
exclaimed with horrer: "Oh, mem,
there'a something dead In me bun.
COURT FIXES BOND
FOR W.W, COLLIER
Trial of Alleged Embezzler Set
for November 12, at
Bainbridge.
r CORPORATION CONSCIENCE
IS NEGATIVE," SAYS GIBBONS,
(t AND MAGNIFIES EXCUSES
American Cardinal Discusses Question
“What is the Remedy for Social and
Civic Unhealthfulness ? ”
Special to The Georgian.
Bainbridge, Ga., July 21.—W. W. Col
lier, who was Indicted at the November
term of court, 1805, on the charge of
embessllng funds of the Mexican Gulf
Oil and Mining Company, of which he
was treasurer, was brought to Bain-
bridge yetserday from Belton, Texas,
by the sheriff of that county and his
bond assessed at 52.000.
When Interviewed Collier said: "I
will meet them when the time comes."
The bond of J. 8. MITleqr Indicted St
the seme time as Collier on a charge
of smbesslement, was also fixed at 12,-
000. McRee was president of the oil
company.
The trial Is set for November 11.
The action of the Georgia Bar Asso
ciation in naming a committee to form
ulate soma plan to preaent to the legla-
lature to give needed relief to tha su
preme court seems to have mot a re
sponsive echo In tha houae.
Several Members are heartily In fa
vor of giving thla relief, the only- dif
ference being In the mode.
Borne think an Increase of Judge* to
ne or ten would give tha relief, as
.at would lessen the work upon the
Individual member*. Other* Are wad
ded to the Idea of establishing an In
termediate court.
Thl* sentiment that relief Is needed
Is not confined to the lawyers of the
house, either.- Representative Kelly, of
Glascock, who Is a physician and not
a lawyer, thinks the addition of one
or two more Judges would meet the re
quirements. It would be easier to get
one or possibly two than three or more
Judges.
Mr. Flanders, of Johnson, another lay
member of the house, also believes In
Increasing tha judges, making the
Private Wire to Ware Ic Leland.
New York, July 21.—In an Interview
today Cardinal Gibbons, who Is resting
In the Shlnnecock hills on Long Island
with Blshoff Foley, of Detroit, In an
awer to tha question, "What Is' tha
remedy for the social and civic un
healthfulness that Is giving occupation
now to so many muck-rakers?” said:
"That Is comprehensive. I would
rather attempt to answer a doxen spe
cific questions, but I think l may an
swer this by saying, when the sanctity
of the marriage tie and the obligation
of family relations are more fully real
ised ana religious training In the fond
ly becomes more general, we may took
for batter conditions.
"Dlssct the questions as me may, we
are forced back again and again to
the same conclusion—moral and relig
ious training In the family are eaten-
tlat. and just as they are neglected do
these evils Increaes.
Excuse* the Corporation.
"By civic evils we refer to corporate
greed, financial Immorality and official
Infidelity, ns In the case of the Insur
ance crimes and tha group of crimes
broadly classified as ‘graft.’ I do not
know enough of the facts In the pack
ing house scandals to Include them In
this generalisation, but generally
speaking this class of evil Is due to a
lack of conscience as applied to cor
porate acts.
"A man will excuse much in his cor
poration which his conscience would
condemn In himself.
"Corporate conscience Is negative. I»
minimises responsibility and multiplies
and magnifies excuses.
"A rudimentary moral sense will keep
a man from stealing his neighbor's
goods, but the moral sense must be
educated to see moral wrong, aln and
crime In the unconscionable acts of a
corporation.
Awakening of Public.
"There has been of late a great awak
ening of what Is called the public con
science. This has given rise to much
broad, liberal discussion of prevalent
abuses and their causes, fixing the re
sponsibility and often disclosing crim
inality, and Is doing much to remedy
these abuses and bring business moral-
Is, at least, my hope. 1 believe I can
see a decided tendency In that dlrec
tlon.
“Public discussion brings understand
Ing and men who have been blind to
the wrongs of corporate-crimes have
had their eyes opened. They now
limdl tha: they <ll>l 11 -t see l„ r 1-
"This Is business morality. Social
morality depends upon something more.
The family, which Is the foundation of
society. Is the source to which we must
look for Its purification. The great
crimes and scandals which are now ex
citing so much comment can be traced
directly to a lack of sanctity In the
family relations. Until the sanctity of
family ties is more generally recog
nized T see little hope for Improve
ment.
As to the Falsa Standards.
"The principal obligation of the fam
fly Is the religious education of the
young, (he Importance of which Is ai
parent. With It everything may I
accomplished. Without It we may have
great awakenings, we may have a
general revival of public conscience,
but relapses will come again because
the foundation is lacking.
"Most og the putridity of private
character, as disclosed In the revela
tions of courts and the press, grows
out of family relations with false
standards and without religion, and not
from a lack of family relations. Re
turning to the rivJc side of the ques
tlon. It may be asked why. If I see
such close relations between the mo
rallty of business and religious train
Ing in the family I did not join the
policyholders’ committee In Its efforts
to do away with the scandalous condl
tlon that prevails In these companies.
Dsclinsd Rsluotsntty.
'I was reluctant to decline the place
offered me on that committee, but I
believe that the questions Involved are
very liitlmately associated with great
and vital matters of finance. With such,
I am not sufficiently familiar to enable
me to Judge fairly, should doubt arise,
nnd I felt that my best course was to
decline, which 1 have done. My resig
nation has been received by the com
mlttee and reluctantly accepted.
"The whole matter Is In good hands
now, and I trust and believe will be
worked out wisely."
JOHN D. LOSES HIS WIG !
HAIR DRESSER MA Y SUE HIM
By PAUL VILLIER8,
By Private Leased Wire.
Paris, July 21.—Tho wealthiest peo
ple In the world are not exempt from
physical discomforts which attack us
all, aa the King of Petroleum, Mr.
Rockefeller, has Just discovered. As
he was making a quiet little excur
sion of the forest of Compeigne re
cently he lost not his hair, for he has
none, but his wig, which Is as pre
cious to him aa the apple of his eye.
Happily, Pari* la well provided with
wig makers. Mr. Rockefeller at once
put himself In communication with a
celebrated tonaorial artist here, whose
number as high as ten. In letting the
Juatlcas consider the caaea In palm.
Mr. Flynt, of Spalding, one of the
strongest lawyers of tha houae, believes
an Intermediate court the proper rem
edy. With such a court, restricted to
reviewing all misdemeanor cases, and
civil cases up to a certain amount,
making the final tribunal In such cases,
would give the desired relief.
Thla would relieve the burden now
upon the supreme court Justices, and
give them sufficient time to consider
the really Important litigation that
goes to that court.
Mr. Jenkins, of Putnam, also believes
the Intermediate court the only way
to give the relief. He did not think an
Increase of the Judges would maet the
needs of the situation.
Mr. Covington. In Indorsing the prop-
osltlon, aald that all city and county
courts should be abolished. If neces
sary, ha would favor a supreme court
Judge In each' county. Indiana has
such a system, and Georgia might well
emulate that example In view of our
Increasing prosperity and the conse
quent Increaa eln the volume of litiga
tion.
Will Return to Atlanta.
8peelal to The Oeorgtaa.
Opelika, Ala, July *1.—H. H. Ham-
mond, who for nearly two years has
been manager of ths Opelika, Auburn
and Lafayette exchanges of the South
ern Bell Telephone Company, haa re
signed his position, to take effect Au
gust 1. Mr. Hammond will return to
the purchasing department of the
same company, with headquarters In
Atlanta.
establishment Is In the Castlgllone, and
commissioned him to replace the lost
wlr. The hair dresser made Inquiries
and found out that Mr. Rockefeller paid
<50 francs In New York for his original
wig.
Being a good business man, the Pari
sian hair dresser determined t«at he
would charge tbe American billionaire
more than that, and sent In. a bill for
500 franca, or 5100. Mr. Rockefeller
absolutely refused to pay any auch a
price, so the hair dresser threatens td
sue him. The case haa not yet come
before the court, and If It does the de
bates will be amusing to listen to, and
the attorneys are sure of a packed
houae.
WILL WORK FOR PASSAGE
OF IMMIGRATION BILL.
Special to The Georgian.
Augusta, Go., July 21.—Secretary
Moore of the Chamber of Commerce
states that the Immigration commit
tee of the Chamber of Commerce here,
together with some Influential men,
will go to Atlanta when the Immigra
tion bill Is to come up before the house
and will urge Its passage. He says the
movement that has been started for
the Immigrants for this section will not
be allowed to get lukewarm, but, on the
other hand, the question will be kept
at white heat by the supporters of the
bill here until It has passed both the
house and senate.
PRE8S ASSOCIATION
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS.
8pectnl to Tbe Georgian.
Newberry, 8. C„ July 21.—The South
Carolina 8tate Press Association, now
In annual session at the Isle of Palms,
Charleston, has elected the following
officers:
President, E. H. Aull, of Newberry,
vice presidents, William Banks and J.
C. Mayce: secretary, R. L. Freeman
treasurer, August Kohn; executive
committee, W. W. Ball, E. H. De-
Camp and C. M. Galloway.
Escaped Convict CaughL
Special to The Georztsn.
Newberry, 8. C., July 21.—Mllledge
Green, a negro, who lost fall escaped
from the Georgia chaingang, was ar
rested by Magistrate C. 8. Blease on
Wednesday In this city, and taken to
Atlanta.
on December cotton, In no moral sense differs from tbe
clerk who puts up 310 In a bucket shop on the same
hatard.
But a mill man. It Is urged, should be allowed to buy
a supply of cotton to be delivered In December at a
price to be agreed upon In July, In order that he may
know bow to price the goods he must deliver In Jan
uary. "Therefore the cotton exchange may sell cotton
futures." But since mill men never buy from bucket
shops the bucket shops should uot be allowed to sell cot
ton futures, for It is well established In law and morals
that dealing In cotton futures Is gambling. And It Is
gambling because the transaction Is conducted between
a small wager and a contingency that Is not settled
until the game Is played out, whether In the exchange or
bucket shop.
Speculation Is not wrong. There Is no harm In "buy
ing and selling and getting gain,” so long as honest deal
ings prevail.
There are two ways In which contracts for future
delivery of goods may be made, which are not gambling
contracts. Example:
First. A mill man buys from a farmer In July 35 I
bales of cotton to be delivered In December at the mar
ket price that shall prevail In December. To secure thla
contract the mill man pays tbe farmer |4 a bale for
the cotton In advance. Such a trade would be legitimate.
The uncertainty In which the future prlcf of cotton la
involved Is Just tbe uncertainty that the farmer hat had
to meet from tbe first of the year dear on through. AJ1
productive Industries without exception are confronted
constantly by the uncertainty of future markets.
Second. The other way I* this: The mill man goes
to the farmer and buys 26 bales of cotton to be delivered
In December at $60 per bale, and gives his note for the
amount. In this transaction the future price Is agreed
upon without reference to what tbe market price may
be and the deal I* closed on that basis. The note, of
course, has Its preaent value In bank. There la spec
ulation In It, but there la no gambling, because the
amount paid In Is the full and adequate price for the cot
ton estimated at the time of the trade to the satisfaction
of both parties. No “margin” la “put up,” bnt a full
payment Is made.
The cotton exchange Is, of course, the representative
of the farmer In the selling of cotton and the moral prin
ciples thak hold good In one case would be Just ns good
In the other.
I do not know whether anybody ever buys or sells
cotton at a cotton exchange In either of the ways I have
described as legitimate. The usual practice I know la
very different. A buyer "puts up" a margin of say $2 a
bale on December cotton at 10c. That Is he beta $2 a
bale that be will be able to buy cotton at 350 a bale
In December. The exchange or bucket shop, as the case
may be. puU up its engagement to furnish tbe cotton at
that price, or pay the difference, which Is the corre
sponding wager on Its side. Such a transaction la gamb
ling, pure and simple, whether conducted In an ex
change between tho cotton mill men of all America on
one aide and the New York Cotton exchange on the
other, or between a 325 clerk and a back street bucket
shop.
No sufficient reason can be given for allowing cot-
ton mill men to operate on future prices through cotton
exchanges, or flour mill men through wheat exchanges,
or steel and Iron mill men through their exchanges The
farmers and miners are obliged to carry on their oper
ations relying entirely upon tbe laws of business and the
dispensation of Providence to make their prices. Thla
Js true of all productive Industries. On what principle
of economics or morals should manufacturing Industries
be allowed to evade the laws of business and Providence
by trading In futures? The whole scheme Is presump
tuous sin against the God of providence, and can bring no
possible advantage to anybody, except a gambler’s ad
vantage who wins while another loses.
It Is the earnest hope of all good people that our
lawmakers will forbid (he continuation or the gambling
in future*. The demand for this reform Is closely
related to the demand, for reform In diver* other place*.
Let tho good work go on. J. L. D. HILLYER.
Cholly
Knickerbocker’*
GOSSIP
By Private X*eased Wire.
New York, July 21.—Of all men. Al
fred Belt, the diamond king, who died
In London this week, would have been
the last, when he wa* alive, to be con
sidered the hero of a love romance. It
waa through the Instrumentality of a
prosaic American life Insurance policy
that It became known that England’s
richest man had fallen victim to Dan
Cupid.
The Elizabeth Bennett, In whose fa-
for Belt took out an 380,000 policy oa
’my Intended wife." has been Identified
and Is believed to be a beneficiary un-
der tha will of Belt. She la a widow,
not young, but the Junior of Belt by
several years, who live* In Mayfair,’
Her husband was a mining engineer
who was a companion of Belt when ths
latter was prospecting In South At-
rica and they were partners.
They separated before Belt laid tb*
foundation of his fortune In Kimberly
and Bennett died not sharing that good
luck. But Belt remembered Bennett,
looked him up aud became Intimate
with his family after hts fortune had
begun to rapidly grow, and the friend
ship for the family continued until
Belt’* death. As one mark of his
friendship. Belt undertook to educate
Bennett’s son and daughter. Why hs
did not marry the widow never will b*
known. '
After all, Sarah Bernhardt Is not to
wear the ribbon of the Legion of
Honor. The government nominated her
—as has been told—but with the coun
cil of the order the prejudice was too
strong and they have refused to con
firm the action. To show that such
prejudice did not tell against the great
actress, Major Dreyfus was decorated.
Interest In the coming wedding of
Miss Anne Ide, daughter of Governor-
General Henry C. Ide, of the Philip
pines, to W. Bourke Cockran Is Inten
sified by the report that the ceremony
Is likely to be held In the old historic
Malacanang palace, where Miss Ids
and her sister Marjorie have entertain
ed liberally and become popular In ths
military society set of Manila.
To hold the wedding In the gover
nor-general’s palace. It was said, would
mark a rare precedent. Miss Ide would
thus become the first American bride
to be led to the altar In the grand
drawing room of the historic pile. On
the other hand, many of the Invited
guests could not possibly voyage half
way around the earth to see Miss Ide
married, and the affair would lack the
brilliance that would be possible In a
marriage In the national capital.
Another official advocate of marriage
has been found In Acting Mayor Mc
Carthy, of Jeney City. Ha declares:
"The man who marries and helps 10
rear children does what he can to make
this world a better place to live In. We
need more babies. We can’t get* too
many of them. It Is needless to say
that I am violently oppoied to race sui
cide. I’ll be acting mayor for a week,
and I offer all couples who have a
right to wed a flrat-claos, all-wool, cop-
per-rlveted, nsbestos-llned carriage
ceremoney free of charge.
I’m a batchelor, but It Is not iny
fault. I’m ready to marry when the
right girl comes along."
Frank Work, father of Mrs. Burke-
Roche, who Is married to- Aurel Ba-
tonyl. la employing at least one, and, It
Is believed, several other New York
detectives to watch all Incoming steam
ers and trains. The purpose of the
quest Is kept secret.
Meanwhile the gates of the Work
mansion. "Elm Court,” are chained and
tho gardener has been Instructed to per
mit no one to occupy the house. Mr.
Work declares that Mrs. Batonyl never
can enter Elm Court again. This ap
parently contradicts the rumor that he
iad forgiven his daughter.
Messenger 412* draws the line on
bird-catching. He was sent for to get
a canary’ which had ekeaped from
Bellevue hospital. The messenger boy
was offered 60 cents to climb the tree
In which the bird eat, but when he tied
struggled to the top the songster again
hopped elsewhere.
’’W’at do youse t’lnk I am—a bold.
,„e A. D. T. exclaimed. "I can t toiler
die little yeller feller wldout wings. Get
Dr. Thomas or Knabenshue K vpuse
want to ketch die bold. 1 m goin ter
•beat It’ back to de offle."
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, July 21.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—V. H. Geelbaway. J.
Hargrave, C. B. Howard, E. E. Lp»«-
L. Reynold!, W. W. Reynolds, W. Mill
's A VANNAH—H. W. Cowan. Mrs. J.
M. Hampton, J. J. Corrigan.
IN PARI8.
Special to The Georgian.
Paris, July 21.—Mrs. Nellie Black and
the Misses Anita and Louise Black, of
Atlanta, Ga., registered at the office <«
the European edition of The J>e« Yorx
Herald today.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
died.
JULY 21. _
17X0—Robert Burns, BrotUsh poet.
lloru January 25, 175*. .
.... Battle of the Pyramids In Kg;I’ 1
1814—Inquisition re-established In
— -Iwonold. king of Belgium. enter*
Brnsset*. and took the oath of comtl-
1874—Charges of Theodore Tilton "f® 111 **
Henry Ward Beecher made BjbUi.
1897— lion. Anthony J. Mundelta. M.l-i
1898— Robert O. Ingersoll died. Born Au-
1902—Slaking nf°Klbe river atramer Prim*
at Hamburg; one hundred |*r* M
drowued. . v>«
1908—Great building trade strike lu
York dty ended. , ,
1904—Jooenh W. Folk Mined for former
W06-Explo3»n rl *» United ‘."Twro'
Bennington In San Ulego harbor; t»«
ty-elght men killed.
SERVANT PROBLEM ilu .
18 VEXING ROMANS.
Special to The Georgia a.
Rome, Ga, July 21.—The servant
question seems to be a problem 1
Roma at present, aa wall as the cryins
need of farmer* to gst sufficient be p
to work their crop*. There seem* to
a plot among the negroes hare,
male and female, not to work It
can keep from It. One negro • •JvV
was heard to say: "Da nigger cook* ■
Rome ha* now got da white women
de kitchen, an' dey 'specta ter **■»
dem dar."