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ft THK ATLANTA GEORGIAN. SATt’RDAY, JULY ». 1**. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, Pre«ldent. Subscription Rstes: Published Every Afternoon One Yesr Except Sunday by Six Months ... . ... 2.50 THE GEORGIAN CO. Three Months . . at 25 W. Alabsmt Street, By Cirrler, per week 10c Atlanta; G*. Entered •• second-data matter April M. IK*, at the Poatofflcs at Atlanta. Ga.. nmlrr act ot conrrest of March A Hi*. A man may well bring a horae to tha water. But he cannot make him drink without ha will. —Haywood. and absolutely honest In Ita handling of charges so so- rlous. And with these requests complied with, tha re sult must be new strength and new hope and new use- fulness rather that! a diminution of power or of effective work. Under no circumstance*, then, does the cotton asso- elation need to fear or to hesitate.^ It* motives are clear. Its work la approved, Us elements are mighty, and Its membership Includes that which la beat and highest and most 'representative In the South. It has only to be brave, to be honest and be sure It will be successful. Saturday Evening. "When a new book comes out," said Emerson, read an old one.” There Is a measure ot wisdom In the attitude of the great essayist and philosopher or Concord. In this age of the making of many books it Is a physical Impossi bility to keep abreast ot the teeming output ot the press. Some man of Inflnlte patience and an Inquiring turn of mind has -estimated that It would require three thou sand years' to read the standard literature of the world. With this appalling fact staring the student In the face he naturally lacks the courage In some Instances to un dertake the task at all, and contents himself with a more or tern courageous attempt to keep In touch with the times. The truth of the matter is that neither attitude Is correct. The msn who attempts to devour the Inter minable output of the press of these productive days has a hopeless task. It would be far wiser to wait until time has sifted out the books that are really worth while and then read them and digest them. But it Is the vital life of today which Is worth while, after all. The House ot Commons never had a more vigorous and convincing member than Lord Ran dolph Churchill, at least in recent times. From the day when he assumed leadership of the Fourth party, which was, In effect, a party of four, he gave the grave and rev erend signors more trouble and stirred them to greater activity than all the other leaders combined. And yet-Churchill was practically never known to -read anything* but the parliamentary reports and blue- books. He was as full of facts as dynamite Is of danger, and all of them bore directly on the matter In hand. He was a live wire when be arose to make a speech. No man would seriously deprecate the value of cul ture. The man who takes air knowledge for his 'prov ince and absorbs culture and Information wherever he can And It Is undoubtedly better equipped for the bat tle of life than his less Informed brother. But there are so many things around us which are of pressing Importance, so many ways In which we can better the condition of our neighbor and the human race that It looks like a waste ot time to be wandering too tar afield. The man who starts out to inform himself and to see the world should Bee hla own country and should learn the needs of his own people, first ot all, and then If he has any spare time let hla - , , ‘ [ "Observation, with extensive view. Survey mankind from China to Peru.” ■ Why should not the Hon. Harvle Jordan appoint the Hon. Richard Cboatbam and the Hon. A. A. Fair- chllda as hla high court and commission' to try the offi cers of the Bouthem Cotton Association upon the charges of bucket shop ownership and ’ cdttoit specula tion? “Al” Adamg’ Bucket Shop. We will not pause at this Juncture-to dwell upon the startling revelation made in the current number of Every body's Magazine, which reached Atlanta on Thursday, to the effect that the convicted Jall-blrd and swindler, "Al" Adams, Is tho moneyed man In the firm ot M. J. Sago & Co., which In turn was the New York end of the Pied mont Brokerage Company at ths time that a salaried offi cer ot the Southern Cotton Association was a stock* bolder In It We shall content ourselves with quoting the magatlne article's graphic phrase that "from the ex-convict head of M. J. Sage A Co., to the humblest employee, WE DOUBT IF THERE 18 A MAN CONNECTED WITH THE ORGANIZATION WHO COULD BE TRUSTED NOT TO STEAL DEAD MICE FROM A BUND KITTEN.” The confession of the salaried officer of the Southern Cotton Association, made over bis own signature, that he was a stockholder In the Piedmont Brokerage Company, establishes rather an unsavory Intimacy between the Southern Cotton Association and “Al” Adams, the noto rious graduate ot Sing Sing. The Cotton Association Unharmed. Whatever the outcome ot the present Investigation Into the conduct and Integrity of the officials of the South ern Cotton Association, one thing Is sure, the Cotton As- soclaUon Itself cannot be Injured and cannot possibly be deatroyed. The motives that bind that great organisation togeth er are too high and lofty and the mission which It has to subserve In the world Is too definite and Indispensable for any' permanent harm to come to thla great body of the organised planters and sellers of the South's greatest and moat Important crop. It Is to be hoped for the benefit of the association and for the honor of all concerned that the Implications that Involve the official life of the association may be sat lsfactorily answered and fully explained. If.so, the at mosphere will be all the purer tor the storm which has over It, and the agitation Which reveals good .conduct and faithful administration will strengthen rather than retard the work of the association. If, on the other hand! the Implications which Involve the offi cers of the association should be sustained either In whole or In part by the Investigation which la to follow, It will be the duty of the association to purge Itself ot all unworthy representatives and with new men chosen from the great rank of the farming interests and these men warned and disciplined by the sensitiveness ot the asso ciation toward the action of its olflclsts, *801] by the splendid discipline which rebnkea their offense In this direction, will take bold with new faith and new Ineplra- lion to carry the organisation forward to Its grand and Indispensable work.. No offenses and no charges which are promptly met sad promptly and properly handled can ever affect a great company of honest men. Tbe- otdy thing I* that the organization itself shall be fearless sad shall be fair Mr. Jordan and the Issue. No display of Harvle Jordan's vulgar temper shall divert this paper from Its high purpose of .reaching the truth In this vital matter that concerns the cotton grow er* of the state. 'r We have lived our life before the people of Georgia and It It not In the power of Harvle Jordan’s wounded spleen to disturb the SBrenlty of oar own conscience or the public confidence which . wo have won and prize above all human possessions. Harvle, Jordan disclaims In bis card of Friday all responsibility for the cartoon which contained the offen sive element of his original card. If he had halted with this disclaimer, as any gentle man should have done, ahd awaited our reply, the per sonal element of this discussion, which Is neither ot oar choosing- nor of our liking, might have been eliminated there and then. *. ■ But having disclaimed the cartoon, be goes on. In a spirit of stnall vlndlctlvenes* totally Ub'wortby of a leader or a nikn, to resay all and more than the cartoon contained, and to write ; a scurrilous and vindictive ti rade of abuse, without'dignity, without logic and without application te the great Issue at, stake. We content ourselves with an expression.ot regret that the president of the Bouthem Cotton Association hss *0 little control of bis malice and his temper as to voluntarily destroy the opportunity of personal harmony which his statement of fact preferred. We shall not od this quiet Saturday afternoon reply In kind to the unseemly temper of Ur. Jordan's card. We will wait until Monday to see If reflection shall bring to him a better spirit and a truer speech. Mr. Jordan and The Georgian occupy stations 1 too high nnd responsible to make them examples ot bitterness ang billingsgate. The Interests ot the great organization for which they stand are too serious and Important to be blurred In personal wrangle. We have said no word of liersonal abuse or personal reflection upon the president of the Cotton Association. Upon tho Impulse' of hla in temperate words there come to us now words equally severe and perhaps equally Intemperate. These words we repress for this day.* They will keep until Monday, and by that time they should not be necessary. We are not engaged In a personal quarrel with Har- vie Jordan. If so The Georgian'! columns should not be used to air It We are engaged In a serious effort to protect thb Southern Cotton Association from Implications of alarm ing error that Involve Its official life. We desire’ only one thing; to ascertain whether the officials of that association are dealing worthily, and wisely with the vast Interests In their care. Insinuations have been made which touch this vital Issue to the quick. We. ask of Harvle Jordan, as the prosident ot this great body, to give to the cotton growers and to the public a 'tree and fair public trial of these charges before a proper Jury, and a proper judge. We ask that no partial place pf hearing aba!!, be named and that no jury, however 1 honorable, shall be selected, whose nearness to, the' accused might cause its own verdict to he viewed askance. We ask that no undue haste, no Influence, no manipulation ot evidence, and no exodus from Atlanta ot essential witnesses shall be permitted to vitiate the trial. We aak that the Investigation be so conducted from first to last, so as to leave no doubt In the public mind of Its fairness, Its completeness and Its sincerity. The statements set forth In other eolnmns of this paper to day are written not In malice, but to make clear the linos on which the public wishes light and Information. If these elements shall be preserved we shall accept the vordlct without criticism or complaint. If that verdict vindicates the Jordan administration we shall any so as heartily and fully aa.we ever said anything on a public Issue. It It shall oonvlct ths administration we shall In the Interests ot the cotton grower as fear lessly urge the purging and reorganisation of the great body upon whose life and effectiveness the prosperity ot the South depends. We subordinate for a time all personal consider* tlons to this great general end. His Own Organ Confounds Him. "The losses to wh|ch yon refer have been sus tained through the maintenance of bucket shops and local wire housi-s. which you are trying so hard to bolster up and which tbe legislatures of Georgia and the other states Intend to suppress. I have received thousands of letters from farmi-rs in the past fi-w months and spoken to thousands more and In not one letter, or from the lips of a single farmer In Georgia or elsewhere, have I ever been criticised as you In sinuate."—From Harvle Jordan's open letter, July 27. Is that true, Mr. Jordan? This Is really refreshing! y Why, In the identical Issue of your Cotton Journal which contained your criticisms ot tbe editor of The Geor gian appeared tbo following touching and significant let ter: Waynesboro, Ga., June 28, 1906. Atlanta Cotton Journal, Atlanta, Ga. Gentlemen:—Have' you any Information that would be an advantage to a man holding spot cot ton? I expected by this date cotton would at least bring 12 to 13 cents. I have been holding 266 bales slnco October and December last, aad the expenses will be at least .tbree-fourtha to one cent per i>ound. I fear unless some crop disaster, prices won't be bet ter, especially when the South Is willing to sell the new crop for about 10 cents. It looks like It Is best to cIobo out. Yours truly, THOMAS QOINNEY. What wag your reply to this deluded victim of your bad advice? ■ , SILENCE,DEEP AND PALPABLE! He gvas entitled to some light on that "arrangement" between the notorious “Joe" Hoadley and yourself, by which the former was to underwrite 600,000 bales of cotton to bo held for 16 cents, but he didn’t get It . HERE 18 ONE LETTER, MR. JORDAN, IN YOUR OWN ORGAN. HOW MANY MORE HAVE YOU RE CEIVED? As tho matter stands *Mr. Qulnney has sustained a loss of over i 1-2 cents a pound, between prevailing prices and the highest of the season, to which may be added from three-fourths to one-cent per pound for expenses. It he closes out now he will lose something like $10 per bale or practically $2,660 on his holdings. And In point ot fact, Mr. Jordan, there are a cloud of witnesses who will rise up to confront you, just as Thomas. Qulnney has dona The Decatur Waterworks and Subur- ' ban Prospects.' The Decatur people In an election called for August' 14th will vote on a bond Issue of $39,000 for a waterworks system, and $6,000 for sewerage way. It Is difficult to see how the people of Decatur can fall to vote any other way than affirmatively upon this Important question. There Is no one thing In which the suburbs of large 1 . I cities are more vitally Interested than In this question of facilities which will make them more eligible as places of residence and of business. There are a thousand ad vantages which carry people who live in the great.cltics to a residence In adjacent suburbs. . Cleanliness, econo my, closeness of association. i#ro air. freedom, from beat and dUBt, quiet associations and better health, all combine to make the suburbs attractive as a place of residence. But all of these are frequently minified by tbe absence of waterworks and of sewerage plants wblcb people who live In cities have been accustomed to, and It might as well be understood now as later by our sub urban residents that If they expect to bold their popula tion and attract other people to a residence In tbeso places, that -It must be done by providing tho conven iences which' are Indispensable -to the higher forms ot modern life. The present population of Decatur Is about 2,000 and that Includes some of the best known and best condi tioned people of tbe state. It would entail a compara tively small tax upon these people to vote this sum for these bonds, and the people who own real estate In that delightful suburb may as well realize that It they do not provide these conveniences, the value of their property will be diminished In the future because fewer people will care to occupy for residence or business purposes these places, whereas, it they generously vote for these Improvements the demand for suburban residences will multiply and Increase an hundred-fold. And those who own or control property In these places will feel tbe Im mediate Impulse of public Improvements' which make them eligible for residence or tor business life. And what has been said with reference to Decatur applies .with equal force to College Park and to other adjoining suburbs whose real estate values must rise or fall in proportion to the enterprise and to the enerygy with which Its people take hold of these indispensable public Improvements. We trust that our friends and neighbors of Decatur will rise to tho full measure of this opportunity and set tho example for other surburban towns by their public spirit and far-seeing judgment In public affairs. n -Ik Chatty Knickerbocker's GOSSIP About I People J It was not so much the bad judgment and the fool ish reasoning of Mr. Jordan In his campaign -for 16 cents cotton, but It Is In the most Intolerable obstinacy of his mistaken Judgment upon It that will-be remem bered by the farmers and cotton growers whose empty pockets are the sorrowful resultants of hla error.. Nor is It the mere mistaken Judgment for which Harvle Jordan and 16 cents cotton will ■ be remembered, but It la for the Intolerable and ungrateful treatment which he accords, to others whose judgment has differed from bis own. <• Growth and Progress of the New South The Cotton Organ and the S. C. A. “Will the association aak for tbe resignation ot Fairchild, now that bis. former connection with a brokerage concern has become knownT' Mr. Cheat- hem was asked. The secretary of the association declined to dis cuss this question, nor would he comment on the fact that charges had been made that E. D. Holtie, former manager of the Piedmont Brokerage Company, had written editorials tor The Cotton Journal with which Mr. Cheatham Is connected. Mr. Cheatham did say. however, that The Journal had no connec tion with the Cotton Association.—Atlanta Journal, July 27. ; For the present we are directly concerned with the statement that The Cotton Journal "has no connection with tho Cotton Association." Then the interesting question arises, WHO PAID FOR TH08E DOUBLE-COLUMN ADVERTISEMENTS PUB LISHED IN NEW8PAPERS FROM GEORGIA TO TEXA8 ABOUT TEN DAYS AGO, calling upon the farmers of the South to send In Information at to their present and prospective crop, with two lines prided In black type at the end, as follows: "THE COTTON JOURNAL, PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT ATLANTA. GA., WILL PUBLISH REPORTS IN EACH ISSUE.” There you are! Ot course The Cotton Journal "has no connection with the Cotton Association'—when tt comet to dividing the' profits of the organ with tbe association which feed* It. - ■ . 1 ,' BUT HOW DID THAT BOOST FOB THE ATLANTA COTTON JOURNAL, IN BLACKER TYPE THAN ALL THE REST OF THE TEXT, GET TANGLED UP IN AN ADVERTISEMENT PAID FOR. PRESUMABLY, BY THE 80UTHERN COTTON ASSOCIATION, AT A COST OF THOUSANDS OF DOLI.AR8T The whole thing Is a pretty muddle! "And the farmer feeds them all.” It Is to be hoped that the habit of allowing an ac cused official or an accused administration to select Its own judge, sheriff and Jury, wilt not progresa beyond the Southern Cotton Association Into the regular channels of oar jurisprudence. 81111 Mr. Jordan Is a man of tran scendent Judgment, ss Illustrated In hla notable cam paign for 1$ cents cotton. National .Banks in the South. In the course of sn article In this column on yestsrday It wag shown that the deposits In the banks and trust companies of the South were $600,- 000,000 more last year than thw were fifteen years ago.,, ' 1 To bring ths matter somewhat nearer home and more nearly up to date It may..b« stated that ths bank clearings In Atlanta for the. present week were More than a million dollarsln excess of [the'corresponding wee|$ last year. * '• " * •' ■■ ; *! I „ ' 1, i All of which lends a timely interest to an article In the current Issue of The Manufacturers’ Record, stating that an abstract of reports of the condition of national banks lately Issued by the comptroller of the cur rency shows a most gratifying condition of such institutions In the South. There art altogether 1,195 national banks In .this • section, ths stats of Texas containing ths largest number, namely, 471; In fact, there Is only ona state In the Union which has more national banks than Texas, and that la Pennsylvania, 1 with a total .of 690. Including Oklahoma, Indian TtrrU&ry and Missouri, there are 1,6(1 national banks In the South and southwest. After Texas, Indian Territory has the largest • number In this section, 141; Kentucky Is next, with 121; Oklahoma has 111, Missouri 107, Maryland (1, Virginia 11, West Virginia 11, Georgia 76, Alabama 71, Ten nessee It, North, Carolina II, Louisiana and Florida IS each, Arkansas II, South Carolina 26, Mississippi 14, Washington and the District Of Colum bia 11. ' > This section, says,Tho Record, has altogether more than three times as many national banks as ths New England states and about 400 more than the Eastern states. It has about as many as the middle West, nearly 700 more than the.Vfoltern states, and more then six times as many as ths Pacific states. , The loans and discounts of the Southern .banka Indicate closely the con dition of their business, the tots) amounting to 1651,1(1,0(9. Including Mis souri, Oklahoma end Indian Territory, th# total Is 1711,(17,4(5. Inasmuch as the total Individual deposits In th* South are Iq round figures about 1608,000.000 and the total capital and surplus about 1182,000,000, the fore going figures Indicate that the money of the banks It generally actively employed and doing Us share toward the advancement of the material In terests of the country. The addition of Missouri adds about 118,000,000 to the total capital and surplus and about 1131,000,000 to the Individual de posits. Oklahoma and Indian Territory Increase the capital and surplus fund by something more than 112,000,000 and the Individual deposits by over (10,000,000. ' The total resources of the riatlonal banks In the South amount to $972,- 849,841, and. Including Missouri, Oklahoma and Indian Territory, the total resources are 11,141,275,083. 1 Generally considered, this abstract, which covers the condition of the banka up. to June 18, shows a very satisfactory state ot business affairs. In South and in. the section Immediately adjoining It upon the southweat. LEGISLATURE ASKS FOR MILITARY PARK Urges Representativei to Pnsh the Movement to Final Succesf. ^GOSSIP OF= STATESMEN AND POLITICIANS Senatorial courtesy Is something In- violate and proverbial. Senatorial at tentlon Is not. When local bills are be: Ing shunted through, th* senate often busies Itself with other things and don’t pay much attention to whet 1* happening. They vote, but In a per functory sort of way, as though they hadn't the faintest notion whst It le nil about, which Is sometimes the cose, for not Infrequently a member engaged In some personal matter, asks anxious ly for Information ss to "what's do ing." v ■* Ths roll call on a commute* amend ment to a bill was on the other day, and the clerk had got down to the Hs. ''Senator Hogan." . The senator was, deeply Immersed In a conversation with seme friend, and didn't reply. % * i. •"Senator Hogan." called Captain Hansell In a louder voice. iSttll no reply. "SENATOR HOGAN." he thundered, and the senate, now all attention, watched for developments. At the final call, the senator wheeled about ahd rumbled: ’Aye.” then In a stage whisper to some one near by, "What are we votin' on. anyway?" "By Senator HsmbY—To regulate the taking of fish lh Tallulah river." Ths bill was up for passage. “What's It about, Hamby?" , . _ asked somebody. Whereupon the huge form of the member from the Forty-first unfolded toward the celling, and he eatd: "Gentlemen, this Is simply a local _*asure to regulate fishing In a Rabun county stream." and then effaced him- self. Instantly Senator Steed was on his feet, end In an Impassioned manner volleyed: "1 am surprised and shocked to ob serve that the honored member from the Forty-first does not arise to this occasion In his usual able and eloquent manner. Here Is a bill affecting the piscatorial destiny of a noble stream In his neck of the woods. Yet he falls utterly to seise the opportunity for a display of hls forensic powers! Why? Hss he lost .Interest In the arts and cunning that lends to hls debate such thrilling eloquence? I call upon ths. senator to rise to the occasion." And, blushing under the (lery ava lanche of Senator Steed's arraignment. Senator Hamby arose to the occasion as follows: . '• "It Is to allow folks to catch cat fish In the Tallulah river.” Baskets of luscious Elbertas adorned the desk of every senator Friday morn ing when the gavel fell for business. . Not even a-weaiened, worm-inhab ited peach adorned the press table. When the members of the fourth estate came In they looked upon a senate en gaged in gorging Itself on luscious fruit. But nobody remembered thst reporters had sn appetite for such things. Just back of the press tsbl* a basket of' big. may-cheeked, juicy Elbertas reposed. There wee s hurried council of war. and one of the reporters quiet ly sneaked a newspaper over the bas ket end Its contents. . The business of making laws moved on serenely. Under the very nos* of the president and the officials a .bosket was surreptitiously removed fronrthe To establish a national military park on the three battlefields near Atlanta—reach tree creek battle, fought July 30,. 1SW; At lanta battle, fought July 22, 11(4; Ezra Church battle, fought July 28, 1564—anil to connect theee throe buttlcllclds by boule- vtrde and driveways, It Is proposed to make an appeal to tho congress of the United Btates. A resolution by Messrs. Slaton, Hell end Blackburn of Fulton to urge Georgis'* rep- resentstlrc* end aeneton to do.all In. their power to bring sbont the enactment of each legislation ss mar be neceaaary for the purpose Indicated passed tha house Saturday morning. That theee battles named above were among tbe moat Important of the civil war le recounted In the reeolution, wblcb etstca that In the siege and military operations Incident thereto, Including tbe battles, ten army corps with *u aggregate fighting force of about 176,000. men participated. It Is claimed by those behind tbe n meat to establish th* Atlajitanatloasl tarv perk that It would .be of great his toric and national Interest and ralu- *- the preservation of the lines of battle, ..... scenes of aerev struggle* between contend ing farces, end would enable the Several states who** troops were engaged In these hsttles to erect monument* to tbe valor senatorial desk, and transferred to the reportorlal table. Hsetlly the loot was distributed. And when th* senator came In from a com mittee meeting and esw the boskets On every other desk and none on hla own. h# looked worried, but senatorial digni ty prevented any . questions. Three newspaper men left the cspltol filled to repletion. After doing all In hi* power Friday morning to. get s rule through the house to compel member* to attend the sessions of .the house, and falling, Scab Wright walked* down to the press table and remarked that for the first time In hls life he wanted to own big newspaper. Mr. Felder, of Bibb, dies hard. Joe Hill Hall doesn't seem to be very fond of the senate as a body. Mr. Flanders called the previous a uestlon just exactly eight times Frl- ay mbrnlng. Actual count Owing to the absence of Mr. Bell, of Paulding, the Journal was read Friday morning. Mr.> Knight, of Berrien. 1* the most prolific man In the' house, when It comes to making a speech. He has one'for every blit Introduced, and the strange part of It Is that h* seems just os much Interested In one as another. He goes' to the eenate next year. Now tor some fireworks over there. Friday morning the house had been discussing a measure for quite a while, and spirited arguments had been ad vanced. As the vote was about to be taken a member In the rear of the house asked what Mil-was on Its pas sage. How's that for attention? On hls resolution to require less at tendance of members of the house at ban games and more at the sessions of the house, Sesb Wright‘tried to get the ayes and nays. There was nothing doing, however, and the fan members attended Friday** game os usual, while th* workers remained at the house. Reeding Cleric McClatchey took a vacation Friday, haring been asked to sing a song up In Cobb county some where. He said he supposed he would be heard over at tbe cspltol anyway, so It wouldn't really be an absence. He was on hand Saturday morning. It Is very evident to one In the house very long that the all-powerful com mittee of that body ts the one on rules. By Private leased Wire. New York. July 28.—The Importation of an English tailor to suggest Im provements In our military uniforms has evidently given hls follow craft*, men In the old country something near ly approaching the swell head. The cable dispatches today make the at&t-. ment that William J. Bryan's froric coat has offended the expert of “the tailor and cutter," who declares that It "Is heavy and shapeless, with a sombreness quite hurtful, even offen sive, to an English tailor's taste." "Despite this criticism," continues the dispatch, "of course, Mr. Bryan ha* not discarded the coat." We may bo willing to have the uni forms of our eallore and soldiers tink ered with by the British, and the fash- lon for our women's gowns set by France, but when It comes to Inter fering with the broad-brimmed hats and "Jim swingers" of our Southern and Western statesmen, we draw the line, broad, straight and deep. They are not to be Interfered with and to speak disrespectfully is almost less majesto If not casus Mill. The negro elevator boy Is becoming a very serious question In some of the swell apartment houses. Another case of hls Insolence appears In the day's news. Taking It into his head that the lady visitor of one of the tenant! In the Riverside establishments, in which he pulls the lever cord, was a servant, despite the assurances of the tenant whom she bad come to visit, he held them prisoners In the elevator for twenty minutes until the ladles be-, came hysterical. Now hi* employer faces a damage suit. Many of .these fellows are West Indian negroes, and impudent beyond belief. Some day they will tackle the wrong subject and things will happen. As a result of the failure of the city magistrates to hold gamblers and crooks arrested In police raids. Com missioner Bingham has hit upon a new scheme to rid the city of theeo gentry. He has had several detectives dis guised as street sweepers looking for the necessary evidence, and they have gone before the grand Jury and given to that body , a mass of material that brought about many Indictments of sport card men, confidence men, mana gers, dealers and other attaches of poker and other gambling, rooms. Not only the gamblers, however, are to be taken before the court on bench war rants. It Is said that a large number of men and women who are Interested directly or Indirectly In the manage ment of other places of an Illegal na ture have also Men Indicted, and that they will be arrested. As a companion piece of news, It ts announced that Richard A. Canfield's notorious gambling house st No. 6 East Forty-fourth street Is again open for business after a period ot Idleness dating, from the raid of District At torney Jerome, described In the recent trial of the suit of Lawyer Delahunty against the gambler. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. By Private Leased Wire. New York, July 28.—Hhere are some of the visitors In New York today; ATLANTA—F. 8. Walters, W. J. Swanson, W. S. Glllam. AUGUSTA—J. 8. Bussey, Jr., A. Ley, B. S. Mlsscll. MACON—J. B. Beckham, Mrs. L. L. Dempsey. SAVANNAH—W. D. Brymer, O. N. Zell. IN PARIS. Special to The GeorfUn. Paris, July 28.—Mr. and Mr*. A. Steiner, of Atlanta, Ga., registered at the office of the European edition of The New York Herald today. FORMEI DRUGGED_M) ROBBED Gotham Negroes Take Money and Jewelry From Charles Dorr. By Private Leased Wire. New York, July 28.—Th* condition of Charles D. Dorr, a former congress man from Weet Virginia, who was found In a semi-conscious condition In a doorway at Twenty-seventh street and Sixth avenue last night by a po liceman, I* satisfactory this morning. A crowd of negroes who surrounded him ran away st the approach of tne ollcer, who gave chase, but felled to catch any of them. At the station house no money or anything of value was found In sir. Dorr's pockets, and hla shirt front was torn ss though a stud had been wrenched out. He seemed to be ''li fe ring and could not give hie name. When revived at tlje New York hospital Dorr said he had registered st the \ Jc- torla and had gone out for a walk. H* remembered nothing that happened for some time before the-policeman found him. . It was stated that Dorr appeared to be suffering f?om s eort of ptomaine and. In addition, showed evidences 01 having Men drinking heavily. No evi dence of any drug having been sdmln- lstered was discovered. It Is believed Mr. Dorr was robbed while he ay semi-conscious In th# doorway, and tne police are searching for the negroes v.-ho surrounded him.. ATLANTAN FINDS SON „„ IN LITTLE ROCK, ARK- Special to The Georgias. Little Rock, Ark., 'July 28.—A case was beard In police court yeeterday is which J. T. McCorkle. a railroad en gineer from Atlanta, Os., charged hi* married stepson, Homer C. Ford, » machinist In the Argent* shop*, w”" having concealed the U-year-old of McCorkle from hls parents. testimony of McCorkle was to the et feet that hls boy had run sway fro™ home and come to Little Rock, tb boy was last night found st the boa* of s relative and taken 10 Atlanta or his father.