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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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A man msy wall bring s horse to the water.
But he cannot make him drink without he will.
—Heywood.
The Committee Vindicates The Georgian.
When the list Is written of the services which The
Georgian has rendered snd msy yet have the happiness
to render to the farmers of Georgia, we trust that this
Incident of the cotton association Investigation will not
be forgotten.
If The Georgian with all Its power of publicity and
with the good name which it has won and hopes snd
believes It has deserved, had not entered Into this de
mand for an Investigation Into the affairs of the associa
tion there would probably never have been one.
The conditions and abuses which are now confessed
to exist would have continued snd perhaps Increased to
an extent that would have been dangerous to the asso
ciation and In every respect hurtful to the cotton
growers themselves. -
We candidly confess that this agitation upon our
part grew primarily out of a Justifiable effort to repel an
unworthy Insinuation on the pert of Harvle Jordan
against the Integrity of this paper. We say frankly and
those who know us best know we speak truthfully, that
with this brief statement the controversy under ordinary
circumstances would have dropped. But with the en
trance Into the arena of a newspaper frank enough and
brave enoagh to bear much prejudice In the Interest of a
great cause, there came to us so many testimonies and
so many protests, not only from the men conducting
the light for and against the Boykin bill, but from the
multitude of private cltlsens and farmers throughout the
country, that Tbo Georgian felt distinctly laid upon It
the obligation of an honest newspaper to shed the full
light of publlolty upon this transaction and to compel
the probe of Investigation to be Inserted Into the affairs
of the association.
Suppose that we bad not done so? Suppose that day by
day the editorial columns and the news columns of this
paper had not presented the evidence that was so Inter
esting to the cotton growers of the South? Suppose
we bad not taken an alarm at the bold Insinuation of
Representative Anderson, of Cheatham, on the floor of
tbo state legislature and decided that the honesty and
p.ifely of the cotton growers' association was at stake
In Its Investigation of the rumors against It?
Why, tho chances are that there would have been no
Investigation, bat that the matter would have simmered
away ns such matters nearly always do, to a standstill.
There might have been a little gossip, a little protest
and a little kicking, but by this time the Issue would
hare passed Into obscurity.
Instead of that, with an honest representative and a
bold and out-spoken representative of the press to act In
behalf of the cotton growers and of the association, an
Investigation has been compelled, a committee has been
In session.
And, behold! all and more than The Georgian charg
ed and that Representative Anderson charged, has been
established and condemned by the committee which was
called to consider It!
After everything has been said and done, both Rep
resentative Anderson and this paper have been abun
dantly vindicated In the fight that they have made tor
the cleansing of the official life of a great organisation.
What we charged was that while these men were loudly
condemning cotton speculation with lip and with pen,
that right In the office of the president there were pub-
Uo officials who with hand and with pocket bm>k In per
sons] speculations were contradicting the sincerity of
their outside professions.
And, behold! the committee declares In specific lan
guage that It Is the soundest policy that the cotton as
sociation should condemn In the strongest possible Ian-
gusge any dealing In futures for themselves or others,
on the part of any officer or officers or employees of that
association, or being In any way an owner or a stock
holder or otherwise Interested In any concern dealing
In ootton futures or buying or selling same.
Was not this the exact position taken by The Geor
gian In Its argument and In Its call for an Investigation
Into the affairs of the association? Was not this the dis
tinct and definite reason that this paper gave for do-
m.indln'g this Investigation? That It was for the Interest
of the association and that the engagement of Its offi
cials in such practices was In the highest degree hurtful
and deatructlve to the organisation, the committee now
declares.
The committee further declares that Mr. Richard
Cheatham, secretary of the association, admitted such
speculation and dealing on his part In the name of Mike
O'Grady. —■
Is not this all or nearly all that The Georgian con
tended for In this call tor an Investigation?
Talk about this paper’s ‘‘not knowing anything about
It of Its own knowledge." Why, who knows anything
about anything until testimony and evidence are brought?
What did the committee know until the evidence was
brought to Its possession? What does any court of Jus
tice or any Jury know about the conditions of a case until
the witnesses for and against It are put upon the stand
to tell their stories? And The Georgian having the tes
timony of thoroughly creditable and reputable wltm
in tho case of the speculation that was engaged In by the
officers of the association, and having reason to believe
that an officer of this association was personally en
gaged In one of the very Institutions which he and bis
newspaper were moat loudly condemning, what was left
for us as a public Journal and a friend of the cotton
growers’ association nnd a partisan advocate of Its pros
perity and an earnest well wlaber for Its continued ef
fectiveness, to do but to bring tbeso abuses to the light
that they might promptly bo purified and the official life
of the association cleared?
And thl* has been done. We say frankly that the
committee did all we think could bavo been done. We
cheerfully and cordially withdraw In the aggregate any
Imputation and recall any criticism we may have had
occasion to lay upon the committee. Whatever the at
titude of Individual members, the committee, as a whole,
haa fairly and squarely done three thing*.
It has vindicated Its own Integrity and Impartiality.
It hat thoroughly and completely vindicated The
Georgian and Representative Anderson.
And by Its testimony and the definite condemnation
of Richard Cheatham It has purified the official life of
the administration and will put the cotton osioclatlon
upon a larger and better beat* of usefulness than It baa
held before.
Aa a citizen, as a Journalist, and as a friend of the
cotton association, we thank the committee for the clear
ness and the vigor of Its notion upon this discussion.
The Georgian taajr be permitted to say that It has
no sense of peraonal enjoyment in the agitation of these
abuiet. The work of an agitator and of a reformer Is
never a popular and rarely a happy one. It goes always
against prejudice, and agalnet established conditions and
against the hatred of those who are brought to Judg
ment. Cut we have.fought a good fight We have be
lieved the things for which we fought
We have been vindicated by the Judgment of the tri
buna) to whom our cause and the cause of the cotton
growers was submitted, and we feel at least the pleasure
and the satisfaction of knowing this finding of the com
mittee, whether endorsed by the general executive com
mittee or not, will bo of Immeasurable benefit to the cot
ton growers of the South.
If Richard Cheatham Is removed It will be a lesson
In discipline to every officer of the cotton aasoclatlon In
the future, and If he is not removed by the general ex
ecutive committee, then the egltetore of this question,
the fearless newspapers end the fearless publicists have
put on warning those who hold position! In this greet or
ganisation that the power of publicity and the power of
the prase stands ready now and always to defend the'
association from the errors of officials and to turn the
light upon abuses wherever they may be.
It may safely be* stated that no official of the South
ern Cotton association will be engaged either directly
or Indirectly for the next ten years In practices that are
unworthy of his large responslblltles.
It msy also safely be prophesied that the officers
of this and of other administrations having the peo
ple's Interest at stake will be put on notice by this ag
itation that they must square their conduct by a high
standard of Integrity In their responsibility to the future.
Wa have no ifeslre to see Richard Cheatham pun
ished. We have no wish to reflect upon his personal In
tegrity. It Is entirely possible that with this strong rebuke
administered to him for an error In his official life that
he will sin no more In the future along these JJnes. And
It Is also probable that he will be taught a valaublo les
ion In the denouncing of such things with his lips as
he practices with his htnds. We havo not one line of
personal animosity toward him. We have not one Im
pulse that demands bis punishment. We feel that our
fight has been won, that the correctness of our position
has been established, and that the cotton association,
which we endorse, has been purified, put on new ground
and Invigorated and strengthened for a great and even
■pore successful future.
And with this we are done. We are now free to de
vote ourselves to the help of the Cotton Growers' Asso
ciation In any way In whleh we can be useful. Unless
circumstances should compel us to renew the discussion
Just prior to the meeting of the general executive com
mittee In September, or to the assembly of the annual
convention In May, we have nothing more to ssy.
‘‘Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully re
joice over me; neither let them wink with the eye.'
Psalms 35:19.
Those people who are thoughtfully Interested In the
cotton association Investigation will find It Instructive
and profitable to read In T>.e Georgian the very calm and
Intelligent statement of Hon. James J. Lea. publisher
of The Trade Index, of New Orleans, who It a recognised
and atandaru authority upon all matters relating to the
marketing of the cotton crop with which he hat been
closely connected for thirty yean.
Must the House of Lords Go ?
It Is not Improbable that one of the most notable
critee In the history of the British parliament may be
precipitated at any time, having as Its purpose nothing
less than the overthrow or ndlcal reorganisation of the
hereditary house of lords.
No thinking man believes that the Ume wtU ever
come when tho upper chamber will be abolished. In
practically alt constitutional governments an upper
house, corresponding tp the American Senate, Is found
necessary as a sort of balance wheel and countercheck to
the popular body, but the Idea of an hereditary body of
legislators, responsible to no one and able al any time
to nullify the proceedings of the lower house, has been
growing In disfavor for a long time.
This tact was emphasized ten years ago when Mr.
Gladstone's second home rule bill was adopted by the
house of commons. The first bill providing for a sep
arate parliament for the Irish people had been defeated
In the lower house. It was objected that It did not
provide for the retention of any Irish representatives In
the British parliament, and this was made at the Ume
the basis of strong opposition.
The second home rule measure corrected this, and It
went through the house of commons by a large major
Ity. The country wee very much worked up on the
{subject, and when the bouse of lord* peremptorily de
feated It, there was great Indignation throughout the
country.
Mr. Gladstone retired from the liberal leadership
and from the house of commons. His last speech In the
chamber where he had labored so long and so gloriously
was practically an appeal for the drastic reorganization
of the house of lords.
Lord Rosebery succeeded him In the liberal leader
ship. /.
Tho distinguished liberal peer was handicapped
from tho first by the very fact that he was a peer and
that he must alt In the house of lords, where he could • happens and tho education bill Is defeated.
and member of parliament, displayed the greatest skill
In the handling of the measure, and It has Just passed
the house of commons.
The question now Is, will the house of lords refuse
to pass this measure? Will they block this great popu
lar demand, as they obstructed home rule? It Is reported
that they will, or at least will so radically amend it that
It will be of no value. ThlB has started the discussion
anew of reorganizing the bouse of lords, and Imposing
upon them some measure of responsibility. The Indica
tions are that something will be done If the expected
not possibly hope to influence a single vote. He could
speak eloquently and persuasively, but the Held of bis!
activity waa too restricted.
The new government drifted. The country had ex
pected that one of the first features of the new govern
ment program would be some reorganization of the
house of lords by which the will and wish of the popu
lar body could not be defeated, but no such measure
was adopted. Tbo consequence was that the liberal
government soon went down In defeat and Lord Salis
bury came In at the head of a conservative government
From time to tlmo since those memorable days
there haa been a great deal of talk about the reorgan
ization of the house of lords. The Idea of hereditary
legislators has grown more and more repugnant to the
genius of the English people.
The leading feature on the program of the present
liberal government, which came In this year, after one
of the most overwhelming victories In parliamentary
history, was the adoption of an education bill which
strikes at the very root of the system of sectarian edu
cation. The nonconformists here objected strenuously
to paying taxes for the education of children In forms
of faith which they (the nonconformists) did not believe
In, and they have demanded a system of secular educa-
cation. It Is a moderate measure, after all, for it leaves
It entirely possible for the established church to carry
on sectarian education outside of regular school hours,
by a different corps of teachers, at a separate
expense, but It removed the greet ground of objection
entertained by the dissenters from the established
church.
The measure wee Introduced by Augustine Blr-
rell—and the wags promptly christened It the Blrrellg-
ious bill. While a literary man of the highest prominence,
he nevertheless, as the head of the board of education
"A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a
froward mouth; he wluketh wltl> his eyes."—Proverbs
7:12-13.
What Mr. Seymour Said.
If Mr. Committeeman Seymour Is correctly reported
by The Morning Constitution aa saying that he made
an offensive and InsuIUng remark to the editor of The
Georgian when the editor was upon the witness stand
on Wednesday, then Mr. Committeeman Seymour has
stated an Intentional or unintentional untruth. The
editor of The Georgian mentioned ex-Vlce President Pe
ters of Texas as among the multitude of critics of the
Jordan administration. Some committeeman, whom
we now suppose to be Mr. Seymour, stated his strong
dislike for Mr. Peters, and hit unwillingness to accept
his evidence, which was of course a matter altogether
between Mr. Seymour and Mr. Peters. Another com
mitteeman, whom we suppose to be Mr. Allison, asked
If It was a friendly act to quote Mr, Peters, and the
editor replied that without any knowledge of the quarrel
between Mr. Peters and Mr. Jordan, he thought It was
the friendliest possible act to shed all 'possible light from
every source upon the Investigation In progress.
But from first to last there was not one discourteous
or disrespectful word, uttered either by the editor to the
committee, or by any member of the committee toward
the editor. '
We ere willing to guarantee that Colonel W. L. Peek
snd President M. L. Johnson voted for the square
clean thing In the committee of Investigation.
-* ‘‘He that perverteth his ways shall be known; he
that wlnketh with the eye oauseth sorrow.”—Proverbs
10:9-10.
Growth and Progress of the New South
South which deserves something more than pass-
Southern Textile Manufactures;
It la known even to the most superficial observer that the South Is
making wonderful strides In the matter of cotton manufactures.
Within the paat twenty-five years the number of cotton splndlea In the
South has Increased from 642,000 to 8,111,000, while the number of tales
consumed haa Increased from 183,461 to 2,140,000. The South la r ow c>>-
sumlng more than 16 fcer cent of the entire cotton crop. The' Carolines
alone consume more cotton than the entire state of Massachusetts, which,
only a short time ago, was the very home of the cotton mill Industry. Of
this Southern consumption the state of Georgia la manufacturing nearly
one-fourth, or practically 260,000 bales a year.
Not only cotton mills, but knitting mills, are springing up a’l over the
South. The Manufacturers’ Record, In a recent article on the subject, says
that while the cotton spinning Industry of the South haa been progressing
and receiving the attention which It deserved, there has been a gratifying
advance In the knitting of cotton Into hosiery and miscellaneous garments
for underwear. Tha establishment of knitting mills throughout the South,
while not unusual In Its activity, haa been steady during the paat several
years, and ths various plsnta, of which there are 164, represent an Indus
try to which It Is worth white to give some consideration at this time. Most
of the mills are of limited size and capacity, and many of them dispose of
their output through local stores and merchants of their section. Tet there
eye a number which market their output through commission houses In New
York and other cities. In a number of Instances these Southern plants
have New York offices ( and are largely owned or controlled by experienced
knit goods manufacturers and merchants of the North end East.
The Manufacturers' Record haa obtained, through dhrect correspond
ence with the Southern knitting mills, some data showing the extent and
character of all the plants. Letters addressed to 168 companies brought
113 replies, and the other 40 companies are given credit as to equipment and
other details according to a recent textile directory. An examination of
the tabulated list showy that there are 168 knitting mills, all of them In op
eration, and 101 of them dye and otherwise finish their manufactures ready
for the market The total amount of Inverted capital la 17,112,460; the num
ber of knitting machines operated Is 14,020; the number of spindles operated
Is 124,404, and the number of operatives Is 16,660.
The facts gleaned from the data Indicate that the Southern knit goods
Industry wilt continue to advance and keep pace with the progress of the
Southern cotton aplnnlng and weaving Industry and the general development
of all tha other manufacturing possibilities of the Southern states.
It may be mentioned that the product of thees mills Includes all kinds
of hosiery, ribbed vesta and other garments of underwear for women, fleece-
lined underwear and varioua other artlclee of wearing apparel In the asms
class.
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RELIEF FROM HAY FEVER.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I write In behalf of suffering human
Ity. I have suffered with hay fever
every fall since 1876 until two years
ago when I found that at City Point,
Fla., I was entirely free'from it. I
spent the Bummers of 1904 and 1906,
from August 20 to October 12 each
year there, and waa entirely free frpm
hay fever. 1 feel anxious that all who
suffer from hay fever should know
they can find entire exemption there.
1 will leave for City Point, Indian
River, about the 16th of .August, so
aa to reach there before the attack of
hay fever begins. Can’t you make the
above known through your splendid
paper. I will be glad to answer any
[uestlons from hay fever sufferers who
eaire to go to City Point I take The
Georgian from your newsboy here and
read It with pleasure.
Yours truly, etc.,
HENRY BANKS.
LaGrange, Go., July 81, 1906.
Deaths and Funerals.
CAUGHT WITH THE GOODS ON.
From Tha Macon Newa.
It looks aa If Cheatbam hag been
caught with the goods on and should
go from the Cotton Growers' Associa
tion. but In tha meantime we are fig
urtng on what sort of an Irishman Is
Mike O'Orady to turn state's evidence
on the fellow who had helped him
make money.
O’GRAOY AND CHEATHAM.
From The Charlotte Chronicle.
The delayed Investigation Into the
ehargea made agalnet some officers of
ths Southern Cotton Association that
they hare been (peculating In futures,
Is appointed to be held In Atlanta to*
day. Meanwhile, the papers of that
city have been giving some front pages
of mors than usual Interest, The Jour
nal even crowding out Hoke Smith
stuff to make room for Inveetlgatlon
talk. A good deal haa been made out
of the fact that Mr. Richard Cheatham,
secretary of the association, haa been
handling money and buying and sell
ing futures for Mr. Mike O’Grady, who
Is the vice president and manager of a
•till house In Chattanooga. He admits
that he was trading on the Atlanta
exchange, but that Richard Cheatham
waa handling tha money and using his
udgment as to when to buy and sell,
le says: "l have had Cheatham work
several trades for me. In cotton alto
gether. He did this at my earnest ao-
lcttatloa. For business reasons. 1 did
not care to tend myself to speculation
In Chattanooga, where I live, and,
therefore, wrote Mr. Cheatham to
handle my trades for me In Atlanta.
Mr. Cheatham told me that Jie had u
friend in an exchange there who was
strictly honest and reliable and who
could be depended upon to keep his
business to himself." It appears that
he gave Cheatham 12,004 with which to
gamble, but that Cheatham advised him
against speculation. Cheatham says In
hls own behalf that he simply “acted
as a friend." In hls Individual capac
ity. Mr. Cheatham, of course, has the
right to speculate tor himself and hls
friends, but as long as he* liolde the
responsible position of secretary of the
Southern Cotton Aasoclatlon, lie should
keep out of such business. The fact
that he wss speculating for a friend
THOSE GEORGIA CHARGES.
From The Montgomery Journal.
It looks as If graft haa become In
grained In American character. Com
plaint waa made ‘about the leaks In
the crop reports from the department
of agriculture. Tho press and the peo
ple were up In arms, ao to speak,
against Secretary Wilson, and hls
whole department. Certain employees
were dismissed from ths service and
Indicted. Congress took a hand In the
matter, and Insofar as crop reports are
concerned, there waa a reconstruction
of the force of the department of agri
culture. The gamblers In future con
tracts, finding no more leaks at Wash
ington, have Invaded the Southern
Cotton Aseoctatlon Itself. It haa been
charged before the legislature of
Georgia that officers of the associa
tion are connected with a bucket shop
In the city of Atlanta. It seems that
Dr. J. M. Crawford, who holds stock
In the Piedmont Brokerage Company,
which la nothing but a bucket shop,
states that this concern wss promoted
by Secretary Cheatham, of the South
ern Cotton Association, who frequently
gave him tips on the markets. While
It Is denied that the association Is In
any way connected with a bucket
•hop. It Is not denied thus far that
officers of the association have had an
Interest In a bucket shop. Unless upon
a full and fair Investigation It la shown
that these charges are unsupported by
the facts, the aasoclatlon will be great
ly damaged In the eettmatlon of the
tarmera and the planters of the South.
The Fanners' Alliance went to pieces
on the rock of politics. It Is feared
r end the usefulness of
otton Association. Un
fortunately, there is too much greed
and desire to get rich quick In this
country.
APPOINTMENT OF
MEAT INSPECTORS
To ths Editor of The Georgian:
Will you please Inform me how meat
Inspectors are appointed, where and
by whom? I saw something In The
Georgian of recent Issue regarding
same, hut have forgotten.
A. W. COX.
Tallapoosa, Os.
Meat Inspector* are appointed by
Secretary Wilson, of the agricultural
and not on hls own account does not department, Washington. D. C-, after
help matters. civil service examlnstta*
T. T. Smith.
T. T. Smith, 82 years old, clerk In
charge of the postofflee at Fort Mc
Pherson, died at 9 o'clock Thursday
morning. Mr. Smith was the first
white child to be bom In the city of
Forsyth. Ga., and has lived In Atlanta
for a number of yean. He was for
merly well off and was a well-known
figure In the city. He has been In bad
health for some time, and hls death
was occasioned by old age. The body
waa token to Forsyth for funeral serv
ices and Interment at 4 o'clock Thurs
day afternoon.
Mies Florence Lanier.
Mtas Florence Lanier, 16 yeare old,
died Friday morning at 116 Pearl strsst
of typhoid fevef. The funeral services
will be held at the residence Saturday
morning, and tha body will be taken
to Decatur for Interment
Captain 8amuel Kelly.
Special to The Georgian.
Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 3.—Captain
Samuel A Kelly, a gallant ex-Confed-
erate, died Thursday morning at hla
home In this city at thaage of 69 years.
The deceased was a military prisoner
at Fort Delaware for nearly a year and
hls health became broken there and
from the effects he never recoverd.
Mra, M. M. Baldwin,
Special to The Georgian.
Charlott, N. C., Aug. 3.—Mra. M. M.
Baldwin, mother of Rev. J..A. Bald
win, president of the Piedmont Indus,
trial School here, died at her home at
Ellerbee, In-Richmond county, Thurs
day, at the advanced age of 90 years.
The deceased was a lifelong member
of-the Methodist church, and a woman
of rare beauty of spiritual Ilfs and at
tainments.
ANOTHER BOBBY BURN8.
By JAMES J. MONTAGUE.
our street all day.
A-temii'^'torJes to the kids, an’ wstchln'
Well, say! If he'd let booee alone, be sea
that he could write
Some things to nuike the world set np an'
chuckle with delight.
He sea that he sees poetry 'meet every
where he turns.
An' If he sobered up he'd be snotber Bobby
Burns. '
He ain’t wrote nothin' yet. he tei. so very
awful good,
Bat that don't nuke no dlff'rence, for ha's
certain that he could” ✓
Bat he't ao fond o' looOa' an' of watcbln'
yonngatera play
An' loadin' whisky Into him. It always
■gema anme way
nerer geta no time to tend to aerlons
concern*.
' ■» aohedy known that he'n another
Bobby Burnt.
I never beard of Bobby Burna—nn' maybe
he could beat
it poor old chap at weltin'—hut the kids
along our street
WO ">abtei , MOlie* h,m ,her * * nukl,> '
Than all the Bobby Burnses yon could 8nd
In half a mile.
We hope he'll qntt the boots some day.
for we ran see be yearns
To sober sp an' gtt to be another Bobby
GOSSIP
About
People
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 3.—One of the en
vied- girls of the younger set Is Mias
Edith Deacon, now officially recognized
as the best mascot Admiral, Evans
could have selected. “Fighting Bob"
has an eye for the eternal fitness of
things, aa waa shown the other day at
the home of Mrs. Baldwin, when he ap
pointed Miss Deacon mascot of the
North Atlantic squadron.
Admiral Evans' fleet, which rtdee
peacefully at anchor In Newport har
bor, la the most powerful squadron that
ever vlsitad Newport, and "Fighting
Bob" la the most popular social light
that the colony has “taken up."
The other day, while being enter
tained by Mrs. Baldwin, Miss Edith
Deacon, who Is tha granddaughter of
Rear Admiral Charles H. Baldwin, pre
sented Admiral Evans with a lucky
stone, an amulet charmed agalnat mis
haps.
"You must be our mascot, Mlae Dea
con,” said the gallant Bob.
'It's not a hard Job,” declares Mias
Deacon.
When the officers are -being enter,
talned, the fleet mascot must always
be present This seems to be her
principal duty.
Broadway Is talking eagerly of the
marriage of Miss Fay Templeton to
William J. Patterson, a PlttsbuSf
millionaire, at the home of her broth-
er-ln-law, In Rldgely Park, a Philadel
phia suburb. There have been rumore
current of the engagement of Miss
Templeton to the rich Pittsburg man
ufacturer, but they have been vigor
ously denied and the announcement ot
the wedding came aa a surprise to
Broadway. It la presumed that Mrs.
Patterson will retire from the stage for
a time, at least.
The three girl stenographers In the
arsenal office on Governor’s Island who
have been barred fj-om the cabin on
the ferryboat General Hancock, devot
ed to officials and their wives, are In a
state of mutiny today.
"This ta a free country,” said one
of tho angry women, "and the Hancock
la a public boat. The officers have no
right to prevent us from going to any
part of It where other persons can
go.”
A friend of the girls said:
"The cause of the trouble wae that
the wives of the officers objected to the
presence of the stenographers because
thetr husbands flirted with them."
An advertisement In one of the
Brooklyn papers has been the cauae of
much comment. It was Inaerted by
one of the Coney island animal shows
and reads:
"WANTED—Wet nurse for a baby
elephant; must be strong and healthy
woman; any nationality or color. Ap
ply 10:30 a. m, Sunday, August 6."
It may not be the work of the pub
licity promoter, but It's dollars.to
doughnuts there will be a crowd nn
hand to see the applicants for this
novel position.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
AUGUST 3.
a die...
on hit flrit Toy age
.. _J«covery.
1712—FI rat atone laid of the Bank of Eng*
- - - the head of the
frer, Invented by tha Brit*
uadron_onder Com*
expedition
re*diaebrtred by Cap*
lab.
1804—United States squadron under
mander Prebla attacked Tripoli.
1814-Brltlah* force repulsed In expel
•British • force repulsed
agalnat city of Buffalo.
181*—Barrow’s straits re-dlaco
tain Parrr.
1847—Enrl of Aberdeen, late governor gen*
* of Canada, born. ,
Ini’s opera. "William Tell,"
given first production.
lM4_Ocneral Hood attacked General Lo*
K m's lines at Atlanta.
enry M. Stanley, recently returned
from Africa, received by king of Bel*
t lum.
,1 Hung Chang Intrusted with the
Chinese war against Japan.
1896—8paln accepted American conditions of
peace.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, Aug'. 3.—Here are some of
the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—L. O. Broughton, O. W.
Collier, H. Hatcher L. B. Johnson, C.
B. Ponder, R. M. Roee, 8. W. Brooks,
C. .K. Chrlestlan, B. Duncan, E. P.
Gamble, J. A. Reese, Miss L. Almond,
E. N. Close, Mils A. Hamilton, Miss
L. Kinsey, Mlsa L. Wilson, J. V. Wil
ber.
AUGUSTA—Misses Fryer, Mrs. L. L.
Lyle, W. R. J. Walton.
MACON—J. J. Waxelbaum.
SAVANNAH—G. Blakely, C. Eshy,
W. W. Mackall, Mra. F. A. Well.
IN PARI8.
Special to The Georgian.
Paris, Aug. 3.—George J. Dexter, of
Atlanta, Ga., registered at the office of
the European edition of The New York
Herald today. •
IN THE HALL 0F.FAME.
By WEX J0NE8.
.is" Belmont le fond of horses. They
bring him lots of col* from the public.
Prophet Ltje Dowle believes that It's ess-
* to prophesy than to profit.
Franc* la a line country, says John D.
Rockefeller. Moot of the people there, be
adds, spesk French like natives.
it Nicholas of Russia la childishly
>1 of bombs. Ths explosion of one In
rlclnlty makes him excessively ner-
hiiiraswi*? k JHXbn;
away somewhere.
King Alfonso of Spain frequentlydeclares
hls Intention of becoming n null fighter, lie
knows there's no danger that foe court
et Mm carry ont such a design.
William Waldorf Aator Itkea to hare t>:«
rousers turned up. He says It help# hls
English accent.
The Gaekwar of Baroda. who thinks
msrican girls are not so pretty, ha. pm*
back to India, where the women are kept
In aenanaa on the principle that what yon
don't see won't Jar yon.
Vles Prwldent Fairbanks retains an old-
fashioned hatred ot toothache.
An English enrL well known on this «W*
J the water—to three or foar people-snM
that It's easier to bt an earl than to en
gineer.
Mari* Corelli. thr"norellst. Is abont t*
publish her photograph—to avoid publklt/.
she explains.