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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN eATi pPAT, ArorRT 4. 1W. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEA1PLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. J Telephone ~| Connections. Subscription Rates: One Yesr $4.50 Six Months 2.50 Three Months ..... 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by THE GEORGIAN CO. at 25 W. Alabama Street, Atlanta; Gi. Enter*] nn eecond-elaia matter April 25, 1904, at tbe Toatolflca at Atlanta. G*., under act of congrtM of March S. 1179. Friend, Not Enemy, to the Negro. The nenro bishop, Wesley J. Gaines, speaking In Washington, classes the editor of The Georgian along with Senator Tillman, Governor Vardaman, Governor J eft Davis and Thomas Dixon as the enemy of the negro and "the most dangerous of the group because he Is the most highly educated.” The negro bishop, Henry M. Turner, of Atlanta, Is on record In the statement that the editor of The Georgian Is "among tbe best of the living friends of the negro race." Here Is a wide divergence of views among the ec clesiastics of the African Church. Naturally our opinion Inclines toward the view of Bishop Turner—In fact, we nre quite sure thgt Bishop Turner Is right. Measured by the objects and purposes of tbe condl tions for w^ilch he has contended for so many years, tbe editor of The Georgian is not the enemy but the prac tical and earnest friend of the negro race. At least he believes himself to be. There is not now and there never will be In his mind any personal animus toward tbe negro. The negroes who have been his servants and who are no* his em ployees are perhaps as loyal and devoted to him as to any employer In the South. There are as many negroes In the South who have for the editor of Tbe Georgian a high personal and Individual regard as for any public man In this section. The editor knows that he has never failed with his scope, his opportunity nnd his capacity to befriend and to help tbe individual negro, or the race. But the editor of The Georgian has been for many years the committed and earnest advocate of an ad vanced and perhaps a radical solution of the negro question. Far In advance of Mr. Hoke Smith, the Atlanta Journal, Senator Tillman and the other men who are linked with the Idea of disfranchisement and separation, the editor of this paper, with pen upon the journalistic columns and with tongus*upon the lecture and political platforms of the country, has advocated a definite and conclusive treatment of the negro question. We have advocated separation. , We have ndvocated colonisation and we have advocated disfranchisement. We have done this, not In any spirit of antagonism to the negro nor In any spirit of dislike to the Individuals of this race. The purpose with which the editor of Tile Georgian Is linked and which he has advocated all over the country has been founded upon two or three definite ami unanswerable propositions In hts own mind. First, God Almighty never Intended two opposite and antagonistic races to live together on equal terms. Second, It Is not possible that these races, opposite and antagonistic In race and In sentiment, 1,300 years apart In civilisation and development, should live to gether under the same laws and enjoy the same privi leges. • Third, that the Anglo-^axon Is the dominant and conquering race and has never tolerated an equal In its own territory of existence. Fourth, that all other races which have come in contact with the Anglo-Saxon race have either passed Into slavery or Into decay, and the only reason why the negro has not done so Is because his earlier connection has been under 100 years of slavery, and his later con nection has been under conditions so remarkable In politics and In civilisation that be has been unnaturally sustained. Fifth, that the negro has no hope In history or In prece dent of an equal chance with, the white man under this government, and therefore It Is better for him to recog nise this and begone—because his presence here under these conditions brings many and complicated problems to the white race, and unsokrable and hopeless problems to himself, and because with the aspiration and tbe assertion of the negro under Increasing education and In- "rreaslng numbers, Is logically and Inevitably sure to pro duce dangerous and deadly friction In the future phases of our civilisation. Therefore, The Georgian has believed and now be lieves that the best thing for the negro as well as the best thing for tbe white man Is that the relative su periority of tbe white man and the relative inferiority of the negro man should be recognised definitely and clearly In every relation In life. That no possible effort or opportunity should be spared (for the sake of the negro and for the sake of the white man) to fix and to establish this superiority and Inferiority in politics and In the social life by law and by enactment. That the best and only way to provide a political freedom tor the white man and a social protection for the white race and a sanctity for the women of the white race as well as the best way to provide liberty for tbe negro race, and opportunity for the negro race, and development fbr the negro nee. Is to remove the eternal and Incurable friction of their ever conflicting aspirations. That this can only be done by reducing the negro for his own protection and for his own welfare, to the acceptance of a place of inferiority until such time as he can be separated from the white race and removed to another territory, where, with the help nnd co-opera tion of this people, he may work out his destiny and tell by experience whether he Is capable of self-government or worthy to be free. Now, there Is no malice In this view. There Is no spirit of antagonism and nothing but a high and sincere regard for the Interest and welfare of both races on this continent. There can never be any compromise upon this race question. There can never be any settlement of It out side of a definite and radical settlement. It Is now, as It has been for fifty years, a question of separation, ,ol annihilation or of amalgamation. One of these three resnlUMs must inevitably come. And It Is because we (•-nr the possibilities of amalgamation and of annihilation that we are passionately, earnestly, reasonably and !r revocably committed to the doctrine of aeparatlon. Tbe negro has nothing for which to hope under the conditions which environ him at this time in this coun try. If he had any pride, any patriotism, any,spirit of progress, or sny ambition, he would see this and not wait to be sent but ssk to go and to he helped to go to ^hune land where ha would have an SQual chance, free I from tho hopeless competition of a dominant and all* ! conquering rare. The whole civilization of the white race Is isilsoned | by the presence of tho negro with his constant tempt tlnn to Injustice, to violence, and to civic crime against | the ballot, and to ceaseless anxiety for the sanctity of the Southern home. The negro Ib thwarted, handicapped j and hold lu hopeless bondage by a competition with j wblcb he can never compete. The argument In favor of separation is logical and Irrcalstible and can only be met by the pitiful plea that it Is not practical. And this plea In an age of such wealth and of such power and of such civilization la confession of weakness nnd n confession of cowardliness unworthy of the white race and of the tlmca In wblcb they live. Until such time aa this last logical and Inevitable solution must come, we are In favor of destroying the friction and removing the possibility of conflict by hold' ing tbe rein* of this government resolutely nnd fear lessly In the hands of the white race that made it, and rule It, by reducing the negro by disfranchisement and by law to that position of recognized Inferiority which will restrain and curb tbe nspfratlens which mean only sorrow to his superiors and destruction to himself. We submit to the judgment of an Impartial future that the editor of The Georgian, holding these views, Is not the enemy but the far-seeing and loyal friend not only of the white but also of the negro race. The Cotton Journal’s Wicked Wink. Mr. Harvle Jordan, grown sensitive under the nar rowness of his own escape In the recent Investigation, turns loose his scurrilous and vindictive pen In the cur rent Issue of his Cotton Journal and fiercely abuses The Georgian. Let us see abou this cotton journal. Mr, Harvle Jordan It president of the Southern Cot ton Association., And Mr. Richard Cheatham Is secre tary of the Southern Cotton Association. These gentle men are both paid splendid salaries to give their time and their tatente, auch aa they are, to the association. Mr. Jordan' recelvea the salary of a United State* sen- ator. Mr. Cheatham receives a salary greater than that of a college president. in spite of this engagement and thla ample remuner ation these gentlemen have gone Into the publication of a cotton journnl for their own private profit and have de voted a good part of the time which Is pledged to tbe association to thla private enterprise of their own. Now, If this journal which they are publishing was tbe mouth piece of the Southern Cotton Aisoclatlon and they had been Instructed by the association to print auch a journal then Its publication would have been all right and might have been helpful to the organization. But for tbese two officials to take advantage of their position to launch a private enterprise while they-are In the employment of tho association la, to aay the least, unbecoming, and should be discontinued. If the president and secretary of the Southern Cotton Association are to head a journal it ought to be the mouthpiece of the association and not A PRIVATE ENTERPRISE, RUN ON THE TIME ALREADY SOLD TO THE ASSOCIATION. What a ptty that the deluded farmers of the South could not have seen Individually and collectively, the significant wink with wblch Business Msnager Cheatham, of the Cotton Journal, accompanied hli statement to Dr. Crawford that this crusade against future contracts was “the best card” the paper was playing, and was bringing In subscriptions by tho hundreds. That It was a piece of buncombe Is evident enough, no* that we know that Cheatham himself was speculat ing In at, least two brokerage houses, If he was not act ually a stockholder In n third, but ft does seem rather cruel that Harvle Jordan's Cotton Journal should RIDI CULE THE GULLIBILITY OF THE FARMER8 of the South, who so foolishly believed that It was sincere In denouncing future speculation. The real friends of tho farmer are not disposed to "wink the left eye," and laugh abhls credulity. They wonder bow much longer he Is to be msde the victim of auch organs as The Cotton Journal, who are always ready to turn every Institution started for the alleged interest of the farmer Into some selfish device tor lining Its own pockets. Mr. Qheatham may "wink” and talk about the “drawing card" value of his agitation, but the farmers of the South have had their eyea opened by this Investi gation. All tbe soft terms'and kalsomlne In tbe country cannot obscure the Inevitable conclusion that there has been something very, rotten In tbe state of Denmark, and tbe farmer, with a finger of acorn more withering than a wink, or forty winks, will aay to Cheatbam, as Nathan said to David, “THOU ART THE MAN." The current Issue of The Cotton Journal haa made a feeble reply to a great many charges—baa “explained," for Instance, that tbe official scapegoat acquired an In terest "last winter" In a bucket shop which was not or ganised until the latter part of spring—but It has not yet dared answer the direct question asked moro than once hy the Georgian: WHO PAID FOR THOSE AD VERTISEMENTS OF THE COTTON JOURNAL, test- tersd broadcast throughout the South at a cost of thous ands of dollars? Newspapers from Georgia to Texas have been carry ing advertisements, appealing to the farmers to aend In Information as to their present and prospective crop, and get the results by subscribing to The Cotton Journal. The Cotton Journal Is tbe private enterprise of Jor dan, Cheatham and Company, and the profits go Into their pockets. DID THEY PAY FOR THOSE ADVER TISEMENTS ont of their pockets, or did The Cotton Journal "wink again" and allow the dear farmer to pay for them through the Southern Cotton Association? On this qneatlon The Cotton Jonrnal and all con cerned are aa silent as the grave. And the farmer feeds them all. M’LENDON, OF THOMAS.—Hon. S. O. McLendon, of Thomasvilte, Is in Atlanta at 172 Capitol avenue under treatment for a severe attack of rheuma tism from which he has suffered for several years. Mr. McLendon Is easily one of the ablest and moat distinguished citizens of the state. He has been for many years a contributor to political and economic discussions, and baa always given light and Inspiration to whatever subject he has touched. No recent articles that have been writ ten upon the vexed question of the railroads In their relation to the people, have been equaled by the able, fair and exhaustive communications recently submitted by Mr. McLendon. They Illus trate power of thought, falrneas of mind, elabo rate research and statesmanlike grasp of the economic questions which are Involved. In these articles Mr. McLendon has rendered a distinct service to the people of Georgia and to the un derstanding of one of the greatest problems with which they have to grapple. Mr. McLendon's home la In Tbomatville and his friends will be pleated to know that he la rapidly recovering from the affliction which haa borne bo heavily upon his physical condition. Mrs. Mclx-ndon is with her husband In Atlanta. The Georgian sincerely wishes for Ita distinguish ed friend a rapid Improvement and many long years of happiness and of usefulness to the peo ple of Georgia. Saturday Evening. "Happy the man. In busy scenes unskilled. Who. living simply, like his sires of old. Tills the few acres which his fathers tilled. Vexed by no thoughts of usury or gold." This variant of tho Horatlan theme will always ap- prlnclpalltles and neighborhoods of nations. There every moment is freighted with a new and keen sensation and the hasty-footed time speeds at Its airiest pace. But It Is not all men who aay with Dr. Johnson, "When you have seen one green field you have seen all green fields: I like to study people; let's walk down Cheapslde." There are those who Ilk* to dwell "Where wild things lark and linger In groves as gray and grand as time." To them the smell of the fields and the tang of the fot- ests are sweeter than patchouli and more exhilarating than new wine. To them the song of the linnet and tbe early lark are more inspiring than the sw'elllng strains of "Elijah" or the weird diapasons of "Parsifal." They are n brother to the fowls of the air and companion peal warmly to tho overworn nnd weary. Man made the of the silvery streams. They find that pleasure in tbe town, and a marvelous monument to his genlua and In genuity It la Indeed, hut the proverb la still delightfully true that God made the country, and thereby achieved a master work Infinitely beyond tho skill or comprehension of man. In tbe busier haunts of men we find a more complex order of life. There tho lightning haa been harnessed as old Tamourlane harnessed his captive kings. There we whisper to the sleeping carbon and It awakens with a smile of light. Upon Ita busy marts converge all the means of transportation which make communities of pathless woods which the tangled mazes of the busy thoroughfares cannot offer. If It be true that "the undevout astronomer Is mad,” then equally must It be that he who lives near to na ture's heart must needs live nearer to nature's God. Tfco cycle of the seasons offers Its richest treasures for his delectation. Whether In the exuberant months of spring, the keen, clear noondays of the winter, or the "season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,” there Is an abiding charm in the varied face of nature. It is even better than to "walk down Cheapslde.” Growth and Progress of the New South South which dNtnraa something more tbnn pass* Cotton Immune From the Boll Weevil. The boll weevil has become one of the terrors of the Southern plant er and the beat means to provide against his ravage! Is always a subject of the greatest Interest. >■ If a staple could be developed which would be Immune from the peat the farmers would feel that they had taken a long step toward permanent happiness and prosperity. Some of the people out In Louisiana think they have done thla. A tel egram from New Orleans to The New York Commercial says that the crop pest commission of Louisiana has announced that through a long series of experiments a cotton ha* been produced which Is -practically Immune to the ravages of boll weevil, and In spite of the adverse vjeather the new variety promises over half a bale to the acre. This new variety of cotton Is what 1s known as the Triumph, and the experimental work, which Is giving such satisfaction and gratification. Is being conducted by the crop commission on both the Red slid Mississippi river bottom lands. It Is be lieved that when this variety Is generally adopted the weevil will have to go. Wllmon Newell, entomologist, has returned froQi Rapides Parish, where he made an Inspection of the experimental farm In the Red river bottom lands. He says the cotton ha* now passed the stage/ where It can be damaged by the boll weevil and has made over halt a bale to the acre, with prospects of making more. Alt the bolls are extremely large, some of them being five and one-half Inches In diameter. The experimental farm In tbe Mississippi bottom lands north of Baton Rouge Is giving equally as gratifying evidence of the adaptability of this variety to Louisiana and the possibility of growing It before the weevil can get in serious damage. * - “The cotton planters of this state are being Instructed as to the best methods of raising thla variety of cotton, and the agricultural departments of many of the other cotton-producing states of the belt are already send ing for full Information. Mr. Newell has long held. In common with most experts of the federal agricultural department, that It would be Impos sible to exterminate the boll weevil ami that an Immune cotton wae the only solution of the problem." * Southern Immigration. The Chattanooga Times, In a recent Issuer says: "The movement suggested by The Tradesman and undertaken by Governor Glenn, of,'North Carolina, for a convention of- accredited rep resentatives of all tbe Southern states to be held In Nashville some time In the early fall to consider the question of Immigration, Is being' cordially seconds* by a majority of the Southern newspapers. The question has be come one of the supremest Importance because of the growing scarcity of labor In the Southern states and because of the attention newcomers from European countries are giving to the consideration of this section as desirable for residence and business. The rich possibilities of the Sov^th, Us wonderful development during the past few years, and It* salu brious climate Are becoming strong attractions to foreign arrival* In this country and It Is believed that the time has come for the Southern people to take some concerted action toward directing properly the flow of newcomer* everything Indicates will shortly begin moving hitherward. The South needs additional 'population of the thrifty. Industrious, en ergetic kind and the way to get It and to keep out the other sort la to or ganise and go after It. Our Southern railroad enterprises have grown strong enough now to bear a very strong hand In recruiting the force of Southern laborers and In drawing desirable Immigrants. "The call for the Convention above mentioned will bring together rep resentative men from all over the South and In the multitude of their counsels we may expect the organisation of a movement that being fully representative of public sentiment will prove productive npt only In secur ing valuable additions to our population but In preventing an Influx of the other kind that has been so embarrassing nnd hurtful to other sections. "It Is a crucial time In the development of the South and It Is well that measures be devised at once, radical If need be, to at least direct the quality It not the numbers of newcomers that may seek homes among us." COMMENTS ON THE INVESTIGATION Compromising Confessions. From The Macon Telegraph, It la very unfortunate that a promi nent official or officials or the Southern Cotton Association should stand con victed by their own confeealon of hav ing been. In the case of one, speculat ing In cotton by buying futures In a bucket shop, whether In hls own or In another's name and Interest, and in the case of the other of having been Interested ns part owner In a bucket shop. These are the net results so far ac cruing from the Investigation entered pon at Atlanta under President Har- It Jordan's direction. Mr. Richard Cheatham, secretary of the association, admits having conduct ed two cotton futures accounts, while occupying bis offfclal capacity, In the name* and Interests, respectively, of Michael O'Grady and P. A. Lee. Mi chael O’Grady, of Chattanooga, Tenn., appeared before the Investigating com mittee and corroborated Mr. Cheat ham's claim, that h* was speculating for others In so far as hls fo’Grady's) account was concerned. Mr. Cheatham claims that the other account. In the name of P. A. Lee, la bona fide for that person, but he declines to disclose the Identity of P. A. Lee. In addition to this, at the tall of the hearing Wednes day afternoon, Mr. Holland Curran, bookkeeper for R. Sledenburg, a brok erage house, threw a bomb Into the proceedings by declaring that Mr. Cheatham had opened an account with hts house In the name of "Mike Jones" and had bought cotton futures three times under that name. Mr. Cheatham la reported to have been excited when Mr. Curran appeared on the stand, to have shaken hls finger at the wltnesa and to have refused to give hls con sent to have the witness testify. Mr. Curran proceeded notwithstanding and told hls story. It Is to be presumed that Mr. Cheatham will contradict thla story, as In hi* statement to the com mittee he said: "I have never specu lated In cotton futures for my own personal gain.” Mr. A. A. Fairchild, who was em ployed to publish the proceedings of the Southern Cotton Association, ad mits having owned stock In a broker age house which he disposed of when be found there was objection to IL He claims that hls position as compiler of statletlce and publisher la not such as to affect hls freedom of action In this respect, and that it ts not auch aa to make hls course a reflection on the association or Ita officers. In or der to relieve the association of any prejudice, however, he announces hls resignation of hla position. These disclosures are doubly unfor tunate and mortifying because made at a time and under clrcumstancee where in the association wae making war to the knlfo against the exchanges and bucket shops. It will be recalled, too, that It wae against somewhat similar conditions, alleged to be In existence In the bureau of the agricultural de partment at Washington, that Mr. Cheatham was active In ferreting out, when Holme* and other government employees were charged with being mixed up In the "cotton leaks" scan dals. It does seem that hls experience should have taught the secretary to •tear the association clear of any auch hurtful complications. He "Caught on” All RighL From The Charlotte Chronicle. It appears that Secretary Cheatham operated on the exchange under the name of Mr. Mike Jonee. And Colonel John Temple Graves does not appear to have -caught on to It yet. Mlkey Jenee la a tolerably good sort of ,a name to play on. “The Appearance of Evil." From The Columbia 8tate. Evidently Secretary Cheatham had never heard of the old Biblical advice that It la well to avoid even the ap pearance of evlL No Publicity Bureau Ntedsd. From The Charlotte Chronicle. Hr. Arthur Fairchild, who was In charge of the publicity bureau of the Southern Cotton Association, and who was Involved on the charge of being part owner of a bucket shop, haa don* the proper thing by handing In hi* resignation. It might be In order for the executive committee to Investigate Into tbe need of this publicity bureau. Time may have been when the asso ciation wae weak and struggling for recognition that It needed such a bu reau, but we expect It i* strong enough now to do without It. Colonel Harvle Jordan's office stenographer and the columns of tho Southern newspajiers ought to do the work. “Foolish or Improper." From The Columbia State. Secretary Cheatham’s connection -Itli a cotton brokerage Arm either Improper or It was extremely foolish. If he traded for himself— which he denies—It was Improper, and If he traded for hls friends—which he affirms—It was very foolish. As sec retary of an association of cotton growers that Is trying to secure stable and satisfactory prices for cotton, Mr. Cheatham ought to have had sense enough to keep a safe distance be tween him and the door of any con cern whose business It was to gambie In the future prices of cotton. A New Secretary Ntsded. From The Columbia State. We have long feared that Secretary Cheatham, of the Southern Cotton As sociation, was too light for hls Impor tant office. When accused of using hls official Information to speculate In cotton futures he denies having specu lated on hls own account but admits dealing In behalf of a friend. By Mr. Cheatham's own admission, hls conduct was reprehensible. The association will have to get a new secretary. Let him be a sound, sane business man who knows the gift of alienee. Jordan and "15-Cent Cotton." From The Columbia State. When The State last year criticised President Harvle Jordan for urging farmers to hold cotton for 15 cents, several farmers' clubs In this state at tempted to boycott the paper. They condemned us for expressing an honest opinion based on sound business reas oning. No other prominent paper In the South Joined us. The State's pre dictions have been absolutely verified, and It Is Inti resting to note that Mr. Jordan, being now censured for that action by an editor who heartily sup ported him at the time, admits he has made mistakes. Palatable advice Is not always the best. The 8tate at tempts to be first sincere, then pal atable with counsel. A CHARMING CARD FROM MR. O’GRADY. Hon. John Temple Graves, Editor of The Georgian: I have Just read your editorial en titled "Mr. O'Grady," and wish to thank you for the kindly sentiments expressed therein. The O'Faglns and O'Currans may transform themselves Into Careys If they will, but It must never be said that an humble member of the great family of the b'Gradya betrayed a trust, or deserted a friend In the hour of hls peril. Under separate cover I am serallng you my personal card, and I trust the receipt of same will assist you In re- calllng my Identity, and so firmly ce ment our future friendship that you will never again be led to believe that this particular O’Grady Is other than a living creature of real flesh and blood and possessed of a proper sense of manly honor. Assuring you that I fully and freely forgive everything and everybody, but the artist who made that unearthly looking picture of me, which appeared In The Georgian, I beg to remain, Very truly yours, M. O'GBADY. Chattanooga, Tenn, Aug. *, U0«. PENCIL POINTS. Tbe hypocrite Is * human gold brick. There !> A ra«t difference between cun* nlng and wisdom. *^\Vorry Is the factory where wrinkles are manufactured. Rven the finest perfume can not sweet en an unsavory reputation. Rome modern alchemists are able tc transform brass Into gold. The defeated candidate Is convinced that ths political bee has a stinger a foot long. . • Remember, young man, that opportunity can’t be kspt In cold storage awaiting your convenience. There are those who are willing to blow the other fellow’s born, provided It turns out to be tbe horn of‘plenty. A balky automobile will not necessarily go because It Is numbered 23. Are we not all rich? Hove we not a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? Tbe only jewels some of ns can claim are ■ r illurnoiul dew drops. There are many little human barques upon the sea of Ilf- Hint would hare long since iieen wrecked had they not been safe* ly anchored to mother’s apron string. By Private Leased Wire. New York, Aug. 4.—The Art Bis. dents' League has declared war on An. thony Comstock for hls raid on ths studio, and will fight the case to a fin Ish. President Arthur Fuller nnd oth„ officers of the league also were out of town when the raid was made, hurried back to the city and held a meeting After the meeting a statement was I. sued through E. C. Crowley, C oun.»i for the league. Mr. Crow ley says- 1 "Concerning the pamphlet, copies „# them were transmitted through th. malls, with the knowledge nnd consent of the postal authorities. This attack la not on the league alone, but on tit Hrtlste, and it Is needless to say that the league will push the fight vigor, ously." A newspaper man usually can be d,. pended upon In an emergency. R- when Lewis Tapllnger, a veteran jour nallst, who was at Coney Island ye,, terilay, saw Mrs. Alice Reid struggling In the water some 100 yards from shore, he promptly plunged in and rescued her. He was barely In time for thfl Vnuntr ivnman u-as . ' Millionaire’s row on upper Fifth av«. nue is about to receive another notabls recruit. Claua Sprecklcn, the multi-million- a Ire sugar man, has purchased th« white marble house of Isaac Stem at No. 858 Fifth avenue, and It wa* today »ahl that he will make hls home her* The house la near the Gould, Whitney. Yerkes and James Henry Smith man sion*. The magnificent home of Mrs. P. Spreckles In San Francisco was part ly destroyed by the fire which accom panied the San Francisco earthquake. Mrs. Fred W. Penn, a grandniece of tho late Ward McAllister, has served notice on her former husband, Regl- nald J. Foster, widely known broker nnd society man, that he will be sum moned to court and compelled to give hl« reasons for not returning to her her furniture. Jewelry and personal relics which she owns and which he has per sistently refused to give up. Mrs. Penn wns divorced by her hus band last November, and In June his marriage to Miss May Louise Rogers, daughter of the late Allan Rogers, was celebrated. During the same month hls divorced wife was married to Mr. Penn, of Syracuse, a son of George Penn, the millionaire steel manufac turer. Michael Delugl, of New Haven, does not object to being wooed, but when Miss Emma Goss proposed to him for tin* four hundredth time, he concluded she should be effectively discouraged, so addressed personal chastisement. City Judge Tyner, while sympathising with Delugl, nevertheless Imposed a fine of 810 on him. Miss Ellen Duperon, of this city, starts today on a Journey of 15,000 miles to be married In Belra, Portu guese East Africa, to Vital de Mldy, the official photographer to the govern ment of the Portuguese colony. The couple met seven years ago In Paris, where de Mldy was studying art, and plighted their troth. He comes from a proud Brlttalny family nnd hls parents forbade the marriage, ordering him to return home. He obeyed, believing he could win hlH relatives to favor his suit, but after a stormy interview he parted In anger with hls parents, and started out to make hls way In the world. He became a sailor and soldier and won a medal for bravery under Lord Rob erta. He finally located in East Africa, where he expects to make millions from a mine. He wrote to -Miss Duperon and they are now to be married. All society, as well as the town peo ple of Newport, gathered yesterday at Sandy Point Farm, the country place of Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt, to attend the fair given for the benefit of St. Marys orphanage, of Providence, which was the moat successful affair of the kind ever held in Newport, nnd th© treasury of the orphanage will be enriched by the sum of several thou sand dollars. 4 . . An interesting feature of the auction was disposing of three hear cubs, one of which was purchased by Mrs. George Law, for 8130, and the other two went to Paul Rainey and Robert Goelet. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. By Private Leased TTlre. New York* Aug. 4.—Here arg some of the visitors in New York today: ATLANTA—C. Wallace, E. M. Halli- man. MACON—W. Glesefman, P. Glesef- man. SAVANNAH—Miss M. C. Engel, W. H. Feely, J. Stoddard. Miss Strong, W. A. Blsbee, J. B. Floyd. * AUGU8T 4. 106-%-lHenry I of France died. , 1245-Siinon DeMontfort, carl of Lelces* 1247—CaifnIs,°Vrnnee, taken by the EngU»l> after a year’s siege. 1477—Tncqiiei I»’Annngnn«\ fine de Nemours, liehcttdod by Louis XL . 1594—William Cecil. Lord nurlelgb. died- 1792—Percy IL Sheley, roef, born. 1814—Russo?1 Sago born. 1584—Fight between Confederate and l u,on troops at New Creek. My* . %jess’"!, U5 month. N. H. . . 18S5—Memorial services In honor of uen ernI Grant in V estmlnater abbey. 1884—Samuel 3. TIMen. American •]***+ man. died. Horn February 1887—Collapse of the wheat ByndlcSte s*»n Fn.n-1--;: I""-- Where HE Has the Cinch! (Reply to IVex Jones) By T. G. DOLAN. A mnn tan - , stand pntn like a «"»*». He basii't the nerve to be hied. The howl, be emit, nre nenree human. Than suffer "he’d rather lie ijeni'. Hut, no nutter hew, Huy It* lumen. Can pat bis shirt on o'er hls head! He never ermhl plan nut tt d*""' 1 ;.. |ir ^i Think. It * snobbish to he tt> Has n weaknee. for P !' kl "K 'h* Whleh menu, be will so broke Insh-aa. nut. no matter bow •Uly. the .inner. Con pnt hls shirt on o'er h!» bead! He's appalled by s bnhe with th' roll*. <’ouhl never innke up hi* own beu, Bns the uruee of n cow St “Uollc. Of tear, he's the veriest dread, Bub whether bias' or tmcolic. ■ Can put hls shirt on o'er hls head! ne's a weaklier, for po.lnc **ra*ri ,T -' On baseball atone 1. well re*u. A, ea.h rapmalsa he wave, e.kort.vw Until all hi. hearers have fied. Hot, with nerer an ^effort abortive. Can pnt hls shirt on o'er hts hesdl Skull is Frsetursd. Special to The Georgian. Valdosta. Ga.. Auk. 4 —Joel R. re* tera was probably fatally InjuredJ"? runaway accident In this city y—*cr afternoon by belnic thrown from (entity headforemost on the stone ru concussion *«<