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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN-
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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Hearst’s Giant Stride to Power.
The New York World, rival add opponent to all of
the Hearat newspapers, has In double loads upon Its cd
ltorial pace the following paragraph:
"There la now no sign of any jibwer in ex
istence competent to prevent last year's Inde
pendent candidate for mayor from becoming on
September 25 thla year's regular Democratic
candidate for governor.” *
The situation In New York raveals a remarkable
condition of affairs which has a bearing of Immediate
Importance upon the national fortunes of the Demo
cratic party and reveals In new and startling fashion the
extraordinary power and prestige attained by William It.
IlearsL
The candidate for president In the Democratic cam
paign of 1804, literally slathered with venomous and vin
dictive abuio and slandor which grow In tbo great me
tropolis of tho country, hold on with tenacious courage
and perseverance against the overwhelming tide of bit
terness, and without a national friend and without a sin
gle national newspaper at his back, polled 205 volet In
the national Democratic convention aa the choice of hts
party for president of the United States.
And behind these votes fn the narcmal convention
there thundered tho tumultuous applauso of a great nil-
dlenco of noarly 17,000 people who showed that Hearat
held a high and enduring place In the heart and In the
confldonco of tbo Democratic masses of America.
Coming homo from thla campaign and with tho tides
of slander still running high against him, Mr. Hearat
with that magnificent courage of conviction which has
always Illustrated his distinguished and heroic pttbllo
service, consented to lead the apparently forlorn hope
of the Municipal Loaguo In tho city politics of New York
and In a whirlwind campaign stretching over six weeks
of time, he swopt over the polls to a triumphant victory I struggling Southern manufacturer is my fellow
iy cheated, bnt to which he* countrymaa I will not undersell him." And ne
! a man who
jtereeta.
Tho voices of the subsidized
and of the magnates may howl their maledictions and
abuses for a decade against a man like this, but In t
age the people who think and hear and see know a great
big strong man when they seo him, and they know
Hearst and know that they can trust him to do what
say* be will do. and that he will executo what he prom
Iset.
And knowlDg this they will give him their votes
whenever ho asks for them no matter who else may be
knocking at the door.
If Hearat runs for governor of New York be will be
governor of New York.-
“Olamls thou art and Cawdor—and shall he more
hereafter.
Hon. William H. Fleming replies at length In Wed
nesday'a Macon Talegrkph to the article of Judge A.
Miller upon disfranchisement. Tha Georgian regrets
that the crowded stats of Its columns which precluded
the use of Judge Miller’s able comment, also shuts oat
the able but lengthy reply of Fir. Fleming. The discus
sion between these eminent Georgians It upon a high
plane and la worthy of tho serious attention of men who
are In search of the truth. *
The South Prospers Under Free Trade.
Under the head of "The Growth and Progress of
the South,” vhlch has become a popular and Informing
feature of thla pais, there recently appeared an article
showing that demand for structural Iron and Iran rails
was far greater than the eupply, and that the general
trade at Baltimore In clothing, hate, dry gooda, etc.,
allowed that that city was more than bolding her own
against the competition of the North.
Theta facta hare led a correspondent to send
the following communication, which wo are glad
print:
To the Editor of The Georgian:
The heading of thla article may startle some of
your readers who fancy that because we hare a pro
tective tariff the South li prospering under protec
tion. Tha truth Is the South Is prospering under
free trade. Factories and mills are springing up
erarywhare throughout the South; Southern indus
tries are multiplying as If by magic. It la not my
IntenUon to dlrlde our common country Into Indus
trial, or any other kind'of sections. I am opposed
to sectionalism. But tha simple fact la, the South
la thriving under free trade with, and In competi
tion with the highly-organised, aggressive and un
sentimental Industrialism of the North. I say un
sentimental Industrialism to emphasise the fact
* that Boutbem Industries are not thriving because
of the pity. Indulgence or toleration of thalr rivals.
Certainly no Northern manufacturer aayi, "The poor,
for them and for their ln-jand mortar—a great commercial and industrial metrop-1 allowing tho latter to continue In business. This creates
lolls, hut no recreation grounds for the children and for| a ? entirely erroneous Impression of the object and scope
the politicians I the people In general. This should not be. The far-
I of the senate substitute
out of which he was clearly
was tin.jn.-utI.triiit.iy infilled in the lodgment of avary
thinking and fair-minded man In Now York.
And now with that magnificent ballot which de
stroyed and put behind him the slanderers who had
hounded his career, the New York reformera have pro
jected Mr. Hearst Into the race for governor of the Em
pire State. With the same dauntless spirit which Illus
trated his provloua campaigns, Mr. Hearat does not fol
low slavishly In the wake of any organisation, but boldly
and iiiitii.lv >t i his principles and chooses his own
orgniilztiMtiri.
Ami bahold tha result of courage, candor and su
perbly definite convictions.
Not a- Democratic leader In New York has raised his
voice against William B. Hearst No opposition has been
organized ngnlnst him. Tammany Hall, which ho fought
to g gtiortatlh in ills municipal campaign, la practically
eating bread out of his hand.
And Murphy and McCarren, whom hd held up to
public scorr, are following docile and complacent in tho
wake of hli triumphant movo. The New York World,
which Is his leading opponent, frankly concedee the
hope of victory, while In hie favor tho ceaeeleea energy
of his agents night and day all over the atate la produc
ing most encouraging and doflnlte results.
Tho people of America are coming to realize that
the estimate placed upon thla vital man by the editor of
Tho Georgian, who was his friend and advocate In 1904,
was n Just and proper estimate. He le oue of the moet
remarkablo men If not tho moat remarkable man In the
field of public Ufa In America today. He la beyond all
doubt or question tho finest executive moving upon the
face of American politics at thla time, and we hasard
hero tho statement which we confidently rest upon the
future to vindicate, that In the hearts of the American
Democracy today, and at thla time, William R. Hearst,
the actor and doer, la every whit aa strong as William
J. Bryan, tbo evangel and the prophet for the people's
rights.
Man for man, ballot for ballot, WlUIsm R. Hearat
would poll today In any atate In the Union aa many
Democratic votes aa Bryan and double aa many aa any
other man.
Now, consider for a moment the erldenccs of his
power In New York. He has not truckled for an In
stant to Tammany Hatl. He has not begged for a mo
ment for the support of the Democratic machine. The
Democratic machine simply realised that,' If they did not
ladorao Hearst be would run ae an Independent candi
date or the Municipal League and that the Democratic
party would be third In the race and lose the election,
machinery, patronage and alL And ao with a recogni
tion of bis power as significant aa It la comprehenslva
and nrudent, the Democratic machine and tha Democrat
ic bosses felt In behind the greatest Democrat of tha
state and the Ideal Democrat of bla time who does
things rather than talk about them. And at the pYesent
moment It looks as If the moat united and vigorous
Democracy that has followed a candidate tor 20 years In
New York wonld be behind thla friend and champion
f ot tho rights and the liberty of the common people.
Suppose Mr. Hearat Is elected governor of New
York? It would at once make him the moat powerful In
dividual In his party, and next to the president the moat
powerful Individual In the republic. He would hold
within himself the power onoo held by Hill and Croker
combined. He would be Tammany Hall. He would be
tho state machine, and New York would belong to him
as completely as any state was ever held In bondage by
an Individual.
If he should bo elected It would make him tn that
single Instant the -most potential Democrat In the re
public. His prestige would leap shoulder to shoulder
within an hour with that of Bryan, and In the greatness
of his executive administration bo would day by day
forge even to the front of the great Nebraskan as the
executive of popular rights and liberty, aa a fbe to the
trusts and as a compelling restraint upon the aggres
sions of an unjust and selfish capital.
There la no parallel In thla republic to this career
that has grown ao steadily, so persistently and with
such heroic consistency oat of overwhelming opposition
; which has always met him and fought and acandallxed
v him and heaped upon him such abuse.
u I* a simple straight testimony to the fact that the
jj^MKaits ,,r the people go out longingly and loyally toward
Southerner wsnu him to say It. The South stands
'by Its own strength.
What a farce protection la! The North la able
to undersell tbo English manufacturer In his own
market, and yet wants to bo protected from him tn
the American market. The South thrives undor free
trade with tho North, and yet Is presumed by pro
tectionists to need protection against the manu
facturers of Europe, who are undersold by the North
In their own markets. FREE TRADE.
Thla la sledge-hammer logic.
The point of view la original, nnd many of our
roadera, no doubt, had never considered the question
In this light, and yet It Is*the simple truth that the
South Is prospering under free trade as botwcon this
section and the roet of the country. On Monday it was
shown In en article on this page that the amount In
vested In manufactures In the South during the first
five years of the presont century had Increased 65 per
cent, and the value of her manufactured products had
Increased more than 31 per cent during the same
length of time, thereby leading the on,sr three groups
of states Into which the country was divided for pur
poses of comparison, with New England at tha very
tall end of all.
As our correspondent says, thla haa not come about
through sympathy. It la bocauae the South la able to
compete In the open market with New England and the
rest of the country. This la, of course, under free trade
as between the states and ioqitltntea a powerful argu
ment against the theory of protection which the Repub
lican party so assiduously fosters.
There has been an awakening of the people
throughout the country of late and protection Is about
to be called to the bnr again.- There are abundant signs
that It will be ode of the leading features of the next
presidential campaign. Governor Cummins and his
"Iowa Idea” of tariff reform have won out In the Hawk-
eye atate by an overwhelming majority* and the epi
demic. of reform la spreading.
Surely If the 8outh can do ao mnrh In open com
petition without bounties or protection to her Infant in
dustries, and If the great steel works and other en
terprises can compete In Europe, selling their products
actually cheaper than they are sold at home, thla thing
of protection becomes a solemn farce. It la merely a
machine by which the rich may become richer and
trusts and monopolies may be born and nurtured.
The South under free trade la showing the rest of
the country the fraud and folly of protection.
The Question o! Small Parks.
The question of setting aside a number oj breathing
apgqes and small parks In the city of Atlanta la one of
too much Importance to go by default and the advocacy
of It should not be allowed to languish for a single day.
, It la one of the most Important Improvements con
templated for the municipal life of the. people and It has
taken a strong hold on the public mind.
Those who do not follow closely the growth and
development of other clUeo of the country have but
little Idea how much Importance this question haa at
tained. It Is a live and burning question In all the
great cities, and la becoming more Important every day.
It la being readied everywhere that aa communlUes
grow and the new buildings multiply the necessity for
reserving breathing spaces at suitable Intervals before
It la too late becomes more and more Imperative.
An lnatance in point le the fact that tha commis
sioners of the borough of Brooklyn having the matter
In band have recently canvassed the situation and bare
decided upon nineteen altee for new breathing spaces
and small parka. These will he recommended to the
board of estimates and the work of laying them out and
providing tor their future maintenance will begin at
once.
Thla should be conclusive evidence of the interact
felt throughout the country. Nineteen small parks for
the recreation of the people la a goodly number. If
Brooklyn, needs such a number surely a city of the
slie and Importance of Atlanta can afford to set aside
and maintain three or four, even at the present time.
ft will not be disputed lhat Atlanta la growing as
rapidly aa any other city In the country. Tha waste
places are being built up at a rate which will aodn
leave us no available ground for the establishment of
■mall parkr. We will have a magnificent area of brick
email parka while there la yet time, and tho time
to begin la now.
The Way to Influence Things.
The element, of common aenae la the indisputable
mark of a sound mind, and the Indispensable requisite
to wholesome success.
There la not a cause or an advocacy In which dis
cretion should not be duly mixed with valor or with
zeal.
And many an ass has brayed so loudly as to scare
away his friends.
There are great causes being tried by honest men
In Juries, In chambers ami In legislatures. These men
sometimes err In Judgment, and sometimes follow an
environment which Is stronger than .their Judgment or
their wills. Those who seek to Influence these folk will
find that self-respecting men can rarely be driven by
bitterness or forced by low abuse. And many times such
men end thalr friends are set In obstinacy or moved to
retaliation by foolish heat In opposition.
It Is the mark of the vulgar and the cruel mind to
seek to drive roughshod with the least touch on the reins
of Influence. Such minds afe neither fit for responsi
bility nor power. They are born for bondage and sub
ordination. Men ars moved and swayed by appeals to
honor, to patriotism—and also too frequently by appeals
to Interest. But there are few men In this foarless age
who can be driven by a vulgarian with a lash.
Of coarse these reflections ere general and law
ful, but we have no right to prohibit an application If
any mind la so disposed.
Editor Stovall, of the Savannah Praia, who la also
Representative Stovall, of Chatham, gives ua the assur
ance In Tuesday’s Press, thaf the Western and Atlantic
lease will be defeatod In tho bouso of representatives.
Thanks for the Information.
dug wisdom of tho city fathers should provide for| not draw any distinction between persons or places, but
applies to all persons and all concerns engaged In deal
ings on margins, whether they be bucket shops, indi
viduals or brokerage houses.
The line of distinction drawn by the senate substi
tute Is a distinction between transactions themselves ac
cording to their nature. If the transaction Is for a legit
imate business purpose. It Is lawful, but If It Is for a
speculative purpose, or other than a leglt!mate*biishiess
purpose. It Js made a misdemeanor.
The courts of this, and many other states. In civil
actions have for years drawn the distinction between
contracts made for a legitimate business purposo and
contracts made for any other purpose. The former con
tracts they have recognized ns lawful, but the latter con
tracts they have held to be void ns being wagering con
tracts, and prohibited both by statute and by public
I-olirv.
This line of cleaveage has been adjudicated upon so
often that It has becomo a blazed trail, which the courts
have no difficulty now In following. In determining what
contracts are for a legitimate business purpose.
The substitute takes this established rule of the
civil law and applies It to the criminal side of the court
also. Under the substitute, any transaction which the
civil law has recognized to he legsl as being for a le
gitimate business purpose. Is permitted to stand, and
all contracts which the civil law has treated as Illegal
are made a misdemeanor.
This distinction runs all through the substitute, and
furnishes tho test or criterion by which all transactions
are measured. The provisions of tho substitute apply
alike to all concerns and Individuals, nnd consequently
restricts the business which may be dono to actually
legitimate business. Under this substitute no Individual
or concern could continue to do business unless able to
support themselves from legitimate business alone.
The further provisions of the substitute are Intended
to make It more effectual In stopping all forms of mar
ginal gambling than n mere reliance upon the penalty
would do by Imposing certain conditions upon all per
sons engaged In the business of making contracts on
margins so as to produce the following results:
First. To afford protection to the public by requir
ing all concerns to prove their legitimacy by posting the
names of the legitimate exchanges of which they claim
to bo members, and by requiring them to actually exe
cute all orders received from customers, and further to
give to customers tho proof or statement to show In de
tail the actual execution of ord6ra.
Second. To further Insure square and honest dealing
by these provisions, nnd nlso by the provision that no
orders shall bo executed for Binallor lotB or quantities
than nre permitted by legitimate exchanges.
Third. To actually eradicate tho bucket shop3 by
Imposing In this way on all concerns requirements with
which bucket shoe.., by their very nnturo cannot comply,
and therefore nctu-uly to prevent them from being In
condition to contlnuo business. Yours truly,
J. RANDOLPH ANDERSON.
Atlanta, Ga, August 8, 1906.
ANDERSON, OF CHATHAM, EXPLAINS THE SUB
STITUTE.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
In your newe columns of yesterday, giving an ac
count of the senate substitute to the Boykin bill, which
anbatltute has bam favorably, reported to the senate
by Its agricultural committee, you give the Idea that tho
object and purpose of tho substitute Is to draw a clear
cut distinction between bucket shops and legitimate ex
changes, prohibiting the existence of the former and
Growth and Progress of the New South
Mr. Richard Welghtman, one of the
editorial writers on The Washington
Pott, and one of the beet Informed men
tn tho copuntry, has been writing to
hla paper of the glories of Virginia
and particularly of what she has done
In producing meat for home consump-
tton. The Post, In commenting on thle
tetter, says that the time Is rapidly
paaelng when the South will depend
upon the West for Its meat* and the
North for Its manufactures. In some
places, such as that described, the
emancipation haa already come. South
em farmers are grasping the fact
that diversification of products la not
only a source of wealth, but an Insur
ance against loss. They find that their
own beef, mutton, pork and poultry
are superior to the Imported meats,
and oan be produced for leas money.
Instead of retying upon a single crop
and tending their money away
purchase the necessaries of life, they
are keeping their money at home, and
raising Just ns heavy crops of staples
as before. i
"The old notlpn," esye The Poet,
■that Virginia had seen Its beet days
an agricultural sense Is no longer
entertained, in view of the develop
ments of the past decade. The ex
hausting tax upon the soil In railing a
single crop for years In succession led
the belief that fertility had departed
forever. Nothing could have been more
erroneous. New methods employed by
mote, enterprising farmers and the
Influx of wealthy people who were at
tracted by the natural beauties of the
etate have wrought great changes In
places, and will transform the whole
etate In certain directions. Virginia's
Raising Home Supplies
horses are renowned. Why should not
the state take the lead In raising fine
cattle as well? Aa for mutton and
pork, the hills of Virginia should yield
not only abundance for local needs, but
should supply adjacent territory. Cer
tainly the quality of hams produced In
Virginia le unexcelled, and Mr.
Welghtman declares that ‘If It be pos
sible to produce more delicious mut
ton than that grown on the hllle of
this section, no bus has yet heard of It.
"The truth le that Virginia should
become. Ilka England, the producer of
choice foods, which will compete with
those from other regions not by virtue
of quantity, but through superior qual
tty. In thle branch of Industry all the
essentials are at hand. The state lk
capable of turning out enormous qutn-
titles of foodstuff! of the rarest kinds,
from which greater profit! may be do
rived than from much larger areas In
the. West. The success achieve:} by a
Richmond woman In putting up a pe
culiarly delicious kind of pickles, ob
tainable nowhere but In Virginia, le a
hint of what might be done In similar
directions. It le gratifying to learn
that tha Charlottesville region, at least,
la well on the way toward this new
development of the riches that remain
In the soil of the Old Dominion.”
What Is said of Virginia may be
said with equal truth of Georgia. It la
possible for the farmers of Georgia to
raise and cure hama that are the equal
In every way of the Smlthfleld va
riety. The cattle upon a thousand
hills should produce beet and mutton
and dairy producte. Much haa been
done along this line already, but It la
possible, for us' to do still more.
A CHOROUS OF DEMANDS
THAT CHEATHAM RESIGN
Cheatham Mutt Go.
From The Wilmington (N. C.) Dis
patch.
The committee that at the Instance
President Harvte Jordan, of tha
Southern Cotton Association, conduct-
the Investigation Just concluded,
haa reported that Richard Cheatham,
of the association, dealt In cotton fu
tures. The committee even finds such
the truth upon the admissions of
Cheatham himself. Then this Individ
ual must go. The character of the
association and future confidence In It
demand that he be removed. Cheat
ham was prominently to the front In
preferring chargee against the agricul
tural department and while hie con
duct la not of the dishonest hue as
that which enshrouded certain ones
connected with the government de
partment, yet he has not only been In
discreet, but haa been caught red
handed at gambling. He dentes that
he dealt In futures for personal gain,
saying that he only represented others,
but even the fact that he shuffled the
cards end sat with a stack of some
body elee’e chips In front of him doe*
not excuse him. Taking for granted
that every syllable of what he says la
ao, he lends himself to a game that
does not coincide with the principles
of the Cotton Association and against
something the association has been
warning Ita members.
Remember how the farmers who had
grown reckless or thoughtless and
dabbled tn futures were warned by the
pram and admonished by the Cotton
Association. Then again. It Mr. Cheat-
of such weak determination aa
In cotton futures while he occupies the
position of secretary of the association,
he la not competent to longer continue
In service.
The resignation of. Arthur A. Fair-
child. manager of the publicity bureau
of the association, and who. It was
shown, owned an Intense In the Pied
moot Brokerage Company, has been
handed In. Cheatham's should
next.
He Must Resign.
From The Greenville Mountaineer.
The Mountaineer Is a friend of the
Southern Cotton Association, and haa
been since its organisation. It has
done all It could editorially and other
wise to aid the officers of the associa
tion and to further the work of that
body. We are still a true friend to
the association and will support It Juat
as strongly as we have In the past.
There Is no doubt In our mind that It
has accomplished much good, nor do
we think Ue work te finished. A great
deal may yet be done, and we advise
the planters and buelness men still
to give It the warm support It deserves.
But we must say* that It seems to ue
that secretary Richard Cheatham
ought to tender hit resignation. Thera
are some who. In view of certain
charges of speculation made against
him. and developments at tha Inves
tigation of them reports ordered by
President Jordan, will not give the
association the same support as in the
past.
Fir. Cheatham may be all right, but
he has acknowledged speculating In
the name of another In order to ae
commodate that friend. The associa
tion has been waging war on all such
transactions, and there will not be the
same confidence In it and Its efforts
as long as an officer la connected with
It who will even "wink at” such trans
actions. The association would
better off with another secretary
against whom there Is not the slight
est suspicion.
He Should Retire.
From the Moultrie Observer.
We have no doubt that tho recent In
vestigation of the Southern Cotton As
sociation was demanded and prosecut
ed by the enemies of the association,
or at least by the cotton exchnnges
being opposed by the association, but
some things were revealed that make
the investigation worth what It cost.
The disclosures have alreadv resulted
tn one man resigning, and If Mr. Rich
ard Cheatham has the proper apprecia
tion of the Importance of hie conduct
and tho harm he Is likely to do the as
soetatlon he will himself retire and re
move tho smoke and foul atmosphere
from around the president and other
earnest and conscientious officials.
A: Serious Request
From ths Charlotte Observer.
The Atlanta Journal, a paper which
has been very much Interested In the
Southern Cotton Association when It
could turn attention from the guber
notorial race, has a double-column ed
itorial with black face type asking
Secretary Cheatham to resign. Wheif
It la remembered that the secretary
draws 25,000 a year as salary, to aay
nothing of what he may make by
dealing in futures, this Is seen to be a
serious requests
The Report Disqualifies Cheatham.
From the Mobile Register.
The committee that Investigated the
-nnectlon of Richard Cheathan
rotary of the Southern Cotton At
tlon. with bucket shop rambling In At
lanta, Is ae lenient In Ita treatment of
Cheatham ae possible, but Its condem
nation Is such that It disqualifies
Cheatham. Either he Is deficient In
knowledge of the proprieties of hla po
altlon or Is deficient In moral charac
ter. Iti either case he ought not to be
secretary of the association.
May Run Brokerage of His Own.
From The Columbia State. •
Mr. Cheatham will now soon have the
opportunity of running a brokerage
buelness of his own, with no man to
aay him nay. Hs will be free, while
and without office.
In Tom Taggart's Class.
From the Birmingham Age-Heratd.
Richard Cheatham's resignation
should go along with Tom Taggart's
and Chauncey M. Depew's.
PENCIL POINTS.
The dog etar must be a sky‘terrier.
Most political prophets expect poll ties!
profits
Tbs men with plenty of posh usually has
strong pull.
Tbs wisdom of youth la often the Ignor
ance of old age.
ne le wise who holds a diploma from tha
school of experience.
If "time Is money.” the Inaeeurate time-
piece Is e counterfeit mint.
The politician Is willing to makt hts call
ing snd election sure.
One trouble Is that too many people keep
the lid on their consciences.
Thera are those who heed the "call of
the wild" who ars Indifferent to ths esll
of doty.
Habit Is nt first of diaphanous texture,
bnt later It becomes like the shirt of Net-
gome men who office In sky-scrapers want
to ley the blame on the elevator man If
their offspring an not properly brought op.
It Is safe to asy that every girl le as
pretty se she can lie. If she could he any
prattler she would.
The money Invested In n marriage license
returns greater dividends on the amount In
vested than that used In any- other way—
rlthet of happiness or unhappiness.
| Ily I’rlvnte heas.-d Wire.
New York, Aug. 8.—The Pittsburg
- millionaire Is determined to keep | n
the public eye. To the names Thaw,
j Corey and llartje Is now added Raf
ferty as a purveyor of news in the
I way of startling variations from the
I sobar American marital situation. The
latest addlton to the Pittsburg brand
of millionaire newsmnkers Is Gilbert
] R. Rafferty, one time the "coke king."
I strictly speaking. Mr. Rafferty belongs
to the nuptial-trouble colony only by
his proxy and Indirectly through hts
eon.
| Ills handsome dnughter-ln-law says
I her husband loved her until his father
sucredcd In getting him to leave her
and go to the Philippines as an enlist
ed soldier. The name of Rafferty la
likely to figure to a considerable ex
tent In the newspapers for a while.
While Laura Blggar Is not exactly In
the class of the others, either aa to
being strictly a Pittsburg product or
a multi-millionaire, her money, nearly
a million, comes through the Pitts-
burger Bennett, and the suit for 2300,-
m--i ngMln.-t lu-r by her whlb-m frl- ; •
nnd ally, may fairly be credited to
the Pittsburg news Incubator.
Truly Pittsburg Is doing her full
share toward the edification of tha
multitude.
Andrew Carnegie proposes to take no
chances of having objectionable build-
Inge erected near hla Fifth aventlo [ nl-
ace. That Is the reason assigned for
bis prompt foreclosure of a mortgage
of 2100,000 on two lots owned by Con
tractor Daniel Gaffney.
Mr. Carnegie Is not usually In the
habit of going around and foreclosing
on little 2100,000 bits of land, and so
those who knew of the procedlngs be
gan Inquiring for a reason today. They
found It tn thla fact.
Mr. Camegte feared that young Mr,
Gaffney might build a stable, which
would staro In the face of hie mansion
and make the neighborhood unsightly.
Tho two lots, which were owned by
Mr. Gaffney, adjoin the twin manetons
of William D. Sloan and Wiliam A.
Burden, Jr, who recently sued Mr.
Carnegie because he had sold lots on
the other aide of them to. General
Brice.
Complaint has been mad# to tha
health department of the discordant
notes given out by the pipe organ In •
.Inhn 1). Rockefeller's Fifth avenue
Baptist church. All Murray Hill la up
In arms ugalnst the Instrument. The
church le closed, but the organ sends
forth discords by the hour. If hymns
were played the residents In the neigh-'
borhood assert, there would not be any
complaint, but a Jumblo of jnusto to
too much for them.
There Is a row tn the New York pro*
duco exchange over the out made by
Douglas Robinson, brother-in-law off
President Roosevelt, tn the scrub wom
en, elevator men and porters employed
In the building.
Mr. Robinson cut the women's wags
of 28 a week to 25.50. The woraea
work about eight hours a day. Ele
vator men who Wero Working twelve-
hours a day and have to put In one
night a woek aa watchmen, ore out front.
1114 a week to 212. Nor does Mr. Rob
inson believe that porters working
fourteen hours a day are worth 212 a
week, so he has cut their pay to 210.
Mr. Robinson's estimate of the value
of labor, howovor, docs not coincide
with that of a large number of tha
2,600 membera of the exchange, who
drew up npetltlon to bo served on the
board managers of tho exchange re
questing that the wages bo restored.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Trivets I-essed Wire.
New York, Aug. Here are soma
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—J. D. Jemlgan, Miss
Jemlgan, B. M. Hall, Jr, P. Bowen,
C. E. Crease, C. B. Gear, O. Hender-
>n, H. Jackson, M. Lichtenstein, H.
u. McDonald, J. C. McFtlchael, E. W.
Bose, Miss M. B. Whiteside.
IN PARI8.
Spools) to Tbs Oeoritan.
Paris, Aug. Mrs. A. R. Powers
nnd Master Henry Elliott, of Atlanta,
Ga.: Miss Dels Harris, of Cedsrtown,
Ga, and Eleanor and Josephine Hill,
of Grovetown, Ga, registered git the
office of the European edition of tha
New York Herald today.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
AUGU8T 8.
MS—Pope Alexander VI died.
•Hrury VIII of England married Cath
erine Howard.
Ott-JiKNineo Hasuage de Beaural born.
: Aft—Napoleon embarked for 8L Helena. •
1837—George Canning, Eng1|ah statesman,
134ft—Dnvid Wllmot Introduced hla prortao
In congreaa.
1362—Permission granted to M. Thiers and
other political exiles to return to
France.
1S7S—Steamer Wawnsset burned on Toto-
mac rtrer; thlrty-tlre llvea lost.
1M1—Tranuvnal ceiled to the Boers. Re
public proclaimed.
1385—Imposing funeral of General Grant In
lost.
-roruier^Oovsraor Atkinson, of Geor-
lte-Uv'ntetuml -G.n oral Nelson A. Mites,
II. 8.'A, retired.
1204—Seventy-six persons kilted In wreck on
Rio tlrande railroad near Porblo, Colo.
1905—8t. Thomas P. F, Church, New York
dty, destroyed by fire.
THE PEG-TOP SOLDIER.
r ur w nsirirr ur trim 10 uu,
The soldier now la ell to the bad
In en til-fitting an It of bine.
He must look lerod'tfp and stiff and
“smart”
And loin? hie easy swing.
For the tallora swears by hla shears and
art
That the uniform's the thing.
The farmers who fought at Bunker Hill
Disgraced the army’s fame;
They gar a the regular troops their fill,
Bnt their clothes were a crying ahnme.
And Old Hickory's men, they were all true
bine
And they crumpled the ret era as* line,
Bnt the jailor says they would nerer do,
For their uniforms lacked design.
Onr.boya In blue used to fight like mad,
In their .vulgar, winning urey.
•w. In hla peg-top trouaera dad,
soldier may calmly any:
lo all that a well-dressed soldier
Each .
‘ I! do
ran
Who Is cerafnl what.le'a about.
But I can not mis with' a boh* nun
In an lll-tlttlng, dingy clout.”