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The Atlanta Georgian.
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1 Georgia Military college barracks. $i;.o00; (or th
"la Military college armory, with recant Impror
1*5,000. The city la giving beside* $8,000 antv
] (res tyltlon to boyg outside of Baldwin county.
' The city and her schools'are asking the general as
sembly (or the modest sum of $2,500 to be expended In
repairs (or the state's historic landmark.
’.Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, The Georgian sincerely
hopes that this bill may (ass.
nmmttted by
sponde
Eniwwl •• aeeoiid-ctaaa matt*? April 9, 1808. at tb* Poatofflea at
Atlanta, Cia.. under act of coo arena of March I, 1178.
We Applaud the Legislature.
Tbs legislature whose life expires by limitation on
Wednesday next will close Its session smld the applause
and respect of the people of Georgia
It Is doubtful If s better and more admirable body
of representatives has assembled In Georgia since the
war. Certainly no body of lawmakers has ever come so
near to doing what the people asked and expected of
them, or refrained more prudently from doing what
the people would not have them do.
Prom the beginning to the end of the session not
a acandal, political or peraonal, hna marred the hlatory
of either house: no feud or quarrel between memberi
ha a been recorded; no nsperalon from any aane or au
thoritative source haa been leveled at the Integrity of
either chamber, and the work of legtalatlon and appro-
prlaUon has proceeded evenly, smoothly and rapidly In
progressive spirit to the approaching conclusion.
There has scarcely been a session In which more
work was accomplished and In which so little time wan
consumed In talk and speeches. The measures which
tbo legislature haa rejected are few In number and some
of them may yet be enacted Into laws' before the gavel
falls on Wednesday's closing seaslon. Of course the
body has not been shove criticism—ys few bodies ever
are—but In the main the legislature of 1500 may be char
acterised as a body of more than ordinary ability, of
great Industry and deflnlteness, and of a distinctly form
ed ipirit of progress and reform.
... Among the good things which the body in Its present
session has accomplished Is the triumphant passage
through both houses of'the Child tabor bill.
It has established a court of appeals for the much
needed relief of our supreme court staggering under an
overweight of bualneaa.
It has answered the moral appeal and the business
appeal of merchants and farmers In the Boykin Backet
Shop bill.
- It has touched the spirit of our public affairs by
tbs Wright bill for pure elections.
It has responded to a need of the times and of the
people In providing for the election of railroad commis
sioners by the people.
It has answered for Georgia the appeal of our dear
slstor of Virginia by an appropriation to represent the
state at the Jamestown Tercentennial of 1807,
and It has bsen prompt and gsnerous In dealing with the
necessities of our educational Institutions.
It Is even now In Dual and we trust favorable con
sideration of the. Hall-Csndler tax assessor bill, of the
stgte auditor blit, of the Gordou monument appropria-
tlop for $11,000, of the Wright pure food hill and of the
Wheatley bill for a lieutenant governor of the state. ’
It haa also under what we trust will ba a high and
patriotic consideration the sntl-psss bill whloh surely
ought to be promptly enacted Into Isw.
Truly with such a record the eminent body of Geor
gians In session at the capitol deserve to go home on
Wednesday next to receive from their constituent* the
plaudit "Well done, good and faithful icrvants."
i-nts and some aoMcvemeuts of Gordon i
ts. | reporter*. We call attention to those we think of at the • tnrill In the hearts of e
In moment, and ask correspondents to avoid them. There j Southerner, those same
are few writers of absolutely correct English. Who shall '
Judge whether any wrtter’a English is faultless? Some
of the most forceful and graceful writers are guilty of
many minor Inaccuracies. The refinements of the lan
guage can hardly bo practical or reached by the busy
writer who writes for the passing moment and who per
haps sees his jvork only In the hurriedly scanned proof.
But there Is a practical side which should ho observed
In the Interest of economy or of common sense. There
Is no excuse for tautology unless It be hurried writing,
writing affords no excuse.
Two Sidcs'to the Peachtree Paving
Question.
It seems that thare are two rides to the question ot | Cure!
the paving to be put on Peachtree street, and It occurs
to The Georgian as only Just that both sides of a public
question should be given to the people who are Interest
ed In Its settlement.
There are a large number of people In Atlanta who
are earnestly in favor of an asphalt pavement for Peach
tree, and with this class The Georgian has been disposed I placed on the capitol grounds This sum. a ided to the
and Is still disposed to side. There are, however, Just amount already raised by private sulsicriptlon. will In-
as many signers of a petition for a bltullthlc pavement j sure an Imposing monument, and one in .every way wor-
Thc Gordon Monument. /
The people of Georgia cordially commend the etate
legislature In appropriating the sum of $1$.000 for an
equestrian atnfuo to General John B. Gordon, to he
.
An Appeal to Noble Sentiment.
In a practical age like this a great people oan never
afford to turn their backs upon a noble aentlmeut.
And under this general statement there cannot fall
to ,come to every Georgian a tense of approval and
ot Indorsement to the bill Introduced and now pending
In the *Oeorgls legislature to appropriate $8,500 to re
pair the old capitol at Mllledgevllle. now used ns Ibe
main building of the Georgia Military college at that
point. •
A thousand memories circle about that historic
building to endear It to the love and veneration of the
people of Georgia. Within those walls, now so sadly
needing repair, has been enacted much of the noble and
enduring history of the state. Here thundered the giants
of our earlier days. Here pealed tho organ notes of
that great debate which led to the separation ot Geor
gia‘from the .ederal pnlon. Here were voiced and from-
| cd some of the policies that led to the earlier days of
rneonatructlon under home rule. And the echo of a
thousand tfoble speeches and a thousand noble volcea
of great Georgian* now dead and gone and locked In
fame, circle about the ancient rafteri and the arched
walls.
It Georgia has a dollar In Its treasury. It might well
be apent In keeping Intact this stately and Immortal
monument to the legtslaUve history and the forensic
greatness ot the state.
Beyond this nobly sentimental reason there Is n
practical and material consideration. The old capitol
is now tho home of the Georgia Military college, which
has Just finished Its twenty-seventh year of work, and
within, that time has sent out hundreds of teachers who
are doing now nnd will continue to do a noble work In
the public schools and for the education of Georgia's
youth. It has representatives In all of the institutions
tor higher learning In the slate. One la In Harvard univer
sity, and on* in Cambridge University, in England. The
school registered In Its last session 640 students—103
boya In barracks from half a hundred counties In the
state, and representing In all six Hates and three for-
ajgn countries. Four of the school's graduates h<*d
comm lesions In the United Btates army, one a captain
and three first lieutenants. Three of these young men
won their commissions In competitive examinations, go
ing direct from this Georgia school Inlo the army. Cap
tain Robert E. L. Bpence. of the Thirteenth United
Slates Infantry, a graduate of West Point nnd n colonel
of volunteer* during the Spantsh American war. Is the
commandant and Instructor In military science, with an
equipment furnished by the government and valued at
$5,000.
The lata General I). H. Hill declared that this school
was doing the beet work for the education of the poor
wys of Georgia of any school In the state. It does not
Mist Georgia anything. It Is maintained by local taxa
tion. It la training on an average 75 boya every year
more or lews, completely for future service to the state,
absolutely free. The city of .Mllledgevllle, in which It Is
located, has donated to Georgia for educational purposes j
the following turns: The G. N. ft I. O., $22,000; for the I
as there are for the asphalt petition and about the
number of feet frontage It la also true that many of
the signers of the petition for tn asphalt pavement sub
sequently signed for the bltullthlc pavement.
The Impression which has been sown that the bltu
Ilthlc la a cheap pavement and not at good as the as
phalt, seems to ba without foundation. According to tho
statement of Its advocates the bltullthlc Is one of the
highest priced pavements and Is laid on some of the
most fasblomUrle streets of our larger cities. Its price
Is higher In Georgia than that of asphalt. The reason
that it can be put on Peachtree street at half the cost
of asphalt 1a that the Southern Bltullthlc Company tins
offered to furnish all the labor and the paving plant free
of expense to the city. By unanimous vote the county
commission offered to this city free use of Its bltullthlc
plant and tho labor neceaiary to place thq pavement and
all the material at coat price. The Southern Bltullthlc
Company offered free of charge one of their expert and
most scientific superintendents to guarantee a perfectly
laid specimen of this paveme/it on Peachtree street. And
the Impression Is that the desire to make a good lir>
preaalon with this new paving material will give tn
Peachtree street the beat work that the highest experts
and the moat skilled laborers of the bltullthlc company
can produce.
It la claimed by the bltullthlc company, who were
formerly asphalt contractors, that the bltullthlc pave
ment la a more durable pavement than the asphalt, that
It Is equally smooth, that It Is not In Jhe least degree af
fected by the sun or by the gasoline dropping from auto
mobiles. and that It I* equally pleasant to the touch and to
the sound of horses' feet. It Is also claimed that the
bltullthlc doe* not require the long waiting that the
asphalt does to harden, but that It hardeoa quickly and
permanently,. It Is not affected by water and does not
rot. . Bltullthlc Is composed of large pieces of stone
firmly bound together, while asphalt la composed of sand
which by reason of Its small grains cannot ba ao firmly
bound together and Is therefore not .no durable. It Is
equally free from mud and dust and does not have the
slippery surface as doe* the asphalt, and wh»rever It
has been laid It hfiii given the most abundant satisfac
tion and has outlasted all other pavements.
The county commissioners who seem to be thorough
ly Interested In this new pavement are oonvlnced of Its
superiority In that the model city of Boston, the cities
of fit. Louis, Birmingham, Nashville, Mobile, New Or
leaUs, Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Portland and
Cleveland are Using this pavement with complete satis
faction.
To the people In Atlanta who are Interested In the
subject and dealre to aee for themselves the native
and the operation ot the pavement, It may be said that
Gordon, Park' and Lee streets In West End nrn now
pared with bltullthlc and offer an opportunity to Inter-
eated parties to Inspect the quality and effectiveness of
this work In making up their opinions for thn further
use of this pavement In Atlanta.
The Georgian has not a dollar at Interest, neither
prospective nor present, In this affair. We have not now
and. du not expect to receive one dollar of advertise
ment from the bltiinthle people. Our previous preju
dices have, been toward the asphalt pavements, and we
sra even now entirely Impartial between them, but this
Is at least a matter of genuine municipal, Importance,
mod as one side only of the question has been heard
In the columns of the city press, It Is at least fair that
the other side should be, presented and an object leason
offered ns the means by which the people Interested can
mskq up opinions for themselves.
Concerning Errors of Speech.
Up In Tennessee they have been having some news
paper controversies about the niceties of grammar. The
question whether n plural verb be used after the word
“none" baa led to a heated dispute, although It should
be final that "none" Is merely a contraction of "no
There are even those among the unenlightened who
contend that "he don’t" and similar expressions are Jus
tified by usage, all of which Is arrant nonsense to be
sdre, and merely shows how the word carpenters are
born to error at the sparks fly upward.
But The Nashville American hat taken this discus
sion as a hook on which to hang a few commonsense Il
lustrations of the more frequent and unsisputed errors
In grammar which It Is quite worth while to pass along.
Among them are:
"The widow of the late” Soandso. Elide "the late.”
"Young girl." All girls are young. Ladles or women
may be young or old. When a girl ceases to be young
she Is a woman.
Close proximity" Is equivalent to "close nearness."
which doesn't sound well.
"John Smith died here yesterday afternoon at I p.
It ought not to be necessary to suggest that "after
noon" be omitted.
"Mr. Brown Is an octogenarian, being 80 years old."
Certainly he is, if he is 80 years old.
The. present Incumbent." Many reporters commit
this error. Cut put "present."
"They have snsplcloned him for some time." Of
course "suspected” Is the word that should be used.
"She la a poor widow, woman." A widow ts usually
woman.
"The funeral obsequies will be held tomorrow." Cut
out "funeral” or "obsequies."
Unconfirmed rumor." When a rumor Is confirmed
It ceases to be rumor. "Unconfirmed rumor” Is not a
good expression.
The Infsnt -child.'’ If a child Is not an Infant
an Infant may be reasonably supposed to bo a child.
There are no Infant adults.
Happened id an accident." Thla expression la com
mon. Nobody happens to an accident.
Judge Smith was shown a paper." This Is n case
of the cart before the hone.
"There Is no doubt but that.” Cut out the "but,”
A* The American points out, many errors similar to
thy of the name and fame of tho great captain who
has entered Inlo rest. 1 j .
The general assembly of thi Mate of Georgia Is not
much given to oratory. It Is essentially a business body,
nnd there aro few members, whatever may be their
ability, who havo the Inclination to Indulge In high
flown eloquence. But the tributes to General Gordon
on the occasion In question rose spontaneously to the
lips of tho various members who sat In that august body,
and the feeling tributes paid to the memory of the dead
commander were among tho most touching and Inspir
ing ever heard In the historic capitol.
It Is well that this should be so. It Is hoped that the
time will never como when the name and. tho glorious
ery Georgian and of every
walls have nine time and
again with the matchless eloquence of Gordon him
self, for there were few men In the state who could
hold an audience more completely captivated by the
magic spell of hi* eloquence. It was but one of the
many talents which this great and gifted man enjoyed,
fn peace he was the friend and advocate of fraternity
and of a generous forgiveness of the sins.of the past
committed against tis. He was a leader In the rebuild
ing of the Touth. and the restoration of that commercial
greatness which had been swept away by the ravages of
war. In conflict we all know what he was. The military
annals of no country In either hemisphere record the
achievements of a mor; heroic figure—a man to whom,
the roar of battle only lent q courage and skill which
the bloody exigencies of tho hour supremely required.
In'-all the long list of Southern leaders be stands with
out a peer, except the Incomparable Lee himself, whose
right hand he was.
Tbla pre-eminence is undisputed. We know It and
feet It now. But the (light of time works many changes
and a busy people are Inclined to forget With a new
generation arising. In the midst of a commercial and In
dustrial activity where sentiment has but little place,
there la but too much probability that the memory ot
the great men of the past will suffer unless they are
properly perpetuated.
This monument to Gordon In the capital where he
served ds Chief executive will go far toward keeping his
memory green. It was a fitting tribute to his fame and
his high ability as a soldlqr and statesman, but It will
stand as a yet prouder monument to the gratitude of the
people of Georgia and their determination that bis shall
remain among “the few, the Immortal names .which were
not born to die." .
Cholly %|
Knickerbocker’s Jtt&J
Growth and Progress of the New South.
I’h'lor ih!« head will appear from time* to time Information Illustrating ths
renin run hi* development ot tho South which deserves something mor# than poaa*
!ng attention. ^
The Growing Value of Southerji Land
The Information contalnued-ln this column from time to time. Illustrat
ing th* growth and progress of the South, has been attracting a great deal
ot attention all over f.tj country, and apparently Is opening th# eyes of |he
people In general t*- i le wealth and resources of this section of oqr com
mon country.
We recently prest nted some facta showing the marvelous Increase In the
value of farm .lands In the r.'o-i-.h. This has Inspired an observant and In
telligent correspondent In Florida to send the following communication to
Th* Georgian, which will be read with Interest and pleasure:
To the Editor if The Georgian:
Under the heading of “Growth and Progreaa of the New South," I
would like to give you a few brief facte that have come under my personal
knowledge In the past five years. •
I came from Georgia to Jackson county, Florida, five years,ago. Dur
ing my first year here a tract of land of several thousand acres went beg
ging for some months until It flnallg sold for leas than $1 per acre. In
leae than two years tha'. land was sought for at $1 and up. Today none
of It can be bought for leas than $5 and some tliat has been put Into culti
vation will bring $15.
Another case: Three years ago I .made a trip to Georgia In order to
Interest aome moneyed friends In a land deal of several,thousand acres that
we could h«ve bought at $3.6# per acre. I failed to Interest them. This
land sqld In less than six months for $4.50 per acre: In lees than a year It
sold for $7; today $10 won't buy It.
One more case and I am through: ' The first of this year a tract of
several thousand .acres wai told for $3—no Umber on this land, all had
besn milled. I am getting today for this land from $5 to $10 per acre,
and the end la pot yet. Two- three ami flve-dollar land Is sopn to be no
more down herb. Yours truly, R. s. RODDEN'BERY.
Marianna. Fla. Aug. 11, 1*08.
TO BUILD OR NOT TO BUILO?
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Savaral months ago the Georgia di
vision of the Daughters of the Confed
eracy Issued a circular letter appeal
ing to the community to aid In the
erection of a monument to the memo
ry of Captain Henry A. Wire, who In
IMS wan tried by a commission, was
convicted end was hanged, this under
the auspices of the federal power fol
lowing a few months after ths assassi
nation . of Preaidant Lincoln. It Is
claimed and believed by thousands of
loyal men and Women In the South, and
possibly by some of the broader think
ers North, that Wlr* waa the victim, of
a preconceived and datermtned verdict;
that Instead of being a "Convicted Fel
on" be was, and la, the victim of those
who Inflamed by passion and desiring
a victim of soma sort, accepted thla
friendless foreigner, who unable to
summon and produce his witnesses, be
came the "ecepegoet," suffering the
extreme penalty for the sins of others;
refusing to save his life by a deed of
treachery, and submitting to the Inev
itable rather than to do a dastardly
deed Involving others, high In position;
briefly, w# stttrin, and having seen the
evidence renfllrm, that the condemna
tion snd execution of Wlr* was not
Justified by the evidence, and that he
waa not guilty as charged.
It Is more than thirty years since I
began to examine the pro and con. and
having arrived at conclusion In accord
ance with above declaration, I wllllng-
'! undertook the task of sounding pub-
c opinion a to the advisability or at
tempting to undo, so far ai possible, a
great wrong.
The result Is Interesting. I have be
come a target and the recipient of
many letters, mostly *>f an unfrlendly
naturs, but almost every one protesting
One charming and Intelligent writer
from New- England pays high tribute to
the valor and good qualities of General
Lee, Gordon and others, and afllrms
that the Fouth "had th* ablest gener
als, but your Jefferson Davis was not
to be compared with our Abraham
Lincoln." (?) He adds: "Don't attempt
a monument to'Wire at Andersonvtlle!'~
Here too ta a candid admission: "Be-
tween you and I It would make little
difference In results, whether Wire waa
guilty as charged, or not. so long as the
thousands who suffsrsd there, and thtlr
million of friends, bsllsve he wee, and
cannot be convinced to the contrary."
From an Indiana city near to the bor
der come warnings, almost threats, of
possible action by congress at solicita
tion of some one of the "Patriotic Or
ders," whloh shall prevent the erection
of any monument at suggested within
ten miles of any federal cemetery."
Another asks, "How long do you
think such a monument would be |>er-
mltted to stand?" To this and much
else I do not attempt reply. .
In a paper reqrt before the “Loyal
legion" n member adds at the cloee of
a paper giving account of some person
al adventure at Libby prison fn the
summer of 1862 this significant para
graph: "In the right of subsequent
events comments are of little avail. It
Is not necessary for me to attempt a
description of this fiend Incarnate or
to rail attention to the difficulty—nay.
Impossibility—of ua who encountered
these events, to allow memory to have
Its play and yet have a deep fellowship
for those thus engaged to deetroy a
government so grand In possibilities.
The cry wea 'treason must be msd*
odious, possibly the subsequent treat
ment of those who Instigated and eon-
ducted the rebellion was best; but I
know that the feeling mast came to us
at times that Justice was cheated, and
the Inlqultlee of thoae tad days were
unrequited."
My personal belief and conviction la
that the South owes a debt, that the Is
In honor bound to pay this debt; Juet
how this can be done le as yet a mat
ter for examination.
We need a monument which af
firms the truth, that the Confederata
authorities were not responsible for the
suffering at Andersonvlle, but that the
refusal to exchange*prisonera as declin
ed by the United States military com
mander was the one vital effective fac.
tor In perpetuating this Infamous con
dition where prisoner anil guard* suf
fered and died, being victim! not to
personal hate, or cruelty, but to the
necessity of prevailing and overcoming
the foe. So the sacrifice was made and
their cause triumphed nnd now wa are
E ut on notice that the truth should not
e told, but that we are to forgive and
to forget, t must believe that the mon
ument should be built and the Inscrip
tions so modified as not to Iritate thoae
who come yearly to visit the graves of
those who perished there, martyrs In
deed, victims of the spirit of war, which
Is always cruel and dastnictlva.
WILLIAM RILEY BOYD.
GROOMING THE DARK HOR8E.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Your brilliant editorial under the
caption, “A Great People and a Mad
Campaign,'; at first glance elicits the
commendation of thoae who, deplore
the unfortunate political circumstances
In Georgia today and silmtre clean,
courteeus and fair conduct In ‘ public
and private life. You will not regard
ine Impertinent, presumptlous or dis
courteous, I thust, If I suggest that the
effectiveness of your editorial waa se
riously Impaired by a courteous omis
sion. This may have occurred by ac-
rjdent, or It may have been Intentional.
The omission refered to Is this:
After discusing with remarkable di
rectness and fellrlty of expression the
real attuatlon, pointing out with Im
pressive truthfulness the very unhappy
situation that hna arisen from the mate
of Inuendo. sarcasm, Insinuations of
personal corruption and general
charges of Infamy and unfitness upon
the part of all the co.idtdatea In the
race for governor of our great state,
you politely and courteously make It
appear that all are honest snd upright
men, omitting to set forth the fact that
everyone had tn some nay villlfied an
opponent, mnklng charge* of corrup
tion In private or political life some
where. The fact that any one.nf these
gentlemen who are In the race has de
scended to so low n plane as to Indulge
In unfavorable nnd hurtful erttlelsm of
his opponent renders that candidate
morally and ethically Ineligible to the
high position to which he.asplrcs. This,
Mr. Editor. Is vour omission. Pardon
me for suggesting It; I mean no per
sonal offense.
Now, your cartoonist furnished for
The Georgian of August 8 a suggestion
of the relative standing of the several
candidates ns they run. on the "home
stretch." toward the goal. In the rear
Is. very naturally, a dark horse. He Is
lithe of limb and seemingly not weac.
It Is true, his color Is black, but who
knows but that toward the end of the
race he may be transformed Into a
magnificent snow-white charger In the
person of some true, clean patriot of
unspotted record, private Ufa untouch
ed by the dirty hand of scandalised
publicity and heart generous.' 4i#rolo
and brave? . w . ,
How glorious It would be, sir, Ir the
great people of our great common
wealth would stir themselves and, ris
ing In their strength, put the seal of
everlasting condemnation upon the dla-
gracefu! conduct which has been pa
raded before the world by certain men
and newspapers of Georgia during thla
campaign by electing some man who
has thu abllty and the character that
will fit him for the high office of chief
executive, but who has not the political
ambition to offer himself nor the en
slaving devotion of some ring or news
paper corporation to drag his name end
reputation into the miserable mess to
which the people of Georgia and the
South have been treated during recent
months passed.
For this high position, Mr. Editor.
I suggest, as the real "people's candi
date," Colonel J. C. C. Black, of Augus
ta; Colonel Isaac Hardeman, of Ma
con, or some other disinterested gen
tleman of their type. Tours, truly,
' O. 8. DEAN.
Porter Springs. Ga., Aug. 10, 1904.
INDOR8E8 THE EDITORIAL.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Permit s Georgian who deplores the
tactics of the present gubernatorial
candidates In that state to express his
thanks and hsarty appreciation of your
editorial on the 7th Inet., entitled "A
Great People and a Mad Campaign. 1
Respectfully, NAT. P. REMBEN.
67 Warren Ave., Boston, Mas*.
PENCIL POINTS.
Au Idle minor Is the busiest tblug go*
,ng ' '
Delilah was the first .lady barber.
A girl Isn't* necessarily s 'tom-lioy be
came she Is a bachelor girl.
Few people borrow trouble wKo are not
willing to isty It hack.
Itching oars firs those which listen to
Battery.
If people wanted only that which they
deserve, contentment would be uusttl
moot.
Perhaps, when Ute moaning stars sang
together, they were accompanied by the
mttalc of the spheres.
The mors rye * young man cousuntcs
tho greater hit crop of wild eats.
Brass ts often plated with gold, but gold
Is uevrr plated ( wlth brass.
Home self-mad" men are machine-made
polltlctaus.
Home of your friends may go buck
you nad giro yon "tbo Ice.” but the lea
maa will out.
Ho who has no pleasure lu Ibe hsppl
ueta of others baa very mils hltuaelf.
Tn the young mnu who want* to hold hit
Job, boocaty uud Industry make a guts!
•fire" escape.
An ArltanaoH Justice of the peace who
srss nt it loos for a ehnrgu upon which to
ncruto two men arrested by the constable,
Imil them arraigned for. committing
crime ef '72."
Women's gloves are now lielng made with
* tiny poeket In tbo palm lu which they
carry small change. That should curtululy
■he the "glad hand."
The lamelmll nmplrc'a word Is law ao
the diamond, bnt Jnat wait till he gets
home.
It Is wild Hint nuntmlly three hundred
eliHdreit are named Rtuersaii In Uostuti.
Which shows that there are those who will
take sdvsutage of one's nltsenee.
One other thing that makes a man want
to tske a vacation I* that the s. g. g.
hot returned home from school, and Is
playing the piano day uud night.
A recent lull storm In Oklahoma Is said
to luive killed fonr hundred sheep. That's
nothing. More than that nre alalu Is Wall
street every day.
And still It sesma that tbo more automo
bile* there nrw manufactured and the
cheaper they are. the greater the demand
lor well-bred horses.
Ir Is 'said that the first mini born In
lamlsville. K.v., was Colonel John Itoe. It
seems that tbo prominent feature of the
cobnut's life Is the fact that he bus been
devoting the princtpul part of hla time to
litigation, scnirdlng to court reports
The nnuy worm la yepnrted to be dotitg
considerable damage In some parts ,,f th#
country- From time Immemorial. Hie ertrly
Idrd bat had a reputation for catching
the worm. If he shook! manage In some
way to capture the unity worm, he wnnld
receive n vote of thanks and possibly if
monument from the grateful turuicra of
the Hotlth. ,
Emma Goldman asys that n man and
woman ahoold remain married only to long
S* It suits their reureulenee. There are
• good many people In jail now who have
entertained the tame opinion.
By I'rlvnte beared Wire.
New York, Aug. 1$.—When In addi
tion to being a princess, ons Is ths
granddaughter of one of America's
most successful soldiers and is *
charming woman with all society's
doors wide open. Princess Cantacu-
xene, granddaughter of General U. a.
Grant, .has' found thla to be so. With
Prince Michael and their two charming
children, the princess Is at Newport
and has already received cards enough
to keep her busy to the limit of endur
ance for ths next two weeks, and she
will have few Idle moments until ths
time comes for her to visit her Chicago
relatives.
The party went back to Oakland
farm In automobiles today. Later
they boarded the steam yacht Narnris,
where Vice Commodore Henry Wel-
lets entertained them and took theta
for a sail up the boy. In the afternoon
a. large P*rty went out to Alfred Van
derbilt's farm for a little fun In ths
show ring, driving nnd riding horses.
A large dinner party was given at ths
Marble House fast night by Commo
dore and Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., for
about forty guests.
And still there are those who say
society people do not work.
It was to have been expected that
Mrs. Clarence Mackey's successful en
try Into politics would have set other
rich women to tho liking and aroused
other ambitions.
Mrs. Walter Jennings, wife of th*
Standard Oil magnate, Is now school
trustee In tho village of Cold Springs
Harbor. L. I. While school trusteeship*
seem to bound woman's political am
bition* In these parts, it Is not likely
that they will long be satisfied with
this. There are other offices whjch
c.dild be creditably filled by women
and will son be sought for, no doubt.
The double .veil tud la being tried to
a finish ot the Newport Casino tennis
courts. If It survlvts this summer It
will become one of the (All styles and
we moy expect to meet members of
the younger set this winter In Fifth
avenue with their features draped In
this oriental but very tantalizing fash
ion.
The exponents of this style arc th#
Sherman twins. Dally the tennis court
Is flllsd with enthusiastic fair ones In
white, with Impenetrable double veils
of brown, draped, from Just under the
eyes, the deep fold* covering complete
ly the lower part of the face, the chin
and the neck.
The Ogden Mills twins, Jun back
from Europe, are noticeably slow to
take up the double veils and the Mills
twins are looked upon as authority Ip
head gear, for among their forty trunks
are six containing the latest models of
Parisian and London millinery.
Foahlonables await developments
with interest.
People of Newport will learn with
regret of the passing of "John, the
Orange man," who succumbed to an
operation yesterday at the Massachu
setts general hospital.
Lovett was born In Ireland and came
to this country when a lad. For year*
he was Harvard’s favorite mascot a
Inter-coleglatc athletic games.
Strangers In n strange land, three
Western bulls Jumped over hostel from
th* cattle boat Burlington and made
for Wall street in search of company.
One lost his way and landed at Gov
ernor's Island, another was csptttred In
the water. The third made Wall street
and waa taken by *n ex-cowboy po
liceman ot Bowling Green, close to the
Standard Oil building.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
Hjr Private l.*nard Wlr*.
New York, August II.—Here are
some of the visitors In New York to
day: _ _
ATLANTA—Mrs, B. 8. Barker, C. D.
Dlrklnson, W. M. Guy. Miss J. Jones,
Miss N. Kane, E. W..Marvin, H. E. W.
Palmar, W. C. Dlcklns, P. J. Smith,
Mrs. A. J. Warner. A. H. Bancker, F.
M. D. Bsttonfleld. M. S. Baughan, I*
H. Beck. R. D. Draper, G. V. Forrester,
F. E. Lowensteln, W. J. Lowensteln,
Miss M. Mseauley, H. A. Mace, H. K.
Neer, H. O. Day, II. A. Scual, J. M.
BI !mV)UBTA— b H. E. Carr, E. F. Vers-
llC 8AVANNAJ?—D. A. Blck, J. M. Bry
an. J. Lyons, Jr., G. F. Maynard.
gpeclnl to Tho Georgian.
Paris, Aug. IS.—Adslatde Nelson and
Mr. nnd Mrs. O. W. Goddard, of At-
Inntn, On., registered st the offlcc of
the European edition of The New York
Herald today.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
When Independent cnmtMidea Iwglo to
Hnpet* with Standard on ft l» i.*ke!y that
they will #uou have a barU eft flulsh.
AUGUST 13. /
1484—Pop* Hiatus IV died. , , ...... H
1778—1*nsucceaafgl nnral attack by Brlllnh
on Uluamtur, Mass. .
2-riiltiMl Htatr* frigate Essex captured
British sloop Alert. .. , _ .
1831—Mohawk ami Hudson railroad, first lo
Anifritn. wit**opened. .
1S3S—ltank* of th* I:tilted States Wind
.stir*!* povin*nt. ... , .
1844—Kltxatietb Stuart Phelps-Ward. novel
ist, lK>rn.
j.**— I>nk* ot T*ek lwn». .. .
1S72—8t*niu*r Hlunvlll*. from \orkto
Aiuiiiiwnll. liuriHil; nln*t*fh lives lost.
1878—Hoi fan of Turks? ratified the Berlin
]S7f—4'nptaln Weltb swam from Handy
Hook to Miiiibnttnii bench. l-t .
HSI-tity uf <Inhesion, Tea., celebrated
the centenary «f Its lororforatlou-
1888—4'hrlatlm* Nilsson, fatuous sluger, mar-
U91—< teorge Jones, editor of The Non* York
imJ»r!Sr flrlT* In Minneapolis; 82.000,008
vmJSX&io surrendered Manila. v
INfi— l*ractlcf»Hy niianliuouw vote in Nor*
way for set m rat km from HwcUeu.
ANOTHER INDORSEMENT.
To the Editor of The Oeorglan:
Aa a citizen of Georgia I dealre to
commend your editorial «»f the fith In
the. political situation aa regarda the
gubernatorial campaign. It waa time*?
and I with It were poaalblethat the del
egatee to the Macon convention could
find a real reformet and rebuke tne
other candtdatea for advertlalng Geor
gia aa poor old Kanaaa never waa in
former daya. J. H. ERWIN, JR*
Monteagle, Tenn.. Aug. 10.
It la sold that the way to reach a maa •
heart la through bis stomach. Judging by
the gr*$tt kick h* la making thnmgbont the
country. It srvms that the ftoh-ago par*
era have reached Ida feet that way.
