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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES. Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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Eotsrsd aa aamoO-rlasa matter Ap-ll Si. 1916. at the Poarotftea at
Atlanta. (!a.. under act of congress of March S. 1979.
Taggart’s Criticism of Bryan.
The Hon. Thomas Taggart, who persists In occupying
the position of chairman of the Democratic executive
committee, while at the same time he Is the head and
front of one of the most notorious gambling resorts In
the United States, shakes himself loose from his purely
personal affairs long enough to rise up and declare that
Mr. Bryan should have kept his hands off the Illinois
situation. Instead of demanding the resignation of Roger
8ulllvan. Democratic committeeman from that slate.
It Is easy to understand that Mr. Taggart is opposed
to any demands that anybody resign. Ho sees no reason
Thy the Illinois committeeman should resign, nnd equal
ly he sees no reason why Tom Taggart himself should
resign. He has a very lofty regard for the proprieties
when it conies to the fact that Mr. Bryan is hutting In.
■o to speak, in asking the resignation of a national com
mitteeman, hut he has no such lofty sentiments when
ft comes to the faot that he himself. th» head of tile na
tional committee, is the proprietor of what Is usually al
luded lo as the Monte Carlo of America.
Tho good people of Indiana have been considerably
wrought up over this matter for some lime, and they
have temporarily at least succeeded In closing down the
gambling rooms at French Lick. But the persistent Mr.
Taggart will probably succeed In having them opened
•gain.
In the meantime a chorus of demands has been go
ing up all over the country that the chairman of the
Democratic executive committee should send In his res
ignation. He takes it us outrageous that such a sugges
tion should he made. It wounds his vanity and his pride
Blit the people at large care very little for either.
What they are most concerned In nt present Is the tri
umph of the Democratic party. They feel that they have
• better chance cf success tills year at the congression
al elections than they have had for a long time, nnd
they feel that It Is a distinct Injustice for such a mini as
Tom Taggart to remain at the hoad of the executive
committee.
Whatever uiav lie the facts In the ease of Roger Sul
livan. Democratic coniinltteeinnii from the state of Illll
hois, there can be but little doubt as to the status of
Chairman Tom Taggart, and none at all as to the wishes
of the people st large. Instead of rising up to protest
against the advice of Mr. Bryan, he would do well either
to resign or to efface himself as far as he possibly can.
pie of Georgia might well say of the politicians
who have been seeking to destroy each other's rep
utations for decency and Integrity: "A plague on both
of your houses. None of you is fit to be governor of
the Umpire State of the South If any of you Is one-
hundredth part as bad aB you have represented each
other to be. None of you is fit to be governor, be
cause your defamation of each other has held Georgia
up to the scorn of her sister states."
If The Georgian has ever deplore i anything In Its
public career and fought anything. It Is the bitter and
allusive spirit of the present campaign.
When the eurtaln rose-upwi a concert performance
In a western town there was blazoned on the front
of the stage the legend:
"Please don't slicsit tho second bugler. He is doing
Ills best."
We trust our contemiHirarlea will not throw stones
at us or at our stnte. We are doing our host. Wo
are all ashamed and we are all sorry, and wo are all ready
to promise that we won't do so any moro. Even the
candidates themselves are disgusted with the campaign,
and we feel safe In assuring The Run and our friends that
In the hitter memory of this tight, wo will never have
another campaign like this In Georgia.
Growth and Progress of the New South
Uo/lfp tbit bend will Appear from time tn flme Information lllmtrntln* tbe
remarkable development of tbe South which deterret eometbfng more than pm*
Iowa Republicans at War.
The combat thickens out In Iowa.
If the Republican party Is split In Pennsylvania, It
Is torn Into doll-rags out In the Hawkeye state.
Tne friends and advocates of George D. Perkins,
the unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomlna
tlon for governor iigninst Cummins, are In a slate of
absolute rebellion. They Insist that Senator Dolllver,
who was counted nisin as a friend and supporter of Per
kins, ,w«s false to his trust nnd did nothing to advance
the Interests of that candidate—the leader of the stand-
put imllcy.
Consequently they are out after his scalp, as well
as that of Cummins.
The only way they can vent their spleen Is by unit-
Ing on Claude R. Porter, the Democratic nominee for
governor. Through a circular sent out by one of the dis
gruntled supporters of Perkins In the recent conven
tion, It- Is pointed out that after the election the
Democratic and Republican nominee will both be ad
vocating the same tsiltcy of tarlfT reform, and the stand-
pat Republicans “do not want to he held responsible for
the false teachings of its agent."
They have decided to unite on the Democratic can
didate, therefore, and are making the welkin ring.
They point out that this is an off year In politics,
that there is a Republican president In the executive
chair who can veto any pernicious legislation that may
arise, and the party can afford to lose a few congres
sional seats to the Democrats for the sake of a princi
ple. "There Is nothing at stake," they say, "except
the oil Inspectors and Janitors."
The situation Is Intrinsically Interesting tn Iowa, but
It presents a still more striking appearance when It is
contrasted with the line-up In the Keystone state. In
Iown the reformers within the’ Republican party are In
tbe saddle. They routed the old line Republican pro
tectionists, horse, foot and dragoons, atul therein lies
their bitterness.
In Pennsylvania the old machine handed down by
Boss Quay was strong enough to nominate the Republi
can candidate, but the Lincoln Republicans, snubbed In
the convention, went off nnd indorsed tho Democratic
and Prohibitionist candidate, In the hope of securing
victory.
The national significance of the Iowa election Is
How the Central of Georgia Prospers
The railroads of the South are feeling: the general prosperity of the
South. Advance sheets of the annual report of the Central of Georgia
Railway Company, for the year ended June 30 last, show a good Increase
In grotM and net earning*, while the surplus shown I* equal to more than
10 per cent on the capital stock. The Income account compares as fol
lows:
1908. 1905. 1904.
Gross
Expense and tax
Net
Other income .. ’ '274,622
.$11,396,123
$10,135,055
. $9,396,931
. 8,235,213
7.417,906
' 7,187,385
. $3,160,910
$2,717,089
$2,209,546
274,622
248,364
220,661
. $3,435,532
$2,965,453
$2,430,207
. 2,184.860
2.110.936
2,291.740
, $1,250,672
$854,517
$133,467
75O.QO0
750,000
2.569
$500,672
$104,517
$135,898
ARE YOU
SUPERSTITIOUS?
As Our Neighbors See Us.
One of the snnest nnd ablest of American newspapers j the
1a The Democratic Baltimore Sun.
It has always been held ns a model both us a news-‘growing greater, now that It Is settled that Senator Do|-
gather and ns an able and Incorruptible commentator
upon public affairs.
All of which carries significance nnd a vast rebnko
with the following leading editorial of The Sun of Mon
day, the 13th. It la worthy n careful rending. It Is head
ed "Georgians Besmirch the Reputation of Tholr Own
Btate."
Do the people of Georgia realise that their state
Is being tint In a most unenviable position by the |s>-
lltlenl campaign now In progress In that stnte? Crit
icism nt candidates within the bounds of propriety
is allowable In psrty contests. No public man, no
man who Is s candidate for public nfllre, can expect
Immunity from that scrutiny which deals with his
record and the ixdlrles with which he Inis been
Identified. But the Introduction of personalities has
been followed In Georgia by scurrility and defama
tory attacks npon the private as well as the profes-
' alnnnl anti public rharneler of one of the rand'date*
for governor. Indeed, tile looseness and vehemence
.of denunciation which have characterised the cam-
palgn might fairly Justify thu suspicion Hint none of
tho candidates Is worthy of the respect of the people
of Georgia—that none of them Is lit to be governor
of this historic state.
Thu bullyragging, bluster nnd abuse that are the
chief features of this unseemly scramble for the gov
ernorship of a grent Btate deserve a stern rebuke
from the Georgluns. A candidate for office ought lo
have some other claim to distinction than Ids ability
to coin insulting epithets, to manufacture scurrilous
phrases and to demonstrate u certain proficiency in
the language of the blackguard. If we could believe
the statements which the aspirants for the govern
orship have made about each other It would be iinpns-
slbl. to avoid the conclusion Hint there Is no candi
date In the Held who can make any honest claim to
decency, Integrity and respectability. There Is not
a candidate whom a Georgian who Is at all choice In
the selection of his companions would Invite to Ids
' home. Prior to tills campaign the men who aspire
to the highest ofllre In Georgia were known abroad
and probably at home as persons of high standing,
useful nnd able men. It was not until the campaign
began that they presented each other to the piddle
In n (ilfferert light—as men not worthy of confidence
at home or In other states In which they were for
merly considered of good repute.
If this blackening of the character of Georgia
politicians continues there ran be but one result. The
public in other states will be convinced that Oeorgla_
is so poor In public men of Integrity nnd of a high’
sense of honor Hint It Is willing to take as governor
one of several men who have been held up to the
scorn and condemnation of their fellow eltltens. Of
course those Georgians who know the candidates
Intimately believe them to be honest men, who will
fill the governorship acceptably. But the general
public have no personnl acquaintance with the aspi
rants for office In Georgia. They con only Judge them
by what the , ar.dldates say of each other—by what
their respective partisans say of the opposing candi
dates. Conclusltns bused upon such facts reflect no
credit upon Hie Judgment and taste of the people of
Georgia, who are thur compelled to suffer In public
esteem heeuio.e the candidates for ofllre In that stale
persist In holding each other up lo contempt as utter
ly unworthy me , and even base, as regpeets one of
the aspirants.
The Georgia cst: pnlgn lias been conducted on
the basis of hysteria and vlllfleatlnn. II may not
hurt those Immediately concerned at home, but It will
hurt the Georgia people, who are among the very
finest In the world, by placing them In a false light
before the people of the United States. There is no
sense In such a campaign. A nomination for govern
or ran be made without attempting lo prove that
every aspirant is a person who. If ho had bis Just de
serts. would lie wearing the stripes of a convict. It
sometimes happens that tho press Is called upon to
voice In vigorous language the general sentiment to
ward some notorious public character. Hut as n
rule all that the Intelligent voter desire* nowa
days Is a campaign of icnson and enlightenment. To
g ive hint a campaign of vituperation, slander and
lackguardlsm U to Insult hts Intelligence. Tho peo-
llver's seat la at stake nnd that the election of mem
bers of the legislature this full will be carried on that Is
sue. *
The old proverb holds good that when a certain
class of gentry fall out another class comes Into Its
own, and ns the days go by It looks moro and more cer
tain that tho Democrats will ptnmJ a good chance of
sending at least a greatly Increased delegation to con
gress.
The Laramie Boomerang Style.
It wits The Laramie Boomerang that founded and
monopolized the custom of writing editorials in short
paragraphs.
It was especially adapted to tliq wild and woolly
west.
It made Hie cowboys think that they were not read
ing tame or heavy stuff.
There were few cowboys who eotild comprehend a
senteuco that covered more than n single line.
It nlso made tho cowboys think that they were
roadlng -omethlng extra tine.
Which was not always true.
It was based upon the Idea that where everything
was physically striking sontethjng must strike—mentally.
Which is not according to good form or good rheto
ric.
For Qulntllllan says, "Whore everything Is striking
nothing strikes."
nuj The Boomerang's style had one very Important
thing to commend It.
In fact two things.
It saved typesetting and It filled space.
A printer could set n column of this stuff In much
less time than he could put up a column of legitimate
dltorlal. *
And « half column of editorial strung out In para
graphs would nearly till a column.
This was a very Important consideration In a itaper
whose finances demanded the strictest economy.
But tho chief purpose of our wild western ronteni-
pornry was to catch with a physical arrangement the
uye which had no other inducement to rend Its columns
It acted U|Min the presumption that the most trivial
sentence might he made striking If one would only spread
Hie lines all over a page. As If the editor should say;
The Brawn Mnltesc Cat
Of Our Neighbor John Jones
Died Suddenly Yesterday.
This commonplace fact stated In n single sentence
might not arouse any local emotion. Hut strung out In
three sentences, killing space and half filling lines—
It would rip the sympathies of Laramie wide open.
The Boomerang found some Imltntors—chiefly In tho
wild, wild west. And It had Its day.
But the western "Idee" tins never crept very far
ast.
And it Is quite out of date and repute at the present
time.
Because It Is so very "yellow."
Kurp available for Interest on
Rerv on tnt on Inc bonds pay Oct. 1..
Received accounts
Surplus for year
The earnings and expenses In detuil for the last three years are as fol
lows:
ISOS. inns 1004
Passenger I2.7S4.465
Freight 7,737.661
Mall and express 493.9.11
Miscellaneous .. ..
Total 111,396,122
Operating expenses:
Main, way and structure .. .
Maintaining equipment .. .
Conduct transport
General expenses and taxes .
Total
In his remarks to the stockholders. President Hnnson said that the
operations of the Ocean Steamship Company, a subsidiary of the Central of
Georgia, were satisfactory In the past year, but that owing to the large
liabilities Incurred on acrount of the purchnse of new ships ami mnltlng
Improvements, no dividends bad been declared. *
He r'urtber stated that the coal properties bought from the Tunnel Coal
Company, and the rost of the extension of the Henry Ellen Spur, had been
paid for with the proceeds of $600,000 of dlvlslonable 4 per cent bonds
sold for the purpose.
The coal property has been leased on a royalty basis, nnd Is now de
veloped on a very substantial scale. The minimum guaranteed produc
tion Is now 600 ions per day, which Is to be Increased every six months un
til the output reaches 2,000 tons per day.
The assets Increased from $59,001,262 to $62,075,343 during the year,
but the cash on hand decreased nearly $100,000. The profit and loss surplus
now stands at $647,867, In comparison with $856,655 last year. The funded,
debt was Increased during the year from $48,863,000 to $50,033,000.
$2,395,760
$2,104,658
6.808.639
6,227,550
459.376
347.817
. ' 410.066
471,271
656,906
$10,135,055
$9,396,911
. $1,845,793
$1,607,530
$1,823,517
. 1.712,132
1,744.226
1.258,592
. 3,892.830
3,394,369
3,446.866
784,457
671,841
658,406
$7,417,966
$7,187,386
DINKELSPIEL AT SARATOGA
(Copyright, 1906, by American-Journal*
Examiner.)
Saratoga Today.
Mein Lleber Looey—I haf l»*ft your
mother at home to enchoy u vell-ern-
ed wacatlon vile I am up here Harato-
K«dng myself, as far an der law will
allowance.
Heauty und fashion und all of uh
round boys dot make life vot it la in
der great metrnpollus vus here at der
races.
I vus baling der time of my life. At
night ve drink high balls t«» make us
sick so In der morning ve enn drink
Saratoga voter to make us veff.
DIs is vot Is called reciprocity In dls
country, because It vorks both vnys
against der middle.
Nefer, Looey, nefer before dlt I se
vun bunch such a crowd of sports nnd
sponges; of oluncher* nnd pluggers;
of shrimps und lo peters; of canary
birds und hen hawks; of hotel valters,
oellhoys und plain robbers; of hack
drivers und second-story meh.
Here at Saratoga It costs money to
druw a deep breath, und der low,
hoarse wolce of der cash rechlster fol
lows me all der day und haunts my
dreams l»y der night In.
Society Is oufd In force, eggspeclally
nt night, von der full dress Idea lets
detn ould a leedle more den der law
allows.
Nefer before In der history of Snr-
atoga haf so many peoples rushed
here mlt vlde-open poekethooks und
inlt celr bank accounts frothing at der
mouth.
Hall bed rooms In hoarding houses
vloh hidderto vns used as nn envelope
for der broken furniture van now sell
ing rapidly at $100 u front foot.
At some of der hotel dining rooms It
costs slgs dollars to peep In. eight dol
lars to valk In. und twenty dollars to
shovel In enough French cooking •*»
start vun attack of dyspepsomnnln.
Mnny rich peoples may be seen In
dese dining rooms who vas now using
a fork In nubile for der fnlrst time.
per result Is alvnys picturesque, but
not mitould surprises for delr shirt
boosums.
fou haf rend ft fn der papers. Jaooey.
vnre gambling In Saratoga has been
glfen a knock-mild blow In der solo
apoplextis, but (loan’d belief your lis
tener, Looey, donn'd belief It.
Any ninn dot comesMo Saratoga mlt
nine dollars spending money und says
GEORGE V. HOBART.
he could And no place to play faro or
loozette nln'd a gumbler—he Is yust a
plain liar.
Plr Canfield's Petting Hungalow
nln'd on n as usual, but It Is usually
open.
Per difference between dls year und
last year at Canfield's vns u door mlt
a fancy knob on It.
Lnst year der dour vns vide open.
Pis year der door Is closed und you
half to turn der knob before entering.
Pis Is der up-to-date Idea of dot oil
choke vlch says, "Ven Is a door not n
door?”
In Saratoga der answer Is, "Ven It's
nt Canfield's.”
I vttlked In dare last efenlng und der
mnknlflcence of der brilliant picture
spread before my eyes is sotneding I
shall nefer forget because I lost nine
dfdlars und my sleeping car ffgget.
As der i»oet says It, “Wire is der
monster parent of a t'ousond sins—
unless ve put our money on der card
dot vlns!” Yours, mlt luff,
P. P1NKKLHPIEL.
Per George V. Hobnrt.
The Atlanta Georgian is gaining rapidly In this
county, on account of its fait treatment of Judge Ruh-
sell, while The Journal is dropping off.--Igtwrenee-
vllle Herald.
We are trying to bo fair to everybody, although ac
cording to their own accounts every man in the race
ought to be hung.
JUDGED BY THEIR OWN ESTI
MATES.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I've noticed with pleasure your lucid
ebullitions and elegant elucidations on
the issues nnd jiersonal charges now
rife and rancorous between five men
of our lieloved Georgia who seek to be
our next governor upon the pretext
that each Is a good Democrat believing
with nil his houI that his special pre
scription would best conserve to the
honor and glory of our state’s future
destiny. Suppose that we consider for
a moment that each of these men has
had a sudden change of heart and that
the charges each has alleged are true,
would not this view be the most reas
onable one, nnd If so would not the
united charges place the great boasted
Democratic party of Georgia in rather
a dubious nspeet before the thinking
people of Georgia?
You doubtless remember what Mr.
Cleveland said about dishonest and
perfidious Democracy: "Not until ras
cals fall out do Just men get their
dues.”
Any one man or one party rule Is
contrary t - the sacred mandates of
sente and Federal constitutions, nnd
It Is onlv a question of time when efth
er will relieve itself of nausea.
Georgia Is now suffering with a faint
stomach. Watch the live great Dem
ocratic physicians as they prate and
prattle the state—each with a vision-
arc panacea peculiar to his own lo
cality and political Imagination. With
Maryland and Missouri redeemed.
North Carolina looking our way, the
only sensible deduction we can draw
fmm the present chaotic condition of
nffnlrs In Georgia I* that two white po
litical parties are grooming In the Em
pire State of the South. An honest
and reputable form of government
should prevail fn every state fn the
union, and I have grave doubts of any
sensible man's political integrity who
d otherwise direct the ship of
state or nation.
Let Clark and "Pore Dick” rage,
And Funner Jim and Eattll play.
The people are watching the stage
And Hoke has the right $$f wav.
Respectfully, JA8. M. EDERS.
By CLARA M0RRI8.
My life has been too stirring for
those vague beliefs; still I feel that
1 am slightly tainted In riiy horror of
split salt and my dread to commence
anything of a Friday, but there are
no grounds of fate Iti grounds of tea-
for me.
It Is very droll to notice the angry
contempt on© woman will express for
the pet superstition of some other
woman. In New Orleans I found my
self on a recent occasion Ideally re
established in quarters that I had oc
cupied for several seasons In succes
sion. The house had been the abode of
wealthy merchant, nnd its present
occupant, Madame T , had the great
old-balconled French-windowed rooms
filled with stately, massive furniture
that became them perfectly, and a bed
wearing green ■ brocade valance nnd
tester, thnt made one feel when yield
ing to Its chill linen embrace like a
forlorn remnant of exiled royalty. Pic
tures, running mostly to heavy gilded
frames, hung upon the walls; thick
carpets, many cushions, lace curtains,
and a small open Are, and. flowers ga
lore—what wonder I felt at home, und
settled down to enjoy my engagement
of two weeks.
The day before Madame T had
with great satisfaction announced to
me that her lease had been renewed
with only a slight advance, and I had
congratulated her. That had been
Monday; now, on Tuesday. I sat wait
ing the coming of an actress friend,
there with another company, who was
to bring her paint box. that we might
daub to our heart's content over there
where I had spread down a paint cloth
and set un two hired easels—when In
came Madame T . Her face was
grayish white, her lips—good gra-
lous! I never had seen Just such
color. They were bluish, and all
her bulk was trembling through and
through. She waved aside the chair
I offered her, leaned heavily against
the piano, and exclaimed with diffi
culty: "I've got to go! I’ve got to
move at once!”
I was bewildered. "Why. you said
yesterday you had assured yourself an
other three years? (she closed her eyes
and rocked from side to side). Be
sides, you've rented me this floor for
the coming two weeks, nnd I can't
be rooted out without rhyme or rea
son."
"Hear her! Just hear her!" moaned
Madame T , who was gaining
breath.
"What Is It? what have you In the
house? Scarlet fever?—smallpox?"
“Worse! worse! And I’ve got to go
at once! nt once! You can stay on
here if you want to—that is, after you
know!" She clasped her hands tight
ly and turned terrified eyes toward
me. "I've been hoodooed!" For a
moment quick laughter threatened to
break from my lips In spite of all re
straint, but a glance nt thnt miserable,
frightened face sobered me. “Madame,
you can’t be In earnest. Why, that
belief can't possibly affect you?"
I felt very sorry for her, and said:
"Madame, surely some one Is playing
a Joke on you (she shook her head'.
Then some one Is trying to get this
house away from you (she shuddered), j
and this Is a deliberate attempt to i
scare you away. You are not going
to let them crow over their success?"
"Crow? crow? Yes, that’s the hoo
doo.’ There on the very sin of the
front door was the rooster—head—the
red flannel—and the bean—nnd, oh.
God help me! the lock of hnlr!" The
woman was nearly fainting. "You see
then, don't you, 1 must get out or be
carried out feet foremost?"
"Yes—I see"—for argument was use
less and laughter would have been
cruel.
Luckily, Just then entered my actress
friend. "Oh, Clara, you’ve got your
old rooms, and aren’t they lovely! And
h. t say; I’m going to try to pain
one of those beautiful roses. I beg
pardon- Seeing Madame T , who
wouldn't wait for an Introduction, but
staggered from the room. "Why, what
on earth has happened to her?”
As I helped her off with her wraps,
and brought forth my paint box. I ex
plained—and was she sorry for the
poor hoodooed? Not she! First she
screamed with laughter, nnd then broke
forth in a very storm of contemut for
the woman who could be moved by
superstition or influenced by signs or
tokens.
Anxious to change the subject, 1
.asked: "By the way, how are tbe
hearsals of the new play coming on?”
She dropped the tube of chrome yel
low frotn her painty Angers nnd turned
an angry face towatd me. "Oh, every
one was full of confidence, and
looked like a sure winner—but since
yesterday (making a snatch nt my pal
ette knife), well, 1 guess you know
what speaking n 'tag' In the morning
means?” she ended with tragic sig
nificance. •
For a moment I was puzzled. Then,
like a flash, I remembered how
any a morning rehearsal I had seen
an old stage manager slap his prompt-
book shut, saying sharply, "That will
do, Indies and gentlemen,” thus pre-
eptlng some one from actually pro
nouncing the last word. And here was
this mossy old omen lifting Its dodder
ing head In New Orleans, with ap
parently a basilisk's power to kill
plays. t
"Yes, It was Miss X herself—
uld you believe It of her, with her
experience? And the play had re
hearsed so wonderfully well that we felt
safe for the whole season. Yes, be
fore any one could stop her, she blurted
It out! Jones, our prompter, Just flung
up his arms and dropped on to n stobl.
Even the leader of the orchestra said,
‘That settles It.' So I suppose we’ll
be doing the two weeks* notice net—
om-
By Private leased Wire.
New York. Aug:. 16.-R w ,„ „„
learned with pleasure by many out-,if
town people, as well as resident Now
Yorkers, that. Rev. Father Ducev i.
not to be deprived of his church st
Leos, through the foreclosure of 1
mortgage. Both Father Dueey and .St
I-oos are established features of the
city. Father Ducev Is a rloh mm, ■
Inherited a fortune. He says the','sa
will Hn,i ,he «*££
'S n Durey built the chinch
In 1881 such famines as the Isellna the
Delancey Kanes, the Learys, the Uv!
Ingstons, the Plants, the Deltnonlc,,!:
?"*• T the mains";;
the church. Most of them are «II
members of the congregation.
sdUSS™! Schlott, fiance of Miss May
Bedford, daughter of E. T. Bedford
°t the Standard Oil Company is not
a chauffeur after all. so the "Lehman
Is not superceded as yet. ln
Mr. Schlott Is a part owner and
member of a Ann In Bridgeport, maS-
ufacturlng rubber goods. an
Mr. Sschlott when Interviewed In his
nanY ** Br,<1 * e P° rt also was indlg-
"I am no one's rhnuffeur and never
was, he said. "I came here to take
charge of the auto department of this
company, and I object to the statement
that I wooed and won Miss Bedford
from under her father's nose."
A novel defense was made bv Con
gressman James F. Burke, of Pittsburg
In behnlf of his chauffeur, who was
a prisoner before Justice Beall, In the
Yonkers police court, charged with
speeding an automobile nt 30 miles an
hour. Representative Burke was in the
auto when the arrest was made.
"Well, what excuse have you got for
racing your machine ' through Hie
greets of Yonkers?" asked Justice
Chauffeur Worhell was about to
make a speech when Congressman
Burke stepped up and said, as he
bowed to tho court:
"It was really my fault, your honor
I ordered the defendant to put on full
speed, but I had a reason for doing so."
"And utiHt was that reason?" —■
asked
And what w
the Justice.
"I am n member of a congtesslonal
committee that Is passing on a con
tested congressional seat. While In
Buffalo I received an urgent request
that the committee was about to moot
In Washington and I was anxious to
on time.”
Another conversation followed be
tween the Justice and the congressman.
Then the chauffeur was discharged.
The Happy Ending.
By WEX JONE3.
I. Smith'* Novel.
P A VL WODLXhU'K panned beside the
Sin mid lie or should he not?
Heavy hills were due on the mor
row, mid hts creditors would no longer he
satisfied with promises. Ills young wife
needed u new haf. Ah! ho would take the
miMp'.v for Maggie s sake!
. day. Paul was at home. All the
hills, even the iceman's, had been j»;iliL
Maggie had it now hat—a heauty.
There was a knock at the outer door
"The officers of the law!” cried I
"They've missed the $850,000 | t«*«k."
Drawing a gun from bis pocket,
tolled man pressed the muzzle to
'mil.
©It, Bryan
Air. Hearst j an.
And then I sighed softly, "Poor Ma
dame T !"
"'Oh. she!" snapped my friend, "she’s
a superstitious old ninny, and I have
no patience with—for Heaven’s sake,
what arc you laughing at?"
“Hearst- Bryan- Roosevelt."
(The Washington Post.)
The New York World believes that
the Democratic state convention nt
Buffalo next month will nominate WII- !
Ham R. Hearst for governor of New I
York. The New York Sun has said j
that the next governor of New Yolk
will be a Democrat and the next presi
dent of the United States.
Stranger things have happened In
politics. There III© hut three Individ
uals on the stage—that Is, all the rest
arc “supes." Roosevelt, Brvnn r.nd jail because of that idiotic X
Hears! hold the boards. Air. Hearst —"
has arrived at the place he now holds
by the road that Air. Roosevelt ami Mr.
Bryan are both traveling. All that Mr.
Roosevelt has done Is with a view of
scotching the socialism for which Mr.
Hearst Is alleged to stand, and Mr.
Bryan’s "conservatism" Is onlv a bond
Of Indemnity against certain socialistic
preachments of which he was formerly
delivered, and (or which Air. Hearst Is
charged not to stand.
We have had a good deal of agony
over It. The people have been taught
that It Is criminal to be rich. When
that sort of talk gets to be popular the
inevitable result is socialism itt some
sort of form. The difference between
Hearst and th© other two Is In degree.
Tbe difference bet wen Bryan and
Roosevelt Is that, while Roosevelt
chases tbe octopus with immense force,
Bryan can do h more artisticully and
more tunefully.
Mr. Hearst offers the real stuff. He
may he nominated for governor by the
Democrats Hnd elec ted by the people.
If it should so turn out. we would like
to know who Is going to bent him for
the nomination for president In the
Democratic national convention of
1905? Democrats are human, and sub
ject to hunger and thirst. They are
hungry and thirsty right now. and Just
exactly like the Republicans, they are
hunting for th« man who can win. No
others need apply.
If William It. Hearst Is elected gov
ernor of New York on the Democratic
ticket In 19»>6. there Is an excellent
chance that the "next governor of New
York will be the next president of the
United States.”
II. Latter from Seribblsrs & Co. to
8mith.
Your novel. "Paul's Atonement." plerne**
• Very much, hut we could not publish It
unless the ending were changed. The pub
lic dcniMiids happiness In chunks on the Inst
page. Farther, we suggest tluit a livelier
style would Increase the sale.
III. Smith’s Novel, Amended.
"Is it safe?” said Paul Woolneck.
It was a safe*.
The coin was there.
Should In* or should hi* nit?
lb* laid hot-nired Ids creditors to a fare-
yon-well, and they wanted the real goods.
Ills wife was out of the glad tog*.
Yes; he would grab (he dough for Mag.
He knew he needn't go home If he had no
money.
Next day Paid was nt home. A revolver
wiis In his hand.
There wns a kiuwk at the door.
"Every knock's a lioost.” said Paul, press
ing the uitiBxle of the* gun to his ear nod
pulling It.
Then he changed find pulipd tbe trigger.
The gun exploded.
Hut stay!
The bullet missed Paul nnd shattered an
old vase on the mantelpiece.
There was the long-lost will!
The knocking at the uoor continue!,
ilulf dazed. Paul admitted the visitor. It
was the president of Ids company.
"You stole our W50.000,” he said.
Paul l*owed Ids head.
"Bully!" said the president, "\oure inn
goods. Henceforth you're vice president of
“a* trust." _ . , ,
And Maggie slglic* happily nn she tried
i her new lint.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
Bank of Tolbotton.
Ttic Bank at Tolbotton »a* granted
a charter by Secretary of State Phil
Cook Thursday. Capital stock $30,000,
Incorporators J. \\\ Jordan, J. H. Mc-
Gehee. L. \V. Smith, TV. M. McGehee,
H. F. Wllkerson und E. H. McGehee.
Convention Ratos Mad*.
Circulars announcing special round
trip rates.on all Southern roads for
the conventions of the National Dental
Association and the Carriage Builders'
Nntlonal Association In tills city In
September und October were Issued by
the Southeastern fassenger Tariff As
sociation Thursday. Several thousnnd
delegates are expected to attend both
of the gatherings.
By Private !.eascd Wire.
New York, Aug. 16.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—Mrs. \V. Allen. K. V.
Haynes, A. R. Keese, J. G. Sullivan.
O. 8. Donnell, L. L. Hardin, F. R. Mc
Culloch, J. E. C. Pedder, C. A. Wilkes.
H. B. Canley, V. R. Davis, C. T. Lad-
1, \V. M. Richards. J. M. Speer, D.
H. Thorln. R. B. Toy and Rev. P.
Young.
AvTGUSTA—8. H. Garrett.
SAVANNAH—W. V. lV’is and S. P-
Kehoe. \
THIS DATE IS HISTORY.
Pony Show Coming.
J. D. Newman, advance agent of the
Gentry Brothers’ dog and pony show,
was In the city Thursday arranging for| — "
the appearance here of hts aggregation iM6_ra”emi"T "B‘"M«x;y"."f«nae'r t id'ed
of enterlalncra op September 1U and 11. • mate, neuter from fexa., died.
!5$4—Order of tin* .TcnuHn fonndvl nt l’nriz
by Igutitins D>yoln. „ ,
1637—Iu»ii JoiiHon, biographer of Hhnk***-
iieitre *(»***>
1759-kugci.
1780—Buttle __
killed. ...
1825—rimrlea A. Pinckney, American stnt*®-
Iiiiiii. died. an.
flail—L»p$>z captured and gnrrotcd nt
Mm. . ... .
1855—ItuNNlnuM defeated nt battle of I'**'’-
ernnyu. Crimea. „ . ,
1869—TiiiscMiiy ilecliirod In favor of ’mlt*'*
kingdom of Italy under Metor hiu-
iminuol.
1*67— International co-operative emigre •»
forbidden to nHKouiblo In 1’nrtn.
1871-Ntciinmlilp Lodoim lout off flic H«.rhia
enriMt with twenty-one liven.
1885—The ('undine Inland** nelzed by <»er*
many
of Snnto ('eniirh
resident Carnot. •
B. Alnxey.