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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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Entered >■ weend-el... matter April 3. !»K at tha Poatolflci St
Atlanta. Ga.. under act of congreta of March 8. 1879.
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 Kmplre State of the South If any of you is one-
hundredth part as bad as 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
abusive spirit of the present campaign.
When the curtain rose upon a concert performance
In a western town there was blazoned on the front
of the stage the legend:
"Please don't shoot the second busier. MIe Is doing
Ills best.”
We trust our contemporaries will not throw stones
at us or at our state. We are doing our best. We
are all ashamed and we are all sorry, and we are all ready
to promise that we won't do so any,more. Even the
candidates themselves nre disgusted with the campaign,
and we feel safe In assuring The 8un and our friends that
In the bitter memory of this fight, we will never have
another campaign like this In Georgia.
Growth a?id Progress of the New South
tug attention.
which deserves something more than psaa-
Taggart’s Criticism of Bryan.
The Hon. Thotnax Taggart, who peralata In orcnpylnf
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 resort* In
the t'nltod States, shakes himself loose from Ills 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
Sullivan, Democratic committeeman from that state.
It Is easy to understand that Mr. Tnggart Is opposed
to any demands that anybody resign. He sees no reason
why the Illinois committeeman should resign, and equal
ly he sees no reason why Tom Taggart hlmsolf should
resign. He hat^n very lofty regnrd for the proprieties
when It comes to the fact that Mr. Bryan Is hutting In.
to to speak, in asking the resignation of a national com
mitteeman. lint he has no such Tofty sentiments when
It conies to the fact that he himself, tho head of the na
tional committee. Is the proprietor of what Is usually al
luded to as the Monte Carlo of America.
The good people of Indiana have been considerably
wrought up over this matter for some time, and they
have temporarily at least succeeded In closing down the
gambling rooms at French Lick. Hut the persistent Mr. j tlon. it Is minted out that after the election the
Taggart will probably succeed In having them opened j Democratic and Republican nominee will both be nd-
M®l n * (vacating the same jsdlcy of tariff reform, and the stand-
in the meantime a chorus of demands has been go* I pat Republicans "do not waut to be held responsible for
Ing up all over the country that tho chairman of tho nie f a | K0 teachings of its agent.
Iowa Republicans at War.
The comlmt thickens out In Iowa.
If the Republican party Is split In Pennsylvania, It
is torn Into doll-rags out in the Hawkeye state.
The friends nnd advocates, of George D. Perkins,
the unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomina
tion for governor against Cummins, are In a state of
absolute rebellion. They Insist that Senator Dolllver,
who whb counted upon as a friend and supiiorter of Per
kins, was false to his trust and did nothing to advance
tho Interests of that candidate—the leader of the stand-
pat policy.
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, tho Democratic nominee for
governor. Through a circular sent out by one of the dis
gruntled supporters of Perkins in the recent conven-
How the Central of Georgia Prospers ,
The railroads of the South are feeling the general prosperity of the
South. Advance sheets of the aynual report of the Central of Georgia
Railway Company, for the year ended June 30 last, show a good Increase
In gross and net earnings, while the surplus shown Is equal to more than
10 per cent on the capital stock. The Income account compares as fol
lows:
1906.
Gross $11,396,123
Expense and tax 8,235,213
Total income $3,435,532
Interest, rent, etc 2,184.860
Surp available for Interest on Inc bds, $1,250,672
Resv on int on Inc bonds pay Oct. 1.. 750 000
Received accounts
Surplus for year $500,672
The earnings and expenses In detail for the last three years are as fol
lows:
1906. 1905. 1904.
1905.
1904.
$10,135,055
$9,396,931
7,417,906
7,187,385
$2,717,089 '
$2,209,546
248.364
220,661
$2,965,453
$2,430,207
2.110,936
2,291,740
$854,517
$138,467
750,000
2,569
$104,517
$135,898
ARE YOU
SUPERSTITIOUS?
Passenger
$2,395,760
$2,104,658
Freight
6,808,639
6,227,550
Mall an»l express
459,376
347.817
.Miscellaneous
471,271
656,906
Total
$10,135,056
19,396,931
Operating expenses:
Main, way nnd structure
.. .. $1,845,793
$1,607/530
$1,633,517
Maintaining equipment
. .. 1.712.132
1,744.226
1.258.592
Conduct transport
3.394,3 09
3.446,866
General expenses and taxes .. .
671,641
658,406
$7,417,966
$7,187,386
Democratic executive committee should send In his res
ignation. He takes It as outrageous that such a sugges
tion should be made. It wounds his vanity and Ills pride.
But the people nt large care very little for either.
What they are most concerned in at present Is the tri
umph of tho Democratic party. They feel that they have
a better chance of success this year at the congression
al elections than they have had for a long time, and
they feel that it is a distinct Injustice for such 11 man ns
Tom Tnggart to remain st the head of the executive
committee.
Whatever may lie the facts In the ense of Roger Sul
livan. Democratic committeeman from the state of Illi
nois, there ran be but little doubt as to the status of
Chairman Tom Tnggart, and none at nil ns to the wishes
of the people at large. Instead of rising up to protest
■gainst the advice of Mr. Bryan, he would do well either
to resign or to clfnce himself ns far as he possibly can.
As Our Neighbors Sec Us.
One of the sanest nnd ablest of American newspapers
Is The Democratic Baltimore Sun.
It lias always been held ns a model both as a news- growing greater, now thnt It Is settled that Senator Dol-
They have decided to unite on the Democratic can
didate. therefore, and are making tho welkin ring.
They point out that this is an off year in iiolltlcs,
thnt 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 nt stake," they say, "except
the oil Inspectors and janitors."
Tlic situation Is Intrinsically Interesting in Iowa, but
it presents a still more striking appearance when It is
contrasted with the line-up In the Keystone state. In
Iowa the reformers within the Republican party are in
the snddle. They routed the old line Republican pro
tectionists, horse, foot and dragoons, and therein lies
their bitterness.
In Pennsylvania the old machine hnndcd down by
Boss Quay was strong enough to nominate the Republi
can candidate, but the Lincoln Republicans, snubbed In
the convention, went oil mid indorsed the Democratic
and Prohibitionist candidate, in the hope of securing
the victory.
The national significance of the Iowa election is
gather and ns an nlilo nnd Incorruptible commentator
uikth' public affairs.
All of which carries significance and a vast rebuke
with the following leading editorial of The Sun of Moil
day. the Ifith. It Is worthy a careful rending. It Is head
ed "Georgians Besmirch tho Reputation of Their Own
State.”
Do the people of Georgia realise thnt their state
la being put in a most unenviable position by the |*i-
llttcal campaign now In progress in that state? Crit
icism of candidates within the bounds of propriety
Is allowable In party contests. No public man, no
man who Is a candidate for public office, can expect
Immunity from that scrutiny which denis with Ills
record and the iiollcles with which lie lias been
Identified. But the Introduction of personalities has
been followed In Georgia by scurrility and defama
tory attacks upon the private hr well ns the profes
sional and public character of one of the candidates
for governor. Indeed, the looseness mid vehemence
of denunciation which have characterized the cam
paign might fairly justify tho suspicion that none of
the candidates Is worthy of the respect of the people
of Georgia—that none of them 1b fit to be governor
of this historic state.
The bullyrngglug, bluster and abuse that nre the
chief features of this unseemly scramble for the gov
ernorship of n great state deserve a stern rebuke
from the Georgians. A candidate for office ought to
have some other claim to distinction than his ability
to coin Insulting epithets, to manufacture scurrilous
phrases nnd to demonstrate a certain proficiency In
the language of the blackguard. If we could believe
the statements which the aspirants for the govern
orship hnve made about eaeh other It would he Impoa-
slblc to avoid the conclusion thnt there Is no candi
date In the field who can mnke any honest claim to
decency, integrity and respectability. There Is not
■ candidate whom a Georgian who Ih at all choice In
the selection of his companions would Invite to Ids
home. Prior to tills cuuipulgii the man who aspire
to the highest office In Georgia were known abroad
and probably at home as persons of high standing,
useful and able men. It was not until the campaign
began' that they presented each other to the public
In a different light—ns men not worthy of confidence
■t home or lu other states in which they were for
merly considered of good repute.
If this blackening of the character of Georgia
politicians continues there can be but one result. The
public In other states will be convinced that Georgia
la so poor In public men of Integrity and of a Iddi
sense of honor .hat It is willing to take as governor
one of 'several men who have been held up to the
scorn and condemnatlon*of their fellow- citizens. Of
course those Georgians who know the candidates
Intimately believe them to lie honest men. who will
fill the governorship acceptably. But the general
public have no personal acquaintance with the aspi
rants for ottV'e In Georgia. They ran only Judge them
by what the .ardldntos say of each other—by what
their respective partisans say of the opposing candi
dates. Conclusluis based upon such facts reflect no
credit upon the judgment nnd taste of the people of
Georgia, who are tint:- compelled to suffer ill public
esteem tiers tin* the candidates for office lu that state
persist In holding each other up to contempt as utter
ly unworthy me*, ana even base, ns respects one of
the aspirants.
The Georgia rat. palgn has been conducted on
the basts of hysteria and vilification. It may not
hurt those Immediately concerned nt 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 l ; nlted States. There Is no
sense In such a campaign. A nomination for govern
or ran In- made without attempting to prove that
every aspirant is a person who. If he had his Just de
serts, would be wearing the stripes of a eonvlct. It
sometimes happens thnt the press Is called U|m>ii to
voice in vigorous language the general sentiment to
ward sonic notorious public character. Blit as a
rule all that the intelligent voter desires nowa
days Is a campaign of reason and enlightenment. To
give him a campaign or vituperation, slander and
blackguardism is to Insult bis Intelligence. Thu iwo-
llver’s seat Is nt stake and thnt tho oleetton of mem
bers of the legislature this fall will bo carried on that Is-
suo.
Tho old proverb holds good that when n certain
class of gentry fall out another class comes Into Its
own, and as tho days go by It looks moro and more cer
tain thnt the Democrats will stand a good chance of
sending nt lonst a greatly Increased delegation to con
gress.
The Laramie Boomerang Style.
It was The Lnrntnie Boomerang that' founded anil
monopolized Hie custom of writing editorials In short
paragraphs.
It was especially adapted to tho wild nnd woolly
west
It made Ilm cowboys think that they were not read
ing tame or heavy stuff.
There were few cowboys who could comprehend u
senlenco that covered moro than a single Hue.
It also innde the cowboys think that they were
rending something extra fine.
Which was not always true. *
It was based upon the Idea that where everything
was physically striking something must strike—mentally.
Which is not according to good form or good rheto
ric.
Kill- Qiilntllliaii says, "Whore everything Is striking
nothing strikes."
But Tho Boomerang's stylo Imd one very lm|x>rtnnt
thing in commend It.
In fact two things. •
It saved typesetting and It filled space.
A printer could set a column of this stuff in much
less time than he could put up a column of legitimate
dltorlnl.
And a half column of edilorial strung out In para
graphs would nearly fill a column.
This was a very. liii|Hirtaiit consideration In u paper
whose finances demanded the strictest economy.
But the chief purpose of our wild western contem
porary; was to catch with a physical arrangement the
which had no other Inducement to read Its columns.
It acted upon the presumption that the most trivial
sentence might In* made striking If one would only sprend
the lines all over a page. As tf the editor should say
The Brown Maltese Cat ,
Of Our Neighbor John Junes
Died Suddenly Yesterday. ,
This commonplace fnrt stated In a single sentence
might not arouse any local emotion. But strung out In
three sentences, killing space nnd half filling lines—
It would rip the sympathies of Laramie wide open.
The Boomerang found some Imitators—chiefly In the
wild, wild west. And It had its day.
But the western "idee" has never crept very lar
east.
And it Is quite out of date amt repute at the present
time.
Because It Is so very "yellow."
Jn his remarks to the stockholders. President Hanson said that the
operations of the Ocean .Steamship Company, a subsidiary of the Central of
Georgia, were satlsfacton* In the past year, but that owing to the large
liabilities Incurred on nccount of the purchase of new ships and making
Improvements, no dividends hnd been declared.
He further stated that the coal properties bought from the Tunnel Coal
Company, and the cost of the extension of the Henry Kllen Spur, had been
paid for with the proceeds- of $609,000 of divlsinnable 4 per cent bonds
sold for the purpose.
Tho coal properly has been leased on a royalty basts, and Is now de
veloped on a very substantia^ scale. The minimum guaranteed produc
tion Is now 600 tons per day, which Is to be Increased every six months un
til the output reaches 2,000 tons per day. # *
■Tha_hssets Increased from $59,001,262 to $62,075,343 during the year,
but the cash on hand decreased nearly 3100,000. The profit and loss surplus
now stands at 3647,S67, In comparison with 3656,656 last year. The funded
debt was Increased during the year from $48,863,000 to $50,033,000.
DINKELSPIEL AT SARATOGA
(Copyright, 1906, by American-Journal-
Examiner.)
Saratoga Today.
Mein Llobor Looey—I haf left your
mother at home to enchoy a vell-em-
ed ^vacation vile 1 am up here Karuto-
going myself, us far as der law will
allowance.
Meanly und fashion und nil of us
round hoys dot mnke life vot It Is In
der great tnetropollus vas here at der
races.
I vns haling der time of my life. At
night ve drink high halls to make us
sick so In drr morning ve can drink
Saratoga vater to make us veil.
DIs is vot Is railed reciprocity In dls
country, because It vorks both vays
against der middle.
Nefcr, Looey, nefer before dlt I see In
un bunch such a crowd of sports and
sponges; of plunchers and pluggors:
shrimps und hipsters; of canary
birds und hen hawks; of hotel valters,
oellboys und plain robbers: of hack
drivers und second-story men.
Here at Kara toga It costs money to
draw a deep breath, und der low,
hoars? wolce of der cash reehlstcr fol
lows me all der day und haunts my
dreams by der night In.
Society Is ould In force, eggspeclally
nt night, ven der full dress Idea lets
dem ould a leedle more den der law
allows.
Neter before In der history of Sar
atoga haf so mnny peoples rushed
hero mlt vldc-open poekethooks und
ml! r.elr hank accounts frothing at der
mouth.
Hall bed rooms In hoarding houses
vlch hldderto vns used as an envelope
for der broken furniture vas now sell
ing rapidly at $100 a front foot.
At some of der hotel dining rooms It
costs slgs dollnrs to peep In, eight dol
lars to vulk In. und twenty dollars to
shovel In enough French cooking tu
start van attack of dyupcpsomnnla.
Many rich peoples may he seen In
dese dining rooms who vns now using
a fork In nubile, for der fairs! time.
Der result Is nlvnys picturesque, hut
not mltould surprises for delr shirt
boosums.
You haf read It In der papers. Looey,
vnre gambling In Saratoga has been
glfen a knoek-ould blow In der solo
npoplexus. but donn’d belief your lis
tener. Looey, donn'd belief It.
Any man dot comes to Saratoga mlt
nine dollars spending money und says
GEORGE V. HOBART.
he could find no place to play faro or
loozetto oln’d a gambler—he is yust a
plain liar.
Die Garfield's Petting Ihingnlow
nln’d on n as usual, but It Is usually
upen.
Der difference between dls year und
last year at Canfield's vns a door mlt
n fancy knob on It.
Last year der door vas vide open.
Dls year der door is closed und you
half to turn der knob before entering.
Dls Is dev up-to-date Idea of dot oil
choke vlch says, "Ven Is a door not a
door?”
In Saratoga der answer Is, "Ven It’s
at Canfield's."
vnlked In dare Inst efenlng und der
maknlflcence of det brilliant picture
spread before my eyes Is someding I
shull nefer forget because I lost nine
dollars und my sleeping enr tigget.
As der poet says It, "Wlco Is der
monster parent of a t’ousand sins—
unless ve put our money on der card
dot vlns!”. Yours, mlt luff,
D. DINKELSPIEL.
Per George V. Hobart.
The Atlanta Georgian is gaining rapidly In this
comity, on account of its fair treatment of Judge Rus
sell. while The Journal Is dropping off.—Lawrence*
vllle Herald.
We are trying to lie fall* to everybody, although ac
cording to thole 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 nnd elegant elucidations on
the Issues and personal charges now
rife and rancorous between five men
of our beloved Georgia who seek to be
our next governor upon the pretext
thnt each Is a good Democrat believing
with all Ills soul 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
hail a sudden change of heart and that
the charges each has alleged nre true,
would not this view be the most reas
onable one, and If so would not the
united charges place the great boasted
Democratic party of Georgia In rather
a dubious aspect 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 thetr
dues."
Anv one mail or one party rule is
contrary t • the sacred mandates of
suite an«l Federal constitutions, nnd
It Is onlv a question of time when eith
er all! relieve Itself of nausea.
Georgia Is now suffering with a faint
stomach. Watch the five great Dem
ocratic physicians ns they prate and
prattle the state—each with n vision
ary panacea peculiar to his own lo
cality nnd political Imagination. With
Maryland and Missouri redeemed.
North Carolina looking our way, the
only sensible deduction we can draw
from the present chaotic condition
“Hearst-Bryon-RooMvtlt.”
(The Washington Post.)
The New York World believes thnt
the Democratic state convention nt j
By CLARA MORRIS.
My life has been too stirring for
those vague beliefs; still I feel that
I am slightly tainted In my horror of
split salt and my dread to commence
anything of a Friday, but there are
no grounds of fate in grounds of tea
for me.
It Is very droll to notice the angry
contempt one woman will express for
the pet superstition of some other
woiyan. 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
a wealthy merchant, und Its present
occupant, Madame T , had the greet
old-balconied French-windowed rooms
tilled with stately, massive furniture
that became them perfectly, and a bed
wearing green brocade valance and
tester, that 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 fire, and flowers ga
lore—what wonder I felt at home, and
settled down to enjoy my engagement
of two weeks.
The day before Madame T had
with great satisfaction announced to
me thnt 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 up two hired easels—when In
came Mndame T——. Her face was
grayish white, her lips—good gra
cious! I never had seen just such
color. They were bluish, and all
her bulk was trembling through and
through. Khe 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
nnd rocked from side to side). Be
sides, you’ve rented me this floor for
the coining two weeks, and I can’t
be rooted out without rhyme or rea
son."
"Hfar her! Just hear her!” moaned
Mndame 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! at once! You can stay on
here if you wont 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 glnnee at that 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 i» playing
a Joke on you (she shook her head).
Then some one Is trying to get this
house away from you (she shuddered),
and this Is a deliberate attempt t
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 sill of tho
front door was the rooster—head—the
red flannel—and the bean—nnd,
God help me! the lock of hair!" The
woman was nearly fainting. "You see
then, don't you, I must get out or be
curried out feet foremost?" *
"Yes—I see"—for argument was use
leas and laughter would have been
cruel.
Luckily, Just then entered my actress
friend. "Oh, Clara, you've got your
old rooms, nnd aren't they lovely! And
h. I say; I'm going to try to pain
one of those beautiful roses. 1 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,
nnd brought forth my paint box, I ex
plained—nnd was she sorry for the
poor hoodooed? Not she! First she
screamed with laughter, and then broke
forth In a very storm of contempt for
the woman who could he moved by
superstition or Influenced by signs or
tokens.
Anxious to change the subject, I
asked: "By the way, how are th
hearsals of the new play coming
She dropped the tube of chrome yel
low from her p.ilnty tinners and turned
an angry face towawl me. "Oh, every
one was full of confidence, and it
looked like a sure winner—but since
yesterday (tanking a snatch nt my pal
ette knife), well, I guess you know
what speaking a ’tag’ In the morning
means?" she ended with tragic sig
nificance.
For a moment I was puzzled. Then,
like a flash, I remembered how on
many a morning rehearsal I had seen
an old stage manager slop his prompt
book shut, saying sharply, "Thnt will
do, ladles nnd gentlemen,” thus pre
venting 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.
"Yes, It was Miss X herself-v
ould you believe it of her, with her
Buffalo next month will nominate Wit- | exnerte^ee? 1 "'^ the^Dlav hnrt'
yVi'L R ’T?*"v»w f0 Y«K V «'n , "'h 0f X< 'u I beamed «** wonderfully well that we felt
1 h®* | safe for the whole season. Yes, be-
le JK., n0 i Tork foie any one routd slop her, she blurted
o'Ji. bl # a . i U ,i n,,xt I It out! .Tones, our prompter, Just flu nit
dent of the I nited State*. up his arms and dropped on to a stool.
Stranger thing* have happened InjRven the leader of the orchestra said,
polities. There are but three Individ- -That settles It.* So 1 suppose we'll
unis on the stage -that Is, nil the rest I Be doing the two weeks' notice net—
are ' supes. Roosevelt, Bryan and t dll because of that Idiotic X worn
Hearst hold the hoards. Mr. Hears! ! an."
Br ITIvnto Leased Wire
New York, Aug. 16.—It win h
learned with pleasure by many
town people, us well as resident \
Yorkers, that Rev. Father Ducey I
not to be deprived of his church st
Leoe. through the foreclosure of »
mortgage. Roth Father Ducey and St
Lcus are established feature, of
SfcnMasssr 'Ve •»«
will MVoir“ b,y and ‘ h '^-"a
When Father Ducey built thp ,*h,,.. t
In 1881 such families us the IseMns ti 1
pelancey Kanes, the Leary* the I S e
Ingstons, the Plants, th e Delni mi *,
ran th " mslnsmy ' ,?
the church. Most of them are .tin
members of the congregation.
Jeanne. Sehlott, fiance of Miss .Mav
Bedford, daughter of E. T. Bedf.r/
°* i, 1 e ® ,an <Ikt'd Oil t’ompanv, |* not
n chauffeur after all, so the coachman
Is not superceded as yet. nmaa
Mr. Schlott is a part owner anti
member rtf a Arm in Bridgeport, mam
ufacturlng rubber goods n
Mr. Bschtott when interviewed | n his
office at Bridgeport also was indie,
nant.
‘I am no one'
he said.
. „j of th« «wj«iiiinjni nr uiii
ra?I PI : n L, nn : 1 ob , Je ‘' 1 to thP state.nent
that I wooed and won Miss Bedford
from under her father's nose."
A novel defense was made bv c„n
gresi.man James F. Burke, of Pittsburg
In behalf of his chauffeur, who wu
a prisoner before Justice Beall. In the
Yonkers police court, charged with
speeding an automobile at 30 miles an
hour. Representative Burke was In the
auto when the urrest was made.
"Well, what excuse have you got for
racing your machine through the
^tracts of Yonkers?" asked Justice
Chauffeur Worheil was about to
make a speech when Congressman
Burke stepped up and said, as he
bowed to the court:
"It was really my fault, your honor
I ordered the defendant to put on Pill
speed, but I had a reason for doing so."
"And what was that reason?" asked
the Justice.
"I am a member of a congressional
committee thnt Is passing on a con
tested congressional seat. While In
Buffalo I received an urgent request
that the committee was about to meet
in Washington nnd I was anxious to
be on time."
Another conversation followed be
tween the Justice nnd the congressman.
Then the chauffeur was discharged.
The Happy Ending.
By WEX JONE8.
All
I. Smith's Novel.
tVOOLNKCK paused beside the
safe.
Hluuild lie i
Heavy bills
should he not?
•re due oil the nur-
lid his creditors would no longer 1*
satisfied with proiiiises. His young wife
needed a liow hat. Ah! he would take tlie
money for Maggie * sake!
Next day. Paul was nt home. All the
bills, even the Iceman's, hnd been paid.
Maggie hail a new hat—a lieauty.
There was a knock at the outer door.
"The officers of the law!" cried I’niil.
"They’ve missed the $850,000 I took."
Drawing a gun from his pocket, the
wretched man pressed the muzzle to hi*
temple nnd pressed the trigger.
Paul hnd evaded the offleera of the law.
II. Letter from 8oribblor« & Co. to
Smith.
Your novel. "Paul’s Atonement." (densea
us very mueh. but we could not publish It
unless the ending were elinnged. The pub-
lie demand* happiness hi eliuttk* on the Inst
page. Further, we suggest that n livelier
‘ dc would Increase the sale.
III. Smith's Novel, Amended.
‘Is It safe?" said Paul Woolneek.
Should lie or should he ntt?
He Imd hot-illred Ills eredltors to a fare-
ni-well. and they wanted the real goods,
out of the glad togs.
kin*
her
Next day Paul was nt home. A re
iim In his hand.
There was a knock nt the door.
"Every knoek'* a boost," said Paul, press-
ig the mtizxle of the gun to his ear and
ulllng It.
Then he changed hnd pulled the trigger.
The gun exploded.
Itut stay!
The bullet missed Paul and shuttered no
Id vase on the manteliiieee.
There was the long-lost will!
The knocking at the uoor continued.
Half dazed. Paul admitted the visitor. It
s the president of Ills company.
'You stole our 8*80.000,” he said.
•nill bowi*d hi* head.
Bully!" said the president. "You're ths
goods. Henceforth you're vice president of
the trust."
And Maggie slglu", happily
ti her new hat.
tried
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
affair* In Georgia I* that two white po
litical parties nre grooming In the Km
plre State of the South. An honest
nnd reputable form of government
should prevail In every state In the
union, nnd I have grave doubt* of any
sensible man’* political Integrity who
would otherwise direct the ship of
state or nation.
I^et Clark and "Pore Dick" rage.
And Farmer Jim and Estlll play,
Tho people are watching the singe
And Hoke has the right of waV.
Respectfully, JAS. M. EDER8.
has arrived at the place he now holds
by the road that Mr. Roosevelt nnd Mr.
Bryan are both traveling. All that Mr.
Roosevelt has done Is with a x lew of
scotching the socialism for which Mr.
Hearst Is alleged to stand, and Mr.
Bryan’s "conservatism” is only u bond
of indemnity against certain socialist!
preachments • f which he was formerly
delivered, nnd for which Mr. Hearst Is
charged not to stand.
We have had a good deal of agony
over P. The people have been taught
that It Is ciimlnal to be rich. When
that sort of talk gets to be popular the
Inevitable result Is so< ialism In some
sort of form. The difference between
Hearst and the other two Is In degree.
The difference bet wen Bryan ami
Roosevelt Is that, while Roosevelt
chases the octopus with immense force.
Bryan can do It more artistically and
more tunefully.
Mr. Hearst offer* the real stuff. He
may be nominated for governor by the
Democrats and elected by the people.
If It should so turn out. we would like
to know who Is going to heat him for
the nomination for president In the
Democratic national convention of
19*18? 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 R. Hearst l* elected gov
ernor of New York tin the Democratic
ticket In 1906. there is an excellent
chance that the "next governor of New
York will be tho next president of the
United States.”
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 are you laughing at?”
Bank of Tolbotton.
The Rank of Tolbotton was granted
a charter b* Secretary of State Phil
t’ook Thursday. Gapltal stock $30,000,
Incorporators J. \\\ Jordan, J. H. Mc-
Gehee, L. W. Smith, W. M. McGehee,
H. F. Wilkervon and E. II. McGehee.
Convention Rates Made.
Circulars announcing special round
trip rates on nil Southern roads for
the conventions of the National Dental
Association and the Carriage Builders’
National Association in this city in
September and October were Issued by
the Southeastern p assenger Tariff As
sociation Thursday. Several thousand
delegates are expected to attend both
if the gatherings.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 16.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—Mrs. W. Allen. E. V.
Haynes, A. R. Keese, J. G. Sullivan.
G. S. Donnell. L. L. Hardin, F. R Me-
Gulloeh, J. E. <\ Redder, C. A. Wilkes.
If. B. Gar.ley, V. R. Davis, C. T. La i-
son, W. M. Richards, J. M. Speer, D
H. Thorin, R. B. Toy nnd Rev. P.
Young.
AUGUSTA—S. H. Garrett.
SAVANNAH—W. V. I\vl* and S. P.
Kehoe.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
august is.
Pony Show Coming.
J. D. Nov.man, advance .ii[ont .if the
Gentry Brother.' itng anti puny ahnw,
vva. In the city Thursday arranKlnc fur
the appearance here of hi. aggregation
of entertainer* on September lo and n.
1334—Order of the Jv.itlt. founded nt Purl.
Iiy leii.itins Loyola- „ ,
.toii.oii. Iilogrupher of hh.tk*■*•
no a r»\
1759— Kugciie Aram hanged nt Tjburn
1780—Battle of fmiideii. S. l\ I»*K 'i
killed.
1825—t'liarlrs A. PI nek hey, American state*-
mini, died.
1851—Lope* captured and garr«»t**«l >".t m*
1SS5— Bussinns defeated nt battle ef. T"
enutyn. Crime*. , .
1859—^Tuscany ilet-lurcd In favor of u*»D* •*
kingdom of Italy nuder Victor bn*
tliniiuel.
1867—International eo-opemtive eengr«->
forldtid. ii to assemble lu Paris.
1871—Steamship DmIoim lost .iff the Florl-.a
riNist with twenty-one lives.
1KS5—The Caroline Islands seized by t'* r '
MB -lieneral T. B. Maxey. former l’«l
States jKuatur frotu Texas, died.