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The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Telephone Connectioni. Subscription Rites: One Tesr $4.50 Six Months ....... 2.50 Three Months 1.25 Bjr Csrrier, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sundsy by THE GEORGIAN CO. st 25 W. Alsbsms Street, Atlsnts, Gs. 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.