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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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Taggart’s Criticism of Bryan.
The Hon. Thomas Taggart, who persists In occupying
the position of chairman of tho 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 Stales, shakes himself loose front his purely
personal affairs long enough to rise up and declare that
Mr. Bryan should have kept his hnntls off the Illinois
situation. Instead of demanding the resignation of Roger
Sullivan, Democratic committeeman front that atato. ^
It Is easy to understand that Mr. Taggart 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 himself should
resign. Ho has a very lofty regard for the proprieties
when It comes to the fnct that Mr. Bryan Is butting In,
So to speak, in asking the resignation of a national com
mitteeman, hut he lias no such lofty sentiments when
It comes to the fact that he himself, the 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 l.lck. But the persistent Mr.
Taggart will probably succeed In having them opened
•gain.
In tho meantime a chorus of demands has been go-
Ing up all over the country the t the chairman of the
Democratic executive committee should send In his res
ignation. He takes it as outrageous that such a sugges
tion should l>c made. It wounds his vanity and his pride
But the people at targe care very little for either.
What they are most concerned In at preaent Is the tri
umph of the Democratic party. They feel that they have
a better chance cf success this year at the congression
al elections than they have had for a long time, and
they feel that It Is n distinct Injustice for such a man as
Toni Taggart to remain at the head of the executive
committee.
Whatever may be (he facts in the case of Roger Sul
livan, Democratic committeeman from the state of Illl-
nois, there can he but lit: • doubt ns to (he status of
Chairman Tom Taggart, and none at all as to the wishes
of- the people at large. Instead of rising up to protest,
•gainst tho 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 yonr houses. None of you Is fit to be governor of
the Empire State of the 8outh If any of you la one-
hundredth part at bed 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 ot her sister states."
It The Georgian has ever deplore t anything In Its
public career and fought anything, It Is the bitter and
abusive spirit, of the present campaign.
When the curtain rose upni a concert performance
ill a western town there was blazoned on the front
of the stage the legend:
“Please don’t shoot the second bugler. He Is doing
his best.”
Wo trust our contemporariea will not throw atones
at us or at our state. We are doing our beet. 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 are disgusted with the campaign,
and we feel safe In assuring The Bun and our friends that
In the bitter memory of this light, we will never have
another campaign like this In Georgia.
Iowa Republicans at War.
As. Our Neighbors See Us.
One of the sanest and ablest of American newspapers
Is The Democratic Baltimore 8un.
It has always been held as a model both as n news-
gather and at an able and Incorruptible commentator
upon public affairs.
AH ot which carries significance and a vast rebuke
with the following leading editorial of The Bun of Mon
day, the 13th. It Is worthy n careful reading. It Is bead
ed "Oeorglnna Besmirch the Reputation of Their Own
State."
Do the people of Georgia realize that their state
la being put In a most unenviable position by the po
litical campaign now In progress In that state? Crit
icism of candidates within the bounds of propriety
fa nllowable In parly contests. No public man. no
man who Is a candidate for public office, can expect
Immunity from that scrutiny which deals with Ills
record and tho isillclos with which he has bean
Identified. But the Introduction of personalities hue
been followed In Georgia by scurrility Hnd defama
tory attneka upon the private us well as the profes
sional and public character of one of the candidates
for governor. Indeed, the looseness and vehomonce
of denunciation which have characterized tho cam
paign might fairly Justify tho suspicion that mine of
the candidates Is worthy of the respect of the people
of Georgia—that none of them Is fit to he governor
of this historic state.
The bullyragging, bluster and abuse that are the
chief features of this unseemly scruinble for the gov
ernorship of a great state deserve a stern rebuke
from the Georgians. A candidate for office ought to
have some other clnlm to distinction than his ability
to coin Inaultlng epithets, lo manufacture scurrilous
phrases and to demonstrate a certain proffclency In
the language of the blackguard. If we could believe
tho statements which the aspirants for the govern
orship have made about each other It would ho Impos
sible to avoid the conclusion that there Is no candi
date In the Held who can make any honest claim to
decency, Integrity and resiiectablllty. There Is not
a candidate whom u Georgian who Is at all choice In
the selection of his companlona would Invite to Ills
home. Prior to this campaign the men who aspire
to the highest office In Georgia were known abroad
and probably at home as persons of high standing,
useful and fcble men. It wua not until the campaign
began that they presented each other to the public
In a different light—as men not worthy of confidence
at home or In other states In which they wore 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 s high
sense of honor .hat It Is willing' to take as governor
one of several men who have been held up lo the
scorn and condemnation of their fellow citizens. Of
course those Georgians p-ho know the candidates
Intimately believe them to be honest men. who will
fill the governorship acceptably. But Hie general
public hare no personal acquaintance with the aspi
rants for office in Georgia. They can only Judge them
by what the -ar.dldates say of each other—by what
their respective partisans say of the opposing candi
dates. Conrlualms liased upon such facts reflect no
credit u|H>n the Judgment and taste of the people of
Georgia, who are thur compelled to suffer In public
esteem because the candidates for office In thnt state
persist In holding each other up to contempt ns utter
ly unworthy me', and even base, as respects one of
the aspirants.
The Georgia car. palgn has been conducted on
the basis of hystejia and vilification. K mar 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 can be made without attempting to prove that
every aspirant is n person who. If he hnd his Just de
serts, would he wearing the stripes of a convict. It
aometlmes happens that the press Is railed upon to
voice In vigorous language the general sentiment to
ward some" notorious public characler. But ns a
rule all that the Intelligent voter desires nowa
days la a campaign of reason and enlightenment. To
give blni n campaign of vituperation, slander and
The combat thickens out In Iowa.
If the Republican party Is spilt In Pennsylvania, It
Is lorn Into doll-rags out In the Hawkeye state.
The friends' and advocates of George D. Perkins,
the unsuccessful candidate for tho Republican nomina
tion for governor against Cummins, are In a state of
absolute rebellion. They Insist that Senator Dolllver,
who was counted upon as a friend and supporter of Per
kins, was false to his trust and did nothing to advance
the Interests of that candidate—the leader of the stand
pat policy. #
Consequently they are out after dlls scalp, aa well
as tbnl 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 tho 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 bo ad
vocating the same policy of tariff reform, and the stand-
pat Republicans "do not want to be held responsible for
the false teachings of ItB agent.”
They have decided to unite on the Democratic can
didate, therefore, and aro making the welkin ring.
They point out that this Is nn 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 congrea-
clonal seats (o 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 In Iowa, but
It presents a still more striking nppearance when It Is
contrasted- with the line-up In the Keystone state. In
Iowa the reformers within the Republican party are in
the saddle. They routed the old line Republican pro
tectionists, horse, foot and dragoons, and 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, wont off and Indorsed tho Democratic
nud Prohibitionist candidate. In the hope of securing
the victory.
Thq national significance of the Iowa election Is
growing greater, now that It Is settled thnt Senator Dol-
llvor's seat Is at stake end that the election of mem
bers of the legislature this fall will be carried on that Is
sue. K
The old proverb holds good that when a certain
clase of gentry fall out another class comes Into Its
own, and as the days go by It looks moro and more cer
tain that the Democrats will stand a good chance of
sending at least a greatly Increased delegation to con
gress.
The Laramie Boomerang Style.
It wns Tho I-aramle Boomerang that founded and
monopolized the custom of writing editorials tn short
paragraphs.
It wns especially adapted to the wild and woolly
west.
It made the cowboys think that they wero not. rend
ing tame or heavy stuff.
There wero few cowboys who could comprehend a
sentence that covered more than a single line.
ft also made the cowboys think that they were
reading something extra line.
Which was not always true.
It was based upon the Idea that where everything
wns physically atrlklng something must strike—mentally.
Which Is not according to good form or good rheto
ric.
For Quliilllllati says, "Where everything Is striking
nothing strikes.”
But The Boomerang's style had one very Important
thing lo 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 n column of legitimate
editorial.
And a half column of editorial strung out In para
graphs would nearly dll a column.
This was a very Important consideration In n paper
whose finances demanded tho strictest economy.
But the chief purpose of our wild western content-
porary was to catch with a physical arrangement the
eye which hnd no other Inducement to read Its columns.
It acted upon tho presumption that the most trivial
sentence might he made striking If one would only spread
the lines nil over n page. As If the editor should say:
The Brown Maltese Cat
Of Our Neighbor John Jones
Died Suddenly Yesterday.
This commonplace fact stated In a single sentence
might not arouse any local emotion. But strung out In
three sentences, killing spare and half filling lines—
It would rip the sympathies of Laramie wide open.
The Boomerang found some imltntors—chiefly In the
wild, wild west. And it hnd Its day.
But the western "Idee" has never crept very far
east.
.And It Is quite out of date and repute at the present
time.
Because It Is so very "yellow.”
The Atlanta Georgian Is gaining rapidly In this
county, on account of Its fair treatment of Judge Rus
sell, while The Journal In dropping off.—Lnwrenco-
ville Herald. *
We are trying to bo fair lo everybody, although ac-
cording to their own accounts every man In the race
blackguardism U to Insult his Intelligence. Thu poo- {ought to bo liuag.
Growth and Progress of the New South
Under this bead will appear from time to time Information Illustrating the
remarkable development of tho South which deserves something more then pass-
How the Central of Georgia Prospers
The railroads of the South are feeling the general prosperity of the
Bout!). Advance sheet* of
tha annual report
of the Central
of Georgia
Railway Company, for the
year ended June 30
last, shew a good Increase
In gross and net earnings,
while the surplus shown la equal to more than
10 per cent on tha capital stock. The Income
account compares as fol-
lows:
1906.
1805.
1904.
Gross
$10,135,055
19.396,931
Expense and tax
8.235,213
7,417,906
7,187,885
Net
42.717,089
$2,209,546
Other income
274,622
248,364
220,661
Total Income
31.430,013^
82,905,453
42.480,207
Interest, rent, etc
2,184,440
2.110,936
2,291,740
Burp available for Interest on Inc bd», 11,300,672
4854.517
4138,467
Resv on Int on Inc bonds pay
Oct. 1.. 750,000
750,000
" " 2,569
3135,898
Surplus for year
8104,017
The earnings and expenses in detail for the last three years
lows; •
are as fol-
1906.
1905.
1904. "
Passenger .. .. ••
42,754,465
42,895.760
42,104,658
Freight ..
7,737,661
403,931
6,808.639
6,227.560
Mall and express
459,376
347,817
Miscellaneous
...... 410.066
471,271
656,906
Total
. .. .,$11,396,122
410.135.005
19,896,981
Operating expenses;
* Main, w ay and atrvcturft .,
.. .. .. $1,845,703
41.607,530
81.823,517
Maintaining equipment ..
1.712.132
1,744.226
1,258,592
Conduct transport. .. .. ..
.. .. .. -3,892,830
3,394,369
3,446,866
General expenses and taxei)
784,457
071,841
658,406
Total
47,417.986
47.187,386
In his remarks to the stockholders,' President Hanson said that the
operatlone of the Ocean Steamship Corfipany, a subsidiary of the Central of
Georgia, were' satisfactory In the past year, but that owing to the large
liabilities Incurred on account of the purchase of new ships and making
Improvements, no dividends hnd been declared.
He further stated that tho coal properties bought from the Tunnel Coal
Company, and the cost of the extension of the Henry Ellen Spur, had been
paid for with the proceeds of 1*00,000 of dlvlslonable 4 per cent bonds
apld for the purpose.
• The coal property has been leased on a royalty basis, and Is now de
veloped on a very substantial scale. The minimum guaranteed produc
tion Is now 400 tons per day, which Is to be Increased every six months un
til the output reaches 3,000 toqs per day. ’
. The assets. Increased from 100,001,242 to 443,070,444 during the year,
but the cash on hand decreased nearly 1100,000. The proflt and loss surplus
now stands at t*'7,867, In comparison with 4806,400 last year. The funded
debt was Increased during the' year from 444,843,000 to 450,034,000.
(Copyright, 1906, by Amerlcan-Joumal-
Examiner.)
• Saratoga Today.
Mein Lleber Looey—I haf left your
mother at home to enchoy a vell-ern-
ed wacntlon vile I am up here Sarato-
golng myself, m far aa der law will
allowance.
Beauty und faahlon und all of us
round boys dot make life vot It Is In
der great metropollus vas here at der
races.
1 vas hating der time ot my life. At
night ve drink high balls to make us
sick so In der morning ve can drink
Saratoga vater to make us veil.
DIs Is vot Is called reciprocity In dls
country, because It vorks both vays
against der middle.
Nefer, Looey, nefer before dlt I see In
vun bunch such a crowd of sports and
sponges; of plunchers and pluggera;
of shrimps unil lopsters: of canary
birds und hen hawks; of hotel valters,
nellboye und plain robbkra; of back
drivers und second-story men.
Here at Saratoga It cost* money to
draw a deep breath, und der low.
hoarse wolce of der cash rechlster fol
lows me all der day und haunts my
dreams by tier night In.
Society Is ould In force, eggspeclally
at night, ven der full dress Idea lets
dem ould a leedle more den der law
allows. * —
Nefer before In der history of Sar
atoga haf so many peoples rushed
here mlt vlde-open pocketbooka und
mil t’.elr bank accounts frothing at der
mouth.
Hall bed rooms In boarding houses
Ich hldilerto vns used ns an envelope
for der broken furniture vas now sell
ing rapidly at 3100 a front foot.
At some of der hotel dining rooms It
costs slgs ilollsrs to peep In. eight dol
lars to valk In, and twenty dollars to
shovel In enough French cooking to
start vun attack of dyapepsomanla.
.Many rich peoples may lie seen In
dese dining rooms who vas now using
fork In nubile for der falrst time.
Der result Is alvays .picturesque, but
not mltould surprises for delr shirt
boosums.
You haf rend It In der papers, Ixioey,
vnre gambling In Saratoga has been
glfen n knock-ould blow In der solo
npoplexus. but doan'd belief your lis
tener, Looey, doan'd belief It.
Any mnn dot comes to Snratoga mlt
nine dollars spending money und says
GEORGE V. HOBART.
he could find no place to play faro or
looxette ain’d a gambler—he la yuat a
plain liar.
Die Canfield's Petting Bungalow
aln'd op in as usual, but it is usually
open.
Der difference between dls year und
last year at Canfield's vas a door mlt
a fancy knob on It.
Last year der door vas vide open.
Dls yenr der door Is closed und you
half to turn der knob before entering.
Dls Is der up-to-date Idea of dot oil
choke vieh says, "Ven Is a door not a
door?”
In Saratoga der answer Is, "Ven It's
at -Canfield's.”
I vulked In dare last efenlng und der
makniflcence of der brilliant picture
spread before my eyes is aoineding I
shall nefer forget because I lost nine
dollars und my sleeping ear tlgget.
As der poet says It, "Wlee Is der
monster parent of a t'nusand sins—
unless ve put our money on der curd
dot vine!” Yours, mlt luff.
D. D1NKELSP1EL
Per George V. Hobart,
ARE YOU
SUPERSTITIOUS?
JUDGED BY THEIR OWN ESTI
MATES.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I've noticed with pleasure your lucid
ebullitions and elegnnt elucidation* on
tho Issue* and personal charges now
rife und rancorous between five men
of our beloved Georgia who seek to be
our next governor upon the pretext
that each Is a good Democrat believing
with all his soul thnt hi* 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
hnd a sudden change of heart and thnt
the charges each has alleged are true,
would not this view be the most reas
onable one, and If *o would not the
united charges place the great boasted
Democratic party of Georgia tn 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
cal* fail out do Just men get their
dues.” _ , .
Any one man or one party rule is
contrary t • the sacred mandates of
state and Federal constitutions, and
is only a question of time when eith-
wlll relieve Itself of nausea.
Georgia Is now suffering wltlr n faint
stomach. Watch the five great Dem
ocrat it physicians ns they prate and
prattle the state—each with a vision
ary panacea peculiar to his own lo
cality and political Imagination. U itn
Maryland and Missouri redeemed.
North Carolina looking our way, the
only sensible deduction we can draw
from the present chaotic condition of
affairs in Georgia Is that two white pa-
lltlcaJ parties arc grooming In the Em
pire Ktate of the South. An honest
ind reputable form of government
should prevail In every stare In the
union, and I have grave doubts of any
sensible man’s political Integrity who
ould otherwise direct the ship of
state ot nation.
Let Clark and "Pore Dick” rage.
And Farmer Jim and Kstlll plnj\
The people are watching the stuge
nd Flokc has the rlrht of way.
—*eetfully, JAS. M. EDKUS.
“ H earst-Bryan-Roosevelt.”
(The Washington Post.)
The New York World believe# thnt
the Democratic state convention at
Buffalo next month will nominate Wil
liam R. IIcurst for governor of New
York. The New York Sun ha* said
that the next governor of New York
will be n Democrat and the next presi
dent of the United States.
Stranger things have huppened in
politics. There nre but three individ
uals on the stage—that Is, all the rest
are "supes.” Roosevelt, Bryan and
Hearst hold the ^boards. Mr. Hearst
has arrived at the place he now holds
by the road that Mr. Roosevelt and Mr.
Bryaji 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” I* only n bond
of Indemnity against certain socialistic
preachments of which he wns formerly
delivered, and for which Mr. 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 in some
sort of form. The difference between
Hearst and the other two Is In degree.
The difference betwen Bryan and
Roosevelt Is that, while Roosevelt
chases the octopus with immense force,
Bryan can do it more artistically and
more tunefully.
Mr. Hearst offers the Teal 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 beat him for
the nomination for president In the
Democratic national convention of
1308? Democrats nre humun. and sub
ject to hunger and thirst. They nre
hungry and thirstV 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 is elected gov
ernor of New York on the Democratic
ticket in 1906, there is an excellent
chance that the "next governor of New
York will be the next president of the
United States.”
By CLARA MORRIS.
My life haa been too stirring for
those vague beliefs; still I feel that
I am slightly tainted In my horror ot.
split salt and my dread to commence
anything of a Friday, but there are
no grounds of fate in ground* of tea
for me.
It is very droll to notice the angry
contempt one uomaq 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
a wealthy merchant, and 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 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 (lowers 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 that her lease had been renewed
with only a slight advance,.and 1 had
congratulated her. That had been
Monday; now, on Tuesdaj'. I sat wait
ing the coming of an* actress friend,
there with another company, who wns
to bring her paint box, that we might
daub to our heart’s content over there
where I had spread down n paint cloth
and set up two hired easels—when In
came Madame 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 anil
through. 8he waved aside the chair
I offered her, leaned heavily against
the piano, and exclaimed with diffi
culty: ‘Tve 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, and I can't
be rooted out without rhyme or rea
son.”
"Hear her! Just hear her!" moaned
Madame T , who was gaining
breath.
"What fs Jt? what have you in the
house? Starlet fever?—smallpox?”
"Worse! worse! And I’ve got to go
at once! at 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 tdward
me. *Tve been hoodooed!" For a
moment quick laughter threatened to
break from my lips in spite of all re
straint, but a glance at that miserable,
frightened face sobered me. "Madame,
S ou can’t be In earnest. Why, that
ellef 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),
and this Is a deliberate attempt to
scare you away. You are^not going
to let them crow over their success?”
’Crow? crow? Yep, that's the hoo
doo! There on the very sill of the
front door was the rooster—head—the
red flannel—and the bean—and, oh,
God help me! the lock of hair!” The
woman was nearly fainting. "You see
then, don’t you, 1 must get out or be
carried out feet foremost?"
es—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, l 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 hooaooed? Not she! First she
screamed with laughter, and then broke
forth In a very storm of contemnt for
the woman who could be moved by
superstition or Influenced by signs or
tokens.
Anxious to change the subject, I
asked: "By the why, how are the re
hearsals of the new play coming on?”
She dropped the tube of chrome yel
low from hen painty fingers and turned
an angry face towatd me. "Oh, every
one was full of confidence, and It
looked like a sure winner—but since
yesterday (making a snatch at my pal
ette knife), well, 1 guess you know
what speaking a ’tag’ In the morning
means?” she ended wHh tragic sig
nificance.
For a moment I was puzzled. Then,
like a flash, I remembered how
many a morning rehearsal I had seen
nn old stage manager slap his prompt
book shut, saying sharply, "That will
do, ladles and 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—
could 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 a stool.
Even the leader of the orchestra said,
'That settles it.’ So I suppose we'll
be doing the two weeks’ notice act-
all because of that Idiotic X worn-
CH0LLY
KNICKERBOCKER'S!
IGOSSIP
j| [ABOUT PEOPLEjS,
And thep I sighed softly, "Poor Ma
dame T !”
”'Oh, she!" snapped my friend, "she's
superstitious old ninny, and I have
no patience with—for Heaven's sake,
what are you laughing at?”
Bank of Tolbotton.
The Bank of Tolbotton was granted
a charter by Secretary of State Phil
Cook Thursday. Capital stock $30,000,
Incorporators J. \V. Jordan, J. H. Mc
Gehee, L. \V. Smith, W. M. McGehee,
H. -F. Wllkerson and E. H. McGehee. •
Convention Rates Made.
Circulars announcing special round
trip rates on all 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 b>
the Southeastern Passenger Tariff As
sociation Thursday. Several thousand
delegates are expected to attend both
of the gatherings.
Pony Show Coming.
Dr Newman, advance agent of the
Gentry Brothers' dog and pony show*,
was In the city Thursday arranging for
the appearance here of his aggregation
of entertainers on (September 10 and 11.
Ily Prlrste Leased Wire.
New York. Aug. 1«._it wm b
learned with plea.ure by many out-„f-
town people, as well a. re.ldent New
Yorker., that Rev. Father Ducey t,
not to be deprived of hi. church St
Leo., through the foreclosure ot *
mortgage. Both Father Ducey and St
are established features of the
sgrtawsss: ‘Ve isr&z*
will not”bl l '. d ord mlCably ‘ nd th * t t h
When Father Duccy built the chm. h
In 1881 such families as the Iselins the
Deloncey Kanes, tho Leary*.the Yre!
1S? , SS?’«22 pfant ''- ,he D«l>nonlc«;
and the Earles were the mainstays
the church. Most of them are still
member, of the congregation.
Johanne. Schlott, fiance of Ml** May
B . ed X or ' , f,. da y* h ] er ot K T. Bedford
ot if 1 ® standard Oil Company. Is not
a chauffeur after all, so the coachman
is not superceded a* yet. n
Mr. Schlott Is a part owner and
member of a firm In Bridgeport, man*
ufucturlng rubber goods.
Mr. Sschlott when Interviewed In hi,
office at Bridgeport also was India-
nant.
"I am no one's chnuffeur and never
was. he said. "I came here to take
charge of the auto department of thia
company, and I object to the statement
that J wooed and won Miss Bedford
from under her father's nose.”
A novel defense wa. made by Con-
gressman James F. Burke,'of Pittsburg
in behulf of hi. chauffeur, who was
a, prisoner before Justice Beall, In the
Yonkers police court, charged dlth
speeding nn automobile at 30 miles un
hour. Bepresentatlve Burke was In the
auto when the arrest was made.
"Well, what excuse have you gm t„r
racing your machine through the
street, of Yonkers?” asked justice
Be all. ,
Chauffeur Worhell wa* about to
make a speech when Congressman
Burke stepped up and said, ns he
bowed to the court:
"It was really my fault, your honor.
I ordered the defendant to put on full
■peed, but I had a reason for doing so,"
"And what wai that reason 7" nskrd
the Justice,
"1 ain a member of a congressional
committee that la passing on a run-
tested congressional »ent. While In
Buffalo I received an urgent request
that the committee was about to meet
In Washington and I was anxious to
be on time."
Another conversation followed be
tween the Justice and the congressman.
Then the chauffeur was discharged.
—— —.
The Happy Ending.
By WEX JONE8.
I. Smith's Novel.
P AUL WOOLSACK paused braid* the
suf*».
Should hr or should ho not?
Jouug wife
needed ft new hnt. Ah! be would take the
money for Maggie* n sake!. ..
Next day, Paul was nt' home. All tlm
bills, ereii the tceninn'a, hnd been pahl
MnRifle had a new hnt—n lienuty.
There was a knock st the outer door.
"Tho ollleeni of the law!" cried Paul.
"They're missed the $860,000 1'took."
Drawing a gun from his poeket. the
wretched man preyed the inutile to liU
temple snd pressed the trigger.
Paul had evnded the officers ot the law.
II. Letter from 8eribbltrs & Co. to
Smith.
Your uovel. "Paul’s Atonement," plenscg
us very much, but we could not publish It
unless the ending were cbaiiRcd. The pub
lic detunnds happiness lu‘chunks on the ln«t
page. Further, we suggest that a livelier
style would lucrcisc the sale.
HI. 8mith f s Novel, Amended.
"Ie It safe?” said Paul Wootneck.
It wns ii safe.
The coin was there.
Should he or should he nit?
lie Jim] liot-nlred his creditor* to n furs-
you-weil. nud they wanted the real goods.
Ills wife wss out of tho glad togs.
Yes; he would grab the dough for Mur.
lie knew he need if t go home if he hod no
money.
Next day Paul was at home. A revolver
was lu bis baud.
There wns n knock at the door.
Every knock’* n boost," wild IfeuL |i
m nd
pulling It.
Then he changed And pulled the trigger.
The gnu exploded.
But stay!
The bullet missed Paul ami shattered no
old vase on the ninntelnlcce.
There was the long-lost will!
The knocking at the uoor continued.
lltilf ilused. Paul admitted the visitor. It
as the president of lil* company.
"You stole our JNM.000," he said.
Paul bowed hi* head.
"Bully!” said the president. "You re th*
goods. Henceforth you’re vice president of
the trust," , .
And Mnggie slgheT* happily ns.she tried
on her new hnt.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. J 6.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—Mrs. W. Allen. E. V.
Haynes, A. B. Keese, J. G. Sullivan,
a. S. Donnell. L. L. Hardin, K. R. Mc-
Culloch, J. E. C. Redder. C. A. Wilke*.
H. B. Canlej-, V. R. Davis, C. T. Lo-I-
son, W. M. Richards, J. M. Slieer, !>.
H. Thorln, R. B.' Toy and Rev. K
Young.
AVaVBTA—S. H. Garrett.
SAVANNAH—\V. V. i\vls and 8. P.
Keboc.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
AUGUST 16.
Dekalb
1531— Order of the Jesuits founded at Part
by Igiiatltm Lo.volu. . 4JI . M
1837—Ben Jon son, biographer of Nua
i mu tv, died.
nab—Eugene Aram hanged at Tjrbu
1780—Battle of t’amdeii,
killed.
18-6—t’buries A. Pinckney, American stn'-i-
lllilll, dbnl.
ls51—I.ejM** captured and gurroted at • li, ‘
Of Tech-
1858—Titnitty deebired lu favor of unit'd
kingdom of Italy under Victor Mu
nis nud.
1«S7~-International cooperative corner* •
forhkhb’ii to assemble lu Purls.
1R7J— 8te;»msh!p J.oihma lost off the Herd*
••oust with twenty-one lives.
lSSTr—The Caroline Islmnls sehed by
(itictiyr. . -
IWb-Kxw-ntluii of Knnto Cesarb'. tin*
teiHKlii of President Carnot, of crtU":
1896-General T. II. Matey, former l
Ktate* lor from Texas, died.