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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Telephone Connection*. Subscription Rites: II Published Erery Afternoon | Yesr J4.SO I Except Sunday by Six Months •. 2.50 THE GEORGIAN CO. Three Monlh^ 1.25 at 25 V. Aisbsnii Street, J By Carrier, per week lOcll Atlsnts, Gs. Entered a, second-elso matter Ap-ll 3. 190*. at the roatoMce st Atlanta. Ga.. tinder act of congress of Mnrrb t. U7*. 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.