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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
TJTrnPDjIT. AUGUST 23. J9«i
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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Entered as second duns matter April 25, 1305. at the Potto flics at
Atlanta. On., under act of congress of March M. 1179.
under her own rule and It would be n pity to create In the
mind of the world In general that the Latin races are con
stitutionally Incapable of self-government.
We have practically pledged our faith that this was
not true, and we will see to It that the Cuban people
have a fair opportunity to govern themselves before we
annex them to the United States, though this should ul
timately be the fate of the Island republic.
Congratulations to Mayor Joyner.
We congratulate "Cap" Joyner most heartily upon
his nomination to be the next Democratic mayor of the
city or Atlanta. Nothing could be more appropriate than
this culmination of the splendid career of fidelity and
devotion which this able and popular citizen has given to
the city of his birth and adoption. The nature and de
gree of the service which "Cap" Joyner has rendered to
Atlanta through Its famous Are department, can scarcely
be appreciated by those who give merely a casual thought
to the work he has done. It Is only those who are closest
to him that realize the danger, the exposure, the labor,
the sacrifice and the eternal vigilance which have made
such a service possible.
Mayor Joyner will enter upon his official duties not
only with a full confidence but with the loyal affection
of his friends and fellow citizens. We expect of him a
clean, clear-cut and patriotic administration and feersure
that he will give ft to us. He will begin work with less
friction, with less suspicion than any mayor that Atlanta
has had In years, nnd his way should be smooth during
an administration which ought to be memorable in the
history of Atlanta.
The race of Mr. T. H. Goodwin was simply amaz
ing, running as he did against the confessedly roost pop-
, ular citizen of Atlanta. With a comparatively brief ex
perience In the city council and without the enlistment
of many powerful -agencies In his behalf, Mr. Ooodwln’s
race was In all respects a remarkable one and must re
main as n tribute to his energy, to his tact and to his
personal popularity.
It will also be well for the thoughtful minded cltl-
sen to Inquire' whether Mr. Goodwin's remarkable race
was not due to another element which we will hear from
•gain In a subsequent campaign.
It cannot well he passed over In the minds of
thoughtful men that one of the chief planks In Mr- Good
win's platform was that of municipal ownership of pub
lic franchises! . ,
The Georgian’s Great News Feat.
The Georgian may fairly nnd without Immodesty claim
the laurels of pre-eminence In the presentation and dis
tribution of the Important and thrilling news of Wednes
day's election.
The people all over the state turned to The Georgian
for reliable Information because of the reputation which
this paper has made and maintained for falmesB and Im
partial truth In the treatment of public affairs. Early In
the morning telegrams began to come In from South Geor
gia to the telegraph offices and to private correspondents
saying, "send us The Georgian's estimate; send us The
Georgian's report."
And these inquiries marked the happiest personal
Incident of the day to this paper which rejoices In the ex
pression of confidence Implied.
Between the hour of noon and the hour of midnight
The Georgian Issued ten extras which were placed on the
Streets and sold like hot cakes, and almost above every
other paper up to the hour of midnight. The reports
contained In those extras as received by telegraph, by
telephone and by mall, were not changed by any later
advice and stand as a tribute to the accuracy and pains
taking care of our correspondents.
In the local display of the news In Atlanta The Geor
gian was far ahead of every other city newspaper. An
esteemed contemporary gave able and frequent reports
upon the wall directly across the narrow street from Its
office. But neither the publicity of the location nor the
space allowed for the peoplo permitted any such crowd
as that which gathered at the Intersection of Peachtree,
Marietta and Decatur streets to witness the news flashed
on the big wall to the multitude of people gathered to see
It It Is doubttul It there were at any time more than
3,000 people in front of the Broad street display, while
there were many times more than 15,000, nnd at one time
as many as 20,000 people shouting and cheering the re
turns displayed by The Georgian In this great central lo
cation.
Equipped with an especially leased telegraph wire
and long distance telephone extensions running direct to
the big stereoptlcon placed In the rooms, The Georgian
was able to throw the returns Into the eyes of the people
within 16 minutes after they were announced, even from
the most romo.; sections of the state.
It was a genuine pleasure to this paper to be able to
•tford such a service to a people who were eagerly anx
ious to hear the most reliable news, and The Georgian
was richly rewarded for Its expenditure of money and
energy, by the enthusiastic and hearty appreciation of
the thousands who surrounded Its great bulletin board
•up to a late hour in the night.
The Cuban Revolution.
The .underlying causes of the Cuban revolution,
yrhlch Is now claiming space in the newspapers and
bringing back to our recollection the familiar names of
the cities and provinces whteh were the theater of con
flict nearly a decade ago, are not clear.
There are Intimations that a certain class of people
who will never be satisfied until Cuba is annexed to the
United States are really behind the movement, but a
more plausible explanation lies In the suggestion that It Is
largely due to the desire of the ouU to get In.
The Cuban people have not become quite familiar
with the Idea of representative government They have
not yet learned to capture the spoils by capturing the
machine or stuffing the ballot box, so their mercurial na
ture Impels them to make an appeal to arms and stir up u
"revolution."
There is no danger that this little shindy will ever
attain to any such Importance as the revolutions which
distracted the Island In the years gone by. The real
grievances which gave a substantial inspiration to those
earlier contests are distinctly lacking and the whole thing
will terminate In a few Inglorious arrests of the leading
••generals," with the possible Intervention of the strong
arm of the United States.
This latter contingency. In .the opinion of many, is
what a certain class of the revolutionists want—and will j part of the Democratic party of New York to nominate a
not be happy unUI they get it. But Cuba has prospered * man like William Travers Jerome, who has never d»
HoXe Smith—Governor-Elect.
White Supremacy!
Rate Regulation !
Restraint of Corporations!
' Disfranchisement of the Negro!
Theee are the magic words that wrought the revolu-
tlon.
This Is the shibboleth under which the Jtattle was
fought and won.
This is the platform that swept the state In the
political tidal wave of all Its history:
A great platform and a great candidate. A great
potlcy and a great man.
But the platform was greater than the candidate.
The policy was more potential than the man.
Any man upon this platform would have swept tljjs
state at this time.
It Is no reflection upon Hoke Smith's magnificent
campaign to say this, because he himself has said frankly
and generously a hundred times that It was not himself
but hla platform that appealed to the people.
We make bold to say that If Hoke Smith, with all
bis power of brains and personality, had championed
an opposite platform, and If any man of courage and hon
esty, even If less able, had preached white supremacy and
railway regulation persistently and exclusively, he would
have won even as Hoke Smith has won.
The aty of the republic Is permeated with the spirit
of reform, and a strong man has only to breathe It and
exhale It to sweep the hustings' and the ballot boxes in
this year of grace and liberty.
But In this campaign a great man and a great plat
form met. Perhaps no man among the splendid publi
cists of our present Georgia could have brought to this
reform crusade a personality so powerful and Inspiring
as Hoke Smith. His great frame, his powerful voice, his
lion courage, and bis great aggressive record aa a law
yer and a public leader, carried In every tone of his
ceaseless advocacy the conviction to the mind and judg
ment of the* people, that here was a great big man—a
giant of controversy and used to battle, who knew how
and would dare to execute the people's will. No person
al presence and record In Georgia would have carried
such assurance of execution as Hoke 8mlth’s has done.
And this was his personal power with the people.
Here was the point at which his personality caught and
held them. Here was the man who could, do It—If any
body could—what the people wanted done.
Mr. Smith's mental and physical endurance was pro
digious. To have made 225 speeches In a single campaign
—to have spoken In 144 counties of the state and to have
sustained In every speech an even average of power,
clearness and convincing eloquence, was a feat almost
unparalleled In politics. It explains In a personal way
the phenomenal fact that this one,man running against
four of the strongest men In the state, beat not any two of
them combined, or any three of them combined, but all
four of them combined, with all the agencies of politics
and machinery and experience and position.
It la from Drat to lost the record-breaking campaign
and the record-breaking victory In Georgia's history.
And now what of the future? Hoke Smith has won.
He goes into office pledged to two of the mightiest re
forms that ever concerned the commercial and the so
cial life of a people. If anybody can carry these re
forms Into effect, he can do so. He knows law and
he knows government, and he knows the people and he
knows no fear. It he can execute to the letter the
pledges of his campaign Hoke Smith becomes the central
and foremost figure of the South. He knows this, ntul
this knowledge Is the pledge and guarantee of his faith
ful effort to fulfill. It he were not a sincere aud hon
est man, as we earnestly believe him to be, then this
full knowledge of his great opportunity would be In itself
n compelling Inducement to make this effort.
That .Governor Smith will do his mighty beat along
this line we do not for one moment doubt. The nearer
duty Is for the people who have placed him In power to
hold up hla hands with one accord In executiou. With
the full and active support of nil the people whose ballots
have clothed him with rosimnslblllty Oovernor Smith may
hope to project his great reforms far Into the realm of
actual accomplishment.
In his great work he shall have The Georgian's
full support. His platform has been our platform, aud
his victory la our victory in the largest civic sense of
the word.
Steadily, consistently, and yet without passion or
bitterness we hnvo championed the principles which
have won the new governor his chair of elate. Not as
a fierce and eager partisan of the man, and not In furious
headlines, but from time to time when the Issue was ever
In doubt, we have given our faith and the reasons for Its
existence. And there are almost as many who have
been reached by the calmer statement as by the more
eager and excited advocacy.
And now, when the real and serious battle of the
new governor's career Is Just begun we give him the
calm but sincere assurance that along the lines of the
mutual beliefs in which we have triumphed, lie shall have
no more steadfast friends and co-laborers than The Geor
gian and Its staff.
dared allegiance to Ha principles and has never been
consistent with the ante-election pledges which he has
made.
They are moving heaven and earth and the powers
of the air and the powers under the earth—principally
the latter—In New York, to defeat the nomination of
William R. Hearst. His name has been for a decade
the one name to strike terror to the trusts and to the
syndicates and to the corporate powers that plunder and
bleed and oppress the people In that great metropolis.
And the republic may be sure that no amount ot money
or debauchery ot the people will be Bpared to defeat the
nomination of this man.
This Is the people's year, and In William R. Hearst
the people have a candidate who can neither be Intimi
dated by violence nor bribed by power. He has bad the
good sense to surround himself with an armament ot
publicity as powerful as the forces that oppose him.
And he has never hesitated to put his convictions and
his political creeds In the balance of the ballot without
apprehension and without fear either of victory or of
defeat.
It will be strange Indeed nnd unworthy of the
great spirit of these stirring times If a political her
maphrodite like Jerome should be successfully used as
an obstacle In the triumphant path of the best and
bravest Democrat of our modern Democracy.
We will wait to see.
! GOSSIP!
Clark Howell’s Card.
The Georgian congratulates the Hon. Clark Howell
upon the strong and dignified announcement In which he
accepts In Thursday's Constitution the results of the bal
lot of Wednesday and tbe assured nomination ot bis
great competitor. ■
Nothing that Mr. Howell has written or spoken during
his long and vigorous campaign has been stronger, clear
er and more dignified than Ms final statement to the pub
lic. He asserts, ns he has a right to do. tie Integrity of
bis political position during the campaign, and gives
clearly and powerfully the reasons' for the position he
has assumed and defended upon the hustings. (Better
than this, Mr. Howell, without a suggestion of bltternesi,
frankly and fully accepts the verdict of tbo primaries and
pledges his allegiance to the Democratic party under Its
new leadership and to the policies Its new leader main
tains.
J Such a statement strips defeat of Its sting and Is in
Itself a gallant victory won from the heart of disaster.
Growth and Progress of the New South
Under this bead will m
f emarkable development of
nf attention.
Atlanta Doubles the County’s Average Growth.
There Is not an angle from which we can view tbe commerce of the
South, there Is no combination of figures for purposes of comparison,
which do not shed a flood ot light on the marvelous growth and prog
ress of this section.,
If we take the South as a whole we find that tbe amount of capital
Invested hero Increases 65 per cent In five years, while in the country
as a whole these investments Increase only 42 per cent.
If we consider the state of Georgia we find a still more gratifying
condition, for the Increase In the amount of capital Invested for five
years la 70 per- cent, or 5 per cent greater than for tbe fjoutb as a
whole.
And then we have the further fact that from present Indications tho
tax digest ot this grand old commonwealth will show an Increase of
something like $50,000,000 as compared with laat year.
Finally when we come down to Atlanta alone the same pre-emi
nence la shown. Take .the bank clearings or the building permits by
the month, or the wee’: or tbe year and the same steady progress, as
compared with corresponding periods ot previous years, js shown.
Below we present the figures for the monjh of July as to the amount
of new \>ulld!ngs erected In 57 cities as , compared with the same month
last year. These ngures were officially sent to The American Contrac
tor, of Chicago, and furnish some gratifying information as to Atlanta
and her comparative standing among the leading cities of the United
States.
These figures show that Atlanta’s growth last month, as compared
with July of last year. Is twice as great as that of the general average
of the 57 leading cities. Her Increase was 66 per cent while the average
of all the cities was only 31 per cent
With a few exceptions, the cities which failed to discount their
last year's record are of the minor class, and were not expected to ex
ceed the totals of the prosperous month ot July, 1905. The percentage of
gain, as compared with the same month of the past year, are: Atlanta
65, Baltimore 50, Birmingham 166, Bridgeport 92, Buffalo 87, Chicago 28,
Denver 31, Dnluth 61, Grand Rapid* 88, Jersey City 120, Little Rock 100,
Louisville 138, Los Angeles 37, Minneapolis 81, Memphis 36, Mobile 76,
Newark 38, New Orleans 18, Philadelphia 45, Pittsburg. 16, Portland,
bre., 166, Rochester 88, St. Louis 41, St. Paul 11, San Antonio 80, Scranton
47, Seatle 27, Spokane 32, Salt Lake City 138, Topeka 161, Tacoma 74,
Worcester 77. The reaction In Greater New York amounts to 30 per
cent, although the borough of Brooklyn made a galu of 16 per cent dur
ing this time, and tbe aggregate gain of 67 cities Is 31 per cent. The
loesee are mostly confined to smaller cities,. as shown In the table of
statistics:
Hearst and Jerome.
It la not at all astonishing that Mr. Wlllt&m Travers
Jerome, of New York, should virulently abuse Mr. Wil
liam Randolph Hearst, of New York.
Mr. Jerome wants to be governor. He is willing to
accept the nomination from any party that will choose
him. He it flirting with the Republicans and coquetting
with the Democrats, nnd he is plastic and pliable In his
opinions to them both. He is the friend and comrade of
every ultra-conservative Democrat who flourishes upon
the trusts or fattens upon the syndicates of the metrop
olis.
In the way of his ambitions stands that invincible
man of the people who, as editor of The New York Amer
ican and eight other Democratic newspapers, has been
straightforward, fear less and absolutely consistent in his
light for the people since he came into public life. Mr.
Hearst has exposed at every stage of the game Jerome's
record of an unbroken series of election pledges. He
has shown that while on the stump the district attorney
was a terror to the ballot stulfers. to the insurance fiends
and to the ice combines, but that as soon as he came
into ofllce he ignored election thugs, let Perkins go tin-
whipped of justice and winked at the ice trust. He has
declared that .all the talk about trusts is equally non
sense, and that he is not and never has been a mem
ber of any political organization.
It would be evidence of political prostitution on the
July,
July,
July,
July,
1906.
1905.
1906.
1905.
City.
Cost.
Cost.
City.
Cost.
Cost.
Atlanta
.$ 472,686
$ 284,198
Manhattan.
$ 8,349,600 '
$16,430,600
Baltimore .. .
. 1,060,000
705,000
Alterations
. 1,274,715
1,367,407
Birmingham .
. 432,500
169.000
Brooklyn ..
. 8,006,723
6,872,832
Bridgeport. .
.. 201.157
104,380
Bronx
. 3,089,950
5,022,960
Buffalo .. ..
.. 1,038,500
553,584
Alterations. 34,455
47,870
Chicago .. ..
4,849,960
3,778,390
New York .
20,756,443 1
29,741,659
Chattanooga .
. 100,575
120,693
Omaha ....
. 352,850
1,045,650
Cincinnati . .
. 645,340
777,225
Philadelphia
4,065,410
2,790,165
Dallas. .. .
. 234,886
217,674
Paterson ..
102,608
Denver . . .
.. 432,310
356,438
Pittsburg...
. 1,686,283
1,866,794
Detroit . . .
.. 1,062,000
974,200
Pueblo
19,820
24,144
Duluth . . .
. 183,715
113,855
Portland ...
. 741,476
277,735
Evansville .
. 61,633
149,633
Rochester .
. 591,205
314,410
Grand Rapids
.. 308,857
163,862
St. Louis ..
. 3,538,779
2,374,395
Harrisburg .
.. 192,950
■ 232,185
St. Paul ...
. 510,370
456.910
Hartford . .
.. 379.616
611,557
San Antonio
. 102.325
66,721
Jersey City .
. ..441,068
199,772
Scranton ...
203,040
Kansas City .
. 880,555
874,570
Seattle
. 1,502,663
1.177.114
Knoxville . .
41,390
207,600
Spokane ...
295,800
Little Rock.
.. 218,123
108,042
South Bend
. 593,655
676,152
Louisville . .
. 937,575
408,805
Syracuse ...
616,360
Los Angeles..
. 1,783,628
1,304,108
Salt Lake City 142,500
59,795
Manchester .
.. 67,000
81,120
Topeka ....
. 171,950
65,700
Milwaukee . .
. 709,164
714.961
Toledo
. 248,591
376,562
MlnneajHdls .
. 1,600,820
881,975
Terre Haute
. 83,795
97,076
Memphis ....
. 411,995
302,773
Tncoma —
. 283.090
162,352
Mobile
42,921
Washington.
.. 988,451
1,271,279
Nashville ....
.. 156,818
274,939
Worcester .
. 321,768
182,845
S'ew Haven ..
., 220,847
163,663
Wilkes bar re.
. 175,808
205,565
Newark
. 1,281,228
892.663
New Orleans
. 405,617
343,835
Total
$78,515,830 >"69,954.941
iN LIGHTER VEIN.
Knlckcr—Taks care of tbo pennies—
Hooker—And tbe dollars will take care
of the ostnpslcn fund.—New York Son.
Jack Huggarri—Shall I tsk your father?
Miss Innlt-Xo; Just tell hlnv-you’re so
M* ami strong you don’t need to ask.—
Critic.
Pstlence—When I wn* young I hod, at
least, titty offers for my hand. , .
Practice—Those were what you might
coll your palmy days, I suppose.—Tit Hits.
"Pa,” said little Willie, looking up from
bis iKJok, "irhat are •gastronomies* ^
5 Oh-er letnnie see, suld pn. "Oh,
they’re these country Jays that blow out
the gas."—Philadelphia Ledger.
flbe-Whr did Vrotnmor ffebuJcker stop
playing at Mrs. laird's musical?
He—lie sold he bed to l*cAtu» the ran.
vernation wns not pitched in the same key
os his uiusle— Harper’s Weekly.
"I wonder
what mode her get a red one?"—Modern
Society.
Married, ore you?’* laughed Ids friend.
_ thought yon were a confirmed old
harh."
thought so, too." replied the doctor,
I struck • patient with a l«il ease
of heart trouble, and the only way |
could core her was by proponing.’’—De
troit Free Press.
for the tenth
Gobble? Wolt until we’re through talk
Ing."
"Hut, ms, I wnnt to say this today."—
Philadelphia Press.
"Ray, Holton, what Is the name of that
new poker dub you are going to Join?"
"Why. The Office.’ "
“ ’The Office!’ Isn't .that a rather odd
he said, standing off nnd ndmlrlng It. "I
am no such fool n« Pygmalion wns."
Struck by n sudden tenr, however, that
Anthony Comstock might Ih» lingering
somewhere lu the neighborhood, he has
tened to throw n sheet over It.—Chicago
Tribune.
TOBACCO, "NATIONAL FLOWER.**
From the New Orlenni Picayune.
If the great republic must have a flower,
why not adopt tbe totaicco plant tXleo-
tlaun tubnemu)? It* Is a native of this
vouutry, and wns first found iu Ytrgfida.
There la nothing sectional or local siIhhu
the plant, t»ecnn*c today It Is grown In
most of the states from Florida nmt
IxOiilsIniM to Connecticut, and is now used
Iii every nation on tbe globe, civilised and
hnrt'it^nii. If It Is possible to obtain It. It
Is not commonly known that the lolm.vo
plant lienrs a very jwetty pink blossom,
which might come Into the dower gardens
but for Its rank and dlmt green Me odor.
The Indian corn, or inalse. Is abotber
plant Indigenous to the United States, nnd
wns found iu use as foist by the Indians
from Virginia and Massachusetts.
But If we most have a flower that la es
teemed as such without regard to any
eennomfe considerations or utilitarian nun!-
Pies, why not adopt the laurel (Lanru* intl-
foltat, mountain laurel or bruad-leaf laurel?
THE SEA.
(From "Child, Harold.’’)
There la n pleasure In the intthleM woods.
There I. a rapture mi the lonely .Imre,
There Is society where none intrudes
By the deep sen, nnd music In its rotr:
I Jove not nun the Urn*. Iwt tut tore more,
From these our interviews, lu which I steal
From nil I may be, or Imve lieen before,
To mingle with the universe, nnd feel'
What 1 can ne or express, yet ean not all
conceal.
Boll •
thou deep and dork blue Oceau-
roll!
Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee In
vain;
Man marks the earth with ruin—his control
Stops with the shore;—upon the watery
plain
The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth re
main
A shadow of mnn’s ravage, save his
When, for n moment, like it drop of rain,
He sinks Into thy depths with bubbltug
groan,
Without n grave, unknelled, uncofflned
nod unknown,
Ills steys are not upon thy paths—thy
Are not a spoil for him—thou dost arise
And shake him from thee; tbe vile strength
he wields
For earth’s destructlou thou dost nil de-
•pise,
Spurning him from thy bosom to th«
skies.
And send’st him, shlrsrlng In thy playful
spray
And^ howling, to his gods, whera haply
His petty hope In some near port or bay
Aud dashest him ognlu to earth:—there
let him lay.
The armaments which thunderstrike the
walls
rock-buflt cities, bidding nations
quake —
And monarchs tremble In their capitals,
TM? oak leviathans, whose huge ribs
flake.
They melt Into thy >e«st of waves, which
Alike the Annad&’s pride or spoils of Traf
nlgar.
Thy shores are empires, changed in all
Bare thro;
Assyria, Groce, Rome, Carthhge, what
nro they?
Thy waters wasted them while they were
free,
And many a tyrant since; their shores
ol>oy
The stranger, slave or savnge; their decay
as dried up realms to deserts; not so thou:
Unchangeable save to thy wild waves
piny.
Time writes tio wrinkles on thine asure
brow;
Such ns creation's dawn beheld, thoa roll-
est now.
...ng tn. _—, .. ..
Dark-heaving; boundless, endless and sub
lime.
Tbe lmnge of Eternity—tbs throne
Of the Invisible! even from out thy
slime
The monsters of the deep are made; each
And I have loved thee, Ocean! and my Joy
Of youthful sports was on thy breast
to Ik?
Borne, like thy bubbles, onward; from a
l$oy
I wantoned with thy breaker*—they to
me
Were a delight; and If the freshening
And laid my baud upon thy inane—ns I do
here.
—LORD BYRON.
ODE ON A GRECIAN URN.
* By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
By Private Leased Wire.
Nou- York, Aug. 28.—The new, that
came up from the Lone Star State lait
week that E. H. a Oroen, son ot th*
enormously wealthy Hetty Green has
been nominated by the Republicans f„ r
governor of Texas has created a litti,
ripple here, where politics, like every,
thing else, is as dull as ditch wate^
during these August dog'days. Young
Green—he Is still tn his thirties-!,
known only by reputation here. But
he has been active In politics doWn | n
Texas for quite a long time, consider
ing his age, and the politicians In that
section .have long regarded him a» .
"comer,” It la pointed out by thost
acquainted with nis career that “Ne<r
®** n , w" “hlis Part In practical p 0 |.
Itk* long before this present-day ful
arose tor rich young men to seek
office. He has been In Texas about
fifteen years, anil always has been in
terested In the politics of the state S.
served three terms as chairman of th!
state committee and was delegate
thenatlonalTonventlon.
•^° otu ' thinks ,for a moment that
there Is any chance for a Republican t,,
be elected governor of Texas at the
present time. Tile Republican party
tseif Is badly split In the stale. wJ J
two tickets in the field. Green Is the
nominee of what Is termed the "reor
ganized" faction, which Is making war
on the element of which Cecil 1. on I,
the recognized leader.
But whether or not young Green has
a ghost of a show of winning out his
candidacy Is bound to give ginger to
the Texas campaign this fall. If money
Is needed to put the political machin
ery In good running order, Hettv (Been
will furnish any amount. "Ned " as she
fondly calls him. Is tile Idol of her
heart. No matter how close she may
be In business affairs or how penu
rious shtymay be In regard to her per
sonal expenditures, “the richest wom
an In America" Is liberal to the ex
treme where her son Is concerned It
la believed that Hetty Green would
cheerfully give up millions to make
Ned" governor of Texas If she thought
he really wanted it 'and that money
would get It.
The Damon and Pythias friendship
existing between Miss Norma .viunro
and Mrs. Leslie Carter-Payne could
not stand the strain of the actreu-
manager. The nominal cause of the
trouble was an unpaid rent bill, but it
Is suapected the new husband is really
what Is the matter. In any event, th,
once Inseparables are no longer to-
gether, and the courts have been called
In to settle differences. Thus ends
the friendship that has been heralded
far apd wide as the feminine prototype
of Damon and Pythias, and Incontro
vertible proof that women can enter
tain an unselfish and faithful affectloa
for each other.
, Next to a good winner the American
public of all grades likes a good loser.
Hence It was not strange that the sum
mer residents of Newport turned out
Id large numbers on the grounds of
Lands End, the residence of Mr. and
Mrs. It. Livingstone Beektnan. whera
an Informal reception was given to
Miss May Sutton, former woman lawn
tennis champion of America, who made
so hard a fight to retain the champion
ship In England and who frankly said
when she failed that she was beaten
by a better player.
Tho proprietor of one of the leading
gambling houses at Saratoga realizes
today that he made a mistake when
he "lifted the lid.” He thought ho
would take a chance and Invited a
few to visit his place and try their
luck. The game was faro and the limit
tho highest, because he wanted to get
th, money quickly. At the end of three
hours three men, famed In the sporting
world, rolled up Into snug bundles
842,000 tn the aggregate. Then the
gamester decided to close up for good.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
Thou still unravlshed bride of quietness!
mi foster-child of Rllcnrc nnd slow
Time
Sylvan historian. who ennst thus express
* flowery tale mere aTTeetly than .otu
iht tut*:
When* li-'f-fringed legend haunts altout thy
shape
Of
la ... __ .... -
Wlmt men or gods ore these? Wlmt nutld
ens loath?
What mail pursuit? What struggles to
rape?
Heard melodic* are sweet, hut those un
heard
Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes,
piny on;
Not to the sensual ear. hut, more on
deared,
Pipe to the spirit dl'tlcs of no tone.
Fulr youth Ix-iientli tho trees, thou cans!
not leave
Thy song, nor ever can those trees I*
bare.
Bold lover, never, never canst thou
kiss.
Though winning near the gom—yet do not
grieve:
She can not fade, though tliou hast not
thy Idlss;
Forever wilt thou love, and she Ik? fair!
.vnu nappy ineiotiisi, unwearieti.
Forever piping songs forever new;
More happy love! more happy, happy love!
Forever warm nnd still to lw» enjoyed.
Forever panting and forever young;
All breathing human passion far n1*ove.
That leaves a heart high-sorrowful and
cloyed,
iMiriilng forehead, and a parching
tongue.
Who are these coming to the sacrifice? J
To what green altar. O mysterious priest,
I^*ad’st thou that heifer lowing at the skies.
By Private f«ensod Wire.
New York, Aug. 23.—Here arc some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—Mrs. H. L. Campbell, T.
N. Forbes, O. Haugh, W. F. Manry. Jr..
W. B. Huston, Dr. W. Kendrick.
AUGUSTA—A., II. Alston.
MACON—II. M. McKay.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
Ami all her sllkeu flanks with garinuds
ilgest?
What little town by river or seashore,
>r moiiut.iln-bnllt with |HHceful citadel.
Is emptied of Its folk, this pious morn?
A***b little town, thy streets forevermore
Will silent Ih\ and not a soul to tell
Why thou art desolate eati e’er return.
O Attic shape! Fair attitude! with brede
u***n and maidens overwrought,
With forest branches and the troddcu
Thou, slient form! dost tense us out of
thought
As doth eternity, fold Pastoral!
When old age shall this generation waste,
Tbou shall remain. |*j midst of other
woe
Than oars, a friend to man, to whom
thou 'sayst.
"Bene*.* U truth, truth beauty"—that Is
AUGU8T 23.
1306-Hlr William Wallace ozeente.1 ai
Hiuitbtlehl. .,, , # i*-n.
1532—W111 hull Wnrhnm, archbishop of « «n
turbary, riled. „ , ... ,#
163>—t ’iHJft of assistant* tlrrat held «
Clutrlestuwii, Mass,
titlt—lamia XVI of France Imca.
1MC—t'omeletIon of the Northern * ■*
railroad to tho 1‘aelSe con.l. ...
lm-Prcalilent iTrrrlniul opened tin- wi"
neapoljs InduRtlrn! exposlMu oj '
1890—f:ritwon'* remain, removed trimX'*
York to Sweden with griwt ,
1892—Mar,bill l>. do I'olincoil, nr.I |ire«ur»*
of ltrnzll, died.
1894—Jnpwieae mluleler to luren o'*" -
ISOS—"rttUb battle.hip l'rlaee Heorge »•»
launched,
MEN AND WOMEN.
Underhill Cottage, the former home
of the tate Fanny Forrester, the glBea
authoress of "Alderhrook Tales
other volumes, located near Eaton, . *
Y., la now used as a henhouse.
'The Mystery ot Sleep, h**
translated Into Rmelan. This m
the third translation, the book *\ a '‘"f
previously appeared In Frencn
German.
Congressman Cyrus A. Sujto* a >'^
New Hampshire, has a well-dor
reputation aa being the champ*”® *
fittest wobbler of the dsy.
stumped tho state a* Republics".
Greenbacker and Democrat
Henry ’Wolf Islhe foremost fivj"*
wood engraver In America- 11 ‘
born In Aleace In J8B2. and fin' 1 (f
eral times served on the l l, ri ( .
awards at the Paris and other I
tlons, nnd a fist of hta medals and
er honor* would fill a toy paragraph
Revolting against being any
considered an Infant prodigy
Elman, the boy violinist, ha* lj- ha ,
on discarding the sailor suit n P( j
been wont t<ynppear tn and hns / 1 "
trousers. He Is now 14 end fc»ls «»«
It I* about time he began to »e
regulation masculine attire.
The rapidly falling health «»
festor Amos E. Dolbcar, the fa'>"“
head of the physics department
Tufts College nnd original In' era
•rune college ana origins.
both the telephone and wdreles. ' .
■u graph. Is becoming a matter of*™
Ye snow on enrlb, and sit ye mast to concern to many of hi* ««*• ’ unot
know. ' who are aware of the real conditio*
—JOAN HEATH.
( who are aware
of the grand old man.