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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
TUESDAY. AUGUST 28. 1!*W.
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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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Atlanta. Ga.. und«r act of conxreM of March 8, U7>.
The Rate Bill Effective Today.
The sixty days from the passage of the railroad rate
bill have expired and today the measure which was per
haps the most aotfble ot the Bret session of the Fifty-
ninth congress goes Into full force and efTect.
That the bill has Its defects, and that there are per
haps absolute contradictions In Ha provisions, no.one will
undertake to deny, but when the history of the twentieth
century comes to be written the achievement of this re
form after years of agitation will be regarded as the Ini
tlal step in one of the most Important movements of the
time.
During the past few days we have heard most of
the enforcement of the provision that no free passes
shall be Issued by Interstate railroads, but this Is by no
means the most effective part of the new meaaure. The
bill for the regulation of railway rates requires all Inter
state carriers to make through routes and reasonable
Joint charges. It sweeps into the category of common car
riers all oil pipe lines, express companies, sleeping car
companies and private car lines. Railways are prohibit
ed from engaging in production or any other bualnesa
than tranaportatlon, such as coal mining, but pipe tinea
are excluded from this provision.
It provides that alt rates shall be just and reasonable,
and It gives the Interstate commerce commission full
power, upon complaint and after a full hearing, to fix a
reasonable and just maximum rate, which shnll take effect
. within thirty days' and shall remain In force for two
years unless changed by the commission or set nsldo by
the courts. It Increases the number of commissioners
from four to seven, nukes their terms seven years and
raises their salaries to $10,000.
Violations of the orders of tho commission, If know
ingly committed, may be punished by a line of $5,000 a
day. each day constituting a separate offense, and enforce
ment of the orders of the commission may be secured
either through Injunction or mandamus.
It provides for a limited review by the courts of the
orders of the commission, but no Injunction or decree re
straining the enforcement of an order may be granted
except after not less than five days' notice to the com
mission. Either party may take appeal* from the orders
of the commission from the lower federal court to the
supreme court.
Tho railroad bill further 'provides the publication of
all rates, fares or. charges, and forbids changes except
on thirty days' notice. The commission has power to di
rect what records and booke shall be kept by common
carriers and may have access to the same at all times.
Common carriers are required within reason to make
switch conncctlonc with lateral branches and private side
tracks and to furnish cars without discrimination. It tilth
provision Is violated shippers may bring complaint before
tho commission. All common carriers are required to
file with the commission copies of all contracts and agree
ments for shipment of property made with other compa
ules. It limits free transportation to certain specified
persona, and It prohibits rebates and dlacrlmlnatlona of
nil kind*. Every person or corporation, whether carrier
or shipper, agent or trustee, who la found guilty of glv-
lug, receiving or tollciting rebates or dlacrlmlnatlona may
bo fined from $1,000 to $20,000 and Imprisoned for not
more than two years.
There are some things which "the Lord sends and
the devil brings,’’ so It comes about that a Republican
congress adopted thla measure. Rut they have merely
stolen our own thunder and Inaamuch as it la an essen
tlally Democratic meaaure we should give It our hearty
support It paves the way to still greater reforms In the
Interest of the people and hastens the day when great
corporations shall become the servants and not the mas
ter! and oppressors ol the people.
to put newspapers on even terms with their competitors
In dealing with advertisers. In tho past It has too fre
quently been the custom to tempt Bpaco by tho perquisite
of railroad passes that went with the distribution of these
favors.
And ao, the whole atmosphere would seem to be
cleared and the methods of business simplified and ren
dered legitimate by the execution of this law. *
The Agitation Has Done Good.
The determined agitation for the enlistment
the cooperation of the negroes themselves for. the sup
pression of vice and for the arousement of their own
public opinion against the criminals of the race. Is bear
ing wholesome and effective fruit.
The columns of The Georgian have been filled for
days with comments from strong and sensible negroes
throughout the country indorsing the crusade which we
have made and pledging their co-operation. Commis
sioner Stinson, of the Morris-Brown college, the best of
negro Institutions of learning, promptly telephoned that
he would thunder along the lines of the,suggestion. Con
gregBtlonsIJst Proctor, the ablest preacher of his race In
the state, has a communication In The Georgian today
which speaks for Itself. And B. J. Davis, the ablest edi
tor In the state, falls Into line with a broad and excel
lent statement In full sympathy with the suggestions
which we have made.
This brings Into direct cooperation four of the strong
est force* of the negro race In Georgia, and If these
strong men will only see to It that their agitations and
their words do not lack force and dlrectneaa In warning
and In denunciation, we may expect within a reasonable
time to see the Influence of this public opinion flowing
from the higher to the lower ranks of the negro race.
So, that this agitation will at least have done great
good in that It will have Inspired and fixed the leading
voices and the leading minds of tho negro race Into a full
and earnest co-operation with the white race In a great
and vital question which affects the civilisation and the
safety of both.
The agitation has been prolific of good In many
ways. It has strengthened the defense of our police sys
tem. It has enlarged the county police. It has establish
ed a system of deputies which adds Immensely to the
safety of our country districts. It has quickened to ac
tivity and to vigilance our entlro official system, and It
has stirred and quickened the boat element of the negro
race to the vital necessity of cooperating with the white
man against the criminals who are bringing ruin to the
negro race.
Surely, this ngltatlon has not been without avail, and
It only remains for the wisdom and cooperative work of
our citizens In a public meeting to Insist upon the ex
ecution of such powers as are vested already In our au
thorities and In the passage by local and state legisla
ture of such other acts as may be required to protect and
safeguard the women In tho suburbs and In the rural dis
trict*.'
Of course, as many of our correspondents have said,
the only ultimate and possible complete solution of this
great question is along the line which the editor of The
Georgian has advocated consistently and consecutively
for twenty year*—that sooner or later we muat separate
the races and our civilisation from the "body of this
death.”
The colonisation and deportation of the negro Is an
Inevitable resultant of the future. It is marvelous to note
the rapidity with which this conviction Is growing In
the minds of the most thoughtful and earnest men
throughout the country.
The punsters can no longer say that Comer Is a
comer. He has came.
The Passing of Passes.
The abolition of frte passes by the act of congress In
tht railway legislation ot last winter will have In general
a moat wholesome effect upon the country.
There can be no doubt that the use of paeses has
been one of the subtlest methods by which the minds of
mpn have been Influenced touching methods of legisla
tion relating to these great corporations. And, It la
equally true that when the act la fully In effect. It will
come nearer to establishing a basis of Impartial consider
ation for the great question) that touch transportation
and the people.
Probably the press has bSen lest Influenced than any
other elaas of people reached by passes. Every reputable
newspaper pays dollar for dollar In ita advertising col
umns at regular rates per Inch or per column for every
mile that It rides on the railways of the country, and
with the newspaper at least, this has been a thoroughly
business arrangement, untouched by any question of In
fluence or by any suggestion of corruption. There was
really no reason why the system so far as It related to
the press should have ever been disturbed by the legisla
tion In congress. If two merchants propose to Inter
change their commodities upon an equal basis—It s gro
cery merchant chooses to pay t dry goods merchant In
flour or In hams. It would seem to be beyond the right or
the policy of legislation to Interfere. And so. If a news
paper and a railway choose to Interchange advertising
space for so many miles of travel Instead ot paying actual
money for it, the transaction Is thoroughly legitimate and
beyond criticism.
But for all that the honest newspaper fully accepts
tho situation with any Inconveniences that attach to Its
agents and to Us buslneu departments. We can just as
easily receive money for'space snd pay money for mile
age as other lines of business can do, and in order to
halt the giving of rebates, and In order to destroy the In
fluence upon the minds ot judges and legislators, the
fourth estate is perfectly willing to come with cheerful-
ness and equanimity under the general law which Is
dc-ignod for the good of sll.
This taw affects The Georgian less than almost any
other newspaper In the country. But we heartily Indorse
It. looking to see admirable results from Its passage.
Among other thing* which It will accomplish will be
Rockefeller says In an Interview that we are living
too fast—are burning the candle at both ends. But that
help* swell the dividends of the paraffine department of
S. O.
Georgia’s Increased Tax Returns.
The returns are all in, and It It now definitely known
that property values In the state of Georgia, aa shown
by the books of the tax asseatoti of the itate, bare In
creased more than $46,600,000 aa compared with the pre
vious fiscal year.
| This Is a magnificent showing, and one which ap
peal) to tho ijride of every citizen of Goorgla. From time,
to time we have chronicled, In our department of "The
Growth and Progress of the South," various phases of the
development of the state. Only a few days ago It was
shown that the Increaso in the amount ot new buildings
erected In Atlanta In July as compared with July a year
ago was twice as great as the average Increase of the
fifty-odd leading cities of the United States.
Various other facts have been brought out to show
the splendid growth of this city snd state, but none ot
these facts has been more gratifying than the returns In
the taxable value of the real and personal property of the
people of the state this year as compared with last, and
this verdict will bo generally accepted. ,
Forty-six—snd In fset It Is nearer forty-seven—mill
ions of dollars Is a great deal of money and when this
much Is voluntarily sdded to the assessed value of the
real estate and personal property of the commonwealth
we may Imagine that It means a high degree of general
prosperity on the part of the people.
These facts, presented to the thinking people who
read The Georgian, are having a benoficlal effect. We are
proving to the country at large that we are Increasing In
our commercial and Industrial greatness every day and
that the South offers more splendid opportunities for the
Investor and the home-seeker tjian any other section ot
our common country. Figures do not lie—If you put
them down right—and the official returns from the va
rious counties of the state present a convincing argu
ment.
Next year will show an even greater Increase In the
value of our taxable property, and thus the great work
goes on.
General Llarllarskl was shot and killed at Warsaw
Monday. We weep. Such a glorious name as that should
have been allowed to go ringing down the balls of time
forever more.
earliest works, “War and Peace,” Is most appraised by
Russians. Since he brought out “Anna Karenina," In
1876, Tolstoy has given himself up to social problems,
iflth the hope of supplying mankind with a better moral
and religious philosophy than that which now obtains in
the world. "Kreutzer Sonata" appeared In 1890, present
ing a certain theory of morals which ao shocked some
eminent Christians in America that It was "raided" by
the authorities. Tolstoy’s views regarding political re
form have brought him Into collision with the Russian
authorities on several occasions.
It must be satisfying to Senators Morgan and Pettus
to know that their successor Is -just waiting for them to
die to get on the government payroll. •
Growth and Progress of the New South
Under this head will appear from tlmo to time Information Illustrating the
remarkable development Of the South which deserves something more than pass
ing attention. >
Will Iron Be As Dear As Copper ?
The Manufacturers' Record, of Baltimore, In discussing the world's Iron
ore supply, says:
“In discussing the expansion of the Iron and steel trade superlatives
have, of necessity, become common. Record* of production are being broken
so often and the expansion goes on so rapidly that the figures which yes-
terday seemed almost beyond our comprehension today become commonplace.
It waa but a few years ago when a production In the United' States of 10,-
000,000 tons of pig Iron waa regarded a* one of the wonders of the world.
When this reached 15.000,000 tons men began to qqestlon the possibility of
the expansion of Industry beyond that point, and last year, when thle coun
try turned nut over 25,000,000 ton*. Europe and America alike could scarcely
find superlatives strong enough to convey to the general reader a concep
tion of the meaning of such a development. But the record of last year Is
being far exceeded this year, and, looking to the future, the great world
authorities on Iron and steel, however conservative they may be, do not
attempt to conceal their deep concern over the future. At the present rate
of consumption, without allowing for any Increase, the world will require, as
stated In The Manufacturers' Record last week, more Iron ore In the next
ten years than It has consumed from the beginning of recorded history up to
the;present time. What this meafi* to the future Is strikingly presented In
an address made by Mr. R. A. Hadfield, president of the British Iron and
Steel Institute, In his address of welcome to the American Institute of Min
ing Engineers In London on July 24. In this address President Hadfield, re
ferring to the enormous expansion of Industry npd commerce In Great Brit
ain, a* well as In the United States,.said:
'"In face of these enormous figures on every hand ohe can but specu
late upon the future. Prophesying before you know Is always dangerous,
notwithstanding Benner's remarkable record, but there Is no doubt that In
the not far distant future, unless some very Important source of Iron ore Is
discovered, we shall have to husband our ore supplies, or iron may some day
be as dear os, for example, copper.
" 'In my presidential address last year I Indicated that It was probable
that by the year 1950 100,000,000 tons of pig Iron would be produced annu
ally, so that, as compared with 1800, when only about 5,000,000 tons were
used, at least 100,000,000 tons of ore would be wanted annually. According
to trustworthy authorities only about 10,000,000.000 tons of Iron ore are
available In known workable Iron fields, yet by the end of the twentieth
cehtury a grand total consumption of probably 45,000,000,000 tons of ore
will have been called for. Whence are the supplies to come?
“ 'If this probable eerlous position ot affairs Is applied practically to
ourselves of today, we realise that the,.man who makes one pound of Iron go
as far as two pounds now do Is a public benefactor of the highest order,
” The world’s production of pig Iron has doubled In the short space of 15
years; that Is to say, it has advanced from 27,000.000 tons In 1890 to 54,-
000,000 tons In 1905, approximately of the value of $180,000,000/
"These figures, like those recently published by The Manufacturers'
Record from Mr. Jeans, secretary of the British Iron Trade Association, and
from other authorities, are almost startling In their slmiflcance. The estl T
mate made by Mr. Jeans that the total known available supplies of ore of
the world are only equal to about 40 years' necessities, and Mr. Hadfleld's
estimate that during the present century the world will require at least four
times as much Iron ore as Is known to exist In all the workable fields ot the
world today, are etatements calculated to attract universal attention. These
etatements are of just as much Interest to the farmer, to the merchant and-
to the banker os to the Iron man. Civilisation practically rests upon Iron
and steel, and yet these noted authorities take the ground that all of the
known Iron ore ot the world Isn't equal to the world's needs for the next 50
years, and Mr. Hadfield Indicates the possibility of the coming ot the time
whep Iron, which now eell* at less than a cent a pound, will be worth as
much as copper, which sells at 19 or 20 cents a pound.
"The $lanufacturer»’ Record believes that the estimate of 10,000,000,000
tons of available qre gt, tbe known ore supplies of tbe world Is too small:
certainly the estimate for the United States Is much less than has been
proven up. It Is safe to say,that the Bouth alone has as much Icon ore as
the entire country was credited with In that estimate, or something over
1,000,000,000 tons, but If the estimate of the total for' the world of 10,000,-
000,000 tons should be raised to even 15,000,000,000, or 60 per cent Increase,
this would mske no material difference In a question of such, momentous
Importance, for It would only, mean a lengthening ot the available supply
tor a comparatively few yeare longer. We believe that new eourcee ot sup
ply will be found and are not Inclined to be alarmists, but that the question
of where to find an ample ore supply to meet the enormous expansion ot the
world's Iron Industry la of the profoundeat Importance admits of no ques
tion. This situation would seem to Indicate a gradual advancement In the
price of Iron and steel, for owners of large bodies ot ore, increasing In
trinsically In value as rapidly as they must of necessity do under these
conditions, will not be willing to part with their ores except on tht basis of
very large Increase In price."
JUDGE GEO. HILLYER
FIRMLY SUSTAINS
WELL KNOWN VIEWS
A Notable Birthday.
Thla la the seventy-eighth birthday of Count Leo
Tolstoy, the moat prominent of Ruslsan men ot letter*
and one of the most conspicuous social reformers In the
world.
It will not be long In the course of nature before
we hre called upon to chronicle the death of this memora
ble reformer who has wrought so mightily for his people
and who has never heeltated to tell the cur those whole
some truths which others conceal from him.
Count Tolstoy wss born at Yssnsys Pollans, August
28, 1828. His great ancestor was Peter Tolatoy, the
friend of Peter the Great. Aa a youth Tolstoy attended
the University of Kazan, and at the age of S3 he entered
the army and went with his brother to the Caucasus. He
fought In the Crimean war, and at Its close resigned his
commission and devoted himself to literature. One of his
STRONG LEGAL INDORSEMENT.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
To one who has taken-the advanced
and positive poeltlon you have on the
race question In all of Its phases, and
has, on account thereof, been subject
ed to much adverse criticism from cer
tain sources, possibly a word ot In
dorsement from even an obscure prl-
vatq citizen might be gratifying to
you.
As a youth and n young man I have
followed your utterances on this sub
ject, and the grave menace that the
situation threatens has Impressed me
In a degree at least even as It has you.
And from every dictate ot reason and
logic and righteousness It does seem
to me that you are absolutely correct
In your statement that the sslutlon of
the race question ties In separation, an
nihilation or amalgamation: and to
name the last two merely reinforces
your position that separation I* the
only right solution.
I hare been deeply Impressed during
the past few. days by your editorials In
The Georgian, and find through discus
sion with numbers of your readers here
that the necessities of the situation are
forcing themselves upon the public
mind. Your suggestion of castration
and branding as punishment for rape Is
indorsed by all with whom I hare talk
ed, and, as stated In your issue ot yes
terday. It seems that now la the time
for the agitation to crystallise into
some definite action.
A little Inquiry at
sisters and wires ot our
velop* the fact that the fear on the part
of our women of criminal assault Is
state-wide, and for their sake* some
thing must be don* to break thla reign
of terror.
As one deeply Interested and hoping
to be of some service In this great Is
sue, I write you this letter. How do
you think a plan like this would work?
Place at the county seat* of all our
counties within the next few months
a petition, addressed to our general
assembly, asking for the passage of a
law making the punishment for rape
and assault with Intent to rape castra
tion and branding In the forehead with
tbe letter R. Thla petition to contain
a pledge on the part of all signing that
In the event the measure became a
law they would not participate In or
lend countenace to any lynching, but
would give a thorough test to the ef
fectiveness of the law. As you bava
stated, legal bangings do not prevent
the crime, nor do lynching*, burnings,
tortures; and IL therefore, seem* to
me that this experiment you have
named ought to be fallen upon In this
time of our necessity.
I am with you on all the proposi
tions—nothing for schools, nothing for
churches, nothing for any of the black
man's Institutions unless denunciations
of assaults upon white women by ne
groes be the main plsnk In their plat
forms. . . .
1 bear day by day kind words for
The Georgian—never any unicind ex
pressions. And I congratulate you
most cordially on making so soon The
Georgian, a great factor, a vital force In
Southern journalism.
With best wish** for you personally,
I beg to remain,
Very truly yours,
C. L. BHEPARD.
Fort Valley, Ga., Aug. 25.
THE BEST SOUTHERN PAPER.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
The general Impression throughout
the state upon the beet class of peo
ple, the conservative and substantial
citizens, Is that The Georgian Is the
best paper published in the South.
It has been generally understood that
it Is a clean paper; that no fake pat
ent medicine advertisements, no thriv
ing "get-rtch" schemes will be held be
fore Its readers In full page display,
carrying a stamp of approval by vir
tue of the quality or reputation of the
journal containing the advertisement;
also that no whisky advertisements
appear In The Georgian.
And that The Georgian has adopted
or rather began on a policy advocated
by so many or the leading magasines, to
let nothing appear within Its columns
but reliable and honest advertisements
iplolttng square deals only.
An advertisement in The Georgian
cerirez a (tamp of merit, which increases
its value to the advertiser, and no
paper can loee in the long run by such
a fair dealing polioy.
Reliable advertisers are rapidly
learning that It la detrimental to their
advertisement to appear on the same
page or tn the same paper with fakes
and notorious ekln game notices. They
are withdrawing their patronage and
look suspiciously upon such papers, and
are ever seeking a better and more
trustworthy medium.
N. K. B.
Acworth, Go.
CLEAN MEAT FOR ATLANTA.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I read with a great deal of Inter,
eat your editorial last Saturday on the
proposed meat ordinance prepared by
special committee of council appointed
to Investigate the conditions In Atlanta
slaughter houses.
I have seen a ropy ot the ordinance
as prepared and the adoption of such
regulation* will certainly Improve the
deplorable conditions that now ezlst,
most especially Os regards to the
slaughter houses on w hich special re
port was made by members of this
committee, who visited the slaughter
houses. I was recently presented a
petition opposing the passage of this
ordinance, asking for my Indorsement.
Am proud to say that the petitioner
realized that he had offered his paper
to at least one man who had followed
the finding* ot the committee, aa well
as one reader of The Georgian.
The cltlzenz of Atlanta are indebted
To the Editor of The Georgians
So many people have asked me why
I had nothing to say In further prose
cution of the views I have so often
expi-i-too-il i>n llr. subject nf crimes and
lynching rhat I venture to write you
this letter. I feel more free also to
write because you have opened your
columns and Invite expressions of the
kind from the public generally.
In 1894 I made a report to the Bar
Association, In which I urged amend
ments In the criminal law, with the
praphecy that lynching would never be
stopped, but would rather increase, un
til the tern,'dies for enforcement "f
the prlminal .law were amended and
Improved so as to make punishment
Immediate and certain. FInce then.
Impelled by an overmastering sense of
duty, I have several times urged these
views before the Bar Association, and
by letters In the public press; anil In
which, aa a further renson. I have ar
gued that unless something of the kind
should be done, the state of things
would bring on anarchy. These views
have been Indorsed by several large
and respectable and representative re
ligious assemblies, and on one occasion
several years ago were Indorsed by the
Bar Association. A committee was
then appointed to urge the policies
stated before the legislature. But for
some Inscrutable reason the legisla
ture did nothing, and so faf- as I know
has done nothing up t& the present
time.
How on earth that body could shut
Its eyes ns It has done, and is now
doing, to this most overmastering evil
and danger, passes comprehension. It
Is a matter to be dealt with not by
mobs or by Irregular and Irresponsi
ble bodies, but by the law-making pow
er.
President Roosevelt not long ago,
speaking on the same lino, said that
it has now come about that It Is
almost Impossible to punish crime
where the criminal has money enough
to employ an able lawyer. Case after
case happens In our midst, which veri
fies the truth of what he sqld. Re
cently some one has blamed the judges.
The judges are not to blame. The fault
Is In thg law. The law puts a gag
on the Judge. As the law now stands,
the one mao In the court house from
whom the law has taken away nearly
all discretion and nearly all power Is
the Judge. The juries are reduced
nearly to ciphers, and the only person
Jn a criminal trial over whom the law
throws Its protecting aegis Is the
criminal; apparently with a purpose
that even though guilty, he or she
shall not be punished. If possible,
not at all; and at all events that
when punishment does come It shall be
after euch great delay as that by ex
ample to evil doers, the punishment
shall do no good.
It Is Impracticable here, of course,
to go Into details fully as to what par
ticular amendments are needed. But
surely If amendments were made In tho
constitution and law that. In cases of
manifest and unquesttonablo guilt,
punishment would be Immediate and
certain In all case* of crimes against
female vlrture: crimes committed on
the highway, and crimes against the
habitation of the citizen, there would
be no need of mob or lynching. When
a rapist Is fairly ‘tied and the Jury
flhds him guilty and Is ready to say
that his la a case of manifest and un
questionable guilt, why delay the sen
tence of the law, and why should he
be tried over again, and especially why
should an Indefinite and Interminable
delay Intervent? He does not give his
poor victim one single hour or one sin
gle minute; wouldn’t ono single day bo
enough for him? When trlod In public
Batan could no longer circulate the re
port that he was Innocent or make a
martyr out of him. He should be pun
ished Immediately, and In my Judgment
punished In public, and let his body
hang enveloped In $to white sheet all
day long as a warning to evil doers.
ft was In this spirit that the laws
were administered In ante-bellum days,
and r here bear testimony that under
that system no case ot violence to a
woman of the. kind spoken of ever oc
curred. Any man of my age or obser
vation would tell you that such a thing
was never known or heard of. If an
Intelligent and orderly administration
and enforcement of the law were re
established now, aa was had then, It
would soon stamp out these crimes, and
our Innocent women and girls would be
protected.
I give my voice In favor of modera
tion and orderly proceeding. The prob
lem Is one tor the legislature. Let us
hold them to their duty and responsi
bility.
There Is great danger In this hour
of excitement that Irresponsible bodies
may go too far. Let nobody hurt any
of the peaceable and good negroes; hut
rather commend and encourage them.
Under right Influence and right lead
ership thousands of them will go with
us and will assist In the proper meas
ures for redress of these evil*.
I do so much hope. If any public
meetings are held, that cautious and
conservative counsels may prevail. The
way people are talking and writing re
minds me forcibly of secession times,
which resulted In drenching our land
In blood. Let us pursue such a course
that we will be upheld by the Just Judg
ment of mankind and at the same time
have the approval of our own sense
of justice and dictates of ex-erience.
I repeat, the remedy. If there be any
remedy humanly speaking. Is with the
legislature. If that body, as now con
stituted, can not or will not do Its
duty, then the people can at the next
opportunity elect men who will. The
mills, of the gods grind slowly, but
very surely and very fine.
Respectfully,
GEORGE HILLYER.
Australis possesses a lamer nnmlier of
churches In proportion to the number of
Its Inhabitants than any other country In
the world. There nre no churches ‘
every 100.000 people In that country. I
lund has only 141 nnd Russia about 56.
I GOSSIP
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
By Private Lon sod Wire.
New York, Aug. 28.—It pays to be
surgeon generalto the ”400." Ot course,
the matter of fee is the private concern
ot patient and physician—unless It gets
Into the courts—but It Is Inferred thnt
Dr. W. T. Bull received for the recent
operation on Mrs. Vanderbilt the neat
sum of 315,000, How would you like
to be tbe surgeon?
Mrs. George Law, known as one of
the handsomest American widows that
Parisians ever feted, nnrl who under
took to rcmnln constantly at the side
of Mrs. Reggie Vanderbilt since she
became sick at Saratoga nearly two
weeks ago, succumbed today to sick
ness herself." she is confined to her
suite at the Sandy Point farm, trained
nurses and Dr. Austin Flint, Jr., at
tending her.
Mrs. Law* took full charge nf tho
sick room of Mrs. Reggie Vanderbilt
nnd watched night nnd day with tho
staff ot ten trained nurses. She per
sonally administered the medicines pre
scribed by the doctors and kept the
patient in the best of humor and. In
cidentally, looked after Baby Cath-
leen.
Society folks In Newport who had
looked forward to a series of brilliant
entertainments, were disappointed to
hear thnt Consuelo, duchess of Marl
borough. has changed her plans, and
will not visit Newport this year.
Campnnarl, the baritone, from the
Metropolitan opera house, Is somewhat
disgusted with Newport, where he haB
been singing for the cottngcrs at 11,000
a program. He Is satisfied with tho
pay, but word has reached his cars
that black-face acts and red dancing
IrlH have received more applause than
Is singing.
Mrs. Ogden Mills had a number of
colored singers at her dinner Inst week
and the large company joined In the
chorus nnd applauded with vigor.
Comparisons are odlus. Campanarl
does not desire that any ono Join In
his chorus. In fact. It might be dan-
f orous for the lay voice to enter Into a
1,000 competition.
Tlic gay set that dines at Canfield's
Saratoga place discussed with anima
tion today tho story of how “Billie"
Burbrldge. the gambler, has become
the father-in-law of a real French
count. Burbrldge, who is reticent In
nil things, keeps silent about the af
fair. but the true tale'' followed him
from Parts.
The count, whose family bears one
of the oldest names In France, saw
Miss Burbrldge, the stunning daughter
ot the gambler, on one of the boule
vards. He sought and obtained an In
troduction. There was a courtship,
during which tlmo Papa Burbrldge
was too busy wooing the goddess of
fortune to notice that Dan Cupid was
working within his very doors.
Just like all obedient American girla
the young woman told the count to
"ask father," when he popped the
question. And like a true little French-
the count asked his parents to
in, t
the
ajklng. They did.
No," said Burbrldge. "I nm not In
favor of foreign marriages. Besides, (
nm n gambler, anfl I might Injure your
social position."
"You are an honest man, and I honof
you; that Is enough," replied the fath
er of the count. Thereupon Burbrldge
decided that the young Frenchman was
plenty good enough for his daughter,
and the ceremony was speedily per
formed.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leased Wire.
Now York, Aug. 28.—Here are soms
of the visitors In New York today: 1
ATLANTA—W. Fine, J. H. Lump
kin, Z. D. Morrison, R. Y. Mulky, A,
R. Thomasson, G. P, Howard, R. Y.
Mackey, J. C. Cook. D. M. McCul
lough, R. Mosely. . _
SAVANNAH—R, P. Canon, J. A. Co
hen.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
AUGUST 28.
largo I jinn* Bill ri* atrtiiu Imllcrii of a near
. They nre 22 feet long by 8 feet
‘hen In illameter. ami illapenae with
flat cml* a ml gui*net-plate ■toy*, • belag
<ltib en«lt, and do away with tbe tray*
entirely. *
So fewer than 20.000 peraona are report-
I mining In Loudon every year. Only
lioat one-fifth of those mining peraona
are ever aceounted for. The others disap
pear from friend a forever. Many of them
are "wanted'' by the police, which eg-
plain* why htey do not reappear. Many
leave London.
to your splendid paper In support of
the efforts of this committee. There is
no doubt but what the whole city of
Atlanta will support the committee
and council and every officer of our
city government In applying the proper
remedy. Respectfully,
A READER OP THE GEORGIAN.
1&6&—Spaniards, under Governor MenendeOg
landed at 8t. Augustine.
1888—English force under Drake and Haw*
kins willed on expedition agalnat
Spanish settlements in the West In*
l«ro—Hudson discovered. Delaware bar.
ltlt-Bombardment of Fort Erie continued
by the British. . . —
H16—Treaty signed by Algiers and Eng*
land, ny which Christian slavery waa
to be abolished.
I8»—Count Leo Tolstoi bom. .
1851—Marla Chr' tint, queen mother of
Hpnln, fled from Madrid to escape the
wrath of the people. . „ .
1861—Bombardment nnd capture of tort
Hntterne and Fort Clark. N. C.
1*8— British t»ornbardmeut palace of anltan
of Eansttmr.
1903—Joseph I In worth. American actor,
died. Born 1885. . ...
19C&—Edwin I. Holmes. Jr., Indicted In tho
government cotton report scandal.
otMwoootKHjaoootiHJOGOOODOooa
o PLAYS AND PLAYER8. O
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OCHMMMJOOOOOOOGOCHJtKiOOOGOOa
8. Miller Kent, who stt pported. tMJat,
Johnstone Bennett In a vaudeville act, w
to star In, "Baffles.'*
Thomas Q. Heabroohe is going Into vaude-
vllle agiiln. -
June Kenmsrk In to etsr In "Tbe Toeat
oT the Town."
Theatergoers will greetly LffJj!
Morrison, who died in New lork last
week ot the sge ot C. For tewnty ye.ro
he hod toured the ronntry In "Foust.
^Illldji Upon* l.^prepirlng to open In New
Sell Burge*. Is ploying hlj elgbteenlh
year and hi* first season tn the Month, In
‘■A County Fair."
Margaret Anglin Is to begin her seooop
In "The (Srent Divide," a play by Wil
liam Vaughan Moody.
Mins Eleanor Robson will maka her flrat
apiieoranee In Octoiier In Israel Zangwltl t
play, "Nurse Marjorie."
The name of J.mea O'Neill’s Blbjtftl
plsy. In which he In to Impersonate John
the Baptist, It "A Voice ui tbe W thirt
een." -
Hnliert Drouet. E. M. llolloncl and It.ry
11*11 will piny the principal port* In Cor*
Maynard's ploy, ,- Tb* Mentor* of a
Man.”
A sew rural drams this season Is colled
'Jonathan's Coeruhlp."
Ken serpents ognln. My* a new* Item:
•The offteera of the Csvlanl. whleh hat
ed at Auckland. New Zetland, from
tongs Island*, twice poised close to
« sea serpent. They estimated Ita elngtb
at M feet. It* eolne was a reddish brown,
and Ita bead the shap* of a gurnet's."
