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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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Atlanta. Gt.. under act of eonareaa of March i. 1179.
to put newspapers on even terms with their competitors
In dealing with advertisers. In the past It has too fre
quently been the custom to tempt space by the perquisite
of railroad passes that went with the distribution of these
favors.
And so, the whole atmosphere would seem to be
cleared and the methods of business simplified and ran
dered legitimate by the execution of this law.
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 notable of the first session of the Fifty-
ninth congress goes Into full force and effect.
That the bill has Its defects, and that there are 'per
haps absolute contradictions In Its 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 aa the Inf-
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 measure. 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
Hers all oil pli>e lines, express companies, sleeping car
companies and iirfvate car lines. Railways are prohibit
ed from engaging In production or any other business
than transportation. such as coal mining, but pipe lines
are excluded from this provision.
It provides that all rules shall l>e Just and reasonable,
and It gives the interstate commerce commission full
power, upon complaint and after a full hearing, to fix a
reasonable and lust maximum rate, which shall take effect
within thirty days and shall remain In force for two
years unless changed by the commission or set aside by
the courts. It Increases the number of commissioners
from four to seven, mnkes their terms seven years and
raises their salaries to $10,000.
Violations of the orders of the commission, If know-
Ingly committed, may he punished by a fine of $6,000 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 bo granted
except after not leas than five days' notice to the com
mission. Either party may take appeals from the orders
of the commission from the lower federal court to the
supreme court.
The railroad bill further provides the publication of
all rates, fares or charges, and forbids nbattkes except
on thirty days! notice. The commission has power to di
rect what records ami books 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 coimectlonc with lateral branches and private aide
tracks and to furnish cars without discrimination. If this
provision is violated shippers may bring complaint beforo
the commission. All common carriers are required to
filo with the commission copies of all contracts and agree
ments tor shipment of property made with other compa
nies. It limits free transportation to certain specified
persons, and It prohibits rebates and discriminations of
all kinds. Every person or corporation, whether carrier
or shipper, agent or trustee, who Is found guilty of giv
ing, receiving or soliciting rebates or discriminations may
be fined from $1,000 to' $20,000 and Imprisoned for not
more than two years.
There are some things which "the I-or cl sends and
the devil brings," so It comes about that a Republican
congress adopted this measure. But they have merely
stolen our own thundqy and Inaamuch at It is an easen
tlally Democratic measure we should give It our hearty
support. It paves the way to still greater reforms In tho
Interest of the people and hastens the day whan great
’ corporations shall become the servants and not tbe mas
ters and oppressor! of the people.
The punsters can no longer say that Comer Is a
comer. He has came.
The Passing of Passes.
The abolition of free paseee by the act of congress tn
tho railway legislation of last winter will have In general
a most wholesome effect upon the country.
There can be no doubt that the use or passes has
been one of the subtlest methods by which tbe minds of
men have bean Influenced touching methoda of legisla
tion relating to thesa great corporations. And, It Is
equally true that when the act Is fully In effect. It will
come nearer to establishing a basis of Impartial consider
ation for the great questions that touch transportation
and the people.
Probably the press has been less Influenced than any
other class of people reached by passes. Every reputable
newspaper pays dollar for dollar In Its 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 fhe newspaper at least, this has been a thoroughly
business arrangement, untouched by eny question of In
fluence or by any suggestion of corruption. There was
really no reason why the eystem so far ae It related to
the press should have ever been disturbed by tbe legisla
tion In congress. If two merchants propose to Inter
change their commodities upon an equal basts—It a gro
cery merchant chooses to pay g dry goods merchant tn
flour or In hams. It would seem to be beyond tfie right or
the policy of leglrlatlon to Interfere. And so. If a news
paper and a railway choose to Interchange advertising
space for so many miles of travel Instead of paying actual
money for It, the transaction is thoroughly legitimate and
beyond'Criticism.
But for all that the honest newspaper fully accepts
tbe situation with any Inconveniences that attach to It*
agents and to Its business departments. We can Just as
easily receive money for space and pay money for mile
age ts other lines of business can do. and In order to
halt the giving of rebates, and In order to deatroy the In
fluence upon the mlnda of judges and legislators, the
fourth estate Is perfectly willing to come with cheerful
ness and equanimity under the general law which la
designed for the good of all.
This law 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 ether tblnge which It will accomplish will be
The Agitation Has Done Good,
The determined agitation for the enlistment
the cooperation of the negroes themselves for the sup
pression of vice snd for the arousement of their own
public opinion against the criminals of tbe 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 tbe country indorsing the crusade which we
have made and pledging their cooperation. Commis
sioner Stinson, of the Morris-Brown college, the best of
negro Institutions of'learning, promptly telephoned that
ho would thunder along the lines of the suggestion. Con-
gregatlonaltat 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 tbe -suggestions
which we have made.
This brings Into direct cooperation four of tbe strong-
eat forces of the negro race In Georgia, and It these
strong men will only see to It that their agitations and
their words do not lack force and directness 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 tower 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 the negro race Into a full
and earnest cooperation with the white race In a great
and vital question which affects the civilization 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 adda Immensely to the
safety of our country districts. It has quickened to ac
tivity and to vigilance our entire official system, and It
has stirred and quickened the best 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 agitation haB 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 nets ns may be required to protect and
safeguard the women In tho suburbs and In the rural dis
tricts.
Of course, as many of our correspondents have said,
the only ultimate and possible complete solution of this
grpaf question Is along the line which the editor of The
Georgian has advocated consistently and consecutively
for twenty years—that sooner or later wo must separate
the races and our civilisation from the “body of this
death."
The colonisation and deportation of tho negro ts 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.
Rockefeller says In an Interview that we nre living
too fast—are burning the candle at both ends. But that
helps swell the dividends of the paraffine department of
8. O.
Georges Increased Tax Returns.
The returns are all In, and It Is now definitely known
that property values In tbe state of Georgia, as shown
by the books of tho tax assessors of the state, have In
creased moro than $46,600,000 as compared with the pre
vious fiscal year.
This is a magnificent showing, and one which ap
peals to the pride of every cltlsen of Georgia. From time
to tlmo wo have chronicled, In our department of "The
Growth and Progress of tho South," various phases of the
development of the state. Only n few days ago It was
shown that the Increase In the amount of 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 lending cities of the United States.
Various other facts have been brought out to show
the splendid growth of this city and state, but none of
these facts has been more gratifying than the returns In
the tnxnble value of the real and persona! property of the
people of the state this year as compared with last, and
this verdict will be generally accepted.
Forty-six—and In fact It Is nearer torty-seven—mill
ion's of dollars is a great deal of money and when this
much Is voluntarily addod to the rfsseased value of the
rest estate and persona! property of the commonwealth
we may Imagine that it means a high degree of general
prosperity on tho part of the peoplb.
These facts, presented to the thinking people who
read The Georgian, are having a beneficial effect. We are
proving to the country at large that we are Increasing In
our rommerrlal and Industrial greatness every day and
that the South offers more splendid opportunities for the
Investor and the home-seeker than any other section of
out 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. j
Next yesr /will show an even greater Increase In the
value of our taxable property, and thus the great work
gtJfea on. v,
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General Marllarakl waa shot and killed at Warsaw
Monday. We Weep. Such a glorious nsms ts that should
have been allowed to go ringing down the halls of time
forever more. ,
earliest works. “War and Peace,” la most appraised by
Russians. Since he brought out "Anna Karenina," In
1876, Tolatoy haa given himself up to social problems,
with the hope of supplying mankind with a better moral
and religious philosophy than that which now obtains In
tbe world. "Kreutzer Sonata" appeared In 1890, present
ing a certain theory of morals which so shocked some
eminent Christians in America that It was ''raided” by
the authorities. Tolstoy'o views regarding ;<olltlcaI re
form have brought him Into collision with the Russian
authorities on several occasions.
I! GOSSIP!
It must be satisfying to Senators Morgan and Pettits
to know that their successor Is Just waiting for them to
die to get on the government payroll. ■ t
Growth and Progress of the New South
Under tbit head will appear from time to time information Illustrating tbe
remarkable development ot tbe Boutb which deserves something more than pass
ing attention.
Will Iron Be As Dear As Copper?
The Manufacturers’ Becord, ot 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. Records of production are being broken
so often and the expansion goes on so rppldly that the figures which yes
terday seemed almost beyond our comprehension today become commonplace.
It was but a few years ago when a production In the United States of 10,-
000,000 tons of pig Iron was regarded as one of the wonders of the world.
When this reached 15,000,000 tons men began to question the possibility of
the expansion of Industry beyond that point, and last year, when this’ coun
try turned out over 21,000,000 tons, 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 snd 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' Becord last week, more Iron ore In the next
ten years than It haa consumed from the beginning of recorded history up to
tbe present time. What this means to the future Is strikingly presented In
an address made by Mr. R. A. Hadfleld, president of the British Iron and
Steel Institute. In his address of welcome to t,he American Institute of Min
ing Engineers In London on July 24. In this address President Hadfleld, re
ferring to the enormous expansion of Industry and commerce In Great Brit
ain, as well as in the United States, said:
‘“In face ot these enormous figures on every hand one 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 as, 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 300,000,000 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
century a grand total consumption of probably 45,000,000,000 tons of ore
will have been called for. Whence are the supplies to comet
"'If this probable serious position of affairs Is applied practically to
ourselves ot today, ws 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 ahort space of 15
years; that la to say, It haa 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'
Becord from Mr. Jeans, secretary of the British Iron Trade Association,-and
from other authorities, are almost startling In their significance. The esti
mate made by Mr. Jeans that the total known available supplies of ore ot
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
tinges as much Iron ore as Is known to exist In all the workable fields of the
world today, are statements calculated to attract universal attention. These
statements are of Just as much Interest to the farmer, to the merchant and
to the banker as to the Iron man. Civilization practically rests upon Iron
snd steel, and yet these noted authorities take the ground that all of the
known Iron ore of the world Isn't equal to the world's needs for the next 50
years, and Mr. Hadfleld Indicates the possibility of the coming of the time
when Iron, which now sells at less than a cent a pound, will be worth as
much as coppsr, wjilch sells at 19 or 20 cents a pound.
"The Manufacturers' Record believes that the estimate of 10,000,008,000
tons of available ore of the known ore supplies ot the world Is too small;
certainly the estimate for the United States Is much less than has been
proven up. It Is safe to eay that the South alone lias as much Iron ore ae
the entire country was credited with In that estimate, or eomethlng over
1,080,000,000 tone, but If the estimate ot the total for the world of 10,000,-
000,000 tons should bs raised to even 15,000,000,000, or 60 per cent increase,
this would make no material difference in a question of such momentous
Importance, for It would only mean a lengthening of the available supply
for a comparatively few yeara longer. We believe that new sources of sup
ply will be found and are not Inclined to be alarmists, but that the question
of where to And an ample «.re supply to meet the enormous expansion of the
world's Iron Industry Is of the profoundoat Importance admits of no ques
tion. This situation would seem to Indicate a gradual advancement In tho
price of Iron and steel, for owners of large bodies of 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 the basis ot
very large Increase In price.”
A Notable Birthday.
Tbts is the seventy-eighth birthday ot Count Leo
Tolstoy, tbe most prominent of Ruslsan men ot letters
and one ot the mg't conspicuous social reformers In the
world.
It will not bo long In the course of nature before
we are called upon to chronicle the death of this memora
ble reformer who hns wrought so mightily for his people
and who haa never iheattated to tell the exar those whole
some truths which 'others conceal from him.
Count Tolstoy f*as horn at Yasnaya Pollans, August
28, 1*2*. His gr&ri ancestor was Peter Tolstoy, the
friend of Peter tbi Great. Aa a youth Tolstoy attended
tbe University of /H asan, and at the age of 23 he lentered
the army and wetfi with his brother to the Caticams. He
fought in the Criinean war, snd at its close resigned hit
commission and devoted himself to literature. Ofce of his
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8TR0NG LEGAL-INDORSEMENT.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
To one who has taken the advanced
and poeltlve position 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 of In
dorsement from even an obecure pri
vate citizen might be gratifying to
you.
As a youth and a young man I have
followed your utterances on this sub
ject, and the grave menace that the
eltuatlon threatens has Impressed me
In a degree at least even as it has you.
And from every dictate of reason and
logic and righteousness It does seem
to me that you are absolutely correct
In your statement that the solution ot
the race question lies In separation,
nlhllatlon .or amalgamation; and
name the last two merely reinforces
your position that separation Is 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 ot the situation are
forcing themselves upon the public
mind. Your suggestion of castration
and branding aa punishment for rape Is
Indorsed by all with whom t have talk-
ed, and, aa stated In your Issue of yes
terday, tt seems that now Is the time
for the agitation to crystallise Into
some definite action.
A little Inquiry among the mothers,
sisters and wives of our households de
velops the fact that the fear on the part
of our women of criminal assault Is
state-wide, snd for their sakes some
thing must be done to break this reign
of terror.
As one deeply Interested snd 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 seats of all our
counties within the next few months
a petition, addressed to our general
assembly, asking for the paseage ot a
law making the punishment for rape
and assault with Intent to rape castra
tion and branding in the forehead with
the letter It. This 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, Aa you have
stated, legal hangings do not prevent
the crime, nor do lynching*, burnings,
tortures; and It, therefore, seems to
me that this experiment you have
named ought to be fallen upon In this
time ot 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 plank In their plat
forms.
hear dav bv dav kind words for
The Georgian—never any unkind ex
presslons. And I congratulate you
most cordially on making so soon The
Georgian, a great factor, a vital force In
Southern Journalism.
With best wishes for you personally,
I beg to remain,
Very truly yours,
C. L SHEPARD.
Fort Valley, Ga., Aug. 25.
THE BEST SOUTHERN PAPER.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
The general Impression throughout
the state upon the best class of peo
ple, the conservative snd substantial
cltlsens. 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-rlch" 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 ao many of the leading magazines, to
let nothing appear within Its columns
hut reliable and honest advertisements
exploiting square deals only.
An advertisement in The Georgian
csrirtt a stamp of merit, which increases
its value to the advertiser, and no
paper can lass in the Iong run by such
a fair dealing policy.
Reliable advertisers are rapidly
learning that It Is detriments! to their
advertisement to appear on the same
page or In the same paper with fakes
snd notorious skin game notices. They
are withdrawing thslr patronage and
look auspiciously upon such papers, snd
are ever seeking a better and more
trustworthy medium.
N. K. 8.
Acworth, Ga. ,
CLEAN MEAT FOR ATLANTA.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
t read with a great deal of Inter
est 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 /copy of the ordinance
as prepared and the adoption of such
regulations will certainly Improve the
deplorable conditions that now exist,
most especially ss regards to the
slaughter houses on which 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 leant one man who had followed
the findings ot the committee, as well
!• one trader of The Georgian,
the esttseas of Atlanta are Indebted
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JUDGE GEO. HILLYER
FIRMLY SUSTAINS
WELL KNOWN VIEWS
To tho Editor of The Georgian*
So many people have u/tked trio why
I had nothing to ray In further prate*
cutton of tho views I have so often
expressed on the subject of crime* and
lynching that I ventuto to write you
this letter. I feel more fret* also to
write because you have opened your
column* and Invite expressions of the
kind from the public generally.
In 1894 I made a report to the Tar
Association, In which 1 urged amend
ments In the criminal law, with the
prophecy that lynching would never be
stopped, but would ratner Im reu^e. un
til the remedies for enforcement of
the criminal law were amended anti
Improved so’ as to make punishment
Immediate and certain. Since then,
Impelled by an overmastering seme of
duty, I have several limes urged three
view's before the Bar Afesouuii m, anu
by letters In the public press: mid in
which, as a further reason, I have ar
gued that unless something of the kind
should be done, the state of thin:;*
would bring on anarchy. These views
have been indorsed by several luge
and respectable and rCptteentativt re
ligious assemblies, and ou ore otcoal n
several years ago \u;e In * rxsU by the
Bar Association. A committee' was
then appointed to urge ihe policies
stated before the legislature. Bfct for
some Inscrutable reason the legisla
ture did nothing, sn.l so far as I know
has done nothing up to the present
time.
How on earth that body could shut
Its eyes as It has done, and is now
doing, to thlsy 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 ftgo.
speaking on tho same line, said that
It has now come about tout it (s
almost impossible to punish crime
where the criminal has money enough
to employ fin able lawyer. Cane after
case happens in our midst, which veri
fies the truth of what he said, Re
cently some one has blamed the judges.
The Judges arc not to blame.* The fault
Is In the law. The law puts a gag
on the Judge. As the law now stands,
the one man In the court house from
whom the faw ha* token away nearly
all discretion and nearly all power is
the judge. The Juries nre reduced
nearly to ciphers, and the only person
In 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 such great deluy as that by **-
ample to evil doers, the punishment
shall do no good.
It Is Impracticable here, of course,
go Into details fully ns to what par
ticular amendments nro needed. But
surely If amendments wore made In the
constitution and law that. In cases of
manifest and unquestionable guilt,
punishment would be immediate and
certain In all cases of crimes against
female vlrture; crimes committed on
the highway, and crimen against the
habitation of the cltlsen, there would
be no need of mob or lynching. When
rapist Is fairly tried and the Jury
finds him guilty and Is ready to say
that his Is a case of manifest and un
questionable guilt, why delay the sen
tence of the law, and why should ho
be tried over again, and especially why
should nn indefinite and interminable
delay Intervent? He does not give his
poor victim one single hour or one sin
gle minute; wouldn’t one single day be
enough for him? When tried in public
Satan could no longer circulate the re
port that he was Innocent or make h
martyr out of him. He should be pun
ished Immediately, and In my Judgment
punished In public, and let hU body
hang enveloped In fte white sheet all
day long as a warning to evil doers.
It was In this spirit that the laws
were administered In ante-bellum days,
and I here bear testimony that under
that system no case of 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, as was had then, It
would soon stamp out these crimes, and
our Innocent women and girls would bo
protected.
I give my voice In favor of modera
tion and orderly proceeding. The prob
lem Is one for the legislature. Let us
hold them to their duty and responsi
bility.
There ts great danger In this hour
of excitement that Irresponsible bodies
may go too far. Let nobody hurt any
of the peaceable and good negroes; but
rather commend and encourage them.
Dy CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
By Private I.e.med Wire.
New York. Aug. 28.—It pays to be
surgeon general to the *400." of course,
the matter of fee Is the private concern
of patient and physician—unless It gets
Into the COUrts-but It Is Inferred that
Dr. W. T. Bull received for the recent
Operation >m Airs. Vnnderbllt the nest
sum of 110,000. How would you like
fo be tho fcjrgCon?
Mrs. Geers? Law, known aB one of
the handsomest American widows that
Parisians ever feted, and who under-
took t° remain constantly at the side
of Mrs. Reggie Vanderbilt since she
became sick at Saratoga nearly two
weeks ago, succumbed today to sick
ness iiei.ieif. Hhe to conf.ned to her
suite at the Sandy Point farm, trained
nutscs and Dr. Austin Flint, Jr., at
tending her.
Mrs. Law took full charge of the
sick room of Mrs. Beg vie Vanderbilt
watched nlrmt and day with the
naif of ten trained nurses. She per-
tonatl • administered tho medicines pre
scribed by the due tots and kept the
piit.ent In the best of humor and, ln-
eldenluny, lodged afitr L’uby Cath-
lct.ii..
looked farwird to d sartoa'of brJJJJanJ
entertainments, were disappointed to
hear that ('unsuelo, duchess of Marl*
borough, has changed her pious, and
will not visit Newport this year.
C&mpcnatl, the baritone, from the
Metropolitan opera house, Is somewhat
disgusted with Newport, where he has
been singing for the cottagers at 81,000
a program. He is satisfied with the
pay, but word has reached his ears
that black-fice acts and red dancing
girls have received more applause than
his singing.
Mrs. Ogd;n Mills had a number of
colored singers M her dinner last week
and the large company Joined In the
chorus find np; lauded with vigor.
Comparisons are odlus. C&mpanarl
does not desire that any one join In
his chorus. In fact, It might be dan-
r erous for the lay voice to enter Into a
1,000 competition.
The gay set that dines at Canfield's
Saratoga plica discussed with anima
tion today the story of how "Billie*'
Burbridge. the gambler, has become
tho father-lq-law of a real French
count. Burbridge, who Is reticent in
nil things, keeps silent about the af
fair, but the true tale followed him
from Paris.
The count, whose family bears one
of the oldest names in France, saw
vi#» Burbridge, tbe stunning daughter
of the gambler, on one of the boule
vards. He sought and obtained an In
troduction. There was a courtship,
during which time Pnpd Burbridge
wns too busy wooing the goddess of
fortune to nolle-* that Dan Cupid was
working within his very doors.
Just like all obedient American girls
the young wotftka told the count to
ask father," when he popped the
question. And like a true IJttle French-
man, the count asked his parents to
do the asking. They did. ~
“No," said Burbridge, "I am not in
favor of foreign marriages. Besides, f
nm a gambler, nr* I might Injure your
social position." ...
“You are ah honest man, and I honof
you; that Is enough," replied the fath
er of the count. Thereupon Burbridge
decided that the young Frenchman was
plenty good enough for his daughter,
end the ceremony was speedily per
formed.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Prtvnt. LmsHt wire.
Non- York, Aug. 28.—Here are som>
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—W. Fine. J. H. Lump
kin, Z. D. Mbrrison, R. Y. Mulky. A
R. Thompson, G. P. Howard, R. Y.
Mackey, J. Cook, D, M. McCul
lough. 'R. Mosely. . . _
HA VANN AH—R. P. Canon, J. A. Co
hen.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
AUQU8T 23.
Spaniards, under Governor Menende*.
Infilled nt HI. August lee.
-Kugllsh force uuiler Drake and Hsw*
kin* willed oil expedition Against
H|Htnl*U settlements In the West lu*
lfiflO— Hudson discovered Delaware bay.
Jff]4—lb>mImrijinewt ot Fort Bne continued
’ by Alston
j Christian
to lie a’liollshod.
1S28— Count l«eo Tolstoi Isim.
1S&4—Marla Clirhtlns. queen mother or
Hualn, fictl from Madrid to eacepe tbe
wrath of the people.
lM-Romlsminifitt and capture of Fort
Ilnttcrna ami Fort Clark. N. V.
H06—Ih'lrl.-Ti lM»ml.’nrdmeiit palace of anltan
Under right Influence and right lead
ership thousands of them will go with
us and will assist In the fjroper mens'
ures for redress of these evils.
I do so much hope, If any public
meetings are held, that cautious and
conservative counsels may prevail. The
way peonie are talking and writing re
minds me forcibly or 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 experience.
I repeat, the remedy. If there be any
remedy humanly apeakirg. I* with the
legislature. If that body, as now con
stituted, can not or will not dh 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 HILLTER.
Australia possesses a larger numlsM* of
chimin** la proportion to the iiiiiiiIht of
Its liibnMtrtiit* than any other country In
land haw only 141 am! ltnaala
oniitry.
about 5
A Scotch engineering firm of Glasgow
has ju*t shipped to Houtli America four
large (•nncnsulrc steam Itollers of a new
*»»“*. They are 23 feet long by H feet
tebe* In •Unmeter, nml dispense with
ends and gusset-plnte stnys, bring
dish ends, ami do away with tbe stays
entirely.
No fewer than 30.000 persons are report*
1 missing In Loudon every rear. Only
shout one-fifth of these ml**lng persons
are ever neco-.inted for. Tlie others disap
pear from friends forever. Many of them
nre “wanted" by Ihe police, which ex
plains why htey do not, reappear. Many
leave Dmdou.
to your splendid paper In support of
the efforts of this committee. There la
no doubt but what the whole city of
Atlanta will support the committee
and courtvIt and every officer of our
city govetmnent tn applying the proper
remedy, respectfully,
REAVER OF THE GEORGIAN.
government Cotton report acsndal.
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H. Miller Kent, who auppwtsd the 1st*
Johnston. Rennet! In s vaudeville set, is
to star In “Raffles."
Thntun* ti. Hcnhrooke Is going Into vaude
ville again.
•o atsr In "The Tea**
_ „ nflta_
MorrlAim. who died
week ut the up* of •
he bad loured the euuntrjr
IltMu !|Hmg la nrm«rtng to open In New
York lu “Ijidy Jim. ’
Nell Burges* Is playing bfs
year at ml hi* first season lu the Houtb, is
“A County Fair.”
Margaret 'Anglin I* to Itcgfn her aH*®**
In "The Great Divide." a plsg >>X " ll '
llam Vaughan Moody.
Miss Eleanor Robson will make hcr flrrt
R marance In October In Israel Zsngwlu s
y, “Nurse Marjorie."
The name of Janies O’Neill's Blbjleol
plsy. ln which be Is to hnpersanata J«
the Baptist, la “A Vole® in the.
eaa."
Robert Prouet. E. >L Holland and
nail will play the prtnHpal part a InJ or%
Maynard's play, 'The Meaasre of »
serpent* njpln. Say* « IM T£j t h?«
“The officer* of the I’nvlatil. w'hfeh MS
arrived at Auckland. New /eoUml. from
Rarotonga IcbihU. twice posacd etoae
a era serpent. They estimated Its wsgs
st « feet. Its color waa a n*d«!Uh brown,
and !U head tbs shape of s unset*