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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
TVEROAT. SEPTEMBER 4. 190«.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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THE GEORGIAN CO.
tt 25 W. Alabama Street,
Atlanta; Ga.
Entered as second-elite matter April •. ISM. at tbe Pittance at
Attests. Cs- uader act of coosreae of Mircb A ISIS.
Municipal Ownership For Atlanta.
Hundreds ot people hare commented favorably upon
the attitude of The Georgian laat Saturday with refer
ence to municipal ownership ot the electric and gas
. plants. Words of encouragement bare come to this pa
per for ft- to keep up the fight. Consumers who are fear
ful of offending the corporation have emphatically de
nounced the praotleea of the gae and electric lighting
people, requesting that their names be withheld for fear
that they will be made to suffer. Story after story of
arbitrary’ practice*, such aa that to which Mr. Van
Landlngham and Mr. Allen were subjected,. have been
communicated to this office. Increase In rate without
rhyme or reason have been known. 1
Now the people ere tired. Many a conservative citi
zen has shaken hla head In silent rage while there lurked
In his breast ah Intenae desire to bring about a change.
Many have silently resolved to lend tbelr aid to any
movement looking to relief. Tbe question of an appeal
to the city officials has frequently been considered. But
then there came that same old question of What's the
use? The corporation had the monopoly; it owned the
gas plant; It owned the electric lighting plant; It owned
tbe heating plant; It owned the street railway. It had
millions with which to fight Its battles. And that It would
fight wont without saying.
Tbe mind’s eye looks back to the time when there
was competition In atreet railway*. The memory of 3
cent fare*, heated cars and gas that burned brightly, to
gether with decent treatment by gas and electric light
company omployeas, has not died yeL And the people
wonder what baa brought about tbe change.
A man up In Boston brought It abouL He came to
Atlanta with hla millions and now he ha* taken all of
his millions out of Atlanta again and la taking many of
Atlanta's millions out with him. Money that could be
going to a reduction of the tax rate le going for the en
largement of that Boaton man'* builneai; the Atlanta
mlllloae are going to Increate the pile of the Boaton
man's million*.
Every time the queetlon of municipal ownerahlp I*
suggested there le raleed the cry of socialism. Every
one who knows anything knows that there Is not the
slightest similarity. A city Is simply an overgrown Indi
vidual. That individual decides that It will make for It-
•elf what It ha* been getting another to make for It.
There la' no queetlon of dividing tip the city'* wealth. It
I* (Imply a queatlon of putting a quietus on the plan of
a greedy corporation to collect an unfair per tent of what
the citizen* of a city may earn.
Then there I* railed the cry that neither the city,
itate nor government should enter Into competition with
the Individual. Thla cry Is always raised by the Individual.
By hi* very cry the Individual admlte the greater strength
ot the city. It I* an appeal for sympathy. But the Indi
vidual—which happens to be tho corporation which
wishes to continue Its practice of overcharging for It*
produet—doe* not tell the city that there I* no question
of competition. The city does not Intend to manufacture
gat or electricity to be ecld. The city Intend* to ut* that
. gas and electricity. The olty will not be In competition
with tha individual.
It a man knowa tha tailoring buelnesi and decides
that hs want* to order a pair of trousers, Is It competition
with his fellow tailor for that man to make himself n
pair of trousers? ff a woman neads a dress and Is capa
ble of making a dress—*a all women should be—Is It
competition for her to decide not to pay tha exorbitant
charge of tbe dreesmaker, but to go to work and make
that drees for herself? Ii that competition?
New York city ownMhe subway; she owns her ferry
tins between The Battery and Staten Island; she owns
an electric lighting plant on the Williamsburg bridge
which Is saving her annually many thousands of dollars.
Tho subway Is leased, but when the lease expires tho
property will revert to tbs city. In the meantime the
city has absolute control and can dictate the manner
In which August Belmont and his crowd shall operate the
Subway. Tha Rapid Transit board can dictate that auffl.
dent cars be operated so that working women and
men will not have to hang to straps.
The fltafen Island ferry Is another municipally owned
and municipally operated property. Previously It required
the residents of Staten Island 40 minutes to reach Man
hattan Island, where thousands of them were employed.
Old boats, bearing a strong resemblancb to Noah's Ark,
ware used. The company operating tha line would make
no Improvement. The people stepped In and took charge.
Now the time between Manhattan and Btatan Islands
la only 20 minutes—Just one-half.
The gas plant In Indianapolis la another Illustration.
The people got tired. They rose In their might and or
ganised their own gas company. It was oporntsd with
a rata of 60 cents per thousand to the people and paid a
handsome profit. One doe* not have to go to Glasgow or
any of tbe foreign cities for example*. Municipal owner
ship exists In this country—and successfully.
It tho people do not protect themselves In these mat
ters they may be sure that they will not be protected.
It they remain content to alt Idly by, working nnd slaving
that they may pay gas nnd electric light hills bearing
enormous profits to foreign owned corporations, then
they deserve to have this money taken from their pock
ets. Unless they assert themselves they may be sure
that tbe money grabbing corporations are going to con
tinue to assert themselves and continue to reap every
sheaf of the golden harvest that comes within reach of
their scythes.
Exorbitant rate for electric and gaa power It keeping
down local manufacturing enterprises just ns the freight
rates keep them down. When a manufacturer has to pay
S higher price for hla power and light than does hla com
petitor In a neighboring town. Just so much does he have
to cut down hla profits to meet that competitor. For that
very reason factories that would havo been built In At
lanta. giving employment to hundreds of people, have
been built In other cities and amaller towns. The growth
of this dly has been retarded.
Tha department stores that use largely of gaa and
electricity are fit a disadvantage. Money that goes to
I eying gaa and electric bills could be going to pay bet-
ter salaries; to an enlargement of the business; to the
men who have Invested their capital In local enterprises
who would In turn spend this money locally, building
beautiful houses, Improving real estate, paying taxes that
better streets and better roads might be built.
Thera la no disposition on the part of The Georgian
to Insift that tbe city enter into competition with the
Georgia Railway and Electric Company In so far as light
and power are furnished to Individual*. But tho city
I should own and operate lta plant. It should have poles
[and wires and conduits. Tha power and light would be
there. If the Individual consumer did not get proper
rates apd treatment from the Qeorgla Railway and Elec
tric Company he could make application to the city for
light and power and the city would be In a poeltton to
supply It at a reasonable rata so that a legitimate profit
might be made.
The mere presence of that plant would be a menace
to tbe arbitrary dealings of the corporation. That corpor
ation would hava a continual warning that It must be civil
and Just In Its treatment of tbe citizens of this city.
The people have grown tired of Injustice.
The Georgian wants to get In touch with the people
on this queatlon. If you have been the victim of 111 or
unfair treatment at the hands ot tbe Georgia Railway
and Electric Company, tell ua your grievance. Send us
an account relating Just what the Imposition was. If you
don't want your name mentioned you may be sure we
won't mention It. Probably there may be bnalneaa rea
sons. We will keep the faith. But we want to serve the
people. We want the citizens of this elty to be treated
Just ahd fair. We will be In position to,,help you right
your wrongs it you will tell ua what they are.
Understand, we do not waht to read a long account
of an Imaginary wrong. We do not want an unfair at
tack on the Georgia Railway and Electric Company. We
want to treat the Georgia Railway and Electric Company
with Justice, Juat aa we want the Georgia Railway and
Electric Company to treat the people with Justice.
We want the people to think these things out for
themselves. We want the people to realize that their
financial welfare Iz at ztake. The financial welfare IS es
sential to the happiness of tha home. It affects the edu
cation of the children. It affects your happiness, your
comfort, your future prosperity.
Tell us your experiences along these lines.
adduced during the recent Investigation, there were cer
tain Irregularities In the management of the association
which demand a clear and Impartial Investigation.
The days have gassed when bitterness and rancour
prevailed between tbe Cotton Association and It* critics.
We prefer to look upon this Institution In a purely ab
stract manner.
But we are honestly and frankly of the opinion
that the best Interests of the Southern Cotton Associa
tion would be better subserved by the resignation of Mr.
Cheatham.
It Is fin undented fact that this gentleman, who la a
high officer tn tho association, has been guilty, accord
ing to the findings of hla own friends and associate*, of
(peculating In cotton futures. With one hand he was ad
vocating day after day the abolition of cotton speculation.
He pointed to better worlds, but unfortunately lie did
not lead the way. and with the other hand he was un
doubtedly guilty of dabbling In eotton futures nnd thereby
has brought the cotton association Into something like
disrepute. •
There la nothing of unkindness In this criticism. We
say It solely with a view to the best Interests of a great
Institution of which he Is the secretary. But we hon
estly believe that the future of that Institution would be
best subserved by the resignation of Secretary Richard
Cheatham.
Georgia reports a bumper crop of peanuts this year.
This may explain the wonderful activity among her poli
ticians quite recently.—Washington Post.
To say nothing of the shell gatge.
'GOSSIP!
The Governor’s Responsibilities
With this day at Macon, by the formal rote ot the
Democratic convention following the gratifying verdict
of the Democrats primaries, the Hon, Hoke Smith be
came tho nominee of the Democratic party and there
fore the next governor of Georgia.
It Is stretching no comparison to any that the eyes
and the expectation of the state and 6f the South are
upon the new governor of this Imperial commonwealth,
All the circumstances which surrounded his election and
all the militant force and aggressiveness of his own
eventful life have-crystallized sectional and national ex
pectation upon him, and th'e new governor of Georgia
standing In the yrhlte light of publicity will front the mag
nificent opportunity and also the fearful responsibility of
fulfillment.
It can be said without fear of contradiction that If
any man could carry out the things with which he has
pledged himself, ft would be the next governor of Geor
gia. Certainly no personality more forceful, more pro
gressive and more capable has held the executive reins
of Oeorgln'wlthln the present generation. With courage,
with capacity, with past experience and enormous en
ergy of will power the new governor of Georgia becomes
at once a marked and national figure before ha haa as
sumed the rein* of power.
The Georgian la one of those who have championed
without variation the principles upon which the new gov
ernor of Georgia won his splendid triumph. Far In ad
vunce of -Mr. Hoke Smith himself, the editor of this pa
per has been the evangel and apostle of that doctrine
which would settle and establish the supremacy ot the
white race In the affairs of this government for the peace
nnd welfare of both race*. Ws rejoice without limit In
the accession of so great and so powerful a recruit to
the ranks of tho reform which we have so mllltnntly
preached. And we are glad now that the experiment up
on which so much of our racial purity and our racial
Integrity will depend la In the hands nf a man so strong
with a mind so tortile and so bold to plan and to exe
cute.
The ono great duty which rests upon the multitude
of Georgians who have voted him Into this solemn respon
sibility and (tower Is to hold up his hands In the execution
of the reforms which he has pledged. It becomes a debt
of honor and a debt of patriotism that we who have placed
thla responsibility In hts hands shall help him to fulfill
the expectation of the stnts. Without the surrender of
any Individuality, without forgetting for a moment the
right of every eltlxen to think for himself, without giv
ing over the undisputed right to crltlclxo and to reject,
yet wo feel that the great body of thla great people
should give their ears and their hearts to the prudent
methods which the new governor of Georgia will Institute
to establish white inpremitry and n Juat and equltabla
rate for the transportation of commerce through the
state ot Georgia. No captious objections should handicap
the honest sfforts of a brave executive. No email Jeal
ousies should clog the way of vital and great reforms.
But with a high and resolute sense of the moaning of the
next two years to the people of Georgia, we trust that
every cltlsen will lend hie voice and his vote to his full
Intelligence and will give his cooperation without stint
to the reform measures advocated by the distinguished
Georgian whom wo have charged with the responsibility
of their execution.
We congratulate tho next governor of Georgia. W*
extend to him our highest sympathy for the serious and
perplexing problems of his administration and we send
to him the assurance that he may expect the honest com
mendation and support of this newspaper In every good
effort which he makes for the welfare of the people and
the glory of the state.
Cheatham at the Bar.
The executive committee of the Southern Cotton As
sociation Is nbout to meet at Hot Springs. Ark..today.
There will be quite a number of matters brought to
the attention or this committee which are of great pith
and moment. This association Is recognised aa being one
of the great conservative forces In the economic life and
history of the South. In the past It baa done a great
work In holding together the tollers and the tillers of
the soil who raise tbe South's leading product. We truet
that this committee will do everything In Hs power to
make this meeting a notable one In overy way. and to
contribute as far as It lies In Hs power toward the up
building of the 8outh.
There le no disposition on the part of The Oeorgtan
or on the part of anyone who has been associated with
the recent Investigation ot the executive branch of this
association, to be captious or hypercritical.
At tho same time The Georgian would be distinctly
untrue to the trust which has been reposed In It If we did
not emphasise the fact that according to all the evidence
Growth and Progress of the New South
Under (hit heed trill appear from tlmo to tine Information 111 not rat to* tho
remitrk« M* development or the Booth which deaervea something mora than pa*#-
log attention.
Another Progressive Move in South Georgia.
Negotiations have been going on for some time by parties to procure
the large water power, mineral springs and lands clustering around the
old Banka mill.
Thla deal was consummated Monday whereby Mrs. Mary M. Banka; ot
Atlanta, haa disposed of this valuable property to the South Georgia Land
and Industrial Company. Mr. Peeler, the general manager, being Inter
viewed as to the property, states that there Is about 1,000 horse-power.
They will proceed at once to develop tame tor the purpose of lighting
furnishing power to small Industries and also constructing and operating
an Intsrurban car line from Jlllltown to Valdosta, a distance of 19 miles,
traversing one of the richest farming lections of south Georgia. They have
secured the services of Mr. Frank Lederie, of Atlanta, to make estimates,
etc., on the power, and arrangements wilt be made to push the work for
ward with airspeed possible.
I*D LIKE TO SHAKE
FATHER’S HAND
By JOHN ANDERSON JAYNE
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NOOKS AND CORNERS OF AMERICAN HISTORY
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John Randolph Is the most remark
able character In American hlitory, and
aa an all-robnd wonder will probably
nsvar be equaled In the country's an
nals.
Born Iri 1771 and dying In 1833, tha
courtly Virginian mad# an Impression
upon his day and generation that ran
never be effaced.
Randolph fascinated his contempo
raries, and his life-story Is aa fasci
nating to ua of today as It Is surely
destined to be to those who are to come
after us.-
In thla brief article I would speak not
of Randolph the (talesman, the poli
tician, the brator, but of Randolph the
man. Aa a statesman he was the peer
of any man of Ms age, as a politician
he was pre-eminently successful, while
aa an orator hs had but few equals and
no superiors.
It Is of Randolph the man that I
would here speak, hoping that this
short account of hla personality may
prove to he an Inspiration to the
young Americans who may chance to
read It.
John Randolph was a man. Physlo-
nlly, he was a mere shell, ao thin and
frail that he was scarcely able to cast
a shadow. Jim Jsffries. had he been
living In his day, could have laid him
out with his little linger.
He was sick all hit Ilfs, and for years
before the undertaker finally took
charge of him he was to all Intents
and purposes as dead as he Is today.
And yet. In tha truest and highest
ssnse of tb* word, no man of his time
was so thoroughly and grandly alive as
was John Randolph!
Frail as he was physically, mentally
and morally he was- a giant of the
giants, and by his superb will power
and uncompromising Integrity ot spirit
wrote a page of the nation’s history
that will always be to ua an honor and
a glory!
tie was a politician, but he was a
Mlitlclan with principle. Whether Ha
shing to the hosannas of surcess or
sitting In the sshss of defeat, ha never
knew what It was to feel the sting of
shame, the lashings of an upbraiding
conscience.
He never championed a cause that he
did not believe in with all hla heart
and soul, and there was not a man tn
the congress he aorvsd In who did not
know that John Randolph was too
brave to be frightened and. too pure to
be bought.
Randolph had an Ideal. Fslstsff did
not know what "honor" meant. Ran
dolph did—and hla honor was the
touchstone by which he tried every
thing that he said or did,
A physical weakling, erratic, eccen
tric, Impulsive, hot-tempered, the great
Virginian never lost sight of the star
that guided him—the star ot truth and
principle, of Integrity and manhood!
His soul was not In the market. For
no price could his honor be purchased.
He was high above being Influenced by
either threat or bribe.
A gentleman of tho "Old School," he
was foolish enough to believe with all
his heart, and soul, nnd mind, and
strength, that there was an Eternal
Right to which he owed an uncompro-
end.
There were giants in thoss days, but
the giants were unable to scare him
from the path along which he felt It to
be his duty to travel.
Pages might be filled with his keen
sarcasms and msrrlless retorts. Tims
and again he was beset by the hench
men of unprlnclple, by the fnotllckers
and time-servers of his day, nnd upon
these creatures ha turned with all the
fire and fury, with all the wit and
vitriol of Ms impassioned soul, blister
ing them until they howled with pain.
There never lived a man about whom
there Is a greater fund of anecdote. A
tnan might tell stories about John Ran
dolph by the hour.
Rut, Interesting os these stories nre,
they pale before the simple fact
Randolph’s Incorruptible Integrity.
The old Virginian was brilliant, bril
liant as n star, and many In his day
were made to feel the sting nf his ter
rible tongue—but the main thing for us
to remember about the man Is the fact
that he was a man, and that he was
not to be bullied or bribed from doing
the thing which he honestly believed he
ought to do.
Long life to the memory of John
Randolph, of Roanoke!
ABHING down a atreet In New fork,
tbe other day, a mnn happen
look tip to t btgb window,
nnd over It saw s name. The name atlrred
ttrmues of recollection, and oat of the
■lot of yesra he aaw the faes of aa old
schoolmate who had boros that ns too. lie
entered tho building, took tbe elevator and
preoently oteod (tee to fhee wttb the owner
of tho name. Ho put ont hi* hand and
eald:
"How nee yon, WIB7*
There wso a nrlnuto or two of loohlnz
and senn-hlna the n talcs of siefliorr. aad
llies chute the weeds:
"Sly Lank Jim, where did you drop
from!"
Then tiegnn one of those most pleasant
experiences of life. In which present busi
ness core* nud worrleo or* all forgotten,
ami through the day* of boyhood Dnme
fancy takes the heart and brings Into
view faces,, name* and scene* long line*
forgotten.
Presently the celversfitlos turned Into
more pemount channels aad etch told the
other so met Msg of his experiences. Time
had denlt gently and favorably with each.
Knelt wit it to t fond degree successful In
his chosen lines. And yet, ss they looked
Into each other’s fhces and heard
story of the yeere, roeh knew Ibat there
ltntl been times of bitterness, sorrow end
hard wrestlings with tbs world. For na
truly aa the rocks ut. the sea coast bear
tbe mark of rising nnd ebbing tides, so
surety do inrn’a fneei record the etory of
tbe sorrowe of tbelr heart and life.
As tbe ronveraetlon wandered on, ques
tion! were aeked concerning the parents
of each. Far one e mother bed gone to
her eternal hoese. For the othrr, both the
tnther nml the mother had passed from
these scenes of time and place to the abode
of the blest.
Sabi one of tha men, reminiscently:
"Father anil I didn't get along very well
together, lie didn't seem to understand
me, nml I didn't understand him. We were
I with very much alike, and each was deter*
mined to hare bl*. own way, nnd no the
upshot of the whole thing wta that I left
the old home, and In *11 these jeers have
never gone Itark, until Just the other day
■ estne to my h—‘ " 1
snd so I went
CM old 1
I wt In th# old barber chair, and
had the old town harbor share roc, but he
didn't remember me, and 1 didn't tell him
who I wan. Then I went to tbe .ceroe*
tery on tbe bill. Your mother Is burled
there. Will, ami mine not for swat; end
bjr mother's Slae father list. And ss f
stood there, nil the remembrances nr yeath
came tHick, snd nil bis deeds of courses
end darln* and lore, snd ss 1 remembered,
I sold 'to myself:
“ ‘Today, I would giro stl that I am
worth to abate father's bund snd benr him
•ay. "How ere you, Jim; how ire yon,
Jlmr* •••
Then came s summons at Chs 'phone, snd
the two friends parted to meet again.
When? Where? Qulen eft he, sshe Dloe!
But the etory still rings in tbe heart,
snd the word»:
"Today I'd like to shahs father by tht
hnnd."
ft's n pretty bard thing for s hoy or s
f rrown young man to realise that b>s father
• hi* best friend, e*p*cinlly If the father
nml non don't hit It eery well together.
Imperially, too. If the yonpg man snows
that the father ha« waited hts life. And
yH. It's s good thing for hoys snd yotfaf
men to reninmlier that, seen with nil the
inlanmleratnndlnK snd faults the fat ho r Jus,
there Is that In him that makes him lore
his lioy sad want him to go In the right
path. *
Why must It be that not until the years
of manhood hare come does *» boy realise
wbet his father Is to him? Wli/ must he
have to wait until Hie father is sleeping
hi* Inst sleep, waiting ’he angel's tramp,
Itefore he feel* as though he would like *0
slink* hi* father by tue hnml? Yet too
“ * Too oft
‘fttnagdrs la
INNUMERABLE GRADUATES
By MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN
'Copyright, 1906, by W. H. Ileurnt.)
It Is it mntter of serious thought ii* to
wlint I* to lx* the destiny of the legions
of grnduntes from the Innumerable mdiools
the country. As one sees tho
troop* of boy* nnd girls emerging for tho
Jam time from their schools one realises
hat they nr* to go nut Into the world to
III it place In the great scheme of the
world's work, and one naturally wonders
low many of them will M successful* and
hew lunuy will In* failures.
Not IU fret ip *n tly the poorest student nnd
dullest scholar when he once embarks upon
ii* life career astonishes those who know
him as n dullard by his astuteness and
alertness In the pursuit of the goal of 'ala
ambition; while some of the faithful, pa
tient. i onselentlona student* teem to lapse
Into dullness snd want of comprehension of
the art of success.
Very few appreciate the responsibility
resting opon them, for, after all. It Is the
duals that make up the whole. As
each O—- _ _
result be for
j nai .
betterment of the world.
There I* n saying that one-half of the
world does not know how the other half
manage* to exist, tt Is quite true that a
much larger portion of mankind Urea »i|w>n
‘he labor and effort of the few than should
.•# allowed to do *o. one sees continually
llluatratlona In the same family that one
works while the greater numlier plav. The
shiftless once trust "to luck for their fu
ture needs, nud It Is nn unexplainable fa ‘
that the ceaseless workers always come
the rescue of tbe Indolent and Indifferent.
Among those who are graduating there
III doubtless be Kdlson*. Marconta ami
tearhys and other wonderful gennlsee who
will startle the whole world by their mar-
veloiis Inventions nnd dlacoreriet.
The young man who recently made such
an Interesting nnd marvelous exhibition of
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nm
■ .... ■ _jme of — _
eapltol In hi* frail craft Is sab! to lie
nineteen year* of age. Ills ambition Is to
flnntly construct a ship In which he can
go through the air from Maine to i nll-
fornfn. nnd there are many persons who
believe that he will accomplish thl* won
derful feat In the not far distant future.
As In most eases It Is stnted that this
young mnn hn» worked out hla wonderful
Miwerfut.
agetnent am
lug evidence that money ta not all-mi —
and prottahly had he been favored by for
tune he would not have persisted until he
made the success that he haa already
scored. It Is to l*e hoped that he will not
lie spoiled to the extent of abandoning his
aspirations, but tlist he will eventually per
fect his scheme for making aomethlng that
will tie of lieneflt to mankind.
The greatest discoveries that have ever
been made hare l*een thorn* born of priva
tion. hardship nml opposition. They have
been the result of years of struggle nnd
have l*een almost In #%ery Instance, hy-
j potheen ted for modus with which to place
very
„ is that have
brought blessing* to mankind have yielded
little return to their author*, {.utterly
Inventors and discoverers have hnd more
encouragement to assist them thnn wus
accorded their predecfumora, nnd it I* to
In* honed that now aa money Is so plentiful
that those of tbe twentieth century uiny
not l»c larking of iiicnna with which to
work out their drentna.
The girls nnd young women who have
kept abreast with the yotmg men nnd l*oy«
In iheir classes have no loss rcsiMinsltdllty
than their tunic cotnpnnlqns. I pou them
devolve* the keeping of the home* and the
giving of much cheer to their life partners
In whatever they undertake to do. nml of
the bolding of morality and Christianity
up to Its highest standard In the homes and
community In which they live. They will
have much to do with Influencing husband*
and son* to superhuman effort In llfe'r
ears
ilssloner
hundred
f ew person* realise tne growtn or cut
tlnnnl advantages In the seventeen y<
which Dr. Harris served as commlsslc
of education. Five thousand five hnml
high Schools have Iteeti added; there *
but two thousand when Dr. Harris assumed
the ibittes of that office, while on hla re
tirement there are seven thousand five
hundred, which speaks volumes not only for
Dr Harris' administration, but of the am
bition and advancement of educational In
terests In the United States.
With such facilities n* are provided for
the cultivation nnd training of the youth
of America they have no excuse for occupy
ing a lower plane of Intelligence than any
other nation, and It It to I** admitted that
there Ik Indisputable evidence that the ef
fort which Is being made to .prepare the
generation for the Important part they are
to take In the affairs of the world during
the twentieth eentnrr la not wasted.
MBS. JOHN A. LOG AN.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
SEPTEMBER 4.
1532-Plxnrro landed In Pent.
1»-Philip II of .Spain diet!.
17*0—Benedict Arnold'* treason discovered.
1MT—Congress convened In extra session to
devise men*nrea to relieve the Itnnn-
clal embarrassments of the cnnntry.
1144—Two hundred lives lost In hnrrteane
at Mntnnmrns.
1*63— General Burnable occupied Knoxville.
1*64—The Confederate General Morgan's
forces routed nt Greenville, Tenn.
1874—Town of Mnketnmne Hill. Cal., totally
destroyed by fire.
1*94— First National bank, nf Helena, Mont.,
closed.
1834—British troops #ut«r#d Khartoum.
often It Is the rose.
iftco sons and
the father. Only occasionally do fathers
nnd sons have the mutunl lore snd for-
beam nee one for the other that .'bey should
have.
Whose fault Is It?
Today, father, when yon go home too
know your Imy will not meet yon with a
smile. Yon know he Is afraid or ashamed
of you. By the hopes nml the sorrows of
years that are to come, search your
heart nnd life, atul If yon are nt fault
make tho matter right.
Today, l*oy. young tnan. you may lie far
away from your father, even though living
under the same roof tree with him. Boy,
young man. In-fore It la too late, search
your own heart, and If you are at fault
make the matter right. Don't let years
add to the estrangement. Don’t let hitter
months nnd year* *tnr* you In tbe face
' en yon shall stand by tbe coffined dust
your father nnd any;
I'd give all I’m worth today Juat to
■bake tue hnnd of my father."
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Xclln Bergen i, tn lie the prims linnni
In "The Free Isinee" eompeny tble uca-
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York. Sept. 4.—All old baeeb,n
fans of the previous generation* re
member with pleasure the catehlneT.
"Doe” Bunhong. back In the eight!.,
"Docv settled down to the practice
hla profession after he quit bluebell
nnd the player* who knew him know
him no more. He distinguished h!m„o
ycatarday at Ocean City. N. J„ by maW
Ing & gallant attempt to rescue l
drownfkg woman, which nearly
him M?;if*.and that of hi. c a °*i
daughter, who had gone to hit
cue. ns well. *'■
Only the bravery of hla dauxhi..
saved a tragedy. The thre* Bu*honre
and the xvoraau they were trying to re.
cue formed a life line. Mis*
being the tallest, went flr»t. The J.
ter had reached her lip* before ,hi
could grnep her father's hand. Th.!
all the others caught hands and
brought ashore. wer *
President Roosevelt draws the line
a life mask. He has caused It to b!
knowa definitely and finally that h.
will not submit to have hi* face cov
ered with wet, itlcky plaster and
breathe through quill* till It harden*
Thl* he declares is more than po*ter
lty ba» any right to claim of him.
The friends ot David Dwight Holmea
prominent in the automobile trade in
thU city, and Miss Grace McDonnuzh
ot Boston, were amazed to learn today
that tliey had been married on Bund»v
night In. tho "Little Church Around th*
Corner." The couple were In an up.
town restaurant with three other cou
ples, tyhen Holme*, turning to Mi*,
McDonough, asked:
"Will you marry me tonight?"
For answer Miss McDonough moved
back from the table and extended her
hand to Mr. Holme*. Calling for their
wraps, the party antered Mr. Holme*'
touring car which waa waiting out-
side, and all speed waa made for th*
"Little Church Around the Corner."
GEORGIA NEWS
IN PARAGRAPHS
llgiim's rrogre**" until next
Mn ran rat Anglin ojmmhi her season
William Vaughan M«nm1.t'* play, •'The
Grant Dlthle."
James J. Cnrliett Is to be *<H*n In a ne4r
piny soon. It I* to la? railed "The Bur
glar nnd Ihe ledy.''
Kill* Jeffrey.' nett piny. It I* to lie call
ed "The llenr i nfnlr Net."
early next month In Chicago.
Krncet Mtnllnnl. nn Kngll.h nrtor. hns
been eng*ceil in nipimrt Henrietta Cm#-
mnn lu "All-of-ft-Su .en I'eggy."
It I. definitely ntinntinciHl thnt Mrs.
Ijmgtry • tour of America will In-gln next
moalb. Her reiiertnire will Include "Twlxt
Nightfall and Night." - 1 —' i 1 '"
Margaret Hale, who bn. Iieen leading
wen in n with Jehu Urew. I. the I.- i.llntc
Indr In W. II. Crnn-'n new -pin", “lb-
1'rlee of Money," just produced in New
Cotton Boll WmvII,
Special to The Georgian.
Haddock, Ga-. Sept. 4.—Information
received through farmers in this vicin
ity indicate that tha recent rain* have
don* great damage to the cotton crop.
Until the rains set in the prospects for
a good yield were never brighter, but
tbe Indications are now ttyU not more
than 60 tier Cent of an average crop
will be made. The boil worms art
prevalent and are doing much damtxa
Only a few bales have been marketed.
Mail Carrier* Enjoy Barbeout.
Special to Tha Georgian.
Americua, Ga- Sept. 4.—Rural mill
carriers from the fourteen counties of
the Third congressional district -oi-
■emblad In convention in Amerlcui
yesterday afternoon with a large at
tendance. The carrier* were welcomed
by Colonel Z. S. Childers and Colonel
Allen Fort in appropriate address**.
The visitors were entertained at t
barbecue dinner and adjourned to meet
In Ellaville on Thanksgiving day.
Store Is' Burglarized.
Special to The Georgian.
Amertcu*, Ga- Sept 4.—The zton
of Cobb A Montgomery, at Preitou,
waa burglarised a few nights ago, th*
safe opened and nearly 3400 in cub
carried away. They affected an en
trance to the safe without using ex
plosives.
Crusade Against Vagrant*.
Special to Tht Georgian.
Macon, Ga, Sopt. 4.—As th* reeult
of a quiet crusade against vagrant*
and Idlers by city and county officer*,
Macon is almost rid ot tbe criminal
ciaos of negroes. Many charges have
been preferred fn a quiet manner dur
ing the past week, nnd convictions re
sulted.
No Session of Counell.
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., HepL 4.—There will be
no seislon of the Macon city council
tonight on account of the session* of
the state Democratic convention.
Macon Prisoners Removed.
Special to The Georgian.
Macon. Oa., Sept. 4.—Albert Wlhon
and Henry McGill, held In connection
with the killing of John Newsome, <m
Bridge row, lost week, were removed
from the city prison to the county J»U
yesterday. They did not get a trial
In the recorder'* court, the esaes hsv-
Ing gone over till September 18.
Macon Court Convante.
Hpeolnl tu Th* Oeorglnn.
Macon. Ga., Sept. 4.—Th* September
term of the city court of Macon opened
yesterday. Before th* hour tor ad
journment for th* holiday celebration
many cooen had been cleared from tM
docket.
Died During Night.
R|<*clnl to The Oeorzlen.
Con yen, Ga- Sept. 4.—La*t Friday
night Squire William W. Swann re
tired In Ms usual health, and wm
found dead In his bed next morning.
The deceased was a prominent cltlien
of Rockdale county, and held the ofiir*
of district maglntrate for not lees thin
thirty conmcutlve years.
New Pantor Preached.
Special to Th* I i cor lion.
Haxvklnivllle, Os., Sept. 4.—Rev. 0.
L. Greaves, the new pastor of the Bap
tist church, preached Sunday morntnt
and evening to large and attentive
congregations.
“AND ONE CLEAR CALL FOR ME*
Mjr *0111 In ftllppln* It* lwi«h tonfakt
iThoy will wiy I rn»hly dl*l); h
But you floAtiMl adown the
whit#.— ^ . fll .
Down th# rlonr moon-path* where
' will#:
m vellwl |„ —. r „ .
And culled me to yotir old#.
I hnd thnnjrht yon lo«t In a formD**
Mine# the etfy entnmb#d your
i> I only rlunjc to your grnre. and ’
The rlolefn that l!u»b«l It with aw*
And kept ’with my *rl#f nloan a try«t.
Altov# yotir waxen face.
O love lluit I innnmed oo lon« and 'l^cp.
While you dreamed In Ihiradl*#. t
You have waked at Inat from yotir •lien*
With'**’’ I'loomr <tnwn In your rn4i»«r
An.l tnnUht a tryst with my lore I k-T
On the ni<Kia-|Nitti to the akl#*>
Tima t»i
They kf»o„ —. . .
Foe the iiKNHi-imtli to idlrer the ran.
Thnt I «'ii*»#l|f the Lre.tth «f a aerapb * °*
•r,might; .ml >-' 0 ’^^' , klBKLAMA