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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, Prexldent.
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Catered as seeond-claas matter April IS, 1901. at the Peeteflee at
Atlanta. Ga.. oaler act of coasreaa of March A 1*79.
A Notable Feat of Journalism.
The arreat ot Paul O. Stenaland, who Is charged with
having looted the Milwaukee Aveuue State bank, of Chi
cago, adds another leaf to the laurels which journalism
has contributed to the cause ot justice.
It will be remembered that while the entire police
force of Chicago was looking for Herlng, the cashier of
the bank, a reporter for The Tribune was quietly talking
to him In one of the largest parks In the city, and the an
nouncement was made through the columns of that paper
that the fugitive cashier would surrender himself within
a few hours. What the entire police force had been una
ble to accomplish the reporter for The Tribune did easily
and promptly and it was due exclusively to his own ef
forts that the arrest was made.
But In the meantime the larger criminal had made
good his escape. President Stensland was reported at
various times to have been In Mexico, In Brasil and In
other distant parts of the world. Some of these rumors
appeared to have a basis of truth, and It was expected
that his arrest would develop In the course ot a short
time.
But all the time a reporter for The Tribune, accom
panied by an offlcer from the district attorney's offlce,
was following a clew of bis own. The Inevitable woman
In the case turned up. She was the "woman scorned"—
one of those who felt that they had a grievance against
the bank president and she did not hesitate to give a tip
as to where Stensland had really gohe.
The consequence waa that within a few hours the
reporter and the district attorney's officer were on the
trail. They followed the fugitive to England, to Spain
and Anally to Morocco, where he was Anally captured
and whence he will be returned to the United States,
The newspapers of the country have taken the Ini
tiative In a great many notable enterprises. Those of
New York have done a number of things, since the days
when The Herald sent Stanley to Africa in search ot Dr.
Livingstone. But In recent years the Chicago papers ap
pear to have had the call. The rfecord-Herald has
equipped a large polar expedition under the direction ot
Walter Wellman, and at the aame time has sent William
E. Curtis to Russia at the very time when one of the
greatest revolutionary movements of modern times was
being pulled off. And now comes The Tribune which
sends Its special representative half way round the world
to capture the most elusive criminal of recent years.
These are valuable contributions on the part ot mod
ern journalism to the cause of humanity and Justice.
some time since that all the weeds In that municipality
would have to be cleaned up, and that Immediately Im
perilled the BunAower. The state was about to be de
nuded of Its most precious possession.
80. an order In council was taken to decide whether
the sundower was a flower or a weed and the Anal de
cision was that It was In very truth a flower.
This will give encouragement to the water-hyacinth
which in spite of Its beauty has been under the ban. Even
the cauliflower will be holding up Its bead and laying
claim to being a sure-enough flower. The pine burr. In
asmuch as It has become on emblem, will want to vie
with the golden-rod. All of which comes about through
the ofllclal recognition of the sunflower as being what Its
name Implies.
But Kansas deserves this special recognition. She
has been aflllcted with cranks and tornadoes so long
that she deserves some compensation.
As to Racial Prejudice.
Were tt not for the fact that none now dlsputos the
assertion that feeling against the negro Is a racial InsUnct
of the Anglo-Saxon and not merely a provincial preju
dice of the South, the Incidents of tumult and violence
that followed the Nelson-Gans prise flght would prove a
matter ot much Interest to students of sociology.
According to press reports, there were In New York
flvo affrays ot varying seriousness, all due to the boast
ing of negroes, elated with the victory of their represen
tative In the prise ring. One negro narrowly escaped
bolng lynched.
Violence and murder cropped out In Chicago. A
drunken negro, bearing a contemptuous remark made
about Qans, shot the speaker dead. While the flght
returns were being received the levee district burst
aflame with riot and disorder. In South Chicago, a
pitched battle between whites and negroes was precipita
ted, resulting In the severe beating of four blacks asd
the arrest of forty men.
At Keystone, W. Va„ a physician, superintendent ot
a hospital, shot and killed a negro who was celebrating
Gans' victory.
In Cincinnati there waa a miniature riot
No disorders or casualties were reported from the
8outh.
The Value of By-Products.
There Is a man who makes a good living by skim
ming oil from the river Seine.
This Is an Illustration of the value ot by-products, tho
Importance of which Is coming to be recognised more and
every year. The South Is the particular benefldary of
one form of this economy, for the cotton seed, which
used to be thrown away, now yield an annual Income of
$40,000,000.
The Standard Oil Company has so systematised Its
business that the graphic statement Is made that If every
drop of refined oil were thrown Into the sea the company
would sUII make a handsome profit from the by-prod
ucts.
This Is doubly Illuminating. It suggests In the first
place, the natural question, why should the people be re
quired to pay so much for refined oil If the great monopo
ly can make good money on the by-products alone? At
the same Ume It teaches us an Important lesson In econ
omy. Forty millions Is an Immense sum of money, ana
If It tan be saved in one single Industry the question
naturally arises, how much could be saved In other lines
ot Industry?
‘‘Despise not the day of small things” is an adage as
true today ss it was when tt was penned thousands of
years ago.
The Sunflower Recognized.
A much mooted question has at last been settled and
the people ot Kansas draw a sigh ot relief.
For It has been decided that the sunflower, the Im
mortal emblem of -the state, Is not a weed. During a
number of years this controversy has been raging. The
sunflower blooms In such prodlca! profusion out In Kan
sas that tt Is difficult to think of It as being a flower at
all. If It were an orchid or a Illy of the valley it would
be different. It would have the element of rarity about It.
But as the matter stands there are just enough sun
flowers In Kansas to make It the state emblem and at
the same time to make It so common that In the eyes
of tile world It is a weed.
At least It was a weed until the board of health took
Municipal Ownership Is 106 Years Old.
The Georgian Is In receipt of a communication
signed ‘'JUSTICE" and filled with phrases underscored
In red Ink. It Is not our Intention to use anonymous
cards, but as the communication from “JUSTICE" bears
A> obviously the earmarks ot having been written by a
corporation member or employee, we shall refer to a
few of the comments made by the unknown writer, as
It may help us to throw light on a situation that Is soon
to crystallite Into active measures.
‘.‘JUSTICE"—and that Is a fine old word, too good
to be tailing to odds and ends of communications—asks
first:
"Why are you for municipal ownership? Is It be
cause you see an opportunity to makeTho Georgian popu
lar by getting In behind the rag-tag and bobtail, who
seldom own anything besides a back-street house and a
vote, and are able to scrape up Just about enough hard-
earned coin to pay for a paper that panders to their social
istic visions and tries to strike at the foundation of our
great progress?”
The Georgian Is for municipal ownership, "JUS
TICE,” not only because the people WANT It, but be
cause the PEOPLE NEED It; and we intend to do all In
our power to help the PEOPLE GET IL The “back-
street” reference of the anonymous writer Is too snob
bish to require a retort; however, It might be well to
say that not all of us can live upon the principal streets.
Again, we have always thought that THE WORKER,
WHO OWNS HIS LITTLE HOME, and keeps it, and who
OWNS HIS VOTE and WONT SELL IT, was the REAL
FOUNDATION of uur wealth and progress. Out of raw
material worth practically nothing, he develops and de
vises the commodities that sell for from tour to ten times
the original value.
"JUSTICE," after elaborating his attack on the
voters of Atlanta and designating them ap “anarchistic
in their tendencies." and “going to their destruction in
their pursuit of a wtll-o’-the-wlsp." asks:
What Is The Georgian standing for anyway? Is it
for municipal ownership of gas, electricity or street rail
ways, or all three?”
Evidently "JUSTICE" does not subscribe to The
Georgian any more than he does to its views, or he
would know what The Georgian stands for. We take It
for granted that he must have over-heard some “back-
street" resident discuss our attitude favorably, or gained
an Inkling of our position by glancing over the shoulder
of some “vote owner" who had saved two cents to ex
pend on his favorite newspaper. We reply:
The Georgian stauda for the ownership of A gas
plant, AN electric light plant, and control by THE CITY
of whatever STREET CAR LINES may be operated over
Its streets. The question of a gas plant and ot the city
furnishing Its own electricity Is a simple one; the mat
ter of the street car lines may be delayed for some years,
but It will Inevitably come.
Let us leave “JUSTICE" a moment; some ot his
pbllllpplcs are about as Illuminating as the gas the city
gets during the last few days .of each month. The city
now owns its OWN police force, Its OWN lire department.
Its OWN health board, Its OWN police station. Its OWN
stockade, |ts OWN hospital and Its OWN waterworks. Is
there any citisen who would vote to turn over any one
of these to a private corporation? We think not. We
think every cltlten of Atlanta will admit, for Instance,
that THE WATER SERVICE FURNISHED BY THE
CITY IS JUST ABOUT AS GOOD AS PRIVATE COR
PORATION8 FURNI8H IN THE WAY OF A TELE
PHONE SERVICE, A TELEGRAPH SERVICE, A BAG
GAGE 8ERVICE OR A MESSENGER SERVICE. And at
that we are confident that many are prepared to state
that the city departments mentioned lead the water
works In efficiency.
For the sake of argument let us admit that the
municipally owned waterworks department IS NOT AS
EFFICIENT as that owned by a private corporation. We
have found In recent months that the freight rate re
ceived by Birmingham is far better than Atlanta's. How
about the water rate? The PEOPLE OF BIRMINGHAM
PAY TWO DOLLARS PER MONTH for their water ser
vice, and the cltisens of Atlanta PAY sixty cents. A
CORPORATION FURNISHES THE WATER SUPPLY
TO BIRMINGHAM!
We shall let "JUSTICE" In for a final spasm. He
writes:
“Municipal ownership Is RADICAL. (We put those
big letters In, but it was because “JUSTICE" had three
lines of red Ink under them.) It is contrary to the spirit
of the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution
of the United States. And, again, the political corruption
of American city governments would Involve Inefficient
officers appointed for political reasons, and consequent
mismanagement. If city officials are dishonest In their
dealings with corporations, there Is no reason to suppose
they would be more honorable In their management of
public Industries and funds.”
Now, we might dismiss these sentences from “JUS
TICE” by referring him to the article from which he de
liberately lifted the latter half of his second sentence and
all of bis last. But we shall take It up In the reverse of
the order he has written:
LASTLY. We know of no corruption among local
city officials. If there was you would hear from the
back street” voter. A recent primary demonstrates the
determination of the average cltlten to find out what he
wants and to attend to IL "JUSTICE" would have you
the matter up and adjudicated IL An edict went forth j lnr « r corporation officials are honest, because in
some cities public officials have been proved dishonest—
AND JAILED.
WHAT ABOUT THE RAILROAD REBATES?
WHAT ABOUT THE PACKING HOUSE HORRORS?
WHAT ABOUT THE FEARFUL INSURANCE SCAN
DALS?
WHAT ABOUT THE GREAT BANK CRASHES,
MANY OF THEM RECENT?
Now—we are still on the lastly—does "JUSTICE"
or any other man believe that any of the foregoing blots
would have been put on our country's escutcheon It the
government had owned the railroads, the packing houses,
the Insurance companies or the banks. AND DOES ANY
MAN BELIEVE THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD
LET A SINGLE DEPOSITOR IN ONE OF ITS OWN
BANKS LOSE A SINGLE PENNY THROUGH THE DE
FALCATION OF A TRU8TED OFFICIAL? Would you
feel safe If your money was In a postal savings depart
ment?
SECONDLY—We don't see how municipal ownership
Is contrary to the spirit of the Declaration of Indepen
dence or the Constitution of the United States. We sur
mise that “JUSTICE” wrote his effusion on Labor Day
and was under the misapprehension It was the Fourth ot
July, hence his patriotic ebullition along this line. WE
A88ERT IN ABSOLUTE SERIOUSNESS THAT THE
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WA8 NOTHING
MORE NOR LESS THAN A MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
MOVE. The people of this country were tired of Eng
land owning it; were disgusted with having A PRIVATE
CORPORATION OF NOBILITY, presided over by a king,
conduct the machinery of this country; were angered by
I having to pay taxes without representation. And we
Lave an idea that our forefathers actually CONFISCATED
their home country. AND THE PRIVATE CORPORA
TIONS OWNING PUBLIC UTILITIES ARE TODAY
TAXING THE, PEOPLE WITHOUT GIVING THEM REP
RESENTATION; but this we shall discuss another time.
As to the Constitution of the United States—we shall
leave that with “JUSTICE” while we procoed to —
FIRSTLY—“Municipal ownership Is RADICAL.” says
“JUSTICE." Well, the Declaration of Independence was
somewhat RADICAL, Judging from history, and It was
followed by VIOLENCE. The Georgian Is not suggesting
anything sanguinary, rather do we believe In arbitration,
provided through arbitration the people can get what they
want;' we were Just tracing history. Nor shall we Insist
that the famous Declaration Is In effect the municipal
ownership wc are seeking today; but you might think It
over.
But all this Is beside the question. We had just
started out to mention the fact that municipal ownership
In the United States Is ONE HUNDRED AND SIX
YEARS OLD. This Is true. The first municipally owned
waterworks was built In Winchester, Va., In 1800—just
106 years ago.
Despite the fact that It Is most difficult to get the
people to act In concert upon such a matter, even where
they are readiest to rebel against official corruption, out
of 13E plants In cities of over 30,000 Inhabitants EIGHTY-
EIGHT plants are municipally owned.
The Georgian directs these facts especially to those
who are inclined to believe that municipal ownership Is
an experiment or a fad!
A BABY IN
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
(Copyright, 1906, by Amerlcan-Journal-Bx-
amlner.)
I knew that a baby was hid In that houae,
Though I law no cradle, and hoard no cry;
Rut the huaband went tiptoeing 'round like
inouae.
And the fair wife waa humming a soft
Itttlahy;
And there was the look on her face of s
mother—
A look that meaua alwaya one thing, and
no otbor.
“A mother," I aald to myeclf, and I knew
The woman before me wae certainly that,
For there on the floor wae a ruts'little ehoe,
And I taw on the telde n wee pretty hat;
And the !>eard of the huaband said plain ae
could he
"Two fat, chubby band! bare been tugging
, at me."
^ •fYifwnjrvn-*
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
THE HOUSE
And he took from bis pocket a gny picture
(took;
And n dog that would bark, If you pulled
on a string,
And the wife put them by with such a
pleased look.
And I said to myself, “There Is no other
thing
But a babe that could bring nlxiut all this,
and so, w
That one Is lu hiding here, somewhere, 1
know."
I stayed but a moment, and saw nothing
more;
And heard not a sound, but I know I was
right;
What else cotjbl the shoe mean that Iny on
tho floor—
The book and the toy, and the faces so
bright?
And what made the husband ns still as a
mouse?
I am sure, very sure, there's n babe la that
house.
Nqq|;s and Corners of American History
DAVID CROCKETT
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
Of David Crockett nearly every na
tive American haa heard, and yet ot
David Crockett the average American
knows very little.
He waa a backwoodsman who could
shoot and tell funny yarns. Aa a etory
teller he was Inimitable, and as .for
his skill with the rifle, la It not proven
by the surrender of the coon, which,
when It looked down from the limb on
which It lay and aaw Crockett about to
lire, cried out: "Don’t ahoot. Colonel,
I’ll come down!”
Such la about the extent of the
knowledge that the rank and file of
the people have of the mkn whose
career reflects oa much credit upon hla
country aa any one who waa ever born
upon Its soil.
David Crockett waa Indeed a splendid
story-teller and ona of the best shots
that ever put gun to shoulder, but he
wae far more than that—he was a big-
brained, great-hearted, clear-aouled
man, whose Incorruptible manhood
made him the eternal example of all
who would do the thing that Is right
Crockett waa bom In the wilds of
Limestone county, Tenneasee, August
17, 1766.
Without education or any of the ac
complishments that go along with the
culture of the schools, the young back
woodiman by sheer merit and brain
power caught the attention ot his
neighbors, nnd waa by those neighbors
sent to represent them In the legisla
ture—1821-1826.
He did hi* work so well In the legis
lature that he waa sent to represent hla
state In the national congress, being
elected tint In 1828, and again in 1830.
While a member of congress he did
little talking, but when it came to vot
ing he waa alwaya on the side of “Jus
tice, economy and liberty.”
They laughed at hla roughshod ways,
Growth and Progress of the New South
Coder this bead will appear from time to time Information lllnatratlag tho.
remarkablo dovelopucot of the South which deserves something more than pass
ing attention.
Increase in Southern Trade.
The advance made laat year by the South In the mattor of commerce
was the most notable In her history. She .contributed directly and In
directly 40 per cent of the merchandise In the country's export trade, and
handled about 86 per cent of that trade through her own porta.
Of the export merchandise produced exclusively by the South, raw
cotton represented <401,005,til; cotton seed oil, $18,672,870; cotton seed
meal and cake, $18,078,100; naval stores, $20,075,586, and phosphate rock,
17,910,988, a total of $455,747,959.
Of export goods produced In other parts of the country os well as In
the South, the latter's estimated share was: Petroleum, $40,000,000; timber
and lumber, $40,000,000; cotton goods, $30,000,000; tobacco, $38,000,000;
provisions, $35,000,000; groin, $30,000,000; coal, $15,000,000; cattle, $13,000,000;
and fruits, $3,000,000, a total of $214,000,000. To these totals should be
added about $25,000,000, representing the South's share In exports of man
ufactures of Iron and steel, of manufactures of wood, of manufacture! of
leather and other articles originating primarily or secondarily In the South,
and there Is a grand total of 1(94,000,000 as the share of the South In the
91,743,1(4,600 of exports from the whole country.
Comparing the fiscal years 1(05 and 1906, the value of exports from
Southern ports Increased from $555,481,203 to $640,013,000, or by $8(,6S1,-
000, which Is equal to 15.6 per cent, while from all other porta the Increase
waa equal to 14.4 per cent.
Comparing the first year ot the century with 190( the South makes
even a better comparative showing, for during the five years the In
crease In value of exports was at Southern ports from <528,084,700 to $842,-
012,7(8. equivalent to about 21.4 per cent, while In all other ports the In
crease was equal to leas than 15 per cent.
In the matter of Imports considerable progress Is also being made by
the South, especially In comparison with the rest of the country, though Its
ports are by no means handling the quantity of Incoming, goods Justified
by the outward-bound movement, the healthiest commerce — that Is,
healthiest for the transportation Interests and the business Interests of the
ports handling It—being that In which the Incoming vessel or the outgoing
train shall have freight to carry away approaching In quantity or value the
freight which la the case of the steamer It Cakes out and in the case of the
railroad that which It brings In.
Between 1906 and 190( the value of Imports advanced from (83,051,(79
to I101,20(,14(, or by (18,152,4(8, equal to 21.9 per cent, at Southern porta,
while at other ports the Increase was from tl,034,4SM92 to $L12(,167,(98,
or by 190,898,108, equal to only (.7 per cent, and In the five years between
1101 and 1908 It advanced from (57,(11,418 to $101,208.148, or by (43,(94.727.
equal to 78.9 per cent, at Southern ports, and at all other ports from (7(5,-
8(0,747 to 11,125,1(7,(98^ nr by 1166.(98,951, equal to 48.9 per cent.
In 190( the value of Imports exceeded that of exports at Boston, New
York, Ran Francisco, Chicago and other flixtricts not in the South, but
Charleston and Tampa were about it's only ports of importance in the South
where there was such excess-
but no mother's son of them would for
one moment have attempted to bribe
or bulldoxe the unlettered hunter-con
gressman from whut he believed to be
the path of duty.
"Be sure you're right, then go ahead,'
was the motto of his lire, and from that
motto nothing could swerve him.
In the beginning of his enreer he Idol
Ixed "Old Hltkory." Than Andrew
Jackson there was. In hts opinion, no
? ;rnnder man, and he was prepared to
ollow him to the last ditch. But th
moment Jackson attempted that which
seemed to him to be wrong, Crockett
left him, denounced him and swore he
would have no more to do with him.
"I am at liberty to vote as my con
science and judgment dictate
right, without the yoke of any party
on me, or (he driver at my heels with
the whip In bis hands commanding me
at his pleasure.”
It took a man to brave the Ire of An
drew Jackson, but Crockett did It
for Jackson's wrath he did not care a
“continental.”
And so the rough man from the fron
tier served out his four years at Wash
Ington a patriot In the truest sense of
the word, returning to hit conetltutente
without spot or blemish, as clean os the
hearts of the oaks under whose boughs
he grew up to manhood.
Crockett was too honest to be suc
cessful In politics, and he met the fate
that might have been expected—he was
beaten, finally, by those who were bet-
teg versed than himself In the points *bf
the game.
But there was one thing that the
E olltlclans could not do—they could not
eep Crockett from fighting for human
liberty, and when the Texan patriots
began their heroic struggle against
Mexico, Crockett shouldered his trusty
rifle and started to aid them In their
glorious flght.
As long as the English language Is
read the name of "The Alamo” will
stand forth as the synonym of heroic
courage and sublime self-sacrifice.
Among the defenders of "The Alamo"
Crockett was prominently conspicuous.
When, In overwhelming numbers, the
Mexicans broke Into the stronghold,
Crockett was one of the few survivors
to meet them In the Anal death grap
ple.
-With his own hand he slew seventeen
of the enemy before he was struck
down.
All honor to this man's memory
Brave os a lion and as Incorruptible
as an nngel, he was proof against all
fear nnd all wrong.
Would that every young man In the
nntlon could read, study and "Inward
ly digest" the life of David Crockett.
“KEEP UP THE FIGHT.”
To the Editor of The Oeorglan:
I. and 1 believe every cltlxen who
has the good of our city at heart, np
predate your efforts to get Atlanta out
ot the clutches of the Georgia Rail
way and Electric Company monopoly,
I hope Alderman Key will be able to
do so, as far as the gas part of It la
concerned. But how about the electric
light port of It? Aa you truly say, the
city la now paying (110,000 per year,
with scarcely one-third enough lights.
It It la $110,000 now, how much will tt
be In five years?
One hundred and ten thousand
dollars la 4 per cent on about $2,800,-
000. The city has plenty of ground ot
the water-works plant to establish the
electric light system, and surely If the
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
can bring electricity from Bull sluice
and Gainesville, we can bring It from
the water-works. Under the law, we
have a right to use the conduits and
poles for municipal lights, but we ought
to see that our merchants are protected
should the present company attempt
to get the $110,000 from them, which
they lose from the city. <
It Is easy to crttldse, but where la
the remedy? Here It Is.
Let council pass an ordinance asking
of the legislature the right to Issue suf
ficient bonds to Install the plant, say
GOSSIP
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
Sji«v!al to Tin* Ooorglnu.
New York, Sept. 6.—It I. a rare th.-
when the New York atreet fakir rlj
a trick. He Is usually dose up t0 o
times, and quick to take advantageG
the days news to turn a more „ru?
honest penny.
The new spelling "message" of
Idcnt Roosevelt was one of these^
portunitles not to be lost, and
the best sellers along Park row i *
pamphlet called "The New (UthJP *
Spelling by President Rooseve '2* &
course, It Is not by the president
the fakirs did a land office bu»l£L b S
It at a 'nickel a copy. The nsnfu^
contained nothing more than a Tt« 2
the words auggested to be changed! *
The call of th*~wfld West has u_
heard by Theodore Roosevelt, j- “S
he proposes to answer it ’ ao "
From Gtenwood Springs Colo a
com# an Interview in whle’h TheildS?
Jr., says he Is going to grow up |„
jSreslden't ° nment hlS ,a "*'L «3
He means to rough It os soon at h.
gets out of college, and thinks he wo
enjoy punching cattle, hunting or
thing the wild and wooly offers | n ?£
way of wildness, of course. h ^
enjoy It. There are few healthy
many constituted boys who Would m
U hat the pirate was to boys of a m
Jury ago or so the cowpuncher I. tl
the boy of today, 10
Friends of Mrs. Charles M. Schwa,
while assured that the Illness wbS
cpflnes her to her magnificent ntvn!
side Drive palace Is not serloua an
beginning to worry about her u?
Schwab is most devoted In hla alien
tlons to his wife, and spends all tha
time he can take from Ills business b,
her side. ’
Mrs. Stuyvcsant Fish Is determined
to solve the mystery of the .Newport'
robbers, who paid a visit to her
guests at Crossways. She Is convinced
that It Is a case of Raffles nnd meant
to land him In Jail, no matter who ht
Is. She Is keeper on the hunt than the
police. r
Charged with horsewhipping a wIR
an, Edward T. Perkins, chairman o|
the Duchess county Democratic com.
mlttce, prominent lawyer nnd hrothet.
In-law of James K. Hill’s daughter,
will be tried at Poughkeepsie on Hat-
urday.
The accuser Is Edward S. Belknap, a
commercial traveler, who declares that
while riding with hla wife In an au
tomobile, Perkins, passing In hla car
riage, drew his horsewhip and struck
Mrs. Belknap a stinging blow acrosj
the face with the lash, leaving a great
red scar from chin to forehead.
Belknnp says Perkins was enraged
because his horse had been frightened
by the automobile. Perkins' version
of the affair Is different. He says hit
horse was frightened by the automo
bile and bnllted. He began to lash the
horse, and If the whip struck Mrs.
Belknap It wn« an accident.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private l.ene-l Wire.
New York, Sept. 6.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—Mre. C. E. Leebold, H.
C. Stowart, J. O. Wynne, A. Wynne,
.Mias C. Wynne, Miss Howell, Miss Wil
lingham, C. W. Bone, A. Bonnlman, J.
B. Cheatham, E. Dougherty, H. M. Mc
Cullough, B. D. Willingham, W. B. Wil
lingham. T. H. Martin.
SAVANNAH—G. V. Denny, D. C.
Foreman. B. H. Gaynor, Mrs. C. 0.
Israel, G. L. Mohr.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
SEPTEMBER 6.
1493—Colutubaa Mlled from the Canary Ift*
lamia on voyngc of <ll*rovi>ry.
1578— Krancla Dmko entered Pnolfle oor«i
through Htrnlta of Mngellnu.
1645—New Netherlaml colon/ oli«wrw
tluiukajflvliik' for restoration of petf*
with the Indiana. . .
1781—Fort Griawold taken l»y the BrltUI
under Arnold.
1814—American and Brltlih land and watrf
foreea engaged In battle at UU
Cbauiulaln.
1842—M. E. lugalla, president of Big Font
railroad, T*orn. .
1861-tjenernl Grant took pottetftlon ot
1871—Tlie U more Golilamlth Maid trotted ft
mile In 2:17 at Milwaukee. . _
1874—Lafayette atntue unretled In l aloft
Square. New York city. . ,
1904—New York leglalatlve, Inrefttlffttlnj
emnmlttee itegau examination or uw
Insurance companies.
COLORED WASHWOMEN
AND COOKS ORGANIZED
Special to The Georgian.
Brunswick, Ga., Sept. (.—In the P»-
rade of the labor unions In this city
on Monday last the colored washwo
men, cooks and housemaids wore rep
resented. This fact came as a sur
prise to most of the white people of
Irunswlck, as lt‘ was not generally
Known that tbs colored women or tns
city bed an organisation. It srema
however, that they have been organ-
Isetl for xome months, and their union
has quite a large membership.
WEST INDIA CYCLONE
MOVES TOWARD GEORGIA
hpe.-ljil to The Georgian.
Brunswick, O*., Sept. (.—A warn-
„.g was issued yesterday by the Unit**
States weather bureau to mariners, ad
vising them of the approach or a cy
clone from the Wftit Indies. C on
quently all sailing vessels In this
which were ready to put to sea haw
postponed their sailing awaiting ae
velopmenta.
$600,000, at 4 per cent. (These bonJ*
would bring a premium.) After in
bonds have been Issued, It would be
easy matter to do the rest. <» r *
park. Piedmont park, police ••••J. 0 "’'J?.
I- das* mII tha /»$♦ V
ments,
but
, rieamoni par*, pome
. house*. In fact, nil the city depart
Its, are clamoring for more MsJG
out council Is unable to give them- *
eVfcry extra light put up. both In >
city and suburbs, means bettsr
protection, as the criminal bates IMP*
Another good reason why the
should own Its own light plant ••
— could then establish night achoon
men, women, boys an<f gt«» *“ rt
■uu<t work during the day to twv°
themselves and families. .
By all means, Mr. Editor, g*J * -
r to put In Its own plant and It **.
ne the saving of many thousand*
dollars annually for the city, and * u
*1 of great- benefit to our cltisens
Keep up the light. A good cause nn
yet been lost. _
IL C. BOSCHt
Atlanta, BepL 5.