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Newspaper Page TextTHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN- Kill DAY, SEPTEMBER 7. la*. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, Praildem. Telephone Conneciloni. Subscription Rites: One.Year........ $4.50 Six Months ....... 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By CstTler, per week IOc Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by THE GEORGIAN CO. it 25 W. Alsbsmt Street, Atlanta; Ga. 77 Entered aa second-elaas mattar April S, ISOS, at th» Postofflee at Atlanta. Ga.. andtr act of congress of March A 1S7I. Devise a Plan. It la conceded by everyone not Interested In the cor porations that .the city should have a municipally owned and municipally operated gas and electric lighting plant. Many of the friends of the movement have suggested to us that It would be well if a plan was devised for the peo ple to get what they want. They want the agitation to take some definite, tangible shape. They want some thing to work on. We know that It Is a sane, business-like proposition. We know that any business man would spend his Income for a year If be knew It would double and treble his In come for the rest of hi a life. We ask you to consider aerlously, what you would db If you owned the city of Atlanta, just as you own your business. We ask you If you would be willing to pay more than $110,000 a year for poorly lighting the streets of your city If you could Install a plant to be owned and operated by you at what one year's light cost you, and In future furnish the same quantity of light for from $50,000 to $50,000 a year? We ask you If you would continue to pay $110,000 a year for a few lights If you could get twice that number for the same money, and especially if you needed them? We don't think so. Jnst because you do not own the entire city you must not get the Idea that you haven't got any Interest In It. It Is just as much yours as anybody else's—except the Georgia Railway and Electric Company. Merchant, when you pay an exorbitant charge for your gas and electric lights, don't you realise that you are cutting down your profits? Manufacturer, when you are the victim of exor- . bltant charges for light and power don't you realise that you are at a disadvantage with your more fortunately located competitor? House owner, don't you know that the money which Is being collected from you unjustly by the Geor gia Railway and Electric Company could be going to re ducing the debt on that house, and If the house Is al ready paid for. to beautifying It? Housewife, don't you realise that you would havo more money for the little luxuries of life It your husband didn’t have to pay exorbitant charges for the. gas used In that range of yours back In the kitchen? Boarder, don’t you know your board bill wouldn't be so much If your landladly didn’t have to pay*exor- bltant charges for the gas with which she cooks your meals and for the electricity with which she lights your room? Clerk, don't you understand that your employer would be In position to pay you a better salary If ho didn’t have to pay exorbitant ratea for the gaa and elec tric lights which he uses for you to work by? Laborer, can’t you understand that there would be more fields of endeavor open to you If the manufac turers knew that they would not be overcharged for light and power If tbey constructed factories here? Some of you are foolish enough to say that these lit tle things don't amount to much. Is that true? How about a 6-cont piece, a cheap little nickel? Does It amount .to much? We think so. It keeps the street railway system of this and hundreds of other cities op erating. Two cents Is even less, but the many two- cent pieces which come to this paper do a lot toward keeping It going. Don't get the Idea Into your head that this overcharge doesn't amount to much. It amounts to Millions. We believe a Joint committee of cltlsens and mem bers of council should be appointed to devise a plan whereby the people could be relieved of this unjust charge. We believe there are good and wise cltlsens, men of brains and financial reaponstblllty, who would be glad to serve. We know there are members of council who would serve. We respectfully suggest that some member of coun cil take this suggestion under advisement and act. The Proposed Immigrant Association. It Is a matter of regret that the Georgia legislature did not see Bt to establish an Immigration bureau which would have upon Its work tbe official seal of the state'a approval, but the Important point Is to get the Immigrants here and to get them of a class which Is worth while. To this end we see no good reason why the trade and commercial bodies of the state should not co operate with the Savannah chamber of commerce and board of trade In tbe plan which baa been outlined by that organisation. It Is proposed that a general asso ciation should be formed of the representative commer cial bodies In the state and that the general organi sation shall appoint an Immigration agent. It Is also understood that a direct line of steamers will be established between Savannah and European ports within the next three months for the special purpose of bringing immigrants to this country. The labor question Is growing more and more acute every year. The gravity of tbe situation was never felt more than at this season of the year. The Helds are ripening for tbe harvest and the farmers need thou sands of bands to gather the cotton and the grain, and yet from all over the state there goes up the familiar cry that the laborers are few. The Georgian repeats what It has said on many oc casions before that we do not want to bring Into the South, among this Ang!o-8axon people, the riff-raff of the old world—the potential anarchists and socialists of the congested cities of Euro|ve. But we do want the solid, thrifty and Industrious races who will amalgamate read ily with our own people and at the same time supply this crying need for labor which Is going up from all over the South. in the absence of any better plan, the movement set on foot by the cltlsens of Savannah appeals to the Judg ment of thinking men and we hope to see It crystallise Into something solid and practicable within a short time. Almost anything la worth tbe experiment which does not dump upon ua the scum of the old world: and we are as sured that this will not be done by the proposed organi sation. If it Is conducted along tbe lines proposed In the p.elimlnary announcement It will meet with general ap- p.o.al and we believe with great success. A Closer View of Mr. Bryan. A personal contact with Mr. Bryan leaves upon tbe mind of a thoughtful observer tbe very distinct Impres sion that the presidency of the United States Is by no means a matter of llto and death with the Nebraska statesman. One who studies him at close range In connection with his recent utterances cannot fall to think that Mr. Bryan Is putting Into practice what Henry Clay expressed In theory, and “would rather be right than president.” It was not necessary, as a matter of policy, for Mr. Bryan to have voiced his views on the government own ership of the railroads. He was coming back from Eu rope tbe Idol of his party, the "rose and expectation” of all Democracy, and he had nothing to do but to receive the adulation and tbe assured support of all factions of the Democratic party upon the lines of his previously ex pressed convictions, omitting tbe money question, which by his own statement bad been eliminated from tbe epooomlc Held. The fact that Mr. Bryan goes out of his way to vocal ise and to centralise bis creeds around government own ership Is ap Indication that either Mr. Bryan was unwlll ing to be classed as a conservative with the Imputation of change which that term Implies; or what Is more like ly that be had held this conviction In hts soul as the re sult of his leisurely reflection and observation, and chose to voice It with absolute Indifference to Its effect upon bis candidacy for the Democratic nomination in 1808. Tbe pronouncement against Mr. Sullivan, of Illinois, waa exactly on the same line, and measured by the stand ards of politics was an unnecessary and Imprudent pro ceeding, since-Sullivan and all his crowd were enthusl astlcally In favor of nominating Bryan as tbe Democratic candidate. With his views having been once expressed upon that line there can be no explanation of their em phatic reassertlon In Chicago except the fact that they voiced the hopest and earnest convictions of the speaker who bad rather assert them than to receive the nomlna tlon ‘for the presidency. A third probability In the case Is that Mr. Bryan may feel In the might of his overwhelming receptions, that be has strength enough to coerce the public opinion of his party Into line with his own, and to establish the principles and standards which he would And It pleasant and congenial to advocate. For our own part we are pretty thoroughly convinced of the correctness of the first theory—that Mr. Bryan Is not so enamored of the prospect of a third candidacy that he Is willing to sacrlflce any honest conviction or any record of consistency to attain It. And why should he? Mr. Bryan at the present mo ment Is a greater man than a president. He is by com mon concession known In Europe and In America as the Great Commoner.” He enjoys a position In this country almost exactly similar to that which Mr. Gladstone enjoy ed In England, and the universal tribute paid him by people great and small In all countries, Indicates that his International fame Is assuming the caliber and propor tion of the great Englishman who died In the respect and the reverence of the world. Mr. Bryan is also by common consent regarded as the flrst citizen of the United States. His position Is higher than that of Mr. Cleveland or that of any man who has held the position of president of the United Btates. His only rival In dis tinction and popularity In this country Is found In the person of Theodore Roosevelt, who enjoys his repute, not so much because he Is president of the United States as because of his personality and of his achievement which Is greater than the office. There Is no real reason why Mr. Bryan should be eager for the presidency. He does not need It to complete his fame, for In point of fact his occupancy of the white house and his possible, failure to execute some of the great policies for which he stands, might serve to dimin ish rather than to Increase his repute. He does not need the office from a financial standpoint because he has al ready amassed by his own legitimate efforts a fortune ample for all of his desires, and his Income, which he can spend at home, Is perhaps larger than the salrgy which as president be would spend much more lavishly In the garish light of the capital. So, that If great ambitions are moved by the desire for fame and fortune and usefulness, any man can see, and >no man more clearly than Mr. Bryan, that he al ready enjoys each of tbeso possessions In greater meas ure than he could as the strenuous executive of a party that has not held the government but twice In half a century. All of which places Mr. Bryan In a peculiarly Inde pendent and a peculiarly happy position both for himself and for the sake of honesty and the people. He can af ford to be honest with himself and to be honest with the people. He can afford to stand for the things that are right and for the things that are clean, and to either lose tbe presidency, or to accept It only upon terms which w|ll redound to the honor of the party and the Integrity of the republic. We have great faith that the people are profoundly In sympathy with Mr. Bryan upon all of the contentions he has so far made, Including his/government ownership plan. The age Is radical, as all men who look below the surface can readily discern. The people have been clearly aroused upon public questions and are greatly In dignant over the disclosures of graft and corruption and selfishness In great conioratlons. Tbey are distinctly disposed all over the country to reduce these corporations to a position of subjection, or at least of complete regu lation. And, It so great and so clean a man as Mr. Bryan tells tbe people this can only be done by government own ership, we are fully persuaded that the great majority of the people will fall Into line and agree with him. It does not by any means prove that Mr. Bryan's theo ry Is unpopular because so many politicians and public men within the party differ with him. In our last state campaign the large majority of the politicians and pub lic men of our state Democracy were opposed to the elec tion of Hoke Smith, and yet we think It will be generally conceded that with the aid of the people who were op posed to the politicians, Mr. Smith had some few votes to spare when the returns wore all In. We are learning as one of the distinct lessons of this great ago that there Is sometimes a very great differ ence of opinion between the people and the politicians. And Mr. Bryan, who knows the people, probably knows this. The Passing of Castro, The mystery which has always surrounded President Castro in one form or another has been Intensified of late by a serious Illness of which be appears to be the vic tim. . It will be remembered that be recently quit the re tirement In which he said he would spend tbe remainder of his days and, coming back to tbe capital, resumed the reins of government He seems to have bis people lit erally hypnotized and can do Just as he pleases. When ever he gets ready to lay aside the cares of office be turns the great seal over to his understudy; and when he wants to come back aa presidential dictator, tbe oblig ing- understudy steps aside and gives him the' executive chair. Very quietly he recently went to Curacoa. He said nothing of bis plans and did not "resign,” as he had done on a previous occasion. And now the rumor has gained currency that he Is paralyzed and will never be himself again. No authentic information Is given out concerning him and no one seems to be certain as to the extent of his affliction, but It Is evident that something has happened to him and South American circles are ac cordingly much disturbed. The death of Castro would retnove one of tbe most picturesque adventurers who mounted to eminence in South America. He Is so small In stature that he Is al most a dwarf. He was absolutely without education or early advantages of any kihd. But he placed himself at the head of one of those periodical revolutions which afflict the Latln-Amerlcan states and succeeded In acquiring the reins of govern menL No man doubts his personal courage, although at times he has been somewhat quixotic, as for Instance, when he threatened to land an army of 10,000 men at New Orleans and march on the national capital. He has hurled defiance at England and bullied Colombia. That he has made the most of his talents cannot be denied and If be passes from the stage of action the whole world will miss the dark little man on horseback. the hour of victory," and sometimes It does seem that this is true. Certa'nly there could be no greater mistake than for party leaders like Folk and Stone to set an ex ample of bickering and spite. Without Governor Folk the celebration will not be all that it should be. On such an occasion he will be distinctly conspicuous by his absence and his decision Is a matter of grave regret. The current Issue of The Book News Monthly, Is sued by John Wanamaker, Is one of the most excellent of the lltsrary publications now before tha public. The three color frontispiece Is a work of the highest art. There are so many literary magaxlnes these days which a)e merely the organs of book publishers that it is a pleasure to And one which has no axe to grind. The Industrial edition of The Spartanburg Journal Just from tbe press Is one of tbe handsomest speolal numbers ever Issued In the South. It Is profusely Illus trated and presents the Industrial, commercial and agri cultural resources of the community, together with Its educational advantages, in a graphic manner. We con gratulate The Journal on its signal enterprise. It’s Unworthy of You, Mr. Folk. Governor Joe Folk has disappointed his friends by bis display of petty feeling against Senator W. L. Stone. St. Louis Is one of the cities which propose to enjoy the luxury of a Bryan rally. As time goes on the city which does not have such a celebration will be a distinct exception, so of course St. Louis bad to be among the first to claim this honor. The arrangements are being made on the most elab orate scale and tbe Indications are that the oration will be scarcely second to that accorded the distinguished Democrat In New York and Chicago. It was practically Indispensable to the success of the occasion that tho governor of the state should partici pate and particularly when the governor was such a dis tinguished Democrat as Joe Folk. But he announces that he cannot participate In the exercises because It might Involve his having to ride In the carriage with Senator Stone. There has been a long-standing feud between these two men, but It would seem In all conscience that on an occasion like this petty Jealousies and resentments would be laid aside for the time being, at least. Governor Folk la a big man, and he surely could afford to rise superior to such small feelings at this time. The Democratlo party has a great opportunity before It and In order to avail Itself fully of tbe advantages that are unfolding before It all persona! differences should be healed. General Grant once said that you could "always count on the Democratic party to make a fool of Itself In MR. PATTER80N 8TATES HI8 POSITION. To the Editor of The Georgian: My attention has been called to an editorial In your paper of Wednesday afternoon, wherein my name is sar castically referred to. I am not writing this with a view of entering Into a controversy with the writer of the edi torial, who I would guess, If It was necessary, was Aider- man Key himself. Certainly, If he didn't write It, he must have dictated it; for It contains numerous expres sions identical with those he Is accustomed to using when discussing gas franchise, etc. Mr. Key 1b entitled to his views on this subject and to exploit them In any manner which commends Itself to him, but It Is a mite selfish for him to assume the role of sole patriot on Ills special gas franchise Investigating committee. I would not deprive him of any of bis “plaudits,” nor would I seek any myself at tho expense of my conscience. I do not wish to be understood as charging that any one else Is doing that, but when Mr. Key was kindly expressing his views before the committee a short time ago, ho remark ed that he desired the “plaudits” of the people, but as I remember It, he did not Intimate that his conscience was at all Involved. However, this may lmvo been an oversight on his part, or my memory may be at fault. All I desire to do. Mr. Editor, Ib to tell the writer whoso “plaudits” I am seeking, and why. I am seeking the "plaudits” or approval of my own conscince flrst. and those of my fellow men next. Somo people reverse these conditions. If I had political ambitions and believed that “plaudits” were the one essential to tbolr gratification, I might go on an active quest for them, but I haven't those ambitions, nor do 1 believe that any man who will sacrlflce his convictions is entitled to the "plaudits” of his fellows. I am only endeavoring, Mr. Editor, to do in this gas investigation what I believe justice and equity demand. The granting of a perpetual • franchise to the gas com pany may have been a mistake, but a half century ago that was the rule; Indeed there was practically no other way to enlist capital in corporate enterprises. Tbe city of Atlanta at that time, for the comfort of the people, and In order to be progressive, very greatly needed a gas plant. In order to procure tho establishment of the plant, the city granted a perpetual franchise and became a large stockholder In the company. For many years It reaped large dividends on this venture, but In course of time parted with Its holdings. The ownership has prob ably changed several times; the physical property, meth ods of making gas, Its use, and the price at which It has been sold, have also changed, but the contract or agree ment with the owners of the property Is unchanged, and fairness and good faith, I believe, require thnt the city continue to abide that contract. Your editorial charges that the property Is owned by "a millionaire In Boston.” and I suppose refers to Mr. T. Jefferson Cooledge, Jr. This statement Is untrue. The Georgia Railway and Electric Company Is the owner, as I believe, of the gas property, and for this “Boston millionaire" to be the own er of the gaa property, he would have to be the sole'own- er of the former company. I know that be Is not the sole owner of the Georgia Railway and Electrio Company, but that our own people, Atlanta people, have large hold ings in it It tbe ownership of all tho municipal utilities was vested in one person, I do not know a man who would administer them with greater fairness nor with a higher conception of his duty to the public than would Mr. Cooledge. Although a young man of great wealth, he la as unassuming and democratic as any bumble dtlfen of our own good city. I have no intimacy with Mr. Cooledge, Indeed I doubt whether he would know me If we should meet, but I do know something of his business career and methods, and therefore say this much in justice to him. Mr. Cooledge has been an Im portant factor in the development of our city and state, and deserves our good will and fair treatment at least. While I believe the franchise of the gas company Is perpetual. It Is not exclusive. If another company de sires, bona fide, tbe privilege of constructing and operat ing a plant in this city, or If It can be shown that the present company Is “gouging” the people, and the city desires a plant of Its own, I would, as far as my humble efforts permitted, aid in the accomplishment of either undertaking; but I am unwilling to go on a search for "plaudits" in order to agree with one who has a pro longed attack of hysteria on the subject of municipal ownership, which has, in some Instances, proven to be municipal graft. Referring to the opinion of our city attorney, for whom I have the utmost respect both as a man and lawyer, I have been quite as consistent In heeding bis ad vice as Mr. Key has. Not many months ago Mr. Mnyson advised that tbe police department could be placed un der civil service regulations under certain conditions, but Mr. Key took Issue with him, and so advised some members of the police board; at least that Is my Infor mation. When the city attorney's opinions are approved by Mr. Key, he seems to feel that everybody else should accept them, but It would be more consistent If be accord ed to others the right he reserves for himself. Respect fully, W. H. PATTERSON. ! GOSSIP Growth and Progress of the New South Under this head wilt appear from time to time Information lllnstrstlnx tbs reraarkalil* development of the South which deserves something more then pois ing attention. The Journal writes a long column to explain why Its editorial correspondent misrepresented the facts in a New York incident In order to cut a generous competitor out of the small credit of capably discharging an honor able commission. The verblsge of The Journal's apology Is Immense, but It does not remotely explain why Its editorial correspondent who personally knew all the facts went out of bis way to misstate the facts. The Incident, Tho Journal says, was a trivial one. And so It was. But tbe very smallness of the Incident emphasises the small ness of the spirit that would misrepresent so small an occasion for the Infinitely small purpose of robbing a friendly contemporary of the little credit due. It was tbe spirit that surprised us. It wasn't worthy of a paper like The Journal. But we accept Its apology. A Week’s Industrial Development. The new Industries In the South reported to The Tradesman, In Chat tanooga, for the flret week In the fall months Indicates an Increase of aome 20 per cent over the correapondlng week of last year, which la about the proportion thua far maintained throughout the entire year. The diversification, llkewlae. contlnuea to be moat gratifying, aa there are conatant evfdencea occurring of a higher claaa of work belhg Inaugu rated In which greater aklll la required than formerly, atlll further ahowlng that the South will not be content In manufacturing the lower gradea of producta either In cotton, wool or wood, aa waa once claimed would be the caae. In thla week's report there are aaw worka, piano and furniture facto- riea, caaket factories refining company tor peanut oil, a number of cotton oil companies and varloua woodworking plants, while the largest capitali sation occurs In Texas and Oklahoma, each having a mlUlon-dollar enter prise. • There Is also evidence that the activity Is very well distributed among the states of the South. Texas being the larger state, naturally has a larger number of new Industries, but there la something doing all along the line, and every state seems fully alive to Its opportunities. The following Is the list: $20.06) manufacturing rotupnny. Ilnmniond—Ic* factory. Meriuenton—190.000 rice mill. Lake Charles—135.000 construction com pnny. MIHHJXHIJTI. Omnjre Grove—$25,000 brick end tile works. Wlnoui—$10,000 foundry and marhliie works. K.IUsvIlle—$30,000 land company. Clinton—Laundry snd Ice factory. Htsrksvtllc—$10,000 machine company. Hattiesburg—$200,000 machinery company. mi Suomi. llIjrjhnBYllle—Telephone system. ALABAMA. Jasper—l.umlter will. Birmingham—$24,000 construction company. Elba—Hawinlll. Mobile—96,000 coal company: Isnd com- ^Vimidwater—Electric light plant, Thomatvllle—Ice factory. Scottsi>©ro—Cotton gin Georgians—Hs winlll. A KK A SHAH. hardware compsuy. tisreola—Waterworks. YellvIUe—IW.Ojo Is ml company. FLORIDA. Jacksonville—$100,000 Ice factory. . GEORGIA. Fltsgern Id-415,000 compress nml warehouse company. Brunswick-4100.000 telephone system, and naval stores plant. Itogansvlile—$60,000 lumber company. Atlanta-$15.noo saw works; planing mill. Havannah-Foundry and machine shops. Columbus-Brick and terra cotta works. KENTUCKY. I^Hilsvllle—Bottling works; $14,000 wood working plant. Islington—$60,000 mining company. Wbeatrmft-4Moo l»rtek snd tile works. Illokmnn-tio,oo0 hardware company. Arlington—Hn winlll. I 'pton—Wa terworks. dtssgow—Flour and grist mill. LOl’IHIANA. loike Providence—Cotton compress. Ilamiuond-475.000 wisden mill. New U»lean*—$75,0000 cypress company; \Vel.l$ City—$100,000 i 000 mining company. NORTH CAROLINA. Salisbury—$ltV),000 furniture factory. I tnrhnm-Ha winlll. Ijiurlnhurg—Cotton mill. Cleveland—Cot top gin. OKLAHOMA. HI ngwood—$16,600 mill a ml elevator com pany. Cash Inn—$4,000 cotton gin. Euld—$100,000 land company. Guthrie-$50,000 manufacturing company. Greenfield—$7,000 gin ami milling rompauy. draermont—ll.000.ooo oil and gas company. Hhownee—$200,000 oil and gas company. Cleo—$6,000 telephone system. Oklahoma city— $20,000 land company; $10,- 000 office supply company. El Reno—$10,000 hardware company. SOUTH CAROLINA. Raml»erg-Fumlture and hardware com pany. Hpartanlmrg—$3,000 Isnd company. Greenville—$75,001 Investment company. TENNEHHKE. (’Ilfton—$26,000 building and land company. Centerville—drfat mill. Memphis—$10,000 I n veal men t company. Brownsville—$10,000 sawmill. Paris—$26,000 chemical company. Jellico—$10,000 fuel compnuy. TEX AH. Iievlne—$8.0)0 cotton gin. doree—$6,000 cotton gin. l'carsall—$$.000 warehouse company. Ben muon t—<6.000 oil coniiuiny. Nncogdoebes—$10,000 oil i-ompany. ANee—410.000 telephone coiu|Mny. Dallas—$10.00) land company; $1<X),000 min ing plant: $26,000 mniinfuctiiting company; $15,000 niiichlne factory. Fort Worth—$1,000,On) railway ami light tummy. Houston—$100,000 casket factory: $76.0)0 Itimfier company; $60,00) orpin ami irfrtno factory. El l'aso—$100,000 brick works. Byers—$26,000 bridge eoiuonny. Han Antonin—$60.00) land roinpnny. Kellys—$10,000 lumlier company, Dalhart—$10,000 laundry. Rockdale—Cotton gin. VIRGINIA. Pc.irisburg—Electric light plant. Htaunton—$25,000 lumlier couipauy. Big Htone dap—$50,000 wuterworks. Ocean View—Electric power plant. Norfolk—$100,009 laud rompauy. Wythevl lie—$10,000 lunuiifnettirlng i Tfi,, gdou—$6.ono laundry. Franklin—$60.0X1 iieanut factory. Rlf-huiond—L5.AK) machinery works. Clarksville—$25.00.) distillery: Boydtoiw—$25.00) building and loan com pany. I.yuehbnrg—$10,000 bottling works. WEST VIRGINIA. Ht. Marys—$10,000 Implement company, t bnrlestou—$25,000 supply company, Melister Kprlurs-46,000 lumlier emupany. Huntington—<2$).fl00 foundry company. Morgan ton—$60,000 oil company. MEN AND WOMEN. By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. New York, Sept. 7.—The aerlou.« nee.s of Mrs. William Astor, and t # assured iliat her illness brings before the public eye th« ^ reniarltnble woman In American , it has been said that Mrs i?' la society so far as the New branch of the Institution is conc-L , Since 1874, when she gave the a-,, * those balls, an Invitation to meant that the recipient had reartJ the highest round of the social lad?* 1 Mrs. Astofs right to the leaderahtod society has been unquestioned iJv* person was united the best strsi..”? Knickerbocker blood with utfhrt.3 rash, exquisite taste and „SS Judgment In social matters. rn °» Her invitation list has alwav, h,„ famous for Its exclusiveness. Thi..? elusiveness was not gauged bySi •tnndard known In these “Sllpshnds"—really I cannot think of other word thot expresses It—but SI so built on the lines of the old KnJf’ erbocker blood that to be added mi and to be seen at any of the Mr. .. tor entertainments was to set widss» von all gates to New Yorks nnriu. This old blood did not draw the !Im at'trade or business so much a, t t X. inborn refinement, the polished farnii and a respectability that money cm not buy. J. P. Morgan and his mlllionalii neighbors about Thirty-sixth rtrtet uJ Fifth avenue have ■ water famine a leak in the main supplying that aw tlon of the city has caused the aupnii to be shut off Indefinitely and tb. millionaires for a time will have u take theirs "straight” or use mlnmj water. “Well, I couldn't stand there and in Nellie drowned, could IT' That was all modest 8-yesr.nld J«. sle de Young, of Jersey City, would ny after she hud proved herseli i heroine by saving Nellie Drew, an| 12, front drowning In New York bay Without a moment's healtatl, n tht 8-vear-old girl sprang Into the wattt with nil . her clothes on and swam her drowning playmate whom i rescued. Under the decision made by Map., trnte Btcwart, In the caae of Mra. Gold, roan, who was threatened with prow, rutlon because she indulged in tbs great American game, he holds there ia no reason why a woman should im J dsv poker, even If her husband ok. eel a. "I see no harm In the game." ul4 the magistrate, with a calm Judicial noise. "It Is not a crime to play po ker." GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. New York. Sept. 7.—Here are eons of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—J. H. Lumpkin. T. Sprague. SAVANNAH—J. H. Haslam, H. Blsbee,' M. W. Farr, J. Henderson, L. S. Munnally. IN WASHINGTON, At Washington’hotels: GEORGIA—Margaret Affleck, Bettis Afftsck, ’ Estell Collins, Mamie Web- star, of Columbus, at the St. Jamei; W. W. Hudson, of Atlanta; C. O. Mack, all. C. Green, of Savannah, at tht Raleigh. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. SEPTEMBER 7. 17ift— Montreal surrendered to the EnfllA 18ft$—Hllas C. Herring* inventor «*f modtrl safes, burn. Died June 23, MSI. 1M$—Tbonias A. Hendricks twentr-Ont vice president of the United State* Iwrn. Died November 28, 18#. ____ Warsaw raptured by the Russ.,— 1813—Hannah More. English nutbow* died. Born 1T46. . . 1850—I loose pasted bill admlttlufr OUfoe nln to statehood. Mathias \V. Baldwin, pioneer Aratf* lean locomotive builder, died. Illshnn (Mark, of Rhode Island, 1866-: 1906 1904—Rev. George C\ Lorlmer, noted pulpU orator, died. “ 1906—Popular till POftMMVtr martial la POLITICS AND POLITICIANS. The Republican pot la slssltng In nht-A nml tlm opposition to the machine t« ereat- Ing nmipllcntlonn thnt are extremely tn* bloaomc to Heuntor Dick snd Senator Kero* ker, despite their nlllnnce of la.t »>► ter. Mnyor Djiiine, of Chicago, eipreaaei kl«' nelf strongly of the opinion that the IM»' .wrote In IMS will eleet Drynn on n <"'■ ernueut ownership platform. Surgeon General Jamen P. Walker, of England, recently deceased, has be queathed to the Lloyd Scientific Library of Cincinnati his entire library and invaluable collection or manu scripts, to which he had devoted years of time and study. One of the most Interesting mem bers of the American colony In Berlin at the present time la Miss Elisabeth 8. Colton, of Easthampton. Mans. Miss Colton Is a student of orientalism and comparative religion and mistress of some forty languages. A favorite hobby of the queen moth er of Spain Is collecting playing card*, of which she has a most valuable col lection. Her majesty possesses, for In stance, tht famous park of Ivory cards which Prince Eugene, the comrade of Marlborough, always carried with him In all the campaigns In which he took part. Hcustor Allwrt J. Deverldgc. of la- dlntia. Is nsnonsced the chief for the Idg mnas meeting to he lieM I* Cities go, tieptrmlMT 22, snd whirl. I< >e tended to mark the formal opening of tl* Itopuldlrnn csuipslgn In tbe weal. Hocrotary of the Treasury Leallo M. SM» Is to go to Missouri next week to 4e llror a scries of speeehes In the Internt of tbe Itepnldlcnn ticket In that at*'*- Judge Ben B. I.lndaay. of Denver, si has sotnrflilng of a national rrputttj* aa an authority on methods of dealing » Juvenile criminals, has announced his Ingrnnw to accept tbe nomination fj»r f * ernor »f Uolorado on the Democrat!* ng et. providing the organisation Is *« bn infs of anti-corporation Democmts. The Republicans evidently are riPf'lM something of s light Ui Connecticut '£■ fall. It tn announced that Senator o' crldge. of Indiana; ttecretary Taft. retsrr Show snd Kprsknr t annnn »Ht 1 hoard on the stnmp In the Nutm**g during the coming month. All eye* In the poUtlcil world will “ turned next week t.iwsrd Maine, " 1 ' the state election will lie heW Tueeic The alae of tbe Ilepnl.Hean plnrollty 1‘luetree mate Is usually re** r 'M*ii5 straw Indtrsttag which way the wind™ Idow la the Novemlier election* thowjj out the ninntry. The tight of. erirnnn™ labor on Cong served tn nni. contest this .General Frederick Funston I* ambitious of being immortalUed ' having a Ban Francisco thorough"™ named after him. Learning . waa a movement afoot to call 1 ‘ dero street Funston, the general dared the “project Inadvisable on ground that It Is not customary honor living men in thla fashion.