The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, September 07, 1906, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Text1 IP THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN- FRIDAY, SEPTFMBER 7. 190*. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES. Editor. F. L. SEELY, Pre»ldent. Jc Telephone Connection*. Subscription Rates: Published Erery Afternoon Except Sunday by THE GEORGIAN CO. at 25 W. Alabama Street, Atlanta; Ga. EotrrM a* second-cists matter April 25, 1*0*. at the Poetoftee at Atlanta. Ga„ nnder art of coaareaa of March J. UTS. One Year $*.50 Six Months ....... 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c Devise a Plaii It Ja conceded by everyone not Intereated In the cor- porattona 'that the city should have a municipally owned and municipally operated taa and electric llghtln* plant Many of the friend* of the movement have auggeated 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 he knew It would double and treble his In come for the rest of his life. We ask you to consider seriously what you would do 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 1110.000 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 150,000 to $60,000 a year? We ask yon If you would continue to pay $110,000 a year for a few tights It you could get twice that number for the samo money, and especially If you needed them? We don't think eo. Just because you do not own the entire city you must not get the Idea that you haven’t got any Interest In It. It la )ust as much yours aa anybody else'*—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 bitant 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 hare more money for the little luxuries of life If your husband didn't have to pay exorbitant charge* 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 landlsdly didn't have to pay"exor- bltant charges for the gas with which she cooks your meals snd 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 he didn't have to pay exorbitant rates for the gas and elec tric lights which he uses for you to work by? Labored, can't you understand that there would be more fields of endeavor open to you It the manufac turers knew that they would not be overcharged for light and power If they constructed factories here? Borne 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 ove -charge doesn't amount to much. It amounts to Millions. We believe a Joint committee of citizens and mem bers of council should be appointed to devise a plan whereby the people could be relieved or this unjust charge. We believe there are good and wise cltlsens, men of brains and financial responsibility, 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 fit to establish sn Immigration bureau which would have upon It* work the official seal of the state's approval, but the Important point Is to get the Immigrants here snd 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 the plan which has been outlined by that organization. It la 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. H 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 snd more acute every year. The gravity of the situation was never felt more than at this season of the year. The fields are ripening for the harvest and the farmers need thou sands of hands 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 Anglo-8axon people, the rlff-raCf of the old world—the potential anarchists and socialists of the congested cities of Europe. 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 citizens of Savannah appeals to the Judg ment of thinking men and we hope to see It crystallize Into something solid and practicable within a short time. Almost anything Is worth the experiment which does not dump upon us the scum of the old world; and we are as sured that this will not be done by the proposed organi zation. If it is conducted along the lines proposed In the p.cttmlnary announcement It will meet with general ap- i,.o.~l and we believe with great success. A Closer View of Mr. Bryan. A personal contact with Mr. Bryan leaves upon the mind of a thoughtful observer the very distinct Impres sion that the presidency of the United States Is by no means a matter of life and death with the Nebraska statesman. One who studies him at close range In connection with his recent utterances cannot fajl 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 Ms views on the government own ership of'the railroads. He was coming back from Eu rope the Idol of his party, the "rose and expectation" of all Democracy, and he had nothing to do hut to receive the adulation and the assured support of all factions of the Democratic party upon the lines of his previously ex pressed convictions, omitting the money question, which by bis own statement had been eliminated from the economic field. The fact that Mr. Bryan goes but of his way to vocal ize and to centralize hla creeda around government own ership Is ap Indication that either Mr. Bryan was unwill 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 his soul as the re sult of his leisurely reflection and observation, and chose to voice it with absolute Indifference to Its effect upon his candidacy for the Democratic nomination In 1908. The pronouncement against Mr. Sullivan, of Illinois, was exactly on the same line, and meaiured by the stand ards of politics was an unnecessary and Imprudent pro ceeding, atnee Sullivan and all bit crowd were enthusi astically In favor of nominating Bryan aa the Democratic candidate. With bis 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 honest and earnest convictions of the speaker who had rather assert them than to receive the nomina tion 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 find 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 la not so enamored of the prospect of a third candidacy that he Is willing to sacrifice any honeit 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 la 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 wbo died In the respect and the reverence of the world. Mr. Bryan Is also by common consent regarded as the first 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 States His only rival In dis tinction and popularity In this country Is found In the person of Theodore Roosevelt, who enjoys hla repute, not so much because he Is president of the United States as because of his personality and of hla achievement which Is greater than the office. There la 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 hla occupancy of the white house and his possible failure tq 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 bis desires, and his Income, which he can spend at. home, Is perhaps larger than the snlr*y which as president he 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 these possessions In greater meas ure than he could aa the strenuous executive of a party that has not held -the government but twice In halt a century. All of which plnces 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 bo 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 loae the presidency, or to accept It only upon terma which wjll 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 corporations. They nre distinctly disposed all over the country to reduce these corporations to a position of subjection, or at least of complete regu lation. And, If so great and so dean a man as Mr. Bryan tella the 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 meant prove that Mr. Bryan's theo ry Is unpopular because so many politicians and public men within the party differ with him. In our laat 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 were all In. We are learning as one of the distinct lessons of this great age 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 Journal writes a long column to explaiu 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 verbiage 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 hla way to misstate the facts. - The Incident, The Journal aaya, was a trivial one. And so It was. But the very smallness of the Incident emphasizes the small ness of the spirit that would misrepresent to small an occasion for the Infinitely small purpose of robbing a friendly contemporary of the little credit due. It was the spirit that surprised us. It wasn't worthy of a paper like The Journal. But we accept its apology. 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 he recently quit the re tirement In which he said he would spend the remainder of his days and, coming back to the capital, resumed the reins of government He seems to have his people lit erally hypnotized and can do Just as he pleases. When ever be gets ready to lay aside the cares of office he turns the great seal over to his understudy; and when he wants to come back as presidential dictator, the oblig ing understudy steps aside and gives him the executive chair. Very quietly he recently went to Curacoo. He said nothing of his plans and did not "resign,” as be bad done on a previous occasion. And now the rumor has gained currency that be 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 bis affliction, but It Is evident that something has happened to him and South American circles are ac cordingly much 'disturbed. • The death of Caatro would remove one of the 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 kind. 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 ment. 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 hai made the most of his talents cannot be denied and If he passes from the stage of action the whole world will miss the dark little man on horseback. The current Issue of The Book News Monthly, Is* sued by John Wanamaker, is one of the most excellent of the literary publications now before tha public. The three color frontispiece Is a work of the highest nrt. There are so many literary magazines these days which are merely the organs of book publishers that It ts a pleasure to find’one which has no axe to grind. The Industrial edition of The Spartanburg Journal Just from the press Is one of the handsomest special 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 his display of petty feeling agnlnst 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. Louts had to be among the first to claim this honor. The arrangements are being made on the most elab orate.scale and the Indications are that the oration wilt 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 the governor of the state should partici pate and particularly when the governor waa 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 8tone. 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 Is a big man, and he surely could afford to rise superior to such small feelings at this time. The Democratic party has a great opportunity before It and In order to avail itself fully of the advantages that are unfolding before It all personal differences should be healed. General Grant once said that you could "always count on -the Democratic party to make a fool of Itself In the hour of victory," and sometimes It does seem that this is true. Certainly 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. MR. PATTERSON STATE8 HIS ROSITION. 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. ha 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 Is entitled to his views on this subject ;-nd 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 bis special gas franchise Investigating committee. I would not deprive him of any of Ills ' plaudits,” nor would I seek any myself at the 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 n short time ago, he remark ed that he desired the "plaudits” of the people, but as I remember It, he did not Intimate that hts conscience was at all Involved. However, this may have been an oversight on his part, or my memory may be at fault. All I desire to do, Mr. Editor. Is to tell the writer whose "plaudits" I nm seeking, and why. I am seeking the "plaudits” or approval of my own consclnce first, and those of my fellow men next. Some people reverse these conditions. If I had political ambitions and believed that "plaudits" were the one essential to their gratification, I might go on an active quest for them, but I haven't those ambitions, nor do I believe that any man who will sacrifice hla 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. The 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 the 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, nnd the price at which It has been'sold, have also changed, but the contract or agree ment with the ownera of the, property Is unchanged, and falrneai and good faith, I believe, require that 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 nntruet The Georgia Railway nnd Electric Company Is the owner, as I believe, of the gas property, and for this "Boston millionaire” to be the own er of the gai property, he would have to be the aole own er of the former company. I know that he Is not the sole owner of the Georgia Railway and Electric Company, but that our own people, Atlanta people, have large hold ings In It It the ownership of all the 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 Is as unassuming and democratic as any humble citizen 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 t 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, the privilege of constructing and operat ing a plant In this city, .or If It can be shown that the present company Is "gouging" the peopl*. 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 ot municipal ownership, which has, In some Instances, proven to be municipal graft. Referring to the opinion of our city attorney, for whom 1 have the utmost respect both as a man and lawyer, I have been quite as consistent in heeding his ad vice as Mr. Key has. Not many months ago Mr. Mayson advised that the 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 la my Infor mation. When the city attorney's opinions sre approved by Mr. Key, ho seema lo feel that everybody else should accept them, but It would be more consistent If he accord ed to others the right he reserves for himself. Respect fully. W. H. PATTERSON. Growth and Progress of the New South oVr. r «£S?g SSJh'STJW r3.V Ing attention. A Week’s Industrial Development. The new Industries In the South reported to The Tradesman, In Chat tanooga. for the first week In the fall months Indicates an Increase of some 20 per cent over the corresponding week of last year, which Is about the proportion thus far maintained throughout the entire year. The diversification, likewise, continues to' be most gratifying, as there are constant evidences occurring of a higher class of work being Inaugu rated In which greater skill Is required than formerly, still further showing that the South will not be content In manufacturing the lower grades of products either In cotton, wool or wood, as waa once claimed would be the case. In this weak'* report there are saw works, piano and furniture facto ries, casket factories, refining company for peanut oil, a number of cotton oil companies and various woodworking plants, while the largest capitali sation occurs In Texas and Oklahoma, each having a mllllon-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 Is something doing all along the line, and every state seems fully alive to Its opportunities. The following Is the list: Greenvllle-475.00) Investment company. TENS ESHER. rilffon—$25,000 building nnd land company. Centerville—flrlat mill. Memphis—$10,000 Investment company. Brownsville—$10,000 sawmill, rnrla—$26,000 chemb-al company. Jclllco—$10,000 fuel coinpuuy. TKXAH. Devine—$1,0)0 cotton gin. Unroe—$8,000 cotton gin. l'enronll—$3,000 wnrehonm* company. ALABAMA. Jasper— Lumber mill. Birmingham—$24,000 construction company. Klim—Sawmill. Mobile—$6,000 coal company; land com- ^Jnodwoter—Kleetrlc light plant. Thomasvllle— Ice factory. Kentt»0on>-4'otton Kin Georgians—Sawmill. ARKANSAS. Drydea—$10,000 plow factory. Helena—$10.0oo hardware company. Osceola—Waterworks. Yellvllle—$5n.0*> laud company. FLORIDA. Jacksonville—$100,000 Ice factory. GEORGIA. Fltagerahl—$15,000 compress and warehouse ^runiwlek—IIW.OOO telephone sjn'em. end naval stores plant. Iloganavllle—$60,000 lumber company. Atlanta-$15,000 saw works; planing mill. Savnnnah—Foundry and machine shops. Colombna—Brick and terra cotta works. KENTUCKY. Lmtsvllle-Bottling works; $14,000 wood working plant. Lrilngton—$SO.Ofc) mining company. Wheat croft—$9,000 brick and tile works. Illckman—$10,000 hardware company. Arlington—Sawmill. I 'ptoo—W* terworks. Glasgow—Flour and grfat mill. LOUISIANA. |.*ke Providence—t'ottos compress. Hammond—$75,000 woolen mill. New Uricous-475.0000 cypress company; $20.(0) manufacturing company. Hammond—Ice factory. Mermen ton —$30,000 rice mill. Lake Charles—$35,000 construction com pany. MISSISSIPPI. Orange Grove—$25,000 brick nnd tile works. Winona—$10,000 foundry and machine works. Klllsvllle—$30,000 land company. Clinton—Laundry and Ice factory. Starksvllle—$10,000 machine com|»*ny. Hattiesburg—$200,000 machinery company. MISSOFUI. Hlgginsvllle— * 1 Telephone system. St. lsoats-46.000 foundry. Webb City—$100,000 mining company; $100,* 000 mining company. NORTH CAROLINA. Salisbury—$101,00) furniture factory. Durham—Sawmill. Laurlnburg—Cotton mill. Cleveland—Cotton gin. OKLAHOMA. Rlngwood—$16,50) mill aud elevator com pany. fashion—$4.00) cotton gin. Greenfteld-$7.000 gin and mlllluf company. Grnremont—$1.O0O.)QO oil aud gas company. Shawnee—$200,000 oil aud gns company. Cleo—$5,00) telephone system. Oklahoma City-420,000 laud company; $10,- 000 office snnnly company. El Keno—$10.0)0 hardware company. SOFTII CAROLINA. Bamberg—Furniture ami hardware com pany. Spartauburg—$2S,&M land company. 1 inline—$10.00) land (*om|iatiy: lug jdnnt; $25,000 ninmifnctiiring company; $15.0.10 machine factory. Fort Worth—$1.000,0W) railway and light company. Houston—$100,000 ensket factory: $75,0)0 Imnlter company; 150,000 orgnn and piano factory. El l\ian—-$100,000 brick works. I lycra—$25,000 bridge company. San Antonio—$50,000 land «ouipnny. Kcltys—$10,000 lumber rotu|)uuy. Dnlhnrt—$10,000 laundry. Rockdale—Cottou gin. VIRGINIA. lviirlnburg—Electric light plant. Stnuutnn—$25,000 luiulter cout|Miny. Big stone I gate- $50,000 waterworks. Ocean View—Kleetrlc power plant. Norfolk—$100.0)0 laud company. Wythevllle—$10,000 manufacturing com pany. Abingdon—$5,000 laundry. Franklin—$80.0)0 peanut factory. Richmond— $J5.0K> machinery works. Clarksville—$25,000 distillery. I bird ton—$25,00) building nnd loan com pany. Lynchburg—$10.00 licttllng works. WRST VIRGINIA. St. MaryMlMM Implement emupany. Charleston—$25,000 supply company. Webutsr Springs—$5,000 I limiter cnmtmuy. Huntington—$210,000 foundry coinismy. MEN AND WOMEN. Surgeon General James P. Walker, of England, recently deceased, has be queathed to the Lloyd Scientific Library’ of Cincinnati his entire library and Invaluable collection of manu scripts, to which he had devdted years of time and study. One of the most Interesting mem bers of the American colony In Berlin at the present time Is Miss Elisabeth 8. Colton, of Easthampton, Mass. Miss Colton Is a student of orientalism and comparative religion and mistress of some forty languages. A favorite hobby ftf the queen moth er of Spain Is collecting playing cards, of which she has a most valuable col lection. Her majesty possesses, for In stance, the famous pack of Ivory cards which Prince Eugene, the comrade of Marlborough, always carried with him tfi all the campaigns In which he took part. ! GOSSIP By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. Now York. Sept. 7.—Tha seriou, m ness of Mrs. William Astor, and i assured that her Illness |, , ert ™ brings before the public eye the moo remarkable woman In American soci, ty. It has been said that Mr«. Is aoolety eo far as the Ne w T ' branch of the Institution Is concerns Since 1874, when she gave the flr,t ,j those balls, an Invitation to whira meant that the recipient had reach,, the highest round of the social ladder Mrs. Actor's right to the leadershln i„' society has been unquestioned. In h.. persnn was united the best strain, Z Knickerbocker blood with unlimited cash, exquisite taste and unerrln. Judgment In social matters. * Her invitation list has always been famous for Its exclusiveness. This cluslvcness was not gauged by aii standard known In these modern "sllpshodn"—really I cannot think of u, other word that expresses It—but wu so built on the lines of the old Knlck erbocker blood thnt to be added to u nnd to be seen at any of the Mrs. a,. tor entertainments was to set wide foe volt (III gntes to New York's «oeletr This old blood did not draw the Hn, at trade or business so much as at the Inborn refinement, the polished family and n respectability that money could not buy. J. P. Morgan nnd his millionaire neighbors about Thirty-sixth street and Fifth avenue have a water famine. \ leak In the main supplying that sec tion of the city has enused the supply to be shut off Indefinitely and the millionaires for a time will have to take thelre "straight" or use mineral water. "Well, I couldn't stand there and see Nellie drowned, could IT” That wns all modest 8-year-nbI Jes sie dc Young, of Jersey City, would say after she Imd proved herselt a little heroine bv saving Nellie Drew, aged 12. from drowning in New York bay. Without a moment's hesltath n tbs 8-vear-old girl sprang Into the water with oil her clothes on and swam to hsr- drowning playmate whom sht rescued. Under the decision made by Magls- trnte Stewart, In the case of Mrs. Gold, man, who was threatened with prose cution because sho Indulged in (ho great American game, he holds there 1s no reason why a woman should not J ilav poker, even If her husband ob- eels. “I see no harm In the game." said the magistrate, with a calm judlclit poise. “It Is not a crime to play po ker.” GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. New York, Sept. 7.—Here sre some of the visitors in New York today: ATLANTA—J. H. Lumpkin. T. Sprague. SAVANNAH—J. H. Haalam, H. S. Blsbee, M. -W. Farr, J. Henderson, L. 8. Munnally. • IN WASHi*NGTON. At Washington hotels: GEORGIA—Margaret Affleck, Bettis Affleck, Estell Collins, Msmle Web ster, of Columbus, at the St. James; W. W. Hudson, of Atlanta: C. G. Mack- C. Green, of Savannah, at the Raleigh. THIS PATE IN HISTORY. SEPTEMBER 7. 1B8—Catherine Terr, sixth wife of Henry VIII, died. Dorn 1513. 1704—Buttle of Turin. . „ „. 170)—Montreal surrendered to the Engllih. 1803—811ns C. Herrin*. Inventor of modert Hsfos. Iiorii. Plea June 23, 1881. _ 1819—Thomas A. Hendricka., twentjr-flnt rice president of the United Btates, Imrn. Died November 25, 1885. -Warsaw raptured by the Russians. -Hannah More. English authoress, 1880—Hoose *pawefi T4 hin admitting Califor nia to statehood. 18$6—Mntblaa W. Baldwin* pioneer Amer ica u locomotive builder, died. 1903— Bishop Clark, of Rhode Island, died. 1904- Rev. George C. Lorimer, noted pulpit orator, died. Horn 183$. 1906—Popular dlaaatlafactlon In Toklo over POLITICS AND POLITICIANS. The Republican pot la alasllng In Ohio, and the opposition to the machine Is creat ing complications thnt nre extremely trou blesome to.Senator Dick anil Senator Kora- ker, deaplte their alliance of last *vl»* ter. Mayor Dunne, of Chicago, expresses him* •elf strongly of the opinion that the Ih*iu- iH-rata In 1906 will elect Bryan on a gov ernment ownership platform. Senator Albert J. Beveridge, of In diana, la announced a« the chief speaker for the Idg mass meeting to be held la Chicago, Scptetulier 22, and which Is * n * tended to mark the formal opening of the Republican campaign In the west. Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Hh.i* Is to go to Missouri next week to de liver a series of speeches In the Interest of the Republican ticket In that state. 4 wine Ib'ii n. IJuduy, of Denver, rt» has something of a national reputation aa an authority on methods of dealing nrija Juvenile criminals, has announced his Ingnesa to accept the nomination for $® ’ lernor of Colorado on the Democrat!* tura et. providing the organisation la »«* tDf hand* of anti-corporation Democrats. Til" Repnldlcsn. crUIentlr sre MP , t " 'A",! .omet tit us of « Debt In Cosneetlent fall. It la announced that Senator S’ : ertdgc, of Indians; Secretary Taft. ^ ret ary Sbnw ami Speaker Cannon *l« »• heard on the stamp In the Nutmeg • during the coming month. All «y n In I hr political work! wW !* tiirn.it next wink toward Msluo. " the .tntc election will t» WIJJtn, Th" «!«e of the Itrpolillmn plurality In «• I'lnolreo Mint" U UMMlIy re*« r *«. , L ) J •traw Inillonlln* which w»y wl"' 1 "L. Wow In Ibe jTovwnWw Mjitl™' Sfl ont the country. The fijlbf * l.l»r ihi Cmixrewimsn UltMMM bs*> ncrr.il to quicken (be Isrerert In Ibe contest this year. General Frederick Funston t* ambiUoiie of being Immortallze-I' having a Ran Francisco thorough**" nsmed after him. learning that the waa a movement afoot to call D*’' 1 , dero street Funston, the general “ dared th" -project inadvisable ground that It Is not customary " honor living men in till* fashion.