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rrTrn mT ' THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, Proildent. Telephone [ Connections. Subscription Rites: One.Year . $4.50 Six Months....... 2.60 Three Months 1.25 By Carrier, per week lOe Published Every Alterncon Except Sundiy by THE GEORGIAN CO. it 25 W. Alabama Street, Atlanta? Ga. Entered ss srcood-rlst« utter April 8, ISOS, si the PoetoHe* *4 Atlanta, Ge.. seder set et coefrree ot Merck S. lit*. Devise a Plan. It I* conceded by everyone not Interested in the cor Iterations that the city should have a municipally owned and municipally operated (as and electric lighting plant. Many of the friends of the movement have suggested to us that It would be well if a plan v/as devised for the peo ple to get what they want. They want the agitation to take some deflnlta, tangible shape. They want some- thing to work on. We know that it la a sane, bualnesa-llke proposition. We know that any bnalnees man would apend his Income for a year If he knew It would double and treble hta In come for tbs rent of his life. We ask you to consider seriously what you would do If you owifed the city of Atlanta, Just as you own your business. We ask you It 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 tight 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 nsedsd them? We don't think io. 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 Is Just as much yonrs ns 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 profit*? 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 whloh la being collected from you unjustly by the Geor gia Railway and Electric Company could bo going lo 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 have more money for the little luxuries of life If your husband didn't have to pay exorbitant charge! for the gaa used In that range of youra back In the kitchen? Boarder, dont you know your board bill wouldn'4 be so much If your landladly didn't have to pay*exor- bltant charges for the gas with which she cooks your meals and tor 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 It he didn't have to pay exorbitant rates 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 Helds of endeavor opan to you If the manufao turers knew that they would not be overcharged for light and power It they constructed factories here? Some ot you ara foolish enough to aay that tbasa lit- tic things don't amount to much, la that trua? How about a 6-cont place, a cheap little nickel? Does It amount to much? Wa think aa It keepa the street railway system of this and hundreds of other cities op erating. Two cents Is even leaa, 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 Militant. 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 tbare are good and wise cttlseni. men of brains and flnandnl responsibility, wbo would ba glad to sonra. Wa know there are member* of council wbo would serve. We respectfully suggest that soma member of coun cil take this suggestion under advleement and act. A Closer View of Mr. Bryan. A personal contact with Mr. Bryan leaves upon the mind of a thoughtful observer tbs 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 fall to think that Mr. Bryan Is putting Into practice wbat 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 ershlp 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 but to recelvu the adulation and the assured support of all factions of the Democratic party upon the lines of hla previously ex pressed convictions, omitting the money question, which by his own statement had been eliminated from the economic Hold. The fact that Mr. Bryan goes out of his way to vocal ise and to centralise bia creeds around government own ership la ap Indication that either Mr. Bryan was unwill ing to he classed as a conservative with the Imputation of chance which that term implies; or what Is more like ly that he 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 bis candidacy for the Democratic nomination tn 1908. The pronouncement against Mr. Sullivan, of Illinois, was exactly on tb$ same line, aqd measured by tbe stand ards of politics was an unnecessary and Imprudent pro ceeding. since Bnlllvan and nil bis crowd were enthusi astically In favor of nominating Bryan ns the Democratic candidate. ’ With bta 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 convlotlons of the speaker who had rather assart them than to receive tbe nomina tion tor the presidency. A third probability In the case Is that Mr. Bryan may feel In the might of his overwhelming receptions, that be baa strength enough to coerce the public opinion of bis party Into line with hla own, and to eitabllah the principles and standards which be 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 tbe prospect ot a third candidacy that he Is willing to sacrlflce any honest conviction or any record of consistency to attain It. And why should ba? Mr. Bryan at the present mo ment Is a greater man than a president. He l« by com mon concession known In Europe and In America ns the Great Commoner.” He enjoys a position In this country almost exactly similar to that which Mr. Gladstone enjoy- The Passing of Castro. The mystery which has always surrounded President Castro In one form or another has been Intensified ot late by a serious Illness of which he appears to be the vic tim. It will be remembered that be recently quit the re tirement in whlcb he said he would spend the remainder of hla days and, coming back to tbe capital, resumed the reins ot 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 he turns the great seal over to his understudy; and when he wants to come back aa presidential dictator, the oblig ing understudy steps aside and gives him the executive chair. Very quietly he recently went to Curacoa. He said nothing of his plans and did not "resign," as be had done on a previous occasion. And now the rumor has gained currency that he la paralysed aqd will never be himself again. No authentic Information la 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. cordlugly much disturbed. The death of Castro would remove one ot tbe moBt picturesque adventurers wbo mounted to eminence In Sonth America. He Is so small In stature that he If al most n dwarf. He waa absolutely without education or early advantages of any kind. But he placed himself at the head of .one ot those periodical revolutions which afflict tbe Latln-Araerlcan states and succeeded In acquiring the reins of govern ment No man doubts bis personal courage, although at times he has been somewhat quixotic, ss for Instance, when he threatened to land an army of 10,000 men at Now Orleans and march on the national capital. He has hurled defiance at England and bullied Colombia. That be has made the most ot 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. Tbe Industrial edition pf The Spartanburg Journal lust from the press Is one of the handsomest special numbera ever Issued In the South. It Is profusely illus trated and presents tbe Industrial, commercial and agrl cultural resources of the community, together with Its . , _ , . . , .educational advantages, In a graphic manner. We con ed In England, and the universal tribute paid him by gntu]at , The Jollrna , on „ gn .i enterprise. ihe hour of victory,” and sometimes It does seem that this is true. Certainly there could he nti 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 he 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 tbe literary publications now befora the public. The three color frontispiece Is a work of the highest art. There are so many literary magasines these days which are merely the organs of book publishers that It la a pleasure to And one which has no axe to grind. The Proposed Immigrant Association. It la a matter of regret that the Georgia legislature did not tee lit to establish an Immigration bureau which would bavo upon Ita work tbe official seal of the state's approval, but the Important point la to get the Immigrants here and to get them of a class which la worth while. To this end we eee no good reaeon why the trade and commercial bodies ot tbe state should hot co operate with the 8evennuh chamber of commerce and board ot trade In tbe plan which baa been outlined by that organization. It fa proposed that a general asso ciation should be formed ot the representative commer cial bodice In tbe state and that the general organi sation shall appoint an Immigration agent. It la alio understood that a direct line ot steamers will be established between Savannah and European ports within tbe next three months tor tbe special purpose of bringing Immigrants to this country. The labor question la growing more and more acute every year. The gravity ot the situation was never felt more than at this season of the year. Tbe Helds are ripening for the harvest and the farmers need thou sands ot band* to gather the cotton and the grain, and yet from all over the state there goes up the familiar cry that tbe 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 Angk>8nxon people, the riff-raff of the old world—the potential anarchists and socialists ot 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. tn the absence of any better plan, the movement set on foot by the cltlsens of Savannah appeals to the Judg ment of thinking man 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 damp upon us the scum ot the old world; and we are as sured that this will not be done by the proposed organi sation. If It Is conducted along the lines proposed In the pieUmlnary announcement It will meet with general ap pro, at and we believe wltb great success. people great and smalt In all countries, Indicates tbat his Internstlonal fame Is assuming tbe caliber and propor tion of the great Englishman who died In the respect and tbe reverence of tbe world. Mr. Bryan la also by common consent regarded as the fljrst citizen of the United States. His position Is higher than tbat' of Mr. Cleveland or that ot any mnn who baa held the position of president of the United States. His only rival In dis tinction and popularity In this country la found In the person of Theodore Roosevelt, who enjoys bis repute, not ao much because be Is president of the United States as because ot his personality and of his achievement which la greater than the office. There Is no real reason why Mr. Bryau should be eager for the presidency. He does not need It to complete his fame, for lo point of fact his occupancy of the white house and bis possible failure to execute some of tbe 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 ot bis desires, and his Income, which he can spend at home. Is perhaps larger than the salrgr which aa president be would spend much more lavlshly in the garish light of the capital. Bo, that If great ambitions are moved by the desire for fame and fortune and usefulness, any man can see, and no man more clesriy than Mr. Bryan, that he al re^dy enjoys each of these possessions In greater meas ure than he could as the strenuous executive of a party that has not held the government but twice In halt century. All of which places Mr. Bryan In a peculiarly Inde pendent and a peculiarly happy position both for himself and for the sake ot honesty nnd 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 thlnga that are clean, and to either looe the presidency, or to accept it only upon terms which wjll redound to the honor of the party and the Integrity of tho republic. We have great faith that the people are profoundly In sympathy with Mr. Bryan upon all of the contentions be han ao tar made, Including hla government ownership plan. The age la radical, as all men who look below the surface can readily discern. Tbe people have been clearly aroused upon public questions and are greatly In dignant over the dlfrlosures of graft and corruption and selfishness In great corporations. They are distinctly disposed all over the country to reduce these corporations to a position ot subjection, or at least ot complete regu lation. And. It so great and so clean a mau as Mr. Bryan tells the people this can only be dons by government own ership, we are fully persuaded that the great majority ot the people will tall Into line and agree with him. It does not by any mean* prove that Mr. Bryan'e 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- lla men of our stats Democracy were opposed to the elec tion of Hoke Smith, and yet we think It will be generally coneeded 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 ot opinion between the people and the politicians. And Mr. Bryan, who knows the people, probably knows this. The Journal writes a long column to explain why Its editorial correspondent misrepresented the tacts tn a New York Incident In order to cut a generous competitor out of tbe small credit of capably discharging an honor able commission. Tbe verbiage of The Journal's apology immense, but It does not remotely explain why Its editorial correspondent who personally knew all the facta went out of hla way to misstate the facta. The Incident, Tbe Journal (ays. waa a trivial one. And eo It waa. But the very amallnesa of the Incident empbaaltes the small- neas ot the spirit tbat would misrepresent ao small an occasion for the Infinitely small purpose of robbing a friendly contemporary of the little credit due. It waa tbe spirit tbat aurprissd us. It wasn't worthy of a paper like Tbe JournaL But we accept lu apology. It’s Unworthy of You, Mr. Folk. Governor Joe Folk has disappointed bis friends by his display of petty feeling against Senator W. U Stone. St. I-nuli Is one of the cities which propose to enjoy tbe luxury ot a Bryan rally. As time goes on the city which does not have such a celebration will he a' distinct exception, so of course St. Louis had to be among the first to claim this honor. The arrangements are being made on the most elab orate acale ahd the Indications are tbat the oration will be scarcely second. to that accorded the distinguished Democrat to New York and Chicago. It was practically Indispensable to the success of the occasion that tbe 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 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 Ume being, at least. Governor Folk |a a big man, and he surely could afford to rise superior to aucb small feeling* at this time. Tb* Democratic party has a great opportunity before It and In order to avail Itself fully of tbe advantages that are unfolding before It ell personal differences should be healed. General Grant once said tbat you could "always count on tbe Democratic party to make a fool of Itself In MR. PATTER80N STATES HIS POSITION. To the Editor of The Georgian: My attention has been called to nn editorial In your paper of Wednesday afiernoon, wherein my name is sar castically referred lo. 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 whs necessary, was Alder man Key himself, Certainly, If he cUrlu'i 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 Is entitled to his views on this subject nnd to exploit them In any manner which commends Itself to him, hut It Is a mite selllBh for him to assume the role of sole patriot on his special gas franchise Investigating committee. I would not deprive him of any of hla "plaudits." nor would I seek any myself at the expense of my conscience. I do not wish in he understood as charging that any one else Is doing that, hut when Mr. Key was kindly expressing his views before the committee n short lime ago, he remark ed that bn desired the “plaudits” of tin- people, hut ns I remember It, he did not Intimate that his consclerico was at nil Involved. However, this may have been an oversight on Ills part, or ray memory may be at fault. All I desire to do. Sir. Editor. Is to tell the writer whose ''plaudits” I am 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 nnd believed that "plaudits" were the one essential to their gratification. I might go on an active quest for them, but 1 haven't those ambitions, nor do 1 believe that nny man who will sacrifice hla convictions Is entitled to the "plaudits" of bis fellows. I am only endeavoring. Mr. Editor, to do In this gas Investigation what I believe Justice ands 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 thore 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 elty granted-a perpetual franchise nnd became a largo stockholder In the company. For many years It reaped large dividends on this venture, but In course of time parted with Us holdings. The ownership has prob ably changed several times; tbe physical property, meth ods of making gas, Ita use, nnd the price at which It has been sold, have also changed, bnt 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 gpa property, and for this “Boston millionaire" to be the own er of the gas property, he would have to be the sole own er of the former company. I know that he Is not the sole owner of tbe Georgia RaHway and Electric Company, but that our own people, Atlanta people, have large hold ings In It. If the ownership of all tbe 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 unasiiimlOR and democratic as any humble citizen of our own good elty. I hsve no Intimacy with Mr. Cooledge, Indeed I doubt whether he would know me If we should meet, but I do know something of hla business career and methods, and therefore say this much In jnstice to him. Mr. Cooledge hna been an Im portant factor In the development of our city and* state, and deserves our good will nnd fair treatment at least. While I believe the franchise of the gas company Is perpetual, It Is not exclusive. If another company de- slros, bona fide, the privilege of constructing and operat ing a plant In thla’clty, or If It can be shown that the presont company Is "gouging” the people, and the city desires a plant of Its own, t would, as far as my humble efforts permitted, old in the accomplishment of either undertaking; bnt I am unwilling to go on a search for "plaudits" In order to ngree 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 respoct both as a man and lawyer, I have been quite ns consistent In heeding hla 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 curtain conditions, but Mr. Key took Issue with him, nnd so advised some members of the police board; nt 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 he accord- od to others the right he reserves for himself, Respect fully, W. H. PATTER80N. ' i GOSSIP By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. New York. Sept. 7.—The serious ... *» °f • Mra - william Astor, and ! enured iliat her Illness U remarkable women in American 6 , ly. It tins been said that Mrs Is society so far as (he Sew Ton branch ..r the Institution la concern*. Since 1874, when she gave the fir,,., those balls, an Invitation to which meant that the recipient had reaches the highest round of the social ladder .Mrs. Aetor-s right to the leaderahin i. society has been unquestioned poison wnj united the best strain. iS Knickerbocker blood i, os ni Her invitation list has always hc« famous for Its exclusiveness This .. rloslysness was not gauged by standard known in these wnZJ. slipshod* —really X cannot think of Other word that expresses It—but so built on the lines ot the old Knlrk erborker blood that to be added to it" and to lie seen at any of the Mrs A.’ tor entertalnnunts was to set wide fas vn.i nil gales to New Yorks soctat. This old bloo.l did not draw the lias nt trade or business so much as al th§ Inborn refinement, the polished famltr nnd a respectability that money could not buy. J. P. .Morgan nnd his mlllloatln neighbors about Thirty-sixth rtrset and Fifth avenue have a water famine A Irulc In Ihe main supplying that se- tlon of the city has caused the supi inlllionaucs for a time will have t, lake thetra "straight” or use miners! "Well, I couldn’t stand there and set Nellie drowned, could If' Thnt wna all modest >-year-otd Jet- ale de Young, of Jersey City, would sty after she had proved herself a little heroine by saving Nellie Drew, aged IS, from drowning In New York bar. Without a moment’s hcsltatl. n the 8-venr-r!d girl sprung Into the water with till her clothes on and swam to her'drowning playmate whom sht rescued. tinder the decision made by Masli- trate Stewart, In the case of Mrs. field, man, who was threatened with pmae. eutlon because she Indulged in the great American game, he holds there Is no reason why a woman should net pluv poker, even If her husband ob jects. "I w*e no harm In the game.” said the magistrate, with a calm Judicial noise. "It Is not a crime to play po ker.” Growth and Progress of the New South Under Ibis bend will appear from time to time Inrorrantlon lllnstratlng tbe remarknhle ilerelopinept of the Booth Wblcb dreervee something more then pett ing attention. A Week’s Industrial Development. The new Industrie* In the South reported to The Tradesman, In Chat tanooga, for Ihe first week In the fall month* Indicates an Increase of tome SO per cent over the corresponding week of last year, whlcb Is about the proportion thus far maintained throughout the entire year. The diversification, likewise, continues to be moat gratifying, aa 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 onco claimed would be the rase. In this week's report there are saw work*, 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 mlllton-dollar enter prise. * There Is also evidence that the activity Is very well distributed among the states ot the South. Texas being the larger state, naturally haa a larger number of new Industries, but there Is something doing all along the line, and every elate seems fully alive to It* opportunities. The following 1* the Hat: Greenville—978.00) Inreslmrnt mtnpsny. TENNESSEE. (.'Ilftnn—9M.OOO building nn.l land company, rentervllle—Orlst milt Memphis—llo.nn Inreetinent company. Paris—MMX Jeltlco—tb),000 fuel cotupiiuy, TEXAS. Uevluo—99.030 cottun gin. Gore*—98,000 cotton gin. I Yuris tt-^II.000 lien mnont—98,000 oli rottqmuy. Nncgilncbes—910,000 nil cnuiptlny. All.-.-—910.000 tel.-pl.nne company. ■ I.sllns—910.00) tsml riuiuiu.lv: 9100,01 Ins idnnt: 93.UM inm.i lir*,on nii.rlttm- fnetnry Furl Win i ALABAMA. Justwr— l.nmlier mill. Birmingham—934,o<*> construction company. P.IIm—sawmill. . . Mobile—16,000 coni company; tend com pany. Moodwatcr—Ktcctric light plant. Thot»a«vlllc—Ice factory. Hcottriioro—Tot ton gin Gcorglana—Sawmill. ARKANHAK. Drydoa—IROflO plow factory. Helena—IKkftW hardware company. Oweola—Waterworks. Yellrllle-t8fl,0*i land company. FLORIDA. Jacksonville—6100.000 ice factory. GEORGIA. FItagerakl—6U.OOO comprwa and warehouse company. Ilniq*wlck-6H».000 telephone system, and naval atores plant. . ItogAnavlIle—fao,"°o lumber company. Hnrotinah—Foundry ami machine abopa^ folwmbtia—Brick and terra cotta works. KENTUCKY. (•ontavtfte-Bottling works: fI4,0» wood working plant. Lexington—680.060 mining company. Wbentcrhft—li.OOrt brick and tile .works. Hickman—610.000 hardware company. Arlington—Sawmill. ■gow—Floor nnd grlat mill. LOl'IfttAKA. take Providence—Cotton compreaa. Hammond—ITR.fcw woolen mill. New Orica t»-6?*ouoa cypress company; 120.00) manufacturing cniupnny. llatniHomi—Ice factory. Mermen ton—660.000 rice mill, ta ke Chart**—636.000 const ruction com pany. __ —undry i Klllavllle—630.000 land company. Clinton—Laundry and Ice factor,. Htarkkvllle—610.000 roaeblne company. Hattiesburg—6300,000 machinery company. MISSOURI. IllSgttiarlll*—Telephone system. Mt. isoula—96.000 foundry. Webb city—6100.000 mining compa , ug company; 6100,- 003 mining company. NORTH CAROLINA. Ballibury—610),000 furniture factory. Durham—Mo wmtll. taurlnburg-Cotton mill. Cleveland—Cotton gin. OKLAHOMA. Ringwood—616,50) mill nnd elevator com pany. Caihfon—64.000 cotton gin. Knld—6100,000 land company, diithrle—650.00) manufacturing company. <lreenfleld~67,000 gin and milling company. Uracemont—61.000,000 oil and gaa company. 8hawn»e—6200,000 oil and gaa company. Cleo—66.000 telephone system. Oklahoma city—630,000 laud company; 610,-' 000 office snooty i-ompsny. Kt lleno—6lh.An hardware company. ROl'Tfl CAROLINA. Ramberg— Furniture and hardware com pony. #partauburg-63,'>*> bind company. „ ,ooo min 625.030 inntinfactmitig cum|Muyi imrhlne factory. Worth-91,OOO,ew railway and light company. Houston—6100.07) casket factory; 676,ftW hnnlter company; fSCMtti organ and irtnuo fhetory, 6CI 1 *ii $m>—|100.000 brick works. Bycra—625,000 bridge company. Hnn. Antnnlo—600,00) bind utinpaiiy. Kellys—610,000 lumber company. Dnlhart—610.000 lanndry. Rockdale—Cotton gin. VIRGINIA. rcarlalmrg—Electric light plant. Htiiunton—fiB.OOO btinlM'r company. Big Stone Gap—*50,000 waterworks. “ -"low—Rlcctrlc power plaut. Ocean Vh 1 .. , Norfolk—6100.0M land company. Wy t he vl lie—610,000 ninuiifacturliig com pony. Abingdon—$6,000 laundry. FninkIIn—650.OX) peanut"factory. Richmond—625.0.).) machinery works. Clarksville—6«>.oi» distillery. IloyufoK—|25,w) building nnd loan c«m»- Lynchburg—610,000 bottling works, WM8T VIRGINIA. ‘ipp'cment Company. tknrtosto i-6a.o».S»Pi*ly company, iin.VfilTL * fowl** company. |Innnngton—f3)0,0pi> foundry romimity. Morgauton— 6-w.OOn <dl company. MEN AND WOMEN, Burgeon General James P. Walker, of England, recently deceased, has be queathed to the Lloyd Scientific Library of Cincinnati his entire llbrary and Invaluable collection of manu scripts, to which he had devoted years of lime 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 of the queen moth er Of Spain Is collecting playing carde. of which she has * 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 In all the campaign* In which he took part. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. New York. Sept. 7.—Here are .era* of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—J. H. Lumpkin. T. Sprague. SAVANNAH—J. H. Ha*lam, H. 8. Blab**. M. W. Farr, J. Henderson, L 8. Munnally. IN WASHINGTON. At Washington hotels: GEORGIA—Margaret Affleck. Betti* Affleck, Estell Collins, Mamie Web- AlllLLA) JeniCli VvUIIIII*, B1UIIIIO star, of Columbus, at the 8t. Jamei; W. W. Hudson, of Atlanta: C. G. M»ek. all. C. Green, of Savannah, at the Raleigh. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. SEPTEMBER 7. ll4S~Catherlnv I’nrr, sixth wife of Henry VIII. died. Born 1513. 1W—Bottle of Tudu. ti . 1760— Mnntronl mirrendered to the Enfllih. 1906-Kline C. Herring. Inventor of moder* mfen, horn. PM June 33, M31. 1616— 1 Thom a* a. Ilradrlrke twenty-lrit vice prcMhlfiit of the United Htatw, |born. DIimI November 25, 1655.; 1836— Hannah 5fore. Knglfih nuthorc* died. Horn 1T45. 1850—IloiiNt* pawed bill admitting Cnllfot* nln to Btntrliood. 1664-Mflthln* W. Bold win, pioneer Amef Iren locomotive builder, died. Inin locomotive builder, died. . „ . 1903— RUhop Clark* of Rhode Istend, died. 1904— R«*v, George P. tarliner, noted pnlpd ore tor, died. Horn 1839. 1906—-Popular Utssntlsfnctlon In Toklo over Portsmouth treaty; city placed uwler wnrtlul l«w. x POLITICS AND POLITICIANS. The Repuhllenn pot la stilling In *diK nnd Ihe npponltlon to tbe machine l« nut* Ing (otnpllentloiiH thnt are extremely iron- bfcMtni* to Hcnnfor Dick nnd getuitor Hr#' kor, dcnpltp their allhwce of Imt mi ter. Mnyor Dunne, of Chicago, eipreiw* M™' •elf ntrougly of tbe opinion thnt the l*w ocrntii In 1906 will elect Ilrynn on a - crumeut ownernhlp platform. Senator Albert J. Beveridge, of dlnna, In announced ns tho chief •peaktf for the big mnss meeting to be held i» Chicago* fiepteml»or 22, nnd which In tended to nmrk the formal opening »t io* Republic!!u cninpafgn In tho went. Kccretnry of the Trenmry Leillc >! i to go to Mlnsourl next week to «e liver n Merle* of speeches In the Inter* of tho Republican ticket In tbat state. $rl# Judge Ben B. LtmlMiy, of Denv hat something of a national reputatw m itu authority on method* Of dealing w ■ Juvenile criminate* baa announced bl * * 1 ** IngncM to accept the nomination fj»f ffj ernor. of Polontim on the Demoern tl« P et, providing the organlaatlon te m linmte ot anti-corporation Democrat#. fall, it te annonnce$l that Senator » v *f Indiana; MecreUry Taft.. Kbaw and Speaker cannon ‘ on the atnrap In tho >ntm»*g b •luring the coming month. turned next week toward Maine, wn the atate election will 1>c beld ti The ahu* llnktree •trow Indtcai » CfPCItnn will O** nriu fb# of the Republican plurality te stair Is usually rreirdr- * 1 ,} lira tine whlrh way the the Niir.wliw rU*rtkM'B ihwwj - mtmtry. The Zrtt et labor nn rmiervesman Uttlefielil h*L u, ■erred to nnh'krn the Interest In the * eon test this year. IF* General Frederick Funeton •- M ambitious of being haring a San Francisco thorou*h»" named after him. Learning that th wa* a movement afoot to call I*' dero street Funston. the Sfttertii " dared the "project Inadvisable ciareu tne -project tnaovieo"" 1 - u ground that K l* not cuatoinsn' I honor living men In this fashion.