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Saturday Evening.
They tell a pretty story of the Queen Mother of Hoi
land, who la one of the sweetest and loveliest of the roy
al women of the old world. One morning recently she
was rudely awakened by a loud knocking at her cham
ber door. When she asked who was there, a quaintly
dignified voice answered. "The Queen of Holland." To
this the queen mother answered, “I am not up yet, and
am not able to receive Her Majesty, but If It Is only my
little daughter she may come in.”
And the winsome little queen of Holland, In the
more charming character of the "little daughter,” en
tered her mother's room.
A similar story has been told of Queen Victoria and
the Prince Consort. Answering a rap at his door,
Prince Albert asked "Who Is there?" and received the
reply "The queen," whereupon her husband, devoted
to her though he was, declined to let her enter. An hour
later she returned and rapped at the door, and In an
ewer to the same question replied, "Victoria," whereupon
she was welcomed with open arms.
Perhaps there was never a more pathetic wall than
that of this same royal woman—queen of Great Britain
aiid Ireland and Empress of India—when In the agony of
her grief for the husband of’her youth, she exclaimed,
“There Is no one left to call me Victoria now.”
These are homely illustrations of the human side of
royalty—the feeling which underlies the robes of royalty
and overrides ceremonlo .s conventions. To our demo
cratic minds there Is none of the divinity that doth hedge
a king, but to the subjects of other countries there Is a
glamour and a glory In the “round and to top of sov
ereignty” which seems to remove It far above the com
mon herd. And to such as these they must sometimes
even wonder If kings and queens are subject to the joys
and sorrows and passions which animate the generality
of mankind.
They nevej hear the despairing cry, “There is no one
left to call me Victoria now.”
But in point of fact It Is the abundance of tender and
delicate feelings which makes the true royalty and no
bility of mankind. There Is a world of truth In the senti
ment of Bayard Taylor—
“The bravest are the tendarest.
The loving are the daring.”
It was Pascal who said In the height of his fame and
glory that the public, seeking him out in his retirement,
"came to see a celebrity and found a man,” and there Is
no celebrity worthy of the-name who Is not first of all
a man, with all the feelings and emotions which belong
to exalted manliness.
It Is a pity that the hurrying world cannot realise
more that there la something ennobling In the frank and
unfailing expresalon of the tenderer sentiments which
stir the mind and heart—that the kindly word and the
cheery clasp of the hand Is like a draught of water to
a thirsty soul or the shadow of a great rock In a weary
land. It would redouble our Joys and minimise our sor
rows and scatter flowers along the highway like the foot
fall of the spring.
"These shall resist the empire of decay
When time Is o'er and worlds have passed away;
Cold In the dust the perished heart may He,
But that which warmed It once can never die."
Enforce the Meat Ordinance.
Two of our local contemporaries did not see fit to
give to the public the moat Important and gratifying an
nouncement that has been made for a long time In the
Interests of the people, vis., the adoption by council of
the Taylor measure providing for the sanitary slaugh
ter and sale of meat In the city of Atlanta. The condi
tions which existed were proven to hare been absolutely
revolting and the demand for Improvement was urgent.
It bad been The Georgian's fight, and The Georgian
had won a glorious victory for the people, but It was a
pitiful spirit which should have moved certain of our con
temporaries for these reasons to suppress the news that
the ordinance had been passed and the most Important
step for safe-guarding the life and health of the people
had been taken.
How great was the necessity for such legislation on
the part of the city council was made apparent through
the death on yesterday of J. R. Hlx, a prominent cltlien
of Stockbrtdge, Ga., aa^a result of eating tainted meat
bought In an Atlanta restaurant on last Monday. This
circumstance alone should have, and doubtless would
hare, stirred the people of Atlanta to righteous action,
and there would have been a strenuous demand for leg
islation If this action had not been taken already.
The ordinance had been passed only a few days be
fore Mr. Hlx ate of the poisoned meat, and the strict
enforcement of the measure, It would seem, had not yet
begun, but It certainly emphasised In no uncertain terms
the fact that It was high time that something should be
done.
And this brings us to the more Important proposition
of the present moment. Now that the ordinance has
been passed It Is up to the board of health to see to It
that it is rigidly enforced. It would be worse than
criminal, now that such a measure is on the statute
books, to allow It become anything like a dead letter.
The life and health of the people are in danger, as
Illustrated In a very convincing and deplorable manner
by the tragic death of Mr. Hlx,
The people will not tolerate the continuance of such
conditions and It Is now time to make a wholesome ex
ample of some of the offenders.
James J. Hilt says "the plough is the hope of the
United States," but The Boston Globe exclaims with hor
ror, "O, no. no; It's the plow."
The school boy. with that fictitious “shining morning
face." Is on his way to lessons, with a crabapple coun
tenance.
Mr. Richard Cheatham’s Extraordi
nary Vindication..
The whitewashing of Mr. Richard Cheatham by a
majority of the members of the executive committee of
the cotton aaaoclation present at Hot Springe, Ark., la a
matter which doea not concern The Georgian any more
than it touchea a hundred other leading newspapers of
the South. ‘
This paper which baa been from the beginning In
Its staff and In Its column* tbe practical and helpful
friend of the cotton association, became the medium of
publicity through which the fact waa brought to light
that while Mr. Richard Cheatham'* newspaper organ waa
savagely fighting the bucket shops and exchanges, Mr.
Cheatham himself was actively engaged In dealing with
those Institutions—winking with one eye at the people
in tbe advocacy of hie crusade and actively dealing with
one band in cotton futures through Glbert & Clay and
through a bucket ehop tn tbls city.
Mr. Cheatham brought to bay by these charges was
compelled to confess his participation and brought at
least one witness to prove that his dealings were made
for other parties and not In his own behalf, which waa
a very queer and perverted conception of the moral ques
tion Involved even if it were true.
There were nearly one hundred of the leading news
papers of the South, all ardent friends of the cotton
association, Who resolutely Insisted upon Mr. Cheat
ham's resignation under these circumstances. The Gal
veston and Dallas News did so, as did The New Orleana
Tlmes-Dcmocrat. The New Orleans Trade Index, one
of the greatest trade and cotton papers In the United
States, earnestly and consistently demanded this resig
nation upon his own confession. The Mobile Register
joined In the demand. The Savannah Press and The
Savannah News and The Savannah Cotton Paper
also demanded IL The Macon Evening News, one of
the best and bravest papers In Georgia, joined In the
protest The Atlanta Journal, of which Mr. Jordan was
once the agricultural editor, wrote a lengthy editorial
earnestly calling for the resignation of the secretary of
the cotton association after his own confession. The
papers at Charlotte and at Raleigh and In Wilmington
echoed tbe demand. The Columbia State and The
Charleston Post, and we think. The News and Courier,
also agreed that It was a necessary thing to be done, and
The Georgian was only one of about a hundred newspa
pers of the highest type and character who felt that the
interest of this great organisation demanded that Its of
ficial life should be vindicated by tbls merited rebuke to
one of Its leading officers, who, while thundering his
warfare against the exchanges and the bucket shops,
was himself their patron and tbelr beneficiary.
Under these circumstances tbe members of the ex
ecutive committee present at Hot Springs have seen
fit to vindicate Mr. Cheatham and to restore him to his
position. They do this In executive session, which
means a secret session, and evidently over the strong
protest of a strong minority of their own members.
Without a particle of personal malice or personal
feeling tn this matter. The Georgian cannot fail to regret
the serions mistake made by the majority of the execu
tive committee present at Hot Springs. Tbe public opin
ion which demanded the resignation of Richard Cheat
ham was too widespread and too potential to be Ignored.
It Included too many great newspapers and too many
strong and able friends In and out of the cotton growera
themselves. Whatever the conditions which surrounded
Mr. Cheatham's connection with the association, what
ever Information he may have had in his possession
which made It necessary’to retain him, we do not know,
but we do not hesitate to say without malice and with
out fear, that hla restoration Is a serious mistake.
The majority of the visiting members of the execu
tive committee have simply committed themselves to
these astonishing propositions.
Thsy have vlndicsted an official of a charge which he
has himself confessed.
Moreover, having vindicated him of this charge
which he himself had confessed, they have proceeded In
a second resolution to declare that the act to which he
pleaded guilty waa a .serious offense against the associa
tion and If any members were guilty In the future they
should be expelled from office.
In other words, the secret session of the visiting ex
ecutive committee declares that Mr. Cheatham is not
guilty of a charge to which he has pleaded guilty and
that tha act which he himself confesses Is henceforward
an offense against the association worthy of expulsion,
but that Mr. Cheatham, who Is not guilty, although he
himself says that he is, Is hereby restored to a full fel
lowship and to his high and responsible position with
the Information that hs himself does not know when he
ie guilty, but that If hs Is evsr guilty again he will bo ex
pelled from the association which sternly condemns the
offense which he confesses In a confession which the
majority of the committee refuiet to believe and to per
ceive. Truly this Is a marvelous piece of logic, a dects
Ion fearfully and wonderfully made. It raises tbe ques
tion that there must be something tn Mr. Richard Cheat
ham so Indispensably necessary to the cotton associa
tion that he mtut be proved not guilty of charges to
which he has already pleaded guilty—of an offense which
the executive committee declares is a most heinous of
fense against the association, but of which they decide
he Is not guilty, although he himself says he Is guilty.
It will impress thoughtful men and honest friends of
the association that there is something more than pe
culiar In this extraordinary verdict.
Perhaps the annual meeting of next spring may take
a different view of It
There Is nothing which So keeps the races on a tension
as this continued proximity.
We understand that the matter Is to be taken up In
council at an early date and It la hoped that tbe ad
vocates of separation will be able to accomplish some
thing In the direction of reform. The present arrange
ment should not'be allowed to continue for another day,
and tbe people look to council to give them relief.
Tbe warlike Moors have no hesitancy in surrender
ing—^someone else.
Miss Maude Snow has been asleep 46 days
la not In Philadelphia, but out la Indiana.
Resentment against tbe tee trust begins to cool with
the advance of the season.
The Trail Cars Must Come.
The Georgian has been, and will continue to be, a
steady and faithful champion of the people In their fight
for the separation of the races on the street cars.
We have never taken any stock In the objections
set forth by the street railroad and we are firmly of the
opinion that It Is entirely feasible and practicable for
them to make some kind of arrangement for this separa
tion. '
In another column on this page today we pnbtlsh a
communication from one of the most gifted and cultur
ed women In the state, who has more than once had oc
casion to protest against the present manner In which
white and colored are made to ride on the street cars.
She makes a strong and vigorous argument and one
which it seems to us should appeal to the fairness and
the common sense of the street railway company. She
Is smply able to speak for herself, but coming from one
whom we know so well and can commend so entirely to
the confidence and intelligence of our readers, her com
munication should carry soaiethlng more than ordinary-
weight.
It Is nothing short of outrageous that refined wo
men should be subjected to tbe Indignity of having to
ride in close proximity with the negroes, while the very
fact that whites and blacks In general have to share
the same street cars Is known and recognised to be one
THE PEOPLE’8 FIGHT.
To the Editor of The Georgian :
You have now tackled a fight which will call forth
all your courage, all your resources and all your general
ship If you are to win.
A fight against the Georgia Railway and Electric
Company will be an uphill one, one that no other paper
In the city has dared to begin. If ever there was a time
that the people of a city ought to rally to the support of
a newspaper, that time Is now.
This It not The Georgian's fight. It is the people's
fight, and at such Is started and as such will be con
ducted, I am sure. Every man, woman and child who
has any Interest In Atlanta has certainly a vital interest
tn this fight, and having such Interest, should hold up
your hands until the flfeht Is won and then continue to
do so.
But the average reader wilt ask how can I help a
newspaper, no matter how much I may approve of Its
policy?
First of all, buy the paper and read It; then buy front
firms who advertise in the paper and let those firms
know where you saw the advertisement, and above all. if
you have any advertising to do yourself, do It In The
Georgian and advise others to do the same. It will not
be a charity act, for the paper which Is fighting for the
people will he read by the people, and thus the returns
will come. There are many other ways, of course, but
If the people will follow the above I' believe you, Mr.
Editor, will be satisfied.
You state In your able editorial that you wish to hear
from anyone whp has been unfairly dealt with by the
Georgia Railway and Electric Company. This whole com
munity Is at present being robbed by that company un
der the name of tbe Atlanta Northern Railway. It Is all
the same company, for they acknowledge so themselves.
If you go to Comptroller. General Wright's office you will
find that the Georgia Railway and Electric Company re
turned taxes on the Atlanta Northern as their property.
Such returns were made under oath, I presume, so Is
very likely true. (Jim Key take notice). 1 live less than
six mile, from the capital, yet this company charges me
and my neighbors 16 cents fare one way. From How
ell station and sven Inside the city this company charges
a 10-cent fare. You cannot get In or out of the etty on
this line under 10 cents. Just think of the thousands of
dollars tbe franchise to run Into the city Is worth, which
this company gets free, and then, look at the treatment
the city receives in return.
We who are mulcted of the 15 cents fare are not the
only ones hurt, for It hurts the whole city of Atlanta.
That extra fata Is simply a Chinese wall which plainly
says jo Atlanta, thus far shalt thou grow and no fur
ther. A city always grows by tbe working people buy
ing and building on the suburbs. They-are the pioneers
In city building just as much as the poor man waa the
pioneer who built up the west How can the working
man pay such fares? How . can he get a home in the
suburbs? But much could be written on this subject
by others far abler than I. Think of the handicap It is
to our local merchants, who In their enterprise spend
large amounts advertising In the dally papers. We see
the advertisements, but In order to take advantage of
them we must spend 30 cents. Consequently we lay
the paper down and say ‘Td like to have It but can't af
ford the carfare.” We then pick up a catalogue of some
big Chicago mall order house, with which the country
is now flooded, and find the same article which we can
have brought right to the door for probably 8 cents, thus
bringing Chicago nearer than Atlanta by 22 cents. That
Chicago man does not pay a dollar taxes to Atlanta, not
a penny to an Atlanta paper for advertising, nor a nickel
to any Atlanta man for clerk hire. Is that fair to the
Atlanta merchant? Close to where I live Is a cemetery.
Yet this same company instead of -establishing a station
or stop at the nearest point and directly on a public
road, have plaoed a station (Moore's) In the middle of a
field and for a long time bad the station fenced in with
a four strand barbed wire fence. The atatton is a quar
ter of a mile from the road, thus compelling the people
to walk a half mile (both ways) further than necessary,
In other words walk back up the track to regain the road.
We sent In a petition signed by people whose relatives
are buried tn the cemetery and all the answer we got
was to have the wire cut so that the people could walk
across a plowed field Instead of going up the track.
Before sending tn the petition I mado a personal ap
peal to Mr. Glenn for a stop, pointing out the danger of
women and children watklng up the track. His answer
was that the company could not be held legally respon
sible If they met with accidents.
"Then, Mr. Glenn," I said, "you would rather see our
women and children risk their lives than to grant us n
stop at the rond?"
"That's about the size of It?" was tbe brutal answer
of Mr. Glenn.
He may deny that, but I am willing to swear ,to It,
and I know my word is as good as Mr. Glenn's among
my neighbors—those who know me.
May the people realise that you are making this
fight for thorn and rally to your support and that you
may win Is my earnest prayer. Respectfully yours,
W. S. M'INTYRE.
Atlanta, Sept. t.
ed that will work better and not leave our people so
wretchedly demoralized. We might organize klans
enough to thin the negro out to a stand in a few years,
th--. we would have our own people so degraded that It
would take r. .re than a generation to get us back to true,
quiet, peaceable citizenship again. Something must be
done, but let us work It out with cool, determined Judg
ment, and done In this way It will not destroy the youth
of our young manhood. You can organize K. K. bands
all over the state and when this work !b over of
straightening out the negro you would have an element
so drilled and trained in such wicked work that It
would become second nature, «o to speak—so much so
that the greater.part of them would not know when
their work was ended, and tt would take quite a while
to teach these klans that the war was ended. Now let us
try to get rid of the bad element of the negroes, and In
a way that will not corrupt our own people.
Separation Is the best way we can devise, and if our
people (white) North and South would agree on this plan,
and then let congress make the law and the provision
for such things, the trouble would then be ended; and
it does look like the white people after seeing such a
dreadful thing surrounding us on all sides would begin
to act, and at as early date as could be arranged. Why
don't some leading man in congress begin to Introduce
such measure? Ben Tillman, with all his eloquence and
“vim" could start something that would end In good. A
quiet separation will beat all the killing we can do. If wo
were to kill all. I am willing to bb taxed $25 per year
for ten years to come for this one purpose, and that
much on all male citizens would move the Blue Ridge
mountain across the sea, much less the negro race. Keep
It before the people for you can do it as no other can.
But give your protest at all times to the klan plan, and
may we hope for better times and a wise solution of tbls
much vexed and perplexed problem. Yours truly.
A. D. CURRIE.
Groveland, Ga.
! GOSSIP
SEPARATION THE ONLY WAY.
To the Editor of The Gcorgtnn:
Your nrticle "When Will the Reign of Terror Cease?"
Is striking on country people with a great deal of force,
for wo think we have more cause to be In dread than
the city people. We feel proud to know we have such an
editor in Georgia who can so Impress us on this subject
as you have. When will the reign end? ! wish I could
see an answer when and how. Now It must cease, coBt
what It will. „
I have read with care the plans of a good many. One
plan I can't Indorse—that is the Ku-Klux Klan. We of
my age (5S) know something of this klan business. It
will ruin any country or government that will adopt or
allow It. Let your master pen bear heavy and long
against any movement of this kind. It Is too wicked for
any civilized people to tolerate. Other ways can be devls-
TRAIL CARS FOR THE NEGROES. , /
To the Editor of The Georgian:
When the streets of Atlanta get to be wide, and
straight, so that the street cars won't have to run round
any corners or up and down grade Mr. Arkwlght, I think,
will let the white people ride by themselves, and let the
negroes ride In trailers. Wouldn't that be nice?
But as long as the streets of Atlanta persist In be
ing so narrow and will run up and down, and cars
have to run around corners, why the White people will
just have to ride In tbe cars with the negroes. Mr.
Arkwright Is awfully sorry, but It can’t be helped.
Mr. Arkwright Ib the pretty man the Btreet car com
pany has to tell the people what Is best for them In re
gard to street cars. He and another gentleman went over
to the legislature and when Senator Strange snld the peo
ple wanted the whites and blacks separated In the street
cars, Mr. A. and the other gentleman said it wasn't that
way at all, that It wouldn't be best for the people (no, not
the people; I made a mistake)—for the street car com
panies, for them to have separate cars; that Senator
Strange was entirely mistaken, and made them lay the
bill "on the table." And the "other gentleman” was “laid
on the table" by an overwhelming vote of these Bamo
people. Mr. Arkwright Is sorry, but tt can't be helped.
The ladles and children must continue to be crowded Into
the street cars with the negroes, because the street car
company Is too poor to furnish separate cars, for If they
did what would become of the watered stock? That Is a
pretty live issue. However, Mr. Arkwright will allow the
ladles and children to enter the car from the front, if
they will be good, and not foil off, though the posters In
the cars at one time Btated in big black letters that,
"passengers must enter and leave cars by the rear
platform only, to avoid danger." Now, however, they can
get In If there Is room, any old way, at the risk of life
and limb. In caBe of an accident a damage suit might
be rather an expensive Item, but no matter; we must
take the chances. Mr. Arkwright ts sorry, but the streets
are too narrow, not for double tracks, but tor trailers.
As most of cars on the Peachtree line to Brookwood
have only five scats on a side and the two little end
ones, any gentleman who might wish to enjoy a cigar
while on his way to or from his business simply won't
be allowed to do such a thing. The Idea of wanting
such a privilege; preposterous! He should appreciate
the fact that the negroes must have those seats, the
street car company needs his nickel, and you know the
street car company Is too poor to furnish a separate car
for the hundreds oj.lts negro patrons. So you must be
good, gentlemen, and let the negro have your sept. It
you want your cigar you must walk. Mr. A. ts sorry,
but ft can’t be helped.
It's a foolish public that thtnks they are going to
get any consideration from the street car company—the
poor street car company—that owns all the streets In
our beautiful city, all over It, and now extending all
round it. I think Mr. Key should be ashamed of himself,
trying to make tbe poor street car company pay any taxes
on their nice long line to Marietta, because you know
they are running It Just to accommodate the public.
That's very kind of them. It may be that they are not
making any money out of It, who knows? What If the
ladles and children do have to be packed Into the cars,
even stand on the front platform, the aisles also being
filled, as I saw them the other day, and falling over ono
another, having nothing to hold to. while the three or four
rear seats were filled with negro men and women com
fortably seated, enjoying themselves, seeing the white
ladles hardly able to stand, being jostled around and
knocked up against the backs and sides of the car. What
difference does that make, gentlemen? The negro has
paid for his seat; the street car company needs the
money. You can't help It. you must submit to the Insult
offered your wives and mothers by your friends of the
street car company. Mr. A. Is sorry—so sorry—but—
things will go merrily on in the same old way unless the
members of the city council have backbone enough to
say “we have stood this insult to our families just as
long as we intend to, and if the street car company has
not respect enough for our white women to change
things, we will make them have. Wo have stood the
present state of affairs Just as long as we propose to-
pntlence has ceased to be n virtue, and Is verging close
onto a crime. Gentlemen of the street car company, wo
demand separate cars for the protection of our wives and
daughters.
If the close contact Is ns repulsive as It Is now on
open cars, lor heaveni sake what will It be when cold
weather makes closed doors and windows a necessity
Gentlemen of the city council. It is up to you. What do
you propose to do about tt? Haven't the ladles endured
the present state of affairs long enough? They cannot
help thomnelves. Will you condemn them to a continua
tion of present conditions?
Mr. A. Is sorry, but he can’t help It, so you must
E. K. F.
tell him how.
Growth and Progress of the New South
South which deserves something mors thau pass*
A Piano Dealer’s View of Prosperity.
Mr. A. A. Thomas, of Augusta, 03.
s one of the most prominent and pro.
gresslve merchants of that city.
While on a recent visit to Washing
ton, he was Interviewed by * The Plano
Trade,” In the course of which he gave
much valuable Information »hat will
be of Interest to the readers of The
Georgian.
Mr. Thomas likened planes .» sew
ing machines In the evolution of the
public demand. He says that as long
as 187G It was predicted that the
sewing machine flelJ would so»»n
exhausted, but that today the demand
Is greater than It has ev»r been. The
day of the reed organ In the S mth Is
passing away and the piano is taking
Its place. v
Continuing, Mr. Thomas said:
•’There Is no-overproduction In cot
ton, and It Is an easy matter /or the
planters to find a market for all the
cotton that they can raise. About one-
flfth of the entire cotton product
Southern cotton manufactories The
total crop amounts to 11,000,900 bales
each containing 500 pounds of cotton.
Twelve cents a pound means |60 for
a bale of cotton. That spells prosper
ity In the fullest degree with ample
money to supply tne re<>*sarle* of
life. The total value of the i *fton
crop this year will be about $860,000,-
000.
•’What the South needs most at the
present time,” said Mr. Thomas, ”is a
diversified crop, so that in the case of
a failure In the cotton crop there may
be other products to fall back upon.
Another need Is for the Investment of
capital for the spinning of cotton so
that the demand for labor may be eug-
mented and the money for such work
distributed In the South. OtVr ema'I
Industries arc required, and for the
same reason, to keep the money at
home and to make th«» unemplojvd
self-sustaining. Thrs South Ik rapbl'y
recovering from tho e.’fects of ;be civil
war, and is beginning to pay proper
attention to economic questions that
have a direct bearing upon the happi
ness of Its people and their prosperity.
*’lt has mineral resources of unllm-
of the most fruitful sources of disorder and conflict. 12.000.000 bales 1* consumed in the Itcd character and wealth. There are fertiliser is also made. **A*luwer grade
guano deposits that when properly
worked will yield a fortune. Other
minerals there are, too, that are
worthy of the attention of the capital
ist. There are abundant deposItN of
coal and Iron; also kaolin, or white
clay, that Is the foundation of the
manufacture cf fine porcelain. This
Industry Is certainly worth developing.
Then there is pjenty of hardwood and
pine timber that In time will add great
ly to the revenues of the Southern
states Considerable attention Is now
being bestowed upon the growing of
various fruits, which I can candidly
say has Immense possibilities, especlnl-
ly In Georgia and South Carolina. This
fruit culture ftas Just been started, and
the promise of success Is very great.
"In Georgia, too, the farmers have
awakened to a proper appreciation of
local banks, and In a number of coun
ties are organising financial Institu
tion* that » III heln to sustain the home
Interests.
“The textile factories are Increasing
and the by-products from thte cotton
are yielding handsome returns. Cot
ton has touched 8 cents ns the low
est price, which Is not profitable; but
at 10 cents a pound It gives 25 per
cent profit. You can understand what
It means to the South to have cotton at
12 cents a pound.
"Of the by-products, there Is the
cotton sped Industry which shows a
steady growth. It will yield million*
of dollars, whereas a short time ago
comparatively, cotton seed was used
only as a fertilizer. Then there |*
cotton seed oil, which makes oll-cako
that Is highly desirable as foot! for
stock and from which a very valuable
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York, Sept. 8.—It Is learn*o...
Mark Twain's daughter, M?,."* 11 ,,S'*
Clemens, will make her American J?
but as a concert singer on the ...»?*'
of September 22, at Norwalk.
Miss Clemens made her first arm..? -
ance In a professional way at Klnr...
Italy, under favorable auspices
has a rich contralto voice of unus.,.1
clarity and beauty, and for year* hS
been devoting herself to Its cultivate!
under the best masters In Euron. i.
she can sing anywhero near as w.ii
as her distinguished father can Vrui
her fame and fortune are assured™*
It now develops that there tnav a.
a contest over the will of the late tt.?
man Oelrlchs. The widow has learGs
it Is said that Mr. Oelrlchs' brother
Charles, his sister, Mrs. Colonel
and Mrs. Oelrlchs' son are the bene/'
claries, and that she does not get on!
penny. '
With this news comes the further
statement that It Is not true that th,
millionaire and his wife had becom!
partially reconciled and that When'S!
knew he was dying he sailed hurried!
ly for this country, hoping to be with
her at his death. On the contrary it
Is said, he felt even a trifle more blue,
against Mrs. Oelrlchs because he w2
dying under such unhappy clreum
stances.
Mrs. Oelrlchs and her son are now
In Newport, nnd at the end of the
son will sail for Europe. Mm. Ciiarlei
Oelrlchs and her daughter, Mrs Pete,
D. Martin, last night went to Newts*
it is said they will coniult with Mri
Herman Oelrlchs to see If a win con.
test can be avoided.
Because of vandalism, gambling and
superfluity of love-sick men and maldi
James B. Duke, the tobacco king, ga«
order* yesterday that his splendid
country estate near Somerville, N j
Is to be hereafter closed to the public!
The order will deprive thousands of
the enjoyment of the wide woodland
stretches, the winding footpaths and
rare green houses, for which the great
park Is famous.
There Is a merry war on at Prince,
ton. The Nassau Inn bar room and
grill rooms were opened at Princeton
yesterday for the patronage of under,
graduates of the New Jersey Univer
sity. Liquor Is sold there as In any
saloon. Coincident with the opening
came the heated declaration from Mre
J. C. Bickford, president of the local
Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
that the new ealoon Is owned and
operated by Henry C. Bunn, caretaker
of the grounds and buildings of the
university. It was also announced that
President Woodrow Wilson would be
appealed to on his return from Europe
In an effort to prevent any official o(
the university from being affiliated
with the operation of a drinking resort.
GEORGIANS IN GOTIIAM.
New York, Sept. 8.—Here are aome
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—E. V. Carter, R. Handy,
C, T. Hopkins, J. T. Orme, F. c. Rob
inson, I. M. Clarke, Mrs. O. M. Healey,
AUGUSTA—A. A. Thomas.
MACON—M. M. Stapler, W. P.
Wheelock, C. C. Greene, H. Johnson.
SAVANNAH—N. C. Colquitt Mrs
H. W, Comer, J. H. Haslam, W. A.
Blsbee, B. FalUgant, D. C. Foreman, 8.
E. Teus.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
SEPTEMBER 8.
1816—Harvard collage founded.
1760—HitIv*lore Cherubini bprn. Mnrrb
15, 1842.
1784—Ann* Lee, founder of tho Hhnkfr*,
died.
1801—Storm resulted In great low of Ilf#
nod property at Havantiah. On.
1847— Hattie of Bl Mnllno Del Hey. Mexico.
lfti-Hellftlonii liberty adopted In Holland.
1867—I<oss of the ship Cent ml America and
451 Urea off Capo May.
1S7J— Nelson DlUfley elected governor of
Maine. . .
1883—Irish home rule bill rejected by Brit
ish house of lords.
1896—Will In ui J. hrynn notified of his n «»•
Itwtlon for the presidency.
TRESTLE WASHED OUT
BY SWOLLEN STREAM
Special to The Georgian.
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 8.—The South
ern trains to Atlanta had to tran-wr
passenger* at Oak Mountain station
yesterday morning, a big trestle at that
point having been washed out hy the
rain Wednesday night. .
The train from Atlanta was turned
back at Shiloh, Ga„ and while thrnuij
passage was not assured, It was nopea
to have the road, repaired by FrM»>
Many of the county bridges were
washed away along the line of me
Southern.
twemotIe
Special to Tho Georgian.
Columbus, Ga.. Sept. 8.—The heaviest
rainfall In years was recorded in tn
city Wednesday night, a total of nve
and eighty-six tenths Inches being tn
registered amount at the weather o
reau here. Considerable damage »
done by washouts, and the street • *
and mnny telephones were put
service for several hours. The ri
has risen about fifteen feet and
expected to reach the 20-foot murk
the wharf.
of cotton ls made by resinning t™
the seed that used to be on ab.
waste. It now has a distinct n-
value, and Is used In the manuratt
of an excellent grade of mattr«*”y
These by-products represent a taiue
over 1100,000,000. Th— .
•■'So you see," concluded Mr Th m
"the South Is In a prosperous i
tlon from the proceeds of Itsi t,,
crop, cotton. But It will be richer »»
more Independent when Its *tt: ...
made more diversified and other w
dustries come In that will sp*n
ton and make It Into the Anl.he>i*”” f
for the market. I can sec t*o• t(w
conditions ahead for the entire -v.
and especially for my state. ' ™ ,
Mr. Thomas Is one of the hr 1 *"'
nnd brainiest men In the f llan '
In that section, a keen and ana :
observer, and what he says |B rve §
spiring to those who cast is™ ’
upon the South os a field for P |jn