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w TI1E ATLANTA GEORGIAN. Saturday. si'rrKMnt'.'H 8. wie The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. P. L. SEELY, President. Telephone Connection!. Subicriptlon Rita.: One. Veer $4.50 Six Months 2.50 Three Month* 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c PubiliheJ frery Afternoon Except Sundty by THE GEORGIAN CO. it 25 W. Alibimi Street, Atlinti, Gi. zr Entered nt second-riant matter April 9, 1W. at tba Postafles at Atlanta. Ga.. under act of consreae of March 1 1*7*. Saturday Evening. They tell a pretty itory of the Queen Mother of Hot- land, who le one of the aweeteat and lovelleat of the roy nl women of the old world. One morning recently she was rudely awakened by a loud knocking at her Cham, ber door. When abe asked who was there, a quaintly dignified rolce 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 tittle queen of Holland, In the more charming character of the “little daughter," tered her mother’s room. A similar story haa been told of Queen Victoria* and the Prince Consort. Answering a rap at hts door, Prince Albert asked "Who Is there?” and received the reply "The queen,” whereupon ber husband, devoted to her though he was, declined to let her enter. An hour later she returned snd rapped at the door, and In an swer to the same question replied, “Victoria,” whereupon she waa welcomed with open arms. Perhaps there was never a more pathetic wail than that of this same royal woman—queen of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India—when In the agony of ber 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 hutpan aide of royalty—the feeling whlrh underlies the robes of royalty and overrides ceremc» conventions. To our demo- cratlc minds there Is i i 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 qneens are subject to the joys and sorrows and passions which animate the generality of mankind. They never bear 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 sentl- rnent of Bayard Taylor— "The bravest are the tenderest, The loving are the daring." It waa Pascal who said in the height of his fame and glory that the public, seeking him out In bis retirement, “cam. to ns 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 Is something ennobling In the frank and unfailing expression 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 n thirsty soul or the shadow of a great rock In a weary lnnd. It would redouble our joys and mlnlmlie our sor rows and scatter flowers along the highway Ilk# the foot fall of the spring. Mr. Richard Cheatham’s Extraordi nary Vindication. "Theso shall resist the empire of decay When time Is o’er and worlds have passed away; Cold In the dnst the perished heart may lie, 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 most 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 slnugh tor Bnd tale of meat In the city of Atlnnln. The condt tlnns which existed .were proven to have been absolutely revolting and the demand for Improvement waa urgent. It had been The Georgian’s fight, and The Georgian had won a glorious victory for the people, but It waa a pitiful spirit which should have moved csrtatn 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'hart of the city rouncll waa made apparent through tho death on yesterday of J. K. Illx, a prominent dtlsen of Btockbrldge, Oa., as s result of eating tainted meat bought In an Atlanta restaurant on last Monday. This circumstance alone should have, and doubtless would have, stirred the people of Atlanta to righteous action, snd there would have Imn 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 emphasized In no uncertain terms tho 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 le rigidly enforced. It would be worse than criminal, now that auch a measure Is on the statute books, to allow It become aoythlng like a dead letter. The life and health of the people are in danger, as Illustrated In a rery convincing and deplorable manner by the tragic death of Mr. Hlx. The people will not tolerate the continuance of such conditions and it la now time to make a wholesome ex ample of some of the offenders. James J. Hilt says "the plough la the hope of the United States," but The Boston Globe exclaims with hor ror, ”0, no, no; It’s the plow.’’ The school hey, with that fictitious "shining morning face,” is on his way to lessons with a crabapple coun tenance. Miss Maude Snow has been asleep 44 days, is not In Philadelphia, hut out In Indiana. Resentment against the Ice trust begins to cool with the advance of tho season. The whitewashing of Mr. Richard Cheatham by a majority of tbe members of the executive committee of the cotton association present at Hot 8pr!ngs, Ark., Is a matter which does not concern The Georgian any more than It touches a hundred other leading newspapers of the 8outb. This paper which has been from tbe beginning In Its staff and In Us columns tbe practical and helpful friend of the cotton association, became the medium of publicity through which the fact was brought to light that while Mr. Richard Cheatham’s newspaper organ was 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 the advocacy of hla crusade and actively dealing with one band in cotton futures through Gibert & Clay and through a bucket shop in this 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 hla own behalf, which was a very queer and perverted conception of the moral ques tion Involved even If It were true. There were nearly one hundred of tbe leading news papers of the South, all ardent friends of the cotton association, who resolutely Insisted upob Mr. Cheat ham's resignation under these circumstances. The Gal veston and a Dallas News did so, as did The New Orleans Times-Democrat. Tbe 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 demahd. The Savannah Press and The Savannah News and The Savannah Cotton Paper also demanded It. The Macon Evening News, one of the best and bravest papers In Georgia, joined In the protest. The Atlanta Journal, of which Mr. Jordan waa once the agricultural editor, wrote a lengthy editorial earnestly calling for the resignation of tbe secretary of tbe cottou association after his own confession. The papers at Charlotte and at Raleigh and In Wilmington echoed the demand. The Columbia Slate 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 orgaUzatlon demanded that Its of- fldal life should be vindicated by this merited rebuke to one of Its lendlpg officers, who, while thundering his warfare against the exchanges and the bucket shops, was himself tbelr patron, and their beneficiary. Under these circumstances the members of the ex ecutive committee present at Hot Springs hare seen fit to vindicate Mr. Cheatham nn<J to restore him to his position. They do this In executive session, which means a secret session, and evidently over the stropg protest of a strong minority of their own members. Without a particle of personal malice or personal feeling In this matter, The Georgian cannot fall to regret the serious mistake made by the majority of the execu tive committee present at Hot Springs. The 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 tbe cotton growers 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, wo do not know but we do not hesitate to say without malice and with out fear, that his restoration la a serious mistake. The majority of the visiting members of the execu tive committee have simply committed themselves to these astonishing propositions. „ 'They hive vlndlcsted 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 was 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 ecutlvn committee declares that Mr. Cheatham la not guilty of a charge to which he hae pleaded guilty and that the act which he hlmeelf confeaees le henceforward an offense against tha association worthy of expulsion, but that Mr. Cheatham, who Is not guilty, although he hlmeelf says that he It, It hereby restored to a full fel lowship and to hie high and responsible position with the Information that ho hlmeelf does not know when he le guilty, but that If ha It aver guilty again ha will be ex pelled from the association which sternly condemns the offenta whloh ha oonfettes In a confession whloh tho majority of tha committee, refutes to ballove and to per ceive. Truly this le a marvelous piece of logic, a decis ion fearfully and wonderfully made. It raises the ques tion that there must be something In Mr. Richard Cheat- hum so Indispensably necessary to the cotton associa tion that he mutt 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 whlrh they decide he la not guilty, although he himself says he la guilty. It will imprest 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. Thera Is noihlng which so keeps the races on n as this continued proximity. We understand that the matter Is to bo taken up In council at an early date and It Is 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 the people look to council to give them relief. Ion ert that will work better and not leave our people so I wretchedly demoralized. We might organize klnns The warllki Moors have no hesitancy In surrender ing—someone else. The Trail Cars Must Come. The Georgian hat been, and will continue to be, steady and faithful champion of the people In their fight fur the separation of the racea 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 fur them tu make some kind of arrangement for this separa tion. In another column on this page today we publish a communication from oije of the moat 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 afreet ears. She makes a strong sod vigorous argument and one which It seems to us should appeal to the fairness and the common Bense of the street railway company. She Is amply able to speak for herself, but coming from one whom we know so well and ran commend so entirely to the confidence and Intelligence of our readers, ber com munication should carry something more than ordinary weight. It U nothing short of outrageous that refined wo men should be subjected to the indignity of having to ride In close proximity with the negroes, while Che very fact that whites and blacks In general have to share the tame street cars la known and recognized to be one of the moat fruitful sources of disorder and conflict THE PEOPLE’S FIGHT. To the Editor of The Georgian: Yon have now tackled a light 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 haa 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 Is 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 In this fight, and having such Interest, should hold up your hands until tbe fight Is won and then continue to do so. But tbe average render will 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 from firms who advertise In the paper and let those firms know where yon 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 be 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 who 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). I live less than six miles from the capital, yet this company charges me and my neighbors IS cents fare one way. From How ell station and even inside the city this company charges a 10-cent fare. Yon cannot get In or out of the city on this line under 10 cents. Just think of the thousands of dollars the 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 hnrt, for It hurts the whole city of Atlanta. That extrn fare is simply a Chinese wall which plainly saya to Atlantn, thus far shalt thou grow and no fur ther. A city always grows by the working people buy ing and building on the suburbs. They are the pioneers In city building just as much ns tbe poor man was the pioneer who built up tbe 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 HO cents. Consequently we lay the paper down and say "I'd 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. Ib tbat'fatr to the Atlanta merchant? Close to where I live Is a cemetery. Yet this same company Instead of establishing a station or atop at the nearest point and directly on n public road, have placed a station (Moore’s) In the middle of a field and for a long time had the station fenced In with a four strand barbed wire fence. The station la a quar ter of a mllo 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 In 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 In the petition I made a personal ap peal to Mr. Glenn for a stop, pointing out the danger of women and children walking up the track. Hla answer was that tbe company could not be held legally respon sible If tbey met with accidents. "Then, Mr. Glenn,” I said, "you would,rather see our women nnd children risk their lives than to grant us a stop at the road?” ‘That’s about the size of It?” was tbe brutal anawer pf Mr. Glenn. He may deny that, but I am willing to awear to it, and I know my word It as good as Mr. Glenn's among my neighbors—those who know me. May the people realize that you are making this fight for them and rally to your support and that you may win Is my earnest prayer. Respectfully yours, • W. S. M’INTYRE. Atlanta, 8ept. 6. enough to thin tbe negro out to a stand in a few years, th- we would have our own people so degraded that It would take y 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 Is over of straightening out the negro you would nave an element so drilled and trained In such wicked work that It would become second nature, so to speak—so much so that the greater part of them would not know when their work was ended, and It 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 la tho 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 bo ended; and It does look like the white people fitter seeing such a dreadful thing surrounding us'on all sides would begin to act, and at as early date at 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 kilting we can do, If we were to kill all. I am willing to be taxed $25 per year for ten yearB to come fop this one purpose, and that much on all male citizens would move tbe 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 this mych vezed snd perplexed problem. Yours truly, Grovclnnd, Ga. A. D. CURRIE. SEPARATION THE ONLY WAY. To the Editor of The Georgian: Your article "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. Wo feel proud to know we have anch an editor In Georgia who can so Impress tis on this subject as you have. When will the reign end? I wish I could see an answer when and how. Now U must cease, cost what It will. I have road with care the plana of a good many. One plan 1 can’t Indorse—that Is the Ku-Klux Klan. We of my ago (58) know something of this klan business. It will ruin any country or government that will adopt or allow It. Let your master pen bear heayy and long against any movement of thli kind. It la too wicked for any civilised 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 care 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 JiiBt have to ride In the cars with the negroes. Mr. Arkwright Is awfully sorry, but It can’t bo helped. ' Mr. Arkwright le the pretty man the street car com pany has to tell the people what la best for them In re gard to street cars. He and another gentleman went over to the legislature and when Senator Strange said the peo ple wanted the whites and blacks separated In the street cars, Mr. A. and tbe 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 "m the table.” And the “other gentleman" was “laid on the table" by an overwhelming vote of these same people. Mr. Arkwright Is sorry, but It can't bo -helped. The ladles and children muat continue to be crowded Into the street cars with the negroes, because the street car company I* too poor to furnUh separate cars, for If they did what would become of tbe watered stock? That Is a pretty live lasue. However, Mr. Arkwright will allow tho ladles and children to enter the car from the front. If they will b6 good, and not fall off, though the posters In the cars at one time stated Iff 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 case of an accident a damage suit might be rather an expensive Item, but no matter; we must take the chances. Mr. Arkwright Is sorry, but the streets are too narrow, not for double tracks, but for trailers. As most of cars on the Peachtree line to Brookwood have only five seats 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 tbe street car company la too poor to furnish a separate car for the hundreds of Its negro patrons. So you must be good, gentlemen, and Iqt the negro have your seat. If you want your cigar you must walk. Mr. A. Is sorry, but it esn't be helped. It’s a foolish public that thinks they are going to get any consideration from the street car company—the poor atreet 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, white the three or four rear aeata 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 cnr. What difference doe* that make, gentlemen? The negro haa paid for hla seat; the atreet 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 tony—no sorry—but— things will go merrily on In the same old way unless the members of tho 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 act respect enough for our white women to chance things, we will make them have. We have stood the present state of affairs Just as long as we propose to; patience has ceased to bo n virtue, and Is verging close onto a crime. Gentlemen of tho street car company, we demand separate can for the protection of our wives and daughters. If the close contact Is as repulsive as It Is now on open cars, for heaven sake what will it bo 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 it? Haven’t the ladles endured the present state of affairs long enough? They cannot help themselves. Will you condemn them to a continua tion Of present conditions? I GOSSIP ] By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. New York. Sept. 8.—It Is learns... Mark Twain’s daughter, « Clemens, will make her American 5? but as a concert singer on the event' of September 1*2, at Xorwniw ,. nn * M!ps Clement made her .Amt tton of present conditions? Horry, but he can’t help It, so you must tell him how. El K F Growth and Progress of the New South Tinder this head, will appear from tint, to time Information lllastrsttng tbs remarkable development of lb* South which deserves somethin* mors thas pass ing attention. A Piano Dealer’s View of Prosperity. Mr. A. A. Thomas, of Augusta, Os.. one of the most prominent and pro gressive merchants of that city. While on a recent visit to Washing ton, he waa Interviewed by ’ The llano Trade,” In the course of whloh he gave much valuable Information 'hat will .f Interest to the readers of The Georgian. Mr. Thomas likened planer :s sew ing machines In the evolution of the public demand. He says that as long ago as IK76 It was predicted that the sewing machine Dell would soon I,.- exhausted, but that today the demand Is greater than It has ev -r been. The day of the reed organ Irt tht S uttli Is passing away and the piano Is taking Its place. Continuing. Mr. Thomas said: "There la no overproduction In cot ton, and It Is an easy matter for the planters to And a market for all the cotton that they can raise. About one- fifth of the entire cotton product Southert} cotton manufactories. The total crop amounts to 11,000,300 bales each containing 500 pounds of cotton. Twelve cents a pound means 1(0 for a bale of cotton. That spells prosper ity In the fullest degree with ample money to supply tlie rcce-sarie* n f life. The total value of the niton crop this year will be about 50»0,000.- 000. . "What the South needs most at the present time," said Mr. Thomas, "ts 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 fur the Investment of capital for the spinning of cotton so that ths demand for labor may be tug- mented and the money for such work distributed In the South. Other s-na'I Industries are required, and for the same reason, to keep the money at home and to make the unemployed self-sustaining. Tha South Is rapld'y recoverlng from tha e.feeIs of ;he.flvtl guano .deposits that when properly worked will yield a fortune. Other minerals there are, too, that are worthy °r the attention of the capital ist. There are abundant deposits of coal and' Iron; also kaolin, or white clay, that ts the foundation of the manufacture of fine porcelain. Thle Industry- Is certainly worth developing. Then there la plenty of hardwood and pine timber that in time will add great ly to the revenues nf the Southern states Considerable attention Is now being bestowed upon the growing of various fruits, which I can candidly say has Immense possibilities, especial ly.,? 0 7' rBla ,* n,1 . 8 ”uth Carolina. This fruit culture has Just been started, and the promise of success Is very great. th® farmers have awakened to a proper appreciation of local banks, and In a number of coun ties are organizing financial Institu tions that will help to sustain ths home interest^, " T ?!! factories are Increasing JJi? u’ y ''‘S n,, e C "’ from ,h « cotton are yielding handsome returns. Cot ton haa touched 8 cents as the low- est price, which Is not profitable; but at 1# cents a pound It gives 25 per cent profit. You can tinrf<»raitnnri Clemens made her first Knee In a professional way at Kloren/.' has a rich contralto voice of unusso clarity and beauty, and for yean sj! been devoting herself to Its cultlvatlJi under the best masters In Euron*” v! she can sing anywhere near a, an her distinguished father can' ,«! her fame and fortune are assured. 011 It now develops that there mar u n contest over the will of the late man Oelrlchs. The widow has learnM It Is said, that Mr. Oelrlchs’ broths Charles, his sister, lira 'colone? j® and Mrs. Oelrlchs’ son art the bents' claries, and that she does not Ye? penny. * With this comes the furh>- statement that It Is not true that Vh. millionaire and Ids wife had been™! partially reconciled and that When'S! knew he was dying he sailed hurried, ly for this country, hoping to be wuk her at his death. On the contrary a Is said, he felt even a trifle more bitter against Mrs. Oelrlchs because he dylng-der euch unhappy elrcum. Mrs. Oelrlchs and her son are new In Newport, and at the end of the «ea! son will sail for Europe. Mrs Chari.. Oelrlchs and her daughter, Mrs p. !J p. Martin, last night went to Newport It Is said they will consult with Mm Herman Oelrlchs to see If a will m. test can be avoided. ” Because of vandalism, gambling and superfluity of love-sick men and maldi James B. Duke, the tobacco king gave orders yesterday that his splendid country estate near Somerville, x j Is to be hereafter closed to the public The order will deprive thousand* of tha 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 Prlnea- ton. The Nassau Inn ber room and grill rooms were opened at Prlncetoa 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 MM, J. C. Bickford, president of the loctl Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, that the new saloon is owned and operated by Henry C. Bunn, coretaktr of the grounda and building* of the university. It was also announced that President Woodrow Wilson would be appealed to on t,lk 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 GOTHAM. New York, Sept. 8.—Here are soma of the vtsltore In New York today: ATLANTA-*-Bk V. Carter, R. Handy, C. T. Hopkins, J. T. Orme, F. 0. Rob inson, I. M. Clarke, Mrs. O. M. Healey. AUGUSTA—A. A. Thomas. MACON—M. M. Stapler, W. P. Wheeloek, C. C. Greene, H. Johnson. SAVANNAH—N. C. Colquitt Mr*. . W. Comer, J. H. Haslnm, W. A. Blsbee. R. Fnlllgunt, D. C. Foreman, S. R Tcus. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. 3EPTEM3ER 8. !tt&—lliu-rnrd college founded. 17*>-H<i Ira tore Clicruldnl born. Died March 1M)1—Htorin reunited In front lone of life nnd property nt Knvunnah. On. 1M?-I!!«ttle nf Ki Mollno Del Hey. Mrxlco. IKYl—ItellgliittH liberty ndoptml In Holland. 1N67—l/w* of the nhlp IVntml America nnd 4*1 live* off c’npo Mn~ 1873— Nolaoii Dlnftey elected gorernor of _ Mnltie. Ittft—Irllh home rule bill rejected by Brit* -IrllL .... l*h hotinc of lonln. 19M—Wltllnm J. hrynn notified of hla no* (nation for the prealdcncy. TRESTLE WASHED OUT BY SWOLLEN STREAM Speelnl to Tho Georgina. Columbus, Oa., 8ept. 8.—The South ern trains to Atlanta had to transfer passengers at Oak Mountain stntlos yesterday morning, a big trestle gt imi point having been washed out by the rain Wednesday night. , Th# train from Atlanta was turned back at Shiloh, Go., and while through passage was not assured, It was hopM to have the road repaired by FrlOM- Many of the county bridges sere washed away along the line of tne Southern. TWENTY-FOOT TIDE -ent profit. You can understand what It means to the South to have cotton at 12 cents a pound. ,P f ,he .hy-Products, there Is the cotton seed induitry which showe a steady growth. It will yield millions of dollars, whereas a short time ago rnmnnrntlv*»Iv- nntinn war, and 1s beginning to pay proper attention to economic questions that have a direct bearing upon the happl. nese of Its people and their prosperity. I that Is highly desirable "as" food 'fnr "It has mineral resources of unllm* I stock and from which a very valuable A lower grade comparatively, cotton seed wee used only a* a fertiliser. Then there ta cotton seed oil, which makes oil-cake 000,000 bales is consumed in the Ited character and wealth. There are fertilizer !* also made. Hpeclnl to The lleorglsn. Columbus, Go.. Bent 8.—The heavies' rainfall In years was recorded In uns city Wednesday night, a total of ■ and eighty-six tenths Inches being registered amount fit the weather ou reau here. Considerable damage done by washouts, and the street rs and many telephones were put "fit service for several hours. The r [* has risen about fifteen feet and expected to reach the 20-foot mars the wharf. of cotton is mads by rtglnnlngjhj® the seed that used to be an absohn waste. It now has a distinct mow) value, and Is used In the man"'- 11 ' of an excellent grade of mattres* : Thaan hv.nPnflitrlff rFflfMCnt A Theie by-product* represent a over $100,000,000, 'So you see/’ concluded Mr. Thom**- “the South la In a prosperous t* tlon from the proceed* of H" s^Lj crop, cotton. But It will be richer «i» Us crops 1 more Independent when Its cr, ’h made more diversified a»e other dustrlee ■ ton nnd make ore Oivrrsm™ rot- come In that willi spin ' h *Lj, ion ana make It Into tbe finlshed * - for the market. I can aee veryjg” conditions ahead for the entire - , . and especially for my state, Ge->rr a t Mr. Thomae Is one of the brl *" M find brainiest men In the piano tra in that section, n keen and ana £ observer, and what he says la qal**, spiring to those who cast their > upon the South ae a field for piano-