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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN-
MONDAY. SRT'TKMnnt in. 19f«.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
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The State Fafr Next.
Thirty day* from today the gatea of the state fair
will be thrown open to the public, and not only the state
of Georgia but the entire South It tip-toe In expectation
of the magnificent exhibition which la promised for the
occasion.
Some of the exhibits are already arriving In the city
and the Improvement* In the buildings and grounds are
well under way. Two thousand dollar* will be spent for
this purpose alone, and when the work Is done the fair
grounds for this year of grace will be prettier and more
attractive than they have ever been before. That they
will be thronged with visitors aa never before I* already
Clearly Indicated.
The first week will be devoted to what many look
forward to with the greatest degree of Interest—the home
coming week for all Georgian* wherever they may be.
The sonn and daughter* of this state who have gone
forth Into other parts of the country to make their home
will be glad to meet and mingle here once again. Not
only will they have the pleasure of seeing the loved ones
they have left behind, but this will be a common meeting
ground for Georgians from every part of the country.
It la said that there la one county out In Colorado
which I* almost entirely made up of Oeorglan*, while the
natives of this state who have made Texas their home
run up Into the hundreds of thouMnds.
In a few short days there win be a touch of autumn
la the atmosphere and the mind of the public will natur
ally turn to the coming festivities. At that time there
will be practically nothing to distract our attention from
the celebration, and It la the duty of every Atlantan and
of every Georgian to do everything In hla or her power
to make the fair of 1906 the greatest In our history.
The Best or Nothing.
The smsoq at the Casino, out at Ponce DeLeon, has
closed, and a delightful lesson It has been. The park
Itself will be kept open for several weeks longer, prob
ably until alter the state fair, but in the playhouse Itself
the "spots” are out, tbs actors fled, and all the guests
departed.
It was originally the purpose of the management
to continue the Casino Itself for a few weeks longer,
but genial Jake Wells, who Is at the him time always
considerate for the beet Interests of the people who pat
ronlie the theater during the good old summer months,
did something which Is entitled to something more than
passing mention, end should be commended to the at
tcntlon and emulation of other manager* throughout the
country. - Nobody oxpects a dollar-and-a-half show for
fifty cents, but there Is a certain excellence which they
do demand. Mr. Wells could have procured vaudeville
attraction* of a certain kind for several weeks to come,
but after looking them over personally he decided that
they were not up to the standard of the Casino and he
promptly decided to close the theater rather than take
advaatage of the people by giving them something
which wa* not up to the mark.
ft was a high-minded thing to do. and at the tame
time it Is this sort of thing that pays, after all. The
people will remember this when the Casino opens nsxt
year end they will -have all the more confidence In any
promisee he may make. He and Manager Cardoza will
now devote their time and attention to the Bijou and
to that new and better Bijou which Is Just ahead of us.
No community should be without Its Jake Wells
•nd Hugh Cardoxa.
The Passing of the Straw.
Tbs tiro* has come for the passing of the strew.
A few of them are lingering superfluous on the brow,
even as Indian summer lingers In the lap of her elder
sister, but they are turning as brown a* the stubble
fields and impress us as a memento of the days that ace
dead.
In northern latitudes they have largely pasyed away.
On the floors of the wicked stock and produce ex
changes the memter who absent-mindedly appears with
onn of these outlawed bonnets Is rudely awakened aa t,o
the change In the calendar by having It boldly torn to
piece* by a lot of Joyoni bulla and bears who for the mo
ment lay aside graver matters to redeem the ancient
honor of the guild.
An Atlantan who has recently returned from the
Windy City relates that be was walking along 8tate
street when he henrd tin cry of a gamin. "Shoot the bon
net,” to which he paid no attention, but when the cry
swelled, with now an t then the variant, "Didn’t you hear
those bells ring on September If” he finally realised that
hla mildewed straw waa the cynosure of all eyes, aud
forthwith he went Into a hattery and bought him the
latest block In which the au fait derbies come.
Something of the same kind la occurring all over the
North, and from that same Chicago comes the news of
a novel method by which the women of the city have
made It their special business to clear the streets of the
offending derelicts. An enterprising hstter has brought
out s small model of a hat, painted blue to enhance Its
absurdity, on the front of which is attached a button bear
ing the legend "13 4 U. Straw hats sklddoo."
These little miniature hats are placed at the plate of
husband or brother at breakfast, they are placed on his
office desk, they are thrust under hla nosh when he
rlaeth up and when he lleth down and wherever they
can make him afraid, until life becomes one grand, fierce
protest and he has no recourse but to go forth and pur
chase e new tile In keeping with the season.
It Is presumed that the women who have taken the
lead in thla movement belong to the civic league, prob
ably with the atd sad assistance of the health depart
ment At any rate It Is a worthy and effective effort to
bring the people of a great metropolis up to date. It is
hoped that the people of Atlanta will not be forced to re-
tire under the fire of such ridicule.
The fact of the matter la that they nre so entirely
up to date that they are already discarding the out-worn
straw, and In all likelihood will be Importing a lot of the
"sklddoo" novelties last for the fun of the thing long
after the straw bat Itself has gone.
The first touch of autumn strikes here as early, in
i business way, ss It does In any of the cities of more
Northern latitude*, and w* need no such reminders aa
this that It Is time to wake from such summer somno- j great and over-confident corporation the same le
lence as ever prevails here and apply ourselves to the
more active affairs of winter.
The Spirit of One of Our Corporations.
The trouble with the Oeorgla Railway and Electric
Company, which controls the street railroads and the elec-
trie plant and the gas plant which furnishes Atlanta,
the fact that they hold their franchises and their op-
portunttes In a harsh and arrogant spirit of Inconsldera-
tlon for the people.
We doubt If there Is a corporation In the whole South
which la as little responsive to the wishes and expres
sions of the people upon whom It mightily prospers as
this corporation. It Is singular In view of the men who
compose the corporation and control it, that they should
assumed toward the people and towerd lust complaints
and reasonable requests the attitude which It has nearly
always assumed. Mr. Arkwright, president of the cam
pany, le a gentleman of birth and breeding, an attorney of
experience an da man of the world In the courtesies and
amenltlts of life. Messrs. Brandon and Rosser are gen
tlemen of character and responsive to the amenities
In every other line of life. Colonel Tbod
Hammond, at attorney of the company. Ip .one
the first lawyers of ttte city and a ton of one of the best
beloved men that Georgia has produced In recent years.
And yet, with such a personnel this great corporation has
treated more appeals with Indifference and with the con
tempt of silence than any corporation enjoying the privi
leges that com* from the hands of this people.
Compere the attitude of the Georgia Railway and
Electric Company and the Gas Company with that of the
Southern Bell Telephone Company. The latter corpora
tion Is frequently eubjected to criticism and complaint,
whfoh la duly made both by Individuals and by at least
one free voice of the public press. The answer of tbe
Southern Bell Telephone Company to these criti
cisms Is always kindly, urbane and considerate, evi
dencing a high respect for public opinion, and they at
least go through the motion of making an effort to correct
iny defect In the system to which crlUcIsm hat been
made.
Take on tbe other hand the company owning the
street railways and the electric light plant and tbe gaa
plant. A few weeks ago The Oeorglan wrote an editorial
couched In language of the highest courtesy, bearing tea-
timely to the good work of the corporation, evidencing
an Intelligent appreciation of the varioua difficulties
which It hod to combet, and urging In conclusion most
earnestly but politely upon the corporation to relieve the
great congestion of travel In the rush of morning and eve
ning hours by elthar Increasing the number of car* or by
adding trailers to the cars alresdy running under tbe
present schedule. To this courteous request not the
slightest response was made, although we offered tho
columns of our newspaper for the official! to state the
sons why this could not be done, If they found It Im
possible to oomply with this popular demand.
A little later end at a time when this city was stirred
to Its profoundest depths by the race question, and the
reign of terror which existed In our suburban centers, we
appealed once more to the company in thla serious crisis
of our affairs to avoid tbe possible conflict of the racM
by providing either separate cara for tbe negroes or
some division which would avoid the possibility of con
flict and disturbance. Thla request wa* also couched In
the most courteous and considerate terms, and was rather
an appeal than a demand.
An expression was asked from the corporation with
the friendly tender of our columns for a reply. To this
second request made in the Mate spirit, no reply was
made, but In tbls matter aa In other matters which come
from Individual patrons tbe most tranquil Indifference
and the most contemptuous silence was Illustrated to
ward the appeal of those who are the patrons and the
promoter! of these great enterprises.
The experience of Individuals has been the same as
the experience of this paper. Tbe corporations which
own these franchises are arrogant and dictatorial and
utterly contemptuous of public opinion. The Oeorgla
Railway and Electric Company teems to have adopted the
sentiment of Vanderbilt—"The public be damned"—and
to have retained tbat as Its standard answer to com
plaints which It seems to feel Itself able to override.
We And It difficult to understand how a corporation
like this which ha* been so roytlly treated by Atlanta
and which la headed by men of character and Intelli
gence should adopt a policy which Is so highly calculated
to inflame the people against them and to antagonise
public sentiment rather than to will It. A little klndneM
and a little consideration and a little aoncaMlon on the
part of these people would do much to soften the dis
content of thousands of Atlanta people toward their sys
tem and policies. A little courteous statement or even an
explanation. It It were Impossible to grant In degree the
demands of the public, would do much to relieve the an
ger and to dlMipate the bitterness which Is growing In
so many minds toward the arrogance and the arbitrary
policies of tbe corporation.
The Oeorgla Railway and Electric Company might
learn a most wholesome lesson In this matter from the
euavlty and politeness of the Southern Bell Telephone
Company, which bridges many difficulties and
many complaints by tbe simple courtesy and apparent
consideration of Its officials toward tbe public.
We recall In this connection that there was a time
when this Georgia Railway and Electric Company con
trolled tho ballots of Atlanta. How they did It we have
sever been able to understand, although we have heard
plausible explanation given. The fact standi that the
corporation did control or waa supposed to control arbi
trarily the politics of Atlanta. That hat been several
years ago.
Can It be possible that the uma corporation think*
that It can still at any tlma It wishes control the politics
of Atlantn and elect a council that will be subservient
to Its will and pliant to It* policies? Is It poMtble that
thla belief Is the basis of the arrogance with which It
treats tho appeals and courteous requests of tho people
made Individually or through their public representa
tives? I* it possible that the corporation arrogantly be
lieves that at any time it chooses to do so It can reach
out Its strong hand and dominate tho city council and
the politics of thla city?
If this belief exists In the minds of the corporations
we believe it Is a mistake. Tbe people have grown wlth-
the last five years. The people are not so easily
fooled. The people sre not so easily bought The public
spirit has been quickened. In their honest judgment the
newspapers of Atlanta are freer and more earnest than
they have evor been before. We do not believe that the
press, or the majority of the city press, can be subordi
nated o rinlluenced at this time, and we confidently assert
that If the Georgia Railway and Electric Company and Its
various franchises think they can command and control
the politics of this city In the election of councllmen and
aldermen and mayors In order that their arrogant pollclea
may be undisturbed In the future as in the psst. we do
net hesitate to put them on notice here and now, that
there 1* one paper at least, which will join battle with
them In behalf of the people and that one earnest, honest,
fearless and persistent effort will be made to teoeb this
that tho state of Georgia has taught to kindred corpora
tions that while wo would not at any time do them In
justice, tbe people will demand that they themselves at
all times should be treated with justice and with consid
eration.
A soft answer turneth away wrath and a consider
ate bearing removes opposition, but contemptuous silence
and arrogant Indifference will atlr the stones of Atlanta
to rebellion and protest.
And the Georgia Railway and Electric Company
In Its various franchises may put this fact In Its plu
tocratic pipe and smoke It.
It will be an excellent excuse, In these days of un
settled orthography, to say “My stenographer spells for
me."
The Apotheosis of James Hamilton Lewis.
At the banquet given by the Jefferson Club In Chi
cago to William Jennings Bryan last week one of the
most notable Incidents wss the reception accorded to
James Hamilton Lewis when he made hla way down the
aisle to the banquet table.
Mr. Liewla has been 111 for some time. The fact of
the matter Is that he has overworked himself In his
recent crurade against the tax dodger. He discovered
that there was at least one large estate which had not
been paying the amount of taxes to the city during the
past few years to which the municipality waa justly en
titled. This led him to make a general Investigation and
as a consequence be found that there was not only one
hut there were many such estates In Chicago which had
not been contributing as they should to the general fund.
By bis diligence he succeeded In placing hundreds
of thousands of dollsra in the treasury, but In tho midst
of his work his health gave way under the strain and he
was compelled to go to a hospital for several weeks.
His presence at the Bryan banquet was probably his
first public appearance since hla Illness, and the cheers
and applause which greeted him must have convinced
him of the warm place be holds In tbe affections of the
people among whom he has gone within recent years
to make his home.
Every one who really knows James Hamilton Lewis
knows that be eminently deserved the reception accord
ed him, and the people of Georgia know him very well,
for he was born among- them. There was a time when the
people of the whole country were Inclined to make a
great deal of fun of Jamci Hamilton Lewis. He was a
target for a great deal of good natured ridicule. He 18 a
man of many peculiarities and this has placed him In the
public eye. The New York Sun had a great deal to say
about hla pink whisker* and his white spats, and other
wise made all sorts of fun—to their own satisfaction.
All of which James Hamilton—or Jim Ham. ns he
came to be called by these alleged wits—took In the best
of humor so long that a certain class of people imagined
that he was a man of no particular force—that he was
a poseur and a dandy.
But there came a time on the floor of tbe house—
for all tbls was while be was a congressman from the
state of Washington—when a Republican member tried
the patience of Lewis too far. He made a combined at
tack upon Lewis and upon the Democratic party. This
was too much for the member from Washington and he
rose In bis wrath. From the very nature of the speech
he made It must have been entirely ex tompore, but what
he did to that offending member'waa more than enough.
It has become a classic In the records of the house.
Keen sarcasm, ridicule, facte, logic, history were all ar
rayed In a masterly manner. His victim writhed and
squirmed under the fierce fusillade of the Infuriated con
gressman, but the steady, even, eloquent flow of rheto-.
rid on Are continued for something like half an hour.
And when he finished that member looked like a
paper collar at a picnic.
From that goqd day forward no one doubted tho elo
quence and ability of the member from Waablngton, and
whenever there was any probability of bringing down bis
wrath they turned aside and said, like Josh,Billings,
That’s that snax hole.”
He waa defeated for re-election to congress, but he
did not by any means retire from public life. He
moved over to Chicago and among other things entered
heart and soul into Dunne's municipal ownership cam
paign. When Dunne was triumphantly eleeted Lewis,was
chosen corporation counsel for Chicago, and he bps been
discharging the duties of that office with conspicuous |
ability. He Is not the man of pink whiskers and white
spata any more. At least If he wears spats they are not
regarded with any considerable amount of Interest.
He Is making one of the best municipal officers Chi
cago has ever had and Georgia Is proud to claim him as
her own.
H* should forgather with us a month from today
when Home Coming week Is ushered In. We will give
him the time of bis Ilf*.
j GOSSIP
Growth and Progress of the New South
Under this bead will appear from time to time Information Illustrating tho
remsrlabl, development of the South which deeervet somsthlof more than pass-
in* attention.
How Southern Banks Increased.
The number of national banks or
ganised In recent years Is a strong in
dication of ths growth of the country
at large, and In this growth ths South
has shown a gratifying average for her
own part. As Indicated by statistics
R thered by the Manufacturers' Record,
tween March 14, 1900, when the act
went Into effect permitting the organ
isation of national banks with a capi
tal of less than 140,000, and August 11,
1000. there hav* been organised In the
United Btatea 3,085 national banks with
a capital of 8177,151,100. Of this num
ber 110, or 3t per cant of the total,
with an aggregate capital of 145,230,-
500, or 165.5 per cent of the total, are
In tha South, the number by state* be
tng shown In the following table:
Slates.
Number. Capital.
Alabama
. 58
12,952,500
Arkansas
. 28
1,720,000
District of Columbia
. 3
860,000
Florida
. 23
2,650,000
Oeorgla
. 62
2,805,000
Kentucky
. 61
4,106,000
Louisiana
. 23
2.685,000
Maryland
. 31
1,427,000
Mississippi
North Carolina...
. it
1,456,000
. 25
1,100,000
South Carolina.. ..
. 12
1,210,000
Tennessee
. 30
1,780,000
. 338
14,670.000
Virginia
. 65
2,876,000
West Virginia....
. 65
2,965,000
Total South
. 810
845,210.500
Total U. S
.1085
177,258,800
Texas, as The Manufacturers' Record
points out, led In the number of new
organisations, 118, and In the amount of
aggregate capital, 114,670,000, with
Kentucky second In number, 01, and In
capital, 84,105,000: Alabama third In
number, 65, but fourth lb capital, 11,-
051,500; West Virginia fourth In num
ber, 50, and third In capital, 52.066,000;
Virginia fifth In number, 56, and In
capital, 12,875,000, and Oeorgla sixth In
number, 62, and In capital, 12,805,000.
Variations In the other Southern
states are Indicated by the fact that
while the 23 new national banka of
Florida have an aggregate capita
12,660,000, the 28 of Arkansas 1
$1,720,000 capital, and while the 30 of
Tennessee have 81,780,000 capital, the
31 of Maryland have 51,427,000 of cap
ital.
Uf toe new banks In tha United
Slates, 2,018, or more than 05 per cent
of the total, with an aggregate capital
of 162,036,500, or nearly 10 per cant of
the total new capital, are banks of
capital less than, 160,000, whllt the 494
new banks of ths South, or nearly 61
per cent of ths total new ones In that
section having an aggregate capital of
611,215,500, or nearly 10 per cent of the
aggregate new capital of that section,
are banks with Individual capital less
than 150,000.
Georgia's - showing, ■■ previously
pointed out fn this department, I* high
ly gratifying and shows that she Is
keeping well abreast of tha times.
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NOOKS AND CORNERS OF AMERICAN HISTORY
How Webster Paid His Debts.
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
MHINHHHM
As often ns Nature makes * di-inlgod out
of a mm: sin- tacks on to him seme bodge
of Infirmity, some >lfn or token by which
the tees fntored of the rues mny kn<
that he Is uot absolutely removed from
them, hot Is, In certain rfays, co heir with
them In common hnnisntty.
The “godlike Daniel," "esponnder of the
Constitution" end Tsther of the Sentiment
of American Nationality, whoee Jovian
front swwl ail men end whose eloquence
the “spplsuse of listening Honstes" did
command. was mighty careless shout his
,l»rr Mil! Ill 11 trims, WHO .sows—# — - —
plain*) the fact that once upon a time Mr.
Corning indorsed Sir. Webster* note f
walderahlc amount.
As thlnss so in this world, notes must
—Hnier or later come due. and when this
particular note reorbed maturity It weut
to protest, lint Welister was the -great
expounder, end the tlrm, not wishing to
emhorraas him, paid It.
Time passed, sod when It was supposed
that Webster's flnanclul condition wns Im
proved Mr. Corning wse prevailed noon by
the firm to aek Webster If he could make
convenient to liquidate the claim.
In answer to Coming's letter, Webster
sent a note nlHinndlng In anoiogtes for the
III ICftBT. Ill pvff nm nr
tory security.
Corning nmptri the I
to m** the expounder.
VI 'IUIHI lilt "IIH •» IIP'Ol .*.>S.WS --
the gentleman to visit him, when he would
antlsfar-
Invitation and went
retnraed home, de-
_hted amt charmc
arabfleld. * ... .. ,
Entertaining hla partners with enthnal-
aatle accounts of the great statesman a how
pltnlttv and with descriptions of the vari
ous Incidents of hla visit, Corntus forgot to
say a word amnit the main object of tbe
Finally, after Corning had exhausted
not pay the
r _^__ del' ' ‘
i slsn soother
, any
me. lint he
... re for him for IS.
and I am thankful that he did not ask me
to make It IROO#, for I don't think I could
hove reftnte.1 to grant hla request.
An old Bostonian, who knew Webster
well, told me tonne years ago the following
" \ i'ortamonth. N. II.. taller lind a bill
against Webster for several biindfed dol
lars. When Webster wns elected I nlted
Plates senator the tailor went down to the
llnli" to see him atmut ht- MII. thinking
state anil could —
Tbe tailor sent up bln card, which Welt-
aler no sooner saw than he ordered the
gentlemnir to he ushered Into hla iireaenee.
deceiving the man with n cortlftif Itttnil-
ahnke mu! n look of supreme benignity,
Webster Introduced him. one by one. to
the lllitstriona company; dined him ami
wined hint, nnd In ihe course of time tint
guests. Including the Portsmouth uiun, do-
parted.
t'pon renehlng home the tailor t
t nuked
piled ., ....
lord. Introduced tne to more big folks than
I ever saw before lit oil my life, and do
you siippoan I eottld have the heart to men.
lion that Mil to him?"
HONOR TO WHOM HONOR 18 DUE.
To the Editor of The Georgian;
Not quit* two years ago I read an
editorial In The Atlanta News, of which
paper you were the editor at that time,
entitled. In substance, "A Friend In an
Allen Camp," which editorial dealt with
the character, the record and the pur-
pose of Thomas E. Watson. I Indorsed
every word of that editorial. 1 felt thnt
you, too, knew the man as I knew him.
an honest, fearless and pure statesman.
We differed with him two years ago.
We saw nothing to be accomplished by
his then tight. I frankly told him so
In a trip between Atlanta and Kansas
City, and added that we would need
him In Georgia two year* hence In the
fight against corporate control of this
state, and that I feared that the cam
paign he waa then making would nulli
fy hla Influence In Georgia. I will
never forget hla reply, nor the ex
pression on hla fare, as we sat there
talking In the smoking room of that
sleeper, when he said In reply: "The
difference between the,Democratic par-
ty nnd the Republican party, ss enun
ciate,! In their platform*. Is the differ
ence between Tweedledum and Twee,
dledee.’ The fires of Jeffersonian Dem
ocracy must be kept burning. My cam
paign Is for that purpose." How well
he has kept those fires burning, the
events of the last thirty days testify
In abundance. “Honor unto whom hon-
or is due.” The press has been filled
with account* of receptions to Mr.
Rrynn and approval of hla utterance*.
The press of Georgia, dally anti week
ly, have taken up tho cry and nre now
In mad pursuit of the game, In nn ef
fort to Jump on the band wagon. It
Is the same press that damned Bryan
In 1900 and damned him worse In 1904,
and all of his kind. Mr. Bryan Is to
day advocating the government owner
ship of railroads. Mr. Roosevelt Is
practically doing the some thing. Where
was Brynn In 1000 and 1804 on that
question? He side-stepped it. Where
was Mr. Parker nnd his followers In
1004 on that question? Echo answers
where. Where was Mr. Roosevelt and
his party In 1004 on that question? The
answer la that Ttddy has grown bigger
than his party since he was elected.
"Honor unto whom honor Is due." Who
kept the fires burning for Jeffersonian
Democracy, Including government own
ership of railroads, In 190f? Ths an
swer Is Thomas E. Watson and Thomas
E. Watson alone. Government owner
ship of railroads Is the Issue In 1008.
Any blind man can aee that. “Honor
unto whom honor Is due.” Who kept
the fires burning?
JAMES W. GREEN.
Lawrencevllle, Go., Sept, t, 1108.
NEITHER PLATITUDES
NOR STRADDLE8.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I read with pleasure closely akin to
delight ihe statesmanlike and eloquent
speech delivered by Hon. John Temple
Graves—The Georgian's gifted “Jupiter
Toaans”—at the Jefferson Club ban
quet, Chicago, on the 5th Inst., In hon
or of Mr. Bryan.
That speech has the ring of true
metal. It will live. It can not fall to
prove Itself a source of Inspiration, as
ws draw closer and closer to the great
national political contest of 1908.
Ths one* powerful and triumphant
national Democratic party has mors
than once had Its locks shorn by the
Delilah of ‘‘platitude*.'*
If we wish to win In 1008. w* must'
announce a set of Jeffersonian prlnci
pies and stand by them. .
If you will go bark to the 'forties
and 'fifties, to '88 and ‘02, study plat
forms and results, you will remark the
fact that Democracy lost whenever It
generalised nr ventured to straddle.
Democracy wss triumphant when
ever Its declarations ns to Its position
on “tha Issues of the day" were clean-
cut and bravely put.
Let's not search for the sensational.
There nre Issues, vital to the people, on
Which we can challenge the Republi
cans to battle.
Of all things, we shall need In 1908
"definite Democracy"—a declaration
of principles so clearly presented that
he who runs may read and understand,
anil understanding, embrace.
It waa on that kind of platform that
Democracy triumphed In '44, In '52, In
'55, In *84 and In ‘02.
MARTIN V. CALVIN.
Augusta, Ga.
A VOICE FROM NEW YORK.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Ju*t rend your late article on rape.
Good! OumJ! Oh. good! Keep up the
Idea until It la adopted. Denature the
rapist: brand him In the forehead and
on the cheeks and turn him loose. HI*
race will shun him—the women espe
cially—his punishment could not be
greater. That’s the remedy. Keep up
the Idea; many now. and have always,
tuhllfihVAfl In It W fmiVOTlYVP
believed In It. W. JOHNSTONE.
New York, Sept. 6.
Oh, Wake Upt
To the Editor of The Sun—Sir: That
genial, kindly old soul. "Uncle Re
mus,” were he alive and able to rend,
would no doubt be highly delighted at
the adoption by executive order of hi*
style of spelling as the “official" brand
In these United States. “Carnegie
spelling” infringes 'Uncle Remus’s”
copyright on Illiteracy. U. 8. N. A.
New York, September 8.
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York,-Sept. lu.-Although
was denied when the pat r ret ‘"
from Europe recently, It |*
stated now that Daniel O. Reid
millionaire head of the tin plat, L"'
has taken for a bride Mabel caraS 1
the young actress, with whom '
name has been coupled for the t
year. FrlOnds of Mr. Reid have hi! 1
Informed that he has married
third time and that the fomer to*
Carrier Is the bride. At Reld.t MlM
house? No. 7016 Fifth avenue it „ *
admitted thnt Mr. Reid wax 'mi
and the servant, said that he SSHS!
wife were out of the city.
Mr. Retd, It Is developed, mat-
Miss Carrier In Europe. To diu
suspicion, they returned to this
try on different vessels, Mr. Reid .
riving Mny 27 on the Cedric and mV'
Carrier or. rather, Mrs. Reid, on til
Kronpr/n* a day later. Mr. Rem „
that time denied the report tha? ?'
had married ML. Carrier The latti!
wns prevented by n chaperon frit,
answering nny questions.
Mrs. Reltl Is about 21 years old and
come* from Detroit. She la tall 12
considered one of the moat heautiti
choru* girls on Broadway. Daniel n
Reid I. 42 year. old. HI. f.,« u „i %
estimated at about 116,000,000 wn?
William Leeds he orginlred the u.
plate trust, out of which he made »
fortune. He Is still heavily Imereatsd
In the United States Steel corporation
He has a young daughter by h ii
first wlf*. To the memory of a deJ
aon he erected a splendid hospital j!
his native town of Richmond, tad
Later he erected tho church adjninin,
the hospital, dedicating it to hit ni,*
tnta. Claris! Agnew, Tils second wife
died in November, 1104.
Andrew Carnegie Is a good man to
have for a friend. Mrs. Mary Scott
Hartje, heroine of the sensation]
Pittsburg divorce case, has found thu
out, according to .dispatches from ths
Smoky City. Mr*. Hartje was ths
daughter of an old friend of Mr. c* r .
nagls. When the millionaire learned
that she was needing funds, he rt.
marked:
"Why, I know her; ah* Is the daugh
ter of a friend, and, more than that,
■he Is ths granddaughter of Tom Scott
the first president of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. No daughter of the Scotti
could do things her husband charges’
He Instructed his financial agent la
Pittsburg to see that Mrs. Hartje had
all the money she needed for her de
fense. When there warn talk of a set.
tlemcnt he urged Mrs. Hartje to tight
the case to a finish and to prove her
Innocebcs.
William Sanderson Brown ean't ge
home any mere. Hla wife, formerly
Katherine Ballou, won't 1st him. Hi
tried to ss* her yesterday, but she ab
solutely refused to see him. Brown,
It Is asserted, Is anxious to malt* up
with hla wife, but she refuses to for.
rive him for again meeting tha woman
n whose company aha bad found him
In St. Louis. Mrs. Brown's bitterness
toward her husband has been increas
ed, It Is said, by htr failure, through
him, to forget her peat.
A curious story comas from Newport
to ths effect that Mrs. H. H. Rostra
has had returned to her as "tainted," x
check which she recently sent to x
charity to which her attention had
been called, The secretary, a woman,
returned the check with the emphatle
not* of disapproval.
Mrs. Rogers, who la a retiring and
unasgtiming woman and pot at all giv
en to controversy, surprised her fritndi
by sending a note to the secretary
aaylng that the check should In no
way be confused with tainted money,
as It wad drawn upon her own prlvati
bank and from an Income she had be
fore her marriage. It wa* not said
whether or not one returned the check
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New York, Sept. 10.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—C. D. Atklnaon. C. How-
ell, Mrs. M. J. Quinn, C. C. 8mlth, T.
M. WardelL H. L. Bowlsr, O. R. Glenn,
Jr., F. Johnson, E. R. Phillip*. J. D.
Wnde, C. Wayne. T. H. Winslow
AUGUSTA—W. Schwlegert, T. J.
Sheron. W. H. Tutt. .. _
MACON—Mrs. H. B. Evans. Mia* E.
McMillan, Miss H. 8ksllle. „ , „
SAVANNAH—W. W. Mackall. J. B.
Malcolm, T. 8. Mots*, O. S. Reldef. K
J. Travis, IL M. Vstsburg. H. K. Wein
stein, W. L. Wilson.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
8EPTEMBER 10.
1410—John. iluke of Burgundy, mnrdfwi.
1771—Mungo Park. pioneer Afrlrnn
l*orn. . . _ .
De-fry*# rlotnry on fsUke Eric.
IMo—Flrxt anfety lieacnn flxM on
ftiiuln. off mouth of Tbitnie* rite*-.
1845—Joneph Story, tllaflligufabwl
-Jamea Kilwan! Keeler. Atnerknn «►
tmnomer, l»orn. !M«1 August n. w**
-Empress Ellsalieth, of Awtrlrj*«r
stunted. Dorn Uewmlur 24,
UM—Francti occupied Fa* hod*.
THE TOPIC.
Dr. I.eon J. Cole, of Harvard Uni
versity. has been appointed chief of
the division of nnlmal breeding and
pathology In the Rhode Island station.
Sherburn M. Becker, "the boy may
or" of Milwaukee, automoblled all the
way from hla home city to New York
with several friends. After hla Svra-
cuae speech Monday he will return
home, lie will fill eighty engagements
to lecture In the Weat this fall.
Mias Hudy Dyer, the first woman to
become a member of a political club
In Oklahoma, m* elected to member
ship of the t’hecotah Democratic flub
recently, nnd made a political speech
which la said to have "backed the old-
timers off the boards.”
Rear Admiral Willard Herbert
Brownson. the new commander-in-
chief of the Asiatic fieet, la alight of
build, with keen eye* that look you
through and through, and a mind that
one of his officers ha* sell! -works
wkh the rapidity of a quick-firing
three-pounder."
By JAMES J. M9NTAGUE.
It wns the freuxled financier who » lr '" r
To l**r* r ,tS%, closing price Aiimlx*
uintiHi brought, . .
It wn» hla iMitmlHg broker wh»
ninm’ertHl him: . . . . - n 4
"Joe liana will take that Istihr
yank him limb from limit.
The liter,-It:!nt aaw hla banker sWi '»*
Of iSSSWU’ttr*
The'banker heard'bl* question and fcoitdf
nutdo r*»ply: . . „ n ..iimct
‘Tlic moke itim’t atawd a half „ n
agalnxt tbat ton halwl .
Tho burglar crow 1*1 lu rubber xh-n-x •
alienee through, the flat, .
Uut ronwil the sleeping occupant* >
Where*t*hla" li!Xl!f!w' victim ,lo«h r r “F
tied himself In lied gts
And gnxetl niton m* visitor-""»»“ ’
the fight V " he said. „
"W'e'rv on s rock! We'll all h* dm* 11
the gnllaur rnptaln cried; .
"A hole la In lh» atarltimnl how, at
sixteen feet wide! act
The naaaengers »«inl not hi*
munched, m.r nuatletl. n«r U a ,
"Who waa It." naked they, “landed in
thirty-seventh rouudr
The hungry dninca curled greedily " 11,111
great hotel; k - it.
The smoke nttm-tired the moonlit sW-
mof and rtiffo.-a fell; , , M -
lint rntmly there arm** the ,,r
heedless emptier **esd. ...... ,„.t th«
And spake unto the firynwn: I »
■■'Hilt make* good.
And If thnt gallant aoldler who l»r 1 •
III Algiers. ' ' ..... .Mitts
R-moved from modem first nil
like unrslng. grief amt test*'. i*
Had lieetl In thla old tows Mat
fore lit* final breath. ,.,,-el:
It'* ant.' to any he wimM t»'" -■ >
"lie'll boat that Dam. to death-