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1 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN- Tt’EHDAY. HKPTKMHK The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELV, President. JTelephone ~| Connections. Subscription Rates: One.Year $4.50 Six Months....... 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by THE GEORGIAN CO. at 25 W. Alabama Street, Atlanta; Ga. Entered at stcond-clsa* natter April 31, 1901 at the Poatofflee at Atlanta. Ga.. oudar act of concrete of March 1 lit*. The Lesson of the Postal Department. It a private corporation owned and conducted our mall service, which la also a public commodity, every man, woman and child who wrltea letter* In thl* country would doubtleaa be putting on those letter* at this day a 6-cent pottage stamp. Every newspaper would probably be paying double the price It Is paying now and our present 2-cent postage stamp would furnish Just about halt the necessary amount to carry a letter trom Atlanta to Conyers. But, rua by the government for the people and upon the money of the people, the postal department la one of the flneat and most perfect enterprises In the world, carrying letters, papers and packages with phenomenal regularity and at the lowest possible coat to the Individ ual. In Its execution, the postal department has not'de- ▼sloped Into a great political machine which la to per petuate the power of the administration already hold ing the reins, but by tho rules of the government, the darks and employees In the postal department are for bidden to show a personal or partisan activity in the government, and the mall service Is not only perfect In it* system but absolutely free from the dangers which are so fiercely predicted by Interested parties as sure to follow npoh the establishment of public ownership of public utilities. And the postal department of the governme't at the low price of Its service pays back In Its revenues more than enough to reimburse the government for the splen did fadlltles which It offers the people. fa there any reason under the sun why the same perfection of system and the same economy of service should not be developed In any other commodity for the use of the people? Is there any reason why the city of Atlanta owning a gas plant upon which there would be no watered stock, should not be able to furnish gas to Its people at the same coat of production and without the arbitrary increases necessary to pay dividends and 'stockholders? la there any reason why such an enterprise should not be conducted under the same civil service rules as those which are provided In our national government and which would protect thlg public Institution from the evils of a political machine? Is there any reason why such an enterprise should not furnish gas to the people of Atlanta at a price aa low as cities smaller than Atlanta now furnish gas and lights to their citizens? It there any reason why a municipality which already, owna It waterworks and It every year bringing Ita ayatem to greater perfection both of service and economy, should not by the tame methods and under the tame conditions, own Its gas plant and bring this enterprise to the same perfection of system and economy? There are simply thousands and perhaps millions of dollars to be saved to the Individual taxpayers of Atlanta and to the municipality by simply reaching out Into the country about ua and holding up before our civic eyes the object lesson of this same thing which has been done and Is being done by other cltlea to the happiness, to the comfort and to the Immense saving of the people who live In those cities. This entire proposition Is one of such simplicity and such clear common sense that It ls almost'a reflection upon a people so Intelligent at the citizen* of Atlanta, to waste argument and apace to demonstrate the great Interest they each have In taking hold of It The whole trend of the times la toward this policy of public owner* - ahlp and control of public utilities, and we simply urgs upon the Intelligent people of Atlanta to bring this mat* ter home to their Individual minds and Intelligence and to think for themaelvea. It will not do to permit this great period of public amusement and Individual Interest In public affairs to pass without reaplag some of the fruits of the progressive •plrtt which la a-»tlr In thli and all other communities and states. The time will come when Interest In these matters will wane, and when other question* will be skillfully obtruded by designing corporations to cloud these great central Issues which to deeply concern the people's pockets and the people's liberty. We only urge upon every dtixen and every taxpayer, an honest, fearless and common sense consideration of the great question which thsy have a chance to settle now by a peaceful ballot rather than later by a furious protest and stern denunciation. If these great corporations bad been fair and Just and reasonable In their demands upon the public pocket, this protest might not have arisen, but -In view of Its magnificent effect and Its magnificent possibilities, we can'only realite and believe that providence baa mads these corporations arbitrary and exacting In order that they might be made to give place to other and greater Institutions In which overy dtixen la a partner and whose Irregularities, if they exist, ran be corrected by every freeman's ballot expressed In Intelligence and In liberty. any commercial and industrial organization In the state within a few bours, but such 1* not and should not be the Idea. It should represent the grateful appreciation and the far-spread affection of all the people. We feel that there are thousands of men and women and even children In Georgia who would be distinctly disappointed It they wore not allowed td contribute something to this fund. ' w Savannah will be In all her glory when the great battleship comes. Her magnificent harbor will be cover ed with a flotilla of pleasure craft and thronged with patriotic visitors from all over the state. Her very name—the name of Savannah—Is synonymous with roy al hospitality and it may be depended upon that abe will spread herself on that gala occasion. Atlanta will, of course, be there In full force and will enjoy the festival to tbe fullest extent There are comparatively but a few weeks In which to raise tbe necessary popular fund for the proposed pur-' pose and It Is time for the movement to take on some definite form. The people will do their part freely and willingly and none of the battleships that float the seas will have a more magnificent service than that of the Georgia. Growth and Progress of the New South Ing attention. South which do (.•thing more than paas* Re- L A Gold Service for Our Battleship. The project for raising a fund to provide a gold ser vice for the battleship Georgia, which will be commission ed In Georgia waters during next month or the month after, will meet the prompt and hearty approval and sup port of tbe people of this state. Nothing short of the gold, mined from our own red old hills, should be good enough and patriotic enough as • donation to the offleers of this magnificent fighting machine, which was named In honor of the Empire State of the South by the late President McKinley, and the further proposition to have It rest upon a marble table, the material for which ahall be quarried from the bosom of the state, la an excellent idea alto. Georgia la proud of this battleship, not only because ft J* one of tbe moat perfect fighting machine* ever con structed and an honor to the American navy, but be cause of the sentiment which attaches to It from tbe fact that the name of Georgia was chosen for It by the mar tyred president, of his own accord, after one of hla visits to oar state and people. It wonld be an easy matter, as inlnted out by the gentlemen quoted In yesterday's Georgian, to raise tbe necessary sum from one or two men of wealth or from Who Is the Spokesman ? Who ls tbe authorised spokesman for tbe publican administration? Upon this question depends, In a large measure, our knowledge of what la to be tbe dominant Issue In tho next presidential campaign. A few days ago Secretary Taft made a speech up In Maine In which he declared that the policy of the Repub lican party would be to make some necessary revisions of the tariff. Ha seemed glad of an opportunity to fore stall any ntterances the Democrats might make on the subject of revision by giving the country to understand that the protected Industries had been getting something more than their share of late years and that this nursery of the trusts would be disciplined. But these utterances had hardly gone forth tq the country before Secretary Bonaparte came out In a care fully prepared Interview In which he stated that no one In his senses expected tbe next congress to do anything toward revising the tariff. - He said that the Indorsement of President Roosevelt was tbe real Issue In the cam paign and that there was no possible room for any other. Well, maybe to, and not so. We all have our own Ideas as to how that may be, but In the meantime we would like to know, and the country at large would like to know, who Is the recog nized spokesman of the administration. There has been general Impression for a long time that Secretary Taft had tbe ear and the confidence of the president more than any other man In tbe cabinet. In hla speeches In Ohio he was generally regarded as expressing the views of the president himself. Secretary Bonaparte la a very excellent and attrac tive man and no doubt the president thinks a whole lot of him, but the great question which Is now disturbing the public mind Is whether he has supplanted Secretary Taft In the good graces of Mr. Roosevelt to the extent that what he may say has more of the stamp of author ity than what the stout gentleman from Ohio may de clare. There Is no reason on earth why there should not be a revision of the tariff. The cry ot "plutocracy" and trusts,” which Mr. Bonaparte regards as the "gabble of demagogues,” has become trite, It le true, but the cry ls aa vital and calls as loudly for a remedy as ever before, and this queatlon will not be settled until It la settled right. Mr. Bonaparte says the question Is whether we will give the president a congress which will support him In what he wants to do or one which will oppose all hla good Intentions. The fact of the matter Is that he hat stolen so much Democratic thunder that a Democratic oongress would probably be willing to do much more along the same line than he Intends to do himself, and It would have the merit of coming from tbe party wblch hat championed these reform* for a hundred years. Who Is the "voice?"—Bonaparte or Taft? Northern Colonies For the South. We arc told that the fascination of city life has a great deal to do with the fact that Immigrants will not come South- to better their con dition, They prefer to continue In poverty In the more congested center* rather than make the bold plunge of moving down here and engaging In agricultural pursuits. * This fact has generally been recognized, and no systematic effort, has been made to overcome the difficulty, but according to an article publish ed In The Southern Investor, of New York, edited by David Robinson, formerly of this state, there la one man In New York city who thinks he can solve the problem. Mr. J. B. Flnater has been making the whole matter a study and has a plan which with a reasonable amount of capital con be made successful and of great benefit to the South. He proposes to purchase 800 acres of good farm lands and sub-dlrlde It Into (-acre plots, build a cottage on each and rent for a sum equal to what they will pay to.* a hat In bne of tbe crowded tenement houses In the city. He will bring the families from the large cities and place them on the farm; let the head of the family work on the farm and the children work In the cotton mills. Where the difficulty lies, says Mr. Flnster, Is In not trying to make the environments as near as possible to the city life. There are many hun dreds of families In the large cltlea who would be glad to try agricultural pursuits In a small way, but are afraid to make the venture. Perhaps they have a few hundred dollars of bard-earned money saved up, and to make the purchase of a farm to try their hand at farming Is too much of a risk for them, but If they knew they could rent suck a place, and besides have a small weekly Income from the earnings of their children In the mills they would be glad of the opportunity. Mr. Flnster proposes to have an expert agriculturist teach the head of the family how to. cultivate for profit. For Instance, he will have a few of the farms made Into chicken ranches, which will have up-to-date houses and all modem Improvements for the successful raising of chickens on a scale that will pay. Also the squab, duck and other Industries of a similar nature. Some of the settlers wilt be taught specialties In truck farming. In other words. It will be on the order of an agricultural school, and they will be made to realize that their Interest! are the paramount issue. Besides It will be an object lesson for the Southern farmer, who has for many years grown one crop, aay cot ton or tobacco, Instead ot diversifying his crops, growing everything he absolutely needs and becoming in the end eelf-austalnlng and Independent. — S— NOOKS AND CORNERS OF AMERICAN HIS.T0RY I THOMAS DONGAN The Merit System in the Water Board. Atlanta, Ga., September 7, 1906. To tbe Editor of Tho Georgian: 1 notice In The Georglah of yesterday the ac count of the recent meeting of the water board, and the failure to elect n secretary to succeed Mr. W. R Dlmmock, deceased. Permit me to say, as an bumble citizen, and a former employee In tbe water office, that I believe. It the water board la to get the beat work, and tho most efficient service for the public, that the men who compote the working force In that department ought to bo encouraged by promotion to better po sitions with better salaries, where years of constant labor and effort lit men for a promotion. It good results are obtained In other depart ments by rewarding men for boneat effort, why not In the water department? la It possible that of tbe several men who have served the city a dozen yearx In that department, not one ta qualified to suc ceed to a position where experience should fit him to serve the department and tbe public alike with aatlafactlou? Offer tbe boys something to work for, and look forward to, by adopting a policy of promotion where the service Justifies It, and better results will ob tain. Trusting that this suggestion will not be con sidered out of place, aa I rendered several years ot service to tbe city In that department, I beg to re main your* very respectfully. A. ERNE8T. Care Gate City Collin Company. With the personal phase In this communication, Tbe Georgian has- nothing whatever to do. Wo have no can didate to offer for the position to be filled, and none other than a general civic Interest In the matter. But In the general principle which Is advocated hero, we have long been, and are now, profoundly Interested. There la no sounder principle In business, public or private, than the promotion of worthy servants from tho lower to the higher ranks of any public enterprise. Promotion upon merit furnishes the Inspiration to faithful service and to higher endeavor. The hope of reward Influences more people than the fear of punish ment, and tho beat results In all business ranks have been ubtalned by offering to each employee the hope and prospect of a promotion to another and higher poaltlon Just beyond him. This principle Is the basis of Inspiration in the army and navy of the United States. It Is the principle which the government has crystallized Into a distinct policy in the civil service rotes. It U the policy employed by the largest and greatest business houses of the land. It la tbe policy wblch Tbe Georgian has advocated with unbroken earnestness III Its application to the educa tional Interests of the state, and the earnest and consis tent advocacy of this paper along this line has obrnc Its part In the repent selections ot noble teachers to the ex ecutive responsibilities of our great educational Institu tion*. Ibe ono a* chancellor of the University of Georgia, and the other aa the president of the Technological- school. We are quite confident that the contention of Mr. Ernest will meet the approval of thoughtful men and good citizens everywhere, and that without regard to persona or to Individual rewards, the public service of the city aa of the state, can best be furthered by put ting a premium upon the faithful servants of our public enterprises In just promotions as their merits and ser vice* may permit L By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY. *********tststasttaststs*•••*•••»•••******•••**•••< iteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeeeeetett*. WORK DAY PROCEEDS FOR DECATUR ORPHANS The fourth Sunday In September will be devoted by the Methodist ministers ot Atlanta to an appeal in behalf of the Decatur Orphans' Home. The cause of the home was set before them.by Major R. J. Guinn at a meeting Monday morn ing at the Wesley Memorial ohurclt He told them of the need of the home for a new building to accommodate the girls comfortably and - asked that the Atlanta churches arrange to give the proceeds of the annual "work day," September 29, toward the erection ot this building. By.every Methodist pastor devoting hla fourth Sunday sermon to the cause It Is expected that the proceed* of this work day, when the earnings of the day will be given for the work by every one so Inclined, which will be taken In the collections on the following Sunday, will be more than enough to complete the fund for the erection of the At ianta cottage. Rev. H. L. Crumley, superintendent of the school, stated that he Had cared for-over 400 Atlanta children In the Institution. He said that -the girl's dormitories were badly crowded and that the new building was an absolute necessity. Work day" Is observed by the Meth odist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Hebrew and other religious organizations an nually, the proceeds going to some charitable work. I gossip! PEOPLE OF BOSTON,GA„ T LOWER RATES In the whole annals of our country there are to be found but few finer names than that of Thomas Dongan, James Stuart's governor of the prov ince of New York from 1881 to 1888. Coming to the governorship of-Amer ica'* greatest province In the prime of life, Dongan applied himself heart, mind and soul to the conscientious performance of the high duties that fell upon him.* A statesman by Instinct, Dongan saw at a glance the supreme Importance, from the political point of view, ot the valley of the Hudson. If that valley should be' dominated by the French, the wedge would be driven In between New England and Maryland and Virginia, and It would be all over with English rule In America. To prevent this Dongan brought hi* diplomacy to bear upon tho Iroquois Indians. He knew that If he could make himself solid with that powerful tribe he could checkmate the designs of Louis XIV and preserve the Integri ty of the English possessions. He succeeded, and when the great Frontenac came out to drive In the "wedge” he found In hla path the ter rible red men, who had been won over by the tact of Dongan. No less a man than John Flake calls the friendship of the Iroquois with the English the "pivotal fact” In Amer ican history; and for such fact no small thanks are due to Governor Dongan. Dongan was also the Instrument through which was effected the bring ing together of the first representative aseembly In the province of New York. This ever-memorable assembly, con sisting of the governor, the counsellors and eighteen representatives elected by the people, met In the city of New York on the 17th day of October, 188*. Such was the practical beginning of free representative government In tho province, that historic assembly being the head waters of the splendid liberty that Is today enjoyed by all New Yorkers. In an age of Intense sectarianism and bitter religious prejudlees Dongan managed to keep as sweet and amiable aa could be, and when he took off the robe of office no one could say that the governor had treated him unkindly or unfairly on account of a difference of religious opinion. It Is a pleasant page of our country'# history that tells of the administration of Governor Thomas Dongan; and with the whole etory of the man's life It would well repay our people to be come thoroughly and lovingly familiar. By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX. (Copyright, 1909, by Amerlean-Jour- nal-Examlner.) What the walla and ceilings of room are to the effectiveness of It* furniture, the complexion of a woman Is to the effect ot her feature*. A beautiful tone of walls often makes an otherwise commonplace room seem attractive. The women of Holland possess this beautiful tone of complexion almost universally, Irrespective of class, con dition or age. Such astonishing splen dor of bloom I have never seen else where. The tints range from pinks to peonies, with all the delicate shadings of rotors between. There Is a pretty habit here of set ting boxes of flower* along all the upper balconies, so that one who walks the streets lifts hi* eyes to behold rows of blossoms aa far aa he van see. . But Just as wonderful a sight Is spread for hla level vlelon In the cheek* of the girl* and the women, young and middle-aged, who promenade the side walks, ride In the tram*, or drive In carrlagee. Everywhere we look there Is a roee growing on a woman'! cheek. And not only on the woman’s cheek, but on the cheeks of boys and young men. Nor Is It the common bloom that can be slightingly termed "a red face'' by any pallid visitor, masking envy under the name of "criticism." It Is a color so exquisitely applied by nature's brush as to lt,ok at first glance artificial. The nose, the brow, the cir cle about the mouth, the pretty de pression In front of the ear are all milk-white; only the cheek, the tip of the ear, and sometime* the tip of the chin, glow with color. Mothers of rosy children are rosier than their babes, and the grandmothers are only a shade less blooming. I have seen three generations sitting side by side, looking like a bud, a full blown rose and a rose whose outer leaves were Just touched with decay. The only place passengers on the tram cam are allowed to stand In Hol land Is on the outer platform. During the busy hours of the trolley the plat form of every car looks like a window box with Its flower faces of young women aud young men banked togeth- But with complexion their beauty oft en begins and ends. The feature* of the women are rarely beautiful. The lips arc Inclined to thickness, and lack curves. I have not seen one Cupid's bow mouth on a Holland girl's face. The nose lacks delicacy, and the eyes lack depth. The whole face lacks emo tion. The whole woman lacks temper ament. , „ . _ Hut to return to that wonderful, dax- tllng and permanent bloom. What can be the cause of It? That Is the ques tion I haw been asking myself day after day. In Rotterdam, In Dordrecht. In The Hague, In Sehevenlngue. In Am sterdam. , It I* not because these people arc all blond, for they are rot. Every shade of color of hair and eye* Is found among them. Golden, tttlan, auburn, ■'strawberry"' and "carrot" blonde* are here; and there are all shades of brown hair, down to the coal black. There are blue, gray, brown and black eyes. But with every combine' tlon, eight women out of every ten flaunt the glorious rose of Holland on their cheeks. It Is most beautiful to sea. And It Is a severe blow to the food faddists, of which I am on*. I have always contended that com' plexion, after early youth at least, was greatly n matter of selection ot food. So i have watched the diet of these people, In each city mentioned, at ho tels, restaurants and seashore reaorte. Alas! and alas! for the theories brought across the seas! They all cat fried things, heavy with grease. They devour sweet*. They consume starchy stuffs enough to run a laundry. They drink tea and coffee strong enough to float a fleet. And they Indulge In beer and German wines. I saw a walking rose, wearing a gown, sit down to a breakfast of bo logna sausages, cjieese and strong black tea! I would have given her three years to sink Into attenuation and pul- tor, or fat sallowness, had not her mother sat beside her, who had no doubt breakfasted on a similar food twenty year* longer, and still rivaled any New York debutante In complex ion. The climate la said by many people to be the cause of this coior. It Is damp and cool. But I have been In other places where there was dampness and freshness of atmosphere and never have seen such uniformity of lasting radiance of complexion a* here In Hol land. Bo we must look deeper titan mere climate for the explanation. We will give that Its due and paas on. Children are popular and plenty In Holland. Aten consider a barren wife an evil to be avoided. So strong are their Ideas on this subject that morality Is often put aside, while honor Is main tained, In making a girl a wife ufter she has proven her ability to be a mbther. This,.of course, Is among the poorer—the peasant—classes. The working people produce the most children. Here, as with us, and every where |n the world, luxury and leisure lessen the size of families. But there seems to be no race suicide here, aa In France and America—no effort thwart nature. Then again the waists of the girls and women have net been restrained. The natural tendency of the Dutch fig ure la not to curves, but the square ness. It can not be cnlled pretty; bit no Inducement has been offered to force Its compliance with fashion's laws. Again, the Dutch woman Is, without question, utterly'devoid of that subtle quality known ns temperament. She Is not emotional. 1 have yet to see ono evidence of coqucttlshness, even, on her part. She doe* not use her complexion. She simply accepts It. She does not appreciate It because every body has It, perhaps. But If she were less phlegmatic, she would learn early how beautiful It Is. and this knowledge would eventually lead to Its loss. She would live, but her bloom would die. As it Is. her bloom lives on. and she leads a gentle anil phlegmatic existence. And there Is still another reason why Freight rate discriminations still ex ist In this state, If the petition of cer tain parties In south Georgia can be sustained before the railroad commis sion. Cltlxens bf the town of Boston, In south Georgia, claim that they are the victims of freight rate discriminations and have filed their complaint with the state railroad commission, and this matter will be taken up by that body at Its regular monthly meeting Wed nesday. The merchants there wish to enjoy the same freight rates granted to two of their neighbors, the cities of Thom- asvllle and Quitman, skirting either side of that progressive lltfle burg. The complaint of the north Georgia marblemen that Vermont marble can be shipped as cheaply to certain points In the state as the Georgia product, mention of which has been made In The Georgian, will also come up at this meeting. CLERK IS ARRESTED AT DEATHBED OfBRO 8ptclnl to Tbe GeorfUn. Chattnnoofa, Tenn., 8opt. 11.—A. L. Stulae. dty salesman of Morton A Kyle, produce merchants, has been arrested at the death bed of bis brother at Ooltewah, on charge of embesslement and fraudulent breach of the trust. He wmm placed In tho county Jail here In default of a 92,000 bond. It l_ . collected •elf to be Innocent. By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. New York. Sept. 11.—When a F„,„ pcan king wants really to enjoy inf, Choose* for his hostess an America? peeress. King Alfonso and Queen iorla are the latest examples. Alfonso nnd his queen made ext.n slve visits at two famous Scotch ra. ties and in both Instances their ml." tresses were American women who had married Englishmen. That Bnanlsh royalty was never entertained mors charmingly goes without saying The first visit of the Icing and' oue.« of Spain In Scotland was to fS,' where they were the guests of the beautiful nnd accomplished Ladr Leith, who, before her marriage. W u Miss January, of St. Louis ** At the celebrated Drummond castle the seat of the earls of Lancaster th« royal guests were received by Ldv Willoughby de Esesby. who assisted her mother-in-law. Lady Lancaster, In do. Ing the honors of the castle for their royal guests. Until last year Lady Willoughby wu Miss Elolse Lawrence Breeze. In fear of their live* four patients and half a dozen attendants at a mud bath Institute, 89 to 71 West Nine, tleth street, fled from the bulldlnr about 4 o'clock this morning when fire was discovered on the top floor As some of the patients wore only * thick coating of mud, their position was embarrassing. One man was In the bath covered with Italian mud. when the (Ire started, and the attend ants carried the man, tub and all into the street, where he had to be dux out. The crowd watched the proceed ings with a great deal of Interest. The will of Mrs. Margaret R. Agnsv disposes of an estate valued at $2,000 - 000. One thousand dollars Is to be used In purchasing medals for the mea of the’New York Are department. Commissary General Sharpe has Is sued a ruling that henceforth army offleers must know how to cook K they don't they mtist go to a culinary school and learn. . THIP DATE IN HISTORY. MISSING MAN FOUND N ROAD New York, Rept. 11.—News was re celved In South Orange, N. J., today that James A. Ayers, who disappeared from his home at No. *77 Tllyou road, South Orange, September 1, and for whom a wide search had been made, had been found In Mara, Pa. The missing man waa found by T. J. Link crawling along n public road In Para on his hands and knees, almost ex hausted. He was unable to give a clear account of himself. His brother, Nelson O. Ayers, first vice president of the Oriental State Bank of this city. Is on his way to Mara and will bring hla brother back to thl* city. TWO COUNTY BRIDGES TO BE CONSTRUCTED 8peel ill to The Georgian. Gainesville, Oa„ Sept. 11.—The coun ty commissioners of Hall county have let two contracts for bridges over the Chattahoochee river, one at Brown ing's Ferry Crossing, and one at the old Seven Island ford. The former ta on the public road leading from the Cleveland-Galnesvllle road to Air Line church and White Sulphur Springs station, and the other on the road known as the Athens-Dahlonegn road, leading to Dewberry church and Lula. The pier* of the bridges are to be of wood, with stone foundation, nnd the bridges to be constructed of forest pine, with shingle roof. Both contracts were let to Washing ton King, colored, bridge builder, for the sum of 88,254. SEPTEMBER 11. I Wed August iff, 1 1784-Thonin* Tlngery, commodore In I'nltnl States nnry, born. Bled February a, 1777—Star* ami stripes first carried Into fet tle at battle of Brandywine. 1814—Auierienu* and Dtitlah engage In hauls of l'lattesburg and I .ike Champlain. 1838—John Ireland, Roman Catholic arcb- Idahop of St. Pant, hern. 1861—President Lincoln modified General Fremont's emnnclpntlon proclamation. 1 M3—Lai';’ Pnlnieriton, wife of British pro o strike riots st Hazleton, l'c. 1905—United State* warships lent to Paa- nma. 1908—Car fell from New Vork elevated rail road Into street. ' Twelve killed and forty Injured. IN WASHINGTON. Washington, Sept. 11.—At Washing- ton hotels: GEORGIA—Edwin A. Cohen, of Sa vannah, at the St. James: Sterling 0. Turner, of Atlanta, at the Raleigh. "THE PARTINp STRANGE." By Ells Anglin Verne. Does mortal fesr Death? Ah, no,-I a tint That none could fenr hope of Infinite r«t.- 'TU^-jhe fenr of that parting of myitrrjr, We dwell nerer more with tbe one* «a lor* beat. UNDER SOCIALISM. (Looking Forward.) "And what la that)" tbs stranger inked, "That atately building on the plain," "Oh. that," hla wild-eyed guide replied, "That's an asylum for the snne.” JAMES J. DOOLINO In Boston Record. Atlanta, On. RAILROAD INCORPORATED AT MONTGOMERY, ALA. Special to The Georgian. Montgomery. Ala., Sept. 11—The sec retary of state has been Informed of the Incorporation of the Cullman and Southwestern Railroad Company, with a capital stock of 1504,400. This road will run through ports of the counties of Cullman, Jefferson and Walker. It will connect with the Louisville and Nashville at Cullman anil run to Brvan where tho Southern and Frlrco cross each other. The Incorporators nre William M. •ook. A. W. LDJIendabl and O. It. Teh Broek. when the mother merges Into the grandmother. Despite'her alarmingly unhygienic diet, she does not Indulge In alcoholic drinks. I hnvc never seen a cocktail, a high ball, or any form of spirits, other than beer or Rhine wine, served to a woman — . , , — In Holland. Even the wine* are most toe Dutch dame need* no rouge, even I moderately taken. BRYAN WILL'VISIT JACKSON, MISS. Special to The Georgian. Jackson, Miss.; Sept. 11.—W. J. Bry an la to be In Jackson on September 21 and will deliver an address. He *u Invited here by Governor Vardaman. CONSUMPTIVE NEGRO TRAMPLED IN CAR. Special to The Georgian. Athena Ga., Sept. 11.—A negro. Hen' ry Jackson, was smothered almost death on on excursion train yesterday afternoon. He wn* a consumptive and was very weak when he got on the train In Atlanta, where he lives, t« come to Athens to see some of tils folk*. He fell In the aisle and w" tramped upon by tbe crowd of un.y pathetic negroes, He wa* barely aov when carried to the ofllce of Dr. Sor rolls for relief. IS RE-ELECTED SUPT. OF COUNTY HOME FARM. Hpwlnl to Tho Gcorgtm). Gainesville, Ga., Sept ll.-Joseph & Dyer, superintendent for the past >' ear of the county home farm, was yestef* day re-elected to the position at a sar ary of *440. Mr. Dyer ha* been very succeasful on the county home (arm and the board unanimously re-eleeteo him at an Increased salary. BLACK HAND AGENT FIRES INTO CROWD. Huntington, w! VaT sept. lL-<# flclals of this county believe that tr« "Black Hand” la getting In its here. This morning an unknown »a' Ian, who arrived yesterday at the rai- rood camp at Barboursvllle, pulled revolver and began firing It In* group of workmen. He killed Jane- Rosslman and badlv wounded urea * tie laid, as he made a break for lib erty, that he had been sent to country to kill two men. A* he _ toward the woodlands several h were fired at him. H* has not be*» captured. WORKING TO SECURE „ AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL Bpeclal to The lleorglnn. Athene, Ga., Sept. 1L—Morgan roan ty f* endeavoring to secure the n agricultural school to be pieced In congressional district by the *•■**• citizens In and around Boetwlck anxious for It nnd are working har *ecure thl* excellent addition for tn locality. , ,, Citizen* of Commerce are anxl'™' get the building In the Ninth dl- and her wealthy men *ay there «» no trouble whatever In getting proper site for the schooL