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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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An Appeal to Our Contemporaries.
We cordially Invitq the cooperation of our esteemed
contemporaries of The Journal and The Constitution in
the fight which we are making In behalf of the people for
cheaper gas and better service on the street railroads
and in our electric lights.
The Journal has declared Itself to be a friend of the
people and every public Interest In which the people are
'Involved. We have great regard for The Journal, and
barring some alight and occasional lapses from the high
lines of courtesy and fairness, we believe It to be a great
nnd useful newspaper. We are quite sure that The Jour
nal could not devote its energies and its Influence to a
better cause and to one in which the people are more
vitally interested than In this fight for the essential com
modities of lighting and of transportation.
What railroad transportation rates and passenger
tariffs are to the people of the state, street railroad trans
portation is to the people of Atlanta, nnd The Journal,
which ought to be as true a friend of Atlanta as it is to
tho state, can scarcely refuse with consistency to stand
by the people of Atlanta as It has so often professed Its
. loyalty to the people of the state.
Now, then, here Is a case where the citizens of At
lanta, rich and poor, and more particularly the people
who uae gas and electricity, are profoundly concerned
both in their pockets and In their prosperity for the is
sue which has been raised. We should be particularly
pleased If The Journal would join The Georgian in Its
effort to secure for the people of Atlanta cheaper gas and
a more honest and equitable estimate of the amount of
gas which they actually consume. If The Journal will
' join us In this eminently necessary and public spirited
; effort In behalf of the people, we promise The Journal
in advance that there shall be no wrangling over the
. credit due for the success of the work. If the effort
shall be successful, we shall not at any time remind The
Journal that we were the first to start It and shall not
seek to absorb any greater degree of credit than Is our
due.
And the same assurances we cheerfully offer The
Constitution In this matter. The Constitution Is a paper
with a groat and honorable record. It is the oldest paper
in the city and one of the oldest In the state. We have
never believed that it was less than true to the city or
to the people, and If The Constitution will lend tho
weight of Its name and of Its Influenco in this struggle,
we shall be only too happy to Indulge In mutual felicita
tion It the three of us shall be able to accomplish this
good' work for the people of the city which is dear to
us all.
We are quite confident that if The Constitution and
The Journal will join with The Georgian In this fight
which they know to he right and which they know to be
necessary, that we shall In our combined strength be able
to effect a very desirable reform and n most necessary
saving to the people who so largely support us with
their subscriptions and with their advertising cards. We
are not in this fight for any particular prestige which
It may bring to The Georgian. It is our desire to serve
the people of Atlanta, and If we can best serve the peo
ple of Atlanta by marching shoulder to shoulder with our
Influential and always esteemed contemporaries, there
shall be no heart burnings or bickerings or small envy-
inga as to who has been the most Influential or the most
effective when the light is over.
And so, once more, we cordially and heartily Invoke
the cooperation of our able and esteemed contempora
ries In our effort to secure for the people of Atlanta
chesper gas and a more considerate handling of the
great question of urban and suburban transportation.
The Y. M. C. A.’s Great Work.
The current Year Book issued by the Young Men's
Christian Association shows that the organisation, dur
ing the past two years, has increased in numbers equal
to the total membership of the association thirty years
ago.
It is always gratifying to the friends of moral and
uplifting Infiucnces to know that the association is flour
ishing and the figures just Issued bear out the hope in
every particular. The total world membership is now
405,789. which, as we have said, is an Increase of 32,000
in two years. The report for 1904 showed an Increase
of 118,000 since 1900, while the figures for 1905 Indicated
as great a growth In the five years then ending as had
marked the 47 years gone before.
It may be true, as is sometimes contended, that
church attendance Is falling off, but the country cannot
wholly go to the bad so long as this noble work Is kept
up. A large measure of its success Is attributable to
the fact that the Y. M. C. A. has been constantly broaden
ing Its scope. Its educational efforts. Its social features,
and perhaps more thsn anything else the opportunity It
affords for physical development have all contributed
toward bringing Into membership thousands of young
men every year who are thus trained, mentally, physical
ly and spiritually, in the most delightful and yet ever-
ttpUfting environment.
It Is a significant and pleasing fact that in the 456
gymnasiums, In the swimming pools, the athletic fields
and the bowling alleys conducted by the association more
than 153,000 men and boys are now taking regular and
systematic exercise. There are nearly 40,000 enrolled
students In the educational classes.
It was a noble mind In which the idea was first born
to establish this great work, where good training might
be had under Christian Influences, without giving any
austere aspect to religion.
Atlanta is particularly proud of her own Y. M. C. A.
Its officers and directors are. doing a great work and
the membership represents the best In the young man
hood of the city. We trust that it will grow and prosper
with each succeeding year.
Bryan and His Sunshine Friends.
It is interesting to note the gyrations of poli
ticians, journalistic and otherwise, around the for
tunes of William J. Bryan.
And it is not inspiring to one’s admiration for
his fellowmen to observe the eagerness with which
the most of these fellow sacclaim Bryan when he
is riding the crest of the wave, and how timorously
they shrink away from him when any consecutive
criticism is leveled at his utterances.
There have been many such ebbs and flows in
the tide of the great Nebraskan’s fortunes. Just
before the national convention of 1904, and im
mediately following upon the triumph in the pri
maries of that great mistake, Alton B. Parker, the
popularity of William J. Bryan was in a very din
tinet eclipse. The papers even of the South were
saying some very unkind and disrespectful things
about him, and among the dailies of derogation
were some into whose windows we could throw a
stone from our own roof without regard to corners.
The scrapbook which contains these interesting ef
fusions is not yet in demand.
When the “Great Commoner”—every whit as
great then as now—visited Atlanta during this pe
riod, it was sorrowful to see how the leading politi
cians got away from- town, and but for gallant and
loyal young Democrats of the Young Men’s League,
the greatest of Americans would have had a cold
reception in the capital of Georgia.
And here a few weeks ago, when the Princess
Irene whs steaming across the seas bearing its illus
trious freight to a world-beating welcome, the very
air was thick with the adulations and the protesta
tions of “Democrats in our midst” who had been
in the ice box in 1904. It was a race to lead the
procession Bryanward.
And now upon the breath of a few criticisms
from the ultra conservatives of the party upon ut
terance in the Bryan speech, these timid time-serv
ers are once more shrinking into their, shells and
seeking cover in case of a possible rain of corporate
protest.
Among the thousand faults to which we plead
guilty the sin of the turn-coat is not among them
if we know it. Time of all times when we were
truest and most loyal to Tom Watson was when he
was at the heighth of his unpopularity with the
party to which* we belong. We were his friend
when pe needed friends, and his defender at a time
when some of his “friends of tho hour” were prick
ing him with pens nnd insulting him with cartoons.
The time of all times when we were most loyal
to tho fortunes of Bryan was in that period pre
ceding and following the St. Louis convention,
when he was the target for the malevolent and un
grateful paragraphs of those who hod split the air
with his praises in the zenith of his popularity. It
was just then in that hour of shadow nnd eclipse
that wo wrote the prophecy which Augustus Thom
as rocalled as fact in his speech of introduction in
Madison Square, that “if Bryan livod for twenty
years and maintained tho levels of his present integ
rity, that ho would stand to this country as Wil
liam E. Gladstone stood to England and to the
world—as the Great Commoner of his time.”
It has come sooner than we thought, but we al
ways knew it would come.
Let me whisper to you esteemed contempora
ries of a timid mind toward greatness one sub
stantial fact: -This groat man of Nebraska is here
to stay. He may have his ups and downs in the
agreement and dissent of the public with his views.
But he will not fade upon the canvas whereon his
generation has limned hi mas a great man. Chief
among his achievements is the fact that he has
convinced his countrymen nnd the world of his
sincerity. They believe in his truth, nnd they trust
his integrity. Then, too, in every advocacy that
he fathers there is a high, clear moral note which
has always ruled and will always rule, nnd should
always rule the world. Bad an men may be, they
turn to goodness as the meadows to the rain—the
flowers to the sun.
\ml Bryan is a fixed star in the political con
stellation of the times.
You may as well remain on the Brayn band
wagon, our timorous friends. He may or may not
be president, but he will never be less than a vast
potential force among the parties and principles
of the American government while he lives.
The Jubilee edition of The Baltimore American is
one of the handsomest special numbers ever issued In the
South. Its forty pages reflect the magnificent achieve
ment of the city, particularly since the disastrous fire.
It Is rich in illustrations and on the whole is highly
creditable to The American and to Baltimore.
McLendon of Thomas.
The voters of Georgia will rarely have had an op
portunity to vote for a Georgian of the highest, geptlest
and cleanest type than In the candidacy of tho Hon.
Guyt McLendon for railroad commissioner In the Octo
ber election. —
Th# editor of Tho Georgian has known Mr. Mc
Lendon for more than thirty years of personal Intimacy.
We knew him In the flush of his vigorous youth when
the great Ben Hill pronounced one of his speeches In the
legislature of 1880 to be the ablest legislative utterance
of the year. We knew him during the long years of his
connection with the great railway systems of the South
west, out of which he came without criticism and with
out. stain. We knew him, too, in the period In which
health was stolen from him by overwork, and we re
call how in those shadowed years that must have com
passed such wealth of suffering and disappointment and
imprisoned ambition, be bore himself unfailingly with
the gentleness, the cheerfulness and the unselfish courage
which stamps the truly great, and has come out of them,
tempered as by fire to clear Ideals, to crystal comprehen
sion of affairs, and to the largest and most substantial
equipment for service to the state.
No man who offers for an office this year In Georgia
is better equipped and qualified to fill it with character
and attainment than the convention's candidate for the
railway commission.
We have no criticism to make of Sir. Thomas Cren
shaw. He has a right to run as a Democrat or as an in
dependent for any office that he seeks.
But knowing McLendon, of Thomas, as we know
few men. nnd knowing the caliber of his attainments
and the purity of his character, we simply congratulate
the voters of Georgia upon the opportunity to stamp the
seal of their approval upon a public and private character
so clean, so capable and so loyal as his.
The Tabernacle Lyceum Course.
There can be no good reason why the people of At
lanta should go without amusement and instruction when
such an array of talent is offered at a nominal cost as
that which will make up the Tabernacle Lyceum course
for the coming season.
The announcement of this list has been made, and
season tickets are now on sale for all eight of the at
tractions at a cost of one dollar.
The Tabernacle Ljceum has been a-great success in
the past and has had a generous patronage, hut tho
program for the coming season will be stlii more attrac
tive and the indications are that the attendance will be
the largest in the history of this excellent organization.
This course, which comprises music, oratory, wit, hu
mor and the whole gamut of entertainment, would easily
be worth five dollars, but by purchasing tickets within
the next three days they may be had for the nominal
sum stated.
When fifteen hundreds Uckets have been sold, two
additional attractions will be secured, making ten in ail.
As an educational Institution, the Tabernacle Lyceum
is in the very 'forefront and it Is growing in favor every
year. It richly deserves the patronage of the people and
we have no doubt that it will be accorded it in liberal
measure.
All dates for the entire season have already been
fixed and will be printed on the ticket.
A ROUND OF GEMS
BY GRACE KIRKEAND
THE RECKONING.
On* shall Judge, when the day Is over;
What though some finite law delay?
Tarry not now to carp or wonder,—
There shall he One to balance and weigh!
Han any wrong been your soul's undoing.
Or an Idol too swiftly returned to clay?
Soft; let It pnaa. At the lnat reviewing.
There shall be One to lutlance and weigh!
Is there some secret, dark transgression
Conscience would bring to the light of
dsy?
Weak Is the Impulse for confession!
There shall be One to balance and weigh!
Mourn you, too late, nn Indiscretion
That changed the gold of aornc life to
gray?
Still the remorse; in that life's completion.
There shall Ih> One to balance and weigh!
One shall Judge when the day Is orer,
••Vengeance Is mine. Yes, I will repay!”
What will the test of tlfr scales discover,
When there shall be One to balance nnd
weigh?
SEVERED.
How may love span, If the Cross divide?
Fruitless the longing, ever;
Crushed, in tho shade that It casts. I bide.
For the light gtlntg nil on the other side;
O the slender Cross, that la yet so wide
That naught may bridge It over!
Fare forth, beloved, lu tho heaven-sent
light,
Nor pause at my parting monn;
Where the shadow falls that has made niy
night,
'Neath a dual Croas thnt enn bless or blight,
Let me shrink Just now from your pitying
sight;
Fjire forth, while I weep, alone!
PATIENCE.
Ye who would squeeze fine wine from out
the press,
team that loug yearn of nurture must
precede
The vlntnge thnt shall tempt the lips’ ca
ress;
A wanton summer day matures the weed.
Growth and Progress of the New South
Increased Consumption of Cotton.
Secretary Hester, of the New O rleana cotton exchange, announces that
the South'* consumption of cotton during the fiscal year, which ended with
August, was over/ 3,874,000 bale*, which woe an increase of practically 200,-
000 bales over the year before.
This I* a substantial Illustration of the rapidity with which the cotton
Industry of the South Is expanding and gives us a clear idea that within
the next few years the supremacy which Is so rapidly tending in this di
rection will be complete.
But while the* number of bales consumed In the South le Increasing year
after year. It etlll remains true that our export of raw cotton is increasing—
in fact, that the total amount of raw cotton exported last year passed the
8400,000,000 mark, and by fnr exceeded the value of any other merchandise
sent out of the country. The exports of breadstuffs of all kinds aggre
gated 8186,000,000, those of provisions but 8211,000.000, and those of Iron
and steel manufactures but 8161,000,000. 'Witllln the past half decade, the
value of cotton exported has grown from 8300,000,000 to 8400,000,000, an
Increase of 88 per cent. The advance In the price of the staple has had
much to do with this, for In 1606, 700,000,000 pounds less cotton was shipped'
abroad than in 1605, and yet its value was 821,000,000 more.
The American Cotton Manufacturer, of Charlotte, commenting on this,
says:
The greater part of this cotton, of course, went to Great Britain,
Germany aftd Prance. Recently, however, there has entered the market for
American cotton a new customer, who bids fair to play no Inconspicuous
part In the future. Japan's taking of the raw product le growing rapidly,
her manufacturers having expressed a decided preference for the Ameri
can staple.
Th# record of growth In exportation of raw material has been main
tained In the department of manufactured product!.
In 1906, 858,000,000 worth of goods was shipped abroad, as against 850,-
000,000 worth In 1905, and 830,500,000 worth in 1904. China is the principal
cuetomer of American manufactured products, taking In 1906, 329,641,000
worth of cotton cloths, which was 82,000,000 worth more than the year
previous.
There le every reason to believe that the trade In American manufac
tured cotton products abroad, will increase at a rapid rate in the next few
years. Tho department of commerce and labor In Washington la exerting
Itself as It has not done In the past. Special agente are being sent into South
America, Inte Turkey, India, China and eleewhere, seeking Information that
will aid American manufacturers In developing new trade territory. In ad
dition to those already |n the field, two experts of recognized worth were
recently dispatched abroad for special work. A spirit Is beginning to man
ifest Itself which le making for larger and better things. While tho record
for the past year In manufactured cotton products was good. It Is but a
pointer to what Is to follow In ths development of American textile trade
abroad.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New York, Sept. 12.—Here arp some
of tho visitors in New York today:
ATLANTA—C. B. Brldwell. Mrs. H.
Guss, C. C. Nichols, R. E. Pnrk, J. H.
Reynolds. J. A. Riley, J. W. Russell. K.
G. Statham, Mrs. W. H. Wlggs, W. E.
Christian, Miss W. a Payne. Sirs. J. C.
Paine, Miss E. Russell, s. V. Reiver.
W. R. C. Hmlth, M. A. Blue, C. U
Chosewood, H. 8. Courtney, Jr., G. R.
Hurt, W. C. Lewis, E. F. McOahee.
Mrs. J. D. Patterson, Miss L. Kirkcal-
dle. E. R MacAuley, E. perklnson, R
H. Shumate, Mrs. J. Patterson, M. B.
Yates. P. A. Allen. C. Pnrker.
AUGUSTA—J. A. Clark. Mrs. M. L.
Clark, Mrs. E. Jack, Miss A. Krein. W.
L. Boyce. A. H. Merrick, Sirs. 8. Moore,
L. Smith.
..SAVANNAH—A. G. Guerard, R. R
Kennedy, L. Meyer, J. C. Postell. J. p.
Williams.
MACON—L. W. Little, L. P. Echo
field.
IN WASHINGTON.
Washington, Sept. 12.—The follow
ing Georgians are registered at Wash
ington hotels:
J. R Gowan, of Augusta: Miss Sa
rah Holt, J. M. Sewell, Mrs. Senell, of
Columbus; W. A. VVInburn. J. G. Cor
bett. of Savannah, at the New Willard:
R. S. Anderson and wife, of Macon,
at the Riggs; Mr. nnd Mrs. Perkins,
of Atlanta; J. B. Legsters, of Macon,
at the St. James; W. M. Ilokc, of At
lanta, at the National; Thomas R.
Wright and wife, Miss Ohrm, of Au-
gusta; W. A McGregor, of Atlanta, at
the Raleigh.
The circus season reminds us;
lor Johnny Lowlow to die again?
Isn't It about time
Modern School vs. Old 8ehool.
Of course, whatever may be estab
lished with reference to the Intellec
tual product of the old schools of for
mer dsys, a door will still be open for
those who mourn the decline of morals
and the disappearance of “old-fash
ioned honesty” from the land. Just
now we are right In the midst of lam
entations of this fort. Those who In
cline to optimism have newspaper and
frensled magazines thrust before their
eyes to be converted by report! of In
vestigations Into various forms of
"graft." We are told that min occu
pying positions of trust and- honor
tave been found wanting In the vir
tues which are the very root of man
liness and righteousness. Alt these
things are true, nlas! But are they
the products of the modern school?
Look at the men at whom an indignant
I >abllc Is pointing the finger of scorn.
Their hair Is white, their eyes have
long lost ths brlghtnss of youth, their
step Is tottering; they were trained In
the "thorcvgL" schools of the past,
where the sch/s.lmuster's word was
law, where "lickin' an' Tamin'" went
hand In hand, where the three Ra
were the supreme anxiety. The In
vestigators of thes* men who have
brought disgrace upon this country—
they are the products of the modem
sehooL Philadelphia was redeemed
from polite*! slavery by the young men
of the city. Almost everywhere the
warfare upon “graft" has had Its be
ginning In the range of young men,
most of them graduated from college
within tho last ten or twelve years.
These young men had Ideals and could
not stand Idly by while monstrous
evils were threatening to corrode the
very foundations of democratic Insti
tutions. These young men founded
good government clubs, not minding
the scoffs of their cynical seniors.
They organized vigilance committees
to bring to task the betrayers of pub
lic trusts, whom a diffident generation
had lifted Into power.—Forum.
The Brighter Side.
It Is best not to think too much of
the horrors of the San Francisco earth
quake and lire. The great catastrophe
Itself Is beyoml the comprehension of
all save Its living victims. The work
of the human ghouls und the fate
meted out to them, the trenches filled
with unrecognizable bodies, the ghastly
remnants lying among twisted steel
and crumbling stone, should be forgot
ten.' As for the rest, all will come out
right. A little story which comes over
the wires undoubtedly applies to hun
dreds of cases In San Francisco, and
pictures one aspect of the situation
there. Justice Shaw, of the California
supreme court, hurried to San Fran
cisco upon receiving news of the
earthquake. The apartments In which
his wife had been stopping were burn- ,
ed. Ali the Information he could ob-
Till? DATE IN HISTORY.
SEPTEMBER 12.
1609—Hi-nrr IIikIhoii tiejcnn bis tornce
**J*fr** tent* fifg name.
1683—Turkish army rout pi I l>pforp VlPtiim hr
nine* tinder command of John HoldoNki
nnd the duke of I*ormlnc.
1778—W««hInptoii nnd hla army entered
* hllndfIphla nfter the defeat nt Umu-
1812— (ienerni Harrison eoiiipelled the In-
ilfnim to raise the siege at Fort
Wayne.
1829—Kpnnlflh army eurretiflored to the Mrs-
I***iii>t under Kant a Ann nt Tanipl
I860—Fugttlre slave Idll iMissed by house of
. . rer»re*entntlre*.
1852—II. II. Asquith, British statesman,
Iwirn.
1862— 1'ulons and Con fulcra ten engngifl In
fight at Middletown. Mil. ™
MU—Ijeneral K. S. McCook Jtssasf (ft* ted hr
!!; nt Yankton. Itnk.
187*—t Iwqihtra s needle set tin on th«
Thames embankment.
1903—l.iilted Hint*# eruleer Maryland launch
ed at Newport News, Vs.
Kindergarten Opens.
Special to The Georgian.
Athens. Oa., Sept, li.—Miss Carrie
Walden opened her kindergarten and
primary school this morning at her
home, 93 Hull street. The opening was
Indeed flattering.
tain was that she had been seen mov
ing with the crowd of refugees on the
streets. .
For three days and nights he
searched among the frlghtende throngs
In the parks, now on foot and now In
what vehicles he could obtain. Once
he heard that she had been seen In
one of the parks. He went there, but
could not And her. Sick at heart, he
hurried to Los Angeles for money and
clothing. There the story ends, but
doubtless he has found his wife ere
now. To them will come as a com*
pensatlon a closer and dearer tie, born
of their grief and anlxety. In the
same way, the suffering and terror
will make stronger the wedding bonds
formed within the glare of the burning
city, when scores of young women
put themselves under the protection
of the men to whom they were be-
troth#<L—Cleveland Leader.
Nooks and Corners
of American History
The Now York Tea Party.
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY
All the world has heard, over a'.s
over again, of the Boston Tea p an ,
the famous function which came „fr'~
the 10th day of December, 1773 n
Not so extensive, by any means I,
the fame of the New York Tea Pal.'
which Was planned on the very ,iav li
the Boston function, but which 0 *
/to no fault of the New Yorkers
for some little time delayed. '
John Flake, in his “American R, V nl
Jutlon," says of the Boston Tea Parti
that It was "an event so great that
American historians have general],
failed to do It Justloe,” " T
The New York Tea Party was
every sense of the word as great as the
Boston affair, and the same may be
said of the tea party held on lhe ’tth
of October, 1774, by the
Edonton, North Carolina, and vet thel
historians' y m ' n " nn< ' <1 ' ,ave »V kS2
S ? ~? n > ,he bm Putting the I,,
i tea had passed the British narlla!
ment, the people of New y 0 rk ,, a JL
the following ringing resolution-' ' 64
“Resolved, That whoever shall aid or
jet, or in any manner assist in the
Introduction of tea from any ,,]»?!
whatsover Into this colony, while itta
subject, by a British act of parliament
to the payment of a duty for the our-
pose of raising n revenue In Amerl...
shall be deemed an enemy to the jiber!
ties of America."
h On the 16th of December—the very
day of the Boston Tea Party—the New
York Sons of Liberty met In City hall
and swore by their homes and Am.
sides, by their wives and children bv
the country thnt they loved and the’llb.
orty for which they were ready to die
that not an ounce of tea should be
landed In New York. '
This patriotic oath was taken unnn
hearing that the ship with the hated
tea was nearing the port and might be
expected at any hour.
It was a. fulse alarm, and It was not
until the following spring. April it
1774, that th# Nancy, Captain Lock-'
yer, arrlvod off Sandy Hook brlnglnx
the tea destined for New York.
Captain 'Lockyer very naturally
wanted his ship piloted up the harbor
but no pilot could bo found who would
render the desired service. The cap.
tain then asked that he be per/nlited
to go up to the city to see his con
signee. This was granted upon the
understanding that he was not to go
near the custom house.
The consignee when seen positively
refused to touch the tea, and advised
the captain to take It right back to
Englnpd.
In the meantime the committee of
vigilance took possession of the Nan
cy's boats to prevent the escape of
her crew. A few days after his ar
rival Captain Lockyer, being a level,
headed, sensible man. and taking in the
situation Just as It was. wisely con
cluded to take his tea hack to Eng
land. He was escorted to the font of
Wall street, by the Sons of Liberty,
who fired n salute as he left them at
the water's edge on his way to ths
Nancy. A guard from the vigilance
committee remained with the ship until
she had got several miles beyond San
dy Hook.
Captain Chambers, of the London,
denied that he had tea on hoard bis
ship, but finally confoised that he had
a certain nuinoer of casks of his op-n,
with which the Easf India Company
had nothing to do.
But the Sons of Liberty were oppdred
to ten about that time on general prin
ciples, and they immediately withdrew
for deliberation to a coffee house it
Pearl and Wall streets.
The result of the deliberation was to
the effect that the tea should be de
stroyed.
By a unanimous vote the tea wii
confiscated, and by resolute hands was
taken out of the ship's hold, the chests
broken open and the contents scattered
upon the wnters of the river.
There was no loud noise, no violence.
It wns the calm, deliberate, determined
ntrlon of men who had sworn that they
would not be - taxed by an assembly In
which they had no representation.
Such was the New York Tea Party-
an event which. In the language of
John Flake, "historians have generally
failed to do justice.”
Street Railway for Americus.
Hpeclnt to The Georgian.
Amerlcue, Oa., Sept. 12.—A petition
has been placed before the city coun
cil by Northern parties for the privi
lege of tights and street railway f°t
Americus. So far nothing definite hu
been done by the council on the ped -
tlon.^^H ■
To Build An Auditorium,
Special to The Georgian.
Madison. Oa., Sept. 1*.—Cl'.lnns
held a mass meeting here yesterday
and adopted resolutions asking
mayor and city council to make ths
county commissioners an offer tor ths
old court house and lot. with the view
of erecting a nice auditorium on It tot
the use or the county In general, sno
all large gatherings, which will *
long needed want here.
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