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TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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More Evidence of Corporate Negligence.
It would not be difficult to convince the people who
patronize the Marietta branch ot the Georgia Railway and
Electric Company that there la a grave neeeaalty for the
regulation ot the itreet railway company.
They have suffered In a great many forma from a
lack of those facilities to which they are reasonably en
titled. The fare Itself would appear to be quite out of
proportion to that which la charged on the other subur
ban lines of the company, and what la of at least equal
moment Is the fact that while the people of Marietta have
freely granted to the corporation the right to use the
streets of their city, the company has not seen fit to
provide any depot facilities whatever.
At this end of the line the same condition prevails,
and while the Marietta cars stop directly In front of the
Georgia Railway and Electric Company’s magnificent of
fices In which It would be easy, one would think, to es
tablish some kind of a waiting room, the fact Is that no
provision whatever Is made to shelter waiting patrons
from the sun and the wind and the rain.
All thla's but part and parcel of the arbitrary and
selfish manner In which this autocratic monopoly admin
isters Its affairs without regard to the comfort and pleas
ure of Its patrons.
. This new line Is becoming ono of the most popular
and prosperous In the entire system. It Is only fair that
all the auxiliary facilities which such a line requires
should be supplied for the patrons of the road. But fre
quent remonstrances seem to have met with no substan
tlal response, and those who live In Marietta and Atlanta
and along the connecting lines have too long suffered
from the greed and the selfishness of the Georgia Rail
way and Electric Company.
Perhaps this company thinks that 1^ can go on In
definitely Ignoring the just demands of the people, but we
verily believe that t public sentiment Is being aroused
In this community which would make It the part of wis
dom for the company to make some concesllons to the
people before they fatigue Indignation and drive the peo
ple to make the Oeorgla Railway and Electric Company,
with all Its allied utilities, one of the paramount and
sleepless Issues of the hour.
“Al” Adams Again.
Information comes from New York that “Al" Adams,
the notorious policy king and backer of M. J. Sago &
Co., after having failed a few weeks since for some
thing like $2,000,000, Is now making arrangements to
open up his chain of bucket shops again.
Of course It Is no part of his purpose to return to
the defrauded and confiding customers the 12,000,000
which they trusted to him. But a life of commonplace
.tranquillity la unendurable to this high financier and his
able lieutenants, so ho Is making arrangements, accord
ing to this rumor, to resurrect such of his old bucket
shops as were In charge of men on whom he could rely
and so will begin again an active campaign for fleecing
the public.
Wo do not know what measuro of truth there may be
In this rumor, but we do know that If It has any founda
tion and there Is any way In which the law could reach
such a man as he. steps should be taken to prevent his
further fleecing of the public,
It would seem. In all conscience, that the career that
“Al" Adams has led In the past and the term he has
served In the penitentiary, would put the public on notice
against any enterprises In which he or bis lieutenants
might engage.
If this were not sufficient to open their eyes, then
his more recent escapade In high finance, namely, this
failure for 12,000,000, should be sufficient to put the pub
lic on fair notice that they could not afford to touch any
enterprise with which his name was Identified,
It may be depended upon that If he begins operations
again It will be but a rehearsal of the past, and that as
soon as a fitting opportunity presents Itself he will be
ready to swoop down upon the unsuspecting flock ot
Inmbs and fleece them to their very skin.
The full details of his proposed resumption of busi
ness have not yet been given out. It Is hoped, for the
sake of that class of peoplo who Insist upon trading with
him and with any concern with which his name may bo
Identified, that he will find such obstacles In the way of
his resumption of business that he will not be able to
perfect the arrangements he contemplates.
The South has undoubtedly suffered Its share from
these various speculative affairs to which he lent mate
rial aid and comfort, and In the light of the further fact
that there cannot possibly be any basis for legitimate
business transactions with concerns of the ebaraeter with
which be has been Identified, there should be no more
attempt to play with the fickle goddess through the in
strumentality which he has placed at the disposal of the
people.
The world at large Is entirely sick and tired of “Al”
Adams and his speculation ventures, and It Is to be
hoped he will be allowed at the present Juncture to “sink
to silence like a tavern brawl.”
He has cut a wide swath In his time.
. Let us hope that It Is permanently at an end.
Some Municipel Ownership Examples.
The entire community has become thoroughly aroused
on the subject ot municipal ownership of public utilities,
and every bit of information which can throw any light
upon this subject should be given to the people. We see
no reason why corporations owned largely by foreign cap
italists should mulct the people of Atlanta when by the
operation of these utilities the city could save hundreds
of thousands of dollars a year to her citizens and give
them a better service In every respect.
■ The question has already been discussed from a great
many points of view. Surqly none of them could be more
enlightening than to give concrete examples and Illustra
tions of the profit and efficiency derived from their oper
ation In other cities.
This question of municipal ownership Is not a new
one. There are various cities throughout the world
which have found It practicable and profitable, and In
some of these cities municipal ownership has extended
not only to public utilities but to other lines of com
merce which hitherto hfd remained In the bands of pri
vate Individuals.
Mr. William E. Curtis, the veteran correspondent of
The Chicago Record-Herald, who la bow traveling In Eu
rope. writes from Vienna of municipal ownership In that
beautiful capital ot Austria. That the Viennese are a
happy and a prosperous people does not need to be ar
gued. Vienna Itself Is one of the most splendid cities
In the world, and except In population compares favora
bly with Paris Itself.
And yet the city government of Vienna not only op
erates a street railway system but a brewery, a number
of flower stores, a storage warehouse, stone quarries and
other lines of commercial and Industrial activities which
furnish commodities to the people more cheaply than they
were ever bought under private ownership. No one Is
contending for such a municipal ownership Idea for At
lanta as prevails In Vienna, and yet the success of her
street railway system will throw a direct light on the pub
lic utilities In which .we are really Interested.
We are told that the city government owns all of
the street car lines and that they are well managed and
kept In excellent condition. In point of fact, the
Vienna street car system Is one of the finest In the
world. A 2-cent fare Is charged before 8 o'clock In the
morning In order that the working classes who are In
greatest need of cheap transportation can get to their
work at a nominal cost. The gross receipts ot the com
pany have greatly Increased since the city took hold of
the lines, but It is conceded that the expenses have In
creased more rapidly, so that the net profits are only
about one-third as large as they formerly were.
The burgomaster of the city, who Is devoted to the
cause of municipal ownership, takes pride In this very
fact, and points out that the employees ot the streot
railway are the men who heve largely received these
benefits through higher wages and shorter hours while
at the same time Increasing the effectiveness of the ser
vice and allowing the people In general to participate In
the general benefits of cheaper fares and better facili
ties.
While, as we have said before, no one Is contending
for the municipalization of anything except the recog
nized public utilities at this time. It can do no harm to
add In passing that Vienna also owns a number of flow
er shops and sells flowers from the parks and cemeteries
at a handsome profit. Lovers of the aesthetic do not need
to be told that this constant pruning and gathering of
the flowers with Intelligent discrimination not only mast
keep the parks and cemeteries themselves much more
beautiful add abundant In their floral array, but that It
provides a means of furnishing the people with flowers
for various purposes at .a nominal cost. Undertakers
and caterers are the largest customers and the city
makes enough monoy to pay all the gardeners In the em
ploy of the city and a portion ot the other expenses for
maintaining the parks. The net proflta last year were
about $17,000.
Buildings which remained standing after the Inter
national exposition of 1873 were not ruthlessly destroyed,
aa In Chicago and St. Louis. They were used for per
manent purposes. The main building, which was ot great
site, was converted Into a storage warehouse which Is
probably the largest In the world. It Is operated by the
city, Is divided Into soctlons tor storing grain, wines and
household effects, and yields to the cljy tn average no'
Growth and Progress of the New South
A Glorious Future.
From time to time we have endeavored to furnish in this column facts
and figures which show the Incomparable reeources of the South, joined
with her salubrious climate and her ready access to the markets of the
world. The latter will be even more notable when the Panama canal shall
have been completed.
But we could not possibly present all these facts more eucclntly and
more Impressively than In the graphic phrase which recently appeared In
large lettere on the cover of The Manufacturers' Record, They should be
clipped out and pasted In the hat of every patriotic Southern man and
read whenever the opportunity presents Itself. Here they are:
"Give free rein to your Imagination and let It picture the future of a
section which has one-half of the Iron ore of the United States, nearly
three times as much coal as Great Britain, Germany and Pennsylvania com
bined, which holds a world monopoly on cotton production and Is rapidly
becoming a great cotton manufacturing center, which dominates the phos
phate rock and sulphur trade of the world, which has much of the richest
oil territory known, which has one-half of the standing timber of the
country, which produces all the sugar, all the rice, most of the tobacco,
and adds to these 800,000,000 bushels a year of grain; and then think of
Us water-powera, Its splendid rivers. Its great seacoast, Its expanding
commerce, and remember that Its cotton crop alone annually exceedi the
total gold and silver production of the world, and that every dollar of gold
annually mined on earth Is not enough to pay the South's bill against
Europe for cotton, and you will get Just a faint conception of the future.”
NOOKS AND CORNERS OF AMERICAN HISTORY
A FORGOTTEN MATCH
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
IHHHNItMMHIMIHt
“Poor old Spain!” It Is what nearly
all the world Is saying to Itself these
days.
How easily did the great republic
utterly crueh the Spaniard In the fate
war over Cuba!
What a burlesque of a nation Spain
Is today—a mere dot on the map, a
reminiscence rather than a fact,
shadow without any substance!
And yet one hundred and twenty-five
years, the 2d of January, a Spanish
I'orce Invaded our territory, marched,
unmolested, right across one of our
"sovereign states,” accomplished Its
purpose and marched back again to Ha
starting point with drums a-beattng
and banners a-flylng!
For some unaccountable reason
France, after being beaten by England
on the "Heights of Abraham."
and Just
before the treaty was ratified giving
England the fruits of her victory, se
cretly ceded to Spain everything west
of the Mississippi, as though she had
said to herself, "The Briton has beaten
me between the Mississippi and the
Alleghanles, but he shall not have the
domain west of the great river without
a light with Spain."
The capital of "Upper Louisiana" at
the time was St. Louis, founded In
17*1 by the French, and It was from
this point that the march In question
was made.
Starting from St. Louis, on the 2d
day of January, 1781, slxty-flve Span-
uoj ui niiuiwJi tioi| biaij-iim. ojmii-
lards and Frenchmen and sixty Indians,
of the Sioux, Ottawa and Pottawat-
tomle tribes, commanded by Don Eu
genio Pourre, marched straight across
the state of Illinois to Fort St. Joseph,
at the mouth of the St. Joseph river,
In the present state of Michigan.
At Fort St. Joseph the English gar
rison of a few score men was overpow
ered, the 1 Spanish tldg wait raised above
the raptured stronghold, and with the
revenuo of $60,000 a year.
A few miles from tho city thete Is a stone quarry
which Is owned end operated by the municipality. It was
purchased more thnn 25 years ago, when the city was
undertaking a groat system of public Improvements, and
millions of dollars worth of stone have been taken from
It. While there Is comparatively little public construc
tion going on at this time, the overplus of granite Is sold
to private Individuals and corporations, and last year
this municipal quarry yielded a net profit ot $19,000.
Thus we aee that the three municipally owned enter-
prlscs outside of the street railway yield to Vienna an
annual net profit of practically $100,000 a year.
The success of the street railway system under mu
nicipal ownership and tho possibility of furnishing ex
cellent facilities of travel, with good hours and good
wages to employees, nominal fares for the laboring
classes and a snug profit over operating expensea. Is the
point which we wish to bring out It Is full of enlighten
ment to the people of Atlanta who are Interested tn se
curing the best results from our public utilities.
Pourro, with his Spaniards, French
men and Indians, marched back to St.
Louis.
This march across the state of Illi
nois was no Utopian affair. It meant
business. There was a method In It
Aa the sequel will show, It was Inspired
at Madrid, and was a part of a deep-
laid plot to accomplish one of two
things—the recovery of Gibraltar from
England or the establishment ot a great
Spanish domain upon the North Amer
ican continent.
Immediately upon Don Eugenio
Pourre's return to St. Louis, Don Fran
cisco Cruvat, governor of Upper Lou
isiana, started a messenger to Madrid
with the news. It wae a year before
the message was delivered and pub
lished In the Madrid Gazette.
And then the fun began. John Jay,
our representative at Madrid, saw
through the buslnas at a glance, and
wrote Franklin, at Paris, to keep hla
eyes open. Franklin had not been
sleeping. The news reached Franklin
! soon after It did Spain, and Franklin,
with his great good sense, wae not slow
In "catching on" to the true Inwardness
of the game.
In the meantime the treaty of Ver
sailles was on the carpet, and In Its
very first session It was revealed that
France and Spain were In a conspiracy
against us. Then appeared the true
cause for the Spanish march across the
state of Illinois and the planting of the
Spanish flag on the stockade of Fort
St. Joseph. The Spaniards had already
established themselves at Baton Rouge
and Natchez, and with Fort St. Joseph
added to their triumph they were pre
pared to lay claim to the vast territory
between the Mississippi and the Alle-
ghanics!
And then the first card was played
with England. Spain would relinquish
her claim to the aforesaid domain If
England would give her back Gibral
tar.
But no! England would do no such
thing. It she had to she would give
up the colonies between the Alleghanlqs
and the Bea, but by the Red Cross of
St. George she would not vacate her
stronghold at the gateway of the great
Blue sea.
Spain had played her first card and
lost.
And then she began the game with
the ambassadors ot the United States.
At Paris Spain had her astute am
bassador, Count d'Aranda, whose part
It was to hold In the diplomatic battle
her rights upon the eastern side of
the "Father of Waters."
But Franklin was there, and Adams
was there, and not an Inch would they
budge from the proposition that Uncle
Sam's domain extended to the middle
of the Mississippi.
The Castilian coaxed and threaten
ed. Every device known to the diplo
matic art was tried by him, and tried
In vain. Our self-taught ambassadors
beat him at every turn, and when the
final terms were made with Great Brit
ain Gibraltar remained In the hands of
England and over every Inch of soil
between the Alleghanles and the
Eternal River" It was decreed that
Old Glory" should float.
And thus ended the aftermath of the
Spanish march across the state of Illi
nois.
A LITERARY FROG.
By CLARA MORRIS.
vhat nn awful
bother It !■ to choose n novel for Jane."
him Hjioken thus of her trouble to
She
tno a full minute Itefore ahe discovered I
was a stranger, who had taken the place
of her companion. Apologies were waived
aside In friendly spirit.
She proved a hopeful, laughing, trusting
the iniiHiKsilde;
—she likes Just to glntice nf a new I took
and shut It up In a single word."
“Pleasant for tlie author." I observed
answered. "Why, Just
what/It's like."
~‘4 f
She enught up a Istok to Illustrate with.
y\t cousin opens her new Itook and finds
the scene laid at the seashore, she claps It
'Humph!
•hut. twists her lips, and says,
Shipwreck or life-saving?' it mills
mentioned, she slaps the Itook to with
the one word. 'Htrlko!' If mines are
mentioned, 'Cave-In—or explosion!' While
If the Itook opens with a 6 o'clock tea, she
fairly snorts, ‘Divorce!’ "
f laughed, and so did she, but rather
ruefully.
"Then does she never really rend a
book?" I asked.
"Oh. she used to, but now she says they
are all repetitious; and she Just Jumna
from front to back, then once In the
middle; It's all Jump, Jump, Jump, like—"
"A sort of literary Jumping frog, * I
‘^Oh!" she exclaimed. "1 don't want to
be mean to cousin, but I’ll have to tell
papa that Just to hear the windows shake
at his laugh. You see cousin, therefore,
cuts you down to such small choice. She
•ays a French book Is Immoral, a Scotch
one a sermon, and nu American one tame
to ennui. See what a pile of luniks I re
l»cen through! She enn goes* the formula
of every book extant!"
She groaned. ... , .
"No, she can’t." I asserted. "Izook here
what about a l»ook that hat no villain?
(Her eyes widened.) A l»ook without a
crime of any kind to avenge? (She slfook
her head.) Without." I sternly added,
"without nn adventuress—without change
of scene—no landscape mania?
"Impossible! Impossible!" she gasped.
"Walt," 1 said. "Now don't scream;
book without a divorce?"
"But," she charged, ‘why, there s no
mnterlnl left to ninke a book of!'
Yes, there Is."
'Well, no one would care to rend It,
then." , . . .
"It holds you with a grip of steel.
There Is not a commandment broken, and
yet It ts strong enough to hold a lunu
reader." , ... . ,
She came close to me, and, with Unnclng
eyes, said: . „ „
“It Is very wicked to tell lies/
I GOSSIP
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER]
New York, Sept. 13.—Friends of Mr,
William McKinley In thla section art
concerned at the news from Ohio that
her health will not permit her to attend
the unveiling of the statue of her dl,
tlngulshed husband. It has been known
that Mrs. McKinley has been feeble t„ t
some time, but It was not realized that
she was In such a state that she would
not be able to attend thla Important
function. Mrs. McKinley Is a typical
American woman and much of her hu*.
band's success was due to her klndlv
sympathy and capacity to help. Thu t.
true of most all men. The good women
of America of the type of Mrs. McKln
ley may some day get part of the credit
due them In the mnklng of our coun
try.
you know where there Is s truly
"Yes."
She took my hnmls snd cuddled them
under her cheek; she cooed nn If she hud
been nbout four yenrs old.
"Make me happy, happy! Help .
play one on the literary frog—for she could
not guess that. Plena* tell me—or maybe
It bus no name, either?"
’But, It has. and a very odd one.
'Oh, what?"
I saw her scribble the
Initials, "P-M." and then she elnsppd my
bond and said.
Oh, you
the dearest thing that has
..»e this day!"
we both laughed and pnrtfd. ,
MEN AND WOMEN.
Lottn. the once favorite actress. Is said
to be one of the biggest taxpayers among
the women of Boston.
Thomas Bent, the premier of Mctorla.
Introdueea songs In his speeches, but never
sings tho songs of the present day.
intuiiiv n mm is .mss
who was recently received Into the Do
minican order at Hunts Point, N.
Sir Douglass Fox. who has Iteon com
missioned to prepare the new plans fo
the long-tnlked-of English Channel tunnel.
Is regarded by th" members of Ills profes
sion ns one of the greatest engineers of
his time.
The favorite hobby of the queen mother
of Spain is collecting playing cards. Her
majesty “ ‘
possesses, for Instance, the fa
mous pack of Ivory cards which rrltic
** ids
LAND OF WILLIAM THE SILENT
THE HAGUE, HOLLAND
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX,
HR emblem ot The Hague, the court
T elly of Holland, I, the stork, nut,
slat, sod alas, for tho pretty young
- queen, she has Just experienced her
third disappointment In five years, In her
hopes of giving her devoted land nn heir
The Georgian extend* a cordial welcome to Dr. H. E.
Stoekbrtdge, who hat recently assumed the dutlee of agri
cultural editor of The Southern Ruralltt, of this city. Dr.
Btockbridge comes well equipped for the duties of his
poeltlon and The Rurallst le to be congratulated on Its
acquisition.
If this spelling controversy keepe up. Den Chaucer Is
liable to get before the people.
Repair the State Fair Buildings.
Wo are Informed that tho finance committee of
council will moet«n Saturday for the purpose of consid
ering the suggestion that $2,604, or some such sum, be
spent on tho buildings at Piedmont park, tn order that
they may be In proper condition when the fair often*.
We believe that council would be acting wisely In
making this appropriation, and we trust that the finance
committee will rocommend It.
The state fair of last year brought 40,000 people to
Atlanta and during tbelr stay, considering the matter
purely from a business standpoint, they left a great deal
of money In the city. Council has frequently made ap-
propriatlona for the entertainment of conrentlona, and It
Is pointed out that the fair will bring more people here
In two weeks than all the conventions within a decade.
Moreover, the property which council la aaked to Improve
belongs to the city Itself and therefore hat a special
claim on the attention of the city fathers.
Everybody Is looking forward hopefully and buoy
antly to the state fair, which promises to be the most
successful In our history. It Is highly necessary that the
buildings and grounds should be placed In good condi
tion, and that at an early date, ao lot the appropriation
be made at once and let the work of repairing and beau
tifying the building* and grounds go forward.
A new achool of theology, representing several de
nominations, has been succesafully opened In connection
with Manchester University, England.
The Methodist Episcopal mission In Japan la erect
ing at Nagasaki a splendid brick structure for s college
building, capable of accommodating 400 students.
to the throne.
It seems to an observer that every wom
an la Holland, Save the queen, Is the
mother of, at leaat, two or three chil
dren.
If ho heir cornea through Queen Wllhel-
mtna then the throne goca to some distant
relative, some German princeling, It Is
whispered, nnd there are bUck looks when
ever the whisper Is heat., tor ns the purr
ing cat loves the aggressive dog, so Hol
land loves Germany. .. „ %
It la no wonder tho Hollanders adore
Queen Wllhelmlna and desire her to per
petuate the royal race.
She Is the only one left to continue tho
1 wish every mother In America would
give her young tons the story of this great
nnd got*! man to rend. It la more excit
ing than any novel ever written, and more
Ion he was ready to extend freedom to
othera to worship aa they would. No man
felt more than he that the persecuted re
former, who In thrn became a bigot, was
doubly odious."
Ills firmness was as great aa hla piety.
Whftn only twenty-four years of age ho
resolved to devote his life to driving the
Inquisition from Hollnnd nnd to establish
ing the liberty of bis country, lie arrived
at his goal. In the fnce of the powerful
opposition of Hpnln, then In the height of
her glory. When he died "the little chil
dren wept In the streets."
Ills direct line heentne extinct with his
grandson; but Queen Wllhelmlmt Is the
last of his blood, through her descent from
a cousin. Remote ns the relationship may
seem to us lu America, It Is one to he rev
erenced and to wish to perpetunte In Hol
land.
in-]
ll enn be found complete In Motley a
History of the Dutch Republic.
William the Silent (who, despite his t!
was a great orator and moat elo-
The stories of the unhappiness of the
qneen In her marriage are absolutely denied
bv every Hollnuder. The vice secretary
of the American embassy also declare**]
utterly without foundation, to hla
Eugene, the comrade of Marlborough, nl
ways carried with him In nil the cam
paigns In which he took part.
Mrs. Russell Rage la a descendant of
Mile* Htandlsli. Her maiden name, Olivia,
was also that of her parental grand
mother. Olivia Rtnudlsli. Notwithstanding
Mrs. Sage's great wealth nnd Interest In
humanity, she has reached the nge of
years without ever having been abroad.
Emerson Hough, the author. Is a great
traveler, never contented to remain In one
place very long. He was the first man
to cross Yellowstone park In tho winter,
nnd some eleven years, ago he spent most
.s Ik. . le 1,1 at,.I Vs.
The death of James A. Garland at
South Hanover, Maas., brings to a deft
nlte end a strange romance. A great
stir In society was caused when iiaiy
Tuber Garland sued for a divorce after
four years of wedded life, during which
the Couple had been blessed with four
sons. Mrs. Garland obtained custod*
of the children. ’
Garland was graduated from Harvard
nnd was a millionaire-when he left col.
lege. He was a great sportsman. H,
met Mary Tuder, of Brookline, .Mans
hnrl fhnv ivapa den it*n tntvoihoe i... ..
and they were drawn together by their
love for outdoor life. The wedding was
celebrated In the church at Brookline
In 1893 and was a great society event
The happy couple -went on a cruise to
the Mediterranean. On their return
they went to reside at Chestnut MIL
and-later In Brookline.
In 1900 society waa surprised to hear
that Mr*. Garland had sued for divorce
naming Mrs. Kimball, wife of a Yal,
athlete. Mrs. Garland obtained her di
vorce.
In 1904 Garland, who was cruising on
his palatini yacht Barracouta, was vis.
Ited by his divorced wife and a recon
ciliation took place. A trip was made
to a minister and they again were made
husband and wife. Since then they
have lived In happiness nnd no cloud
came to mar their second honeymoon
until Mr. Garland's fatal Illness.
Miss Corrlnne Violet, sister of At-
wood Violet, the cotton man. Is being
congratulated on having defeated Den
nison Hatch. Jr„ In'a swimming match
across the sound, from Thrnggs Neck
to Great Neck, L. I. The race lusted
for two hours and a quarter. Miss
Violet won by two lengths.
Work on the New York, Westchester
and Boston Railway Company's viaduct
at Bronxdale and Hunt avenues, the
Bronx, has been tied up by Mrs. Fred
erick Uueryn, wife of a policeman. With
a big revolver she held fifty laborers at
boy. The Dueryas contend that they
own the middle of the street and that
until they are paid for the damage to
their property they will not let the
work proceed.
-Another sensation Is sprung. The
Rev. A. D. Chandler, of the Baptist
temple, who with other preachers has
been protesting against the manage
ment of the Bronx zoo for exhibiting
In the monkey cage the little African
pigmy, Ota Hengn, declares that th,
"savage" Is neither a pigmy nor a
bushman, but Is merely a Kaffir boy.
A fortune teller was vindicated when
Robert McKenzie, n discharged em-
ployee of the Realty Trust Company,
was arraigned In the Richmond county
court on a charge of burglary,
"You will capture a tall, light young
man very soon." tho fortune teller had
said to Miss Charlotto Squires, 18 years
old, of Bay View, S. I. Miss Squires
thought she meant a husband, but It
did not happen that way.
The girl was sitting on the porch of
her home when she saw a "tall lleht
young man" rip the boards off a cellar
window and enter the home of Roy
Holllngshead, an /actor, who Is on the
road, and had closed up the house.
Miss Squires sent her little brother
for a policeman, nnd then she mounted
guard at the window. Tho Intruder
saw her and remained concealed In tho
cellar until the police cutne and dragged
him out.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
naked
One day recently n colleague nsl
Speaker Cannon what. In hln opinion, i
the mnln difference I>etween the dars
his youth nnd the present time. "Well,'
answered Itnrle Joe, reflectively, "when
I was a youngster a young man win
Is fled to paddle his own canoe, hut now
one thinks
Ip of state.’’
Hole, Mass., served to ms sciennnc menus
nnd nsaoctatcs samples of the sen fotwl long
regarded ns unfit for eating, on which he
hns been experimenting during the summer.
has been experimenting .
Woods Hole Is n place where biologists
from all the leading universities of Amer
ica study during the summer.
In Race for Judgothip.
Special to The Georgian.
Athena. Ga., Sept. 13.—Judge Fred
Foster, of Madison, Is a candidate for
position on the bench of the new
court of appeals. He is making on
active campaign for one of the offices.
f
lit,
s*c "I 1 turn/. •
hi- was kind, uuinercenary sud imwin.h.
Ho lived muoiig mon who were sooklnc
fur personal advancement, yet he refused
position and power, when It would bav«
been wise to accept It.
He lived In nn age of monstrous Ids-
otry, wbe ‘
the torture rack, the.prison and
the stake nwalted those who dared think
for themselves; yet he was ns oread.as
the universe In Hls charity toward other
faiths thsn hls own.
He lived when religion was a elook. un
der which Jealousy nnd tyrauny carried Its
tmlnnrd to stab an enemy, yet he was
deeply, sincerely and profoundly relmoos,
loving Got! .with, all hit heart, and hls
I
in
teenth centum. be*ytt endured hardship,
poverty nnd discomfort for year* In order
to free hls people from the swfnl tyran
ny of Hpnlii,
lie swiveeded lu hls herculean effort, and
dotn of Holland states was assured.
There was mueli lu the rhnraet.r of our
Lincoln that resembled the ehsrseter of
Willism th* Silent; siat thers. » *>'"1
hr tragedy of * similar ejlmsi of the
two live* Itut the llolloml hero fneeit
f»r greater difficulties nn.t ws, nt-
lerly alone lu hls greatness ol eh. ,-neter
nSIst&JMPsy* of hint: ‘Tils m<»t promi
nent qwllty was hls .Piety- Froui hls
._ the face
with s eoBBtsnt smile nml emture-1 In-ts'-
■ant labor, end trlsls with * serenity more
than human.
"While s convert to the reformed nil,-
persona! knowledge.
There In one earloua thins whleh I have
Belgium, nnd for
notleed In Holland _
which 1 would like in explanation.
That I., the reuinrkAhle fre
That l». the remarkable freunency of
curvntniv of the tplun nnmn* tho Inhntd-
tsnts. I have enacted ns many ns slz
humped bark. In n single promenade, ami
no day passes that I do not tee, st least,
that cumber of tbes« unfortunates. It
seems, too, more prevalent suioug men than
women.
1 have wondered If the very early age at
which young hoy* begin smoking here enn
nreount for Ik Small l»y«. not orer
six or seven yeors of age, are constantly
seen in these countries smoking not cigar
ettes, hut elgsrs.
The young men are. a* a role, of low
stature, which ts another result tno physi
cian. tell n.) of early smoking. Mentnllr,
physically or morally, th, boy who begin,
smoking liefore he attain, hi, growth I,
Injured.
Meantime, then* I, n notleeatlle absence
of eyeglasses In Holland. In a eompnny of
twenty. It Is nnnaiml to see two young
people wearing glasses, and I hare seeu
but three children In my whole month
here *o disfigured.
Fraternity Rant, Club Room*.
Slieelnl tn The Georgian.
Athens, Gs., Sept. 1*.—Chi Pal fra
ternity of the university have rented
the Mallory house on Prince avenue
for a club house the coming season.
The owner, Van Deadwyler, Is this
week putting the building In fine shai
place for club rooms.
KITTY OFCOLERAINE.
****** 0,10 niorn l ,, ff wns trlfe-
W,t roIcrf| trb * P of milk from the fair of
■ she stumbled, the pltch-
whleh influence physical ms ladles ohaervn-
Mt* to a traveler In Hollnnd. la this targe
percentage of people afflicted with spinal
curvature otmerrante in the streets.
I wish some statistician would give os-
art figures in this matter. It would lie
Itttvrentlttit to know If the m*tarty really
prevails to the extent It seems to me, after
a month's observation, and If ao, why?
The Hague, Holland.
Matrimonial tickets are supplied hy the
Ouuultan Pacific railway to settlers In the
Northwest Territory who wish to make a
Journey In order to seeure it wife. On pre
senting the return coupon and the mar
riage cerftflcfite the Mler la entitled to
trvm tt*ji*B**«tlott for hla bride.
When she mw
er It tumbled,
And all the sweet buttermilk watered
the plain. e
"°, whwt ^shnii^i do now? ’Twas looking
such a pitcher I'll ne'er meat
pride of n*r dairy. O Itaroey
Ym Voieral'ne “ pln|p,,! to ,h,! CrU of
New York, Bept. 12.—Hers are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—J. Fisher, J. H. Rey
nolds, F. Spain, W. H. Galloway, D. F.
Shumate. J. B. Wright.
IN WASHINGTON.
Washington, Sept. 1$.—The follow
ing Georgians are registered at Wash
ington hotels:
GEORGIA—U. L. Dupre, of La-
Grange, at the National; Henry C.
Cunningham, of Savannah, at the Ra
leigh.
IN PARI8.
Paris, Sept. IS.—Jacob and Mr».
Haas, of Atlanta, Oa., registered nt
the office of the European edition of
The New York Herald today.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
SEPTEMBER 13.
175t—General Wolfe killed la ntMuIt
Quebec.
1795—rnptnln Vancouver returned from
four years* voyage of discovery.
1*14—British attacked Fort Bowyer, Moblk.
1831—Albany and Hchrtiectady railroad, first
In til., mtntm nf Voter Vnrlr i«tl»* tit'll I' 1
lii the state of New York, opened M
traffic. .
1847—Americans tinder General Scott de
feated tha Mexican* nt battle of
Chapultape*.
1862—Conrederatca opened fire on Harper*
Ferry.
1874—Monument to General Lyon, killed at
battle of Wilsons Creek, unveiled at
Ht. Isont*. ,
1906—Admiral Togo’* flagship destroyed by
explosion; 699 Urea loat.
1 "*ehi!?*i!er l ’* M * h,,r ' nn ‘ l l, - w
Th** '®h « mlafortuno .hmild give her
such pain.
A kiss 1 th*i» gave her-br/ore J eJJ/J lea re
her
8h 'i,' rn *Jr,l toe ouch ph-esure she'd break
It again.
' T '^ r ®® rt ^^7 i " , whlug ieamm, I ran'! tell the
'me elngie—thnt'a
dtana-
Misfortune* will
plain.
For very soon after poor Kitty'
Th 'ra?ne 11 * pl,r " r w8 * w,ln,, ‘ ln (W»
Will Be in the Race.
Bpeelnl to The Georgian.
Athena, On, Sept. II.—It la state*
on good authority that Hon. J
Holder, of the adjoining county 01
Jackoon, will be In the race for con
gress two years hence In the Ninth dis
trict, and It Is presumed that the In
cumbent, Hon. Thomas M. Bell, wUl
stand for re-election. Mr. Bell made
a remarkable race two years ago In the
primary against F. Carter Tate,
had held the seat for a long time, unu
beat him, with some to spare.
Murder 8tlll le Mystery.
Special to The Georgtaa.
Brunswick, Ga., Sept. IS.—'The kill
ing of two 'negroes In the outskirt*
of this city lost Sunday morning
still shrouded In mystery. The two
women arrested In s house near the
places where the bodies were found,
still refuse to talk, although the offic er*
. are satisfied that they know
—ANoNi 1IU18. Ideal about the matter.