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Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Subscription Rites: One Yesr $4.50 Sis Months 2.50 Three Months ... *. 1.25. By Carrier, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sundiy by THE GEORGIAN CO. it 25 W. Alibimi Street, Atlanti, Gi. to wind In and out through all the tortuosities of such a life and land safely In the newspapers under big head lines and In the softest folds of the lap of fortune. But Flossie Twlnkletoes Is an artist, alright, alright It has been conceded for a long time. It only remained to be established by some such august tribunal as the commissioner general of Immigration. ■Cleanse the Soldiers’ Home. The whole state of Georgia has been looking on with the gravest Interest and concern while the Investigation Into the Soldiers' Home has been conducted by a special committee from the legislature. While some of the charges made against the man agement may have been exaggerated and In other In- _ . . . ■ stances may be subject to a kind of palliation, It seems Batfrrd as second-class msttsr April 36. IKS. St tb* Postogles at | ,. . A tints. Os., under set of ronsress of March 2. ITS. evident that the old veterans who have become the ward I of the state and who hr.d every reason to expect kindly and considerate treatment at the hands of the officials In charge, have been subject to various Indignities and have been fed on Impicper If not Insufficient food. In a hundred ways these old veterans, who gave so many years to the service of their country and now In the evening of their life And themselves Incapable of self-support, are made to feel, not that they are the hon ored guests of the commonwealth whose wants and wishes It la a pleasure to supply, but that they are the wards of charity and should be satisfied If a meagre pit' tance Is doled out to them In such quantities and of such quallt, as will keep body and soul together. There have been abuses In the Soldiers' Home. All the explanation possible cannot eliminate this fact. There Subscribers failing to receive THE GEORGIAN promptly and regularly, and readers who oan not purchase the paper where THE GEORGIAN should be on sale, are requested to communicate with the Circulation Manager without delay, and the com plaint will receive prompt attention. Telephones! Bell 4927 Main; Atl.nte 4401. nun II III1IMI nil*!, ni'H/iiiini.vi itrn nnnn.wn- TIVE8 Fon TKUHlTOItY OUTSIDE OF <1 B O It O 1 A. Eaatrrn Offices: Western Offices: Totter Dltfg., New York. Tribune Illdg., Chicago. Hearst and the New York Democracy. The incidents of politics In New York within ‘he I havebeenrumors to this effect for a long time. It has last two weeks have been nothing lesa than remarka- come j 0 t be public oar In more or less force for a long b,e - time. And now that the matter has become a subject We have seen within that time the Hon. William Lj 0 |jj C | a ] investigation, enough of the charge! are sus- R. Hearst urgently besought by the leader, of the Dent- tatned to lndlcate that there mU st be a radical chance In oeratlc party simply to stand sUll and permit them to the methoda and manag ement of the Institution, name him for governor—which Mr. Hearst firmly but We haTe no dealre to engage |n any mock ber0 | Ci courteously refused to do. I but these old veterans are entitled to the tenderest care Then we were treated to a further and even more and consideration of the state. Many of them ha*e given • remarkable spectacle of an appeal from the Democratic | U p tbe p etli | 0na which were properly theirs in order that leaders to Mr. Hearst to Induce his Independent league they mlg ' ht have a home for their declining years. This to confine themselves to nominating him as the head home had Its birth In the patriotic love and affection of o? the Democratic Ucket and to permit the Democratic tbe pe0 p| B . it was not established In a spirit of cold convention to Indorse that nomination and to fill out charlty , t wai established on the Idea that the state the rest of the ticket as thslr contribution to the edra- wou | d thereby be discharging one of the most solemn ob palgn. And this thoroughly humble and contrite request nations resting upon Tt to thus provide for the old age Mr. Hearst In the abundant courage of hla convictions of men who thelr oarller yeari had dedicated their has seen fit also courteously to decline. services and Imperiled their lives for the sake of their ' It la now a question as to whether the Democratic country, party at Buffalo In Its convention on the 25th of this We ‘ are wa ndering too far. In this age of material month will not feel that the absolute necessity of the ( anJi from the memories of that heroic conflict In which ' situation demands that they should nominate Mr. Hearst the receding generation engaged. It was one of the titan- anyhow. If they do not nominate him the conditions of yc contests of all time, and one which deserves to be the contest will make It likely that the Democratic par- enshrined In the hearts of every Southern man. As the ty In New York may come third In the race, and by daya ^ by lt wllt become more and more of an honor reason of this position lose Its hold upon the officos. to have known and cherished these grixiled veterans state and municipal, which they have enjoyed hereto- wbo participated In the conflict, and Increasingly it will tore - become a bitter realisation that they have been allowed Under these circumstances It Is by no meant lm- to suffer on any occasion and to any extent, probable that the convention at Buffalo may simply In- The Soldiers' Hame must be put on a high and aatls- dorse the nomination of the Independent league and give I factory basis. There hat been enough of this setnda- to this astonishing man, Mr. Hearst, the honor and the | 0 us stench—this rumor of Indignities upon the veterans support of two organisations which will elect him beyohd Aid Improper food supplied to them. They are old and the shadow of a doubt by n 100,000 majority to be the childish. If they were men who needed no Indulgence governor of New York. because of weakened faculties and advancing year* they Mr. Hearst's platform la simple, striking, clear as W0U |d not need a home In a state Institution. They are a bugle and apparently Irrealstlble to the present trend entitled to the highest consideration and nothing short tnd temper of New York politics. | ot tbli W ||| ia fisfy the people. The dethronement of the bosses, the destruction of graft, the establishment of public honesty and the up i T . c lifting of the American spirit. Surely, nothing could be * v^lty ror tnc rCOpIC. clearer, nothing more potent than such a platform, and Did you ever think, fellow cltlsens, that thla great no man can deny that It has been stated In striking big splendid city of Atlanta, and this grand and Imperial and powerful sentences briefly and with thrilling terse- state of Oeorgla were set apart by nature and by the con nect of expression. atltutlon, for the benefit of the people? Suppose the Democracy Indorses this platform and The government was founded to secure the happl- this nomination? Suppose the combined following ol neat and the prosperity of the people. Municipalities the Democracy and of the Independent league elects were established In order that people living In groups Mr. Hesrst governor of New York by 100,000 majority? and companies In the large population of cities might He will then have, between this and the presidential heat conaerve the general Interests and the greatest good election, 18 months In which to Illustrate the power of of the greatest number In the perfection of the laws and an executive capacity which la without a peer among In the establishment of absolute justice and equality bo- Amerlcan public men. Above all things, Mr. Hearst Is s tween man amf man man who does things. And If within this period, hll I Did you ever stop to think that the powers and prlv- strenuous and tremendous powers succeed In establish-1 lieges which Inhere In government, state and national, tng by law the reforms for which ho stands at this are given to Individuals, not for the selfish aggrandise- time, Mr. Hearst will be more than ever a national and ment of a (ow, but for the convenience, the happiness and International figure, with his popularity enhanced a hun- the prosperity of the many. Every franchise ever given dred fold, with his power magnified beyond all present [by Atlanta was given with the Implied If not the express- .proportions, and the conception of hla talents and Infiu- cd provision that tt should be held In the high conald- once raised at last to the actual merits and services of oration of and In nbiolute Justice and equity toward the the man. people, because every franchise comes from the people. The future grows Intensely Interesting along the line and every privilege I* given by the people, and the happy of these reasonable probabilities and we can only await few who secure these privileges and enjoy these fran- wlth Impatience the action of the Buffalo convention of chlaes are under obligations, sometimes written In the 25th. agreements, but always engraven In equity, to be fair and Juat to the people In every way, and never to distress the public or demand from the people prices that are arbi trary and conditions that ard opproaalve to the greatest good of the greatest number. It la because these principles of government have been forgotten, and because corporations have grown Atlanta does, why cannot Atlanta anil Ita gas and light at the same price as smaller cities except for the fact that the ambition for dividends Is larger In this city than in other cities and that the arbitrary sense of power Is more arrogant and more extreme In Atlanta than In her sister towns. , If the spirit of the new commandment which always falls upon us on this closing day of the week could come once more to the corporations, and they could bring themselves to the broad and statesmanlike wisdom of comprehending tho good sense and the good policy of be ing kind, considerate and moderate, these corporation! rrjght spare themselves worlds of trouble and multitudes, of suits and successive periods of revolution, and the peo ple would be only too glad to give up wrangling and to accept with equanimity conditions which are reasonable and satisfactory to themselves. But the corporations are not going to do this thing. And It Is because the public, Judging the future by the past,, knows that they are not going to do this thing, that the public Is alive and astir with the necessity of doing something to protect Itself. And along this road the peo ple are traveling now with steady and with unfaltering footsteps, first to regulation vigorous and effective as It may be. Then If the laws should be Inadequate and statutes inequal to the task which the people have set for thqpi, then the poople will be clear enough to say and brave enough to dare and strong enough to bring about the municipal owenrahip or government ownership, whichever may be necessary for their protection and for their lib erty. ' Bonaparte on the “Gentleman.” Secretary Charles J. Bonaparte. In addressing the gratuatlng class of the’United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, undertook the difficult task of defining a gen tleman. He pointed out to the young men who are about to go out Into the world as naval officers in the service of Uncle Sam, that their calling was essentially the “pro fession of a gentleman." For them it was legal duty that they should behave as gentlemen and’ If they failed In thnt duty they were subject to punishment as much so as for dereliction In any other duty. He said he had no hesitancy, not long’ since, In opposing the promotion of a certain officer on the grounds that “he had not the sen timents, habits and manners of a gentleman,” and hence was “professionally disqualified'' for promotion. After utterances like these lt was clearly incum bent on him to declare what, In his opinion, constituted gentleman, and he did not shrink from the task. He said that while to a great many people It meant little or nothing, In the navy “Its essential meaning Is that you and your brother officers have duties beyond the duties of others; that you have obligations that do not rest on all members of this community; that gf you are required I gossip! measure of self-control, a readiness for self-sacrifice, a i f'— nsltlveness In honor which lt might not be reasonable lo expect nor charitable to exact of all your fellow citi zens." Above all. they should be known “for such sim plicity and truth, such modesty of demeanor and such purity of life” as would earn for them the respect of good men. There have been many futile efforts to define a gen tleman, but on the whole It would probably be impossi ble to succeed better than Secretary Bonaparte has done. Snobs and toadies have an Idea that "tt takes three generations to make n gentleman." This is merely the superficial view which finds coloring from the Ideas of herald's college. Possibly lt does require three descents to bring some men and some families up to the stand ard of culture and polish which Is Involved In tho Idea of gentility. But there are thousands of exceptions even to this heraldic Idea. There have been men, thousands of them, who acquired all the savolr falre and culture and charm, of manner which courts could bestow without any of the ancestral advantages ordinarily associated with such gentility. Few of the celebrated fops and beaux of the world have really been "gentlemen" by descent On the other hand lt Is almost trite to say that there hage been men with blood as rich as that of all the Howards In their veins who, nonetheless, could never acquire even the outward form and seeming of gentlemen. The “grand old gardener and hla wife,” of whom Tonny- son wrote, could very well “smile at their claims of long descent." In ahort the man who conducts himself In all the relations of life* In such a manner as to earn the respect of good men" will come very near living up to the Ideal of true gentility, and for all practical purposes It would not be necessary to go farther for a standard. DR. HUNTER P. COOPER.—That Is a fine and dlscrlmln&tlng tribute paid bv Senator Candler, of DeKalb, tc^he late Dr. Hunter P. Cooper, of this city. Dr. Cooper was Indeed one of the notable men of his profession and one of the strong men of his time. He was filled with the great qualities of head and heart which make the great physician and the great man. Of superb physique, of clear brain, of stately manner and of genial henrt, he was the cen ter and the toast of a host of friends, and Tile skill In healing and In surgery made him the trusted helper of a hundred noble homes. He . was deepen ing every year the Impress of his professional talent and leadership upon the environment In which he wrought, and hla usefulness was keeping equal pace with his high repute. His untimely death In the ful| vigor of a stalwart manhood makes sadder the be reavemont of the friends and family who have Joined to their memory of what he was, the-well- founded expectation of what Hunter' Cooper would have been. PLOT TO KILL FALLIERES REGARDED AS UNFOUNDED Paris, Sept. 15.—Conservative news papers yesterday published reports of rumored attempts to be made upon the life of President Fallteres while he Is Marseilles. So tar as can be learn ed these stories are sensational. 51. Fallleres has left Paris for Marseilles, where he will temaln two days. It Is announced that not only have 15,000 additional troops and police been assembled at Marseilles, but that while the public will be admitted to the presi dents! enclosure, everyone must enter empty-handed. No anarchistic attempt Is likely. Many warships will take pari In the ceremonies attendant upon his reception. MONEY OF THE GOVERNMENT STOLEN' FROM EXPRESS BAG New York, Sept, 15.—The sub-treas ury officials are mystified over the disappearance of tt.ooo In bills sent to the sub-treasury on Wednesday by the collector of customs at Niagara Falls. When the express pouch was unseal ed at the sub-treasury on Thursday the envelope In *hlch the bills had been placed was found, but had noth ing in It except tissue paper. PROMINENT CITIZENS OF CHATHAM ARE INDICTED Chorus Girls Arc Artists. The chorus lady Is an artist. / This has been officially decided the Commissioner Oenersl of Immigration. Some of you may not be prepared to belteve It, but I selfish or demoralised by the pursuit of money that the the matter has been solemnly adjudicated and can no I people, who are the aource of all law and tho origin of longer be undor dispute. all franchises, have grown resentful toward the Indtffer- lt Is not predicated on tho artistic manner In which Bnca and disloyalty shown them and have -been led by they distribute the grease paint when they go on In the the very necessities of corporate aelflihncsa either to "merry-merry," nor yet the subtle suggestion of rouge ufce back, whero poslable, the frknchlaes which they which remains even when they have doffed their tinsel bave granted, or to Insist upon holding a atern and toga and put on a princess gown to go out Into the world, proper regulation over Ihose powers which they them- conquering and to conquer. solves have given to private Individuals. It Is based on tho part they play In maintaining the This It the whole basis of the agitation of the present grace and charm of the stage and the manner In which (times; and, mark you, It'does not come because of any they appeal to the aesthetic tastes of the patrons who pay greed or aggressive ambition on the part of the people, their one-fifty, or such a matter, to watch tholr enchant- hut It does distinctly come on account of the demorall- Ing pirouettes on the greensward of Lord Reginald s uriton which selfishness and the accumulation of money country estate or In the grand salon of tome llme-llght I have brought to tho consciences and the patriotic Ini monarch. pulses of private Individuals, and becauae the people Herr Conried has recently brought over halt a hun- who move slowly have found It necesaary to proteat dred chic maldena from Paris to play N at the Metropolitan agalnat certain trends and tendencies on the part of cor- opera house this season, and they were about to be de- poratlons In order to protect their own Intereata and to talned at violating the contract labor laws, but on ap- preserve their own property, peel It wae decided that they were not contract laborers. It Is a fact that cannot be denied that the dtffer- They were artists. erices between the people and the corporations In this One wonld think that there was a considerable great era of conflict la the difference between the of- amount of work involved In dancing two hours a night, fensive and defensive, between the aggressive and the with a matinee twice a week, bringing Into play all the protective, between the monopolistic and the Individual muscles of their more or less lissome and shapely fig- lstlc tendeneles of the age. It Is a tact which no man uret. And so there Is. But It Is not the work of the can deny that If the corporations had been content to bod carrier wbo climbs to and fro up a sky scraper skele- make a reasonable and even a princely profit upon the ton with a load of brick and mortar, nor yet the labor money which they heve actually Invested In the of one who drives a patient mule along the length of the franchisee given by the etate and by the city, that there furrowed field when need time whispers to the earth that would never have been a protest, and that things which spring Is near. are now regarded as natural and necessary would have In Ihflr own way they do labor. It la no easy mat-1 continued to j« held as radical and revolutionary, tor to catch and retain the affections of Jeuaesse duree. The corporations are to blame everywhere for the to climb by patient ateps from the rear of the chorus reform spirit which the people hare Instituted In self- to the front row of brown stone fronts owned by some defense. Pittsburg millionaire who finally makes up hla mind to And thla proposition has application everywhere. It call one of them his wife. The career hae Ita anxieties hat Its application In Atlanta. If the gas companies of ad Its perils, and In all conscience it must require labor j other cities sell their gat at a price much lower than Special to The Ocorglao. Savannah, On., Sept. 16.—At a meet ing of the Chatham county grand Jury yeaterday afternoon Frank Van arisen. money lender and Justice of the peace, S. T. Holxendorf, formerly chief clerk to Superintendent W. T. Wright. the Atlantic Coast Line, and J. J. Oarlty, all prominent in the public eye, ere Indicted. Van Oelaen was Indicted on a charge cheating and swindling and Holxen- ( dorf waa indicted on a charge of for- 1 gery, both caaes growing out of the alleged misuse of passes on which Van Oelaen made a trip to New York. suiierintendent Wright was In New York some time ago *nd during hla absence a pass for Conductor Gilbert and family was lisued and later taken up when It was presented by Frank Van Oelaen. In the Investigation which General Superintendent Kiddle conducted a lo cal detective was employed, and the facts ns brought out were that the ticket had been sold to Van Oelsen by an alleged gambler here. The alleged gambler's statement was that he hod received a ticket over a gaming table In exchange for 15. This was later proven untrue, and Holxendorf waa discharged. The charge now le that he forged the ticket which Van Oeleen had, and Van arisen Is charged with cheating and swindling In that he used a ticket which he knew wae made out for some other person. J. J. Osrlty was indicted on a charge of assault and battery on two different negroes. Oarlty Is city plumbing in spector, and was formerly superintend ent of. the scavenger department. Ran Deliberately Over Red Danger Signal at Open Draw. Toledo, Ohlp, Sept. 16.—Deliberately running over a red light set In an open draw In the Wheeling and, Lake Erie bridge, a number of employees of the road on a handcar fell to their death last night. Tho number of dead Is es timated at ten, although the exact number Is not yet known. Neither has any Identification been established By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. New York, Sept. 15,-Soclety Is paring a welcome for Mr. and Mrs y Henry Smith when they return from their honeymoon trip. Anyone who knows how to entertain a* well as inlth. Who was Mrs. Rhine, Stewart, anil who has the means tu en terrain as Mr. J. Henry Smith UB \ doubtedly has, can depend upon a. war™ welcome from society. arn * Society has not yet gotten over talk Ing about the llnsl capitulation if." Smith It had been rumored wh«i Mrs. Stewart, who waa the wifg.fi \\ illlam Rhinelander Stewart, went a! Sioux Falls. S. D, about ’ e “g h “ months ago for the purpose „f „ lulling a residence and thus securing divorce, that she was to marry !c"M.rd n a8 her purpose *£ But similar rumors had connected the name of Mrs. Smith with ,.th» men In New York's “Four Hundred divorced or about to be divorced m'd single, numerous times before Kwh rumor had proven to be without f„un. datlon. So that society, although n?,t surprised when It heard the dnin - nnnouncement of Mr. Smith's mar. lag. needed Just that much to dissipate it, {.credulity, I understand the great Whitney mansion on Madison avenue purchased and remodeled by Mr. Smith U being put In order for the rereptiui of Its new mistress. Mies Ethel Roosevelt, daughter of tha president, U receiving congratulation, today becuuso of her narrow ,. si . a t>e from serious Injury as the result of a runaway accident near Sagamore Hill yesterday, while her father was settling the fate of Cuba. She was thrown from the carriage and the rig smashed. Tit, horse took fright on Cove road. When the smash-up came 4he groom also waa thrown out. The horse was caught and Mies Roosevelt ordered him hitched to another carriage, saying she preferred to drive the same horse home. Miss Edith Wilber, the beautiful daughter of D. F. Wilber. United State, consul general to Singapore, and heir ess to the vast estate of the late Da vid Wilber, tanner and farmer, ha, caused a sensation by marrying her chauffeur, John C. Mix. Last year with her mother she tong an automobile trip through southern Europe. Mix went along as the chauf feur. While spending the hour, to gether among the ancient cathedral, and art galleries, a mutual attachment arose between the young people. Mr. Mix, who comes from an excellent fam- tly, declared his affection with true American spirit, and the society leader, loyal to her love, accepted him. The spirits will not confer with the egar of Russia through Rev. Mary Popper, the noted Brooklyn medium. Mrs. Popper, who has Just returned from Europe, denies the report that .he Is going to Russia to Interview spirit, for the caar, as she has Just signed two-year eontraet to remain ai the head inf the First Spiritual church Brooklyn. Mrs. Popper says that after her on net expires she might go to I but by this time the revolution n over and her services may not be re quired. Papa and Mamma Harry Pnyne Whitney arc soon going to Newport to see their children there, after a sum mer spent abroad. The Whitneys havt been back only a few days and for the present are living on their Long Island estate at Roslyn. The children hat, been passing the summer tn Newport at "Hermit's Cave,” the cliff horn, ol the Whitneys, which Is built on n point of land thnt runs out at the southern division line of the Herman Oelrlchi estate. IS PRISONER AGAIN OFFICER SHOOTS AT BLACK MAN AND KILLS YOUNG GIRL AT SHOW Mpeclgl to The (ioorgltn. Banderavllle, Ga., Sept. 15.—Bailiff A. P. Heath accidentally killed Annie, the IS-year-oid daughter of T. J. Al ford, at Jones' circus last night. Heath, while making an attempt to arrest a negro on the outside, fired two shots, one of which passed thr-ffigh the tent, killing the little girl. NEGRO MINISTER TO AID CRUSADE AGAINST OIVES Rev. H. H. Proctor, pastor of the colored First Congregational church, will preach Sunday evening at S o'clock on the subject. "The Dives Must Qo.“ Since the crusade hae been Inaugu rated on the negro dives and question able places In Atlanta In the effort to drive out the criminally idle, the atti tude of this well-known colored min ister will arouse general Interest. Judge’s Mother III. Special to The Georgia a. Haalehuret. Ga., Sept. 16.—Superior court, which had been In session since Monday, adjourned yesterday. Judge T. H. Parker having been called to see hie mother In Liberty county, who Is seriously III The only case tried of much note was Hosier Warrick for killing Robert Sellers, both negroes. The Jury returned a verdict of acquit tal after being out thirteen hours STUART MACLEAN GETS ’ BACK IN JOURNALISM Stuart Maclean, formerly one of the star newspaper men of Atlanta but who hae for two years been courting the muse In the classic shades and aun- shlne of Sewanee, Tenn.. has signed up with the Newspaper Enterprise As soclatlcn. and will In a few days go to Cleveland, Ohio, to take up hie new work. In Atlanta Maclean used to write dremar, epics, operas, cantatas and baseball limericks, and by way of di version wheedle news out of city of ficials. In this way he soon accumu lated .a reputation, and retired from ac tive service. Hie many friends and admirers In Atlanta will soon be again delighted by his, facile pen. Much Bueineee on Docket. Special tn The Georgian There Is much business on the docket, county in the state. Norfolk. Va, Sept. 15.—J. Raynor Storrs Wells, apprentice seaman, U. S. navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wells, millionaire residents of New York and Newport, who hae given nav- al officers more trouble than any oth er enlisted man at this naval station for many years, le again a prleoner In the brig of the Franklin, this time charged with drunkenness and the breaking of his liberty. DEMOCRATS ARE 8EEkTnQ. TO LAND THE GAME. Special to The Ororglsin Bristol, Tenn., Sept. 15.—The con gressional rare In the First Tennesses district will bo a three-cornered one and promlsea to be the most Interest ing race In the hletory of the district, with ,the chances of the three candi dates apparently about even. The First district Is a Republican stronghold und usually gives a Repub lican majority of about 10,000, but this time the Republican party Is hnpelesaly dlvldod and has two candidates tn the field, namely. Congressman Brownlow. who wae nominated by the executive committee of hie party last February, after the time for entries for a pro posed primary hail passed without any one besides .Mr. Brownlow having en tered. Later Mr. Brownlow brought h **'' . ,he wrath °‘ all his old political enemies by his deter mination to dictate the nomination for governor. This led to the mass con vention which nominated Alf Taylor ,h f t iH* fmrty ' na " hopelessly divided, the Democrats determined to nominate a candidate, and thla week the honor was conferred upon John H. Caldwell, a prominent Bristol bueineee man, who will at once begin a thorough canvass of the district and will organ ise the Democrats by civil districts In every county. TAX RATE REDUCTION IN BROOKS COUNTY. Special to The Georgian. Quitman. On., 8ept. 15.—The board of county commissioners met today for the purpose of fixing, the county tax rate for this year. The rate levied for county purposes Is 12.20, road pur poses tl. which, with the state rate of $4.80. makes a tots) of |8 on the |l,oo« for state and county purposes. This is a reduction of to cents on the thousand from last year. Outside of the dispensary counties. Brooks has onday. probably the lowest county rate of any 7’niJP DATE IN HISTORY. SEPTEMBER 15. 1615—Lady Arabella Stuart, victim of (!>■ Jealousy of Janies I, died In Ibe To* 1776—New lork city captured by tin- B lab. 1759—James Fcnlnmre Cooper. Anierl- writer of ruranuces and Malory, le Died 1661. 1814— British repulsed In ottaek on Fori Bower, at entrauee to Mobile Imy. IM0—1‘orflrlo Dies, president of Mrilm I Kira. 1635—lttelmrd Olney, seeretsry of state li Cleveland's enlilnei, barb. 1867—William H. Toft, seeretsry of war li llooeerelt'e eatduet, born. 1662—Hnrrender of Harpers Ferry after tm duya' flghtlus. 1883—President Ijnenln suspended the ha liens corpus set. 1SS5— Juinlsi, famous show elephant, kill- ill railway collision at 8t. Thomas. •' tnrln. 1W2—Jlornee Gray, retired Juattee of I idled Hlntes court, died. Horn 1 *- 19M—Huh and heir Intro tu the king -if ImlJi conventTon"adjourn8~ TO MEET IN WAYNESBORO Hpeclal to The Georgian. Htateaboro, Oa., Sept. 15.—The grenslonal convention of this dlslrlrj adjourned yesterday afternoon to Monday, September 24. at Waynesbor^ Burke county. No ballots were taken at the morning session yesterday. The time was she to speechmaklng In an attempt to some solution of the perplexing sltonj tlon. A committee of four from enc| side was appointed to meet and mr| cuan the question of selecting a csnaij date. No settlement Is anticipated nj the people. A resolution was Intr-'l duccd to' Investigate charges again*! candidates In regard to bribery, hut I was promptly voted down. THE CANAL COMMISSION WANTS MORE CROSSTIES] Special to Th» Georgian. Brunswick, Ga., Sept. 16.—It I* un l derstood here that the Isthmian *ansr commission la In the market for 1H0°1 more standard 7x7x11-2 cypress tlee, for delivery at Colon, ' Isthmus of Panama. Most of the big Brunswick crosatle dealers will dauhtj less submit bids on this contract. Tr ties covered by this requisition art' be used. It le understood, in the l ■‘ n *l ma railroad, and the bids on t.’.e tract will be closed on the llth In-' All the contracts for croeetles the canal commission hae pre\ -ueu closed have been awarded to nuns wick exporters, and some one or m of the local dealers will doubtle;» cure this contract. SCHOOL GIRLS TOURING . IN EASTERN ClTlC| tfpeefal to The Georgian. j Nashville. Tenn.. Sept. 15.—U-' v’l College, recently removed from Point, Mice., and located- In NsshvlljJ will open Its first session this fsii. T a prelude to the opening the pr»— J Is taking 20# girts on a tour throu* the East.