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The Atlanta Georgian.
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to wind In and out through all the tortuositlea of such TAtlanta does, why cannot Atlanta fell Its gas and light at
Hearst and the New York Democracy.
The Incidents of politics In New York within the
laet two weeks have been nothing leas than remarka
ble.
We have seen within that time the Hon. William
R. Hearat urgently besought by the leaders of the Dem
ocratic party simply to atand still and permit them to
name him for governor—which Mr. Hearat firmly but
courteously refused to do.
Then we were treated to a further and even more
remarkable spectacle of an appeal from the Democratic
leaders to Mr. Hearst to Induce bis Independent league
to coniine themselves to nominating him as the head
of the Democratic ticket and to permit the Democratic
convention to Indorie that nomination and to Ml out
the rest of the ticket as their contribution to the cam
paign. And this thoroughly humble and contrite request
Mr. Hearst In the abundant courage of his convictions
has aeen fit alio courteously to decline.
It la now a question as to whether the Democratic
party at Buffalo In Its convention on the 2Sth of this
month will not feel that the absolute necessity of the
situation demands that they should nominate Mr. Hearst
anyhow. If they do not nominate him the conditions of
the contest will make It likely that the Democratic par
ty In New York may come third In the race, and by
reason of this position lose Its bold upon the offices,
state and municipal, which they have enjoyed hereto
fore.
Under these circumstances It is by no means Im
probable that the convention at Buffalo may simply In
dorse the nomination of the Independent league and give
to this astonishing man, Mr. Hearat, the honor and the
support of two organisations which will elect him beyond
the shadow of a doubt by a 100,000 majority to be the
governor of New York.
Mr. Hearat's platform la simple, striking, clear at
a bugle and apparently Irresistible to the present trend
and temper of New York politics.
The dethronement of the bosses, the destruction of
graft, the establishment ot public honesty and the up
lifting qf the American spirit. Surely, nothing could be
dearer, nothing more potent than auch a platform, and
no man can deny that it has boon stated In striking
and powerful sentences briefly and with thrilling terse
ness of expression.
• Suppose the Democracy Indorses this platform and
this nomination? Suppose the combined following ol
the Democracy and of the Independent league electa
Mr. Hearat governor of New York by 100,000 majority!
He will then have, between this and the .presidential
election, 18 months In which to Illustrate the power ot
an executlvo capacity which la without a peer among
American public men. Above all things, Mr. Hearst Is a
man who does things. And If within this period, his
strenuous and 'tremendous powers succeed In establish
ing by law the reforms for which he stands at this
time, Mr. Hearst will be more than ever a national and
International flgura, with hla popularity enhanced a hun
dred fold, with hla power magnltted beyond all present
proportions, and the conception of bis talents and Influ
ence raised at last to the actual merits and services of
the man.
The future grows Intensely interesting along the line
of these reasonable probabilities and ws can only awatt
with Impatience the action of the Buffalo convention of
the 25th.
Chorus Girls Arc Artists.
The chorus lady Is an artist.
This has been officially decided by the Commissioner
General of Immigration.
Some of you may not he prepared (o believe It, but
the matter hai been solemnly adjudicated and can no
longer be under dispute.
It Is not predicated on the artistic manner In which
they distribute the grease paint when they go on In the
"merry-merry," nor yet the subtle suggestion of rouge
which remains even when they have doffed their tinsel
togs and put on a princess gown to go out Into the world,
conquering and to conquer.
It la based on' the part they play In maintaining the
grace and charm of the stage and the manner In which
they appeal to the aesthetic tastes ot the patrons who pay
their one-flfty, or such a matter, to watch their enchant
ing pirouettes on the greensward of Lord Reginald's
country estate or In the grand salon ot toms lime light
monarch.
Herr Courted has' recently brought over half a hun
dred chic maldena from Paris to play at the Metropolitan
opera house this season, and they were about to be de
tained as violating the contract labor laws, but on ap
peal It was decided that they were not contract laborers.
They were artists.
One would think that there a-as a considerable
amount of work Involved In dancing two hours a night,
with a matinee twice a week, bringing Into play all the
masclea ot their more or less lissome and shapely fig
ures. And so there Is. But It le not the work ot the
hod carrier who climbs to and fro up a sky-scraper skele
ton with a load of brick and mortar, nor yet the labor
of one who drives a patient male along the length of the
furrowed Held when seed time whispers to the earth that
spring Is near.
In their own way they do labor. It Is no easy mat
ter to catch and retain the affections of Jeunease doree,
to climb by patient steps from the rear of the chorus
to the front row of brown stone fronts owned by some
Pittsburg millionaire who Anally makes up his mind to
call one of them hla wife. The career has Its anxieties
ad Its perils, and in all conscience It must require labor
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 ot Immigration.
Cleanse the Soldiers’ Home.
The whole state of Georgia has bean 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 seema
evident that the old veterans who have become the ward
of the state and who hed every reason to expect kindly
and considerate treatment at the hands ot the officials
charge, hare been subject to various Indignities and have
been fed on Impicper If not Insufficient food
In a hundred ways these old veterans, who gave
many years to the service of their country and now
the evening of their life And themselves Incapable
self-support, are made to teel, not that they are the hon
ored guests of the commonwealth whose wants
wishes It Is a pleasure to supply, but that they are the
wards of charity and should bo satisfied If a meagre pit
tance la deled out to them In such quantities and
such quallt, at will keep body and s*ul together.
There have been abuses In the Boldlers* Home,
the explanation possible cannot eliminate this fact There
have been rumora to this effect for a long time. It has
come to the public ear In more or less force for a long
time. And now that the matter has become a subject
of official investigation, enough of the charges are sus
tained to Indicate that there must be a radical chance
the methods and management of the Institution.
We have no desire to engage In any mock heroics,
but these old veterans are entitled to the tenderest care
and consideration of the state. Many pf them have given
up tho pensions which were properly theirs In order that
they might havo a borne for their declining years. This
home had Its birth In the patriotic love and affection
the people. It was not established In a spirit ot cold
charity. It was established on the Idea that the state
would thereby he discharging one of the most solemn ob
ligations resting upon It to thus provide for the old age
of meu who in their earlier years had dedicated their
services and Imperiled tbelr lives for the sake of their
country.
We are wandering too far, In this age of material
ism, from the memories of that heroic conflict In which
the receding generation engaged. It was one of the titan-
tic contests of all time, and one which deaerve* to be
enshrined In the hearts of every Southern roan. As the
days go by It will become more and more of an honor
All
to suffer on any occasion and to any extant.
The Soldiers' Hams must be put on a high
factory basis. There has been enough ot th
childish.
of this will satisfy the people.
The City For the People.
stltutlon, for the benefit ot the people?
The government was founded to tec
ness and the prosperity ot the people.
of the greatest number In the perfection of the laws and
In the establishment of absolute Justice and equality be
tween man and man.
Did you ever atop to think that the powers and priv
ileges which Inhere In government, state and national
are given to Individuals, not for the selfish aggrandise
ment of a few, but for the convenience, the happiness and
the prosperity of the many. Every franchise ever given
by Atlanta was given with the Implied If not the express
ed provision that It should be held In the high consid
eration of and In absolute Justice an<V equity toward the
people, because every franchise comes from the people,
and every privilege Is given by the people, and the happy
few who secure these privileges and enjoy these fran
chises are under obligations, sometimes written in
agreements, but always engraven In equity, to be fair and
Just to the people In every wa* and never to distress the
public or demand from the people prices that are arbi
trary and conditions that are oppressive fo the greatest
good of the greatest number.
It Is because theao principles of government have
been forgotten, and because corporations have grown
selfish or demoralised by the pursuit ot money that the
people, who are the source of all law and the origin ot
all franchises, have grown resentful toward the Indiffer
ence and disloyalty shown thorn and have been led by
the very necessities of corporate setflshnoss either to
take back, where poslsble, the franchises which they
have granted, or to insist upon holding a stern and
proper regulation over those powers which they them
selves have given to private Individuals.
This Is the whole basis of the agitation ot the present
times; and, mark you. It does not come because ot any
greed or aggressive ambition on the part of the people,
but It doen.dlattnctly come on account of the demorali
sation which selfishness nnd the accumulation ot money
have brought to the conscfencea and the patriotic Im
pulses of private Individuals, and because the people
who move slowly hare found It necessary to protest
against certain trends and tendencies on the part of cor
porations In order to protect their own Interests and to
preserve their own property.
It Is a fart that caanot be denied that the differ
ences between the people and the corporations In this
great era of conflict Is the difference between the of
fensive and defensive, between the aggressive and the
protective, between th<» monopolistic and the Individual
istic tendencies of the age. It la a fact which no man
can deny that If the corporations had been content to
make a reasonable and even a princely profit upon the
money which they have actually Invested In the
franchises given by the state and by the city, that there
would never have been a proteat, and that things which
are now regarded as natural and necessary would have
continued to jo held as radical and revolutionary.
The corporations are to blame everywhere for the
reform spirit which the people have Instituted In self-
defense.
And this proposition hat application everywhere. It
has Its application In Atlanta. It the gat companies of
other cities sell their gas at a price much lowar than
the same price as smaller cities except (or the (act that
the ambition for dividends it larger In this city than In
other cltlee 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 wjilch always
(alls 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 the good sense and the good policy of be
ing kind, considerate nnd moderate, these corporations
might 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 snd to
accept with equanimity conditions which are reasonable
and satisfactory ?o 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 at It
may be.
Then If the taws should be Inadequate and statutes
Inequal to the task which the people have set for them,
then tho people will be clear enough to say and brave
enough to dare and strong enough to bring about the
municipal owenrshlp or government ownership, whichever
may be neceiaary tor 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 tp
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
that duty they were subject to punishment as much so as
for dereliction In any other duty. He Bald 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 henqe
was "professionally disqualified" for promotion.
After utterances like these' It waa clearly Incum
bent on him to declare what, In hla opinion, constituted
a 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 of you are required
a measure of self-control, s readiness for self-sacrifice, a
sensitiveness In honor which It misiht not be reasonable
to 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 ot
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 "It takes three
generations to make a gentleman." This Is merely the
superficial view which finds coloring from the Ideas ot
herald's college. Possibly It *»— riq.I.o inree descents
to. bring seine men and some families up to the stand
ard of culture and polish which Is Involved In the 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 fatre and culture and
charm of manner which courts could bestow without any
ot the ancestral advantages ordinarily associated with
auch gentility. IJew of the celebrated fops and beaux of
the world have really been "gentlemen" by descent.
On the other hand It Is almost trite to say that there
have been men with blbod 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 his wife,” of whom Tenny
son wrote, could very well "smile at their claims of long
descent.” #
In short the man who conducts himself In nil 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.
I GOSSIP!
DR. HUNTER P. COOPER.—That Is a fine and
discriminating tribute paid by Senator Candler, of
DeKalb, to the late Dr. Hunter P. Cooper, of this city.
Dr. Cooper was Indeed one ta the notable men
of his profession and one of the strong men ot 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 qnd ot genial heart, he was tho cen
ter and the toast of a host of friends, and bis 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 hla high repute. His untimely death In the full
vigor of a stalwart manhood makes sadder the be
reavement 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.
1 PLOT TO KILL l
a- REGARDED
A*
*
d Paris, Sept. 15.—Conservative news-
e papers yesterday published reports of
rumored attempts to be made upon the
’ Ilfs of President Failures while he la
* at Marseilles. So far as can be learn-
■t Ml these Stories are sensational. M.
Failures has left Paris for Marseilles,
where he will remain two days.
7 ALLIERES
AS UNFOUNDED
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-
denlal enclosure, everyone muat enter
empty-handed. No anarchistic attempt
Is likely. Many warships will take part
In the ceremonies attendant upon hla
'reception.
t MONEY OF THE GOVERNMENT
t STOLEN FROM EXPRESS BAG
New York, Sept. 1*.—The aub-treas-
* ury officials are mystified over the
g disappearance of $1,000 In Dills sent to
, ths aub-treasur. on Wednesday by ths
1 collector of custome at Niagara Falls,
d
Whan the express pouch waa unseal
ed at the aub-treasury on Thursday
the envelope In which the bills had
been placed waa found, but bad noth
ing In It .except tissue paper.
PROMINENT CITIZENS OF
CHATHAM ARE INDICTED
Special to The Georgian..
Savannah, da.. Sept. 15.—At a meet
Ing of the Chatham county grand Jury
yesterday afternoon Frank Van arisen,
money lender and -Justice of the
peace, S. T. Holxendorf, formerly chief
clerk to Superintendent W. T. Wright,
of the Atlantic Coait Line, and J. J.
Garlty, all prominent In the public ejle.
were Indicted.
Van Geleen waa Indicted on a charge
of cheating and swindling and Holssn-
dorf was Indicted on a charge of for
gery, both cases growing out of the
alleged mlsuee of passes on which Van
Geleen made a trip to New York.
Superintendent Wright was In New
York some time ago and during hie
absence a pass tor Conductor Ollbert
and family was Issued end later taken
up when It was presented by Frank
Van Geleen.
In the Investigation which General
Superintendent Riddle conducted a lo
cal detective waa employed, and the
fact* as brought out were that the
ticket had been sold to Van Geleen by
an alleged gambler here. The alleged
gambler's statement was that he hod
received a ticket over a gaming table
In exchange for |5. This waa later
proven untrue, and Holxendorf was
discharged. The charge now le that he
forged the ticket which Van Osteen
had, and Van Geleen Is charged with
cheating and swindling In that he used
a ticket which he knew was made out
for some other person.
J. J. Garlty was Indicted on a charge
of assault and battery oh two different
negroes. Garlty Is city plumbing In
spector, and was formerly superintend
ent of the scavenger department.
OF
TIO
DEATH
BRIDGE
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York, Sept. 15.—Society is ,,
paring a welcome for Mr. and Mr. .
Henry Smith when they return tmt
their honeymoon trip, Anyo ne
knows how to entertain as well a « v
Smith, who was Mrs. HhlnelsSJ
Stcv.mi, and who has the means to en
terrain as Mr. J. Henry Smith Z
doubtediy has, can depend upon a
welcome from society. B ar »
Society has not yet gotten over tan,
Ing about the llnal capitulation sT
Smith It hud been rumored “who!
Mrs. Stewart, who waa the u/fl a
William Rhinelander Stewart u-erff
Sioux Falls, S. U, about ' eTthL*:
months ago for the purpose of
Ilshltig a residence and thus secui-mt b '
divorce, that she was to marry * *
Smith as soon as her purpose had here
accomplished. Dce »
Rut similar rumors had connected
the name of Mrs. Smith with
men in New York's “Four Hundred"
divorced or about to be divorced Z
single, numerous times before sire
rumor had proven to be without
dntlon. So that society, although “V
surprised when It heard the .letlmtl
announcement of Mr. Smith’s marrlare
needed Just that much to dissipate hi
Incredulity. I understand the grr-u
Whitney mansion on Madison avem.T
purchased and remodeled by Mr stn “f
Ran Deliberately Over Red
Danger Signal at Open
Draw.
Toledo, Ohio, Sept. IE.—Deliberately
running over a red light set In nn open
draw in the Wheeling and Irake Erie
bridge, a number of employeee of the
road on n handcar fell to their death
lost night. The number of dead la ea
tlmated at ten, although the exact
number Is not yet known. Neither
has any Identification been established.
IS PRISONED AGAIN
OFFICER SHOOTS AT BLACK MAN
AND KILLS YOUNG GIRL AT SHOW
Special to The Georgian.
Sandersvllte, Os., Sept. 15.—Bailiff
P. Heath accidentally killed Annie,
the 11-year-old daughter of T. J. Al
ford, at Jonei' circus last night. Heath,
while making an attempt to arrest a
negro on the outside, fired two shots,
one of which passed through the tent,
killing the little girl.
EGRO MINISTER TO AID
flUSADE AGAINST DIVES
Rev. H. H. Proctor, pastor ot the
colored First Congregational church,
will preach Sunday evening at « o'clock
the subject, "Tho Dives Muet Go."
Since the crusade has been Inaugu
rated on the negro dlvee and question
able placee In Atlanta In the effort to
drive out the criminally Idle, the atti
tude of this well-known colored mln-
leter will arouse general Internal.
Judge’s Mother Is IIL
Special to The Georgian.
Hastehurst, Go, Sept. 15.—Superior
court, which had been In session since
Monday, adjourned yesterday, Judge T.
Parker having been called to see
Parker having been called to see
mother In Liberty county, who la
seriously 111. The only case tried of
much note waa Dealer Warrick for
killing Robert Sellers, both negmra.
The jury returned a verdict ot acqult-
' after being out thirteen hours.
STUART MACLEAN GETS
Stuart Maclean, formerly one of the
star newspaper men of Atlanta, but
who has for two years been courting
the muse In the classic shades and sun
shine ot Sewanee, Tenn., has signed
up with the Newspaper Enterprise As
sociation, and will In a few days go to
Cleveland. Ohio, to take up hts new
work.
In Atlanta Maclean used to write
dramas, epics, operas, cantatas and
baseball limericks, and by way of di
version wheedle news out of city of.
flclals. In this way he soon accumu
lated a reputation, and retired from ac
tive service.
His many friends and admirers In
Atlanta will soon be again delighted by
h|a facile pen.
Norfolk, Va., Sept. 15.—J. Raynor
Btorrs Welle, apprentice seaman, u. 8.
navy, eon of Mr. and Mrs. W. 8.
Wells, millionaire residents of New
York and Newport, who lias given nav
al offlcors more trouble than any oth
er enlisted man at this naval station
H?. ny , £_! Ba,n a prisoner In
" ,, h ; Franklin, this time
charged with drunkenness and the
breaking of hla liberty;
democrats areTIekTng.
TO LAND THE GAME.
8peclit! to The GeorKhra.
Bristol, Tenn., Sept. 15.—Tho con
gressional race In the First Tennessee
district will be a three-cornered one
and promises to be the most Interest
ing race In the history of the district,
with the chances of the throe candi
dates apparently about even.
The First district Is a Republican
stronghold and usually gives a Repub
lican majority of about 10,000, but this
time the Republican party Is hopelessly
divided and has two candidates In the
field, namely, Congressman Brownlow.
who was nominated by the executive
committee of hla party last February
after the time for entriea for a pro-’
poaed primary had passed without any
one besides .Mr. Brownlow having en
tered. Later Mr. Rrownlow brought
fc? wn ,j Up °o . h,R . he *‘ 1 thp wrath of all
his old political enemlea by hla deter
mination to dictate the nomination for
governor. This led to the maaa con
vention which nominated Alt Taylor
Sfrafi *52* 15? P° rty wa « hopelessly
divided, the Democrats determined to
nominate a candidate, and this week
the honor wan conferred upon John H
Caldwell, a prominent Bristol business
man, who will at once begin a thorough
canvass of the district and will organ
ize the Democrats by civil dlatrlcta In
every county.
la being put In order for the recewios
of Its new mistress. 10
Miss Ethel Roosevelt, daughter nf th,
president. Is receiving congratulation,
today because of her narrow
from serious Injury as the result
runaway accident near Sagamore Hill
yesterday, while her father was settiins
the fate of Cuba She waa thrown from
the carriage and the rig smashed. Ths
horse took fright on Cove road. When
the smash-up came the groom also v
thrown out. THb horse was caught a
Miss Rooaevelt ordered him hltehed
another carriage, saying she preferred
to drive the same horse home.
Miss Edith Wilber, the beautiful
daughter of D. F. Wilber, United States
consul general to Singapore, and heir
esa to the vast estate of the late
vld Wilber, tanner and farmer,
caused a sensation by marrying her
chauffeur, John C. Mix.
Last year with her mother she tool
an automobile trip through southern
Europe. Mix went along as the chauf
feur. While spending the hours to.
gether among the ancient cathedral!
and art galleries, a mutual attaehmen
arose between the young people.
Mix, who comes from an excellem f;....
Ily, declared hla affection with trui
American spirit, and the society leader
loyal to her love, accepted him
The aplrlts will not confer with th
czar of Russia through Rev. Mar
Popper, the noted Brooklyn medium.
Mrs. Popper, who has Just returns
from Europe, denies tho report that ah
Is going to Russia to Interview spirit
for the czar, as she has just signed i
two-year contract to reinnln at th
head ot the First Spiritual church li
Brooklyn.
Mra. Popper says that after her con
tract expiree she might go to Rusrfc
but by this time the revolution may b
over nnd hrr services may not be r«
qulred.
Papa nnd Mamma Harry Pay
Whitney arc soon going to Newport
see their children there, after a sum
mer apent nbrond. The Whitneys ha*
been back only a few days and for th
present are living on their Long Man
estate at Roslyn. Tho children hav
been passing the summer In Newpoi
at "Hermit's Cave," the cliff home <
the Whitneys, which la built on a poln
of land that runs out at the souther
division line of the Herman Oelrlch
estate.
Tlllg DATE IN HISTORY.
SEPTEMBER 15.
1615— Lmijr ArntiHIn Stuart. victim «»f
JpnIoukv of Jniut** I, died In the T
1776—New York city captured by the
lfh.
1788—James Kenimore Cooper. Aim-
writer of roinnnee* nud history,
Mod 1881.
1814—nrltlsh repulsed in nttnek o
Bower. At entraueo to Mobile bar
1S30— Porllrio DIijs, president of Mir
torn.
1835— Rtchnrd OIney, secretory of state
Cleveland'* cnldnet, born.
1857—William H. Taft, secretnry of w
Itoosevelt’* enblnet, born.
186S—Surrender of Harper* Kerry after
rttfr*' ttghttUK.
18W—1’reiddent IJuooln *u»pended the
!»en» cornu* net,
1885—Jumbo, rainon* show elephant, kilb
In railway collision nt 8t. Thomas, "
tnrlo,
1902—Horace Grny, retired justiee of
United States court, died. Horn
1904—Mon and heir liorn to the kliitf of Itslj
Much Business on Dockot
8peels I to The G«or^«n
Athens, Oa.. Sept. 15.—The city court t
of Athene will convene next Monday, probably the lowest county rate of tnv
There la much business on the docket, county In the state. y
TAX RATE REDUCTION
IN BROOK8 COUNTY.
Speiinl to The Georgian.
Quitman. Ga„ Sept. 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-
K? *1. which, with the state rate of
I4.SO, makes a total of |t on the 21,000
for state and county purposes. This
la a reduction of io cents on the
thousand from last year. Outside of
the dispensary counties. Brooks has
CONVENTION AOJOURN8
TO MEET IN WAYNESBORI
Special to The Georgian.
Rtoteaboro, Ga., Sept. 15.—The
greaslonal convention of this dlstri
adjourned yesterday afternoon t
Monday, September 24, at Waynesbor
Burke county.
No ballots were taken at the month
aession yesterday. The time was gl*'
to sifeechmaklnc In an attempt t<
some solution of the perplexing “It 11
tton. A committee of four from ea
side was appointed to meet and
cuaa the question of selecting a n
date. No settlement Is anticipated
the people. A resolution was Intr
duced to Investigate charges again
candidates In regard to bribery,
was promptly voted down.
THE CANAL COMMISSION
WANTS MORE CROSSTIE
Slieclnl to The Georgies.
Brunswick, Ga., Sept. 16.—It l» u _
deratood here that the Isthmian ea"
commission Is In the market for IM>,
more standard 7x7x11-2 cypress ero
ties, tor delivery at Colon, nn ‘
Isthmus of Panama. Moat of the
Brunswick crosstie dealers will dou6
less submit bids on thla contract. ‘
ties covered by thla requisition arc
be used, It Is understood, in the "an
ma railroad, and the bids on Lie ■'
tract will be cloeed on the 18th mu*
AII the contracts for crosstire “J 11 ,
the canal commission has prevlnuq
closed have been awarded to B™*
wick exporters, and some one or m
of the local dealers will doubt!*' 3
cur* this contract.
SCHOOL GIRL8 TOURING
IN EASTERN ClTIE
Special to The Georgian.
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 15.
College, recently removed from »
Point. Mtss„ and located In N«»*u
will open Its first session this r " lu .
a prelude to the opening the P 3 **™*
is taking 200 girls on a tour throng
the East.