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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor,
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readers.
The Death of Trepoff.
Whst will bo the effect of the death of Trepoff?
The announcement has just reached the outside
World that this dictatorial tyrant, who has apparently
held the czar In the hollow of his hands for so long,
has passed to tho groat beyond by tho agency of natur
al causes.
It comes somewhat In the nature of the sarcasm
of fate that a man who was so heartily despised
throughout Russia, who must have been moro feared
than respected by the czar himself, who has been the
target for more revolutionary bombs and bullets than
any man In the government sorvlce, has gone to his re
ward by the laws of nature.
What the history of Russln might have been If this
man had died six months ago we can never know, In
the very nature of things, but there Is a strong probabil
ity that his passing away at an earlier period would
have changed the whole history of tho world. He It was
who urged the czar to a reactionary policy when the
douma began to assert Its strength, and when the
promises of liberty were nbout to become concrete real!
ties. The grand dukes gathered around the czar were
Insistent upon a reactionary policy, but none of them ap
parently had the same influence with the czar ns Tre
poff. He hnd shielded tho Russian autocrat so often that
he had made himself almost Indispensable to his master,
or at any rate had made the latter feel that such was the
case.
It Is safe to say that at best ho would not have
lived for many years longer. The "rods" wore after him,
above all men. Their whole propaganda, of late yours,
was devoted to his destruction, and nothing but the un
failing vigilance with whieli he hedged himself nbout
could have kept him safe so long.
By whatever means he may have been taken off,
the czar has lost the most reactionary of his advisers,
and there Is a spark of hope that a brighter day will
yet dawn for Russia.
It Is known that Premier Stolypln Is liberal In his
sympathies. At heart he approves or many of the
measures of reform for which the people of Russia
are contending, but he has been imwcrtess to put them
Into effect so long as his hnnds were tied by tho bureau
cracy which entangled him.
We shall look with Interest to determine who Is to
take his placo In tho ofllclal family of the czar.
Work Day For the Orphans.
Saturday. 8ei*nmlier 29, will bo "work day” for tho
benefit of the nrphuna of the state of Georgia.
All these charitable Institutions have Joined In the
request that every man In Georgia give one day's
work, or Its equivalent, to some one of the orphans 1
homes of the state.
These hemes cover a wide range of charity, and they
take pride In assuring the public that they will allow no
worthy case of charity to go by unheeded. They stand
ready and willing to assist every orphan child In Georgia
who may bo In need of assistance.
There Is yet n sufficient period for tho date to get
well fixed In the mind of tho iwople, bo that thoy may
know when this memorable occasion combs, and It will
then be up to them to show how much of genuine chari
ty they havo for one of the most deserving classes In the
state.
Wo trust that tho movement will meet with tho
hearty and cordial co-operation of the people at largo and
that the treasuries of the orphans' homes of tho state will
literally overflow as a result of this day of labor.
Bear In mind the date, Snturdny, September 29.
The National Dental Association.
The Georgian extends a hearty welcome to the mem
bers of the National Dental Association, who are arriving
In the city today for an extended session.
They come from every section of tho union and one
and all are representative citizens and lenders In their
honorable and exacting profesalon. Within the next few
months thero will be many notable conventions In At
lanta, Imt none of ’.era will attract men of a higher
order of ability and sterling Integrity.
The American dentist leads the world. It Is not pa
triotism and civic pride alone which suggest this asser
tion, but It Is a recognized fact In every civilized country.
This Is one profession which owes nothing to the science
and the maturer age of the old world. So true Is It that
the American dentist Is recognized as tho leader of his
profession that dishonest syndicates more thsn once have
made a practice of Issuing bogus diplomas from American
colleges and have sold them to practitioners In Europe,
where the "American dentist" sign Is as highly esteemed
as the "Made in Germany" label Is regarded in some of
our most precious Imported wares.
It Is the very hallmark of efficiency and skill.
There will be between *00 and 7no members and
their friends in the delegation which has begun to arrive
and during life next three days they will occupy them
selves with some of the most Important matters connect
ed with their profession. The convention will have for
them all the novel attraction of being the first ever held
■o far South. Indeed, this great convention has never
met before south of Virginia, so the people of Atlanta are
taking a special pride In having them within their gate*
today.
It is certain that tttelr stay will be highly profitable,
and we trust that tt will be equally delightful.
A Model Communication.
There la a brief communication In The Georgian to
day to which we direct attention for two reasons.
In the flrBt place It Is an article of unusual Interest and
force contributed by a man of unusual power and re
search who maintains strong and fearless convictions on
the great questions of the da?.
In the second place we call attention to the article
signed "Scotch-frlsh Christian” because the writer
states whnt he has to say with great clearneBB and force.
We direct particular attention to the article because
Its views are stated with such commendable brevity.
The moral that we draw from this communication
Is the fact that If a man treating a tremendous phase of a
tremendous question, can do It with such clearness and
completeness within such narrow space, other men and
other correspondents can state their facts In compara
tively as small a apace, and we earnestly urge upon them
that they study as a model, both of matter and of brevity,
the article In this department today under the head of
"A Strong Appeal to the Scriptures," signed “Scotch-
Irish Christian.”
One who reads The Georgian must have observed
that we have great respect for our correspondents and
are always glad to hear from them, but they must also
observe that our corrcsgiondents are occupying an ex
traordinary amount of space in the paper. For weeks
past we have been publishing on Saturday and on Mon
day a full page each day of letters from the people upon
tho vital questions of today, varying In length and Im
portance, but which nearly always occupy more space
than a real newspaper can afford to give. We urge upon
our correspondents to continue to favor us with the ex
pression of their views, for this Is the people's paper,
and we desire to keep open a people's forum.
But In view of the fourteen columns which we have
given In two days to these crowding communications,
we are sure that all of our correspondents will realize
tho justice of our earnest request that they endeavor
hereafter to condense their communications within tho
space of a half a column.
This Is the best for them ns It Is the best for us.
Few people read an article of a column length signed by
nnythlng less than a governor, n president or an Inter
national statesman, and the great majority of us when
we write would do well to confine our communications to
a brief space If we would havo them read and considered
by the people whom we desire to reach.
It Is a great : nd gratifying proof of the popularity of
The Oeorglan and of the faith which the people have In
It. that so many of them send their opinions to this
paper, and we cordially solicit the continuance of this
expression of confidence and regard. But send them In
briefly, we pray you, friends, and this will give room
for more opinions from other men and will make your
own opinions of more value and of greater currency
among the readers of this paper.
of these utilities until patience has ceased to be a virtue.
The entire community Is thoroughly aroused, and this
conflict will be waged until the city owns and operates
Its own gas and electric light plants and the people are
given the most efficient service at the loweBt possible
cost
The Extension of the State Road.
The father of the suggestion to extend the state road
to the sea Is Mr. Ptromls H. Bell, a thoughtful and un
selfish citizen of DeKalb county. He was the first to
suggest and to advocate the Idea.
The first persistent advocate of extension In public
assemblies, and perhaps the ablest and most effective
advocate that the movement has known, was the Hon.
Hooper Alexander, a member of the legislature from
DeKalb county, who has with persistent courage and
great clearness advocated this proposition for the past
five years, both In the public prints. In the halls of the
legislature and upon the public platforms of the state.
Unless we greatly mistake the history of the move
ment, the editor of Tho Georgian (at that time working
In another field) was the first editor of a dally paper In
Georgia to give the fervor of his pen and tongue to the
movement. Advocating It In the columns of a dally
paper and speaking upon the hustings In Its behalf.
Our recollection Is that The Constitution came next,
with an editorial indorsement which Is reprinted In Its
issue of Tuesday.
Now to Join these forceB comes The Atlanta Jour
nal, which with great earnestness, and with much ability
Is the latest and by no means the least Important ad
vocate of this great cause.
It Is remarkable that this admirable movement now
so perfectly clear and so thoroughly logical was for a
long time looked upon as a chimerical scheme without
practical basis to commend It. Its first advocates were
treated with the Indifference of silence. Us second ad
vocates were laughed at as impractical theorists. But
step by step, the movement has grown until its able ad
vocates are now scattered In various Influential centers
throughout the state and the press of Atlanta Is practi
cally a unit In its behalf.
The common sense of this proposition Is too self-
evident to noed elaboration or argument. A great line
of railroad traversing the state from Its northern border
to Its southern seaports and under direct control of (he
commonwealth, must necessarily bo a source of protec
tion against arbitrary treatment on the part of other
railroads, and a source of profit and of strength to the
citizens of Georgia.
The only objection which has over Impressed The
Georgian to this g.eat scheme is the fact that at Chat
tanooga, which Is Us northern terminus, the state road
would meet a host!!# combination of railroad Interests
from whom It could not reasonably expect any willing
contribution to its volume of freights, anu unless some
new connection could be made at that point with roads
not interested In the destruction of this state competi
tion, or unless the deepening of the Tennessee river
would afford us water ' ransportatlon to the Mississippi,
this would seem to be an objection worthy of consider
ation.
But we are thoroughly confident that the Btate would
be able with Its vast forces, both of Influence and of fi
nance, to remove this objection and to establish connec
tions at Chattanooga which would give to us our full
share of the through freights and traffic of the central
states and of tho West.
Meanwhile The Oeorglan expresses Its great pleasure
that this great scheme of protection and of development
has progressed so far out of tho realm of the unpopular
and the Impractical, that it has now become a vital,
and we believe, a most hopeful issue In tbe political and
legislative discussions of the next few years.
We congratulate Mr. Bell, of DeKalb, upon the grow
ing tangibility of the dream which he has so long and
so unselfishly had In his mind. We congratulate the
Hon. Hooper Alexander upon &n exceptionally able and
earnest advocacy which has converted to his view the
three newspapers of the capital city of Georgia and has
impressed Itself so favorably upon the commonwealth.
And we earnestly invoke the thoughtful and fearless
consideration of the next legislature and of all patriotic
people In Georgia to an earnest and favorable considera
tion of this great scheme which means so much to the
people and to tne state.
| gossip;
“The Jeffersonian.”
With Thomas E. Watson as the editor of The Jeffer-
sonlan at Augusta, and Charles E. McGregor, of Warren-
ton, associated with Major Henning, of The Augusta
Tribune, as co-editors, there should be some sound and
eloquent essays upon libefty and Democracy of the
elder type within the coming years. It Is good for the
eyes of mutual friends to see these three staunch
friends, not long since threatened with estrangement,
joined once more in good fellowship and good works.
Thoy are sensible men who refuse to be parted by the
transient divisions of politics, and shallow Indeed Is the
friendship which esnnot survive a difference of opinion.
The Jeffersonian of Watson and Henning and Mc
Gregor should be a great paper and will doubtloss begin
with a great list of Georgians and old-time Democrats In
other states.
AN APPEAL TO SCRIPTURE
70 JUSTIFY LYNCH LAW
Give Us a Good Commissioner.
The office of county commissioner Is one of the
most Important public duties and responsibilities that
fall to a citizen. .
It Is more Important now 1 than ever before In the
history of Atlanta because the city nnd county are con
stantly growing. Their interests are multiplying, their
necessities are developing, their roads, revenues, police
arrangements, etc., are assuming larger magnitude and
Importance evory year.
This, too, Is the growing |>orlod In the history of Ful
ton county, and n period of growth Is one In which things
are done, changes made and policies established.
For this reason It la to the last degree Important
that the people who have votes In Fulton county should
carofully consider the men who asplro for their suf
frages for commissioner, nnd should carefully nnd firm
ly choose that man whose business experience has been
(he largest, whoso business repute hns been the highest
nnd whose Intelligence and proven capacity In tho public
servlco Is not a matter of conjecture.
We trust that this will he the spirit with which tho
electors will enter u|ion this county election, and wo
only urge that overy citizen, both of tho city and of the
county, who has the Interests of the county at heart,
should come nut to the polls and cast a straight, clear
and intelligent bnllot for the man whom he knows to be
the best, the wisest, the cleanest and the most capable
man.
Up to the presont stage of announcement, wo know
no.man whose experience and training better fit him for
this responatblo position tlinn Robert F. Maddox.
. An Irrepressible Conflict.
Ftory day of this campaign of education brings the
people more nnd more to the definite conviction that
there Is no solution of our difficulties except In the munic
ipal ownership and operation of tho gas and electric
plants.
The theory of municipal ownership has become so
well established In practice that It no longer admits of
reasonable doubt. Tho actual experience of those cities
which havo tried It furnishes the most convincing ex
ample of the efficiency of the plan. It hns long since
passed beyond tho experimental stage and hns come Into
tho domain of an exact sctenco. We know that a munic
ipal government Is able to operate lla own gns and elec
tric lighting plants more cheaply nnd more satisfactorily,
so far as the people are concerned, than private corpor
ations do tbe work, nnd public sentiment. Is crystallizing
In Its favor every dny.
There seems to be something In tho nature of tho
business which makes it subject peculiarly to oppression
ami abuse when It la In the hands of private Individuals.
Those corporations appear to entertain the sentlmelt of
Mr. Vanderbilt that the public may "he damned” so far
as they are concerned. It Is a question of pay thetr
prices and submit to their abuses nnd extortions or
hato the sorvlce Incontinently cut off.
This has been done tn a number of Instances which
have been brought to the attention of our renders, and
wo have no doubt but whnt there are hundreds which
have never been rnado public. The people who are sub
jected to these oppressions are no doubt even afraid to
complain. If they make known their grievances they
may have the service cut off without a moment's no
tice.
Reasoning by anologv. there Is no reason or. earth
why the gns and electric light utilities should not be op
erated as successfully as the waterworks, and wo all
know what a saving U effected by the latter.
This crusade has gained good headway and the peo
ple are determined that il shall not end until something
definite has been accomplished. We have Buffered under
the arbitrary ouuresslon of the present private ownerahln
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Almost every day some white woman
Is assaulted hy a black brute, and fre
quently there Is a lynching therefor.
Some denounce such punishment of
this fiendish crime as very wrong:
others defend It as exactly right.
When good men differ they ask their
Bible to decide. Does the Word of
God say nnythlng about rape; about
the penalty therefor and the manner
of Its Infliction?
The BJble gives three Instances of
rape, In two of which the divinely pre
scribed penally of death was Inflicted
by a brother’s hand. In the other case
the penalty was Inflicted by a mass of
Indignant people, and it received the
approval of tho Almighty Himself. This
case only Is pertinent to our question.
In the twentieth chapter of Judges God
gives the successive steps In the pun
ishment of rape by IBs people and
under His direction.
1. In verse S the fearful crime Is
stated.
2. In verse 6 wo are told of the ghast
ly manner In which It was made known
to the people.
3. Verse 13 recounts the demand of
the people for the rapists, that death
upon them might be Inflicted Immedi
ately—without tho wicked delay that
unprincipled lawyers secure.
| 4. In verse 13 we have also the re
fusal of the tribe, In whose custody the
rapists were, to deliver them up for Im
mediate execution.
5. In verso 14 the soldiers were sent
to kill any of the people who tried to
punish with death the flends wljo had
outraged the poor woman.
6. Verse 21 tells that these soldiers
did murder some of the people.
7. Verses 47 and 48 tell how the rap
ists nnd those who defended them were
punished for their Iniquity. Except 800,
who escaped to the wilderness, the peo
ple UNDER GOD'S DIRECTION slew-
all of the tribe of Benjamin—not only
the vile rapists, but also the men who
procrastinated or refuse:^ to deliver
them up for Immediate punishment.
Now Ihree questions:
1. If the Bible does not Instruct us
In moral questions, then what Is the
Bible for?
2. If Judges, twentieth chapter. Is not
written for our Instruction In cases
where this most fiendish of all crimes
Is committed, then why Is this chapter
tn the Bible?
3. If God demanded Immediate pun
ishment when a white woman was
raped by white men, will He demand
anything less when a white woman Is
thus treated hy a negro brute?
SCOTCH-IRISH CHRISTIAN.
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
OF
PUBLIC UTILITIES
FINE COMPLIMENT
TO THE GEORGIAN
AND ITS CARTOONIST
Brewerton’s striking cartoon on the
prosperity of the trustH In yesterday's
Post should have been credited to The
Atlanta Georgian. By one of those
oversights which occasionally happen
In every newspaper office the proper
credit was omitted. This much In jus
tice to The Georgian, one of the bright
est and best of Southern newspapers,
and to Brewerton, one of the most orig
inal and forceful of American cartoon
ists.—Houston Post.
The Gto^ftan calls ths attsntion of
its multitud# of correspondsnts to these
faetet That all communications must
be signed. No anonymous communica
tion will be printed. No manuscripts
will be returned unless stamps are in
closed for the purpose. Our corre
spondents are urgently requested to
abbreviate their letters aa much at poe
Bible. A half a column will ba read,
whereas a full column will ba passed
over by the majority of readers.
A Little Novel of the West.
(IN THE PREVAILING STYLE.)
The desert Iny purple under the fierce huu,
which neat down upon It like an automatic
enrpet lienter. A ruttlesimke here ami there
Idly rattled Itself to sleep, while
sloual I Irani Ifsscd quickly from
lirtrk. The bloom of the lilac cactus at
tracted a few I tees, nnd a tiiiiuiiilng bird,
more than iihuiiI of a hummer, peeked
daintily at the fruit of the wild peach tree.
It was a typical day III the West, the
great. glorious West, where men are men,
women are women, weather Is weather and
strangers are few.
8uddt>uly a figure dashes Into view.
It Is a woman, mounted on a superb thor
oughbred.
Irrigation Ike brushed a rattler from his
neck and rose to his elbow.
"The new schoolman!!," he muttered.
"She wins four ways from the Jack," he
added approvingly.
Irrigation Ike stood up nnd doffed his hat.
As he did no a bullet clipped Ids ear.
"None o' that," Mild a voice. "I seen iter
Drat, and I offers mv heart nud wages first."
Irrigation Ike glared Into the eyes of
Green Hirer Hill, Green Hirer Hill glared
Into the eyes of Irrigation Ike. The sun
glared Into the eyes of both.
The Indy mde on.
•'Winner asks the girl to have him," said
Irrigation Ike.
•*—“*-*« I
» rang n
Green Hirer Itlll
"Yon can have my derby hat for a wed
ding^ present," he gasped with his last
lifter the girl. Hooii
, v . —, lie asked
humbly.
"t'nn't," answered the ably. "Ilusbautl
won't let me.'*
"And I've slew uiy best pal," said lk«
MUCH IN LITTLE.
tvilllnm Rhnkeapenre hns Just died nt
Htrntford-on Aron. Ho was <5 years old,
ami It Is not known that ho over put peu
to paper iu the way of wrltlug plays.
Tho prison population of Jmlln Is only
38 per 100,000 Inhabitants. Sixty years ago
thero wore 150,000 children at school In In
dia. Now there ore over 4,000,000.
British shipping passing through the Hues
canal foil off 476,988 tons lu 1906, compared
with 1904. The tonnage of Gorman vessels
In the same period Increased 143,923 tons.
Strikes Increase In number every year In
Germany, and In 1906 they numbered 2,067,
ns compared with 1,870 In the prevlotia year.
There were also 120 lockouts In 1904 nnd 200
In 1905. \
"Llqtiener nnd cigar tables," says the
London Mull, "with the glasses and bottles
cunningly concealed nnd fitted with a little
refrigerator, are very |M>pulnr Just now ns
wedding presents."
The latest theory about appendicitis Is
that advanced by Dr. Alexander Hchmldt,
of Altoona, tvho believes It tuny be cat
by the minute metallic pnrtlcles that get
when the cuu-opeue: *
M. C’lonieiieenu, the French minister of
the Interior, estluuitea that 90 tier cent of
the strikers identified with the May demon
stration were forced to discontinue wort, hy
Iwdng afraid of molestation by the 10 per
ceut minority.
An Inhabitant of Farmoutlers. France,
has left n legacy sufficient to provide prises
of 25 francs each yearly for the two most
polite scholars—male and female—of the
town. The winners are to be elected by
bnllot of their schoolfellows.
Recent orders of the German government
reoulro the officials and emplovees of the
railroads to learn ami speak the English
language. School* of Instruction for this
already been established at
iremberg by the German gov*
puriNise b
Munich at
eminent.
renting of oxide of Iron Is the method by
which Herr rtheuinun, engineer to the Ger
man admiralty, protects bilge nud feed
pipes of copper or Its alloys front corrosion.
The discovery Is the outcome of obliterate
experiments extending over more thuu two
years.
It Is asserted by high authorities that
neither great heat nor long ninliitemttice of
the requisite temperature Is required to
sterilize milk suspected of con tain tug the
germs of diseases, such ns tulmrculoKls. The
bnelHI of that terrible disease are destroyed
by a temperature of 106 degrees In five
minutes.
THE "FRIEND8 OF
AULD LANG SYNE."
He 'must be dead, that friend of long
ago, •
The good, the wise "Pro Bono Publico."
And where art thou? for every virtue
pleader,
Friend of my youth, O, long-lost "Con
stant Reader."
—VERITAS.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Mr. Bryan In quoted ns favoring state
ownership of feeders and government
ownership of trunk llntt railroads.
This system Is a divided authority
and like our system of stnte and Fed
eral jurisdiction, is productive of con
fusion and disunion.
If this dual Idea is good, then county
ownership of feeders nnd state owner
ship of grand feeders to the Federal
trunk lines would be good, for the
counties are to tho state what the
states are to the Union.
The trouble with private ownership
of railroads Js not so much on account
of the otvners a. It Is with tho' ship
pers.
The struggle between the shippers
for enriching themselves Is the prlniu
facie onuse of the corruption In rail
road management, If such exists.
The Idea of corruption is simply a
matter of who gets the money, us this
Is what the great majority of shippers
are after.
It the government owned the rail-
roads and Individual corporations and
Individuals owned the goods shipped,
the government would be In the line of
corruption from the shippers, Just as I:
Is now, for the money to corrupt Is In
the goods shipped, and not In the own
ership of the railroads.
Manufacturers of glass In St. Louis
and manufacturers of the same In
Pittsburg can not have an equal show r
In trans-atlantle business, unless the
rallronds discriminate In rates or make
rebates In favor of the St. Louis par
ties.
If tho railroads can not, or are not
permitted to do this, then nil manufac
turers would be confined to the sea
board. In the case of domestic distri
bution, unless discrimination or rebutc
Is allowed the manufacture of all ar
ticles would be confined to one central
point, from which tho rates would be
the same.
Thus the law, if prohibiting discrim
inating rates and rebates, Instead of
nldlng anil a Issuing small and scattered
Industries, will make concentration nt
Home central point a necessity, ho that
all would faro alike In rates.
This same result would be brought
about In the production of ratf material,
nnd will result In concentrating produc
tion In the rich regions, and the Isola
tion nnd stagnation of the less favored
sections.
Tho railroad owners know all these
things, nnd hence the law was
passed with their consent, for It Is In
the direct line of trust production ami
distribution
The law which the people demanded
and the commission which goes with It,
shows that the economic question has
forced the people into Indorsing cen
tralism! government and trustlsm.
The law of overreach Is a centrailzed
Ides, ami all business, large or small
Is conducted on this line.
Tills boll of Individual overreach
must cornu to a head, and the over
reach or corruption he expelled. What
the people see and feel that they need
necessitates that the government own
the goods shipped ns well as the rail
roads. Then Mr. overreach, the cor
ruption fund orgnnlzcr, will be out of
business.
The government then can manufac
ture all things at the most convenient
places, anil distribute them without dis
crimination, and at tho same price
everywhere, since the expense of
transportation would rone out of the
general fund of the government, which
will he derived front the sale of all
merchandise to the people, not to a
part of the people, hut to ah 1he people
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York. Sept. 18.—“Keep hl
guessing and play your cards
was the advice which the Rev. p ra V
Anderson gave the young women nt
the First Baptist church, of Mllivnu
N. J„ In a sermon, the text of wh .:t
was "Choosing a Partner." Not p,.*
ago he preached a sermon n n -r h ?
Wedding Ring.” In his latest *
he said: mo#
"Girls, do not allow a man t.. tlMi ,
you around his Unger and do thing,
for his sake, which your consoles
condemns you for. You hnve a I
chance to land a man if nt t| m e. I f!
treat him ns If you did not carr v ~
much for him. Cause hint to think 3
times there are others Just ns
he that you might have. For me
I wouldn't want a girl whom •
else wanted.” 13
Interest in the pastor's sermon i„
tenslflcd by the fact that at Chrlstnl.1
time he will take unto lilmself a so, ..Ah
wife.
Talking about husbands and wives
Magistrate'Mayo had an interesting
case before him In the Yorkvliie
yesterday.
"Why did you fight with your hus.
hand? asked the magistrate of a bin
strong woman who was arraigned “
"Because he wanted to do my »ho D .
ping, and I won't let any man on thnt*
was the reply. "All I want him to do
Is to give me the money. I can do mv
own shopping, and I Intend to.”
Policeman McKeever found her civ.
Ing her husband a thrashing at Third
avenue and Thirty-second street gs,
gave the name of Elizabeth (' .nneii
and refused to give her address she
was discharged.
The automobile has been adopted by
Dan Cupid as a valuable adjunct to
his bow nnd every ready arrow.
JUBtlce of the Peace ((’Driscoll ,>»
Oakland avenue, Jersey city, Vaa
aroused at midnight by a young man
and a young womun who rode up in a
big red touring auto to the Justice's
door. They said they were James \
Campbell, 25 years old, and Frances
McNIekol, 23 years old.
“We want to be married In a hum "
they told the Justice. They were mar-
rlcd In a hurry. They departed in a
hurry, but not before they hail said
the halde's folks had objected if. the
match.
Tlllg DATE IN HISTORY.
SEPTEMBER 18.
J811—I tilt fit surrendered l*inud of Jh
the HiitUh.
180—William Haxtttt, English author,
Horn April U, 1778.
1844—II«»itr.v Mr, governor of tin*
Chni't'hil! King, president *»f
Ipplu
1868—11 elir.
Oberlin college. horn.
1861—Maryland legislature closed h.v provost
mondial; Hee.-xxlou mruthrr* sent to
Fort McHenry.
If 62—Confederate* recroxsed Potomac Into
Ylrginln, Imt Ing !»eeii In Maryland two
neck*.
1867— FchImiim attacked a prison van In Man*
cheater.
1868— General Hindman mtmtSNlnnted at HpI*
ciiii. Ark.
1690— Dion Honelennlt. actor, died. Horn
December 26. 1822.
)S97—K4)!i In»nt to tluke and dtieheits of Marl*
tN*rough» who tv an t’oiixiielo VnndtT*
Idlt.
1906— Usnr proposed n second peace confer*
dice at The Hague.
HELEN
On the Isle of Crauae.
alike.
Under thin, shoes made In Boston
would sell as cheap In Atlanta or else
where ns In Bo»t>n.
In fixing rate* by commissions, the
railroad owners and the shippers are
alone consulted.
The consumers are left out In the
>ld, both In the manufacture ant! dis
tribution of goods, Hnd the only arbi
tration commission left open to them
Im the ballot box, and through It the
ownership of all that they make an)
use on their own terms.
Money Invested In boots and shoes
other things fs no more sacred or
less extorting, than that invested In
railroads.
Mr. Brynn's plan won't work, and
Is sure of defeat. ,
The Democrats seem determined toi
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
The
ml King* competing .... -
et love Hite knetv not, till ttpon this Isle
Site gave surrender to abducting arms
Not ThoNCQs, tv ho plucked her lips' first
kiss.
Not' Meiielau*. lawful mate and «pou*e.
Hueh answering iuishIou lu her heart
could rouse.
Gr wake nueh tumult In her soul a* this.
Let come whnt will, let Greece and Aula
Let heroes die and kliigdoms run with
gore;
Let devastation spread from shore to
shore—
Hespleudent Helen Muds her Imnnitge sweet.
The whole world lights her buttles, while
she lb>s
Sunned lu tbe fervor of young Parts eyes.
HELEN
On the Isle of Rhodes.
lie
The battle* ended, ardent Paris dead.
Of faithful Mcmdnu* long bereft.
Time In the only suitor who Is left:
Helen xucvtvc*, with youth nnd beauty
lied.
Ily linte remvmliered. lint by love furgm.
INdhroned and driven from her ulgtt *»•
bite. . . . ,
Unhappy Helen feel* the ln»h of I'* 1 **
And knows nt last nn nnloved womans
The Grecian marvel, and the Trojan J«y.
The world's fair wonder, from her pawra
tile*. ,, , .
The furies billow, nnd great H«d* n dw•»
A death of horror, for the pride of i toy.
Yet time, like Mem-Inns, all Arzlvw.
Helen, linutortnl In her Inanity, live*.
DRUNKEN NEGROES FIGHT
AT CHURCH ON SUNDAY.
Kpeelal to Tile Georgian.
Sparta, Ga., Sept. 18.—John Allen and
Jim Taylor, two negroes, became in
volved in a shooting scrape Sunday af
ternoon nbout S o’clock at Macedonia#
a negro church, a few miles fromj
ta, on the Sandersvllle and
public road* Allen was shot In th*- *
and Is In a serious condition.
Both were drinking, but further than
that It Is Impossible to learn the causa
of the trouble.
The Georgian calls the, zttention «l
its multitude of correspondents to the*
facts: That all communications
bs signed. No anonymous communica
tion will be printed. No manuscript*
will bo returned unless stamps are m
olosed for the purpose. Our corre
spondents arc urgently requested w
abbreviate their letters as m u « h Jlp0 j
sible. A half a column will be reaa.
whereas s full column will be pa** cd
over by the majority of readers.
needed to centralize the go
and trusties everything. , j
Trusts nnd combines have flouriMi *
In Democratic states, ns well bp in n *
publican states, and this, In s i
constitutional prohibition, and th*'' * '
Istenee of commissions and antl*” u
Jaws. .
I should smile, say the trust* • J
railroads, as they read what .Mr. Ib> »s
says about them. . v .
w. A. JOHNSON.
Atlanta, September 6, 1906.
