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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
•rrrriiHUAY. srptembeu 31. r.-w
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
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The Coming of Sir Thomas Lipton.
The announcement that Sir Thomaa Lipton will be In
Atlanta during the coming state fair and In all proba
bility will act In the capacity of one of the judgea In
the open air horae ahow to be held at that time, has
aroused a great deal of Intoreat not only In Atlanta but
titroughout the South.
The Indications nre that whether he accepts an offi
cial part In the exercises or not, his very presence In
Atlanta will aerve as an attraction to hundreds of visitors
who will welcome the opportunity to catch a gllmpae of
the distinguished gentleman.
There are tew men svho stand higher In the es
teem of the American people than Sir Thomaa Lipton.
The gallant and generous fight he has made to capture
the America’s cup, wrested from England more than
half a century ago, has elicited the admiration of every
one who loves clean, manly sport and the steadiness of
' purpose which never says die.
Although one of the wealthiest men In England, he
la at the same time one of the most democratic and al
together chnrmtng. He la popular both nt home nnd
abroad. He Is a notable example of the aelf-made man.
He started life as a |ioor boy, and has won his way to
auccesa and renown by devotion to business and by the
sterling honesty of bis methods. He Is known as one of
the most phtlanthrdplc men In England and no worthy
call for charity has ever gone unheeded.
America, too, hnB felt his bounty. He was a large
contributor to the San Francisco sufferers nnd on many
other occasions he has given material testimony of hts
affection for the American people.
8lr Thomas Is an expert on horacs os well as yacht*
and If ho can be Induced In act as one of the judges In
the horso show that fact nlone will guarantee the success
of tho undertaking from tho very start.
We trust that ho'wlll see his way clear to accept the
Invitation. He will contribute In a large measure to tho
Intereat in. the vonture. and ho will place tho entire
, South under a debt of gratitude to him. We assure him
in advance of as wsrm a welcome as ever came from
the heart* of an appreciative people and we hope that
he will ace his way clear to accept the proposed lnvlta
tton.
OUR PLATFORM—The Georgian stands for Atlanta’s owning its own
gas and electric light plants, as it now owns its water works. Other cities do
this and get gas as low as 60 cents, with a profit to the city. This should be
done at once. The Georgian believes that if street railways can be operated suc
cessfully by European cities, as they are, there is no good reason why they can
not be so operated here. But we do not believe this can be done now, and it may
be some years before we are ready for so big an undertaking. Still Atlanta
should set its face in that direction NOW.
right to engage In gainful pursuit* and to have the
fruits of hla labor. Hq la not content to acquire •labil
ity and substance and the respect that flow* from them
by higher manual training. He want, social equality,
and deep down In bis heart nothing will satisfy him In
hla present temper.
This la one of the alarming sign* of the times,
Here In Georgia separate schools for the races Is so
much a matter of course that It la difficult to realize that
It has taken on so serious an aspect In a slater state
and the negro Is actually In moody dellance of the law
simply because his children cannot go to the same
schools with the white children, though the facilities for
hla own race are entirely adequate.
The outcome of the situation In Kansas will be watched
with some interest, but whatever it may be the lesson Is
sufficiently borne In upon us by the situation as It al
ready exlata.
Kansas Negroes Demand Mixed Schools.
Something of the sentiments entertained by the
negro race In certain sections of the country nt leaat
may bo gathered from the fact that practically every
negro parent In Wichita, Kansas, has chosen to Incur
the penalty of the law rather than abide by the decision
of the local bonrd of education that the white and negro
children of that city shall attend eejmrate schools.
A truancy law la In force in that slate, which makes
nil children between 8 and 15 years of age subject to
the law If they do not attend school, nnd tho parents are
nlso liable If they do not force their children to attend.
The board of education of Wichita would not stand
for mixed schools, and set apart four rooms In one of
the school buildings for the use of the negro pupils.
This angered the negro parents, nnd rather than submit
to this separate arrrfngement, they wttheld their children
, from attendance altogether.
It Is said that when the schools were opened last
week only five negro children reported for lessons,
It was a part of a general boycott of the schools as
an expression of Lhelr protest against separation. Their
children, they said, must be taught in* the same rooms
and by the same teachers ns the white children, other
wise they would defy the truancy Inws and withhold the
children altogether.
The right of the local bonrd of education to estab
lish separate schools Is now under adjudication, and It
la said to be uncertain what will be the outcome. Rut
there can bo no doubt of the regularity of the truancy
laws, and the chances are that they will be vigorously
enforced.
One leading negro teacher In Kansas City rises up
to protest against the folly of his race In demanding
mixed schools, and In a letter to the state superintendent
he says:
"I have no disposition to meddle In Kansas affairs
only Insofar aa they concern the whole race. I can say,
however, without hesitancy, that wore I a resident of
your state I would, if the facilities were equal, he un
reservedly In fnvor of separate schools. The contention
for mixed BChoolB by members of my race In Kansas Is
not calculated to bring about that harmony between the
two races which all true race men so much desire. At
no period during all the year* of hi* national life has the
negro stood so sorely In need of some friend as at the
present, and no condition that tends to widen the gulf,
now well nigh Impassable, should obtain. I have an
abiding faith In the ability, wisdom, honor and Integ
rity of the American people, and I believe that this, aa
well as all other questions now confronting them, will In
time be happily adjusted."
These arc Indeed words of truth and soberness, nnd
should go home to the minds and heart! of every negro
In the land. Instances such as that out In Kansas arc
not calculated to relieve the tension between the two
races at this critical juncture. On the other hand It
comes as a confirmation of the most |>esslmlstto conten*
Upn* of the white race that the negro In an evor-ln-
Ipasing degree U not merely content with an equal
Bryan’s Essential Fame and Service.
When the epitaph of William Jennings Bryan hai
been written, and hla biography hat been gathered In
remoter times Into the history which Is supposed to be
both discriminating and impartial, It will be found that
hla great repute does not rest upon any public office
to which he has aspired or to which he may yet attain,
but rather upon the greater qualities -of the man, the
statesman, and the patriot, which are Illustrated and
exemplified upon hla eloquent lips and In hla Illustrious
life.
Mr. Bryan haa reached that position not attained
by more than three Americans In all the history of this
country, where he la greater than a president.
It Is worth more to him to have reached the serene
height from which he enjoys the perfect confidence of
his countrymen than to have held the presidency dur
ing both of the terms tor which he has been a candidate
for that lofty station. It Is worth more to him to have
attained aa hla permanent and universal title the soubri
quet of “The Great American Commoner,” than to hnve
been the executor of the policies nnd of tne platforms
of his party. i
The things which have bullded this colossal charac
ter Into national and International repute, are the quali
ties to which good men nnd thoughtful men, teachers,
preachers and public speakers may point the youth of
this country as the model way to greatness and the only
durable baBls of the loftiest fame. Integrity of convic
tion. public courage and self sacrifice, are the serene
qualities which fashion the character of men; and all
of there hnve been Illustrated In the career of the great
Nebraskan who Is Atlanta's guest today.
It Is, after all, the high, clear moral note In every
advocncy to which Mr. Bryan haa given hts life which
has stamped, tmpreaacd and established his character
In hts native Innd. There has not been a cause for
which he has fought that he has not pitched hla sup
port of It on the highest moral ground of Jnstleo and
righteousness.
When he made that Immortal speech In the Chicago
convention which swept him In one electric hour Into
nntlonnl fame and gave him two successive nominations
for the presidency. It was the distinct pulse of patriot
ism and of lofty rectitude that rang like the stiver bugle
through hla words.
Whan he sat tranquil and unruffled nt his home In
Lincoln, N'ebr., while the Democratic national convention
of 1900 was In session In Kansas City, the dominant
committee of that great assembly waited upon him to
aak that he would honor the convention by becoming
Its candidate for President. And this man to whom the
Presidency has always been less thnn hit brave convic
tions, responded that he could not accept the nomina
tion unless the convention confirmed the platform upon
which he had been a candidate four years before and
which represented his unaltered and unchanged con
victions.
And tho loaders of the Democratic party, number
ing the first and moat distinguished men of the repub
lic, wont back to Kansas City, carrying the message that
one man, greater than office and loftier than station. In
stated that If hla party did not advocate the convictions
In which he believed, that he could not consent to per
mit them to use hla name ns leader and advocate.
Few higher and loftier expressions of personal and
political Integrity have been recorded In the long his
tory of this great republic than this message from Bryan
to the convention of 1900.
And now, as William Jennings Bryan comes home
once more to receive the plaudits of the thousands and
the Idolatrous loyalty of the party which holds him
first and dearest among Its public men, he aland* today
unspoiled and unchanged—Just where he has always
stood—on the aerene and splendid height of his brave
convictions, willing at all times to hold those convic
tions In the balance against hts personal prospects and
surrender the highest station in the world rather than
surrender tho magnificent possession of hla personal and
political Integrity.
And so at last when we come to measure the char
acter nnd service of this great clttsen who may or may
not be President of these United States, we shall be
compelled In the wider and larger view which time and
distance shall bring, and which matures men and Judg
ment, to record the fact that Mr. Bryan's highest and
noblest service to his party and to the people has been
to elevate the moral tone of American politics, and to
have Inspired with a more definite Integrity the policies
of the great party of the people for whom he stands.
Is only from a real Democracy that a "Great
Commoner" could come. And that this man haa not only
risen above the multitude, but has held hla serene and
undisputed place as the loftiest figure In a democratic
republic, la a Joint tribute to the real fundamental sym
pathy of the mass with honesty, and for the crystal
qualities which have enabled this great man to reap Ita
glorious reward In the universal love and confidence of
his times.
It is a source both of thankfulness and of Inspiration
that out of the reeking mass of graft and greed, cor
ruption and monopoly of this reckless and ruahlng age,
that there has come to us "one clear, white figure of In
tegrity, one knight without fear and without reproach.”
One Sir Galahad, whose strength la as the strength of ten
because his heart Is pure.
May he live long to be framed against the shadows
of .the limes, and to light the pathway of our young
Americans to the nobler and more enduring way.
Senator Bacon and Mr, Bryan.
The Honorable A. O. Bacon's elaborate criticism
of Mr. Bryan's government ownership view la not likely
to add anything to the repute for logic which our Senior
Senator has always enjoyed.
The comment of the Senator Impresses us as being
both lamentably weak and altogether Insufficient. It la
the old stock argument of the corporation attorney
which does not seem to roll naturally from the lips of
the highest legislative figure of our progressive and now
thoroughly Democratic Georgia.
Senator Bacon makes the astonishing statement
that he can scarcely see a single reason in favor of
government ownership, and a score of sound reasons
agatnit the proposition. If our Senior Senator holds
to this extravagant statement he has established between
himself and- hla constituents a difference which neither
argument can reconcile nor time obliterate. There may
be doubts—and there are doubts—aa to the Immediate
practicability of the plan; but the reasons In favor of it,
from the people's standpoint, are so many and so vital
that It may possibly explain the Senator's remarkable
statement, to believe that the one reason In favor of It—
which Is the people's Interest—Is greater and more com
pelling than the twenty reasons which he sees
agslnst It.
Now be It understood that Mr. Bryan has distinctly
disclaimed any Intention to press this proposition upon
the next national convention of our party, and that he
frankly and courageously presents the Issue now, because,
In hla Judgment, railroad regulation will fall, and owner
ship will be the Inevitable solution. And ho believes
that It Is not premature to direct the popular mind to
this great Issue at this time for a discussion which may
materialize at a later time Into definite action.
Against this position of our Democratic leader Mr.
Bacon levels a lance which does not pierce a Joint
of the Nebraskan’s logical harness. Senator Bacon’s
argument I* based upon a purely speculative prophecy
of what would happen In case the government owned the
railroads. Mr. Bryan In previous arguments has already
shown from practical examples of today that the things
which Senator Bacon apprehends In this country have
not occurred In other countries where, under less favor
able conditions, the principle of government owner
ship la well established and In successful operation.
Senator Bacon falls back upon the proposition that
the regulation of the railroads la the full and perfect
solution of the tremendous problem.
Mr. Bryan might well say to Senator Bacon: You
have been for twelve yeara In the Senate of the United
States. What have you and your fellow senators. Demo
cratic and Republican, done to regulate the railroads and
to establish Just and equable rateB of fright and trans
portation.
If Senator Bacon should point In answer to the re
cent rate and regulation bill framed by Congress. Mr.
Bryan might very properly reply that he'had already ex
posed the sterility and Incompetency of that bill to stand
tho legal teats and to relieve tho people. He might
point Senator Bacon to hla own great colleague, Senator
Tillman, In substantiation of the statement, that the
bill was a makeshift and would be Ineffective. He might
point Senator Bacon to bis equally great colleague, Sen
ator Bailey, for the same expression of opinion. He
might point to the President himself who fathered the
measure, and recall hla openly expressed regret over Ita
manifest Imperfections. ,
Senator Bacon's stock apprehension of graft and po
litical machines discounts the tremendous corrective
power which haa been developed by the reform spirit
and the publicity of the great age In which we live. It
discounts the development of the civil service in the
hands of an absolutely honest President and cabinet.
It discounts the object lesson of the Postal Department,
and the Army and Navy, whose rule* and regulations
would Imperatively be enlarged to meet the demands of
the railway service.
And beyond all Senator Bacon's objections stands
the proposition and threat that It the government does
not own the railroads the railroads will Inevitably con
trol and own the government, aa they have practically
controlled the government for these twenty yeara.
We are exploiting In Georgia at this time a proposi
tion that may have a distinct and definite bearing upon
this great general question. The extension of the West
ern and Atlantic (the State road) from Atlanta to the
sea, would give us, under state ownership, a great
through line from the northern to the southern boundary
of the state. This road would neceBsarlly establish In
the people's hands a competition that would control rates
and regulate tariffs among competing lines In private
hands. If the states of Tennessee and Ohio, catching
the Idea from Georgia, should build lines to connect
with us at Chattanooga, we might have under coopera
tive state control a great through line from the Great
Lakes to the Atlantic and the Gulf. And with this great
agency of competition we might well be able to protect
ourselves against arbitrary and exacting corporations
pooled to create dividends and to establish tariffs to
this end. (
Perhaps, In this Georgia Idea, we may yet find the
solution of this great question of the times. It may
be possible by securing under state and government con
trol one great through lint In each of the different sec
tions and from the national terminal points to avoid the
expense of purchase and maltnenance of all the rail
roads.
The great question of government ownership Is fairly
and honorably launched by Mr. Bryan upon discussion,
It must take Its time nnd stand tho tent of consideration
and examination. There Is no need for immediate hurry.
It la too great to bo considered In passion or to he dis
missed In timidity.
Least of all can It be answered by the merely specu
lative apprehensions whlcl^ Senator Bacon has conjured
out of the stock arguments of the corporations.
I GOSSIP
Growth and Progress of the New South
Under this head will npnear from time to time Information Illustrating tho
remsrknblr development of tho South which desorrss something more than post
ing attention. 1
The South’s Multiplying Spindles.
That tha South Is rapidly wresting from New England her manufac
turing supremacy Is well known, but It la a pleasure to have the facts and
figures presented to us from time to time to prove It,
During the fiscal year which closed with August, Southern cotton mills,
for the second time since the century began, took a greater number of bales
of cotton than did the mills of the North, the figures being 2,374,325 for
Southern mills as against 2,340,478 for Northern mills.
The number of bales taken by Southern mills last year were double the
number taken ten years ago, and four times as great a* they were In 1890.
The progress of Southern mills In comparison with mills in the rest of
the country during the past ten years Is shown In the following table, based
upon figures from the valuable annual report of Colonel Henry G. Hester,
secretary of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange:
Year
Southern
Northern
Ended
Mills.
Mills.
Total.
August 31.
Rale*.
Bales.
Hale*.
1897
1,142,671
1,804,680
2,847,351
1898 '.
1.231,841
2,211,740
3,443,581
1899
1,399,399
2,190,095
3,689,494
1900
1,597,112
2.068.300
3,665,412
1901
1,967,570
3,588.501'
1902
1,937,971
2,050.774
3,988,745
1903
2,000,729
1,767,635
3,968,364
1904
2,026,967
3,946,219
1905
2,163,605
2.282,145
4.445,650
1906
2,374,225
2,349,478
4,723,703
It la gravely announced from Pennsylvania that “the
chestnut crop will be abundant." Aa If the (unnygrapher
wouldn’t take care of that.
The Manufacturers’ Record says "as compnred with 1005 American cot
ton mills show this year a notable advance. In 1005 they took 4,446,650 bales,
or 32.7 per cent, of the 13,565,865 bales of the commercial crop of that year.
In 1908 they took 4,728,708 of the 11,346,988 bales of the commercial crop,
or 41.6 per cent of the total. Still, with this advance and In spite of the fact
that had the eupply of operatives, especially In the South, been equal to the
spindle equipment, the takings by American mills would have probably
reached 6,00(4000 hales, or nearly half of the total commercial crop, Ameri
can textile opportunities, resting upon the unexcelled advantages of the
South aa a cotton grower and the rapid expansion of the chances In the
home market, with an annual increase of between 1,500,000 and 2,000,000
In the population of the United States, are not being realized as they
should be. Cotton manufacturers, In contemplation of the fact that while
In the last fiscal year we Imported >63,043,822 worth of manufactures of cot
ton, we exported but >52,944,033 worth of manufactures of cotton, should
sink all difference* of opinion about supposed competition between cotton
mills In different sections of the country In a united effort to give the
full advantage of American markets to American mills, to develop Ameri
can markets to the full and to place whatever eurplus of goode there may
be In foreign markets. It will take time, of course. But there Is no reason
why American cotton manufacturers should not have a standing In world
markets at least equal to that of British manufacturers, particularly In view
of the fact that the market la coming eo rapidly to the United States
through Increase In population."
MR. GRAVES' CHICAGO 8PEECH.
From tho Rome Tribune.
Colonel John Temple Graves, editor
of The Atlanta Georgian, made a brave
and thoughtful speech toe other night
In Chicago before the Jefferson Club.
Mr. Graven took as ills theme "The
South Hits a Definite Demoorncy," and
upon that theme he delivered to the
country a message full of common
sense and patriotism. •
In opening his address, Mr. Graves
said that both the section nnd the ad
jective are entitled to reaped, because
in the political cataclysm of two years
ago the South was all that was definite
nnd, In fact, all thnt was visible of any
kind of Democracy.
The speaker said he was certain
"that a bold, definite platform of popu
lar rights and public honesty will
sweep the ballets of 1908 Into a Dem
ocratic avalanche. Roosevelt Is the
only Republican who has a hold upon
the people. All that Is good about the
president Is Democratic, nnd against
all thnt Is Democratic In him his party
protests."
Mr. Graves closed with a confident
prediction of Democratic success In tho
next presidential campaign.
Taken all In all. Colonel Graves' ad
dress was a very valuable contribution
to current political thought, and com
ing, aa It did, upon the very heels of
Mr. Bryan's great New York speech.
It has a great significance.
BRYAN.
THE WAY THOUGHT 18 TURNING.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Blnce The Georgian appears to be
the one untrammeled forum for a fair
exprerslon of public opinion In Geor
gla, permit me, anent the troublesome
and antagonistic demeanor of the col
ored race In thie etate, to suggest to
our legislators that hundreds of small
white children are compelled by stress
of circumstances or otherwise to labor
dally In factories and other business
Institutions while thousands of negro
children, less able to afford It, are be
ing educated In public and state
schools at the expense of the white tax
payers.
It la a fact of public record that the
negroes of this state contribute an In-
fllnltealma! portion of the educational
fund. Both In Savannah and At
lanta the negroes are at this moment
exceedingly ugly ov*r the enforcement
white people of Georgia, and should
be tnught a lesson by confining them to
the exact rights that they earn as tax
payers and citizens. Yours truly.
PLINY SMITH.
Savanrah, Qa.
USELESS INFORMATION
By Wex. Jones.
Sun spots, which are thought to have
been connected In some wny with the
earthquakes In California and In Chile,
are caused by prickly heat. The sun
Is naturally much warmer In summer
than In winter, and suffer* from prick
ly heat and freckles.
To keep mosquitoes away, burn a
feather pillow In the room. To avoid
the unpleasant smell of burning feath
ers, stay outside on the porch.
A large part of the earth’s surface Is
yet unexplored. The foot of a white
man has never trodden vast areas of
Central Africa, Central Asia, Central
Australia and Central Park. Several
Intrepid adventurers have penetrated
to the great city of Pittsburg, and
have brought back specimens of the
street car traffic, and It la also a well-
known fact that the colored race
greedily seize* every opportunity to
oppose and antagonize the dominant
race without rhyme or reason, and
while I do not directly counsel retalia
tion, l do think that the negro does not
now and never will appreciate the _ _
many benefit* accorded him by the natives, who have greatly surprised the ding, ,ep them In the pantry.
But mnn-h now the cohorts In wiioinitnx
force
To mnke n ruler their "peerles* one.”
He Ih Dili twelve-inch bore In word and
deed—
Though tome thought best the "I’nrker
gun:”
But liven he to gee hla wigc ntiitcsmun'N
creed
The Lnnd's hope—lucky, fearless one.
The voter* knew not whnt pnth* to purntie,
Whnt though bold Texas Rnlloy froth nnd
fret—
And Huron trnln hi* giant tmn-gun.
The people know the f«M» n third time met
Must yield »*eforo this pcerle** one.
True Democrat* In den*e*t column* Rtund—
United they, the battle'* won;
And all I* well with the dear fatherland
when I* rrowiUHl It* p4*erle** *<»n.
-It. M. M.
Galileo’* discovery that the earth
went round the aun ha* been outdone
many tlmea by men who have discov
ered that a lamp post I* revolving
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York. 8ept. 20.—Mrs. H „.
Green, the richest woman In the Wl)rt ?
has no notion of being Impose,]
she can help It. For a number „r.. *
she has made her summer hum. i.'
Bellow* Falls, Vermont. The board
listers, as the tax assessors of t hu
Green Mountain state are known hZ
raised the assessment on her place »
000 and declined to reconsider it '"
Green protested. She thinks there h.
sinister motive behind the lncreL*
She eays: '“**•
"It Is not the >2,000 that I object
for that Is a mere pittance. The ha.,2
Is mistaken If It thinks by drlvinHJ
out it can get possession of mv hom.
stead at a low figure for a library,
shall never give It to Bellows Fnit„ f *
a Carnegie library, for I do not apur™
auch things with a string nttaVhed-
Mark Twain is even a more advance
language reformer than p r e«id»2
Roosevelt. He told the members
Associated Press that when hi- i nd J
contract with a magazine publisher
write at 7 cent* a word that he net.,
wrote "metropolis" for 7 cents.
1 can get the same money for "city" i
never write "policeman" because j
get the same price for "cop." j nfv „
write “valetudinarian" at all, f„ r
oven hunger and wretchedness
humble me to the point where I win
a word like thnt for 7 cents, l would
not do It. ’ UM
Continuing the story of his fight with
the publishers for overtime In |,,n!
words, Mr. Clemens declares: 1
“I said to hint. 'You ought at ie„ s >
allow me overtime In 'that word
temporaneousness." ’ He coldlv refund
I seldom nay a harsh word to any on,
but I was not master of myself u,,.
and I spoke right out and called hi™
an Anysodactyloua Pleslosaurlan ('on.
ehyllaceous Orntthorhynlcus. Ho n ved
only two hours." ,
It was a small wedding that took
place yesterday at Grace church for
the tiny chantry holds hardly ra or,
than a handful of people, but it
most complete from a social view,
point, ns It united two old KnIr’Ker.
bocker families of the most exeluiln
set.
The bridal couple dispensed entirely
with attendants and exactly at noon
Mrs. Mary Phillips Iseltn, widow of
John H. Iselln, entered the church
alone. No one gave her awny and the
bridegroom, Dr. Francis Leroy Hatter,
lee. had no best man.
It was distinctly a family affair, for
among the guest* were the married
children of both the bride and bride
groom.
The ceremony w as performed bv Dr.
Satterlee's cousin, the Right Key. lien-
ry I. ftatterlee, bishop of .Washington,
assisted by Archdeacon George ,\'e|.
son, D. D.
Ellis Island Is the most fruitful spot
for romance about New York. Hardly
a day passes but some story nf'human
Interest does not develop there. In to
day's news there urc two.
Henry Hortxfeld, a prosperous farmer
from near Topeka, Kan., met his moth
er at Ellis Island, for the first time In
30 years. She was Just about to be de
ported.
Hendrik Bullnctts Brack, of Paterson,
N. J., sent to Holland for Miss Marla
Chrlstena Wllholmlnn Cornelia Kor-
nellssen, his sweetheart of boyhood. He
met her at the pier and hastened to a
Justice of the peace..
“If I were sure you were not In
love, I'd give you n hundred-dollar bill
to blow yourself," said J. P. Mason, a
wealthy land owner of Atlantic City,
X. J., to Ills ion, Just out of his twen
ties. The son said "honest Injun" and
took the hundred. Then he sought
Miss Eastlnck. 16 yeara old. the heroine
of a "nursery love affair.”
They used the money as capital and
were married In New York, and then
returned for the parental blessing,
which was forthcoming. Mason called
his son the usual "sly rascal."
A party of fnt women, none weigh
Ing less than 200 pounds, nnd the leader
easily 300 pounds, are visiting In the
city. They arrived In Jersey City over
the Erie railroad, on an Orange county
express. All wore little badges and
evidently belonged to some organiza
tion. Refusing Information about
4rx get cabs to
They failed
Great bead* of perspiration rolled
down the face of old Father Knlokrr*
bocker yesterday, For It was hot. Tne
government weather bureau annourwM
that It wna the hottest September since
1881. The thermometer registered *1
degree* In the shade. All through tne
evening and the night the atmosphere
wa* very close, nnd crowd*, after work
ing hours, rushed to the seashore for a
breath of fresh air.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
around them.
When Byron wrote "Roll on, thou
dark and deep blue ocean,” he didn't
really expect It was going to stop.
Shakespeare lived for some time In
Stratford-on-Avon, the home of Marie
Corelli.
outside world. Otherwise almost noth
ing Is knoivn of this mysterious city,
which Is believed to he Inhabited en
tirely by millionaires.
Goldfield, Nev„ Is sheltering Joe Gan*
and Battling Nelson. There are some
mines there, buf no one pays any at
tention to them nowadays.
The fartheat fixed star Is 12.000,900,-
876.001 miles from the moon. The mind
can hardly grasp the significance of
these figures, but make an effort. Think
how long a walk of seven blocks seems
after you've missed the last car, mul
tiply by 2. and you have a fair Idea of
the distance.
To nrevent automobiles from skld-
New York, Sept. 20—Here ore some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—P. B. Barry, G. P. Har
dy, J. W. Pope, J. G. Rossman. A. Pec
drio, M. R. Swords, W. M. Whiting.
MACON—W. B. Birch, G. Parker,
SAVANNAH—MISS M. Smith, s
Well, Mrs. F. A. Well, J. H. Haslam, »■
SftlQHU.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
SEPTEMBER 20.
1565—Massacre of Fort Caroline, bt. >•***
liver, Florfiln. . W;tr
1643—New England colonic* «!*** ,an 1
ngnln*t Nlantlek Indian*. „f
1737—rhnrle* rnrroll, of t’nrrollt<>». " .
the signer* of the Declare M"ii •«
1792—Allied' armfe*"nfPrussia and AnfirtJ
. defeated by the French at ““
of Vnlmy. , 4
1797—United Htate* frigate } n,"»U
”OI*I Ironsides." htiiwbed nt
18Q>—Henry 8. Fool*, governor «*f mi
18l4-lirff!*h?° r, un»1*r General Drunmi'H' 1 -
raised siege of Fort hrl<*.
1839— Fenrgti* O’t’minor arrested.
1850—Congress nlM>ll*ln*d slave trad-
trlet of Colunihtli.
1854—lint tie of Alma.
1881—Chester A. Arthur t,».k with " f ”® k *
resident.
tin* And*
Tlillwtaii treaty.
WHICH WAS IT?
From the Dublin Dispatch.
Two Atlanta afternoon par';;.
Ilfthed the fact that Hoke £ m, ‘; -hr
b«en nominated governor am • •
wildest enthusiasm” two hour?- * .
that event took place and f' ‘ . _\fr.
llnhed the nominating speech
Anderson and Mr. Smith ^ ‘i ’
acceptance. Is this enterprise
journalism?