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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN •rrrriiHUAY. srptembeu 31. r.-w The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, Preildent. Subscription Rites: One.Yesr % , , $4.50 Six Months., 2.50 Three Months..... 1.25 By Csrrier, per week JOc Published Every Afternoon Except Sundsy by THE GEORGIAN CO. it 25 W. Alsbsmt Street, Atlanta; Gs. Entered a* second-eta«■ matter Ap*il 26, 1906. at the Poatoflcn At Atlanta. Ga.. under act of congress of March S. 1179. 8ubaeribart failing to rneeivn THE GEORGIAN promptly and regularly, and raadara who can not purehasa the paper whom THE GEORGIAN should be on sale, are requested to eommunieato with tho Circulation Manager without delay, and the com plaint will receive prompt attention. Telephones* Bell 4927 Main; Atlanta 4401. SMITH k THOMPSON, ADVERTISING REPRESENTA TIVES FOR TERRITORY OUTSIDE OF GEORGIA. Enstern Offices: Western Offices: Potter Bldg,. New York. Tribune Bldg., Chicago. J The Georgian cells the sttsntlon of Its multitude of correspondents to theee facte: That all communications mult be signed. No anonymous communication will bo printed. No manuscripts will bt raturnsd unless stamps are Inclosed for the purpose. Our correspondents are urgently requested to abbreviate their letters as much as possible. A half a column will bs read, whertss a full column will ba pasatd over by the majority of readers. 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?