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T THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN- THTO8DAY. September r. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES. Editor. F. L. SEELT, President. Telephone Connections. Subscription Rstes: One, Year $4.50 Six Month* 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon | Except Sundsy by THE GEORGIAN CO. st 2S V. Alsbsms Street, | Atlsnts, Gs. Entered an aeeond elm matter April 2S, ISOS, st the Poatoflen at Atlanta.- Ga.. under act of conereaa ur March S. tS7S. Subscriber* failing to receive THE GEORGIAN promptly and regularly, and roadart who can not purchase tho paper whoro THE GEORGIAN should bo on salt, art requested to communieate with tho Cireulation Managor without delay, and tho com plaint will racalva prompt attention. Telephones: Bill 4927 Main: Atlanta 4401. TIVE8 FOB TERRITORY OUTSIDE OK GEORGIA. Eastern Office*; Western Office*: I‘offer Bldg., New York. . Tribune Bldg., Chicago. 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 gdt 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. The Georgian calls the attention of Ite multitude of eorreepondente to theee fecte: Thet ell eommunlcatlone mutt be elgned. No anonymoue communication will bo printed. No manuecrlpte will bo returned unleaa etampe are Incloaed for the purpoee. Our eorreepondente are urgently requeeted to abbreviate their lettere ae much ae possible. A half a column will be read, whereat a full column will bo paeaod over by the majority of readers. The Coming of Sir Thomas Lipton The announcement that Sir Thnmaa Lipton will be in Atlanta during the coming elate fair nnd In all proba bility will act lu Ihe capacity of one of the Judges In the open air horae ahow to be held at that time, haa ' aroused a great deal of Interest not only In Atlantn but throughout the South. The Indications are that whether ho accepts an offi cial part In the exorcises or not. hla very presence In Atlanta will serve as an attraction to hundreds of visitors who will welcome the opportunity to catch a glimpse of the distinguished gentleman. There are few men who stand higher In the ea- teem of the American people than Sir Thomas Lipton. The gallant and generous tight he has made to capture the America's cup, wrested from England more than halt a century ago, has elicited the admiration of every one who loves clean, manly si>ort and the steadiness of purpose which never says die. Although one ot the wealthiest men In England, he la at the same time one of the moBt democratic and al together charming. He la popular both at home and abroad. He la a notable example of tho self-made man. He started life as a poor boy, and has won Ills way to success and renown by devotion to business nnd by the sterling honesty of his methods. He Is known as one of the most philanthropic nten In England and no worthy call for charity has over gone unheeded. America, too, has .felt his bounty. He was a large contributor to the San Francisco sufferers and on many other occasions he has given material testimony of hla affection for the American people. Sir Thomas la nn expert on horses ns well na yachts and If ho can be Induced to act an one of the Judges In the horae show thnt fnct alone will gtm'rnnleo tho attcoeas ot the undertaking from tho very start. We trust that he will roe his way clear to accept the invitation. He will contribute in a large measure to tho Interest In the vonturo, and ho will place tho enttro South under a debt of gratitude to hint. Wo assure him In advance of as warm a welcome ns ever came from the hearts of an appreciative poople nnd wo hope that he will ace hla way dean to accept tfio proposed Invita tion. Kansas Negroes Demand Mixed Schools. Something of the sentiments entertained by the negro race In certain sections of tho country at least may ho gathered from the fact thnt 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 board of education that the white and negro children of that city shall attend sepkrnte schools. A truancy law Is In force In that state, which makes all children between 8 and IB yeara of ago subject to the law If they do not attend school, and the parents are also 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 Air the tine of the negro pupils. This angered the negro parents, and rnther thnn submit to this separate arrangement, they wltheld tholr children from attendance altogether. It Is said that when tho schools were opened last week only live negro children reported for lessons. It was a part of a general boycott of the schools as an expression of ;hetr protest ngalnst separation. Their children, they said, must lie taught In the same rooms apd by the same teachers na the white children, other wise they would defy the truancy Inwa and withhold the children altogether. The right of the local board of education to eatab- llsh separate schools Is now under adjudication, and It Is said to tie uncertain what will be the outcome, nut there can be no doubt of the regularity of the truancy laws, nnd the chances nro thnt they will be vigorously enforced. One leading negro teacher In Kansas City rises up to protest ngstnst the folly of his race In demanding mixed schools, nnd In a letter to the state superintendent he says: "1 have no disposition to meddle In Kansas affairs only Insofar as they concern the whole race. 1 can say, however, without hesitancy, that wore I a resident of your state I would. If the facilities were equal, he un reservedly In favor of separate schools. The contention for mixed schools 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 yeara of his 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, ahoald obtain. I have an abiding falrh In the ability, wisdom, honor nnd Integ rity of the American people, and I believe that this, ss wet! as all other questions now confronting them, will In time be happily adjusted." These are Indeed words of truth and soberness, and should go home to the minds and hearts of every negro In the land. Instances such ns that out In Kansas are 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 iiesslmlsttc ronton- ions of the white race that the negro In an cver-ln- degree Is not merely content with uu equal races e comes b kons of right to engage In gainful pursuits and to have the fruits of bis labor. He Is not content to acquire stabil ity and substance and the respect that flows from them by higher manual training. He wants social equality, nnd deep down In his heart nothing will satisfy him In his present temper. This Is one of the alarming signs of the times. Here In Georgia separate schools for the races Is so much a matter of course that It Is difficult to realize that It has taken on so serious an aspect In a sister state and the negro is actually In moody defiance of the law simply because hla children cannot go to the same schools with the white children, though the facilities for his 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 exists. Bryan’s Essential Fame and Service. When the epitaph of William Jennings Bryan haa been wrltton, and hla biography haa been gathered In remoter tlmea Into the history which Is supposed to be both discriminating and Impartial, It will be found that his 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 JJIustrated and exemplified upon hla eloquent lips and In his Illustrious life. Mr. Bryan haa reached that position not attained by more than three Americans In all ths history of this country, where ho Is greater than a president. It la worth more to him to have reached the serene height from which he enjoys the perfect confidence of hla countrymen than to havo held the presidency dur ing both of the terms for which he has been a candidate for that lofty station, ft Is worth more to him to have attained as. hla permanent and universal title the soubri quet of "Tho Great American Commoner,” than to have been tho executor of the.policies and of t.io platforms of hla party. The things which have bullded this colossal charac ter into national and International repute, are tho 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 basis of tho loftiest fame. Integrity of convic tion, public courago and self sacrifice, are the serene qualities which fashion the character of men; and all of there have been lllustratod In the career of the great Nebraskan who Is Atlanta’s guest today. It Is, aftor ad, the high, clear moral note In every ndvocncy to which Mr. Bryan haa given hla life which has atamiied, Impressed nnd established his character In hla native land. Thore haa not been a cause for which he hna fought that he haa not pitched hla sup port of It on the highest moral ground of Justice and righteousness. When he made that Immortal speech In the Chicago convention which swept him In one electric hour Into national fnmo 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 silver bugle through hla words. When he not tranquil and unruffled at hla home In Lincoln, Nebr., while tho Democratic national convention of 1S00 waa In session In Kansas City, the dominant committee of that great assembly waited upon him to ask that he would honor the convention by becoming Its candidate for President. And this man to whom the Presidency hna always been less than hla bravo convlc- thins, responded that he could not accept the nomlna tion unleaa the convention confirmed the platform upon which he had been a candidate four years before and which represented hla unaltered and unchanged con- vlctlona. And tho leaders of the Democratic party, number ing the first and moat distinguished men of the repub lic, went back to Kansas City, carrying the message that one man, greater than office and loftier than station. In slated that If hla party did not advocate the convictions In which he believed, that he could not consent to per mit them to uso hla name as leader and advocate. Few higher and loftier expressions of personal and political Integrity havo been recorded lu the long his tory of this great republic than this meaaage from Bryan to the convention ot 1800. And now, as William Jennings Bryan comes home once more to receive the plaudits of the thousands and tho Idolatrous loyalty of the party which holds him first and dearest among Its public men, he stands today UBspolled and unchanged—Just where he baa always stood—on tho serene and splendid height of his brave convictions, willing at all times to hold those convic tions In the balance against hla personal prospects and surrender Ihe highest station in Ihe world rather than surrender the magnificent poisesslon of his personal and political Integrity. And so at last when we como to meaaure the char acter and service of this great cltlxen who may or may not he 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 hts party nnd to tho people has been to elevate the moral tone ot American polities, and to have Inspired with a more definite Integrity the policies ot the great party of the |>eople tor whom he stands. It la 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 nnd undisputed place as the loftiest figure In a democratic republic. In a Joint tribute to the real fundamental aym- pnthy of the mass with honesty, and for the crystal qualities which have enabled this great man to reap Its 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 rushing age, that there has come to us "one clear, white figure of In tegrity, one knight without tear and without reproach." One Sir Galahad, -vhcae strength Is as the strength of ten because his heart Is pure. May he llvo long to he framed against the shadows of the times, and to light the pathway of our young Americana 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 tor logic which our Senior Senator has always enjoyed. The comment ot the Senator Impresses us as being both lamentably weak and altogether Insufficient. It Is the old stock argument of the corporation attorney which docs not seem to roll naturally from the lips of the highest legislative figure of our progressive and now thoroughly Democratic Georgia. 8enator Bacon makes the astonishing statement that he can scarcely aee a single reason In favor of government ownership, and a score of sound reaaons against the proposition. If our Senior Senator hold* to this extravagant statement he baa established between blmself and hla constituents a difference which neither argument can reconcile nor time obliterate. There may be doubts—and there are doubts—as to -the Immediate practicability of the plan; but the reasons In favor of It, from the people's standpoint, are bo many and so vital that It may possibly explain the Senator's remarkable statement, to believe that the one reason In favor ot It— which Is the people's Interest—la greater and more com pelling than the twenty reasons which he sees against It.. Now be It understood that Mr. Bryan has distinctly disclaimed any Intention to press this proposition upon the next national convention ot 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 la not premature to direct the popular mind to this great Issue at this time for a discussion which may materialise at a later time Into definite action. Agalnat this position of our Democratic leader Mr. Bacon level* a lance which does not pierce a Joint ot the Nebraskan's logical harness. Senator Bacon's argument le based upon a purely speculative prophecy of wbat would happen in case the government owned the railroads. Mr. BryAn In previous arguments haa already shown from practical examples of today that the things which Senator Bacon apprehends In this country have not occurred la other countries where, under leas 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 tho full and perfect solution of the tremendous problem. Mr. Bryan might well say to Senator Bacon; You have been for twelve years 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 ratee of frelght and trans portation. It Senator Bacon should point in answer to the re cent rate and regulation bill framed by Congress, Mr. Brykn might very properly reply that he had already ex posed the sterility and Incompetqncy of that bill to stand the legal teats and to relieve the people. He might point Senator Bacon to blit 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 hla equally great colleague. Sen ator Bailey, for the same expression of opinion. He might point to the President himself who fathered the meaaure, and recall hla openly expressed regret over its manifest Imperfections. Senator Bacon's stock apprehension of graft and po litical machines discounts the tremendous corrective power which has been developed by the reform spirit and the publicity of the great age in which Ire 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 rules and regulations would Imperatively be enlarged to meet the demands of the raliway service. And beyond all Senator Bacon’s objections stands the proposition and threat that If the government does not own the railroads the railroads will Inevitably con trol' and own the government, os they have practically controlled the government for these twenty years. We nro exploiting In Georgia at this time a propost tlon 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 necessarily 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 co-opera 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 thta great question of the times. It may be possible by securing under state and government con trol one great through llm. In each of the different sec tions and from the national terminal points to avoitf 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 and stand tho test of consideration and examination. There Is no need for imniedlnte hurry. It Is too great to bo considered In pssslou or to be dis missed In timidity. Least of all can it be answered by the merely specu lative apprehensions which Senator Bacon has conjured out of tho stock arguments of the corporations. Growth and Progress of the New South r»m« _ lag attention. South which dnervra something morn than poan- Thc South’s Multiplying Spindles. Thtt ths South Is rapidly wresting from New England her manufac turing supremacy la well known, but It Is 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, Soqthern cotton mills, for ths second time since the century began, took a greater number of bale* of cotton than did the mills of the North, the figures being 2,374,828 for Southern mltle as against 2,843,478 for Northern mills. The number of bales taken by Southern mills last year were double the number taken ten years ago, and (our times as great as they were In 1880, 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 ot the New Orleans Cotton Exchange: Year Southern Northern Ended Mill*. Mills. Total. August 31. Bales. Bale*. Bales. 1897 1,804,680 2.847,351 1898 1.231,841 2,211,740 3.443,581 1899 1,399,399 2,190,095 3,589,494 1800 1,697,112 2,068.300 3.665,412 1901 1,967,570 3,588,501 1902 1.937,9?l 2,050.774 3,988.745 1903 ....' 2,000,729 1,767,635 3,968,364 1904 1,919,252 2,026,967 3,946,219 1905 2,282,145 4,445,650 1908 2,374,225 2,349.478 4,723,703 The Manufacturers' Record Bays “as compared with 1306 American cot ton mills show this year a notable advance. In 1805 they took 4,445,(80 bales, or 82.7 per cent, of the 13,5(5,886 bales of the commercial crop of thnt year. In 190( they took 4,723,703 of the 11,345,988 bales ot the commercial crop, or 41.( per cent ot the total. Still, with this advance and In spite of the fact that had the supply of operatives, especially In the South, been equal to tho spindle equipment, the takings by American mills would have probably reached 5,001X000 bales, or nearly half of the total commercial crop, Ameri can textile opportunities, resting upon the unexcelled advantages of the South as 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 ot the United States, are not being realized as ttwy should be. Cotton manufacturers, in contemplation of the fact that while In the last fiscal year we Imported 1(3,048,322 worth of manufactures of cot ton, we exported blit 362,(44,033 worth of manufactures of cotton, should sink all differences 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 market* to American mills, to develop Ameri can markets to the full and to place whatever eurplua of goods 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 Is coming so rapidly to the United States through Increase In population." It Is gravel?' announced from Pennsylvania that "the chestnut crop will be abundant." As If the iunnygrapber oulda't take care ot that. THE WAY THOUGHT 18 TURNING. To the Editor of The Georgian Since The Georgian appears to be the one untrammeled forum for a fair exprerslon of public opinion In Geor gia, permit me, anent the troublesome and antagonistic demeanor of the col ored rare In this state, to suggest to our legislators that hundreds of small white children are compelled by stress of circumstances or otherwise to labor dully 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 payere. It Is a fact of public record that the negroes of this state contribute an In- filntteatmal portion of the educational fund. Doth In Savannah and At lanta the negroes are at this moment exceedingly ugly over the enforcement of a very proper state law governing etreet car traffic, and It Is also a well- known fact that the colored race greedily seises every opportunity to oppose and antagonise the dominant race without rhyme or reason, and while I do not directly counsel retalia tion, I do think that the negro does not now and never will appreciate the white people of Georgia, and should be taught a lesson by confining them to the exact rights thnt they earn ns tax payers and citizens. Yours truly, PLINY SMITH. Savanrah, Ga. MR. GRAVES* CHICAGO 8PEECH. From the Rome Tribune. Colonel John Temple Grave*, editor of The Atlanta Georgian, made a brave and thoughtful speech the other night In Chicago before the Jcfferum Club. Mr. Grave* took nn hi* theme “The South Has a Definite- Democracy," and upon that theme he delivered to the country a message full of common *en*e and patriotism. In opening hJ» address, Mr. Grave* *ald that both the neetton and the ad jective are entitled to respect, because In the political cataclysm of two year* ago the South wan all that wan definite and. In fact, all that was visible of any kind of Democracy. The speaker nald he wa* certain "that a bold, definite platform of popu lar right* and public honesty will sweep the ballot* of 1908 Into a Dem ocratic avalunrhe. Roosevelt Is the only Republican who has a hold upon the people. All thnt Is good about the president In Democratic, nnd ngalnst All that I* Democratic In him hi* party protest*." .Mr. Grave* closed with a confident prediction of Democratic succenn In the next presidential campaign. Taken oil In all, Colonel Graves’ nd- dres* w«* a very valuable contribution to current political thought, and com ing, a* It did, upon the very heel* of Mr. Bryan's great New York speech, It ha* a great significance. BRYAN. Twice chief of Democracy'* beaten host, lie hend* phnlnnxe* thrice undone: Bnt innrch now the cohort* In whelming force To make n ruler their "peerless one." He t* full twelve-inch bore In word *nd deed— Though some thought best tho "Furker gun;" Rut live* he to see hi* sage stiiteRitinn'n creed The I/iind’* hope—lucky, fenrles* one. The voter* knew not wh*t path* to pursue. Leaders Stumbled by pit nnd dune; But lmtli know great truth* now they never knew Until taught by this peerless one. Whnt though l*old Texn* Ridley froth mid fret— And Bncon tmln hi* glnnt nop gun. m The people know the foe * third tlme^inet Must yield Itefore this peerles* one. True Denmcrnt* In densest column* Stand- United they, the linttle's won; And *11 I* well with the denr fatherland hen Is crowned Its |werle** *on. -U. M. M. GOSSIP By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER, New York. Sept. 20.—Mrs. Hetty Green, the richest woman In the world, has no notion of being Imposed on If she can help it. For ii number of years she has made her summer home in Bellows Falls, Vermont. The board of listers, as the tax sseeesors of that Green Mountain state are known, have raised the assessment on her place 82,- 000 and declined to reconsider It. Mre Green protested. She thlnkB there Is a sinister motive behind the Increase She says: "It is not Ihe 12,000 that I object to for that la a mere pittance. The board Is mistaken If it thinks by driving me out It can get possession of my home- stead at a low figure for a library r shall never give It to Bellows Falls for a Carnegie library, for I do not approve of such things with a string attached " Mark Twain Is even a more advanced language reformer than Preahlent Roosevelt. He told the members ot the Associated Pres* that when he had a contract with a magazine publisher to write at 7 cents a word thnt he never wrote "metropolis" for 7 cents, because 1 can get the same money for “city." I never write "policeman" because I can get the same price for “cop." I never write "valetudinarian” at all, for not even hunger and wretchedness can humble me to the point where I will do a word like that for 7 cents. I would not do It. Continuing the story of his fight with the publishers for overtime In long words, Mr. Clemens declares: "I said to him, ‘You ought at least to allow me overtime In that word "ex temporaneousness." ' He coldly refused. I seldom say a harsh word to any one but I was not mastqr of myself then, and I spoke right out and called him an Anysodactylous Pleslosaurian Con- chyllaceous Ornlthorhynlcus. He lived only two hours." It was a small wedding thnt took place yesterday at Grace church, for the tiny chantry holds hardly more than a handful of people, but It was most complete from a social view point, as It united two old Knicker bocker families of the most exclusive set. The bridal couple dispensed entirely with attendants and exactly at noon Mrs. Mary Phillips Iselln, widow of John H. Iselln, entered the church nlone. No one gave her away and the bridegroom. Dr. Francis Leroy Setter- lee. had no best man. It was distinctly a family affair, for among the guests were the married children of both the bride and bride groom. The ceremony was performed by Dr. Satterlee's cousin, the Right Rev. Hen ry I. Sntterlce, bishop of Washington, assisted by Archdeacon Oearge Nel son, D. D. Ellis Island Is tho most fruitful spot for romance about New York. Hardly day passes but so me story ot human Interest does not develop there. In to day's news there are two. Henry Hortsfdd, a prosperous farmer from near Topeka, Kan., met his moth er nt Ellis Island, for tho first time In 30 years. She was Just about to be de ported. Ilemlrlk BuIIrcuh Brack, of Paterson, N. J., sent to Holland for Miss Marla Chrldtcna Wllhelmlna 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 a hundred-dollar bill to blow yourself," said J. P. Mason, a wealthy land owner of Atlantic City, N. J„ to his son, just out of his twen ties. The son said "honest Injun" and took tho hundred. Then he sought Miss Enstlnck, 18 years old, the heroine of a "nursery love affair.'' They used the money as capital and ere married in New York, and then returned for the parental bjesilns. hlrh wns forthcoming. Mason called his son the usual "sly rascal." A party of fat women, none weigh ing less than 200 pounds, and the leader easily 300 pounds, are visiting In the city. They arrived In Jersey City over the Erie railroad, on an Orafigc county express. All wore little badges and evidently belonged to come organiza tion. Refusing Information about themselves, they tried to get cabs to »ai#A I- v—v—i. They failed Great beads of perspiration rolled down the face of old Father Knicker bocker yesterday. For It was hot. The government weather bureau announced that It was the hottest September since 1881. The thermometer registered 81 degrees In the shade. All through the evening and the night the atmosphere was very close, and crowds, after work ing hours, rushed to tho seashore for * breath of fresh sir. Galileo's discovery that the earth went round the sun has been outdone many tlmee by men who have discov ered that a lamp poet le revolving around them. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. New York, Sept. 20.—Here are some of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—P. B. Barry, O. P. Har dy, J. W. Pope, J, G. Rossman, A. Pen- drle, M. R. Swords, W. M. Whjtlng. MACON—If. B. Birch, G. Parker. SAVANNAH—Mias M. Smith. S. Well, Mrs. K. A. Well, J. H. Haalam, b. Selaeu. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. SEPTEMBER 20. U8ELES8 INFORMATION By Wax. Jones, Sun spots, which are thought to have been connected In some way with the earthquakes In California and In Chile, are caused by prickly heat. The sun Is natural!y much warmer In summer than In winter, and suffers 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 n white man has never trodden vast areas of Central Africa, Central Asln, Central Australia and Central Park. Several Intrepid adventurers have penetrated to the great city of Pittsburg, and, have brought back-specimens of the When Byron wrote "Roll on, thou dark and deep blue orean.” 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 known of this mysterious city, which Is believed to be Inhabited en tirely by millionaire*. Goldfield, Nev., Is sheltering Joe Gan* and Battling Nelson. There are some mines there, but no one pays any at tention to them nowadnya. The farthest fixed star Is 12.000,300,. 878,001 miles from the moon. The mind can hardly grasp the significance of these figures, but make an effort. Think how long a walk of (even blocks seems after you've missed the last car, mul tiply by 2, and you have n fair Idea of the distance. To r.revent automobile* from skid- many benefits accorded him by the natives, who have greatly surprised the ding, cp them In the pantry. •a tuti im i tin'mi, « an'nrooii Hit* signers of the Declaration of In- dciKMifanre. iMiru. . . 1792—Allied nrmle* of Prussia *nd Austria defeated liy the French nt battle of Vntmy. ... „ 1797—Unite*! State* frlfnte Constitution, •’Old Ironside*." launched at D«»tcB. ISOO-Ileiiry H. Foote, governor of Ml*** tttl—sfiRtsh. under General Drammnn.l, ml net l niece of Fort Erie. 1839—Kcsrira* O’Connor arrested. 1850—C'onKress a I toll shed slave trade In lu»* trlct of Colnnildn. 1*84—Battle of Almit. 1*87—Delhi captured by the British. . 1882—The revolving turret patented *'7 Tlnihr. , - 1881—Chester A. Arthur took oath of «p»'* as president. . 1890—United Htnte* IhmprlNfiD tht e»n nation of Porto Rico. 10)4— Russia protested against the An**®’ Tltlhetnn treaty. WHICH WAS IT? From the Dublin Dl n pot eh. Two Atlanta afternoon paper? pu''- Ilshed the fact that Hoke Smith n->j been nominated fortmor "amId 11 r wildest enthusiasm" two hours ; that event took place and even p*J{ fished the nominating speech by• ; Anderson and Mr. Smith** *'1*1’';.^ acceptance. I* this entetprUe Journalism? J