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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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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.
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right to engage In gainful puraulta and to have' the
fruits of bis labor. He Is not content to acquire ftabll.
Ity and aubatance and the respect that flows from them
by higher manual training. He wants social equality,
and 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 aepnrate 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 slater state
and the negro la actually In moody deflance of the law
simply because his 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.
The Coming of Sir Thomas Lipton.
The announcement that Sir Thomns l.lptnn will be In
Atlanta during the romlng slate fair and In all proba'
blflty will act In the capacity of nno of the Judges In
the open air horse show to he held nt that time, hns
•roused a great deni of interest not only In Atlanta but
throughout the 8nuth.
The Indications nre that whether he accepts an offi
cial part In the exercises or- not, his very presence In
Atlanta will serve ns an attraction to hundreds of visitors
who will welcome the opportunity to catch a glimpse of
the distinguished gentleman.
Thore are few men who stand higher In the es
teem of the American people than Sir Thomas Lipton.
The gallant and generous light he has made to rapture
the America's cup, wrested from England more than
half a century ago, has elicited the admiration of overy
one who loves clean, manly eport and the steadiness of
purpose which never says die.
Although one of the wealthiest men In Ragland, he
la at the same time one of the most democratic and al
together charming. Ho Is poptilnr both nt homo nnd
abroad. He Is n notnble example of the self-mndc man.
He started life as n poor boy, and hns won his way to
success and renown by devotion to business and by the
eterllng honesty of his methods. He Is known as one of
the most philanthropic men In England and no worthy
call for charity has over gone unheeded.
America, too, hns felt his bounty. He was n large
contributor to the Snn Francisco sufferers and on many
other occasions ho 1ms given material testimony of Ills
affection for the American people. .
Sir Thomns Is an export on horses ns well ns yachts
and if ho can be Induced to act,as one of the Judges la
the horse show thnt fact alone will guarantee the, success
of the undertaking from the very start.-
We trust that ho will soo his way clear to ncccpt the
Invitation. He will contribute In a large measure to tho
Interest In tho venture, and ho will place tho entire
South under a debt of gratltudo to him. We assure him
In advance of at warm a welcome as ever came from
the hearts of an appreciative people and we hope that
he will see his wny clear lo accept the proposed Invita
tion.
Kansas Negroes Demand Mixed Schools.
Something of the sentiments entertained by the
negro rnco In certain sections of tho country at least
may be gathered from the fact Hint practlcnlly every
negro parent In Wichita, Kansas, hns chosen to Incur
the penalty of tho law rather than abide by tho decision
of the local board of education that tho whlto nnd negro
children of that city shall attend separate schools.
A truancy Inw Is In forco In that state, which maRes
all children between H nnd 16 years of ngc subject to
the Isw If they do not attend school, nnd tho pnronts nre
also liable If they do not force their children to attend.
The hoard of education of Wichita would not stand
for mixed schools, nnd set apart four rooms In one of
the school buildings for th^ use of the negro pupils.
Tbia angered the negro parents, and rnthor than submit
to this separate arrangement, they wltheld tholr children
. from attendance altogether.
It Is said that when tho schools wore opened last
week only five negro children reported for lessons.
It was a part of a general boycott of tho schools as
an expression of their protest against separation. Their
children, they said, must he taught In tho same rooms
and by the same teschers ns the whlto children, other
wise they would defy the truancy laws and withhold tho
children altogether.
The right of tho local hoard of education to estab
lish separate schools Is now under adjudication, nnd It
Is said to lie uncertain what will lie the outcome. But
there' can be no doubt of the regularity of the truancy
laws, nnd the ehnnees are that they will he 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 as they concern the whole race. I can say,
however, without hesltsncy. 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 tho
two races which all true race men so much deBlre. At
no period during all the years 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, should obtain. I have ail
abiding faith In the ability, wisdom, honor nnd Integ
rity of the American people, and I believe that this, ns
well ns 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 as tlmt out In Kansas are
not calculated to relieve the tension between the two
race* at this critical Juncture. On the other hand It
comes at a confirmation of the most pessimistic conten
tions of the white lace that Hie negro In an cvcr-ln-
c ieasing degree Is hot merely content with au equal
When the epitaph of William Jennings Bryan has
been written, and his biography has been gathered In
remoter times 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 nnd the patriot, which are illustrated and
exemplified upon his eloquent lips and In his Illustrious
life.
Mr. Bryan has reached that position not attained
by more than throe Americans In all the history of this
country, where he Is greater than a president.
It Is worth more to him to have reached the serene
holght from which ho enjoys the perfect confidence of
his countrymen than to havo held the presidency dur
ing both of tho*ierms for which he has been a candidate
for that lofty station. It Is worth more to him to have
attained ns his permanent and universal title the soubri
quet of “The Great American Commoner,” than to have
been the executor of the policies and of t.ie platforms
of his party.
The things which have bullded this colossal charac
ter Into national and International repute, are the quail
ties to which good men nnd thoughtful men, teachers,
preachers nnd public speakers may point tho youth of
this country as tho model way to greatness and the only
durable basis of Iho loftiest fame. Integrity of convic
tion, public courage nnd self sacrifice, are the serene
qualities which fashion tho character of men; and all
of these have heon 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
advocacy to which Mr. Bryan has given his life which
has stnni|>od, Impressed nnd established his character
In his native land. There has not beon a cause for
which ho hns fought that he has not pitched his sup
port of It on tho 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 fnino and gave him two suceesslvo nominations
for tho presidency. It was the distinct pulse of patriot
ism nnd of lofty roctltudo that rang ltko the silver buglo
through his words.
Whon he snt tranquil nnd unruffled at his home In
Mncoln, Nebr., while the Democratic national convention
of 1800 was In session In Kansas City, the dominant
committee of thnt great assembly waited upon him to
ask that he would honor tho convention by becoming
Its candidate for President. And this man to whom tho
Presidency has always been lees than his bravo convic
tions, resimndcd that he could not accept the nomina
tion unless tho convontlon confirmed tho plntform upon
which he hnd beon a candidate four years before and
which represented his unaltered and .Unchanged con
victions.
And the lenders of tho Democratic party, number
ing the first nnd moat distinguished men of the repub
lic, went back to Kansas City, carrying the message that
ono man, greater than office nnd loftier than station, In
sisted that if his party did not advocate tho convictions
In which ho believed, that he could not consent to per
mit them to use his name as leader and advocate.
Few higher nnd loftier expressions of personal nnd
political Integrity havo beon recorded In the long his
tory of this great republic than thla message from Bryan
to tho convention of 1800.
And now. nt William Jonnlnga Bryan comes home
once more to receive the plaudits of the thousands and
the Idolntrous loyalty of the party which holds him
first and dearest among Its public men, he stands today
unspoiled and unchanged—Just where he has 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 hit personal prospects and
surrender tho highest station In the world rather than
surrender the mngnlflcent possession of his personal and
political Integrity.
And so at last when we come to measure the char
acter nnd service of this great citizen 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 nnd 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 |>eople for whom he stands.
It Is only from a real Democracy that a "Qreat
Commoner" could come. And that this man has not only
risen above the multitude, hut has held his serene and
undisputed place ns the loftiest figure In a democratic
republic, t| a Joint tribute to the real fundamental sym
pathy of the mnss with honesty, and for the crystal
qualities which hnve enabled this great man to reap lta
glorious reward In the universal love and confidence of
his times.
It Is a source both of thankfulness and of Inspiration
that nut of the reeking mass of graft and greed, cor
ruption nnd monopoly of this reckless and rushing age,
thnt there has come to us “one clear, white figure of in
tegrity, one knight without fear nnd without reproach."
One Sir Galahad, whose strength is as the strength often
because his heart la pure.
May he live long to he framed against the shadow*
of the times, 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 Is 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 Is
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
sgalnst the proposition. If our Senior Senator holds
lo this extravagant statement be has established between
himself and his constituents a difference which neither
argument can reconcile nor time obliterate. There may
be donbta—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 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 la the people's Interest—Is greater and more com
pelling than the twenty regions 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 of our party, and that he
frankly and courageously presents the Issue now, because,
In his Judgment, railroad regulation will fall, and owner
ship will be the Inevitable solution. And he believes
that It Is not premature to direct the popular mind to
this great Issue at this time for n discussion which may
materialise at a later time Into definite action.
Against this position of our Democratic leader Mr.
Bacon levels a lance which doea not pierce a Joint
of the ^febraekan's logical harness. Senator Bacon's
argument Is based upon a purely speculative prophecy
of what would happen In caso 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, tho principle. of government owner
ship Is well established and In successful operation.
Senator Bacon falls back upon the proposition that
the regulation of the railroads Is the full and perfect
solution of the tremendous problem.-
Mr. Bryan might well say to Senator Bacon; You
have been for twelve years In tho Senate of the United
States. What have you and your fellow senators, Demo- -
cratlc and Republican, done to regulate the railroads and
to establish Just and equable rates of freight and tra
po nation.
If Senator Bacon should point In answer to tho re
cent rate and regulation bill fr.amed by Congress, Mr.
Bryan might very properly reply that he had already ex
posed the eterlllty and Incompetency of that bill to stand
the legal testa and to relieve the people. He might
point Senator Bacon to his 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 his 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 his openly expressed regret over Ita
manifest Imperfections.
Senator Bacon's stock apprehension of graft and po
litical machines discounts thq tremendous corrective
power which has 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 rules and regulations
would Imperatively be enlarged to meet the demands of
the railway service.
And beyond all Senator Bacon's objections stands
the proposition nnd threat that If the government does
not owh the railroads the railroads will Inevitably con
trol.and own the government, aa they have practically
controlled the government for these twenty years.
We are exploiting In Georgia at this time a proposi
tion that may have a distinct and definite bearing upon
thla 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 rales
and regulate tariffs among competing llpes 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 havo under coopera
tive state control a great through line from the Great
I-akes 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 ot this great question of the times. It may
bo possible by securing under state and government con
trol one great through lint. In each of the different sec-
tldns and from the national terminal points to avoid the
expense of purchase and maltnenaace ot all tho rail
roads.
The great question of government ownership Is fairly
and honorably launched by Mr. Bryan upon discussion.
It must tnko its time and stand the test of consideration
and examination. There le no need for Immediate hurry.
It Is too great to be considered In passion 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 ot the stock arguments of the corporations.
gossip!
Growth and Progress of the New South
Under this head will appear from time to tlinev Information Illustrating tho
romarknhlo development of tb« South which deserves somethin! more than paw*
lag attention.
The South’s Multiplying Spindles.
That the South Is rapidly wresting from New England her manufac
turing supremacy la well known, but It Is a pleasure to have the facta 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 2,374,825 for
Southern mills ns against 2,348,4*8 for Northern mills.
Tho number of bales taken by Southern mllla laat year were double the
number taken ten years ago, and four times as great as 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 Kxv'hango:
Year
Southern
Northern
Ended
Mills.
Mills.
Total.
Almost 31.
Bales.
Bales.
Hales.
1897
1,142.471
1,804,680
2.847.351
1898
1,231,841
2.211,740
3,443.581
1S99
2,190,095
3,589,494
1900
1,597,112
2,068,300
3,885.412
1901
1,967,570
3,588,501
1902
1,937,971
2,050,774
3,988,745
1903
2,000,729
1,767.635
3,988,364
1904
1,919,252
2,028.967
3.948,218
1905
2,282,145
4,445,650
1906
2,374,225
2,349,476
4,723,703
The Manufacturers' Record says "as compared with 1805 American cot
ton mills show thla year a notable advance. In 1905 they took 4,445,850 hales,
or 32.7 per cent, of the 13,585,885 bnlea of the commercial crop of that year.
In 1908 they took 4,723,703 of the 11,345,988 bales of the commercial crop,
or 41.8 per cent of 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 the
spindle equipment, the takings by American mills would hnve probably
reached 5,004X000 hales, or nearly halt 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 mnrket, with an anntial 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 white
In the last fiscal year we Imported 383,043,322 worth of manufactures of cot
ton, we exported but 152,944,033 worth of manufneturee 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 markets to American mills, to develop Ameri
can markets to the full and to place whatever surplus of goods there may
be In foreign markets. It will take time, of course. Rut there Is no reason
why American cotton manufacturers should not have a standing In world
markets nt least equal to that of British manufacturers, particularly In view
of the fact that the market la coming so rapidly to the United States
through Increase In population."
MR. GRAVES’ CHICAGO SPEECH,
From the Rome Tribune.
Colonel John Temple Graves, editor
of The Atlanta Georgian, made a brave
nnd thoughtful speech tile other niqlit
In Chicago before the Jefferson Club.
Mr. Graves took as his theme "The
South lies n Definite Democracy,” and
upon that theme he delivered to Hu-
country a message full of common
sense and patriotism.
In opening his address, Mr. Grave,
said that both the section nnd the ad
jective are entitled to respect, because
In the political cataclysm of two years
ago the South was all that wns definite
and, In fact, all thnt woa visible nt any
kind of Democracy,
The speaker said he was certain
"thnt n bold, definite platform of popu
lar rights and public honesty will
•weep tho ballots of 1988 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
oil that Is Democratic In him his party
protests." *
Mr. Graves closed with a confident
prediction of Democratic success In tho
next presidential campaign.
Tnken all In all, t'olonel Grnvps' ad
dress was a very vnluable contribution
to current political thought, and com
ing, as It did, upon tho very heels of
Mr. Bryan's great New York speech,
It has a great significance.
It Is gravely announced from Pennsylvania that "the
chestnut crop will he abundant." As If the tunuygrapher
wouldn’t take caru of 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
expression of public opinion In Geor
gia, permit me, anent the troublesome
and antagonistic demeanor of the col
ored race In this state, to suggest to
our legislators that hundreds of small
white children arc 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 Is a fact of public record that the
negroes of this state contribute an In-
filnltesfmat portion of the educational
fund. Both In Savannah nnd At
lanta the negroes are at this moment
exceedingly ugly over the enforcement
of a very proper state law governing
strret 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 snd never will appreciate the
white people of Georgia, and should
be taught a lesson by confining them to
the exact rights thnt they earn aq tax
payers and citizens. Yours truly,
PLINY SMITH.
Savannah, Ga.
U8ELE88 INFORMATION
By Wax. Jonas.
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
thnn 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 a white
man has never trodden vast areas of
Central Africa, Central Asia, Central
Australia nnd Central Park. Severn!
Intrepid adventurers have penetrated i the distance,
to the great city of Pittsburg, and | —
have brought back specimens of the | To nrevont automobiles from skltl-
BRYAN.
IIP iiPnufi luminiisi’P inricp uimnii»>-
nut march now tho cohort* In whelming
force
To mnke n ruler their "peerless one.”
He I* full twelve-inch Imre In word nnd
deed—
Though »orae thought l>c*t tho “Parker
gun;"
nut live* he to tee hi* sage *tnte«iimir*
The voter* knew not whnt |»nth* to pursue.
Lender* stumbled by pit nnd dune;
nut both know grent truth* now they
Whnt though l*old Texn* Itnllcy froth nnd
fret—
And Itneon trnln hi* glnnt nop-gun.
The people know the fi*o a third time met
Must yield Iwfore till* (merles* one.
True Democrats in den*e*t eolunin* *tnnd—
United they, the hnttln’* won;
And *11 I* well with the denr fatherland
When t* crowned Its peerless sun.
-n. m. m.
Galileo's discovery that the earth
went round the nun has been outdone
many tlmen by men who havo discov
ered that a lamp post In revolving
around them.
When Byron wrote “Roll on, thou
dark and deep blue ocean," he didn't
really expect It wan going to stop.
Shakespeare lived for gome time In
Stratford-on-Avon, the home of Marie
Corelli.
outside world. Otherwise almost noth
ing Is known of tht* mysterious city,
which In believed to bo Inhabited en
tirely by millionaire*.
Goldfield, Nev., I* sheltering Joe Gan*
and Battling Nelson. There are some
mine* there, but no one pay* any at
tention to them nowaday*.
The farthest fixed star In 12.000,900,-
870,001 mile* from the moon. The mind
can hardly grasp the significance of
these flgurea, but make an effort. Think
how long u walk of seven block* seems
after you’ve missed the !a*t car, mul
tiply by 2. and you have a fair Idea of
liun mm lirvrt "III “I'l"nutv •""'•Alii n .'lauinctin HI llir | I u lliril'lll UUlGHIUUIIVn irui
many benefit* accorded him by the natives, who have greatly surprised the ding, . .ep them In the pantry.
J
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York. Sept. 20.—Mr*. Hetty
Green, the richest woman In the world,
has no notion of being Imposed on If
she can help If. For a number of years
she has made her summer home in
Bellows Falls, Vermont. The board of
listers, as the tax assessors of that
Green Mountain state are known, have
raised the assessment on her place H.
000 and declined to reconsider It Mrs
Green protested. She thinks there is a
sinister motive behind the Increase
She says:
"It Is not the 62,00(1 that I object to
for that Is 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 I
shall never give It to Bellows Falls t„ r
a Carnegie library, for I do not approve
of such things with a string attached."
Mark Twain Is ever) a more advanced
language reformer than President
Roosevelt. He told the members of the
Associated Press that when he had a
contract with a magazine publisher io
write at 7 cents a word that he never
wrote "metropolis" for 7 rents, because
1 can get the same money for "city.” I
never write “policeman" because I van
get the same price for "cop." I never
write "valetudinarian" at all, for not
even hunger and wretchedness con
humble me to the point where I will do
n word like that for 7 cents. I would
not do It.
Continuing the stagy of his fight with
the publishers for overtime In long
words. Mr. Clemens declares:
"I said to him, 'You ought at least lo
allow me overtime In that word "ex-
temporaneousness." ’ He coldly refused
r seldom say a harsh word to any .one'
but I was not master ot myself' then'
and I spoke right out and called him
an Anysodactylous Pleslosaurlsn i'on-
chyllaceous Ornlthorhynlcus. He lived
only two hours.”
It was a small wedding that 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 Knlclter-
backer families of the most exclusive
set.
The bridal couple dispensed entirely
with attendants and exactly at noon
.Mrs. Mary Phillips Itelln. widow of
John H. Isfllln, entered the church
nlnne. No one gave her away and the
brldegrootn, Dr. Francis Leroy Hatter-
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 woa performed by Dr.
Satterlee's cousin, the Right Rev. Hen
ry' I. Satterlee, bishop of Washington,
assisted by Archdeacon Georgs Nel
son, D. D.
Kill* Island I* the most fruitful spot
for romance about New York. Hardly
a flay passes but some story of human
Interest does not develop there. In to
day’s news there are two.
Henry Hortxfeld, a prosperous farmer
from near Topeka, Kan., met hi* moth
er nt Kills Island, for the first time in
30 years. Sh« wns Just about to be de
ported.
Hendrik Bullacu* Brack, of Paterson,
N. »!., sent to Holland for Mis* MnrJa
t’hrlHtcnn Wllhelrnlnn (’ornella Kor-
nells*en, 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 the hundred. Then he sought
Miss Eastlack, 16 years 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,
w hich was forthcoming. Mason called
hi* son the usual “sly rascal."
A partv of fat women, none weigh
ing less thnn 200 pounds, nnd the leAder
easily 300 pounds, nre visiting in the
city. They arrived In Jersey City over
the Erie railroad, on an Orange county
express. All wore little badge* and
evidently belonged to some organlxa-
tlon. Refusing Information about
themselves, they tried to get cab* to
take them to.New York. They failed
and had to walk.
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 M
degrees in the shade. All through the
evening and the night the atmosphere
wns very closa nnd crowds, after work
ing hours, rushed to the seashore for t
breath of fresh air.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New York, Sept. 20.—Here are som«
of the visitor* In New York today:
ATLANTA—P. B. Barry, G. P. Har
dy, J. W. Pope, J. G. Rorsman, A. Pen-
drle, M. R. Sword*, W. M. Whiting.
MACON—W. B. Blreh, G. Parker.
SAVANNAH—Mine M. Smith. S.
Well, Mrs. F. A. Well, J. H. Haitian, &
Salasu.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
8EPTEMBER 20.
1585—Mnwarrp of Kmg Caroline, at. J"hn«
river. Florid*. , . .
MMS— Sew Knglnud colonies declared *•
nrnlnnt Nlnntlrk Indian*. a
1737—Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, one «
flu* signer* t»f the Declaration 1
1792—Allied nnnfee’of'Praeel* nnd A»|rg
defeated hjr the Freneh »<
of Ynlmy. . _ .
-Chlted Htnte. frlxnte
••Old Imiwlde*." Hunched *t
1600—Henry h. Foote, novernnr nf
-Sfft!»b," ,r Ilnder General Drum »"”<••
mined siege of Fort Brio.
1830—Fen rgti* OVonnor arrested. .
I860—Congress nlmUsbcd slave trod.* in
trier of Cidmnhln.
1864—Battle of Alms. tt _
1*57—Delhi captured liy the Brlfi™, ,
1882—The revolving turret patent' ! <1
1681—riteiter A. Arthur took oeth ef
ns president. . ..
1896—United Ktntes troops began the «* raL
nntlmi of Porto Him.
1934—Ituiudn protested npnfnst the
Thibetan treaty.
WHICIH WA8 IT?
From th* Dublin Dlepatch.
Two Atlanta afternoon paper. P" ,
II.lied the fact that Hoke Smith
been nominated «overnor " nn, \'
wildest enthusiasm” two l. |jur „ ,h.
thnt event took place and even : l ^ r
fished the nominating speech t» • ;
Anderson und Mr. .Smith’s »P»"
acceptance. Ie tbl* enterprise or w—
Journalism?