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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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OUR PLATFORM-—The Georgian stands for Atlanta’s Owning its own gas and elec
tric light plants, as It now owns its water niorks. Other cities do this and get gas as low as 60 cents,
with a profit to the city. This should he done at once. The Georgian believes that if street rail
ways can be operated successfully 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 be
fore We are ready for so big an undertaking. Still Atlanta should set its face in that direction NOW
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must be algned. No anonymous communication will bo
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are Inclosed for the purpose. Our correspondents are
urgently requested to abbreviate their letters as much
as possible. A half a column will bo road, whereas a
full column will be passed over by the majority of
readers.
A Word Personal and Otherwise.
Several of the newspapers of the country have been
disposed to credit aomo part of the recent Hot to the
theory of separation of tbe races which the editor of The
Georgian has so long proclaimed.
Some others, and Judging from the clippings on our
table, a much larger number have been dlsposod to credit
this lawless affair to the campaign for disfranchisement
recently waged by Hoke Smith, and to the multiplied ed
ltorials written by The Atlanta Journal on that subject.
Others In more definite fashion have been disposed
to charge the whole thing to a little newspaper In this
city which publicly and editorially applauded somo
lynchlngs In South Carolina, and which one Northern
newspaper charges with having offered $1,000 reward
for a similar occurrence In Atlanta.
With the last of these allegations we have nothing
either now or In the future to do or to say.
Under the first two charges we do not propose to
rest. We propose to defend ourselves calmly In good
temper against this charge, and with equnl frankness
and earnestness to defend our neighbor, The Journal.
The editor of The Georgian has advocated for many
years both In the North and In the South the theory of
separation as the only possible cure for the race prob
lem. He lias debated It with state legislatures in
strongly Republican states In which there were men
who were members of the negro race, and upon plat
forms of great universities In which many of the stu
dents were of tho negro race Rnd took part In these
discussions. There has never been any unpleasantness
,or any disturbance accompanying these deliverances, be-
cause the editor of The Georgian has always voiced his
opinions frith dignity and decorum and yet with the
same absoluto freedom In the North as In the South and
In tbe editorial columns of his paper.
This theory of separation has the spoken and writ
ten indorsement of Thomas Jefferson, Daniel Webster,
Henry Clay. James Madison, Abraham Lincoln and Hen-
ry Orady. If the theory of race separation Is an Insane,
Impractical and riot producing theory, then Thomas
Jefferson was insane. Impractical and b rioter; then
Daniel Webster was Insnne; then Edward Everett nnd
James Madison were Insane; then Henry Clay and Henry
Grady were Insane. '
If the Idqp Is Insane, then Abraham Lincoln was
distinctly Insane, and If It Is an Impractical and riot-
producing Idea, tnen Henry Grady was Insane, Impractt-
cal and unsound.
In the light of those examples, wo appeal from the
Judgment of tho thoughtful newspapers across the bor
der and from the hasty words of the curbstone politi
cians and the back counter statesmen of Atlanta, and
are content to take our stand with tho Illustrious list of
the Insane and Impractical, of which Jefferson, Clay,
Webster, Everett, Madison nnd Monroe, and Lincoln and
Grady are examplos.
In tho matter of Mr. Hoke Smith and The Journal,
we are equally confident that there Is absolutely no
foundation for the foolish and childish charge of their
responsibility for this lawless outbreak In Atlnnta. Mr.
Smith conducted his dampnlgn upon the highest linos of
discussion. He abtiBed nobody, be expressed no hatred
and no denunciation. The Atldnta Journal In Its edito
rials, so tar as we know, followed tbe same line. They
advocated a principle which was already well establish
ed and for many years under active execution tn many
of our surrounding states. If Mr. Smith and Th* Journal
were sensational and revolutionary, then waa South Car
olina senastlonal and revolutionary; and so was Alabama,
snd so was Louisiana, and so was Mississippi, and so
were North Carolina and Virginia.
It Is very foolish and very useless for a lot of care
less and empty observers either a thousand miles away
or nearer home to lay their heads together and seek to
fasten upon some local object or representative that bur
den of responsibility for a condition to which wo have all
perhaps contributed, and which has had Its expression In
other cities and In other states. -
That It ts lamentable, we all confess; that It is de
plorable, we have already said; that It Is lawless and
damnable, wo have written In resolutions which have
gone throughout the country. Hut it la a foolish thing
and a useless tiling for anybody to be looking for a
scape-gnat tn an occurrence which was born, not so much
of anybody's fault, as of the provocation which pro
duced It and of the hot blood of youth Joined to the bad
blood of riot and of reckless and lawless Individuals.
We have made no charges and no effort to foist up
on any Individual or any contemporary the responsibility
In this affair. If we are pressed, however, by any ungen
erous contemporaries or continuation of any untruthful
nml ors on their part, The Georgian will simply proceed
to photograph In full the headlines of the extras which
appeared on Saturday evening and submit them without
comment to an Intelligent people to determine who was
primarily responsible for the tragic events of ttat event
ful night
The People Can Prevail.
The people who believe In municipal ownership of
publlo utilities are more than they that be against It—
far more.
The truth Is today that the sentiment and opinion
In favor of the proposition Is numerically overwhelming.
The only thing standing In tbe way of adopting such a
policy Is the fact that the advocates of the proposal are
Ignorant of their own strength and of the ease and
simplicity of Its possible attainment.
The people are always unorganized—their strength
and power unrecognized even by themselves. All great
abuses and wrongs gather strength by slow accretions
and the compact organization of their beneficiaries, all
aided and sanctified by the Innate conservatism of the
masses of the people.
The beneficiaries i»f privileges are naturally the more
alert. Intelligent and aggressive part of the population.
Inch by Inch they pile up their power till they themselves
come to regard privilege as natural right, and the artifi
cial Institutions of the law as the fundamental and inher
ent rights of Individuals.
Fortifying and stimulating their purposes, Is tbe fact
that their personal interests are Involved, their for
tunes at stake. By this craft they have their living. AU
their time and energies are devoted to building up their
power and Increasing their advantages. They are an
organized band whose business It is to pursue privilege
as is calling. To them the public Is simply a quarry
which It Is both their business and their recreation to
hunt down
The people at large, on tho other hand, are all occu
pied In other matters, each concerned with tbe pressing
needs of his own affairs and tbe Insistent pressure of his
own peculiar business. Vaguely and without any clear
or definite perception of the nature of the ^wrongs to be
remedied, the great masses of the people feel that some
how there is need for reform, but none has the time or
Inclination to take the lead
And so It runs along, the public suffering and grum
bling In scattered and disorganized weakness, unconscious
even of the potential weight of Its own numbers, but con
scious of wrong and oppression and unwisdom In It all;
the hosts of privilege astute, compact and capable, stren
uous and. aggressive. Wrongs pile up, dissatisfaction
grows. The privileged Increase In power and so Increasing
Increase also In greed.
Then the public sense of wrong takes form In what
men call prejudice, that manifests Itself In many ways,
ways that In themselves are Illogical and seemingly un
wise, but which at last are but the gathering power of
public resentment against Intolerable conditions. iSuch,
for Instance, Is the explanation of the sentiment, so
much complained of, that Is reflected In the verdicts of
the Juries.
After a while a strong man comes up as a leader.
He not only sees and comprehends the nature, of the
wrong, but has tho means, the strength and the courage to
combat It
Daxed and doubting, the people slowly rally to hit
standard. At first uncertain of hls motives and distrust
ful of hls wisdom, long accustomed to believe In tbe
claims of privilege, that all power and right and wisdom
belpng to It, they gather slowly, but they always gather
surely to tho cause of right
Atlanta Is ripe today for this reform. We have elec
tric and gas utilities and street car franchises and
many minor forms of privilege that are perhaps better
administered and more liberal than most of such con
cerns. Considering the fact that these great necessities
are In private hands, they are fairly well administered.
Compared with neighboring cltlos we are perhaps treated
rather well.
But because they are more Just and liberal, they
tnnko money, as all of them would do If they were nil
wlso enough to bo liberal and Just. They are piling up
princely fortunes out of wealth that really belongs to
all the people. The resultant Inequality demoralises so
ciety nnd undermines tho foundations of democracy.
We say they treat us better hero than In other cities.
But we glvo them more. Compared with other public
plunderers they do well. Compared with what wo are
entitled to they’treat us ill.
There Is one remedy. The public must own and op
erate all public utilities. They want to do so. They
have both tbe will and the power to do so. When they
realize their own strength they will abolish privlloge
and monopoly and establish Justice.
call the slumbering conservatism of the people Into Im
mediate action.
There are dead lines drawn across the moral map
of the republic, beyond which no man or set of men can
dare to go without disturbing the equilibrium of the en
tire nation. A step across these lines arouses that pro
tecting conservatism which Is the Immovable rock upon
which the hope pf tbe country Is builded.
Riots may occur; mobs, for a brief season, may hold
at bay the forces of law and order; the most despicable
crimes may arouse the righteous fury of an outraged
people; the brutality and treachery of an inferior race
may endanger the safety and honor of Southern homes,
but whatever the exciting cause, or pending Issue, the
filial outcome is ever and'always one and the .same.
The splendid mural strength and moral coarage of
the average American citizen are asserted at tho crucial
moment. Out of chaos and qontuslon comes the Inevit
able calm—born of reason, judgment and a matchless
moral courage. Eeach recurring crisis In municipal, state
or national history accentuates anew the glory and the
regulating power of American conservatism.
Destroy or eliminate this splendid national charac
teristic and wreck and ruin would be Immediate and In
evitable.
And yet conservatism Itself has extremes In which
It becomes sometimes a fault, and sometimes a danger.
But of this another time.
Another Courteous Appeal.
And now while the necessity for It Is so evident,
and while the object lesson which Impresses It so
is so recent, The Georgian once more, not rudely and
unkindly, but courteously and considerately, urges upon
President Arkwright and the officials of the Georgia
Railway and Electric Company to relieve the tension of
our suburban travel and to prevent the danger of dis
turbances between the races by putting “trailers" upon
hls cars in the busy hours from 5 to V In the morning
and In the evening, or to give us five minute schedules
within that time.
If It is urged that these "trailers" are too long to
turn at curves. It ought to be a matter of simple, com
mon sense to see that all of the cars now running In
Atlanta are provided wjth separate trolleys and sepa
rate batteries, and they could be run Immediately be
hind each other until they had passed the curves when
they could be coupled together for the distances that
were straight and proper.
President Arkwright has not seen 1 fit in the past to
pay the slightest attention to our thoroughly courteous
request We do not know that he will notice this, but
we do know that we are voicing a reasonable request In
a thoroughly courteous and considerate way*, and that
this request carries very much of the convenience and
safety of the thousands of suburban peoplo who patron-
lzo these lines.
BEATRICE FAIRFAX
She Points Out the Danger of Slang and Urges American
Girls to Pattern Their Voices After Those
! of English Women.
The Majesty of American Conservatism.
Every crisis In American history emphasizes the
majesty and dominant powor of American conservatism.
Periods of national and sectional unrest, and times
of bitterest political turmoil have ofttlmes obscured tern-
parity this redeeming quality of American cltlscnshtp.
The consuming flrqs of passion and resentment have
ever and always been’ quenched by that greater force
which men call reason and Judgment No one familiar
with tbe Inspiring story of tho republic can ever lose
faith In the final adjustment and adjudication of all mo
mentous questions, arising for settlement, at the hands
of the American people. In the stress and strain of tre-
mondous political upheavals, when the very foundations
of tho national government seem to tremble from tho Im
part of the struggle of contending factions, men some
times lose hesrt, and prophesy hopelessly of the future.
But the thunders cease, the clouds pass away, men
,uke up the calmer duties of life, and lo! all things
are as they were aforetime, save that those who fought
each other fiercely and viciously, find themselves uncon
sciously on n higher plane.
Some dominant prtnclplo has been won, and become
permanent, which makes for the welfare of the masses.
Every memorable conflict between Americans, political,
financial or otherwise, has resulted In a forward, up
grade movement for the nation at large. Every serious
contention has developed In greater or lesser degree the
better qualities of American character, as a final out
come.
When any class of citizenship seems mad In lts quest
of gold, or In its greed for political preferment, and the
nobler Instincts of the people are apparently warped and
blunted by the consuming thirst for personal aggrandize
ment, there Invariably arises at tho critical moment the
rolcc of one, who crying aloud, through the press. In
the pulpit, or ou the rostrum, awakens as with a trumpet
The other evening I sat near a group
of woman who were playing bridge.
Among them was a woman of about
forty-five. She was a handsome, well-
dressed woman, with an endless flow
of conversation.
She looked charming, but the minute
she opened her mouth the charm fled.
Not only was her voice high-pitched
and nasal to a degree, but the amount
of slang she used was astonishing.
"You’re a beaut,” "Not on your life,”
"Bet your boots” were a few of the
equally or more objectionable.
The effect produced by the slang
phrases falling from the lips of that
dignified, elderly woman was unpleas
ant In the extreme.
Slang In any form Is objectionable,
but It certainly sounds worse coming
from an old person than from a young.
However, if you contract the habit
while young It It pretty sure to stick
to you, for there Is no habit harder to
cure one's-self of than the slang habit.
Surely there are enough words In
the English language to supply the or
dinary vocabulary.
So many words are considered slang
now-a-days that It Is almost Impossi
ble to eliminate It entirely from con
versation, but there Is no use In going
out of the way to bring It In at every
turn.
It Is not at alt unusual -to .hear the
words "bully" and "rotten" fall from
the lips of a pretty, reflned-looklng girl.
Did you ever hear of the bewitched
fairy princess from whose Ups toads
and vipers dropped every time she
spoke?
The slang th»t falls from the lips of
some of our girls of today might al
most be compared to the toads and
vipers of the princess.
And there Is also much to be reme
died where many of the voices are con
cerned.
The English, who are noted the world
over for their soft, well-modulated
voices, say that all Americans speak
through their noses.
That, of course, Is an exaggeration,
but we can not but allow that there Is a
good deal of truth In it.
A soft voice Is spoken of as "that
most excellent thing In woman.”
It Is a quality that can be cultivated
If you only have the strength of mind
to keep at It.
To begin with, bring your voice down
from the top of your head and speak
softly.
Don’t cultivate affectation, but do try
and make your voice melodious by
softness and purity of pronunciation.
One fault of many Americans Is
that they speak too quickly, clipping
off a syllable from almost every word.
Learn to speak distinctly and In a clear,
low-pitched voice.
There Is no reason why the girls of
New York should not have extremely
musical voices, for the sea air Is sup
posed to soften much harshness of the
vocal cords.
Do not let your English cousins get
ahead of you In the voice question.
So often you hear foreigners say
when speaking of an American girl,
"Yes, she Is pretty and charming, but
did you ever hear such a voice?”
Now, girls, It Is your duty to correct
that Impression; get to work and make
vour voices as pretty as your faces.
TEACHER PLUM OF GOOZLEUM
By WEX JONES
WANTED—TENDER TEACHERS TO IN-
•tract the young Idea of (looielcuni. Ap
ply to 11. R. Iiignueas, the Jnut of Goose*
lean.
f.nrlnda Plum read this nd In her morn
ing paper.
"I most go to Goozeleam," »he said. "It's
oar duty to enlighten thoio- poor uncivilised
people that don't know Where the Haw
rises, nnd have never rsten n pie, nnd bnvn
no fnahlnnn to n|tenk of."
Ho Lucinda Plum net out for Goosclnum,
much to the chngrtn of Hiram Hoplltc. n
promising young drummer who often Jest*
Ingly remarked that Lucinda waa leaa a
plum than a peach.
comeil tlic advent of
“I suppose yon know," he said, "that the
Jam occnatoiuilly barbecues his teachers?"
■ don’t," said Miss Hum, "and, anyway,
i our duty to educate these poor, hnlf-
clnd savages. Think of a country tn which
not one woman known how to use the sew
ing machine nr tho pianola.”
"Very well," said the consul. "Gd ahead
nnd teach them."
Three months Inter Lucinda Plum proudly
exhibited the tlrat pumpkin pie nmile by a
Gooseleum girl. The consul tndk It for it
war shield at tlrat. ami. to soothe the teaeh-
er'a feelings, he had to eat half of It, after
which he wrote a very pessimistic report
prospects of an Increased trndo be-
Gooxclcum and the t’nlted States.
message to Laelmm Plain. He said that
she was teaching the Gooseleum girls too
much uselessness; that already ft took six
wives, Instead of three, ns formerly, to
support n man. In consequence of the time
they wasted In clothes making anil fashion
gossip. He prohibited hls postal authorities
from accepting Parts fashion papers In the
malls, and nnnotineed that tbe teacher
would lie potnled the following day.
Poor Lucinda I'lutu trembled next day
as site played "I Stole That the to Feed
My Starving Stater" on the pianola. Rut
she need not trouble. Just as the war
riors approach the school bouse Hiram Hop*
llte appears.
"Stand I nick," he cries.
"Rut we represent the Jam."
"Jam the Jam," -Tied Ilo-ltte. "I repre
sent universal manhood, ami th-- man who
would strike n teacher with a spiked chib
Is unworthy of the mime."
(t'heern from the palm tops.)
Slowly the baffled villains retreated.
"Oh, Hlrnm." said Lucinda, "yon awore."
"No, my peach," said lllrnnt, "you are
mistook."
"Such grammar, III."
"Ownest."
"Itenreat—lint I’ll reform yonr grammar
when we’re married.”
"Tell me. I.uelnila. ore there any carpet
sweepers tn Gooxeleum?"
"Not one. III."
"What a chance for trade."
Illram branched the matter to the consul.
"Hut there's not a carpet In the country,”
said the official.
"Never mind." nnbl Hiram, "they’ll tie
lust tbe things for dusting elephnnts with."
And they were. The consul's report* from
Gooxotenm nre now rend ny every mnnufnc.
turer of enrpet sweepers In the Paired
States, anil the linlnm-e of trade Is-tween
the two countries Is highly favorable to
Mr. nnd Mrs, Jfopllte, as they clip
their coupons. Ideas the Jam uf Gooxeleum
ami his little ad.
PROSPEROUS WE8T GEORGIA.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
A recent trip on the railroad dowir
to Harris City, Hamilton and LuGrange
reveals the prosperity of tho country In
this section. The trains were more or
less crowded with beautiful healthy
girls going td college. The sweet kiss
of good bye to mamma and papa, and
the wave of friendship to the asso*
elates wan refreshing and carried me
back to boyhood days when true love
waa stronger than it seems to be In
old age.
The fields along the route were white
with cotton on the stalks, and no one
hardly seemed to be picking. It was
rather damp, probably, to be picked,
but the current report Is that It Is hard
to get help. The towns seemed to be
S rosperous and the hotels crowded.
everal of us had to go to Greenville
to get hotel accommodations, there be
ing no room at Harris City and we
found some trouble in getting places to
stop at In Greenville—all overrun.
While there Is more stir In the coun
try places than there used to be, still
there is a quiet Industry and genial
good humor about the country merch
ant nnd hls neighbors that makes us
almost sigh for quietude of the forest
and the village. The Central of Geor
gia Railroad from Columbus to Green
ville will perhaps be running tnrough
with broad gauge Instead of the nar
row gauge to Newnan by January next.
This is the estimate formed on common
rumor. It is graded from Greenville
toward Newnan about 8 miles, and
from Newnan toward Greenville about
8 miles, leaving a gap of about 8 more
miles to be graded. This will open up
more directly the travel to Columbus
and Intermediate points. The construc
tion of the road and the depot nnd sid
ing conveniences would seem to indi
cate the expectation of a heavy traffic.
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0 By C. B. Thomas.
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Never provoke the Icebox. If ft gets
hot about anything Its usefulness Is
gone. ^
Is the thing at a
Cultivate the habit of quotation. How
much It adds to conversation to bring
In tbe well-chosen words of some mas
ter mind of literature. For Instance:
Smith says he has a hard Job. You
Instantly declaim with fitting gestures!
or Jones hopes the weather wilt be fine
tomorrow. You charm every one pres
ent by reciting " 'Ostler Joe.”
Society's Conversstlon.
The subjects of talk sanctioned by
the smart world of London today are
as follows: Racing, stocks and shares.
B i (In small quantities), chiffons,
, motoring—and now ballooning
—with current gossip on the mar
riages, deaths, debts and divorces of
our dearest friends and acquaintances,
—M. A. P.
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REPLY TO 8COTCH-IRI8HMAHv
To the Editor of The Georgian:
If your Scotch-Irishman In hls “An-
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At Hamilton the condemnation of long | J’ 631 *° Scr, pture to Justify Lynch
The mole Is a foolish animal. He
spends hls life In constructing subways,
Instead of having the city build them
for him, The mole's middle name ’
not Belmont.
Elephants are regarded with great
favor by authors, because they all have
trunks (the elephants have). Thus
great scope Is afforded for Jokes about
the elephant leaving hls trunk as se
curity for hls board bill. Tho elephant
Is a pachyderm—that Is, he doesn’t
care what names you call him.
Tho great auk Is extinct, and for
that reason makes an excellent cage
bird. This bird Is the subject of a
beautiful poem by Shelley:
The sliver squawk
Of the bounding auk,
Ah, me! how It sttrreth the soul!
Oh, lands! Oh, lawk!
How that bird can talk.
How its honeyed accents roll.
But when you beg
For a single egg,
In tones as If glasses clinked,
Tbe hopping auk
Is sure to balk
And murmur, "I can’t: I’m extinct.”
Care should be taken In approaching
the octopus. By patting It gently and
saying In a soothing tone, "There’s a
good little octopussy," one may touch
It with Impunity, but It Is very dan
gerous when provoked with mentions
of rebates or rate bill*. The octopus
Is as widely distributed as the con
stitution, nnd by some classes Is wor
shiped as the fetish of prosperity.
One of the most useful of domestic
animals Is the potato, which Is very
little trouble to keep, as It lives In Its
burrow most of the time. As a draught
animal it Is not so useful ns the horse,
and it Is but little use os a mother
to chickens, yet its cute ways and ex
treme watchfulness at night endear It
to the farmer.
j The swallow Is a warm weather bird,
and Is usually found tn soda fountains,
whore one docs not make a drink. The
young swallow Is called a "sip," and
the full-grown specimen Is sometimes
called the “gulp."
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York. Sept. 28.—Society, or »t
least thut section of It which has it,
habitation on Long Island, and this |,
no Inconsiderable section, by the way
Is deeply Interested In prlxe pumpkins'
home-made pies, patchwork quilts ana
the like. It Is alt on account of th,
coknty fair tfhlch Is being held at
Mlneola, L. L
Mrs. Clarence Mackay, the Vander
bilts and the other millionaires who
play at farming, not only have sxhlb
.ts at the fair, but many of them are In
dally attendance. They can talk over
the fruits of Jersey forms, or a Jer.
sey or Hereford cow or ducks with the
best of those who depend on agrl-
culture for a living, and are altogeth
er having the time of their lives. The
Meadowbrook hunting set are aald to
be out of sympathy with the fair be-
cause there were no prizes offered
either for real foxes or a bog of game.
The New York board of education
Is quivering with rage, astonishment
and resentment. Seventy-four young
women who teach In the public schools
hod the shocking "nerve” to get married
during the recent vacation. Now
they’ll be punished. Tho board of ed-
ucatlon aat on the subject yesterday
and cruelly moved that the names „f
the offenders be printed in the minutes
Section 43, sub-division 15, of the
board’s by-intvs prohibits the marriage
of school teachers.
Emerson Palmer, secretary of the
board, yesterday yawned a little and
said:
"Section 43, subdivision 15 provides
that, etc., etc. Seventy-four teachers
have violated this by-law, etc, etc.”
One somnolent gentleman suggested:
"Put their names In the minutes, I
move.”
Second the motion,” drowsed an
other.
And so the names of the daring
teachers were Inscribed. Maybe they
have been punished enough thus, and
maybe they'll be punished more; time
will tell.
But the brides don't care.
The American colony In London Is to
be started for an eariy season by the
marriage of Miss Mary Cavendish
Bentlnck to John Ford, of this city.
Miss Bentlnck Is the daughter of Mrs.
George Cavendish Bentlnck, she who
was Miss Elizabeth Livingston, Mrs.
Ogden Mills' twin, and John Ford Is
the son of the late Sir Francis Clalra
Ford, who died while British ambassa
dor at Rome.
Mrs. Maturln Livingston, who was
known a generation ago as the mother
of the "Livingston twins,” has returned
to America. "The Livingston twins"
are now respectively Mrs. Cavendish
Bentlnck, mother of the bride to be,
nnd Mrs. Ogden Mills, mother of the
Mills twins, famous as “the smartest
little dressers.’’
While a big. crowd at Sixth avenue
and Twenty-third street applauded,
Miss Helen Miller, a pretty milliner,
taught a lesson In street etiquette to a
person who tried to flirt with her last
night. ,
Miss Miller was walking slowly up
Sixth avenue when she saw the man
following her. He lifted hls bat and
asked her permission to see her home.
Miss Miller shot out her flat and land
ed on the man's Jaw. It sent him reel
ing and hls top hat fell Into the street.
Quickly, Miss Miller landed two more
stunning blows Qpon tbs'. man's-face.
A large crowd encouraged hbr;
"Put one over hls eye,” cried one
man, and Miss Miller promptly did so.
A cheer broke from the crowd as the
man fell Into the gutter.
Patrolman Hants took both to the
police station, where the girt told her
story.
"You did Just right,” said the sere,
geant.
The Camden, N. J, police today are
looking for two tramps wht? stopped a
New York express train a mile outside
the city to borrow a dime. When the
engineer saw the danger signal he
Jammed the brakes down, throwing the
passengers from their seats.
When the train atopapd the engineer
asked the tramps If anything was
wrong with the tracks.
"No," was the reply, "we are thirsty
and stopped the train to borrow a
dime.”
strips of land In addition to the road | Law” had continued reading the same
proper on the sides of the main road | book he quotes from, I. e. Judges, he
lecture as to what Is In store for them.
Hamilton Is situated near, the foot ot
Pine mountain In Harris county, and
Is the county seat. It Is an old town,
and, while there has always been a
good, steady business done, the popula
tion has not Increased as rapidly by
accessions as some other Georgia
towns, but the era of prosperity seems
hovering around about her now. There
Is more demand for houses there msw,
and the outlook Is good for more busi
ness and general prosperity. The old
court house Is to be torn away and a
new one built In the next twelve
months—that Is the understanding.
Hamilton Is bound to take her place
with the other prosperous towns of
Georgia. HOPEFUL.
The Rosary.
By ROBERT ZaMERON ROGERS.
The hours t spent with thee, dear heart,
Are as o string .if pe.tr’. to me;
I eouut them over, every one apart,
. My rosary.
Eseh hoar a pearl, each pearl a prayer.
To still n heart In absence wrung:
I tell each 1-'.,I unto the cud. and there
A cross Is hung.
Oh! memories that bless—nnd bum!
Oh! barren gain—and bitter loaa!
1 kiss eaeh Isold, anil strive at last to
learn
To kiss the eross,
Sn-eetlienrt,
Tn kiss tbe trass.
chapter and 26th verse, these words:
"In those days there was no king
In Israel; every man did that which
was right In hls own eyes."
This Is not a complete answer to all
old Scripture on this subject, but suf
fices for this particular one.
The moral teaching of the Scriptures
are like the Creator Himself, eternnl
and unchangeable, but the methods for
lending up to those truths are as varla-
We as that of science which leads up
to higher knowledge through what Is
only apparent truth. The sun appears
to rise, children In astronomy could
at first receive no higher knowledge,
but afterwords they learn that we
the earth, rises Instead of the sun.
?P. ly .. ,hl " "? e,hod a«d used In train
ing Ills "peculiar people," for the Inter
pretation of Scripture, and It Is easy
1° i!5 e .' vh> the, "eye for on eye and
tooth for tooth’ teaching which tvns
once necessary, must now give wny
*° ' hat ,. cvlr "> the sense
that every man 1s realty a murderer
«ho allows the spirit of revenge to
enter Into any transaction for the re
paying or righting of any real or sun-
state** wron * “ffnlnst Individual or
I thank God for freedom of your col-
Irera l n n ?)hH UC , h . Va " nnt for
!™ , n •nChrlst Jesus, an Is Dr. J. E
White, of’the Second Baptist church.
Urilfin, g!w L “ AM a HAKLBITER.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New York, Sept. 23.—Here are soma
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—L. C. Gregg, F. C. Stein-
hnm. Mrs. W. W. Stewart, C. H. John
son.
SAVANNAH—B. H. Baker, W. J.
Brown, G. A. Gordon. Mrs. M. B. I-anc.
Mrs. M. N. Moore, A. E. Gregory. R.
Mortencen, Mrs. A. Rellley, F. I. How-
den, O. W. Jackson.
IN WASHINGTON.
Washington, Sept. 38.—Here are
some of the visitors In Washington to
day;
GEORGIA—M. N. Collier and wife,
of Athena: Dr. R. E. Hlnhtan, J. M.
Speer, of Atlanta, at the St. James;
John DcSaussure, of Atlanta, at the
National.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
SEPTEMBER 28.
19G6—Wlllintn tbe Conqueror reached the
I'txiat of England on hls memorable hi-
... ra»t I on.
1687—Venetians under Morotlnl bombarded
Athena.
1738—Pin Act riots in London suppressed.
1777—General Anthony Wayne surprised n»d
defeated by the British. . ,
i89—Thomas IH»r, author or "Sandford and
. Merton,” died. Horn June 2, 1748.
ISM—(’tilted Ktntea sloop of war Albany
sailed from AapUtwall, and waa never
more heard of.
lOM—Confederate* under General Price in
vaded Missouri.
ISOS—Thomas F. Ilaynrd, secretary of state,
died. Born October 29, 1*58.
1903—Hinting at Hanlt Hto. Marie by dis
charged employees of the Consolidated
I-nko Hnperlor Company.
HI8TORIC FACT8.
By Wex Jonca.
Columbus waa the last man to cros*
the Atlantic without saying, ‘This I*
nothing to the time I crossed In the
Blgatlc—”
Although Henry VIII had six wives
he never learned how to button a
blouse up the back, showing that h®
was never thoroughly domesticated.
Henry* was the pioneer of spelling re
form, and usually when he wished to
divorce another wife wrote briefly w
hls executloner-ln-ordlnary:
“Fetch the acks. HEN-
Henry Hudscn*s ship was named the
Half Moon because he feared the comb-
papers would have something to say **
he called her the Full Moon.