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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
MONDAY, OCTOBER
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The New Judges.
To Justlcea Richard Ruaaell. Arthur Powell and Benja'
min Hill, of the new court of appeals, The Georgian
extends its felicitations upon the generous race and the
gallant victory of the state election.
The sections of the state are well represented In
the register of the new Judges, one from the northeast,
one from the capital city, and one from the wlregrasi
region of the state. The bench Is distinctly strengthened
by the character, experience and ability of the three
Georgians who have been called to Judicial honors and
responsibilities, and we trust that this vigorous addition
to the machinery of the law may expedite the trial and
decision of causes In a most marked and effective way.
• The general sentiment teems to pame Judge Richard
Russell aa the presiding Justice not only because of the
remarkable majority by which he led the race, but by
reason of hla nlno years' experience upon the bench of
the superior court. This Is mere rumor, of course, at
though the foundation teems to be substantial.
But whatever the organization of the court It Is a
matter of congratulation to the state that three young,
vlgoroua and capable Juriata have been added to the
equipment of our greatly overtaxed and overworked
Judiciary. , *
And so while we congratulate the new judges, we fe
licitate with equal heartiness the state which Is to have
the benefit of their brains and attainment
The “Demagogy” of Hearst.
dolph Hearst with demagogy, consider his recent atti
tude toward McCarren.
McCarren is the absolute boss of Brooklyn. He Is
supposed to "hold the city In the hollow of his hand
from the Democratic standpoint, which Is tW dominant
standpoint of Its politics.
After Mr. Hearst's nomination at Buffalo, McCar-
ren made Immediate overtures for a working basis be
tween them. Hearst refused to accept a tingle proposi
tion which McCarren made.
McCarren stated definitely that the refusal to
accept his plan would cost the Hearst ticket 76,000
vote* In Brooklyn. Hearst's Immediate answer was to
Ignore McCarren and to put In his Independent league for
a majority of the elective offices of the Brooklyn bor
ough. It was a distinct defiance of McCarren in the lines
of his principles and the lines of his loyalty; and the
question of 76,000 votes did not weigh against the greater
question of-Hearst’s principles and his plant for their exe
cution.
What demagogue of your acquaintance would have
been willing to snap hla Angers In the face of 76,000 votes
to protect a principle or to carry out a plan which he had
made for an honest government?
This country Is going to know William Randolph
Hearst better than It has ever done before.
And when McCarren and his gangs are forgotten the
next governor of New Tork will be remembered as one of
•the cleanest and most effective reformers of modern
Justice KingsbCry Talks.
“I am heartily In favor of having the car tracks
on Peachtree street, beyond Baker street, removed,"
said Justice Klngsbcry Saturday morning. "The re
moval of all tracks on that portion of Peachtree
street would materially enhance the value of prop
erty there, nnd would dovelop It Into one of the three
most beautiful thoroughfares In the United States."
"I have lived on Peachtree street for the past 25
years, and long ago I discovered that having a
street car track passing directly In front of your
boms Is very undesirable. For the satisfaction of my
own curiosity, I made an estimation one Sunday
of the number of cars that passed my home, and
found that approximately 1,200 clanging, rumbling
cars swept only a few feet In front of my door during
the day.
“The cars on Peachtr&e street commence run
ning at an early hour In the morntng, and continue
to pass to and fro until after 12 o'clock at night.
They are almost a never-ending nuisance and their
removal would be welcome to me.”
Now there Is not a bigger-hearted and more generous
eltlxen In Atlanta than Justice Kingsbery. He would
not deliberately do or say anything that smacked gf in
difference to tha comfort of other people.
And yet see how he has permitted blmself thought
lessly to drift Into a purely selflah and aristocratic argu
ment:
"Remove the cars from Peachtree because there are
some 1,200 rumbling, clanging cars passing my door
every day up to midnight. They are a never-ending
nuisance and their removal would be welcome to me."
Tee, but how about the other fellow: How about
the good people on Juniper and West Peachtree streets?
They have ears and nerves and like to sleep and rest
also. And It to the cars already running on Juniper
and West Peachtree we add the volume of travel that
used to run on Peachtree, don't you nk>poso that the
1,600 or 1,800 cars would be just as much of a nuisance
to Juniper and West Peachtree?
We know Justice Kingsbery too well to believe that
he would, after reffectlon, base his approval of the Peach
tree plan upon an argument so aristocratic aa this.
It Is because of the many whose Interest, convenience
and comfort are Involved in this matter that The Geor
gian Is taking an Interest In it
The Peachtree Car Tracks.
If the majority of those who live on Peachtree street
are opposed to the removal of the street car tracks from
.that great thoroughfare. It la high time that they were
making that fact evident to the city council and to the
people.
Those who ere In favor of this removal are particu
larly active and appear to be especially coherent In their
plans and purposes. The list of their namee has been
published, and while In quality they represent many of
the very best people on that thoroughfare, they are by
no means a majority, and are therefore not strong enough
numerically to control the situation. We have one or two
communications 'from private citizens along that line on
this page today.
But the point we wish to ascertain Is the sentiment
of the majority of Peachtree residents whose wishes
should prevail in this important matter. If the show of
hands should demonstrate that the majority of tha
Peachtree people are In favor ofjhe plans proposed by
Capptaln Clayton and others, we are quite conAdent that
their wishes ought to prevail. If, on the other hand, the
majority la against the proposition, the plan ought to be
discarded at one. We said on Friday that The Georgian
had no Interest In the matter beyond the Interest of the
majority, of those who were personally concerned and
that we were willing to follow the majority In the mat
ter.
Our own Idea of the situation Is that the removal
of the tracka would entail great Inconvenience upon the
majority of the Peachtree residents and would practi
cally close that great thoroughfare as a constant enjoy-
ment to all those who are not able to enjoy the luxury
of vehicles to carry them up and down Its length. We
expressed the belief that Ave-sevenths of the people of
Peachtree street were In the attitude to oppose this
plan If they cared to do so. But as the matter stands
now, the only parties that seem to be active are those
In favor of the proposition, and unless the majority be
stirs Itself an dorganlsea its expression. It will simply^
by apathy, permit the minority to express the Sentiment
of the street and to control the disposition of the tracks.
If the maojrlty Is opposed to the removal of the car
tracks and will say so. The Georgian will help them to
Aght But If the majority is indifferent or on the other
side, It la certainly not The Georgian’s Inclination or duty
to oppose a plan which seems to be acceptable to most
of those who take pains to express themselves.
Whatever Is done should be done quickly. If there
Is going to be any opposition to the plan,- It ought to be
organized and somebody should go to work to organize it.
If it Is not done there will be nothing loft to conclude
but that the proposition meets with universal favor.
Meanwhile, here Is a remark which fairly expresses
the opposition of those not personally Interested la the
matter. One of the most charming ladles of Atlahta
whose fortune' Is compressed within narrow limits, re
marked on Saturday:
“If the car tracks are removed from Peachtree, 1
shall take occasion to take a dally ride on the last
week of their stay, for after that I do not expect to be
able to hire a conveyance to rido on Peachtree more than
once a year.”
It la not often Chat The Chicago Chronicle Ands a
good word to say for the South, but when It doea get
straight in this direction It says something worthy of
note. In a recent issue, The Chronicle ridicules the com
parison of the negro lynching! In the South with the
massacre of the Jews In Russia, and declares:
“The offense committed by the negroes Is the
most heinous and Insufferable conceivable and the
Jews are killed simply because the murderers owe
them money. There is also a great disparity In, point
of numbers. The number of Jews killed In one day
Is greater than the number of negroes lynched since
the revolutionary war."
It does not seem necessary to add anything to this
pungent statement of fact
Have We Lost the Love For Cattle.
It Is not difficult to And an explanation of the ever-
Increaslng popularity of Tho Southern Cutlvator with tho
farming life of Georgia, when we read from .the pen of
Bdltor Hunnlcutt such a pastoral plea as this which
follows. It Is common sense expressed In beauty, and
should weigh decisively In the farming plans of our
Georgia folk.
"The Bible tells us that one of the very Arst
duties God Imposed upon Adam was to give names to
the animals as He caused them to pass In a review be
fore him. Abel, Adam's second and favorite son, was
a shepherd. Noah had to build the ark large enough
to accommodate two of every species of the animals.
The Lord's favorite sacriAce was a lamb upon the al
tar. Sheep Arat gave us our standard of money value.
Tbo happiest days for mankind upon the earth Is
described as the “golden age,” when men were prin
cipally shepherds nnd spent the long, peaceful days
In watching their Aocks, while with Innocent and
hnppy hearts they mado music upon their fluteeF
From thence on down the annals of history, tho
horse, the cow and the sheep have been closely as
sociated with every s.ep in the development of the
human race. The greatness of every tribe has been
largely measured by their herds of cattle. No nation
has risen to any high degree of merit, that did not
pay special attention to the raising and breeding
of stock. Today wo And the foremost nations lead
ers In the cattle industry. England owes much of her
greatness to the Shorthorns, Herefords, Southdown*
and Berkshire*. F.ance is noted for her Percheron
horses and Romboulette sheep. Germany for her
draft horses and Coach stallions. Holland for her
cows, Scotland for her Clydsdale horses, Aberdeen
Angus cattle, and Cheviot sheep, and the Isle of
Jersey, that gem of the sea, Is famed for her dairy
queens. All our Northern and Western states are
rich In blooded stock and every State la noted for
some special line of stock breeding. Our poor, loae
Southland has lost that close connection with animal
breeding and has pinned her faith to a Aeecy staple
grown upon a weed. Our ears have been closed to the
kindly music of lowing cattle, that they might be Ailed
with the din of politicians who have led us astray
from the paths of successful agriculture with that
misleading cry ‘‘of our being blessed with a God-
given monopoly In growing cotton." So far have we
strayed from the right paths, that whatever of a
blessing our monopoly contained It has been turned
Into a curse by our neglect to raise stock upon our
farms. God Himself has put a curse upon any one-
crop system of farming and no man or set of men
can remove it. Man la declared to be the king of an
imals, and for him to thrive aright or to rule well,
be must dwell, surrounded with members of the In
ferior animals, that they may satisfy his hunger,
enrich his soil and till bis lands, while he ministers
to their every want and need with diligence and
OUR PLATFORM-—The Georgian stands for Atlanta’s Owning its own gas and elec
tric 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 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
I GOSSIP
Nooks and Comers
of American History
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
HOW.SIR HENRY CLINTON
WAS SHECWMATED
CAP7. HARRISON MAKES
A SPIRITED REPLY TO
MR. GEORGE W. WILLIAMS
There was a time when Long Island
Sound was full of whales and whaling
companies were thick on both Shores
of the Sound.
For some time before the breaking
out of the American Revolution the
whales had slipped away to other wa
ters, and, as a consequence, the whal
ing companies were doing a poor busi
ness.
Notwithstanding this fact, however,
the company organizations were, In
many instances, retained, and at the t o nrotmHoo mines „e
outbreak of hostilities between the col- ,f* * he ml " d * °* th ® P«>P ®
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Having published the second attack
upon me by Mr. George W. Williams,
of Laurens county, I presume you will
afford me an opportunity to defend
myself that my good name may not
be besmirched by this man.
The public has been given a mass
of matter about the soldiers' home,
growing out of a sensational Investiga
tion of the management of the Institu
tion, and many efforts have been made
onles and the mother country there
were little squads of men all along the
shore who were ready at short notice
for any kind of partisan service.
It may be said In passing that Long
Island, settled by the conservative
Dutch and by the sons of English gen
tlemen, was a regular neat of Tories,
while Connecticut, of almost purely
Puritan stock, was thoroughly demo
cratic and patriotic.
If space permitted it would be pos
sible to Ml column after column with
the thrilling encounters between the
Tories on the south shore and the
patriots on the north shore of Long Is-
and Sound, but I will content myself
with the story of how patriotic Captain
David Hawley negotiated an exchange
of prisoners.
On Holland Hill, some 2 miles out
from FalrAeld, Conn., there dwelt, In
the spring of 1779, General G. S. Sti
llman, one of the most prominent
Whigs in thp section, and a great friend
to the cause of liberty.
Stillman was man enough to attract
the especial attention of Washington
and to receive from the great chieft
ain’s own hand the commission of
brigadier general, and at the time In
question General SHIlman, at the head
of his troops, was at the aforesaid Hol
land Hill, with headquarters In his own
fine mansion.
Sir Henry Clinton thought It would
be a Ane thing to capture the distin
guished Whig and to parade him along
the more public thoroughfares of New
York in Irons.
For the capture of Sllllman Sir Hen
ry selected a man named Glover, a
Tory refugee, who had once worked
for the general, and knew him well.
Leaving Floyd Neck, L. l„ In a whal
ing boat, with eight other refugees,
Glover succeeded in reaching Fairfield
about midnight, and, surrounding the
Sllllman mansion, captured the gen
eral with but little difficulty.
Negotiations were at once opened
with the enemy for the exchange of
their prisoner: but, to the chagrin of
the patriots, the answer came back
that the Americans had no one In their
possession whom the British would
consider an equivalent for the Illus
trious Whig general.
Then It was that the gentus of Cap
tain David Hawley came into play.
The captain remembered that there
waa then living ut Fort Neck, a village
In the town of Oyster Bay, L. I.; the
Hon. Thomas Jones, a Justice of the
supreme court of the province of Now
York, and one of the stancheat royal
ists In the land. He figured, with his
good, hard, horse sense, that Jones
might be considered the equivalent of
Sllllman.
With Captain Hawley, to think was
to act, and. marshalling twenty-five of
tho bravest of the whalers of Bridge
port, ho set out for Stony Brook Creek,
on tho Long Island shore, some 50
miles from their quarry.
Arriving at the Jones mansion about
9 o'clock In the evening, they found
his honor and a host of friends In the
midst of a grand banquet.
The revelry came to a sudden and
most unceremonious closo, and within
less than an hour after their arrival
Hawley and his men were well on their
way back with their distinguished
prisoner, and InBlde of twenty-four
hours the Honorable Thomas Jones,
justice of the supreme court of Con
neetlcut, was In durance vile on the
Connecticut side of the sound
"Here's your man," said Captain
Hawley to the American authorities;
"and I reckon he will prove to be big
onough to swap off for our General Sll
llman.”
The captain’s Judgment proved to be
true, and In a little while Jones was
exchange for the general, and Sir Hen
ry Clinton had nothing but his labor for
his pains.
MR. BRYAN'8 FUTURE.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I do not claim to be* a politician, or to
he wise In statecraft, but ns one of tho
great main of the people who think for
themselves, t desire fo offer a few thonglit.
on the cnniildacy of non. William J. Itrjnn
for tho presidency, nnd the evident Inten
tion of the Democratic politicians to run
him for the third tlnw for thnt high of
fice. .
No one dotthfs Mr. Bryan's Illness for
the position, hut Is It wise to present r-
twice-defeated candidate to the people of
the United Ktatee for their suffragei Are
there no other men of hralna nnd character
In the Democratic parly? To again nom
inate Mr. Bryan would he a confession
that he waa the only one worthy of this
honor. There la nothing that auereeds like
■ucceea, and, as a presidential candidate,
Mr. Bryan haa not been a tureens, but a
fallnre-twlce a failure, lie la it chronic
candidate, and aueh men are not popular.
Men do not like to continually vote for
the same man. anil thousand* of them
have grown gray voting for Mr. Itryaa:
mill they are tired of Tt and they want
a new candidate. „
There Is tto evidence whatever that the
people desire Mr. Ilrysu now more than
In 1896 and 1900, and. In my humble opin
ion. It would In- tho extreme of folly to
again nominate hint. It Is a win man who
learns the leaaona of the past, w 111 the
Democratic leadera forget the paat. and
again butt their hcada agatnat the rock of
failure? 1 ho|ie not.
There are many wise and true men In
against the home—trustees and offi
cials employed by them.
Charges were made of mismanage-
ment and abuse of the Inmates. A
resolution was adopted by the general
assembly and a committee was ap
pointed to make Investigation, and re
port to the next general assembly.
The committee assemhled and spent
five or six days taking testimony and
examining Into the affairs of the
home. A report was made and pub
lished. This report did not reAect
seriously upon the trustees or any of
the present officers. Some suggestions
and recommendations were made to the
trustees, and some complaint made
about turning disorderly men away
without means to support themselves,
etc.
Since the adjournment of the com
mittee. Mr. Williams continues to keep
up "the fight,” as he terms it, and In
making threats about what he will do
when he comes back to the general as
sembly.
He has misrepresented me In.these
articles and drawn me into a newspa
per controversy very distasteful to
myself. But no man has ever assailed
me In any way at any time without
hearing from me In my own defense.
Mr. Williams persists In charging me
rlth having "bitterly denounced the
Inmates of the home,” and that I called
them a “lot of old bums and hood-
luma."
I have admlted that I have denounc
ed la strong and emphatic terms, with
all the earnestness I could command,
the disgraceful misconduct of a lot of
habitual drunkards who have been sent
to the home, and who have repeatedly
violated the rulea against drunkenness
and disorderly conduct In the home.
Some of these men after many mild
reprimands and cautions have been
suspended for different periods, gen
erally for thirty days, when their
conduct demanded such suspension.
Not a single old. decrepit man among
them that I ever heard of or saw. I
have sanctioned the action of the trus
tees In making and enforcing these
ruler against these drunken, boisterous
Inmates, because the law-abiding,
quiet, old men In the home deserved
to be protected against the abuse and
misconduct of these dissipated Inmates.
I have felt perfectly Indignant when
I have heard how some of the rowdies
have abused, cursed and threatened
their roommates who chided them or
Complained of their conduct.
The original rules never anticipated
any such conduct and when the trus
tees found the necessity for It more
stringent rules were adopted to sup
press the evil. It has been nearly ac
complished by turning out some of the
moat disorderly ones and enforcing the
rules against them all.
I have characterized these Incorrigi
ble whisky drinker* as "a lot of old
bums,” and so they have been, and the
truth of all I say can be easily estab
lished by the testimony of those who
know all about the home for the post
three years.
This drunkenness has been reported
by the surgeons, by the superintend
ents, by the' president of the board,
and by the Investigating committees.
It cannot be denied that whisky lias
been the curse of the Institution.
I have said nil .this and many other
things on the same line. I have felt
that these men were ungrateful, and
that there was no excuse whatever for
this misconduct.
Mr. Williams and other members of
the Investigating committee heard me
denounce these rowdy Inmates, as I
have stated, because I made no secret
of my condemnation of this class.
Now, Mr. Williams, for purposes of
his own, has charged me with charac
terizing all the Inmates In the home, or
as he sftys, "tho inmates of the home"
with being "old bums,” etc.
I have never spoken 111 of these hon
orable old men. I have befriended
scores of them time and time again. I
have worked hard to render this place
of refuge for their declining years a
quiet, orderly, delightful i lace. I have
in very many ways helped to make all
their surroundings pleasant. I do not
Intend to allow Mr. Williams or any
one else to hold me up to public scorn
as a man who would harm by word
or deed these old heroes. Many of
them are my personal friends, and of
ten thank me for my attentions to
them and my efforts to supply their
wants.
This man Williams, whose middle
name I am glad to know Is not
"Washington," as I had been led to be
lieve, grows very angry when his own
contemptible conduct is exposed and
when I stated that his demand for ho
tel bills was turned down as being un
authorized by his own resolutions. He
says: "I call the captain's attention
to my name which Is correctly signed
to this article so that he will not be
surprised If In the future he finds me
usurping the prerogative of his patron
saint, Ananias."
I have thus much to say in conclu
sion: The above quoted sentence Is i
malicious slander and the man who
Applies it to me Is a contemptible liar.
W. H. HARRISON.
An Inspiring Word Fron Seab Wright
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I write you simply to congratulate
•you on the magnificent fight you are
making for municipal ownership, and
to suggest that you go steadily
work, get up the facts from all the
towns In Georgia, such aa Dalton. Ath
ens, t'edartown, Albany, Newnan and
a host of others, showing that even a
little town can by selling commercial
light, not only get their street lighting
free, but make an excellent profit be
sides.
The finest examplo of what can be
done Is Jacksonville, Fla. The reports
for last three years show how they
were oppressed, as you are; how they
as no other man, and they long for the
opportunity to vote for him for president.
Will tin- Democratic leader* tie wise
enough to give theu| Uw^o
CAN’T WAIT THE MILLENNIUM.
elected, give the country an honest, pro
gressive administration; why not nominate
sonic one of them?
If the polltlelana enn not agree upon
inch a man, the people will nominate one,
a man who stands out pre-eminent nmoug
hla fellows, like fiaul of old. head
shoulders above hla brethren, a mail
nets, who fight*, who accomplishes, who I*
the champion of the people, s man thor
oughly hated hy the trusts and oppressive
corporation* of the country, a man who Is
Idolised by the tatmr organisation*, and
one whom the whole country would like
to vote for and honor with the presidency.
This wonderful mnn Is the Hon. William
Randolph Hearst. of New York. He hut
proven hlmnetf to tie the greatest executive
of the nge, end he would bnve no trouble
In lopping off here and pruning there, un
til the government was administered ta an
honeet. economical wsy In the Interest of
the whole country. Mr. Hearst -has n groat
warm heart, which beat* In svmpathy with
the tolling masse*.. and he haa telepathl-
Ically Impressed bis kindly feeling and 4
love for them on their hearts and souls
To the Editor of The Georgian:
So the negro rapist must not be
lynched! Ho must be permitted to
have his little fling until "Christianity
has solved the problem.’’
The reverend gentlemen who enter
tain this view must be Well a ware that
Judge Lynch Is getting on In years,
and that their Christianity, or church-
lanity, has already had some decades
In which to "solve the problem." It any
progress reported?
It Christianity Is "on trial,” as one
reverend gentleman says, It will be far
more concerned with the problem of Ite
n existence than the problem of the
negro.
BRUCE MacLEOD.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 14, 1906.
A Lie of Ancient Rome.
senator of ancient Rome
Guile late one night waa going home.
With hla hlc. liaec, *■—
Aa he walked srouu|
And the utoon was aa
scum.
Profoundly wished thet conscript poor
To hall a hansom charioteer,
With his hlc, haec, hoc.
As he trudged around the block.
But he didn't have the utuman coln to
fee 'em.
At but he anld: "Great Caeaar'a ghost!
“m either stolen, atntyed or lost
With my hie, haec, hoc,
It la nearly 6 o'clock
And seven moons are shining en the Tt
her.
With hla hlc. haec, hoc.
And this walk around the block
la hard upon n jolty old Imbiber.”
At Inst he walked no far. they say.
He passed the noble Applan wnj
With hla hlc, haec, hoc,
Ami It gave him such a shock
That he almost lost hla Latin conjuga
tion.
When a praetorian on hla round
Come hither and Yll lock yon In the sta
tion.”
So late next day to nneleot Rome
That senator went meekly home.
With hla hlc, haec, hoc—
It waa 4 p. m, o'clock.
And hla caput seemed too large for Poly
phemus,
When questioned: "Whither didst thou
hie?"
He tersely answered: "Alibi!
With my hlc, hm-c, two—
I have traveled every block
Of tlda grand old town of Romnlua anj
Reran*!'
—WALLACE IRWIN, In The Reader.
established their plant, paid for tt out
of profits In ten year* and today are
selling commercial light vastly cheaper
than Atlanta, lighting their streets free
and putting Into their treasury each
year a large sum of money.
See especially how cheap they are
furnishing power to small manufactur
ers, which are the life of a city.
The experience of Jacksonville
simply conclusive.
Get all the facts, all over the coun
try, give facts. They are with you.
Do this for the people all over the
state—for Rome. Macon, etc.
Yours truly,
SEABORN WRIGHT.
Rome, Ga,, Oct. 5, 1906.
In a Class by Himself.
From The Ladles' Home Journal.
A physician once had a grave dug
for a patient supposed to be dying,
who afterwards recovered, and over
this error of judgment the doctor waa
joked for many years.
Once he attended. In consultation with
three confreres, another patient. This
patient really died. After the death,
as the physicians discussed the case
together, one of them said
"Since quick burial la necessary, we
might Inter the body temporarily. I
understand our brother has a vacant
grave on hand."
The doctor amlled. "Yes." he said,
_ believe 1 am the only
ent whose graves i
Hew to Stesl Elephants.
To steal an elephant would seem to
be well-nigh Impossible. But the Brit
Ish consul reports that It Is a common
practice In Slam, says The London
Mall. There the huge quadrupeds are
employed In the teak forests—and fre
quently disappear. One British firm
last year bewailed the loss of a dozen,
and reported that as many more were
stolen from their contractors. Another
firm loet nine, only three of which were
recovered. As the average value of the
elephants la about 21,000 a head, the
consul-. naturally enlarges on the se
riousness of the matter. What la an
noying about tt la that the officials are
Indifferent, and If one of the mlaalng
creatures la recovered at all It Is only
by means of a search party organised
for the purpose.
Bio Game in the Transvaal.
From Transvaal Agricultural Journal.
A great deal can be accomplished
toward reducing the number* of the
larvae of the swallow-tail butterfly by
destroying th# butterflies. The moat
effective Instrument for this purpose
Is a light foMIng-plec* loaded with
dust shot or coarse salt. It may seem
ridiculous to advocate the shooting of
butterflies, but an insect with such
a large win# expanse affords a very
good target.
Not “23."
From The Ladles' Homs Journal.
They took him to the sanitarium
moaning feebly: "Thirty-nlne, thirty-
nine.”
"What does he mean by that-" the
•attendant inquired.
. "“ n ‘ ber “f buttons on the
back of his wife's new frock," the forai.
iy doctor explained.
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York. Oct. 8.—The world of high
finance Is puzzling over the identity 0 f
the man meant by John D. Rockefeli,!
In his Interviews. In which that versa,
tile genius gave advice to hla fellow
multi-millionaires as to how to live.*
Mr. Rockefeller Is quoted thu*:
"I know a man who la very rich whs
la worth probably 2100.000,000* and
he Is growing old. He haa no Interest
In anything but business. It i,
late for him to develop other tastes
So he tolls away at hla business tha
year around. He la tied to hla office
He to. a slave. It I* not that he cares*
to make more money; It Is because the
activity of his mind demands occur*
tlon. and business alone haa the power
to excite his interest and hold hla at
tention. «
am especially thankful that I
learned early to take an Interest f B
other fields than business, so when I
was able to shift more and more active
business cares from my shoulders to
those of other men, I could do so with
out regret, for I had other filed,
activity awaiting my attention which
have proved of absorbing Interest t
regard It os of the greatest Important
that the man of business should guard
against his business monopolising him
to the exclusion of all other fields of
"For seventeen years I have followed
my rule not to take up application,
personally. And stilt they keep com-
Ing. I wonder if I had been dead for
that length of time if they would atm
seeking me so persistently."
Now that Russell Sage Is dead, It l,
hard to find a man whom the now
Rockefeller cap fits. The number ot
men known to be worth 2100,000,000 I,
not large, and to none of these doe,
the description apply. It Is perhapi
some side partner of the oil king who
has succeeded In keeping the fact that
he Is a multi-millionaire under cover.
It Is not probable that Elliot F.
Shepard will be arrested In connection
with the killing of Gruner during tho
Vanderbilt cup race. W. K. Vanderbilt,
Jr., and other automoblltats have un.
dertaken the case of the dead man'i
family and the blame for the kllllni
can not be laid to Mr. Shepard. Tho
authorities had given consent to the
race and Shepard was doing no more
than he had a lawful right to do.
The "Little Church Around the Cor.
ner" on Sunday celebrated three anni
versaries: Fifty-eight years since thl
church waa found, twenty-fifth anni
versary of the dally encharistlc ,er-
vice and twenty-flve years of vested
choir life, during which the present
leader, James Potter Dodd, has been In
charge. Tho Rev. O. C. Hoghton will
conduct special services all week.
With the slogan “Equal work for
equal pay." the members of the Inter-
borough Association of Women Teach*
ore are going 'to prosecute vigorously
their fight for equality with tho men
teachers in salaries.
At a meeting of the association, Miss
McCaffrey, a Manhattan principal, read
a paper showing a discrepancy between
the salaries paid the women and those
paid to the men. .
In this table It la pointed out that
the men get an Increase of 22 a west,
while the women get an Increase ot
only 67 cents.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New York, Oct. 2.—Hero are noms |
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—H. J. Haas, O. W, Wills, I
L. Tye, H. Van Epps, R. N. R.
Bordwell, O. Schwab.
SAVANNAH—J. C. Harris, B. Paine,
R. L. Schley.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
OCTOBER 8.
u, died. .
eHst." dfedT-"-" En *" ,S
.... Heart ChriL-__
1852-^0tho of Ravil
Oreooo.
1181—Iludion rlvir railroad oponad tm
Sen York to Albany. 1
1862—Butth* of Porryvlllo* Ky.
1BW—Franklin Plorco, fourteenth preildett
2* tb * Uni tod ntataa. died.
1871—The great Are by which Chicago wu
desolated atarfed at 10 o’clock it
night.
1881—Thousanda of Uvea loat by typhoon it
Halfenf, China.
1908—Ruiala refuaed to eucMl* Mancha-
rla. 1
A GRATEFUL NOTE FROM
THE 8TREET CAR MEN |
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I have Just read your editorial com
mending the motormen and conductors
of the street railway for the faithful
performance of their duties during tbs
recent riots In our beloved city.
As I am one of the many employes*
want to thank you for the kind won!*
spoken In our behalf. And I sssotj
you that it is much appreciated W
every man on the cars tn the city.
While we only did what we felt ***
our duty by sticking to the lets™
through thl* seeming reign of terror,
yet after the smoke of battle MJ
cleared away and sweet peace reignj
supreme, I am glad to know that o*
faithfulness wea recognised by -non •
kind hearted and loyal oitlsen *•]
have always found th* editor of TW
Georgian to be. .... I
We felt that the company needed *«? I
service during these troublous tlm™
and also that the public wu endued to I
our protection at least while riding »I
the cars. . I
While It waa reported that some*
our number died of fright, I a™ *“ 4 |
to know that It ts notgeneraNy J* |
Iteved, and you will find a small arm? I
of us, as heretofore, ready to rend'' I
efficient service to our employers so- I
to protect the lives of those who *■* I
entrusted to our care u far as po>?
for us to do. ,
On our dally rune through th- cl [? I
and suburbs we come In contact wn i
all classes of people, some food »»“ I
some not quit* so good, but we try ”9
treat them all kind and overlook their i
faults, knowing that no man att»““ I
perfection In this life. ....
Again thanking you, and hoping n«* 1
you may achieve still greater succew I
with The Georgian, I remain
Youre truly,
C. L. CROKI R,
Motorman Ga. Ry. A Electric Ca
196 B. Hunter St, Atlanta, Ga.