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The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES .... Editor. F. L. SEELY - President. runisHiD m«r tmtsoon (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN CO., st 25 W. Alabama St., Allants, Ga. tuBscmrmii »trts. One Year $4.50 Six Months 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By carrier, per week.. 10c ljnterrd at the Atlanta reitottlcn as second ed*** Ban matter. Telephone* eenaertlna atl departments, Long dWaaca terminate. SMITH ft THOMPSON, Advertising Refreaaatativoa for ott territory outside of Georgia. niicAOD orncB ....tribune BOn.nino NEW YORK OFFICE rOTTEIt BUIt-DINO If yon have any trouble getting THE GEORGIAN, telephone '• Ml*, and have it promptly remedial. Telephones: I Main. Atlanta ttOL It la Ilealrable that all enmmiinlretlon* Islanded forpotilleatlon In THE GEORGIAN he limited to 400 word. In len«lh. It Is m- perntlve that they I" 1 alined. n« nu evidence of fond fiiltn. tnoiixn the names will lie withheld It requested, Rejected tnantiacrlpO will not be returned uuleas atnmpa are sent for the pur] The Georgian print* no unclaan or objectionable ad vertising. Neither does It print whisky or eny liquor advertisements. The laws of conaelenee, which we pretend to be derived from nature, proceed from custom. —MONTAIGNE. He Did Not Speak For Virginia. As each day puts further behind us the recollection* of our civic tragedy and the comment* of the American press upon it, the fact remains that the moat malicious and vindictive personal abuse which has come to Atlanta was written In The News Leader of Richmond, Vs. The editor of that paper Is fully entitled to the un enviable distinction of having surpassed all other enemies In tha personal venom and bitterness of bis denuncia tion. . The compensation which comes to Georgia and to Atlanta In this connection la In the almost unanimous assuranoo that has come from every Virginian within our sphere of communication against the representative character of this utterance. The Virginia 8oc!ety of Atlanta promptly met and denounced the expression of The Nows Leader as totally unworthy of the spirit of Richmond and Virginia toward the people of the 8outh. Col. W. N. Mitchell, ex-president of the Virginia Society, gave a personal Interview of Indignant protest against the comment. Polk Miller, one of the most popular Vlr ginlans, and the Idol of Richmond, heartily denounces the editor and declares that there la not a man hi Vir ginia who will Indorse at any time the asianlt upon Georgia and Atlanta. Meanwhile, the rankling sting of that bitter and un worthy utterance might have been aerlonaly damaging to the prospecta of the Jamestown Exposition in the present canvass of Ita Georgia commission before the people of this city and this state; bnt for the fact of these broad and generous disclaimers, and but for the representative* consciousness of every Georlgan that no true Virginian would entertain or express such a feeling toward the capital of Georgia. , And ao, Georgia, In spite of the utterance, and In scorn of the utterance, la going forward to sand Its rep resentative products to the great Jamestown Exposition, and wa expect In the full fraternity of that aplendtd oc casion to forget that an outsider from another atate has abased the hospitality of a Virginia newapnper to vent bis personal animus against the capital of n sister com- monwealth. To Our Correspondents. The Georgian Has a number of communications upon Its desk which have no signature. Wo call attention to the announcement made In the boginning that we ilo not publish anonymous communications without being In possession of the names of the writers We regret at all times to withhold or to defer the publication of communications from our friends, bnt they lie today upon our desk In sneh overwhelming numbers that we must once again aak the patience of our friends In getting to them in the best way we can. Some of these communications discuss matter* which are now so far behind that It may not be iiosstble to publish them at all. If so, we ask the consideration of our friends nnd trust they will write ua again upon other and practical themes. Ben Hill’s Notable Race. It would be almost a breach of local courtesy not to eoagratnlpte tha Hon. Ben H. Hill upon hta moat remark able race for a Justiceship of the new court of appeals. The most conspicuous of compliments Is paid Mr. Hill In the overwhelming majority by which he carried hts own county of pulton, and the significance of this tribute Is fotrad tn the fact that Mr. Hill's local competi tors In this race Included three of the moat eminent, the most distinguished and the moat popular Jurists and gen tlemen ot the county of Pulton. To have beaten three ordinary men by so decisive a majority would have been a compliment. But for any man to have been chosen above tbe good names and the lofty characters of Henry C. Peeples, W. R. Hammond a*d Howard Van Epps. In the county of Pulton, Is a mark iif confidence and admiration which ts worth more in sen- ttaent to Mr. Hill than the office Itself to which he has Men elected. Mr. Hill made no canvass ot the state and haa not Meat an active public figure In the political life of Georgia for many years, so that the site ot his vote outside of his own city and county must have been a tribute to tbe gen eral and quiet estimate ot marlt which has been placed upon hla professional career by yawyera and reading Geor gians throughout the commonwealth. Atlanta's candidates In this generous field of contest were made up ot characters and records so blgb and ad mirable that any one of them would have reflected great honor upon both the city and the state. The pleasure which his multitude of friends feel In the phenomenal suc cess of Mr. Hill Is shadowed only by the recollection that It entails defeat upon three gentlemen of our own county who merit so much of public confidence and admiration, nnd whom Mr. Hill himself esteems as among the choicest ornaments of his profession In tbe state. The prophet who Is not without honor in his own eounty may well rejoice In an expressed approval of hla Immediate fellow dtlzena which outwelgha the office, and the dignity with which their preference clothe* him. Taken all In all, It waa a generous and gallant raes, making no wounds, leaving no stings, and reflecting no shadows upon a great profession and a distinguished station. The Lesson of Jacksonville and Other Cities. Those Atlantans who have been advancing tbe Idea Ot municipal ownership with conservative tentativeness can take unto .themselves the assurance that the move ment hns mndo a deep Impress upon dtlions of oil classes and that day by day hundreds are becoming consciously allied to tbe definite tdesls Involved In the crusade launched by The Georgian. Morally strong at Its Inception, the Municipal Owner- ship League ha* gained remarkable numerical strength with each passing waek, until It haa become a formida ble organisation which la determined to accomplish for Atlanta the greatest service ever rendered the city. So encouraging has been the response to the an nouncement that there was being worked out a plan for the city betterment, that The Oeorglan no longer fears aggressive opposition, bnt desires to win over those who have manifested an indolent disinclination to become In terested In civic affairs. Tbe municipal leagues of moat cities have been forced to convince many that tbe supplying of public utilities Is a proper function of a municipality. But this ha* not been ao In Atlanta, where the city-owned waterworks sys tem, practicable and profitable, stand* as an unanswera ble argument. It Is generally known that almost all of tha more Im portant European cities own and control all of their public utilities. In England and continental Europe, the fur nishing of transportation, light, heat, power and water by the municipality la regarded as necessary as the main taining of law and order. It Is such an Important part of a city's administration that It Is designated aa "munici pal trade," to nominally differentiate It from municipal goverament. But for examples wo need not go to far-away coun tries, where, it may be contended, greatly different condi tions obtain. Let ui glance at contiguous territory—Vir ginia. Kentucky and Florida. The history of municipal ownership In Richmond, Danville, Fredericksburg, Alexandria. Henderrtn and Jacksonville-—the experience of these cities alone should be sufficient to dispel all doubts. On a basis of general average It may be stated that the cost of gas since these various municipalities acquired tho gas plants, has been feduced from $3.50 to 87 cents per thousand, and the cost of electric lighting has been reduced about one-third. And In no Instance has the lessening of the cost of pro duction figured to any extent, as la proven by tbe fact that tha reductions were made Immediately upon the cities ac quiring the plant*. Six and eight and twelve per cent dividends were not required. And advertising and solic iting were dispensed with. Salaries 'were reduced In many instances and there waa eliminated the posst bllity of costly strikes and lockonts. Jacksonville is an illuminating, but by no means ex ceptional city which la .enjoying in full the benefits which accrue from municipal ownership. When tbe Florida elty established Its electric light plant the private com panies -were charging *8 cent* per kilowatt. The city plant at once reduced the charge to 7 cents per kilowatt and It has remained at that figure. For a 7.000 candle pqwer are, burning all night, tho companies charged $15 per month; the city fixed the rate at $7.60 per month. For midnight arcs the old private rate was $13.60, and the new city rate $6.50. The old companies were forced to moot these rates and the price of gas wo* Incidentally reduced more than 100 per cent Formerly Jacksonville paid $8,000 per year for light ing Its streets. Now the streets are llghtod free; aa are the public bonding*, the Jolts, fire stations, armories, hos pital and nil charitable Institutions. A sinking sum ot considerable proportions Is being laid aside and the busi ness Is paying 5 per cent Interest on the Investment The annual profits above operation and depreciation are $24,000. It Is estimated by disinterested persons that the municipal plant saves the people (Individuals and firms) 25 per cent of the former cost of light with equal service. By the reduction of rates alone, gas and electric lighting, the people are laving each year an amount that approximates more than the entire cost of the municipal plant. And through It all not a breath of suspicion of political Jobbery has been attached to the management. Municipal ownership Is not the dream of an Idealist. Certainly It haa morality on Its aide, but It likewise makes Its appeal to the twentieth century utilitarian. Perhaps It has a greater foothold In older countries, but It Is an essentially American and democratic Institution. Without municipal ownership It Is difficult for a city’s government to be conducted on a thoroughly business like basis. It Is Indispensable in any government which approaches near to perfection. For It benefits the peopla. 'Thq end of government Is the welfare of mankind," Bald Locke, which summary was characterised by Huxley as “the noblest, and at the same time the fullest state ment of the purpose of government." OUR PLATFORM—The Georgian stands for Atlanta’s Owning its own gas and elec- trie 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 tbe city. This should be 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 il may be some years be fore we are ready for so big an undertaking. Still Atlanta should set its face tn that direction NOW THE HOME-COMING SONG By MYRTA tOCKETT AVARY. tTf'*** (KB b> 4h<> Old r«d bill*, writ coming, corn In if MM* Th* valteya rreen an<l the Oliver rills Thty'fe calling uo to come! The ten upon the low coaot plays, A-rlpplIng, “Come again!" T To®e?}io IU tho Vefrafn Uvf °* k ,W ‘ JI From Xlckajack to Tybee Light, Ht. Simon Hound to Rome, From lowly del) to Lookout heights, The tteam cars whistle: "Home!** State, O Mother State, Tho mockfng-Mrd, how tvtect ho slug*: home, cunts homo! the forest rings lug ns come home! The mild winds In the Georgia pines They geutly murmur “Comer •agwsMri A-blddluf ua come 1 rhe acuppernongs Hung on the vlr nud muscadines And from the Itlo Gran-.-, From Orest Lake* and Alaska snows, we come at thy command! We*re coming from the frosen North, We're coming, coming home! We're coming back to our eunny South, We're coming, coming home! From California's golden sends, We're coming, coming home! From Florida's fslr coral strands, We're coming, coming home! From aretlc Ice, from tropic Are, We’re coming, coming home! To the dear land of our heart'a desire. We're coming, coming home! The cowboy comes, the sailor comes, We're coming, coming home! The soldier comes with s heating drum. We're si! a-comlng home! Finance's, labor's captains come, And scholars with degrees, And grant men from the mat and West, Ana men from over seas. Aad wide-flung Is tbe Mother's door, And from her chimneys 'gainst the blue Of hanvtn the gray smoke curia, Arising from the hearthstone true, The flag of home uufurls! vines at home. -bhj.— children, com* With ua, come home, come A-sInging glad tbe hoinlng-eong, We re coming, coming home! The " 'possum nnd potatoes*' cooked, We re coming, coming home! The mountain trout for ua la hooked, We're coining, coming home! Chicken, ahote nnd turkey, too, Enough fpr large nnd least; Cnrnpones and cakes for me and you; The Mother’s spread a feast! Rome Merest watermelons wait. Of fruit she’s kept a store. She's garlanded the Southland'* gate To welcome us once more! O land of cotton, bay and corn, Tbe peach, the grape, the pear, The jasmine and the rose tdorn Oar Mother for her Fair! O land of rivers broad and strong. We're coming, coming home! O land of love nud the poet's song, We’re coming, coming home! The rushing Chattahoochee cries: “O Georgian*, come ye home!" Ocmulgee sobs. Oconee algha: “Children, 'tie time to come!" The lranuty of Toccoa calls: We’re coming, coming home! The grandeur of Tallulah falls, All’s calling as to come! Old Yonah storms: “We wnlt for you!” Nacoochee breathes, “We wait!'* And fair and goodly, grand and true, 8tsnds Mother at tho gate. Where flowers bloom nnd wild birds sing, Nooks and Corners of American History By REV. TCOMA8 B. GREGORY. MR. BRANTLEY DID NOT SAY IT. To the Editor of The Oeorslsn: My attention has been called to your rather tart reply to an alleged Inter view with me In The Washington Post over a week ago. You aak In the head line. "Did Mr. Brantley Say It?" and you state In tha body of the editorial that “It he did, he was either misin formed or malicious." I believe The Washington Poet quoted me as saying that Mr. Graves, through The Geor gian, advocated the revival of the Ku Klux Klan for the suppression of the criminal negroes. The facts In the esse are simply this: While In Washington, on my way to New York, the Sunday morning after the riot In Atlanta. I met a reporter for The Washington Poet, who asked for an Interview on the situation In At lanta. 1 told him that I knew nothing of the conditions In Atlanta and >yas not prepared to say what caused the trouble. He read me the dispatch and told me what had been received from Atlanta during the morning In bulle tins. I then told him to wire Mr. John Temple Graves for s statement of the case—that he waa on tha ground and understood the condition* there—that he had studied the negro queetlon and had discussed It In lectures and In his paper. He promised to do so, and I nave since learned that he received a reply that justified me In all that I had said of Mr. Grave*. I trust your vanity will not be Jsrred to know why The Washington Poet asked for your "state ment." . During the same conversation. It I remember correctly, 1 told the reporter thnt I thought the afternoon papers In Atlanta had had too much to say about tho crimes which had led to the riot. I spoke ot the proposition to organise a Ku Klux Klan there to take up cases Involving crimes against women, but that the matter was knocked out by the conservative element; that the dis cussion, however, had had a bad effect and had left a seething volcano under the community only to break forth In fury at the flrat favorable moment. I did not say that Mr. Graves or The Georgian advocated the Ku Klux Klan, though I am willing to confess that I was not aware that such was not the case. I remember very well a cartoon In The Georgian aome time ago, In which a white woman was pictured aa stand ing with a gun In her hands, while the shadow of a klnky-headcd, fiat-nosed negro fell across her skirt. Under the picture was something about the whit# women of the South defending them selves. To me. the Idea of the South ern women being changed to belliger ent amaxons Is a much sillier propo sition than the reorganisation of the Ku Klux. because It carries with It the Intimation that the Southern men are no longer willing or able to be their defenders, while the suggestion that goes with the black shadow on the white skirt Is too horrible to even think JUDGE KONTZ CLAIMS THE HONOR Hon. John Temple Graves, Atlanta, da. Dear Mr. Graves: 1 am glad to see such general unanimity touching the matter of building an armory and audt torium for Atlanta, and I have read with great interest your editorial In which The Georgian makes a subscrip tion of twenty-five hundred (12,500) dollars for this purpose. For sake of accuracy, however, I beg to call your attention to the fact that wrote a letter, which was published September 28, 1906, In which I sub scribed two hundred and fifty (2250) dollars. You can not. therefore, of course "start" the subscription, but I am glad to be backed up by such very pleasant company. With kindest regards, I beg to re main, Yours very truly, ERNEST C. KONTZ. October 8, 1906. TEACH THE B0Y8 TO DO RIGHT. THE LABOR JOURNAL DECENNIAL—The At lanta Journal of tabor celebrated Its tenth anniver sary on last Friday. And they have been vigorous and successful years by which this excellent weekly has mounted to Its first decennial. The Journal has been conducted upon s high and dignified plane, treating all questions with conservatism and yet with a firm fidelity to the principles and Intsrests ot the class which It represents. Mr. Jerome Joses, Its editor, has established himself In the respect sad confidence ot the people of Atlanta, and the federated unions and labor men are to be congratulated upon s -representative who combines excellent discretion with large ability. CONGRESSMAN ADAMSON—In an interview with The West Point News Congressman Adamson of the Fourth district expresses his cordial admira tion for the personnel of the Democratic state ticket just elected, and rejoices also In the establishment of the court ot appeals and the excellent judges who will honor Its bench. The West Point News speaks tn terms of the highest regard and admiration for Congressman Adamson, who enjoys In a large measure the regard and admiration of hla entire congressional district of. Ho It wilt be seen that It I dropped a word during the conversation with Tho Poat man that led him to become con fused In reporting exactly what I aald. I was somewhat Justified by the cir cumstances In doing so. And the very fact that l told him to wire Tho Geor gian’s editor for a "personal state ment" relieves me of the charge of hav ing the slightest malice toward either Mr. Graves or that paper. Very respectfully, C. C. BRANTLEY. Editor The Valdosta Times. Valdosta, Ga.. Oct. 2, 190*. Mr. Brantley's statement Is entirely satisfactory to The Georgian. We could not Imagine the basis for any III will on hts part to this paper. Nor are we Jarred In any vein of "our vanity" by his statement of why The Poet telegraphed for the editor’* View*. The editor of The Georgian Is as well ac quainted with the editor of The Post Mr. Brantley wa* with the reporter. The Post'* request to us wa* filed be fore the hour of Mr. Brantley's conver sation with the reporter and was fol lowed by another request later on. And certainly The New York World and The Chlcaso Examiner did not have the benefit of Mr. Brantley's sug gestion. Mr. Brantley Is all right, and we send him the assurance of our un changed regards.—Editor Georgian. Fire Department Called Out Special tn The Georgian. Waycross, Ga., Oct. 9.—A defective flue was the cause of the fire depart ment being called to the residence of J. R. McDonald, on Tebeau street, yes terday morning. No damage waa done. To the Editor of The Georgian: Your editorial In last Tuesday's edi tion. under the caption of “Suppress Our Own tawless Element," shoyld be thoroughly digested by every cltlxen, as It contains the very essence of the trou bles arising between the races. In It you say “any man, young or old, boy or man who wantonly, with out provocation, attacks or Injures a negro of any age or sex In this city, should be dealt with to the full extent of the law and the full measure of his crime—by Imprisonment If the negro Is seriously Injured, and by the ex treme penalty of the law If the negro Is killed." Here Is a ease In point: The very day on which your article appeared, a lady Informed me that she saw a group of four boys deriding a negro delivery- man. One of the boys having a whip In his hand, struck the negro across the back with the lash. The negro's face looked very dangerous, but he could not, and dare not, retaliate, as he would Jeopardise hla life, while the boys hoot ed at him as he muttertngly passed along. The contents of your article should be Impressed on the minds of the chil dren by the parents; In the public schools the teachers should • Instruct and caution the children under their charge against annoying the negro. The children are quick to understand th* penalty and will profit by It. Yours truly. GEORGE WILSON STEWART. Th* Peachtree Argument Unanswerable To the Editor of The Georgian: Your unanswerable editorial of the 5th Inst., opposing the removal of elec tric cars from Peachtree street, voices the opinion of a number of my friends and my own. In addition, permit me to say the re moval of the cars would ruin, for busi ness purposes, at least, that portion of the street between Cain nnd Baker streets. So that In addition to this prospective Injury, our convenience would be sacrificed for the benefit of automobile and cycle peats, which are already more dangerous and a greater nuisance than the electric cars, and If the latter were removed, then peats would Infinitely multiply. You will doubtless have observed that most of those reported as In favor of removal, either do not live on the street and have no property Interests thereon, or else live beyond Fourteenth street, where the care would, in any event, remain as they now are. Doubtless, the street railway author ities would approve removal since they could serve their patrons by the use of parallel streets, and by so doing save their portion of the costs of repatrl with asphalt, and throw the burden th* coat of th* extra 11 feet on the property owners, who have already twice paid for the street paving. We trust you will continue to throw the powerful weight of your Influence toward conserving our convenience and Interests. H. F. SCOTT. Atlanta, On., Oct. S. 190*. Th* Rabbit Welched. From Eveybody'e Magazine. On* day Willie's mother found her young hopeful holding his pet rabbit by the ears. From time to time he would give bunny a violent shake and demand eharplv: "Two plus two? Two plus two?" or "Three plus three? Three plus three’" "Why. Willie." asked his mother with deep concern, "what makes you treat your poor little bunny that way?" Well." replied Willie, greatly dis appointed, "teacher told us In schpol today that rablbts multiplied very fast, but this dummy can't even add." OUR FIRST TRAITOR. On a closet door In an old mansion that stands at the corner of Brattle and Hawthorn streets, Boston, one may read this legend; “B. CHURCH, JR." The name was cut Into the door with a penknife in the hand of'a traitor compared with whom Benedict Arnold himself was aa white as an angel! Dr. Benjamin Church came of ex- cellent stock and was one from whom the patriot* of '76 expected great things. Finely endowed by nature, a Harvard graduate, a fine physician and a surgeon of extraordinary skill, gifted with eloquence and with true poetic fancy; of splendid social parts and pro fessedly a patriot of the true-blue stamp; his friends figured on his mak Ing for himself s fair name in hla country's annals. But It turned out that, like the "whited sepulchre," he was fair with out and foul within, a lover ot his country tn his pretensions, but a foul traitor In hla heart. Benedict Arnold betrayed his conn try, but Benedict Arnold was surely tried; tried as but few men have been tried tn this world. He wa* s traitor, and for his treachery he paid the ter rible price that he ought to have paid; but he was provoked to do what ht did by the rankest Injustice st the hands of those from whom he had the right to expect better thing*. But Benjamin Church wa* not pro. voked, and It can not be said that any. body had done him any wrong. He turned traitor from the lowest and basest motive that could possibly have actuated a man—tho love of money. He had just built himself an ele gant country house near Boston, and It was to sustain this splendid estab lishment, It is believed, that he sold himself to the king's cause. Benedict Arnold waa no hypocrite. Up to the awful moment when he re solved to go against hts country there Was not In all the length and breadth of the colonies a stauncher patriot. Until his great provocation had trans formed him Into a devil, he loved his country as ardently os afterwards he hated It; but Benjamin Church, up to the very hour ot his detection, was masquerading aa a friend of liberty's cause. “In the Old South Meeting House," to quote the words ot the au thor of "Old New England Rooftrees,' he delivered a stirring discourse, which has atilt power to thrill the reader, on the massacre the day celebrates, and the love of liberty which Inspired the patriots' hearts upon that memorable occasion, and yet two years earlier, a* we have since discovered from a let ter to Governor Hutchinson, he had been anonymously using hla vans) pen In the service of the king." It was through one of hla students, who kept hi* books, that Church was exposed and brought to trial. By order of congress' he was con demned to close confinement In Nor wich Jail, In Connecticut, and debarred from the use of pen, Ink and paper; but, his health falling, he was allowed In 177* to leave the country. He Bailed for tho West Indies, and the vessel that bore him away was never afterwards heard from . NO MORE COWS; NO MORE FARMERS A ccording to ton* scientists, the time Is coating when there win be no more farmers because there will be no Store farms And there will luuur nrtlliriAiiJ. M. minister of foreign iftHPIRPIIH lb rated scientist, Is the man who |« prT partly responsible for this stntcment. He U«s made mar from two gases, which I it Is claimed Is better tlmn an? sugar the world has hitherto tasted, nnd It can lie sold «t n prom at l cent n pound. This Invention has lieen patented. M. Rerthclot said that nil othsr food R rodncts necessary for the maintenance of ie bnusn nice can be produced In the W nnd relatively cheap. He claims t ill animal tissue Is formed from tbs ■■Inhaled, nnd not from food. The food simply serve* as the negative pole, the same an dock the earth to plant and vege table life. It nloo furnl*he* the Inorganic ssJta—the workers that carry on tbe chetn* lafry of Ilf* and net free magnetism, heat nnd electric forces hy dlulntegratlon and fermentation of the organic portions of the J f«xKI. lint nlr, In passing through the ■■MikMplPi *krmtmggmg*g^ mi, nnd lione. Ho far to feed . constructing n set of tubes, nntnps, tc.. resembling the circulatory system, ns ..ell as the lung cells, of the human mech anism, which Is but n chemical labora tory, nlr may tic changed into albuminous pabulum, which may again lie changed into the special kind or food required by add* Ing the proper flavor, whlcb may also la* obtained front the air. He trailer*)* thnt to cut food more nutrlliotis slid delicious than has ever been taste*! will Ira the i of those who are Mr* piracy liecomea a fact, thnt je same „ statement with entl x pinIns: ••Th.. al I GOSSIP »•«,»•• By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER, New York, OcL 9.—There ahoulrt b* a cup offered, to be raced (or by chauf (curs nnd Mrs. Grant, of Detroit Mich., wound stand a first rote chance of capturing It. Mrs. Grant Is th« wife of one of the Mlchlgajt city's rich men. Is prominent In society and |, . most enthusiastic autoist. She has w finished an auto trip from Detroit t0 New York with her husband, | n which so our* h were **«4e. Min whlakci vj. Thomas rvnabout plop* at the rote”!, 05 mites an h’W. Her IXisb.iErt ■!? still nnd let her have her own wav 541 Fur seven years .Mrs. Grant has hr,, handling motor care. Year after ya! a he has become more proficient ana finally she haa acquired a knowledv. of the ineelmn|siji equal to that ooi sensed hy many of the mechanic!,, who accompany auto racers la thrii contests. •Much of the trip from Detroit w«* made at night, over unllghted, tortur ous roads, yet Mrs. Grant never ion her nerve and not a single accident oc curred during the journey. If running Into n foolish sheep that strayed on th. road near Buffalo be omitted. Th. "beep stood still. The car xlng around a turn and when the car disappeared In a cloud of dust the™ was Just a little hit of the sheep left Mrs. Grant used the new 40.horn,. ilroctures of the very avenue* him! roniitl ntfc illy M. Horthelot proposes rnoe by putting Into ovc fart*. Hi* tails ua R brodueiiig food and clothing, the millennium • possible ami probable. Ami thus will The prol»Iem*of HtilralMenre be solved. So more corners ou nature'* bounty. No mors trtiMt* anil syndicate* to profit by min'* neceaalty; no more will tho people Ira ruled, by the dollar Instead of natron. No more millionaire* and no more tramp*. Thru a limn HgromdayMkMHhriUBBH oirail ■■■■■■■■■■^■■l n»nt man let his Imagination run away with him. When M. ltertlraJnt'* theory become* n universal fact there will Ira *■■ a comer op.aw n will put the present J power Thomas, made in her home city and she made It skim along at 65 mil™ as fast as her husband wouiJ As a female Wagner, Mr. Grant Is regarded by society as havku oll^her autolng sisters beaten up to John D. Rockefeller was an Interest ing figure at the registration booth yri. terday. This Is one election when the oil king wants to make sure he can vote, and was ao gratified that he had gotten his name on the list that he ore- .rented the registration board with a *20 gold piece. He also took the envelope went Into the booth and enrolled, m u to vote In the next primary. These be tlmea when It behooves men of Mr Rockefeller’s class to exercise the fuli prerogative of citizenship, and they will do It. There wa* rather a remarkable group of children seen at the recent North- shore horse show. They got together purely by accident on the top of the coach. They were tbe youngsters of Harry Payne Whitney, K. O. Morgan and Thomas Hotchkiss, all tiny million aire! from the hour of their birth. In some ways the lives of these little folk ore fairy stories, for they have never lacked for anything because it wa* too expensive and no one ever said to them, "No, dear, we can not afford It." When these children's education be- gins Instructors will visit them dally, and their days will soon be as busy as are those of their parents. Music les sons, dancing lessons, riding lessons, language lessons, recreation hours and walks crowd the hours. One little chap In a Fifth avenue mansion ran to th* housekeeper one day and said, breath lowly: "Please, may I come Into your room and play? I have Juat Ion minutes to spare before my riding teacher comes.” Cupid Is a regular attendant and a busy worker at the Baptist Temple In Brooklyn. There have been no less than alx weddings among the choir member* and Sunday school teachers of tho church tvlthtn the same number of weeks. There Is reason to believe tho record will bo kept. Superintend ent Sutherland, of the Sunday school, believes thoroughly In the Institutional church. "The club and social life for the city’s young people," said th* super intendent, "Is most beneflrial. While I would not say that It was a necessity ‘ for chureh existence In a large city, I must say that It Is very helpful te our work In the church, and helpful as well to tho young." Ho might have added It Is also very helpful tn Dan Cupid. Ambassador and Mrs. Wbttciaw Reid are expected from England (a Decem ber and will remain in this country for several months. There will be a great deal of entertaining In their honor. The wedding of Edward H. Bulkier, millionaire and clubman, aad MIm Margaret Stewart, a pretty It-year-old trained nurse, hns been postponed, but only for a fsw days. Mr. Bulkley's slaters, Mrs. Prescott Lawrence, Mr*. Reginald Rives and Mrs. Roland Red mond, all of whom favor the match, are at Newport for tho ceremony. It ws* last spring that Mr. Bulkley was ill and the doctor advised him to have a trained nurse, and since Mfss Stewart's name wa* next on tha Hit of those to on outride work, she was sent to Bulkley mansion. It was thus, by th* merest chance, that the two met. She brought him back to health, but his friends did not know until very recently thnt the white-raped nurse had taken his heart with her. Z' GEORGIANS IN GOTHAB!. New York, Oct, Here are some of the visitor* In New York today: ATLANTA—H. W, Brown. H. Chip- ley. E. York, Mrs. R. E. Park. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. will be Byn<llrate* ner* 01 pk like of dnnimtfl of thus far. And there „ certain localities where tbe air will lie more productive of food than others. Kpecula< tors will rush to liny up those localities. The Oklahoma rush will appear by con- trnst llko n Monday afternoon saunter compared with the fr-nileil stampede which will «*ccur when any special f.md* productm; atmosphere Is discovered. For. of «nui*e, the land will have to Ira occupied by the Instruments unless they are maslp- united in nlrablps. - Well, no matter how the thing Is run. there will never come n time In this world le trill not Ira richer than there will not Ira men nnd women who fall to enjoy life, (letting food nnd clothing from sir Isn't what Ing to tietter the condition «»f man- Competition and greed ran not Ira stilled by nnr such temporal change. Bnt think or a land without farm and frntt trace, and never n cow standing ready to ...lit....I V.. .1.1..1. le .1 OCTOBER 9. held at Hamit 17«*-Ctty"^)f Bcritn taken hy eomMnri RiuhIsb and Austria* fortvs. lap—Americana t Harked Yorktown. 17*2—Lewis Ossa, American statesman, hers. IMert June 17. 1IWI. 7835—Camille galnt-Hsess, French composer, born. 1839— 77'lnrtelrt Scott Schley, American •*• mlral. Iiorn. IM-Msrtlal law proclaimed In Capetown 18*1—Wheeler's fnnnim Confederate cavalry met with defeat at Finalnjtoa, TWnn. , Utl—'Tho (treat I'hkaAO tin coottmicl 7° u. rage and rteatrwy. . . . ... iMfc— I*re«Ment Hooecvelt conferred tthlkia 111 college athletic* with * view of tnipmvlng standard*. A Boast for Gotham. From The Indianapolis Star. Mark Twain's reference to "from heaven to New York" aa encompassing all things recalls the story of the lit tle girl who spent a summer In Man- hattnn. Her father wa* pastor of » church In * small Interior city and »h* missed the excitement of the me tropolis when * few weeks had elaps™ after th* return. One day she climbed on her mamma • lap and asked: , "Mother. I* Ged here and all around u*7" "Yea. dearie.” "In school. In church, everywhere around here?" she persisted. "Tc*." "IVelL then, mother, let'* go to - s< " York, where God Uu'L"