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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 10. 1306.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES .... Editor.
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Choosing Our Own Immigrats.
It In with the gratification of tho vindicated that The
Georgian notea the admirable method which our slater
state of South Carolina Is employing In Inducing immigra
tion of the right kind to come to the help of that splendid
and progressive commonwealth.
To read Its efforts and methods In this direction Is
to point the way of wisdom to our Georgia agencies work
ing toward the same end.
Commissioner E. J. Watson, head of the department
of agriculture, commerce and immigration of South Caro
lina, now In Europe working to turn the tide of Immigra
Uon In the United States southward, is in Berlin after
visiting various parts of Germany, France, Belgium and
Holland.
In an official outline of his work given to the Ameri
can consul at Ghent Mr Watson says:
"I have long believed that the only practical solution
of what is now rapidly becoming the great immigration
problem of tho United States rests In the work of selec
tion and direction of Immigrants, as far as possible, at
their own homes before they are booked and started to
America. I have therefore undertaken to put our work
In Europe u|>on such a basis that wo can send Into the
South, where thousands can be, readily absorbed, care
fully selected persons particularly fitted for the work
that will be required of them.
"One of the greatest difficulties has been In the fact
that there tins been no trans-atlantlc steamship line en
tering a South Atlantic |iort carrying third class passen
gers. I have succeeded in having this defect cured by
Inducing the North German Lloyd to make the experi
ment looking to the establishment of a permanent line
between Bremen and the port of Charleston, and the
first ship, the Wltteklnd, Is to sail on October IS. This
puts within our grasp, If the Southern people accept the
chance offered, the moans of carrying the agricultural
and laboring emigrant direct to a section In which re
munerative work and a good home await hint, and where
he will be directed by officials Instead of labor agencies,
and 'have the fostering cure of the state Itself thrown
around him.
“The attempt to open this new trans-atlantlc line
to the South Atlantic coast of tho United States may be
attributed almost solely to the efforts of Director von
Pills, of the North Germrn,Lloyd, who visited these states
•bout eighteen months ago studying business and eco
nomic conditions, and who returned to Gormany con
vinced of the splendid opportunity tor the development
of commerce and Immigration In that part of the world.
He haa been lnatrumental In organising the American
Colonisation Company, the purposo of which Is to take
desirable settlers where they can find good homes and
opportunities for success. He has also looked to the value
of the commerce of the South Atlantic States and to him
Is due the credit of the announcement of freight rates to
Charleston Identical with thoso of New York. He has
manifested hls confidence In the South, and It only re
mains for the Southom people to do their part. It would
be difficult to estimate the value of whnt Director von
,Ptlia hat undertaken to do to the future of the South. I
have been merely lending the helping hand. Our tmml-
K itlon operations are to bo confined entirely to Northern
rope.”
Now this is the way. When we can select our own
Immigrants the problem of Immigration and the problem
of labor will both be solved. v
It must come to this at last. Indiscriminate Immi
gration gathered from Southern Europe and from any
class that will come Is worse than the negro problem,
and complicates our national problem. But wisely se
lected Immigrants Induced by honest reasons and fair
statements to come to us from stalwart races and stable
sections, are the hope of our Industry and the safety of
our race.
those organisations, could be disposed to deny to the great
mass of laboring men the same right to stand together as
a united rank for the benefit of jtbeir trades and for the
welfare of themselvea and their families.
President Hugo ttrgently Impresses upon the bottlers’
association the necessity for active and vigorous union,
and yet hls attack is notably vigorous and severe- upon
the cooperative organizations of the employees who do
the work for this great Industry.
The Georgian does not desire to go extensively Into
by the employer and the employee. The same motives
which Inspire the employers to Join themselves In Intelll
gent co-operation with other employers, are the motives,
however differently expressed, which more the employees
to join themselves to other employees to ask for reason
able concessions and to protest against apparently unjust
demands.
We trust that the bottlers will have a pleasant and
profitable session In Atlanta. We trust that their emi
nent president and officers will come In touch with our
own labor unions In Atlanta and realize how happily
and wholesomely labor and capital have always, kept the
peace In this metropolis of Georgia.
For here, If anywhere, we have the conservatism
and the qondltlonB which reconcile these apparently con
flicting classes of our citizenship, and we have no records
of war or bitterness between them.
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 gel gas as low as 60 cents,
with a profit to the 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 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
President Hugo’s Speech Extreme.
Without abating In the least degree tho warmth of
our welcome to the Bottlers’ Association now assembled
In Atlanta, and without questioning In any way the right
of Its distinguished president t6 express hls views upon
any question which concerns the association, Tho Geor
gian desires after Its own conservative fashion, to take
Issue with President Hugo In hls view upon labor unions.
His speech of Tuesday appears to us to bo both Il
logical snd extreme. It Is too late In this advanced age
of fraternity and equality for any men of any calling dis
tinctly. coherently organised for mutual Interests and mu
tual protection, to deny to other men the same right
which they themselves enjoy of banding themselves to
gether to protect rights and privileges Just as valuable
snd just as dear to one class as to the other.
It Is not Impossible, nor yet Improbable, that labor
anions may In the past have been extreme and perhaps
exacting In their demands upon the employers. But on
the other hand, no man can deny that employers In time
past. If not In time present, hare been equally extreme
and exacting In their radical demands upon the represen
tatives of labor.
One of the distinct advancements of this age has been
In the more moderate but equally effective methods of or
ganized labor a* It presents Its demandB upon orgnnlzed
capital. Scenes of violence are exceedingly rare. Radical
action seems ever upon the decrease. And we have no
doubt that tbe organizations of labor will be constantly
developing wiser and more reasonble. and for that rea
son more effective weapons of defense than they have
ever used before.
It Is doubtless entirely true that the bottlers and all
other kindred industries find It essential that they should
have some definite understanding and some established
policy by which, working In harmony, they may effect
the best Interests for themselves. Co-operation and
• organization are the distinct watchwords of the age In
which we live. And it seems difficult to Imagine how In
this broad and enlightened era any strong and clear
headed man, hints- If rejoicing In the effects of union and
Handicaps to Our Wisdom.
One of the difficulties which has always hampered
the wise and definite solution of Southern problems has
been a too lively and timorous concern over the opinions
of people beyond our borders.
A just and due regard for public opinion la a mark
not only of wisdom but of civilization. It Is easily possi
ble, however, to carry this respect too far, and we of the
South when we have been forced by radical emergencies
Into radical action, have been all too much given to the
habit of rushing to the front gate with our ears to the
ground In an anxious listening for the comments and crit
icism of our fellow citizens beyond the Potomac and Ohio.
There Is neither wisdom nor manliness In this
attitude. We are as great a people In our history and
In our qualities’as any who Inhabit this continent, and
we are sufficient unto ourselves to decide what Is Just
and right, If we will only be true to ourselves, and follow
our convictions along honest lines to their legitimate
lines of action.
We_have done too much of pandering In the past to
the opinions of the Northern and Eastern people who
are no wiser and no better, but only a trifle richer than
we are.
The fact Is that It Is exceedingly difficult to measure
or estimate the real public opinion of the Northern peo
ple. It Is "utterly Impossible to do this from a reading
of the best known Northern newspapers.
We state a fact here which like many of our other
statements may be primarily disputed but will Inevitably
be vindicated. We say without hesitation that the lead
ing Northern newspapers do not fairly or accurately rep
resent the average public opinion of the Northern people
upon the problems of the South.
Wo are willing to truet the future for the vindication
of this proposition.
The editors of the Northern dallies are mostly
men of inherited and educated prejudices. They are doc
trinaires of a school of politics which was born in the ab
olition period and has survived the war. Their views of
the Southern problems are based upon an abstract hu
manity called sometimes philanthropy, Inculcated by
Wendell Phillips and Charles Sumner and Henry Ward
Beecher, and preserved In the habit of considering South
ern questions theoretically at the distance of a thou
sand miles. Few of the Northern editors know anything
practically about the negro or the negro question. Few
of them ever employ negro servants In their homes.
When friction of the races Is reported from the South,
these fellows hark back to their tones of abolition and
rake up the stock expletives of condemnation and vitu
peration which have done duty through so many years,
and fire away without any consideration whatever for
the changed conditions or for the awful provocations
which stir the South beyond reason and beyond law.
To these fiery and unthinking commentators who
mould the apparent public opinion of the North, we pre
sent one unanswerable proposition:
Find us In all your ranks, whether of abolition stoofc
of New England, or of the newer blood of today, one sin
gle Northern man who has ever pulled up hit Northern
stakes and settled himself permanently for residence In
the South, who did not within twalva months, and with
hla whole heart, absorb and adopt Into life and action the
cretda and cuatoma of the 8outh upon thla problem, and
wa will eonftaa In humility that you art all right and wo
art all wrong.
If you do not find this man among our great army of
Northern cltlzenq, you ought In almplo honesty to shut up
your factories of denunciation, or put up a nobler line of
comment upon tho probloma which you brethren have
helped to make. *
So much for the editors. They do not represent the
mass. The mass of the Northern people are In sympa
thy wit hthe South upon the negro question. Of this
much we are absolutely sure.
The Northern mass knows the negro. In every town
and hamlet he Is a citizen. The mass comes In contact
with him. In business, In politics, In amusement and In
religion. They know him. They have no delusions about
him. And these are the people who dislike and protest
the negro as the South never has and never will dislike
him. These are the people who mob him In New York
and Chicago. These are the people who burn him in
Wilmington and Topeka and Leavenworth. These are
tho people who hang him In Evansville and Danville
and Lawrence. These are the people who shoot him to
death in the labor unions of Pane and Cartersvllle. These
are the people who would outvote any extremist In the
South today In any radical legislation designed to control
and refashion the negro.
And so, our countrymen, when we put our dir to the
ground in anxiety to hear the public sentiment thundered
across the line, don't let us be Ignorant enough or, weak
enough to Imagine that these spiteful and pharasafe dia
tribes of Northern newspapers represent the great body
of nur northern friends, but let us consider the people
who look at these things In their own way and from their
own kindred standpoint.
And let us be sure that if we Aer go to these people
with honest lips to tell {he true story of our surpassing
Nooks and Corners
of American History
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
Y
THE MAN WHO KILLED
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
OKE-FELLOW with Benedict Arnold
under the henvlcat lapd of iufamy
that any brace of Americana ever
had to carry. Aaron Rurr’a name has
for more than a century nlinoat blistered
the Up* that have tried to pronounce It.
Benedict Arnold nnd Aaron Burr! The
traitor and the conspirator, the one at
tempting to deliver over West Point to the
enemy, the other plotting to disrupt hls
country nnd to aet himself up aa king or
emperor upon the dismembered portion of
Its domain.
Is this Judgment of Burr Juat? Wn»
Anrou Burr aa black ns he was painted by
•ome of bis contemporaries? lias history
told the truth nbour him; or has the man
been moat egreglously lied about?
If Burr had not killed Hamilton there
would have been no cloud In hla sky; no
blot upon hla fair name. and. Instead of
the odium that now attaches to ills name,
that name would now be shining lu the
firmament of our national history like a
‘tor of the first magnitude.
lu the days of Iiurr and Hamilton, the
duel was, among gentlemeu, the one recog
nised menus of settling all questions of
honor. Hamilton himself had acted as sec
ond In a duel, thus showing to the world
that he was uot opposed to such methods
of settling certain grievances.
When Burr challenged Hamilton, he was
only doing what other geutlemen of hls
time did whenever the occasion called for
*t. That Burr hod an occasion for the
Iiallenge no one can deny. The world has
never seen such foul politics as existed In
New York during the first, decade or so of
the nation's existence, and of flint political
foulness Alexander Hamilton wus the In
spiring genius.
Hnmlltoifs treatment of Burr was in
famous. aud If ever a man was Justified
In challenging another to fight him that
an was Aaron Burr.
Hamilton had simply put him in the
position where he was obliged to challenge
or become the object of universal
tempt.
The duel enme off and Hamilton was kill
ed—and Burr at once became the target
of such slander nnd vituperation at history
but seldom witnesses. After that duel, lie
was a demon, a fiend, fit for nothing but
to l»e scorned nnd hated of all men.
i got Into circulation about
„ of these lies got Into his
tory, to frhnne. In tbe minds of coming
generations, the distorted monster kuown as
Asrou Burr. :
In reality. Burr was anything but a
monster. The kindest of husbnuds and
fathers, he was the truest oNfrlends, gen
erous to a fault, brave as a Hon. and In
patriotism second to no man In the Revo
lutionary struggle. .
He did uot try to injure the good name
and usefulness of Washington.
He did not try to dismember hls country.
He did uot deceive and ruin Blenner-
hassett or blast hls home.
Blennerhnssett. according to hls own
written admission, wus paid back every
dollar that he lost in the famous expedi
tion with Burr, and there Is not n scintilla
of proof that Burr violated any of the
sanctities of Uleunerhnssett's home.
As to Burr’s “treason” against hls coun
try, was he not triumphantly cleared of
the charge when brought to trial in the
court that was presided over by »»*«■■
great John Marshall/
d Is the charge that
tied Jefferson In the
presidential election. Burr Intrigued to de
feat hls only competitor by fraud and vault
luto the presidency. .
As all the world knows, the tie In the
electoral college sent the contest to the
house of representatives, and a letter by
Judge Cooper (father of J. Venltnore Coop
er), written on the first day of the bal
loting In the house, tells us that had
Burr done auythlng for himself he would
have l>cen president.” .
James A. Ilayard. a member uf the bouse,
and Inter on senator from Delaware, writ*
FRONTDOORSOFCLUBS
T BE KEPT OPEN
At the meeting of the ordinance com
mittee of the city council Tuesday af-
teroon Councilman Roberts' measure
compelling club rooms to keep their
front doors open, so as to make them
easy of access to the police at any
time, was approved. The fact that on
several occasions officers have not
been able to get Into n*gro club rooms
during rows, and that locked doors
have balked raids on disorderly places.
Is the reason for the introduction of
the measure.
The ordinance Introduced by Coun
cilman Chosewood making the park
board to consist of one member from
each ward to be appointed by the may
or and the mayor himself and the
chairman of the council committee on
parks, was passed without any recom
mendation on account of the absence of
Mr. Chosewood.
TRY TO RECONCILE
TOE FRANK GOULDS
New York. Oct. 10.—It is probable
that the trouble between Frank J.
Gould and hls young wife may be ad
justed. It Is understood that both Miss
Helen Gould and George Gould are at
work to bring about a reconciliation,
and they are hopeful of success. They,
are ?!! 'extremely reticent and decline
to discuss tho trouble, the cause of
which is kept a close secret.
'THE negro; subject
OF SOCIOLOGIST TALK
The Atlanta Sociological Society will
hold its monthly meeting Thursday
night at 8 o’clock at the Carnegie
Library.
Dr. C. B. Wllmer will address the so
ciety on “The Negro.” a subject which
Is of especial lnterets at that time.
The discussion following the address
will be opened by Dr. A. W. Stirling
and Marvin Underwood.
FAILS TO IDENTIFY
CORPSE SENT HOME
AS REMAINS OF SON
1 “^nw 1 men I'.vil.tt-'l of electing Burr, but
tUg ottSima "(a bl’<^ihMd) OD »n<l tcmptlnx DEMOCRATS ELECTED
nthnra /not incorruntlble) ho might cntirp r.nnw
two other, (not Incorruptible) lie ,
hove eeettreil n majority of the
Rot Burr did not utteuint nny totrigue.
lie believed that III. election wn« jura—ai
Indeed It would have been but for the
Intrlfiulna of Alexander Hamilton.
Aa reunrda Ilm-r'e ’’treason,” the worst
that can lie wild aitalnat him on thla .core
la that he eontcmplnted the coroneit of
Mexico and the e.tahllshmeut of limmelf
king or emperor.
plan-
problem, that they will respond in s.vmpnthy and in bal
lots to establish the unity of Caucasian sentiment and
co-operation In Ms own line of business, and la fnct j the iicrmaneucy of Caucasian suuremacy throughout the
strongly urging the increased vigor and effectiveness of 1 republic.
Aakcd upon bis deathbed If he
nod the aettlmc up of a monarc
American aouihweat. he amove.. .
••1 would aa .000 have tbongtit of aettiug
up an empire on the moon.”
auditorium and
ARMORY FOR ATLANTA.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
By all means let us have an audi
torium and armory. While planning
for the good of Atlanta, let us at' the
same time plan for a public comfort
building and a central breathing space
or park. They can all be combined
and all are essential to the best Inter
ests of Atlanta.
Among our tall buildings there
should be an open space for the health,
comfort and happiness of our people
and visitors to the city. Such n place,
properly planned and properly equipped,
would be of more material benefit to
the city than anything else that can
be done at this time.
It would add to the financial and
material development of Atlanta. It
would Improve the morals and health
of the city, and properly arranged, less
en drinking, vice and crime. In a
central place, arranged for public com
fort, It would be a great advertisement
for the city, a comfort to visitors, a
great convenience to working girls and
boys of the city.
Let us have not only on auditorium
and armory, but a public comfort build
ing. with baths, lunches, reading room,
and a small central park—public stand
for music, etc. *
By combining, all these enterprises
can be secured, and with less expense
now than at any future time.
Yours in the Interest of Atlanta,
SOCIOLOGIST.
Atlanta. Qa.
WHO PAYS THE TAX?
JAPAN FAST BECOMING
WORLD POWER, SAYS BISHOP
Special to The Georgian
Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 10.—Bishop
M. C. Harris, a returned missionary
from Japan, delivered the matricula
tion address to Grant university stu
dents, taking for hls subject “America
and the New Japan.” He took the posi
tion that Japan |s fast becoming a
world power. Bishop Harris has spent
many years in Japan and he Is thor
oughly acquainted with conditions In
the Orient.
ENTIRE COUNTY TICKET
8peclnl to The Georgian
Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 10—The en
tire Democratic ticket was elected In
the city election here yesterday. City
Judge Will Cummings was opposed by
Esquire Wayne Headrick and Jack
O’Donahue, city auditor and candidate
for reelectton, was opposed by Charles
O. Beaver. George W. Chamblee was
elected without opposition as was T. J.
Gillespie for city treasurer.
WANT EARLY COMPLETION
OF UNION STATION.
Special to The Georgian.
Jackson, Ga., Oct. 10.—p. N. Car
michael, a prominent citizen of this
county, la unable to Identify the corpse
shipped here from Stockton, Cal., as
the remains of hls son, Obe S. Car
michael. Other members of the fam
ily and friends also are unablrf to
identify the corpse.
The remains will be held here for
identification for five or six days, and
if no one identifies him he will be bur
led here In the potter’s field. He is
a man with light sandy hair, 5 feet
high and a blond with a heavy red
mustache.
Obe Carmichael was only 23 years of
age, while this man looks to be about
40, and is so stated In the death cer
tificate. Obe Carmichael had a scar
on hls back from a knife wound, and
on examination no scar Is found on this
body. Carmichael’s hair was very red,
while this man's hair Is only sandy.
It is learned, from a letter written by
the undertaker, thae the dead man was
going by the name of McCormick, while
Obe Carmichael was receiving letters
from hls people here addressed to Obe
S. Carmichael. Hls father received a
letter from him about September 1,
and he was living at Mill Valley, Cal.,
about 30 miles from Stockton, and
working at a livery stable.
On October 1 D. N. Carmichael re
ceived a telegram from Stockton, Cal.,
that a man, supposed to be the body
of O. S. Carmichael, was then at the
undertaker’s place of business, lie hav
ing committed suicide by shooting him
self.
The dead man was identified In Cal
ifornia by a former citizen of this
county, who now lives In Stockton, and
the description wired here suited to
that of O. S. Carmichael.
D. N. Carmichael placed with the
telegraph company here money enough
to pay for the preparation of the body
for burial nnd casket and railroad
transportation, but on the arrival of
the remains they are not Identified as
those of Obe S. Carmichael.
I GOSSIP
AT THE THEATERS
Special to The Georgian.
Newberry, 8. C\, Oct. 10.—Owing to
the remarkably alow progress now be
ing made by the Columbia, Newberry
and Laurens railroad In the construc
tion of their new siding, and the erec
tion of the union station at this place,
the city council lias taken the matter
up with President Childs, requesting an
assurance from that official that the
work will be rapidly pushed to comple
tion. Mayor Brown has stated that he
Is determined that this work shall not
drag, as It has done for the past six
months or more.
GOVERNMENT TAKE8 CARE
OF NAVY YARD 8UFFERER8.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
A 10-year-old boy ought to see the
fallacy of the argument that the sa
loons pay large sums Into the city
treasury. Where do the saloon men
got their money? From the men who
drink. I challenge the record that in
nine cases out of ten where men are
constant drinkers that their wives and
children lack for the necessary com
forts of life. Who pays the tax? The
drunkards' wives and children. This Is
class tnxatlnn nml tyranny greater than
that of any king.,
It costs something to maintain the
enterprises of a city, and the only way
to legitimately raise the money is by
Washington, Oct. 10.—Red Cross
headquarters received a dispatch yes
terday from Captain G. A. Blcknell,
commanding tho naval station at Pen
sacola, In which he stated that the
army and navy had provided for the
wants of the storm sufferers living
about the navy yard, and that no re
lief from the Red Cross would be re
quired.
SIXTY MILLION INCREASE
IN VALUES IN ONE YEAR.
Special to The Georgian.
Jackson, Miss., Oct. 10.—The realty
values In Mississippi this year show
an Increase of 160,000,000. Figures have
been received from all the counties In
the state, except eleven, but these have
been approximated and bring the to
tal up to the figure named. The largest
Increase Is In Harrison county, where
the values Increased J7.000.000. The
Increase Is the largest ever made In this
state, and shows conclusively that the
state Is prosperous, for this Increase
comes from every section.
Special to The Georgian.
New berry. 8. C.. 1 let, 10.—The cham
ber of commerce of Newberry Is In re-
elpt of a communication from tho
TO BUILD TROLLEY LINES
IN SOUTH CAROLINA J |
Hpectal to The Georgina.
t'hattaniMiga, Tenn.. Oct. 10.—Eunice
Riggins, the negro nurse who was
charged with attempting to poison the
1-year-old son of .Oscar L. Mitchell,
. atlon. of Brooklyn, N. ?! In reference division passenger agent of the Lake
uniform taxation of the masses. Isn't | to the building of a number of trolley Shore nnd .Michigan Railroad,
It about time to quit talking about lines, connecting the various towns In bound to the criminal court under
what the saloons pay the city and talk | this section, and asking for Information bond of JJ.OOO which she failed to
about drunkards' wives and children about New hern'. One of the members make. The defendant claims that an-
.. i, i, I of the corporation, R. C. Van Ellen, will I other negro soaked the apple which
come to South Carolina In November, Eunice tried to feed the child with car-
1 at w hi. h time the matter win be thor-1 bolle add, sml that she did not know It
oughly discussed. contained the uiid.
“Sergeant Kitty,”
The secret of success Is success, and
that Is the secret of “Sergeant Kitty,' 1
or rather was the secret, for now It Is
known to all men and women, too, that
this Is a domic opera that has broken
all recorde In the race for popularity.
A. Baldwin Sloane has achieved a tri
umph of tunefulness, and R. H. Bum-
side has discovered to the public a
mine of merriment. This delightful
comic opera, with Miss Helen Byron,
twenty clever principals, and forty
pretty glrle and handsome chorus men,
good singers, too, will be seen at the
Grand on Thursday and Friday nights
and at a matinee Friday afternoon.
"Sergeunt Kitty" will be remembered
by local theater-goers as one of the
most satisfactory offerings of last sea
son, and Its return to the Grand this
week will prove an agreeable attrac
tion for theater-goers.
“Bsnktrs snd Broksrs.”
Of all the shows that have visited
the Bijou this season none will match
the present offering at the popular
Marietta street play house. It Is a
musical comedy replete with good
things and presented by a company of
real merit. Yorke and Adams, the stars
of the aggregation, are excellent en
tertainers, who made a splendid repu
tation In vaudeville. That they
have forsaken the vaudeville stage for
musical comedy means a loss for
vaudeville, but musical comedy has
gained two artists.
Yorke and Adams have had the good
sense to surround themselves with the
best talent that could be secured In the
musical comedy line and the chorus Is
made up of young and pretty girls, who
are exceedingly well trained.
"Human Hsarts.”
At the Grand next Saturday, matinee
and night, tho domestic melodrama.
“Human Hearts,” will be presented by
a good company and with elaborate
scenic environment. Its pathos 1s said
to be effective: Its mirth Irresistible,
and Its dramatic situations strong. It
will be presented faithfully both In Its
setting nnd In the action, which will
reveal with marked clearness nnd force
Its very remarkable plot.
Southern Drama Monday.
At the Grand next Monday. Tuesday
and Wednesday, will be presented for
the first time a play by the well-known
dramatist, Louis Evan Shlpnmn, "On
Parole.” As the title suggests, It is a
military play, but differing from all
preceding plays of this type. Inasmuch
as the story is related from the view
point of the Southerner, which pre
sents a new phase for discussion.
The play Is In four acts and takes
place In the last year of the civil war,
and leading up to the surrender of Lee
and the army of Northern Virginia.
Miss Charlotte Walker Is practically
well known here as a brilliant and
painstaking actress, and It la claimed
the character of Constance Pinckney Is
specially suited to her. Vincent Ser
rano, who will be seen as Major Dale,
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York, Oct. 10.—'There » u .
pretty contest of wills at the Ool„ni,i
theater In Boston last night between
the manager of the play house ass
Mrs. Reggie Vanderbilt, and the .7
clety leader lost.
Mrs. Vanderbilt wore a chic confee
tlon In the shape of a picture ha ,"
which is against the rules of the
The head usher was sent to tell
Vanderbilt, courteously, that the roT
tom must be enforced, even i n th»
boxes. Mrs. Hunnewell, who was wits
Mrs. Vanderbilt, removed her hat i m °
mediately and without protest, but
Mrs. Vanderbilt was recalcitrant
“We have this box all to ourselves
she told the usher. "My hat obstruct',
nobody’s view, and I shall not take It
The head usher went to the manatee
discomfited the latter Insisting t*M
the rule of the theater be not broken
even by a Vanderbilt. He repented tX
request In person. But Mrs, v,- lnd „*
blit was Irate and said so succinct!,
and the manager retired defeated "
By this time every eye In the tlies.
ter was focussed upon the wife 0 f thl
young millionaire. The manage, ,»„!
four ushers In rapid succession t , in
slst that Mrs. Vanderbilt remove
hat, and when the file of ushers
Ing back and forth to and from th.
back, began to create laughter In th.
orcheetra circles, the hat came off. ’
The number of millions which win
come to little Miss Brandage. who has
Just come into the world at Utica ar.
ahnost beyond counting. Her mother
Inherited 120.000,000 from her grand,
father, William F. Weld. Her flr,t
husband, Charles- F. Sprague, wa.
many times a millionaire nnd the in.
tie girl’s father. Edward Deshon Brand,
age. can count hls fortune In eight
figures. Nevertheless, little Miss Brand-
age Is vastly more Interested in th.
quality and quantity of milk titan .he
Is In counting millions. In this .he
differs In no wise from plain John
Smith’s little girl. na
Washington society Is to be bright
ened by a real live prince, who, bv the
way, is half American. He is Ern.t
George Herman Robert Rochus Mande-
rup. fifth prince of Lynar. reccntlv ap.
pointed third secretary of the German
embassy In Washington. Prince Ern.t’e
mother, the Princess Dowager of Ly
nar, was May Amelia Parsons, of Co-
lumbus, Ohio.
All of the 320 officers and men on
the Italian flagship, Flermosen, now in
North river, are gloomy and sad to
day. Jack, the ship’s pet inonkev and
mascot for two years, Is dying of pneu
monia.
"Tread lightly," was the order Issued
early In the day by Admiral Call, and
this was obeyed by all. from Captain
Roberto down to the galley boy.
The flagship came here to attend tlx
ceremonies In the unveiling of tht
statue of Verdi.
That the nuptials of Miss charlotte
C. Burke, daughter of the millionaire
leather man of Philadelphia, might be
fittingly observed, 4,000 orchid plant.,
each with eight flowers and every
flower worth on the market J1.50, are
being cultivated.,.
"The American woman Is more beau,
tlful, more healthful, has a more styl
ish taste for dress, Is fuller of life nnd
hustle and more Irresistible than the
English woman,” Mrs. O’Conner, wife
of T. P. O’Conner, M, P., says.
Mrs. "Taypay" ought to khnw: tht
was once an American woman herself
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New York, Oct. 10.—Here are some ol
the visitors In New York today: -
ATLANTA—M. N. Armstrong, W. H
Mansfield.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
• OCTOBER 10.
17S3— Benjamin West. American pn Inter,
born, him} March 11, 1S20.
1800—Attempted nsraMsinntlon 6t Bonauarre.
1806—Battle of Sanlfeld. Saxony; l*rt:i»UBl
defeated by Fr ft lob.
1828— HiimuH J. Randall. Penusylvnnll
Mtutesninn. born. Died April 12, 1KM.
1353— Ileory iVmle Rogers. American Hue*
tor, horn.
1361—Dr. Nansen, XaCwegjuii arctic explor
er, born.
1862—fonfedorato cavalry tinder • General
Mtuart. enteral ChttmlieririHirg. I’n.
1368— Itegiiiiiliig of Cuban at niggle for !iul«-
BOY CRUSHED TO DEATH
UNDER FALLING TREE
the Northern intelligence officer, has
long been a Washington favorite. Other
members of the* company include
Frank E. Aiken. Morgan Coman. Scott
Cooper. Frederick Forrester. Thomas P.
Jackson. Fay Wheeler, Helen Graham
and Aiethea Luce.
NEGRO NURSE HELD
UNDER HEAVY BOND
Special to The Georgian.
Gadsden, Ala., Oct. 10.—Jack Thurl*
kill, a 14-year-old youth, living near
Turkeytown, in thla county, was In*
stantly killed last night while out
possum hunting with hls father and
others. Thf dogs treed a ’possum nnd
the men proceeded to cut down the
tree, which was a large one, ami Jade
stood by holding the dogs, In what
thought was a safe position, but the
tree In falling glanced, by striking an
other tree, and fell on the boy, ( rush
ing hie skull and otherwise mangling
hls body. Hls father and the other
man removed the tree as quickly as
possible, but the boy lived only a few
minutes. Mr. Thurlkill Is a prosper
ous farmer.
ENGINE RUNS AWAY*
CREW HA8 NARROW ESCAPE
.Special to Tbe Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 10.—Engin
eer Mike Finley barely escaped serioul
Injury on a runaway engine of the
I’huttpnooga Coal and Iron Company.
The engine rode the ties for 200 yard*
and then stove In the mud which it
had plied up itself. Fireman DjyJJ
and Switchman Green jumped, and ij
attempting to do so Engineer Hn'-T
got caught In the cab and fell h*au-
long to the ground.
paying It?
Very truly.
THOMAS L. BRYAN.
Atlanta, Ga., UcL €, XuuJ.
Tax Money 8hort $3,000.
Special to Tbe Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 10.—A
clal from Rock wood. Tenn.. taya f - al
after an investigation by the county
court of Roane county* it was
that the school and poll tax fund ‘n t: i
Rockwcod district alone Is short t •* th
extent of about $3,000, and, a,t . ,1 " u ? c
a special collector was elected, n
found that nine out of every ten I *
taxpayers had already paid their
taxes.
