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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
WEDNESDAY,
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES
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reasonable and Tbe Globe baa been not unkind. It is a
notable fact that tbe newspapers built up by new men
and men In touch with the age In which we live have
almost universally been conservative, while the old edi
torial pages that have been handed down from preju
diced ancestors of the abolition period, have been about
as bitter and vindictive aa they were upon the slavery
question of 1S55.
As the Incident of September 22 drops further and fur
ther Into the past, the entire tone of the press has mod
erated and the drift of discussion Is now coming bnck
most happily and most wholesomely to a consideration
of tbe provocation which forms tbe basis of almost
all lawlessness that ever Is reported from the South.,
OUR PLATFORM- • The Georgian stands for Atlanta’s Owning its awn 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
The Georgitn prints no unclean or objectionable ad
vertising. Neither does it print whisky or sny liquor
advertisements.
All thoughts thst mould the age begin
Deep down within the primitive * ou, ' LOWELL
Forward the Armory Convention Hall.
A few days since The Georgian wrote an editorial
urging that-great public enterprises should be bullded
by conservative but fearless taxation of all the people
Instead of leaving them to the private subscriptions of
a few public spirited citizens.
We are pleased to dote from the action of Tuesday
that the force of the suggestion has so speedily and ef
fectively commended Itself to the committee on the
Armory Hall, but we fear that opr special committee has
carried the suggestion a little too far In leaving the Im
portant matter so altogether and entirely to the liberality
and courage of the city council.
The Georgian has spoken as practically as It knows
how to speak, and we think as practically as any other
citizen of Atlanta has spoken In the matter of the Armory
and Convention Hall.
Measured at leaat by Its contribution this papei has
done at much in evidencing its willingness to help this
great enterprise as any other factor of life and progress
in this Twentieth century city. We scarcely need to re
peat the argument any further, as we hare already made
plain more than once the reasons which seem to make
this enterprise Imperative to the prosperity and develop
ment of Atlanta.
The growth of a town outside of the natural increase
of Its population, comes largely from the advertisement
which it receives from Ks newspapers, its printed matter
and from the comment* and opinions of visitors who
come to see for themselves.
The last la by no means tbe least of the sources of
our growth, and along this lilie we, who are crowded
now to suffocation, with every large convention which
comes to nccept our hospitality, can well Imagine how
much we would gain In repute and in popularity among
tbe strangers within our gates If we could house and en
tertain them In a stately and majestic hall which their
numbers would not overwhelm, an( whose comfort und
equipment might compare favorably’ with the best that
they remember In other towns.
The spirit of the military Is a dominant and essen
tlal thing In our civilization. Under the peculiar comil
ttons which surround the South, no thoughtful man can
fail to see that we need In every way to encourago and (o
establish upon broad and effective lines, a state guard.
And the emergencies of tho future and the necessity of
tbe armory become dally more and more apparent.
We are In hearty sympathy both practically ami the
oretically with the movement of citizens for the rapid
establishment of this enterprise. Wo once more pledgo
our faith, not only from our lips, but as liberally ns any
other man from our pockets to further and expedite its
consummation.
Let the Council Convince the St. Cars.
We congratulate the city council upon tho courage
and the definiteness with which It has taken hold of the
street car question so far as relates to Atlanta. Private
citizens and public spirited newspapers for weeks and
months past hsve urged In the most courteous and re
spectful way upon this great public corporation the ne
cessities of tbe situation and the serious discomfort and
danger which surrounds tho patrons of the cars.
Not one solitary act of attention or of recognition
has been made of this courteous and respectful sugges
tion. t
It Is high time now that the law- making body upon
whom the city relics upon for protection and defense
should take hold of tho matter In Us own strong way and
let the law prevail where courtesy has failed to produce
an answer.
The peoplo are suffering and as winter advances their
discomfort and inronvenlenco will Increaso an hundred
fold. On many of tho cars going out In the evening
there are more people, Including ladles, dangling from
straps and being Jostled about In the aisles than there
are occupying seats, and with the cars packed like sar
dines It sftnply stands to reason that the patronage of
the people justifies the liberality and consideration of the
company.
We tefider our acknowledgments and our »best
wishes to tbe city council In. this matter.
The Friendly Newspapers.
Among tbe journals which have been conspicuously
fair to the South and to Atlanta within the last few
weeks we notice with appreciation the current Issue of
Harper’s Weekly, whose account of the Incidents of Sep-
temper 22, w*s perhaps the fairest and most accurate
published In any Northern periodical.
The Literary Digest has also keen fair and san# In
Its comment upon Atlanta and has given lu an unbiased
way the expressions of Georgia papers and the fairest
and least Impassioned comments upon the Incident from
all aourcea.
The Minneapolis pspers, especially The Journal, have
been notably fair, as have those from Portland, Oregon.
Tbs Springfield Repnblloan did not lose its bead. The
Cincinnati and Cleveland papers hare been conservative
In comment, and In Chicago The Chronicle, The Post
and Tbe Record-Herald have followed the same conserv
ative line. The Washington Post and The Baltimore
Sun have been disposed to see the Southern side of the
question, as have tbe Hearst papers In New York, and
«jpe Herald and The Press. The Boston Herald has been
Mrs. Jefferson Davis.
The death of Mrs. Jefferson DAVls In New York re
moves one more of the links that bind this generation
to the memories of the great civil tragedy of 1865.
There remains now but one daughter of tbe Con
federate President In Mrs. Hayes, of Colorado.
One son of Robert E. Lee Is left to perpetuate that
glorious name.
The widow of Stonewall Jackson lives In Charlotte,
and two of bis grandchildren are at school—the boy,
Jackson Christian, at the Virginia Military Institute, and
the girl, Julia Jackson, at Hollins.
In the absence of male survivors the name of Jef
ferson Davis Is extinct.
The Mrs. Jefferson Davis who died on Tuesday was
not the first wife of the Confederate ehleftaln. Mr, Da
vis' first wife—the wife of His youth—was 8 daughter
of General Zachary Taylor. She died In a brief year
after her marriage.
The Mrs. Jefferson, Davis whom the world knows
and has so long received the honor and homage of
the South, was the good woman Just deceased.
She has borne herself with unfailing dignity and
sweetness In the years tranquil or stormy which have
followed tbe failure of the Confederacy, and the South
ern people have always been able under all circumstances
to be proud of the serenity and balanced dignity of
the widow of the first and last president of the Confed
erate States.
It la true that Winnie DaVls, the “Daughter of the
Confederacy," was the magnetic woman of the Davis fam
ily, and that while she lived she was the Idol of South
ern chivalry and of Southern memories.
Very reverently will the heart of the South follow
the body of Mrs. Jefferson Davis to Its last "resting
place, and very tenderly will the South remember the
long and loyal years In which the noble woman was the
helpmeet of our Illustrious gentleman, and the later
years In which she maintained the honor and the dig
nity of our common and Immortal memories which clus
tered about her Isolated station and her beloved name.
The Fair Worthy of Great Attendance.
Counting this day there are three more days In
which the people of Atlanta and of Georgia may enjoy
the education and Inspiration ot- the Georgia State Fair
at Piedmont park.
It la distinctly and unquestionably a notable collec
tion of resources and attractions which the manage
ment has gathered within the gates of this famous place
of exhibit and exposition. In this thoughtful and quiet
time of Industry and agricultural development it is worth
much for any man to go himself and to take bis wife
and children to see In a quiet and educative way the su
perb and amplo exhibit of Georgia's Industrial resources
and her agricultural possibilities.
The agricultural display Is one of the finest and most
Inspiring ever made In the South. It Is rich In tho sug
gestion of present prosperity and of future wealth and
solidity for the commonwealth. The display of live
stock Is one which does much to answer a question asked
by The Georgian several days ago and to convince the
people that our farmers are wisely remembering the pow
er and the vnluo of cattle and stock raising as an es
sential add collateral Industry with tho varied forms of
agriculture.
The poultry exhibit Is attractive In a high degree
and Inatructjvo to those who are Interested In that variety
of flesh which Ip rarely deteriorated by the meat packers
or the meat cannors of the groat centers of the country.
The fair Is full of entertainment as well as of profit
able study. Tho races are well attended and are bright
and exciting every day. The airship Is wonderful and is
particularly an object of Interest at this time in the rap
idly rising Interest and success of aerial navigation.
Pain's Pompeii and the fireworks make one of the fin
est spectacles ever seen In tbe South and Is a culminat
ing feature to a dally program which everybody can en-
Joy.
The fair closes on Saturday, and we cordially com
mend Its interest and attractions to Georgians every
where. <• {,
Nooks and Comers
- . of American History
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
HARD WICK REPLIES
TO FLEMING’S CARD
Go Slow on the Licenses.
We trust that the city council will go slow In the
granting of new saloon licenses or the renewal of old
licenses where they can well be avoldod or consistently
refused In the city of Atlanta.
There are more barrooms'now than ought to exist,
and tf they are to exist at all It should unquestionably
be tho wise policy of tho council to condense them within
as narrow limits as possible within the heart of tbe city,
where they can be controlled nnd regulated by tho po
lice and the authorities.
For its own part, so long as tho saloons are a part of
our municipal life. The Georgian would be glad to see the
licenses raised to a taller height than are any which are
now paid. This would shut off tbe low dives and the
doggeries. It would Insure perfect police supervision
and control of drinking In tho city. It would make the
city's revenues larger at a smaller risk to order and
quiet, and would do much to reform and redeem those
rough and disorderly streets which have so long been a
menace to Atlanta.
MIKE FINK, THE BOATMAN.
When the steam king Invaded the
great West and drove out of business
the boatmen along the rivers and the
stage men and wagoners of,the plains,
there passed away from us a type of
character the like of which will never
be seen again.
I am indebted to the learned author
of “The American Fur Trade In the
Far West" for the picture that I am
here to present of one of the most re
markable of the rough characters that
were developed during the wild days
beyond the great river.
Mike Fink weighed 180 pounds and
was five feet nine Inchest tall. His faco
was broad, round and rather pleasant
to behold. The sun, wind and rain had
tanned his skin to a deep brown. The
square, brawny form, well proportion
ed, with every muscle fully developed,
Indicated the greatest strength and ac
tivity. Except as to height he was a
perfect model for a Hercules.
Mike’s language was of the “half
horse, half alligator" dialect of the
early race of boatmen to which he be
longed, and when he jumped from his
craft onto the river bank and roared
out. "I am a Balt river roarer, and 1
love the wlmmtng, and as how I am
chock full of fight,” he did not have to
repeat the proclamation in order to
have It believed.
Mike was a great marksman, as were
also his. two boon companions, Car
penter and Talbot, and one day while
ascending the Mississippi he noticed a
sow with eight or nine pigs on the
river bank. He declared in boatman
phrase that he "wanted pig.” and took
up his rifle to shoot one. He was re
quested not to do so, but he never
theless brought up his rifle to his face,
and, as the boat glided up the river
some forty or fifty yards from the shore
he shot at one pig after another, cut
ting their tails off close up to their
bodies, but not doing them any further
harm.'
In 1821, while standing on the levee
at St. Loutsr'lie saw a negro on tho
river bank listlessly gazing at what
was going on around him. The negro
had a remarkably shaped foot. His
heel protruded to the rear so far that
his foot seemed to be as much in the
rear as In front of the leg.
The unshapely form offended Mike's
artistic eye and outraged his sense of
symmetry, and he determined to cor
rect It. Lifting his rifle at thirty paces
he actually shot,the heel off the man's
foot. Mike was Indicted, tried and
found guilty. His plea in justification
of the offense was that he "wanted to'
Ax the fellow's foot so that he could
wear a decent shoe." ✓
Mike's friend Carpenter, already re
ferred to, was also-a great shot, and It
was a common thing for him and Mlko
to flll a tin cup-wtth whlskyand shoot
it from each other's head at a dis
tance of seventy yards. The feat was
always performed successfully, the cup
being bored through without Injury to
tho person supporting It. It was a fa
vorite performance with the two men.
who regarded It as a fresh avowal of
confidence In each other.
One day Mlke nnd Carpenter fell Into
a deadly quarrel, but In some way the
difficulty was patched up and they be
came good Mends again. Later on,
while In drink, they quarreled again,
but, sobering up, once more shook
hands, and Mike, In evidence of his
sincerity, proposed to Carpenter that
they shoot the cup of whisky from each
other’s heads.
To determine the question as to who
should shoot first a copper was tossed
up nnd Mike won. Carpenter was sus
picious and declared that he would be
killed, but true to his compact he filled
the cup with whisky nnd placed It on
his head.
Mike raised his rifle, and Ip an In
stant Carpenter fell, expiring without
so much as a groan. Tho ball had pen
etrated his forehead In the center, an
Inch and a half above the eyes. Mike
coolly set the breech of his gun on tho
ground, and putting his mouth to the
muxzle, blew the smoke out of the
barrel, all the while keeping his eye
upon the prostrate form of his old-
time friend. Finally he exclaimed:
'Carpenter, you have spilled the whis
ky." When told that he had killed
Carpenter he said: “It’s"a mistake, for
I took as line a bead on the black spot
on the cup as I ever took on a squir
rel's eye." Ho then cursed tbe rifle,
the bullet and himself.
Tulbot. Carpenter's faHt friend, was
convinced of Mike's treacherous Intent,
and resolved upon revenge whenever
opportunity should offer. Some months
afterwards the opportunity came. Mike,
while under the "Influence," declared
that he had killed Carpenter on pur
pose, and was glad of It. Talbot in
stantly drgw his pistol—the one that
Carpenter had willed him—and shot
Mike through the heart.
Thus perished Mike Fink," the "last
of the Boatmen.”
To the Editor of The Georgian:
So far as those portions of Mr.
Fleming's card of last Friday that un
dertake a discussion of certain phases
of the race question are concerned, I
do not feel called upon, at present, for
either criticism or reply, but when he
does not even attempt to confine him
self to a discussion of the question, but
launches Into a bitter personal and
political attack upon myself, a decent
regard for my own self-respect and for
the good opinion of my friends re
quires me to reply.
I do so with extreme reluctance, for
I have> always believed that the Latin
maxim, "De mortals nil nisi bonum,"
ought to- be a rule of political as well
as social amenity, and In the face ot
much provocation and many taunts
from him, extending through all the
years since h< was defeated, for con
gress, I have heretofore kept uniformly
silent, endeavoring to make full and
generous allowance for the soreness of
an embittered and disappointed man—
but when to soreness, sourness, and
bitterness he adds uncompromising
hate, reckless misrepresentation and
Insufferable egotism, forbearance ceases
to be a virtue.
What Is his excuse for lugging me
Into this self-righteous homily that he
gratuitously Imposes upon "the white
people of Georgia?" He says that I, as
well as Mr. Hoke Smith, "played a
conspicuous p&rt In stirring up race
hate." He deliberately, and, I believe.
Intentionally, misrepresents both Mr.
Smith and myself. The men in Georgia
who contend fob disfranchisement, and
who Insist that there shall be neither
Boclal nor political equality between
the races In this state, are not only
loyal to their own race and color, but
are the truest friends of the negro,
while men like W. II. Fleming, who
Insist on political equality between the
races, are tho worst enemies the negro
himself hap. They encourage him to
claim, not only political equality, but
Its necessary and Inevitable resultant,
soetal equality. The negro can only
live In the South In an inferior posi
tion, socially, Industrially and political
ly. Those who maintain the other doc
trine are leading him to his ruin and
destruction, while those of us who
would, kindly, but firmly, let hint know
the exact truth, are doing our best to
save him.
If Mr. Fleming had taken the trouble
to read my speech at Cartersvllle, Ga.,
on July IS, 1906, as the same was
stenographlcally taken down for The
Atlanta Journal, and published In full
In that paper, and not been unfair
enough to accept what partisan and
unfriendly newspapers had said In tho
heat of a bitter campaign, he would
not, I think, have been careless enough
of the truth to have said that I “re
pudiated any allegiance to the fifteenth
amendment," and stopped there. He
would havo discovered that I said, not
only at Cartersvllle, but all over Geor
gia. that while I had neither love, ad
miration nor respect for the fourteenth
and the fifteenth amendments, and did
not believe that either of them had
ever been adopted In the manner re
quired by the constitution, and hoped
some day to test that question before
the highest court In the land, yet that
"so long ns these amendments stand
mirepealorl and are sustained by the
courts, I for one shall yield to them
obedience, but It shall be a grudging,
technical obedience." Mr. Fleming'
Insinuation that I have said things on
the stump that I feared to repeat In
congress Is false. His Intimation that
t would take an oath with a mental
reservation Is equally despicable and
equally unworthy of him. His proposi
tion as to what he would have me state
If I should adopt either of the absurd
tests proposed by him, either In the
house or In the supreme court. Is Just
about on a parity with that other and
ancient bigotry and hypocrisy that
threw the suspected « witch Into the
mill pond, and If she drowned she was
Innocent, and If she got out she was
guilty! If the Judiciary committee of
the house rendered an opinion that the
fifteenth amendment had been legally
adopted, or that It had not, what court
In the country would be bound? If I
swear Cither before the supreme court
or at the bar of the house to support
the constitution of the United States,
am I thereby precluded from contest
Ing the question as to whether some
thing that purports to be a part of
that Instrument Is really a part of l‘
or not? Who Is bigoted and narrow
minded enough to make such an ab
surd contention? Nobody that I ever
heard of—except W. H. Fleming!
do not apprehend the slightest danger
either to myself or to the Tenth dis
trict because of my position on this
question or my views about It. I am
sorry Mr. Fleming continues alarmed—
surely In four years the edge of his
fears might have worn off.
But I am taking up entirely too much
time and space with Mr. Fleming and
his grievances against me. Neither
are of enough Importance to the public
or myself to Justify even the length of
this reply. I propose to dismiss him.
his soreness and vindictiveness toward
myself, and his Boston Idea of the ne
gro question, now and forever, so far
as the newspapers are concerned.
So far as I am concerned, the gen.
tleman from Augusta, safe In the ae-
curlty of that private life from which
he will never emerge, prolific "card
writer” and stilted egotist that he Is.
may wrap himself In the solitude of
his own fancied superiority and con
sole himself with the delusion that,
after all, when It. comes to real, un
adulterated statesmanship, he Is tho
only genuine article' the South has
produced since the days of John C.
Calhoun."
GOSSIP
I HE FARMING SITU A TION
By MARTIN V. CALVIN.
The First Reflection on Municipal
Integrity.
8o far as The Georgian knows there has not been
within this generation a charge of bribery against a may
or or any member of the city council of Atlanta, and
the recent suggestion of the bribery of council mem
bers In connection with the reopening of the saloons is
one which cannot be too speedily answered and too vig
orously dissipated for the good namovot the city, whose
government, while It may at some times be In error, has
never been shadowed with a suspicion of dishonesty. 1
We trust that taction will be prompt and vigorous
In this connection, and we are quite sure that every
newspaper In Atlanta'will be only too glad to give state
wide and South-wide refutation to ony Imputation ui>on
the Integrity of Atlanta's citizenship or IU offlclal life.
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D. J. Ciunpnu, the Michigan Democratic
leader. Ueulea tba report that bo favor*
Meant for the presidency.
Kx-Kcnator IVfflgroiv. of South Dakota,
who has cast In his polltlettl fortunes with
about every party or movement that has
sprung up during the past quarter of a
century, has accepted an Invitation to help
ii-iin.1. » II..-L. I. hi. V'..— .......
Farmer Governor James E. Complied,
who whs ouve regarded as a Democratic
presidential iHiastmltty. has necented tbe
unnihmtton fur congress In the Third Oblu
district.
ig to L -
Hoke Smith, the new governor-elect
Georgia, has found It necessary to decline
rolling op an unprecedtnted majority.
oerntte Hticcess nt the last election.
tiem-ml J. B. Weaver, who was the Few
. le’s I’orrr can,Dilate for president In 169!
and greenback candidate In ISSb. I. running
for magma on the organised lalmr lutrty
ticket "I the sixth dl.I.I-t Of Ohio.
The farming situation, as It relates
to the closing months of the current
year nnd the first four months of 1907,
Is peculiarly Interesting because ot the
adverse weather conditions which re
cently prevailed for so long a time'
throughout the greater portion of the
cotton belt.
If the reports of damage by wind
and rain that have roine to us be true,
work along economic lines must be
mapped out and systematically follow
ed upon the farm from this date till
tho middle of April next.
That the cotton crop has been se
riously damaged and the yield greatly
reduced can not be doubted.
It Is, therefore, clear that the Farm
ers' Educational and Co-operative
Union acted wisely In fixing the min
imum price ot cotton at 11 cents. This
was agreed on and announced weeks
ago. The staple will command a bet
ter price, but the minimum named will
be conceded to be perfectly fair by
every fair-minded man, whether he be
middle map or manufacturer.
Individual farmers have suffered
heavy loos In that the number of bales
for which they planted, and which were
In sight, have been noticeably reduced,
These farmers may recoup their losses
by marketing their crop slowly and by
taking advantage 8f the favorable
tarns In the market.
We have time and again seen the tm
mense value of the Occasional 'smaller
crop of cotton. For yesrs^the writer
has been endeavoring, to Interest South
ern farmers In the value and the In-
dlspenaablllty of accurate statistical In
formation.
Some one may ask: "What possible
Interest can a man who follows a plow
have In statistical Information?" The
answer Is: The deepest possible Inter
est.
Do you know thst on no crop, pro
duced anywhere on the known earth,
has so much study been bestowed or
so great u mass of facts and figures
collected and put Into teachable shape
as on the cotton crop of the United
States? Have you lost sight of the fact
that year by year thousajids by thou
sands of dollars are being expended in
a systematic effort to master the situa
tion In detail as to the cotton crop?
If farmers, old and young, would
study the facts thus brought to public
notice and carefully file away, for easy
reference, every article bearing on this
Important subject that falls under
their eyes, they would be greatly ben
efited.
If farmers would tarn to this class
of facts—say, for example, a table
showing the acreage and the crop for
each of the ten years 1896-1905, both
Inclusive, and then tarn to the prices
which ruled In New York for middling
cotton each of the ten years—they
would have Impressed on their minds
the Invaluable fact that a reduced
acreage, thorough preparation ot the
soil, the Judicious use of v a high-grade
fertiliser, the choicest seed nnd the
most approved method of cultivation
mean cotton priMuclIon at smaller cost
and at a decided profit.
The Intensive system, with diversi
fication In crape, guarantees remuner
ative farming.
The wind and the rain, to which al
lusion was made In the outset of this
article, damaged not only cotton, but
corn ready for the crib, and hundreds
of tons of the finest hay. This loss
must be mode good. How? By
larger acreage - than usual In small
grain. -
Take oats as the leading small grain
crop for the larger portion of the state
ana tho South. We do not seem fully
to appreciate the oat crop. To be con
vlnred ot the correctness of the decla
ration Just made, you have only to
turn to your big dictionary or the
bureau drawer where, perchance, you
have stored a way newspaper and farm
Journal clippings containing facts about
crops. You will discover that, unlike
In the case of cotton, the year In which
a phenomenal crop of oats Is made
Is uniformly followed by a sharp reduc
tion In the oat acreage^ The result Is
a crop wholly Inadequate to yqur
wants. That Is the rule.
Surely: It Is not at all necessary, but
the writer adopts “the usual expression,"
and urges the thorough preparation of
a greatly enlarged acreage for oats, for
the plnntlng season la right at hand.
Plow deeply, harrow and cross-harrow
till the land Is a seed-bed. Do not
broadcast and brush or harrow In your
oats, tf a regular grain drill be Im
possible to you Just now, you can af
ford a one-horse drill, such as the
Gantt Brothers, of Macon, manufac
ture. It is cheap enough, the price be
ing 19 or 810. ~
The Gantt drill or planter, as you
please, distributes the fertilizer acd
covers It, plants the oats and covers
them so that they are at least three
Inches below the surface. The growing
grain may be nipped by the January
frosts, but that Is alt; the plants will
take on new life and push forward to
full fruition. No so with grain that
Is sown broadcast and brushed or har
rowed In. On an average 85 per cent
of the broadqaated Is destroyed by the
freezes which come at leaat each alter
nate year.
A good oat crop, supplemented by
a forage crop which can be made and
harvested within ninety days after the
last frost In early spring, will suffice
to put you In first-class condition for
the remainder of the year, when all
your energies will be given to the wide-
range of crops possible at the South;
Just In this connection I wish to re
peat what a gentleman, who was for
three years commissioner of agricul
ture of Pennsylvania, told me ot the
Georgia State fair at Macon. In 1801.
He had carefully Inspected the splen
did county agricultural and the most
excellent Individual agricultural ex
hibits made on that occasion, and was
enthusiastic over each and all of them.
He said:
"I am familiar with Pennsylvania’s
agricultural results and possibilities,
and I have visited and Inspected farm
exhibits at county and at state fairs
in every state In tbte Union, but no
where have I seen so many, or so great
a variety of. valuable forage plants at
ore on exhibition In this hall."
Augusta, Os.
GEORGIAN’S IN' GOTHAM.
BY CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York, Oct. 17.—The ballet ma»
ter dill not kiss the chorus girls so the
girls In court say. Anyhow, b. Sant
'Elia, an Italian, who Is rehearsing tha
chorus for a new grand opera was in
the Westslde court on a complaint
made by Mrs. William Duffy that he
used unseemly language to hsr and
that he was In the habit of enlivening
rehearsals by kisnlng the members of
the ballet.
The court room held two full benches
of young women, dressed for the ocea"
slon. Miss Louise Leslie was very em*
Phntlc In saying that M. Sant 'Ella was
tho “most perfect stage manager" for
whom she had ever worked, and in-
dlgnantly denied that he had ever
kissed any of the girls.
"Why," said Miss Leslie, "the Ian.
guago that woman uses actually mads
me blush. She called me a bum. your
honor. Just because I stood up for him"
Miss Lena Eyck told substantially
tho same story. The prisoner was dh.
charged.
One of the first passengers to gilds
down the gang plank yesterday when
the steamer Minnehaha scraped agalntt
her pier was Fanny Ward. Miss Ward
was accompanied by Dorothy, her
beautiful young daughter, a govern
ess, a retinue of maids, an abridged
kennel of abridged dogs and the ken.
nel's chief hostler. She announced that
she was still suffering from the effects
of a stormy eleven days' voyage and
was whisked away in a motor car to t
fashionable hotel.
Miss Ward, who In private life Is
Mrs. Joseph Lewis, Is here on a pro
fessional mission, but to»all Intents and
purposes she will once more settlt
down In her native land Indefinitely.
If you have any fresh eggs, send them
New York. We need 'em. Thera
Is a great falling off In the receipts
from the West nnd North, and high,
grade stock Is scarce. The best eggs
are now coming from tho southwest.
Nearby, freshly gathered, fancy stock
la extremely limited, and dealers are
paying 33 cents a dozen for small
quantities. They will retail them to-
morrow at from 37 to 40 cents, with
dally receipts of more than 1,000,000
eggs, most of the lots have to be
classed as ordinary, and the consumer
will get them for 33 cents, and
"choice" eggs 3 cents more a dozen.
Refrigerator stock, gathered ltzt April,
brings from 33 to 25 eents a dozen tor
the best down to 15 cents for tho
"dirties.”
The Bohemians of the Rialto have z
new club—or. rather, 1 am privileged
to announce the fact for the first time;
and, too. It Is a somewhat mysterious
organization—nominated vaguely "That
Club."
Its headquarters are In the theatri
cal district. Its stationery states that
"That Club" was "placed In 1905."
Further particulars relate to "no of
ficers," “an organization founded sole-
ly for the alleviation of sadness and
a rendezvous for knockers."
A rendezvous of the club will take
place Saturday night In a private room
of an uptown restaurant. It Is known
that a number of theatrical treasurers,
house managers and song writers are
entitled to membership.
Literary New York has welcomed
“Tay Pay” O'Conner back again after
his visit to Canada, and he Is now at
the Prince George.
“I spoke In Montreal, Ottawa trad To.
ronto,” said Mr. O'Conner, "and I found
not only enthusiasm for the’cause of
Irish freedom, but the Canadians sub
scribed liberally for our work. I ex
pect to sail for home on the 25th, and
my time until then will be taken up
preparing for the mass meeting In Car
negie hall next Sunday.
"Never since the days of Parnell did
I ever see such good feeling toward
Ireland as there Is In this country to
day. I have met no American who
does not hope that tbs last hour ot
Ireland's affliction Is at hand."
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
OCTOBER 17.
JJcL’Encl
liirj b S* u - ,r ot
1765—Henri ... ques uummuhiv vwiki
of Napoleon’s shiest gencrsls, boru.
IH«k1 October 28. 1818.
1777—Genersl Gstes defeated General Bur*
foyne st Raratogs.
1797—nonspsrte siul Austrian emperor eon*
™ duded trest/ of Csmpo Formlo.
1805-Bottle of Ifslle.
U4f—Frederic Frsnels Chopin, composer,
_ died. Boro Msreh 1- 1800.
1S58—Duchess of Edinburgh bom.
-rresWent Grr •
bens corpus I
Carolina.
I
Wfr-Ksr. I)r.' \V A "lf U *lV 'Faunre Installed
as president of Brown unlrersltv.
902—J.ord Kitchener appointed t*» comnand
tiie British forces In India.
A DREAM TO COME.
(To Violst Grant Bond.)
In the whtte school bona* #n tbe hill,
I hear the children singing;
Sweet \lolet reigns o’er them still,
To her they still are clinging.
Ho wfll I dream when far away
Of Alto on a summfr's day.
To flit hut blithely out again.
Sweet Violet like a flower o’ May,
Her wedded lottl beside.
For this Is Violet’s wedding day,
And Violet Is a bride.
8o msy I dream when far away
Of Alto on n summer’s day.
-MYUTA LOCKETT AVA1U.
York, Oct 17.—Here are soma
of the visitors In New York today-
.rd. T on A Mra A R A L M ^cSm'8 E A H H^ C . h ;
2 was 3 *
SAVANNAH—C. O. MacItalL
The Atlanta Georgian
Is On Sale Regularly at the Fol
lowing Hotels and Newt 8tands.
BUFFALO. N. Y.-Iroqnols Hotel. ,
BALTIMORE. MD.-The New Holland.
BelTldere Hotel.
BOSTON, MARR.-Barker House,
Young’s Hotel. Summerset Hotel.
CHICAGO, ILLS.—Great Northern
Hotel, F. O. News Co.. Fslmer House. E
It. Clark. 112 Dearborn 81.; Auditorium
Hotel, Joe Herron, Jackson and Dear-
liorn streets.
CINCINNATI. OHIO.—Gibson Home.
Grand lintel, Fslsoe Hotel.
DENVER, COLO.—J. Black. II. U
Smith.
INDIANA!
Grand HoleL
NEW YORK, N. Y.—Hotel Astor, H"
del Imperial. »
OMAHA. .VERB.—Sfeeeafb *ta. Co.
SAN DIEGO. CAL.-B. IL Amo*. „ „
BT. FALL MINN.-N. LI. Msrle. K E
Filth street.
SEATTLE, WASH.—A. it. Kay
8T. LOLTS..MO.—[Intel Laclede, South
ern lintel. I'lnntera Hotel.
TOLEDO. OHIO.—Jefferson Hole.
TORONTO. CAN.—King Edward Hntr .
WASHINGTON. D. C.—Hotel WlllolJ.
McKinney lionet, lulelgh House.
