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I THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. WEDNESDAY, The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES F.L. SEELY • Editor. President. nwusHto evtir srrnsoo* (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN CO., st 25 W. Alabama St., Atltnti, Gi. SUISCHPTIO* SATIS. One Year .$4.50 Six Months 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By carrier, per week. . 10c Entered at thu Atlanta roatofflce it second* ctaea nail matter. Telephones Conner tins all dapartmanta. Long distance terminals. SMITH & THOMPSON, Advertising Renretentatlres for all territory outside of Georgia. CHICAGO OFFICE TRIBUNE BOII.DINO NEW YORK OFFICE POTTER BUILDING II yon hare any trouble getting TnE GEORGIAN. •JJ'PJSJJT the Circulation Department, ana bare It promptly remeaiao. Telephones: Bell 4937 Main. Atlanta 4401. It Is desirable that all mmmnnlratloni Intended rorpnMIcntlon In THE GEORGIAN he limited to WO nerds In length. H I" I® pemtlvo that they l>e slgneil, ns an esldence of good faith. Htengn the names will be withheld If requested. Rejected manuscripts • — sent for the purpose. 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. 0000000000090000000 O 0 O POLITICS AND POLITICIANS. O O 0 0000000009000000000 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.