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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES
F.L. SEELY
• • • Editor.
• • President.
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vertising. Neither does It print whisky or any liquor
advertisements.
Tillman’s Tali Standing.
After all, patriotism pays in the republic.
Senator Tillman haa not alwaya been a popular fig
ure upon the lyceum, and the lecture platforms have
not In past year* fallen over themselves In anxiety, to
secure him. But Senator .Tillman bore himself like a
brave man and a statesman In the laet session of tlfc
American senate. He bore the brunt of the people's
light for the regulation of the railroad*, and he met all
comers In that arena forcefully and fearlessly. Tillman
grew to grand proportion* out of that session of the aen-
ate, snd today In 'answer to an Invitation of the South
Carolina Society of Atlanta. bl« secretary Inform* the
president of that aoclety that every day of the senator's
time from now until the re-aaiembling of congress on
December*, and that evary day from the adjournment of
the next senate on March 4 to December of 1807, la al
ready under contract with the various lecture bureau*
ef the country.
It gives us personal and professional pleasure to
make this announcement to the multitude of friends of
the senior senator from South Carolina.
Georgia’s Last Laurel For Worthy Sons.
There has been some comment but no criticism upon
the permission given for Ssm Jonee' body to lie In state
at the capitol.
Whatever criticism might suggest Itself to the
thoughtless mind haa been answered on the Instant by
the prompt and universal appreciation of the appropriate
and proper act.
It It abont the only public honor which the state can
show to a noble dtlsen who baa fulfllled Ills mission and
the victor In the Olympian games. In France tho dream
of valor and of patriotism was the Cross of the legion of
Honor. We have In this free Amotlcn no external type
or symbol which we pin upon the cOfllns of our dead, or
any honors with which we garb tho loved ones whom they
leave behind. But It ta right and juit and more than
proper that the state should open wide the marble halls
of Its atately capitol, and In the buUdlng given to the ex
ecutlon of her law* and to the tran&ctlon of her great af
fairs, to make place for a day at least where any great
citizen may lie In atate to receive for the last time tho
tribute of his people and the tender consideration of his
friends.
Nothing in the mission of Georgia's capitol better be
comes It than to make Its splendid walls the waiting
placo through which Its useful cHItena pass from life's
strenuous struggle to the silont halls of Death
Not to every citizen perhaps should this gracious
honor come. • But wherever one hse lived as Sam Jones
has lived—highly and loftily with consplcuoui ability and
with unquestioned patriotism—the citizen who chances at
the time to bo the governor, should open wide the doors
snd make room for one honorable day to express the
state's appreciation of one who haa lived both loyally and
well. It Is a custom that should Increase with tlmo and bo
used with discrimination.
For this great cltlxen who served both the church nnd
the state, and for any citizen whose life hsa mixed with
public affair*, both great and email, this large and yet
little honor should be gladly and reverently shown.
The hope that one day—bis last day—may see his
casket In the capitol will be another Inspiration for high
thinking and right living to every citizen of Georgs.
A MONUMENT OF SOULS.—That was an ad
mlrsble suggestion made in Friday's Georgian by
Mr. B. J. Burch, of Richland, Ga., that Sam Jones'
monument should be built exclusively by those'who
have been brought to acknowledge Christ through
his ministry. Such a monument would be unique In
the history of the world and would doubtless carry
to the family of the dead evangelist a higher tribute
than any bronze or atone or atately pyramid could
bear.
“Sam Jones—Tom Watson.”
(A Saturday Evening.)
A few years ago and Just after the failure of the vice
presidential candidacy of Thomas E. Watson in 1896, that
famous Georgian wrote of Sam Jones one of the most
effective and eloquent sketches of his life.
He spoke of himself as a failure, saluting Sam Jones
as a conspicuous winner, and from the depths and shad
ows of defeat he sent upward and outward his glowing
and ungrudging panegyric to the great evangelist who,
riding the crest ol the wave, had realized in fame and
usefulness that glittering aspiration which men and the
world have called sueceaa.
We" would be glad today If we could reproduce that
tribute of the brilliant publicist to the famous preacher,
and to lay It lovingly aa an offering among the flowers
of song and apeech that garland the greenest grave In
Georgia.
We are wondering now what Tom Watson thinks
of Sam Jones today.
Ten year* charged with large events have passed
since that earlier estimate compiled amid the chasten
ed reflections of defeat. The evadgellst lies dead amid
the tears and plaudits of his world. Paeans of pralae are
sung above him; tributes of speech fall soft and tender
from a hundred tongues, prayers of gratitude rise above
him from thousands whose hearts were touched and
turned, by his ministry to behold the Cross, and the cat.
ket that held his mortal part, resting a full day of honor
in the marble corrldoTh of the capitol, has been crowned
and covered with every flower left to the lingering sum
mer by Autumn's generous grace.
The publicist remains, leader of lost causes, focal
of faction, and center of economic storms. 'Ho has
fought his brave battles, with . unbroken courage and
with unfailing, eloquence, to their armed armistice or to
the predestined end. .He has rebuked temptation, re
fused every compromise of principle, turned his back
upqn the glittering promises of ofllce which were set for
his return to the rank of tho dominant faction, and with
consistency, pledged in sacrlflce and maintained In he
roic Isolation, he has kept the faith of his advocacies
and followed his convictions to successive stakes of mar
tyrdom,
Through loneliness, misunderstanding and misrepre
sentation Tom Watson has not faltered In fidelity to the
cause and the people adopted aa his own tweltri years
ago.
And he has raroly won. Never but once In his battle-
scarred career haa victory perched upon bis banners, or
served his time.
In days of old the Greeks put a laurel, wreath about „f Hla faith waved over a triumphant field. His
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Another Magazine.
In this day of many merttorjous magazines. Atlanta
la to have another.
And there are brains behind It, too, and wide expe
rience and a strong touch.
And It has a theme that is central and absorbing
to commend it. The title of the magazine Is The Race
Question and Southern Symposium. It is to be devo
ted exclusively to matters concerning the atates of the
South, a reflex of Caucasian sentiment, and a discus
sion of the race question In the form of essays of the ed
itor and competent students of the race question who
have been Invited to contribute their opinions especial
ly for publication. The man behind this literary gun Is
R. W. McAdam. one of the strongest men that haa been
on the staff of The Atlanta Constitution for many years.
He haa been for live years an editorial writer on that
paper and literary editor of The Sunny South. Half of
his life has been spent In active newspaper work. He la
thoroughly familiar with Southern conditions, being him
self a Virginian by birth and a Georgian by adoption, and
his heart la In the cause snd task of building up this
magazine. It lookB to The Georgian as If there ought to
b« a Held for such a venture, and we cordially wish our
accomplished and gifted friend McAdams full success.
The spontaneous suggestion of all Atlanta has set
tled upon "Armory Hall" aa the name of our new public
building. Everybody haa called It that from the begin
ning. and we do not suppose that another title has been
suggested by any one outside of the devoted admirers of
distinguishes Individuals who would like to honor the ob
ject of their admiration.
. We noticed on yesterday a long line of little chairs in
front of the ofllce of The Constitution. We are consumed
with curiosity to understand the uses to which they are
to be put. Can It be possible that our distinguished con
temporary Is a hot to become the protector of the Infant
Industries of the country?
eloquenco haa been praised, his logic has been lauded,
his consistency has been conceded and his splendid cour
age has wrung tribute from his sternest foes. But by
the world's standards, which are selfish and material, he
must be measured as a defeated man—a battled warrior
—who has nearly always tailed.
There thoy are, In sharp and signal contrast—two
famous Georgians 2>f today.
Rarely havo life lines been set more separate and
apart. This one for the church, the other fpr the state.
Laurels and laudation (Tor the preacher. Cypress
and sorrow for the stateaman. Tho Soldier of tho Cross
on flowery beds of ease. The Populist and Patriot In
perpetual and unequal strife.
Vast congregations for the evangel—multitudes that
hea|rd him gladly—laughter nnd life, nnd loving aud
tears—with the visible Joy of the redeemed making green
the paths of hit labor—with tho songs of the snved
swelling like music to his living ears, and the rejoicing
host of his convent nlmoet the last sight that lit hit dy
Ing but triumphant eyes.
The defeated publicist—sitting for ten years desolate
by his hearthstone—working out In solitude nnd patient
honesty the strong convictions of his faith, goes forth
with high courage and heroic zeal to fight. Groat odds
are piled against him. Slander Blabs hli name; acorn,
ful ridicule aeealle; money mocks his eloquence; friends
fall away; comrades turn traitora In n night; bltterneaa
blurs his battles; the ranks are hostile that were once his
frlenda, and on the final field where he has staked and
lost In dauntless sincerity, his patriot sympathies and bis
brave beliefs, night falls In failure and darkens In de
feat.
Patriot and Preacher—Priest and Propagandist—
they are Georgia's own. In brain and pulse, In heart nnd
hope, they love nnd honor—they save, and serve her ai
their separate faiths have aent them to her neede.
Ia the servant of the state less worthy than the
■errant of the church? Ia tho priest all perfect and the
patriot altogether wrong* Is success tho measure of a
true man's service? Is victory the value of a civic
faith?
Benedictions hare blessed the preacher all his ra
diant day. lie haa sown In the wealth of his sub
stance and haa gathered his harvests In a thousand
■heaves. The work of hli hands has been established
upon him. Yea the work of hla hands God has estab
lished It.
But the patient publicist struggling in darkness and
defeat, haa wrought like the tapestry weavers that work
across the sea—worked on the wrong side maybe, but
worked for the right side aye. Parties that scorned him
once are arbsorbtng now hla creeds; platforms that
mocked him are marking hla principles In planks that
plead; and the people persuaded so often to defeat him
and deny, are awaking at last to see that hla warning
was wisdom, and that hla signal was the safety of
the atate.
Side by aide we place them—preacher and populist—
the living and the dead. They have tilled large places
In their sphere and time of work. They have worked
and won. They have fought and failed.
But before we close the volume and write the
final estimate of aucceaa and failure upon these great
Georgia Uvea let ua pauae and reflect upon the wide
variance which our human standards make with that
serene and Judicial verdict wMch tranquil history reo
rders and which high heaven approve*.
PARTY ALIGNMENTS
ARE TO JE BROKEN
Johu Sharp Williams Sees
Smash Up Near
Future.
Cambridge, Md., Oct 20.—John Sharp
Williams addressed a crowded house
at tl\e Auditorium here last night, his
speech being delivered In the Interests
of Congressman Thomas Smith, of the
First Maryland district, a candidate
for re-election.
Mr. Williams expressed the belief
that the country Is on the verge of a
break-up of the old party alignments
and that In live years there will be two
great parties, one composed of men
who, having lost all confidence In the
capacity of the people to do anything
for themselves, would intrust every
thing to government.
The other party will be composed, he
sold, of men who still believe In the
Initiative of the individual and in the
principles enunciated by Thomas Jef
ferton.
He reviewed the causes leading' to
Democratic defeat, which he attributed
to shameless corruption on the part of
the corporations and divisions among
the Democrats.
3UGGEST8 MONUMENT
* TO REV. SAM P. JONES.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Of course a monument to the mem
ory of Rev. Bam P. Jones will be erect
ed. The writer would suggest to those
who will have the matter In hand, that
the many who were converted under
Mr. Jones' ministry be allowed the
privilege of erecting said monument.
No appeal will be necessary, only let
those who were led to Christ through
him know of the plan, and an adequate
amount will soon be raised. I
Richland, Ga., Oct. 18.
WATCH OUT FOR THeUeXT MAN.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I have read your paper with much
interest regarding municipal owner-
, and 1 hope you will keep the good
t up, but there Is one thing that
has been bothering me, and that Is,
why didn't you support Thomas Oood-
wln In the last election? He stood
for what you are advocating and with
your help, then, I believe that his elec
tion would have been certain.
Would like to read your statement.
T. F. SOUTHERN.
A GEORGIA TOBACCO FARMER.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
After reading your able editorial on
the opportunities offered us Southern
farmers I thought I would give you a
brief dtscrlptton of the agricultural op
portunities In this section.
We grow tobacco here for our money
crop, und to the uninformed It would
seem like "a fulry tule" to tell of the
future that can be made and will be
made In this section on tobacco farms.
The crop brought last year an aver
age price of 20 cents per pound for sun
grown tobacco, nnd from 00c to 00c
for covered tobacco. The varieties
grown hero are the Cuban seed leaf
und the Sumatra seed leaf. What I
mean by sun grown tobacco, Is to
bacco grown out In the open just ns
corn nnd cotton Is grown, and covered
tobacco Is tobacco grown under lattice
or cheese cloth shndes. The average
yield per acre Is 1,000 pounds where
the crop Is grown on ordinary land and
with or.llnnry fertilising, and from
.200 to 1,600 where the crop Is well fer
tilized.
Ho you see where the cotton farmer
only makes 860 per acre, should be
make a bale per ncre, we can take the
same amount of labor und fertiliser
ami make at lenat 8200 per acre, and If
wish to get the fancy prices we can
cover In an aero for $200 and put $100
Worth of fertiliser In It and make $1,500
per acre for our crop. I-ands are com
paratively cheap. Goad tobacco Jands
con be bought from $15 lo $23
arre, anil the price of tobacco Is guar-
teed. aa you can sell your crops for
five years ahead at the prtcea 1 men
tioned, If you wish to do so.
If you see fit to publish this letter
and wont me to write you nnother one
giving all the details of thf tobacco
business In this section, 1 will do so,
and wilt answer all correspondence ad
drersed to me. ..... , ..
M. C. WILLIAMS.
Attapulgus, Ga.
EFI WUS THEODORE R008EVELT
;r I was Theodore Roosevelt,
'd Imre in* war. yon bet:
d rule this nation from North to South,
s no man ever hne yet.
An 1 whnt I'll say would have to go.
'mm,* | would know the best,
d hnvo my way In everything, ,
d rule from East to W eat,
it nmrrh thro' the streets uv Washington
With cartridges In my Mt,
d do as old Nnpoleou did
' wus ltoowvelt.
,'d wenr tho lient elolhen thnt wus initile,
An' smoke the lisst cigars;
I'd own n nlrshlp, tln-t could fly
Away nhove the stnvs;
"it mnke the rich men uv the world
eel Just like thirty cents.
-'nnsc til he Mr. Roosevelt,
The king nv presidents—
I’d wenr the highest lienver hat
An’ throw nwny my felt, .
d bar the Intest style In things
‘ wus Roosevelt.
n old mnn John It. RoekahlU
'mil,I not i-ompnre with me.
'd mnke the kings uv foreign lands
Take off I heir hats mi’ cry:
‘ilurrsh. to Mister Roosevelt.
Es I'd go rillin’ by.
An' not n man In all the land
'instil ever know my wealth
'll have n private secretory
•Ike old man Roosevelt.
apenk
d lie right lit th’ gi
'it hnve some one to lug my gun
An’ slso take the ntm.
Ah' every time s 1-,-or wus killed
' would get sit the lame,
'nr Hon. Theodore Roosevelt
‘In- my unnie.
_ killed 'most nil the hears
An' emptied ntit my In-lts.
Mr ns me would tie nil over the world
Like ohl man Roosevelt's.
.. show the railroads who wns boss,
’•I make the trusts atnu' 'round,
run the cougreas on my plan.
A MINISTER FROM CHICAGO
PA YS TRIBUTE TO MR. JONES
Rev. French E. Olllver, of Chicago,
delivered the following tribute to Rev.
dellty surged like billows over the re
ligious as well as the political life of
ijur nation, he was aa truly Gods
Sam P. Jones at the capitol Friday ™ r ph ™;!ng, -^ott art the man,’ as
morning at 11'o'clock. He said:
"Rev. Sam P. Jones was the greatest
admixture of contrast that ever com-
blned In one human being, so far as
my reading, observation or personal
acquaintance can gauge. He had the
dauntless courage of a thousand brave
men, and the sympathy and tender
ness of the sweetest woman. He was
the diagnostician, studying the pathol
ogy of the pandemics, endemics and
epidemics of mankind, morally and re
ligiously. Then he became the' sur-
geon driving the scalpel through the
diseased parts, causing excruciating
pains to the one In whom he drove the
Instrument, but he was In the next
moment the soft-handed, sweet-voiced
nurse, administering the balms and
tonics lo the suffering sinner.
"He was the whole fearless regiment,
sweeping across the battleflehl with cy
clonic fury, leaving the Held strewn
with the wounded and dying; then he
was the whole Red Cross Society, fol
lowing In the wake of the cauatlc caty-
clyam, bringing the comfort of a thou
sand loves Into the aching hearts.
Brother Jones never gave a thorn with
out a rose; he never gave honeycomb
without honey; he never hurt a man
In this world In his great ministerial
career but for t.Vj purpose of tearing
off the mask and allowing men to see
themselves.
‘‘To him the pulpit was no glided
prison cell, In which to palaver, pallate
or pander. He had no fear of poignant
persecution, no botv to make before a
reprobate taskmaster, ruling a degen
erated company of pulpit puppets with
a rod of gold. While some pulpits dealt
In painted Are, Sam Jones dealt In
real Are. Irrevocable convictions swept
him Into a relentless warfare, where
he did more to strengthen the back
bones of the American preachers than
any man who has ever, labored in this
country. To him—os he told me a few
weeks ago In his home—the pulpit was
a thrope, whereupon he was called to
sway a scepter In righteousness, love
and faithfulness. .
“He held the conviction that he was
sent of God—I know he was! To this
age. where cowardice, superAciallty,
poltroonlsm, policy-seeking and Infl-
wns Nathan In his day. IBs strength
can only be measured by the burden he
bore. The crocs that he bore was
heavy; he suffered pains which would
have made a giant crouch and cower
like a belabored hound—but he bore
them as a prince of Israel, which he
was. I heard him tell recently how tho
sorrows of the grave encompassed him.
and when It seemed that his goal was
despair, God seemed to speak audibly
to him these words;
‘“When through the waters -I cause
thee to go.
The rivers of sorrow shall not thee
overnow,
For I will be with thee, thy troubles
to bless,
And sanctify to thee thy deepest dis
tress,’
and when he turned and told his pre
cious wife, the answer of God to his
heart, she said. ‘My darling, God gave
me the same words at the same mo
ment.'
"I know how mellow his great heart
was; I have prayed and wept with him
In his own home, where the evlde^es
of weakness or strength In any man
are exhibited. He showed that he was
a tower of strength; he fought a ifood
Aght; he Anlshed his course, the Intre
pid Warrior has faced earth's last bat
tlefield. Today he is wearing the
crown which God gave him when He
lifted the cross from his tired shoul
ders. Ho haa met Jesus Christ, and
God the Father, and now he may be
talking with Daniel or Abraham or
Paul or John. He has kissed hla mother
and grasped his father’s hands. His
little babe which went before him has-
welcomed him into the city. Let an
object pass one Inch earthward or
skyward at the point of equipoise
where Is registered the limit of earth's
attraction, as well as the limit of the
sun’s attraction—and Instantly It will
move earthward or sunward. Brother
Jones reached that point In the spirit
ual firmament, for there Is that polnr
of spiritual equipoise between earth
and heaven. Heaven's attraction drew
him home to Ood forever."
Rev. Dr. George Stewart,' of Cleve
land, Tenn., for fifteen years a co
worker with Rev. Bam Jones, followed
In an Impressive prayer.
! GOSSIP!
ATLANTA READY TO GREET
VISITORS TO CONVENTION
OF CARRIAGE BUILDERS
Cimball Gay With
Bunting—Many Are
Arriving.
An' K»t thlurn, ilnsrii so line—
l’il name the chlllun srter me.
An' call the country mine.
An' In_ the hot old summer lima*
— - ijr l
I wus Roosevelt.
Another thins I’d try to ilo.
An' that's ‘ " *“
I wouldn't i _
An' It l T for write.
I'd make professor* ldn«h with fear
Ter see the way I'd spell:
I'd show them how to run s skool.
An’ how to ran It well.
I‘d make the people of today
Spell like onr fathers spelt.
■' ‘ ’— know whnt wus In me,
-F. 11 UcIL
In preparation for the coming of the
National Carriage Builders’ Associa
tion Tuesday the Kimball house Is gay
with Rags nnd bunting.
Advance guards of the carriage-
makers are arriving by every train,
most of the early arrivals being officers
of the association or exhibitors. Al
ready a score or more of thd* largest
manufacturers In the country are on
hand, and out at the exposition grounds
where the exhibits will be made there
Is a fever of activity.
Carpenter* are busied erecting at
tractive booths for the exhibitors and
many car loads of material have gone
to the grounds. One feature of the
conventions of' the association Is the
fact that no assembled vehicles are
permlltod—only the various parts go
ing Into It are shown.
As an Indications of how. great a
crowd of carriage men Is expected all
the lending hotels have sent out notices
lo the public advising those contem
plating coming to Atlanta to postpone
their visit until after next week, as the
accommodations of the hostelrles have
been engaged to their capacity.
Special Train Coming.
There will be many arrivals Sunday,
but the crowds will pour Into the city
In earnest Monday. A special train of
Pullmans will leave Cincinnati Sunday
at noon, reaching Atlanta Monday at
noon. Other large delegations will
come in from the East and Northwest,
Among the delegates will be many
millionaire manufacturers and repre
sentatives of some of the largest Arms
In the world.
Secretary’ Elliott Dunn at the Kim
ball house headqunrtera of the Atlanta
Vehicle Club, hosts of the N. C. B. A.,
Is about as busy a man as one can And
these days, but he has systematised
arrangements and Is receiving such
hearty co-operation on every side that
his really herculean task la made
easier.
The convention opens Tuesday morn
ing at 10 o’clock In the convention hall
at Piedmont park, and-business ses
sions will continue through Thursday.
The exhibits at the park will remain
intact through Saturday.
Indications point to. not less than
3,000 visitors, and the number may
reach 6,000. Plans have been perfected
to accommodate the larger number.
RAWLINS SAYS
WIFE FORSAKES HIM
IN HIS STRUGGLE
Special to The Georgian.
Valdosta, Ga., Oct. 20.—J. G. Rawi-
Ins Is greatly displeased with Attor
ney John R. Cooper's argument before
the pardon board last Saturday, in be
half of Milton and Jesse Rawlins, the
part he particularly objects to being
Mr. Cooper's statement that If the boys
are connected with the murder of the
Carter children at all It was through
the InAuence and at the Instigation of
their father. The elder Rawlins ap
pears greatly disappointed because his
wife, who heard the argument, did not
at once confute the lawyer's state
ment.
Rawlins said:
“My wife has gone clear back on me.
She ought to have stood up at the
moment Cooper uttered that and told
him that It was not so. She knows
that I flld not send the boys with Alt
Moore to kill those children, and that
I was In town at the time. If they
were sent by an body It was by—well,
not me.
"I may be mean enough to hang, but
I am not mean enough to get my boys
in such a scrape as that.'’
R. S. WESSELS,
Chairman Entertainment Committee.
TWO ARE WOUNDED
IN PITCHED BATTLE
AT RAILROAD CAMPS
Special io The Georgian. ■
Woodbury, Ga., Oct. 20.—As the re
sult of an altercation between Will
OIII and Virgil Moreland, at a camp
of the Callahan Construction Company,
six miles below here, on Thursday
afternoon, both men He wounded, Vir
gil Moreland aerloualy. If not fatally.
Warm words were had between the
two men In the morning, over the at
tempted arrest of a negro In the camp,
and In the afternoon Moreland re
turned. armed with a'shotgun and pis
tol, It is stated, to have a definite un
derstanding with OIII, and the latter,
upon Moreland's advance, fired his pis.
tol, wounding his adversary in the
head. Gill then turned away and
Moreland shot him In the back with a
shotgun. This proved the signal for a
general attack upon Moreland by the
laborers about the camp, more than
fifty shots being fired at him by both
white and black. But only one bullet
of this fusillade struck him, and this
took serious effect In his back, little
hone of his recovery being entertained.
Will Gill Is not vitally hurt.
% Both men are of Woodbury.
COMMITTEE APPOINTED
TO REPORT ON SCHOOLS.
8perisl to The Georgian.
St. Marys, Ga.. Oct. 2#.—The semi
annual meeting of the 8avannah pres
bytery has been In session here this
week, beginning Tuesday and ending
Thursday.
Thfe opening sermon was preached
by Rev. F. D. Thomas, of Brunswick,
retiring moderator.
Dr. J. Y. Fair, of Savannah, was
elected moderator; Dr. M. Kelt Smith
was unanimously elected evangelist of
the presbytery. His decision will be
made soon.
A proposition by the Macon pres
bytery to the Savannah presbytery
touching the question of education In
their ichools at Thomasville and
Blackshear, was discussed, and a com
mittee was appointed to report at the
spring session of the presbytery, which
meets at Blackshear.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
of the visitors In NeV York today"
ATLANTA—Dr. W. A. Monnlsh, Mrs
L. T. StovalL
BY CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York, Oct. 20.—I heard today
of a man wno fell seven stories
thought it was fun, and told the doc-’
tors later on Just how it felt to take
a tumble of that alze.
‘•That toll waa the finest expert-
ence that I ever had. The sensation
was the pleasantest I ever enjoyed.”
This Is what -William Bushnell said
to the Bellevue doctors after falling
down the air shaft from the seventh
floor of the Hotel Seville, at Twenty,
eighth street and Madison avenue.
He Is 19 years old and a plumber's
assistant. Ho escaped injury except
for a slight bruise on his left heel
and walked to Bellevue hospital t»
have It treated.
Lady Algernon Gordon Lennox, alter
spending several weeks In America,
has sailed on the Republic for Naples
whence she will proceed to the Island
of Capri for the winter. She will be
Joined there by her'daughter, Miss Ivy
Gordon Lennox, and by her husband
Lord Algernon Gordon Lennox. You
remember Lady Gordon Lennox as the
best dressed woman In England, of
course.
Mrs. Langtry has a neat little knack
all her own for rising the King's Kng-
Ilsh to picturesque advantage. I over
heard the Jersey Lily describe to a
gentleman, who looked an awful swell
and who waa lunching with the act-
ress at the Hoffman House, as "a
bilious, green and, yellow day, tinged
with touches of an Immoral magenta
color," which struck me as a very
adequate description of the color
scheme of the day. And. to match the
day, she daxited the matinee audi
ence at the Fifth avenue, with a new
gown of green chiffon with garlands
of gold and silver embroidered In the
empire style, with a bunch of Im
moral magenta roaes palpitating at her
bosom.
Alas, this year's crop of canaries Is
spurious. They're only painted spar
rows that the patrons of the country
fairs have been buying in quantities
from soft spoken East Side vender*.
From Connecticut comes the news that
scores of persons who bought sup
posed canary birds at the county fair
at remarkably low prices have since
given the’birds their freedom, as they
proved to be common sparrows dyed
yellow.
The exciting chase from Chicago, all
over America and Europe, which you
still remember the actor, Francis Sedg
wick Wilson, made to recover his lit
tle son from his former wife, June Van
Busklrk. the beautiful young actress,
had Its sequel today In the bankruptcy
of Wilson because of the expense of
the chase.
The actor filed a petition of volun
tary bankruptcy In the United States
district court, stating his liabilities to;
be $2,567, with assets of only $1X1.1
Some part of the liabilities were In
curred through the expenee of hla di
vorce suit against’ his wife, who was.
subsequent to the granting of the
decree, reported engaged to Robert
Vernon Harcourt, son of the late Sir
Vernon Harcourt.
Wllson’a pursuit of June van Bus
klrk became the sensation of two con-,
tlnents. It began In Chicago, where
she had the boy when her husband-se
cured his decree giving him the cus
tody of the child. Aa soon aa she heard
of th* divorce decree she boarded a
train for New'York, whence ehe took
steamer for London, with Wilson close
at her heels. Her husband saw her
In the Carlton restaurant. Then be
gan an auto race to Brighton. Mother
and chlm eluded Wilson, returning to
London, thence going to Paris, Berlin
and Swltxerland, where she hid herself
In a small village, and her husband
lost the trail. /
To demonstrate woman’s sincerity In
asking the suffrage, as well as to show
what effect her vote would have upon
the election, the Harlem- Equal Rights
League will open Voting booths at the
Havgny, No. 2804 Firth avenue, on
election day at 11 a. m. From that
hour until 6 p. m. all women Interested
may cast an official ballot for govern
or and another candidates.
Sholem Alelkhelm. who Is widely
known as the ’’Jewish Mark Twain.”
Is on hla way to this country. Alelk
helm, whose name la Sholem Rablno-i
vita, was living In comfortable cir
cumstance* at Kiel! when the antl-
Jewlsh riots took place there, and was
marked by the ’’Black Hundred" for
execution. Hie house waa the first’ one
to be wrecked. The novelist escaped
with hla family. I
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
OCTOBER 20.
1728—City of Copenhagen, Denmark, nearly
destroyed by Are.
1815—Island of Jamaica devastated by a
hurricane.
183—Marshall Jewell, postmaster-general
under President Grant, born. Died
February 10, 1888.
1839—United Mates Senator A. 0. llacon, of
Georgia, bora.
1842-Graco Darling died.
lSO-Depnrtmonts of too Cumberland and
Mississippi consolidated and placed
under command of General Grant.
Grant snd Miss
1894—James Anthony Fronde,
died. Born April 23, 1818.
IX
tic of Dundee
1901—Bicentennial of Yale University eels-
brated.
1904—Alaskan boundary flxed.
-President Roosevelt InslL-
second peace conference at
The Atlanta Georgian
la On 8ale Regularly at the Fol
lowing Hotele > and News Stand*.
BUFFALO. N. Y.-Iroqnols Hotel.
BALTIMORE. MD.—The Now Holland,
Belvldere Hotel.
BOSTON. MARS.—B s r k e r House.
Young’s lintel, Hnmmerset Hotel.
CHICAGO, ILLS.—Groat Northern
Hotel. P. o. News Co., Palmer House, E.
II. Clark. 112 Dearborn At.; Auditorium
Hotel. Joe Herron, Jackson aud Dear
born afreet*.
CINCINNATI, JMIIO.-GIboon House,
Grand Hotel, PaWre Hotel.
DENVER, COLO.—J. Black, H. H.
Fifth *tri--t.
SEATTLE
SI. LOUIS. Mix-Hotel .
era lintel. Planters lloiel.^H
TOLEDO, OHIO.—Jeffernoo Hotel.
TORONTO. CAN.—KlUg Edward Hotel.
WAMIINUTON. D. C.—Hotel TVLtard,
McKinney House, Raleigh House.