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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
lATrnnAT. octorer 50. in*.
The Atlanta Georgian.
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A MONUMENT OF SOULS.—That v
mirabie suggestion made in Friday’s Georgian by
Mr. E. J. Burch, of Richland. Ga.. that Sam Jones’
monument should be built exclusively by those who
have been brought to acknowledge Christ through
hia ministry. Such a monument would be unique In
the history of the world snd would doubtless carry
to the family of the dead evangelist s higher tribute
than any bronxe or stone or stately pyramid could
bear.
“Sam Jones—Tom Watson.”
Tillman’s Tall Standing.
After all, patriotism pays In the republic.
Senator Tillman has not always been a popular fig
ure upon the lyceum, and the lecture platforms have
not In past years fsllen over themselves In anxiety to
secure him. Bot Senator Tillman bore himself like a
brava man and a atatesman In the last aesaion of the
American aenate. Ha bore the brunt of the people’s
fight for the regulation of the railroads, and he met all
comers In that arena forcefully and fearlesaly. Tillman
grew to graod proportions out of that session of the sen
ate. and today In answer to an Invitation of the South
Carolina Society of Atlanta, his secretory Informs the
president of that society that every day of tha senator’s
time from now until the re-assembling of congress on
December 1. and that every day from the adjournment of
tho next senate on March 4 to December of 1907, Is al
ready under contract with the various lecture bureau*
of tha country.
It give* 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 ha* been some comment but no criticism upon
the permission given for 8am Jones’ body to lie In state
at the capitol.
Whatever criticism might suggest Itself to the
tboughUess mind has been answered on the inatqnt by
the prompt nnd universal appreciation of the appropriate
and proper act.
It Is about the only public honor which the state can
abow to a noble ctUsen who ha* fulfilled bi* mission and
served bis time.
In days of old the Greeks put s laurel wreath about
the victor In the Olympian game*. In Franca the dream
ot valor and of patriotism was the Cross of th# legion of
Honor. We have lu this free America no external type
or aymbol which we pin upon the cofilns ot oUr dead, or
any honors with whlclfVe garb the loved ones whom they
leave behind. But It Is right and Just nnd more than
proper that the state should open wide the marble halls
of its stately capitol, and In the building given to the ex
ecutlon of her lawa and to the transaction of her great af
faire, to make place for a day at least where any great
citizen may lie la state to receive for the last time the
tribute of his people and the tender consideration of hla
friends.
Nothing In the mission of Georgia’s capitol better be
comes It than to make Its splendid wnlls the waiting
place through which Its useful cltlsens pass from life’s
strenuous struggle to the silent halls of Death.
Not to every cltlxen perhnps should this gracious
honor come. But wherever one has lived aa Sam Jones
has lived—highly snd loftily with conspicuous ability nnd
with unquestioned patriotism—the cltlxen who chances at
the time to be the governor, should open wide the doors
and make room for one honorable day to express the
state’s appreciation ot one who has lived both loyally and
well. It Is a custom that should Increase with time and be
used with discrimination.
For this great cltlxen who served both the church and
the state, and for any citizen whose life has mixed with
public affairs, both great and small, this large and yet
little honor should be gladly nnd reverently shown.
The hope that one day—his last day—may see bis
casket In the capitol will ba another Inspiration for high
thinking and right living to every citizen of Georga.
Another Magazine.
In this day ot many meritorious mngazines, Atlanta
Is 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 centrsl and absorbing
to commend It. The title ot the magazine la The Race
Question and Southern Symposium. It Is to be devo
ted exclusively to matters concerning the states ot the
8outh, a reflex of Caucasian sentiment, and a discus
sion of the race question In the form of easave 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 U
R. W. McAdara, one ot the strongest men thnt has been
on the ataff of The Atlanta Constitution for many years.
He baa been for five years an editorial writer on that
paper nnd literary editor of The Sunny South. Half of
bts life baa been spent In active newspaper work. He is
thoroughly familiar with Southern conditions, being him-
eelf a Virginian by birth and a Georgian by adoption, nnd
hla heart la in tbe cause and task of building up this
magaxlne. It looks to The Georgian aa If there ought to
be a field 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” as the name of our new public
building. Everybody hu calfed it that front 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-
feet of their admiration.
We noticed on yesterday a long line of little chairs in
front of tbe office of The Constitution. We are consumed
with curiosity to understand the uses to whicli they are
to be put Can It be possible that our distinguished con
temporary Is abot ’ .to become tbe protector of tbe Infant
Industrie* of the country?
(A Saturday Evening.)
A few years ago and Just after the failure of tbe vice
presidential candidacy of Thomas E. Watson In 1896, that
famous Georgian wrote of Sam Jones one of the moit
effective and eloquent sketches of hla life.
He spoke of himself as a failure, saluting Sam Jones
as a conspicuous winner, and from tbe depths and shad
ow* of defeat he sent upward and outward his glowing
and ungrudging panegyric to tbe great evangelist who,
riding the crest of the wave, had realized In fame and
usefulness that glittering aspiration which men and the
world have called success.
We would be glad today if we could reproduce that
tribute of the brilliant publicist to the famous preacher,
and to lay It lovingly a* an offering among the flowers
of song and speech that garland the greenest grave In
Georgia.
We are wondering now what Tom Watson thinks
of 8am Jones today.
Ten years charged with large events have passed
since that earlier estimate complied amid the chasten
ed reflections of defeat. The evangelist lies dead amid
the tears and plaudits of hla world. Paeans of praise 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 cas
ket that held his mortal part, resting a full day of honor
In the marble corridors of the capitol, haa 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. He 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 even’ compromise of principle, turned his back
upoa'the glittering promises ot office which were eet for
hla return to the rank of tha dominant faction, and with
a consistency, pledged In sacrifice and maintained in he
roic (eolation, be haa kept the faith ot hie advocacies
and followed his convictions to successive stakes of mar
tyrdom.
Through loncllnesa, misunderstanding and misrepre
sentation Tom Watson has not faltered In fidelity to,the
cause and the people adopted as his own twelve years
ago.
And he haa rarely won. Never but once In hla battle-
scarred career has victory perched upon hla banner*, or
the flags of his faith waved over a triumphant field. HI*
eloquence baa been praised, his logic has been Iaudod,
hla consistency has been conceded and hi* splendid cour
age haa wrung tribute from his sternest foes. But by
the world's standards, which are selfieh and material, he
must be measured as a defeated man—a baffled warrior
—who has nearly always failed.
There they are. in ahnrp and signal contrast—two
famous Georgians of today.
Rarely have life lines been set more separate and
apart. This one for the church, the other for the state.
laurels and laudation for tbe preacher. Cypress
and sorrow for the statesman. The Soldier of the Cross
on flowery beds of ease. The Populist and Patriot In
perpettlgl and unequal strife.
Vast congregations for the evangel—multitudes that
heard him gladly—laughter and life, nnd loving and
tears—with the visible Joy of the redeemed making green
the paths of hit labor—with the songs of the saved
swelling like music to his living ears, and the rejoicing
hoat of hi* converts almost the last sight that lit Mi dy
ing hilt triumphant' eyes.
The defeated publicist—sifting for ten years desolate
by hla hearthstone—working out In solitude and patient
honeaty the strong convictions of hla faith, goes forth
with high courage and heroic zeal to fight. Great odds
are piled against him. Slander stabs his name; scorn
fill ridicule assails; money mocks hla eloquence; friends
full away; comrades turn traitors in a night; bitterness
blurs his battles; the ranks are hostile that were once his
friends, and on the final field where he haa staked and
lost In dauntless sincerity, his pntrlol sympathies and his
brave beliefs, night falls In failure nnd darkens In dc-
PARTY ALIGNMENTS
ARE TO BE
John Sharp Williams Sees
Smash Up is ear •
Future.
A MINISTER FROM CHICAGO
PA YS TRIBUTE TO MR. JONES
Cambridge, Md„ Oct. 20.—John Sharp
Williams addressed a crowded house
at the Auditorium here last night, hla
speech being delivered In the Interesti
of Congressman Thomas Smith, of the
First Maryland district, a candidate
for re-election.
Mr. Williams expressed the belief
that the country la on the verge of a
and that In five years there will be two
great parties, one composed, of men
who. having loet all coiffldence In tho
rapacity of the people to do anything
for themselves, would Intrust every
thing to government.
The other party will be composed, he
salt], of men who still believe In the
Initiative of the Individual and In the
principles enunciated by Thomas Jef
ferson.
He reviewed the causes leading to
Democratic defeat, which he attributed
to shameless corruption on the part of
the corporations and divisions among
tho Democrats.
SUGGE8T8 MONUMENT
TO REV. SAM P. JONES.
To the Editor of The Georgian;
Of course a monument to the mem
ory of Rev. Sam 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
thoie who were led to Christ through
him know of the plan, and an adequate
amount will soon be raised.
Richland, Oa., Oct. IS.
WATCH OUT FOR THE NEXT MAN
To the Editor qf The Georgian:
I have read your paper with much
Interest regarding municipal owner
ship, and I hope you will keep the good
work up. but there Is one thing that
has been bothering me, and that Is.
win In the’ last election? He Stood
for what you are advocating and with
your help, then, I believe that his else
tlon would have been certain.
Would like to read your statement.-
T. F. SOUTHERN.
fest.
Patriot and Preacher—Priest nnd Propagandist-
they are Georgia's own. In brain and pulse, in heart and
hope, they love and honor—they save and serve her as
their separate faiths have sent them to her needs.
Is the servant of tbe itale less worthy tbaft the
servant of the church? Is the priest all perfect and the
patriot altogether wrong? la success the measure of n
true man’s service? Is victory the vain# of a civic
faith?
Benedictions have blessed tbe preacher all hit ra
diant day. He has sown In the wealth ot his sub
stance and haa gathered hla harvests In a thousand
sheaves. The work ot his hands hat been established
upon him. Yea tbe work ot bit hands God has estab
lished It.
But the patient publicist struggling In darkness and
defeat, has wrought like the tapestry weavers that work
across the sea—worked on the wrong aide maybe, but
worked for the right side aye. Partle# that scorned him
once are arbaorblng now his creeds; platforms that
mocked him are marking his principles In planks that
plead; and the people persuaded so often to defeat him
and deny, are awaking at last to see that his warning
was wisdom, and that hla signal was the safety of
the state.
Side by side we place them—preacher and populist—
the living and the dead. They have filled large place*
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 success and failure upon these great
Georgia live* let ns pause and reflect upon tbe wide
variance which our human standards make with that
serene and Judicial verdict which tranquil history ren-
jders and which high heaven approves.
A GEORGIA TOBACCO FARMER.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
After rending your able editorial on
the opportunities offered us Southern
farmers I thought I would give you a
brief dlscrlptlon of the agricultural op
portunities In this section.
We grow tobacco hero for our money
crop, and to the uninformed It would
seem like ”n fairy tale” 'to tell of the
future that enn be made and will be
made In this section on tobacco farms
Tha crop brought last year an aver
Hge price of 20 cents per pound for sun
grown tobacco, and from 60c to 60c
for covered tobncco. The varieties
grown here are the Cuban seed leaf
nnd the Sumatra seed leaf. What
mean by sun grown tobacco, l» to
bacro grown out In the open Just as
corn and cotton la grown, and covered
tobacco Is tobacco grown under lattice
or cheese cloth shades. The average
yield per acre Is 1,000 pounds where
tha crop Is grown on ordinary land and
with ordinary fertilising, and from
1,200 to 1,600 where the crop Is well fer
tilised.
So you see where the cotton farmer
only makes $60 per acre, should be
make a hale per acre, we can lake the
same amount of labor and fertilizer
and make at least *200 per acre, and It
wish to get tho fancy prices we con
cover In an acre for 2200 and put $100
worth of fertiliser In It and make 81.500
per acre for our crop. Lands are com
paratively cheap. Good tobacco lands
can he bought from $15 to $25 per
acre, and the price of tobacco Is guar-
teed, ns you can sell your crops for
five years ahead at the prices 1 men
Honed, If you wish to do so.
If you see fit to publish this letter
and want me to write you another one
giving all the fetalis of the tobncco
business In this section, I will do mv
and will answer all correspondence- ad
dressed to me.
M. C. WILLIAMS..
Attnpulgur, Ga.
EF I WU8 THEODORE R0O8EVELT
Kt I wui Theodore Ilooncvell,
l'(l have hit way. you tot:
I’d nil#* this tuition from North to South,
An no mini over turn yet.
An’ whnt I’d nay would have to go,
’Cause I would know tho brat.
I’d hove my wny In everything.
I’d rnlo from Knot to West.
I’d march thro’ thi* street* uv Waibington
With cartridge# lit my toll.
I’d do np old Napoleon did
Kf I wus Roosevelt.
I’d w«*nr th* tout riot hot thnt wus wad#.
An’ Ninokr thr topt rlgnrs: .,
I’d own n nilDiet rould fly
Away nborr tin* Ptnrp;
|’i| make tho rlrti m#n uv thr world
t’nuiM* I'd to Mr. Hno*ovelt,
Thr ktiiK uv presidents—
I’d wrnr the hlxhcst heaver hat
An’ throw away my felt.
I’d hrv thr Intest *tyle lu thing#
Kf I wiip Kooaevelt.
V’mild nil to mine, you
Kn old man John D. Korknbllt
. , laif uv foreign lauds
Take off their liatp an* ery:
“Hurrah, to Mlater Kuopevelt:”
Ks I'd go rldtn' by.
An' hot a man lu all th# land
Could ever know my wraith—
I'd have a private secretary
Like old mnu Roosevelt.
I'd to right lu in' game;
I'd have pome one to lug my gun
An* also take thr aim.
An’ every time a hear was killed
l vronltl get sVt the fsmv.
For Hon. Theodore Roosevelt
Would surely to my name.
An* when I'd killed 'moat all the bears
An' emptied out my belt".
I'd show* the railroads who wus Imms,
*il make the trusts stall* 'round.
’$1 run the congress on my plan,
I'd rail the senate down
I’d take |»os*ep-don $>f the land
All* get tkluga down i
I'd name the rbllluu arter me.
An' rail Hie country mine.
An* lu the hot old sninmer time.
Kf I wus Roosevelt.
Another thing I’d try to do.
_ wouldn't
An' H I T for write.
I'd make pmfraaors hln«ti
Ter see the way I’d p|h*II;
I'd show them how to nil
An* bow to run It well.
with fear
i n skoot.
Rev. French E. Olllver, of Chicago,
delivered thd following tribute to Rev.
Sam P. Jones at the capitol Friday
morning: at 11 o'clock. He said:
"Rev. Sam P. Jones was the greatest
admixture of contrast that ever com
bined In one human being, bo far. as
my reading, observation or personal
acquaintance can gauge. He h&d the
dauntless courage of a thousand brave
men. and the sympathy and tender
ness of the sweetest woman. He was
4he 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 to the suffering sinner.
"He was the whole fearless regiment,
sweeping across the battlefield with cy
clonic fury, leaving the field strewn
with the wounded and dying; then he
was the whole Red Cross Society, fol
lowing in tbe wake of the caustic caty-
clysm, 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+j purpose of tearing
off the mask and allowing men to see
themselves.
“To him the pulpit was no gilded
prison cell. In which to palaver, paliste
or pander. He had no fear of poignant
persecution, no bow 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 fire, Ham Jones dealt In
real fire. 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—as he told me a few
weeks ago In his home—the pulpit was
a throne, whereupon he was called to
sway a scepter Jn righteousness, love
and faithfulness.
"He had the conviction that he was
sent of God—I know he was! To this
age, where cowardice, superficiality,
poltroonism, policy-seeking and Infi
delity surged like billows over the re
ligious as well as the political life of
our nation, he was as truly God’s
prophet saying, 'Thou art the man,’ as
was Nathan In his day. His strength
can only be measured by the burden he
bore. Tbe cross that be 1)0X0 was
heavy; he suffered pains which w
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 the
sorrows of tho grave encompassed him.
and when It seemed that his goal was
despair, God seemed to speak audibly
to him these words:
GOSSIP!
” 'When through the waters I cause
thee to go. '
The rivers ot sorrow shall not thee
overflow.
For I will l>e with thee, thy troubles
to bleu*,
And sanctity to thee thy deepest dls-
, treia,'
and when he turned and told hie pre
clous wife, the answer of, God to hla
heart, she said. ‘My darling, God gave
mo the same words at the same mo
ment.’
T know Tiow mellow hie great heart
was; I have prayed nnd wept with him
In hla own home, where the evidences
of weakness or strength In any man
are exhibited. He showed that he was
a tower of strength; he fought a good
arrlor has faced earth's la«t bat
tlefield. Today he I, wearing th*
crown which God,gave him When Ho
lifted the cross from his tired shoul
ders. He has met Jesus Christ, and
God the Father, nnd now he may be
talking with Daniel or Abraham or
Paul or John. He has kissed his 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
wherfe 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 thht point
of spiritual equipoise between earth
nnd heaven. Heaven's attraction drew
him home to God forever."
Rev. Dr. George Stewart, of Cleve
land, Tenn., for fifteen years a co
worker with Rev. Sam Jones, followed
In an Impressive prayer.
ATLANTA READY 10 GREET
VISITORS 70 CONVENTION
OF CARRIAGE BUILDERS
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 size.
“That fall was the finest expert,
cnee that I ever had. The sensation
was the pleasantest I ever enjoyed"
This Is what William Bushnell , a | d
to tlie Bellevue doctors after falling
down the air shaft from the seventh
fb‘>lf of the Hotel Seville, at Twenty,
eighth street nnd Madison avenue
lie Is 19 years old and a plumber's
assistant. He escaped Injury except
for a slight bruise on his left heel
and walked to Bellevue hospital in
have It I rented. 10
Lady Algernon Gordon Lennox, after
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 t, e
joined there by her daughter. Miss Ivy
Gordon Lennox, and by her husband.
Lord Algernon Gordon Lennox
remember Lady Gordon Lennox as the
best dressed woman In England ot
course.
Mrs. Langtry haa a neat little knack
all her own for using the King's Eng.
llsh’to picturesque advantage. I over-
gentleman, who looked an awful swell
and who was lunching with the act-
reas at the HofTman House, as "a
bilious, green and yellow day. tinged
with touches of an Immoral magenta
color," which struck me us a very
adequate description of the color
scheme of the day. And, to match the
day, she d&gxled the matinee audi
ence at the Fifth avenue, with a new
gown of green chiffon with garlands
of gold and sliver embroidered In the
empire style, with a bunch of Im
moral magenta roses palpitating at her
bosom.
Alas, this year's crop of canaries It
spurious. They’re. only painted spar-
rows that the patrons of the country
fairs have been buying In quantities
from soft spoken East Side venders.
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.
Kimball Gay With
Bunting—Many Are
Arriving.
In preparation for the coming of the
National Carriage Builders’ Associa
tion Tuesday the Kimball house Is gay
wlth flags and bunting.
Advance' guards of the carriage-
makers are arriving by every train,
most of the early arrivals being officers
of tho association or exhibitors. Al
ready a score or more of the 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
permitted—only the various parts go
ing Into It are shown.
As an Indications of how great
crowd of carriage men Is expected all
the leading hotels have sent out notices
to 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.
8ptclal Train Coming.
There will be many arrivals 8unday,
but the crowds will pour Into the city
In earnest Monday. A special train of
Pullmans will leave Cincinnati Sunday
st noon, reaching Atlanta Monday at
noon. Other large delegations \ylll
com* in from the East and Northwest
Among the delegates will be many
millionaire manufacturers and repre.
sentntlve* of some of the largest firms
In the world.
Secretary Elliott Dunn at the Kim
ball house headquarters of the Atlanta
Vehicle Club, hosts of thq N, C. B. A.,
Is about as busy a man as one can find
these days, but ha has systematised
arrangements and Is receiving such
hearty co-operation on every side thnt
really herculean task la made
easier.
The convention opens Tuesday morn.
Ing at in 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
$.000 visitors, and the number may
reach 6,000. Plans have been perfected
to accommodate the larger number.
RAWLINS SAYS
WrFE FORSAKES HIM
IN HIS STRUGGLE
Special to Tlie Georgian.
Valdosta, Ga.. Oct. 20.—J. O; Rawl
ins is greatly displeased with Attor-
ney John R. Cooper’s argument before
the pardon board last Saturday. In be
half of Milton and Jesse Rawlins, the
tart he particularly objects to being
dr. Cooper's statement that If the boys
are connected with the murder of the
Carter children at all It was through
the Influence and at the Instigation of
their father. The elder Rawlins ap
pears greatly disappointed because his
wife, who heard the argument, did not
Hlir, win* IIC«$*U III,,UIIIIIII, Iim *»«»l
at once confute the lawyers state-
Ef I wus Itoosevelt.
Toccue, tlx.
ment.
Rawlins said:
"My wife ha* 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 know*
that 1 did not send the boys with Alt
Moor# to kill those children, and that
1 was In town at the time. If they
were sent by anbody It was by—well,
not me.
I may be mean enough to hang, but
over America nnd Europe, which
still remember the actor. Francis Sedg
wick Wilson, made to recover hi* lit
tle son from his former wife, June Van
Buskirk. 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 Sinte*
district court, stating his liabilities to
be $2,667. with assets of only $111.
Some part of the liabilities were In
curred through the expense of his 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.
Wilson’s pursuit of June Yan Bus
kirk became the sensation of two con
tinents. It began In Chicago, where
She had the boy when her husband se
cured hi* decree giving him the cus
tody of the child. As soon aa she heard
of th« divorce decree she boarded a
train for New York, whence she took
steamer for London,with Wilson close
at her heel*. Her husband saw her
In the Carlton restaurant. Then be
gan an auto race to Brighton. Mother
and child 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.
R. S. WESSELS,
Chairman Entertainment Committee.
TWO ARE WOUNDED
IN PITCHED BATTLE
AT RAILROAD CAMPS
ettfe
Special to The Georgian.
Woodbury, Ga.. Oct. 50.—As the re
sult of an altercation between Will
GUI and Virgil Moreland, at a camp
of the Callahan Construction Company,
six miles below here, on Thursday
afternoon, both men lie wounded, Vir
gil Moreland seriously, If not fatally.
Warm words were had between* the
two men in the morning, over th:
tempted arrest of a negro In the c]
and In the afternoon Moreland re
turned, armed with a shotgun and pis
tol. It is stated, to have a definite un
derstanding with GUI, and the latter,
upon Moreland's advance, fired his pis
tol, wounding his adversary In the
head. GUI then turned sway and
Moreland shot him in the back with a
shotgun. This proved the signal for n
general attack upon Morelarid 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 hint, nnd this
took serious effect In Ills back, little
hone of hla recavery being entertained.
Will Gill Is not vitally hurt.
Both men are of Woodbury,
To demonstrate woman’s sincerity In
asking th* 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
Savgny, No. 23(14 ' Fifth avenue, on
election day at 11 a. m. From that
hour until 5 p. m. oil women Interested
may east an official ballot for govern
or and alt other candidates.
Sholem Alelkheim. who Is widely
known as the "Jewish Mark Twain,"
Is on his wny to this country. Alelk-
helm, whose name Is Sholem Rablno-
vlt*, was living In comfortable cir
cumstances at I^leff when the anti
marked by the "black Hundred” '.for
execution. His house wag the first qne
to be ■ wrecked. The novelist escaped
with hla family.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
OCTOBER 20.
'29-C1ty "f Cmmnlmgcn, Denmark, Dearly
destroyed by fire.
MS— Island ot Jamaica devastated by a /
COMMITTEE APPOINTED
TO REPORT ON SCHOOLS.
Special to The Georgian.
. Marya. Go.. Oct. 20.—The -semi
annual meeting of the Savannah pres
bytery has been In session here this
week, beginning Tuesday and ending
Thursday.
The opening sermon was preached
by Rev. F. D. Thomas, of Brunswick,
retiring moderator.
Dr. J. Y. Fair, of Savannah, was
elected moderator; Dr. M. KefT Smith
was unanimously elected evangelist of
the presbytery. HI* decision will be
made soon. .
proposition by the Macon pres
bytery to the Savnnnah presbytery,
touching the question of education In
their schools at Thomasvllle and
Blackshear, was discussed, and a com
mittee was appointed, to report at the
spring session of the presbytery, which
meets at Blnckshear.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
in such a scrape as I
New York, Oct. 20,-Here are some
of the visitor# In New York today:
. ATLANTA—-Dr. \V. A. Monnlsh, Mr#.
L. T. StovalL
hurricane. ,
1825— Marshall Jewell, postmaster* general /
under l’rc*hlont Grunt, lioru. Died /
February 10, 1883. p
1833—United Htntes Henntor A. Q. Mncon, of /
Georgia, horn.
1842—Grace Darling died.
rad/
MI"m("nI|i|iI consolidated and placed/
trader command of General Grant. /
1874—Marring# of General Frederick Iff
Grant nnd Miss Ida M. Monroe. /
1894—Jam## Anthony Fronde, historian
died. Morn April 23. 1818.
tie of Dundee
1901—illceateuiilal of Yale University
touted.
1903— Almknn toundary fixed.
1904— President Roosevelt invited novf t
second peace conference at Tbe H4*to.
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