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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES
F. L. SEELY
• Editor.
President.
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The Georgian prints no unclesn or objectionable ad
vertising. Neither does it print whisky or eny liquor
advertisements.
The Bold Statesmanship of the Carriage
Makers.
The Carriage Builders' National Association, which
has been alert, progressive and Intellectual during its en
tire session In Atlanta, rose on yesterday to a positive
helghth of statesmanship.
Those tariff resolutions are likely to make memorable
If not hiatorlc the annual convention of 1906.
In preamble and In declaration these resolutions .bear
witness to the bravest thought and the broadest states
manship of business men. The premises are soundly laid
In fact and the conclusions arc fearlessly spoken In di
rect and definite policy. There was n master-hand—
or several of them—on that carriage builders' committee,
and If Ohio and Indiana are changing their congression
al delegations next year, tho electors of each of these
states may very properly turn their attention to the gen
tlemen who represented them in this notable organisa
tion.
There Is Dig essential element of common sense to
commend the resolutions. That the tariff requires re
vision Is the unanimous cry of one great party In the re
public. and the demand for Its revision In the ranks of
the other par(y Is so strong as almost to have caused a
rupture In the extreme Western and Eastern wings of
■ that party. It is a safe proiiosltlon that the majority of
the American people would like to see the tariff re
vised.
What stands In the way of this desired consumma
tion? Why. party policy to discourage, and party disci
pline to prevent. The vast Interests resting In the hands
of a few who have so long controlled the dominant
party have dictated to the majority, or the rank and file,
a policy of repression. The "standpatters” have cap
tured the machinery and have driven tho Cummins fol-
' lowers In Iowa and the protesting shoe men of Massa
chusetts to silence. If not to surrender.
The other Is the minority party, although In this
matter It clearly represents the majority sentiment. It
' remains to be see t whether party ties will hold men—
•olid as they have heretofore been held—against their eco
nomic convictions.
The carriage men—than whom there are scarcely any
sounder or more representative business men in the re
public—know that the people want a revision of the tar
iff, and the carriage men know Just as well that the peo
ple are not likely to get what they want, because of the
selfishness of politics and the tyranny of the party ma
chine.
Therefore the carriage men have voiced this clear,
brave, ringing appeal to have this great question, which
Is every year becoming more vital and less partisan, re
moved from politics and partisan discussion and placed
upon the high plane of fair and dlspasslonato considera
tion with an eye single to the great commercial Interests
of the whole country.
Coming from such a body at such a time, and under
circumstances so Impressive, this near cry of tho carriage
men must surely reach the common sense of the presi
dent, the congress and the people.
And the tariff commission or department which may
grow out of these resolutions must make historic the
Atlanta convention of 190$.
Hcarst and the Herald!
Add another to the long list of services which Wil
liam Randolph Hearst has rendered to the people and to
public decency.
The New York Herald has long been accounted the
moat powerful newspaper In the New World. Its age,
It* wealth, its Independence, Its news service and lie
vast equipment have given It first plaeo among New
Yoak and American Journals, and more than* ono presi
dential election has credited lts decision' to the advocacy
which The Herald flung, as it did at the last moment of
Cleveland’s campaign, to the one side or tho other.
For twenty years The Herald has scoffed at sensa
tionalism and led the fight against the bugaboo of so-
called yellow Journalism. Its protestations have so far
bamboozled an always gullible public, that Tho Herald
baa been touted as the most dignified and eminently
respectable of American newspapers.
And yet. for all these twenty years It has been carry
ing on Its front jiage a "personal column" that has been
simply vile In its suggestions and in its Influence upon the
morals of the metropolis. It was literally a directory
of vice for the luring of young girls and weak wives to
destruction. The Herald’s "iiersonal column" has been
the comment of the country for two decades, and. It fa
said, has added $200,000 to the $1,000,000 which James
Oordon Bennett makes every year out of The Herald.
During all these years no ofilcer of the law, no
moral society, no "anti yellow newsiwper" has dared to
lift Its voice against the Iniquity throned in the columns
of this rich and powerful Journal.
* William Randolph Hearst, the other day, fearlessly
Jabbed his pen deep Into Its bloated sides, and to! at the
touch the Iniquity trembles, the moral sense of the me
tropolis awakes, and the United States grand Jury prompt
ly returns eight Indictments agslnst James Gordon Ben
nett for "sending lewd, lasclvoiis and obscene matter
through the mails."
Under exactly the same Indictment the Federal
authorities In Chicago sent Joseph Dunlap, of The Dis
patch. to a two years’ term In the state prison, which,
being a poor man, he served to the uttermost,
Mr. Dennett, being In Europe and rich enough to
stay there,-will doubtless suffer no personal punishment
for an offense of which he Is plainly guilty, and whose
legal penalty would be live years' Imprisonment or
a fine of $40.00. "Cadet Bennett" will doubtless not
accept the challenge of the Democratic candidate to come
back and face the responsibility for twenty years of public
iniquity.
But Mr. Hearst, by tils bold protest, has compelled
The Herald to discontinue Its obscene and debauching
“personals," and Mr. Bennett has Informed Mr. Hearst
that he will never forgive him.
And with this as an explanation of the naure and
animus behind the savage attacks of The Herald upon
Hearst, the Democratic candidate has pretty effectually
spiked the biggest gun in tbe Hughes battery of smooth
bores. ,
But in exposing The Herald before the campaign
begun, and in wiping out Its Infamous "personals" from
the temptations of New York, Mr. William Randolph
Hearst's courage and force have once more vindicated
their splendid usefulness to tbe people for whom he
labors and to tbe times In which he lives.
In Which We Defend the Railroads.
In point of fact the Atlanta and West Point railroad,
so far from levying an additional freight tax upon Atlanta
and Western Georgia on account of Its belt line, should
as a matter of justice and of measurement, strike from
one-eighth to one-half a mile from every passenger tariff
sold out of the new depot
The passenger tariff of the West .Point .road is based
upon tho mileage from tho old Union depot The new
Terminal station Is nearly one-half mile further out on the
West Point line, and If the ancient measurements and es-
tlmates of Its mileage be correct nearly every station be
tween Atlanta and Montgomery would be cut down on tho
rate sheet from one-eighth to one-half mile In actual fares.
So that the new tax on the belt line basis is most Im
politic, to say the least of It., Of course It should not be
sustained.
And yet there Is no sane man who can criticise Pres
ident Wlckersham and the general freight agent. They
are officers of the road, employed to manage ItB affairs
and to make money for the stockholders In every way
permitted by, tho law. There are no more faithful and
more devoted railroad officials In Georgia than President
Wlckersham and Freight Agent M. M. Ansley. They are
models of kindliness, accommodation and consideration
for the general public In every general and In every In
dividual way. Tho patrons of the road are the friends of
the road, and without exception friends of the popular
and kindly president, who perhaps enjoys and deserves
more personal good will along his line of road than any
railroad president In the United States.
Mr. Wlckersham and his freight men in this matter
are merely endeavoring In tho usual and accepted way
to serve their stockholders and to increase their dividends
by taking advantage of a condition which seems to give
them a legal claim for kreater mileage and more freight.
The fault Is In the system and In the railroad policies of
the time and not In the faithful and diligent officials who
are purely-and laudably loyal to the men whose Interests
they aro paid to represent.
There Isn't one of us who are kicking that wouldn't do
exactly the same thing In the shoes ot President Wlcker
sham and General Freight Agent Ansley.
Of course the railroad commission should sit down
prompt and hard upon the claim of the railroad. There
should not be a moment's hesitation In refusing a claim
based upon a belt line which Is of doubtful ownership and
which Is used as a commercial convenience and advantage
rather than a necessity or a property. The people along
the line are entitled to the protection of the commission in
this matter.
But when the decision Is rendered and the people are
reassured, It Is just as well to drift back amiably Into
the old friendly relattona, remembering that the railroad
Is ever wide awake to see and to seize an opportunity to
make money out of the people for Its stockholders, and
that tbe people on the other side must themselves be al
ways awake and vigilant to discover and to thwart the
plana that are not In their Interests.
Until the millennium—or until government owner
ship—this must be and doubtless will be the relative at
titude of the people and the railroads.
Eternal vigilance Is the price of profits—and of lib
erty!
THE WHITE WORKINGMAN.
To the Editor or The Georgian?
I want to Indorae tbe article written by
Forrest Tope In Monday’s Georgian, na
stating plainly, positively and fearleaaly the
poallfort and temper of the Southern
workingman on the negro qnestlon.
In the railway mall aervles s negro la
every lilt equal to the white man, except In
bo far as the white man, by sheer force and
Intolerable,
gome people would any, "Get out and do
something elae." That would he a snr
render to the enemy, as It were, and m
men have apeut a lifetime In tbe aervlce.
I have been told that a certain achool In
eorgln mnkea the fitting of negroes foa
..■la poaltlon a apeclalty; and It la a fact
that more of them are being appoluted
every year. *
Two men go Into a car In Atlanta at
clock lu the morning. The clerk In charge
la a white man. When he geta down the
pond, the negro fills up the door of the
ear with bis iifiriclonsneaa, while tho white
man pokes his bead under the arm of the
aforesaid negro to deliver registered mall
to a connecting Hue. Those white people
oil the outside who see It and are not
dfsguaterl are sorry for tbe clerk. I have
seen this nutnla-ra of times. I have seen
the elerk In charge to lie a negro, when
It la Infinitely worse.
Of course, under such elrcnmatancea the
moots the old gardener or the plow
forced close contact that the railway mall
aervlce demands.
A POHTAI, CLERK.
PRIMITIVE POLITICS.
The political condition of Cuba nt the
me the oormulmdoner* landed was necnl
t wn* n condition almost Incoinnrebeiis
.j one not familiar with the country,
could not exlat in the United State* or lu
any one of them. Ilrlefly Htuted, the recent
rebellion was a strife between the two nrln-
clpal parties, the Moderates and the Liber
als. The only sljmlrtcauce In these names
Is that the Moderates were the administra
tion party and the Liberals tbe opposition.
There has actually liecu no Issue upon any
administrative or economic policy between
the parties. The only-difference Is personal,
and the only platform known to the Cuban
politicians Is the op '
boldliifc. The ennnclai . .
clples by the parties In carefully written
ilatforius, no eNsentlol In the United htntoti,
.* unknown lu Culm. The recent revolt was
purely and simply the natural-result of the
most nertilcloUM methods. that could l»e
adopted by n dominant, party to perpetuate
Its power. It has lw*en u contest Irntwcen
the “Ins'* nud the “C
wood, In The World
GOVERNMENTAL EXTRAVA
GANCE IN PHILIPPINES.
TWO GEORGIA BOY8 IN TENNE88EE.—Mr.
Frank T. Reynolds, of Dalton, Ga.. one of the best
newspaper men. and one of the best all-around fel
lows In overy way In Georgia, has severed his con
nection with nffnlra In that progressive North Geor
gia city and has gone to Join himself with the force
of The Chattanooga Times, which hBB lately been
making some serious Inroads Into the ranke of
Georgia newspaper men. Wo congratulate The
Times upon the accession of Mr. Reynolds to any
tiranch of Its working force, and assure them In ad
vance thnt he will "maka good," and that they will
be stronger for his coming.
In tills connection we also* congratulate The
Times upon securing tho services of Mr. W. C.
Stlth, who hns been n member of the Atlanta news
paper fraternity, and who has Impressed his fine tal
ents nnd lovable character upon the profession In
this city. The Times seems to be preparing for
some very definite nnd notable Improvements In Its
service and equipment, nnd we are quite sure that
If all of Its movements nro ns wisely made ae In the
absorption of these two Georgia boys, tbe .success
of the new Times will be assured.
DOES HIS CAUSE HARM.—When W. E. Du-
llols, of Atlanta, says In The World Today that there
is much evidence to show that the Atlnnta riot had
been deliberately planned weeks before and that
many of the attempted assaults were not made by
black men but by white men. he destroys much of
the conservative estimate which may have been
hnd of him by thinking men In the South. He knows,
tf he knows anything, that no riot tn history was
more 8|Kintaneous and unexpected than this. He
knows. If he knows anything, that the four attempt
ed assaulta on the Saturday of tbe riot and their ex
ploitation in extras on the streets was the direct pre
cipitating cause of a riot which bad never been plan
ned In any way by any element of Atlantn'B popula
tion. Such statements front DuBots do much to keop
alive In the minds of white men the belief of the un
quenchable and unspeakable antagonism which
exists In every negro's mind and heart toward the
Southern white man. and such statements as we hsvo
quoted above do Just as much to destroy auy good
will or kindly feeling previous utterances of DuBots
may have made for him In the South.
THE ADVANCE.—The Alabama magazine, Ad
vance, published at Birmingham, la constantly vindi
cating Its name In its forward steps of Improvement
and merit.
Its "Alabnma Souvenir Edition,” just reaching
this office, hns the brightest cover front that we have
seen on any magazine of the season, and Is a credit
to alt who had a hand tn ita making. The Advance
consists of 50 pages of admirable articles and at
tractive advertisements representing the enterpris
ing and growing cities of Alabamn. Its opening
sketch Is one of the state written by Its gallant and
genial governor. William D. Jelks. The distin
guished men and women in literature and art and
ltoillfcs In Alabama are duly treated, and above all
things the growth, the prosperity and the future de
velopment of the cities is set forth with vigor and
adulation.
We congratulate Tho Advance on the beauty of
an edition which will add much to Its reputation
and popularity.
Various expensive, but not widely
helpful, measures have been under
taken by the Insular government In
the Philippines. Among these might
be mentioned the famous Bengult Road,
a piece of road the hill portion of which
Is 24 miles long and which cost close
on $3,000,000. The road Is subject to
washouts, and to keep It In repair It
w-111 cost every year between $80,000
and $100,000, or so the engineers esti
mate It. It leads to the top of a moun
tain; there It ends. It opens up no
back country." The Idea was to es
tablish a Simla, a summer capital,
where government employees might
seek the high altitudes for their
health. There are other regions wheve
a road could have served such a pur
pose, and have been useful commer
cially. Like the road to the top of
Pike's Peak, this possesses scenic
value.—Hamilton Wright In The World
Today, for November.
8PAIN’8 ATHLETIC RULER.
That energetic young ruler. King Alfonso
of Husln. la constantly enlarging tlie apbere
of hla athletic puraulia. Recently lie Hired
from, the rigging of hla yacht Into the aen
at HllhtSt. Be has shown blmaelf an ar
dent motorist, n superb horseman, n dar
ing huntsman nud a crock shot, nnd now.
It appears, be la a first-class swimmer, ills
fnvortte sport Is shooting. At s deer drive
he Is lu hla element. ATfonio la almost ns
fond of Ida motor ns of hla gun. He goes
nt a grent speed nnd always drives him-
self. lie Is no menn mechanic, either. The
Internal arrangements of tils net Mercedes
nro ns fnmlllnr to him as to tils chauffeur.
Ills majesty Is said to lie the only Euro
pean monarch, except the sultan of Turkey,
A NEW BURGLAR ALARM.
A telephone girl tells the Philadelphia
Record of it noiv use of the telephone.
Three women occupy a house neur where
the girl lives. They hnd been nw-ny In the
■all up <
station, asking for her
- - ml times, lint, ua tile house win
closed, there wna no nnawer. Then my fu
riosity got tin- better of me and I disclosed
my Identity nnd asked why she was railing
her own itumher when she knew the house
was closed. That's Just the point,' came
tho response over the wire, rntlior tnrtly;
•we wish to Retire any burglars awuy If
there are any lu the Ipiuae.’ "
! NOOKS AND CORNERS OF AMERICAN HISTORY
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGOn
Records of the Revolutionary period
abound In references to Michael Hlll-
egas, treasurer of the United Colonies
during the entire course of the war.
and later first treasurer of the United
States.
This honor is usually given to Rob
ert Morris, but the cold official rec
ords show that it was Michael Hlll-
egas who collected and disbursed the
government funds In that critical pe
riod of the national exchequer, and
who. furthermore, donated thousands
of dollars out of his own pocket when
the treasury was empty.
Secretary Shaw la the first govern
ment official to give Hlllegas the honor
that la due him, and within a short
time there will appear on a govern
ment note a vignette of the patriot
who headed the fiscal system on which
the United States treasury was found
ed.
Michael Hlllegas' father was driven
out of Alsace by the Huguenot perse
cutions, and with several brothers,
whose descendants now live tn almost
every state df the union, came to
America In 1724, settling In Philadel
phia, where he became one of the
wealthiest and most influential resi
dents of the city.
The son was born In the Quaker
THE NATION'S FIRSTTREASURER.
City In 1729, and at 21 became the bus-
high Coal Mining Company, the first
of Its kind In the country. He was a
member of the historic assembly bulls,
and John Adams wrote In his diary for
November 28, 1775: “Hlllegas Is
great musician, talks perpetually
forte and piano, of Handel, nnd songs
and tunes.” His versatility la further
shown by his membership In the
American Philosophical Society, his
appointment to a commission to erect
Fort Mifflin, his membership In the
Provincial Assembly for ten years, and
tn the famous Pennsylvania committee
of safety.
The Journal of congress, the Penn
sylvanla archives and tho votes of the
assembly are filled with references to
Michael Hlllegas, variously styled
"Continental Treasurer” and "Treas
urer of the United States," and In tho
archives of the department of state
Is a letter by T. McKean, then presi
dent of congress. Inclosing to Hlllegas
the official notification of the latter’s
re-election as treasurer of the United
States, and adding, "You are chosen
by an unanimous ballot, which la the
fullest approbaflon of your past con
duct."
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New York, Oct. 25.—Here are some
of the visitors in New York today:
ATLANTA—J. A. Bowen.
SAVANNAH—F. Palmer. Jr.
AGRICULTURAL 8CH00L
IS WANTED IN BIBB.
Special to The Georgina.
Macon, Ga., Oct. 25.—The first steps
to get the agricultural college of the
Sixth congressional district located In
Bibb county were taken yesterday af
ternoon at a meeting of the chamber
of commerce and the Indications are
that the efforts will be successful. Hon.
Robert E. Park, state treasurer, start
ed the ball rolling by offering to do
nate 100 acres of land at Holton and to
pay his part toward getting the ollnr
100 acres necessary adjoining. The
opinion of all present was that the col
lege should be located tn Bibb county
and excellent reasons for this weic giv
en. Another meeting will bo held on
Saturday week and <n the meantime
‘nvltatlons will he Issued for prominent
men from other counties In the ritxth
district to be present.
MACON TO ORGANIZE
NEW BOARD OF TRADE.
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Go., Oct. 25.—Even after there
are no blackboards where New York
quotations may be seen, tt Is probable
that buslnes men who find these prices
necessary will have a board of trade.
i meeting held yesterday after
noon of those Interested, It was prac
tically decided to organize an insti
tution ot this kind nnd bids were re
ceived for the furnishing of the quo
tations by wire. T. D. Tinsley acted as
chairman of the meeting and another
meeting will be held when a commit
tee appointed yesterday Will report.
Ot DFSt"cYF3Y WOMAN-
DIES AT AGE OF 101.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
OCTOBER 25.
1736—Rf*r 1 of "Ueterliorotifh, English tastier
In the war of the Hpantah automaton,
1751—Kxtmorcllnnry eruption of Mount Ve
suvius.
1780—John Hancock chosen first governor of
Massachusetts. , . ^
1810—Georjrr 111 of Login ml completed tbt
fiftieth rear ot his reign. .
1838—Luxor obelisk erected In Paris.
1847—American fleet under Commodore Per
remora 1 of tbe national capita
Washington to some point west.
189S—Pierre Puvla DeChnvnnues, mural
1899—Krai!f*Alien? novcnYt^dled. Horn Feb
ruary 24. 1848.
1902—Grent loas of life, and property by
eruption of Santa Marla. Guatemala.
1904—General Kuropfttkln npnol
mnuder In chief of Ilnaslan
•— 1 —
NEVER AGAIN.
Written In Memory of Mrs. Jefferson Davis.
Be still. Northern winds; tat Southern
zephyrs moan— ... .
For tbe Soutldnuds queen la dead, nnd
Southern hearta nre torn.
Let the mockingbirds chant requiem* over
and Southern rotes cover
The grave of one nl>ont whom aucb tacred
memories hover.
No
rose that ever blossomed was half so
pure nnd sweet
Freehold, N. J., Oct. 25.—‘The oldest
gypsy tn America, Mrs. Loulsla Smith,
who was 101 ycara old, died In her
camp after an illneas of ore month.
She came to this country at the age of
BETTER FREIGHT RATE8
FOR COVINGTON WANTED.
WANTED—A POLICY
IN THE PHILIPPINES
Our lack of imltcy In the Philippines,
rhlle rotmnunlrutltig n fcdlug of uncer
tainty to the Philippine rotmulHsloiiera. who
are perf4>rmlug their duties to the extent
jH'nultted thrill with ntneere purpoae, line
nnd unhappy r«*#ult In (he appointment of a
grhit hen! of mibordlnate Aiiieiiemi offl-
InIh In Mniilln, nud to mime extent In other
I tie*, who are distinctly hostile to the
Filipino. N’4> definite iniaalou or pulley ha*
l>ei*u imparted to these subordinates front
tin* government. Our government hns no
policy. A* a eottsequence, these men nre
limply "holding down .their Job*.’’ They
lo not auMoclutc with nor care to know
the Filipinos. There Is today a distinctly
nntl-Flllpliio American element In Manila.
Secretary Toft referred to this fact Inst
winter before the New York elmtnber of
commerce. ! have heard high government
official*, while i>:i**lng the time In a Ma
nila club, refer fu terms of the utiiio*t con
tempt, nnd tncidcuti
Iplno*. The salaries
i» paid
ncii a
Hue
*p!rlt does not exist, for Instance, among
the British or fiutch subordinate* in India
or In Java. Those countries have clear-cnt
policies, whether g*M*d $*r 111. which arc
relL known. Many merchants, business
.aen and officers of constructing compnnlei:
state that the commission, while permitted
little constructive power, exercise* auto
cratic authority m Inhibitory measure*.-
Hamilton Wright, lu The World Today, for
November.
ONLY SINGLE-TAX COLONY
IN THE WORLD.
The dream of Henry George, na aet forth
In "Progress and Poverty,** has become a
reality. There Is actually a single-tax col
ony, the only one lu the world, that Is rap
idly becoming a thriving nnd Important
‘onimunlty. Two hundred acres of tnml
a-ere secured *«nne time ago by ardent sin
gle tax advocate# In Baldwin county, Ain-
bamn, and there, on n Isuiutlful bluff over
looking Mobile bay. the pretty village of
Fnlrhope was founded. It has devetaped
Into cue of the most prosperous settlement*
of tbe state. .....
population of hnirhope
tween R0u and 7ȴ>. There nre more than
pm tlwelling*, three general stores, a dry
good* ami millinery store, n tine hotel, two
drag store*, wear market, bakery, several
mills, livery stable, printing office, several
shop*, occupied by various trades, a neat
church building, line public school bulbl-
lug*, town ball ami lodge* fur benevolent
r fraternal organization*.
Tbe association owns, free of Iticutn-
rami*, nearly ijfOO acres of land. It also
own* a wharf which extends 1.800 feet Into
the buy. The steamer Fairborn* kee-»* the
townsfolk lu touch with Mobile, n city of
50.0)0. Hlxteoii miles across the bay. ami
the trip Is made in sn hour and it half.--
Percy Trenebard, In The World Today,
for November.
Moral: Chain Your Oyttor.
A man In Boyertown, Pa., claims an
oyster bit him. The details of the hor
rible affair are not all In, but probably
the man- was entering hl« yard late
at night and the oyster thought he woa
a burglar.—Cleveland Press.
Special to The Georgian.
Covington, Ga., Oct. 25.—The Cov
ington board of trade was organised
last night at the court house. The fol
lowing officer* were chosen: President,
James P. Cooley, editor df The Enter
prise; vice president, N. 8. Turner,
president Covington Cotton Mills; sec
retary, J. J. Corley, manager the Brad
shaw Company; treasurer, M. G. Tur
ner. cashier Clark Banking Company.
Board of directors: E. H. Jordan, C.
A. Harwell, C. H. White, E. W. Fowler,
P. W. Godfrey. J. R. Stephenson, T. G.
Calloway and 8. P. Thompson.
There will be a meeting on next
Monday night, at which time steps will
be taken by which Covington hopes to
secure better freight rates.
CHILD MUTE FOUND
ON FREIGHT TRAIN.
Hpeelal to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., Oct. 25.—Deaf, dumb and
unable to read or write, Frank Evans,
the elght-year-old son of W. H. Evans,
after being rescued from the top of a
passing freight train at Byron, Ga.,
was returned to his parents In Macon
yesterday.
The lad was seen, crouching on the
top of a box car ns a train slowed up at
Byron and was taken from his perilous
perch. Being afflicted, he was unable
to tell who he was or where he came
from. The station agent telephoned to
Mayor Smith here, but no lost children
had been reported. Mayor Smith as
certained the names of all the deaf
children In Macon and found that the
son of. W. H. Evans was missing and
that the description from Byron fitted
the Evans boy. It l« supposed the boy
fell from a bridge over the railway near
his home on the box car while the train
was at a standstill and that It moved
off with 111 in.
CLEWS SHIFTS BLAME
FOR ARREST OF GIRL.
New York, Oct. 25.—Henry Clews,
through a lawyer, who refused to give
his name, failed to press the charge
that Mary Chartres* Mrs. Clews' maid,
stole $10,000 worth of Jewelry, and
stated that a detective was entirely
responsible for the arrest. The girl
was honorably discharged, after her
four days* Imprisonment.
A. T. BRIGHTWELL DIES
AT ATHEN8, GEORGIA.
Special to The Georgian.
Athens, Ga., Oct. 25.—A. T. Bright-
well, one of the most prominent citi
zens here, died yesterday and was bur
led today at the old family burial
grounds, near Maxeys. He was a Con
federate veteran, having served In the
commissary department dftring the
war of the sixties. He was 03 years
of age, and Is survived by his wife and
five children. He was a brother-ln-
Inw M Postmaspcr Fleming, of this
city, and had amassed a neat fortune
through merchandise and faming.
As the love the grand old Southland laid
nt Its queen’s dear feet.
The stars thnt lx?*pnngta the heavens never
proved more faithful and true
Thao she who wore the thorny crown when
the Gray was fighting the Blue.
Bub she’s sleeping at laat—the South’! loved
queen;
Never to know again life’s troubled dream.
Never to gaze again with tear-dlmed eyes
On tho dear old flag embalmed with sigh*.
On the band
hnve died—
Yea, willingly dled-lf need be-for the
, sake of Southern rights.
And those start of the Confederacy atlll
shine today tbe world’s brightest,
grandest lights.
Never to feel again the clasp to true
Of the veterans In Gray who hnd faced the
Bine,
Never to hear again the South’s sad songs—
Never to hear again from the N Bojn
Gray”
Campfire tales of a by-gone day; _
For she’swleeplng—sweetly sleeping—Dixie’*
aoug she'll near no more,
For angel hands hare l>eckoned fYom across
the mystic shore.
Go, wreathe your garlands. Southerners,
and bedew them with your tear#
In memory of the Southland's queen, who
fwire the cross fur year*.
By our chieftain's aide alie’a •leeplng—"fnr
folded from earth's view—
And grief hns found forgctfulucss In daisies,
dust nnd dew."
Never again to be nwakened till she meets
hint "fare ti> face."
Life's Htortny Journey is ended In glory,
the Confederacy’s Idol have met.
• —Bona Jackson Hlltmun.
Albany, Ga.
ENDOWED THEATER
FOR THE MASQE8.
I GOSSIP !
BY CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
Hew York, Oct. 25.—Haney s La-
dew, many tlnjea a millionaire, who
attracted attention »n the fanhlonabie
world n. few, year* ago by originating a
buck and wing dance, hu eclipsed all
previous attempt* at novel entertrin-
ment with a "pony dinner,"
Forty gueata were summoned tq hi*
mansion at Oleq Cove to celebrate the
victories won by the Ladew entries in
the Piping Rock horae show, and two
of the four winner* had places at the
board, while three more were led
through the banquet hall by groonn in
livery and fed with sugar plums
It was Mr. Ladetv’s exclusive'Idea to
have the two ponies as guests and box
stalls built for them In the dining room
where they could munch oats from sti
ver buckets and quaff water from gold
hooped palls. It was his very own Idea
arso to bestow this honor on two of the
daintiest and most Intelligent ponies
ever Entered for a prize and two with
more winnings to their credit than any
other pontes In the world.
When President and Mrs. Roosevelt
go aboard the new battleship, I,quIs-
lana, either November 8 at the New
York Navy yard or the morning of No.
vember 9 at Hampton Roads, they will
find a magnificent suite of rooms ar
ranged with great care for their com
fort.
The Louisiana has come to the New
York navy yard to be docked for over
hauling before her trip. The Louisiana
had her final tests less than two months
ago, and Is a splendid man-of-war in
first-class condition. Notwithstanding
that she Is practically new and has
seen little sea service, aside from the
round trip to Cuba when she brought
Secretary Taft home, great pains will
be taken to eliminate every speck and
spot that may appear In the painting.
It will not be necessary to enlarge
the quarters or put In new ones as was
the case with the cruiser Charleston for
Secretary Root's trip. Two or three ot
the most spacious cabins will he espe
cially fitted up for the president and
his wife for the trip to Panama.
The Rev. John Floyd Steen, the
Episcopal minister who Mrs. Frank
Walker says married her to Peter F.
McCool, the millionaire Pittsburg oil
producer, said today that by a com
parison qf signatures he did not be
lieve that the man who posed as Mc
Cool at the ceremony was the real Mc
Cool.
McCool, whose trial on the charges
ot wife abandonment and, non-support
are to be heard in Pittsburg, Issued a
statement declaring that he na* the
victim of a blackmail conspiracy, and
that he did not marry Mrs. Walker, and
that another man used Ms name.
In her complaint of abandonment and
non-support Mrs. Walker, who was
formerly a Miss O'Neill, said she was
married to McCool In the home nt her
slater, Mrs. B. Scott. 261 West Forty-
second street. New York, on June 14,
1904, by the Rev. John Floyd Steen, of
the Ascension Memorial church.
Miss Marlon Draughn’s suit against
the Southern Amusement Company to
recover $12,000 because she was dis
missed from the theatrical company
presenting "The Clansman,” a drama
tization of- the Rev. Thomas Dixon’s
book of the same: name, carne to a. sud
den end In the supreme court when
Ju.stlce Blschoff directed.Jhe Jury to
rsturn a verdict for the Aiousement
Company. The court held that the
testimony given by ■ the compnny to
show thnt Miss Drmighn Was Incompe
tent to play the role, had not been con
tradicted.
Miss Draughn had a contract with
the company for two years at n salary
of $150 a week. She was widely ad
vertised In connection with the produc
tion, but was dismissed a few days be-
fore tho opening performance. Miss
Draughn, who 1* re striking beauty, Is
well known In exclusive Southern so
ciety, as well as In Washington. She
Is the daughter of Judge Douglas Set
tle, once regarded as one of the most
Influential Republicans In the Can-
llnas. Her suit attracted a great ileal
of attention.
Three car loads of horses were
shipped from Newport today In special
cars to the Chicago horse show for
Reginald C. Vanderbilt.
The French embassy at. Washington
Is likely to be In mourning all the sea
son, which means a noticeable cessa
tion of festivities tn the smart division
of the diplomatic corps. M. Jusserand,
accompanied by Mine. Jueserand. has
returned to Washington, but because of
the death of Mme. Jusserand’s mother
the embassy will be in mourning this
season.
W. T. Ktesd. writing of "Tho Halrotton
of the Ktnge" in The World Today, for No
vember, says:
"Is It to he believed thnt out of our rich,
refined, plny-lnvlng population there art
te Im» found those with sufficient entl
nsm er self-snerlfiee te mUe whatever
money Is necessary to establish nt least i
Ideal experimental theater, with a i
penny gallery and n shilling pit, nil pin
to lie reserved, and with frts- performances
nt least eaee a week, where the best works
of the host dramatists of the world emild
be Ida red by a company whose primary ob
ject wna net to serve na advertisements for
the drese-nmker. or Is- mere Incidents tn the
senate splendors of ilie carpenter's art?
Wlrnt Is wauted Is faith, nnd after faith
organisation. Bren.In this day of doubt
and unbelief the churches can find fnitli
enough to create nrgnntsatlens which ratio
nny amount of onnh. I ntn lontb to believe
that the thenter-gnlng piddle Is such a god-
less, reckless, worthless set of selfish loons
that It Is Impossible m raise out of their
midst n fellowship of stalwart workers
nnd liberal gtvera who will la-gln the demo
crntlc regeneration of the theater.
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