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THE ATLANTA GEORGIA,
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31. lSi
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
' JOHN TEMFLE CRAVES. Editor.
F. L. SEELY. Fresideat.
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OUR PLATFORM.—The Georgian
• tnuds for Atlsuta's owning Its own gas
and electric light plants, as ft now
owns Its waterworks, other cities do
this and get gas ns low as 60 rents,
with a profit to the city. This should
l-e done st once. The Georgian be
lieves that If street railways can be
onerated tucceaafnlly by European
cities, as they ore, there Is uo good
reason why they cannot be so operated
here. But we do not believe this can
be done now, audit may bo some years
before we are ready for ao big an un
dertaking. Still Atlanta should set Its
face In that direction NOW.
WIDE SCOPE FOR BOARD OF TRADE.
The prompt response made by the merchants of Atlanta In pledging
funda for the organization and equipment of a board of trade demonstrates -
fully that the business Interests are beginning to sea the benefits to be de
rived from such an Institution.
The effect of this organisation will be felt Immediately, and eventually
It nlll double or even treble the city's tratje. All that Atlanta needs Is bids
for business—not Individual bids, but bids from the organized Interest! of
the city, representing all classes and branches of trade.
Before the board of trade there can lie brought inatt'ers of. vital Impor
tance, which would have but little chance of consideration otherw ise. But
carried before proper authorities by this board of trade of the chamber of
Commerce, a claim or contention would be courteously received and se
riously considered by a railroad or any other corporation,
The availability of the board of trade In matters of this sort has been
immediately shown by the action of the grain and produce shippers of the
city, who have for years been lighting for re-billing, re-shlpplng and dif
ferential privileges from the railroads. Bringing their claims and argu
ments merely as Individuals they had seidftm secured a hearing and never
a result. The matter, If taken up by the board of trade, will certainly be
given attention by the railroads.
In another direction the board of trade can exert ft beneficial Influence.
There are quite a number of corporations—h1>me corporations—doing a pay
ing business In Atlanta. The bonds and stocks of these corporations are
not even known by name to many people with money to Invest. For some
reason the city press does not list prices for home bonds and stocks, and It
Is difficult for most Investors to get quotations.
If the stockholders of Atlanta form complete organization In the board
of trade, the buying and selling of cotton, of stoeks and bonds, local and
domestic; wheat, corn, oats and other commodities at one central point,
where merchants from a distance muy come to trade, will be freed from a
restraint that has Impeded business In this city.
House Cleaning Needed.
* Georgia and Georgian* have a right
to be proud of their state capItol.
There Is no more beautiful building
In America. Its chaste line* are an
i exemplification of the epigram that
f Architecture fa frozen music. Granting
■ftvhich, 11 may be said that the capittri
1* a symphony of superb simplicity,
fifined on the architectural plan of the
; eapfto) at Washington, It la an ex-
quislte diminutive, heightened with
beauties of Its own.
R Designed by a distinguished Georgian
who devoted at least a year of lit* busy
life to the work, built by Georgians, of
Georgia material. It stands n nionu- |
ment to the glory of the state.
Tet It has been suffered to become a
bouse In disorder, reeking with dirt and
dust and filth.
Grimy and discolored, the wall paper
i* falling away hero and there, and
"tens of neglect obtrude at every angle.
There Is no excuse fdf- the existence
of such a state *ot affairs. There If
less for Its continuance.
Let those whose duty It Is to care for
the capftol put a brigade to work with
soap and water, or It will be necessary
for some patriotic citizen to do as the
Hon. Bon Blackburn did ten years ago.
when, after storming In vain through
the columns of his paper for a house*
Cleaning, he himself descended on the
capitol with a cohort of scrub women
and annihilated the fllth. «
A WEAKNESS IN THE GEORGIA LAW.
Among the presentments of the September term of tlie Fulton county
grand jury was one recommendation that deserves tbe attention of the
entire state, and demands Immediate consideration In the next session
of the Georgia legislature.
It Is to make the offense of attempt at criminal nssault a capital
offense in the discretion, of course, of the jury trying the case.
Betwixt attempt to commit crime and the commission of crime,
there Is no difference In a sane code of morals.
But if there were such a difference, in tho Instance of criminal as
sault its observance would be a violation of the genius of law Itself.
■ Our scheme of law Is not so much based on the Idea of securing
retributive Justice as It Is Intended to be preventive of crime In Its In
fluence.
Face every fiend, who attacks a woman, with the certainty of death
even for his attempt at crfmlnnl violence, and there will be an Immedi
ate decrease in the South's roll of horror. It the officers of the law are
vigilant In apprehending the criminals.
Although this recommendation of the grand Jury cannot hope to
solve the problem of preventing rape, at the aame time It officially
calls attention to a weakness In the state's penal code that demands Im
mediate correction.
Red Tape at Washington.
l Compilation «f the colonial and rev
olutionary records of Georgia Is pro.
gtrsslng most satisfactorily tinder ex-
j- Governor Allen Candler's direction.
Practically all the material for
these two periods Is In hand or In
sight. Kecords are still coming from
England, where copyists employed by
the state, are making them ns rapidly
as possible.
. Bat ft Is In the records of the civil
wsr that so much trouble has been ex
perienced. With a large number of the
rolls of Georgia troops obtainable only
In the government war office In Wash
ington, absolute prohibition has been
placed on them by the heavy price the
denartment wishes to exact for having
these rolls copied.
Ex-Governor Candler has called at
tention to the contrast between our
own and the British governments.
When Georgia wanted records In the
British museum, the authorities gladly
gave permission for the copyists to go
and secure all the data wanted And
they did not charge a cent for it.
Yet when Georgia waited to get the
records In Washington, offering to pay
copyists to go right tn the office and
stork under the direction of the head
of the department, there was n demand
for fees. They wanted a good many
thousand dollars for It.
There seems but one avenue open,
and advantage will probably lie taken
of that during the coming session of
congress. That Is to have one of the
congressmen snd one of the senators
Introduce resolutions In both branches
of the national congress granting
Georgia the special right to this data.
This should be done at the very be
ginning of the session, and the roster
commission will doubtless take the
matter up at once.
It Is said that no other way exists
for the state to secure these rosters
without enormous expense, as all over
tures to the war department have
proven unavailing. It Is probable that
Congressman Livingston and Senator
Ctsy will be asked to Introduce the
resolutions when congress convenes
H »0ay, December 1.
Danger in Mrs. Dickson’s Plan.
The proposition of Mr*. Mary Orant
Dickson to establish a tea and beer
garden on Piedmont uvenue, hetween
Eleventh and Twelfth streets, Is ono
that will not commend itself to the
majority of the thinking people of At
lanta, and It Is to bo hoped that the
police committee of council will oppose
the granting of the license for which
application haa been made.
part. She merely sat and beamed
would be ton long to enumerate all the
talent present—the nrtlsts, the singers
—who are, of course, also artists—and
the actors—who are artists also. But
the wit that gurgled with the wine
was of course the feature of the even
ing. There were those who opined that
Kipling was not writing In his old
form and that Laura Jean Libby wns
really Improving of late. The ethics
Mrs. Dickson's project* while rather i vtnUK esthetics of St. Gaudens
an Innovation for staid Atlanta, Is tn
Itself not so deserving of censure. She
Is a woman of character and of culture,
and her plan Is merely one based on a
business proposition. There Is no
doubt but that the tea nnd beer gar
den as conducted by her would bl
maintained on a high plane.
But the evil of It Is that by granting
a license for n beer garden on Pied
mont avenue, between Eleventh nnd
Twelfth streets, council would be set
ting n precedent that would causo
trouble.
The saloon limits as they now exist
are too wide. The residence section of
the city must not be Invaded.
Gotham’* Winter Harbinger.
Down here In the more or less Sunny
South the harbinger of winter Is a
composite of full-blown golden rod and
ehltterllna.
Further up toward Virginia It is the
Albermarle pippin and the falling chest
nut. But In metropolitan Oothmntown
the only sure und unfailing Indication
that winter Is In their midst Is the first
meeting of the Pleiades Club.
The rare spirits at the Mermaid and
the Apollo, the bons vtvants of Cham
berlain’s snd Hancock’s In tlie^good
old Washington days, many have had
each a glory of Its own. But differing
from them all. iierhaps, we might say-
surpassing them all, tn glory, are the
meetings of the Pleiades.
The astronomers tell us that one star
is In reality missing from the heavenly
seven, and so. on Sunday night, one
star, the perennial nnd Irresponsible
Mickey Finn, was missing from the
convivial constellation.
But there were so many atars pres
ent that no one but Mickey would have
been missed. There was Miss Wlnne
—Mis* Annie Wlnne—with an "e"—
who I* the author of “Broken Bar*"—
w hether of soap, seushore or sound, we
do not recall. She accompanied the
oysters and the banjo with a negro
melody In Baxter street dialect, which
literally set the house a-roar. It was
recherche, a* they *ey at Flowery
Branch: It was charmingly sweet and
wisely short.
And then there was Mis* Mattie
Sheridan, the editor of "Men and Wom
en." Presumably she It Is who
edits the Invitation liat. M least, It
would be presumable If It were not a
part of the constitution and by-laws
that any man or woman may freely
enter and regale if he or she feels that
ahe has talent and know* that she lias
came In for n rapid running debate,
Richard Harding Davis was present, so
It was thought on the part of many—
not Including Richard himself, per
haps— thnt It would be Indelicate to
discuss his masterpieces. Most of the
criticism* were, like Coogler's ver*e,
purely original. The only offender was
a fat' lady (who wrote pieces) from
Washington square, who recalled that
Mr. Wilde had said that "Meredith was
n sort of prose Browning—and ao was
Browning."
Her borrowed wit was roundly
hissed.
Neither New York nor winter would
be Iteelf without those wit-tests nnd
wine-fests of the Pleiades Club.
Atlanta |* a growing community—
to be trite—and there le no reason why
we should not have a Pleiades Club
before long. We have the tulent and
the temperament to be Bohemian now
and then—nnd u little of It could do no
harm. We would havo to give It a new
name, of course, for we could not Imi
tate even ao ambitious a metropolis as
New York.
But the spirit, tho form and sub
stance would be there. An originality
unmnrred by the Infraction of the fat
lady wouid he ever present, nnd the
life of that night would be orte grand,
sweet song.
STRIKE BREAKER
FOUND WITH PISTOLs
IS SENT TO TOWER
one of the Southern railway strl!
breakers, recently brought here, wax
arraigned before Recorder Broyles
Wednesday morning and was bound
over to the state court under bond of
1100 on* the charge of carrying con
cealed weapons.
Hedrlngton stated that his home Is
In Boston. He explained that he was
carrying a pistol for fear he might be
attacked and Injured by some of the
striking machinists. In default of bond
he went to the Tower. He was ar
rested by Special Officer Swlnney, of
the Southern.
E
HAS FIVE MILLION
INCREASE FOR OCT,
THOSE LAST YEAR
The applications for building permits
recorded In the building inspector'* of
fice for the month of October amount,
In dollars, to $4(5,»1>.
The building permits for October of
last year were $266,55". The Increase
of this month this year over the same
month last year la $18#,462.
There haa been a great Increaae each
month of thla year, with the single
exception of September. The prospect*
are now that the Increase for the year
will be well over the two million mark.
THREW HART!
IN FACE AND EYES
An Increase of $0.503,996.65:411 dearitiK* is
rejKirted by the Atlanta (’lairing Horn** As-
—M'lntlon for the month of October,, 1906,
.or the name month of 1906. .
No bo*tor ludlontion of (be steady and
rapid growth pt Atlanta could. J»e shown
than by tlie figures of the flan ring House
Association. The report for the month
shows figure* whIHi prove thnt n period of
prosperity I* being enjoyed by all branches
i*Miioi| by I>iirwin 11. Jane*, malinger of the
Atlanta Clearing House Association. Wed
nesday. Tho efVnrliigi for October. 190C.
sere f2t.0S6.3G6.92, while those of 1905 were
119.4&2,371.£7.
Tho vUwrlnitn for Wednesday, October 31,
compared with the Kamo date ’last year,
►how n decrease of $67,520.21. The clearings
for today wore $7.76.815,69, while the same
date lust your tthows f824.325.90.
shallIoIcil
OR CORPORATION.
SET SCHEDULES?
Shall the Georgia Railway nnd Elec
tric Company or the town council of
Oakland City make the schedules for
the street cars that pass through that
suburb? That.!* the question which
Judge Pendleton has been called upon
to decide.
The authorities of Oakland City
ordlnanced’ that the East Point cars
should Mop to put off and take on
passengers at every street corner In
that corporation, but tho eompuny re
fused to have Its cars stop at any
except designated crossings.
So the town marshal began to arrest
the motormen and conductor* every
Suddenly pulling from her clothing
a bottle of hartshorn? Stella Jones, a
white woman, while under arrest Tues
day night, at Mitchell and Mangum
streets, threw the contents Into the
face of Mrs. Lucy Gale, of 137 Weit
Mitchell atreet, who had caused her
arrest.
Mrs. Gale waa considerably Injured
about the face and eyes by the strong
fluid, but It Is not thought she was se
riously hurt. She was given attention
at a nearby drug store.
The Jones woman Is said to have
been Intoxicated at the time. She Is
said to have been acting disorderly
and the police station waa notified, Call
Officers Brannon and Nprrlt respond
ing and taking her Into custody. She
will be tried Wednesday afternoon.
threeIrTkilleo
AND TEN INJURED
IN TRAIN CRASH
Hattlesvllle, Miss., Ort. 31.—Quarrel
ing over a game of cards, L. A. Wright
and H. Brevoort Ryan, wealthy plant
ers. killed ench other Iq a duel In the
store of J. W. Brenland, who was also
shot dead while trying to separate
them.
time they would not stop at a crossing.
The street car people npplled for and
got a temporary injunction restraining
the city authorities from Interfering
with the running of car* until the mat
ter could be threshed out before Judge
Pendleton. The judge has for the past
several dnya been hearing the argu
ments which were concluded Wednea-
day.
MR. SESSIONS PRESENTS
HIS SIDE OF THE CASE
OF MARIETTA'S UTILITIES
To the Editor of The Georgian: (other city doe*, to a minimum of fl per
Having known you for a number of [month. Thl* city Is only paying $37.60
ars, und feeling that you would not j Griffin,
do any man an Injustice, I desire to
A Quart of Blood.
The chivalry .that wo* Spain i* not
wholly passed away.
From Annapolis. Md„ conies a story
that Vicente Garcia Valdez, native of
Htspanla. hut now Instructor bf mod
ern languages nt the United States
Naval academy, ha* In fulfillment of
a vow offered a quart of his blood to
the authorities of the 8t. James hos
pital, Newark, to save the life of a
man he has never seen.
Many years ago In Spain, It appears,
Senor Valdez’s mother was thought to
be dying.* But 'on October 26 It was
saved, In nn almost miraculous man
ner. The son's gratitude was so great
that he made a vow so long a* he lived
to offer on October 26 of ench year an
act of kindness to some person In sore
need. On that day of this year, Senor
Valdez read In a Washington paper of
the desperate condition of a man who
had been asphyxiated, and the belief
of the ohyslclans that his life could be
saved by the transfusion Into his veins
of a quart of blood from some healthy
nan. ecu ruing ly. Senor Valdes urnae
his offer.
Senor Valdez Is one of the most pop
ular Instructor* at Annapolis, although
he sert'ed in the army of Spain In its
15 cents. Miss Sheridan had a difficult war against the United States.
take notice of the article In lost Fri
day's Georgian, In big display type,
headed “Marietta’s Plucky Fight for
Municipal Ownership Seem* Assured of
Success,” and also an article headed
’’Mass Meeting Declares for City \Vn-
terwork:
The statement that not a half dozen
of the men at the meeting were op
posed to the plan for municipal own
ership I* absolutely nnd unqualifiedly
fa!*e. The statement or Inference that
we had Mr. Blair .as an attorney or a
citizen address the citizens’ meeting
for us I* not only an Insult to Mr.
Blair, but to the writer. It Is the
writer’s opinion that there Is no man,
or *et of men, who could, for any
amount of money, employ Mr. Blulr as
a citizen to make an address at a
citizens’ meeting. As to the correct
ness of the statement* that Mr. Blair
drafted the bill that was Introduced
in the summer of 1904 authorizing a
vote for $80,000 bonds for system of
wntesworks, the writer cannot say. The
statement that Mr. Session* headed a
delegation for thl* mea*ure is Infa
mously false, and anyone who desired
to inform himself could find that there
Is not a word of truth In It.
It Is untrue that the company wns at
that time jtnxlous to dump the old
plant on the city. In fact. Mr. Editor,
the entire article Is misleading and out
of proportion to the facts.
Your paper, nt the outset of the arti
cle. seems to summarize the matter,
nnd It appear* as your paper’s own
statement a* to facts and conditions.
Do you believe, Mr. Editor, a* a fair
man, that your paper did the right mid
proper thing In writing up an article
of thl* kind, with great headlines and
pictures of the leaders In thl* fight for
saddling $110,000 bonds on the city*
without asking the owners of the pub
lic utilities of the city their opinion and
their rights and their side of the ques
tlon? The writer learned early In life
when a mere lad, that there were tw>
sides even to a plank, and that one
side was the better side.
Practically nil the writer has is In
vested In these enterprises. We have
a franchise from the city for these utUl-
ties, and the franchise provides that we
shall not charge for water, for public or
private use, more than I* charged In
other towns and cities in Georgia of
similar size and situation.
Your issue of Saturday, the 27th.
set* up Griffin. Ga.. as a fine eximpte
of municipal ownership, and you praise
the low prices charged. Since tho
writer took charge of the public utili
ties of this city we have reduced the
K rlce on lights on contract for business
ouses to 10 cents per kilowatt, the
same as Griffin, nnd for residence 12
cents, with 5
have reduced
according to your statement, hatr a
charge of $50 per hydrant. We only
charge $67 for arc lights, against Grif
fin’s $75. Our taxes are only $7.20,
against $10 for Griffin, which means a
saving In favor of the tax payers of
Marietta of over $7,000 per year.
You say thnt the writer appeared at
the city meeting last Thursday night
and opposed same In a strenuous way.
It Is true that he appeared In the city
meeting called In favor of the bond le-
sue and opposed tame In as business
like talk as the writer could muke In
a conversational tone for about an
hour, going Into detail and explaining
hi* position fully for the benefit of the
mass meeting.
His position, condensed, was that lie
had lived In this town practically all
lilt life and hnd never injured a person
or a corporation; that, In addition to
the old plant—before knowing that
there would be an election for $80,000
bonds—we had prepared and were ex
pending $36,000 enlarging the water
works, getting a new supply of water,
putting In a first-class filtering plant
and pumping station, all of which
would soon be completed; that It waa
not proper or a fair business proposi
tion for the city, under the circum
stances, to undertake to put In a com
peting system of waterworks; that it
would make both of them practically
worthless, and that tt would pile up
taxes on every piece of property, rich
and poor alike. Pointing out that, we
had a survey made by a competent
man. and that the pipe line alone from
the only available source—other than
the one we are using (Little Noonday
Creek) would cost $60,600. From Big
Noonday creek, which would be more
practical tor a larger town, the pipe
line alone would cost $96,000, and would
take 140-horse power to pump the water
Into the city. Or. If they went to the
Chattahoochee river. It would take
$120,000 for the main line. The writer
went Into these matters In detail and
took up others which are not necessary
to enumerate In a newspaper article.
The writer has had the pleasure In
the past of talking to you as to your
views and Ideas of pure elections. We
supposed that the use of money In any
way hereafter to be barred. We had
no organlzatin nor raised any money.
The only money that was spent was on
Friday, the day before the election, for
the purpose of getting out a few circu
lars, giving the above facts In a con
densed way, sending boys to distribute
same around the streets, costing about
$6 or $7. On the other hand, the town
was circularized through the mail, and
on the day of the election hacks and
carriages were used by the city mar
shals and others for hauling negroes
and others to the polls. We now have
about 900 white voters alone In the
city. The total votes polled, white and
black, for waterworks bonds were 236.
out of about 650 property holders In tne
city, not to mention the 100 or more
property holders In the new territory
taken In who could not vote, only about
ion property owners voted In this elec
tion.
Now. Mr. Editor, we do not question
your right to hold any view that you
I GOSSIP I
Report of Theft of
$7,000 Has Reach
ed Nashv.lle.
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 31.—There was
an express robbery yesterday on the
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
railroad between this city and Chatta
nooga.
The Southern Express Company offi
cers admit the robbery, but refuse any
Information as to details.
It Is said the loss Is as high as
37,000.
INCLINE ACCIDENT
RESULTS IN DEATH!
THREE ARE INJURED
Special to The Georgian.
Salisbury, N. C„ Oct. 31.-Lorl» Taunt-
broeber, n Hollander, wns killed yesterday
afternoon at the graulte quarry, nnd fonr
other fellow-workmen hurl, by tho runa
way of a granite car lielonglng to the
Amerlcnu Stone Company.
Tho engine waa drawing the car up a
sleep grade, when tbe book broke and
enngbt the men.
Tlie legs of a colored mnn were broken,
but none more were fatally hart.
BY CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York. Oct. 31.—I am sorry to
*ee that one of Father Knickerbocker’s
most picturesque old fish markets—
that occupied by th, Wholesale Fish
Dealers’ Association, In Beeknmn. street
at the East river—Is soon to be re
moved. It will be replaced by a sani
tary and fire-proof building.
Five on six million tons of fish, rep
resenting 75 different varieties, go
through this market every year. Wed
nesdays and Thursday, the market
days, traffic Is congested for blocks by
reason of the narrowness of South
street.
The Russlon ambassador, Baron Ro.
sen, has returned to Washington from
his visit to Chicago and the West, and
will be Joined at the embassy on Fri
day by Baroness Elizabeth Rosen.
Mme. Quesada, u'lfe of the minister
from Cuba, left Washington for New
York today. She will spend a week In
shopping and visiting. .The minister
has not selected a house to be used as
a legation and may remain at a hotel
all winter.
Thirty or more prominent cottagers
are to remain at Newport until after
Thanksgiving, Including Mr*. John Car
ter Brown, Mrs. Harold Brown and
Mrs, John Nicholas Brown. The cele
brated $10,000,000 Brown baby Is seen
on the business thoroughfare—Thames
street—dally with, his aged nurse.
"Summer prisoned In the heart of
winter.” Is the keynote of this sea-
soft's Interior decorative fancy, of which
the president’s wife Is the leader. Mrs.
Roosevelt Indirectly Is doing a great
deal to extend th* fondness tor rat
tan and willow furniture.
Her Idea Is best set forth In the
green room of the white house, which
she has turned Into an Indoor bower.
Willow furniture Is used exclusively In
this apartment, and Us freshness l*
toned with tho cushions and hangings
of green. Most of the settees, lounges
and chairs are of pale green, others
shading to the natural hue.
New York Is having a feast of cheap
apples. They are piling up In the fruit
markets. About 7.000 barrels have
been received oach day this week, and
the figure* are likely to be maintained
for some days, for there are large ship
ments on the way.
There are large quantles of apples
on the piers and In railway yards, some
of which had been there for several
MAY EVENTUALLY
REACH U. S. COURT
nicking meter* free of charge, which no wish on municipal ownership; and cer-
The cases against the negroes being
tried for the killing of County Police
man Jim Heard, In Brownsville, on
tho night of September 24, 'seem In a
fair way to reach the supreme court
of the United States eventually.
In addition to fighting every s(ep In
tho trial of, .the ense, of Alex Walker,
a former Kimball house porter, before
Judge Roan, In the superior court, the
lawyers for the denfendanta, who have
pooled their Interests, have, through
the leading counsel, J. D. Kilpatrick,
Injected a Federal question which may
eventually save some guilty negroes
from punishment on technical grounds.
Mr. Kilpatrick first raised the point
and rlted authorities to show that the
authority vested In the county police
Is unconstitutional, and that In effect
they formed a mob. which was fight
ing the negro mob. This contention
was ovepruled by Judge Roan, how
ever, and that is where the defense
will Inject the Federal question.
The lawyers will claim that the ne
groes who shot Heard had a right un
der the constitution of the United'
State* to bear arms; that,.If the posse
of police was composed of legal offi
cers, the state of Georgia was respon
sible for their acts and that In dls-
arming the negroes the officers were
depriving them of their right under
the Federal constitution.
County Polies Illegal,
Mr. Kilpatrick argued that the act
creating the county police force was
Illegal, because It did not Include a
statement of the police powers of the
officers In the caption which states
that the act 1* "to provide for Inspect
ors of roads nnd bridges, for defining
their duties and for other purposes
connected therewith," hut does not, as
I* provided In the body of the act,
state that the "sheriff shall" appoint
thsm as his deputies.
When County Policeman Jordan was
testifying Wednesday morning a low
which has been almost universally dis
regarded In criminal courts was
brought suddenly Into the limelight
Mr. Jordan had about finished his story
when Mr. Kilpatrick suddenly asked
him:
"Didn't you know that It was against
the law for you to come armed Into a
court of justice 7”
Mr. Jordan replied that lie "didn't
know anything about It.” and the Inci
dent ended with a reminder from
Judge Roan to the officers In the court
that firearms In the court room would
not be tolerated. The Idea of the law
la of course, to forestall any attempt
at Intimidating a court, but the rule
applies to those who are there to p r e-
(Weeks.
A celebration Is being planned, under
the auspices'of th* Cambridge Society,
of the one hundredth anniversary on
February 37 of the birth of Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow.
The day will be observed as "Long
fellow day" In all the schools of Cam
bridge, with appropriate exercises. In
the evening. In Sanders theater, there
will be public exercises, at which Wil
liam Dean Howells will be the principal
speaker. President-- Elliott, Colonel
Thomas Wentworth Hlgglnson and
Professor Charles Elliott Norton will
also make addresses.
A special Longfellow exhibition will
be held of early, rare and beautiful
edltlona of the poet's work. •
ARE DISCHARGED
Sheriff J. W. Nelms has, at the re
quest of the grand Jury, rescinded all
commissions of deputy sheriffs created
by him during the recent rioting and
asks that all those appointed for that
emergency consider their commissions
now void except for six In each of tho
militia districts of the county, as pro
vided for prior to the rioting, arid a
few others In factories, In the employ
of the street railway and other neces
sary places v
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New York, Oct. 31.—Here are some
of the visitors In Neiv York today:
ATLANTA—R. P. Black, Mr*. Arm
strong, J. A. Brown, Mr*. J. E. Singer,
G. Westmoreland.
MACON—Mr*. Y. C. Mallory, J. II.
Stevens.
vent the court from any possible In
timidation.
The submitting of evidence in the
case Closed after a rambling statement
by Walker, the defendant, shortly af
ter noon Wednesday and five hour* on
Wednesday afternoon was set aside for
argument—three for the defense and
two for the state.
Walker has been positively Identified
by every witness as being In the front
of the mob and shooting at the officers
with a pistol. He admits being nearby
at the time, but swears he didn't shoot
and that he Is always respectful
vhlte people.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
OCTOBER 31.
1760—Foundation stone laid for BlackMan
bridge serosa the rlrer Thames.
1806—Battle of Rtrelltz.
1841—Mrs. Tom Thumb Imrn.
1848—8'teplien Wotts Kearney died. Born
August 31. K9«.
1*64—Nevada admitted to the t'nlon.
1879—j. it, Baekatoue, actor, died.
I'M—Celebrations In honor of l.utlier St
Wittenberg.
1895— 1 Two earthquake ihncka felt In many
of the Western states.
1898—American peace rotnndasir.nera de
manded whole of Philippines from
tulnly not ns to Atlanta. We do not
know anything about the conditions
there, and ore too busy here attending
to our own business to express an
opinion; but we do feel that you should
not take sides In the way you did and
flood the town on the eve of the election
with hundreds of papers predicting vic
tory and full of misstatements, without
giving us an opportunity to be heard,
or even knowing that an article was to
nppear. Believing In your fairness and
justness, we apiieal to you to give this
article as much prominence ns vou did
the article of Friday; - October 2*6
Yours truly,
MOULTRIE M. SESSIONS
• Marietta, Cq, Oct. 37.
’opsl bishop of
1932—British cable completed around the
world.
1934— lYilllsm II. Elder, srebbltbop of Cin
cinnati. died. age.I 85.
I9M—Show's play. "Mrs. Warren's
•Ion." problkl' ' '
York,
Moultrie Protests.
Editor Graves fears that cattl* rais
ing Is one of the waning Industries of
Georgia. This shows lack of Informa
tion. He ought to visit Moultrie.—
Moultrie Observer.
Neither, Thanks.
An esteemed contemporary says that
"John Temple Graves made Hearst.”
And here we have been thinking It
was the other way all the time.—Pen
sacola Journal.
Non* Belter in the South.
The Atlanta Georgian le now get
ting out a morning edition, and there
Is no better paper being published I:
the South.—Dahlonega Nugget.
Something Unusual.
The Atlanta Oeorglan has "men
tioned" Hoke Smith for president. But
» iu are tt| waya doing something out
of the usual down In Atlanta.—Mem
phis New*-.Scimitar.
