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TIE ATLANTA GEORtUN JOHH TEMPLE GRAVES. Editor f. I SEELY, Prtudtnl Published Every Afternoon. (Escppt Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, At 26 "West Alabama 8t., Atlanta, Ga. Subscription Rates, ^nr Tear.... Six Month* Three Month*........ I By Carrier, Per Week Chicago Office Tribune Bid*. New York Office Hotter Bid*. it you hare any trouble getting THE GEORGIAN. telephone the Circulation H^partuieut ana hare It promptly rem- " "til 49-7 Main, ppartuieut . •dletl. Telephones: Atlanta 4401. It Is dealrabh* that nil communion* Hopj Intended for, publication in TUB GEORGIAN In* limited to 400 words In lenstti. It I* (mperatlre that they be ritntd, as nn evidence of good faith. THE GEORGIAN prints no noclean nr objectionable advertising! Neithea. doe* It print whisky or any liquor ads. OUR PLATFORM.—Tba Ocorglau stands for Atlanta'* owning Ita own gas ami electric light plants, as It now owns ita waterworke. Other cities do this and get gas ns low ns SO cents, with a profit to the city. This should be done nt oner. The Georgian be- lleree that If street railways can bo reason why they cannot bo so opera here. But we do uot believe tble can he done now, and It may be some years face In that direction NOW. Does South Carolina Honor Tillman? A few days ago The Georgian took occailon to congratulate Senator Till man, of South Carolina, upon the ru mor that his entire time for the next <1088011 had been taken by the lecture bureaus of the country, and that the senator would have not only a full aea- sou but a full purse as the result of his platform work In 1R06-7. To this we added the opinion that the superb attitude of the South n»m- Una senator upon the rate bill during the last session or congress had great ly commended him to the admiration and respect of the people of the coun try, and that the fldellty and splendid i-onrage of his stand for the iiopuiar rights and Interest had beeu not only helpful to hia fame, but would also be, as It ought to be. profltable to his financial career. To this statement our always highly esteemed friend of The Charleston Pott responds In a strain which sur prise* us. We regret that we have lost the clipping from The Post which we would like to publish as an Illustration of the attitude of so bright and able a newspaper toward a citizen and a sen ator of Its own state. We were under the Impression that much of the bit terness of Senator Tillman's brief lampalgn bad passed away an<f that lie was now serene and happy In the rnjoyment of the esteem and confi dence of his constituency which he has really honored by bis course In the tonate. The Charleston Post speaks most sarcastically of the comment which The Georgian made upon Senator Till man and oxpreases the fact that the only degree In which South Carolina will share in the good fortune which will be hie upon the lecture platform will be because It will remove him more frequently than usual from the Mate and keep him from meddling In politics; affairs of. South Caroilua. Wo have no doubt that otnor people beside The Georgian will lie astonish- ■ d by such au attitude toward this dis tinguished public servaut, and for our own part we confess that the surprise with which we read the comment of The Post is accompanied with no tittle regret We can well understand that the lo cal questions which concern a peo ple create factions upon either side. nn<l that out of these factional differ ences come little disputes which are i-nmetime* carried to the point of per- anna] feeling. But wc felt Justified In assuming that the state which he rep resented would at least shsre with the rest of' the republic In extending a meed of gratitude and of admiration to Senator Tillman for his splendid pew formation In the last senate. At the conclusion of the debate upon the rail- mad rate bill, The Georgian said that in measuring the men ou either side • ■ho had been engaged in that great iiiscuaslon. no man bad assumed or maintained a stronger or more admira ble position than Senator Tillman. We have not been among Ills admirers in the past, and have perhaps criticized him as fiercely as the factional papers who have spoken in bis own state. Rut we did feel that In a period of so much uncertainty, and in an atmos phere of so much suspicion, of graft and Influence, that the 'grand old lighter from South Carolina presented a picture worthy of admiration and ol applause as he stood there from first to last without the suspicion of Inter est In bis attitude or the hint of graft In his pocket and fought, masterfully and eloquently, for the cause of the iieople against the most colossal Influ- ■cnee that the great corporations have hate the senior senator trom South Carolina reflected honor, not only up on his own great commonwealth, but upon th“ section from which he came and to the party to which he ucknowl- odged allegiance. We felt grateful to him then, apd proud of him thou, and so far as we know, he has done noth ing since then to diminish the senti ment which his iierformance Inspired. We regret very much If the expression of this honest admiration has offended the factional pride of our friend of The Post, and we both believe and predict that •'hen these little bitternesses of a very recent battle have subsided. The Post will be glad to comment In very different terms upon the message of congratulation frhlch Its Georgia con temporary sent across the river to the moat distinguished South < Carollnan of I he present day. Per sent to the highest body of Amer can deliberation.! | Wi Vo thtnk now that la that great de "HERE’S TO YOU, WILLIAM HEARST," ••'Clil* I* tin* ilajr lit* with the fair of Cato anil of Rome.." Democracy and true reform are In a mighty balance In the ballots of New York today. Win or lose, the great American who leads the fortunes of Democ racy, hai fought the best and bravest battle that the times have known. Against all forms of greed and graft. Against malignant slander, and unprincipled abuse; against the treason of friends worse than the wrath of enemies; against the mailed hands of his own political household— with the world weight of the trusts and the syndicates agalnat him—with the chorus voices of the mighty press defaming him—steadily, stead fastly, dauntless!}- and-with consummate energy ami devotion, he has fought on and on—to tlie end which the night will bring—an end which no man know* nnd whose meaning no prophet can foreshadow. There Is not the faint shred of a iiersonal interest In the nttltude of The Georgian toward William Hearst. Ilo has never owned one dollar of stock In any enterprise with which any one of the ownera and operators of The Georgian has been at any time connected. He does not own ono penny of stock in The Georgian of today. We have no favors 16 ask of him, no punishments to fear. Here at least In this office there Is no coterie of anxious and uvariclotts men playing a desperate game fo* the favor of Ills purse>to help them out of Impending failure Into fortune. The bouudless confidence we place In him and the affectionate admira tion we freely give him la founded from first to last upon a better kuowleilge of him than most men have, and In the Hbeer clear conception of his high and uoble purposes, and of the calm consistency uud the con summate coursgo with which he has followed them—many times to victory mid sometimes to defeat. Long ago when the star of this man flamed first upon the -horizon of our public life, there was something In his method and personality that enamored us. The man who did things has always been the man of our dreams and fancies. The element of dreamer and prophet In ourselves magulfled the man of action In the person of this strange young man who, fresh front college and without experience, had startled Sait Francis co and.New York with his journalistic success. And then us he grew greater, began that marvelous and malevolent stream of calumny which never yet has flowed so fsst and furious against auy public man since Aaron Burr. Do you who read recall In this connection that William Hearat never yet has spoken word In protest or denial of this tidal wave of slander? He simply let It roll—"roll In nnd roll on and roll past him forover'-yas It has rolled past him now. In this iietiod of hia life the editor of The Georgian was staggered by the things that were told of him, ami hi this conflict between dark rumor and daily admiration, we solved all doubts by sight and association. For seven weeks in Washington and New York we studied this man at close range and without alloy of Interest. We found him the head of a home. Ideal and Idyllic. We found him the master of a household per sonal and professional that worshipped him for his lovingkindness to them nil. From the last servant in his home to the first employee in his office there was enduring love and faith.' and confidence lu the master and employer. We found him me sou of a grand old lion-hearted phii anthroplst of the west who, whether in the mining camps of Nevada or In the senate hall at Washington, was the comrade, friend nnd helper of every worthy man In all the world. We found hint the son of a good and noble mother whose woman's heart had- flowed for half a century lu an even stream of gentle charities that made her loved aud trusted wherever the gospel of help was knowf. From these two streams of life and living—from the loina of a father who loved his fellow men like Abou did—from the bosom of a mother whose heart responded to every human need—from the confluent currents of two great and essentially generous live*—with iu clear an Inheritance of pure pbllauthivpy as ettr fell to the lot of mortal—came William Randolph Hearat into the world. And when I saw him there In Washington, with the office boys smiling as bravely at his entrance, as the newsboys ran cheerily for his pennies on the street; when I saw him halt in the domestic crises of his own life to consider the sorrow and anxiety of a hired servant in his halls; when I have seen the almost caressing tenderness with which he has dried the tears of a mendicant with his generosity; when I have watched the brave cause of his great journals that never In one single hour have varied from their strong, clear championship of the plain people to which tholr presses were set twelve years ago; when I have seen the princely stream In which his dollars have flowed through lawyers and courtB and legislatures to relax the grip of monopoly and to loosen the commbditles of life for the poor; when I have seen him only laBt week whllo h!s chauffeurs were whirling through New York In their wild speed for public meetings, and their eager rush for votes, leaning over the side of the motor with his pleasant, kind face watchful above all things for the safety of the children and the cripples and the aged In his path—and when I have seen his blue eyes grow deep nltd his massive Jaw grow stern In his plea for the great principles of his faith, and the rights of the people— Then, may It please you, my countrymen, who have done us the honor to believe us sincere—then we have locked In our hearts beyond slander or misrepresentation to remove, the serene and enduring faith, that, since Lincoln lived and Jefferson died, no man has loved—loved, I tell you— the plain people of this republic as this great Democrat and patriot whose honor and opportunity New York holds In her civic hands today. Let me see the honest American who will dare assail In morals or In patriotism the platform upon which William Hearst asks the ballots of his state today: To restore the American ideals; to dethrone the bosses and reinstate the people; to punish criminals in high places and grafters ev erywhere; to compel the selfish corporations to be satisfied with just re turns nnd to treat the people right aud fair; to tear down siiecial privi leges and to establish equal rights. Is there any man who will assail In Georgia such principles as these? Is there any man of spiritual vision with the faith of history In his eyes who can doubt that If governments are advancing we must come to this? Is there any man—bravely aud squarely now, like men—who will deny that for these principles this man has made a long, brave, lonesome fight that never was surpassed In the annals of the land? They may defeat him In New York today. The millions are uncount ed that are massed against hljn and money Is omnipotent. Pray heaven for the people's sake that he may win. But wlu or lose, In victory or defeat, here’s to you, William Randolph Hearst: The world Is better and the people are already happier and freer for your life. You have shaken the temples of mammon, and the Gibraltar! of privilege no longer smile complacent at the people's wall. No defeat for you can dim the recollection of the terror which your mag nificent crusade has carried to the selfish rathparts of monopoly. You have already won more than any knight of liberty has won In fifty years. It your great heart Is bowed by the verdict which the night may bring, re member that there Is a refluent shadow upon the Piedmont Hills of Dixie. Aud so God save you, and God bless you! The Prize Editor’s Story, He t»l«! Hits atory: Oice u|mmi n time A priee trim offered for tliu npteat rhyme Kpltomlalutf in coiielseat wav A woman;* Ilf*.. Well. In the fUial day, Hiteu Mtackft of mnuuacrl|it you never saw, Hut nearly all contained a fault or flaw; They ran from forty volume* flown to three— TUree^lmen.. I mean. Ami theu wlieu Had chosen them* to give to them the Aud judge them by their matter aud (heir We thought each otic entitled to a part * ror each contained mo uiueli of hciihc mid art We aearee could tell which of the thru* wo* (»c*t Save by the lack of leifetli. I'll leave the rent' rumeiitloiiod, mid. Jimt give the wluiicrM here In order of thejr worth an they appear. Firat Prize. W< Mother Halil Twna spoiled that way; rheu all* took a whim contrary. ( banged her uniue nt 6 to “Mary;" Then nt 10 again, yon aee. Turned plain "Mary'’ to ••Marie;*' But her ehumii preferred the unuic They elected— culled her ••Manic:" Hut her fellow, Just the same. he Hwore heM call tier only “Maude;'* Now nix ■ children nnd their pa Every minute cull her ••Mn." Second Priz*. First Mho wan Itoru. Then aho waa Tired; Thru nhc wna*wooed. Then slit* wan wed; Then Nhc was married— Now mIic Im dead. Hatched; Mat Hied; I >lapu tolled. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. NOVEMBER 6. 17W— Philippe Kgnllfc, brother of LoUIm XIV of Fmuce. ami who aided with the revolutloiilNtM nnd agalnat the royal family, died. Born April IS. 1747. ISK-JfMf'i'll Hull lb, leafier of the Mormons, ln»rn. 186&—Daniel Hully, American actor, born. lSHO-Ignnce Jan I'adorewiikl. pianist, born. 18457—First women's Nuffrage society formed In F.iiglnnd. lS®-!I»iboMi viaduct. iMiulon, opened. lSdO-t'ottrell, ex-mayor of Cedar Keys, Fla., killed In Alabama. 1*97—Attempted nsMSsluattou of President Morne« of ilrasil. Mr. Rounder—Does your Cousin George take am much interest In horse racing a* he used to? Mr*. Rounder—Ye*, indeed; George can always tell the day before n race which hortfe ought to win, and the day after why he didn’t. When men pray for haneat they oft en get a plow. virtues that make “You fellow* may find It all right,” said the man In the corner of the smoking apartment, “but in my busi ness I can’t take people as I find them.” “What In your business?“ asked the limn whose suit case was covered with labels. Tm a photographer.”—Cleveland Press. The faithful are not fretful. Quiet llvea are often eloquent. No life Is lost that Is lived for love. hardship, even The principle of ex|>edtency expel* all other principles. A man’s holiness la to be measured by the happiness he create*. The South—The Engineer. Many scientists are viewing with alarm the possibility of a deterioration of sail, which some claim may even tually threaten the world’s food supply unless the experiments to secure nitro gen from the air should prove com mercially successful, and thus moke possible the constant refertilisation of the soli. Already the rich prairie states are finding commercial fertilisers a necessity, and last year Ohio used 3 000 tons. The Soufti holds a wi monopoly on fertiliser-making mate rials, such as phosphate rock, sulphur, etc. Kurope draws ltd phosphate rock mainly from this section, and Louisi ana now dominates the sulphur market of Europe and America. Strong as the South Is In coal and cotton and Iron, It Is equally .as strong in phosphate rock and sulphur, and it cannot only enrich Its own soli, but supply the needs of other%ectlon* and other coun tries. Great Is the Bouth!—Manufact urers* Record. When a man boasts of his sincerity he (s^Itkely to be thinking of his acidity. I’nless the heart grown faster than! Itigotry puts blinders on the best of the pocketbook. the life sinks under men. Its weight.—Chicago Tribune. WIFE OF JUDGE EY8TER DEAD AT DECATUR MiNN-lal to The Georsisu. Decatur, Ala., Xov. Mrs. Eyster, wife of Judge John t\ Eyater, one of the most prominent lawyers In Ala bama. diet] at her home here Igte yes terday after a long Illness with con sumption. The funeral will take place Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock. ! GOSSIP! Sow York. Sov. G. -Tlio New York friends of Ml.s Eveline Bigelow daughter of Poultney Bigelow, read’ with surprise the cabled announcement that sh. is to be married next Monday November is, to James Francis A ' Clark, of Boston, who was 'recently divorced In Dakota. Mr. i 'lark Is wealthy and has home, In New York and Boston and a country place In Westchester county. He still claims Boston ns his home, however although he has given his bandsomj residence there to his former wife and hos made n generous settlement on her to sustain It. He waa formerly a part, ner of Count Reginald Ward. Miss Bigelow Is one of the prettiest women In the American set In London She was presented to the court In May nnd has been active socially. The wedding will take place In st George's, Hanover Square. Captain Jaffrny, un English cousin of Mrs Poultney Bigelow, will give the bride away and Count Ward will be the best man. The bridesmaids will be Miss Belle Sassoon, Miss Evelyne Thornhill, granddaughter of Lady Russell; Miss Georgia Appleton, daughter of the New York publisher; Miss Lillian Farnham. a niece of Lord Edward Pelham Clin ton; Miss Evelyne Dillon, Lord Dil lon's lliece;. Mias Lettlce Lawrence, Lord IdVwrence’s niece; Miss White daughter of Percy White, the novelist, and fferliaps Miss Florence Padelford. Henry D. Baker, of Chicago, waa married at the Hotel Touralne, In Bos. ton. yesterday to Edna Sidney Woolf.-, of “The Llttlq Cherub” company, now- playing In New York. The Rev. Dr. Alexander, rector of Trinity church, performed the ceremony. The only other person present wus the bride's friend, Miss Anne Dutterfleld. Mr. Baker Is a newspaper man. He was once the financial editor of The Chicago Tribune, but Is now writing on financial topics for trade journals. His father, William T. Baker, was once resident of the Chicago Board of 'rade, and was president of the world's fair In Chicago In 1903. Miss Woolfe's beautiful voice had attracted the attention of George W. Vanderbilt, when she was singing In a Baltimore church, and through him she was educated for n stage career. Some time ago she gave up the stage to prepare for her wedding. The couple will make their home In Chicago. Sirs. Henry Siegel will give a dinner party November 13 for Miss Rose Sad- ller, whose marriage to Henry Charles Dinger, of the United States battleship Indiana, will take place on November 31. Sir Thomas Llpton will be among Mrs. Siegel’s guests. Mrs. Roosevelt has named a chry santhemum after Lou Dillon, the fa mous trotter. The plant Is a new va riety which was shown today In pub lic tpr the first time at the annual chrysanthemum show of the United States department of agriculture at Washington. It Is a large white blos som. Forty new varieties of chrysan themums were shown and two of them wore named by the ''first lady of .the land.” The other variety christened by Mrs. Roosevelt Is tile Chryseus, named because of Its rich, gold color. A correspondent, writing of the Murlborough-Vnndri'bllt separation un der the name of "Fair Play,” says with more troth, perhaps, than either of the parties concerned are willing to admit: “As usual, the papers In reviewing the unfortunate result of the MSrlbor- ough-Vanderbilt marriage, or 'alliance.' attributes all the blame und shame to the duke, who Is defenseless against your criticism. “This 'alliance' was conceived, Insti gated and accomplished hy the conniv ance of American women. How proud you and they wqre to proclaim the 'al liance' of an American with a live duke. •Another Atn-rtetn peeress,' etc. The women nnd not the men are to be scored for these domestic disasters. There Is no limit to their ambition. It passes beyond the confines of this con tinent." • They are opticians. They examine the eyes for siiectacles and eyeglasses. They have the most modern and up-to-date fitting partors in the South. Their opticians are the very liest that can be secured. Their work la first class and prices reasonable. They handle the latest styles of eyeglasses; the new Torlc lenses and latest no-setm Bi focals. ' They have the beat fitting glasses since 1^70—thirty-five years ago. A good place to go to get glasses. They do not use "drap*.’’ A. K. HAWKES CO., OPTICIANS, 14 WHITEHALL ST.