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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER «, MM.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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THE GEORGIAN prints no tmrleau
or objectionable advertising. Neither
does It prlut whisky or any liquor ade.
stands for Atlsuta's owning Its own gaa
and electric light plants, as It now
i lie waterworks. Other cities do
litres that If street railways cau be
operated successfully by European
cities, as (bey are, there is no good
aasou - *'
«?«
jsfore we are ready f
dertaklng. Still Atfau
ftce In that direction NOW.
MONEY!
Does South Carolina Honor
Tillman?
A few days ago The Georgian took
occasion to congratulate Senator Till
man, of Sontb Carolina, upon the ru
mor that his entire time for the next
season bad been taken by the lecture
bureaus of the country, and that the
senator would have not only a full sea*
son but a full purse as the result of
his platform work In 1908-7.
To this we added the opinion that
the superb attitude of the South Caro
lina senator upon the rate bill during
1 ho last session of congress had great
ly commended him to the admiration
and respect of tho people of the conn
try. and that the fidelity and splendid
courage of his stand for tbe popular
rights and Interest bad been not only
helpful to his fame, but! would also be,
as It ought to be, profitable to hla
financial career.
To this statement our always highly
esteemed frlond of The Charleston
Post responds In a strain which sup
)>[ises us. We regret that we have lost
i ho 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 aud a sen
ator of Its own etate. We were under
the Impression that much of the bit
terncss of 8enator Tillman's brief
campaign had passed away and that
he was now serene and happy In the
enjoyment of the esteem and confl'
dence of hla constituency which he has
really, honored by his course in the
senate.
. The Charleston Post speaks most
sarcastically of the comment which
The Georgian made upon Senator Till'
man and expresses the fact that the
only degree In which South Carolina
will share In the good fortune which
win be hla upon the lecture platform
will be because It will remove Mm
more frequently than usual from the
state and keep him from meddling in
political affairs of South Carollnu.
We have no doubt that otner people
beside The Georgian will be astonish-
ed by anch an attitude toward this dis
tinguished public servant, and for our
own part we confess that the surprise
with which we read the comment of
The Post la accomiHinied with no tittle
regret.
We can well understand that the lo
cal questions which concern a peo
ple create factions upon either side,
and that out of these factional differ
ences come little disputes which are
sometimes carried lo the point of per
sonal feeling. But we felt justified In
assuming that the state which he rep
resented would at leaat share with the
rest of the republic in extending a
meed of gratitude aud of admiration to
Senator Tillman for hla splendid pep
formance In the last senate. At the
conclusion of the debate upon the rail
road rate bill. The Georgian said that
in measuring the men on either sldo
who had been engaged In that great
discussion, no man had assumed or
maintained a stronger or more admlra-
ble position than Senator Tillman. We
have not been among hla admirers In
the past, and have perhaps criticised
him as fiercely as the factional papers
who have spoken In bis own state.
But we d'd feel that In a period of so
much mainly, and In an atmos
phere cf so much suspicion, of graft
and influence, that the grand old
tighter from South Carolina presented
a picture worthy of admiration qnd of
applause as he stood there from first
to last without the suspicion of Inter
est In hla attitude or the hint of graft
In his pocket and fought, masterfully
and eloquently, for the (ante of the
people against the moat colossal Influ
ence that the great corporations hare
•■ver sent to the highest body of Amer
t can deliberation.
1 We think now that In that great de
MORGAN AND RYAN TO M’CARREN—“Don’t let Hearst Get Brooklyn this year.”
bate the senior senator irom South
Carolina reflected honor, not only up
on hla own great commonwealth, but
upon the section from which he came
and to the party to which he acknowl
edged allegiance. We felt grateful to
him then, and proud of him then, and
so far as we know, he has done noth
ing since then to diminish the senti
ment which his performance Inspired.
We regret very much If the expression
of this honest admiration has offended
the factional pride of our friend of The
P,ost, and we both believe and predict
that when 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 which Its Georgia con
temporary sent across the river to the
most distinguished South Carolinan
of the present day.
“HERE’S TO YOU, WILLIAM HEARST."
'•Thli Is tho il«y big with the fate of Csto aud uf 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. has fought the beat 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 against him—with
the chorus voices of tho mighty press defaming him—steadily, stead
fastly, dauntlessly and with consummate energy and devotion, lie has
fought on and on—to the end which the night will bring—an end which
un man knows and whose meaning no prophet can foreshadow.
There Is not the faint shred of a personal Interest In the altitude of
The Georgian toward William Hearst. He has never owned one dollar of
stock In any enterprise with which any one of the owners and operators
of The Georgian has lieen at any time connected. He does not own one
peuny of stock In The Georgian of today. We have uo ftTvors to ask
of him, no punishments to fear. Here at leaat In this office there Is uo
coterie of nuxioua and avaricious men playing n desperate game for the
favor of Id* purse to help them out of Impending failure into fortune.
The boundless confidence we place in him and the affectionate admira
tion we freely give him Is founded from first to last upon a - better
knowledge of him than most men have, and in the sheer clear conception
of his high and noble purposes, and of the calm consistency and the con
summate courage with which he has followed them—many times to victory
and sometimes to defeat.
l»ng ugo when the stay of Gils 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 nian of our
dreams and fauole*. The element of dreamer and prophet In ourselves
magnified the man of action In the person of this strange young man'
who. fresh from college and without experience, had startled San Francis
co and New York with his journalistic success.
Aud then as be grew greater, began that marvelous and malevolent
stream of calumny which never yet has flowed so fast and furious
against any public man since Aaron Burr. Do you who read recall In thli
connection that William Henrat never yet has spoken word In protest or
denial of this tidal wave of slander? He simply let It roll—"roll In and roll
on and roll past htui forever"—as It lias rolled past him now.
In this period of his life the editor of The Georgian was staggered
by the things that were told of him. and in this conflict between dark
rumor aud dally 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 lilm the master of a household per
sonal and professional that worshipped him for Ills lovlngkiudness to
them all. From the Inst servant In his home to the first employee la Ills
olfice there was enduring love and faith and confidence In the master
and employer. We found him the sou of a grand old lion-hearted pbtl
anthroplst of the west who, whether in the mining camps of Nevada or
tu the senate halt at Washington, was the comrade, friend and helper
of every worthy man In all the world. We found him the son of a good
and noble mother whose woman's heart had flowed for half a century In
an even stream of gentle charities that made her loved and trusted
wherever the gospel of help was ktiown. From these two streams of life
and living—from the loins of a father who loved his fellow men like j
Abou did—from the bosom of a mother whose heart responded to every
human need—from the continent currents of two great and essentially 1
generous lives—with as clear an Inheritance of pure philanthropy ns ever
fell to the lot of mortal—cs.nte William Randolph Hearst Into the world.
And when I saw htm there In Washington with the office boys smiling
as bravely at bis entrance, as the newsboyi ran cheerily for hla pennies
on the street; when I saw him halt in the domestic crises of his own life
to consider the sorrow nnd anxiety of a hired servant In his halls; when
I have seen the almost caressing tendorness with which he has dried the
tears of n mendicant with his generosity; when I have watched the brave
cause of hla great journals that never in one single hour have varied
from their strong, clear championship of the plain people to which their
presses were set twelve years ugo; when I have seen the princely stream
In which his dollars have flowed through lawyers and courts
and legislatures to relax the grip of monopoly and to
loosen the commodities of life for the poor; when I have seen
him only last week while h!s chauffeurs were whirling through New
York In their wild Bpeed 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 tho children and the cripples
and the aged In his path—and when I have seen his blue eyes grow deep
and his massive jaw grow stern In bis 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 onr hearts beyond slander
or misrepresentation to remove, the serene and enduring faith, that, since
Llucoln lived and Jefferson died, no man has loved—loved, I tell you—
the plain people of this republic ns 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 balldts of his
state today: To restore the American Ideals; to dethrone theqbosses and
reinstate the people; to punish criminals In high places and grafters ev
erywhere; to compel tho sellish corporations to he satisfied with just re
turns and to treat the people right and fair; to tear down special privi
leges aud to establiah 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 and squarely now, like men—who will deny
that for these principles this man has made a long, brave, lonesome fight
tbat 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 him and money Is omnipotent. Pray heaven
for the people's sake tbat he may win.
But win 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 wail.
No defeat for you can dim the recollection of the terror which your mag
nificent crusade has carried to the selfish ramparts of monopoly. Yon hare
already won more than any knight of liberty has won in fifty year*. If
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.
And ao God save you, and God bless you!
l
gossip!
The Prize Editor’s Story.
He tol.1 tbla story: Once upon a time
A prue wn» offered fat tho ipte«t rliviue
Epitomising In cone!test wwr
a, woman'* life. Well, In the final day.
Much etnekfl of nmnuftoript you never suw,
Hut nearly all contained n fnnlt or flaw;
rbey ran from forty volumes down to
three—
^P^Hnens, I menu. And thou when
Had Wumeii these to give to them the
And judge them by their matter aud their
else, „
We thought each one eutltled to a part
For each contained ao much of aenie aud
_ oft
We ■carve could tell which of the three waa
Rare by the lack of length. 1*11 leave the
_ rrmt
unmcntloned, ami Juat five the winners
here .
In order of thefr worth as they appear.
First Prize.
Wee aod dimpled—name was “May;**
Mother aald *twaa spelled thnt way; ,
Ihen the took a whim contrary.
Chauged her name at 6 to “Mary;”
Then nt 10 again, you soe.
Turned plain T, Mnry” to “Marie;" ,
Hut her chums preferred the name
They elected—called her “Marne:**
But her fellow, Juet the same, he
Hwore he’d call her only “Mamie;"
Now alx children and their pu
Every minute call her “Ma." *
Second Prize.
First she was borh.
Thou she was bred;
Third Prizt.
Hatched;
’•'Atbeus Call.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
v NOVEMBER 6.
1TS3—Philipps Ksalltc. brother of larnl. XIV
of Krsni-o. unit who .bled with tho
I'oviilntlonlalt mid aenln.t tho roynl
. family, (Had. Horn April 13, 1747.
1VB—Joseph Smith, lender of the Mormon,.
iNIftl.
1M6-Daniel Sully. Amerlonn notor, to>ni.
IS®*— Ibiiui o Jun Paderewski, pliulat, boru.
t867— Plr,t woman', suffrage snelvty formoil
In Uugluml.
IVZI— llollmro vlitdllot. lumdon, opened.
IMS—Cottrell, et-mayor of iVilnr Keys, Fin.,
killed lii AlnbstuR.
ISSS—Ml,, t'onnuolu Vnmlerldlt and Duke
of Mnrllmrnnsb married in New York.
1.107—Attempted anMMlnntloii of Prenldi-nt
Montes of Brazil.
1003—United Slate, remsnlzod Pmuinm gov-
New York, Nov. 6.—The New York
friends of Miss Eveline Bigelow,
daughter of Poultney Bigelow, read
with surprise the cabled announcement
that she Is to he married next Monday
November 12. to James Francis a!
Clark, of Boston, who was recently'
divorced In Dakota.
Mr. Clark Is wealthy and has homes
In New York and Boston and a country
place In Westchester county. He still
claims Boston ns Ills home, however,
although he has given his handsome
residence there to his former wife and
has made a generous settlement ,on her
to sustain Jt. He was formerly a part-
net- of Count Reginald Ward.
Miss Bigelow is one of the prettiest
women In the American set tn London.
She was presented to the court in
May and has been active socially.
The wedding will take place In St
George's, Hanover Square. Captain
JafTray, an English cousin of Mr,
Poultney Bigelow, will give the brld.
away and Count Ward will be the best
mail.
The bridesmaids will be Miss Bells
Bassoon, Miss Evelyne Thornhill,
granddaughter of Lady Russell; Miss
Georgia Appleton, daughter of the New
York publisher; MIhs Lillian Farnhum,
a niece of Lord Edward Pelham Clin,
ton; Miss Evelyne Dillon, Lord Dll-
Ion's niece; Miss Lettlce Lawrence,
Lord Lawrence's niece; Miss White,
daughter of Percy White, the novcllm,
and perhaps Miss Florence Padslford.
Henry D. Baker, of Chicago, was
married nt the Hotel Touraine, in Bos.
ton, yesterday to Edna Sidney Woolf,-,
of “Tile Little Cherub" company, nw
playing In New York. The Rev. Dr.
Alexander, rector of Trinity church,
performed the ceremony. The only
other person present was the bride's
friend. Miss Anne Dutterfleld.
Mr. Baker Is n newspaper man. He
was once the financial editor of The
Chicago Tribune, but Is now writing
Ot) financial tniiips for trnrln Inn
fils father.
Trade, and was presli
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 a stage carter. Bonn,
time ago she gave up the stage tn
prepare for her wedding. The couple
will make their home In Chicago.
-Mrs. Henry Blegel will give a dinner
party November 12 for Mis* Rose Bad-
ller, whose marriage to Henry Charlr,
Dinger, of the United States battleship
Indiana, will take place on November
Btr Thomas Llpton w ill be among
Mrs. Siegel's guests.
Mrs. Roosevelt has named a chry
santhemum after Lou Dillon, the fa
mous trotter. The plant le a new va
riety which was shown today in pub
lic for 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
were named by the “first lady of tin- i
land.” The other variety christened by
Mrs. Roosavelt Is the Chryseus, named
because of its rich, gold color.
A correspondent, writing of the
Marlborough-Vanderbilt separation un
der the name of "Fair Play.” says with
more truth, perhaps, than cither.of Jhe
parries conoemed are willing to admit .
“As usual, the papers In reviewing
the unfortunate result of the Marlbor-
ough-Vanderbllt marriage, or 'alliance,'
attributes all the blame and shame to
the duke, who Is defenseless against
your criticism.
"This 'alliance' was conceived, Insti
gated and accomplished by the conniv
ance of American -women. How proud
you and they were to proclaim the 'al
liance' of an American with a live duke.
‘Another American peeress,’ etc. Tin-
women and not the men are to In-
scored for these domestic disaster,.
There is no limit to their ambition, it
passes beyond the confines of this con
tinent."
Mr. Rounder—Does your Cousin
George lake as much Interest In horse
racing as he used to?
Mrs. Rounder—Yes, Indeed; George
can always tell the day before n race
which home ought to win, and the
day after why he didn’t.
"You fellows may find it aU right.”
aald the man In the corner of the
smoking U|sirtment, "but In my busi
ness I can't take people us I find
them."
"What ts your business?” asked the
man whose suit case was covered with
labels.
"I'm a photographer."—Cleveland
Press.
The South—The Engineer.
Many scientists ore viewing with
alarm the possibility of a deterioration
of sail, which some claim may even
tually threaten the world's food supply
unless tlie experiments to secure nitro
gen from the air should prove com
mercially successful, and thus make
poeslbte the constant refcrtllisation of
the soil. Already the rich prairie states
are finding commercial fertilisers a
necessity, and last year Ohio used 300.-
miO tons. The -South holds a world
monopoly on fortlllzer-maklng mate
rials, such as phosphate rock, sulphur,
etc. Europe draws Its phosphate rock
mainly front this section, and Louisi
ana now dominates the sulphur market
of Europe and Amerlcn. Btrong as the
Bouth Is In coal and cotton and Iron.
It Is equally its strong In phosphate
Whatever ts saved by selfishness Is j rock and sulphur, and It cannot only
, enrich Its owp soli, but supply the
needs of other sections and other coun
hardship, even
lo*t to the true seif.
The faithful are not fretful.
Quiet live* are often eloquent.
No life la lost thnt f« lived for love
A man's holmes* Is to be measured i WIFE OF JUDGE EV8TER
by the happiness he creates. DEAD AT DECATUR
I The only way to reach heaven Is by , Special to Tlie tJeorglan.
I attempting to realise heaven now. j Decatur, Ala.. Nov. Mrs. Eystcr
! When a man boasts of hla sincerity of Jud * e -! ohn Bywer. one of
Things not right ran never he rellg- he Is likely to be thinking of his aridity. ,,ie mo,t prominent lawyers In Ala-
ious. | bama. died at her home here late yea-
— 1 Unless the heart grows faxter than I tertoy after a long Illness with ron-
Higotry puls blinders on the best of the pocketbook, the life sinks under sumption. The funeral will take place
men. - Its weight.—f’hjr——n Trio- 0". rt-rn'r- nt 11 , V! k.
They are opticians.
They examine the eyes for
spectacles and eyeglasses.
They have the most modern
and up-to-date fitting parlors In
the South.
Their opticians are the very
best that can be secured.
Their work is first class and
prices reasonable.
They handle the latest styles
of eyeglasses; the new Toric
lenses and latest no-seam Bi
focals.
They have the best fitting
Blasses since 1870—thirty-five
years ago.
A good place to go to get
glaases.
They do not use "drajis."
A. K. HAWKES CO.,
OPTICIANS,
14 WHITEHALL ST.