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TIE ATLANTA GEORSUN JOHH TIMM CHAVIS. Btil* F. L St ELY. Ftrsldrat. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, At 25 West Alabama St., Atlanta. Ga. Subscription Rates. nn*> Tear 14.50 sit Months t» r.hr'*** Months 1.25 nr Carrier, Ter Week..... 10 Smith A Thompson, a dTert lain a rep- resentstlrej for stl territory outside of Georgia. alemao Office Tribune Bldg. New York *“ rQIFe. ........... ArlllUiif* ; Office Potter Bldg. If yen base any trouble getting Till. EORG1AN, telephone the Circulation rtsnent and nave It promptly “ * “ell 4KJ I edled. Telephones: Atlanta 4401. Main, It la desirable that all comnnnlr*. i Inteaded for publication In THB IRGIAN be llnnted to’Wi words lu It la Imperatlre that they be ae an erldenre of good faith, the names will be withheld If _ed. Rejected manuscripts will returned unless stamps are eent for the purpoee. 4 TUC GEORGIAN prints n« unclean >r objectionable advertising. Neither low it print whisky or any liquor ads. ami electric light plants, as It now owns Its waterworks. Other cities do this and fet gas as low as •) cent*, with « profit to the Hty. This should i*e done at once. The Georgian he* lleres that If street railways can be operated succeaefnlly by European eft fee, ae they err. there fa no good reason why they cannot be so operated But we do not believe : m done now. and It may be some yeari liefore we ore ready for eo big an un •Urnking. Htlll Atlanta should set Id face In that direction NOW. The Georgian's Frank Statement to the Public. The Georgian la printing today a atatemant whlth It doea not bellav* another newapaper In Atlanta would hare the courage and the frankness to duplicate. At laaat The Georgian fraukjy chat lenges Ita two con temporaries to an emulation ot the high .sample ot bust ness fairness and Integrity which It sets today. The matter of circulation la one upon which many newspapers hare Mt that they had a right to deceive. The circulation liar la one of the old' est figures iu journalism and tpwa- papeEe who hold and profess high etb les In other lines have been all too much glveu In time past to make ex travagant and misleading statements about their circulation and to confuse the minds of advertisers with axtrava' watt claims which were not found In tho exact records ot their printing presses and their circulation lists. Tho Georgian In the beginning made up Ita mind that It would do nothing of this kind. The Georgian has done laaa boasting about Ita circu lation than any successful paper of which w* have any knowledge or ac count. We have not exploited the re markable circulation with wblch our first edition was given to the world. Wo have not paraded or boasted to our advertisers or to the public ot the steady and stately Increase which al most unsought has come to us since the first Issue was given to the world. We have not engaged In a noisy wran gle with our contemporaries upon this always disputed point nor do we In tend to do so now. But we frankly challenge the attention of the public and the emulation of auoh of our con temporaries as dare to follow, the statement published upon our open psgo today. We have not asked and ahall not ask the public to take our word tor our own circulation, because the pub lic has a good reason to distrust the statements ot newspapers about them selves. We have hot been able to In duce the general public to accept our open offer to count the newspapers re- . m ded by the register of our great c.nss press from day to day. Aud so, as the only fair and honest thing left lor an honest press to do, we have vone to an audit company—one of the best and most reliable-In the South— one whose prosperity and reputation depend upon the absolute fairness and absolute truth of Ita impartial re ports. We have selected from the audit company Mr. C. B. Bldwell.as -,ne of the ablest and moat incorruptl- bla of Its representatives. And. with out Interference or suggestion we have Mm ply flung open to him all of the de partments ot this establishment with tin single Instruction “to wade In and f.nd the troth and tell it.” Do you know another newspaper iu M.anta that would dare to do this thing today? Mr. Bidweli's report Is -Ivon In hla own words and under bla - wn sworn affidavit In The Georgian We honestly believe that tha state- tot which Mr. Bidwell make* estab lish** The Georgian as tha aacond pa per In circulation in the South. We | express this aa a belief founded upon information that Is eminently satisfac tory to ourselves. We credit The Atlanta Journal with a larger circulation than our own. al though we frankly protest that we do not credit The Journal by several thousand with so large a circulation as it claims. If these two statements, made not In jealousy but as simple business propositions, should be questioned by our two contemporaries, they can find an easy aud honorable recourse In em ploying the American Audit Company, or Alonto Richardson, or any other high class accountant, and turn them loose with the same jnatniotlon* and the same boundless liberty given to Mr. Bidwell. "to wade lu agd find tbe truth and tell it." We frankly and courteously cbal lenge our contemporaries to this course. We frankly challenge tbem to fol low tbe example of The Georgian In permitting strangers and advertisers to read on unexpected days the dally register of-tbe papers printed on their- presses. This we have always done and this The Georgian will always do. This, aa we understand It, neither of our two contemporaries has ever done, and neither at them w« believe will ever do. We frankly believe that the bualnesa men of Atlanta will appreciate the signal candor which Tbe Georgian has = THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER shown In this important Dullness mat ter. We believe that this policy of honesty will commend us in future to tbelr confidence and regard In any Important statements that we may make. And we are enjoying to tbo full the satisfaction ot our own con science In tbe fact that we have never misstated In any particular-to the pub lic which supports us either as -to the scope of our circulation or the value of our advertising column*. , Day by day we are printing the 1 sworn statements of bualnesa then to the effect that they reap frqm no me dium In Georgia results taore satis factory. and few one-half so satisfac tory aa those which coma to them from their announcements In Thf Georgian. We are going to lire among this people of Atlanta as long as health and tbelr good win and kind assist ance will let us live. And we are going to live fairly and honestly and kindly and truthfully, telling no lies, doing llttla boasting for ourselves, making no statements will ingly which we are nqt able to prove. We submit the sworn affidavits of Mr. Bidwell to our friends and patrons aa a pledge of the honest policy to which we have consecrated our Jour nalistic lives, and cnee more, not In rivalry nor In competition, but In the Interest of that good taitn upon which business and coraiwtltlon rest, challenge our two esteemed contem poraries to a consideration of this ex ample. ’ “HOW IT HAPPENED” IN NEW YORK. It la easy enough when U Is all over to find an explanation for tbe thing that has come to paia. Perhaps the briefest and moat comprehensive explanation la to be had In the statement that Mr. HearSt was defeated because Mr. Hughes received the largest number of votes! Bnt there are those of ua who find some comfort and others who find some diversion In looking for the reasons and causes of victory and de feat. Hearst was defeated within the last seven days. Croker and Roosevelt and tbe Boodle bag were the trinity that, over came the people and their champion in New York. Much as It waa protested.at the time, the fear of Croker fell upon the New York Democracy on Thursday last Neither Murphy nor Nix on nor any other chief has ever filled the seat of Croker In the wigwam of Tammany Hall. They.are all dwarfs beside him. He was the great boas and all the others were feeble Imitations. There has never been a real ruler since hla time. For twenty years, since John Kelly's day, that grim old man of great capacity sat In the door of Tammany and ruled Ita fortunes and Ita voters with an Iron hand. There are men In New York, middle aged men and old men who tor so many years have known no other political law than Croker's will, that when hla voice sounded even from acrosa the aeai, they went by sheer force ot habit to obey It. Murphy baa never had Croker's bold upon the Wigwam, and when the trumpet of Croker blew against tbe bugle of Murphy, the old chief three thousand miles away blew strong enough to blow more loyal voters from the wlgwpm polls than had gone astray In many years. With Tammany loyal and joined to Hearst’s own strength, Manhattan Island should have rolled up 160,000 more votes than Hughes received. Secretary Root with the message of the president did a deadly work. Mr. Roosevelt’s waa aa mean and dastardly a blow aa was ever struck by president or private dtlxen. Itwns a shot with a poisoned bullet and waa outside the ethics of war. It waa a blow below the belt and In any prise ring of pugilistic puga would have been called ‘‘a foul." The president knows aa well aa any man that Mr. Hearst had nothing to do with the murder of McKinley. He knows that the agitation wblch Mr. Hearst in voked at that time waa fully and abundantly vindicated In the disclos ures of rottenness and tyranny brought out in the Insurance scandals, the exposures of Depew and Platt, the meat monsftoalty and the gas grab. He knows that without the agitation and tho light ot fearless publicity flung by fearless newspapers the boodlcrs and grafters would be swindling untouched today. He. knows. If he will confess It, that bis own activity against tbe Northern Securities Company was quickened and Ihaplred by the marshalled testimony which Mr. Hearst flung aa a challenge at hla fact. And for the president of the United States to leave hla high station, lower his groat estate, and come down Into the arena to levy a charge of murder against an opponent who had simply agitated the eco nomic wrongs wrought by a lot of aelflih and heartless trusts, la the un- worthiest act that baa stained the escutcheon of tbe president. Rut It won. It was low but it was effective. With all of Theodore Rooaevott's undimlnlsbed prestige and popularity behind a charge of mur der—srith the wraith of the mart, red McKinley rising behind the motor car of Hearst, there were thousands of workmen pledged to his cause who either betrayed him or did not vote. And for labor to betray a friend like Hearst. was the stab nr the Brutus who should have been loyal when all else were false. Last and greatest of the controlling causes were the money bags of the opposition. Held In reserve until the last moment, and even sounding the cry of poverty as a misleading ruse, the uncounted millions of the trusts let go the purse string* after the prealdeut had spoken, and no man will ever know the money that walked amid the masses lu tempta tion and corruption on Saturday and Sunday and Monday nights pre ceding the election. Well, the battle will go on. Ilearal told four thousand common peo ple on the Bowery and repeated It an hour later to more people In Car negie Hall that aa long aa he had breath and brains and n dollar to spend, he should keep up this fight In the ranks or at the front. He is young, superbly vigorous, thoroughly dauntless and absolutely conse crated to the iieople’a cause. It Is the love and the passion of his life to fight for them. We are thoroughly convinced that he can know no hi|>- pineas outside of this. He has great wealth, nine great newspapers, at last a great organisation of his own, anil like the fabled ancient, he rises stronger from every fall. He has thousands of friends In every state ot the republio, and that lie Is the real Idol and leader of the plain lieople of America 110 man who has eyes and brains can deny, lie has no reason to lie discouraged after the magnificent fight be has made. No mau who ever figured In our his tory has fought such odds, Every trust and coriioratlon In the East waa fiercely and actively against him. The wealth, the prestige and the Influehee of hi* own party waa opposed to him. Kvery United States seuator of his party was si lent or antagonistic. Scarcely a half doten congressmen were with him. Kvery newspaper In New Yorl^ except his own were moving heaven ami earth against him. The mayor of hlJ own great city—a member of hts owti great party—waa In the ranks of his intensely active enemlea; the president of the United States with tbe whole enormous power of the administration, marched into the open field to deal him an unworthy olow, and all the money that political workerh could ask or think, waa at tbe service of his organized and desperately esger foes. And yet against ,sucb odds snd fighting almost alone, the world, the fiesh and the corporation elements ot the IU publican and Democratic parties could only heat him 4P.0O0 votes! It wasn't much r,f a victory after all and Ita narrowness should move the victors to humility and reform. < MANTLE OF THE LATE J. M. HIGH FALLS UPON ABLE LIEUTENANTS; GREAT BUSINESS IN GOOD HANDS GOSSIP! W. R. M’CLELLAND. THE J. M. HIGH COMPANY WILL CONTINUE BUSINESS Mr. W. R. McClelland, vice president and general manager of the J. M. High Company, has authorised the announcement that the business of the J. M. High Company would be continued. Mr. McClelland said: “The J. M. High Company Is Incorporated. Months before his death Mr. High organized the business with the pur pose In view of providing for Its permanent management “His plans will be carried out, and there wilt be no change In the busi ness.” THE IDEAL SITE FOR THE ARMORY AUDITORIUM. The Armory-Auditorium wants a site and It la essential that it should be ample In space and well located for tbe great purposes for which the Armory-Auditorium la set. Up to this time the auditorium committees have found no site which will fulfill all thd reqiMrements.iystlng In the minds of Ita founders and of the city. ' ■'""/? , . In this connection, permit The Georgian to make a suggestion which may uot.be practical now, but wblch might perhaps be made so, and whose offering can do no possible harm and may result In some other sugges tion out of which we may derive definite assistance In this emergency. Governor-elect Hoke Smith, of Georgia, llveB In a bouse of his own on West Peachtree street. It Is altogether a better and more comfortable house than the one which the state has provided for the residence of Its chief executive during his terra of office. Governor Smith, who has a loyal regard for the traditions of the state, and the customs of his prede cessors, will, of course, move Into the Governor's Mansion because it would be a discourtesy to the state not to do so. But we feel abundantly Juatlfted In the belief that Governor Smith would look with large favor upon the proposition to permit him to remain In bis own ample house during his term of office, and that he might in all probability strongly favor the use of tbe present Executive Mansion and Ita site for the great public building which Is to mean so much for the state. The site on which the Governor's Mansion Is located Is perhaps better suited to the Armory-Auditorium than any other lot now In sight aud under dlscusalon and negotiation by the committees working upon that enterprise. , Ita distance from the center ot town-ls Ideal. Its front upon Peachtree street la admirable and majestic. Ita length stretches back such a stately distance as to permit the erection of the largest and most comprehensive public building in the 8outh or In the country, and. which, as the city grows, could he added to from time to time In the aplendld opportunities which its great area would permit. The State Guard Is an applicant fhr accommodation and a co-worker and co-beneflciary of the Armory-Auditorium. The State Guard la a part of the scheme. The State Guard la as deeply Interested In the enterprise as any part of the city or the state. Tfic State Guard has contributed as lib erally out ot Its private funds to the subscription for the bonds by which tbe Armory-Auditorium Is to be built. Take one other fact. The present executive mansion Is not up to the standard of the great and prosperous Georgia of today. Neither in architecture, design nor internal comforts is It worthy to be tbe home of the chief executive ot the Empire State of the South. It Is Inadequate In size and equipment and totally Inadequate in architectural design and plana to be the home ot the first citizen of Georgia, prepared for him by the great and prosperous state over which he presides. It has been for many year* the subject ot discus sion among thoughtful and public-spirited citizens that there should be a new mansion. Now, then, suppose these conditions might be reconciled to this emer gency. 1-et us suppose, for Instance, that the state with tbe concurrence of Its present and future governor, could be Induced to donate or even sell the site of the executive mansion to the State Guard In this capital city of Georgia. Let us sunpnae. then, that with this generous recognition of the State Guard on the part'of the commonwealth, that this great site, the must admirable In location, the most admirable In site and In conditions to be found In the city-, might be turned over for the greatest public build ing in Georgia next to the capltol. A building jointly dedicated to the usq* of the state In the persons of Its military, and to the city in the entertain ment of the great and distinguished people who come to visit both the city and the state. Then the great question of a site would be admirably and finally settled In a better and happier way than any of ua have eith er ho|iod or conceived It might be aettled. Where, then, you ask. would the Governor of Georgia live? Why we have already expressed the desire or thoughtful and patriotic people throughout the state to see the first citizen of our commonwealth boused In a better and a ztatelter home. There are a dozen homez on Peachtree that could lie bought within reasonable lines that would be worthy of Georgia and u lietter house for its chief executive. There are stately mansions on that thoroughfare which the state might purchaae. We know one which la nealer in is-rliaps than Its proprietor would desire, but exactly near enough for this civic purpose, that might be bought. And this home would make for Georgia the best and moat appropriate house for Its chosen head than any other gubernatorial mansion in the South, and almost better than any other In the country. Even If the state should deem It best to sell the site of the present executive mansion and to devote the profits of this' sale in |iart to tbe pur chase of this nobler and statelier residence for Its governor, the situation might still l>e met and as a result all parties, the city, the military, the state and the governor would all h»> benefited and this great, rich and prosperous commonwealth could well afford to stand the comparatively In significant strain ti|ion Its resources for a purpose so clear and desirable. At any rate this Is an interesting matter for dlscusalon. We submit these reflections to those who have the matter mare nearly lu charge, and it nothing ran be done upon the lines of our suggestion, then at least uo harm baa been done In their frank and free consideration. W. R. McClelland, Vice President, Treasurer and General Manager, and W. H. Brittain, Secretary aud Assistant General Mana ger, Take Charge of Big Retail House aud Will Continue Business as Us ual. New lassie* York. Nov. 7.—The lads and of .Meadow-brook—even the youngest—arc riding to the hounds thin season. Children of the members of that fashionable club made their flrti bow to the hunting field by taking part In the fox bunt over the north coun- try at Nassau county. They were all mounted on horses that could Jump and fearlessly put tlielr mounts at tha dlf. ferent fences. The youngsters stuck to me line snd several times they came croppers, but they quickly remounted and soon caught up with the pack. The fox after running for eight miles turned and doubled. Soon the park was within sight of their quarry and closing from alt quarters,’ he waa holed In safety. Mrs.' I.. 55. Letter sailed today from England on the Baltic for this country She Is accompanied by Lord Curaon and the Earl and Countess Marguerite of Suffolk. They trill go to Washing ton Immediately upon landing and will spend several days at Mrs. Letter,. Dupont circle home. Later Mrs. Letter and Iter family will go to Chicago. In Washington today Mrs. Roosevelt Is giving the weekly reception to tie cabinet ladies at the White House. The meeting Is In the nature of a farewell us tomorrow- she will leave the cltv with the president on their way la Panama. The theaters reaped a big election harvest. Irrespective of party. Mati nees were everywhere given and every - where crowded, while In the evening, especially at the musical comedies, the crowds were almost unprecedented Standing room was sold. In dtfltme of all the rules of the fire department. W. H. BRITTAIN. That the works that men do live after them la most emphatically shown by the career of J. M. High, who died last Friday Mr. High's work was that of build Ing a great retail business, but In do ing so he built commercial character Into men who will make his business live for many years to come. John Wannamaker once said that If his stores were burned and his cus tomers taken from him he would get up again, but said he, "leave me my stores and my customers and take my organisation away from me and I am ruined.” What does taking away hla "organisation” mean? It means you take away men who have been growing with him for' a quarter of a century, who started as rash boys 10 years old, but who now are hie managers. In a smaller way, but In the same way. Mr. High has left to his family, his employees and to Ills patrons, men who have been with him through yearn, and who for some time past have had to carry on the business almost en tlrely. The manager of the business for some time hat been Mr. W. It. McClel land, Ita vice president and treasurer. “Mr. Me.” as he Is most familiarly known, went .with Mr. High In the 10's and for several years, during Mr Hlgh's*ailing health, he has had prac tically all the responsibility of guid ing the enterprise. Mr. McClelland la one of those quiet, loyal men who Is reaping the reward of his loyalty. Newapaper stories are sometimes over complimentary, but hardly too much can be said of McClelland's ability. Few business enterprises In this city are In better condition than the High Company. Their October business was the largest month they have ever had, amounting to nearly one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. They own their own building—the business Is worth from 1400,004 to $500,000 and Is today one of tho best adver tised houses In all the South. The advertising of the company has been In the hands of Mr. W. II. Brlttlan for many yean. Brlttlan has been sec retary of the company for a number of years, and now la second In coin mand as secretary and assistant man afer. He came here from Covington, Newton county, years ago, and haa been with the High Company since I$99. Now. at the age of St years, he finds himself next to the head of one of the largest and best houses In the South. He deserves It, though, for he Is one of the clean, trustworthy kind who lias a home happy with little ones, and la a man whose heart Is In touch with the world and Its caree. Possibly careers like those of Mr. High, Mr. McClelland and Mr. Brlttlan often pass on without the knowledge of the world at large, but we cannot help but atop and think and renew our belief In .the eternal beneficence of things when we see the mantle of hard- earned success shifted to the shoulders of quiet, hard-working men, who have gone through the winding path with their leader and, by their loyalty end true worth, have been entrusted with the fortunes and the all of the widow and children, and that at almost the dying request of Mr. High himself. Bit steady, boys, and may you ever succeed! RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY J. M. HIOII EMPLOYEES The following resolutions were adopted by a committee appointed by a meeting of the officers and employees of the J. M. High Company to take suita ble action on the death of J. M. High: The undersigned committee, selected by the ofiluers and employees of the J. At. High Company to draw up resolti- tlons with reference to the death of Mr. J. Al. High, submit the following: Whereas. An all-wise Providence has seen fit to remove from earth Joseph Al. High, philanthropist, merchant, public- spirited citizen and most beloved of employers, and Whereas. We realize that tils death was in accord with the will of an un erring Providence, we. Ills eniployi desire to express our sorrow In the loss we have sustained. Therefore, be It Resolved, first. That the city, the whole merchant class, and most of sll. his employees, have suffered a severe blow- In the death of Joseph Atadlson High. Resolved, second. That we. the officers and employees, who were In dalty con tact with him, as an appreciation of the great affection and. respect In which we ever held him. take this form of ex pressing the great loss we feel now In his death, and. Resolved, further. That a copy of this resolution he sent to the bereaved fam ily, upon which the hlo-jv of his death Artists learned from London todav that two fine portraits by Frans Hals, exhibited at the Agnsw gallery, will come here to the Metropolitan Museum Ht the end of the year. .T. P. Morgan owns them. They sre portraits of Heer and Vrouw Bodolpx, painted In 184.7. and were the best pair In the French collection. They are only rivaled bv "The Laughing Cavalier,” In the Wal lace collection, and will be a Splendid addition to the Aletropolltan. Between them at the Agnew show hangs a bril liant Gainsborough, which la also go ing to America after Christmas. Attorney General Moody, who hat occupied a house In K street. Wash ington. for eeveral years, with General Crosier and Representative Gillette, of Massachusetts, has taken apartment at Champlain for the winter. A Yankee Is getting busy down st Kingston. Jamaica, and there will soon be a beautiful $$00,000 hotel at this resort. He Is E. R. Grabow. of the Swamp Scott house. Maine, and he has the Litchfield, Port Antonia hotel. He purchased from the city of Kingston six acres of land, made a site for a mammoth hotel, which It Is proposed tn erect on the outskirts of the city. The price paid was $12,600. The hotel Is to cost $300,000. The small bpy 4ml. bis . bon-fire caused the fire and police depart Fnent- no end of trouble yesterday. Up to II p. in. $4 fire alarms had bean, turned times the average of an ordinary The fact that the streets were<.alqio*t depleted by policemen gave the young sters evrey opportunity to 'make trou ble and they were not slow to take ad vantage of It. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. New York. Nov. 7.—Here are some of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—H. H. Adams. W. II Barker, L. Hudson, F. Newman. A. M Small, B. Smith. Mrs. W. L. Taylor. SAVANNAH—O. Famine. J. Al. Goodman. MACON—R. F. Chick, Mre. L. L. Dempsey. • THIS DATE IN HISTORY. NOVEMBER 7. ]iM—Timothy lickerlng. of Alaessrbusette. liecsme poslmssii-r-geiiernl of United States. 1514—General Jst-kson. with 2.000 Tennessee ml I It Is. drove the British from Penss- cnls. 1827—Utot nt Alton. Ills. K. P. Lovejoy killed. ■Ml-Federal naval and military forces, un- entrance. 1571—Apn,-he Indians attaeked stage near Wlekeuliurg. Aria., nnd killed six tna- aengers. siuoug them P. W. lorlng. the author. 157$—Captain and erew of the Vlrgluius ei- eeuted nt San Ms go de Cabs. 1574—Charlotte Cushman made her last ap pears m-e on tbe slags. UN—Turkish Ir,nips In Creta forcibly re moved by Russian admiral. I9M-Csnadlan parliamentary slectlons car ried by n I Alters I majority. 1501—1.1 Itniic Chang. Chinese statesman. Mrs. Mary H. Mills. The body of Mrs. Mary H. Mills was sent to Gloater, Ga., Tuesday morning for burial. , Bank Officials Elected. Special to The Georgian. * , Moultrie, Ga., Nov. 7.—At a special meeting of the director* of the Aloultrie Banking Company, held to fill the va cancy In the office of president of the bank caused by the recent death of W. W. Ashburn. W. C. Vereen. who has been vice president of tie enter prise since It was organised ten years ago. waa elected to the presidency and Hon. J. R. Moran. of Norman Park, was elected vice president. fell most heavily, and to the city press, so that through Its medium we may Impress upon the public our sincere feeling of sorrow for the death of him, who for so many years was our coun sellor and our friend. (Signed.) W. It. BRITTAIN, Chairman; J. E. COLLIER. J. f. CHILES. AIRS. NORA I). POWKLI, AIIKS MYRTLE BROWN.