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4 'lilt ATLAiN LA (ihUHUlAiS, THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN JCHH If If RU CRAVES. IM* f. L SEELY. Mm Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, At Z> West Alabama St., Atlanta. Ga. Subscription Rates, one Temr 14.60 S!i Months 2.80 Throe Months 1.28 Hr Carrier, Per Week IS Entered st the Atlanta Poetofflce as .rcend-ctsst nail matter. Telephone* connecting all departments. I.f.ne distance terminals. Smith * Thompson, advertising rep resentatives for all territory outride of tleorgt*. Cblesxn Office.. Tribune Bldg. New York Office Potter Bldg. If yen have any trouble getting THE GEOBOIAN. telephone the Circulation Department and have It promptly.rem edied. Telephones: Bril 017 Main, Atlanta 4401. It la desirable that all Communica tion" Intended for publication Is TUB CI ORUIAK be limited to 400 word* In length. It la Imperative that they h. etc d. a. an evidence of good faith, though th. name, will l>* withheld If nqneatM. Rejected maneacrlpts will noi be returned uni™ stamp, an taut for th. perpow. THE OEOBfllAN print, no nnclean or cblwtlouihlr advertising. Neither ■lor, it print whl,ky or anyllqtwr ad,. OUR PLATFORM.-The Corgi,n elaml, for Atlanta', owning Ita nwn ga* nnd electric light plant*, as It now owns Its waterworks. Other ellle* do thla nnd get gas as low as W rents, with a profit to tho *lty. This shonhl be done st once. Th# Georgian be lieve* that If street railways ran be operated aureeaafelly hy European ■ (ties, es they ale, there le iio good reason why they cannot he *o operated here. But we do not believe this can he done now, and It may Im some year* before we are readjr for so big an un dertaking. Iltlll Atlanta shnnld set It. face In llut direction NOW. this rapid growth of tho conveniences which will bring our friends from the outside cities and towns with so much convenience and economy to a day In Atlanta. Upon hourly sched ules these trolley lines will come rush ing In every hour of the day with their living and vital freight of busi ness men 'and shopping ladles, and the future of trade Is rendered bright er in promise by these conditions even than It Is In this radiant and prosperous day. The people and our facilities are multiplying, and the cry of our mer chants hereafter will be, not more traders, but more space In which to house the vist supplies of wares which they have to offer to an ever- increasing trade. A Good Example Lost. , We are somewhat disappointed though not at all surprised, that no one of our (wo dally contemporaries baa seen lit to follow the admirable "Taniple of frankness and definiteness which The Georgian has Illustrated toward Its advertisers and Its patrons. It Is not an ordinary thing for a newspaper to summon the resident manager of a great and reputable audit company, throw every door In Its departments wide oppn and In struct blm to And the truth and tell ' It to the public. We really did not expect anybody to follow this example, and we really have no right to compel anybody to follow this example, but we are quiet ly confident that the great public which likes to know what It is doing and likes to have the legal substantia tion of alleged and often protested claims, would be exceedingly glad to l> now as much about our contempora ries as It can always know of us. The Georgian's books and Tbe Geor gian’s subscription list and The Geor gian's dial plate on Its Goss press are always open to any honest advertiser or to any Inquiring friend who may desire to Inspect them. If nobody else does this but The Georgian, why then, The Georgian will simply continue to enjoy monopoly of Immense satisfaction and the unal loyed confidence of the public. THE SOUTH'S VITAL CONFERENCE AT NASHVILLE. No convention more Important to tbe South has assembled within these recent years than the one which Governor Cox, of Tennessee, will call to order on this Monday morning at Nashville. It .Is the Immigration antkQuatantlne Conference, and doubtless the health affairs of the country will receive their fair discussion and their wise decision along broad and liberal lines. Of course we must protect our Southern cities of the coast aud Interior from tbe advent of epi demics The health of,the South must be preserved and the wisest of our statesmen must consider the ways aud means, without prejudice, without passion and without allowing the-narrow Interests of a local en vironment to Interfere with th£ general Welfare of the whole. Gut the great topic of the convention will be the subject of Immigra tion. How shall we obtain a desirable class of immigrants for these Gulf and Southeastern states? How shall we protect the South against un desirable Immigrants, and bow shall we adapt the deep necessity of our labor situation to this Immigration question In Its wisest and largest way? How shall we meet tbe great demand of the South for: labor without bringing Into this sectldn races as alien and as unasdlmllabie as the ne gro? How shall we keep out the Hungarian and the Pole and the anar chistic element of Southeastern Europe and select our new citizens from the races with whom we can affiliate, and with whom. If It should be necessary, we could honorably nnd wholesomely amalgamate? The Georgian Is watching with the keenest Interest and anxiety the deliberations of that great convention. While Its decision will not be conclusive, it Is expected at least to map out In part the policy of the South toward the Immigration and labor question for some years to come. And surely there was never a time and never an Interest which demand ed more of patriotic wisdom and of watchful patriotism than the respon sibilities which this convention will lay upon Its delegates. Perhaps after all, we shall reach no nearer to n wise decision than in following the example projected upon a minor scale by South Carolina nnd by some of the smaller towns In Georgia. If we want good Immi grants we will Just Save to go after them, or seud after them, and not trust to an indiscriminate invltatfon supervised by careless and Ineffec tive consuls at these foreign points. The landing of the Wltteklnd at Charleston was the most whole some and Inspiring incident of our immigration history since the earlier coloniBts. There were among these Immigrants men and women ser vants, domestics, laborers and experts, brought after a careful selec tion from tbe strong Germanic races; ’ and the clamor for them at Charleston by the better classes of our people to come Into their homes and industrial enterprises, was a joint declaration of .the deep necessity of our Industrial and domestic life, and of the eager and prompt capacity of our people to recognize and to absorb, the best things as soon as they hove In sight We cannot Imagine a greater mistake than to throw open our doors to indiscriminate Immigration. We believe that for ten or twenty years at least the South must follow the example of the Carollnans In bringing over ship loads of the Wltteklnd upon special effort of special agents. We must bring over, through our Intelligent agents, ship loads of the kind and class of Immigrants that we need. And when for ten years or for fifteen years we have been landing these people here and making them happy and comfortable In our homes and In our fields and factories, we will find that they themselves are advertising us better than all other agents or pamphleteers, and will bring to us from their own acquaint ances and from their own homes and friends and kinsmen those who will be glad to accept the assurance more convincing than the Interested cries of emigrant spielers. Atlanta ought to have a wltteklnd ship of Its own. While we have no deep water and no projecting dock at which to lash her moorings, we can have her brought by Atlanta's agents and for Atlanta's own use, and prepare a formal landing at one of Georgia's stately seaports, upon her coast at Savannah or Brunswick or Darien. And when the Idlers and trlflers who have so long been making life, miserable for our house keepers at home and for our cotton planters In the fields, behold these wholesome and helpful Immigrants, they will cither see a great light and learn a great lesson of usefulness and will ing service, or they will be drifted still further Into the realm of useless ness and helplessness Into which they are rapidly pushing themselves. We are looking and watching eagerly the proceedings of this conven tion at Nashville. Atlanta the Trolley Center of the South. Atlanta la rapidly coming to be the Indianapolis of the South. And when we compare our Twen tieth Century City to the capital of Indiana, we do not condescend to so small a prophecy as to a full equality In numbers, but we refer more partlc- uarly to conditions now rapidly grow ing which will make Atlanta the trol ley eenter of the South. From Indianapolis there are trolley lines running wherever a railroad runs, and many a trolley line which runs where no railroads are to bo found. Indianapolis Is connected by trolley with almost every center in Indiana and surroundlug states. From the Michigan border and the Illinois cities eastward to Cleveland and Co lumbus, and southward to Cincinnati, the trolley lines carry baggage cars, coaches, closets and in some Instances dining cars and sleeping coaches. We are not Indianapolis yet In At lanta. but we are now making the beginning that will bring us before long to that desirable status. We already have In addition to the subur ban lines to College Park. East Point aad Decatur, a line running 20 miles to Marietta. Several months ago the Pratts Incorporated a comimny and secured the right of way to a Hue which is now building to Grifflu, UarnesvUle, Forsyth and to Macon. And here comes another line that will perhaps be completed before the lines to Macon, by the Atlanta and Carolina company, which has perfect ed Its arrangements for a line run ning through East Point, College Park, Kewnan, L-aGrange and to West Point. This line is definite aud certain. Work wilt be begun tu a very short while upon It and pushed rapidly to completion. Another line by the same company strikes down the Georgia railroad to Stone Mountain aud Conyers, and on toward Augusta, and before the de cade la over we shall have an At lanta not only of railroads but a vast wheel of trolley lines with the spokes radiating In every direction and multi plying the facilities and conveniences of travel In this city. Truly are our merchants, already ^Jortunate, to be congratulated ui>ou W U Who Then? In a stately two columns of Its Sun day Issue The Atlanta Journal reaches the profound conclusion that Mr. Hearst Is not ,an eligible man for the Democrats to nomlnato for president. If It Is a fair question, who docs the always esteemed Journal think eligible to nominate? Is Judge Alton B. Parker still Its choice, as the Democrat of Demo crats? New Cart for the Trolley Lines. The Georgian Is “delighted" to chronlclo the promise of new cars and Increased facilities Upon tho lines of the Georgia Railway and Electric Company. General Manager T. K. Glenn was quoted in Thursday's Georgian us sanctioning tho statumeut that new cars were building In local shoiis, other new cars had been ordered else where, and that the winter would wit ness a material enlargement aud Im provement of the street car service on both city and suburban lines. This Is pleasant news, and it Is pleas anter by far to chronicle It than to be come perforce the medium of protect and complaint against fellow citizens In official caiiacltles whom we highly esteem, and for whom we have always stored praise rather than criticism. The nature nnd extent of the Im provement under way would seem to Indicate that the Georgin Hallway and Electric Company Is not really Indif ferent or unmindful In the matter of the people's comforts, and that even If they have nof responded to our pro tests and given comforting assurance of good Intentions, they have been busily at work doing the very things we were asking them to do. It Is just as well. Wlmt we were after was results, and we can well af ford to dispense with the small sweet courtesies of assurance, if we can have In very fact the solid substantial fruits of reform. Fifty new cars will make a mighty difference in the crowded hours of At lanta travel, and life will be much better worth living iu the outskirts' and the suburbs if we can have this addition to our dally and hourly schedules. Mr. Glenn. You have done a good thing for us and. for yourselves, and we shall not be laggard or last In voicing you from our finger tips on tho rear platform the assurance of our proper appreciation, and of our reviv ed regard. Towne—Gee whiz! Old man, yuu’re wreck. Whnt’s the matter? Browne— Fall npeuliig. Towne—What? Shopping with a uiuti of women— Ilrowne—No; coal bole— Philadelphia “flolug up!" erleil Coal. "Iloin* down!" cried Ice. Tbe ears auddenly sioppial. mol a dead mini was discovered wcd*cd between them, lie wan it eonauturr.—Hi. I.oula I’oaUMa- plltell. POLICE SURPRISED “UNCLE ED." STORY OF THE LONG FIGHT FOR CHILDREN OF GEORGIA Daughter of Faithful Nagro Presented With Watoh at Har Wadding. Ah a mark of rt‘«p<'ct for Kd McCall, Ilu* faithful muro who lain m-rvotl more than thirty your* a* cook at pollco hoatl- quarter*, nineteen iwitrolinon nml I'olloo Captain .Milo* Smith attendoil tho wodUiuff of hi* ibiUithter, Atiule Iloilo Mtt’all, to J offer win Martin, of Nn*hvilli>, Tonn.. Wed- iiomlay rvonln* at 7 o'clock, at tho roal- tfoiice of Mct'all. 316 South .tin k*mi utrcct. ••rncle Kil” .Mot'nil, at the veteran pa trolmen afftN'tlonutcly calf tho old negro, Iihn rcarcsl a largo family. , Ho imus a comfortable home ami lie Im* mlttcutctl III* boy* ami girl*. When time came for hi* riiomlitor to l»o marrlcti. lie celebrated the occaHlon In hi* own inn*til Inr way. lie *!#• ttalUml the approach of the event by mir- mMng the patrolmen with a fine dinner iu their honor at headquarter* Wod>ic«day eveaiutf at tt o'clock. The wedding wa* to take place at 7 o'clock at the home of the old negro on South J:ick*oii »treet. and tlio patrolmen had reuerred a etmirlae for "Untie Kd.’* They bad puruliti*u«i a luiml*oiiie diamond IncriiHted watch for the daughter of the old negro ou her o editing da, The following sketch Is from the Woman's Home Companion of October, written by A. J. McKelway. It is In teresting because of Its detail of the work by prominent Georgians: This recital Is the story of the victory of public opinion—of public opinion In telligently formed by the publication of fact, .-argument and appeal through press, pulpit and platform, overcom ing the obstacles of ignorance and prejudice and greed, and at last ovei> vhelmlng and irresistible. The fight for the release of the chll- <h«n from the factories began In Geor gia ten years ago. Mrs. J. Lindsay Johnson, former president of tfip Nat ional Federation of Women's Clubs, nnd Mrs. A. O. Granger, chairman qf the child labor committee of the Na tional Federation, were among the earliest advocates of the cause. In 1S40 the agitation for preventive legis Iatlon. begun In Alabama by Edgar Gardner Murphy, affected Georgia, as It did the Carolines and Virginia. But the local industrial associations exist ing |n Georgia undoubtedly should have the credit for beginning the campaign that has lust ended in the defeat of child labor interests. An Appeal to Reason. Hearing rumors of tbe activity of the national and state child labor commit tees. In the spring of 1805, this Indus trial association issued an “Appeal to the Reason of the People." It was the familiar tirade against Northern com petitors who were stirring up strife In the Southern mills, under the guise of philanthropy; the usual effort to con found this purely humane movement for the protection of little children with "labor agitation;" the usual compari son of the conditions in the mill village with those on the farms, to the detri ment of the latter; the familiar boast ing of the work being done by mill owners In the way of education, the building of churches and schools and the payment of the salaries of teachers and preachers. This “appeal to reason" tempted re- »ly. It Invited a "candid, open and l ull discussion of the facts" about child labor. It declared that the association had already adopted rules for the pro tection of the children, "which they are enforcing, as to which they Invite criticism, and the citation of any In- stancs where they are being violated.” That was a little too nluch for the Georgia child labor committee to stand. This committee hail been In the fight for some years. The lamented General Gordon had been Its chairman. Such men as Rev. C. B. Wllmer, of Atlanta, and Hooper Alexander, just then elect ed to the legislature, had been power fully contending with voice and pen for the children's rights. The committee had. been reorganized and strengthened by the addition of other prominent men, was In co-opera tion with the national child labor com mittee, and It accepted the challenge of tho Industrial association. In sn article throughout the state, that ran Its way from paper to paper world's history, and as a faultless sol- A Broad-Minded Mill Owner, It waa a public calamity that Sena tor Murphy Candler’s great speech was not taken down In shorthand. Like Lord Shaftesbury and Sir Robert Peel, advocates of child labor legislation In England, he has iRrge Interests In cot ton mills. He Is a humane employer, doing all he ran for the education of his employees, having given up night work since he saw the evil of It, doing his best, without law, to keep too young children from being employed In the mills which he gontroln. He showed tho A #.ltta* A# A LI 1,1 IftltAM AM «1fAl1 flu economic folly of child labor as well us its Inhumanity, the bad reputation that Southern mills have gained to their own hurt by the employment of the unskilled labor of children, so that the same quality of goods manufactured In PLANING MILL BURNS CAUSING $8,000 LOSS the South brings from 3 to 4 cents a pound less than when made In the East. He declared that the agreement of the mill owners was broken univer sally. Once he was Interrupted by a senator, who asked him why he did not join the Industrial association and help In the correction of the abuses of child labor. Like the lightning out of the clear sky came the answer, "Be cause I do not care to contribute to a legislative fund to prevent child labor legislation." AVe express here the opinion that Senator Candler's speech began to turn th-. tide In the senate Itself against Its awn action In defeating the bill. Good old Senator Fttxgerald, the soul of Innocence, who had been taken through a mill that very day and been shown how old the children were who were employed, nnd how light their --work, and nnd made a speech against the bill, tr.id Senator Candler that he would have voted with him except that he had made a speech against him. Of course. It was easy to prepare one mill for his coming. Earliest of Advocates. As every one knows, Mrs. A. O. Granger, the chairman of the child la bor committee of the National Feder ation of Women's Clubs, was one of the earliest ndvocates of child labor reform In Georgia. Mrs. Lindsey Johnson worked with untiring effort, and whep the bill was at last passed Governor Terrell presented the |>en, which signed the bill, to Mrs. Johnson, as he deemed her the fight one to own It. Mr. Me- Kelway. the assistant secretary of the national child labor committee, led tho light for child labor legislation In the stute. He has related many Incidents concerning the labor throughout th# mill district. Mr. Bell at this Juncture introduced his former bill In the house, and later substituted the senate bill for his, the substitute bearing his name. He felt that he was entitled to the credit of huvlng passed his bill through the house, out his ambition really, though we ore sure, unintentionally, jeopard txed the passage of the measure pend Ing In the senate. However, a llltjo diplomacy smoothed matters over, and the senate generously waited for hi at to put his substitute bill through the house. He was Indefatigable In his work for the bill, and when It came to passage, man after man who had opposed the bill the year before. Judge Longley, who had led the fight against It. among them, speaking In favor of it, with various reasons given for the change of heart. One, member said that his good old mother had upbraided him for his vote, and that he esteemed her opinion above that of the whole house, and desired the opportunity of setting himself right In her esteem, which was perhaps as good a reason as could be given. The blit passed the house hy a vote of 125 to 2. But an error Imd been made In copying, sn that the house and senate bills were not exactly the same, and the difference had to be ad justed by the senate committee. Other Defects to Be Remedied. The new law has one defect which should be remedied as soon as possi ble. It allows children of ten years to enter the mill for Its long twelve- hour day If the child Is an orphan and has no other means of support, or Is the support fit a widowed mother or of sn aged or disabled father who Is tie GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. Now York. Nov. IT.—I loro are some o visitors In Sew York today: ATLANTA—C. D. Atklneon. O. S. /In, Mr*. O. Mtuidol. II. W. Montgomery, II. J, THIS DATE IN HISTORY. NOVEMBER 12. 1603— San Diego bay, California, discovered and named by Sebastian Yiscalno. 1S58-Q. II. P. Belmont born. tuuooga destroyed by 1330—Expedition went to relief of Captain Boycott, near Balltnrobe. Ireland. 1396—Wedding of Ml** Panline Whitney and Almerlc Hugh Paget in New York. 1398— Earl of Mlnto took oath of office a* governor general of Canada. 1899— Pnerto Cabello. Venezuela, surrender* ed to General Castro. 1900— Pari* exposition closed; 60,000,000 ad missions. 1903— Street railway strike In Chicago. 1904— King and queen of Portugal vlfllted England. parent la required to ob tain a certificate from the ordinary of the county, certifying to the facta in the case. Facta, such aa these mentioned In thiil article, could be mutilplle£ a thou sandfold In Georgia and other Southern atates, and the kind-hearted people of Just us Georgia learned them, from press nnd pulpit and lecture platform, to fr$e the little white children of the South who are employed In her mills, and to Issue a general and effective emancipation proclamation. brilliantly l nml ibv.iratixt with nrtlHtic effect. Belle .Mci’rtll lulu Ihtii a teacher mate normal school, mi.i Principal I'aternon. of that institution, nml exquisite flowers from hi* own gurdciu to make the rcMilemv fragrant and Iwnutl- Before the nodding ceremony. John W. A. Sanford. Jr., u* spokesman for the police, presented the watch to the .voting A (.ergo nunitier of white eltliens of Montgomery attended the wedding nml v.artuly eousrntulaud ffie bride, whom they said win* well worthy of every hspplucM that life hold*. It le all light, Mr. Arkwright amL r ,i U , rj Adtertlacr. important oi*e*«!oii and to hi* household, lie *ald that the lucideut merely demou strati*! that when* * negro was faithful Id* trust lie would earn the respeet of lent citizen* of Ids <*>mnintilty.—Mont- Special to The Georgian. Fltgcrald, Go., Nov. 12.—Saturday was a day of fires In this city. In the forenoon an unoccupied building just outside the city limits and formerly used as a commissary, was burned In spite of the efforts of the fire depart ment, which could not reach it with line of hose, owing to Its remote ness from a fire plug. second alarm sounded about 3 'clock and the fire company made a hard run to Todd's planing milt In the Second ward. The fire originated In a spark on the roof and as every thing about the mill was dry, the dames spread with Incredible rapidity. A break In the machinery at the pump ing stutlon when fire pressure was ap plied rendered the fire company prac tically helpless, so aU efforts were-di rected toward preventing the spread of the dames to the fine residence and barn of Mr. Todd, which stood dan gerously near, and In this they were successful, though the mill, dry kiln, sheds and n large stock of lumber and moldings were burned. The loss Is perhaps *8,000 without any Insurance. FATALLY CRUSHED BY FALLING BOILER Special to The Georgian. Donnlsonvllle. Ga.. Nov. 12.—While supervising the unloading of some heavy machinery. E. B. Caldwell, the young son of John R. Caldwell, of this place, met a very serious accident, a very heavy boiler falling and pressing him against a freight car, injuring him Internally. At last accounts Mr. Caldwell was still nllve, though In very serious con dition. < STOYVESANT FISH. The retirement of Mr. Fish Is to be regretted, greatly regretted, short as it may be as to time. To depose a man of the status aud stature, physical, moral and commercial, that Mr. Fish hod and has. Is a calamity to any In stltutton or corporation which might command his services. The Illinois .Central railroad lias prospered and grown under his direc tion to be a great Institution of use fulness In the land. It would be a pity to let It play second to any system. Mr. Fish Is a large Individual owner, probably the largest of the stock of the company. As to his successor, Mr. Fish's at torney remarked yesterday “that a dog was known by the collar lie wore," which seems to Indicate that Mr. Har- rlman lias put the brass collar where it would fit. Few men would care to pay the penalty the bauble brings.—Nash vllle American. PLAYERS AND PLAYERS. :••••••••••••••! IIHHHMMIHHIl Isoul* Mann nu«l Tiara Llpinan *att this W««k for London, when* they are to ap pear In "Julie Bonbon*' at the Waldorf the ater on November X. David Belawo'a near play. "The Korn* of the liancho," 1* to be produced for the tlr*t ■ tliea* time tomorrow night at the Mftjeettc ter, BoMou. 1 Chminliig Pollock'* play. "The Little Gray Lady,'* which waa neeu In New York ln*t Henson. I* to be revived ou tour, with Helen Grantly iu the Htcllar role. At the Lltort, Monday night produce another of the aerie* of teu new play* In which alio I* to be *feu_thl* sen- .. *ee. Thla time It I* '*Kn*nn In Search of a Huaband." written by E. W. Prcaby from a short atory by Jerome K. Jerome. •The Lion aud the Mouse" ha* role- Ifrated Ita 400th performance lu New York clty nnd atilt continue* to till the Lyceum Z. Marino, the man who created a acnnatloti In the Loudon uittaic hall* by letting' a 40-borae power luitomohllo In? driven itcroa* hi* body, 1>o*lu* hi* Ameri can 'engagement thla week at Hammer- ateln’rt Victoria theater. Mr*. Le Moyne. In Browning'* 'Tlppa Pnaae*," begin* a New York engagement to night at the Lyric theater. and Boston. U to Im* neeii In New York for the flrat time at the Garden theater to night. '• I GOSSIP! New York. Nov. 12.—Burnett Tiffany and Ills wife, Luclle, will have to satis, fy the supreme court that each of them was legally free to marry nt the time they became man and wife If yjra Tiffany proposes to hold on to the *35• Ofin tvorih of furniture which orna ments their home at 125 Wtat Eighty, elghth street. Burnett Y. Tiffany displeased his father, Charles L. Tiffany, head of the Jewelry firm, by his marriage In ig S s; and later Increased this displeasure. From then until his death, tjie father allowed his son but 815 a week to live on, though from time to time he did wipe out the young man’s most press ing debts. It only* took three years for the marriage to result in a divorce, which Emma Tiffany got In Rhode Is land In 1881 on the ground of desertion. Young Tiffany was anxious for free- dom, and allowed the suit to go by de fault. service being made by substitu tion. 1 A year after his father's death Tiff, any married Ills present wife, who was not wholly acceptable to Ills relatives Tiffany and his wife agree In stating that she steadily refused to marry him until he had promised to furnish t home for her In exiwnslve'style, and 10 make her a wedding present of th. furnishings. In currying out this agreement Tiffany Incurred the fur niture bill, but the firms could not col lect the money, nnd Tiffany filed a pe tition In bankruptcy. Then the firms sued the Tiffnnys for the return of th. furniture, but Justice McCall decided that the furnlturo had passed to .Mrs Tiffany for a valid consideration and dismissed the case. During the hear ing Justice McCall upheld objections to questions In regard to Mrs. Tiffany's previous matrimonial record. The law yers for'the creditors tried to show that n previous divorce of hers was Invalid under the notable decision of the United States supreme court In the Haddock case. The court nrgucs If the Rhode Island divorce of the first Mrs. Tiffany was Invalid, as It would seem to be on its face under the recent decisions of the United States supreme court in the Haddock case, then Tiffany had no right to- re-marry ngd was legally re strained from attempting to carry' nut the alleged agreement. Justices Ingraham, Clark and Scott. hlle agreeing In the decision of re. versul, think that Tiffany's dlsubllltv. If established, would liuve simply placed him In the situation of a man who had broken a promise to marry, but who cannot necessurlly escape damages by proving dlsnblltty. Society"learned today that Miss Eve lyn Cavendlsh-Bontlck, .Mrs. Ogden Mills' niece, the younger daughter of •Mrs. George Cavendlsh-Bentlc, one „f the beautiful Livingston twins. Is to marry' Walter Burns, Son of the part ner of J. F. Morgan & Co. Mrs. George Cuvendislt-Bentlck, one of der sister, May. who was married a fortnight ago to John Ford, once an uttaclie of tho British embassy at Washington, and n rising diplomatist. Is well known In New fork and Wash- Ington. Miss Evelyn's fiance Is the younger brother of Mrs. Lulu Har- court, wife of the son of tho late Sir William Harcourt, now of the radical cabinet. John Drew Is In tho third mouth of Ills oiigsgemeiit at the Empire thontor. New York, where ho is appearing In Pinero’s Ills Homo In Order. SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA.. Judgments Rendered Monday, Morning. GRAND JURY PROBING ALLEGED PEONAGE CASES. Special to The Georgian. Norfolk, Vo.. Nov. 12.—The United States grand Jury 1s In session here today probing the alleged peonage and slavery aboard Ohespeake Bay* oys ter vessels. There are numerous cases before the jury, these being the first charges brought under the new Fed eral statute against "shanghaiing." The Old law on tills subject was Inadequate to reach the oyster dredge and schoon er captains on Chesapeake Bay and Its tributaries. Some of the cruelties told of by | "shanghaied" men who Have escaped und gotten back home are too startling almost for belief. Charlie Wells, aged 17 years, and Junius Strickland, aged 20 years, among tbe witnesses for the govern ment here, escaped a few days ago from an oyster sloop on tbe other side of Chesapeake Boy. upon which they allege they had been held in slavery for twenty day# with but little to ettt anil privations of every kind. SHIPP CONTEMPT CASES TO HE HEARD AFFIRMED. Huger v*. (•uiralniciinni et *!., executor*, from Cbntlutiu *u|M»rlor court. Before Judge Seabrook.. Walter G. Charlton and Edward 8. Elliott,* for plaintiff In error. Ijtwtou & CunnluRham. contra. Robert* v*. Napier, from Blldi superior court. Judge Felton. John H. Cooper, for plaintiff In error. U. I,. Audernon, contra, Green et al. v*. Hoad Board of Bibb John ourL Judge Felton. Hardeman k and Thomas U. West, for plaintiff*. P. Hum. for defendant*. Fo*ter va. t.’aae, executor, from Baldwin *u perl or court. Judge Lewi*. Hlne* A Yin- Special to The Georgian. Chattanobgu; Tenn., Nov. 12.—It ueeniH that the Sheriff Shipp contempt cases resulting from the lynching of Ed Johnson on the night of March 19, will be heard on their merits. Local attorneys representing Sheriff Shipp, his deputies and seventeen alleged members of the Ed Johnson mob have been wired by Solicitor General Hoyt, of the District of Columbia, asking If December 3 will be a suitable date for the hearing as to his jurisdiction, etc., and these attorneys have consented to the date. If the United States supreme court decides It has jurisdiction In the cose they will be tried on their merits. PREMIUM WINNERS AT PUTNAM FAIR. feVeclal to The Georgia u. Katontnn. Oa., Nov. 12.—The Put nam County Fair, which closed Satur day night, was a success In every way, and the exblbts were the finest ever seen here. The winners of premiums were: Best corn—Willie Weems, of Wesley Auut Sabina—No; th**re ain't nothin' hut bird*. fault* Olmdl.-th—That'* funny. The sign w on the_d**ru building **ld "Apli»r.\!**— Har- j Best cotton—Jack Branam, of Wes ley School. Second best corn—Raleigh Pinker ton, or Rockville. Second l»est cotton—Fleming Browh, of Ararat. Third best com—W. P. Phillips, of Rnmotlt. Third best cotton—Frank Ashurst, of Central. Fourth best corn—John M. Lawrence, of Ramoth. Fourth best cotton—W. T. Lawrence, of Ramoth. Fifth best corn—W. T. Lawrence, of Ramoth. Sixth best com—Henr>* Gregory, of per** Weekly. corn—Frank Branch, nnd C. Y. Crawford, contra. Paulk et si. v*. Greer, ordinary, from Turner superior court, Judge Fpenee. J. A. Comer and Fulwood k Murray, for plaintiffs iu error. John B. Hutcheson ami \V. A. Hawkins, contra KKVEHSEb. Mauldin v«. Southern Shorthand and Hti*l- ne*H I’nl versify, from Fid ton *ni>erl»r court. Judge Pendleton, l’ayne. Jones A Next HuntJay night's attraction at tho Central Baptist church. In West Forty-second street, will be Charles Wold, who will play sacred and classic, al melodies on his musical glasses. List night the congregation Was somewhat startled by the Introduction of vaude ville Into the service by Rev. I)r. Goodchlld. The artist was Miss Ethel M. Palmer, the whistler. Between the reading of the Word am! the sermon, Miss Palmer gave three selections. She was accompanied on the piano. Her first was from Robyn * opera of "Mamcanlllo." Her second wn* the Intermesxo from "Havalllera Rus- tirana." Then came “Hearts and Flow- et-a." Announcement has been made by the National Horse Show Association that the number of entries and the number of exhibitors for next weehCs show will be the largest on record. By un acci dent on a rnllrond to the horses of \V. H. Moore the show will be deprived of tfome of Its features. J. H.-Moore and E. D.N Jordan, two of the leading exhib itors last season In the heavy harne** classes, will be missed among the ex hibitors next week, but their places are perhaps filled by other owners of ex tensive stables. Prominent among these are Mrs. E. R. Ladetv and J. W. Harrlman, who have bought heavily. Alfred G. Voudoibllt, Reginald C. Vanderbilt, C. W, Watson and Mrs. J. Gerkln are among the other exhibitor* who will be represented In nearly every heavy harness class. IlnwtiiKton r*. Madison county, from Mwf- i*on superior court. Judge Holden. W. \V. Stark, for plaintiff in error. David W. Meadow. Berry T. Moseley, John E. Gordon and J. F. L. Bond, uontrn. McGregor, receiver, vs. Wltliam et al.. from Warren superior court. Judge Rawl ings. Sitmuel If. Sibley and iZ D. Mc Gregor. for plaintiff lu error. Howard Von Epps. McWhorter. Strickland k Green, aud K. P. Davl*, contra. William* v*. Southern Railway t'ompauy, from HalteridMtii auperlor court. Judge Kim- ■ey. Arnold & Arnold. Harvey Hill, and J. 0. Edward*, for plaintiff In error. John J. Strickland, contra. CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO MURDER HIS WIFE. Special to The Georgian. Asheville. N. Nov. 12.—Word has been received here from Winston-Sa lem, N. C\, that J. J. Neville, formerly of Asheville, had been arrested there, charged with attempting to kill his wife. Mr. Neville and his son. William Neville, a traveling salesman, were In Winston-jSalem an^ Mrs. Neville went to that city on the Invitation of her son, who. It is understood, was en deavoring to bring about a reconcilia tion between his (tarenta, who have lived apart for the past ten years. Aft er some discussion Neville asked his son to leave the room, as lie desired to have a private conversation with his wife. Later upon returning to the room the son found the door locked and he was refused .admittance. Fear ing for the sarety of his mother, young #»,.% J . . . John, look me straight In the ev tell me you’ve not been drinking." •“ ...* .1 ^ »Vlii.. Neville burst open the door and found his father with a pistol in his hand. He made an attempt to discharge the h In , wfWp_wWcli he wm« aiming at Ills wife, but fortunately the p|*t„| missed eye* u a potato!"—Ithistnited Bit*. Estelle— Doe* Mi** Scad* spend * Edith—Oh! ye*. It wa* ouly the other I^ £ ou *d Hro the son day that *he paid $!0«> for a *lunHnlng! had seized him and took the pistol I gown.—Terre Haute Tribune. *•*»»*» —— away from the frenzied man. A MAN DEFEATED When an honeat man (oe. down to defeat and failure, Jt It generally found that lie won In Home manner handicapped. 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