Newspaper Page Text
4
TiLti ATLANTA 0E0K(J1AN
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
icnit reunt cut res. min
r. l siur. rmion. ,
Published Every Afternoon.
(Except Sender)
By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY,
At 3 West Alabama St., Atlsnta, Os.
Subscription Rates.
one Year
six Months J-52
Three Months... ...... !•#
Ily Carrier. Per Week ■»
entered at the Atlanta Postofflce as
•eeoad-cUss mall matter.
ctlnd all departments.
Lons distance tennlnsl*.
Smith A Thompson, advertising r#|»-
rrWntatlres for aTterritory ontsfde of
Georgll.
rhlraro office Tribune Bldg.
Non- York Office Potter Bid*.
If yon hare any trooble getting THE)
OEOBOIAN, telephone the Circulation
iT I !",: , TeUs2i;:*B.ra r ^;
llohs Intended for pnbllcatlon In THH
QISOBOlAJi be limited to tOO trorde In
leoKth. It is Imperative that they be
signed. as an evidence of food faith,
thoosb the names will be withheld If
requested. Betected mannscrlpU will
tin! he retnned unless stamps are sent
for the purpose.
THE OEOBOIAN prints no nocleen
or objectionable advertising:. Neither
does It print whisky or any liquor a>la.
„^. R ,£ L AIn F S?fln,
this and get gas as low os ao rent*
nlth a profit to the city. This should
he done at once. The Georgian be
lieves that If street railways can bn
operated sncceaafnlly by European
cities, as they are. them Is no good
reason why they cannot he so operated
here. But we do not belldve this can
he done now, and It may be nn years
this rapid growth of the conveniences
which will bring our frlenda from the
outside cities and towna 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 vast supplies of wares
which they have to offer to an ever-
Increaslng trade.
A Good Example Lost.
. We are somewhat disappointed,
though not at all surprised, that no
one of our two dally contemporaries
has seen lit to follow the admirable
example of frankness and deflnlteness
which The Georgian has Illustrated
toward Us 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 Ita departments wide open and In
struct him to And the truth and tell
It to the public.
We really did not expect anybody
to follow this cxsmple, and wo 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
know as much about our contempora
ries as ft can always know of ns.
The Georgian's books and The Geor
gian’s subscription list and The Geor
gian'! dial plato on Its Goss press are
always open to any honest advertiser
or to any Inquiring friend who may
deslro to inspect them.
If nobody else does this but The
Georgian, why then, Tho Georgian will
simply continue to enjoy monopoly
of Immense satisfaction and the unal
loyed confidence of the public.
Atlanta the Trolley Center of the
South.
Atlanta Is 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
-mall a prophecy as to a full equality
In cambers, but we refer more partlc-
. uarly to conditions now rapidly grow
ing which will mako Atlanta the trol
ley center 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 be
found. Indianapolis Is connected by
trolley with almost every center In
Indiana and surrounding states. From
the Michigan border and the Illinois
cities eastward to Cleveland and Co
lumbus, and sSuthwartl to Cincinnati,
the trolley lines carry baggage can,
eoaches, closets and In some Instances
dining can and sleeping coaches.
We are not Indlauapolls yet lu At
lanta. but we are now making the
-beginning that will bring us before
long to that desirable status. We
already bavo In addition to the subur
ban lines to College Park, Kast Point
and Decatur, a line running 20 miles
to Marietta. Several months ago the
Pratta incorporated a comitauy and
secured the right of way to a line
which is non- building to Griffin,
liarncsvlllc. Forsyth and to Macon.
-And here comes another line that
will perhaps be completed before the
Hoes tat Macon, by the Atlanta and
Carolina company, which has perfect
ed Its arrangements Tor a line run
ning through Eaat Point, College
Park, Newnan. I-a(’>range and to
West Point.
This line is definite uuil certain.
Work will be begun In a very short
jrblle upon it and pushed rapidly to
completion.
Another line by the same company
strikes down the Georgia railroad to
Stone Mountain and Conyers, and on
toward Augusta, and before the de
cade is 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
^orlunate, to bu congratulated upou
THE SOUTH’S VITAL CONFERENCE AT NASHVILLE.
N'o convention more Important to the South has assembled wltbln
tbese recent yesrs than the one which'Governor Cog, of Tennessee, will
call to order on this Monday morning at Nashville.
It is the Immigration and Quarantine 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 and. Interior from the advent of epi
demics The health of the South must be preserved and the wisest of
our statesmen must consider the ways and means, without prejudice,
without passion and without allowing the narrow Interests of a local en
vironment to Interfere with the general welfaYe of the whole.
Out 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 how shall we adapt the deep necessity of our
labor situation to this Immigration question In Its. wisest and largest
way?
How shall we meet the great demand of the South for- labor without
bringing into this section races as alien and as unassimllable as the ne
gro? How shsll we keep out the Hungarian and the Pole and the anar
chistic element of Southeastern Europe and select our new citlsens
from the races with whom we can affiliate, and with whom. If It should
lie necessary, we could honorably and wholesomely amalgamate?
The Georgian Is watching with the keenest Interest and anxiety the
deliberations of that great convention. While Us 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 waa 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 Us delegates.
Perhaps after all, we shall reach no nearer to a wise decision than
In following the example projected upon a minor acale by South Carolina
and by some of the smaller towns In Georgia. If we want good Immi
grants we wilt Just have to go after them, or semi, after them, and n6t
trust to an Indiscriminate Invitation supervised by careless and ineffec
tive consuls at these foreign points.
The landing of the Wlttektnd at Charleston was the most whole
some and inspiring Incident of our Immigration history since the earlier
colonists. Thei;e were among these immigrants men and women ser
vants, domestics, laborers and experts, brought after, a careful selec
tion from tho strong Germanic races; and the clamor for them at
Charleston by the better Claeses 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 onr people to recognise 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 leaat the South must follow the example of the Carollnans in bringing
over ship loads of the Wlttektnd 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 licen landing these people here and making them
happy and comfortable In our homes and in our fields and factories, *we
will find that they thcmaelves 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 Wlttektnd ship of its own. While we have
uo 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 lauding at one of Georgia's stately seaports, upon
her coast at Savannah or Brunswick or Darien.
And when tho Idlers and triflers who have ro 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
either sue a great light and learn a great leason of usefulness and will
ing service, or they will be drifted still further Into the realm of useless
ness and helplossnoss into which they are rapidly pushing themselves.
We are looking and watching eagerly the proceedings of this conven
tion at Nashville.
STORY OF THE LONG FIGHT
FOR CHILDREN OF GEORGIA
GEORGIANS IN 'GOTHAM.
Who Then?
In a stately two columns of Its Sun
day Issue The Atlanta Journal reaches
tho profound conclusion that Mr.
Hearst Is not an eligible man for tho
Democrats to nominate for president.
If It is a fair question, who does the
always esteemed Journal think eligible
to nominate?
Is Judge Alton B. Parker still its
choice, as the Democrat of Demo
crats?
New Can for the Trolley Lines.
The Georgian is "delighted’’ to
chronlclo the promise of new ears and
Increased facilities upon tho lines of
the Georgia Railway and Electric
Company.
General Manager T. K. Glenn was
quoted In Thursday's Georgian as
sanctioning the statement that now
cars were building in local sho|>s,
other new cars hail been ordered else
where. unit that the winter would wit
ness a ninterlal enlargement and Im
provement of the street cur service on
both city and suburban lines.
This Is plensant news, and It is pleas
Mr. Glenn. You have done a good
thing for us and for yourselves, and
wo shall not be laggard or last in
voicing you from our linger tips on
the rear platform the assurance of our
proiier appreciation, and of our reviv
ed regard.
Town©—-Gc© whls! Old man, you're
wreck. Wlull’ll the matter?
Brown©— Kail o|H*nlng.
Town©—What? Shopping with a inob of
women—
Brown©—No; coni hole.—P!illm!©!|>hla
“Going up!" cried Coal.
"Uolnn down!*' cried Ice.
The cnn» auddenly Mopped, mid a dead
man waa tlisrorcrt'd wedged between them,
lie waa n fonaumer.—Hi. Louis Pout-Dll
patch.
POLICE SURPRISED “UNCLE ED.**
Daughter of Faithful Negro Preaented
With Watch at Har Wedding.
As a mark of respect for Ed McCall,
tin* faithful negro who Mis served more
tlmn thirty years as cook at police head-
quarters, nineteen patrolmen mid Police
Captain Miles Smith attended the wedding
. r hl« daughter. Annie Belle McCall. ...
anter by far to chronicle It thnn to bo-1 Jpg » r *° n $»***“■• '* Xaefcrllle. T.un Wed
. , „ , . . nemuty oteuuiir «t . oi-luek, at the rest-
come |>orforcu the medium of proter4 '
mid complaint against fellow citizens
in official capacities whom we highly
esteem, and for whom we have always
stored praise rather than criticism.
The nnture and extent of the Im
provement under way weald seem to
tiiillcutn ilint the Georgia Hallway and
Electric Company Is not really Indif
ferent or unmindful In the matter
of the people's comforts, and that even
it they have not rosoonded to our pro
tests and given comforting assurance
of good intentions, they have been
busily at work doing the very things
we were unking them in do.
It is Just as well. What we were
utter was results, and we can well af
ford to dis|>cnse with the small sweet
courtesies of assurance, If we can
have In very fact the solid substantial
fruits of reform.
Fifty now cars will make a mighty
difference In the crowded hours of At
lanta travel, atul lire will be much
better worth living In the outskirts
and the suburbs If we can have this
addition to our daily and hourly
schedules.
It is uli right, Mr. Arkwright and gwj*Q"'Adttqti'»er.
vi-uiait _. ...
- Ml-l‘nil. XX, S-mlli Jtu-kson SllVl-t.
••facie Kd" Mcl'nll, ;i- the veteran pit-
troltni-n ;i fTe-i limit lily -nil tin- eld negro,
hits retire,I n large family. lie mins a
rnlufelItllile Inane mill lie hit, eilnentist his
leiy-t tinil girls. When time t-arae (or hi.
itaushter to he Married, he eelehranil the
is ension in his own iieeulhtr way. lie si*,
utilized the npproaeh of the event by sur
prising the patrolmen with a tine dinner
their honor tit hoadipiiirtors Wedm-aday
-nlinr at s o’clock
The tvishllhic nas to hike place tit 7
o'clock at tin- helm- of the old negro on
South dtickstni Street, nhtl the luttrnlmen
had reserved it sortn-lie for -TTu-le Kd."
They Imd iHirehnsisi a handsome dismotid
Ineriishst watch for the dnushter of the
old negro on her wedding tiny.
When ihe ikitrolmcu rescued the real-
donee of Mel till they found It hrlllhiutl)
llshted mill decorated tilth uriisih- effect.
Annie Ih-lle Mt-t'ult Ims l-cvil u n-neher
in the slate norma! school, amt I'rllnlmil
W. It. Paterson, of that Institution, had
sent exnulsttc (towers from ids own gnriteu.i
- fmsrtint nml hetiutl-
make
flit.
reshlem
- wi-ddhiK
Jr., as
Mist tin- witti-h to tin
ceremony. Johti W.
aihtkcamau
young
A largo numher of while cUltcus of
Montgomery alien,led the wedding and
aruily conges tain ted the bride, whom they
said
I hill III
I'nch
■ell worthy of every hupphiesa
holds.
Kd" yti-i'all. who ts tin- father
of James Kdward McCall, the blind poet
now' at school in Michigan, waa grnte
rut for the kindness shown him npon thin
Important occasion and to his household.
Tltt- following sketch ts from the
Woman’* Home Companion of October,
written by A. J. McKelway. It Is in
teresting because of Its detail of the
work by prominent Oeorglans:
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 thfe obstacles of Ignorance and
prejudice and greed, and .at last over-
rhelniiqg and Irresistible.’
The fight for the release of the chil
dren from the factories began In Geor
gia ten yeara-ago. Mr*. J. Lindsay
Johnson, former president of the Nat
ional Federation of Women's Clubs,
and Mr*. A. O. Granger, chairman of
the child labor committee of the Na
tional Federation, were among the
earliest advocates of the cause. In
1900 the agitation for preventive legis
lation, begun In Alabama by Edgar
Gardner Murphy, affected Georgia, ah
It did the Carolina* and Virginia. But
the local Industrial associations exist
ing In Georgia undoubtedly uhould have
the credit for beginning the campaign
that has just ended In the defeat of
child labor Interests.
An Appeal to Reason. ■*'
Hearing rumors of the activity of the
national and state child tabor commit
tees. In the spring of 1905, this Indus
trial association Issued an "Appeal tp
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 ugltatlon:" 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
und preachers.
This "appeal to reason” tempted re
ply. It Invited a "candid, open and
full discussion of the facts” about child
labor. It declared that the association
had already adopted rule* for the pro
tection .of. the children, "which they
are enforcing, os to which they invite
criticism, and the citation of nnv In
stance where they are being violated."
That was a little too much for the
Georgia child labor committee to stand.
This committee had 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 reorganised
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
the Industrial association. In an article
throughout the state,
that ran Its way from paper to paper
world's history, and ns a faultless sol-
A Broad-Minded Mill Owner.
It was 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 large Interests In cot
ton mills. He is a humane employer,
doing all he can for'the education of
tits 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 controls. He showed the
economic folly of child labor as well as
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
the South brings front S to t cent* 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 ill 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.”
We express ,here the opinion that
Senator Candler’s speech began to turn
th>. tide In the senate itself against (ts
awn action In defeating the bill. Good
old Senator Fltxgerald, 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, and how light their work,
and nnti made a speech against the bill,
ic.ia 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 Ms 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
cRrileet advocates of child labor reform
In Georgia. Mrs. Lindsey Johnson
worked with untiring effort, and when
the blit was at last passed Governor
Terrell presented the pen, which signed
the blit, to Mrs. Johnson, as he deemed
her the right one to own It. Mr. Mc-
Kelwny, the assistant secretary of the
notional child labor committee, led the
fight for child labor legislation In the
state. He lias related many Incidents
concerning the labor throughout the
mill district.
Mr. Bell at this juncture Introduced
his former bill In the house, and later
substituted the senate bill for hie, the
substitute bearing bis name. He felt
that he wns entitled to the credit of
having passed his bill through the
house, but his ambition really, though
tve are sure, unintentionally. Jeopard
ized the passage of the measure pend
ing In the senate. However, a little
diplomacy smoothed matters over, and
the senate generously waited for hint
to put his substitute bill through the
house. He wns Indefatigable in bis
work for the bill, and when It came
to passage, man after man who had
apposed the bill the year before, Judge
Longley, who had led the fight against
It, among them, speaking In favor of
it, with various reason* given for the
change of heart. One member said that
his good old mother hud upbraided hint
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 ysteent, which was
perhaps as good a reason as could be
given.
The bill passed the house by a vote
of 125 to 2. But an error had been
made In copying,, so that tho house
and senate bills were not exactly the
same, and the difference had to be ad
Justed by the senate committee.
Other Defect# to Bo 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 anil
nas no other means of support, or Is
the support of a widowed mother or of
,n aged or disabled father who Is de
pendent upon the labor of such child,
ulthpugh such parent Is required to ob
tain a certificate from the ordinary of
the county, certifying to the facts In
the case.
Facts, such as these mentioned in
(Ills article, could be mulllnlled a thou
sandfold in Georgia and other Southern
states, and the kind-hearted people of
Just as Georgia learned them, from
press nnd pulpit and lecture platform,
to free the little white children of the
South who arc employed In her mills,
nnd to Issue a general and effective
emancipation proclamation.
New York. Nor. 12.—Here are some of the
visitors in New York Onlay:
ATLANTA—T. It. Atkinson. O. 8.
Mrs. O. Mendel. II. \V. Montgomery, II. J.
Jnlt. ,
SAVANNAH—Mrs. M. J. Miller.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
NOVEMBER 12.
ltOt-Saii Diego bay, California, discovered
and named by Sebastian Vlzcatao.
1859—0. II. I'. Belmont born.
1871-Block and t half of Dnlltlings In Clist-
titnnogt destroyed by Incendiary Uro.
1880—Expedition went to relief of Captain
Boycott, near Unlllurobe, Ireland.
185S—Wedding of Miss Pauline Whitney and
• Almerlc Hugh l’aget in New York.
1SS8—Esrl of tllnto took oath of office ss
governor general of Canada.
1899— Puerto Cabello. Vonesuela, surrender
ed to General Castro.
1900— Paris exposition'closed; 50,000,000 ad
missions. ^
IMS—Street railway alrUte In CMcngn.
1904—Kins and queen of Portugal vlalled
England.
3TUYVE8ANT FI9H.
The retirement of Mr. Fish Is to be
regretted, greatly regretted, short os H
may be as to time. To depose a man
of the atatus and stature, physical,
moral and commercial, that Mr. Fish
had and has. Is a calamity to any In
stitution or corporation which might
command hts services.
The Illinois Central railroad has
prospered and grown under his direc
tion to be n 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 Oumpany.
As to Ills successor, Mr. Kish’s at
torncy remarked yesterday "that a dog
was known by the collar he wore,”
which seem* to Indicate that Mr. Har-
liman has put the brass cottar where It
would fit. Few nten would care to pay
-the penalty the bauble brings.—Nash
ville American.
4-
PLAYERS AND PLAYERS.
IMHHMMHIMUIIIMttl
• ••••ssstntstiMSteti
PLANING MILL BURNS
CAUSING $8,000 LOSS
Special to The GsorgIsn. •
Fltgerald. Ga., Nov. 12.—Saturday
was a day of fires In this elty. In the
forenoon an unoccupied building Just
outside the city limits and formerly
used as a commissary, was burned In
spite of the effort* of the tire depart
ment. which could not reach It with
a line of hose, owing to Its remote
ness front a fire plug.
A second alarm sounded about
o'clock and the fire company made a
hard run to Todd's planing mill In
the Second ward. The fire originated
In a spark on the roof and as every
thing about the mill was dry, the
flames spread with Incredible rapidity.
A break in the machinery at the pump
ing station when fire pressure was ap
plied rendered the fire company prac
tically helpless, so all efforts were di
rected toward preventing the spread
of the names 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 a large stock of lumber nnd
moldings were burned. The loss is
perhaps $8,000 without any Insurance.
GRAND JURY PROBING
ALLEGES PEONAGE CASE8.
FATALLY CRUSHED
BY FALLING BOILER
Special to The Georgian.
Donaleonvllle. Ga., Nov. 12.—While
supervising the unloading of aome
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 alive, thuugh In very serious con
dition.
SHIPP CONTEMPT
CASES TO BE HEARD
Special to The Gcorgtnn.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 12.—It
seems that the Sheriff Shipp contempt
cases resulting from the lynching of
EM Johnson nn the night of March 19,
will be heard on their merit*. Local
attorneys representing Sheriff Shipp.
Ills 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 S will be a suitable date for
the healing 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.
Special til The Georgian.
Norfolk, Va„ Nov. 12.—The United
States grand jury Is In session here
today probing the alleged peonage nnd
slavery aboard Chespeake Bay oys
ter vessels. There are numerous cases
before the Jury, these being tho first
charges brought mulct' the new Fed
eral statute against "shanghaiing." The
old law on this subject was Inadequate
to reach the oyster dredge and schoon-
captnlns on Chesapeake Bay and Its
tributaries.
Some of the cruelties told of by
'shanghaied" men who have escaped
and gotten back home are too startling
almost for belief.
Charlie Wells, aged 17 years, and
Junius Strickland, aged 20 years,
among the witnesses for the govern
ment here, escaped a few days ago
from an oyster sloop nn the other side I or Ararat,
or Chesa|ieake Bay, upon which they I Third best corn \\. P. Phillips, of
allege they had been held in slavery for ! Uitmolh. ,
twenty day* with but little to eat and 1 ’ Third best cotton—E rank Ashurst. pf
privations of every’ kind. ; Central. '
1 l*ourth best corn—John M. Lawrence,
of Ramolii.
PREMIUM WINNERS
AT PUTNAM FAIR.
KptN'Irtl to The Georgian.
Fa ton ton, On.. Nov. 12.—'The Put
nam County Fair, which cloned Satur
day night, was a ©uccesn In every way.
and the exhlbt* were the finest ever
seen here.
The winners of premiums were:
Best corn—Willie Weems, of Wesley
School.
Best cotton—Jack Hranam, of Wes
ley School.
Second best corn—Raleigh Pinker
ton, of Rockville.
Second best cotton—Fleming Brown,
Isoals Mann nnd Clara Llpiuan rail this
week for London, whore they are to up*
penr In “Julie Boiiixm" at the Waldorf the
ater on November X.
David Belaneo'i new play. “The Bose of
the Itaneho,*’ Is to Is* produced fur tin* tlrst
time tomorrow nlglit at the Majestic thou-
dimming Pollock’fplny. “The Little <J .
Lilly.” which wns seen In New York hist
season. Is to ho revived on tour, with Helen
Grant ly lu the stellar role.
At the Liberty theater. New York, next
Monday night Miss Eleanor Hobson will
product© another of the series of ten new
plays In which she Is to Is* seen this sen
son. This rime it is “KOann In Search of
a Htishapd,’’ written by K. W. Preshy from
a short story by Jerome K. Jerome.
"The Lion and the Mona©** has role-
Urated Its 400th performance la New York
elty nnd still continues to fill the Lyceum
then ter.
A. Z. Mnrlno. the man who created
scnsutlon In the London niusle balls by
letting n 40-horse power automobile be
driven gcross his body, Im*j
ran engagement this weel
stein's Victoria theater.
Mrs. Le Moyue. In Browning's 'TMppn
Basses," begins n New Yofk engagement to-
night at the Lyric theater.
und Boston. Is to be seen In Now York for
the first time at the Garden then ter to
night.
John Drew Is In the third month of his
•ugagement at the Empire theater. New
.. . n pp,, flr | n g |„ pinero's
•r.
The New York critics are not very loud
lu their prnlse of Miss Lena Aabwell. the
Hngllsh emotional actress who Is HpiNnrlng
lu T *The Hhulamlte." The actress, however,
Is given more praise than the play.
SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA.
Judgments Rendered Mdnday, Morning.
AFFIRMED.
Huger vs. C'nunlngham ©t u!., executors,
from Chatham superior court. Before Judge
Hcabrook. Walter G. Charlton nnd Edward
H. Klilott, for plaintiff In error. Lawton k
Cunningham, contra.
GOSSIP!
Netv York. Nov. 12.—Burnett Tiffany
and Ids wife. Luclle, will have to satis,
fy the supreme court that each pf
them was legally free to marry nt ti„
time they became man and wlffc if j| ra
Tiffany proposes to hold on to the 835 -
000 worth of fqrnlture which orna-
memo their home at 125 Weat Elgluv-
elghth street.
Burnett V. Tiffany displeased Ids
father, Charles L. Tiffany, head of the
Jewelry firm, by his marriage In 1888
and later Increased this dlapleasm,.
From then until his death, the father
allowed his son but 515 a.wcek to live
on. though from time to'tlme 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 1891 on the ground of desertion
Young Tiffany was anxious Tor free
dom, and allowed the suit to go bv de
fault, service being made by substitu
tion.
A year after his father's death Tiff
any married hla present wife, who was
not wholly acceptable to his relatives
Tiffany and Ills wife agree In stating
that she steadily refused to marry him
until he had promised to furnish a
home for her In expensive style, and to
make Iter a wedding present of the
furnishings. In carrying out tills
agreement Tiffany Incurred the fur
niture bill, but the firms could not col
lect the money, and Tiffany filed a pe
tition In bankruptcy. Then the firms
sued the Tiffany* for the return of the
furniture, but Justice McCall decided
that the furniture bad 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. Tlffanv's
previous matrimonial record. The law
yers for the 'creditors tried to show
that a previous divorce of hers was
Invalid under the notable decision of
the United States supreme court In the
Haddock case.
The court argues If the Rhode Island
divorce of the first Mrs. Tlffnnv 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 and was legally re
strained from attempting to carry out
the alleged agreement.
Justices Ingraham, Clark and Scott,
while agreeing In the decision of re
versal, think that Tiffany's disability.
If established, would huve simply
placed him In the situation of a man
who had broken a projnlse tu main,
but who cannot necessarily escape
damages by proving disability.
Society learned today that Miss Eve
lyn Cavendlsh-Benttck, .Mrs. Ogden
Mills' niece, the younger daughter of
Mrs. George Cavendish-Bentlc, one --f
the beautiful Livingston twins, Is to
marry Walter Burns, son of the part
ner of J. P. Morgan & Co.
Mrs. George Cuvcndlsh-Bentlck, one of
der sister, .May. who was married a
fortnight ago to John Ford, once nn
attache of the British pmbassv at
Washington, and a rising diplomatist.
Is well known In New Yolk and Wash
ington. Miss Evelyn's fiance Is the
younger brother of Mrs. Lulu Har-
could, wife of the son of the late Sir
William Harcourt, now of the radli-al
cabinet.
Next Sunday night's attraction at
the Central Baptist church, In West
Forty-second street, will he Charles
Wold, who will ploy sacred und classic,
al melodies on his musical glasses. Last
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 and
the sermon, Mis* Palmer gave three
selections. She was accompanied on
the piuno. Her first was from Robyn's
opera of “Manzanillo.” Her second was
the intennesxo from "Havallleru Ru--
tlcann.” Then came “Hearts nnd Flow,
crs."
Announcement has been made by the
National Horse Show Association that
the numher of entries and the number
of exhibitors for next week’s show will
he the largest on record. By an acci
dent on a railroad to the horses of \Y.
H. Moore the show.will be deprived of
some of lls features. J. II. Moore ami
E. I). Jordan, two of the leading exhib
itors last season In the heavy harness
clusses, will be missed among tho ex
hibitor* next week, but their places are
perhaps filled by other owners of ex
tensive stables. Prominent among
these are Mrs. EL R. Ladeu- and J. W.
Harrlmnn, who have bought heavily.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt. Reginald C.
Wjfftt Mi jZ Vanderbllt.C. W.wiuon^dMra. J.
I* nd R^°Tr Uefu'.Tnnt/ * * J h Oerkln ore among the other exhibitor©
•. executor, from Baldwin who will be represented In nearly every
Mupcrlor court. Judge L«*\v|n. Hlnea A Vln- heavy harness class,
sou. for pin In tiff lu error* Allen Sc Pottle , -
nnd €*. T. Crawford, contra.
iperlor court. Judge Kpeuce. 4. A.
Comer und Fulwood k Murray, for plaintiffs
in error. John B. Hutcheson rum W. A,
Hawkins, nuitrn.
11KVKR8EI>.
rourt, Jiulgo lVwllfton, Paytu*. Join** __
Jones, for plaintiff In error. No uf>i»oaran©t>,
contra.
Ilowingtou vs. Madison ©minty, from Mnd-
Ison superior eoiirt. Judge Holden. W. W.
Stark, for p* ‘ ‘"*
Mendow. Ben. _. ,.
nnd J. P. L. Bond, eontra.
McGregor, receiver, vs. William • et al..
from Warren superior court. Judge Rawl
ings. Nn lintel If. Sibley nnd L fi
sey. Arnold Sc Arnold. Ilarvcy I
.1. C. Edwards, for plaintiff In error. John
klrk-klnlid, eoutra.
Cnet© Obudiah ist the xoo)—l don't see
no monke.Yteln here.
Aiiut NaUma—No: there ain't nothin' hut
birds.
I'nclc Ghndlah—That's funny. The *dgu
on the deni building said “Apiary!"—'liar*
. Weekly.
Fourth beat cotton—W. T. Lawrence,
of Ramoth.
Fifth best com-W. T. Lawrence, of
Ramoth.
Sixth best corn—Henry Gregory, of
Rockville.
Seventh best corn—Frank Branch,
Jr., of Rockville.
CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING
TO MURDER HIS WIFE.
Special to The Georgian.
Asheville. N. t\, Nov. 12.—Word has
been received here from \Vln*ton-Ha-
lent. N. that J. J. Neville, formerly
of Aahpvllle, had been arrested there,
churned with attempting to kill his
wife.
Mr.* Neville nnd his son. William
Neville, a traveling: salesman, were In
Wlnaton-8aIen» nnd Mrs. Neville went
to thut city on the invitation of her
son. who. It h understood, was en
deavoring to bring about u reconcilia
tion between his parents, who have
lived apart for the past ten yearn. Aft
er some discussion Neville asked his
son to leave tho room, us he 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-
In* for the safety of his mother, young
Neville burst open the door and found
hts father with a pistol In his hand.
He made nn attempt to discharge the
weapon which he was aiming at hts
wife, but fortunately the pistol missed j
lit* wild that tho Incident merely d©mou-j "John, look me straight in the ©ye and Estelle— Ik>o* Miss Beads spend much lu
stratod that when* s negro wi*s faithful I tell tn«* you've not been drinking." charity work?
to hts trust h© would earn tin* n**p©ct of i *-B© more ©xpllHf. in* tlc.tr. Which t»©r* I Edith—Ob! yes. It was only th© other I un p before he rould fire the soa i
iw**t ©itisetis of bis ciHuinttnlty.—Mont- (th*kl©r ©ye? Becius to me yon’v© got more day that $di© paid tlOQ for a slumming I had. seized him and topk the pistol I
ejrtf u a potato!"—I Hast rated Bits. gown.—Terre ilaute Trihuue. away from the frenzied man.
MAN
DEFEATED
When an honest man goes
down to defeat, and failure. It
It generally found that he wax
In some manner handicapped.
The greatest handicap In
tills strenuous age, when
every moment counts and
ever)- muscle and nerve Is be
ing strained to achieve suc
cess, ts a deceptive pair of
eyes.
It only takes a little while
lo make a thorough and care
ful test of your eyes in or
der to determine the lenses
you require. We are per
fectly equipped to make this
examination and utir opti
cians are the best that can be
secured. »
Opticians to the Southern
people for 35 years.
A. K. HAWKES CO.,
OPTICIANS
14 WHITEHALL ST.
-J^*'