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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, TI'hsDAY. NOVEMBER 13, 1906. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN •OHM Mint CM AVIS. 14*W r. L SUIT, Prrudttf. Published Every Afternoon. iBscept Sundsy) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, At 25 West A fa bams St.. Atlanta. Ga. Subscription Rates. One Tear $4.» Six Month* 2M .__iatati»es for all lerrliory ooti Georgia. Chicago Offlco Tribune Bldr. Sew York Oflflr*....*. Potter Bid*. those the Circulation telephone i nd bare It Atlanta 4401. It la desirable that all comtnunlra* tlona Intended for publication In THE GEORGIAN 1* limited to 400 words la fenfth. It Is Imperative that they be signed, as an evidence of good faith, though the names will lie withheld If requested. Rejected manuscripts will aot tie returned unices stamps are sent for the purpose. THE GEORGIAN prints no unclean or objectionable adrertlslng. Neither does It print whisky or any liquor ads. OUR PLATFO.RM.-The Georgian itnnds for Atlanta's owning Its own gas operated successfully by Europe cities, as they are. there'Is no i before we are ready for so big an tin* dertaklug. Htlll Atlauta should wt Its fact In that direction NOW. POPULAR JURIES JUDGING RAILROADS. Tbe progress of tho suits in tbe case of last summer’s picnic ’party against the Central and Atlanta aud West Point railroads would not indicate the existence of any particular prejudice against the railroads on lowed in the wake of tbe war upon tbe fortunes of the Republican part}’. Upon tho bosom of sectionalism and of military strife they have held fast to the party that freed the slaves and saved the government. Twenty-seven years have held them fast to this old party, which simply prospered upon tbe part of that portion of the public which ma-c* up the petit Juries of ^ctionalism and strife. But these men who were born of the faith and of j tbe countrv t* 1 ® creeds of Abraham Lincoln, are at heart believers In that new nnd den- f Up to Monday noon, out of suits aggregating claims of 1135,000. the; nlt f wblc . h Iooks »o thejntcreatt of the great mass of the people judgments given and verdicts rendered only made an aggregate of about CHOJLLY KNICKERBOCKER "White Blood." Whom that la Baptist does not know Dr. Henry M. Wharton? And whom, for that matter. Baptist or no Baptist, does not know and love this large and vital evangelist, this wholesome and effective preacher, this philosopher of events and this strong, wholesome Southern i>ersonallty which has for so long a time done its great and effective work In the Southern church? Dr. Wharton's latest achievement in the world of letters is a strong and Interesting novel which, under the title of "White Blood,” ia a story of the South which establishes In Its strong and earnest pages the suprem acy of white blood and tho unconquer able future of the Saxon race. Few men have been better situated than Dr. Wharton to know and to study the negro. Whether as a boy upon his own Virginia plantation, as a soldier In the Confederate armies, at bearing a part in the struggle of i the heroic reconstruction, or at a phil osopher In this later day, and above ail things a preacher both to white and to negro people In the 8outh, Dr. Wharton baa had at least tbe rare equipment of experience for his work. "White Blood” la not so flery and passionate a novel aa "The Clans man." but it will doubtless make much larger and more wholesome im pression upon the people outsido of the South In a strong, brave and hon est way. It wraps around vivid In cidents and tender love story the great truth which tne author desires to Impress, that in this Southern country both the Interest of the white man and tbe Interest of the negro Jointly demand that the Caucasian shall rule and direct tbe civilisation upon which the prosperity of both depends. Dr. Wharton has told hi* story vividly, and in many cases pow erfully. and we feel sure that bis thousands of friends In Dials will be delighted to read this creation of bit fancy upon the fabric of his experi ence and philosophy. A large lot of elementary slush has been sent from New York to Atlanta relating to the Hearst campaign and Its results. Part of this Is truckling, aad part sheer ignorance. This much Is clear about the New York cam paign. It was fought upon a great platform of simple, vital principles. It was fought bravely, cloarly and pow erfully. Such principles never die, nor do such advocates go down to burial until their work Is done. Hearst will live and hls principles will triumph. 16,040 against the roads. StireIy%o man who reads there verdicts rendered by, jurors living within the environment of the parties hilled and injured, will derive the impression that the railroad could not get justice or that there was an unfair spirit toward the corporation In the dispensation of equity by the people and the law. The fact is that there is no prejudice againit the railroad except that which the railroad makep. In sections of the country through which thesa great transportation lines jiass, the people In their attitude toward tho rail roads redact most accurately and promptly the exact attitude of the rail roads toward them. If the railroad Is kind, accommodating, and helpful to the people of the community through which It passes; If it Is not disagreeable In tbe matter of aide tracks and depots and the stopping of trains upon serious emergencies—If It is not arrogant and dictatorial in Ith attitude toward the traveling public; If It Is not unfair and extortionate In the rates of freight— why the people who live along these lines entertain for the corporations a feeling aa friendly as that which they carry Cor each othfer They are al ways willing to oblige the railroads; they are always willing to do them Justice. They have lost long since the class distinction which made any countryman ready to render a verdict against the railroad because he thought the railroad bad the moat money'or tbe largest purse. That class of countrymen no longer live, at least In this good state of Georgia. They are a reading, thinking, and a prosperous people. And they are fair and honorable, and they can weigh law, evidence and equity In a case against the railroad just as welt as they could a case against one of their own number. ‘ , Leave tho people'* minds unclouded by Injustice and unlrritated by arro gance and oppression and the people are amiable and always fair. We know railroad presidents In this state who are as popular with the country peo ple through whom they travel as any one of their fellow citizens In the several counties. And wo know railroad presidents whose manners and whose niothods are so arrogant that It does Indeed become n serious trial to a red-blooded human being to be fair and kind to such men or to the interests which they represent. Neither In railroads nor in individual relations '.doe* the Golden Rule fail to do Its beautiful and perfect work. "Do unto others at you would that others should do unto you," applies aa well to a railroad president aa to a Sunday school' superintendent, and the kind words which never die when joined to kind deed* that shall always live, make up the beat and most statesmanlike policy which a corporation president can put Into elo cution among a people who are Inherently fair and just and kind. We trust that no unfair or unrighteous verdict may be rendered against the corporation in these Important cases. We trust that no man who swears upon the Book will forget In the jury box his obligation to deal without prejudlco and without discrimination. And we commend both to corpora tion and to counties, to plutocratic syndicates and to a pulsing people, that kindneea and fairness nnd Justlco are tbe foundation stones of righteous ness nnd the solid bulwark of a permanent prosperity. The Armory-Auditorium is mighty likely to get it* ortheopical legs on tangled In Atlanta's lingual passages, and when It la duly and formally named the people of Atlanta will then duly proceed to call It just what is moat convenient and acceptable to their tongue*. The city and state are now ready to get down to the serious aud ab sorbing buslneas of making ready for tbe annual visit of Santa Clana. Ail those under ten yean of age who favor this movement will please ssy "I.” The Savannah man who comes to Atlanta often Is distinguished from othere of his fellow cltlxens by the su- lierior speed with which he gets to hls ofloe in the morning. Col. Pleasant Stovall, of The Savan nah Press. Is a radical believer In con vert attain. WHERE DOES DEMOCRACY STAND? After the storm of the ballots In the Empire State of tho North, Democracy may well begin to dotermlne where it stands, what It stands for, and who stands with It. Certain It Is, that never In our political history have party ties set so lightly upon tho political consciences of suffragists in tbe republic. It is in truth and In fact the most fearless and most independent ago of thinking that our politics hare over known. Iicarst and Hughes in Now York hold off from the hustings on which they harassed tholr issues, all suggestions of national politics or of strict party alignment. The greatest state In the Union In the greatest contest in its history fought out the battle upon lines of policy and conviction rutber than upou lines of partisanship and party conviction. Fifty per cent of tho men who voted for Hearst In tho last election were Republicans. Forty per cent of the men who voted for Hughos In tho last eloctlon were Democrats, and tbeso men voted not along traditional llnea of party nor by ediot of caucuses or convention, but rather by tho strict lines of convic tion In the disposition of their ballots. It was an epochal election In the history of the republic. Let us consider the conditions as they appeared in New York and after ward aa they look In other portion* of tho republic. Mr. Hearst was the candidate of the regular Democratic state convention at Buffalo. He received nearly two-thlrda If not three-fourth* of the vote of that conven tion. When he went before the public of New York for votes, the Demo cratic mayor of New York was against him Tho Democratic leader of Brooklyn. In Kings county,- was against him. Every corporate Domocret In the city and state was against him, and bo fought against an array of Democrats almost aa large and almost aa Influential as tho Ropubllcan* who opposed him. Not a Democratic senator of the United 8tates declared In hls favor. Scarcely a handful of the Democratic congressmen of the federal congress wore on hls side of the question. And this largest and boat and bravest and most consistent of modern Democrats fought tho bravest battle of modern timoa along tbe clearest principles of Democracy that hare been presented to an electorate for thirty years, with a party divided absolutely In half and with Ida support dependent as much on the Republicans as the Democrats of tbe Empire State. So with hla successful antagonist. True It Is that the Republican pres ident and his cabinet wore In favor of Mr. Hughes. True it I* the senators and congressmen of hls own party were on hla aid*. But 60 per cent of tho Lincoln Republican* of New York ranked themulrea under the banner of the popular advocate who had been chosen at the Buffalo con vention. Result: Hughes, the Republican, la elected governor. Chanler, tho Democrat, Is elected lieutenant governor. The entire Democratic ticket outside of governor goes into office. Take the case of William Jonnlnga Bryan. He comes home from Europe In tho thrilling triumph of a great commoner—tho Idol and leader of hla party. Every state of tho republic pulses iu welcome to tho wandorer from a foreign shore and the great man Is received In Madison Square by Democrats from Nebraska, New England, and New York, from Nevada, from California and from Connecticut, from Carolina and from Maine. And yet when he pronounces hts views upon public questions nearly every lead ing Democrat of tho country rashes Into opposing type against him. The leaders of the Democratic minority In congress rash to the other side. Two- thirds of the men of hls party who have ruled its affairs for a dozen years are at this time-crusading against hls central doctrine. Bryan, of Nebraska, has broached sentiments which seem to bo In oppoeltlon to al most four-fifths of the leading voice* who hare made the policies and the platforms of his party for a quarter of a century. Where, then, stands our Democracy in the midst of these differences and contentions? What are the things in which we consistently and coher ently believe? What are tbe things which we support, and where stands the majority of a once great party In the midst of the questions which divide us so widely and split us so hopelessly as these Issues of today? Coo auy man escape the conrictlou that the Democratic party is wider spilt today In its varying faction* than the division which sunders the party of Jefferson and the party of Hamilton? We are nnlted only in tradition and absolutely divided in conviction and In economic policies. There has grown up lu the republic a great mass of corporate Democrats. Wealth and vested interests and individual Investments hare Influenced their feeling aud their convictions until they are today no longer honest and un broken advocates of tbe party of Jefferson and Jackson. They are loath be yond expression to leave the party of their fathers—ihe organisation for which their ancestors fought on many a political field, and won and lost In many a battle of conviction. They are simply hugging the shadow from which the substance Is gone. These men In the high and imperial domina tion of the pocket book have step by step drifted Into sympathy and af filiation with the moueyed Interests of the country. They stand, whether they know it or not, among tbe privileged few. They are. whether they confess It or not, members of the party of the privileged rich. Their inter ests depend upon special privileges to the few rather than upon equal rights to all; and hanging by the mere hopeless thread of history and tradition, they are externally and seemingly loyal to a party to which they are in fact traitors in orery honest conviction and In- every political pulse of their business and professional lives. Upon tbe other hand, there are thousands of Republicans who have fol- rather than to the prosperity of the few. Lincoln Republicans almost to man today are Democrats in creed and in principle. Here, then.-we havi the absolute anomaly of two great parties holding in their ranks upon tho mere basis of sentiment and tradition, loyal pnen who are apostates and traitors to the creeds which they protest. They do not bcliero the things their fathers believed, and are not loyal to tye party for which tin-dr fa there fought. How shall we separate them from that body aud set them straight in the lines of their true convictions? We cannot prosper as a party under the handicap which tho convictions and interests of these sincere but in consistent men entail upon the platforms and policies of our party. Wo cannot, as a party, be.half fish and half fowl, a trimming, straddling organ isation, splitting onr legs in twain in the effort to cover the impossible range of Interest and creed covered by tho unassimilable dements of the party. Can Belmont and Bryan ever really agree upon a platform? Can Hearst and Bynn fight cheerfully under the same banner? Year by year wo are throttled as Democrats Is the virile life and utterances of a party or the people, by the restraining power and influence of these corporation Dem ocrats who still cling to the name of our party. That was tho meaning of the Parker fiasco of 1906. The idea of hoping to lead a people's party under a trust favorite to victor}-! It dhnnot be done,' and every po litical straddle, every spurioui makeshift of the next two decades will bo rejected by our honest people at the polls. We need not*go through the form of an election unless we can go be fore the people upon a straight, clean platform of definite and clear-cut Democracy—a Democracy without tho alloy of syndicates or the smell of the trusts. Onss more we say without hesitation that the honest thing tor these selfish corporation Democrats to-do la to go right along with tho Repub lican party to which they belong. We want them to go. -We need their room more than their company. We can never win while we share power with these men.. We can win without them. Let the Ryans and the Bel monts and the McCarrens go right along. And when they are gone, we will make room on the benches for a great boat of Lincoln Republicans who will pack the benches, and with a better and more genuine Democracy than wo have known in twenty years, we will go before the country In a straight and simple platform and sweep the ballot boxes from Penobscot to Pensacola. , } WOULD “PICK OFF” STRIKE BREAKERS o o special to Tho Georgian. Macon, Oa., Nov. 11.—According to evidence of several non-union negro switchmen and cor couplers given yea- terday In police court, several of the striking negro employees of the Cen tral are determined to pick off the men who have taken their places with rifles aa they paae at night on the cars. Be cause of threats along this line alleged to have been made, John Henry Jonee and Lee Hendereon were heavily fined, and tbe police aren ow keeping a sharp lookout for any trouble. The places of the strikers were filled by negroes from out of town. SNOW AT HUNTSVILLE FINDS CITY WITHOUT COAL. Special to The Georgian. Huntsville, Ala., Nov. tl.—A slight hllszard struck Huntsville yesterday and found tho town practically with out coal. The dealers got in a few cars before the close of the day and be lieve they will be able to keep sufficient on hand to meet the demands. The car shortage and other conditions of this character has caused the situa tion to be serious here for several weeks. There was a slight snow fall yesterday. VISIT OF SECRETARY TAFT INDEFINITELY POSTPONED, Nooks and Corners of American History By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY THE "OLD SOUTH”CHURCH, By the time of the death of Charles Special to The Gcorglau. Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. IS.—The visit of Secretary of War TV. H. Taft has been postponed Indefinitely be cause of the fact that he had to g< West to put down the riot of the Ut< Indians. He intended to Inspect the army post here with a view to the establishment of barracks here on Oc. tober 1. but he was delayed In going to Cuba. NEGRO MAKES ARREST OF OARING MURDERER. 8pectel to Tho Georgian. Anniston, Ala., Nov. 18.—Charlie Gannaway. the negro who shot nnd fatally wounded Dave I .owe, a white rarmer. at Eulaton on Saturday after noon, has been arrested and lodged In the county JaU here by George Haw kins, another negro of the same neigh borhood. This Is the first time in the history of Alabama and possibly in tho South, where a negro was arrested by a mem ber of hts own race after shooting a white man. The arrest was effected early Sunday morning after Deputy Sheriff I-eOrande and a poase of ettt- sens had given up the search for the fugitive. Hawkins discovered the criminal hiding in a com field and after considerable difficulty secured hls gun and marched him to prison. Lone is unconscious and dying from hls injuries RECOVERED HIS HORSE, BUT BUSH MADE ESCAPE, Special to The Gcorglau. Gadsden. Ala., Nov, 13.—J. R. Cam- bron. a liveryman of Alabama City, re- covered at Tuscaloosa yesterday n horse which was taken from him five weeks ago by Tom Bush. Bush had traded Cambron’e buggy, a floe rub ber-tlred affair, for an old womout rig and received considerable difference In casb. Cambron traced Bush through Birmingham and there lost the trial. U. S. WON’T BUY SILVER UNTIL PRICE GOES DOWN. that four-fifths of the adult males in Massachusetts were disfranchised be cause of inability to participate in the Lord's Supper. If a Pharisee of the time when Pharl. ealem was In the Bloom of Its bigotry and unreason could have been set down In the Boston of the year A. D. 1660 he would probably have felt the the ocracy of old Jerusalem was a tame affair in comparison with that of the New England town. The Wlnthrops, Cottons and Daven ports had everything their own way, and thoeo who were not willing to bow down to them ns the representatives of God on earth had no political rights or social standing. Many of tne disfranchised, tired of being nobodles, struck out through the wilderness and founded other states. Some went to Rhodo Island, others to Connecticut and elsewhere, but othere still remained at home, biding their time, waiting for the opportunity when they might be able to win, upon the soil of the old commonwealth, the rights which belonged to them. Some where around the year 1660 a com promise was reached between the "Ins" and tho "Outs." by which the latter, or such of them as had been baptised and that led “upright and decorous lives," were admitted to the church and to full political rights, though not to a first- class religious standing Such ■ was the so-called "Halfway Covenant," one of tho most Illogical and Inconsistent conventions ever drawn up. As might have been expected, the "Halfway Covenant" led to the blttereat controversy between the ministers und congregations, some taking one side and some the other. It was about the year 1669, and the First Church of Boston was looking for a minister. The members let It be understood that they were solidly opposed to the "Halway Covenant," and as a mark of the stalwart charac ter of their religion called to the pas torate of the church the Rev. John Da venport, of New Haven, a “theocrat of extreme type.” The railing of Mr. Davenport was the beginning of organized liberalism In Mossaehusetts. The advocates of the "Hallway Covenant" seceded from the First church and formed themselves Intot a society which they called the 'Third Church in Boston." Their meet ing house became known ae the "South Church." from the part of the city In which it was located. Later on an other church in the neighborhood took the name of the '’New South," where upon the church of the secedere began to be called the “Old South." In 1~19, upon the site of the old meeting house erected In 1669, tvos reared the present celebrated struc ture, "a building,” as Flsko well re marks." with a 'grander history than any other on the American continent, unless it be that other plain brick building in Philadelphia where the Declaration of Independence was adopted and the Federal constitution framed." O Gossips About People and Other Things. vJ ny CHOLLV KNICKERBOC iCEH. New York, Nov. 11.—Figures given out today by the government show that if the precious stones imported into the United States during the past year were divided evenly among the country's voting population every man whom the constitution permitted to cast a ballot would wear a diamond r.n eighth of a karat in weight or (oinr other precious Jewel of equal value. Statistics compiled at the customs house for the first ten months of the fiscal year up today show tho assessed worth of these Jowels to be more than 139,206,690, which Is eight times greater than duriug the same period In 1690. The total cost of stones brought to this country In ten years is more then 1310,090,000, on average expenditures of 610 for each voter. Notwithstanding the quality of dia monds on the markets of London and Inferior to those of a dozen years ago, inferior to thoee of a dozen years ago, the demand has been so great that pure stones are selling from IS to 85 per cent higher. * At the sale of the collection of George M. Elwood, the book that brought the highest price was the pri vate Journal of Aaron Barr, reprinted In full, from the original manuscript In the library of William K. Bixby, of St. Louts. This rare work, which Is In two volumes, woa privately printed for gratuitous distribution. This copy Is the first thet has come on the market It was sold for 1156. , The Jinn. Ronald C. Lindsay, of the British embassy, acted as best man for Arthur Grant-Duff, British minister to Cuba, at hts marriage to Miss Kath leen Clayton yesterday afternoon In the Belgian legation. Miss Grace Thomp son. of St. Louis, ncted as the bride's maid of honor and only attendant. Rivalry of the women of the "650" In the wearing of gorgeous evening wraps has gone so far that each new "oreatlon" seems to literally outshine all former triumphs of the dressmak ers. Ire. George Gould seems for the mo. Jit to hold the prize. She appeared the other evening wearing a wrap of finest white cloth, hung In curious ar tistically draped fotde, somewhat Gre cian in effect. The enormous sleeves were of chiffon, cut all in one piece, but cleverly manipulated to produce the semblance of a trio of puffs. The yoke was of duchease laco, which also formed an underfacing down In the •Idee, the ermine lining showing onlv when tho wrap was thrown back, it was finished with curiously twlstm white silk cord and seed pearls. Views of divorce which an English clergyman has Just expressed have drawn high encomiums from sundry dl voi ced women in town who have grown reticent about their ages and have given up having birthday parties “tVe ought to have tho divorce law that was enforced In ancient Greece" the preacher said. "If a certain old Greek clause were tacked to every separation I am persuaded that di vorces will fall off 60 to 70 per cent This law was that when a man got a divorce he could not, under any cir cumstances, marry another woman younger than hls farmer wife. How many divorces would be nipped in the bud then?" GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. Sew Tort, Nov. IS—Here sre some ot the visitors in New York todsy: /ATLANTA-O. It. Edmondson, T. E. “fiSStafcf?- pre,t0D THIS DATE IN HISTORY. NOVEMBER 13. 1561—Arthur i January L 1619. 1SS7— London's "Bloody Sundsy." lS<e»—Opening of Catholic rnlrerilty ,.f America at Washington, XI. C. MIS—United States notlded Spain that Culm must !«■ evacuated hy January 1. 1900—United States cruiser Yoaemltu wreck. ed at Guam by typhoon. 1903—A. II. Green, tbs "Fattier of Gre.it. er New York," murdered. False Pretenses It Chsrgsd. Special to The Georgian. Gadsden, Ala., Nov. 13.—Henry ’Jur- ner. Green Sullivan, Sevlns Smith and Hass Sutton, all negroes, were arrest ed and taken back to Anniston tolav The New French Emmons for Quality Back Washington, Nov. 13.—The secretary of the treasury yesterday discontinued the purchase of silver bullion. The price asked was 72 cents an ounce. The purchase of bullion will not be resumed until there is a decided fail In the price, the secretary announces. To Erect New Building. Huntsville, Ala., Nov. 13.—The Ab ingdon Manufacturing Company has awarded a 315,000 contract -to il L. Patterson, of this city, for the enlarge ment of their plant. qOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOO O COLLECTION PLATES O STOLEN FROM CHURCH. O O O O Special to The Georgian. O O Chattanooga, Tenn.. Nov. 13.— O 0 When the .deacons at the First O O Presbyterian church of this city O O went to pass the collection plates O O they were missing and the fact O O developed that vandabf hail been O 0 in the church ami stole the plates, O O which were made of silver. O OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO nest. NO WORD IS RECEIVED FROM PROFESSOR HAU. Washington, Nov. 13.—Since hls ar rest in London on a charge of having shot and kilted hls mother-in-law lq Baden-Baden. Germany, Professor Carl Hau. of the faculty of George Wash ington Unverslty, and a member of the local bar, has not communicated with his friends in Washington, nor has he sent any word to President Needham of the university. WILL DRESS TO SUIT THE STREET CAR MEN. Specie I to The Georgian. Macon, G«., Nov. 13.—In reapohse to orders Issued by General Manager Ny han. of the street railway company, to collect fares from police and firemen unless they were uniformed as ho de scribed, Mayor Smith has Instructed the members of these departments how they shall dress at various times. Not only has the mayor said what the police shall wear as fatigue and dress uniforms, but he has declared that detectives shall be uniformed in citizens' Clothes and a badge, and h*s also described the uniform of the sta tion sergeants. This means that de tectives will ride by Hashing their badge, which they could not do in the Overcoat Perhaps the smartest overcoat style that’s been shown in several seasons is the new French back, as pic tured in this ad. With its broad shoulders, its form-fitting back, its flare bottom skirt with deep vent, and with a length just below the knee, makes it in deed a graceful coat—and one that should please every good dresser. A style that looks good on every age man. The French back style in fancy novelty mixtures of rough light and dark gray Scotch materials, black Thibet and Undressed Worsted. Prices range from $15.00 to $35.00 Every Other Overcoat Style Short Box Coats of smooth, light and dark tan and grov Cove t materials, and black Thibet, $18,00 to $25.00 Long 52 and 54-inch and medium length coats in fancy mixtures aud blacks for men, $15.00 to $35.00, for youths, $10,00 to $20.00 Cravenette Raincoats in solid grays, tans and blacks and fancy mixtures of smooth'Worsted and Cheviot materials, $12.50 to $25.00 P? nne* 'l c,„..