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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. FRIHAV. NOVKJIHKIt K V THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN :chx Jtxnt cr* vis. f. L SUIY. President Published Every Afternoon. (Czcept Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, At S West Alabama St, Atlanta, Ga. Subscription Rates. One rear J4 W six Month* fg Three Months 1» By Carrier, Per Week.,.,.. Telephones connecting all department*. Lon* distance terminals. BmilO ft lUUiiipMUi, auianuiiL menUtlTC, for all territory outi giargla. rblcaao Office .Tribsss Bid*. New York OHIff Potter Bid,. It l« drslrabl, that all rommonlra. Hess In tendril for publication In THE GKORGIAN be limited to 400 word. In lenfth. It la It, pe retire that thar bn rirr"d, aa an wMwcs of rood faith, thonih the nan., wtll be withheld If requeeted. Rejected mannacrlpU will not bo returned onleu a taupe are eent for the pnrpoee. THE GEORGIAN prints no unclean or objectionable adrertlalnr Neither doe. It print whlokr or an, liquor ade. OUR PLATFORM.-Tbe Georftau Ilanila for Atlanta', owning It* own gas and electric light planta, aa It now awna Ita wnterworka. Other dtlea do thle and got tun low no*) cent*, with * prott to th* rltj. Tbla ahoold nted aorreaaioiijr nr uuroptai «, aa they are, them la no good on why they cannot ho eo operated i. But we do not bellera thi. can r, and It may be eome yearn in ready for an Mg an ua- mill Atlanta ebon Id eat lie I* dona now, and It may be eome before we are ' Seriating 80 faco In that direction NOW, Our New Railway System and Its Meaning. The Atlanta, Birmingham and At tootle railway occupies a position which puts It upon a distinct piano* of expectation and of regard among the people of Georgia. This railroad haa Its raat clalma upon consideration In the fact that it was projected and la being built al most exclusively by Atlanta men. The officers and. managers of tho corporation have their largest vested Interests outside of this road within i ho limits of this capital city. Tho genoral offices of the Atlauta, Birmingham and Atlantic ■ will be lo cated in Atlanta. These two facts—the Interest of the road's owners in this capital city and the location of Ita general offices In Atlanta—will by all the records and precedents of railroad life assure to ulantn an Interest and consideration on-the part of this great corporation equal to If It Is not poiltively and dell- attety superior to that felt for ua by any other corporations which enter our limits. The Atlanta and Birmingham rail road is built according to tho highest and moat modem methods of con struction. Without regard to expenae, solidity, durably, with tho highest class of grading, of railing, and of equipment, this road la being built with every evidence of an Intention to permanent usefulness and to complete i acilltles for doing Its full part In tho lmlnatrial development of this great state. The Atlanta and Birmingham i ailroad, under Mr. George D. Wadloy, has been known for these ten years past as the parlor road of Georgia, sad the union of tbit line with Mr. ttklnson's small line from Moultrie ;o Montezuma and tho extensions of he road under Mr. Atkinson's con struction from LaGrange to Birming ham and Atlanta will all grow unde, the same complete and almost luxu rious perfection of equipment and con venience. The road la building upon a com mercial plan which la so clear and definite that Us eminently good sense nil I appeal to tho intelligence of i his people. The road la constructed upon tho theory that the transporta tion problem Is best to bo worked out by Interior lines within a certain nrea converging to the seaboard, and then transporting its freight by the water route to the great cities of tho coun try. This, it will be remembered, haa been the basis of defense by the rail roads against the charges of Inequality of freight rates during the last two years. And this haa been the JustlQ- cation of that fearful auomaly that in lght could be carried from Chicago 10 Now York, and thence* to Florida at a lower rate than It could be brought from Chicago down one side of the tri angle to Atlanta. Mr. Atklnaon'a lines converging from Georgia and Alabama, and their connections with the great granaries of tho West at Birmingham, and find ing their outlet la the harbors of Brunswick and Savannah, will furnish to tlio products of this country and to its Importation as well, the water com petition which will enable the Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlantic to stand as our one hope of cotnpeUtlon, our bul wark and protection against the merr- sd and monopolistic railroads of the South. The merit of these lines Is in the Tact of their complete and absolute In dependence of other groat through systems and of their freedom for com petition under the laws of trade. With singular foresight and sagaci ty Mr. Atkinson some yean ago man- aged tu secure the most valuable ter minals leading directly Into the heart of Atlanta, and finding their passenger terminus side by side with tho new terminal station of the combined rail roads in Atlanta. Tho Georgian has no designs, either present or remote, upon the favor or friendship of the Atlanta. Birmingham forcemeat to the resources and pay rolls of Atlanta One word about Mr. Atkinson, tho projector and practically tho con structor of this new and notable sys tem of Southern railroads. Mr. At kinson has won bis spurs as one of the notable captains of this age of In dustry. A young man, and a most inl and Atlantic railroad, Imt we cannot I pretentious man In his quiet detorml fall to see the meaning and slgnlfl j nation, ho has demonstrated a far- canco of this great and growing ays-; seeing sagacity and a deathless ten- tem to the development and prosper!-! aclty of purpose which has already ty of the city In which we lire. It i placed him In tho front rank of the is because of this conception which Is | vital Industrial factors of tho New very clear and definite In our minds South. In time past Tho Georgian has that we do not hesitato to express the had occasion to critlclzo Mr. Atkln- oplnlon that go far from obstructing, i son’s policies as expressed In some of Atlanta ought to throw every possible ; the corporations with whlch’ho Is dom- encouragement and help In tho way of inantly connected. Wo shnll doubt- this great new system In the establish- j less have occasion la the future to dlf- ment of Its terminals and yards. These | fer ngaln with theso policies and per- people havo paid nearly n million dot- 1 haps to combat bis Ideas. But in the lars for the property which they own j main we do not hesitate to express the In Atlanta. They will expend nearly 1 fact that Mr. Atkinson Is a builder and a million dollars In Atlanta la the Am- a benefactor to thla section of the provement and development of these j South. Ho Is one of the plus men for yards and terminals. They own In I whose life and activity tho world la tbemsejves all the property which j richer and larger than it would have they seek to Improve, with the Inflnlrf been without him. We believe that teslmal exception of one or two blocks bis purposes are not only large in tlio conservative attitude of the leading liquor men, and their willing ness to he reasonable upon the city’s side of this proposition. Why. then, in this period of healing—in this time of wounds and dif ference among our people—In this period of scars new made, and of strife yet fresh and painful—in this period of serious and menacing relations be tween the races—In this period of unrest, which is also a period—thank heaven—of conservatism and mutual concesison—why should wo not utilize our opportunities In discretion and good temper rather than precipitate a doubtful contest In which the battle would be bitter and Its end In doubt? Why should not the temperance people of Atlanta set themselves to wring from the period of concession, the salient points of: 1. Higher licenses. 2. Few saloons. .1. And greater restrictions. To win these points would mean a mighty triumph for the friends of temperance. It would he a great advance, and it might be bought as a bloodless victory. It Is our sincere belief that the better and wiser Judgment of the tem perance people would advise a present compromise along these lines. ' It Is an open question whether they could win more. Wo send our good wishes to the Anti-Saloon League and commend to them temperance In counsel and prudence in policy at this time. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. New York. Nor. 16,-Ilere ore some of the visitor* In New York today: ATLANTA—B. Cantey. J. G. Goonre, O. A Inman. SAVANNAH—C. linbejr, S. Itsbey. P. Ha- bey, If. N. Its bey. IN WASHINGTON. Washington. Nor. 10.—Tha following Geor gian* are In Washington today: At’orsTA—E. J. Mulberin and wife; tv. K. Young and wife. SAVANNAH—tl. tV. Dalton and wife. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. whose streets they auk to close. Hav ing taken pains to cxamlii'e with some care Into the nature and cnvtrdnment of these thoroughfares, we unhesitat ingly express the opinion as a'citizen that the Atlanta, Birmingham and At lantic has conducted Itself with much liberality toward the public and pri vate property over which they have entered Atlanta, and that the city through Its municipal authorities should be very alow to obstruct by any captious legislation their opea and honorable progress Into the lim its of their flnal^ passenger station. No merely captious* obstructions and no desire to extort from a corporation that has been found willing to pay should hinder or delay the comple tion of these great yards and terminals that mean so certain a development of the section of the city through which they come, and so magnificent a rein- scope, but that they are not lacking In that beneficence of Conception which separates the avaricious and greedy from the publlc-splrlted and patriotic. We think that Mr. Atkinson himself has enlarged with the growth and de velopment of his great enterprises, and we sincerely believe that ho himself I* enamored In no small degree with the prospects of this great Southern country In whose development.he Is tafring so large a part. We congratulate Mr. Atkinson In the superb achievements credited'to him within the past decade, and we assure him that nothing has commended him more heartily and more*suhstautlnlly to tho appreciation of the South than this great system which In Its plan and Ita progress and Its meaning com mands the confidence and the com mercial expectation of Atlanta and of the state. SHALL WE HAVE A PROHIBITION FIGHT? Thero la scarcely a question so vital with interest ami serious mean ing to the people of Atlanta as that which the Anti-Saloon League will settlo-thls Friday aftoraoon. Shall a prohibition election be precipitated upon tho people of At lanta? Upon this question some public voice should speak out fairly aad frankly. We have waited for some other to begin. As ho one else has spoken tho obligation seems to settle here. It has appeared to be the mission of The Georgian to apeak when other* are uncertain or afraid. And u|>on this Issue we have won the right to apeak In part for tho moral olement which holds thla matter In Its bands. Whatever our per sonal associations, we havo voted every prohibition ticket that was ever presented to out- suffrage since majority. We have not always Indorsed Its plan or appsoved Its expediency, but with tho moral issue brought face to face with the ballot In onr hands, we havo flung It where the weight of conscience turned the scale. If an election Is forced by the ultra friend* of prohibition here we will doubtless vote with them once again. More than this. The Georgian has laid upon the altar of Ita convic tions' here nearly $12,000 as the pledge of Us sincerity to the Temper ance cause of Georgia. Tbo closing ot onr columns to llqnor advertise ments costa ut la the aggregate JiW that much'every year, and It any oth er newspaper In Georgia haa won by sacrifice a better right to speak, we will be silent to hoar the message. With this foreword, we frankly express the hope that there will Jte no prohibition election In Atlanta. We do not think IP would, be safe or wise to havo this election now. Tho reasons for this belief are first moral, and then material. Tho wounds have not yet healed that were made by the prohibition election of 1888. There aro clients and attorneys, nolghbora, and breth ren who are looking at each other until thla day over narrowing chasms of soreness and feeling from that war. They would look with dismay to see It reopon again. We have Just emerged from the longest, bitterest, cruelest political contest that Oeorgla haa ever known. For fifteen weary months the state has been torn by bitterness, criticism, personal antagonisms and' personal abuse. Factions havo been established, and thero are rankling wounds which only time and a long period ot peace can heal. Is this a time to project a new and bitter strife over a question which has always act up the sword in communities like thla? There Is never a fiercer division than over a moral queitlon. Tho Intensity ot enthusiasts, the frensy of fanatics, and tho high tension of selfish Interests clashing at the ballot box make war war In Its fiercest phase. It I* so soon after one long battle to go Into another that wilt make even a fiercer strife. And more serious still. We are Just this moment, as It were, on ot the horror and nightmare of a riot which haa set the races upon a ten sion greater than thoy have known before. "Tho problem of tbo races" is foremost and uppermost, and any new and fierce division among our people might be fraught with dangers grave enough to make strong men tremble In tbelr consideration. There was never a prohibition election in Atlauta that did not Involve the negro. Sooner or later the fierceness of division, the eagerness to win, the frensy of imrtlsanship, and the moral fanaticism which blinds the eyes to all means that can be made to help great ends, brings In the black shadow ot dlvlslou, and tho evil Is upon us. Those of us who remember that last great prohibition fight wiirremeuber the appeal that was made to the negro there—tho taxes that were paid, tho rotes that were eagerly solicited, and the fraternity that was squandered upon the black voter; and there be some of us who recall how on that evening of victory painted harlots, white and black, rode cheering and triumphant in the carriages that had carried their champions to the polls. Du we want another day like that, or another night like that to fol, low? The tension then was not as great as It Is today. We could have divided more Safety then than now. And deep Indeed must be tho moral crisis, and vast the necessity which could justify the projection ot this great diridiug Issue at a period so ominous and among conditions so threatening aa these which compass us today. Let us set upon the other side—the side of waiting and discretion— these facts. There Is a groat sentiment for saloon repression among the powers that govern In Atlanta. See how promptly the saloons were shut tight durtug the riot week. See how slowly and how guardedly they were opened. See the restrictions that were promptly placed around a trade already held in strict surveillance and In prudept bounds. Note The Tabernacle Auditorium. We aro publishing today a general description of the plan and purpose of the new Auditorium now assured by Dr. Broughton and his great congre gation of tho Tabernacle. With tho unflinching courage and the indefatlgablo energy which has always characterized the great enter prises of this really great Institutional church, theso gentlemen are going on In this large undertaking In which success isi already assured and In which a vastly Increased activity and usefulness Is a definite certainty. Dr. Broughton Is putting bis blood and brain Into the work as he has never done before, and with his com pany of lieutenants In full and cordial sympathy with his every movement wo may be sure that Its completion will bo a definite achievement of the coming year. Sound business men to whom the scheme bps been presented give It their highest indorsement and regard It as a business arrangement of un doubted sanity and success. When this great enterprise Is com pleted, Atlanta will have an Institu tional church without an equal In the South, and none this side of Dr. Rus sell Conwell’s great Baptist Temple In Philadelphia will compare with It. And for this as for so much that has been already done, we are Indebted to thofvltal life and purpose of the famous pastor of the Tabernacle. Littfe Bobby’s Essays. DOCTORS. Doctors la the men that keeps us from gluing sick when we are well and keeps us from sitting welt when we arc pick, doctors Is ot 2 (two) kinds. Reg ular doctors ft horse doctors. the first doctor was Adam's son Cain, lie was talking to his brother Abel & Abel sed Cain was a Joak. Vary'well, sed Cain, I will give you your medlsln, ft he hit Abel with a oak club ft Abpf breethed no moor. I think- horse doctors are better than regular doctors, beekmus last week my Aunt May had the teever ft our hone hod the colick. ft Pa got a regular doc tor for Aunt May ft a hone doctor for the horse, ft Aunt May died en the hone got well. I had a doctor when 1 had the mee- elee, he calm and sed Well, ray little man, stick out youso toung. ft when I stuck out my toung he sed What seems to be the matter with you? ft i sed I have the meesles, so the doctor turned around to Pa ft sed Deer me. he has the meesles, I will give him sum meesle medlsln, 25 dollars, pleese. he left me sum medlsln ft I didn’t talk It so t got well. there are sum things a doctor cant cure, nalmly Leprosy, Consumuahun. broaken harts ft other diseases. My Ma had a doctor for a broaken hart tint week. Pa calm hoarn without his weeks munny & Ma sed My hart Is braking, send,for tho doctor, ft when the doctor calm ft Ma told him about Pas munny beelng gone he sed Deer me, you doant want to see the doctor, you want to see the cashier. i cant think of any moar about doc. ton. KDITORS. editors, is the men that reeda every thing In the papers, magazeens, etc. ft tells the printers what to print. editors la different from doctors, bee- kaus doctors lem there trade In skoot ft the editors start at the bottom ft work up Inch by Inch as the long yeera go by. editors Is moastly vary nice men but they never have much time to talk ex cept to the'oancr of the paper. If a re porter cums In ft shows a editor a Story the editor jest grunts ft says Hello Goodby. if a poet cums In with a poem the editor jest says Goodby. My Pa wrote a poem once & went to show it to a editor ft took me with him. the editor was smoaklng a pipe ft dldent look up & Pa sed Pardon me 1 have wrote a poem, ft the editor sed tf you have wrote a poem I can’t pnrdon you, but my Pn wnsent scared of him ft sed I will reed It & he red: I stood at Eve when the sun went tlotyn necr a gralv where a woman lies wlch lured mens soals to the depth of sin U Bridget, save them pies! the editor looked at Pa a minuet & sed "23." then when Pa dldent go he called a office boy ft sed Show this gentleman the elevator. when I grow up I wud like to be H editor so I can smoak a pipe ft say “23.” ENGLAND. englaml la a grate country tliut Is bounded by the oshun but england owns lots of reel estate so It Is sed the sun never Sets on English tarltory or on the engllsli flag. the engllsh peeple are n grate race, the wlminen are butlful ft graceful ft tho men are vary polite, thay always say My Word Old Chap ft thay kno Jest what to ware when thay talk thare wives out nltes. My Pa knoa what to ware too but he owes the tailor so much that he dosent always ware It. the principal city of england Is called London It la a grate city ft the princi pal producks are moastly lords that cum over heer ft marry American gurls. the king of england Is called Ed the 7th. he la a just ft grate ruler that used to be Prince of Walls but not any more, when he was Prince of Walls he was a jolly dog ft had 87 suits of close ft used to bet on the horses, but now he Is a king and sets on his throne all day ft his pants git baggy from set ting down so he ha* to have 128 suits Of close now. \ thq greatest man In england was Mr, Shakespeare, he -was a writer who wrote moastly plays like Romeo ft Ju liet. Romeo was making luv to Juliet £ be used to aland under her ponrch say She Is My Lady. She Is My Luv, but shn sed You will have to ask Pa. Also how much Life Insurance have you got? ft Romeo sed I doant carry nny Insurance, so she sed Farewell to Thee ft he killed hlsaelf. 1 kno about sum other countries wlch t will tell you luiter. NOVEMBER 16. 1724-Jack Sheppard, famous Bullish high- wnyman, executed. 1811—Jehu bright, famous English states man, ltorn. Died March 27, 18X1. 1823-Ilenry (iossswuy Dsvls. of West Vlr- 1833—t'ltuo'thy Dwlcht, former president of Yale university. Isirn. 1864-tlettersl Sherman lert Atlanta and be gan his inarch to the sen. 1889—Brasilian monarchy overthrown and republic established. tm— Many lives lost by cortliqunke In southern Italy nnd Sicily. 1897—President McKinley signed tho treaty adopted by universal iwatal congress. 1900-John Porter, negro, Imrtied nt the stake for murder of little girl In Col orado. BRIEF NEWS NOTES Friends and the family of Governor Higgins are concerned that his health, which has been a source of uneasiness for monthH, is not Improving rapidly. But the exaggerated reports that his condition has become so serious that physicians ordered him home are re futed. Russell French, the 4-year-old son of a well-known New Jersey family, mistook a bottle of liver pills on a shelf for candy. He ata them and before a doctor could be summoned died. The Holy phost Society at Hltlloh, In n hearing before Governor Cobb, of Maine, and counsel, was reported aa being a "menace to tho state,” Follow ers say that the Rev. Hanford, the leader, has a hypnotic Influence over his flock. There was a lively time In the Circle theater. Broadway and Sixtieth street. New York, when a Alight fire was foupd In the balcony. Chorus girls, arrayed In bnth robes, ran around the auditorium greatly excited, but the ushers formed a fire brigade with slg- nnl success and the treasurer kept right on selling tickets. James Rooney, aged 17. who eloped with and married 15-year-ohl Margaret Brough, tour weeks ago. In a letter from Albany to his mother, Mrs. An drew Rooney, of Jersey City, asking for money to return home, says he wants to get back to work, but that rather than give up Ilia bride, they will stny In Albany and starve together. Beautiful Mrs. Margaret Fusan, dis charged In Jefferson Market on a forg ery charge, was Immediately re-arrest- ed In connection with the notorious Magic Boots swindle. It Is alleged that she acted as an agent for "Profeseor” Matthew Hllgert, and offered complain ing wltneeses money to withdraw charges they had made. On the re quest of an attorney for her relatives, the woman wns committed to Bellevue, pending an examination aa to her sanity. Whisky and quinine Oaken for a bad cold by Anson Phelps Stokes’ new chauffeur, Finney, has a bad effect upon the man’s much-heralded capaci ty, for he smashed the machine Into stone fences, stopped It in front of trol ley cars, paid little heed to the chief of police of Stamford and cut up nil kinds ot high jinks. The automobile cost 120,000, and It Is a wreck. Mr. Stokes, disgusted, refused to ball the man out of jail. GOSSIP By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER' New York. Nov. 16.—Mrs. Frederick IV. Vanderbilt, benefactress of th, newsboys and messenger boys of New port for many years, has given order, for another spread for them on Tlunk,. giving day. Five hundred boys of the street uli| ; ||M given a turkey dinner In Masonic ! ball, and will also be treated to randy lee cream and plenty of music. It Is probable Mrs. Vanderbilt win com* to Newport to see the picture her dinner will present. She haa requests Hie King's Daughters of Newport to manage the nffalr for her. Aside from the prominence of both Congressman Bourke Cocktail and hi, bride, who was Miss Annie Ide, yets ter. day's nuptials had nr. especial hold on the sympathies nnd Interest of th, American people as being the outcome of tlio second romance in Important-, that saw Its heyday during the now faiqouK trip of the Taft party to the Orient n year or ao ago. Bourkt- Cock ran, who has few. tf any, equals in America ns un orator, nnd a brilliant extemporaneous speak er, was born in County Sligo, Ireland, 52 years ago and was being educated In France for the priesthood when he de cided to conic to America and take hi, chances. Arriving in this country al most penniless when he was 17 years old. he worked ns a dry goods clerk, then taught for a period nnd then studied law and was admitted to th, bar. White still a mere youth, Mr. Cock- rnn won hla first great fame as a polit ical orator nt the* Democratic conven tion nt Syracuse In -1879. This gave hint Instant fame, and brought him to the notice of John Kelly. Soon after ward he was found In Tammany- Hall and received the appointment as sher iff’s counsel. Mr. Cockran wns elected to congres, In 1887 and again In 1891, serving until 1895. In 1896 he became an advocated the gold standard and campaigned for McKinley. On the anti-Imperiallsttc Issue he returned to the Democratic party In 1900 and itfBde a campaign ror Bryan. When McClellan became may- or Iti 1904, Mr. Cockran was elected to fill his unexptred* term In congress and was later re-elected to congress. There Is a wise woman In Pough keepsie. She Is Mr*. James Crawford, who for years has supported her hus band, who drank up all the money- he could get while she did seven washings a week. Little by little she kept put ting away savings from her meager earnings until she found she had 8100. She caused her husband to be sum moned before Justice Cavpentev and offered him the 1100 If he would sign an agreement to leave the village and noyer come near her again. Crawford signed the paper and took the money. Restored to health and about to make her entry In Washington society. Mis, Evelyn Walsh Is a figure of great In terest to fortune hunters. It has been asserted she wants a foreign title, but it Is said her father ts on the doubtful side. Miss Wslah Is only slightly lame, as the result of tho accident In which she was Injured and her brother was killed. The English Royal Society for I lie Protection of Birds, which, amung other things, carries on a crusade against killing rare nnd beuutlful birds lor decorating wofnen’s hats, has an en thusiastic member who announced at the society's conference that she em ploys a woman detective to attend every church In la certain district to ascertain the names and addresses of the women wearing the plumes of birds. .These are then appealed to later. The Russian government. to Remember Jllways, Emmons for Quality Clothes With The Emmons Label Means Clothes Satisfaction You could shut your eyes aud choose with safety, auy Suit or Overcoat from the Emmons stock so far as qual ity and style are concerned. The garment that bears the name of Emmons must be right in every way. It must bp wool, it must be abso lutely-correct in style, the linings and trimmings must be right, the tailoxnug right—and everything else that goes to make a perfect garment. And that’s why we say you can choose with safety from this stock—and why our business is steadily growing. Single and double-breasted sack suits in all the new mixtures, blues and blacks—Overcoats and Raincoats in novelty mixtures, blues, blacks, grays and tans, in all lengths and weights—to lit all size men. Men's Suits and Overcoats $15.00 to $35.00 Youths’ Suits and Overcoats $10.00 to $25.00 Clothiers, . Hatters and Furnishers. 39 and 41 Whitehall Street. 32 and 34 So. Broad Street. strengthen Its position In the electoral campaign, will soon promulgate a law providing for Sunday closings. The wife of Peter Struve, formerly editor of the revolutionary paper. Emancipation, surreptitiously circulat ed In Russia, but now leader of the conservative democrats, lias been ar rested and Imprisoned In St. Peters burg. She Is of noble blood and openly revolutionary.