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• —<f 4*' THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN :OHN 7EKriE 68AYES. f. L SEELY. YtnidnL Published Every Afternoon. <Except Suudaj) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, At 25 West Alabama St, Atlanta, Ga. Subscription Rate** One Tear........... six Month. *•** Thrw Month. L}8 By Carrier, Ter W«*k » Telephones connwUng .il departments. Long dictum terminals Smith A Tbompaon, advertising M. rawntatlTM lot all territory ootalda ot Georgia. ( hlcaco Office Tribane Bldg. New York Office rotter Bldg. If yon hare any trouble getting TUB GEORGIAN, telephone the Circulation Atlanta 4401. GEORGIAN be 1 THE GEORGIAN print, no urn-teat ar objectionable adrerUalng, Neltbar doea It print wbliky or any liquor ads OUR PL AT FORM.-The Georgian •tanda for Atlanta'a owning It, own gaa and alectrlc light plant., a. It now awn. It. water work.. Other cities do tbl. and get gas aa low aa K eeats, with a profit to the city. Tbla abontd t done at once. The Georgian be* Tea that If atreet railway, can bo operated .occcMfnlly by European rides. n. they nre, there I. no good rrnaon why they eannot be ao operated here. But we do not belters tbla can be done nbw, and It may tie aoma year, before we are ready for eo big an un dertaking. HtlU Atfauta abonld aat lie fkca In that direction NOW. Onr New Railway System and Its Meaning. The Atlanta, Birmingham and At lantic railway occupies a position which puts It upon a dtatlnct plane ot expectation and ot regard among the people ot Georgia. This railroad has its vast claims upon consideration In the fact that It was projected and is being hullt al most exclusively by Atlanta men. Tho officers and managers ot the corporation have their largest vested interests outside of this road within the limits of this capital city. Tho general offices of the Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlantic will be lo cated in Atlanta. These two facts—the iuterest ot tho road’s owners In this capital city and the location of its general offices In AUanta—will by oil tho records and precedents of railroad life assnro to Atlanta an Interest and consideration on the part of this great corporation equal to It It is not positively and defi nitely superior to that felt for us by any other corporations which enter onr limits. The Atlanta and Birmingham rail road Is built according to tho highest and most modem methods of con struction. Without regard to expense, solidity, durably, with the highest class of grading, of railing, and of equipment, this road Is being built with every evidence of an Intention to permanent usefulness and to complete facilities for doing Its full part In the Industrial development of this great state. The Atlanta and Birmingham railroad, under Mr. George D. Wadloy, has been known for these ten years past as the parlor road of Georgia, and the union of this line with Mr. Atkinson's small line from Moultrie to Monteinma and ths extensions of the road under Mr. Atkinson's con struction from LaGrange to Birming ham and Atlanta will all grow under tho same complete und almost luxu rious perfection of equipment and con venience. The road is building upon a com mercial plan which is so dear and definite that its eminently good souse will appeal to the Intelligence of this people. Tho road is constructed upon tho theory that the transporta tion problem Is best to be worked out by Interior lines within a certain area converging to the seaboard, and then transporting Its freight by the water mate to tbe great cities of tbe coun try- This, It will be remembered, has been the baslB of defense by tbe rail roads against the charges of Inequality of freight rates during the last two years. Aud this has been the justifi cation of that fearful anomaly that freight could be carried from Chicago to New 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. Atkinson's lines converging from Georgia and Alabama, and their connections with the great granaries of the West at Birmingham, and find ing their outlet in tbe harbors of Brunswick and Savannah, will furnish to the products of this country and to its Importation os well, the water com petition which will enable the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic to stand as onr one hope of competition, our bul wark and protection against tbe merg ed and monopolistic railroads of the South. The merit of these lines Is in the fact of their complete and absolute in dependence of other great through systems and of their freedom for com petition under the laws of trade. With singular foresight and sagaci ty Mr. Atkinson some years ago man aged to secure the most valuable t |minals leading directly Into tho heart of Atlanta, and finding their passenger terminus side by side with the new terminal station of tbe combined rail roads in Atlanta. The Georgian has no designs, either present or remote, upon the favor or friendship of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railroad, but, we cannot fall to see tho meaning and signifi cance of this great and growing sys tem to the development and prosperi ty of the city In which we live. It Is because of this conception which la very clear and definite In our minds that we do not hesitate to express the opinion that so far from obstructing. Atlanta ought to throw every' possible encouragement and help In the wuY'of this great new system In tbe establish ment of its terminals and yards.. These people have paid nearly a million dol lars for the property- whlpti they own In AUanta. They will expend nearly a million dollars in Atlanta lu the im provement and development of thesa yards and terminals. They own in themselves all the property which they seek to Improve, with the infini tesimal exception of one or two blocks' whoso streets they ask to close. Hav ing taken pains to examine with some care Into tbe nature and environment of these thoroughfares, we unhesitat ingly express tbe 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 lie very slow to obstruct by any captious legislation their open and honorable progress Into the lim its of their flnnl passenger station. No merely captious obstructions and no decile 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 tbe city through which they come, and so magnlflcent a rein forcement to the resources nnd pay rolls of Atlanta. One word about Mr. Atkinson, the projector and practically the con structor ot 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 un pretentious man in bis quiet determi nation, he has demonstrated a far- seeing sagacity and a deathless ten acity of purpose which has already placed him In the front rank of the vital industrial factors of the New Sonth. In time past The Georgian has had occasion to criticize Mr. Atkin son's policies as expressed in some of the corporations with which he is dom inantly connected. We shall doubt less hare occasion In'the future to dif fer'-again with these policies and per haps to combat bis Ideas. But In the main we do not hesitate to express the fact that Mr. Atkinson is a builder and a benefactor to this section of the South. He Is one of the plus men for whose life nnd activity the world is richer and-lavger than U would have been ■ without him. We believe that his purposes are not only large In scope, but that they are not lacking In that beneficence of conception which separates the avaricious and greedy from the public-spirited 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 he himself is enamored in no small degree with the prospects of this great Southern country in whose development he is taking so large a part. We congratulate Mr. Atkinson in the superb achievements credited to him wltblu tho past decade, and we assure him that nothing (has commended him mom heartily and more substantially to tho appreciation of the South than this great system which In Its plan and its 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? There is scarcely a question so vital with interest and ssrlous mean ing to the people of Atlanta as that which tbe Anti-Saloon league will 'settle this Friday afternoon. Shall a prohibition election be precipitated upon the people of At lanta? • Upon this question some public voice should speak out fairly and frankly. We have waited for some other to begin. As no one else has spoken the obligation seems to settle here. It has appeared to be tbe mission of The Georgian to speak when others are uncertain or afraid. And upon this issue we have won tho right to speak in part for the moral element which holds this matter In its hands. Whatever our per sonal associations, we have voted every prohibition ticket that was ever presented to our suffrage since majority. We have not always Indorsed Us plan or approved its expediency,- but wltb tbe moral Issue brought fsce to face with the ballot in our hands, we have flung It where the weight of conscience turned tho scale. If an election is forced by tho ultra friends of prohibition here we will doubtless rote with them once again.* More tban this. The Georgian has laid upon the altar of Its convic tions here nearly 112,000 as the pledge ol 1U sincerity to the Temper ance cause of Georgia. The closing of our columns to liquor advertise ments costs us in tho aggregate just that much every year, and If any oth er nowspaper in Georgia has won by sacrifice a better right to speak, we will be silent to hear tho message. With this foreword, wo frankly express the hope that there will be no prohibition election In Atlanta. Wo do not think it would be safe or wise to havo this election now. The reasons for this belief are first moral, and then material. The wounds have not yet healed that were made by the prohlbittoti election of 1888. There are clients and attorneys, neighbors, and breth ren who are lookln$ at each other until this dny over narrowing chasms ot soreness and feeling from that war. They would look with dismay to see it reopen again. \ We have just emerged from the longest, bitterest, cruelest political contest that Georgia has ever known. For fifteen weary months the stato has been torn by bitterness, criticism, personal antagonisms mid personal abuse. Factions have been established, and there are rankiiug wounds which only time and a long period of peace can heal, is this a time to project a new and bitter strife over a question which has alwnyB set up the sword 'in communities like this? There Is never a fiercer division than over a moral question. The Intensity of enthusiasts, the frenxy of fanatics, and the high tension of selfish Interests clashing at the ballot box make war war tn Us fiercest phase. it Is so soon after one long battle to go Into another that will make even a fiercer strife. And more serious still. Wo are just this moment, as it were, out ot the horror aud nightmare of a riot which has set the races upon a ten sion greater than they have known before. "The problem of the races" Is foremost and uppermost, und any new nnd fierce division among our people might lie fraught with dangers grave enough to make strong men tremble In their consideration. There was never a prohibition election in Atlanta that did not Involvo the negro. Sooner or later the fierceness of division, the eagerness to win, the frenzy of partisanship, and tbe moral fanaticism which blluds the eyes to nil means that can be made to help great suds, brings In the black shadow of division, and the evil Is upon us. Those ot us who remember that last great prohibition fight will remember the appeal that was made to the negro there—the taxes that were paid, the votes that were eagerly solicited, and tbe fraternity that was squandered upon the black voter; and there be some of us who recall how on that evening or victory painted harlots, white and black, rode cheering and triumphant In tbe carriages that had carried' their champions to the polls. Do we want another day like that, or.another night like that to fol low? The teuslon then was not as great s* it is today. We could have divided more safely then than now. And deep indeed must be the moral crisis, and vast the necessity which could justify the projection ot this great dividing Issue at a period so ominous and among conditions so threatening as these which compass us today. Let us set upon the other side—the side of waitiug and discretion— these facts. There Is a great sentiment for saloon repression among the powers that govern In Atlanta. See how promptly the saloons were shut tight during the riot week. See how slowly and how guardedly they were oiiened. See the restrictions that were promptly placed arouud a trade already held iu strict surveillance aud In prudent bounds. Note the conservative -attitude of the leading Hquor men. ami tlieir willing ness to be 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—lit this period ot 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 we not utilize our opportunities in discretion and good temper rather than precipitate a doubtful contest In which the battle would be bitter nnd Its end In doubt? Why should not the temperance people of Atlanta set themselves to wring from the period of concession, the salient points ot: 1. Higher licenses. 2. Few saloons. 2. And greater restrictions. To win these points would mean a mighty triumph for the frlendB of temperance. It would be a great advance, and it might be bought as a bloodless victory. It is our sincere belief that tbe 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. We send our good wishes to the Anti-Saloon League and commend to them temperance In counsel nnd prudence In policy at this time. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. The Tabernacle Auditorium. We are publishing today a general description ot the plan and purpose of the new Auditorium now assured by Dr. Broughton and his great congre gation of the Tabernacle. With the unflinching courage and the indefatigable energy which has always characterized the great enter prises of this really great institutional church, these gentlemen are going on In this large undertaking In which success is already assured and fn which a vastly Increased activity and usefulness is a definite certainty. Dr. Broughton Is patting 'his blood and brain Into the work as he has never done before, and with his com pany of ilemenants in full-nnd cordial sympathy with hts every movement wo may be sure that its completion will be a definite achievement of the ctfrnlng year. Sound business men to whom the scheme has been presented give It their highest indorsement* and regard dt as a business arrangement of un doubted sanity and success? When this great enterprise is com pleted, AUanta 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 the vital life and purpose of the famous pastor of the Tabernacle. Little Bobby’s Essnys. ' DOCTORS. Doctors Is the men thut keeps us from gtttlng sick when we nre well nnd keeps us from gittlng well when we are sick, doctor* Is of 2 (two) kinds. Reg ular doctors & horse doctors. the first doctor was Adam's son Cain, lie was talking to his brother Abel '& Abet sect Cain was a Joak. Vary well, sed Cain, i will give you your medlsin, & he hit Abel with n oak club & Abpi breethed no monr. 1 think horse doctors are better tban regular doctors, beekaus last week my Aunt May had the feever & our horse had the colick. & Pa got a regular doc tor for Aunt May & a horse doctor for the horse, & Aunt May died en the horse got well. I had a doctor when I had the mea sles, he calm and sed Well, my little man. stick out youse toung, & when I stuck out my toung he sed What seems to be the matter with you? & I sed I have the meesles, so the doctor turned around tn Pa & sed Deer me, he has the meesles, I will give him sum meesle medlsin, 25 dollars, pleese. ho left me sum medlsin & l didn't talk It so 1 got well. there ure sum things a doctor cant cure, nalmly Leprosy, Consumushun, broaken harts & other diseases. My Ma had a doctor for a broaken hart first week. Pa calm hoam without his weeks mutiny & Ma sed My hart Is braking, send for the doctor, & when the doctor calm & Ma told him about Pas munny beeing gone he sed Deer me. you doant want to see the doctor, you want to see the cashier. 1 cant think of any tnoar about doc tors. EDITORS. editors Is the men that reeds every thing In the papers, msgazeens, etc. & tells the printers what to print. editors Is different from doctors, bee kaus doctors lern there trade In skooi & the editors start at tho bottom & work up Inch by Inch as the long years go by. editors Is moastly vary nice men but they never have much time to talk ex cept to the oaner of the paper. If a re porter curns In & shows a editor a story the editor Jest grunts & 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 & took me with him. the editor was smoaklng a pipe A illdent look up & Pa sed Pardon me I have wrote a poem, & the editor sed If you hnve wrote a poem I can’t pardon you, but my Pa wasent scared f him & sed I will reed It & he red: i stood at Eve when the sun went down neer a gralv where a woman lies wlch lured mens soals to the depth of sin 0 Bridget, save them pies! the editor looked at Pa a minuet & sed "28.’’ then when Pa dtdent go he called n office boy & sed Show this gentleman the elevator. ■ when 1 grow up I wud like to be a editor so I can sinoak a pipe & say "23." ENGLAND. england Is a grate country that is bounded by tbe oshun but england owns lots of reel estate so It Is sed the sun never Sets on English teritory or on the engllsh flag. the engllsh people nre a grate race, the wlmmen are butlful & graceful & the men are vary polite, thay always say My Word Old Ohap & thay lino Jest what to ware when thay talk thare wives out nltcs. My Pa knns what to ware too but ho owes tile tailor so much that he dosent always ware It. ’ the.principal city of england Is called London It Is a grate city & the princi pal produckp nre moastly lords that cum over heer & marry American gurls. the king-of england Is called Ed the 7th. he Is a Just & grate ruler that used to be Prince of Walls but not any more, when he was Prince of Walls lie was a Jolly dog & had 87 suits of close & used to bet on the horses, but now ho Is a king and sets on his throne all day & his pants git ting down so he has of close now. the greatest man In england was Mr. Shakespeare, he was a writer who wrote moastly plays like Romeo & Ju liet. Romeo was making luv to Juliet & he used to sfftml under her poarch & say She Is My Lady. She Is My Luv, but she sed You will have to ask Pa. Also how much Life Insurance have you got? it Romeo sed 1 doant carry any Insurance, so she sed Farewell to Thee & he killed lilsself. 1 kno about sum other countries wlch I will tell you latter. New York. Nor. 16.—Here are some of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA-B. Ctntey, J. O. George. O. A, Inman. SAVANNAH—C. Ilnbey. S. Ilnbey, P. Ita- bey, II. X. Itabey. IN WASHINGTON. Washington, Nov. 16.—'Tbe following Geor gian! arc In Washington today: AUGUSTA-i:. .T. Mullieria and wife; W. K. Young and wife. SAVANNAH—G. TV. Dalton and wife. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. NOVEMBER 16. 1272—Henry III of England died. Born Oc tober 1. 1207. 1724—Jack Hheppard. famous Engllsh high wuytnnn. executed. Dwight, former president of Yale university, born. 1864—(Jeuernl Shennnn left .Atlanta nnd be gan his march to the sea. 1880—Brasilian monarchy overthrown and -liraslllan monarchy republic established. In 1897—President McKinley signed the treaty adopted by universal postal congress. 1900—John Porter, negro, burned at the stake for murder of little girl In Col orado. BRIEF NEWS NOTES Friend, and the family of Governor Higgins are concerned that his health, which has been a source of uneasiness for months, Is not Improving rapidly. But the exaggerated reports that his condition has become so serious that physicians ordered him home nre re futed. Russell French, the 6-year-old son of a well-known Now Jersey family, mistook a bottle of liver pills on a shelf for candy. He ate them and before a doctor could be summoned died. The Holy Ghost Society at Shiloh, In hearing before Governor Cobb, of Maine, and counsel, was reported as being a "menace to tho state.” Follow ers say that the Rev. Sanford, the leader, has a hypnotic Influence over his flock. theater, Broadway and Sixtieth New York, when a slight fire was found in the balcony. Chorus girls, arrayed In bath robes, ran around the auditorium greatly cxcltod, but the ushers formed a fire brigade with sig nal success and the treasurer kept right on selling tjekets. James Rooney, aged 17, who eloped with and married 15-yenr-okl Margaret Brough, four weeks ago, In a letter from Albany to hls mother, Mrs. An drew Rooney, of Jersey City, nsklng for money to return home, says he wants to get back to works but that rather than give up hls bride, they will stny In Albany nnd 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 swlndfe. It Is alleged that she acted as an agent for "Professor" Matthew Hllgert, and offered complain ing witnesses money to withdraw charges they had made. On the re quest of nn attorney for her relatives, the woman was committed to Bellevue, pending an examination os to her sanity. Whisky and quinine taken for n bad cold by Anson Phelps Blokes' now chauffeur, Finney, has a bad effect upon the man’s much-heralded capaci ty, for he smashed tho 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 all kind, of high Jinks. The automobile co*t 120,000, and It Is a wreck. Mr. Stokes, disgusted, refused to ball the man out of Jail. to The Russian government, GOSSIP By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. X.*w York, Nov. 10.—Mrs. Frederick \V. Vanderbilt, benefactress of th« newsboys and messenger boys of New. port for many years, has given orders for another spread for them on Thanks, giving day. Five hundred boys of the street am be given a turkey dinner In Masonic hall, and will also be treated to candy Ice cream and plenty of music. ’ It Is probable Mrs. Vanderbilt will come to Newport to see the picture her dinner will present. She has requested the King's Daughters of Newport t a manage the affair for her. Aside from the prominence of both Congressman Bourke Cockran and hls bride, who was Miss Annie Ide, tester- day's nuptials had ar. especial hold on the sympathies and Interest of ths American people as being the outcome of the second romance in Importance that saw Its heyday during the now famous trip of the Taft party to the Orient a year or so ago. Bourke Cockran, who lias few if any, equals in America as an orator and a brilliant extemporaneous speak-' er, was bom In County Sligo, Ireland 52 years ago and whs being educated In France for the priesthood when he de cided to come to America and take hla chances. Arriving In this country al most penniless when he was 17 year, old. he worked a* a dry goods clerk, then taught for a period and then studied law and was admitted to th. bar. While still a mere youth, Mr. Coek- ran won hls first great fame as a polit ical orajor at the Democratic conven tion at Syracuse In 1879. This gave him Instant fame, and brought him to the notice of John Kelly. Soon after ward he was found In Tammany Hall nnd received the appointment as sher iff's counsel. Mr. Cockran was elected to congress in 1887 and again In 1891. serving until 1895. In 1896 he became an advocate of the gold standard nnd campaigned for McKinley. On the antt-lmperlallstlc Issue hg returned to the Democratic party 1ft 1900 and made a campaign for Bryan. When McClellan became may or In 1904, Mr. Cockran was elected to fill hls unexplred term In congress and was later re-elected to congress. There Is a wise woman In Pough keepsie. She Is Mrs. James Crawford, who for years has supported her hus band. who drank up all tho money hs 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 hail lino. She caused her husband to be sum moned before Justice Carpenter und offered him the 5100 If he would sign nn agreement to leave tho village uml never come near her again. Crawford signed the paper nnd took the money. Restored to health and about to make her entry In Washington society. Miss Evelyn "Walsh Is a figure of great In terest to fortune hunters. It has been asserted she wants a foreign title, hut it Is said her father Is on the doubtful side. Miss Walsh Is only slightly lame, as the result of the accident In which she was Injured and her brother was killed. The Engllsh Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, which, among other things, carries on a crusade against killing rare and beautiful birds tor decorating women's hats, has an en thusiastic member who announced nt the society's conference that she em ploys a woman detective to attend every church In a certain district to ascertain the names and addresses »f the women wearlpg the plumes of birds. These are then appealed to later. strengthen Its position In the electoral campaign, will soon promulgnto a law providing for Sunday t'oslr.g*. The wife of Peter Struve, formerly editor of the revolutionary paper. Emancipation, surreptitiously clrrulnt- In Russia, hut now leader of the conservative democrats, lias toeen ar rested nnd Imprisoned In St. Peters burg. She Is of noble blood and openly revolutionary. 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