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It In itcalmlilc that all communlm*
fHiia Intcmli-f] for publication In THK
GEORGIAN In* limited to 403 nordiy In
Jcecib. it !» Imperative tlint they lie
nicwd. «■ a<« evidence of good fnltb.
tlmngb Hit? name* will be withheld If
roBuestcfl. Rejected ninnaBcrlpU will
(Hit lie returiioil unices stamps are acut
for Uie purpose.
THK GEORGIAN prints a? unclean
or objectionable advertising. Neither
data It print wblakjr or any liquor ado.
tbla and get gas aa low aa 10 cents,
with a profit to tbe city. Thla should
be done M once. Tbe Georgiau be*
■Here* that If street railways can ,be
■ operated successfully by Bnropein
rifles, aa they are, there le uo gobd
reason wby they eaunot be ao operated
here, llut we do not believe tbla can
tie done bow, and it may be some ysari
The Committee Agrees.
The recommendations of the special
committee from council and the po
lice board to investigate the liquor
situation In Atlanta chime In exactly
with‘The Georgian's view expressed
last Friday.
The Georgian stated Its objections
to a prohibition election and urged
Instead that reforms be Instituted pro
viding—
1. Higher licenses.
2. Few saloons.
3. Greater restrictions.
The report of the special committee
which will be made to council provides
for each Hem by the following recom
mendations': t
""That the legislature lie re
quester! to amend the' charter of
tfco city of Atlanta fixing the. li
cense to sell retail liquor vat not
leas than $2,000 per year, nor more
.than 13,01)0 |ior year, ami whole-
, : ,sSlc licenses not less than $1,000
"per yc.tr.
> "That no licenses to sell beer
be snmlc<b ( in either white or col-
.Wed residence Lections of the city
of Atlanta. ' i ■
■'"That each applicant for a II-
quoi license be examined tut to' HU
moral character, his psst record
and as in Ills seeming ability to
keep order In his establishment."
It Is to be Imped that couucfl will
unanimously set Its stamp of approval
on the reiiorl, and that the recom
mendations be enacted.
Praise for thj President
Commenting on the avowed Inten
tion of the president to force tbe Issue
•gainst the Standard Oil Company, Mr.
WlllUm Jennings llryan but reiterates
the assertion he has Insistently made
slnco his return to America, that Mr.
Roosevelt Is more of a Democrat than
a Republican. He said in Chicago
Saturday:
“Mr. Roosevelt's determination
to Inforcc the law against the
Standard Oil Company Is com
mendable, I might almost say It
is btilly. I have never failed to
give Mr. Keosevelt credit for the .
good things be has done. More
lhau any other man he has educa
ted Republicans up to the Demo
cratic standard. Mr. Roosevelt Is
not as radical aa the Democratic
party, but the good things he has
done In attacking the trusts have
been founded on the policies we
have been contending for these
many year*."
Mr. Bryan is generous In his praise,
but while lauding the president’s good
Intentions he should for the sake of
hit own party qualify It by showing
plainly that Mr. Roosevelt, while the
■lost prominent figure In It, Is not
the whole Republican party and that
quilt' frequently It has appeared that
his good Intentions were forced to
yield to the special Interests of that
P»ry. . i
He should also make It plain that
it does not appear that the Republican
party Is so ardently supporting the
president In his attack on Standard
Oil. which Is distinctively a Repu^
Item. .party corporation.
The Verb "To Celebrate.”
The approach of the holiday season
adds a certain timeliness to the com
fort accruing from the decision of
Justice Now burger, of the supreme
coart of New York, Jnst handed down.
In which the learned wearer of the
ermine holds that the word "to cele
brate" as applied to the actions of a
man docs not necessarily Impute or
constitute Innuendo of Jag. razee,
skate, orcy-eyedness. plfllfcatlon or oth
er furm of Intoxication or inebriety.
"Webster's dictionary," avers Hie
eminent Jurist, "defines celebrating
to mean ‘cornnicliioratlng events by
some demonxtratlon of either joy
foriotv.’ ”
Tbe opinion ot the supreme court
A LITTLE SERMON ON COTTON.
When the cotton season of I90G-7 began on the first of last Septem
ber, the better class of farmers—that Is, those more fortunate In the pos
session of this world's guilds—had on hand quite a quantity ot the staple
left from the crop of 1903-6, on which might have been saved many mil
lions ot dollars, had It been marketed at tbe proper time.
The loss was tbe result of an effort to obtain a fancy price for it.
The farmers, however, were not entirely to blame. They were bolding
a portion of the crop at the advice of persons In whom they had the ut
most confidence—person* whose duty It was to aid them In getting the
"top of the market” for tbe cotton they were advised to hold.
Instead of Instructions to sell when prices were at the top, or
as they approached the top, at a time when the quotations were showing
indications of being top-heavy, word was sent throughout the South to
continue Holding, that 2 1-2 or 3 cents more could certainly be obtained If
the holders of tbe remnant of the crop would sit steady In the boat.
The result of this demand fora fancy price, at a time when the
mills ba>. on band a liberal supply; Is cotton history. And the farmers
have learned a lesson from experience that will long be remembered.
The current season opened with fair prices prevailing, but the crop
was late, especially In the Eastern belt. In the Western , belt, tbe move
ment began In a small way at about the usual time, but increased rapidly
In • very short time, breaking all previous records. Tbe trade generally
accepted this heavy movement aa Indicating a crop. In tbe Lone Star State,
of enormous proportions, and prices broke sharply, but were on a fair
road to recovery when It was seen that tbe enormous movement waa
easily absorbed.
At this time the estimator trained his' gutis on the crop. These es
timators live In large cities. They employ expert statisticians, and the
'statisticians employ an army of gentlemen to visit the fields. They are
called correspondents. They report to the estimator and when be and tbe
expert statistician do a great amount of guessing and figuring, they pub
lish It to the world that the fanners throughout the cotton belt will raise
a certain number ot bales of cotton. The less these correspondents know
of the staple the further they will miss the' actual figures on both sides.
The 1906-7 crop has been figured out In this way. The size of the
crop was In considerable doubt early In the season, though It waa general
ly admitted that tbe yield would be slightly above the average. Estima
tors, however, have raised the figures to a bumper crop, running above
14,000,000 bales. 1 ,
The high estimates of the crop brought about another decline'and
prices fell below the 10 cents minimum, or "bread and meat line" fixed
. by the Southern Cotton Association, and over a cent below the 11 cents
minimum fixed by the National Farmers' Union.
Apparently the South's great staple was without a friend,, and the
farmer, left to fight the battle alone—In doubt aa to how much cotton he
had raised and at what price he would, be compelled to market it—found
that people throughout the world had come to his rescue, and In order
to satisfy the steadily Increasing demand for manufactured goods millions
of spindles were being - added to • tbe mills to All ’ contracts
for goods for many months ahead, and In order to keep
these spindles running a large crop was necessary. An urgent demand
sprang up for tbe raw material, followed by sensational advances In all)
markets. Prices have passed, the "bread and meat line" and are now well
on their way to the 11 cents minimum of the Farmers' Union.
At this price consumption will not be curtailed and Ellison's estimate
of 12,500,000 bales will prove an underestimate.
Speculative prices, or futures, will undoubtedly continue to fluctuato
and may at time* register keen slumps, but that will be mere specula
tion.
' At the end of the-month, when the mills have satisfied their advance
orders, there Will doubtless occur a slight decline In spots, but the steady
demand will continue and 11 cents will be the standard around which tho
price will fluctuate., t
■ - - This price of 11 cents yield* a fair return to the farmer, and it does
not choke off consumption.
THE BROWNSVILLE AFFAIR.
A‘deluge of protests against the discharging of tbe men ot the three
'.negro companies of the Twenty-fifth inrantry, which shot up the town of
Brownsville. Tex., bta caused Secretary of War Taft to order a halt In
the action, pending further prdere.
‘ Among these protests ere sermons preached In, every negrb church In
Now York city Sunday night. In which were made Insulting attaeks on
President Roosevelt. Fqr Instance, the Rev. Dr. F. M. Jacobs, pastor Of
the Memorial A. M. E. church, Is quoted thus by the careful New York
Sun: /
"I do not believe that the president of the United States should
lie held up (o the scorn* of the world, but this action on tbe part of
llie president 1b a thrust at the race and seems as 11 a weak-kneed
yield on bis part to the South.
"It simply shows what men who are ambitious »ni| who seek for
notoriety will do. Roosevelt In his Search for popularity In certain
quarters forgot tbe brave, gallant, self-sacrificing black soldiers, some
of whom are responsible for Roosevelt being alive today."
Now, It docs not necessarily follow that the uprising of the negroes
aud negrop$tles against the action of the president and the war depart
ment In ordering the Brownsville soldiers dishonorably discharged had
anything to do with the move made for further Investigation, but the tacts
placed In order do look slgntflcant.
There Is only one thing that will Justify any change In the method ot
discipline ordered by the president, the securing of evidence against those
negroes who were guilty ot the shooting. The movement to discharge
three entire companies was made because the Innocent members of the
companies refused to give any aaslstance In discovering who were the
guilty ones and because theyquade apparent effort to ahleld the guilty. In
passing It might be said that tbla is the general attltnde of the negroes
in tbe South. It has for thirty years been practically Impossible for oflt-
cera of tbe law to get liny except unwilling information or evidence from
negroes against the criminal members of their race. Thla ever existent
attempt of the blacks to prevent the carriage of Jyallce has been one of
the ehlef causes of mob violence. ,
If the unoffending members of the Rrownsvllle companies have secur
ed clearer vision and have decided to prevent their own dishonorable dis
charge by aiding Justice, then there Is reason for the action of Secretary
Taft in ordering the further discharge of the men to be suspended.
Otherwise, tbe president aud tbe war department will really be guilty
of "a weak-kneed yield," If they do not carry out the sentence already
rendered.
For, here Is the logical, the Incontrovertible Indictment brought by
Acting Secretary ot War Oliver:
"The three companies of the Twenty-flfth Infantry were ordered
discharged because It Is not safe to bavc them In tbe army. They can
not be trusted, and for the protection of the public and tho preserva
tion of the discipline of the army their discharge is necessary.
“The Idea seems to prevail that the men were ordered discharged
because they refused ,to tell on their companions and because they are
black. Nothing could' be rurthcr from tbe truth. These soldiers shot
up a town. All of them refuse to tell nnythtng about the disgraceful
affair at Brownsville, whicn resulted In murder. Thu companies are
shielding murderers. There are men In tbe companies who are
criminals of the worst sort. Every effort possible has been made by
the war department to And the gnilty men. but without nvall. If these
companies were iiermitted to remain In the service and were to shoot
up another town and again endanger the lives of citlxens, the war
department would be In an Indefensible position.
"It ts imponiihlc to court martini each ot the men in these
companies, for a charge cannot be preferred against every one of the
members ot the comiianles. The government has no means of punish
ing the crime except by discharging all the men.’
Arc the president and the secretary of war going to yield weakly, for
fear of losing negro vole* or for fear of public opinion?
i GOSSIP!
(Copyright, 190$, by \V. R. Hearat.)
"MON DIEU!”
BRIEF HEWS NOTES
was sought In a libel suit brought
by a New Yorker against a Gotham
newspaper. The citizen sought to re
cover damages on the grounds that
tbe publication of a statement ion the
authority of his wife) that "be had
been away from home three weeks
celebrating" constituted an Innuendo
"that he was drunk and had for three
weeks been disgracing himself by In
dulgence In alcoholic excesses mid
drunken debaucheries,"
nt denied the plea of plain
torture the ezpresaion Into a charge
of criminal or disgraceful act" to war
rant claim for damage to reputation.
Such opinion of law seems eminent
ly Jnst, but Just as a matter of ex-
aminaUon Into the intricacies of the
English language It ocura to oue that
the verb "to celebrate," as defined
by Webster, beautifully and complete
ly cover* the condition, alleged Imputa
tion of which was so seriously resent
ed by tho New Yorker.
For, is not a jag Invariably marked
j tiff, holding i hut "It Is not etiough that 1 by a d<.'iiip:ir;ration of Joy and e ilwe _ _ _ __
a critic or a malignant person may queutl) by a demonstration of rorrow? eaiiil-fiviu to UeurgTa.
After replacing Images of Christ In
the communal schools from which they
were removed by officers of the law, the
prefect of Mastne, France, has dis
missed the mayor of Lavancas, M. Ros.
seau.
Seargent Major Frederick A. Quinn,
ot the aecond regiment, Rhode Island
militia and Spanish War Vets, was
asphyxiated In the regiment headquar
ters with an unknown woman compan
ion.
President Roosevelt made radical
changps in managing the canal af
fairs by appointing Chairman Shonts to
supreme authority over everything,
hided by seven chiefs of bureaus, who
will report directly to the commis
sion.
A buck butted through a Jewelry
store window In New London, Conn.,
scattering watches, etc., In all dlrec.
tlons, and then stampeded a delicates
sen store.
Mrs. Flank Stockton, widow of the
novelist, la dead at her home in Wash
ington.
The court of appeals qt Albany, N.
Y., granted the motion of AT
General MayeP to hear. Decen
the appeal of the case to force the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company to
reduce the fare from Brooklyn to Coney
Island to 3 cents.
Though the cotton mill operators at
Full River hove offered to increaae the
wages of their 23,000 employees 5 per
cent. It Is believed that the Textile
Union will hold out for the 10 per cent
ffrst asked for.
The efficacy of prayer Is not doubted
by Silas Hereford, a farmer near New
Haven, Conn., who prayed for fodder
for his hens and got a car load of corn
by a train being wrecked, and the con
tents of u car being dumped In his back
yard.
John Hurley, of Wlnsted, Conn., a
student of Gaelic etymological history
for thirty years, declares he hna dis
covered that Virgil and Shakespeare
were both of Irish descent. He says
Virgil ts the Latin Synonym of the Irish
name Farrel.
Frederick .Rollon, 63 years old. of
Lockport, N. Y„ came to his death In
a peculiar manner yesterday. Recent
ly he went to Ills barn to secure a
chicken which he intended to kill for
•tinner. He caught one of them, and as
he attempted to leave the chicken yard
large Plymouth Rock rooster Jumped
at him and struck him on the arm
with Its spur. Blood poisoning set In
and in two days he died.
In tearing down a partition In the
home of Jacob Zimmer, Hast Passaic
avenue, Bloomfield, N. • J., workmen
found a rat's neat that had been made
of pieces of SI. $2, 15 and $10 bills.
The rats had taken the bill* from the
savings of Mrs. Ztmfner, which she kept
shelf in a cupboard. The nest
cost $150. y
After searching for her 2-year-old
girl for half a day. Mrs. William Mitch
ell, of Beverly. N. J., found the child
in the kennel of u bulldog of a neigh
bor. The dog Is vicious, but exhibited
the greatest friendship for the little
«**•
CONFEDERATE VETERAN
DIES IN WAYCROSS.
Mperlai L* Tie Georgian.
Waynesboro. Us., Nov. 20.—Preston
William* dle$l at the home of hl.i .^on-
in-law. Frank Gray, here Sunday.
He was about years old and was a
veteran *»f the eivll war. He was In-Jler
terra*- at tXqefltUU &, IV where Re
MAYBE DOOMED TO SAIL
SEAS FOR TWELVE MONTHS
AMONG A HOSTILE CREW
New York, Nov. 29.—Unless he can
show that he Is n6t an ex-convict, Karl
Kessler, a prisoner' on board the four-
masted ship Kentmore, at quarantine,
will be doomed by the Immigration au
thorities of this port to sail the seas for
a year or more on a ship where his
company Is not desired before a port
Is reached, at which he can land.
Kessler has been an unwelcome In-
cubua on the Kentmore for about four
months, and Is anxious to get ashore
here. Ho says he has relative* In
Brooklyn. The statements of Kessler
concerning, his status ns an honeat man
differ from thos6 of t’aptaln Burch and
Chief Officer Goudy, of the Kentmore.
They assert that he served eleven
years In prison for burglary at Lorenso
Marque, Portuguese Bast Africa. Kess
ler says he Is a respectable ranch own
er, a victim of police conspiracy and
that Ills term In Jail tvas five months.
He went aboard the Kentmore In
Delugoa Bay last July with a letter
from the German consul, asking the
raptaln to take him to Bast 'London,
('ape Colony, us a member of the crew.
Captain Burch was short-handed, and,
as Kessler said he had been In tbe Ger-
man navy, he was Joyfully accepted.
Kessler's story of what happened to
him at Cape Colony Is rambling and
contradictory, but It Is certain that he
was not allowed to land. He threat
ened to burn the Kentmore with all
uboard and Captain Burch tried hard
to get rid of hlip, but every time Kess
ler went ashore, policemen, took him
back to the ship In Irons.
Captain Burch refused to let him
work because Kessler threatened ' to
hold him for tyages. All he did on the
long voyage from South Africa was to
wash tho clothing of the other sailors,
eat three meals a day and smoke him
self black In the face. But he does not
like the life. He expected, even If he
did not get a chance to come ashore
here, that tho Kentmore would go from
Bayonne with a cargo of oil.
Kessler has learned that he Is to go
back to South Africa with the Kent
more. In the meantime, Kessler will
be a man without a country. He fears
to go back to Lorenzo Marque be
cause of the feeling against him there,
and Captain Burch says he would not
be allowed to land If he did. The only
place open to him Is Germany, and for
months to eigne the Kentmore will he
sailing away front Germany.
GO VERNOR OF PHILIPPINES
WANTS TARIFF WALL BROKEN
Washington, Nov. 20.—If the United
States doe* not want. Philippine tobacco
and sugar, the Island should be allowed
to make treaties with countries that
like to buy. This la the text ot a speech
made by Governor General Smith, of
the Philippines, at a banquet given to a
party of excursionists from the states.
"The Philippines ought to have a
square deal,” he said.
He asked the members of the party
to use their eyes and ears, to see and
hear everything they can during the
short stay, and go home and help break
down the tariff wall which Is between
the United Btates and her Far Eastern
possessions.
MOORE NOT GUILTY
OF BEING RIOTER
R. O. Mfcore, white, was acquitted
Monday afternoon of the ..charge of
rioting here on September 22. After
the evidence hnd been submitted and
the argument made, the Jury retired
and sopn returned with a verdict of not
guilty. *
INFORMATION MEAGER
FROM 8T0RM DISTRICT.
Special to The Georgian.
Jackson, Miss., Nov. 1$.—Storm In
formation from north Mississippi Is
rather meager this morning. It.Is re
ported that the compress at Winona
was badly damaged, as waa a church.
One Hfe Is reported to have been loat
near Duck Hill.
North of Canton the storm is report
ed to have done considerable damage,
Injuryfng the growing crop and the
standing timber.
WIFE OF BEERBOHM TREE
HAS BOTH JAWS "BROKEN.
London, Npv. 20.—Haying been, se
riously injured lit an automobile acci
dent. Mr*. Beertmhin Tree, one of the
beat-known actresses of .London, sent
for Her husband and admitted that her
onpaiitnn In the ear was Lewis We!-
'th whom she Is starring,
was thrown out, of the auto-
■ohilu and both of her Jaws weto
1
broken. Mr. Waller was slightly In
jured. Mrs. Tree had promised her
husband not to go with Waller.
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER..
New York, Nov. 20.—To natlonulizs
the Automobile Club of America ,!
other words to make It In reality «h».
Its name Indicates, |» the job the mem
hers of that organization have asslrn.a
themselves. The retiring pre,™
Dave Hennen Morris, starter] the hall
rolling In his annual report.
"Our organlzatfon is tho only Am er
lean nuto club recognized In auintno"
bile circles by any foreign country"’
•Mr. Morris said, "and It Is everywhm-.
regarded as the national club of , hi ‘
country, and has binding treaties • J
nearly every foreign national auto,,.,
bile club. Owing to the Increase | n
membership our club hays In annual
dues to the American Auto Assoclathm
something like $1,250. Ale the advan
tages commensurate and are the mem'
hers satisfied to continue this sum ,,i
money ?'
The report showed that the club ha.
reached the limit of 1,000 active mem
hers and has 235 associate and sixteen
life members. During the year ju, t
closed 384 new members were elected.
The projectors of Long Island Am,,,
mobile speedway liavo altered their
corporate name to the I sing Island ij 0 .
tor Parkway Association.
A. R. Pardlngton, former chairman ot
the Vanderbilt cup commission, wait
elected general manager. He was
thorlzed to open offices In the jju,m
and Day hank building and begin 11,.
preliminary r^ork for the donstructi.ur
of the speedway.
, The Motor Parkway, Incorporated.'
will acquire on Long Island a right .,f
way approximately 100 feet wide ami
50 miles long. Beginning at a point
near the city line, the parkway will
end near the shore of Peconlr ha,-.
On this right of way there will i«.
constructed an automobile parkway.
The resources of revenue are aa
follows:
t'harges on an annual, semi-annual,
quarterly, monthly, weekly, dally and
hourly basis.
Admission, sale of seats In comtec-
tlon with events simitar to the rate
for the Vanderbilt cup.
Testing of cars by manufacturer...
atch races, economy tests, non-s i],
tests. Twenty-hour contests.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
NOVEMBER 20.
Ik,minion of Cnnadn, ft ” f
1883—Earl of Klein, former
oral of Canada, died, tjorn juij ?«.
mi.
1888—Flrat national eurampinent «f Hip
Grand Army of the Republic nnwm-
Med at Indianapolis.
18S9—Centennial celebration of the ratlfli-.i
tlon of tbe conatltntlon of the United
States by North Carolina begun nt
Fayetteville."
1882—The Amalgamated Association tip-
dared the Homestead strike nt uu
end.
1888—Commercial bodies In Spain nrgwl
speedy conclusion of peace with tin*
United States.
1888—German emperor arrived at Windsor
castle on visit to England.
UNION OPERATORS
TAKE ACTION ON
TEXAS STRIKE
Local union telegraph operators held
their regular meeting Sunday after
noon, but no action on the strike situa
tion In Houston, Dallas and other Texas
points was taken. Several reports were
read before the meeting, but they were
discussed In an Informal way.
A communication waa forwarded lo
the prealdent of the union In Chicago
concerning the strike situation, but the
nature of this communication would
not be divulged. Atlanta union oper
ators talk as If tho reply of the presi
dent of the union to the Atlanta com
munication might hay* some bearing
fcn conditions In this city. The oat-
eome, at any rate, will be watched with
Interest. Local union men are greatly
interested In the Texas strike.
Special to The Georalan.
New Orleans, Nov. ,20.—The report
as coming from Rome to the effect
that Vice Consul Signor Vlllarl, jf
Italy, has been sent by hla government
to Inquire Into the alleged cruelties
practiced on Italian Immigrants by
American speculators and that he has
forwarded vigorous report to the min
ister of foreign affairs, are denied b>
Mr. Vlllarl, who Is now In this oily.
He says hla government Is not re
sponsible for the cable. He is here
merely to look Into the Immigration
matters.
ASSISTANT WILLIAM HAVES
VISITS THE EXCHANGES
Special to The Qeurglau.
New Orleans, Nov. 20.—William
Hayes, assistant secretary of agricul
ture, visited all the local exchange-*
this morning and Inquired If there had
recently been any reason to believe
Inside Information had leaked out
statistical or crop reporting board ai
Washington. lie was assured there
had not been the slightest suspicion
since the Hyde-Holmes episode.
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