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- ML' ATLANTA CEORflMN it mi mini c it avis. uih- \ I. t. Slur. fttlUnl j Fub’iihfd Every Afternoon. rKxccpt Knr.tln.Ti j r.y THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. I m S West Alabama St.. Atlanta, Go. Subscription Rates. use ... .1 s.so us • Week .1* Kiiirml nt the Atlanta Poetotrtcc i .eqnutl-chuta matt matter. gmitli ft Thompson, advertising rep- •••wmtmlvee for all territory outside of Ciwr^ln. Ulfcrnso Otltri* vt , •••Triton* Btflt N«nv York Office Potter Bldf. 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. IXSBi Nsw Style. The New TORIG Eye Glass Lens. Old Style. The very latest In eye glass and spectacle lens construction. Curves to the shape of the eye; far ahead of the old style flat lenses. ------ Gives a greater field of vision and allows lenses to set closer to eyes. , 84 blur when barking through the edges. Have your lenses changed to the pew style today. The wearing of them Is a mark of up-to-dateness, eome In and »c v.ili show you tire difference. A. OPTICIANS. K. HAWKES CO., 14 WHITEHALL ST. J