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iilL ir~ - ■ — 1 1HL ATLANTA GEORGIAN :tm imm ctt tts. usnt t. L Slur. fttaMnt I 1 Published Every Afternoon. (Except finndsyt ] r.y THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, I At Cl West Alabama St.. Atlanta, G*. Subscription Rotes. i Tear ..Uje | • '< Month. 2.60 V'lffne Mnnth.. «....,.. ..»■ ”v Carrier. IVr week IS Kiitt-ml at lb' Atlopto Feslofflce oe t-enist-class mall matter. Vrii'iHUHiet connecting all doparttnente. I..mu dlatauco terminals. ; Smith a Thoinpenn. advertising rep- reg'iilatlves for all territory outside of i;*>rgin. rMragn Office Triuone Bide. New York Office Potter Hide. If you here any ttonble aettlna THE cgoltl.IAN, telephone the Circulation Itopartuicut nml have It promptly rem- edhvl. Telepbones: Bell 4*7 Mala, ft I. deal ruble that all cotntnunlca. lions Intended for publication la TUI] nROBOIAN lie limited to 4M words In tenetli It la Imperatlre that they be slannl. ns an evidence of good faith, thenijh the nnmee will be withheld If g uested. Belected manuscripts will be retnrued uuleaa stamps are scut the pnrpoee. THE (IKOIIOIAN prints no unclean pr objectionable advert!,Inc Neither Apt it print tvhlaky or any Up nor sda for Atlanta's owning Its own gaa and wlectrlc light plante. as It now owns Its waterworks Other cities do llrfs and get gaa as low as id cants, With a profit to the city. This ehonld lie done it oaee. The Oeorgien be lieves that If street railway* ran ha operated .urceeafully by ■ n roptan ' cities. as they'are. there le no gnbd reason wbjuthey cannot be no operated here. . But we do not believe this can be dooe now, and It may be eome yean before we are ready for eo btg as un dertaking. BUM Atlanta should aat Its fact In that direction NOW. . The Committee Agrees.. The recommendations of tht special committed from council and the po lice board to Investigate the liquor aituatlon In Atlanta chime In exactly with The Ocorglan'a view expressed Inst Friday. The Georgian stated Ha objections to a prohibition election and urged Instead that reforms be instituted pro viding— 1 1. Higher licenses. 2. Few saloons. 3. Greater restrictions, e The report of the special committee which will wt made to council provides for each Item by the following recom mendations: ; ,. ,‘Tllit the legislature be re- qbcuted to amend the charter of . the elty or Atlanta Axing the- li cense ,to .sell retail liquor at not less mhh ttt.rtou per year, nor more thalp. 93,000 .per year* aud. whole- .able lloenaoH not leas than $1,000 imryeSr. ......: "That do licenses to sell beer be grunted; In either white or col- r d residence sections of the city Atlanta. * • I "TTmt Ttlch aiipjlcant for a 11- quur license be examined as to' lils ' moral character, his mtst record and nu to Ills senmlng ability to keep order In his establishment.” It Is to be hoped that council will unanimously set Its stamp of approval on tho report, and that the recom mendations lie enacted. Praise for tha President Commenting on the avowed Inten tion of the president to force the Issue against the Standard Oil Company, Sir. William Jennings Uryan but reiterates the assertion he has Insistently made since his return to'Amcrica, that Mr. Roosevalt la more of a Democrat than a Republican. He said In Chicago Saturday: "Mr. Roosevelt's determination to Inforce the law against the Standard Oil Company Is com mendable, .1 might almost aay It la bully. I have never failed to give Mr. Roosevelt credit for the good things he has done. More than, any other man he has educa ted Republicans up to the Demo cratic standard. Mr. Roosevelt la not as radical as the Democratic party, but the good things he has ■lone In attacking the trusts have been founded on the policies we - have been contending for these many yean." Mr. Bryan la generous In hie praise, but while landing the president's good Intentions he should for the sake of his own party qualify It by showing plainly that Mr. Roosevelt, while the most prominent figure In it, Is not Ihe whole Republican party and that finite frequently It has appeared that his good Intentions were forced to yield to the special interests of that party. . . . • .... '■ He should also make It plain that It does not appear that the Republican Itaiiy Is ao ardently supporting ' the president In his attack on Standard Oil. which Is distinctively a Repub lican party corporation. The Verb “To Celebrate.” Tito approach of the holiday season adds a Certain timeliness to the com fort accruing from' the decision of Justice Newburger, of the supreme court of New York, just 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 does not necessarily impute or constitute innuendo of jag, raxee, skate, orey-eyednesa. pHfilcatloii or oth er form of Intoxication or Inebriety# "Webster's ^dictionary," avers the emliicr-t jurist, "defines (celebrating to moan 'commemorating events by some demonstration of cither Joy or •vi-rov..' ~ Tbu opinion ut the supreme court A LITTLE SERMON ON COTTON. When the cotton season of 190G-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 goods—bad on hand quite a quantity of the staple left from Ihe crop of 1903-6, on which might have been saved many mil lions of dollars, had It been marketed at the proper time. / The Iona was the result of an effort to obtain a fancy prico for It. The farmers, however, were not entirely to blame. They were holding a portion of the crop at the advice of persons in whom they had the ut most confidence—persona whose duty It was to aid them In getting the “top of the market" for the 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 21-2 or 3 cents more' could certainly be obtained If the holders of the remnant .of the clop would sit steady In the boat. The result of this demand fora fancy price, at a time when the mills hat. on band a liberal supply. Is cotton history. And. the farmers have learned a lesson from dxperlppqe. that wllj' 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, the move ment began In a smalt way at about the usual- time, but Increased rapidly In 6 very short time, breaking all previous records. The trade generally accepted this heavy movement as Indicating a crop. In the Lone Star State, of enormous proportions, and prices bro$e sharply, but were on a. fair road to recovery when It was seen that the enormous movement was easily absorbed. At this time the estimator trained his guns on the crop. These'es timator* live in large cities. They employ expert statlallolana, and the atatlatjcians employ an army of gentlemen to visit the fields. They are called correspondents. They report to the estimator and when be and. ihe expert statistician do a great amolint of gnesfflhg and figuring, they'pub lish it to the world that the farmer* throughout the cotton belt will raise a certain number of bales of cotton, The less these correspondents know of the staple the further they will inlas the 1 actual figures on both altjea. 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 watt general ly admitted that the yield would be slightly above the average. Estima tors, however, have railed the figures to a bumper crop, running above . 14,000,000 bale*. The high estimate* 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 jover a' cent-below the 11 cents minimum fixed by the National Farmers’tJfilorr. •'* - - • - 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 be had raised and at what price he would be compelled to market It—found that people throughout the world had come ,ttr bis reacne, and in order to satisfy the steadily Increasing demand for manufactured goods millions of spindles were .being added' 'to the~'Billla to fill contracts for goods for many months ahead, and* in order to keep these spindles running a largo crop was necessary. An urgent demand sprang up for the raw material, followed by eensatlonal advances In all markets. Prices have passed, the "bread and meat line” and are now well op 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 bgles will prove an underestimate. Speculative prices, or futures, will undoubtedly continue to fluctuate and may at tljnes 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 doubtleee occur a alight decline In spots, but the steady demand will contlnufc and 11 cents will be the standard around which the . price will fluctuate. ■ - • -This,pried of 11 cents yields a fair return to the farmer, and It does pot choke oft consumption, ' : •■■■ :—: ; —— •'; ; THE BROWNSVILLE AFFAIR. ‘A deluge of protests against tho discharging of the men of the three ' negro companies of the Twentyrflfth Infantry, which shot up the town of HrOw.nsvIlle, Tex., has ciuacd Secretary of War Taft to order a halt In the action, pending further order*. ' Among'(heso protests'are sermons preached In every negro-church In New York city Sunday night, In which were made Insulting attacks on President Roosevelt.' For Instance, the Rev. Dr. F. M. Jacobi, paator Of Ihe Memorial A. M. E. church, la quoted'thus by the c&reful New York Sun: — "I do not believe that the president of the United States should l»o held up to tho’scorn of tho world, but this action on the part of the president Is a thrust at the race and seems as It a weak-kneed yield on hla part to the South. * "It simply shows what men who are ambitious and who seek for notoriety will do. Rooeevelt In hla search for popularity In certain quarters forgot the brave, gallant, seir-sacrlflclng black soldiers, some of whom are responsible for Roosevelt being allvo today." Now, If does not necessarily follow that the uprising of the negroes and negrophlles against the action of the president and the war depart ment In ordering the Brownavllle soldiers dishonorably discharged had anything to do with the move made for further Investigation, but th* facta platoed In order do look significant.. There la only one thing that will justify any change In tho method of discipline ordered by the president, the securing of evidence against those negroes who were guilty of the shooting. The movement to discharge three entire companies was made because the Innocent members' of the companies refused to jive any assistance In dlacoverlng who were tho guilty ones and because they made apparent effort to shield the guilty. In passing It might be aald that this la the general attitude of the negroes In the South. It baa for thirty years been practically impossible for offi cers of the law to get any except unwilling information or evidence from negroes against the criminal members of their race. This ever existent attempt of the blacks to prevent the carriage of justice has been one of the chief causes of mob violence. , - If the unoffending members of the Brownsville companies have secur ed dearer vision and have decided to prevent their own dishonorable dis charge by aiding Justice, then there la reason for the action of Secretary Taft In ordering the further discharge of the men to be (uspended. Otherwise, the president and tho 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 of War Oliver: , "The three companiee or the Twenty-fifth infantry were ordered discharged because It Is not safe to have them In the army. They can not be trusted, and for the protection of the public and the 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 further from the truth. These aoldlere shot up a town. All of them refuse to tell anything about the dlagracetnl affair at Brownsville, which resulted In murder. The companies are shielding murderers. There are men In the companies who are criminal! of the wont sort. Every effort possible has been made by the war department to find the guilty men, but without avail. If these companies were permitted to remain In the service and were to ahoot up another town and agalnrandanger the lives of cltltena, the war department would be In an Indefensible position. “It la Impossible to courtmartlal each of the men In theth , companies, for a charge cannot be preferred against every one of the members of the companies. 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. Tor fear of losing negro votes or for fear of public opinion? was sought In a libel suit brought by a New Yorker against a Gotham newspaiter. The citiaen sought .to re cover damage* on the grounds that the publication of a statement loti the authority of hla wife) that "be bad been away from home three we«ks celebrating” constituted an Innuendo “that ho aus drunk and had for three weeks been disgracing himself by In dulgence in alcoholic excesses and drunken debaucheries.” The court denied the plea of plain tiff. hcldUii -Hurt "It Is not enough that a critic or a malignant person may torture the expression Into a charge of criminal or disgraceful act” to-war- rant claim for damage to reputation. Such opinion of law seems eminent ly just, but jnat aa a matter of ex amination Into the Intricacies of the English language It ocura to one that the verb "to celebrate.”: as defined by Webstor, beautifully and complete ly covers the condition, alleged Imputa tion of which waa so .seriously resent ed by the New Yorker. For. is not a jag Invariably marked byadvnioiiBtn^tlqaofjoy and subse quently by a demonstration of sorrow? GOSSIP (Copyright, 1904, by W. It. Ilearst.) “MON DIEU!’ BRIEF NEWS NOTES After replacing Imnges nt Christ In the communal schools from which they were removed by officers of the law, the prefect of Maslne, France, has dis missed the mayor of Lavancaa, M. Rot- seau. Henrgent Major Frederick A. Quinn, of the second regiment, Rhode Island militia anti Spanish War Vets, was asphyxiated In the regiment headquar tern with an unknown woman compan Ion. (President Roosevelt made radical Hanges In managing the canal st rain by appointing Chairman Shonts to supreme authority over everything, aided 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, etbo In - all direc tions, and then stampeded- a delicates sen store. Mrs.- Frank Htdckton. Widow of the novelist. Is dead at hef pome In Wash Ington. MAYBE DOOMED 70 SAIL SEAS FOR 7 WEL VE MONTHS AMONG A HOSTILE CRE W\ The court of appeals- qt -Albany, N Y„ granted the- motion of Attorns: General Mayer to hear, ■ December I the appeal of the case to force th- Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company to reduce the fare from Brooklyn to Coney Island to 5 cents. Though- the cotton-mill operators at Fall River have offered to Increase the wages of their 15,000 employees I per cent. It Is believed that the Textile Union will hold out for the 10 per cent first 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 Iraki being wrecked, and the con tents of a car being dumped In his back yard. John Hurley, of Wlneted, Conn., a student or Gaelic etymological hlatory for thirty years, declares he has dis covered that Virgil and Shakespeare were both of Irish descent. He says Virgil Is the Latin Synonym of the Irish name Fa reel. Frederick Bolton. 63 years old,, of Lockport, N. Y., came to hla death In a peculiar manner yesterday. Recent ly he went to his barn to secure a chicken which he Intended to kill for dinner. He caught one of-them, nml as he attempted to leave the chicken yard a large Plymouth Rock booster Jumped nt him nnd struck him on the arm with Its spur. Blood poisoning set In and In two day* he died. In tearing down a partition In the home of Jacob Zimmer, East Passaic avenue, Bloomfield. N. J.. workmen found a rat's nest that had been made of pieces of II, $3, >5 and 110 bills. The rats had taken the bills from the savings of Sirs. Zimmer, which she kept on a shelf In a cupboard. Tht nest cost 1150. After searching for her 3-year-oid girl for half a day. Mrs. William Mitch ell. of Beverly. N. J., found the child In the kennel uf a bulldog of a neigh bor. The dog is vicious, nut exhibited the greatest friendship for the little girl. __ CONFEDERATE VETERAN DIES IN WAYCROSS. Special to The Georgian. Waynesboro. Ga.. Ijsr. 29.—Preston Williams, died at the home: Of his son- in-law. Frank Gray, here Sunday. He was about 00 years old and was a veteran of- the civil war. He was In terred at Edgefield, K. C, where he came frutn to Georgia. New York, Nov. 20.—Unless he can: man navy, he waa Joyfully accepted. show that life Is not an ex-convict. Kart 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 sea* 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 cubus on the Kentinore for about four months, and Is anxious to get ashore here. He says he has relatives In Brooklyn. The statements of Kessler concerning his status as an honest man differ from those of Captain Burch and Chief Officer Goudy, of the Kentmore. They uaaert that he served eleven years In ptisan for burglary at Lorenxo Marque, Portuguese East Africa. Kess ler says liejs a respectable ranch own er, a victim of police conspiracy nnd that his term In Jail was five months. He went aboard the Kentmore In Delagoa Bay last July with a letter from the German consul, asking the Captain to take him to East London, 'Cape Colony, aa a member of the crew. Captain Burch was short-handed, anil, as Kessler said he had been In the Ger- Kessler'a story of what happened to him at Cape Colony Is rambling and contradictory, but It Is. certain that he was not allowed to land. Ho threat ened to burn the Kentmore with all aboard and Captain Burch tried hard to get rid of him, but every time Kess ler went ashore, policemen (ook him bark to the ship In Irons. Captain Burch refused to let him work because Kessler threatened to hold hltn for wages. All he did on the long voyage froqi 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. H* expected, even If he did not get a chance to come aehore here, that the Kentmore would go from Bayonne with a caVgo of oil. Kessler haa 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 Lorenxo Marque be cause of the feeling against him there, and Captain Burch aaya he would not be allowed to land If h* did. The only place open to him Is Germany, and for mrfnths to come the Kentmore will be sailing away from Germany. GOVERNOR OF PHILIPPINES WANTS TARIFF WALL BROKEN Washington, Nov. 20.—if the United States does not want Philippine tobacco and sugar, the Island should be allowed to make trestles with countries that like to buy. This Is the text of a speech made by Governor General Smith, of the Philippines, nt a banquet given to a patty 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 la between the United States and her Far Eastern possessions. MOORE NOT GUILTY OP BEING RIOTER . G. Moore, white, was acquitted Monday afternoon of the charge of rioting here on September 22. After the evidence had been submitted and the argument made, the Jury retired and soon returned with n-verdtet of not guilty. INFORMATION MEAGER FROM STORM DISTRICT. Special to The Georgian. Jackson. Miss., Nov. 16.—Storm In formation from north Mississippi la rather meager this morning. It is re ported that the compress at Winona was badly damaged, as was a church. One.life Is reported to have been lost neat Duck Hill. North of Canton the storm Is report ed to have done considerable damage, lajurylng the growing crop and the standing timber. WIFE OF BEERBOHM TREE HAS BOTH JAWS BROKEN. London, Nov. 20.—Having been se riously Injured In an automobile accl, dent. Mrs. Beerbnhtn Tree,' one of the best-known actresses of London, sent for her husband and admitted that her companion In the car waa Lewis Wal ler. with whom she Is starting. Site was thrown but of Ihe auto mobile and both of her Jaws went broken. Mr. Waller was slightly In jured. Mrs..Tree had promised her husband not to go with Waller., By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. Ollier words to make It In reality Its name Indicates, Is the job the * hers of that organization have themselves. The retlrh.g presides Dave Hennen Morris, started the rolling In his unnual report. "Our organization Is the only \ n , lean auto club recognized In autonu," bile circles by any foreign country" Mr. Mortis said, "and It Is evervwh.b. regarded as the national club ,,r mi country, and lias binding treaties ,, hi, nearly every foreign national nut. bile club. Owing to the Increase i n membershlji nur club pays In ami „«i dues to the American Auto Assoclatlm. something like 11.25*. Are the udvan tages commensurate and are the men ' bers satisfied to continue this sum , t money r* 1 The report showed that the club h», reached tile limit of 1.000 active mem bers and has 235 associate and sixteen life members. During the yeni Ju,, closed 334 new members were elected. The projectors of Lone Island Ante, mobile speedway have altered their corporate name to the Long Island M 0 . tor Parkway Association. A. R. Pardlngton. former chairman .if tho Vanderbilt cup commission, was elected general manager. He was nu- thorized to open offices In the Night and Day bank building qnd begin q,. preliminary work for the constructM of the speedway. * . The Motor Parkway. Incorporated will acquire on Long Island a right .,f way approximately 100 feet wide nml 50 miles long. Beginning at n point near the city line, the parkway end near the shore of Peconlr On this right of way there win i,,J constructed an automobile parkway. Tha rCaources of revenue are ai follows: Charges on an annual, seml-anmmi. quarterly, monthly, weekly, daily nn.i hourly basis. Admission, sale of seats In Conner tion with ev*nts similar to the ravel for the Vanderbilt cup. Testing of cars by manufacture: atch races, economy tests, non-slip tests. TWenty-hour contests. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. NOVEMBER 20. lMl T 8!r Wilfrid Laurler, premier of tbr Dominion of Canada, liorn. 1863— Earl of Elgin, former cpreriior chi cml of Canada, died. Boru July 2m, Ml. •Float national encampment of thw (•rand Army of the Republic nnwiii- Med at Indiana polls. 1689—Centennial celebration of the ml men tion of the constitution of the I'nitei! flutes by North Carolina begun nt Fayetterlllc. 1802—The Amalgamated Association de clared the Homestead strike ut uu end. 1898—Commercial bodies In Spain urur.i speedy conclusion of peace with the United States. 1800—German emperor arrived at Windsor castle on visit to England. UNION OPERATORS TAKE ACTION ON TEXAS STRIKE Local union telegraph operators held Uielt- regular meeting Sunday after, noon, but no action on the.strike situs, tlon In Houston. Dallas and.other Texa» points was taken. Several reports were read before the meeting, but they were discussed In an Informal way. A communication was forwarded to the president 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 the reply of the presi dent of the union to the Atlanta com munication might have some bearing on conditions In this city. The out come, at any rate, will be watched with Interest. Local union men are greatly Interested In the Texas strike. Special to The Georgian. New Orleans, Nov. 20.—The report as coming front Romo to the effect that Vice Consul Signor Vlllati, >f Italy, has been eent by hie government to Inquire Into the alleged cruelties practiced on Italian Immigrants by American speculator* and that lie has forwarded vigorous report to the min ister of foreign affairs, are denied by Mr. Vlllarl, who la now In this city. He says hla government Is not re sponsible for the cable. He Is here merely to look Into the Immigration matters. A8SI8TANT WILLIAM HAYES VISITS THE EXCHANGES 8|w^*lal to The Georgian. New Orleans, Nov. 20.—William Hayes, assistant secretary of agricul ture, visited all the local exchange* this mqrnlng and inquired If there nan recently been any reason to believe Inside Information had leaked out of statistical or crop reporting board at Washington. He was assured 'here had not been the slightest suspicion since the Hyde-Holmes episode. The New roRic Eye Glass Lens. New Style, Old Style. The very latest In eyeglass and spectacle lens construction. Cuiwei to the Shape of the eye; far. ahead of the old style Gives a greater field of vision and allows lenses to set closer to eyes. • No blur when looking through the edges. ' Have your lenses changed to the ney: style today. Tht wearing of them Is a mark of up-to-dateness. ’ Come in and we will show you the difference. A. K. HAWKES CO., OPTICIANS WHITEHALL ST. ^■4