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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 21. IS**. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN :CHK Time CRAVES. f«lr f. L SCUY. rttsUfl Fub’ished Every Afternoon. (Escrpt Kundnjri By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 25 West Alabama 8t.. Atlanta, On. Subscription Rates. on* r«ir. UM Mt Month*... S-fi Thr** Month* 1.25 By Carrier. Per Week »• Smith A TbmiipBoii. mlvrrtlainc rep* rreentntlvee for oil territory ootsld# of If you hnve nuy trouble pet flop Til h GEORGIAN. telephone thr Circulation Drfiiimfflt and have It promptly rei»»* edleu. Telephones: Bell 4977 Mali*. Atlanta <101. It J« ilmlrtihl* that /ill .wjiiniiiifra* finite Intended for publication In TUB GEORGIAN he limited to 40) word* In length. It Is Imiwmtlve that they he signed, a* an ovhlenee of good faith, though the name* will In* withheld If requested. Rejected uieuiiserlptM trill lief he reh:riu-d iinleea etninps nre sent for the purpose. THE UKOlttilAN print* no nurleun or objectionable advertising. Neither does 1t print whisky or any liquor ml*. OUR PLATFORM.-The Georgian ■taint* for Atlanta * owning It* own ga* ami electric light plant*, as It now own* It* waterworks. Other eltle* do till* and get oil* a* low a* 60 relit*, with a profit to the elty, Thl* should ho dime at once. The Georgian lie* Here* that If street railway* ean he oiierated siirresaftilly hy E u r o p e a n el tie*, as they are. there I* no good leneon why they cannot In* *o oiiorufrd here. But we do not heliere tula ran he done now. and It may he some years liefore we are ready for po hlg nu nu* drrfnklug. tftlll Atlanta *hotild set Re fact In that direction NOW. Mr. Up3haw'» Card. Eleefchero In The Georgian today appears a card from William D. Up- j* ahaw, commenting on our editorial of lost Friday and urging a prohibi tion (flection. The Georgian set forth plainly Its ▼taw. on the question of the prohibi tion election, believing that Bitch elec- tion would be unwise and would do Atlanta more harm than good. If prohibition, real prohibition, could be secured without an election approaching civil war In Its bitter' nets, without appealing to the negro vote in all the hldeotu corruption that marked those prohibition lights of the ,‘80's, then The Georgian would doubtless fivor It. Bui real prohibition has never been aeculed .In this country, though at- temiAu have been made all the way from Maine to California. And the cruel bitterness of an election would do Atlanta Incalculable barm at this time. The movement council la raaklns toward raising the license, thereby decreasing the number of saloons, and further restricting them, seems to Tho Georgian to be the sanest and sound est solution of the problem. To Wade Hampton. In- 1878,. when the days of recon struction were bitterest, the Demo crats claimed the election of General Wade Hampton aa governor. The carpetbaggers and scalawags claimed their candidate had been elected. Fearing that Geueral Hamilton would be cheated of tho governorship, several thousand armed men marched through Columbia one day. They reached the Democratic headquarters, and halted. General Hampton ap peared, md said: “Fellow citizens: l have been elected governor of South Carolina. ' and hy the eternal God I will ho gov ernor, or there shall lie none. l)le- Couldn’t Stand Prosperity. Those on the apdt unite in declaring that San Francisco has recently had the most corrupt and moat Inefficient city government in America. The correspondent of Tho New York World writes that "fostered by, a police rforce under the leadership of a man’whose chum Is the most notorious pickpock et In the West, thngs and thieves are prospering." Graft la rampant and corruptlotl'ta skaiigcd ttf the Ofty gov eftinlViit •‘ffoiir the Tnayor down to the humblest department employees, Mayor Eugone Schmitz baa been Indicted by the grand Jury, along with A. Uuef, whose tool Schmitz haz been. The dbarge on which a true bill has been found against them la grafting $40,000 for the granting of liquor licenses to certain French res taurants. It Is also charged that Schmitz and Ruef held up the United Railways Company for $700,040 for the granting of franchises since the earthquake and Are. The grand jury la now In vestigating this. At the'time of his election four years ago Schmitz was the leader of u little orchestra In San Francisco and was making about $150 a month. He was In humble clrcumatances. Hls salary as mayor Is $500 n montn. In four years he has built him a magnlft cent homo coating upward of $25,000, haa furnished It in lavish style aud on a trip to Europe made the spend ers blink by throwing money right ami left. Schmitz wz* elected wsyor by the labor unions, after .lames D. Phelnn . , had declined to stand for re-election, perse quietly, and go to year homes. [n „ xccutlve work 8 chmltz proved All I* wen. PROBITY VERSUS POLITICS. From Ksnzaz City comes the positive, unmistakable and. certainly, authorized statement of Secretary of State Elihu Root that Mr. Roosevelt will not again accept the Republican nomination for president. Simultaneously, from Culebra Cut there come the strong, bold, manly words of President Roosevelt, In the matter of the Brownsville murderers who disgraced the United States army uniform: "Unlesa facts as known to ine are shown to be false the order will under no circumstances be revoked, and I shall not for one moment con sider suspending It on u simple allegation that there are new facts un til these new facts are laid beforq me. Inform any persons having new facts to have them In-shape to lay before me at my return and I will then consider whether or not any further action by me Is called tor." Don't you see the significance? It simply Indicates, on the face of It.- that Mr. Roosevelt la In posi tion to Ignore politics and be a president; that he baa no negro or ne- grophlle votes to pander to, and that he can discharge hls duties according to hla notion of honesty, fairness and square dealing. ' This Brownsville Incident Is a queer thing anyway. A bunch of negro soldier* of the Twenty-flfth Infantry. U. S. A., got drunk last August and shot up the town of Brownsville, Texas. Murder was one among tho crimes tbc/se negroes committed. One white man was killed, another wounded and the town terrorized. An Investigation into the affair showed that not only could no evidence be secured against the murderers, but that the slayers were being shielded from Justice by the other negroes In the regiment. (Which state of affairs la familiar to all In the South, where negro rapists and murderers are Invariably given protection against the law by members of the.r' race). So, being unable to punish tho murderers because the unoffending constituted themselves accessories' after the fact. It was ordered that all of the three companies of which the murderers were members, be dishonorably d I (charged from the service. This action offended negroes North and South, who declared It was an Insult to the race, and wholly an expression of white prejudice against the black. Now, the negro vote Is very precious to the Republican party; it has become even more precious since the fall election* when the Demo cratic party gained CO seats In congress. With the protests of the negro preachers and politicians, came the obsequious protest of the so-cslled G. O. P. The -turn of the screw made chubby Bill Taft, he of the presidential bee, yell first, Elephsn- tine Bill, secretary of wifr, while not engaged in running errands for Mr. Roosevelt, let forth hls squeal fn the shape of an order suspending that of the president which called tor the dismissal of the men of the three companies. / Now comes the word of the president from the Panamanian isth mus. There Is only this to be said further about It; According to the facts developed, the sentence of the war depart- ment made through tho president was jjist, even as It would have been. just had the Twenty-flfth regiment, U. 8. A., been composed of Cau casians; the action of the negroes of the country, the Republican party In general and the New York Republican Club In particular, and Ele phantine Bill Taft ranged from the ridiculous to sycophantlih criminal ity, and that the action of President Roosevelt, free from further polit ical ambition, la refreshingly strong and manly. And this: That till the Republican party, the G. O. P„ can cease to pander fawntngly to the negro vote as a class and can shake Itself free from Its Old Man of the Mountain, the Trust of Trusts, It need not won der at the solidity and the solidarity of the Bouth. BRIEF NEWS NOTES It Ik the shortest oration In the world's history. It accomplished peare aud freedom and prevented the shedding of. a sea of blood In South Carolina. Tuesday there was unveiled at Co lumbia a monument to Wade Hamp ton. It Is well that South Carolina lias thus expressed In eternal bronze her reverence for Hampton, but It was not necessary to pcriietuate the mem ory of that noble cavalier In whom there was Joined tho dashing and dauntless soldier, the wise and honest statesman and the gentleman of gen tlemen. A Negro Editor. It seems that the negroes of Chica go object to the existence of Senator Iteujamln R. Tlliniin, of South Caro lina. B Senator Tillman Is scheduled to lec- Bture at Orchestra Hall In that etty, ■ November 27, for the benefit of the Chicago Union Hospital. Au appeal was made Monday In The Broadax, a negro paper, for “all brave and liberty-loving Afro-Ameri cans In this city to assemble at Or chestra Hall and prevent Ben Tillman from speaking there.” .- Another example of the wisdom and conaervatislm of the negro editor and r"Uid negro politician! ’ The negro as a race had better dis claim and discredit such Idiotic conn i -b vn and follow the advice of those » l.o sagguft u little more work aud a ' -ii less politics. 1 himself to he a capable, even an able man. During the earthquake and fire he was tireless and efficient, and de serves much credit for the work he did. But he cduldn’t stand prosperity. For the sake of the laborer* who elected him. It Is a pity that Schmitz has gone wrong. Ho had the chance to demonstrate that from the common people honest and able official* etui come Religioui Vaudeville. The pastor of the Central Baptist church ol New York city, who pos sesses the happy name uf the Rev. Frank Goodchtld, haa found the com- lielltloii of seven theaters, as many restaurants and saloons • galore, all adjacent to hls house of worship, a little bit keen. Accordingly, the other Sunday night,, the Rev. JH- Ooodchlld sprang a stunt that made hls slim congrega tion alt ui> and take notice. After the opening hymn and prayer, he an nounced that Mrs. Bourke, a whistler, would oblige the audience with a sa cred sibilant solo. Mrs. Bourke whistled, after which- the service pro ceeded along conventional lines. Last Sunday night there was anoth er vaudeville turn. 'When the congre gation filed In they were astonished to see a Mr. Charles Wold standing Ip the chancel before a table of profane wine glasses, on which he subsequent ly played tunei. The pastor read for the lesson a part of the Scriptures, concluding with the phrase; Lord." The congregation responded with a hearty "Amen,*' Now, all of this Is not as wild or as fobllsh as one may be Inclined to think. The greatest trouble the pilnlsters of the smallor churches of New York find Is In securing auditors. Sunday la a wide-open day In the metropolis, and those who are most In need of religious teaching are the ones who fliirf alluring entertainment every where except In the churches. None save a narrow-minded Puritan can regard these performances In the Central Baptist church any more sac rilegious than the conventional choir music. And they are Increasing the size of the R6y. Mr. Goodcblld’s congrega tlons. HEARTILY INDORSES THE GEORGIAN. To the Editor of The Georgian; A* on* deeply interested In the won derful progress and oontinusd welfare of Atlanta, I wish to commond in be- nsH of a large majority of tho property >ity your owners and taxpayers of tho oity y ■bio and timely editorial in yesterday's " ' titled, ‘‘Shall Ws Have a Georgian en. Prohibition Fight? 1 Certainly, The Georgian's utterances from its position on th* liquor traffie should have great influence among tho prohibition element, even if its splen did arguments and logiosl reasoning ■ r* uncontidercd. Will you not pltaso republish th* editorial that those who did not road it yesterday may do so today? All who have even been through tho strifo and bittornees of a prohibition ■lection will recall all you stats as true, and indorss it I hav* been through two ouch elections and remem ber them st “awful nightmares” when best friends quarreled and familiea wars separated. Tho good mtn who would plunge At lanta into another prohibition fight are mistaken in thsir zeal. They are not true friends of our city’s material at wtll as spiritual welfare, such as Dr. W. W. Landrum and Dr. John E. White are. With dear vision they see the situation, that if an election wore hold tho prohibitionists could not earry it, and therefore they are opposed to an election being called. Yours, respect- fully, HOUSTOUN R. HARPER. CARD OF APPRECIATION AND OF. COMMENDATION FROM CHARLES T. HOPKINS. To the Editor of The Georgian; i sincerely desire to thank you for your exceedingly kind reference In Sat urday evening's paper. Rut I thank you far more for the stand you have taken in reference to this matter. If the better element of whites will co-operate with the better element of blacks, both seeing that the Is commonly, evenly and Impartial ly administered, we will reach a prac'- tlcul solution, carrying a permanent peace. Your* very truly. <•HAIU.ES T. HOPKINS. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. II. 19"*. District Attorney Jerome has an nounced officially that the trial of Her iy K. Thau In Now Y - ■! U ,'"l Hi- killing of Stanford White will begin on De cember 3. Recorder Goff will presld The police of Nice, France, are In vestigating the cose of Countess de LaGrange, proprtiresi of a zoological garden near that city, who was found dead, shot through the heart. A score of years ago she was an actress and famous beauty. Attacked by three highwaymen under th* dark grade crossing of the Dela ware, Lackawanna and Western rail road at Groove and Nineteenth streets. New Jersey, In broad daylight. Floyd Kubler, aged 1«, a Standard Oil Bank messenger, was knocked, down, beaten and robbed of $1,200 In cash. Fourteen towboats left Pittsburg har bor yesterday and their aggregate tows comprised more tfian 3,000,000 bushels of coal. Miss Louisla Moncheur, the daugh ter of the Belgian minister, who came over to attend the wedding of Mis* Clayton to Mrf Grant-DufT, died yester day Id Washington. The death list of the wrecked steam er Dlx, which collided with the Jeanle near Beattie, Wash., bas reached a total of 50 names. Secretary Metcalfe, of the depart ment of commerce and labor, through th* commissioner of corporations, haa appointed. Oeorge. E. Butler to make an investigation of the fire Insurance com panies In settling the Ben Francisco Are claims. Diplomatic circled at Bt. Petersburg are perturbed over the Macedonian trouble. The International arrange ment seetns Inadequate to restore or der In that part of Turkey. Anarchists at Rome, Italy, are said to be planning a big demonstration against the government when King George of Greece makes hls visit to Boms. The officials of the Delaware, Lack awanna and Western railroad have granted their switchmen 4 cent* an hour Increase and a 10-hour day, the agreement to last for one year, from January 1, 1007. A combination mail and express car on easlbound Pennsylvania train No. 33 took fire on Monday and 1,500 let ters were destroyed. Mrb. Jennie Anderson, of Youngs town, Ohio, accused of beating her 6- year-old step-daughter to deatb, was sentenced to 15 year* In the peniten tiary. Alleging that the voting machine did not properly record the vote* cast In the recent election, the common coun cil of Elmyra. N. Y.. adopted a reso lution calling upon the mayor to ap point five men to consider the advisa bility of returning to the paper ballot system. Lured to America by dream* of wealth, Bessie Arnold, Alice Krlglsr and Eunice Booth, English girls, have been apprehended by the immigration agent for violating the labor contract law. They were brought over to work In a North Carolina cotton mill two months ago, but will be deported on the first Cunard line steamship for Liverpool. Mrs. Orondona, with her brother-ln law, ha* been arrested at; Reno on th* charge of burning the entire town of Johnevllle, where the Uvea of two men were lost. It Is alleged that- th* hatred of William Passetta, owner of the ho tel In which the fire started, caused th# act, and the brother-in-law aided th* woman through love. A GREAT EDITORIAL; f——— 1 A WRONG CONCLUSION i j THE PIED PIPER AND HIS CHILDREN. By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER* —Yronv Washing. thnt \n„.. I ton friends ,c *‘irn that Min Ethel To the Editor of The Georgian: I would carry, two to one. against th' If wishing would do any good I would saloons, we shown! becoming defer- • f Jf , r 0 j (1 m ’ n . v< . ^ Js wish u hundred times that you tail j ence,to thdse who did not want an elec- J a charming pi esiding lady of the U’jjjtf never said It. I mean that leading edl- tion then, and Dr. J. C. Solomon, su- . Houj-e during the absence of her moth* torlaJ. “Shall We Have a Prohibition pertntendent of the lengue. modified m* * r In I anain.-i unci the Went In.llai FIlI.i-- which nr,name,1 in !-■» Fri- I motion from February to March and Isles. She Is one of the youngest chat- J-U.li. umcn appeared In last rn j fron , ji arc i, on | n to the spring, uml slalnes ad Interim who haa graced the day's Georgian. Nothing but absence | man> . of ua agreed to these dates, even and an overwhelming ru-li of business against our hearts and our judgment, could have (kept me silent this long. I In order that we might not run rough- Allow me to -say that I do not think NEGROES COMMENDED FOR MAKING ARREST. Special to The Georgian. Dublin, Ga., Nov. 21.—Yesterday Will Horn was placed In Jail on the charge of Killing Jerry Roberts. Horn was arrested by the negro mill hands at work for B. M. Grier, three miles west of Dublin, and was held until Sheriff Prince reached the scene of the killing. He would not surrender until he had been slightly wounded by one of the negroes. Horn killed Roberta by cutting an artery In hls leg. It ta alleged that the killing was not Justifiable. Both negroes were mill hands. Sheriff Prince made a speech to the negroes, commending them for endeav- , ... . orln* to uphold law and order by ar- Ob, make a Joyful uoise unto the resting Horn Wolter Reid, expert adviser of the Aero Flub of the United Btates, now In I-ondon, makes the prophecy that, with the production of a well designed aerial motor, an air trip from New York to London can be made In 34 hours. Gaston Thompson, master of marine, announced to the council of ministers that the loss of the French submarine Lutln was due to an unusual pres sure of the Intake of water caused by a pebble landing In the intake valve. Incompletely closing the water ballast compartments and causing them to give away. The chief vetsrinnry officer of tlu, Philippines, sent to Malta by the Uqlt. ed State* to buy goats, ha* caused con sternation among the people by declar ing that 58 per cent of the gnats, the only milch animals on th* Island, are tainted with a fever microbe. RAILROAD Y. M. C. A. TO OPEN THURSDAY Final preparations have been made for the opening Thursday of the new railroad Young Men's Christian Asso ciation, 3t 1-3 West Alabama street. From 3 to 5 o’clock In the afternoon the general recaption to the ladles Interest ed will be held, and the program for th* night will be for men. The after noon program Includes songs by Miss Luclle Dennis and the rendition of sev eral selections by Mrs. W. H. L. Nelms, on the piano. Vocal selections by the Piedmont Male Quartet anti several short talks will be given at night. TERMINAL PETITION TAKEN UP THURSDAY The petition of the Gate City Terml- nal Company {or right to cross certain streets anti for other concessions In the construction of a roadbed for the At lanta. Birmingham and Atlantic will be acted upon Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock by council. CAPTAIN HIGHTOWER IS LAID TO REST. you ever wrote a stronger editorial than that one, unless, perhaps, It was your last “Saturday Evening” on “Judging Others,” which, to my think ing. seems to touch the limit of mortal pen. And that Is the pity of It alt If you had not written so strongly—If you .were not capable of writing so strongly again—I would not now con cern myself to reply. And have I earned the right to differ from The Georgian In- Its own free col umns? If The Georgian's bravely shutting liquor advertisements out of Its col umns entltlesTt to speak frankly to the enthusiastic find vehement friends of temperance, then surely the fact I have commended this antl-llquor course with tongue and pen all over the land enti tles me to speak frankly to The Geor gian now. Then what was the:matter with that great editorial? This: The premise was wrong and the con clusion was—fatal I For. the sake of brevity, let us leave off the premise, pass over the argu ment and come to the conclusion first. Here It Is: “Fewer saloons.” , "Better regulatlbns." Mr. Editor, you might have preached with the tongue of an archangel all through your brilliant argument, but If It bring you at last to the fatal con clusion that the Ideal and ultimate so lution of the liquor question for At lanta or any other community Is, not prohibition, but “a few” high-toned, low-down, devilish saloon* “wsll regu lated” In their wrecking work of de bauchery and damnation—and this work of refined deviltry approved by council and defended by law—If this be the ultimatum of your fascinating argument and the end of your glowing periods, then I rise—I stand—I lift my tongue and pen In one lonr, strong everlasting protest against the folly and danger of sueff a compromise. Hold on—before you rise to a point of "per sonal privilege" and explanation. I have hot forgotten that you said If the test must come you will be found with the white ballot of prohibition In your hand- That Is not the burning ques tion now. A thousand other men would do the same—because they have to sleep with' their 'conscience afterward. But these "conservative” men can nev er be depended on this side of the Judgment to launch or lead a battle against the saloons. TVe. ,ths white- ribboned throng of men and women In Atlanta, are yearning for a leader non- —wise, fearless, uncompromising! And thinking of The Georgian now we re member those words so full of pathos uttered in sore disappointment during that Sabbath walk to Emmaus: “We had hoped that It had been he who should at this time deliver Israel.” Th* Anti-Saloon League Has Been Coneervative. The Anti-Saloon League has not been rath. No man truly claims'll. While we believed with Judge Broyles that an election held just after the riot shod over the wishes of those good cit izens who believed It better to post pone the election until spring. And I remember now thut such representa tive men as that astute lawyer. Luther Rosser, and that sturdy pioneer In At- slon and the die Intends to add her old I quota to the social record. Miss Roosevelt entertained about » dozen other “sweet slxteejjj- at * . ■ sixteen*' , luncheon ono day last week, and «hT did the honors In the most approved Attired In a brilliant red gown with ' ^rose-Ht her throat. Miss Kthel lanta’s progres-s. Captain J. \V. English. looked stunning. After the luncheon stood up In that tlrst meeting in thi she escorted her guests all over the Wesleyan Tabernacle and said: "Gen tlemen, we beseech you not to call an election now right on the heels of this riot. Wait thirty or sixty diys until this excitement Is over, then we will be with you.” All right, gentleman, we have waited thirty—yea. we are waiting sixty-days. And where are the then advocates of spring? I am sure that the two gentlemen Just mentioned are ready to redeem their promise. They are the kind of men who do, that sort of thing. But where are the most of the men who. In that meeting or those conservative men out over town, were shaking their heads and asking for more time? Where? .I’ll tell you where they are, The last we heard from them they had followed the Pled Piper Into the woods, and we cart' hear even yet the seduc, tlve notes of hls flute: Not now, my children, not now— The whites and the negroes will row! 'Tls better to wait, tho' fanatic* may prate— Not now, my children, not now! What is the Meaning of “Now?” Will somebody tell me the meaning of "now? 1 What are Its boundaries and the limits bt Its habitation? And that fine phrase, “just at thl* time?'' Ah, each of these expressions is a coinage from the mint of a quorlsed" commercialism. An enemy hath sown' these tares among the finest of the wheat and the harvest I* being gathered betimes. Will Strengthsn Friendship, Doesn't everybody know that the for mer prohibition campaigns in Atlanta did not estrange the races? Dr. Haw thorne and Bishop Gaines shook hands on the morning of election and led their faithful columns against a common foe. There were but two flags then and there will be but two flags In the com ing election—the black flag of the li censed saloon and the white banner of prohibition Under which flag? Under which flag will you march? And listen, my poor (rlends of the sa loon, do not congratulate yourselves on divided forces. Your siren songs have deluded for a time. But men will awake and show their colon! The Georgian will yet present the splendid spectacle of a great dally pa per, not negatively, but poaltlvsly fight ing the saloon. And when the "show down” comes our conservative friends will run up their flag and show where they stand—fighting sanely, but des perately, against the saloon that Is the hotbed of crime, the companion of the brothel, the rateway of hell! Brave men can do what they will for Atlanta and eveny brave, true man will fight the saloon. WILLIAM D. UPSHAW. HON. TOM WATSON PAUSES TO PASS ANOTHER LEMON ■ TO-DELECTABLE COL. MANN To the Editor of The Georgian: I am too busy with the bringing out of my own magazine to pay much at tention to the published statements of the notorious human hoop-skirt and exposed fraud known as Colonsl Mann. When I Inform you that he and hls pal, De France, have taken th* lifeless “Watson's Magazine” Into The Town Topics den, and are sending out letters begging for stock subscribers to come forward and be clipped of their fleece to the extent of 310 apiece, and that these begging letters are dated from the little known' side door of The Town Topics building on Fortieth street, In stead bf from Its well-known Fifth av enue number, you will understand why Colonel Mann Is so-anxious to gull the public now as he gulled “yours truly" In 1904. Mark the date—1904! Before the Colliers and N'ormsn Hapgood had shown him up, and before hls name had been made a stench In. the nostrils, of decent people. Hls statement about the presidency Is false, as the greater portion 5f every statement this notorious old rip has published concerning Watson's Maga zine has been. It w-as he who Incor porated In the contract—while I was In Georgia fiat of my bock with grippe— that reference to a sealed letter. When I opened the letter at my home here and saw that It contained the condition that 1 might take a> step from the sub lime to the ridiculous by quitting Wat son's Magazine for the presidency, 1 laughed at the silly thing, and threw It aside, it was simply one of Colonel Mann's artifices In the process of hum bugging me and putting me Into hls hands for exploitation. I • had then, amt hnve now, no more idea of becom ing president In 1908. or any other time, than 1 have of dying to heaven v.ith Dr. Julian Thomas In a balloon. It grieves me to think that even pocr old Colonel Mann considers me such an Infernal fool. In the first number of my own mag azine will be given n full story of my relations with Colonel Mann. Thl* story will be Illustrated with certain pictures which will light up the situa tion considerably. To that I beg leave to refer Itlose who are sufficiently In terested to seek the truth about It. The next time Colonel Mann rushes Into the papers to publish lies about me I trust that be will be more liberal In hls statement of hts own record. He ought, by all means, to give us an elegant synopsis of the evidence ugalnet himself In that famous libel case. He might also add to hls list of dates and deeds this line: "1905. Arrested for Perjury.” When the case Is disposed of he can, of course, add the word "Arqultted,” or "Found Guilty," as the facts re quire. In hls latest rush Into prim, the colonel didn’t say a great doal about the 19,000 he owes me. In fact he seems to have forgotten all about that. A man who hides hi* millions behind hls wife snd daughter, and thus escapes hls honest debts, might add this item also to the record of hls dates and deeds ‘1906. Humbugged Watson to the tune uf 31,000.” Colon#' Mann repudiates "Explana tory," the false article In the Novem ber Watwm'a Magazine. Says he: "Never saw or heard of It till It was In print. 1 ' What a whopper! Mr. Gor don Nyo, the artist, avho Is now living with me. assures me that lie himself carried the “proofs" of thut article to Colonel Mann's house, and that Colo nel Mann not only read and corrected those proofs, but made certain changes In the article. If It would not be so hard' on Ananias I would compare Col onel Mann to that less expert und voluminous liar. THOMAS E. WAT80N. Thomson, Ga. ' — over the anslon nnd the grounds anti i-hnnr. visitor* to the White House were treat cd to visions of youth and beauty not often vouchsafed around the exccutlv. mansion. * These maids of officialdom ,- ln s n ashlngton fashionable set have »n enviable winter In store for them for the president's young daughter Is to b> a prominent figure on the social hari- zon. Following the example of h.r elder i-leter she will make an early entrance Into the modish world, p r „b*. bly next winter. UEORtJIANS IN GOTHAM : New York. Nor. 71.—Anions tin* vUiinra In* Sew York toil*, J. J. Hofnn. of AthnUL THI5 DATE IN HISTORY U NOVEMBER 21. IttS-JnniM Hon, poet, dl«l. Born 1772. 1540—rrinroji* Victoria Adelaide. H.|r>t dHtwUtor of Queen Victoria, Lorn, plod Antrim 6. 1901. 1181—United Mtn ten xhlp Hnnter captured fflvujwp li 0 *' 0 * Yacht Off OnlveJtoii. 1171—Grand civil nnd military reception of thv Ontttfl Duke Alexis In New York. 1877—Mrs. Fair prevented l»y uiob from l«*c- , t(W tnrlnu lu Kan Francisco. lsas-UnllM •upreido court decided <«.* ft* Grn,t to be high sen*. Iw4—JlnxMcre of the Chlueao by the Jup. * niu^e troop* at Port Arthur. 1®®—Vice President Hobart died nt Puter* ■on. N. J. 1900— Fifty live* lout In it hurricane Jn Ten. iwMee. 1598—Yaw ilefeutwl Harvard at foot I ml! hy id th* > »ny f— — — 000 0000 O 0 O POLITICS AND POLITICIANS, a 000OO000000000000000OOOOOO The HUccoMfnl candidate for state trwi*. urer In Now York Is it master linker hr trade. Since hls election be has md«l hls Itakcry. nnd states thnt he will devote Ills entire attention to the duties of hi* offlue. political nnd personal light was waged in the recent, eampnlgn. has ouuouiicimI hls retirement from politics. tor from Delaware will be either J win James Pennewlll, of Dover, or II. A. Itlch- nrdMon, a wealthy resident of the same dty. Both are promluent Republicans. Governor Stokes, of New Jersey, h.i* de clined to become a candidate for United States senator to succeed John F. Dryden. The senatorial tight In New Jersey ihU Lewis Stuyveeant Chnnier’s small plural ity In the great state of New York, which casts not far from a million and a half votes, recalls the 1047 recorded for Cleve land over Blaine In the presidential elec tion of 1881. iuuieu Dimes senator rroin, coionmo particularly Interesting as lllustnitlntr tendency among captains of Industry to surne Important political position*. DR. EBERHARDT DEAD AFTER LONG ILLNESS. THANKSGIVING SCENES TAKEN FROM THE MAGAZINES By WEX JONES. Specie! to Tit. Georgian. HuwklnsvHle, Ga.. Nov. 31.—The body of Captajn John W. Hightqwer wa« brought here from Atlanta anti buried in Orange Hill cemetery Tuesday morn ing at 9 o’clock. Captain Hightower formerly lived here and w as well known by everybody a* a wholeaouled. genial man. with a kind, happy greeting to all he met. He died at the age of <4, while undergoing an operation at St. Josephs Infirmary In Atlanta. Those surviving him are his wife and young son, of Atlanta: Mrs. M. V. Mu- honey, Dublin. Ga., and Mrs. Frank B. Waterman. HawkinaviU*. ^ C OCOANUTS were lazily dropping to eartb from the vines which clung ground the lofty man grove trees. Bolo men peeped slyly from behind great banks of flower*. Buffley thought longingly of the old homestead In New Hampshire. "The Philippines may be an American out post,* he said, "but take me back to the old snow-covered hills. The little brown brother sllckelb closer than a wife's cousin, and there’s not a decent turkey In the Islands.” Just then ^Buffley caught sight or a Mora camp. In u moment h* had cap tured It. There he found Mary I-'ls- kin*. the girl he’d loved In the dear New Hampshire hills. “What are you doing here?" be asked. “1 came out to run the Moro kinder garten," she replied. “Sly own!” he exclaimed. "My ownest!" she cried. "The happiest Thanksgiving day I ever had!” cried both. Jail had scored 31. Kingston was despondent. But It minutes of play—It seemed Impossible to win. Tad Smith, the Kingston center left guard, did not despair. He had a bet 'on the game. If he won—lie won a bride. If he lost—he lost n box of candy. Polly Perkins wa* In,the grandstand. He knew her eves were upon him. He knew she wanted Kingston to win. Tad Smith drilled hi* teeth. He Special to The Georgian. Hartwell. Ga., Nov. 21.—Dr. J. Eberhardt died here yesterday, nfter t prolonged (lines* of several month*, leaving a wife nnd four children U" wa* one of the most prominent citizen- of this place and known throuxhout the state tut a successful and skilled physician. He will be buried today. STORE AND CONTENTS DESTROYED BY FIRE- Special to The Georgian. LaGrange, G*., Nov. II.—About 1 o’clock yesterday morning Are broke out In the grocery store of E. Z. t'rea der nnd for a while it seemed that nearly all the business house* on that street would be destroyed, but thr he roic work of the Are department pre vented it- from spreading. Thu *M re room and contents were completely de stroyed and were only partially cov ered by Insurance. ■Tabbed the ball trom tho umpire, anti, running with the force of s locomotive, touched It down behind the Jail line. Continuing hi* circuit of the field ne ran around It without Interruption, at each time scoring. Kingston won by 156 point*. . , Tad Smith call* It the happlr«t Thanksgiving day he ever had. So does Mrs. Smith. The snow wa* snowing. The wind wa* winding. It was a cold, seasonable Thank-: i v * Ing day. In the comfortable old kitch en the table groaqed beneath an old- fashioned Thanksgiving dinner. The old folk* sat around the boar*, smiling, but now and then turning **“ eyes toward the empty chair. ,, "Thanksgiving day!” said the man. "Thanksgiving rljiy!'' responded the old lady In *ad tones. ' A knock at the door! •it'* him!" exclaimed both the d® people. , . The door watt opined and a bear"<-“ man entered. Ravenously he fell upon the sub.-i m- tU, l frwd - .. "Jim's grown bigger,” said the ' ‘ man. "And he's grown whisker*. B" be’* the same old welcome Jim- . Presently the man finished hi* m * and started for the door. _ , - "Jim. Jim! won't you stay? cri- the old couple. ,. "Jim nothing. My name'* * >“■ 1 _ 811m, and I must be on my they're after roe." And the etranger disappeared