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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN:
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBEU 28. 1509.
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OUR PLATFORM.-TUe UenrglM.
stsuua for Atlanta’* owning Its own gas
and electric light plant*, ns It now
owns Its waterworks:. Other citlc* do
this ami pet gas n* low a* 60 cent*,
with a profit to the city. This should
ho done nt once. The Georgian he-
Have* that If street railway* can he
Operated successfully by Kuro|iumi
cities, no they me. there Is no good
ten*<»n why they ennnot In? so operated
face In tint direction NOW.
What Is the Matter With the Po
lice Department?
What Is tho matter with the Atlanta
police department?
Not a week parses but that a ruin-
pus of some sort Is raised In that ays-
tem for the preservation of peace and
correction of vice.
How at variance with the record the
Atlantn lire department has made!
A seandal or row In the lire depart
ment Is jomethiiiK unheard of. For
twenty years that system has been do
lus Its work In conspicuously efficient
fashion, and not once—to our knowl
edge—has there devclo|ied any Inci
dent, such as have been regularly com
Ins no to the discredit of the |>ollce j
department.
Is It that n sirong, honest man was
for twenty years In absolute charge
of the Are department while the po
ller department liaa been In the hands
of a board, which has been an incubus
around which the web of mtinlalpnl
politics has been spun?
Cotton at 11 Cents.
The cotton situation, from the grow-;
er to the merchant dealing ill the
product of the loom. Is a much ills-1
cussed topic at ihe moment. Among!
the (ample directly interested It is the |
all-absorbing question of ib»- day. j
Previous to the appearance of the)
glnnerr' report the farmer was the I
“underdog" in the tight, appearances j
being decidedly against him, only a j
very few of ihe expert statisticians j
shedding a ray of hopo for him mid his |
money crop Crop estimates were'
against him. Il- 1 had, 'according to ■
these statistician., raised more coltonj
than the world required, and overpro- j
duet ion prices stared him In the lace.'
and eonbltied with a “bread and meat" j
minimum price, fixed by one of his or-1
gatilzutlous. there was a rash to mar- j
ket by the small farmer in order to!
get the minimum, which proved dlsas- j
Irons lo that price and apparently eon- !
Drilled bumper crop estimates. The,
speculative element took advantage of
the big estimates, mid, heavy crop
movement, sold tnc market short and
were confident In tiielr position up to j
tho publication of the last sinners' re- -
port, giving the amount ginned up to
November li at S,531,000, bales, and
from estimates at 13,000,000 to 14.000.-
000 bales. It was figured the farmers
Instead ot producing a small amount in
excess of the world's requirements, j
placed by Mr. Klllson, the lregltsh sta
tistlclnn at 12,500,000 bales, had failed :
lo meet the world’s demand for cotton
by some 300,000 or 000,000.
The result was a decidedly u. afi
demand for the heavy movement and !
at the prese.i time ff.icit grades a.
are wanted by/spinner* are a very 1
scarce article end the rapid rise of
these grades la causing a demand and
better prices for IJm* lower grade..
These facts have dawned upon the
e|K‘0illative bear in a way that has
placed the loss on his side of the ac
count, the producer reaping the bene-
fit ol the advance while the speculator i
Is (Sieketlng a deserved loss, in his
efforts to right himself.
The spinners ere now paying .If '
'eats lor Ihe staple and li looks as
ugh that will lie the price at I no-
IMintv In other words, the price j
THE STAND-PATTERS WILL DRAW CARDS.
On the authority of the very able Washington correspondent ot The
Bosto.t Transcript, we have It that, with the future of their party on
their minds, the Republican legislative leaders are returning to Wash
ington In general agreement that If Republican politics are to command the
support of the people at the polls two years from now the party must
meantime move forward.
To resort lo Ihe vernacular of that eminent sport, .foe Cannon—the
C. O. P. finds It’s poor poker to stand pat on a four-flush and. after
drawing the limit. Is going to hike.
How dilferent from that stand pal slogan Bounded a year ago Is the cry
going up from Republican moguls, "Rally to Teddy.” The game now Is
to assist or make pretense of assisting President Roosevelt in every move
that he thinks well.
Those November elections seem to have awakened the Republican
loaders. They now see that President Roosevelt received a splendid
Indorsement at the (mils a few weeks ago. and they are doubtless rather
Inclined to tlie belief that his personality and his personal popularity
were perhaps the greatest factora In the presidential campaign of 1904.
They seem to be aroused lo the effect of the atatement Mr. Bryan
has been making in s|i«ech after speech since his return to America—
that Mr. Roosevelt is a pretty good Democrat In a mighty bad party, and
that every Important reform Mr. Roosevelt 'has espoused has been a
plank from the Democratic platform.
President Roosevelt Is going to dominate this Isst session of the
Fifty-ninth congress. There la no doubt about that. Though there may
lie a recalcitrant member, with some special monopoly lo serve, hero and
there among the Republicans, as a whole the party will line up, and the
Insurgent* will be yanked Into the fold. They realize that they cannot
afford to revolt against him. They know the hold he has upon the peo
ple, little as tnef may like him or his measures. The next presidential
campaign Is two years olf, but Its Issues will be practically formulated
tills winter.
For tills reason Ihe president's message to the retiring congress will
be an iiiniKiinlly interesting document. It will doubtless Indicate, by way
of suggestion, the grounds on which some of the opening skirmishes
will be fought. It Is tacitly undetstood' that tho message this year will
give a comprehensive Men of wliaf President Roosevelt expects his par
ty to accomplish during the remaining Iwo years of his administration.
It Is known that he will call for legislation providing for a system
of progressive taxation on inheritance, and possibly some way of mulct
ing large Incomes. It Is also known that It Is the president’s desire for
legislation requiring all corporations—except railroads—doing an Inter
state business to be licensed by the federal government.
Requests for laws to preyeut watering of stocks, lo prohibit contri
butions to campaign funds by corporations and to limit the working hours
of railway employees are also expected from the president.
In short, the president Is expected to adopt the platform on which
. William Randolph Hearst made his race for the governorship of'New
York.
But. one may ask of us, Is the Republican party become so good?
Not yet. Nor soon.
It Is simply this: President Roosevelt Is a man of undoubted integ
rity and, of undoubted—albeit sometimes misguided—patriotism. He is
the most dominant figure In the Republican party, bat he la less of a Re
publican (limi any other man In tho party. The leaders of the party real
ize his (tower with the people; also their earn are to the ground and they
hear the rumble in the distance. They may yield to the president in
some of Ills pet measures In the hope of palliating him and of making
show of being a real reforhi party, but in the hack-ground they will be
at work on the ship subsidy anil other special privilege measures.
The president is nli honest man, and because of his honesty is a mar
velously successful politician. They have got to follow him a little way,
but they will never go the distance.
And he himself will fly off at a tangent before he completes for him-
««•!( that which lie conceives to lie his destined work.
There'll be a lot left for the Democratic party when all's said and
done.
PANHANDLER SEASON HERE;
BIRDS OF RA GGED AEAI HER
ARE DRIFTING SOUTHWARD
TEXAS RAILWAY SCHEDULES.
(Editorial Correspondence by John Tom|)lt> Unite*.?
Let the man who HoekR to eacape the nightmare of broken railway
schedules ateer clear of thla new and growing West.
Bad iih wo are in the railway world of Georgia, we are bleesed
among travelers na compared with the people of Texas and the Terri
tories, l have never seen nor dreamed of inch universal demoralization
of the Americati railway system as that which prevails all over the
country and finds an especial emphasis in the ‘’magnificent distances" of
the West. •
I left Atluntu on Saturday night the 17th. I reached Birmingham
over the Southern one hour late. I reached Meridian over the Alabama
Great Southern three and n half hours late. I reached Shreveport over the
Queen ami Crescent nine hours late am! I went from tho train to the
lecture platform at Paris, Texas, twelve hours late, to address an audi
ence that had kindly waited for me until 9:30 p. m.
During this entire week of rapid and consecutive travel, I have roach*
ed no destination less than two hours behind the schedule time, and In
most cases four and six hours late. The people seem dazed and helpless
under the demoralization of such schedules, and endure It with the grim
silent forbearance of the West, purely because they have no voice to speak
their discontent or to enter their public protest against the criminal negli
gence and apathy which subjects them to such personal inconvenience
and to **ich commercial disadvantages ns the cluotic railway conditions
entail.
There is not a newspaper In Texas or the West which seems to have
the courage and the clearness to speak out in behalf of the people as our
Atlanta and Georgia papers are doing. And for that matter, Texas,
wiih all its vaunted claims of vnstness und empire, has not a daljy news
paper equal In merit to any one of Atlanta’s three leading dallies.
The 1 (minion Post and The Gafveston and Dallas News are the three
host dallies in the gigantic state, and any one of Atlanta’s three newspa
pers discounts them from every standpoint of journalistic merit.
,The railroads of Texas are ns defiantly silent as are those of Geor
gia in this |x?r!od of Irregularity and disappointment, hut now and then
one of their big chiefs essays an explanation
"Hark, hark, the dogs do bark.
The beggars are coming to town;
Some Jn rags and some in Jags;
And some In velvet gown.”
—M. GOOSE.
What would a professional panhan
dler-beggar, the uninitiated would say
—do if offered a nice easy Job watching
a bank nt (60 a month? *
That ts a question that the recent
experience the Associated Charities had
with G. W. Wellington,^the blind man
who gathered in coin "by grinding a
hand organ, has brought about.
Would he say, "Vouse Js so kind,”
and fall upon your neck and tveep, de
claring you to be his good Lady Boun
tiful?
Hardly, if he knew you he would
tell you to chase yourself and quit your
kidding. If you were a prominent citi
zen and connected with a charitable
organization he might make an ap
pointment to meet you and not keep
It. *
Panhandling is an easy graft, and
when worked properly Is a lucrative
one. Of course, an able-bodied man
cannot work It unless he blisters his
arm and exhibits the burn or unless he
has nerve ami wears blue goggles and
says he’s blind. That's risky. Fly cops
might get next and run him In.
But a man with one leg—shy a pin,
the professional panhandlers say—or
with an arm gone or with afflicted
eyes, has a cinch It lie learns the game.
Association Steps In.
Cntll the systematic work of the As
sociated Charities put an end to it in
several cities of Georgia, panhandlers
were common sights on the streets In
the spring and fall of the year.
And these sights were made possible
because of the activity of the police of
Northern cities In running them out.
With New York made too warm for
them, these panhandlers migrated.
They start from the North about the
time Jack Frost leaves his visiting card
in the shape of a yellow leaf on a park
bench anil begin working to the South.
By the time cold weather ban hit the
North, fhey uro generally well Into
Georgia, and they work from town to
town until they strike Florida, Texus,
Louisiana and Alabama. By that time
things are getting warmer and the re
turn trip to the North Is commenced.
Many a panhandler, with only one
leg, is working a good graft—good
enough to board in good places, pay
railroad fare and set 'em up in barroom
haunts at night.
But it’s an entirely different sort of
person one sefes In the barroom with
a good cigar stuck between tne teeth.
Then he Is Just an ordinary peivon
frequenting barrooms, with one leg
«nd wearing a crutch. But while
working his graft he’s different.
It's a Good Graft.
With the leg of hi* trousers rolled
up beyond where his leg is amputated,
he sits upon the cold pavement with
out an overcoat, shivering, too, for It
looks more pitiful, and as he extends
his forlorn cap with n few pennies In
It he can hand out the most puthetlc
whine one ever heard.
And to make things look even more
pathetic/ he wraps some clean ban
dages around the end of his amputated
leg—It suggests a recent operation—
a’nd the suckers do the rest.
Look as hard as you please and you'll
never see anything In the hat except
pennies unless you see the silver you
placed there. The professional pan
handler Is too wise for anything so
foolish. As soon as the money Is
dropped In It is taken from sight. Too
much coin would suggest comfortable
circumstances, and this would queer
his graft. And when business is good
a panhandler sometimes finds It neces.
sai*y to get money changed so as. to
have those stock-in-trade coppers. But
he always has them. •
AH afflicted persons who have ever
panhandled probably remain panhand
lers until they die, or are run In by the
police and sent up. Work, no matter
how easy, goes hard after the emy
graft of panhandling.
And so well ha* the graft worked
that many a grafter has blistered His
arm or hand for the purpose of getting
sympathy and—money.
Hardly a jelreus that has been In At •
lanta this year but had its panhandler.*.
They travel with shows just like they
work fair circuits. They follow tho:
fakirs.
Not long ago one of these N pan
handlers was pinched by the Macon
police and it later developed that he
was the advance man for the bunch of
yeggeinen flushed by the Atlanta police
In the Cannon house. He hobbled about
with a crutch and one leg and gave
cards with the mute alphabet on them
In return for money he panhandled. For
he was also a mute, was this pan
handler, In addition to being shy a pin.
Found Voice and Leg.
But arraignment in police court
brought about a different state of af
fairs. The first thing he did was »o
demand In a loud voice that he be given
a lawyer and when searched by the
police and his long coat removed It
was found that Ids leg had been “am
putated” by being strapped up by a
leather harness. Not only that, but In
side a pocket In this leather harness
found over $900. He could both
hear and talk and had two good legs.
The criminal part this panhandler
played was to enter stores on the pre
tense of pegging and then size up the
situation so that his pals, the yegge-
men, could plan safe-cracking expedi
tions. And even at that It was profit
able to Idni.
In fact, the graft must he a profitable
one when a blind man like Wellington
prefers blindness and good money *o
sight and work.
It Is to get rid of these panhandlers
that the Associated Charities is work
ing. Few of them are now on Atlanta's
streets and fewer still there will be
when people find out what a swell graft
panhandling is.
Bo Just to prove It. offer the next
panhandler yon see a nice, easy job and
see whether or not he uccepts It.
Separate from these panhandlers are
some afflicted persons unable to do any
work and beyond being cured who eke
out an existence by selling matches,
newspapers, shoestrings and the like,
but they are not In the same class.
Panhandlers ure in a class by them
selves, and It's a prosperous class.
Nooks and Corners
of American History
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
PATRICK HENRY’S FIRST CASE.
It was the year 1763, aud Patrick Ifeury
had Just passed his examination and wen
admitted to the lutr. • He had not a* yet
had a case. Be was the genlu*-of poverty
and flu* living incarnation of Indolence,
and his fellowdownsuieu had anything hut
rosy predictions concerning the future of
the new-fledged lawyer.
But the unexpected always happens, and
lined
util brother Virginians the
surprise of their lives.
In till* same year, 1763. some sixty min
isters of the KpJscoiNil church ot the Old
Dominion endeavored to recover their loss
from tlie redaction that had been made
seven years I adore In the price of tobacco.
At that time, owing to the *'“*
logs a pmimi. aim me nssciuoiy voieu *um
for a specified period debts might be paid
at the rate of 2 shillings a pound. Tills
gave general relief, amt the clergy were
ie only oue* to object.
And now the minister* were tryhig to
get out of having to help lienr the com
mon burden. The assembly informed them
that nothing could lie done for them, nml
that they must sjiuro the affliction* of their
Hooks. The Inhifiitem then appealed to the
king, saying that they were not Virginian*,
tint clergy of the diocese of Loudon.
The king took their part, annulled the
decision of the Virginia assembly, and or-
d«>red that the minister*’ salaries be paid
in full. The assembly paid no attention
to the I.liig’s order aud a Itev. Mr. Maury
brought salt for Ida claim In Old linn
ditch, mid looked about them for an tilde
lawyeg to take care of their sldo of the
case. But aide lawyer* nt that time were
anything but plentiful In the Old Domin
ion. nml the few to Ik* found were fiivora
Ide to the king rather than to the people
What were they to do? A 1 hu*t Rome
Wiifii the day for the trial came, the
green young attorney wn* In his place,
was trend thug like a leaf. By and by the
time arrived for him to stand up before
the Jury—a tut he nearly collapm*d from
fright! But the scare- wa* only for a mo
ment. (Jetting hi* feet well under him bud
bracing himself for hi* task, Jlenry sud
denly broke forth Into *uch speech a* Vir
ginia Juries had never heard before.
Tinier the scorching Invectiye. tho min
Isters. one after another, picked up theh
luits, dlnohed their teeth nml shuffled out
of the room, while the people felt that nt
Inst they had found their young country
man’s true measure.
In W4>rdg that rang like the notes of n
bugle, tlie young orator declared that the
king who would support such claim* ns
that which the ministers were contending
for was a tyrant whom uoltody was bound
to obey, aim when the ICev. Mr. Mnury
crb*d out, ’’Treason!” Henry repented hi*
word* ami then thundered forth thts pion
eer defiance of the Itevolutloii: "The bur.
gesscs pf Virginia are the only authority
which can give force to the law* for the
•ruineiit of this colony.'"
ie Itev. Mr. Mnury got n verdict for
penny's damage, anu Patrick Henry
strode birth from the court room the most
famous inau In Virginia!
I GOSSIP
E VOTES CAST
FOR OFFICERS IN
ANNUAL ELECTION
If live men nut nf the 460 who com
pose the membership of the Chamber
of Commerce httil been a little contra
ry Tuesday, they could, by agreement,
have elected just what officers they
might have had a fancy to choose.
The voting began at noon, and there
were two election managers on Itiiml
to keep tho tatty wheel* straight anti to
eee that then- was no stuffing of the
ballot box. At 5 o'clock the voting
censed, anti each of the managers
counted the vote*. A trusty adding
machine wa* failed into action, anil It
was found that nine member* had ex
ercised their prerogative.
The nominating committee had sev-
al week* ago agreed utton the officer,
amt the member*, while permitted to
horn they please, always
follow ihe tend of the committee. For
tltl* reoKod there wa* no Interest In
the election, and few voted. The fol
lowing officer* were elected, nt! untinf
for a world of Inconvenience amount* to thla: Tho rainy season—tin.
precedented In Texas—has made the rati bed’ moist and soft all over the
state. The heavy freights, travelling over these rights of way, cause It to
collapse and sink In places, compelling the trains to go stow lo protect
the lives of passengers and the safety of freight.
More to the (stint Is the scarcity of labor. The railways and the cot
ton growers are In fierce competition for every Inborer. The railroads
at great expense import laborers front the North and Northwest to go over
their tracks, Tlje cotton growers with their white Holds clamoring for
"(tickers," are tetngted to tamper with the railroads' imported help, and
there Is eternal war between the planter and tho railroad matt. So far
the cotton farmer lias outbid ihe railroad boss and stolen the railway
timid* for tile cotton llclils. whereupon the railway officials throw up their
hands und explain their broken schedules by the successful robbery
which the cotton men have (terpetrated upon their carefully Imported labor
supply.
Hut there I* no end of hypocrisy In tills claim. Rack of all of the
chaos Is the swelling, rolling, thundering live freight trains whose mis
sion it.nl (wofit side-track the convenience of passengers and the sched
ule* of passenger trains. The money that is in freight trains blind* the
railway officials to the real and Implied objection to the human cattle
that I* held anil stilled and halted nnd delayed and "be-damned." while
the brute 1 least* and the dead freight go thundering by them. The host
engines are for the'frelght trains. The best cars are for the dead matter,
und whenever the parked and suffocating iiassetigent dare lo be comforta
ble In less crowded cars, a car la Immediately cut out of the train, and be
hind a light and wheezy engine the condensed hitman freight, repacked lit
smaller and fewer coaches, nre sen! crawling forward to get lo the ter
mini when and where they can.
I have seen this done twice within the last two days In Texas, and my
blood Is boiling yet at the indignity and the cruelty of It all.
A Hue thoughtful fellow traveler of mine said to me on yesterday:
1 um beginning to believe that the railroad magnates are trying to
fore• government ownership tifsut the [teople. They would be glad to mt-
load their vast watered properties upon the government Just at ihlB time
of overtax and outgrowth with them, and they have deliberately conspired
all over the country to throw the railway schedules Into chaos and tangle
In order to aggravate the people Into u willingness to Indorse Mr. Bryan’s
prtqiosltlon. nnd to take off their hands these vast white elephants out of
which they have coined colossal fortunes, and whose present facilities and
equipments arc utterly unequal to tb<- clamorous demand of the (teople
upon them."
Whether there I*- anything In thla or not. It la undeniably sure that
If the railway magnates hail sought a method to popularize the govern
ment ownership theory they could not have found a better and more ef
fective way than they have developed In the tangled aud uncertain sched
ule* which are Incommoding and aggravating the (teople past patience or
tolerance all over the country.
Fort Worth, Tex., Nov.. 25. •
I utously:
I Holt. J. Wille Pope, presldetf: Mr.
i David Woodward, first vice president;
The aggregate of apology IMv. F. J. Faxon, second vice president;
man. third vice presl
dent; directors Me#*r*. George \V.
Parrott, W. S. Duncuti, E. C. Callaway
and c. K. Catrerly.
I BRITISH VESSEL
HELD AS PIRATE
Hongkonfc, Nov. ;!8.—The South Chi
na Morning Post’* correspondent at
Smnshui telegraph* thut the launch
Plenum, flying the British flag, wa*
arrested by the British river gunboat
Moorhen at Sam*hul Sunday and con
veyed to Canton.
The Fienam ts suspected of being
in league with Chinese pirate*. Hhe
failed to report five case* of piracy on
board of her, In which passengers were
robbed. On one occasion at the be
ginning of the present month the
launch’s passengers were robbed of a
large sum of m >ne>\ with which the
pirate* escaped.
GOURl), NOT LEMON,
SENT TO ROOSEVELT
HIGHER'LICENSE
REPORT A00PTE0
• BY COMMITTEE
' The special police committee on liq
uor licenses met at 4 o’clock Tuesday
afternoon, but no change wn* made In
the recommendation* regarding the re.
Htrlctlon* of the whisky truffle In the
city.
The meeting was held In the office of
Hon. Jumea L. Key. Tho report, rec
ommending the rulHing of licenses, both
retail und wholesale, prohibiting sell
ing beer in white or colored residence
sections, and calling for a thorough
examination of all applicants for li
censes, was again read and adopted.
A sub-committee was appointed to
draw up an ordinance, embodying the
restrictions agreed upon. Following Is
the rejrort, us published in The Geor
gian more than a week ago:
To the Honorable Mayor and Gen
eral Council. Atlanta—Gentlemen:
Your speciaf committee, recently ap
pointed to consider applications for
liquor licenses, begs to make tlia fol
lowing recommendations, to wit;
1. That the legislature be request-
oil to amend the charter of the city
of Atlanta fixing the license to sell
retail liquor at not less than $2,000
per year, m>r more than $3,000 per
year, nml wholesale licenses not less
than $1,000 per year.
2. That no license to sell beer be
granted In either white or colored
residence sections of the city of At
lanta.
3. That each applicant for /« liquor
license l>e exuiulned as to his moral
character, his past record and as to
his seeming ability to keep order
his establishment.
OUR THANKSGIVING
BREAKFAST SERIAL
Ity WF.X JONES.
(rent home tty a iniaslng balloon.
Syttrtfi.ls of stirceedlng chapters: More
things happen to Illram,
ciiaftek VI.
As the result of his ailveutnro with the
snowball. Hiram contracted a severe cold.
Meeting n stranger on tho rtmd, lllrnm,
whose watch bail been prigged by a friend,
nskeil the time.
"My dear fellow," said the stranger, “yon
nre hoarse; yon've got a tierce cold. I knew
n limit who died from a smaller cold than
that. Wbat nre yon doing for It—nothing?
My dear man, eotue with me* sad I'll fix it
for you."
“Hat I bnot lie od by wny." remonstrated
Hiram. •
"Never mind, never mind,” answered the
stranger. "You’re on the way to the grave
If you don't have that cold cured. Aud I'll
sonu euro It for you."
Helling lllrnm by the arm, the stranger
led him Into a ta-nilttful otto-story luiurt-
ittent, with elevator service to the iMise-
taeat by means of nn inclined plank.
"Here," said the stranger, "Is n good,
stiff dose of quinine and tvhlsfey. Drink
tt up."
"flat I tlever touch quhhllde or whisky,"
huskily protested lllrnm.
"Drink It." said the straitger. "The quin
ine will kill the whisky, aud the whisky
will kilt the quinine."
"Add how about Id?" asked Hiram.
I, '.'.'1' t'* ''fi 1 * wl11 killed by fright. Drink
Hiram had Just drained the glass when
liu stranger's wife came In.
"Oh, John," she cried, "ihst stuff’s no
S isal for a cold. The (mor fellow should (.tit
Is feet in Imlllng water and take cuciilyp.
*■•- Here, let me tlx him."
Illram presently found himself with
Ills feet III water that seemed several lie
above Imlllng point. "Keep them In,"
admonished the Indy whim lie attempted to
gain a moment's relief liy lifting his feet
r. "And get the eucalyptus
of the
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
Netv York, Nov. 28.—A German stat.
latlclan has made a careful investiga.
tton to discover tn which countries
the greatest ago ts attained. The t e .
suits show that the German empire
with 55,000,000 population, has but tj
pet sons who are more than 100 years
old. Fiance, with a population of few.
er than 60,000,000, has 213 who l wll ]
passed the 100th birthday. England
has 146; Scotland, 46; Denmark, 2-
Belgium, li; Sweden, 10, and Norwav
with 20,000,000 Inhabitants, 23.
Switzerland does not boast a single
centenarian, but Spain, with lk.oott .too
population, has 41o. The most amaz
ing figures come from the troublesome
turbulent region of the Balkan ix-ninJ
sula. Servln has 573 persons who are
more than 100-years old. Romnania
lias 1,084, and Bulgaria 3,883. In other
words, Bulgaria has a centenarian for
every 100 of its inhabitants, and thus
holds the International record for old
people. In 1892 alone there died in
Bulgaria 350 persona who had lived
for more than a century.
Miss Edwlna Lawrence, the young
Atlantic City stenographer, who re.
cently inherited a quarter of a minion
dollars from n rich uncle, Is willing
to bear testimony to the fact th llt
wealth brings Its own troubles. The
young woman Is at present III and un
der the care of physicians In an Allan,
tic City hospital. She has been over
whelmed by letter writers who reek
aid, others who want advice and hun
dreds who wish to marry her.
Corner grocers, tired of getting up at
S o'clock In the morning and putting
up the shutters late in the evening,
have written her telling how welt they
could care for her and make her happy.
Gray-hatred old farmers have offered
to pool tliclr unproductive acres und
prospective crops If she will consent to
marry them.
An ocean power boat race of a mag
nitude never before attempted on this
side of the Atlantic now seems as
sured for next season. Thomas Flem
ing Day has received .from a member
of the New York Yacht Club a cup of
the value of 31.000, to be offered ns a
prize for a race from New York to
Bermuda. It haa been decided that the
atari shall be on June 8, from off the
Motor Boat Club bouse, Hudson riyer.
The distance of 600 nautical miles
will be made in the best of time by
boats built specialty tor this race.
Mr. Vanderbilt Is about to lease his
big brown stone mansion on the south
east corner at Fifth avenue and For
tieth street. Mr. Vanderbilt does not
like the business Inllux around his old
home. He lives on his big estate up
the Hudson. He will lease the houses
furnished.
The secretary of the treasury nnd
Mrs. Shaw will entertain the president
and Mrs. Roosevelt at dinner on Jnn-
uary 8 at the Arlington hotel. Wash-
Ington. Their daughter. Miss Erma
Shaw, will make her debut on Decem
ber 10 at a tea in the Arlington.
Mr. and Mrs. Payne Whitney, the
latter formerly Miss Helen Hay, nml
Mr. and Mrs. James Wadsworth, Jr..
the latter formerly Miss Alice Hay,
have started for Washington to simnd
Thanksgiving v.-lth Mrs: John I’. Hoy.
The governor of Maryland and Mr».
Warfield gave a large dance at Annap
olis last night. A number of young
women, this season's debutantes, went
from Washington to the dance and will
remain for the Thanksgiving hop to
night at the naval academy.
In Baltimore they do things right.
The wirea say that seven married
daughters attired in their wedding
gowns, attended the dinner In honor of
the golden wedding anniversary of for
mer Postmaster General and -Mrs.
James A. Gary. The guests at the
dinner Included the children and
grandchildren of General und Mr*.
Gary, thirty In number. Mrs. Gary s
sister, Mrs. Theresa Wilson, who acted
as maid of honor at the wedding of
General and Mrs. Gary, was also pres
ent.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
Ill'lll’|itI1?4 to 111;
. tiM'iiiilly MVolil.
“Mv itanr Mary, said an ..hi lady wh.
nnd J iih t eatt'iod tin* room, “you’ll kill tin
|M»OI' I
• ■old
!»rotciit(>d
Elgin. Hi.. Nov. 26.—Congressman
Muuscr received a mammoth gourd
from Mr. Llpidnoott, who requests him
take It to President Roosevelt wlieji
Mouser leave* for Washington. The
gourd Is more than four feet long and
resembles the president's “big stick.”
Attached Is this message:
“Mr. Roosevelt: Please accept the
’big stick’ and send It to congress, at
tached to your next message (marked
BESTED BY DRINK,
HE ENDS HIS LIFE
Baltimore, MU.. Nov. 23.—Raymond
R. Craig, aged 22, son of Robert M.
Craig, of 702 Edmondson uvenue, com
mitted suicide some time' Monday by
Iiangfng himself from a beam in a
back yard of the premise* of Henry
Klaltner, 7S4 Frederick road.
The body was discovered at S o’clock
Tuesday morning by Mr*. Henrietta
ktatmer, wife »f Henry Klutmer.
Discouragement at hi* Ineffectual ef
forts to throw off Hie habit of drinking
Is said by the titan's relatives to have
bent the cause of Ills taking his life.
NEW STATE ROAD LAW
WANTED IN ALABAMA
Rut I'
Hint tit.
"Never mind," said the brisk old Indv,
wlto proved to tie the stt’lttlger's lllothei'.
"Never mind. There's plenty of relit mill
t*'u In the lit iii vc nml loix ,»f 11 tv at I You’ll
keep fin Mithitf till bedtime.”
* “ »lft--l (join cun* If. It’H
•l.v. so hi lllrnm.
... ... ’ sulil th** three tuff ether.
''it 11 OTV , 'i” 1 ' 1 '/J 1 kills, you.”
“Bv Jlbldy, cried Hlmui. “Be f
“But It’s
lever eiiretl this '
"We’ll i
NOVEMBER 28.
IKK-Luidon fnlvenlty lfi«tltute<l.
1831—L>rd Grey, governor-gcucrnl <>f 4 * a ‘
mill. iMirn.
1862—Buttle of I’ntm* Hill. Ark.
18«»-Flre lit Bo«tou destroyed $4.000.*" e » »“
property. . . ,
ISfci—l.oul*et ministry In France reslttnci "»
the I’liiiniim scandal issue.
JV>7—Austrian ministry resigned mvlns f "
disorders In tin* releUsrsUu.
18*19-1 hirper*’ iitihlfshlhg iiutine, Sew Wk.
foiled.
19*11—Coloiiibluu Liberal troop* •nrreiidm***
nt Colon.
”Ilf* 4 ,!,w >V Hiram. “Be for the
Aud emighltui loudly but freely
the
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM
New oYrk, Nor. 28.-IIere nr.* 1,1
the visitors lu New York today: t .
ATLANTA—Mrs. Johnson. P. M. >‘ inlB
P»r.
SAVANNAH—B. A. Disks.
j BOBBIE’S ESSAYS I
By WILLIAM F. KIRK
STARS.
I. Intel eltunk. «»r file that l.eeu
down mi n* ft I the grate Urvvrii. nhor
till* "ever work only nt nit,, wlrlt Is win
luslk. litem leek so pale ,V llttef.
One Idle l*s ,-tllm lioum at
ws! Well, mo yon have calm? a _
Ye». Ill) deer, I was looking nt the stars,
how hurtful they nre tonlte: ,v M„ *>,1
How many .tars are tliare, yutt have I-
out long eunff 1.. email them all. Darling
"If'; *’*' How- wonderful is the util
terse when l Mtjtr.,1 and look at all them
"1 hr til reellae that ."wh
it them is a >1111 surrounded t,v erths Ilk.
BONI ON THE JOB.
JIrt j
(Till
surrounded by ertlis like
full of iMH.nje. it mulks
II cl hnuilHd. A: Mu sed
flim
the
dim.
.until
tuglll t
lot* .of different stars I know
North star a the
vtiltig <1
tdway of th.
star, (ill Ilre l of holding
Hp-e-lal to The Georgian.
... Montgomery, Ala., Nor. *g.—The
exhibit A)" and tell them to be good. I county board of revenue ha* Inatruct->
City Engineer Reaigns.
rfiieciul to The Georgian.
Meridian. Mis*.. Nov. 23.—City Kti-
glnor Waldo c. Myers ha* tendered
bis rr-l-nation, effective December L
ed the county attorney to draw up a
suitable bill to he preaented to the next i l«
legislature In reference to the working
of the public roads. There have been
many complaints about the failure to
work the roads anil the board of rev"- tlu
nue wants a law passed *0 that the
hoard can have the work done, but
make the people pqv for It,
ling star X aud lit,* star'
suintiui __
i'ug'rotr. 1 ' ’ tJ ' ,V ■•■■■ ■» * -no,,,.
the moon.
tho 1U,mu I, Idgger than the .tar* !,„!
not an shluy. It U about a* tall as the
•niallme. It Ireat fat. tb,.„ it
the
nt than tho son. u-nkau*
at the .on It malk. yon
emu III jure
*?*f iu ihe u««di (rich yuij
daln. Bit Mil It wsii* u itiji 11
t Blare he Hire* hi* W |f,.
**efc eu foe *rth *M, { a
By JAMES J. MONT At i IE
«fie Cuxtellniie Uns l**cn offered »« I"'*
UK head waller lu a New York reatauru
A I’m* A lieu 1.1
Tin* feet that on the boulevard*
(luce ssiuuici'cd here and there
Kick open now the door that lflN ir '‘*
The chef within Ids tali’. w , . ,
The row that whtaporeil Ma client.
In areenta low ami sweet
Is lately lifted luKtlly
With Double on the wheat!
The |M*rfumed finger*, white »»d
That Idled ail the day , , „
Now. spread I it tr. deftly «>">*
A uroaniiiK. steaming tray.
The accent* that In chanson* gay
Ho KUKtothly used to tun ...
Now sound aloud: tine milk-aim o ; *
Two exits, asleep—draw one.
Til-' lips Hull sipped the
love ami fntijtbfe
wl with Bloomy brosum’i
Bents, sjieak tt|
ile \ ie
Wile 1
What-
Ami yo.i Vould never dream, mil'"
You heard a stilled sob.
i'h it this brisk, glittering •uro"*-
Was Bold on the Join
why the man Is always wmlllwj?
thare have 4k*cii lots of thla^* ^
a!tout the moon, song* A poeia* *7 • j,
Mn wrote n poem ;ds»ut the w ;
she was going to send to f «e •
went ilk * thl-i-
O luvly moon wl# h snilelU through
A e.isfeth ail Hiy radiance on tin *
Like Memory shiidii^ 011 the deer •!
bat she didetit send II lieeknu* r j
It lo IV- first A be-taffed h* r ‘ , , H Y V >'
thought it was 1 unity. **el* l* ’*
Mu got end a tel bunted it uu.