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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBEU 28. 1509. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN chH want onvis. uur I. 1. StUY. Frtsiden! Pub'ished Every Afternoon. «Except (Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY A* 23 West Alabama St.. Atlanta. Git. Subscription Rates. One Vc. SI* Months Throe Mouths By Carrier. Per Week. ,...$«. W ... 5JW ... 1.SS uniting all d ef mi r Orient » terminals. Smith .V ThuUipsou. ndvertisluc rep- resHifullves for till territory outside of Georgia. Cbleneo Office Tribune Bid?. %>w York Office Potter Bid*. If .vou have any trouble getting TUB OKOItOIAN. telephone the Circulation Department am) have It promptly rem edied. Telephones: Bell 49C7 Molu. Atlanta. 4401. signed. an an evidence of.good faith, though the name* will Ik? withheld If requested. IteJecfed uwuiti scripts will TUB GEORGIAN print* no undent or objectloiuiM'* advertising. Neltliei doe* It print whisky or any liquor mis 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.