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THE... ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
MONDAY. DECEMBER 3, 1906.
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OUR PLATFORM.-The Georgian
stand* for Atlanta'* owning Ita own gaa
and electric light plants, as it now
This sbouh.
be done at once. The Gsorglhn be-
Uerea that If street railways can be
operated successfully by European
cities, os they ore, tbere Is
good
. __ jaratad
But ws do not bellere this can
be dons now, snd It may be some years
fsce In tbit direction NOW.
The Unwritten Law.
At the meeting of the American
Bar Aasoctatlon In August last. Hon|
Thomaa J. Kernan, of Baton Rouge,
Loulalann. read a paper on "The T T n|
written Law. or Lawless Bights and
Lawful Wrongs."
By far the beat tiling contained was
the following codified "decalogue" of
the “Unwritten I,aw.”
"Law 1. Any negro man who com!
mlta rape upon a white womun of
chaste character aball, without trial or
hearing of any kind, be instantly put
to death by hla captors, or other body
of respectable citizens not less than
three In number; and they shall have
the right to determine the mode of mm
ecutlon, which may be both cruel and
unusual, the constitution and laws of
the state and ci tho United Btatesl
to the contrary notwithstanding. |
"Law 2. Any man who commits!
adultery may be put to death with Im
punity by the Injured husband, who
shall have the right to determine the
mode of execution, bo it ever ao cow-|
ardly.
"Law 3. Any man who seduces an
innocent girl may. without a hearing,
be shot, or stabbed to death by her, or
any near relative of hers; and If
deemed necessary by the slayer such
i shooting or atabblng may be done In|
the back, or while lying In qfalt.
"Law 4. Any man who traduces al
'virtuous woman's character for chas
j tit j, may be shot with Impunity by
, her, or her husband, or any near rela
; live; but the offender must first ho]
: given an opportunity to deny or dls
| prove the charge, or to retract or]
j apologize.
“Law 5. The survivor of a fatal duel!
. must be acquitted If the duel was fair-
ily conducted according to the time-
honored provisions ot the code of hou
"Law 6. Any mau who kills another
In a fair Qgbt shall not be fonndl
guilty either of murder or manslaugh-
ter. but must be acquitted, even
though he be the sole aggressor.
"Law 7. The lie direct and certain
other well known opprobrious epithets
which constitute moral Insult are each
equal to a blow, and any of them Jtta-
llfles an assault.
"Law 8. In prosecution for stealing
horses, cattle or hogs, the presumption
of Innocence Is shifted In favor of the
live stock, and the accused is pre
sumed to be guilty.
"Law 9. In all civil suits by natural
persons against corporations the de
fendant, corporation Is presumed to be
liable, and can establish want of lia
bility only by a clear and decided pre
ponderance of evidence.
"Law 10. In every action by em
ployee agalnat employer for personal
Injury tbe plaintiff shall recover dam
ages unless tbe defendant employer
proves want of liability beyond n rea
sonable doubt; and, lu all such cases,
tbe measure of damages shall be the
pitiful condition of tbe plaintiff, the
sympathy of the Jury and the ability
of the employer to pay."
Mr. Kernan's address consisted
largely of the ordinary diatribe
against lynching and other forms of
lawlessness. He said, among other
things:
"The indicated remedy Is necessari
ly legal, and It Is the first duty of
American lawyers to discover and ap
ply the remedy."
In the view of the Law Journal the
remedy Is not primarily legal. This
clever burlesque code la based upon
and Buds Us polnt^ln Jury abuses. The
"ITnwritfon I aw" Ll.elmr.. fe„n. . I. , aI-
“Unwritten Law" springs front the cir
cumstance that the Jury will not ac
cept and follow the law- as declared
the court. The remedy, therefore,
s In an appeal to public opinion.
It la desirable that our brethren
secular press circulate and com
ment upon Mr. Kernan’s formulation
of the “Unwritten Law." which, face-
tlotip as It may spent In the abstract
Is only slightly. If at all, exaggerated
as an expression ot actdal jury
practices.
THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION FOR ATLANTA
Weeks ago when the Armory-Auditorium was.a young and undevel
oped enterprise. The Georgian urged as one of the strongest reasons for
its completion tbe opportunity that It would give us to Invite “tfle next
national convention of the Democratic party to Atlauta.
We note with pleasure that our esteemed contemporary of The Con
stitution Indorsed on Sunday this practical suggestion and commits Itself
to the advocacy of the plan.
With this reinforcement, The Georgian renews the suggestion made
In October, and submits to the people of Atlanta that it Is a practical
and hopeful proposition to 'secure the next national Democratic conven
tion for this capital city of the solid South.
There Is no sound reason that can be mentlpued by thinking men
why Atlanta should not have the next national Democratic convention as
Its guest. There are a score of reasons why the Invitation of -Atlanta
should be and doubtless will be accepted if properly presented and prop
erly urged.
First of all reasons Is the fact that the solid South has, for a quar
ter of a century given to the Democratic party more than two-thirds of
the votes which , twice elected Grover Cleveland president - of t the-
United States and which have sustained with unbroken fidelity
and loyalty every Democratic candidate who has been nominated
since that time. The South has a right no ''hsk-' at least the
small recognition of having the convention if It lias nothing else, as a
recompense for the heroic loyalty which has been ndarly all that exists of
the Democratic party for the last three decades.
In the last election, If the votes of the solid South had been omitted
from the returns It Is doubtful if Judgo Parker would have had a half
dozen votes in the electoral collegfe.
Surely no committee and no section of the republic would begrudge
to the South this first request of a formal kind thut It has made of a
party to which It has contributed life and fidelity and the dignity of
numbers.
First of all, then, the city of Atlanta as a distinct center and metrop
olis of the New South, has a right to ask and receive this favor at tho
hands of the national Democratic committee.
In the second place, It 1s high time that the South was progressing
toward a propel' and speedy recognition of its claims upon the Demo
cratic party. Ever since the wflr we have been content to furnish the
votes and to permit the fragmentary states to the north of us to gobble
the candidates and the'offices of at least ten consecutive campaigns.
The time has come when the simple matter of policy demands that the
South now should be duly recognized In the honors and expressions of the
great party which It has sustained almost alone and single handed.
Another renson why this coitvnntlon should meet In Atlanta Is In the
fact that It would mark a progressive sjep toward the nomination of a
Southern man for the presidency of tho United Stales. For ten years or
more we have been hemming and hawing over this proposition In the
South. Always anxious to make a nomination, Always ready with abun
dantly capable material, but always nfraid In our half-hearted confidence,
of the effect of such a nomination ii|>on the people of the country.
The cowardly fear that the old sectionnl spirit Is not dead in the
North has hampered and handicapped us lu doing what ought to have
been done long ago, and what can be at least begun at this time by
lioldlng tho convention In u leading city of the solid South.
For our own part we believe niton something better than a basis of
desire, that the holding of this convention In the south, or that the
nomination of a Southern man for the presidency, would strengthen rath
er than weaken the Democratic national ticket with the people of the
North.
We say It to our own regret and mortlllcatlon thut the masses of the
Northern people are really more fraternal and more kindly disposed to
ward the people of the South tbau our people aro toward their brethren
of the North. The writer of these lines has mingled with the Northern
people for the last'15 years with a degree of frequency and Intimacy en
joyed by perhaps not more thnn one or two tnen south of the Ohio river. He
has had abundant opportunity to observe and to study tho spirit and
‘hi* IflTlPtT qf thgae py>p]q toward the South both collectively and In
au Individual .way and he does not hesitate now and here to express the
opinion that the Northern people aro simply waiting for an opportunity
like this to declare that the. have forgotten the civil war and that they
are dellghtod to recognize the South as a full and equal section of the
republic. . *
It is perhaps true that the selflsh politician and the designing leader
might flud, and would find, a basis of criticism In a Southern candidate or
a Southern location for tho convention, but we are willing to stake every
atom of reputation which wo huve established for good, judgment within
this decade upon the fact that the great mass of the Northern people
would respond loyally and generously to this spirit for a complete oblit
eration ot sectionalism In the republic.
We register here and now tho belief, and trust to time for its vindi
cation, that the first Southern man nominated upon the Democratic tick
et will poll more votes In the North than any other Democrat has polled
since the second election of Grover Cleveland.
We register here and now the conviction that so far from weakening
a Southern man would strengthen the next Democratic ticket and would
multiply the chances of Its triumph at tho polls.
We i>eople who live within onr own sectional limits and whose
touch with other sections Is limited to the large cities and a few promi
nent Individuals In those cities, can form no conception of tho Immense
cordiality and good will which Is felt by the Northern masses toward
the South. Every lecturer on the American platform will bear testi
mony to the fact that Southern men nre receiving upon every platform In
America a welcome whose heartiness Is actually doubled by the fact that
(hey come front the South.
General Gordon gave glowing tribute to this fact. Tillman is reaping
a harvest from It now.
A Southern nativity or residence has become au actual asset to an
aspirant for lyccum honors in the country. Beyond this, our public men
who have spoken In the North upon special and national occasions have
always come home amazed and delighted with the heartiness of the wel
come nnd the glow of the hospitality which has been extended to them.
We simply 1uiow that the Northern people would welcome an oppor
tunity to express (Heir own national spirit and to unify the republic upon
this first opportunity which has been extended to them.
Wherefore, as n first step toward the practical assertion of onr unity
and equality with the rest of the country, The Georgian heartily urges an
Immediate organization to secure tbe next national convention for Atlan
ta, and we believe that if we take the laltiatlve In this matter and pre
sent the first Invitation, that we shall surely win this greatest of all
conventions nnd that we will give a swift and Imperial impulse toward a
subsequent nomination and election of a Southern man to the first office
In the republic. •*
We sincerely trust that our esteemed contemporaries throughout'the
country without factious opposition will recognise Atlanta’s first hid and
Invitation for this great assembly, and will give their loyal and hearty
co-o|>eratlon to this central nnd Important Southern metropolis. In Its In
vitation to the Democratic national convention ot 1908.
REAR ADMIRAL COGHLAN
TURNS SKIPPER IN PINCH
New York, Dec. 3.—Rear Admiral J.
B. Coghlan took the wheel of the navy
tug Powhata/i on Saturday night In* a
hurry rather than aee a heavy railroad
car float aend the army and navy'to
Join McGInty.
Aboard the Powhatan. In addition to
the admiral, were Mr*. Coghlan. Major
General and Mra. Frederick Dent Grant.
Lieutenant Colonel G. P. Sc riven and
Lieutenant Colonel H. C. Carbaugh.
two of General Grant’* staff, Mrs.
Scrlven nnd several of the admiral’*
staff and their wives. The party wan
returning from the army and navy
football game at Philadelphia.
Admiral Coghlan directed Skipper
Heiytessy’s attention to a heavy car
afloat coming up from, the direction of
pier 4. North river, and bearing rapidly
down* on them. •
■Jam Your helm hard over thefee,
skipper,” cried the adthirai a few min
utes later, when, after a conversation,
he again looked out Into the channel
and saw the heavier vessel leap than
twice his craft's length and coming ut
full speed.
Instead of replying, the skipper re
leased his grip on the steering wheel
and fell in a faint upon the floor.
‘‘Hell! something’s got to be done
here, and quick," said Admiral Coghlan.
jumping to hla feet and grasping the
wheel.
The admiral jammed his helm hard
over and a string of orders were sung
down the speaking tube to the engineer
that made him act quickly. Hardly had
the admiral ceased speaking when a
bump threw the passengers off their
feet. The other vessel hit them square
ly abaft midships abreast of the engine.
Except for the port scars the Pow
hatan w’as apparently ship shape. The
tug landed her passengers at the navy
yard. The Powhatan will be put In dry
dock for repairs.
OLD CHIEF MAY BE FREED
ROOSEVELT
E
Purposes a Return
All Insurance
i
Money.
of
TO DIE IN OWN WIGWAM
Suffering with lung trouble and weak He accomplished much good among his
from Jong confinement,, .Solomon Ho- P eo pJ e >
tetha,.' a full-blooded * Indian, chief of
a Clioctaw tribe and an ordained min
ister. is now in the United States pen
itentiary in South Atlanta, under a life
sentence for killing three other Indians
while under an hallucination. His case
has been brought to the attention of
the Atlanta ministers and a move
ment was started Monday to secure his
pardon from President Roosevelt, that
he might go home and die among his
people.
A committee, composed of Rev.
Charles O. Jones, president of the At
lanta Ministers' Evangelical Associa
tion, chairman; Rev. T. P. Cleveland,
Revs. Purser, Christian and Smith, was
appointed Monday to secure the serv
ices of two distinguished and compe
tent physicians to examine the convict,
nnd together wdth this report send such
names ns may be necessary' to the
president.
In presenting the matter to the meet.
Ing Dr. Holderby said that he had been
Instructed by the Presbyterian home
board to ask the Atlanta ministers to
take some action. In relating the his
tory of the case, he said: ,
"Hotema is a full-blooded Indian and
an ex-minister. People with whom I,
have talked tell me that he Is a power
ful speaker and u very' eloquent man.
He was confined in the Atlanta
prison when that Institution was open
ed some five or six years ago. While
preaching among his people in Jnldan
Territory he lost very suddenly three of
his children. He conceived the Idea
that certain neighbors had in some way
worked witchcraft and conjured his lit
tle ones. .While laboring under this
Inherent notion he took a shotgun and
went over and killed three of them. For
this he was' fcrted and sentenced to
hang. Upon a petition, the president
commuted the sentence to life Impris
onment. He Is not expected to live
much longer and wants to go horns to
die in the bosom of his family'. He is
model prisoner and a trusty.”
It Is understood that the officials at
the penitentiary have a great deal of
faith in Solomon, and that he Is allowed
gi^at liberties. It was said that the
keys of the Institution could be en
trusted to.him with no fear that he
would violate the confidence. He Is
quoted as saying that he would not
leave the place for a minute unless he
was regularly discharged.
The consent of the Jurymen on his
case has been assured, and It was said
at the ministers’ meeting Monday that
the petition would be signed by the
Judge who Imposed the sentence. The
movement will be participated In by
the officials at the Atlanta prison.
SET FOR TUESDAY
M. Osburn, aged 3f» years, a car
penter and brlckmason, is under arrest
on the charge of assaulting Lena Cox,
an 3-year-old girl.
The arrest was made by Lieutenant
Dunbar, of the county police* and the
will be heard before Justice of the
Pence Jones Tuesday. Osburn Is also
charged with wife beating.
Osburn lives at 5 Pelham street, In
the neighborhood of the little girl,
‘omplalnt was made to the county po
et several days past of repeated as
saults on the girl, and Lieutenant Dun
bar made an investigation. On the
statements of the girl Lieutenant Dun
bar placed Osburn under arerst on the
charge of criminal assault.
WEEK OF PRATER
BY ALL CHURCHES
Show Was Hard Hit.
From The Walton (Ga.) News.
Because the managers failed to hon
or an prder for two passes, pr. T. M.
McIntosh, a prominent physician al
ThomasviMe, Ga., attached one ele
phant, a hyena, four monkey* ant! an
African gnu of the Barnum & Bailey
show last Tuesday night. The tickets
were promised by the advertising man
ager, who placed lithographic adver
tisements in one of the doctor’s vacant
at ores.
Against tha Fi»h Law.
From Judge.
Ethel—That 16-year-old boy asked
me to marry him.
Edith—And y r ou threw him over?
Ethel—Yes; told him It was against
the law to catch lobster* so young.
By I lie tiiinuimnu* action of tl»«» At
lanta Kvatitfi’lical Association At Wesley
Tabernacle Monday morning, a committee
* ‘ ‘ to arrange u progrnm for a
... to be observed by every de
nomination In Atlauta. *'
that some
f ilen'
.
tIons centrally located
The committee ou program ns appointed
•ayer to in* ooserveo oy every ue-
t In Atlauta. it was suggested
1 central place, preferably the
u'h Christian Association, Ih» ue*
GEORGIA ROAR
CLAIMS EXEMPTION
In The Georgian of last Saturday
was printed a list of public service cor
porations doing business in Fulton
county and the amount of tax due by
each to the county for physical and
franchise valuations.
The Georgia railroad*did not appear
In the list and Inquiries have been
made as to why the omission was made.
A suit against tho Georgia railroad Is
now' pending In the Federal court be
fore Judge Newman.
The Georgia claims exemption from
such tuxes under Its charter, and At
torney General Hart Is making a test
of It In the courts. The case has been
argued before Judge Nowman, but he
has not rendered his decision yet. Un
til that suit Is decided no levy on
either the physical or franchise valua
tion of the road can be mude by the
comptroller general.
If Judge Newman decides that the
Georgia is liable for this tax under Its
charter a considerable amount will
come to Fulton county.
TO BE CONDUCTED BULLOCH COUNTY
of congregu
II, Bev. C’ronk nnd Uev. Fllnu. chair'
This committee will meet Inter, ae-
led « certain week. ns»ign speaker* for
Hesolutions of regret were offered by Dr.
W. W. Lnndrura and adopted upon the do
pnrture from tbe city of the ussoclatlon'i
presiding tiff leer. Rev. <* ~ *
O. Jones.
Suggestions wore nl«o made in neoordanc
with the request made by ei Govrrnor W.
.1. .Vortbeii that all the ministers, whites
nnd negroes, preach next Sunday upon some
phni “
of “The Observance of l.nw and Or
der.” It la expected that special reference
will be mode of the race problem. Excerpts
of altout one hnudred words each will be
scut by the ministers to Mr. Nortben for
compilntiou into pamphlet form.
Tlie nt rent Ion of the incmltors of th
nssiH’iatioii whs also culled to the fourth
innrterly meeting at the Wesleyan taberna
. _ jf the Atlanta Suuday school uni
hecemlMU- 6 nnd ?. The meeting will be
hchl afternoon nnd night.
No reference was made to the re<
movement for n prohibition campaign
Atlanta, fnrther than rending the uuuuteH
of the last meeting, which contained an
try concerning a motion made to Indorse
tbe campalgu.
Woman’s Idas of Warmth.
From The New York Press.
A funny thing is the way a woman
can keep her feet warm by wearing a
pearl necklace.
Draw tha Line.
From The Washington Herald.
“Workin", hey?” sneered Tired Tif
fins.
"Till «R* football season Is over,
yes,” respimiled. Dusty Rhodes, with
dignity. ”1 kin stand occupyin' de
same ceil wit’ a trust magnate, but
when ll comes to dem college rooters,
I draws tha line. Tiffins, 1 draws the
line."
A Moral Victory.
From The Kansas City Star.
Up In Brown county a man annoyed
his neighbor by leaving a gate open,
and Anally the neighbor said If It hap-
pened again the man who did it would
get a whipping. So when the gate was
again left open he went after the of
fender. When he came back he was
pretty well bruised up. “Did you whip
him?** asked his wife. -No,” he said,
"but it was all be could do to whip
Special to Tbe Georgias.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. J.—\V. E.
fox, the man who was beaten over tho
head with a • billy” by Patrolman Con
ley, has written a letter to the chair
man of tbe t^oard of public safety' ex
onerating the patrolman. An Investi
gation-of the mutter was in progress
and the officer had been subpenaed. It
is stated'thot he will now be reinstated.
special to The Georgian.
Albany, Ga.. Dec. 3.—The regular
city election, at which three aldermen
are being voted for. Is taking place In
this city today. The nominees of the
primary recently held are Messrs. A. P.
V&agon, J. 8. Clark and Morris Wes-
losky, and as there Is no opposition to
the regular ticket, the vote Is a light
IN 1ST DISTRICT
CORTELYOU KICKS;
SO DOES BLISS
I GOSSIP
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER/
Natv York, Dec. 3.—Sam Wolf, a
clerk of the general sessions court/
watched the news stand at Brooklyn
bridge for a -quarter of an hour this
morning, when the little girl at the
stand asked him to attend'It, while she
went and got a cup of coffee. He did a-
good business and handed her a quar
ter In addition.
The battleship Ohio, which was con-,
strutted at the Union Iron Works, Bin.
Francisco, and became the flagship of'
the Asiatic fleet, made her debut bv
New York harbqr under command of
Captain L. C. Logan, at the Brooklyn,
navy yard. She will prepare’former*'-.
Ice under Admiral Evans in the At
lantic.
President Feels That Ad
ministration Has Been
Tainted by Certain
Contributions.
Washington, Dec. 3.—Before he re
tires from office President Roosevelt
intends to have returned to the policy
holders the money contributed to the
Republican national committee in 1904
by the Equitable Life, the Mutual Life
and the New York Life Insurance com
panies.
The aggregate of their contribution*,
made out of the “yellow dog” funds of
the companies, was $148,000. The fact
that lie was elected with the use of
money taken from the policyholders of
these companies has nettled the presi
dent for months. He feels that It has
placed a taint upon his administration,
ns well ns upon his public career, and
he means to have the stain wiped out.
Officers are Obstinate.
It leaked out for the first time today
that the president has taken steps to
have the money returned, and that this
would have been done long ago but for
tbe oOstinacy of Postmaster General
Cortelyou and Cornelius W. Bliss, of
New York.
It Is known positively that President
Roosevelt sent for both Mr. Cortelyou
nnd Mr. Bliss several months ago and
directed them to pay back with interest
whatever sums tho Mutual. Equitable
nnd New York Life contributed to the
campaign fund. He was met with a
polite, but Arm. refusal.
Prsaidsnt Insists.
He Insisted that the money tshould
be refunded, and asked how much
money remained to the credit of tho
national committee. He was told that
the total was slightly ip excess of
$400,000, and he replied that It was a
shame, the money belonging to the
policyholders of the three companies
bad not been returned. Mr. Cortelyou
nnd Mr. Bliss, however, refused abso
lutely to back down from the position
they assumed.
President Roosevelt waved nil their
arguments aside. He declared that tbe
proposition was a simple one. Money
was taken from officers of the company
which they had no right to give away,
as It belonged to other people. This
being the case, the only honorable
course open was to give back the
money to Its real owners.
Fails to Carry Point.
The Interviews—it Is said there were
several of them—terminated without
President Roosevelt being able to carry
his point, but It Is know'n that he Is
as determined as ever that the money
shall be restored to the companies.
Professor Ferdinand F. Lee Boy I*;
aged 87, famous as an artist in earlier'
days, Is dead from heart fallutJr* fol-*-
lowlng an attack of pneuirionia at the*
home of his brother?In-law, Charles E.
Hatterlee, 102 Park place, Brooklyn.
Professor Boyle has painted portrait*
oh Charles Dickens, Edwin Forest, Let
ter Wallack, General Grant and many
other notables.
/A bride of only nine weeks. Mrs.
Marla J. Young, formerly Mrs. Butter-
worth, of New' Haven, has won a dl«f
vorce from John A. Young, known as*
the "Pearl King” of Wisconsin.
She will receive $4,500 alimony. Mr.
Young Is 7$ years old, while Mrs. Young'
Is 51.
I learn that a son of Mrs. Julia Ward 1
Howe, Professor William M. Howe, Is
being mentioned as the next president
of the Massachusetts Institute of Tec \u
nology. He was graduated from Har
vard und also from the institute. The
ctar of Russia secretly conferred on
him the degree of Knighthood of the
order of St. Stanislaus, for his achieve
ments in metallurgy.
It Is a great blow to many a rich
American and tils ambitious family to
hear that York House, in which Junie*
the Second lived, after his marriage,,
has been sold to Mr. and Mrs. R. Fata,
a wealthy Parsee who come to London
for the season. Rich Americana anxr
lous to And a home In I<ondon to en-,
Joy the iieace they say they cannot get
In this busy cojuntry, are annoyed deep
ly at th# Parsee coupltr for seizing the
desirable abode. Mrs. Fata, who has
been m lx Ing with society, has caused
a sensation by the magnificence of tier,
Jewels.
Over In Providence, Rhode Island/
the missing portrait of John Hay,
which, with portraits of McKinley;
Hnnnna and Roosevelt, was secured
from William D. Murphy, the artist of
New' York, by false pretenses, has been
found In a pawn-shop. Chief of Police
Matthews discovered that several por
traits had been on exhibition In the
show windows of Anthony & Colwell, a
f furniture flrni, and by tracing them nrf
I found the Hay picture.
. The man who had secured them from
Murphy on pretense that they were ti>
be exhibited for charity in Washington,
placed them on exhibition here with a
story that some art lovers were going
to buy them to present them to Brown
University. President Faunce, of tho
university, learned of this and vlaltM
the store, and then, It aeems, the por
traits \yerfi ordered out of the window.
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
The "torpedo runabout” |s the novel-
tf of the season at the nutomnbfle show
and the torpedo promises to be the pop
ular thing next year.
This feature, much commented on by
visitors, has the development of tbe
runabout body wrlth the sloping torpedo
deck and extra rear seat. This body
was found in various detail designs in
twenty or more exhibits. Its rapid de
velopment was regarded as criterion of
the popularity of tho torpedo run
abouts.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
DECEMBER 3.
1800—An*Iris»• defeated the French-at hat-
tie of IlolieiilludelJ.
1806— Henry A. Wise, governor of Virginia,
Frank D. Hyde, formerly of Hart
ford, one of the most prominent law-
era In Paris, Is dead.
Charles F. Gouteau, member of the
French senate from Ardennes, fell un
der a moving train near Hcrian, France,
and was killed.
horn.’ Died September 12, 1.876.
1818— Illinois admitted ns n state of tl
union.
1840—Jules Claretle. director of the The
ter Francais, born.
1X71—Seventeen Immigrants froxen to death
lu Mnllne county. Nebraska.
1889—The explorer Stanley reached tha
esHtern const of Africa at Itugnmoyo.
1894—Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist, died.
Horn November 13, 1850.
Bulloch county overtopped everybody
Saturday In Its bid for the agricultural
school for the First district.
They came forward at the Savannah
meeting with a cosh offer of $65,000,
300 acres of fine land, lights, water nnd
telephones for ten years. The entire
bid amounts to $125,000.
With the selection of the school site
In the First the question has been de
cided now in the First, Second. Third,
Seventh. Tenth and Eleventh districts.
Two, and possibly three, more district
sites will be determined this week.
Wednesday Governor TerrelL w ill go to
Athens, where the Eighth district
school trustees will meet to select the
site. Thursday a second meeting for
the Fifth district will be held at the
capitol. Saturday the question of the
Fourth district school will be settleil
at a meeting of the trustees in
Iumbus.
MINISTERS REGRET
LOSS Of BRETHREN
Resolutions were offered ami adopt
ed at the meeting of the Methodist
ministers of Atlanta Monday morning
expressing regret of the removal of
Rev. <\ K. Dow man, Rev. Charles O.
Jones and Revs. Pierce and Branch
from the Atlanta field by the appoint
ive power of the conference. The reso
lutions were signed by Rev. C. t\ Jar
rell and «'. L. Pattillo.
Rev. Charles o. Jones also offered a
resolution which was adopted express
ing the feeling of the Atlanta ministers
upon the return of Bishop Candler from
his Journey to Japan. Korea and China.
The members of the ministers were
Invited to attend a banquet to be giv
en at the Young Men'* Christian Ax-
Word lias been received that Pro
fessor Augustus Bloomburgh, emeritus
professor of modern languages at La
fayette College, In Pennsylvania, died
In Switzerland on November 28.
In the presence of Francis Joseph,
emperor-king of Austra-Hungary. and
a brilliant assemblage, the monument
erected to the memory of Count'Julius
Andressy was unveiled at Budupest.
A bald-headed man, Frederick Wef-
sel, of Columbus, Ind., has surprised
his friends by raising a second growth
of hair. .
A violent earthquake Is reported
from Mllxaxxo, on the north coast of
Italy.
The $4,«>00 silverware service pre
sen ted to the cruiser Minneapolis by
the city of that name was stiffen about
November 22 by thieves forcing the
cabin door at League Island, where the
vessel is out of commission, and break.
Ing open the trunks. Detectives nre
searching the pawnshops.
Orders have been issued by the state
railroad department or Italy to recon
struct the pope’s railroad carriage,
which was originally built for Pope
Plus IX. It Is not known whether
the pope intends to leave the Vatican.
vagon
tram car dashed Into _____
loaded with 67.000 eggs in Paris yes
terday. The driver was thrown Into
the center of the load, where. In addi
tion to having his legs broken, he w is
half drowned in the broken eggs.
At
secret consistory today the
pope speaks to the cardinals and to
minor prelates on the church situation
In France. A solemn protest is looked
for against the provisions of the law
of separation, which goes Into effect
December 11.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
• some of the
New* York. Dec. Her** ar
visitors In New York Unlay:
ATLANTA—Miss G. Lawson, (’. M. Nliulu-
Rer, F. L. Tinsley, J. M. Brown, Mis* B.
Frnxler, L L. Porter.
HE SHOT AT RABBIT
ANO HIT HI8 COMPANION.
Special to The Georgian.
St. Augustine. Fla., Dec. 3.—While
rabbit hunting on Anasatusla Island
Thursday William Coles was accident
ally shot In the arm by Henry Bilton.
Coles was sitting behind a bush, wait
ing for the dogs to rush "Bunny" In
range, and Bilton. was on the other
side of the sheltcP, Ignorant of the
position taken by Ills companion. As
the rabbit darted from cover Mr. Bil
ton' fired nnd part of the load took ef
fect In Coles’ arm.
INTEREST IN P0LTIIC3
GROWING IN PENSACOLA.
Mpedal to The GcorRinn.'
I’etiKncohi. Flu., December 3.—The three
ij; political plums to lie . gnth*
cr«*d In IViifcneola lu the uo.tr future nre
nttrncHiiff iu> Tittle Interest lu politic* at
. appointment by the pmtf
dent of the I'nlted States innrstiMl, distrlet
attorney und city postmaster are not any
of them llislfflilfleniit offlees, hut SS these
duties nre so satisfactorily dlsehurffcd by
the liieuinlieiit*. It Is thoiiffht that no
chalice Will be IllltUc
Mueh Interest Is Ih*|iiff taken in the se
ries of ineetliiff* held nt the Preshyterlnii
hureh by Rev. Dr. Patton, of Doentur, Ga.
'olonel Charles Irwin, aged 74. \n
dead nt Boise. Idaho. He was widely
known as a railway and bridge engi
neer. In the civil war he served with
the Ninth Michlgnn cavalry*.
socintion next Monday nfternoon at
o'clock, at which time they will
the new secretary. Rev. Mr. /Illey.
YOUNG R086ER WRITE8
ARTICLE ON LYNCHING.
J. E. Rosser, a cousin of L. Z. Ros
ser. a well-known attorney of Atlanta,
Is achieving much prominence ut Van
derbilt University In Ills literary' wofk.
In the November issue of The Van
derbilt Observer, the college magnxlne,
an article by Mr. josser Is pubt;«hetl.
entitled “Lynching, ns a Cause of
Crime." Mr. Rosser’s article Is well
written and Indicates considerable
thought and Investigation of hla sub
ject. Mr Rosser Is taking post-gradu
ate work at Vanderbilt.
