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THE... ATLANTA GEORGIAN, MONDAY. DECEMBER 3, 1906. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN :chn mm craves, w f. L SEELY. FresUnt. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sundey) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, At 23 West Alabama St.. Atlanta, Gs. Subscription Rates. one Year fiw *!i Months Three Months L» By Carrier. Per Week resentatires for all territory outi Georgia. Chicago Office Tribune BMf. New York Office Potter Bldg. HAN, telephone the Circulation ment and hare It promptly rein- Telephones: Bell 49zl Mala, , It Is desirable that all communica tions Intended for publication In TUB GEORGIAN be limited to 400 words In as an evidence of good faltl the names will bo wlthhch THE GEORGIAN prints no unclean 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.