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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 4. 190«. ] THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN I :chm Jtune 0K»ves. tear ! ■ i. silly. riuUni | Publithed Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, At 3 Wv »t. Alajiaron 81.. Atlanta, Ga. Subacriptlon Rates. 'One'Tear... ...\ Six Month*... Week..... Loo* distance terminals. resentatlves for all territory outi Georgia. Chicago Office .....Tribune Bldg. New York Office....! l»otter Bldf. If yon ha to any trouble getting flfB GEORGIAN, telephone the Circulation* Department ami bare It promptly rem* edled. Telephones: Ilell “ Atlanta 4401. It fa desirable ttu* ell oommnnloa- tlons Intends! for publication In THE GEORGIAN be limited to 400 words 111 length. It la imperative that they be elgned. ae nu eviden«M» of good faith, though tlie iMunn will be withheld If requested. Rejected manuscripts will not be returned unless stamps are eeut tor the purpose. THE GEORGIAN prints no nuntraa »r objectionable advertising. Neither doea It print whisky or auy liquor ads. OUR PLATFORM.-Tlie Georgian stands for Atlanta’s owning Its own gas aid electric light plants, ns It now owns Its waterworks. Other cltlee do this and get gas as low as 60 cents, with a profit to tbo elty. This, should bo done et once. Tbo Georgian be* Herrs that If street railways can be ►erated successfully by European lies, as they nro, there fs ud good reason why they cannot be so operated here, but we do not believe this ean he done now, and It may l*e some year* before we are ready for so big au un dertaking. Still Atlanta should act Its face In tint direction NOW. ‘Not Another Saloon.*’ Not another saloon in Atlanta uuttl the city has reached a population of 150.000 people! If the ordinance which contains this Item shall pass the city council on Thursday afternoon. It will eatabltah a notable victory for the temperance people of Atlnnta, and limit by so much for the next five years at least the tale of liqaor hi this capital city of Georgia. The provision In.this ordinance that shall Increase retail whisky licenses to $2,000, retail beer license to $500, wholesale liquor license to $1,000 and wholesale beer license to $5,000, to take effect on July 1, 3907, Is another mark ed advance toward the reforms specifi cally advocated by The Georgian and conceded to the numbers and Influence of the temperance people of Atlanta. Every present Indication looks to the prompt passage of this ordinance when the council meets on Thursday, and firmly believe that the large ma jority sentiment of this city. Including not only the prohibitionists, but other conservative citizens, will cordially In dorse the action of the council In the measure of reforms which will he In stltuted here. Atlanta’s liquor houses are perhaps the best regulated of any iu the South, if not la the United States. The rigid enforcement of the law In the matter of the early closing of saloons, the strict supervision exercised over the majority of these places, the abolition of tables which tempt Individuals to linger and retreat their drinks, have been successive and successful steps of restriction anil reform which have been helpful to public order and to public morality, and pay tribute to the dlilgent watchfulness of the temper ance people of Atlanta, who evidently never sleep nor Intend to sleep while there is danger In the atmosphere from this prolific sou roe of demoralization. highest honor as the prize, and the ireople who hear them will weigh them, and pull flown the sqale of the ballot for that one who impresses them, as best able to represent them and to achieve for them the’eml which they have In view. .. - , ■ > Before a supreme court or a’.national congress,; John Sharp Williams might win the prize, but before the people of .Jllislsafppl,. wjfo have al ready followed the governor to one eventful victory. Vardaman Is very apt to walk off with the senatorial mantle of Hernando Money. The period of a definite or radical Democracy has not yet passed by, and John Sharp Williams, tfio conservative, has pitched his caudidacy at an iinpropitious time, i ' ' r ■ - Mississippi Is prosperous, contented and happy like her sisters all .about her, and the voice pf ilie cricket Is on every hearth in the state. I am racing Geergtaward with this letter and shall doubtless beat It home. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES.'J .' Jackson, Miss., Dec. 1. done so and are doing so now, and out of th!s co-operatlom aa expressed, In that rin&lug and wholosome card published by a negro committee four weeks age. has come the best and most hopeful promise of an Improve ment the conditions which established a “Reign of Terror" for the Southern women and made our civilization monstrous and unbearable. No maudlin sentimentality will over relax the firm determination of this Southern people to protect Its women and to suppress this crime of crimes. And, for this day, we single out of the Important message of the presi- ldent of the United States, this one phase of suggestion to give to It our un qualified Indorsement at this time. THE PRESIDENT ON LYNCHING. That |>ortl«n of President Roosevelt's message which deals with the subject of lynching, is a distinct and notable vindication and Indorsement of the position which The Georgian has occupied from the lieginnlng to ward this vital question. Three weeks before the Atlanta riot and In advance Of other newspn- per utterances. Hits paper and this column distinctly declared that lynching was no longer a remedy for ra|>e, and that the crime of crimes must bo treated hereafter not so much as a crime of race on of Individuals. . More than this, The Georglah first of all and above all. Inaugurated and led with all Its vigor the Insistent demand for the co-operation of the leaders of the negro race; their preachers, their teachers and their editors. In creating a public opinion among the lower ranks of their own lieople against this fiendish crime, aud more especially for the delivery to justice of the criminals of their own race by the negroes who had heretofore been accustomed to shelter them and to expedite their escape from Justice. The president of the United States takes emphatically and distinctly this position, and adds to It a most vital and admirable suggestion that tho crime of an attempted criminal assault should lie made punishable by death In the discretion of the court. No one thing that has been accomplished ill this period of discussion has liecn more helpful and effective than the stern demand accompanied with a threat of financial and personal boycott, upon the leaders of the ne gro raco to preach hell and dnmnatlon to the negro rapist throughout the land. . i , To tjielr credit lie It sqld that In promp^response they have loyally • A FAR-REACHING REPUTE OF FAIRNESS. The Georgian received on yesterday a message of thanks from J. G. Rawlins, who today expiated his crime upon the gallows at Valdosta. Rawlins' message was not based upon any condonement of bis crime by this paper, or upon any defense either of himself or his sonB In the matter for which they were to meet the legal measurement of death. The Georgian has simply given the news in this case from first to last in every phase, without prejudice and without coloring of any kind. Our representative at Valdosta has reported fairly such expressions as the elder Ragvllns has made to the public, nnd It Is for this fair re port of his imblic utterances that the. condemned criminal thanked The Georgian with his last breath. The crime for which these men were committed to the gallows was one of the most fiendish and fearful ever perpetrated In Georgia. They bad had a fair trial and had certainly enjoyed the services of one of the most Indefatigable lawyers In the state. But the fact that the law and the evidence have condemned them to die for this fiendish crime* meets with the approval and Indorsement of every right-thinking man In the slate, and receives nowhere a higher Indorsement than In -the columns of this paper which stands always for law and order and tho triumph of the higher forces of our civilization. I At the same time we are glad to have been accorded by thla old man, upon the verge of Eternity, the acknowledgment of fairness and of Justice which has also been accorded to this paper by the great body of the people, by the multitudes of public men and by the president of the United States. From the foot of the gallows to the working chamber of the White House, the fairness and justice of The Georgian Is a matter of general re pute. Philadelphia, Dec. 4.—Praised as the first world, diplomat who tempered state craft with the Golden Rule, the late John Hay was genuinely honored by the Hebrew people of this city on Sunday when an exquisite memorial stained glass window to the dead sec retary of state was unveiled at the Temple Keneseth Israel, Broad street, above Columbia avenue. Secretary of State Ellhu Root, Oscar Straus, recently named by President Roosevelt as secretary of commerce and labor, and Andrew D. White, of New York, former minister to Russia and Germany, were the chief speakers. Dr. Joseph Krauskopf, rabbi of the temple. In the consecration address, spoke glowing words of Hay's life work. Six members of the Hay family came to this, city for the unveiling exercises. Prominent among the other guests were Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, with whom Mr. Root Is stopping; George F Baer, and Congressman McCreary. VARDAMAN VS. JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS. (Editorial Correspondence.) The commonwealth of Mississippi Is making ready for a senatorial campaign that will be the last nnd liveliest of this eventful-period of strenuous and stormy |>olitlcs. It Is to be a battle royal between Governor Vardaman and John Sharp Williams for the mautlc about to fall from the 'stalwart shoulders of Hernando Money. There have been skirmishes already along the frontier and some sharp shooting at sporadic Intervals, hut the lines are forming now for the sustained nnd serious struggle which only the ballot box can end. The swords are sharpening,- tho rifles are being shotted aud the heavy guns are unllroberlDK for the fray. John Sharp Williams has fired his opening gan across the marching caravan of Governor Vardaman. On Tuesday last at Walthall. Miss., a small Interior town, and off the railroad, the minority leader of the Dem ocratic congress made a really great and notable speech which is re garded as tho outline and basis of his campaign. With a light touch upon the tariff as applied to Connecticut and Mississippi, nnd with a very brief adverse comment upon the theory of government ownership of railroads, Mr. Williams waded at once Into the great race Issue made by Ills re doubtable opponent, and gave nearly two hours to n discussion of the negro problem. Of the merits of this discussion, I shall speak In un editorial way when I come home. It Is enough at tills thue to say that It wns a strong and Impressive speech nnd Is pronounced by Mr. Williams' friends lo have been the ablest effort of hla life and the ablest speech made in .Mississippi since the civil war. It Is Just now the topic of universal discussion. ' One thing evident in the speech to an impartial observer, Is the fact that Mr. Williams haa grown a distinct shade more radical since his last expression upon the question, nnd Is not nearly so far away as ho has been from tho position assumed by Governor Vardaman. He quotos Senator George approvingly In the statement thnt the Fifteenth Amend ment may some day be repealed, and Indorses deliberately and earnestly aa a constitutional provision the state disfranchisement plan adopted by Mississippi, and voted for by Georgia, notwithstanding the constitu tional quibbling ot Mr. Fleming, of Augusta. The views ot Mr. Williams, after eight yoars of Democratic leadership la congress, will doubtless re assure the countless millions who have been alarmed and unset lied by the marvelous reasoning of cx-Congressmau Fleming. Whatever the merits of Mr. Williams' speech. It has‘made a great Impression among hlB friends, and It has formally opened the senatorial race In Mississippi. Vardaman Is stripped and ready for the fray. I met the governor on Friday night at the A. & M. college at StnrkvHle. He introduced tnc Itt generous terms to a splendid nudlonce ot Mississippi youth, nnd was In magnificent voice and spirit. After the lecture I talked with him for an hour. Ho is full ot fire and fight and Is strung to the tension of his highest endeavor. ’•Will there be Joint debates, governor, between you nnd Mr. Wil liams?" 1 asked. * “Of course there will be." said he. “I shall hope to meet him every where and hare no fear of the result. I stand for something, and the oh- structlonlst has no terrors for n man of definite policy .and conviction!” This puts It squarely up to Mr. Williams, aud those who know him heat declare that he has never shirked a combat or declined an encounter on field or fornm. The reiult of the election will doubtless hnug upon the merit and measure of these Joint debates. , At the present moment the chances seem to' favor. Vardaman. The majority of the men you meet In cities—the.".bankers; lawyers; mer chants and public men—tell you thnt Williams’will be elected with all esse. But there is a very considerable minority for Vardamqn In the cities, aud the commercial travelers bring In tho report that the country dis tricts are nearly solid for Vardanian. And In Mississippi the country ■ vote' la. two-thirds If not three-fourths of the entire vote of Ihe stale. The sound today Is for Williams, but the solid, silent vote Is for Varda man. just as It waa in the governor's race. The Williams men, argue that It would lie a shameful thing for Mis- ■lagippi to refuse to honor so great n man as Williams when the oppor- tn’nlty la at hand, but these grim old farmers resimnd that Williams Is even now in a position of vast usefulness, dignity and responsibility, and that a definite Democracy wants a definite man like Vardaman fti Washington and cannot afford to miss the opportunity to send him there to Stand for definite things—and more especially for a bold and definite treatment of the race question.- . It la held against Williams in Mississippi that he. as a twin conspir ator with August Belmont. Is primarily responsible for that vast fiasco of'Alton B. Parker's candidacy In 1904^ .Williams and .Belmont engin eered that scheme, and brought into It;'*'long line of easily persuaded congressman and publicists and newspaper men, why, are really couserva- ' tiv*. while professing radicalism. The Idea H that If, air. .Williams made then so serious a mistake as to imagine that a definite Democracy would so far forget Itself as to vote for a man'so acceptable to'the trusts as Judge Parker, he might be guilty cif some other piece of bail judgment in the senatorial policies of the republic. . ' But the Joint debates will hare a mighty influence upon tho result. Williams Is a greater scholar and perhaps a more logical thinker than Vardaman. He ha* clsssic for* and world-wide travel and a smooth tongue - aa lift apt lieutenant!-. Rut, Vardaman Is nn orator. He has a splendid voice, a magnificent presence, a popular cause and intense conviction. ! These nro mighty agencies In an apiteal to the iieople. it !( * battle royal between two brave and able men, with a slate's ' GOSSIP By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. Kt*w York, Dec. 4.—Patrolman Hulll- van found a genuine bomb on the sidewalk In- front of 2101 Second ave nue early this morning. Tho missile was circular in shape, about C Inches long and 4 In diameter. Sullivan car ried It to the bureau of combustibles at lire headquarters.* Tho bomb was put upon t’hlef Wolfs lies!;, and as Wolf rut Into It with a pair of pliers, Hull Ivan exclaimed: “My, but that fellow takes a long chance.*’ After an examination Wolf declared that the bomb consisted of about half a pound of black powder, incased In Portland cement, all of which Riled a quart tin can. On Ion of* the powder was a quantity of loose stone and this was held In place by the top of the can. In the lutter a small hole for the fuse had been drilled. Wolf said that if tho. bomb had ex ploded; the utohe might have Injured persons In proximity tp ft* Tfhl* Is the second time within thr'ee irtaj'* that dangerous missiles have been found by police In the same vicinity. Last Sunday twenty-six electric fuse caps were found In front of 2171 Second avenue on the same block. Because Captain Robert Clegg, of the British steamship Montrose, would not throw to the fishes a work of Jap anese art which his Chinese crew thought an evil Joss, the Montrose was compelled, on her way here from Yokohama, to ship at Hong Kong an entirely new crew, even to the serang. She got In today with the Joss still on bourd, hut there will be a feeling of relief when the thing Is brought ashore, for the new crew became aware of Its presence, and though they did not mutiny they made many fruit less appeals to the cuptnln to throw the Joss overboard. The "evil one” Is the stuffed body of an eastern fish, to which Is attached a head, something like that of a man. hut the expression on tho papier mnche face Is one that would drive the most bachana! to the "water wagon.” The fish is mounted on a teak wood base, and when the Montrose sailed from Yokohama on August 23, occu pied a conspicuous place in the room where the officers messed. There the Chinese cabin hoy espied It, nnd It wns not long before the news had spread to the ^forecastle. APPOINTED CONSUL IN •fumes G Carter, n o«>gro. of Ilriiimviek. G«i.. appointed souie years ago ns l.'nlted jjtstes eoiiMUl at Hlvns. Turkey, nnd who did not re|M»rt for duty, has ngnlu been appointed consul at Tnnmtave. Madnuaseiir. He *nrc«vd* William II. Hunt, of Tenues* see. who was appointed Tmui New York, snlnrr Is S2.QW per annum -ler* time Organizing Beaver Clast., Kpei lnl to. The (.Je.orglmi. Chattanooga. Tenn.. Doc. 4.—K. Wal ter Tripp, of Atlanta, deputy supreme organizer for the Order of Beavers, Is nt work li^re on a large class of Beavers for tho local dam; A class of ir»o has been organized. OFFICER WOUNDED BY AGED NEGRO Enraged because Mounted < »fHeer A. M. Dodd,*turfed to arrest him for beg ging on Forrest avenue, Scott Price, a negro about, so years of age. struck the officer across rite face with a heavy stick. Officer Dodd’s nose was broken and his Injuries are very painful. Hi* ar rested the aged negro and brought him to the police station. He then had his injuries dressed. Price lias been ar rested many times for begging on the streets. ('COMMISSIONERS MEET AVEDNESJ )AY MORN ING At tliolr office nt the mart house, the sinner*, but as „ __ .... states, It is Impossible to get n line on them. Clerk Worn! Is hard nt work getting IAGE OP "LOVEY MARY" Atlanta friends of Fred Thompson, the well-known theatrical manager nnd promoter of Luna Park, are very much Interested In the announcement from New York of his marriage to Miss Ma bel Taliaferro, who has won fame as "Lovey Mary" in the dramatization of Mrs. Rice's great book, “Mrs, Wlggs of the Cabbage Patch.” The marriage took place last Friday evening In New York In the presence of only a fetv Intimate friends. Just thirteen days after the young couple met the wedding took place. It was a case of love at first sight on the part of both. Mr. Thompson Is 32 and his bride 19. They will spend their honeymoon In Nashville, the home of Mr. Thompson. The bride Is a Southern girl. the vouchers for tho Indebtedness of the county tuiolo out. tint ho will not bnve tlioso completed until Just before the meet ing of the commissioners Is vailed. If you want to get an Idea of the wonderful work the Brownie Cam eras wilt do just spend a moment looking at the picture In our Ko dak window. Any kind of a picture —from a snapshot of rollicking children to a portrt.lt in your home— the little Brownie takes them all. and the beau ty of It la that a mere child can operate one with perfect succees. Then look at the price! One and two dollars, and just bush- fela of fun. Come 111 and see one. Ask all about them. Please remembei', they are a genuine picture taking machine—not a toy. Every Christmas shopper buys a Bt on nle A. K. HAWKES CO., 14 Whitehall Street. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. DECEMBER 4. 1»W2—(’ordinal ItlctielUm died. 17&J—Washington bade farewell to Ida of- (Iran. 1795—Thomas Carlyle burn. 1929— Karl nt Liverpool, British premier dur ing war of 1812, died. Born June 7, 1770. iM'.l-.lohu C. Breekenrldffe expelled from the 1'ntted Htittea senate. lift)—John Knlaknun, of Hawaii, lauded nt San Francisco. 1S9I—Norcross attempted to a*Ma*Mlnato Bus- Sell Sage by cxplodlii* bomb. ISM— Professor John Tyndall, fnmo list) 1820. Hug- GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. LKAI> GOTHAM .. Sew Vork. I tee. 4.—Here are *•' visitors In NvW York today: ATLANTA—Mrs. L. .1. Ainsdei Murphy. Mix. A. M. Wilson. G. - sms Gardner. HOW TO COMPENSATE THE “STANDER8.'* j 1 To the Editor of The Georgian. i * Ar I pay llu* street railway • ompnny of this ally about $50 .$ year for the privilege | ' «rf •standing In It* ears, your <Mlltorl.il nr-} UeJ»v ‘‘Getting Ymr Nickel'* Worth,” In- p Yon rightly say that the plan Norib Capitol ** * * iv that the toflb Capitol nnd Oktnztou *K*h$tUni It) eouipel railways to < JMt _ __ _ io compel railways to carry wtnud- ers fee** would not l»e fertslbfe. But fiere « u plan that i*: Oblige t|u» railway two register* lu end iKtssotigerK pay full fare !ecte«i from fitter- are t*» no rung up oi »no ivgUter am! fare* from Htundnrw ot | the other. The company to I** taxed li] the city or stall* 2 cents «u every fare re corded on the standing register. The state ! ■Ity to appoint register f»s(w*«*tors. tf/Hr I ■ *» W paid - — - snlarle and s to the puli cglste I from the irpltiib a Imre tin Ir salary lo •lie t treasury. K»>| lo "rile" the public. in the unheated Is poor economy HIIONVIMTI.S. M. RICH & BROS. CO. || M. RICH & BROS. CO -OUR GREAT- REMOVAL SALE IS NOW GOING ON. PREPARATORY to moving into our new .store we are making the * greatest reductions in prices upon seasonable merchandise ever known to the trade. Our Great Removal Sale of Oriental Rugs. $50,000 worth of genuine Turkish and Persian Hugs will be offered at a trifle over cost of im port, and, as prices upon Oriental Hugs have risen since we bought our stock, they mean to you less than present cost of importation. We have all sizes from the smallest mat to the largest carpet size. Many choice Antiques which those who know values of Oriental Rugs will he glad to secure. Our Great Removal Sale of Ladies’ Suits Continues. Intense interest has been manifested in this sale since its inauguration Monday morning. Ev ery Suit in our immense stock is marked down to about average cost, and the bargains are greatly appreciated by our trade. There are plenty of fine Broad Cloth and Fancy .Suits left in every size and every color at prices that will save you at least one-third and one-fourth of the original. But don’t wait too long to attend this sale, as there are knowing women selecting Suits every minute in the business day. M. RICH & BROS. CO. IIM. RICH & BROS. CO.