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OUR PLATFORM.-Tho Georgian
stands for Atlanta’s owning Its own gas
and electric light plants, as It now
owns Its waterworks. Other cities do
__ they are, there Is no good
reason why they cannot be so operated
hare. But we do not believe this can
be done now, and It inny be aome years
before we are ready for so big na un
dertaking. Still Atlanta should aet Its
face In tbit direction NOW.
/ Sam Spencer's Fame Secure.
In Teturnlog to his desk after a two
weeks' absence In the West, the edl
tor of The Georgian finds his first
opportunity to comment upon . the
tragic death of Samuel Spencer, the
lata president of the Southern Rail
way.
Sufficient time has elapsed slnco
that fatal Thanksgiving morning to
relieve editorial comment of much of
the shock and emotional fiber of an
Immediate utterance upon nn event so
shocking and so appealing to the aym
patblea of the ptihllp and of Individ
uals.
As the career of the late president
of the Southern Railway fades Into
the distance, It becomes distinctly ap
parent that Georgia has contributed
One of the distinctly great figures
that have created at\«l piled the era
of railway and irttfilstrlni develop
ment In which w.e live. -As the head
of this great system, Mr. Spencer has
frequently been the subject of com
ment and sometimes of controversy'in
matters In frhlch he has differed or
seemed ttf differ with Individuals of
the great sectiqn over which hla lines
traversed. Rut wo think there are
few people living In this generation
who would withhold from Mr. Spencer
the belief that he was at' heart loyal
to the South, to Its traditions, to its
prosperity, and anxious In his own
way to bring about Its progress and
development.
A gentleman close and personally
near to the late president of the
Southern Railway, relates a conver
sation in which with the South as
his subject with its developments and
aspirations, and loyally confiding to
each other, Mr. Spencer had declared
that the ono great dream of his life
was to record a signal and acknowl
edged service to the lection In which
he Jived, and that he would not llko
to die until ho had made every sec
tion of the South which his multi
plying lines traversed, "to blossom
like the rose.” “When that Is done,"
said he, “I could feel that my work
waa ended and could die happy In
the consciousness of a great and com
pleted mission."
It was Mr. Spencer's lot to close
his great career just at a time when
all the great railway systems of the
country were' flooded and overwhelm
ed with the tremendous tides of pros
perity which multiplied the volume of
freight and passengers beyond the
power of the railroads to sustain.
And of course, coming at this time
there will be many who will find an
additional tragedy In his death from
the fact that he himself dlnbvns the
result of a service perhaps lnatlo-
'quato to the great volume of trans
portation which It carried.
But whatever the comments and
criticism of the public upon the past
record of this great and strenuous
financier, his place Is secure among
the great men and the great actors
of his time. And with those who
knew him best, loving him best and
trusting him most. It Is certain that
the fame of hla achievements will he
Joined to the real Integrity, and to the
patriotic scope of his motives, and he
will be remembered as among the
greatest of the friends and benefac
tors of the South which gave him to
hla times.
The best antidote to lawlessness Is
the expedition of the law.
The Atlanta of the future will be
one of municipal Independence In pub
lic utilities.
NORTHERN SENTIMENT AND A SOUTHERN CANDIDATE.
Atlanta, Ga.. Dec. 4, 1906.
Hon. John Temple Graves. City.
Dear Sir: Just a line to express my gratification because of your
editorial of yesterday urging the nomination of a Southern man for
the presidency.
Every word of yoUr most able appeal Is absolutely true and the .
moat valuable qsset any Democratic candidate for the presidency can
have In the eyes of the vast majority of the Northern people will be
the fact that he Is from the South. Respectfully,
F. O. FOSTER.
Mr. F. O. Foster Is one of the many citizens who have come to Atlanta
from that great section of our country north of the Ohio river.
The itatement to which he bears witness and gives such pronounced
Indorsement was the declaration of The Georgian that in case of the nomina
tion of a Southern man for the presidency a valuable and popular asset In
his case In the Northern mind would be the fact that he came from the
South, and that his nomination afforded the great friendly mass of the North
ern people the opportunity to testify by their ballots that the division of
the sixties was healed, and that this Is In fact as well as In sentiment one
country and one people for all future time. ,V ■ -
f The editor of The Georgian asserted this fact upon the basis of twelve
years of Intimate association with the representative body of the Northern
people. Mr. Foster aBserts It from the standpoint of birth and experience,
and from an Intimate personal knowledge of the spirit and temper of the
Northern people toward the South and the re-united country.
The fact established by these two concurrent lines of testimony Is oue
of vast Importance to this section and to the Democratic party In any ac
tion or policy that depends upon the sentiment of the Northern masses to
ward the South and toward Southern men.
We believe it to lie absolutely true that the great majority of the people
the merchants, the lawyers, the farmers ajul the wage earners of the
Northern, Central and Western states—are distinctly and almost aggressive
ly cordial toward the Smith, and both definite and positive In their desire
to express that feeling In the most practical way, and to re-establish for all
time the unity and fraternity of the country beyond alt'cavil or uncertainty.
General Gordon, Bob Taylor, Senator Tillman and Sanr J.ones, after years
of contact and thousands of miles of travel, Have bcwr-itnbroken and unhesi
tating testimony along with our own toward the existence add the practi
cal expression of this spirit; ( ><■'. * V,
Here, then, Is' the eminent practical Justification of The Georgian's sug-
gcstlon for the nomination of a Southern man for the presidency or at
least fdr the holding of the next national Democratic convention In some
central and representative Southern city like Atlanta,
The only thing wiilch has halted this experiment for twenty yearn Is
the complete and Ignorant misunderstanding and misapprehension of the
real attitude of the Northern people toward the South. We have no doubt
but that every Northern man now living in the South and'that every South
ern man now living In the North would, from' experience, concur heartily
and promptly In the opinion expressed by The Georgian and Indorsed by
Mr. Foster, and we feel sure that the time la ripe to, teat this sentiment at
least In asking the next national convention for the South, If we do qot care
to present a favorite son for a place upon the national ticket.
Let Atlanta, then, as the first outspoken candidate for the honor of
being host to this great convention, and as the natural and worthy
recipient of the distinction—as the capital city of the central and largest
Democratic state of the Union—appoint Its committees, formulate its claims
and present them without embarrassment or hesitation to the February
meeting of the national Democratic committee which meets In Washington.
Fortunate In being represented upon that committee by a loyal Atlanta
editor, the capital of Dixie should be able to secure a prompt and cordial
hearing and a favorable consideration.
And what a royal and memorable opening would be this national Demo
cratic council for the stately hall of Atlanta’s Armory-Auditorium.
undoubtedly inspire him to aerve, within the limit of hla official obligations,
the people of this great section of the country.
It Is at least certain that President Finley comes -into bis high estate
under a great wave of confidence and good will, and The Georgian felici
tates both the official aryi !he public upon the pleasant augury which these
conditions make for a mutually happy and profitable association.
We* extend our congratulations and best wishes to the new president
of the Southern and wish for him such an administration as will go far to
ward softening the conflict between corporations and the people.
A “BOURBONLESS'’ BANQUET OF KENTUCKIANS!
The Kentuckians oi Atlanta have united themselves Into a atate society
bearing the name of that Illustrious commonwealth, and propose to celebrate
this memorable organization by a grand banquet next Monday evening
In Atlanta.
We are sure that the announcement will carry pleasure to every man
claiming nativity id the Biuegrass State, and will excite a generous interest
in the thousands of people who pay tribute in their several ways to the,
commonwealth wiiosc glories are celebrated. In the world famous trinity of
fine horses, beautiful women and unequaled liquor.
in their banquets, which are mostly confined to men, Kentuckians of an
cient and modern times have been accustomed to exclude the One horses and
the lovely women, but they have, by alt the records and traditions, made good
the deficit In Ihe abundance with which their third great product has flowed
llko water through the current of their genial aud hospitable debate. It
has been held for a hundred yeara that a Kentucky banquet without red
liquor was like a ship without a sail or a kite without a tall. ,
But the Kentuckians of Atlanta are going to smash the records of a wet
and mellow century, and to set a new and novel custom (or the "Colonels"
a coming day.
The Atlanta Kentuckians are resolutely preparing to celebrate a banquet
without a drop Of wine to warm the brain or loosen the tongue of eloquence.
They are going to demonstrate the unsuspected fact that Kentucky’s great
ness Is Instinctive and spontaneous and not the child and creature of arti
ficial stimulants. Banished Is the Julep from this banquet hall, and the bour
bon of tile biuegrass stills Is banned. The eloquence of the "Colonels” la not
•be Inspired by looking upon the wine when It Is red. the state of the still
to be toasted In pure cold water, and the tradition that has been sustained
from Danle) Boone to Henry Watterson^ Is to be shattered by the grafting
' Georgia temperance upon the historic habits of Kentucky.
The Atlanta banquet will mark a new and notable era In the history
the commonwealth. What will Jack Chinn say? What will Henry Wat-
terson think of It? What will be the verdict of the "Colonels upon a thou
sand hills"? Will these he counted as true Kentuckians who celebrate a
feast of the commonwealth without the presence of any one of that great
trinity which has made the state illustrious?
We have It! Let these gallant descendants of Daniel Boone choose the
better element, and crown their feast with the chlefest glory of their civic
trinity. Banished be the horses, banned be every drop of treacherous liquor,
but let woman—last aud best ami loveliest of Kentucky's products—be there
compensate for every sacrifice and to reward with radiant smiles the
brave reform wiilch Kentucky’s modern sons fiave aet against Kentucky's
ancient banquet creeds.
THE PLEA FOR THE RAWLINS BOYS.
There seems to be a general disposition on the part of the press to fall
In with the current of reaction which has set In sympathy toward the
Rawlins boys, and to plead with the authorities to show them mercy and
to give them an opportunity to lead a better life.
The Geo/glan, too, promptly falls in with this current, not so much be
cause ft lp popular, as because It Is merciful and right, and because we are
always ready to go on record as the advocate of tempering Jhstice with
mercy.
The RawJlqs boys have been convicted of a great crime and should
undoubtedly sgffer punishment. But the conditions which surrounded them,
the Impelling Influence which drove them to their shocking act. the per
sonal and hypnotic power of an Intense and able father appealing through
hate with parental Influence aa the agency, makes in the Judgment of*
thoughtful and merciful men no small palliation of the crime of these 1 young
and undeveloped boys.
It Is a case In which we think that the state Can afford to exercise Its
great and powerful prerogative of mercy.
It is a logical conclusion that the Influence of this awful tragedy and this
long continued trial will have Impressed upon the minds of the Rawlins
boys for all time and for all eternity the monstrous nature of the crime
which they have committed. It can only be hoped that'the extension of
mercy by the state would result In lives that would studiously avoid In the
future the crime find the lawlessness which blotted their eariy youth.
The plea Is based purely and simply upon the Idea of comparative Irre
sponsibility of these young'fellows and of their coerced criminality, under
(he instigation of a father's monstrous and ungovernable hate.
We fall lb, anyway,' with the advocates of mercy, and trust that the law
and Its officers to discretion Is committed may use it with all the wis
dom and the tenderness which the fnterests of society may permit.
SHOT By HUNTERS!
MOTHER LOSES EYEs
LITTLE GIRL
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
She Explains Why Parisians Rather Justly Consider
Americans as a Race of People Without
Manners.
Doubileaa there are Americans who
are refined and educated; doubtless
there are American, women who are
charmlbr and without vanity. But It
must be conferred that far too many
Individuals among these hustling
tran^AtlantlcM" fire ostentatious, su
percilious, satisfied with themselves
and their, country, their dollars, their
strength, their hurry and their skill.—■
Ernest Daudet, In Libre Parole.
C OMM
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By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
(Copyright, 1906, by Journal-Amerl-
can-Examlner.)
OMMENTfl like the above .appear
constantly In the French press,
and they Indicate the exact atti
tude of France toward America.
Never was a country more universal
ly hated tban our own. When not
actively hated It Is regarded with criti
cal amusement. At the samo time our
financial success and our material
progress arouse a spirit of jealousy and
envy, eo that all the evil emotions seem
to be brought - to' the surface In’ the
European mind at the mention of the
word America.
The Europeans do not want our pros
perity at the cost of having our meth
ods or our manners. But they, would
like our wealth, as they are univer
sally an avaricious people and lovers of
wealth for what It can procure.
The Parisians are wholly unostenta
tious; they despise a showy exterior,
and some of their most palatial homes
are almost shabby on the outside.
Our display of opulence offends their
sense of refinement, but they are raven
ous for the means by which this display
Is made, and their only tolerance of
us In their midst Is that we may dis
pense some of our superfluous dollars
where they may profit by them.
Parisians are quite justified In re
garding Americans as vulgarians, If not
barbarians, since the opening of the
American section of the exposition of
1900.
American friends who were present
on that great occasion have related to
me what occurred to their humiliation
and chagrin.
These friends had been present at
the receptions given by the Chinese,
the Japanese, the Russian, French, Ger
man, and, In fact, all the other de
partments of the exposition.
American Rabbit.
All Invitations were Issued by card,
and all the foreign receptions were dis
tinguished by quiet elegance.
When my friends presented them
selves at the entrance of their awn
national department they found a mob
in possession. Elegantly attired women
were elbowing guards and officials
away from the post of duty and forc
ing their way Into the reception rooms
without cards.
"We are Americans and free people,
and we have a right to go In! No
foreigner has a right to keep us out of
our own country’s department!” was
their cry. Ana In they went, before the
eyes of astonished and disgusted offi
cials placed on duty to keep order and
receive the cards of the invited.
When refreshments were served a
scene even more disgraceful occurred.
It was an absolute onslaught, a raid of
the six hundred toward the tables. My
friend's gown was nearly torn from her
body as she tried to escape. »
And. mind you, these were not the
poor and hungry people of America,
the "bread line" of New York’s poor
district; they were people of wealth
and supposed position, handsomely at
tired and passing as the representatlye
citizens pf America. And their num
bers justified the supposition.
Not one, not ten, not twenty Ameri
cans were guilty of this conduct
that oceaslop* but a mob of-hundre<
It has never, been forgotten
France, and never will. be.
The foreign papers rang with ridicule
of Americans for .weeks, and no won
der. "Heathen" Chinese and Japanese
officials shrugged their shoulders when
the name of America was mentioned.
And France continues to think of us as
vulgarians, and hungry ones at that,
fighting for an entrance to a reception
to which we are not bidden, and fight
ing our way to the food after we get
In.
It Is the fault of Americans in Eu
rope that such comments as the one
quoted above appear continually In the
French press.
The French Way.
Standing at one of the “Louvre”
counters waiting for nn overtaxed
salesman to find time for me, I henrd
nn Irritable voice at my side complain,
ng of his lack of attention.
The young man replied politely, say
ing she must wait her turn.
As I glanced at the woman, she said
In English: “You are nn American,
are you not?” (I wondered whether It
was my “type” or my poor French she
recognised). Then the woman proceed
ed to laud American shops and d<
the Paris stores, and for five minut
was forced to listen to her tasteless and
unjust harangue before I could make
my escape.
There are hundreds of such Ameri
cans abroad.
Surely It Is no wondftr the French
people do not love us!
When a Frenchman wishes to pay
you a sincere compliment he tells you
that you age wholly un-American. Once
he says that you may believe he really
accepts you as an Individual worthy
of consideration.
Wreckless Boys Flee to
Woods When Wounded’s
Cries Are Heard.
PRESIDENT FINLEY OF THE SOUTHERN.
Probably no official act ol the railroad, within the laat decade has been
received with more universal applause among the people and among railroad
employee!! than the election oi Vice President \V. W. Finley to succeed the
late Samuel Spencer ua president of the Southern railway.
All over the country and from all classes of people, both among those who
are expert In their knowledge oi railroad affairs, and those who haveonty per
sonal and general acquaintance with the new president of the Southern rail
ay. there comes a chorus of genuine and cordial Indorsement which must
both gratifying and doubtless will he helpful aud Inspiring to the new
executive car this vast and Important system.
This indorsement of Mr. Finley seems to be based upon two,'essential
qualifications. First, his ample and practical experience in railroad affairs
as’ demonstrated by his personal contact and direction of the operating de
partment of the Southern railway for the last ten years. It Is claimed that
man upon that line, or any other line, has demonstrated a more practical
knowledge ol the details of railroad operation, or a more faithful executive
capacity than he has In the conduct of such departments as he has had under
his Immediate control.
The second point of Mr. Finley's Indorsement Is the general recognition of
his crystal Integrity and of his broad and catholic spirit of helpfulness to
ward the country traversed by his linos. It Is said of Mr. Finley by his
friends that It Is simply impossible for him to misrepreseat or to deceive.
It Is confidently claimed that the qualities of integrity and kindness within
him will speedily establish between the new president and the people at In
terest In his administration, a feeling of confidence and good will which
III go far toward the establishment of good feeling between the people
and the railroads.
It Is believed that the public may receive with implicit confidence any
statement which comes from Mr. Finley touching the conditions surrounding
the road In Its relations to the shipper, the traveler and the general public.
Born In Mississippi and having been for a period a loyal and devoted
President Roosevelt Is not above
the illustration of Henry Clay's defi-
-union that the essence of statesman-1 citizen of this capital city of his Southern system, the new president of the
\lp is compromise ‘southern Is equipped with natural sympathies and the affiliations which will
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BROTHERS.
SpUler,
At my window spinning.
Weaving circles wider, wider.
From the deft beginning.
Running
Wheels and spokes until you
Build your silken death-trap cunning,
Shall I catch you, kill you?
Sprawling,
Nimble, shrewd as Circe,
Death’s your only aim and calling—
Why should your have mercy?
Strike thee?
Not for rapine willful.
Man himself is too much like thee.
Only not so skillful.
Rife in
Thee lives our Creator;
ThouTt a shape to hold a life In;
I am nothing greater.
—George E. Woods, In Watson's Maga.
zlne.
IN MI880URI.
A remarkable feature of the recent elec
tion In Missouri whs the defeat of Senator
John F. Morton. For nearly twenty years
Senator Morton hit been a Democratic
leader, and was prominent among those
who opposed the nomination of Polk for
governor. For twelve years he hoa been the
re«*ouiilzed *iH»ke*iuan and lesder of the cor
poration Interests on the floor of the Mis
souri sennte. He Is nn astute pollticlau and
llled campaigner. Ilia district, a rural
Is norms (I y Itemoers tie. by nearly 3.000.
Governor Folk's first csmpslgn speech this
yesr was delivered In Morton’s seetion of
the stste, and It was there the governor
made his first appeal for the election of
none but honest men. regardless of party.
When Bryan came Into the stats he
What It Monty?
To the query: “What Is money, anyway?’’
the following answers nro made:
Money Is the loudest sound In tbc voice
of life.
Bait for the matrimonial hook.
Fuel for fun.
The one tiling Hint makes crooked things
straight nml straight things crooked.
The most effeetive substitute for brains.
A provider for everything but happiness;
a passport to every where but heaven.
The New York Idea.
Something that always gets the glad
baud.
Money Is the most difficult root to culti
vate.
Metal often manufactured from “water”
In Wall street
The best talking machine.
That which woiucu look, for while men
sleep.
A curs# to some that have It, mid
enrse to all that haven't.
The breath of business.
Our private Clod.
The uptldnte for poverty.
That which s|*»nks n language we c
Special ,to The - Georgian.
Asheville, N. C., Dec. «.—Mra. T. H.
Creaseman and her little daughter,
fithel, yesterday had a narrow escape
from perhaps fafa! Injury from gun
shot wounds received at the hands of
two unknown young men.
The mother and daughter were
standing at the rear door of their resi
dence, In the suburbs of Asheville,
when they observed two young men
with shotguns preparing to Are, ap
parently at some birds. Realizing their
dangV’ Mrs. Creaseman at once at
tempted to pull her daughter out of
danger, but fell almost Instantly, her
face filled with shot, several penetrat
ing the right eye. Her daughter was
shot In the hand. Unheeding Mrs.
Creoseman's screams of agony and the
little girl’s cries for help, the two men
quickly made their escape Into the
woods adjoining the house and have
not as yet been discovered. Upon ex
amination It was found that an opera
tion was necessary and Mrs. Crease-
man's right eye waa removed.
BIG FUND IS RAISED
FOR HEW CLUBHOUSE
More money for the new club house
ro be erected by. the Piedmont Driving
Club was raised at a meeting of the
clUb held Wednesday night at the
Kimball house, and the building* Is now
assured.
At this meeting $7,253 was raised,
which, added to the $11,050 raised at a
recent meeting, makes a total of $18,-
500. The building that is proposed will
cost $30,000, but before work Is com
menced the club will raise $25,000. All
this money has been subscribed for
the bonds which will bear 6 per cent
Interest and which are payable In five
monthly Installments.
Out of a total membership In the club
of 412 the amount so far raised has
been subscribed by sixty-four members,
so there Is but little doubt of the bal
ance being raised In the near future.
Plans for the new building to take the
place of the one burned have been
drawn by G. L. Norrman, and these
plans call for a magnificent structure,
one that will be a great Improvement
on the old one.
I gossip!
THE DIFFERENCE.
1 wonder where the
Clock-worked hose la
Aa ttn? summer
Season closes.
And the dalutv
IVek-n-booM lie;
Wbirt Is left me
To amuse me
With these dainty
Things put by now?
I can look maids
In the eye now
nd
On their words.
And never wander
To the dimple
In their shoulder.
Day* grow shorter
Now, and colder:
hoc* and frocks now.
And If I would
Hee the dimple
That waa wont to
Glint aud wimple .
Through the gauzy
And the sheer stuff
Of her waist, trans
parent, dear stuff, $
I must go to
Bout and hall now,
In some orllllant
Lighted hall now.
Ami I won't!
I will not do It!
Mine the dainty
Peek-a-boo: It
Half conceal* and
Half disclose*
Dimpled shoulder*
Pink a* rose*;
But the ball gown,
Growing bolder,
Brazenly bare* the
Whole shoulder;
No, Indeed, these
Peek-a-l»ooa Ju*t
Warm aud ten*e one.
—Houston Post
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER
New York, Dec.- 6.—I will become a
prophet for'this ono appearance onh-
There Is likely to be trouble for you,'.
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth If she per
slsts In carrying out an Idea which
close friends say Is fixed lit her mind
They assert that because her faiher
Is president she believes she should
outrank socially every woman | n
Washington (with the single exception
of her step-mother), and that she win
make,a bold endeavor to achieve that
supremacy this winter.
Since the opening of congress Mrs
Longworth confronts a calling list that
numbers some three hundred. As th<
wife of the member of the lower hou«e
the custom compels her to call on thJ
wives of all senators, the wives of «ti
representatives who have served lone
er than her .spouse, the wives of cabl
net officers and Justices of the suprems
court, and on all the women In less
tions whose husbands are above the
grade of first secretary. AH these calls
must be made In December.
But it Is said young Mrs. Longworth
does not intend to conform to ths
traditions; that she will "stand on her
dignity, and that society, except In th«
case of very highly planed person*
must come to her. It Is certain ths
women who have queened It In Wash.
Ington for many years will contest bit.
terly any such stand by her.
i no crime to hug a girl on a
doorstep. Most men have held thl.
opinion for a long time, but now thev
have Judicial authority for the belief
Recorder Goff has so decided, and If
there Is a sudden Influx to New York
from country regions, where court of.
flclala hold less up-to-date views th.
reason will be easy to find. In ren
dering his decision the recorder over,
rulad Magistrate Wahle.
Last summer Patrolman Ruth-found
William Kirkland and Phoebe MclUS,
Indulging In kisses and hugs on a
doorstep near a church. -He arrested
them on a charge of disorderly conduct
Magistrate Wahle let the girl go, but
fined Kirkland $3. Kirkland appealed
and Recorder Goff, amid the plaudits
of a crowded court room, held him
blameless.
With the boiling over of a secret
too big to be confined In the social ket.
tie of the exclusive Mlddlebrook Coun
ty; c, " b - th8 kood people of Summer-
vllle N. J„ are discussing a sensation
which club members did their best to
cover up.
The episode waits on the action of
the club's board of governors In the
cases of R. L Shalnwaid and August
Zeman. Shalnwaid Is the eon of Presi
dent Shalnwaid, of the Standard Palm
Company of New York. Mr. Zeman I.
also engaged In business In New York.
Both are leaders In the younger social
set which enjoys membership In the
Mlddlebrook Country Club.
At a Thanksgiving ball at the club.
Shalnwaid, accused of Insulting a
young woman, waa thrashed by Zeman
after a hot fight. The battle took place
In the midst of a dance and broke up
the affair.
Mrs. Ella Pallet Swan, who was mar
ried four years ago to Donnell Swan,
the Baltimore banker and society man.
who was the first husband of Mr-
Elisha Dyer, Jr., died a petition In
bankruptcy in this city today, naming
her liabilities as 13,909 and her assets
as nothing. Mr*. Swan says she has
fifty-one creditors In all In this city anil
In Baltimore. Shs Is ths daughter <>r
John Paine Wilson, head of the Balti
more banking firm of Paine A Wilson.
According to news from London the
marital troubles of the duke and
duchess of Marlborough are bound to
come Into the courts for settlement.
All hopes of a friendly agreement .tri
gone. according to the Manchester Dis
patch. The duke, It states, regards
himself the Injured party, and la Insist
ing on securing “his rights."
How dispose of the children Is the
bone of contention. They have always
been with .the duchess, and regard the
duke as a distant acquaintance. He Is
determined, however, to have them In
trusted to him. To this Consuelo Is
willing to agree, but the children them
selves resolutely refuse.
It is said King Edward Is still mak
ing great efforts to keep the affair out
of the divorce court and prevent dis
closures expected to make the greatest
sensation of years, but Indications ate
that he will not succeed.
Lady Herbert, widow of the former
British ambassador at Washington, who
has been staying for some tlmo post
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard
T. Wilson, at Newport and In New
York, sailed yesterday for England.
The Right Place.
From The Chicago News.
"What do you think of my.executlon
on the piano?"
"No better place for your execution
could be chosen. 1 have always been
In favor of punishing criminals on the
scene of the crime."
i
word was said against Morton In public by
any speaker. Apparently there wan no con
certed effort to defeat him. But the fanners
hsd resolved whst to do. end In Ids own
rounty he lost nearly 2.0CO Democratic
vote. Contrast with this the result In St.
I^mla. At tbc opening of the csmpslgn
fins-
to carry Ihe elty. The Democratic con
vention was dominated by friends of the
lawless liquor, race track and bucket shop
Interests, and by attorneys for ihe public
service corporations. To n Democratic
Judge who hsd rendered s decision sgnlnst
"The llig Cinch" n rcutndliatlon was re
fused, slid a corporation tool was plneed
on th-* ticket in his stead. t;«ireruor Folk's
name was publicly hissed In the convention.
Atnoug tbc Democratic nominees, ns among
the Republicans, were found ex-c-mrict*.
Governor Folk. In n speech at Sin,.
slated that If some of tbc uu-n running -u
both the Kepnbllrsn anil Demeerstle b-gls-
latlve llekets In St. Imula were sent to
Jefferson City, he would Instruct the war
den of the state prison not to permit the
convicts to aasis-iate aith them. As a re
sult all—It BU.-.VJ citizens of St. lends failed
lo vote at all. and the Itepnbltcnn ticket
was elected. - Front Cofiler'a lor November.
BUILDING DORMITORY
AT NACOOCHEE INSTITUTE.
Special to The Georgian.
Salt tee, Oa„ Dec. 6.—A large force of
hands are at work on the gills' dor
mitory at Nacoochee Institute, and If
the weather continues good it will soon
be ready for the new pupils that are
to come In after Christmas.
Among contributions that have been
recently received are: From the Pea
body fund, fit the recommendation of
Hon. Hoke Smith, 1150; J. M. Hodg
son. Athens, On.. 1100; Miss A. K. Ir
ving, Charleston. S. C„ $100: o. w.
Barker, Center, Gn., IB; Reuben Brock,
Athens, Gn., IB: King Hardware Com
pany, Atlanta. Ga., $10; James Glenn,
Sautee, Ga., $10.
THOMAS JEFFRIES ATTEND8
MADISON MASONS’ BANQUET.
Special to The Georgian.
Madison, Ga., Dec. $.—Madison lodge,
No. 376, Free and Accepted Masons,
gave a banquet here Inst night which
was a great occasion among the Free
Masons of this place.
Hon. Thomas Jeffries, of Atlanta,
deputy grand master, was by Invitation
present and delivered aprons to seven
new Masons.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
DECEMBER 6.
J421—llenry^VI of England horn. ]>]••$] May
1734—i-mly Masha in died.
1833—John M. Moshy, famous Confederate
soldier, lM>rn.
1*62—General Hanks' expedition tailed for
New Orleans.
1S71— Court house mid ninny other buildings
ileetroyed ill tiro at l!ngft>t<iwn. .Md.
lsv>—Jefferson Davis, ex-president of Fun-
IBJ-Nrgrn . .......
K>-. for ns«ititf*.
Jirtl — liiiiinrHai a r If ration Mil pa
l4riiamMtt $»f New South Wall
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The above Illustration
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