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OUR PLATFORM.—The Georgian
stands for Atlanta's owning Its own gas
and electric light plants, ns It now
owns Hs waterworks. Other cities do
this and get gas ns low as 60 cents,
with n profit to tbo city. This should
l»e done at once. The Georgian be
lieves that If street railways can be
operated successfully by Europno
cities, ns they are. there la no good
litre, lint we do not believe tu
be done now. and It may be some years
before we tire ready for so big an un-
dertaking. Still Atlanta should set Its
face In tbit direction NOW.
DON ’T FORGET THE TECH.
Tbc appeal for help for the Tech achdul should not be allowed to go
unanswered by Atlantans.
The need Is great and just. A little money will remove that need.
The Technological school Ib doing a great deal of good for the South
In educating her son* to work that makes for the Individual welfare and for
the welfare of the section. These young men who are graduated from that
institution are going right ahead, aiding In the development of the resources
of our section. Hy the alchemy of their upplied knowledge they are turning
the streams Into horse-power; they are turning the soil Into gold.
Ilut aside from those, considerations, we may Consider the one that af
fects us of Atlanta most. The Georgia School of Technology means thou
sands of dollars spent right here In Atlanta every year/, which otherwise
would he spent elsewhere. The Institution Is a valuable asset to our busi
ness Interests. Its five hundred-odd students buy their food and their
clothes right here In Atlanta. Any help given the Institution toward Its ex
pansion Is Just so much money Invested which Is certain to bring Its own
return.
Glvo help to the Tech. If not for broad reasons of philanthropy, then
for reasons of your own self-interest.
1 BIG MCREBSE
IN BANK CLEARING
The clearing house issued Saturday
shows a gain of over a million dollars
for the week over the corresponding
week of last year.
The exact figures are $1,335,845,
which Is a remarkably good showing.
For the day over last year the In
crease is $132,596. The report is os
follows:
December 8, 1906 $884,328.02
Corresponding day last year 761,732.42
This week, Dec. 8, 1906 6,699.008.13
Corresponding week lost
year 5,363,152.60
London'! Waterloo.
Every now and then—Just nbout aa
often, in fact, as sumo crank comes
forward with a new theory aa to who
wrote Shakespeare—the literary world
I* shaken from center to clrcumfer-
•nco with a charge of plagiarism
against some well known writer.
The latest victim of the "deadly
parallel"—(hey are always called dead
ly—Is the urbane and debonair .Tack
AGAIN, AS TO THAT SHIP SUBSIDY,
A dlsputatlve correspondent finds occasion In a loiter addressed to the
editor to tako Issue with the view recently expressed on this page of the
ship subsidy bill, now pending before congress. This measure, If we
recollect aright, was passed by the senate at tho last session of the present
congress, and will come up before the house before Its adjournment. Our
correspondent, who asserts he Is a plain farmer, writes with much skill;
as much skill, possibly, as a good many of those whom he terms “hired
writers.”
But In taking posltloft In favor of tho ship subsidy measure and In at
tacking, In opposition. The Georgian's views as unsound, he argues only
front the standpoint of expediency, and loses sight of the basic principle:
of democratic government.
Our correspondent assumes an attltuda that is very unsound; he secmi
to believe the end justifies the means.
Ths ship subsidy hill, says lie. Is a fine thing because 1t will give us
of the United States a chance for the South American trade; It will build
up our atrophlod merchant marine; It will restore the American flag to
dominion o'er the sea.
We grant without argument that tho South American trade would he
n fine thing for the manufacturers and producers of ( the United States to
enjoy In greater extent than they now do; we grant Hint it would be a fine
thing for our merchant marine to flourish like a green bay tree; wo grant
that the sight of American flags flying at the masthead of the Bhlps in the
harbors of the world would be a thing to set every patriotic pulso a-qulvcr
with pride.
But we do deny that a government subsidy Is the square and honest
and proper and democratic thing to do to accomplish these things.
Almost any subsidy may bo looked upon with righteous suspicion. Tho
word “subsidized” has a sinister sound. A subsidized press Is a hideously
criminal thing; r subsidized Individual Is a pitifully weak thing to behold.
A subsidized opinion Is an Instrument of evil.
There are, of course, some governmental bonuses that are of unmiti
gated good. But a subsidy should he looked In the teeth, not so much
by recipient as hy the real donor.
This ship subsidy measure haa the ardent support of the president. It
Is said. It certainly has Mr. Root, and Mr. Taft, and a good many others
It Is essentially
London. He Is declared to he guilty
of swiping his latest novel, which | among the Republican leaders, heartily favoring It
PLAYERS AND PLAYERS.
Da rid Relasco bits made another
strike. Ills latest production, "The Rose
of the Rancho," Is packing his New York
theater to the doors at every performance.
John Drew has Just celebrated his one
hundredth appearance In "Ills House in Or
der" at the Empire theater.
At the Lyric theater, N>w York, Mrs,
FIske nnd tho Manhattan Theater Company
hare settled down for a run In Mr. Mitch
ell's comedy, "The New York Idea."
Miss Rose Stahl Is In her fifth month of
"The Chorus Ltd/" In New York at the
Ilackctt theater.
The new Rrondhurst play. "The Man of
the Hour" Is being played at tho Envoy
theater, New York. The play portray a
political situation in n great city, with all
the accompaniments of ward politics
graft.
It Is said that Lula Glaser, Is to hare
the principal role In Sidney Rosenfeld'a uew
piny, "Tho Aero Club."
Clyde Fitch’s new piny, written especially
for lllfinche Walsh. has been named "The
Straight Road." Miss Walsh will nji
It for the first time at the Astor theater
early next year. The drntnn Is described ns
a play of modern socle!
Ifeurv W. Savage’* production of "Ma
dame Butterfly" Is to be seen Christmas
week In Cincinnati mid New Year's week
in Cleveland.
men who will occupy booths
at. the Professioniil Women’s League bnspr
to bo held at the Waldorf on Friday and
Saturday of tills week are Lillian Russell.
Edna Wallace Hopper, Anna Held. Blanche
Ring. Adolo Ritchie nnd Mr*. Madge Carr
Cooke.
The advance sale of seats nt the New York
Hippodrome Is said to linve reached 1Iih
enormous figures of $100,000 In n single day
previous to the openlug of tho latest noTel-
ty irt that place of amusement.
B ON FIRE AT CR OS SR OADS
IO WARM NEIGHBORHOOD
Topeka, Kana., Dec. 10.—The people
of Meade, Liberal and other towns In
southwest Kansas, have appealed *<r
(governor Hoch to aid them In getting
coal for fuel. With the thermometer
marking zero In that region, the people
In twenty towns are without fuel. In
many of the smaller places the inhabi
tants have congregated at court houses
and places where one fire will warm
all.
The roads are charged with confls
eating the coal started for the fuel
famine districts. The railroads use
steel cars In hauling their own coal to
prevent citizens from forcibly taking
possession of the coal.
SHOOTS S WEE THE A R T DEA D
DURING ROMP AT TABLE
Haltimore, Md., Dec. 10.—In a spirit
of fun, Peter Baurmer, aged 20, point
ed a pistol at Cjtnthla Uttereuther, his
sweetheart, while they were at lunch
eon last night. The weapon was dis
charged and the ball pierced the girl's
heart. She fell from her chair, dead,
a smile on her face.
Baummer, horror-stricken, dropped
the pistol, ran around the table, caught
up the dead girl In his arms and cov
ered her face with kisses.
The tragedy occurred at the home
of Jayies Horan, 106 North Chapel
street,' where the girl boarded. Sev
eral members of the family were pres
ent. All were laughing at Baummer
when he drew the revolver and or
dered the girl In play to hand him the
chill sauce. It Is supposed that In
laughing his hand shook and touched
the trigger.
SAVE BUFORD FROM
DISASTROUS BLAZE
By M. D. GLEASON.
Special to The Georgian.
INSPECTS SHOPS
OE HIS NEW ROAD
thorough Inspection of the Sea
board's properties in Atlanta was made
Buford, Ga., Dec. 10.—Heroic work Sunday morning by Iff. A. Gurrett, vie
Alt the players now nupearing tn New
ork Imre volmiiecrcd their .ervJce* for the
monster benefit to ho given nt the Rruad
way theater Tiiefdny afternoon In nld of
Henry fitly If.riinlwo and Marie Stone
Mttcdonnld, the old Hostontan..
\ measure of the Republican party—the party of the protective tariff, tho pat ty
bears the Irreverent und heretical title I
of Before Adorn — lot "’hut ,nr " ! that actually accomplishes, If It docs not abstractly approve of, special prlvi
could there lirve been. pray, before 1 liJM
our first, only and original \dam
front Sutttli - Waterloo'* "S'or
Alt.”
Mr. Wuurlou, whose patrol
may be regarded it- significant I
case, v.lidti,abort ills Ab ttearl;
years ago. T| e book didn't
any great sr.lt . a.it It attracted a
deal of attention uniting ‘it - Hi
and other learned toll.. I, \va
cepllonall.v wdl written anil
with the li. iiotliillcal subject of
Inherent honesty of Mr. Roosevelt may not be questioned. Rut re-
* tits are what, he wants, und not always Is he careful to consider how they
tide .c secured. The ether devotees of the measure may be dismissed as mere
, j 1(- i u.tlclons. however able they may be. So much for the [tower behind the
I, . In.i subsidy
,, u , This particular measure is aimed to rectify conditions that 'are duo
too l 'olely lo a high protective tariff. On tho face of It, It may uot appear to be
•lull so, bat a careful consideration of it will demonstrate that nt the bottom of
ex-1 It all the high tariff lurks as the chief and the contributing cause of the
call J dwindling of the American merchant murine.
pie-i , It Is slntply that the American ship-builders cannot—or will uot—build
historic tut " I,t what was then I merchant ships as cheap ns can—or will—the foreign constructors. Further-
thought ti tight unique manlier. ! more, foreign built ships may uot be nationalized, so to speak. They may
It Isn’t unique utty longer, for j not fly the American Dug.
Jack London has come along und tvTit-
tan about the same subject in the
same manner, say the fault finders.
In reply to tho charge of theft.
Ur. London naively admits the re-
ssmblanee, but says It Isn’t really a re-
■ambiance, because he is doing tho
stunt so much better than Mr. Water
loo did it. Or. words to that effect.
The whole matter Is really of not
■o much moment, after all. Mr. Lon
don does things quite his own way,
when it conies to writing. And why
should he not tako Mr, Waterloo's
story and revamp it a little and sell
It for ten cents a word—or whatever
the market rate of his work may be?
Jack probably needs the money.
And then tfle discussion will help
the sale of Mr. Waterloo's book, too.
It'a a poor steal that don't give
somebody a little coin.
Plain Talk From Booker Wash
ington.
Tha address delivered here Sunday
to the members of his race by Rooker
T. Washington Is an eminently sane
and sound speech. It It marked by-
lack of impassioned utterance, and
haa none of the frills and furbelows
of rhetoric. It seems to be r plain,
logical stateii'ent of facts and conclu
sions.
Most of the speech was cast along
old lines, with few new thoughts de
veloped.
There was one suggestion, however,
In the speech that is worthy of being
prayerfully considered hy the white
slergymett of the South. He said:
“There is no reason, in my opin
ion, why the white religious
leaders of the South should not
take the same interest in the spir
itual welfare of the negro race
now as was true In slavery. I very
much wish that ofteuer In the fu
ture than has been true In the
past, that white ministers might
preach In negro pulpits. I wish
that they might feel that this Is a
part of their duty throughout the
South. I hope that our ministers
will see to it that their white
brother ministers are Invited as
often as possible to speak In their
pulpits. I have been greatly
pleased to note the cordial co
operation between the white and
colored ministers In this city dur
ing the past few week*."
That Is one of the Ideals of the Civic
League, which has recently been
formed. It Is bound to result In
good, fait the white ministers of At
lanta come to accept it as one of the
pastoral duties facing theiu. I
And so, American merchant lines have not beeu able to compete with
foreign ships. Wherefore, they taavo languished.
Tho ship subsidy bill Is purposed to give the American lines the handi
cap of euough money to enable them to buy ships here nt home—at the
higher prices—and to operate them at it profit.
Tho lurking evil lies not In tho giving of tho money to the operators of
the ship lines. It Is granted that thoy will not profit. But the money goes
Into tho pockets of tho ship builders. These ship builders form a trust.
Thoy can charge whatever they want to. Hecauao lu dealing with Americans
they have no competition.
Suppose tho ship subsidy measure passes, and with It lu effect an Im
petus Is given tho merchnnt lines. With this in view, they order tho building
of several ships. The demand grows, why, all tho ship building trust need
do Is to raise the prices again. Then to save the poor merchant marine,
it Is necessary for the government to Increase tho ante. And so on, ad In
finitum and to tho swelling of the profits of the very few stockholders In
the ship building trust.
Isn't that obvious?
Will not this subsidy merely pave the way for more?
And who, pray, will bo [laying the freight?
The people, of course.
Tho subsidy is too patent a steal; a grab by the few from the many.
Of course the cry of "build up our trade with South America" etui the ap
peal to patriotism are mighty flue; but they are shouted so very loud, in
order to drowu tho still small voice that squeaks, "stop thief!"
The real remedy for this sorry condition Into which our merchant ma
rine Is fallen?
Simple enough. Merely allow foreign-built ships to fly the American
Thomns W. Ryley's production of "Ths
Rolls of Mayfair," the latest musical play
Charles II. E. Brookfield and Cosmo
Hamilton, with the music liy Leslie Stuart,
ha* been warmly received In New York
here it hn* been put on for a run
Montgomery nnd Stone, In Charles Dil
lingham's production of "The Red Mill,"
continue their run nt the Knickerbocker
theater, New York.
big .. .
Ilt-rald Square theater, have taken n new
hold on popular patronage since the pro
dilution of the buricsqhe "The Great Do
upongtho part of the Buford Volunteer
Fire Department saved Buford from
having a very disastrous fire Saturday
night, when the straw store house of
H. H. Allen Jiurned to the ground.
This building, on account of the nn
ture of Its contents, was built nt what
considered a safe distance from
Mr. Allen’s large harness and horse
ollnr factory, and under ordinary con
ditions very little apprehension would
have been felt by the owner und citi
zens of the fire spreading any farther,
but at the time of the lire Saturday
night a brisk wind was blowing the
fierce flames dangerously close to tho
main building, nnrl Fire Chief J. L.
Hhadburn saw that he nnd his men
would have the hardest kind of work In
saving the main building, nnd directed
his men to piny on the large collar fac
tory, which looked us if It would catch
fire several times.
Captain Fred Wilson led a force thit
also did good work In extinguishing
the burning brands that fell on the
large halness shop and adjoining
buildings.
The citizens of Buford are loudly
praising their fire company for the good
work they did Saturday night, and the
mayor and council are so proud of them
that they afe going to buy them a now
first-class, up-to-date equipment.
The company consists of twenty-two
of the most active young men In t lie
town, and they soy that with new ap
paratus, backed up by tho splcfidld
water pressure In Buford, the loss by
fire In Buford will be very small.
"There’s something I don't like about
Maud."
"Mercy, what Is It, George?"
"Bill Smith's arm.*’—Washington
Times.
INTERESTING ITEMS.
Flowers, os a rule, arc about 1 t
degrees warmer than the surrounding
British soldiers who have no trade
re to be taught one during their term
f service. A committee Is now study
lug out a plan at Aldershot.
During a iecenf all-night session the
house of commons disposed of 1,000
cups of coffee, 500 cups of tea. 370
whisky nnd sodas and 420 bottles of
beer, 700 eggs and a few other things.
correspondent of the London Mnll
says that women 'always rode astride
till Queen Elizabeth, in order to show
a magnificent dress upon a certain stute
aslon, rode sidewise, ‘and so set the
fashion.
flag.
Merely let the American operators of shipping lines purchase their
vessels in European porta as cheap as the foreigners can.
Then they will be on an absolute equality with the foreigners, and if
American business methods aplied to the shipping business cannot hold their
own with the foreigners, why let them fall.
But they won’t fall.
And, also, there will quickly come a reduction in the cost of Auierican-
buiit ships.
Competition kills a trust; just like ammonia neutralizes nitric acid.
OF A PERSONAL NATURE.
After touring the world for a year or
two Perry S. Heath, long a well-known
newspaper correspondent nnd govern
ment official In Washington, lias settled
In Muncie, Ind., Ills native town, where
he will engage in hanking and manu
facturing enterprises.
last week, aged 87. Mr. Mellon was a
member of the Union Guards, which
organization gave a lake excursion on
the steamer Lady Elgin In l\6'i. The
vessel wan burned off Wlnnetka. caus
ing great loss of life. Mellon escaped
on a raft and was in the water fortv-
elght hours before reaching land five
miles from the disaster.
The women of Sumatra wear costly
dresses, many of them being made of
pure gold and silver. After the metal
Is mined find smelted, it is formed Into
a flue wire, which Is woven into cloth
and afterward used for dresses.
In order best to Influence the British
government a meeting of Hindoos op
posed to the partition of Bengal de
cided the other day to observe the an
niversary of "Partition Day" by "fast
ing, praying atul bathing In the
Gan?**."
A photographic Journal Is now pub
lished in France in the Esperanto lan
guage—the Foto Review. This Is nn
Esperanto developer: ta) Akvo bolinta
leni.3. Anhldra Sulflta nutria 180g;
<l>) Olvajo A malvorma loo ctn.3. Kat-
bonato Kllla 1009.
\ young woman caught smelling
oks In a London public library
asked why she did that. She said she
did it to sec which book smelled of to
bacco. If it dhl she knew it was
book men liked to read, and therefore
probably :i good »ne.
hampagne Mkes up much time and
e Ir. the making. Altogether n hot*
of champagne joes through 200 dif
ferent operation*, covering a period of
two und a half years. And in addition
It Is sometimes kept two or three years
longer in the vaults culturing.
Professor Burgess. Roosevelt lectu
In Berlin University, will shortly visit
There is considerable discussion in
... ..... Indiana as to which of that state's fa
ille universities of Bonn, Jena und! ^ placed In Statuary
Leipzig to lecture on the history of the i Jf. i» n ?« on L the statue
American constitution. Emperor Wll *' ‘ ““
has issued strict instructions that
his eon. Prince August Wilhelm, who
Is an undergraduate at Bonn, should
attend the lectures.
Alvina iJe Ferenezy. a 16->ear-oid
gill of Hungarian parentage, living in
Denver, Is believed to bo the only fe
male violin maker In the world. Her
father Is kn
f Oliver P. Morgan. Most states are
represented by two statues, but Indiana
has only her war governor there. Ben
jamin Harrison seems to have the lead,
but Thomas A. Hendricks, Daniel D.
Pratt. James B. Eads ami Lew Wallace
have many advocates.
JlBtM j. HIIK president uf the Great
Northern railroad. take* lmmouw> pleasure
biviii ill aauit- nut- i»i «ui*. Illl! , , .. . , , . -
girl has Just completed her fourth vlo- i *“* *J r,t N ,m *[ " f , ‘ vrr «
anii-
lin. all of them being of excellent work- j f nr,H ^I * n Minneapolis. This was lu 1X1)
manshlp und unusually fine ton*-. ' ’-* r ? b '’ n *"* na * "Bent for a line <>i
)might steamers runnim; mi ilm Mississippi
K.lvar.1 \leit..n 4 .„w ... f j Tl«* particular stm,.-il was k^pi |,j tt„. n,f||
> 1*i I J . u t ?‘ . V hit? company for years, but at last ua» *le
Lady Llalu disaster, died in Milwaukee strayed in a tire.
The recent invitations for bids
cutlery for the British army are prob
ably among the largest ever specified.
These tenders include 300,000 table
knives. 200,000 table forks and 70,000
clasp knives, containing a can opener
and a spike. The patterns for the
knives and forks are of the utl-sdeel
variety made in n single piece ground
by machinery.
The ofllce boy had pled the first page
by dropping the form down two flights
<»f stairs. "I wish," murmured tin?
gentle editor, "that >ou had broken the
news more gently."—Judge.
"It costs more to live than It did
years ago." said the man who com
plains.
"Ye**," answered the man who enjoys
modern conveniences; "but it’a worth
more."—'V'»«bi n gton Htnr.
PALMETTO EXILES
TO GIVE SMOKER
A smoker will be given at the Kim
ball Monday night at 7:30 o'clock by
the South Carolina Society. Colonel
Sam Willes, president of the society,
will address the meeting In the absence
of Hon. John Temple Graves, who was
called away to New York. No special
program has been arranged.
BABY ELEPHANT
BOHN ON THE-TRAIN;
IB NAMED QUITMAN
president and general manager of the
Heaboard Air Line, who, together with
a number of high officials of that sys
tem, arrived In tills city Sutbrday night
in a special train from Birmingham.
Immediately after their arrival the
officials went to the Piedmont, after
which they were guests of K. T. Brown,
a well-known local attorney, at a din
ner at the Capital City Club. A num
ber of prominent Atlantans were in
troduced to the officials on this occa
sion and impressions were mude that
will tend to bring Atlanta more prom
inently In the minds of the officials in
the future.
Mr. Garrett appeared to be greatly
impressed with the Importance, the
metropolitan atmosphere and the en
ergy of the Gate City of tlie South. The
new general manager showed that he
was thoroughly conversant with mat
ters pertaining to both the freight and
passenger departments and In his talks
with both freight and passenger offi-
iifls proved his knowledge of detail.
General Manager Garrett did not wait
for cl Hayed carriages Sunday morning,
and after an early breakfast started out
on foot to inspect the Seaboard's shops.
The special train left about 7:30 o’clock
Sunday morning on Its way to Ports
mouth.
The party included General Mana
ger Garrett, General Superintendent C.
H. Nix, Genera! Passenger Agent C. P.
Ryan, General Freight Agent C. R.
Capps, Division Superintendent J. M.
Shea, Birmingham: Assistant General
Freight Agent J. G.. Cantrell. Superin
tendent of Motive Power R. P. C. San
derson, Assistant General Passenger
Agent W. E. Christian, Assistant Gen
eral Freight Agent J. A. Pride.
SPEAKER'S PLATFORM
FULLS WITH CROWD
SECRETARY ROOT
Wants More Help and Lu.
creased* Pay in His
, Department.
Washington, Dec. 10.—"We | )av(
reached the point where we have got t.
system, or the department will I.,
have
swamped."
It was In these emphatic terms that
Ellhu Root, secretary of state, put th.
case to the house committee on appli-
cations when he appeared before tha*
body to ask additional employees and
higher salaries in the legislative, ex
ecutive nnd judicial application bill fur
the department of the state.
He was asking for an Increase •>(
twenty In the clerical service and spe
cially an Increase of fourteen for spe
cific reform In Indexing papers and
vrrespondence In connection with ilie
work of tho department. Referring tu
his wish for increases in the saiaiit*
of eight '.bureau chiefs in the depart
ment, Mr. Root said:
The pot Is boiling all the time, and
the questions are increasing constant!-.-,
and the work that is pressing upon
these bureaus and bureau chiefs D in
creasing correspondingly; and we* have
got there a set^of men most of whom
nre men of first-grade ability. They
are men who ought to be, If they were
out In a profession, making from five t.
twenty times what they are getting in
the department. Uf course, we cannot
regulate our government salaries up<m
such a consideration as that, but w o do
think these men ought to be put on as
good a basis as the men who hold sim
ilar positions in ttie other departments
of the government.”
REV. RAM W, SMALL
PASTOROFEGELSTON
r. S'ain W. Small, one of the host
know-1) journalists in the South, is now tie*
pastor of the Kgelston Methodist Episcopal
church at Washington and Fulton street
nnd w’ben he preached his initial sermon
•Sunday morning on "The Creators of
us n large congregation which filled
the church to hear, him.
At: the recent session of the Georgia
Methodist conference, held In Atlanta.
Rlshop Cranston left authority for the ap
pointment of a minister to the Egclston
church.und selected Mr. Small for the place.
Acting under these Instruction!. Presiding
£lder
Rev. Snui W. Small haa
of the Methodist church ever slue
when ho was ordained.
Mr. Small
R'J.
, _ „ rglnla and had the «!<•
of doctor of divinity conferred upon
ill in by the Ohio Normal University. He H
not only nn eloquent speaker but
.. . vprgU fif c
llnnt and
lie writer as
MOTION FOR TRIAL
TO BE HEARD WEDNESDAY
Special to The Georgian.
Quitman, Ga., Dec. 10.—Probably the
first baby elephant born in Georgia In
a long time was one which arrived
while Sun Brothers’ circus train was
on route from Camilla to Quitman
Saturday morning. The little elephant
Im lively and the show* people believe
that they will have no trouble In rais
ing him. They have named the baby
elephant Quitman, in honor of Quit
man, his birthplace.
COUNCILMEN ELECTED
BY CITY OF HARTWELL.
Special to The Georgian.
Hartwell, Ga., Dec. in.—The annual
election for members of the city coun-
vvas held Saturday, which resulted
In the unanimous election of Hon.
Janies H. Skelton and Colonel J. D.
Matheson, who will serve for a term
three years. They succeed J.
Hodges and Clarence Linder, who, for a
number of years, have served the city
faithfully. They wore not candidates
for re-election.
PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
WILL BE ADOPTED.
Special to The Georgian.
Hartwell, Ga., Dec. 10. —Hon. J. R.
Leuird and Mayor \V. T. Johnson were
a Saturday’s election unanimously
Mostn as trustees of Hartwell Institute
for the next three years.
\ote Is to he taken In the early
spring on public schools and the strong
sentiment which prevails hero now in
dicates that the public school system
will be adopted. In Hartwell, as has al
ready been done by a number of the
state’s progressive titles and towns.
BRANCH ANNOUNCES
FOR CITY RECORDER.
» The Georgian.
Special
Augusta, tin., Dec. in.-Hou. Austin
Rrauch has announced ldm-clf as n candi
date for recorder of the city of Atigimta.
subject to the first meeting of the rltv
- .. .. know £
1 has many
II for 1!D7. Mr. Rramii ix
young attorney of Augusta
frienda here who would likn very
him secure the office. He has the lu
lor«ement of a large iiuuMht of the tuem
t»ors of the August.-i I>nr and will make a
strong light agafust the lm*um»»tnt, C. A.
••-..list.
New’ York, Dec. 10.—An immense He.
brew mass meeting In Durland’s Riding
Academy last night nearly ended In
a panic when part of the speaker's
platform collapsed, dropping Jacob H.
SehIff, the presiding officer, and about
forty other persons In a heap on the
tan bark floor.
The meeting was culled for the pur
pose of welcoming to this country Dr.
Shmarahu Lewin, n Hebrew member
of the late doutnu, und a leader of his
people In Russia. l)r. Lewin was among
the persons who went down with the
platform, us were Cyrus L. Sulzberger
and Congressman Goldfogle.
One or two of the women shrieked,
but the crowd that went down was, on
the whole, calm.
BARRETT SLATED
FOR DIRECTORSHIP
Washington, Dec. 10.—John Barrett,
American minister to Colombia, will
be elected to the office of director of
the bureau of American republics, to
succeed William C. Fox, whose term of
office expires shortly.
The state department some time ago
recommended Mr. Barrett for the of
fice, the recommendation being op
posed by some of the Latln-Amerlcnn
diplomats who were desirous of having
the ofllce go to a Central or Houth
AmerDan.
SOUVENIR CALENDAR
FOR HOLIDAY GIFT
Special to The Georgian.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 10.—The motion for n
now trial In the case of J. II. Sbarptcn.
ho was convicted In the superior court
ftst month on the charge of shooting young
Wnlter McDonald, n little boy, while tIt**
latter was In Sharptou't watermelon patch
last July, nnd wfllch resulted In the U>y
day.
The jury which tried flhnrpton founfi hi
guilty of shooting the McDonnld hoy. Im
recommended that the offeiwe lie rlas*'
as a mlsdejnennor. Judge Hammond n
eepted the recommendation of tho Jury. Mi
gave the extreme penalty for a mini
men nor, which I* six months In Jail, (welt
months on the public works and a Am- •
$1,000. Attorneys for Hhnrpton nt once gm
notice that they would appeal for u
trial.
BOBBY AT THE
HORSE SHOW.
By WILLIAM K. KIRK.
I l
Well, I went again last' ulte.
wud newer go again hut my Vn worn -
I was following in Fntbefs footsteps.
when we got inside after Pa talked
long time to a man & toald hint he "
with u newspaper, we went around th*
ring, looking nt the various sites. As L><
^s the eye cud see thnre was n array •>:
bewildering luvliness to the left k right,
lininen, wI rumen every urbnre & not a plan
to hide.
My son. sed Pa. this teeolie* us tbnt v»
slnid not nllow wiinineu to rane supreem
hoer we arc at n Horse Show but whare «.-■
the hordes, thnre la nothing but Prlun -*
owns k Itivly ladles talking nbout ecHi
her. a womans pints Is at honin. sed r
Imre your deer Mother is. putting ‘
In the dutu waiter A rocking the
garbage L_ _
baby to sleap. It Is ever thus, soil Pa.
band that rocks the cradle rules the wind
k the hand that buy* the cradle goes
the Horse Show.
I saw a littel pony jest then k
O Pa. wont you buy him for me k
Why yern for a ateed when Mister Rein
ay': Let us talk of other thing
sed Pa.
among the nise society people there
. . people
Mister k Missus Gohlust he nn<
lose k she had on a fine Paris cow n
Inlaid with n heir k 67 tslsty-sevem Jules
such ns iliinonds k peris mid oilier Jules
The new souvenir calendar of At
lanta which ha* Just been placed on
sale in many leading stores'is one of
the handsomest ever issued, and will
doubt be a popular gift for the hull,
days. The views of the city which
adorn each page are new and Interest
ing. und the calendar will appeal to the
business man for its plain black figures
us much as to the lover of the artistic.
The cover is a handsome design, show
ing the gates of the city In gray and
gold, and the whole Is encased in a
neat box for mailing.
N..C.&8T. L. RAILWAY
HAS NEW OFFICES
Attractive quatter.-i have been estab
lished in the i’entury building for the
general offices of General Passenger
Agent Charted R Harmim. of the West
ern and Atlantic end the Nashville,
'hattanooga and St. I-ouls. The rooms
have been fitted up with mahogany fur
nishings and the office’* arc os liand-
some as any lu the South.
After all. sed Pa, what Is a Horse »h»
it Is a hotly of tnnhnrlc surrounded by "
inilyuu dollars worth of dresses, today
1 sed to Pa Do you know any of tie
fine people & Pa sed O yes, see tbnt «i;
man over there behind his wife? He ov
me forty.($40) dollars. Also, sed Pn. th
is Mister Jungle of Chicago, him A
used to go to school together k H*»w
in beer looking nt the horses so lie
forget about all the poor old cows he
In the butiful Western city by the lake.
that was nlwnt all we saw and we "
Imam early heeknus in the cosy parlor
Ilf tel lion in my deer old motlie" *
kill-*
that
jluilt * my Paw knows th’
In the grate gal in of Ufe we must pu;
cording to the house rules, wjcb Is uir
by the doer old mother nforeoed.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY
DECEMBER 10.
1631—Sir Hugh Myddeltou died.
1795—Timothy llckerlng. of Masaacbu«?u».
became secretary of state.
l$65—L.'v>jH»ld II uscetided throne of !»'
1$9—National negro labor convention m
In Washing**
government resigned.
MOP—British lost heavily lu unsuccessful at
tempt to carry Boer positions a•
Bpytfonteln.
!9>2-Brit1sh and German fleets seised •
torn* bouse at U Utnm. Vsssw**