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iiiiii AxLiii\iA THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ■chx nunc cmvcs. wit r. l sen r. mu»*«/. Publi«h«d Every Afternoon (Except Sundey) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, At a Weet Alabama St., Atlanta, Ge. Bubecrlptlen Rates, nne Tear,. . *»IIO l CH a • • • • e#eeeeae*eeeeeeeeeee Klx Month, J-JJ ’Three Monthe l.JS Ity Carrier, Per Week 1° >: J! Potter Uldg. If you have any trouble lotting TUB GEORGIAN, telephone the Circulation f)ennrtiuciit and have It promptly tWI* edled. Telcplioneas Bell 49.7 Halo, Atlanta 4401. It In ileafrahh* Hint nil communica tion* intended for publication tn TUB GEORGIAN be limited to rn words In lenglh. It la imperative that they be algnel. on tin evidence of g»»od faith, though the names will be withheld If requested, Rejected manuscript* will not be returned unleaa stamps are aeut for the purpose. THE GEORGIAN prints no unclean nr objectionable ndrcrtislnft. Neither does It print whisky or any liquor ads. 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**