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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 190«.
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THE GEORGIAN print* uo unclean
and electric light plants, na It now
•vrne Ita waterworks. Other cities do
this and get gas as low aa SO rents,
with a profit to the city. This should
be done at once. Tbs Georgian be
lieves that If street railways can be
operated successfully by K u r o p e a n
cities, as they are. there Is no good
reason why they cannot be so operated
hero. But we do not bellevo this can
be done new, and It may tie some years
before we ere ready for ao big an un
dertaking. Still Atlanta should set It*
face In that direction NOW.
ATLANTA'S SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
It wag not a matter of pleasure for The Georgian on Monday afternoon
to print those pictures showing the deplorable conditions existent In the
Fair street school of Atlanta's department of education. They were printed
for the purpose of accomplishing good by furnishing to the citizens of
Atlanta ocular demonstration of a sad state of affairs—a state of affairs
j which public pride and public welfare demand to be rectified.
There Is no reason to go Into the necessity of clean, well ventilated,
| well lighted and well constructed school buildings, The necessity of these
qualities Is as apparent to all as Is the necessity of the schools themselves.
Children ard more susceptible to their physical surroundings than are adults.
They are more susceptible to disease and (hey are more susceptible to men
tal impressions gained In their surroundings.
A school building should be, above all thinga. an example of lightness*
and brightness. Children need light and appearance of cheerfulness. The-
MRS. ELIZABETH LA HATTE,
A WOMAN OF OLD SOUTH,
PASSES TO GREAT BEY Oh D
Mrs. LaHatte was one of the best-
city of Atlanta enjoys Its reputation foi- enterprise,'business pragresslvenes*^ jMMflelT 0 stowff removed
rharitv fltirl Itnrlnl nilvanconunil Tim nvUlInn nnnJUInn n f itiw ... . * *' _ _ " _ _
charity and bocial advancement. The existing condition of many of the
public school buildings serves. In u measure, to belle this reputation.
Something must be done immediately to correct thin stale of affairs.
It may be that the city budget Is subjected to great pressure from mauy
sources. City budgets usually are.
Hut that one Item which should take precedence before all others in
the apportionment sheet is th6 system of education.
Let the finance committee of the council take heed of the condition
of the public schools and make suitable provision, other departments can
suffer skimping.
The department of education cannot.
HELP THE TECH.
Response is coming lo the needs of the Georgia School of Technology. It
was the pleasure of The Georgian to announce Monday afternoon that sub-,
KcriptloriH to the extent of $825 have already been received toward {he fund of’
$7,500 needed. The slate has contributed $1,500 and $6,175 is yet needed.
The need la urgent. The school must expand to accomplish Its greater”
good. The men and women of the South realise the work the school Is doing
and they are sending their sons to It to prepare themselves for life.
The school has outgrown Its present quarters. Expansion is necessary.'
There is a chance to secure a much needed addition to the present campus.
This land can be secured for $7,500. The price is said lo be cheap; the deal a
bargain. The option expires January I. A little more than $5,000 remains to be
raised, or else the chance is lost. The property can never again be secured^
at anything like the present price.
It is time for the friends of the school to rally to its need. Five thousand
dollars is a small sum. in a cause like this.
Let the uhimni of Georgia Tech, and those who know what a great work
the school Is doing, make this Christmas present to the institution.
Hut the time Is short; quick action is necessary.
TEDDY GETS A PEACE PRIZE.
Every American. Irrespective of
party or section, will applaud the
awarding of the Alfred Nobel peace
3Irs. Elizabeth Jane Joilia-Ue, aged
82 years, died at the home of her son,
Al. T. LaHatte, 32 Garnett street, at
3:30 o'clock Monday afternoon. The
funeral will take place at her son's-
residence Wednesday morning at 1(
o’clock. The burial will be at Oakland
with her parent?; Mr. and Mrs. Isham
Windham, to Augusta, Ga. They lived
here only a few years, however, when
they went to Muscogee £ounty. Mrs.
LaHatte resided here tor some time.
8lie was married to Professor Charles
Henry L&Hatte, of New York. Her
husband later became prominently
identified with Southern education and
entered the ministry in Georgia as a
Methodist preacher. Twelve of Mrs.
LaHatte’s nineteen children were rear
ed to maturity arid live still survive.,
Four of her sons served in the Confed
erate army and returned alive from the
Her husband died shortly Wtcr
the close of the war and In 18711 she
and her children moved to Atlanta.
Mrs. LaHatte became a member of
the Trinity Methodist church, when
she moved to this city, and has been
prominently identified with religious
work‘over since. She was a woman of
great intellectual power, was a sincere
Christian and was one of the most
charitable and best-loved women In the
South. She had h host of friends
wherever she lived aryl was greatly
loved by oil with whom she came in
contact. All of her time and money
possible were contributed during the
civil war to help the Confederate cause.
Many u bandage that bound the head of
some dying soldier was prepared and
sent to the front by her hands. She
was very unselfish and in everything
that would result In good to others she
took great and active interest.
Mrs. LaHatte Is survived by the fol
lowing children: The Rev. Dr.
LaHatte, of Atlanta; M. T. LaHatte,
Atlanta: Mrs. Atda Carrawny, Phila
delphia: Miss Fannie IaiUntte, Atlan
ta, ,und Mrs. Charles I*. Bedtngfield
Atlanta.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New York. Dec. 1L—Here are some of the
visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—J. G. Barckhrdt, G. W. naan,
C. Powell. J. If. Moody.
AUGUSTA—E. F. Verdrey.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
DECEMBER 11.
1702—Trial of Louis XVTof France. 1
1811—William Pinckney, of Maryland, be
came attorney-general of the United
Vn
bombarded by
FRIENDSHIP OF TILLMAN
FOR CHANDLER A PUZZLE
“A REFLEX OF CAUCASIAN SENTIMENT.
The first magazine devoted exclusively to mailers peculiarly concern
ing Die stales of the South lra« made ft* appearance.
It Is called "The Race Question and Southern Symposium." It has for
prize to Theodore Roosevelt, prcsi-|u sub-litle. "A Reflex of Caucasian Sentiment."
dent of these United Slates. The I |, a gt several years one of thi
press dispatches tell us that the com
ratUee. sitting In Christiana, had for
consideration quite a number of can
didates for this honor and that one
of them pressed Roosevelt closely for
the prize. This was none other than
the originator of Esperanto, the latest
proposed International language.
That there should be any room for
debate or argument In tho matter Is
surprising. President Roosevelt'S
feat In securing the Portsmouth con
ference that put an end to the Russo-
Japanese war was. so eminent an
achievement that It overshadows ev
erything else that happened in 1905.
The honor Just conferred on Presi
dent Roosevelt Is a cosh prise which
was Instituted by tho prnvigfons of
the will of the late Ur. Alfred Bern-
hard Nobel, a Swedish chemist who
made a great fortune by the manufac
ture of wonderful explosives, practi
cally the only use for which was In
warfare and preparation for warfare.
There Is paradox Number One.
That the fifth award of the peace
prize zhould be won by the lieutenant
colonel of the Rough Riders, a pugna
cious. belligerent, bellicose American,
wboae cblet rejoice is strcnuoslty,
forms another paradox, even more
striking.
But the president earned It fairly
and squarely, and all or us will juln
In lauding the placing of this meta
phorical laurel on his brow, the
while we remark that peace hath her
victories no leas renowned than war.
II. \V. McAdam, for the
’tutorial writers ami the paragraphs!' for Tho
Atlanta Constitution, is the editor of this publication. In his prospectus
which appears in the first Issue the editor slates that there exists a broad,
unoccupied field for the publication of n monographic periodical devoted
to the race question from the viewpoint of white Southern sentiment. There
is no doubt that the time Is peculiarly opportune.
In the first Issue appear several very Interesting, albeit thoughtful and
contemplative, articles. The first Is a lengthy editorial by Mr. McAdam on
"What tho Problem Really Is." II serves somewhat as a preamble to the
magazine. Among other articles are those by General Stephen D. Lee,
Congressman Thomas W. Hardwick of Georgia, the Rev. IV. T. Allen of*
Jacksonville, Ala., Judge Benjamin Harrison of Jacksonville, Fla., and
Senator John I. Morgan of Alabama. In addition there appears un inter
esting symposium of dally newspaper opinion as to the recent troubles in
Atlanta and other parts of the Smith.
The tone of the magazine throughout is dignified yet terribly earnest.
The editor has gone Into his work with the palpable Intention of avoiding
so-called radicalism, yet maintaining all the way • through Ills belief that
"The Problem" Is the greatest that Is racing our people.
It appears to The,Georgian that Ihe.wido circulation «f this magazine,
and careful reading of It by thoughtful citizens North mid South, will lead
to a more thorough .understanding of trie troubles of us here in Dixie and
will result In good.
WnslihifftoD. I t1.—Tin- friendship that
<»\lst* between fii-fijitor THIimin, of South
Ciirollrm. mid former Henn'tor f’liandler. of
XeW (ffunpslilre, i* regarded by tlie src*r-
hj;p onlooker ns one of the mysteries of
politic*. They have nhsolnfcly nothin* in
common politically, a ml yet each tnnn seem*
to find pleasure in the other's society. No
one who remember* the presidential cam
paign of 1876 and the pnrt the New Hamp
shire man played In limiting Mr. llnye* in
the whlto house would ever have iuntgiued
Hint such n strong Democratic partisan n*
Mr. Tillman would ever live to *ce the day
when lie would take Mr. (’handler by the
Iniud ntid eall him friend. Bnt such I* the
fuel. ...
"Itlll Chandler." said an old-timer, “wo*
the prime mover in the Hayes affair, but
the innn who unconsciously started*It wits
William Iff Hu mum. of Oottuectlcut, llm
ehairmuu of the Democratic national com*
mittec. 1 don’t think that the story ha*
ever been told In print. L(ite on the night
of that memorable election, Jobu C. Held,
the mnn.-(kins? editor of tlie New York
Time* (which was (lien the loading Reputrtl-
can organ of the country*, s:»t at hi* desk
pondering over (be return*, trying to ex
tract n gloain of hope. He. wo* a flUQ
newspaper innn. but'un intense. partisan,
and he was dying hard.
"lie held buck the forms with the hope
t(utt something might come hi that would
not compel him to eoueetlo (lie election to
he hurriedly wrote out n brief editor!
mining the defeat of llnye* and ga
tiers to go ahead with the edition. Just at
that moment a messenger fioy
with n telegram. It was from Mr. Bar-
mint, end naked whnt news hail !*een re-
eelved frour South Carolina, Florida and
Louisiana."
“The Time* had special correspondent*
muttered to himself: ‘Itanium would not
lie asking about those state* If he was sure
how they had gone. As long ns there Is
the least doubt we need not she up tlie
ship, if we hare got those three slates
llnye* is elbeted.’
“lie changed his editorial tp cue saying
that the election wo* in doubt, and, putting
that Tlhteu lmd won. When Held laid the
situation before them they immediately got
busy. The famous telegram tbAt 'Hayes
has 185 electoral votes and Is elected’ was
written out and telegraphed nil over the
conn try, bearing the sign* tore of Zaek
Chandler.
Then the machinery .was set in motion
which resulted finally In tho placing of.
Have* In the white house. Had the election
of Ttlden been conceded the morning after
election, ns it would have been but for Mr.
Uumum’s Innocent telegram of inquiry,
biunuel J. Tlldeti would linve been Inaugu
rated president of the United States in
stead of Rutherford H. Hayes." v *
Lnioii troops, under cover of which
they crossed the Rappahannock.
15G6— French occupation of Rome termi
nated.
1871—Grand Duke Alexis of Russia gave
$5,000 to the poor or New York city as
a memento of his visit.
18M—Marquis of Ixifferin appointed British
ambassador at Paris.
1898— General Garcia, the Cuban leader, died
in Washington.
1899— President.directed General Otis
Philippine ports to commerce.
ABE TO BE ERECTED
OH THE BURNED AREA
Special to Tlie Georgian.
Macon, Ga., Dec. 11.—Larger and
more modern buildings, are to occupy
the site of those burned in Sunday
nights fire.
Plans for rebuilding are already un
der advisement, and the Empire store,
one.of Macon’s largest dry goods estab
lishments, will be ready for business as
early in the new year as possible. It is
very probable that the old Coleman
structure will give place to a much
finer building. . Tho .walls, of.tlie Wil
lingham building will remuin intact.
GOSSIP
IIHHMHIlHMNIHHHHHNIimHHIMHIHMIHfMMMINHtINMIll
Why?
To him who In the love of nature
holds communion with her visible
forms zhe azks tome curious prob
lems. The following letter from a
doss observer gives some of them:
Editor of The Georgian:
I would Kite to propouud a few
questions to your observant read
ers. These are the ordinary
things seen In nature by every
one. Few of your readers have
failed to see the very things I
inquire about:
Why do tho winds always travel
from left to right or from east
to south and west like the hands
on a watch?
Why do the winds always blow
In a spiral or like the threads of
a right-band screw?
Why do whirlwinds always trav
el in tho shape of a funnel from
left to right?
Why does water flow in a ro
tary motion?
Why are the sand-bars on a
tlreani always on the left bank:’
When clouds form and are
blown away without precipitation,
what becomes of the moisture
which formed the clouds?
Whqn two streams flow togeth
er and form a third, why does the
water from the left-hand stream
. always flow over that of the
right band, or vice versa the wa
ter from the right hand stream
flow under?
Why does a floating object
such as a log or tree as It travels
down stream always turn over
from left to right?
If any reader will answer these
quMtfons I will be glad and It will
suggest many natural phenomena,
familiar bill unnoticed. Sugges
tions as to the foregoing to Pro
fessor Maury led to the establish
ing of the weather bureau.
J. K. BARTON.
Mr. Barton's queries are worthy of
conaideratioo. serious or fanciful, ac
cording to one's nature. A study of
TERRELL’S CHRISTMAS GIFT TO GEORGIA.
Governor Terrell's Christmas gift to Georgia (*111 bo property worth con
siderably over half a million dollars - rather a neat holiday remembrance.
With nine out of he eleven congressional district agricultural schools
decided, the actual cash given for establishing these schools amounts to $289,-
000. In addition to Ibe money 2,3*2 notes ot firstclass lauds have been given.
At a conservative estimate these lands are worth *20 an acre now,
figures which many will contend are too low—and which will Increase in
value as scientific far/nlng brings the value upward. Most of the site* have
been located near county scbIs. which, of course. Increases the valuo of the
property.
A majority of the bids Included electric lights, waterworks system and
telephone service, worth several thousand dollars. When the other two
districts are determined It will he seen that Georgia will have a property
worth more than half u million, and which will Increase in value year by year.
Governor Terrell Is content to round out his service to tho state with this
splendid legacy. The establishment of these district schools la connection
with the central agricultural college at Athens, for which the legislature gave
*100,000, means u great deal to the agricultural future of Ueorgia.
It means educated farmers to build up tho state, farmers who will know
and practice scientific agriculture. Aside from any mere consideration of the
value of tho properties now, these sclns.ls will In » few years add millions to
the wealth of the state.
JOE TERRELL FOR PRESIDENT j
•MHIIIllMMHtllMMHflfMIMHIHimiHIHIHtniHIMMIIIHimHHHMHHIIMIIIIli
From Watson’s Jeffersonian.' Augusta, I want Joe Terrell nominated for the
presidency, and I moVe you, sir, that
ne be elected by acclamation, and by a
rising and fulling vote.
And I donft want to hear the chair
man say at dad blamed word about'
"Heyer*# ypjir, positions.” •
In ihim cAse there are no positions
that 1 can bo reveraed.
We are all for Joe—first,’ last and all
the time—and we have .no aecoqd
choice. /
We wonr Joe Terrell for president,
and we want Hamp McWhorter for
chief justice of the United States, and
wo want Tom Felder for attorney gen
eral.
Give me this, or there will be a noise.
It Is not often I pul forth an ulti
matum. or announce a sine qua non,
but I feel that an emergency Is upon
us, and * that extreme measures arc
Justified.
Consequently, I now put forth my
ultimatum, or announce my sine qua.
non:
“TERRELL AND BRYAN,"
For President and Vice President.
“Hamp"—for anything ho will have.
“’Doin’’—for anything that he can’t
Uo without.
Concede these reasonable demands,
and the quietude that reigns on the
Potomac tonight shull not be disturbed;
deny them, and the fat is In the fire!
Verbum sapient!.
P. 8.—Whenever you see me falling
into Latin, us above, or into French,
or Greek, you may just bet your mouse
colored mule that 1 mean business.
Ga.
The Atlanta News, the-dear little old
paper that was yanked away from John
Temple Graves by a capitalistic ally of
the Southern railroad, nominates Joe
Terrell for vice president.
Tho News, which Is a queerly edited
little old thing, says that the national
Democratic ticket for 1908 should be
Bryan and Terrell,
In this The News—queer, dear little
old thing!—Is mistaken.
The ticket should be Terrell and
Bryan.
As an ardent admirer of that truly
great ami good statesman. Joe Terrell.
I am not willing to sec him selected
to piny second fiddle to anybody on the
top side of this green earth.
Who Is Bryan, anyhow, that he should
take precedence of our great and only
Joe?
.Sir, 1 know not what course others
may take, hut as for me, give me Joe
Terrell tor the tlr/rt place on the ticket,
or give me Perunn. or Paregoric, or
Chloroform, or Delirium Tremens.
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet,
us to ho purchased at the price of
cowardly, half-way measures, In the
case of such portentous magnitude as
this?
Never—or hardly ever.
The dear little old Atlanta News may
be willing to compromise on the vice
presidency, but my withers are un
wrung. and I brook no diminution of
my just demands.
HAS PASSED AWAY
Mrs. Bertha Haas, aged 57 years,
died at her residence, 384 Whitehall
street, Moiyla.v afternoon. The funeral
services will be conducted Wednesday
morning at the residence at 10 o’clock.
Mrs. Haas Is survived by four sons,
Leopold Haas. Jr., Morris. Gustave and
Henry, and two daughters, Aliases Ros
alie and Flora Haas. Mrs. Haas came
to this country four years’ago with
her two sisters to join her sons, who
were established in business here, and
since then she has made a large circle
of friends. She is a sister-in-law of
Mrs; Jacob Haas and the sister of
Henry Rosenbaum, well known In At
lanta.
SHOW BIG INCREASE
Masons Encouraged.
An encouraging report was made ut
a meeting held Monday night of the
(induce committee of the Masons a* to
the progress made In securing funds
with which to build the magnificent
new Masonic temple. This report
showed that since the last meeting
many more subscription* hud been re
ceived. and there ore many more Ma
sons yet to see. chairman J. K. Orr,
of tin* committee, feels confident that
by the time Hie next meeting I* catted,
within ten days, tlie entire amount nec
essary will have been raised.
NEW BAPTI8T CHURCH
WILL BE ERECTED.
*1 to Tlie Georgian.'
Covington, Gx. Dec, 11.—Tlie com
mittee on raising money to erect u new
worshiping place for the Baptist
church of Covington have raised about
$10,000. The sit** has already been
chosen for the building and work will
l»c started on ft a* soon na the material
enn be had. One of the members of the
church subscribed $5,000.
| Special to The Georgian.
Augusta. (»n., Dec. 1L—The mun-
agement of the Augusta Railway and
Electric Company has issued a state
ment showing the Increase In the gross
earnings of the road for the first ten
WANT WORK RUSHED
ON ARMS FACTOR!
Roland Dwight Grant.
Dr. Roland Dwight Grant, of British
Columbia, one of the j»e*t known lec
turers in the. country, will If cm re
W ednesday night. December 12. under'
the auspices of the Baptist Tabernacle j
Lyceum. He is no stnunger in Atlanta. ' ^l 1
and has always been a favorite here.
The lecture he will deliver Wednes
day Is a famon* oh*, ami 1*'entitled
“Snakes in Paradise.”
Elected City Attorney.
SjtecJ.il t*» The Georgian.
College Park. Ga., Dec. tl.—Colonel
P. 8. !\»ui>on was elected city attornev
by the new city council of College Park.
New Justices Elected.
*•< ial lo The Georgian,
f’ovlngton, Ga., I>ec. II. —Tile race
for justice of tlie peace in Covington
was a very close one Saturday. Col
on. | James P. Cooley, editor and pro
prietor of Tlie Enterprise, xvus elected
by the close majority of 21 votes over
’olonel W. II. Wlmley, one of c.ivlng-
ung lawyers. There was great
taken in this race.
Both Racta Meet.
A meeting, arranged under the aus
pices of the Vigilant Reform Band, a | ‘on 1
negro organization, which is helping to ,mere
solve the problem of getting a better | “ ‘'
understanding between the races in Macon Veterans Honored.
Atlanta, will bo held at 2 o'clock Run- J Kpcrlal to The Georgian,
day afternoon, December 16. at the l ,\|ac
Turner tabernacle, ort Yonge street.
The meeting Is for the purpose of help-
Bpeeia) to Tlie Georgian.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. II,—The Augusta
delegation to the national rivers and
harbors congress, which has recently
been in session In Washington city, has
returned to tlie city, and all the menv
months of the year 1906, Tho tablet hers of the party speak In glowing
shows that the earnings this year have terms of the congress and the work ac-
boett $270,119.19 against $232,230.06 for j compllshed. E. F. Verdery, of this city,
the same period last year, showing an; was honored by the congress in being
increase of $37,13S.53. re-elected to the position of vice presi-
A stairment has also Iwen ImupJ b.vi dMlt from Georgia, oswelt R. Eve
the Augusta-Aiken Railway I n:n|>any,, . , . ,
whlili Is muler tho same management! h arH Hie honor of being appointed a
as the Augusta Railway and Electric member of the resolutions committee
Company, and this statement shows j of the convention,
that the gross earnings for this road While In Washington the members
em r ‘yearVi^ $?3 iG9.49'*aialnn V?.'- ° f ,he A,, * u * ,a ^legation called upon
662.03. showing an increase In a year's ' Konrttor BaCon lo Wm to a * k the
time of $9,317.46. »war department to rush the work on
the small arms factory, which the gov-
c ceuom r1111 nociti erWhent will establish here. 8enator
6,000 SCHOOL CHILDREN I Bacon assured the Augustans that he
TO TAKE PART IN RALLY, j would do all in IBs power to get the
s,,e,.|.il ,« The 1 war department to begin the work at
AUGUSTA POPULATION
SHOWS GREAT INCREASE,
to The Ucorglno,’ '
Augusta, Ga., Pee.'-H.-According to
statistics furnished by Otty Assessor of
•Taxes John K. Weiglo, tlie population
of Augusta has Increased over 6,000
since the census of 1900. In 1900 the
census showed that the population was
u. little short of 40,000, and the recent
figures given out by Mr. Welglc shows
that the population of the city is more
than 46.000. The population of Rich
mond county Is placed at 56,000, and
of this number 50 per cent are negroes.
In the city 40 per cent of the population
arc negroes.
The assessed value of property Is
placed at $21,699,175, an increase of
nearly a million and a halt since 1900.
FIVE NEGRO PREACHERS
EXPELLED FROM CONFERENCE.
Speclul to The Georgian.
Jackson, Miss.. Pec. 11.—The colored
.Methodist conference which has been
In session at Hattiesburg, has set
good example to other negro rellgloue
bodies In the South by expelling from
tho ministry live of Us members who
hnd not lived the light kind of lives.
Bishop Cottrell, of Holly Springs, pre
sided over this conference and he laid
It down strong to the negroes that they
must live right lives, and that If they
did not they could not hope for ap
pointments in the conference.
CRAWFORD VOTES BONDS
FOR LIGHT SY8TEM.
Special to The Georgina.
rawford, Ga., Dec. 11.—An election
was held here Monday which icnultcd
In favor of Issuing bonds for Installing
a system of gas lights for the city. The
amount of the Issue Is to be *2,50(1.
There were only four votes east against
the bonds.
MEMORY OF BI8HOP TIGERT.
saw Bishop J,
COrgls B.
Columbus, Ga„ Dec. It.—Hon. George j the Augusta members of the con-
P. .Munro, of Marion county, who wax; gn us are greatly enthuxed over Hie
elected permanent chairman of the j l»fMpect of additional appropriations
board of trustees of the agricultural j
college for the Fourth congressional
district, at the meeting of the board In • ^^,1.
| ityi i ncm unit u.n iniif, itmi IUIIIK IIIU
,! the Savunnah will get her proportion
- share, which will he quite a large
till
Dec. 11. - General .V. J.
. U egt - ^ 0, nmandlng the Georgia division
ing In the creation of better feeling ' United «’unfetlerat** Veterans, ha* mi-
between the races, and prominent and nounrci1 lh ‘* ‘M’lmlnlment of J. \\\ \Vil-
onservaitve men of both races will be rox a * nsslstant adjutant general, with
present and make addresne*.
Illicit Distillery Raided.
Speedsl to The Georgian,
Macon, Ga., Dec. li.—Rev
rank of lieutenant colonel. Cap
tain Warren Moselv ha* an appoint
ment us un aide with the rank of major.
the phenomena Indicated will prove (leers coining to Macon report the
an Interesting relaxation from the j structloti of a large factory made
trials and troubles and tribulations of I ! n county, near Milledgevllle. hand * suit would Im-
•He .|av \ Sunday night. Meveral gallons of I hi u Mr I sensational in th<
***• . I were captured, hut no .aw was arrested. The •• 1,1 •-
After traveling from Madras. India,
to N«*w York city, to contest a suit
for divorce. Mrs. Marion Thornton Hg-
stlll.bert declared that the trial of her hus-
oite of the most
ran try for year*,
will b« tii«al in Chicago.
Saturday last. lias railed
meeting of the hoard at Carrollton;
iti January, when the t*eoplo of that NEGRO’S BODY FOUND
county propose to hold a rally over
Carroll obtaining the school. Six thou - ^
sand school children will participate In .
the demonstration.
AFTER FIGHT AT DANCE
tlmt fir»t
liurcii,
person who w w
but oii4i*. I doubt If ninny men
•* memories could cling to n mind
„i>*4* of the grent preacher situ! au
thor as I glance baok to the tiuie when i.
among other*, snt under him on the night
of May 20 Inst mul listened to thaf ‘
powerful sermon nfter Id* nrdlnntli
hUtum of the Methodist Episcopal
Hoiiin." said ;r young man.
“Tlie First Methodist church was erowdi
that flight with tin r.dieiico of nppreehiti
people who followed hint breathlessly
through a deen doctrinal discourse, couched
in such simple ptiru*04»(t>ffy that a elilhi
could have understood much 4>f his lueuu-
ing.
“And Just n* the brightest «1ay In the fall
stay* to warm the soul far into the winter.
homely illustration which he
•*r he forgotten. Ills argument
• t brlstlmi Jife. and he lagged
excused in usiug a home made
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York, Dec. 1l.-Chrlztma„ gemi
-and all the gift jewelry comalnlnr
precious stones— w ii| be 20 per cent
hl*her. t am told, this year than u st
Returning steamships have brought'
back in the last week several group, 0 f
diamond Importers, who went to Eii.
rope to get supplies, and they
that the gems are scarcer and higbc, in
price than ever before in their c* D ,.
rlenee. '
This year's holiday trade in Amo:, »
Is said to have called for the great,
quantity and value of tine diamonds
ever sold in any country. There
said to be unusually small quantltle-' .n
the hands of the sellers.
No longer does "strict mourning'
mean you must wear y W r heart upon
your sleeve In a black symbol. For i n .
stance, the countess of Suffolk (Ital-y
Leiter) is said to be lit "strict mourn-
lng" for her . sister. Lady Cursor, vet
she went driving the other dav'in
Washington in a white cloth suit, ma.J.
with a pony Jacket and deep fiounci
on the demi trained skirt.
A narrow band of crepe edged tin
left cuff and a larger band of crene
edged the (lowing white chiffon veil
Friends say Daisy Leiter will never
gain the reputation for loveliness on-
Joyed by her sister. A* a young girl
Mary Leiter was thought Only "prfttv »
but as a matron she developed Into t
celebrated beauty.
If you would be numbered among the
select, provide yourself with Jeweled
combs to match every gown—street,
house and catling. Mrs. Longwortlq
who has been affecting brown this ,tj.'
tumn to the utter annihilation of her
former favorite. "Alice blue." lias been
displaying a high-backed comb In her
golden tresses, dotted with uncut -nr.
donyx set In dull gold. The aide combs
arc similar only In smaller patterns.
Several fashionable women have set,
of coral-studded combs and hair pine
to wear with afternoon gowns, while
pearls and diamonds are common now
In fashionable throngs as litres and
necklaces.
Miss Helen Cannon^ is a devotee of
rare old books and often delves Into
the “old book store*'' 'searching for
vellum bound volumes of antiuuo date
ami history. Often she secure* >n boo',-
with annotations. Indicative of the
characteristics of Its former owner In a
past age.
One of particular interest to her i, a
vellum hound book which contained a
lock of curly brown balr, the leaves
bearing a child's name and a date u
century distant.
This one Is from the Palmetto Stale
and came over with the ancestor., of
tho child over a century ago.
The American girl can now go t«
Parts as often and stay as long as she
likes, for Mrs. Robert McCormick, wife
of the American ambassador to France,
has discovered a new means of liveli
hood for her.
Mrs. McCormick has taken note of
the scores of young women who drift
in, hoping to succeed in music, art or
the drama. Most of them succeed only
In becoming objects, of concern to the
embassy and frequently are sent home
by subscription.
Mrs. McCormick sees n great open
ing for the girls to become milliner add
modiste models. The aim of Jhe Pstl,
merchants is to get American girl*.
They would make S. great hit by de
signing hats, gown* and wrap*, to loo):
well on American model*, Instead of
using the conventional French type-'
Let the French artist, she suggests, me
the broad-shouldered girl of the middle
West on whom to drape his Ideas and
he will make thousands.
Iltth
us,el ran
urns for the.
that he !„■ e
fable:
"Two little ,'hi'lis.' sold lllshop Tiger!,
were nestled elosely together III their shell-
ill.her warm, motherly rear her*, true «f
,s ._. _, . mme to run the ngtlostle
hom
I •emit to eon verw with th
"I have been notlefng of
th of eyes mid feathers tiu«i
Speehll to The Genrginn.
Columbus, Oil.. Dec. tl.—The body of
Will Bniltlt. tt negro, was found near
the lirtnie of George Alexander, on the
Pore place, six miles east of the clly
Hunduy morning about S o'clock.
Thrre bullet wound- In III- body dl«-
. , , , . closed the r ouse ot ItU dcaili. and nn
-, been given to the jroor of the iuvesilgutloD by Coroner Clements re-
clty. captain Odum, who I- In charge | Veal* th" fact tluii n shouting scrape
of tier barracks here, is also going to had occurred al the home of Alexander
give the prsrr boys und girls „f the city Hint night r.t a dance. Alexander mid
a Christman Uee at the court ho'i-e on! Will rhiclhehl. oliollur neglo. ur.' In
the night after Christine*. Jnl! charged with lire murder.
TO GIVE CHRI8TMAS TREE
TO^POOR CHILDREN.
Special to The Georgian.
Jackson. Miss., Dec. II.—The ISutva-
tion Army of this city Is preparing 10
give tli*» largest t*hri*ttna* dinner that
ha* eve
lirothr
Mjlnic
p*4'ttllnr urn*
wliiif* and leg*
I uni fitt.il for
no primf, at hi*
nmi I .mmol t***lf«-
tho Inane wlil.-h I h.n ... _
! will nit pip my shed today
>ther.
uhlrlj me to think thnt
Huh! nml liberty, hat I hn\i*
my Inner cogitation*.
that I hlmiilil «|c
long;
I will
th of feathers and
'gnu whit'li InsiHre
Jig!** —*
•* 'Itiit the other.
Christian t>hlh**.»i»her.
I>eeii untieing thf* gro ...
eye* nml wing* nnd »fgti*
me Whir a longing for llt-hi nnd liiwrty
All my fnsihiel nrues me to ninktt the ,,V.
nml 1 cannot believe 1 would hare
I prepared. If n.d su destined. So I
-■Pled to pip my -hell today." And
little led! of
d liberty, while
imp nginwiM I’luturi w.i* r.iUliit the
day ,b*cd and -.Id in the shell, which Sid
senred Its pons*. Ion front which he bad
re/UMii to breuik. —\l t rudughaut Age ll-r-
Heports from London ate to the ef
fect that the Marlborough*, even with
the good ofllcea of kinfolk on bo:lt
Bide*, have thus far been unable to
come to an amicable arrangement on
the custody of the children who natu
rally feel desperately the separation
from their mother, with whom, until .1
month ago, they had spent practically
all their lives.
There was an extremely pathetic
scene when the duke, while staying at
the* West End hotel, sent foe them, di
recting that they leave Sunder I and
house for Blelnheim in a couple hour*.
Despite the children’s own constant
pleading and the intervention of the
duke’s relatives, he Is determined not to
surrender them to the duchess, ami its
Ih making arrangements to carry m
their education under his own control.
The duke presided nt a charity din
ner in London last Thursday, but the
worry and anxiety are visibly altering
him, wrinkling his face and giving him
a prematurely aged look. He ha* fre
quent and long consultations in the
house of lords’ corridor with Sh Ed
ward Carson, former solicitor general,
who is his leading counsel, and whose
employment In tho suit create* the
expectation that the duke intends to
bring his alleged wrongs into court, a*
Hlr Edward is noted for his'hard-fight
ing qualities os an advocate rather
than us nn udvlser.
The duchess undoubtedly has the en
tire sympathy of scxdety, which the
duke Is said to keenly resent; hence
his determination to demonstrate that
he Is the injured party.
The death yesterday of Sylvia lier-
rlah, the actress, was the lo* 1 chapter
in a tragic life. Eighteen yeats ago she
was brought from the West b> her
brother, George Rollins, She made n* r ,
first appearance here in "The Brigand*
at the old Casino. The next day »*hj
was famous. Her beauty of face
form had captured every critic. Hen
ry G. Illlton. son of Judge Hilton,
ecu tor of the A. T. Stewart erta»e. was
in the audience and fell desperately in
love with her.
Eight years before HUton had mar
ried Agnes Ban key, of Brooklyn. Judk«
Hilton gave the bride a check for
U00 as a wedding present and made ui
son head of the great dry good* ,} rm
of Hilton, Hughes A Co. He wa*»
succeed to Ms father’s great bu>t ^- 9
and fortune. ...
.Sylvia Gcrrlah changed It all.
became devoted to her. They r
een ever}'where together and - "’ n
were the talk of the city. Judge in *
ton tried his best to break the att*' *'*
ment of the two, but In vain. A >*! r
later he mortgaged the Stewart butiu-
lng for $1,2(0,000 to Hettle Given to
pay for lit* son’s extravagance. f
Young Hilton was thrown out »
tho film. But he dung to tho
Then there was a break for four
during which .Sylvia went to Lon , i"«|
und became famous there. When s(i '
returned to the old life with HUton. '
Hilton parents died broken hear
the son being cut off with $25,000.
I9«I, a few days after the death of !
first Mr*. Illlton, young Hilton n®*'
j led h’yfvia Gerrlsh. At the end ll,r
was not n trace !efl of her old b»-: '
ot face and form. She w«# 44
old.
