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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 190«. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN .'ohm n*nt on avis. wist. f. L. SEELY. Mlisktr. Published Every Afternoon (Except Suuday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, At 2{ West Aloharaft fit., Atlanta, Ga. Subscription Rates. one Year M.Sft Six Month* 2*6} Three Month* $-2$ By Carrier. Per Week " Telopnn Smith £ Thompson, mlrertl*tn« rep resentatives for all territory ontude of Georgia. Chicago Office Tribune Bldf. ."fete York Office Potter Bill*. If you liuee any trouble getting THE GEORGIAN, telephone the Circulation Department and naro it promptly rem edied. Telephones; Bell 4X7 3Jnlo, It Is desirable that nil cnmraunlcs- flons Intended for publication In TUB GEORGIAN be limited to 40? word* In length. It Is Imperative that they be signed, ns on evidence of good faltb. though the name* will l»e withheld If requested. Rejected manuscripts will oof lie returned unless stamps arc sent for the purpose. 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.