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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
THURSDAY,.DECEMBER U, l»tf.
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THE GEORGIAN prints no uucleau
or objectionable advertising. 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 uow
owns Its waterworks. Other cities do
this and get gas as low a* 60 cents,
with a profit fo the effy. Tbit eboutd
be done at once. The Georgian be*
lleve* that If street railways can be
operated successfully by European
rules, as they are, there Is no good
reason why they cannot be eo operated
here, but we do not believe this can
be done now, sod It may be aotne years
before we are ready for so b e an un
dertaking. Still Atlanta should Set Its
face In tbit direction NOW.
WHY THE COTTON ESTIMATES?
! The time is Vlpe for the farmers of the South to protest vigorously Against
the action of the agricultural department of the United States government
in officially issuing literature whfeb fa too frequently in the interest of that
speculative element known aa -‘the hears"—that Is, those persons who devote
their entire time to depressing the price of cotton.
That the government is devoting much valuable time and incurring great
expense In gathering information for others than the producers is not to be
questioned. And to the people directly Interested this information (not in
frequently. misinformation) is worthless. In fact, the documents Issued-on
the condition of crops, acreage, gfnuers' reports, semi-niouthly reports and
estimates of the amount of the crop, arc all rank guesses and are of benefit
only to the speculator and should - be without any Influence In fixing the
course of prices for the commodity itself. As a basis on which to figure the
crop they are a handy set of figures for the expert statistician to show the
world of consumers that a crop in excess of the total requirements has been
rllsed. Consequently, the consumer can at once begin a hand-to-mouth
Iiolicy in purchasing his supply.
Mr. Ullison, the English statistician, estimates the world’s requirements
of American cotton at 12,500.000 bales. It happens that he occasionally un
derestimates consumption. Flut. by the possession of facts, from which fixed
deductions may be drawn, his estimate always has. that quality of approxi
mate exactness which gives it real value.
The estimate of requirement Is issued by a private citizen; the other is
backed up by the government.
The methods employed by these two authorities differ considerably, in
that one lias a greater amount of actual data on which to base an estimate.
In other words, the amount of consumption up io any date desired Is easily
obtainable. Orders are booked ahead in all the consuming countries of the
world, figures for which are ajaJiable, and there is no let-up in the demand
for the product of the mills—which items are considerable factors in making
ntt estimate of the world's requirements. %
The government has the amount of cotton brought Into sight at any
given date for estimating the Held of cotton for. one whole season. There are
no means by which an individual or an official department may accurately
name the exact number of bales that will be brought into sight—that is,
marketed—from the date used as a basis of estimation to the end of the
season. Neither can the number of bales hold off the market be accurately
name.
Accuracy ends, In these estimates, at the amount brought Into sight at
any given date.
Any elaboration of this fact in the shape of an attempt to estimate the
entire crop Is merely a hit of guess work.
Then why should the government estimate?
What master docs the estimator for the government servp?
Certainty not the farmer.
NOT TERRELL, BUT LAMAR;
TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL HAND
GOVERNOR A RIPE LEMON
Discussion OverName
% k *
of New Dormitory
Is.Lively.
Father Dunn's Statement.
At this time when the trouble be
tween the French government and the
holy Roman church holds the attention
of the entire world, it. is particularly
Interesting to reud the calm, dispas
sionate and scholarly presentation of
the Issues and the causes by the Rev.
John E. Gunn, 8. M., which appeared
in Wednesday's Georgian.
Father Gunn traced the beginning
of the trouble from the time of the
French revolution, and gave clear in
sight into many of the intricate legal
and political complication*.
ft was not to be expected that Ills
view would coincide with those ex
pressions concerning the trouble
which have come from M. Cletnenceau,
the French premier who is leading ttic
attack on the church. lint Father
Gunn’s statement bore the impress of
fairness, anil In Its diocusslois of tile
Isatte war, Illuminating.
Justice for the Negro.
It must ho a matter of gratification
to the citizens of Atlanta ami of the
South—and It should ho n matter of
more than speculative Interest to those
of ibe North—to observe the action of
•the superior court jury of Fultou
county In returning n verdict of "not
guilty" against the four negroes who
were, charged with murdering County
Policeman J. I,. Head lu the Septcm-
ber'rlot.
We call attention to this because the
assertion is so frequently made at the
North that justice for the uegro is a
rare thing at the Soutt). ft Is general
ly charged that where feeling runs
high because of some crime commit,
ted, the negro has nu chnnee for a
square deal.
There could bo no crime which
could arouse the feeling of reputable
dtlsens more than that w hich caused
the death of Officer Heard, who died
in the discharge of hit duty, for the
sake of our homes.
But the evidence against the four
negroes on trial was not sufficient to
Justify the charge of murder, and
without regard to the jury's own feel-
log of desire to bring to account the
.layers of Officer Heard, these negroes
were given their freedom.
It was just an exemplification of the
fact that there Is justice for the negro
la the South.
The jury which heard the case was
composed of twelve of the leading cit-
lxens of Atlanta; their verdict was a
reflex of the best sentiment of this
city—a high regard for law and or
der and justice.
SERMONS IN BRIEF.
hast Sunday, front every pulpit In Atlanta, there was preached a ser
mon against crime and mob violence. The voice of every minister in tho
city, white or black, was raised in the causo of law and order. In the name
of Him, who Is Law, man was urged to honor and obey the nmudBles of that
institution of all human institutions which must nearly in divine.
That day may he justly mgurded us one of the most Important In At
lanta'.* history. It marked the beglunihg of a terribly serious attempt to al
leviate the peri! of increasing crime anil lawlesauess in this city. *It was
ono of tlte first steps taken by the ministers of Atlanta, acting In co-opera
tion with the officers of the Business Men's Gospel Union, in an effort to
readjust the relations of tho races nt the South.
The Georgian Wednesday afternoon printed excerpts from a number
of tho sermons delivered last Sunday. As former Governor W. J. Northern
president of the Business Men's Gospel Union, says in ills preface to the
priming of these extracts, "the appeals set out in the excerpts, taken
from the sermons delivered, are necessarily limited, but they constitute an
earnest, strong effort made In God's- name and for the sake of humanity,
that we may have security lu our homes, law and order In the community
und Uj, civilization worthy of the great trusts that have been committed
lo its.
• The Georgian tills afternoon prints parts of several more of the ser-
I'liionf delivered, and will continue to do so each day until extracts from the
utterances of every one of Atlanta's ministers will have*appeared.
The subject Is ono that vitally interests every one; and It is the duty of
every citizen, white, and black, to read what these men of God have to say.
Ing to men of nil creeds and all de
grees of education.
A second time and always we bid
Ben Greet a right royal welcome.
Ben Greet Comes.
And so, Ben Greet and Ills tight
merrie company of players are coming
to Atlanta again. It will be remem
bered that last year Mr. Greet gave
at Brookwood several of ills wonder
ful out of door Shakespearean perform
ances. converting the grounds there
into a veritable forest of Arden und
peopling it with sweet youths, with
clowns, sprites and the genii of the
woods. At this season the weather
nun does not permit Mr. Greet to
present one of his out of door idylls,
but in spite of the conventional stage
surroundings we venture lo predict
that bit presentation will be a great
one. The old morality play, "Every
man,” in which the Ben Greet play
ers wilt be seen, is the most famous’
production of medieval drama which
exitu today. The play is one of those
which were performed about the
streets and in the religious houses of
Europe during the middle ages, and
written by s monk at the time in
which the stage was the hand-maiden
of the church. It stands alone in this
day of erotic "problem plays" as one
of the most inspiring as well as Inter-;
• sting dramas upon the stage, appeal- 1
J
As to Thoto Science Queries.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
In a recent issue of The Georgian
Mr. .1. K. Harton propounds n few ques
tion* to "observant renders.’' Among
other* In thin:
"Why are the »aml-bai» on a .stream
always on the left bank?"
If Mr. Horton will take a Clyde
steamer at Jacksonville, Fla., bound
seaward, Uc will observe that for sev-
eral miles the steamer closely hugs
the left bonk, because of a bar that
projects a half mile or more from the
right bunk, rendering the water too
shallow for vessels of deep, or even
shallow draft.
If Mr. Hatton will take a river steam
er nt Cairo, III., for Sew Orleans, he
will note that the bora alternate with
almost unbroken regularity. Home-
times the river seems undecided upon
which bank to throw' the bar, and
compromises by throwing it in the mid
dle. Our paternal government takes
those middle bars, and some others, In
hand, and by driving piles and inter
weaving mattresses of willow, confines
the How of water In a narrower chan
nel. Primarily, this confining <*f the
waters has the effect of "scouring" a
deeper channel: but It Ims u further
effect of cbaiigliig the course of the
flow of water for many miles, and this
changing of the course of the flow is
followed by a shifting of the bars. The
Missouri river not only shifts its bars,
but sometimes lops off a few town
ships of Inhabited valleys and shifts
them Into an adjoining state—or at
least the farmer who thus finds him
self shifted Is undecided as to wheth
er he should vote for Roosevelt on the
left hank or for Bryan on the right.
Mr, Hutton further asks:
"When streams flow together
an«l form a third, why does the water
from the left-hand .stream always flow
o/ver that of the right-hand, or vice
versa, the water from the right-hand
stream flow under?"
If Mr. Harton will come out of the
mouth of the Missouri river and cross
over to the left bank of the Mississippi,
lie may ride down the Illinois side for
twenty miles or more on the transpar
ent waters «»f the Mississippi; if he
remains on the right bank, he may go
to t’airo without noting a change In the
color of the water. Hide by side, for
twenty miles or mote, the waters of
the Mississippi and the water* of the
Missouri follow the great basin like
two lovers in a sylvan pathway, until
Anally the crystal Mississippi is en
tirely absorbed into the muddy Mis
souri. and thenceforth to the gulf the
two are one.
The waters from the left-hand
Itfream do not flow over the iw&ters
of the tight*band stream, else from the
mouth of the Missouri the Mississippi
ouid continue to l>e the undented
stream that It is above the mouth of
the river of mud. CHAR. LEIDY.
Jacksonville, Pna
With tho Exchanges.
Senatorial eouttesy he Plowed. l«*t> sic
Tillman nntl Jeff Dnvls nt one another ami
have some fun.—Cleveland Lender. ,
If n woman owns chickens, she in spend
ing much of her time these days In going
put and looking reproachfully at the hen*.—
AtchUon Ololie.
Fifty-seven varieties of "notions'' were
found . on the pcrxnn of a female shop
lifter the other day. not to mentlog other
notions Hint she hud In her head.—Bir
mingham Age-Herald.
Wtsr i
than ten month*. Hut so few farmers Cl
ifford to give their hens a college edu
cation.*- Washington Tost.
It Is n little early, but hear In mlud the
fact that the cotton batting whiskers nt
Yuletldc arc about as safe as throwing u
lighted match Into gunpowder.—Erie Times.
R the relation between tho in-
■oad employees’ wages nnd the
boost in the price or the common or barn
yard egg of commerce will please notify
us.—New York Telegram.
Fried hush Is the mascot
That sweetens the home.
—-Baltimore gun.
Fourier-Jour mil.
^Cranberriesre n^bsrrel.^the highest
od and used
York Telegram,
It was ja lemon that Hon. Joseph M,
Terrell, chief executive of the state of
Georgia, was handed Wednesday aft
ernoon.
And the fruit was,.presented right in
the big domed building where the chief
executive has his office*.
This lemon came In the shape of a
decision of the board of trustees of the
Girls' Normal and Industrial School of
Mlllcdgevllle to name the new dormi
tory to be erected, Lamar Hall instead
of Terrell Hall. And behind this de
cision there Is a little story.
Some time ago there was a meeting
of tills board and at that time Dr. Ti(-
nor, of Greenville, moved that the lidw
hall be named In honor of Governor
Terrell. Tho plan received a check at
that time and action In the matter was
postponed.
So when the trustees met In the cap
ital Wednesday afternoon to accept
plans for the new- dormitory, the ques
tion of naming the structure came up.
Again Dr. Tlgnor moved that the
building be named Terrell Hall. But
before he made this motion James M.
Dupree, of Montezuma. also a member
of the beard, moved that the build iria
be named Lamaf Hall In honor of Rich
ard N, Lamar, another member of the
board.
Dr. Tigiyir made his motion In tfie
nature of a substitute and to postpone
action, Colonel Atkinson, of Newngn,
moved as a substitute for the whole
that action be deferred.
Then came the lemon handing proc
ess. The substitute for the whole was
lost. So was the rubstltutc naming
the hall for Governor Terrell and tho
original motion naming it after Rich
ard N. Lamar, a member of the board*
prevailed.
This was possible because Mr. Lamar
voted for tli<v motion naming the hall
after himself. The governor got the
iQinon instead of the honor.
All during the voting the vote stood
three to two, Chairman R. E. Green, of
Gainesville; James M. Dupree, of Mon
tezuma, and Richard X. Lamar voting
for the Lamar Hall proposition, while
Dr. Tlgnor and Colonel Atkinson want
ed it named after the governor.
It will be recalled that the last leg
islature appropriated >27,500 for the
erection of a flew dormitory at the
rchool. The board met Wednesday aft-
efnoon to look over the plans and bids,
and’ those of J. W. Golucke & Co., of
Atlanta, were accepted, the specifica
tion being that the hall must not coat
more than the amount of money ap
propriated.
FJut’lt won’t be named after Governor
Tcirell.
AMERICAN EDITOR
Alexandria, Egypt. Dec. 13.—For
some time a series of most scurrilous
and libellous attacks on Lord Cromer
and tho British authorities have been
running In a local paper conducted by
an American ^citizen.
These attacks have been so grossly
disgraceful that the United States con
sul general, Mr. Iddlngs. has been ex
changing dispatches lately with the
secretary of state relative to the pow
ers he possesses for the expulsion of
Americans from Egypt, that measure
being demanded by honest, public opin
ion to stop the scandals.
The secretary replied that it was Im
possible to expel a citizen who attacks
officials of another power unless the
aggravated parties lodge a sworn com
plaint with the American representa
tive, who Is then bound to take legal
steps. The action of Lord Cromer is
awaited with Interest.
ENGINEERS OF SOUTH
WILL MEET ON FRIDAY
The annual convention of the Engi
neering Society of the South will be
held next Friday night at the Kimball
house. Prominent civil engineers from
Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia will
be In attendance. The entertainment
feutures will be provided by the Atlan
*ta section.
business meeting will be held in
the convention hall of the Kimball Fri
day night at S:15 o’clock. Saturday
the visitors will be shown the different
engineering contracts and work now-
going on in the city. The features of
Interest will be the reinforced concrete
viaducts for Washington and Nelson
streets and the construction of the Gate
City terminals. The annual dinner will
be given at the Kimball Saturday
night.
At Salvation Army.
Captain Ford, the reformed saloon
keeper of Cleveland, Ohio, Is waking
things up at the Salvation Army head
quarters on 'Marietta street. There
were two penitents Tuesday night, and
one evidenced his intention of stopping
the use of whisky and leading a better
life by throwing two quart bottles of
whisky out of the window. Thursday
evening Captain Ford will talk on
From the Barroom to the Pulpit.”
RE WANTS CARS
.FOR THE: SHIPPERS
President May Send Special
Messages on Subject to
Congress.
! GOSSIP
Washington, Dec. 13.—The president
Is said to have In contemplation a spe
cial measure to congress asking for
such instructions as will give the Inter
state commerce commission jurisdic
tion over the distribution of freight
cars by railroads to shippers.
It Is alleged that gross discrimina
tions have been practiced In this
spect. many concerns being forced to
discontinue business because of inabil
ity to obtajn cars for the shipment of
their products.
When Judge S. W. Cowan, of Texas,
who has taken a deep interest In rate
legislation, visited the president with
the draft of such a bill, the president
strongly indorsed the proposition.
Chairman Hepburn, of the house In
terstate commerce committee, today
sahl that a bill will probably be intro
duced at an early date giving the inter
state commerce commission control also
over joint water and land rates. ,Ho
expects this to be passed at- the pres
ent session.
ATLANTA CADET MISSED GAME;
YOUNG CHRISTIAN HURT ANKLE
Just imagine a college boy waiting
and watching for several months for
the time to arrive when his college
would play its great football game of
the season and then being sont to a
hospital the day before the game so na
couldn’t see It.
Wouldn’t that Jar most anybody?
It did young Stonewall Jackson
Christian, son of W. E. Christian, as
sistant general passenger agent of the
Seaboard Air Line and grandson of that
famous Confederate general, Stonewall
Jackson.
Young Stonewall Jackson Christian fa
In West Point, where ho Is preparing to
follow in tho paths that led his grand
father to fame and glory. His father
has Just received a letter from the lad
and In it he told a talc of sorrow.
And to show Just how badly he felt,
he Inclosed a poem he wrote—and a
"An
good one at that—which he .called
Ode to Disappointment.”
For months the lad had been waiting
for the day when the Army football
squad would meet tho Navy warriors
on the gridiron and was planning great
times when he w f ent to Philadelphia to
see the game.
But fate was against him. The day
before the:great game he sprained Ills
ankle In a football scrimmage and in
stead of going to the game the soldier
boy was sent to the hospital. It was
while there that he wrote to his father
and poured out Ills disappointment.
The lad was game, however, and
though be could not walk without
crutches he begged the surgeon to put
on an ankle brace and let him march
with his comrades. He said no one
w'ould ever know he had a bad ankle.
But these old army surgeons are funny
chaps. They don’t appreciate how* a
plebe is disappointed in a case like this
and young Christian was kept in the
hospital.
KNIGHTSOFCOLUMBUS
NAME NEW OFFICERS
At the annual election of officers of
Atlanta Council No. 660, Knights of
Columbus. Tuesday evening, the fol-
lowdng-named gentlemen were chosen;
Captaiif L. E. O’Keefe, grand knight.
P. G. Keeney, deputy grand knight.
Daniel Carey, chancellor.
John Corrigan, Sr., advocate.
M. C. Carroll, warden.
Louis D. Sharpe, recorder.
Thomas F. Corrigan. lecturer.
C. J. Sheehan, financial secretary.
Owen Varlay, treasurer.
Louis Honor, Inside guard.
H. L. Bryson, outside guard.
Trustees. Peter F. Clark, Lucian
Harris and Edward McGuire.
MAYOR'S SIGNATURE
ON SALARY ORDINANCE
Mayor Woodward Tuesday afternoon
signed the salary ordinance, which
provides raises In salary for a num
ber of officials, and a decrease In sala
ry for the chief of the Are depart
ment. *
It Is generally understood that the
mayor did not agree In full with the
ordinance, but rather than send the
whole matter back to De acted upon
again, and undoubtedly to create an
other wrangle, lie sighed the salary
sheet as it stood. The city officials
whose salaries are boosted are breath
ing long, deep sighs of relief*
Mayor Woodward Is nn ardent ad-
ocate of higher salaries for the school
teachers.
YERKES’ WIDOW
BACK IN BOTHAM
SOCIOLOGISTS DISCUSS
MPORTANT OOESTIONS
"pul
11*11 Cahie wants Shakespeare* thirty
seven plays thinned to seven. l’nfortmmte
ly. Mr. Caiae's own productions win not
stand any more thinning.—Pittsburg I Ms
patch.
lie to her husband. Tho dispute may be
submitted without argument by stating
that she does, any way.—Pittsburg bur
Mother would be ncsrly as surprised If
she received n manicure set Christmas
morning as daughter would lie If her
stocking contained a carpet sweeper.—A tell
l.outsiatmu
ft! service c
uakes Tnlmsco
sauce. Hut
ongress unload* u|»ou the
the Antelope State for 1906
orth" more in real money than the
entire sliver output of the world for !&.*.
blued*for the year 1905.—Omaha Bee.
An Unlriad Field.
Ivde Filt h, at n dinner in Philadelphia,
praised the originality of certain French
playwright*.
••Originality.'’ He said. "Is what, alwive all
thing*, the drama needs. Too rasny of the
writer* tor the stage are like n Western
friend of mine.
mug Indr Mid to rny friend:
i it awfully, awfully difficult to
lied new idea* f.»r pla>*;‘
Pittsburg Calls Cincinnati Black!
A scientific investigator In Cincinnati has
been trying to arrive at a definite idea of
the amount of soot deposited lu the city In
the course of a year. One of his tests was
to place two buckets, three-fourths filler!
with water, on eleven r«*of* In different
parts of the city. At the end of three
month* n careful analyst* of the contents
of the buckets was made to ascertain the
amount of .-arluHisremis matter. The final
imputation is that in the downtown
I dor
km*
tried lu "-PHitad-iphi;
the failing
month, or eighteen
mile of the city Hr
a month. o« &3.T2
-or era I pound* to
burg !H*p*teU.
ions daily, tin a square
•not deposit t* 171 ton*
l*rtiitd*. an nrerage of
«*a**h Inhabitant.—rift*
The regular monthly meeting of the
Atlanta Sociological Society will be
held at S o'eloclc Thursday evening at
the Carnegie Library.
An interesting program has been ar
ranged for this meeting. The subject*
for discussion are; "Prognosis of Dfa-
ease In the Moderate Drinker” and "Li
quor Houses as nn Investment for At
lanta." Other Interesting topics are to
be touched upon.
Dr. It It. Ktme, the president. Is ex
ceedingly anxious that this meeting je
well attended. Tho public In general,
especially the city officials and business
men. are urged to be present.
ELEGTRIG RAILWAY
TO BE BUILT SOON
New York. Dec. 13.—Mr*. Charles T.
Yorkes-MUner has returned to her
home In this city. She api*at? to be
in the best of health.
Mrs. Mlzncr declined to discuss the
report that she Is to bring suit for
divorce ngalnst Wilson Mfxner,
whom she was married under remark
able circumstances less than a year
Mlzner has made no attempt to
see bis wife since her return.
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, tJa.. l>ec. 13.—Follow I uc tbs
granting of charters by the state, the In
tcrurban Construction Company and the
Macon and Albany Securities Company have
been organized with general offices in this
place.
Jhe Interurban Construction Company is
headed by W. Jordan Mnssee, of Macon,
president; Joseph 8. Da via, of Albany, vice
president; John T. Moore, of Macon, sec
retary and treasurer, and Stuart Darla,
of Macon, assistant secretary and treas
urer.
The Macon nod Albany Securities Com
pany fleeted officers with the following re
sult: .Nicholas J. Crnger* of Alba Of, pres
ident; Joseph 8. Davis, of Allmuy. vice
president: W. J. Massee. of Macon, aecre-
tary and treasurer, and Stuart Davis, of
I Macon, assistant secretary and treasurer;
M. Felton Hatcher I* general counsel
SHOOTS ASSAILANT
TO SAVE HERSELF
Rochester. X. Y., Dec. 13.—Mrt. An
tonia Anderaco, whose husband la serv
ing a term In the Monroe county pen,
shot and fatally wounded Antonio Buc-
cionf, aged 55. Mrs. Anderaco de-
dares she whs attacked by Buccloni In
her home and that she only shot when
she found it impossible to escape from
her assailant. , .
At. St. Marys hospital where the
wounded man was taken, It is said he
cannot live.
GENERAL KEELER
TO BE GIVEN TRIAI
BY COURT MARTIAL LU-.SSSWaW®# .55f«S»
j of Macon.
Special to Tlie Georgian. i Cara will be running as tar as Tort Val
im-hsnn Miss.. Dec. 13.—The charge ley In eight months, and the whole line
jacKton, «»■., ^ _ „ ra . veesler ’ *»• completed from Albany to At
brought against Major General Keesier,: lanta wltbln £ Trar .
of the National Guards, that he slapped J The work Is soon to lw under rapid con
. i e„to*wi .vv..s>«wiin*iv lurlt'. fctroctloti. and tho entir** trad between
a private and talked cxveedi g . g . AtlaIltl ind Albany will be completed ns
to him during the recent encampment j c *rly a* labor and means can perfect.
at Gulfport, 1. causing a big sensation j
In military clrtle*. The adjutant gen- j . ,Tin. . r aVi ■ ’
eral will, at the request of the eg' V -V1 Vl r, 1 ALUMi
grieved parties, summon a court mar
tial to try Genera! Keealer. This I* the
flrit time that such a thing has oc
curred In this state.
It Is charged that General Keesier
waa particularly brutal In his treat
ment of the private, who, it eeems, had
attended a dance and missed the last
car to camp. He waa arrested by the
provost guard and when he went to
explain to the general he was abused
and struck.
The aggrieved young man has em
ployed attorneys and. It Is stated, will
prosecute his charges axaln«t th"
commanding officer With vigor.
Bad Habit Encourages Another.
llrsii.lv nml enter ore -Iiepiti.i at the e;
on— of the government to every memlH
; (ft,- fielglao iwrllamein nIn. msh.-v
• ug -i.ev-li -Portland ptre., Jetlrital
ON $5,000 YEARLY
Washington. Dec. 13.—Mi*. Gaines,
Democrat, of Tenneszee, urged the pas
sage of hia bill increasing the salaries
cf aenal/r», representatives and dele
gates to $7,500 beginning with the six
tieth congrssa. He erroneously named
the sixty-first cjngtesa, and his at
tention being called to It, he responded:
”Oh. I mean the sixtieth congress. I’d
rather be a coward and run from a
sbeep-kliiing dog than be a moral cow
ard."
He made a feeling speech or. the aub-
ject.
' "Gentlemen ” he raid, ‘ you cannot
get along here on $5,000 a year and do
vnur country and yourself Justice. Do
tic* p’ople expect you to do it T I can
ansr.ei in> «*\»n q'iv»ii*»n. N’**, the> do
CITY WHITE ELECTION
13 HELD AT COVINGTON.
Mpeuisl to The Georgian.
Covington. Ga„ Dec. 13.—The white
primary was held yesterday. There waa
but little Interest and a light vote was
cast. The following were elected: L. A.
Clarke, mayor; t\ C. Brooks, 8. P.
Thompson, C. A. Hockwell, J. B. Davis,
Jr.. O. A. Harwell and H. T. Huson.
councilmen; for city school board, N.
55. Anderson and R. R. Fowler; for un-
explred term of J. O. lister (one year),
E. If. Jordan.
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York, Dec. IS.—One of the larg
est audiences ever crowded Into the
Broadway theater attended the testi
monial performance given for Henry
Clay Barnabee and William H. .Mc
Donald, formerly members of the Bos
tonians, The receipts were more than
$22,000, which did not include the can
cellation of notes given *by Mr. Banin-
bee to friends for $10,000, which weiy?
destroyed.
Ono of these notes was given to tli*
late Senator Marcus A. Hanna and
when he died It was left to his widow.
When Mrs. Hanna learned that 5lr.
Barnabee was going to have a benoiii
she sent word to the men In charge i-f
the testimonial that she bad destroyed
the note of the actor, as did two other
persona who held Mr. Barnabee'.* not n *
for $5,000.
1 think It Is doubtful ft many of tit*?
women who occupy boxes at the Metro
politan opera house will find justice i*i
the criticism of a prominent English
woman who is visiting here. She un
surprised not to find a telephone In th
little dressing room behind the box
which she was a guest. In many of tin*
boxes in Covent Garden, there are tel,--
phones, and she explained that the*-
served to keep women In touch with
their homes so they could call up and
learn whether their children were need
Ing them. But this “anxious mother’’
Idea seems rather fai-fetched, for Eng
Hsh women of fashion really give far
less personal supervision of their chil
dren than do women of fashion in
America.
The British ambassador and Ladv
Durand, with their daughter, Miss Du
rand, will leave Washington on Decem
ber 2$, and will sail the following day
for England. Almost every day now
holds some notable affair given In their
honor.
Mrs. Truman Newberry, wife of tin*
assistant secretary of the navy, ha* lo«t
a diamond pin In the shape of u horse
shoe. containing seventeen stones. She
values the pin nt several hundred dol
lars. Mrs. Newberry stated while she
believes the pin was lost. It may have
been stolen from her while she u is
shopping In the crowded down-town
districts.
Slaves of the "tipping" system in
London sec relief In sight. They be
lieve that the law to end bribing of
agents acting for their principal will ,V
so far-reaching as to make It a misde
meanor, punishable by two years’ im
prisonment and a fine, to the porter.
Tips given to the butcher or milkm in
or to the cook constitute a mlsdemean •
or, punishable with the two years’ Im
prisonment and, fines up to $2,600.
A fortune awaits a young woman
who can show Judge McCall, of the
county court at Denver, moles of cer
tain color and location described in tlie
will of Robert M. Marshall, who died fn
the hospital a short timfe ago. IIe leave*
half of his estate to “my daughter,
who was born In Merceres, Mercer
county,. Pa., who la to mo unknown,
whose only description Is two molc.«. .i
black one In front of the left should**)*
near clavicle, and a red .fnole similarly
located on right shoulder.”
Marshall was a native of Pennsyl
vania. He was married there, and, ac
cording to his story. Ills first wife ran
away from him just after her girl baby
was born in Merceres. The baby was
given out for adoption, and Marshall
told Ills friends In Denver that lie had
never seen the child, though lie had
hunted for her all his life. The search
will be continued by Mrs. Warren, wlm
Is the executor of the will. The daugh
ter was born In 1881 and is 25 year*
old If living. Marshall’s estate Is val
ued at $15,000.
At a fashionablo gathering of mem
bers of the church of England at tin*
opening of a bazaar, at Bath, England,
the archdeacon of Bath cathedral
pointedly rebuked the gathering for an
apparent lack of knowledge of the
Lord’s prayer on the part of a majority
of those present.
"If those here know the Lord’s pray
er,” he said, "they do not know how m
say it."
Then he invited those not acquainted
with the prayer to come to him after
the bazaar and he would teach it t >
them.
The trustees of the Western Reserve
University at Cleveland announced that
G. M. Hanna and Colonel Oliver II
Paine have each given $100,000 to the
university to build, equip and endow -
laboratory of experimental medicine ;>
the medical school.
In speaking for the straight whlslo
interests at Louisville, Colonel John H
Thompson, said:
"People who drank the old-time whis
ky did not have stomach disorders a*
they have now from drinking rectified
whisky. A man then nevaf had the
'Jim jams.’ He never drank to exces*-.
The average man did riot get drunk."
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM,
D
New York. I»e<\ 13.—Here are some of the
■rtsltors In New York:
ATLANTA—D. D. Armstrong. R. W. Pat
ton. L Lowed*. W. J. Siodnnl. J. Harris.
IN WASHINGTON.
Washington. Dee. 18.—Among the visitors
lu Washington today is E. T. Verdery, of
Augusta.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
DECEMBER 13.
lftiJ-tVmfe'ierates vh-tocious at battle of
Fredericksburg, Val
1861—Fort McAllister captured by General
Sherman’s army.
liffT— Fetttal explosion at Clefcenwefl..
1892— Professor Retiry P. Htultb. of Lane
Theological seminary, suspended for
heresy.
-Sir William Vernon Harcourt resign-
ts! leadership of I.Utcral party in Eng
land.
Boers repulsed British at battle „f
Xooitgedaeht.
died nt Wiioh-
m*oi or Ml** AIh
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