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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. THURSDAY,.DECEMBER U, l»tf. CUM hum QKMVtS. Uibr f. 1. SltLY. Fubl^tktr. Published Every Afternoon < Except Sundaj) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At a West Alabama St., Atlanta, Go. Subscription Rates. one Year Sit Months • ;•£} Three Month* *•-•» Hr Carrier. Per Work » for ell territory out! Georgia. Chicago Office Trlbnnt Bl«]g* New York Office............Patter Bid*. It In deaf rattle that all ccnimunlrii- tlon* Intended for publication lu TUB GEORGIAN I»e limited to iOJ word* In length. It la Imperative that they be signed, as nu evIdetuM of good faith, though the tiAtnes win be withheld If requested. Rejected manuscripts will not l»e returned unless stamps are sent for the purpose. 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 Nl-trdas {.••iigeorfjj GET A KODAK FOR CHRISTMAS girl wants one. They nre nlm*v*t im breakable and so slut pie that it mere eliild « sn handle one micro** fully. We give you complete Instructions bow to handle one. 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