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T*""'’ - - appMH THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. MONDAY, DECEMBEB 17, .’fH» Tiunt C*!HJ. Ml:** r. i. imiv. r*wu»«r. Published Every Afternoon (Except K indd.rl • By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, At 3 Went Atetmma Ft., Atlanta, Oa. Subacrlption Rater. on* Tear '••IE SW Month* MO Three Month.*.... I.lf By Carrier. l'er Week W Telcponnea connecting all departmenta. I.one dlatnnre tertnlual*. Finltlt & TIutnipBon, advertising rep- rearntntlvee tor all territory op tilde of Georgia. Cbleflre Office... Trlbnne Bide. New kork Office Totter Bide. pendent absolutely on my constituency for bread for myself and the loved ones. The people have been very good to me, and I- have been falthrul to them. But age will begin to bow me down In a few years at the most. Then won't they turn me out as the worn down hack horse and place a younger steed In my place? - "In the nature of things I have naught else to expect, and I presume It Is right But my case Is pitiable after all. I am tied to the wheel with out power to release myself until it crushes me." What food for. profound reflection fn this simple story! But how few will heed It. Department end hare It m miip Attests 1m' It i« ejpslrahtc tint all cominufilr*- (Inn* Intend*! for inibllrntlon in THU OEOIMMN be limit*) to 4ft) word» In !*ic»b It Is Imperative that Uhmt he •Iffnml. at an evidence of food fnltb. thonjtti the name* will tar withheld If reouoted. Rejected nymuncrlpta will not lie return*! nnleta •tamps are tear for the purpoae. tinrfeiti •r objectlonaide ndvVrtlathf. Neither does It print ivbUkjr or-nuy liquor mw. own f*a . .ants, ns “ “ own* lt» i|rtterworka. .... . tble end g-t ffl* «• low <•• 80 cent*, with a profit to the rlfjr. This abouRI i»e ddne rtt once. ' .... be/ are. lliere Is no fowl reason Why thee esnnot he so operated here. But we do not believe fhla con he done now. and It may he aotne years before We are rende for so Ida au tin- dertnklhg. Still Atlanta Should set Its fare In tbit direction NOW. The Joy of Giving. To every well lomiioied men or wo man * warmer glow comes In giving than In receiving In this season when heart snd purse strings arc loosed. But the hardest thing to do Is the wisest—to temper our giving with rea son snd moderation. Those who speed the gift with only tho thought of intrinsic value, and thoae who aeek only the price tag on the gift, miss the whole spirit of the thing. Giving which is burdensome end the straining of resources is not wise or sensible. It lends to the sweetest and holiest anniversary a tinge of commercialism that robs It of Its beau ty and its deeper significance. for the little ones, for the poor and heart sore, for the maimed and crip pled, for the hosts whoso 1,1 vea are Sor rowful or barren we should come with gifts. To these It lightens tbe bur dens, sweeten* and asnctlfles tho sor rows and brings sparkling sunshine to illumine the dark way. Put back of your giving heart throbs and It will fill you to tho brim with happiness. Yon will see the Inward meaning of the day on which wna giv en to the World Its greatest gift—the liowly N'atarcne. Perhaps thou Brownsville negro troopers are still kicking just to show that they are qualified for post- tlons upon some university football team. After Senator Beveridge abolishes child labor, he can earn the lasting gratitude of many by abolishing labor for aomo of tia who are no longer clill dren. Alfred Austin.In a recent poem ox presses a wish to “perish with the gword." Wo have always suspected that Alfred's sword would he mightier than hla pen. I> the Game Worth the Candle? Not long ngo an ex-congreasman vis ited Washington on private buslnesa. He looked on the game there from s new viewpoint. Now, he was simply a (pertator, one at those for whom legislation was being enacted or not as the ease might me. He came away thoroughly coutent with hla decision to retire. Whatever of regret he might have felt at first was entirely absent after n week’s look-in as a private ritlsen and not as a cog In the legislative machinery. While there a congressman who had been in harness half a century and had- grown hoary In the public service told of the pathos of such a man: “You quit before It was too late to pick up the threads of your prates- slon and gain a competence again. You were wiser than most of us. Would that I’d have had some wisdom of that hind. I have been re-elected for 'another term. If I Uve to the end of that, and I am still vigorous mentally and physically, I will be 76 years old "I have grown very weary of It all here, and long for rest. Hut I cannot afford It. I have saved nothing from ay salary and my position tn the par- ty has precluded outside work to aug ment my pay as a congressman. I am too old now to atlempt to build up a business outside 1 hare many loved onsa dependent on me, and [ must pro vide for them. "From the viewpoint of the world, perhaps I am a successful man. I hare been returned to the hall* of congress by my district eleven times; [ have been honored by party with Impor tant places of trust; my name la at tached to many measures of nations) Importance; my name is frequently heard In the party councils. “Hut to my own miud i ixve come WHERE NEW YORK LEADERS ARE DEVELOPED, (Editorial Correspondence by John Temple Grares.) The keenest politicians In this great political' commonwealth are these shifty "up state" fellows who for three decades have furnished the leaders and the constructive braid* to both factions In state and na tional affairs. We In the South are accustomed to look on Tammany Hall, with Its vast machine, as the center, the director and the Inspiration of elective victories In New York, and upon its bosses and sachems, as tbe men who furnish the brains and win the battles of etrsry contest In the state. This Is a mistake. Tammany Is an office holding organisation, held to gether by the cohesive power of spoils, and yielding that perfect discipline which comes from the constant expectation of personal reward. Its obe- ' dlence snd Its solidarity may be counted upon to win a municipal victory In the metropolis whenever there Is hot a spasm of civic virtue or a wave * of municipal reform. But Tammany has not developed the great leaders j)f New York poli tics. It has had few really great politicians In Its ranks—In-fact only one. In these two generations thero has been only ons great and tnastei)ul nmn who has ruled In absolute sway over the great society founded bjr Aaron Burr. John Kelly had some great points and he was brave Bnd honest as any man who haa figured In Ita history. But he was never absolute. The only man who ever held Tammany—wigwam and tribe—in the hollow of his hand, was Richard Croker! He ruled like an emperor. Ho led like a conqueror. He was believed In as one Inspired, and he waa obeyed ns slaves obey a master uuder the lash. , Thla was tho man that defeated Hearst for governor. Ten yeara after his abdication, hla voice in a single Sentence sent across the seas, had more comiielllng force than Murphy's official command a dozen times repeated—and Tammany Hall obeying Its old leadar rather than Ita new-and discredited chief, laid Its knife to the vitals of tbe best Democrat and the truest reformer that ever had a right to expect Ita votes. That Richard Crolier by himself and In a tingle telegram defeated William Rnndolph Hearat Is now an accepted fact by all the astute poli ticians In tho state. Roosevelt and Root had little to do with It. The nhrowdest Republicans up state think tjiat tho people really resented the president's Interference In state .affairs, and Root’s speech drove votes to Hearat that would havo gone for Hughes. They call to witness the fact that Hearst's rote outside In tho state was far In advance of other candidates on his tlckot, and that he polled more than hla party's sup port above tho Harlem. Then turning to the city where Tammany gave Chanler 140,000 majority and Hearst only 80,000, we see that Tammany cut the Democrat ic candidate by (10,000 vofes, and (hereby cut him out of the substantial victory that, with Chanler's vote, would have been hla. But I am diverging. It la so easy to diverge. I waa talking about the leaders and tho famous politicians of the state, and I was saying that Tammany hnd not produced them. Count out Croker, and Tammany haa been nlmost barren of such products, while the "up state” has sent down to both parties In Albany and New York a notable line of leaders and astute political managers. From Hlmira came David Ik Hill, than whom tho Democracy of the Empire State has known no more accom- * pushed politician. From Tioga came Thomas E. Plait, who for nearly two decades held the Republican party at his will. From Buffalo came blue-eyed Billy Shedhan, disciple of Hill and afterward the fierce und capable adversary of hie maeter. From Utica came Odell, whom It took the most redoubtable of presidents to unhorse. From Buffalo came the nisaells and from Buffalo now hall Norman E. Mick and M. F. Connors, who, outside of the city, are the rulera of the state Democracy. There is too much of the machine and too llttlp of the Individual In city politics to develop leaders and statesmen, and If an observer or n student wishes to know tho facts and the philosophy of New York, he must cross tho Harlem and go up state to find It. I bad a dinner given me last night by a Joint and charming com pany of eminent Republicans and eminent Democrats. There waa a Re publican supreme court Judge and a Democratic leader of state wide -re pute. The conversation waa general and free, and of course I have no notion of giving names or-of repeating personal confidences. I am not built of the Stuff of a Bellamy Storer. But I may say without reserve that I waa amaxed at tbe reaction agslnst Roosevelt which was made manifest In the Republican party of New York. The president’s popularity haa gone and It haa dwindled to pitiful proportloni in his own state. There can be no mistake about this. Wherever else Mr. Iloosovelt may retain hla hold, he has undoubtedly fallen In the graces of his own slate. Several causes have combined to bring this about. The president la very much of an autocrat. He Is also very much of a politician. He haa never lifted his hand from the lid of New York state politics. And thla seem* to have been e great mistake. There era scores of leading politicians of hla party who have personal grievances against him. There are setfree of other* who have heard stories of his political finesse which reflect seriously upon hla candor and sincerity. There are scores of other Republicans who seriously distrust hi* Democratic tendencies, who declare that he has stolen Bryan's liv ery gnd la wearing It without sincerity, and there be they who distrust snd fear hla economy creeds, and are eager tor a more stalwart and standard Republican. Thla Is not a Democratic vlaw alone, but la freely expresod by soma of the most stalwsrt Republicans In the state. . Out of It comes the view that even If Roosevelt should be "over- persuaded” to run ngslfl for president In 1908 he would be likely to lose New York to any popular Democrat opposed to hlffi. It Is confidently be lieved that the combination of Bryan, with Hearst supporting him, could win against Ro»sev*)t and Boot or any other member of his cabinet. The Bellamy Storer Incident has hurt the president. *He has not conducted It with dignity. He has called Storer a liar, Juat as he called Senator Chandler a liar in the rate debate, and both Mr. and Mr*. Storer are united with Archbishop Ireland In testifying that the president told Bellamy Storer to do what he by blmaelf positively declares he did not tell Bellamy Storer to do. Storer'a violation of confidence, base as It It, does not relieve the president of Inconsistency. And so the outlook Is brightening for Brysn and the Democratic host. New York likes Bryan personally. It haa seen him accorded In lte great garden hall the greatest ovation 'ever given a citizen, and It believes him now sincere and honest snd Is willing to trust him with the relos. The whole host of Republican oratora can't scare the people about Bryan any more. „ It looks to me now as If we might really sain In 1901. 1 am racing homeward with thla tetter, and I am not golog away any more. Salamanca, N. Y„ Dec. 14. GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES OF VALUE TO SPECULATORS. It Is an old and trite saying that "there are two sides to all ques tions.” It could also be said that If all questions were left to tbe two sides directly Interested they could be easily settled In a satisfactory manner In quick order. More especially does this apply to commercial matters—that Is, buyers and sellers. At present the question as to whether or not the estimates of the gov ernment as to the number of bales of cotton produced by the farmers of the South for the year ending August 31, is of benefit to the producer. 80me claim they are of benefit, while others claim they are not.,, The claim that they are of benefit Is as yet to be proven, and that there are good and auffident reasons that they are Injurious to the pro ducer la a fact well known. There are two clasaca of our people directly Interested In the price of cotton—the producer and the spinner. The demand must emanate from the spinner. The producer should furnish the supply. Prices should bn fixed by these two forces—supply and demand, the law that governs all commodltlea. There Is another element to recken with in .the fixing of prices of the 8outh's staple product—the speculator. He apparently holds "the balance of power;" a shrewd manipulator of figures and In the end the power that the producer is forced to look to for the price at which to sell his cotton. He Is the middle man—"go between" the spinner and producer, and the ease with which he can befuddle the brain of the Southern farmer Is known to some of the more prosperous of this class of our best citizens. Some instances are known where he has got the best of the spinner He dealt In figures mostly; bases his advice as to when to buy or sell cotton on figures. Occasionally to cinch his argument he will furnish a few pictures to prove his figures do not lie. Government figures are the speculator'! hobby. They -carry weight, because they are issued by a disinterested (?) government department. They are of sufficient frequency to keep him busy, the entire time front the “Intention" of the farmer aa to how many acres he Intends to devote to cotton to the final out-turn of the crop These reports come In rapid suc cession-weekly. semi-monthly, monthly and annually. It urged It is pos sible the government would leaue a semi-weekly report. 1 The fact that the government estimate la Invariably enormously un derestimated la known to the entire cotton trade, and It Is this feature 'that makes them worse than useless as a factor for better prices. In commenting on the estimate of the government on lest Tuesday Tbe New York Commercial says: "In tbs past government estimates have been very incorrect, but In spite of this they do' not seem tt» lose their speculative value. A bitter protest fronl both the North and the South against thla sort of manipulation has gone up for years, and while It has never had any effect so far, some bets were made yesterday that the report would be the last of ita kind ever issued." The following figures show the government guesses and the crops In past years. Crop 1997-1898 . Crop 1898-1899 Crop 1899-1900 . Crop 1900-1901 . Crop 1901-1902 Crop 1902-1903 TAX OFFICIALS MAY LOSE PLACES IF NO! CAREFUL t'uli-M a large nnmlicr of the newly elected tax collector* Sod tax receivers gel liuij at once, there prutul*** to k* an ni- tnnlebtng number at vacancies In such of fice! shout January V t'nder (he law, auch official* are re qulred to bare on file with (he comptroller general, hr January I, their state houdo. Though the election wn* held In October only about twenty' tax collector* and re cclver* bare filed their bond*. The law la mandatory about filing bond* by January I. t'hleaa. the official* have these lumas lu the comptroller general’* office by January 1. 1*17. they ataud lia ble to have tbelr office! vacated. . Thoae who do apt comply have no au- . .. -■ w... . * -- r io ae ■ _ liable i luladetiioanor. Idea why the of. ‘In nttriidlhu , Ite urge* them to eon* forward with the bond* at once In order to oar* trouble. December Actual Est. of Dept. Outturn. . 9,100,000 11,181,000 10,000,000 11,235,000 .. 8,900,000 9,440,000 . 100,100,000 10,425,000 .. 9,674,000 10,701,000 .. 10,417,000 10,758,000 10,124,000 13,567,000 . 10,167,000 11,320,000 .. 12,546,000 7 re pinning their faith. The Crop 1909-1907 On these figures the speoulatlve be only question, they claim. Is how many bales must be added to arrive- at the actual outturn this season. The figures show that by adding 1,011,000 bales to the estimate the 1904-03 bumper yield will be equalled, and by adding the difference between the estimate and actual outturn, the crop will be 13,936,000 bales. So figure the bears In supplying figures for the Interrogation point tinder the actual outturn heading. These figures are apparently bearish—have been used with bearish effect, but there Is a jraastblllty the estimate this season will be nearer correct than any here tofore Issued due to the fact that different methods were employed lu arriving at the figures published. If this be true, the prices for cotton are "dragging bottom," aa the enormous consumptive demand will absorb tbe entire crop at prices better than now current. The '' Child 'a Playground.' ’ It I* iieculiarly appropriate in con nection with the present agitation for better school facilities and an enlarg ed equipment of our educational sys tem. that Prof. Henry 8. v Curtla, of New York, should lecture tonight In the Y. M. C. A. hall on "The Play ground In the Life of Children." Professor Curtis Is an expert student elong all form* of child and educa tional life. He considers tbe question from the hroMcst end most compre hensive view, and we cannot Imagine that any subject at thl* time could be more Interesting, either to those who have children of their own or those who have In charxe other people's to »hc tear and yellow days a failure ch[Idren ln educational Institution*. I- tua hlggect ami beat cense of the We sincerely true; that Profeasor A'hr.i rm I do now? I aa ds- Curtis' entertainment may be liber ally patronlaed. and that both Intel lectual profit and tome wholesomely enlarged Ideas may be received by thoee people public and' private who attend the meeting. Statisticians say that the average tl bill last* sixteen months. None of our 81 bills, then, are of the average kind. Do Your Shopping Early. With Christmas about a week off, It may not be out of place to suggest to those who Intend making purchases to shop early. There are several excellent reasons why you should take advantage of the earliest opportunity to select presents. Chlefest of these Is tbe fact that by so doing you take a burden from tbe shoulders of the young women clerks. Don't wait until tbe last minute to attend to your shopping. If you do, you make one of a crowd which will compel these clerk* to stand all day while endeavoring to make sales of the goods which you want to buy. Be considerate. Thl* Is the time of year when you ought to be doing Something to.make others happy. You can make a whole lot ot people happy by shopping now. If you Intend to make your'pur- chases Immediately, you avoid the crowd* and have a-better chance to make your selections deliberately and with some degree of satisfaction, not only to yourself but tp the persons who welt upon you. Bo, do your shopping early. Twenty persons In this country fell from balloons during this year. Con sidering the fact that this bee been a political year, theae casualties are very few. German* complain that William 11 has too many Americanisms. Per haps that man Is really better than some of us have, been thinking. Wall street's regret at ShaW's going out la the only tblng that reconciles the country to the thought of Cortel- you as secretary of the treasury. Senator Cullom favors tariff^ revis ion. That wily statesman Is willing to revise anything except Illinois' rep resentation In the senate. OF COURSE WE WILL. To the Editor ot The Georgian:. In the month of May The Atlanta Georgian was kind enough to publish an editorial entitled, "An Appeal From Clouded Mind*.” which wa« an appeal for contribution* to the Georgia State Hanltnrlum Library, which I am happy to *ay brought ue many contributions of valuable books, magazine.*, papers, etc. It apeak* well for The Atlanta Georgian that the editorial-appeal was copied In many papers of the state, and Influenced distant papers to place the library on It* "complimentary" list, such a* The Brooklyn Dally Eagle, The Electrical Age, The Electrlcnl World. The Technical World Magaslne. The Forum, etc., which come to the library as donation*. In addition to the eloquent editorial ot the Hon. John Temple Grave*, you placed The Georgian on our "compli mentary” llet. The wrapper doe* not any for how long n time, as the wrap per of the above papers and magazines do for the year 1907. We therefore respectfully request that the time be extended, or the "renewal" be made for the year !9«7, nnd have the address changed (rum "N. Maddox" to "Libra ry Georgia stale Sanitarium,” for It has ronietlmet been placed In mall for my fantlly In town, wherea*. I am nut two mile* from Mllledgevllle. Very truly your*, N. MAtlDOX. Librarian. Mllledgevllle, na. NOT YET CERTAIN The fate (if tho proponwl whisk) reffuht tlotii will be lu the bunds'of council Man- dny Afternoon. Tho reiwrt of tho upeclnl pol^e commit tee, recohimendluf these regulation*, will lie Adopted, but not by a uunntmoue vote. There It decided opposition to tho jtlan. Some tbore Aro who fAvor the nrltflunt re port. which fixed o license at $2.OX) Instead of $1.(09. nml provided that no saloon could be established until tbe population hud been Increased to 150.000 Instead of 120,OOi). It Is possible that tbe report will be changed be council liefore It (s adopted. Anyway, there Is sure to be lively discus- slo— If council ndnpts the report Its fate will -en thru lie nut finally nnd po»ltiv«>ly set tled. For thero Is the mayor. Mayor Woodward has uot wild he would veto the ordinance, nnd neither haa he anld he Tore It. I known that Mayor Woodward's views are not cntJreLr In accord with some of tlio provision* In th# ordinance .drawn up by the special police committee. NEW RAILROAD IS GRANDTED A CHARTER Secretary of State Cook granted a char ter Saturday morning to the Ahbevlllo and North western Railroad Company. The road la to be 60 miles In length, beginning nt Abbeville, hnd ending at Fort Valley, traversing Pulaski, Dooly and Hous ton counties. The capital stock la to be $100,000, and the rlnclnnl offices In AbbarlUe. Ineorpnr .ora are L. Bankston, & B. Mhnn Hal Lawson and otheri. I GOSSIP! OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Th* Evening Georgian ha* sounded a popular chord In Its fight for better school houses. It Is to be congratulated for its gsl iant entry Into this fight and every Encouragement ehould be given the pa per to continue the battle until every child le provided with a Mat In our schoole—and further, a seat In a house fit for such purposes. The Journal of Labor has long been In this fight and win continue to be until the end Is achieved. A few months ago this paper con tained an editorial upon the subject and attracted the attention of a mem ber of council who In open meeting read It, and followed with a resolution calling for the appointment of a com mittee to perform this duty. The com mittee waited on the editor and the fauta were gone over—and—that was the last. There le not enough school room. The schools we have with the ex ceptlon of a few building* are not what they ehould be and council should now and at once proceed to erect suitable school buildings. The wage earner of Atlanta In th* end pay* all the taxes and God knows he should have the opportunity of sending his child to a decent school building. The Lee Street school Is a veritable old ahack of a barracks and an eyesore to West End. Walker street achool looks a* though were the habitation of bate and owl*. The Marietta Street school house Is desth trap. Let the new council get down to business and give the people more hool houses and better ones.—Jour nal of Labor. LA W AND ORDER LEAGUE IS INDORSED BY LABOR By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. New York, Dec. 17.—The society woman and the pet dog have been a long familiar pair In the park, but I hear now that a new fad Is slowly com. ing Into vogue, whereby the dog hae the brougham and 'the park all to him. self. Several prominent women send their doggies out driving unaccompanied; the girls who don’t own carriages even ordering hansoms at certain hours dal ly that their dogs may "enjoy" an airing. One observer says that In the park on Sunday he saw no less than ten hansom* unoccupied save by a bulldog, Boston terrier, Pomeranian, Blenheim of Yorkshire in all hla alver-coated glory. Mr, and Mrs. William K, Vanderbilt, Jr„ have sailed on the Kron Prinz Wilhelm, ln Southampton they will be met by the duchess of Marlborough and from there they go to the Mediter ranean, where they will board the yacht Valiant for a three months' cruise In the Mediterranean. Attorney General Moody has taken an npartment for two years at the Connecticut, In Washington, and la having the drawing room and the din ing room changed to meet the require ments of entertaining. Mil* Moody, his sister, Is still his guest. The United States geographical sur- vey commission, which has been work, ing nt Cape Elisabeth, believes that a gas plsnt situated on the recently dis covered Cape Elisabeth neat bog could pipe Its gna to Portland, forming the purpose of converting the power into electricity and transmit that. Colonel Charles Anderson, of Ander son. 8. C.. who has the biggest mus tache in his state, called on the presi dent n few day* ago. They had met once before, when tha president was visiting Charleston, and Colonel An derson was a member of th* reception committee. Do you grow such whiskers In South Carolina phosphate?" asked Mr. Roose velt on that occasion. When they met at the white house last week Colonel Anderson Inquired: "Do you remem ber me, Mr. President?" The president said: "I certainly know that mustache." and then he recalled the circumstances of the first meeting. J. D. Rockefeller. Jr., advised the un married members of the Bible class at the Fifth Avenue Raptlst church to be extremely careful when picking out wives for themselves. The young mil lionaire, In his Impressive tones, de clared that marriage Is a decidedly se rious thing, nnd that men must give It serious consideration. In the audi ence were a dozen or so gray-halred bachelors, and they were considerably cheered by their leader's utterances. "A man's wife has much to do with his success In life," said Mr. Rocke feller. "Many men have ruined their prospects In life by taking the wrong sort of a wife. Some men have picked out wives only for their money. They have realised later on that It was a huge mistake. I want to say to you, and I wish to make It as strong as 1 can. that a man must be sure to se lect for his life partner a woman whose temperament la like his own. "If he dose not, hie wife will be most apt In Jim*, to take him from his nat ural business tendencies. Bhe may think he would do better In some other sphere, and unwittingly Influence him to take a step that will mean hi* busi ness ruin. I want you unmarried men to consider this seriously. .Don't marry a woman who Is not in full sympathy with your Ideals. She will he a con stant handicap to you. It Is. easy for a woman to make or mar the success of her husband. Don't marry a woman simply be cause she Is pretty. Common sense Is what count*. If you get the right kind of a wife, you will be greatly helped. If you don't, you would be-better oft without one.” THIS DATE IN HISTORY DECEMBER 17. lHT—John ttreenleaf Whittier. America* -Benjamin W. Crownlnahleld, of Mi»« ■■luiaeita, became secretary of lb* 1M—Captain Itlchard Walnwrlsht. U. B. X.. Iwrtt. . . _ IMS—The I'tilon troops occupied Baton I toil g*. I*n. 1975—Jay Gould reetnned U.nW.OD.l worth •■( property to Erie Itallrond Company for sake of peace. 1874—Emigrant *ht|> Coapatrlck burned nt *ee; 486 litre* lost. 1876—Gold sold at par In Now lork, for drat time since January. 1961 1896— President Cleveland aeut to ronure** HI* inenmrnM# melange on Veneiiielji. 199*—llaron Ferdinand do llothsehtld died. Horn tut. We notice from th* dally press thatigenre mark them a valuable asset to a law and order league hae been formed Atlanta. . . , ' iw —1,1, ..... I The** men love their families and in A.lama with many prominent j Atlanta, and would not yteld a Jot in Spain has some nice, new warships. II she wishes to keep them nice and new, she should carefully refrain from war. The ehlp tubaldy bill la again be fore congreea. There seems no way to ship a bill that calls for a subsidy. The Pullman company's surplus of 828,000,000 seems to Indicate that the porters have to turn In their Ups. ’ Count Ronl owes only 14,000,000. Considering the opportunity that he had. It doesn't seem that Boni la such a great financier after all. Although 69 banks were chartered in Georgia during 1906, getting enough money for Christmas shopping seems to be Just as hard a* ever. It’s Joe Bailey, not BUI Bailey, whom those Texan* are tinging to to come home. Money may be easy, but the trouble ft that the man who baa It Isn't Souvenir Calendars. The souvenir calendars of Atlanta, which have been on tale in the leading stores for the past week, are having a rapid sale and promise to become .me of the must popular gifts uf the holiday sees enrolled aa member*. We presume these gentlemen having In view at all times the Interests of At lanta deemed the step necessary: that such an organization Is needed. We know them to be gentlemen of In fluence In this community; ue know that they love Atlanta as they do their lives, and their affection for her Inter ests Is as keen as their love of family ties. They are gentlemen who are among trf* foremost In pushing the city's In terests and nn all occasions among the leaders in performing deeds redounding to her worth and prosperity. The Journal of Labor Is In thorough accord with all movements that make for peace and harmony, and for this particular organisation and the person- net that make up Ita membership’ we have the highest regard and respect. We could not be otherwise and be true to the unions we repreeent and the principles the organisations stand for. The organized workman who Is not loyal to the Interests of Atlanta and the preservation of Its Institution*, and Is not in accord with the law and order element of the community. Is nut true to the principles of the organisation of which he ts a member. This much can truthfully be said of organised labor of Atlanta, that In its rank* are men whose claims for good citizenship are not surpassed by any: men whoee characters ate unimpeach able and whose children are an orna ment and-add n pride to the city; men whose character and skill and Intclll- j their love and fealty tor our beloved city and her peace, happiness and good name to nny class of men within her borders. Within the .ranks of organised labor ran be found men of all shades of polit ical and religious opinions, but in one thing they all agree, and that I* the rights of all mankind without regard to race, creed or color. These men are of the Industrial class —men who know nothing but labor and believe absolutely in labor’s rights— ever striving to better Its condition and Improving the material and Intellectual life of the worker. • The labor organisations are construe- live In their character—not destructive. They aim to build up materially and In character—as such we can well afford to put the stamp of'approval on any movement looking to the well being of our citizenship. The organisation numbers among Ita membership men who are Masons, Odd Fellows, Knight* of Pythias, and In fact officers and members of all fraternal orders, a* well as odicers and' member* of the various churches. These men aro striving by precept and example to place the artlsah class or Atlanta In the very from rank as cltlxens of worm and merit. These men have not wealth—as meas ured In dollar* and cents—but they havo honor and character which they will stake for Atlanta’s good name and their peace and happiness and that «f our humblest citizen. We are sure that organized labor will commrnd the efforts of the league to preserve forever the peaceful tran quillity of our bsloved city,—Journal of Labor. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. New York. Dec. n.-llere are aome of tiro vlultart In New York: ATLANTA—J. SI. Chapman. Dr. E. <». Jones, II. \V. Pratt, K. Hoblutou, K. *. a peer, IV. Wnltliour, Mr* Donald. Where the Georgia Delegation Live * in Washington. ’ 8ENATORS. Augustus O. Bacon, 1757 Oregon avenue. A. 8. Clay, the Normandie. CONGRESSMEN. W. C. Adamson, the Oxford. C. L. Bartlett, the Sltoreham. Thomas M. Bell, the Iroquois. W. G. Brantley, th* Chapin. T. W. Hardwick, th# Bhoreham. W. M. Howard, the Bancroft. Gordon Lee, the Bhoreham. S. B. Lewie, the Metropolitan. J. W. Overstreet, the Metropoli tan. L. r. Livingston, 1916 Blltmor* street. J. M. Griggs, the Metropolitan. FIRST CARGO OF COAL ARRIVES AT BRUNSWICK. Mperlal to The Georgian. Brunswick, Ga.. Dec. 17.—A tor** cargo of coal arrived Saturday on the steamer Orleans at the Atlanta, Birm ingham and Atlantic ptere. Thl* l« the first cargo received by the railroad companies and the Bee Line of steam ship*. The Orleans wilt load pilings for New Tork after discharging her cant’ of coal. , A tramp steamer with kalnlt and salt will arrive this week at the A., B. * *• piers.