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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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Published Ev*ry Afternoon
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By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY.
At S Writ Alsbsm* fit.. AtleoU. (it.
“When Greek meet* Greek" at the
Piedmont next week there'll he a reg
ular Sigma Alpha Epsilon of a time.
Well, we couldn't hope to eacape
It alwaya. Mra. Maybrlek startn on
a lecture tour aoon.
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dettaila^Stllt Atlanta jbonia
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fata la tint direction NOW,
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All of ua heartily agree that It la
both aenalble and proper to do pur
holiday abopplng early—then we all
get Into the grand, frre-for-all scram-
Me Chrlatmaa Ere.
Congress Is opened now wllh prayer
slid a couple of messages.
Our young friend. Jim Nevln, Is
making the paragraph Column of the
Washington* Herald the moat read
able, pungent and brilliant of any ai>-
pearlng In a Washington paper sluce
the death of that gifted Journalist,
Harry Merrick. -
The public printer ought to be a
very thankful man.. Congress abol
ished simplified spelling and boosted
his salary In one fine day.
.A contemporary has an editorial
headed “For Cooking Reform." It
ought to have read “For Reforming
the Cook.”
What we want la a simplified meth
od of making our cash reach as far
as our heartstring* in the' Christmas
giving.
Really that Pennsylvania man car
ried the marital privileges a little too
far when be declared he bad a right
to kTIT hi* wife and promptly did so.
"How we advance.” exclaims an eiv
thuslaat. “Not many years ago doc
tors bled ue for every Imaginable
trouble,” Yes, but have we really ad
vanced? Isn’t the system of "bleed
ing" Just changed a bit?
Representative Lacey, of Iowa, says
It’s Idotic for congress to qutf for l he
Christmas holiday. Hy the way.
Repreaeutatlve Ijwey, of Iowa, won't
be among those present In the Hlxtt
eth congress.
What does Secretary Hitchcock
care about Ignoring a small thing like
the constitution? He retires pretty
aoon.
Vhlle some members are trying to
salaries of congressmen increased
in Wesley Galnea la seeking lo cut
A down. He proposes a law to de-
it a day's pay for every day a ntem-
aabents himself.
Poultney lilgelow'i comment about
"Doubting Thomases'' has not been
given out yet. but Poultney wouldn’t
•vertook a bet aa good as that.
It ought lo be hoped tbat when tbe
warships do obey Kalaull'a orders
and depart one of them will have bltn
safely Ironed In tbe hold.
Oovernor-elect Hughes is training
for the onslaught of office-seekers.
He Is trying Brooklyn bridge at the
rush hour.
Because her husband talks In his
Sleep, thus depriving her of the In
alienable right of having the last
word, a Wisconsin woman Is seeking
a divorce.
Rat Masteraon made the mistake of
his life when he swapped his gun
for the pen. As long as he confined
bis activities to gun-play llfb was all
serene—lo him. Rut be tried a foun
tain pen In Journalistic endeavor and
butted Into contempt of court and a
$.10 fine.
Hall Caine aaya only seven of
Shakespeare's plays are worth pre
serving. He would probably substi
tute 'Tbe Manxman.” “The Deem
ster,” and a few otfaera In tbe miss
ing niches.
The congressman wbo asserts that
tbe Job la tbe “eofteet ever” bases hla
views perhaps on t personal estima
tion of bit own worth.
BEING FAIR WITH THE RAILROADS.
So ont whi> Is familiar with recent newspaper history In Georgia will
suspect the editor of this paper of any unilbe partiality toward the rail
roads.
Over bis protest, and under circumstances of peculiar aggravation, a
railroad bought the controlling atock of a paper which he had been thd
chief Instrument In establishing, and created a revolution In his life which
Is not likely to leave behind It any peculiar sense of gratitude or partiality
toward the corporation.
But tha disposition to be fair transcanda, and wilt always transcend,
all persons) considerations, and ft publicist has no right to regard private
grlevancea In dealing wllh general alfalra.
It haa been impressed for some time upon the mind of The Georgian
that there are some thing* that ought to be said In behalf of the rail
road* at Ihla period, when the public and tha'presa are united, almost with
<>ne accord, In heaping criticism, complaint and abuse upon the various sys
tems of the country. •
We have dona our share In time past In protesting against the defects of
the present railway ayatem, and have helped to the full In creating the pub.
Hr sentiment which ha* finally quickened the railroads to a sense of duty.
But, with this sentiment already created and the railroads now fully astir,
the period seems to have arrived for some conservatism and co-operation
as a proper substitute for continued denunciation and abuse.
The present condition of the railroads Is plalifly and evidently due to a
tidal wave of prosperity which has swept the country, multiplying traffic,
freight and passengers to a degrso far beyond the present equipment
and facilities of the railroad system* of the country to care for. Under
these conditions, freights of today are hindered, passengers are delajyd,
trains are Isle, and tha whole system of commerce and the carrying of
malls and matter and inen seems to be In a tangle of Irregularity and
delay.
Under clrcuinstaneea that prevailed ten years ago, or even five years
ago, the railroads would have been able to bundle this matter with ease
and with romparaflve regularity.
it may bo urged that tha railroad* should hare foreseen this wave of
prosperity and sHonld hare provided tor It far In advance by the multipli
cation of englneaTcdiW and double track*, before the tide of proeperlty
reached It* flood. v J i
I-*t ua sea If this la a good argument. ,Dld you who read this artl-
el* fores** the tide of proeperlty that has come upon us? Did the banker
fores** It; did the merchant foresee ft, or the professional man?
Soarcely. ff any man of affairs could have foreseen or forecaated
the prosperity that has roma to the country, the nmltlpllcktton of values,
the demands for product* and the Increasing use of all forma of commodi
ties and of luxuries, he could have doubled his own fortune, and would
have doubled his own fortune, by a prdmpt and fearless Investment of alt
the mean* that he could command or acquire at a time when they were
Comparatively cheap, for the purpose of selling them In this great era of
prosperity which he foresaw. Any man who claims that he accurately fore
saw tha present conditions with sufficient certainty to act, 'and did not
act, Is either making a false claim to prophecy or Is reflecting upon his
own business Intelligence and commercial discretion In his failure to util
ise the opportunity'
It must be accepted aa a general fact that the present condition of
over-demand for everything has come as a surprise to the entire buelnese
world, and that the'railroads are no more to blame for not foreseeing It and
Investing far In udvancc of their Immediate necessities than other business
Institutions and corporations who are unable at Ids lima to meet the public
dehiamLupon tbelr equipment for products and the handling of them.
Let ue take another view of the situation, founded not upon theory,
but upon fact. If the rallfoads are (deniable in lids present state of affairs,
and In many Instances they undoubtedly are, It cannot be denied that the
people are themselves culpable and obstructive to prosperity and to the
proper expediting of transportation. Nearly every freight yard In the cities
of the country Is absolutely blocked and congested hy the multitude of
freight rare which are left there hy consignee* who really have not time, nr
refuse to take time, to unload the :t iods which they contain, and who nearly
alwaya utilise the last limit nf demurrage before emptying these cars. With
seventy-two hours a* a frequent demurrage limit for consignees to upload
freight shipped to them, there Is scarcely a car that Is taken out until the
limit I* about to expire.
Take Havannah, for Instance. The yards of the Central railway arc
blocked to tha limit with cars which are not unloaded by the busy mer
chants of that city until their seventy-two hours have eaplrad. So full are
these yards with freight th it the Central railway In It* utter Inability to
find a pjace to store another car hue been forced In self-defense to refuse
to receive any further freight* for Savannah until the yards ar* clear. Tha
list forms of many of the depot* In cities nearer home ate an packed with
cotton left there hy consignees watting for a rise In price that the railroads
have no place to discharge the additional cotton which they bring there, and
therefore refuse to accept It as freight. Of course %|l this means that the
merchants are busy and, that the merchants are prosperous and that their
hands are full und that tlielr own equipment I* Inadequate to perform the
work and to inset the obligation* which they <jwe to the railroads and to
their patrons.
Rut the mere fact of tha conditions which prevail In earh man’* awn
line of work and In the Individual business establishments nf tha country, at
least-give* us soutc comprehension of the difficulties with which the rail
road* have to grapple at the present timo.
of course this does not excuse the railroad* or Juatlfy them In apathy .r
In folding their hands and accepting u situation which entail* Ioaa and,In
convenience upon th# business world.
If they do this, the whole force of publicity should be brought with all
lie thunder and acclaims to arouse the railroads to action, either through
public opinion or through the Instrumentality of the law.
l-et us,see. then. If the railroads are doing anything—If they are rising
to the profound necessities nf the situation anil are bestirring themselves to
secure the equipment and to effect the changes which will meet th* great
demands nf modern transportation.
Let us take for an Illustration that system which has been most under
criticism and discussion In Ihe South. Th* Southern railway, to begin with,
has Increased the number of the districts Into which Its great system Is di
vided. It has on tills sente line of reform Increased the number of superin
tendents who have charge of these divisions, and has therefore multiplied
the personal supervision over each division along It* linos. Th* Southern
railway Is moving as fust us nten and-money can lie obtained. In the work
of doubling the tracks along Its line between Lynchburg, Va„ and Charlotte,
N. C., which seems lo be the territory of Its accidents Hnd delays. Between
these two cities there ure a number of converging lines which empty their
traffic, fiassengere und freight, upon file main line of the Southern and there
fore complicate Its schedules and multiply Its accident*. Four powerful
lines converge at Lynchburg. Five rallpoads empty Into th* Southern pt
Danville. Three at Greensboro, three at Salisbury,'and at Charlotte the
whole Southeastern systems come together In long arteries of rails.
Here. then, at least In this matter, the Southern haa gone to Ihe core
of Its difficulties ami Is mqklng titanic efforts to expedite th* doubling of It*
tracks, which will greatly relieve both the congestion and tha danger of th*
present hour.
In addition lo this the Southern railway and other railways have their
order* In at the car shops and the locomotive works for all the engines and
curs that can possibly he turned over to them.
And lie It remembered (hat th* corporation, too, Just as the Individual,
at present Is working In these lines under th* enormous difficulty ol secur
ing laborer* for the work and under the Impossibility of hurrying the
great car shoye and locomotive works which are In turn pressed beyond
their rapacity to meet Ihe demands of the public Hnd who ran only dole out
tbelr' products In sinnil quantities to all the clamorous lilies that are after
them. •
The same difficulties and the same tidal wave of demand which Is
Hooding the corporation Is flooding ill* small producer and the manufacturer
and merchant everywhere.
Anil so ll Is simply fair lo recognise Ihe community of difficulty be
tween tlie corporations and individual enterprises, and there should be at
least a bond of sympathy established by the mutual obstacles which ham-
per and handicap them both.
In fair and tranquil consideration of these facl* one ought to be able to
look at least with some patience and consideration upon the present prob
lems and difficulties of our'railroad systems. Of course iher* are other
things which the roads can do, and ought to do. They enn Increase Ih*
wages of those employees Who hold responsible positions to the end of ob
taining the best men who can eland between the people and Ihe peril of acci
dent and the loss of schedules. Th* railroads have, many of them, already
advanced ihe Wages of employees along certain llges, and we confidently
believe that llie sirees of public opinion Joined to their own good sens* will
lead them to an advance In the wtges or all their responsible employees, to
Ihe shortening of the hours of labor and lo the securing of the beat and
highest class of men as ihe public interest and the public safety demands.
A central point which we had in mind was this: That If. with a reason
able view of the difficulties which surround the railroads at the present
time, and with a reasonable recognition of the fact that they will them
selves be wide awoke and diligently asllr lo enlarge their facilities and to
Increase their equipment lo ihe measure of the public demands—then com
mon sense would seem to leach ua that ihe heads of thee* great corporations
are fully aa anxious now fur a sufficiency of equipment aa we are to have
them secure It. They are better prepared In Judgment and In knowledge to
do these things In their own way than to De hampered by too much foolish
legislation 'from budding and ambitious legislators, or by arbitrary rulings
on the part of men who do not know halt aa well how to remedy existing
evils as,those whose Interest Is largest In them.
We are not an advocate of any relaxing of an interest on the part of
railroad commissions or on.behalf of those who make legislation for,cor
poration regulation, but we do think that this vigilance and Interest can
be mixed with so piuclf of discretion aa not to Impose upon the struggling
railroad at this time any hasty or Ill-advised legislation until n-e have fully
discovered what the railroads themselves are now doing and Intend doing
to remedy the evils at which we aim.
You may rest assured that this will'be no happy and Joyous Christmas
to President Finley, of the Southern railway, or to any other of the great*
executive hearts of the systems who are struggling now under such .tremen
dous responsibility. President Finley Is by common consent an absolutely
honest man and an official, by hla record, aa sincerely consecrated to public
affairs aa to private Interests. He will probably spend this season which
so many of us will pass In lightness and frivolity In tbe serious day and night
consideration of the problems of triihaportatlon which are giving to him and
to ua ao much of concern.
Let us at least be fair In this time of great unrest. And let us extend
proper consideration to the great transportation systems In tbe difficulties
that they are combatting and whatever clear and vigorous measures they
are taking for the relief that the public needs;
In the highest possible consideration for the great body of the people
whom we represent, and whom we will always serve, we do not hesitate to
suggest fairness and Just consideration for the railroads at this time.
THOUGH7 HE HAD RIGHT
TO KILL HIS OWN WIFE
Butler, Pa., Dec 21.—“I have a right
to kill my wife. It's nobody's business
but my own." ^
So declared Max Kraftle, a Russian,
who killed hla wife last night with an
ax. He also Injured his young daugh
ter and a boarder.
Policemen saved the man from being
roughly handled by an angry crowd.
Several Russians, who knew Kraflle In
Russia, Informed the police that be Is
wanted for murder there, asserting
that he killed several wives, and that
there Is a standing reward for hla ar
rest and return to Russia.
TEACHERS IN40 COUNTIES
7 O MISS CHRISTMAS MONE \
For the school teacher* In forty
counties of Georgia It will not be a
very cheerful Christ maa.
The check from the state for sal
aries to which they looked ao eagerly
for the Chrliitmati money won't be
there until Kris Krlngle-has come and
gone.
And It all results from th® delay of
county school commissioners in not
getting their report# her® before Gov
ernor Terrell went away for the week.
There will be disappointment toracorea,
but It Is a situation that could not be
avoided.
Warrant# will be made out and'
mailed as soon as the governor gets
back to his office, but the money will
get to the teachers too late to buy
Christmas things.
SENATOR CLARK HAS TO GET PERMIT
TO ENTER OWN HOME IN GOTHAM
New York, l»e«\ 21— gVimtor W. A. Clark
fame tram Washington in rl#lt bl# oew
marble mansion In Fifth avenue nml note
the progieaa of the work. When lie reached
the entrance hi# way wn* Marred by n big
watchman, who naked:
Where la your permit 2”
WOUNDED HIM
II
“I am Hcmitor Clark," the owner replied.
"You can't work that dodge on 11
Them** a hundred Senator Clark* lie
S ere." responded the watchman. "You'll
uve to gut n penult.”
* ed ordera nml aent for
medal permit, where-
. — it - A - *'
house.
enter hla
SCOTTISH BITES
INSTALL OFFICEBS
A mysterious robbery and suspected
attack on J. K. Myers, 40 year# of age,
a well-known cltlxen of Lithonfa, wai
discovered about 3 o'clock Friday
morning when Myers was found In a
room at 87 Central avenue, moaning
and groaning with pain.
.Myers was taken to this place, which
la a lodging house, conducted by Mr#.
Z. F. (foodson, Thursday night about 9
o'clock by two unknown white men.
These two strangers left the house
some time during the night and since
then nothing ha# been seeft of them.
The trio of men drove up In front of
the house In a cab and the two stran
gers alighted end knocked on the door.
Mrs. Goodson responded and they
stated they wanted to epgage a room
for the night for a friend. Mrs. Good
let them have a room and a few
minutes later they came onto the porch
with Myers, who was limping. 'Before
entering the house, however, the two
Strangers told *Vfrs. Goodson to go into
her room, that they would look after
their companion.
That was the Just Mrs. Gooden saw
of the party until about 3 o'clock, when
she heard groans In tha room. On In
vestigation she found Myers, but his
companions had gone.
Myers was suffering with a broken
collar bone and also had bruises
Ills face. He Informed the landlady he
had been robbed of $25, but was una
ble to tell where or at what time or
who robbed him. He was also unable
to give any Information as to how he
received hla Injuries.
The Grady hospital was notified, but
Myers was not taken there, his In
juries being dressed In the house by
the ambulance surgeon.
The police were also informed of the
affair, but have so far failed to
ravel the myatery.
IJSCHABGE
POLICE FORCE Of
CITY OF NASHVILLE
Bpectal to Tlie Georgian.
Nashville, Tens* Dec. 21.—At the
next session of the city council of
Nashville Councilman E. M. Wrenne
will offer a resolution asking for tha
dismissal of the entire police force of
the city of over 100 men. The de
partment is pronounced "rotten to the
core, full of Incompetents and insu
bordination." The police have been
unable to stop gambling and Sunday
tipping, ft Ja charged, and the new
sheriff, C. D. Johns, with a few depu
ties. has attempted to show them up.
Fred L. Beers.
Fred 1- Beers, the well-known dep
uty clerk in tbe bankruptcy division of
the Federal court, will leave Friday
night for Jacksonville and 8t. Augus
tine. Mr. Beers will spend the holi
days visiting relatives and friends in
those cities. ,
Hlnnli ronnrlt, Krdoali, A. A. S. of h. .1..
Valter of A Hama. Orient of Georgia, waa
Instituted Thursday night In the MumoiiIi
temple. Heretofore monitor* of tlie order
bare had to go to Havannab, where the only
council ini* l»«en located.
The following officer# previously elected
were Installed:
Preceptor, XJr Edward Halmond Merest).
Ie«* (821, KOCH.
First ftutt-preceptor, Kir Joseph Ciioliuofi-
deley Greenfield (32». KCCII.
Hceoud sub-preceptor, Mir David Marx
<»>.
Chancellor, Mir Thomas Henry J«*ffri*><
(32».
^Turcopllcr, Mir Victor Hugo Kridgidiiihc
Draper, Sir Max Zlska CrUt <321.
Deacon, Mir 1 .yinan Joel Aunolen i3_*i.
Hearn- of Ih-uuMnint, Mir John lilltuorc
•32*.
Hearer of m-coud etnudard, Mir George
W min in Wilkins i32».
Bearer of third stundnrd. Mir Walter l».
Waite (32*. '■
l.imutMumr of guard, Mir Hurry IV. An
Kenflmd. Sir Jauien Marsh.til Fijler «.?.*.
Sir John Holier! Wilkinson (33i, lionorublu
special deputy, assisted b.v Hlr Henry CIs*
Htookdell i33i, hotioriiblc noting grand itmi
shut *
'I n
Box Taken From Car
at Reno,
Nev.
Jtmo. Nev.,
339,000 has been stolen from
espress car here.
WOMAN AS HOST
FOB 20 CHILDREN
TICKET NO, 952
Ml** Luulae Street, of 148 Windsor
street, won the lucky ticket which
mean* a dinner fo 20 poor children at
Durand's restaurant on Chrlatma* day.
She ha* not »ald whether or not she
will be the hoetea* at the dinner—but
the dinner Koe*. Ju*l the earn*. The
winning ticket waa So. 902.
The winning number waa published
In the noon edition of The Georgian.
An hour later Miss Street called Du
rand's e.nd announced that she «aa the
winner. Durand's will furnish a dinner
for 20 children.
GOSSIP
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
Sew York. Dec. 21.—“There ought
to be a form of Insurance against du
plication of gown*,” said an angry
woman, who la In town from Washing,
ton, “That’* the only way by which
fair play can be assured to the woman
who pay* a thousand dollars for an
lm<-orted gown of 'exclusive’ design '•
The embittered on* added that * V |.
denee wa* piling up to prove that the
'exclusive' pattern* were sold many
time*. One glaring instance was cited
Mr*. Hitchcock, wife of the secretary
of the Interior; Mr*) Kean, wife of the
senator from Now Jersey, and Mr,
Foraker, wife of the senator fr,„„
Ohio, met In the whit# house the other
day and great wa* their anwiemem as
they gaxed upon each other. In color
fabric and general design, even to th*
trimmings, their gowns were Identical
Yet th# trocka had been bought in St'
Louis. New York and Cincinnati re^
apectlvaly, and at stiff prices, becau,.
they were “pattern garments with no
duplicate*.”
Mr*. Nicholas Longworth recenilv
received a ehock on finding the twin
of one of her loveliest Part* gowh,
worn by Henora Ktano, formerly ui„
Alice Ward, of New York.
That John D. Rockefeller I* genii,
patient and a humorist, ha* been di«.‘
cover id by a writer who played g„i,
with him at Foreat HUB Mr. Rock.-
feller's summer home, at Cleveland Th*
Invitation to play golf was obtained by
a letter sent to Mr. Rockefeller, in
which the writer offered him a chance
to set himself right before the world
The writers discoveries are given in
an article on “The Human Side of John
D. Rockefeller.”
"When he I* with friends and mer
ry." says the writer, “you can't count
the lines In his face—gentle, genial
lines—and around the eye crow's feet
of delicious humor. Usually he wears
no glasses. But the eyes—they me
light blue, and Just around the corner
a Jolly roguish twinkle.”
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New Yoib, Dec. 21.—Here ar« ftorae of tin*
rlaltota In New York today:
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
DECEMBER 21.
1719—First Iftftue of Ronton Gasette.
1832—Mlr Kauiuel Montague, pbllautiiroHut.
born.
1304—General Sherman entered city of Sa
vannah. .
1871—PreaMent Grant Issued proclamation
nhollshlnc disci(mluatlng duties on
Spanish linoprtft. \
1900— Roger Walcott, governor of Mnssncbn-
setts, died. Horn July 13, 1347.
1902—Wireless, message sent across tlie At-
Princeton Glee Club.
The advance sale of seat# for the
oncert by the Princeton Glee «’lub,
of Princeton rntvernily, will begin at
the Grand box office Saturday morn
ing. The appearance of the club Wed
nesday night will be the firm In the
South In ten year#, and conHirierable
Interest I# being inanife#ted In the
anting of these talented musicians of
the famous university. *
TO ATLANTA PRISON
Mpecinl to The Georgian.
Wilmington, N. (*., Dec. 21.—-Aft. r a
thirteen-month*’ Imprisonment In Die
new Hanover county Jail. Arthur Ad
am# and Robert Hawyer, two negroes,
mutineer# and murderer#, will be taken
to the Atlanta federal prlion this after
noon. to begin a life sentence. At Ham
let they will be Joined by eight other
prisoners.
Adams and Hawyer recently had the
death sentence commuted by President
Roosevelt. At the next term of the dis
trict court a motion for a new trial will
probably be made by the negroes' at
torney#. the privilege having been
granted by the Fnlted Htates supreme
court a few*week# since.
The two men were convicted of com
plicity In th# killing of the white crew
of the schooner Berwlnd off the North
Caroling coast In October, 1905.
URGENT PROTEST
AGAINST CONDITION
OF NORTH PEACHTREE
From Charlea A. Conklin come* n atrong
rotest iignlmit tlie Intolerable condition of
each tree street beyond the old city limits,
ir. Conklin says a recent Ill-advised jtf-
pt to better t
fliig It infinitely worst*.
brought Into the __. r
think* he mu) other reahlenta are entitled to
•me eoiiNtderntloii.
He believes it incumbent on the ward
representative# in munell to bring the mut
ter vigorously to the nttcifclon of the city
legislative body. He say* that no street
In •Atlanta or any other city of slmllnr im
porta nee In In mi disreputable it condition.
‘n concluding his protest. Mr. Conklin
r# he believes the tax-payer* of that vl
illy would Im* .Instilled in restating the
fluent of taxon until they ore given rellel
••lief to.which they are entitled.
WOODY ESCAPES JAIL
BY CLIMBING PLANK
TAKEN FROM FLOOR
H|w
( hnrlentnn,
’ n murine . . _
it I* (he murder of l.tilian lit even, op
Ictobcr 39, male his ••kcii , mj from the
h a rlc j ton rail last cvenirnr l*y taking m).
Iiitugo »>f t'i* liberty of the building,
. Turing a plank from the euglue room nnu
scaling a m-pMit wall.
wna *hot over tlie left breast on
Ight of the i "
•i. taken to t
to Jnlt November 8.
It ta the custom to allow Invalid prison- to her for three year#. Ia that so'.”'
“ "* »»••- J"!!. tinlMltii!. The "It |g,“ Your Honor,” qult'klS' »»-
ltK’k, mui | .tvered the husband.
"Well, air," thundered the Judge,
“why didn't you apeak to her, may 1
*ek ?''
"Simply,” replied the hueband. 'be-
cause I didn't want-to Interrupt her.’
Where the Georgia Delegation Live
In Washington.
SENATORS.
Augustus O. Bacon, 1767 Oregon
avenue,.
A. 8. Clay, the Normandie. «
CONGRESSMEN.
W. C, Adamson, the Oxford.
C. L. Bartlett, th* Shoreham.
Thomas M. Bell, the Iroquois,
tv. G. Brantley, the Chapin.
T, W. Hardwick, the Shoreham.
W. M. Howard, the Bancroft.
Gordon Lee, th# Shoreham.
E. B. Lewis, the Metropolitan.
J. W. Overstreet, the Metropoli
tan.
L. F. Livingston, 1918 Blltmor*
street.
J, M. Griggs, th* Metropolitan.
Too Polite.
From The Pittsburg Press.
A hueband wo* being arraigned In
court In a suit brought by his wife for
cruelty.
“I understand, air,” said the Judge,
addressing the husband, "that one of
the Indlgnltlea you have ahowered uiuin
your wife Is that you have not spoken
the
the litm<
•m were not hM*!:e<l until «
eaettpo wn* made before th< ...
mril nf $T>0 Inih Imtii offerril l»y Sher
iff Martin for lita
lie In u marine, brunette, weighs 1a0
|H*tin«l#. height u feet s Inched, nml
i| uniform uniler n eivliktn coat.
The Uneven woman Wiih foiunl ileiul
shot in Che left aide.
Wooily, wouinh*il over tlie
/omul M-vcrnl bliN-kt from the
• rime mi the unine night.
Army Orders.
Washington, Der. 21.—Here are army
orders Just Issued:
Captain John A. Payne, retired, from
recruiting service, Portland, fo his
home. *
First Isieutenant Charles M. Wesson,
Eight Ii Cavalry, to Washington bar
racks, general hospital.
Major Benjamin M. Purnell, Eigh
teenth Infantry, to hi# regiment.
Major Kben Swift (general staff),
from Twelfth to Fourth Cuvulry.
Major Thomas B. Dugan, from Fourth
to Twelfth cavalry.
Major Robert H. Smith, paymaster,
now at Denver, to duty a* chief pay
master, department of the.Colorado.
Major James \\\ Dawes, paymaster,
>w at Atlanta, to duty a* chief pay
master, department of the gulf.
Navy Orders.
Assistant Payiinuyer 11. I. MeCrae,
from naval hospital, Puget Hound.
Lieutenant Commander P. Andrews,
to bureau of navigation, navy depart
ment
Lieutenant A. W. Marshall, to navy
ird. New York.
Lieutenant D. K. Theleen. to naval
proving grounds, Indian Head.
Movements of 8hips.
The following movements of ves
sels have been reported to the bureau
of navigation:
Arrivals: Triton, at Washington;
Kearsurge, at navy yard. New York:
Connecticut, at Hampton Roads;
Princeton, at Santa Barbara; Des
Moine*, at Guantanamo; Stringlturn.
Blakely, DeLong, Fockton and Wilkes,
at Port Royal, »s. (.*., December 18.
Arrived—December 18, Tennessee, at
League Island; Hopkins, at Charles
ton.
December 19—Preble, at Han Pedro.
Hailed—December 19, Preble, from
Hanta Barbara, for Han JW?dro; Wed (was served by the exception ci
Virginia, Colorado, Maryland atidl Very respectfully.
Pennsylvania, from Cavite for Hong- I C. T. PABKt*rt*
Kon *- I Atlanta, Ga*
A QUESTION OF MONEY.
To the Editor of The Georgian;
After thanking you for the proverbial
liberality of The Georgian, will y«u
please answer, why Is It, when an
amendment to or reform of our finan
cial ayatem becoVne# manifest, on ap
peal Is always made by our govern
ment to the "money changers" for ad
vice as to the proper remedy?
It seem# lo me that they whose busi
ness It I# to make money off the people
through money changing ihoufd be tM
last ones to look to for a system in th*
interest of the people. *
The first greenback speech I ever
heard was delivered by a money
changer, a banker, who said: "If the
people are so foolish a# to put saddle.*
on tbelr backs and spurs on my heeta.
I'm as fool felt as they ire If I dont
ride." ,
Bankers made the saddles and tn«?
people, through their congressional
mtsrepresentattves, put them on trie
people's backs.
About a mofith ago. when thing*
were looking very panicky In Man
street and the gamblers were getting
hot for an elastic money makeshift, a
correspondent of one of your tnuen-
evteemed evening contemporarf-s
asked: "Why not greenbacks?"
The contemporary anawered: ' u‘;
cause greenbacks were not nomej •
Simply promises to pay money.'
I wrote the contemporary, •»a>:ng
that the greenback never wa# a prom
ise to pay money; the first seventy
TH# Perfect Number,
million dollars being absolute nmnev
being made so by tbe law of legal ten
der just as ail other money la maa*-
and that subsequent Issues were law
ful money for atl purposes, "excepi
duties on Imports and Interest on [i.-
publlc debt," these exception# being
put there in the Interest of the mo»jJ>
changer and has cost the people mil
lions of dollars. .
And, for proof of the correctnev-j •»*
my statement, J referred to the r.v
that the supreme court haa twice ren
dered a decision that greenback# ar
lawful money; the last decision in r•
I think the supreme court the be J
authority on the subject, because »
say bo goes, newspapers to the con rau
notwithstanding.
The contemporary would not pubi^a
the facta ,
In conclusion, can you os anyone
what good in the Interest of the nu-