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lie* dooeatonce. Tbe' Oeorg Ian" be
llevea that If atreat railway, ran be
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direction NOW.
“When Greek meets Greek" at tbe
Piedmont next week there'll be a reg
ular Sigma Alpha Epsilon of a time.
Well, we couldn't hope to eacape
It alwaya. Mra. Maybrlck starts on
a lecture tour ebon.
All of ua heartily agree that It la
both aensible and proper to do our
holiday (hopping early—then we all
get into the grand, free-for-all scram
ble Christmas Eve.
Congfeaa la opened now with prayer
and a couple of meaaagea.
Our younft friend. Jim Kevin,
making (he paragraph column of the
Washington Herald Ithe moat read
able, pungent and brilliant of any ap
pearing In a Washington paper since
the death of that gifted Journalist
Harry Merrick.
The public printer ought to be
very thankful man. Congrea. abol
lahed almpltfled spelling and boosted
hla salary In one fine day.
A contemporary, has an editorial
.headed 'Tor Cooking Reform."
ought to have read "For Reforming
the Cook."
What we want la a simplified nielli
'od of making our cash *reach aa far
as our heartstrings In tbe Christmas
giving.
Really that Pennsylvania man car
ried the marital privileges a little too
far when he declared he had a right
to kill hla with and promptly did so.
“How we advanoe,” exclaims an eu
tbualast. "Not many years ago doc
tors bled ua for every Imaginable
trouble." Yea, but have we really ad
vanced? Isn’t the system of "bleed
Ing” lust changed a lilt?
Representative Lacey, of Iowa, aaya
It's Idotlc tor congress to quit for the
Christmas holiday. Ry the way
Representative 1-acey, of Iowa, won't
be among those present In 'the Hlxtl
eth congress.
iVbat does Secretary Hitchcock
•e about Iguorlug a small thing like
i constitution? lie retires pretty
While some members are trying to
>t salaries of congressmen Increased
thn Wesley Oalnes Is seeking to cut
wm down. He proposes a law to de-
let a day’s pay for every day a mem-
ir salients himself.
Poultney lllgelnw's comment about
**Doubtlng Thomases" has not beeu
given out yet. but Poultney wouldn't
•kerlook a bet as good as that.
It ought to be hoped that when the
warships do obey Ralsull's orders
and depart one of them will have him
safely Ironed In the hold.
Governor-elect Hughes is trululng
for tbe onslaught of office-seekers.
He Is trying Brooklyn bridge at the
rush hour.
Because her husband talks in Ills
sleep, thus depriving her of the In
alienable right of having the last
word, a Wisconsin woman Is seeking
a divorce.
Bat Masterson made the mistake of
his life when he swapped Ills gun
for tbe pen. As long as he conDned
his activities to gun play life was all
serene—to him. But be tried a foun
tain pen In journalistic endeavor and
batted Into contempt of court and a
IDO fine.
Hall Caine says only seven of
Shakespeare's plays are worth pre
serving. He would probably substi
tute ’’Tbe Manxman." "Tbe Deem
ster," and a few others In the miss
ing niches.
The congressman who asserts that
the Job Is the "softest ever" bases hit
views perhaps on s personal estI ma
il of hla own worth.
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BEING FAIR WITH THE RAILROADS.
Ko one who U familiar with recent n'ewspaper history In Georgia will
suspect the editor of this paper of any undue partiality toward the rall-
roade. __
Over his protest, end under circumstances of peculiar aggravation,
railroad bought tbe controlling stock of a paper which he had been the
chief Instrument In establishing, and created a revolution in his life which
la not likely to leave behind It any peculiar sense of gratitude Or partiality
toward the corporation.
But the disposition to be fair transcends, and will always transcend,
all personal considerations, and a publicist has no right to regard private
grievances In dealing with general affairs.
It has been Impressed for some time upon the mind of The Georgian
that there are some things that ought to.be said In behalf of the rail
roads at this period, when the public and the press are united, almost with
line accord. In heaping criticism, complaint and abuse upon the various sys.
terns of the country.
We have done our share |n time past 1* protesting against the defects of
the present railway system, and have helped to the full In creating the pub
lic sentiment which has finally quickened the railroads to a sense of duty.
Rut, 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 plainly and evidently due to a
tidal nave of prosperity which has swept the. country, multiplying traffic,
freight and passengers to a degree far beyond the present equipment
and facilities of the railroad systems, of the count\ to care for. Under
these conditions, freights of today are hindered, pa.sengera are delayed,
trains ara late, and the whole ayatem of commerce and the carrying of
malla and matter and men seems to be In a tangle of Irregularity and
delay. V
Under circumstance! that prevailed ten yehrs age. or even five years
ago, the railroad! would have been able to handle this matter with ease
and frith comparative regularity.*
It may be urged that the railroads should have foreseen this wave of
prosperity fend should have provided for It far In advance by the multipli
cation of engines, cars and double traces before the tide of prosperity
reached Its flood. t
Let us ste If this Is a good argumsnt. Did you who read thla arti
cle roreaee the tide of prosperity that baa come upon us? Did the banker
foresee It; did the merchant foresee It, or the professional man? .
Hcarcely. If any man of affalra could have foreseen or forecasted
the prosperity that has come to the country, the multiplication of values,
the demands for products and the Increasing use of all forms of commodi
ties and of luxuries, hs could have doubled his own fortune, and would
have doubted his own fortune, by a prompt and fearless Investment of all
the meanfe that hF 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 the present conditions with sufllclsnt certainty to act, and did not
act, la 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? i
It must be accepted aA a general fact that the present condition of
over-demand for everything has come as. a surprise to tho entire business
world, and that the railroads arc no miffre to blame for not foreseeing It and
Investing far In advance of their Immediate necessities than other business
Institutions anil corporations who are unable at his time to meet the public
demand upon t h’Jr equipment for products and the handling of them.
Let us take another vl • w of the situation, founded not upon theory,
but upon fait. If the railroads are blamable In this present state of nffalrs,
and In many Instances they undoubtedly are, fct 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 by the multitude of
freight cars which are left there by conslgneea who really have not time, or
refuse to take time, to unload the goods which they contain, and who nearly
always utilise the last limit of demurrage before emptying these cars. IVIth
seventy-two hours as a frequent demurrage limit for consignees to. unload
freight shipped to them, there Is scarcely a car that la taken out until the
limit Is about to explrs.
Take Savannah, for Instance. The yards of the Central railway are
blocked to the limit with cars which are not unloaded by the busy mer
chants of that city dhtlt their seventy-two hours have expired. So full are,
these yards with freight th-it the Central railway In Its utter Inability to
And a place to store another car has been forced In self-defense to refute
to receive any further freights for Savannah until the yards are clear. The
platforms of many of the depots In cities nearer home aie so parked with
cotton left there by consignees waiting for a rise In price that the railroads
have no place lo discharge the additional cotton which they bring there, and
therefore refuse to accept It ua freight. Of course all this means that the
merchants are bua'y and that the merchants are prosperous Shd that their
hands are full and that their own equipment le Inadequate to perform the
work and to meet the obligations whlrlt they owe to the railroads and to
their patrons.
But the mere fact of tha conditions which prevail In each man'a otvn
line of work .and In the Individual bualnesa establishments of the country, at
least gives us some comprehension of the difficulties with which the rail
roads* have to grapple at the present time. .
Of course tills does not excuse the railroads or Justify them In epathy >r
In folding their hands and accepting a situation which entails loss and In
convenience upon the business world.
If they do lids, the whble force of publicity ahould be brought with all
Its thunder and acclaims to arouse the railroads to action, either through
public opinion or through the Instrumentality of the law.
Let ua see, then, If the railroads are doing anything—If they are rising
to the profound necessities of the situation and are bestirring themselves to
secure the equipment and to effect the changes which wilt meet the great
demands of modern transportation.
Let us take for an Illustration that ayatem which has been most under
criticism and discussion In the Houth. The Southern railway, to begin with,
has Increased the number of the districts Into which Its great system Is di
vided. It has on this same 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 ulong Ita lines. The Southern
railway Is moving us fast as men and money can he obtulned. In the work
of doubling the tracks along Its llrfe between Lynchburg, Va , and t’harlntte,
N. C„ which seems to be the territory of Its accidents anil delays. Between
these two cities there art a number of converging lines which .empty their
raffle, passengers and freight, upon the main line of the Southern and there-
ore complicate Ita schedules and multiply Ita accidents. Four powerful
Hues converge at Lynchburg. Five railroads empty Into the Southern at
Danville. Three at Greensboro, three at Salisbury, and at I'harlotte the
hole Southeastern systems come together in long arteries of rails.
Here, then, at least In this mutter, the Southern has gone to the core
of Its difficulties and Is making titanic efforts to expedite the doubling of Its
tracks, which will greatly relieve both the congestion and the danger of the
present hour.
In addition to this the Southern railway and other railways have their
orders In at the car shops and the locomofive works for all the engines and
are that ran possibly be turned over to them.
And lie It remembered that the corporation, too, Just as the Individual,
at present Is working In these lines under the enormous difficulty of secur
ing laborers for the work and underXthe Impossibility of hurrying the
great car shops and locomotive works which are In turn pressed beyond
their capacity to meet the demands of the public and wborAi only dole out
their products In small quantities to all the clamorous lines that are after
them. ,
The same difficulties and the same tidal wave of demand which la
flooding the corporation Is flooding the small producer and the,manufacturer
and merchant everywhere.
And an It is simply fair to recognise the community of difficulty be-
een the corporations and Individual enterprises, and there should be .it
least a bond of sympathy established by the mutual obstactea which ham
per and handicap them both.
In fair ahd tranquil consideration of these farts one ought to be able to
10k at least with some -patience and consideration upon tbe present prob
lems and difficulties of our railroad systems. Of course there are other
things which the roads ran do, and ought to do. They ran Increase the
ages of those employees Who hold responsible positions to the end of ob
taining the best men who can stand between tbe people and tbe peril of acci
dent and the lose of schedules. The railroads have, many of them, already
advanc.il the wages of employees along certain lines, and we confidently
lielleve that the stress of public opinion Joined to their own good sense will
lead them to an advance In the wages of all their responsible employees, to
the shortening of the hours of labor and to the securing of the beet and
highest class of men as the 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 fart that they will tbetn-
selves be wide awake and diligently astir to enlarge their faculties and to
increase their equipment to the measure of the public demands—then com
mon sense would seepi to teach us that the heads of these great corporations
are fully aa anxious now for a sufficiency of equipment aa we are to bare
them secure tt. They are better prepared In judgment and In knowledge to
do these things In their own way than to be hampered by too much foolish
legislation from budding and ambitious legislators, ,or by arbitrary rulings
on the part of men who do not know half as well how to remedy existing
evils as those whose Interest ts 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, touch of discretion as not to Impose upon the struggling
railroad at this Lime any haaly or ill-advised legislation until we have fully
discovered what the rallfoads themselves are -now doing and Intend doing
to remedy the evils at which we aim.
You may rest aariired that this will be no happy and JoyouB Christmas
to President Finley, of the Southern railway, or to any other of the great
executive beads of tbe systems who are struggling now under such tremen
dous responsibility.' President Finley Is by common consent an absolutely
honest man and an official, by his record, as sincerely consecrated to public
nffalrs as to private Interests. He will probably spend this season which
so many of us will pass In lightness and frivolity In the serious day and night
consideration of the problems of transportation which are giving to hltfl and
to us so much of concern.
Lefus at least be fair In thla time of great unrest. And let us extend
proper consideration to the great transportation systems In the 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 thla time.
THOUGHT HE HAD RIG HI
TO KILL HIS OWN WIFE
Butler. Pa., Dee. 21.—"I have a right
to kill my wife. It's nobody's business
but my own."
Ho declared Max Kraftle, a Russian,
who killed his wife last night with ar^
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 Kraftle in
Russia, Informed the police that he Is
wanted for murder there, asserting
that he killed several wives, and that
there Is a standing reward for hfs ar
rest and return to Russia.
TEACHERS IN 40 COUNTIES
T O MISS CHR 1STMA S MONE1
>r the school teachers In forty
counties of Georgia It will not be a
very cheerful Christmas.
The check from the state for sal
aries to which they looked so etkgerly
for the Christmas money won’t be
there until Kris Krlngle has come and
gone. ,«
’ And It all results from the delay of
county school commissioners In not
getting their reports here before Gov
ernor Terrell went away for the week.
There will be disappointment for scores,
but It Is a situation that could not be
avoided.
Warrants will be made out and
mailed as soon ns the governor gets
back to his office, but the money will
get to the teachers too late to buy
Christmas thlngj.
Box Taken From Car
at Reno,
Nev.
Reno, Nev., Dec, 21.—A hox contaiulug
$30,000 bite I teen stolen from a Wells-Fargo
express car here.
WOMAN AS HOST
FOR 20 CHILDREN
TICKET NO, 952
Miss Louise Street, of 148 Windsor
street, won the lucky ticket which
means a dinner to 20 poor children at
Durand’s restaurant on-Christmas day.
She has not said whether or not she
will be the hostess at the dinner—but
the dinner goes, just the same. The
winning ticket was No. 952.
The winning number was published
In the noon edition of The Georgian.
An hour later Miss Street called Du
rand’s and announced that she was the
winner. Durand's will furnish a dinner
for 20 Children.
SENATOR CLARK HAS TO GET PERMIT
TO ENTER OWN HOME IN GOTHAM
New York. Dec. 21— Senator W. A. Clark
come from Waslilugton to visit his new
luarhle mansion In Fifth nrenue nml note
the process of the work. When he reached
the entrance his way was Imrred l»y n l»lg
watchman, who asked:
“Where Is your permit?”
TAKEN BY ROBBERS
"Yon
Senator Clnrk.” the owner replied.
— can't work that dodge on me.
TIuto'k h hundred Senator ('larks been
here.”, responded the wntchrann. “You'll
hare to get n peiin|t.”
The seuntnr * *
his
for if SIMM
nj lowed
to enter hie
SCOTTISH RITES
INSTALL-OFFICERS
A mysterious robbery and suspected
Attack op J. R. Myers, ,40 years of age,
well-known cltlxen of Llthonla, was
discovered about J o'clock Friday
morning when Myers .was found in a
room at 8? Central avenue, moaning
and groaning with pain.
Myers was taken to this place, which
a lodging house, conducted by Mrs.
F. Ooodson. Thursday night about 9
lock by two unknown white men.
These two strangers left the house
some time during the night and since
then nothing has been seen of them.
The trio of men drove up In front of
the house in a cab and the two stran
gers alighted and knocked on the door.
Mrs. Goodson responded and they
stated they wanted to engage a room
for the night for a friend. Mrs. Good-
sun let them have a room and a few
minutes later they came onto the porch
Ith Myers, who was limping. Before
entering the house, however, the two
strangers told Mrs. Goodson to go Into
her room, that .they would look after
their companion.
That was the lust Mrs. Goodson saw
of the party until about S o’clock, when
she heard groans In the room. On In
vestigation she found Myers, but his
companions had gone.
Myers was suffering with u broken
collar bone and also bud bruises on
Ills face. He Informed the landlady he
had been robbed of 825, but was una
ble to tell where or at what time or
who robbed him. lie was also unable
to give any Information as to how he
received his Injuries.
The Clrudy 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, hut have so far failed to
ravel the mystery.
Ml noli council, Korfosb. A. A. 8. of ft. .T..
Valley of Atiuuiu, Orient of Georgia, wn*
Instituted Thursday night In tho Masonl*
temple. Heretofore metulwrs of tile order
bare lisd to go to Savannah, where the only
council li/is boon located.
The following officer! prevloiiily elected
wcr<» Installed:
Preceptor, Hlr Edward Salmon*! Met’nnd-
less (32), KCC’H.
First snh*preceptor, 8lr Joseph Cholinoti-
deley Greenfield (32i, KOCH.*
Second sub-preceptor, Hlr David Marx
(32).
Chancellor, Hlr Thomas Henry Jeffrie*
1321.
Recorder, Hlr Edward Morris Hnfer (32).
Treasurer, Hlr llenry Clay Htoekdell (23).
The following officers were eleetetf and
Installed:
Orator. Hlr Royal Daniel (32).
Almoner. Hlr John Mortou Wilson i32i.
The following officers were appointed uud
installed:
Master of ceremonies, Hlr Edward Mor
ris llnfer |32>.
Tn/eopller, Hlr Victor Hugo Kreigidinber
^Draper, Sir Max Zlnka Crist (32).
Den con, Hlr l.yiunu Joel AiiiiuIhii t3J).
Kenrer of Keniiscant, Sir John (.'Union?
(32).
Hearer of second standard, Sir George
William Wilkins t32».
Mettrer of third standard, Hlr Walter D.
Wolf.. i32i.
l.iuiiieiiiiut of grniitl. Sir Hurry W. An-
er»on «:*-».
Sentinel, Mr Juuie* Marshall Filler 422).
Sir Johu Robert Wilkinson tXlt. Iiouor.-ilde
special deputy, assisted by Sir llenry Clav
Mot-kdell *S3), honorable acting grand unit
► hill of crrenioillcN, conxtltuti'd thi> collll-
I •»»!#! form illy Installed' the officers.
URGENT PROTEST
AGAINST CONDITIO
OF NORTH PEACHTREE
From Charles
protest against __
Peachtree street beyond the old city limits.
Mr. Conklin says a recent Ill-advised at
tempt to I letter the street has resulted In
making It Infinitely worse.
When It rains there la a mass of mur,
and when it is dry the dust Jeopardizes
clothing and health. He states that ns a
resident of that section, having been
brought Into tho city "nolens volens.'
thinks he uml other residents are entitled to
some consideration.
He believes It Incumbent on the ward
representatives in council to bring the msf
ter vigorously to the atteutlon of the city
legislative• body. He ‘says that no street
In Atlanta or any other city of. tdmllnr Im
portance Is In so disreputable n condition.
Ill concluding hla protest. Mr. Conklin
says he lielleve* the tax-payers of that vl
efnlty would In* justified In resisting the
- lv*»n ^1^
IISCHARGE'
POLICE FORCE OF
CITY OF NASHVILLE
Special \o The Georgian.
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 21.—At the
next session of the city council of
Nashville t'ouncflman E. M. Wrenne
will offer a resolution asking for the
dismissal of the entire police force of
the city of over. 100 man. 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, it Is charged. And the new
sheriff. C. D. Johns, with a few depu
ties. has attempted to show them up.
Fred L. Beers.
Fred L. Beers, the well-known d<*p-
uty clerk In the bankruptcy' division of
the Federal court, will leave Friday
night for Jacksonville and Hi. Augus
tine. Mr. Beers will spend the holi
days visiting relatives and friends in
those cities.
Princeton Glee Club.
The advance sale of seats for the
oneert by the Princeton Glee Club,
of Princeton- University, will begin nt
the Grand box office Saturday morn
ing. The appearance of the club Wed
nesday night will be the first In tbe
South In ten years, and considerable
Interest Is being manifested In the
coming of these talented musicians of
the famous university.
TO ATLANTA PRISON
payment of taxes until they uro alvei
—relief to which they are entitled.
WOODY ESCAPES JAIL
BY CLIMBING PLANK
TAKEN FROM FLOOR
Ortolior 3J, made hi* "sca’ie from the
Charleston fail ln*t evening by taking ml-
antngc of tV* llliertv of the building,
retiring ujilnnk from the engine room ami
scaling a Jo-foot wall.
*fe was shot over the left hronst on
* night of the murder of the Kteres
man. taken to the hospital, nml sent
to Jail Novnnl>er S,
It I* the eUHtom to allow Invalid prlson-
•* the liberty of the Jail building. The
•or* were not locked until 6 o'clock, and
ie escape was uindr lmfore then.
A reward of $T>0 ha* been offered by Sher
iff Martin for hi* nrre*t.
lie ta a marine, brunette, weighs l&G
pound*, height o feet s inches, and wore
a uniform under a civilian coat.
The Itecvc* woman vvm» found dead,
I GOSSIP
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York, Dec. 21.—"There ought
to be a form of Insurance against d u .
plication of gowna," said an angrv
woman, who la In town from Washing
ton. "That's the only way by whkh
fair play can be assured to the woman
who pay* a thousand dollars for a n
Imported gown of 'exclusive' design "
The embittered one added that evl.
dence was piling up to prove that the
‘exclusive’ patterns were sold many
times. One glaring Instance was cited
Mrs. Hitchcock, wife of the aecretarv
of the Interior; Mr»| Kean, wife of the
senator from New Jersey, and Mr.
Foraker, wife of the senator from
Ohio, met in the white house the other
day and great waa their amazement a.
they gased upon each .other. In color
fabric and general design, even to the
trimmings, their gowns were Identical
Yet the frocks had been bought In Sr
Louis, New York and CinclHnati
spectlvely. and at stiff prices, becaus.
they were "pattern garments with no
duplicates.”
•Mrs. Nicholas Longworth recently
received a shock on flndlng the twin
of one of her loveliest Paris gown,
worn by Benora Rlano, formerly mi,,
Alice Ward, of New York.
That John D. Rockefeller Is gcntl.
patient and a humorist, has been dl,-'
covered by a writer who played solf
with him at Forest Hill, Mr. Rocke-
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 Is with friends and mer
ry," says the writer, “you can't count
tha lines In his face—gentle, genial
lines—and around the eye crow’s feet
of delicious humor. Usually he wear,
no glasses. But the eyes—they are
light blue, and Just around the corner
a Jolly roguish twinkle."
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New Yoik, Dec. 21.—Here are some ot tbe
visitors In New York todsy:
1TI 1VT1 T tf L.naa A
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
DECEMBER 21.
1719— First Issue of Boston Gasette.
1832—Hlr Ksmuel Montague, pbllauUftoi'lflt,
born.
1884—General Hherman entered city of 8a-
vauuab.
1871—President Grant Issued proclamation
abolishing disc. Itnlnatlng
Hpnnlsh taioprts.
1909—Roger Walcott, governor of
setts, died. Born July 13, 18«7.
1902— Wireless message sent across the At
lantic.
1906— Great strike In 8t. Petersburg.
dutlei
governor of.Mnssarhu-
• •uml i
the
n the i
—and—
MOVEMENT OF VE88EL8.
Special to The Georgian.
Wilmington, N- C\, Dec. 21.—After a
thirteen-months’ Imprieonment in the
new Hanover county Jail, Arthur Ad
am* and Robert Sawyer, two negroes,
mutineers nnd murderers, will be taken
to the Atlanta federal prison'this after-
noon, to begin a life sentence. At Ham
let they will be Joined by eight other
prisoners.
Adams and Sawyer recently had the
death sentence commuted by President
Roosevelt. At the next term of the *11*.
trlct court a motion for a new trial will
probably be made by the negroes’ at
torneys, the privilege having been
granted by the United States supreme
court a few weeks since.
The two men were convicted of com
plicity In the killing of the white crew
of the schooner Berwind off the North
Carolina coast In October, 1906.
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Army Orders.
Wat hington, Dec. 21.—Here are army
orders Just Issued:
Captain John A. Payne, retired, from
recruiting service, Portland, to his
home.
First Lieutenant Charles M. Wesson,
Eighth Cavalry, to Washington bur-
rucks. general hospital.
■“Major Benjamin M. Purnell, Eigh
teenth Infantry, to his regiment.
Major Eben Swift (general staff),
from Twelfth to Fourth Cavalry.
Major Thomas 11. Dugan, from Fourth
to Twelfth Cavalry.
Major Robert H. Smith, paymaster,
now at Denver, to duty as chief pay
master. department of tlie Colorado.
Major James W. Qawes, paymaster,
now at Atlanta, to duty us chief pay
master, department of the gulf.
Navy Orders.
Assistant Paymaster II. I. MeCrae,
from naval hospital, Puget Hound.
Lieutenant Commander P. Andrews,
to bureau of navigation, navy depart
ment
Lieutenant A. W. Marshall, to navy
yard, New York.
Lieutenant D. E. Theleen, to naval
proving grounds, Indian Head.
Movements of Ships.
The following movements of ves
sels have been reported to the bureau
of luvigntion:
Arrivals: Triton, at Washington:
Kearsarge, at navy yard. New York;
Connecticut, at Hampton Roads;
Princeton, at Santa Barbara; Des
Moines, at Guantanamo; Htrlngham,
Blakely, DeLong, Pockton and Wilkes,
at Port Royal, H. C„ December 18.
Arrived—December 18, Tennessee, at
League Island; Hopkins, at Charles
ton.
December 19—Preble, at San Pedro.
Hulled—December 19, Preble, from
Hants Karbara. for Han Pedro; We»t
Virginia, Colorado, Maryland and
Pennsylvania, from Cavite for Hong-
Kong.
Where the Georgia Delegation Live
in Waehlngton.
SENATORS.
Augustus O. Bacon, 1767 Oregon
avenue.
A. 8. Clay, the Normandie.
CONGRESSMEN.
W. C. Adamson, the Oxford.
C. L. Bartlett, the Shoreh&m.
Thomas M. Bell, the Iroquois.
W. O. Brantley, the Chapin.
T. W. Hardwick, the Shoreh&m.
W. M. Howard, the Bancroft.
Gordon Lee, the Shorebam.
E. B. Loewis, the Metropolitan.
J. W.. Overstreet, the Metropoli
tan.
L. F. Livingston, 1114 Blltmore
street.
J. M. Griggs, tbe Metropolitan.
Too Polite.
From The Pittsburg Press.
A husband waa being arraigned in
court In a suit brought oy his wife f *r
cruelty.
”1 understand, sir,” said the Judge,
addressing the husband, "that one
the Indignities you have showered ui>«n
your wife Is that you have not spoken
to her for three years. Is that so?"
"It Is," Your Honor," quickly an
swered the husband.
"Well, sir," thundered the Judge,
"why didn’t you speak to her, may I
ask?"
"Simply,” replied the husband, "be
cause 1 didn’t want to Interrupt her/
A QUESTION OF MONEY.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
After thanking you for the proverbial
liberality of The Georgian, will ><*J
please answer, why Is It, when on
amendment to or reform of our finan
cial system becomes manifest, an ap
peal Is alwaya made by our govern
ment to the "money changers" for ad
vice as to the proper remedy?
It seems to me that they whose busi
ness U Is to make money off the peopl«
through money rhanglng should be the
last ones to look to for a system In the
Interest of the people.
The first greenback speech I ever
heard was delivered by a money
changer, a banker, who said: "If the
pwple are so foolish os fn put saddle-*
on their backs and spurs on my heel*.
I’m as foolish as they are If I dent
ride."
Bankers made the saddles nnd the
people, through their congressional
mlsrepresentatlses, put them on the
people’s backs.
About a month ago, when thing*
were looking very panicky In >'*'»
street and the gamblers were getting
hot for an elastic money makeshift, a
correspondent of one of your muen-
esteemed evening contemporary
asked: "Why not greenbacks?"
The contemporary answered: ’Be
cause greenbacks were not money.
Simply promises to pay money."
I wrote the contemporary, saying
that the greenback never was a prom
ise to pay money; the first seventy-five
The Perfect Number,
million dollars being, absolute monev
being mode so by the law of legal ten*
der Just as all other money Is mad**
and that subsequent. Issues were Ian*
ful money for all purposes.
duties on Imports and Interest on tn-
public debt," these exceptions being
put there In the Interest of the nton«'
changer and has cost the people mil
lions of dollars. , t
And, for proof ot the correctness j
...y statement, I referred to the fa-'*
that the supreme court has twice ren
dered a decision that greenback?* are
lawful money; the last decision In D *•
I think the supreme court the re*
authority on the gubject, because n
sayso goes, newspapers to tbe contrary
notwithstanding. .
The contemporary would not puin»
the facts.
In conclusion, can you or anyone .fix
what good In the Interest of the mi»
as served by the exception claw*
V.ry rMpmtfullr.
Atlanta, Os.