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XJdLb AlliAiN iA OijOiUiJ THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN /em wum cut tits, uiiu f. 1. Stltr. MIMtr. Published Every Afternoon '.Crept Buedejy By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, At 9 Weet Atabeiee It.. Atlanta. Go. 8ubecrlptlon Rates. nor WfJ Fla Uoetho Three Month* 1-5 By Cerrtrr. Per Week rraentatlere tor ell territory ool Gmrftl. Cblrtre Otfl-r Trlbeee Blit*. New York Office PotNr Bid*. If you here eay tmeble yettlne THU ’IBOBOIAX, telephone the Circulation Department and Bare It promptly r—- edled. Telephone: Bell «K7 tl Atlanta MOL It la dealrable that ell comrannlca- tlona Inteeded for tmbllcatloe In TUB QEOBUIAN be limited to 400 worda In tbeaxfe the cameo will be reoaented. Rejected mannecrlpta will not bo return ed anleaa at a tape are aent for the porpoee. THM OltonGlAlt prime no unclean or abjectlnnable adrcrtlaloa. Naltlwr doaa It print wliUkjr or any Honor adf. i for Atlaeta'a ownlnf Ita own aaa lie* dooeatonce. Tbe' Oeorg Ian" be llevea that If atreat railway, ran be fare 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. r 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. / 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.