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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1906.
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THE GEORGIAN print*
unclean
.... . Neither
jr liquor ads.
OUR PLATFORM.-Tho Georglno
stand* for Atlnntu a owning Its own gas
and electric light plants, as It now
own* ita waterworks. Other el tie* do
this and get gns aa low as CO rents,
with a profit to the rlty. This should
It# done ut once. The Georgian be
lieves thnt If street railways can be
3 tended successfully by European
Ilea, a* they nr**, there la no good
renaou why they cannot l»e so operated
t er*. Hut we do not liefleve till* *au
i done now. nnd It may be nome year*
before we »r* ready for so big an un
dertaking. Still Atlruiht should *et Itv
far# In tint direction NOW.
matte Interests of his country as am
bassador to Washington.
We feel confident that James Bryce
will receive a welcome from the
American republic which will not be
surpassed by the consideration evi
denced toward any other member of
the ambassadorial corps.
He has made hts welcome by his
statesman's pen and is not likely to.
lose any laurels In the field of high
and courteous diplomacy.
Mr. Roosevelt’s High National
Note.
The era lias been prolific In plati
tude* of fraternity nnd In verbal aa
auranecs of a united country.
But annieliow nothlnR seems to
have sounded this note so clearly or
emphasised the fact so convincingly
•a that part of the president's mes
sage which commented upon (lenernl
Oarltngton’s presence upon the
Brownsville commission.
At this point the president's words
ring with an earnestness b;h1 force
which carry the conviction of his
national and non-sectlonal spirit. They
Impress aa few other words have done
the feeling among the broad-minded
and level-headed Americana of whom
the president is a type, that the civil
war is ancient history nnd that a
man's section makes no difference in
any public or private expression of his
citizenship and opportunity.' This is
what he lays:
An effort hat been made to
discredit the fairness of tho In
vestigation Into the conduct of
these colored troops by pointing
out that General Garlington It a
Southerner. Preeltely the same
action would have been taken had
the troops been white—Indeed,
the discharge would probably
have been made In more sum
mary fashion. Oeneral Garling
ton la a native of South Carolina;
Lieutenant Colonel Lovering ii a
native of New Hampshire; Major
Blockiom It a native of Ohio. Aa
It happens, the disclosure of the
guilt of the troop* we* made In
the report of the officer who comes
from Ohio, and the effort* of the
officer who comet from 8outh
Carolina were confined to the en
deavor to shield the Innocent men
ef Che companies in question, If
any such there were, by eecurlng
Information which would enable
us adequately to punish the guilty.
But I wish It distinctly under
stood that the fact of the birth
place of either officer is on* which
I absolutely refuse to consider.
The standard of professional hon
or and of loyalty to the flag and
the service is the tame for all of
ficers and alt enlisted men of the
United Slates army, and I resent
with the keenest Indignation any
effort to draw any line among
them bated upon birthplace, creed
or any other consideration of the
kind. I should put the tame en
tire faith In theee reports if It
had happened that they were all
made by men coming from tome
one state, whethei in the South j
or the North, the East or the
West, as I now do, when, at It fMp-
pent, they were made by offlcere
born In different states."
These shining sentence* should be
garnered into the scrapbooks of every
good American of today. They should
be read and remembered as the real
gospel of fraternity, and they should
be flung Into the faces of every nar
row bigot and every unforgiving hoc-
tionallst of the republic.
incidentally, too. they nteke an ad
mirable plank for the platform of the
first Southern candidate to succeed
the man who wrote them.
THE MAYOR’S SURPRISING VETO.
Mayor Woodward's veto of the alpioat unanimous act of the city
council, raising the liquor license In Atlanta Is the subject of varying
comment'upon the streets today.
In the main, the view of the thinking people condemns-the mayor's
veto and feels that he has been unwise and has acted unnecessarily In
a matter which might have been left to hla successor.
The mayor states hla case with undouhted plausibility and there Is
nothing to be gained by questioning the sincerity of the views which
have Induced hla adverse action. The mayor will And It difficult to per
suade the Atlanta public that the little liquor dealers of the city would
force a prohibition election If the higher license were maintained, and
he will In fact And It dlfllcult to demonstrate to the people Just how
theao men could foren a prohibition election on the city at this time.
There are many people In the city who will be much more Im
pressed with the mayor's claims that the present law has stood the
test of time and has been sought after by other cities, and that In
many campaigns its undisturbed maintenance has been made the win-
nlng Issue and the pledge of candidates.
This statement soflnds well and carries wllb It some Impression of
civic obligation to ttfe mind of the average reader.
The mayor, however, doea not take the broader and Bounder
view that, since those earlier campaigns of bis, and within a
very recent period. Atlanta has passed through a great and striking trag
edy which has changed the status of our affairs to a very great degree
and forced upon our people In sheer necessity a change In conditions
which were not contemplated at the time when these laws were establish
ed.
The necessity of the time, and the urgent demand of the people
for a curtailment of the liquor traffic and a stricter regulation of the
salo of Intoxicating spirits has risen distinctly above the question of Inci
dental precedent.
There should be to Ibe minds of municipal statesmen a strong and
compelling argument for a measure better suited to the times and the
present conditions which surround us.
A liquor law and conditions wbjch were framed to suit the period
of Mr. Woodward's earlier office holding has been rendered Inadequate
by incidents nnd conditions occurring during the present year.
And the statesmanship that Insists upon meeting a present emergen
cy by past traditions. Is neither modern nor ijlscreet.
We sincerely trust that the council may be staunch enough to over
ride the mayor's veto.
WILL THE MAYOR OBSTRUCT THE INTERURBAN LINES?
The retiring mayor Is also under criticism In many quarters for his
recent veto of the franchise by which a notable Interurban line must
find an inlet Into the city.
We confess that In this matter as well we are not In accord with the
Ideas of the mayor.
There was a time when It was hinted In public that the mayor was
over cordial In his feeling of regard for the Ueorgla Railway and Elec
tric Company, nnd that hla Judgment might jierhaps be swayed in matters
touching tho interests of that great corporation. We did not Join In those
reflections then, and It In by no,means our purpose or intention to repeat
them now. but the mayor cannot fall to realise that the persistency
with which he stands obstructive to the plain wishes of .the people' in
giving a welcome to these great Interurban lines which Join us more
closely to our sister cities and multiply our trade and commerce, will In
evitably he construed by the mayor's critics Into a further expression
of this partiality.
We sincerely believe that the vast majority of the people of Atlanta
earnestly desire the establishment of these Interurban lines. We believe
that upon a popular ballot they would vote by a two-thirds majority to
give them every facility and reasonable opportunity to secure a right of
wuy and terminals In the city. We believe, from such opportunities as
wo have had lo Investigate, that these new and enterprising corporations
have compiled* with all the requirements of the law, and we cannot do
less than express our regret that the mayor has seen lit to close his admin
istration with two nets so unpopular as his veto of tho council's liquor
license and the obstructive action toward the Interurban trolley lines.
HOW OLD ARE RAILWAY TELEGRAPHERS?
Mr. Ackert, vice president and general manager of the Southern
railway, nnswers Indirectly the editorial In Thursday's Georgian on the
nge of telegraph operators who arc In the service of the Southern rail
way, and states that the operator at lawyers, Va„ where President
Spencer lost his life, was 32 years old.
He declares that these comments have induced him to make special
Investigation Into the ago of operators employed on other standard lines,
lie finds that the age of o|>erators on the Southern line Is well up to the
stnndard nge ami) ntinomiccs that a man Is entirely reliable for such
work at 18 years of age, while spme well managed companies accept op
erators at 1(1 years of nge If their character and Intelligence justify.
Mr. Ackert also declares that his road has Instituted a reform In a sys
tem of special Inspectors who devote their entire time to these o|iei‘-
at or* and act under direction of a chief dispatcher where heretofore the
superintendents nnd trainmasters have Inspected the work of the opera
tors.
These reforms we note with pleasure, but we are yet unconvinced
thnt n Id-year-old boy, .working 13 hours out of the 24, can he relied nit
on at the eleventh hour to be us alert and as accurate as his responsible
position will require him to be. We arc sIbo quite sure that with larger
pay and shorter hours It would be entirely possible to secure a better
i-lass of employees for this now vitally Imiiortnnt position In the ser
vice of the railroad.
From Information apparently authentic we have It there are boys
holding offices of signal Importance within 40 miles of Atlanta at the
age of 15 upon a salary of $40 a month.
We trust this Is one of the changes which this era of Investigation
and Improvement will develop.
shall be able to persuade the railroads to double their tracks and their
facilities and to make aa small a diminution of their time between points
as possible. Don't let us go back to ‘‘grandfather schedules" until we have
exhausted every effort to make our present schedules possible.*
Time Is money In this age, and saving of time by railroads and Indl
vldnala Is a tremendous Issue among men. . ’
The president Is evidently “getting
shed” of his strenuous hour In order
to enjoy a happy holiday.
It Is a fact of Interest 'to the Atlanta
tennis brigade that the president finds
his standard recreation In the racquet.
America Will Welcome James
Bryce.
England has again done the right
thing in sending Jamea Bryce to fill
the place of Sir Henry Durand as am
bassador to the United States at
Washington.
James Bryce is one of tho most
thoughtful and philosophic observers
of our English speaking race. He has
been a wise and parent student of our
country and Its institutions. So man
has written of the American system
with more clearness, more fairness
. and more comprehensive force than
I this thoughtful and accomplished Eng-
r '<*h«mn who will represent the dlplo-
NO “GRANDFATHER SCHEDULES” FOR US.
We cannot rfgrce with the proposition advanced by one of our con
temporaries that in order to Insure regularity of trains, the railroads
should spin out their schedules not from one to three hours, but if neces
sary, from twelve to twenty-four hours. We think this carries the prop-
oaitlon a little too far.
We are going to get out of this tangle by and by, and the roads are
going to be forced by their own absolute necessities .to the making of
t>etter and more regular schedules, without necessarily ruining that ele
ment of dispatch which is so essential to modern business.
Think of going back to the facilities of 1S70 and taking two and a
half to three days for a trip from Atlanta to New York! How old the
n«*wsj»ai>er8 would be when they got here! How belated the malls and
the letters would be! How slow would be the service of our express
matter and of our registered packages of mail! And how exhausted
would be the passengers after so tedious and tiresome a journey!
It Is ail right to be after the railroads with a sharp stick at times and
to prpd them to a sense of their public duty. But there Is no sane man
who could look with any degree of equanimity upon a back step toward
the railroad schedules of our fathers. V
Time was in the recent past when the schedules, fast as they are.
were made with some degree of regularity. That was before freight and
passenger traffic multiplied In such enormous volume, and before the
equipments of the railroads were overtaxed.
Time will be again when the necessities of the times will force the
railroads to the ample equipment under which they can once more and
safely make schedules that will also be fast.
Time is a mighty element in the age In which we live, and a day lost
between Atlanta and New York to all* the people lying between these
two cities Is a matter of tremendous consequence.
Let ns hope that Instead of the proposition to make schedules abso
lutely certain by doubling the time already named for them, that we
A CHRI8TMA8 GIFT
FROM A STORMY PAST.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
While looking through some old
books tonight 1 found one that I have
treasured very highly. 'It is an old-
fashioned leather-bound volume of the
New Testament, ami on the fly leaf Is
dimly traced, “F. J. Gaskins, Fiftieth
Georgia. Corporal F. J. Gaskins. Com
pany P, Fiftieth Georgia regiment.
This, May 19. 1864.**
On the reverse able Is this: “W. A.
Park, a member of Company G, Six
teenth Georgia regiment. Found this
book on the battlefield near Cold Har
bor, on the 3d of June. 1864.”
This W. A. Park was my oldest
brother and gave his life for the Con
federacy, and 1 appreciate the little
book because he sent it home to me.
But tonight I thought that perhaps
some of Mr. Gaskins’ family might be
living and be glad to have /he little
volume as a Christmas gift. So If you
will give some notice of this in your
paper It may be the means of finding
such a one, and If so, I shall be glad
to turn it over to them.
Yours,
A. B. PARK.
Jasper, Ga., Dec. 19, 1906.
AN ANSWER TO MR. ACKERT.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
We note Mr. Ackert* general manager
of the Southern railway, in this morn
ing’s paper endeavors to Justify the
Southern’s policy in employing young
men under age, or, in other words,
“boys,” In their telegraph block signal
service, by the fact that other roads
are doing It. Since Jie has gone before
the public with this* statement, do you
not think he should give the names of
the roads? «As a matter of fact, we
know of no roads of the resources of
the Bouthern, In fact, no road whatever
that advertises the block system'and
operates same that employs and places
boys in charge of “blocks,” thereby
placing alone the responsibility for
“rear-end” collisions nnd the very
probable loss of life on the block op
erator's shoulders, ns the Southern
does, ns demonstrated by their state
ment in connection with the investi
gation of Mr. Spencer's death.
As I told you personally, we have
no fight to make on the Southern rail
way management, in fact believe they
are doing the best they can, as so
ably set forth in your very fair and
reasonable editorial yesterday after
noon, hut we do think we should have
whnt is right and Just, and think if
Mr. Ackert is going to place on our
shoulders solely the responsibility for
such accidents as the Southern has re.
cently had In Vlrginlu. thereby plac
ing us open to prosecution for murder,
as General Counsel Thom suggested in
his statement to the newspapers con
cerning Mr. Spencer's death, we should
have more pay to cover the responsibil
ity heretofore resting on the train
crew.
And further, our oyder ns a whole
want to see better service given the
railroads, thereby lifting It In rank
among the labor brotherhoods, which
can only come by filling our rank* with
for sharpening peu-
nny of these are up-to-
For n Man:
If he smokes—tobacco.
If he doesn’t smoke—uo tolmeco.
A comfortable couch for his den.
works better snoozing (says to, doesn't be?).
A lmne cellar button.
A French racing cnr.
A pair of aboe laces.
I*. 8.—Do not give your husband a safety
rnxor; you can’t use it *
His.
For n Child:
Anything It likes.
For Another Child:
The same.
Hoiue-mudo Presents:
Presents made by the giver are more ap
preciated than one coldly tiouglit in a store.
To make n piano—Huy wire, wood nnd so
on In the nwessary quantities J —* “
gather ns shown in the cut
printed herewith.
To make n nice Christmas plum pudding—
Huy u padding and some plums. Put the
plums In the pudding.
put them In a case. Wind, nnd see If It’a
BARKSDALE CHOSEN
Special to The Georgian.
Washington, Ga., Dec. 22.—Washing
ton’s first municipal primary passed off
quietly yesterday. Both political fac
tions came to an agreement (n naming
T. J. Barksdale for the mayor’s chair
while each side named six opposing
councllmen. Three men from each list
were stricken and the remaining six
men went on the ticket tor the honors.
Only a sqgall vote was polled, result
ing In the selection of the following
men: T. J. Barksdale, mayor; W. T.
Johnson, S. H. Hardeman, J. T. Lind
sey, W. H. Philput, T. H. Wooten and
John B. Green, councllmen.
WANTS GRAND JURY
TO PROBE LYNCHING
Annapolis, Md,, Dec. 22.—Governor
Warfield vigorously denounces the
lynching of the negro. Henry Davis,
charged with criminal assault upon
Mrs. John Retd, hy a mob of 60 men.
and urges immediate action by the
Anne Arundel grand Jury. He says:
"I reached Annapolis from New York
city shortly before 8 o'clock Thursday.
I knew nothing of the. lynching until
Friday morning.”
The governor said he thought the
lynching was a complete surprise to
evryone
FINE JERSEY COW
AS CHRISTMAS GIFT
Special to Tho Georgian.
Gainesville, Ga., Dec. 22.—Rev. O. J.
Copeland, pastor of the First Baptist
chdrch of Gainesville, who Is one of the
strongest ministers in the BaptW de
nomination In the state, and who, dur
ing his pastorate of a number of Geor
gia churches, has had some Interesting
experiences, was gl^en a great surprise
yesterday. The members of his
church, and some of bis friends of
ASKED ONLY PRAYER;
BUI NOT A FRIEND
PRAYED WITH HER
It has generally been thought that
prayers were about the easiest presents
for poor folks to get, but even they
seem hard to get when wanted,
least It would so appear from a letter
Just received by Major Berrlman, of
the Salvation Army.
This letter is one which paints
picture of terrible suffering, and yet
not once in the letter Is there a word of
complaint.
It Is q letter from a poor, afflicted
woman who has been in the hospital
four months this year and who Is now
In her home still suffering. She doesn 1
ask /or money or help. A1I she wants
is someone to visit her in her lonell
ness. She wants prayers. She is des
date.
In her letter she says she has sent
word to several people asking them to
visit her humble Hbme and pray with
her In her affliction.
But they didn't come. She also sent
word to a preacher. But this particu
lar preacher evidently didn’t have time
to visit this afflicted woman.
At last she turned to the Salvation
Army. She.nsked Major Berrlman to
send some of his women workers to her
house that they might pray with her.
She doesn’t want a thing but prayers,
She also asked that she be remembered
In their prayers during the meetings.
Investigation has shown that this
woman Is ft poor, but very respectuble,
woman, and while a merry Chrlstnius
would find a place In her house, she
doesn’t ask it.
Pretty tough, especially around
Christmas time, when thoughts turn
toward the Prince of Peace and His
charity and gentleness, that a poor, af
flicted woman cannot have even prayer.
RESPITE GRANTED
FOR JOHNSON TO
IIIHHIHHUeitlHtM!
I GOSSIP
denominations, prepared a pleas
older and more experienced men. Com- surprise for him on account of the
pared with the remuneration paid Christmas holidays. They made up a
members of other brotherhoods In mil-
road service, this cannot be done with
the present small salaries railroad tel
egraph operators receive. In other
words, we would like to see our calling
made as attractive to the better class
of young men starting out in life as
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers nnd other orders.
We do not want you to feel that we
are asking too much, but If you can
consistently “put In a word,” we boys
will very much appreciate it. Yours
very truly,
R. P. HENDRICKS, Operator.
AN UNJUST LAW.
Montezuma. Ga., Dec. 19, 1906.
Hon. John Temple Graves, Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Sir—I enclose $2.50 for your
paper, The Georgian, another year.
There Is a law on our statute books
so unjust that*It is a marvel that It
should continue to disgrace us after It
should have been obsolete for more
than forty years.
This Is the road law enacted In sla
very times requiring all males, with
some exceptions, from 16 to 50 years
of nge. to work the roads.
There are some special rond laws
for special counties and there Im a gen
eral road law enacted by the legislature
of 1890-’91, that can be put In or out if
operation by recommendation of grund
Juries. *
In all the counties (a majority of all
In the state) where this old luw Is still
in operation property owners are ex
empt from road tax absolutely. Ne
groes and poor whites hear the entire
burden of keeping up the roads. #
In slavery times the owners of slaves
lost the time they spent working the
roads. Now negroes and poor whites
lose their own time and keep up the
roads for property owners’ use.
I appeal to you, who are always *
ready to champion the cause of the o|
pressed, to ring the changes on this
great Injustice anti keep ut It until it
will not be left to grand Juries to keep
such a law in operation.
Truly yours,
A. J. CHEVES.
purse of $60 and purchased a fine Jer
sey cow, which was driven to the par
sonage yesterday afternoon and pre
sented to the pastor and his wife. At
tached to the cow’s horns was a placard
bearing these words: “Reciprocity. To
Rev. O. J. "Copeland, from members of
your flock and from friends who have
heard your voice. (Signed) Santa
Claus/*
Dodgen Case for Grand Jury.
The last meeting of the 1906 grand
jury was held last Saturdny. Jurors
for the grand jury for 1907 are being
summoned. The first meeting of the
new grund jury will be In the early
part of January. It Is probable they
will take up consideration of^he mur
der of Bailiff Dodgen at once on con
vening.
A GUIDE .TO GIVERS.
By WEX JONES.
m1* nnd the
Just now. The C’brUt-
_ the humorist ninl the
pntiinrtst—that should Im» ns gt**) n word
as the other—unlimited opportunity.
The Christum* spirit 1* really the spirit
of perplexity, it’s nothing to lntfitb at and
nothing to cry over. To help out those as
sailed by the t\ 8. should lie one’s only ob
ject. lienee—
General Gifts:
An lne*|ieosltre way of giving Jkny one
twenty-four hour* of pleasure o U CUrl*tm.i*
day U to baud them a cheek for $5,000.
Payment I* stopped of course the following
morning.
A deed to a house nnd lot is almost n*
good. lie careful to pick out a non-existent
place for ilcscrlptlou.
A set of Dickens. )*>ught on the install
ntent plan, is a pleasing gift, nnd the first
payment Is merely nominal.
If you expect to dine frequently at your
friend's home, a case of good champagne
Is a well-advised present.
Books are always welcome gifts, and dur
ing the holiday season may l»e had In nl
most all sixes.
\V.
met, appreciate n tilre dinner set.
Give yonr friend a couple of plates, nnd she
can w*»rk her husband to <*omplete the
service.
An ugly t’hinese vase which won’t hohl
anything i* sure to lie prised by a woman.
A pianola or n sewing mnebinohs i» better
than the old-fashioned piano i»r sewing
machine. A piMtprnia. for which score*
of record* can lie hail. U n useful gift. A
nmiNila. which will wash any fl*wir for
which a iliac fa provided-* waablioanlu!j-a
Suit for Damages.
W. L. Wllmot brought suit In the city
court against the Georgia Railway and
Electric Company Friday for $20,1H)0
damage*. He charges that he was
shoved from the front of a car by pas
senger* who were trying to get out
and that n car on the other track
caught him and rolled him between
the two cars, mashing him badly.
Tearing Up Streets.
Commissioner of Public Work* Col
lier will recommend to council that an
ordinance be adopted prohibiting the
promiscuous tearing up of the pave
ment on streets and sidewalks for the
laying of sewers and pipes. He will
recommend that when a private cor-
pohttlon does tear up the pavement to
lay pipes It shall pay $50 to the public
works department for the purpose of
relaying the pavement where it has
been torn up, and a certain distance
on both sides.
Will Johnson, the negro who
found guilty December 1, of assault
ing Mrs. Richard Hembree, of BattLe
Hill, and who was sentenced to hang
on January 4, 1907, will spend the
Christmas with much more happiness
and a greater feeling of security, on
account of the efforts of his attorneys,
Wulter McElreath, M. Tolbert and
Alex W. Stephens, Saturday morning.
Judge Roan granted a supersedeas
order, superseding his previous order
for the death sentence, and staying
execution until further order of the
court. The motion for • a new trial,
which was to have been heard, was
postponed to January 5. Johnson's at
torneys say they can prove the negro
worked all day on the date of the al
leged crime, by a time book found In
Mobile since the trial and by the tes
timony of H. I. McDuffy, foreman at
the time, of the work In which John
son was engaged, and who is now In
Birmingham.
Johnson's attorneys have given out
a statement in which they say they
had no desire to be mixed up In the
case, but were appointed by the court
to defend the negro. And since the
matter has been placed on their
shoulders, they feel they owe it to the
public Justice and their own honor and
consciences to present everything they
can find In favor of the prisoner.
They believe it is a’case of mistaken
Identity and are satisfied of the ne-
gro’s Innocence.
OVED HER CHILD,
SO STOLE FOR HER
- By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York, Dec. 22.—There Are n few
new wrinkle* every Christman, and I
«ee that 1906 I* no exception. Dog.
dom Is having Its Innings this Christ-
man sure enough. There hae been and
■till la keen Activity, and dealers have
been pressed tor the “goods" that they
have actually' been heard to assure
would-be patrons they were “sold out."
For a month, at least, there has he.. n
a frenzied "market" In Boston terriers.
French bulldogs, Pomeranians, and a
very strong "bull" movement In Eng
lish toy 'spaniels, Japanese spaniels,
Yorkshire terriers and all branches of
the terrier family.
Boston terriers, however, are un
doubtedly the present erase. They have
been excellently and cleverly boomed
so much so that their sponsors would
have one believe there never was such
a dog before. So great la the demand
for mixture of terrier and bull that
many cute markings and cute ways is
being retailed as a Boston terrier.
All the cities and towns In the east
ern section are being scoured for an-
Imnls with pink ears, any kind of dark
markings on a whit* background, and
vice versa, and this city Is snatching
them up by the ''bushel."
There will be a big Christmas for
“the common people" in Newport, for
A. O. anil B. C. Vanderbilt, Reginald
and Bradford Norman will furnish a
''Christmas treat" for the churches of
all denominations In Midletown and
Portsmouth.
If a feminine member of the family
does not need n motor car, she may
like a big doll with flirting eyes. This,
by the way. Is the newest comer In
dolldom. Not so very many years ago
dolls which would open and shut their
eyes were considered surprising.
Their successors In favor not only
can go to sleep, but can also turn their
eyes from side to side and roll them
under long, curling eye lashes. These
eye lashes, by the way, are attached
to movable lids, so that when the dulls
close their eyes they do not -leave the
lashes on their foreheads, os was their
wont when the eye lashes were merely
painted.
"That is the limit," "Of all absurd
affectations" and various other com
ments were heard In a fashionable
restaurant the other night when a
portly dame who <vas not as young as
she would like to look entered with a
brown "Teddy" bear In her arms and
followed by a young man of about 22.
As soon as they were seated and the
bear placed )n a vacant chair, thu
emotional woman leaned over and Im
printed her lips upon It fuzzy head.
“Doesn't he behave like an angel?"
she asked.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
DECEMBER 22.
1626—Plymouth, Mas*., founded.
1807— Embargo laid by congress on Ainerl*
1823— Thomas Wentworth Hlgginson, Amer
ican writer, born.
1842—Lord Alverstone, celebrated Ilrltlnli
lawyer, born.
1846— Colonel Doniphan, In command **f
1,000 Missouri volunteers, defeated
force of Mexicans nt Itrncetl.
1847— Arab chief, Abdel-Kader, surrendered
to tho French.
1853—Rdouarri Deltesske, opera alngcr, Dorn.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New York, Dec. 22.—Here are some <>f
the visitors In New York to4lny:
ATLANTA-O. B. McCarthy, It. Rosen
baum.
GOVERNMENT SUED
BY RICE PLANTER TO
RECOVER DAMAGES
Mitchell on Peaca Board.
Washington, Dec. 22—John Mitchell,
president of the United Mine Workers
of America, will be labor's representa
tive on the board of trustees of the In
dustrial Peace Commlssclon .
Sacks $5,000 Damage.
Suit was tiled In the superior court
Friday morning against the Gate City
Coffin Company for $5,000 damages fi»r
alleged personal Injuries caused to
James Holmes, a negro, by the negli
gence of the defendant. . The negro
alleges he was working on a scaffold,
October 30. when a wagon of the Gate
City Coffin Company was driven
against one of the post* of the scaf
fold, causing Its collapse and throwing
the plaintiff to the ground. Hi* Inju
ries were severe. The Cincinnati Ferro
ConVrete Company, which is said to
have built the scaffold, is sued jointly
vfth the coffin company.
Where the Georgia Delegation Live
in Washington.
SENATORS.
Augustus O. Bacon, 1757 Oregon
avenue.
A. S. Clay, the Normandie.
CONGRESSMEN.
W. C. Adamson, the Oxford. •
C. L. Bartlett, the Shoreham.
Thomas M. Bell, the Iroquois.
W. G. Brantley, the Chapin.
T. W. Hardwick, the Shoreham.
W. Howard, the Bancroft.
Gordon Lee. the Shoreham.
K. B. Lewi*, the Metropolitan.
J. W. Overstreet, the Metropoli
tan.
L. F. Livingston, 1916 Biltmore
street.
J. M. Griggs, the Metropolitan.
Accused of stealing a $100 bill nnd
buying a lot of fancy and costly cloth
ing for her child, who Is In a colored
orphanage, Josephine Porter, u negro
ant In the home of J. A. Cleary
Central avenue, local superintend
ent. of the Southern Kxpress Company,
was bound over to the superior court
Saturday morning by Recorder Broyles
on the charge of larceny.
The $100 bill mysteriously dlsappeai -
ed three weeks ago from the room
S. N. Dykeman, who boards at the
Cleary home. The bill was stolen from
a trousers pocket while Mr. Dykemnu
and members of the Cleary family
were at church.
CLUB SMOKER
The Transportation Club v. Ill give a
smoker Saturday night In compliment
to F. A. Healy, the retiring secretary
and treasurer, who has recently ac
cepted a higher position in the railway
world.
Like all of the Transportation Club
affairs, the smoker Is expected to be a
feast of good fellowship and kind
words. No more popular man than
Socretury Ilealy ever entered the por
tals of the club ami every member will
turn out to do him honor.
GOT ms XMAS COIN
IN HURRY UP FASHION
A negro boy. who obtained employ,
ment Friday at the Peachtree street
store of the King Hardware Company
proceeded to annex his Christmas
money In ' rapid transit" style and as a
result Is now being sought by the po-
Bhortjy after hi* aervlces were en-
Special to The Georgian.
Anderson. S. C., Dec. 22.—The papers
in a damage suit for $10,000 against
the Federal government were served
upon United States District Attorney
Cochran here yesterday.
The plaintiff is Andrew H. Heyward,
a rice planter of Beaufort county, who
alleges that the government in Improv
ing the hurbor at Savannah built dams
and retaining walls In the Savannah
river and caused the river to back up
on his beach hill plantation, completely
ruining It.
\V. Boyd ICvnps. of Columbia, Is thi
plaint Ill’s attorney In the case.
District Attorney Cochran said today
that tho first he knew of the cast- was
when the papers were served on him,
and that he did not know what, If any,
defense would Ik? made.
TWENTY-ONE BOYS
DISMISSED BY BROYLES
The cases against twenty-one bov*.
four of whom are negroes, nnd all
hom have been on probation for
time, were formally dismissed by Tie*
corder Broyles Friday afternoon.
In taking this action, the recorder
made a splendid talk to the boys.
ing them some good advice and urgin'?
them to continue In the path of .
tude. Clerk \V. H.'Preston and P r " h, 'T
officer doer also made
talks along the same line. A numjwr
of visitors were In rjmrt to witness m*
proceedings.
SPEAKERS CHARGE
TO
Speelnl to Tho Oercxten.
Savannah. Ga., Dec. 22.—After being
In session for four hours L»st evening,
the grand Jury took a recess until
nesday, when the Investigation
the fireworks horror will be tcru
Out of sixteen witnesses summ
before the fire committee of ■
this morning, but one appeared
in'®
services were en- tills morning, but one appeare i
f5*2u.'/ftALm u u'h I'", 1 .":. 8 " ,n , rp ,n ! lh * Investigation hod to tie tow'll
V • package, j The blame has not been lixol
, l !ol/ Pl .itr n thcpai kitgc all right nnd < 'ampnlgn orator* of the !’•
notion !e.B h!‘ , 'ih 8, "‘* lhtn he Iws Democratic League lust night <1
not been .ecn b> the hardware people.' that the admintstratfon was to !•
