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'Uliij A'lLA \ l’A (iLUUti l A A,
SEN. FI
PUNS FIGHT
Brands as Silly Story
About Presi
dent.
WILL TRY A YEAR’S SEPARATION
TO DETERMINE THEIR FUTURE
■TBP
GETS EVIDENCE
FOR HIS SPEECH
letters Written by Wives
of Aiaiiy Officers to
Figure In Debate.
Washington. Dec. 26.—“I think that
the story about what the president In-
tendn to do In too silly to talk about,
and you must excuse me from discuss
In* It”
Senator Foraker made this state-
inent when his attention was called to
the published atnrlta of President
Roosevelt's determination to resist con
gresslonal action looking to the resto
ration of the discharged negroe| of the
Twenty-fifth Infantry aa a result of the
Brownsville riot, to the military serv
ice, even to the extent of welcoming
Impeachment proceedings against him.
Foraker Seeka Evidence.
The eeuator returned yesterday from
New York, where he has been two or
three daye on business, which, accord
ing to the understanding In Washing
ton, waa connected with the case of
tba discharged negro soldiers.
It la said that the aen&tor conferred
with official! of the Constitutional
League, an organisation which has con
ducted an Independent^ Investigation of
the matter, and which has arrived at
conclusions that differ radically from
thoee of the president and Secretary
Taft. *
L.tt.r, To Be Submitted.
It la understood that acme of the new
avldence which Senator Foraker
cauae to be presented to {he senate
committee on military affairs, In the
event of the adoption of his resolution
directing an Investigation of the case
by that body. Is In the fond of letters
prltten to the wife of an army officer
In Washington by the wives of officers
who were stationed at Brownsville
when the trouble occurred, and prior t
that time.
The writers of these letters are said
to have Hsserted, in effect, that the peo-
pie of Brownsville were of sjich a char
acter as to make It necessary for the
women of the post to pructlcally make
themselves prisoners In their quarter
because they feared to go uhoiit the
streets of the town.
(Copyright. 1906. by TV*. R. Hearst.)
Mrs. fortune Rider-Kelsey; whose
picture here appears, and her hus
band propose to give practical ap
plication to Mrs. Herbert Farson's
trial marriage scheme, though they
will reverse the process. The Ket-
seys haye been married for 10
years and recently have come to
the conclusion that they tfiay not
be as happy as they should be.
They have, therefore, agreed to a
year's separation In order to de
termine whether they are happier
married or single. At' the end of
that provisional period, they will
decide whether they will come to
gether again or apply for a divorce.
The experiment Is being watched
with a great deal of interest by
their friends.
IME
KEPI IN FITTING
TICKETWILL WIN
IN MUTUAL RACE
Colonel Peel Believes That
Policy-Holders Will
Lose.
JORDAN SHOULD RESIGN
MR. WA TSON MAINTAINS
IN ADDRESS TO FARMERS
>
“Twenty different times I have wit
nessed the observance of Christinas In
Atlanta, and Christmas this year was
the quietest and moat orderly of them
air.”
This statement was made Wednesday
morning to a Georgian reporter by
Chief of Police Jennings, as he ex
pressed hla Intense pleasure at the or
derly manner .In which Christmas was
celebrated In Atlanta Tuesday;
“Chrlsttnas, ItOI, In Atlanta." said
the chief, “will go on record as one of
the most notable In the history of the
City. And this because of the splendid
order maintained. The observance was
remarkable and I think the people of
Atlanta should feel proud. The police
all did good work, the people of the
city showed no desire to disturb th<
peace and serenity of the occasion. am
• all In all it was a sublime celebration
of a beautiful holiday."
Chief Jennings was determined that
the day should not be iniftied by dis
order and lie and hfs men were on tip*
alert to prevent any possible outbreak.
But there was none. It was a day of
peace and quiet am! plenty—more like
Hunday than the ordinary observe
of Christmas in previous years.
But On# Accident.
Another striking feature of the m
■Ion la the fact that but one Christiiihm
■evident of any character was reported
to the police or at the Grady hospital
This single instance was the deplorable
tragedy of I'hristmus morning, when
Miss Tymna Freeman, the 16-yeur-obl
stenographer, was fatally shot by her
uncle, K. S. laminiore. at 38 Huong
street. Tli** wounded girl was taken
!»> the hospital, where she died shortly
after noon. %
The corps of hospital physicians are
usually overworked at Christinas, at
tending to accidents of various kinds
and people shot and cut In lights and
brawls, but this year they w>»e given :»
rest, due to the surprising lack iff dis
order and accidents.
At the police station a total of about
ITS cases were docketed between Mon
day noon and Wednesday morning.
This Is considered light police business
for Christmas.
Police officials and the recorder at
tribute this unusual condition to the
fact that the saloons were closed in the
afternoon of Christmas Eve. It is esti
mate*! that fully 100 more cases would
have been made had the saloons been
open Christmas Eve night.
COX COLLEGE AND
CONSERVATORY,
College Park, Georgia.
will U r»-- ;..*••»! nfl#*r Hi** Soil-
days on Jatuuir.T Z, Parent* wishing to ru
ler their daughters should apply hi we for
fMrrratioti oj nestis.
President \V. |„ peel of the Maddux*
Itnckcr Banking Company. <>r Atlanta, mid
who was n nindbbiie for election to the
iMutrd of (linn-torn of the Mtiliiul Life lionir-
mice CoinjMiny on the policy-holders ticket,
recently returned from New York, where
In* wiim on Mcccnibcr 18, when the balloting
Wednesday aftcriionii Colonel Peel said
licit Hie Impression prevails thut the "nil-
inlnlst rut Ion" llt-kct would win. which
ns thut the /org.-t uln r. I foil of tin
puny *will remain practically as at |ireseut
The
Is
hy that ticket
should will." Malik Colonel lv#*l, "as I Ik
company has for months Ih-cu liemling every
energy toward that end. sending thousand*
of Hgents Into the Held, at every coiiulry
cross-road. In the effort to get the support
of llie policy holders. My iimlcrstumliUK In
flint Hie counting of ballots In to.lmglu to
day. and I (I tlduk (Ids work will he
completed for several weeks."
Aside from Colonel peel, the only oilier
Southern men on the policy holders ticket
are Congressman W. H. I.amar. of Florida,
and Allen Capet loll lira\toll, of Kh-liiuoiid.
president of tin* Virginia Stale liar Associa
tion. The Southerners on the adudidstraHou
ticket are Is* my Springs, of South Caro
lina, and Colonel A. M. Shook, of Nashville.
Two Nashville Men.
Colonel A. M. Shook, of Nashville, was
elected a member^of the board of directors
of the Muttml l.ife liisurauee Company In
the recent elec lion Of that eoiupauv Major
I-:. It. Stahluisu, of Nashville, was elm*led
on the New York life ticket.
Colonel Shook, who Is a member of the
InteruaHoiuil Pulley holders' Association,
had lilsTiame placed on the administration
ticket without Ills consent mid
protest after he hsd learned of the ruse
employed by the administration ticket, lit
It hss Im-cii held that Ids imtnc could m
In* taken off legally
Major Stahlman whs oil Isith the adiului
I rath
Ids eleclh
that Hie
id the policy holders' t
II h* llssiil-ed. Cololiel SI
election will he very
Ids opinion that the
Frick ticket will In* thrown out and the
International policy holders' ticket placed In
charge.,
BALLARD BIFOCAL.
A revelation to glaNN wearers, does
Away with two 1 pairs of glasses, both
reading utid walking vision In one
frame, and looks like one glass. It has
proven the most successful of all tlue
advertised Invisible bifocals. They are
Itelng sold by all the leading houses
In America and abnmil Our oculist’s
preM* t Iptloit department is the most
perfect system ever Inaugurated In this
country. Not how cheap, but how well
we can serve you. Ask the oculist about
us. Walter Bullard optical Company. I!
Peachtree street.
HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS
VIA GEORGIA RAIL
Special to The Georgian.
Thomson, (5p., Dec..26.—In his speech
before the recent meeting of the Farm,
ers’ Union In McDuffie county Hon.
Thomas R Watson, who waa one of the
principal speakers, gave the union his
hearty support, and took occasion to
criticise llarvle Jordan, of the South
ern Cotton Association, and demanded
to know wjjy Jordan did not resign the
office he holds.
In concluding his address, Mr. Wat
son paid:
"Httrvle Jordan contends that he will
bring spinner and grower together. I
would like to know how lie cun do It.
If the spinner in so anxious to come
Into the union of the cotton grower,
why does hot the spinner take the cot
ton grower Into his associations'.' (Ap
plause.) Thut Is a question which I
venture to say Hatvle cannot answer,
Just as 1 have asked him some, other
'questIons,-you know, (loud laughter),
w hich he has not been able to answer.”
Mr. Watson, continuing, said Unit
when lie was a younger man he bud the
young man’s natural ambition for of
fice, but that was u long time ago and
lie no longer wanted any office under
the aun. lie had found other work that
suited him better.
"When I cumc back from New Or
leans, where I bad gone to assure the
farmers,of the South of my earnest de-
si ra* to co-opeiuite with them for the
liimrovement of their condition, a
newspaper writer, signing himself
•Fanner.' began to clamor for my res
ignation. saying that my connection
with the Southern Cotton Growers' As
sociation was an embarrassment to It.
Tills continued until 1 felt the embar
rassment. and I passed my resignation
up to llarvle Jordan to give him the
hance to say whether or not
farmers' movement.
"I notice that Hatvle Jordan Is be
ing criticised In the newspapers ten
times more severely than that anony
mous scribbler who signed himself
'Farmer* criticised me. The Southern
Cotton Growers’ Association Is, Im
mensely more embarrassed by ’ the
things that have been proved on Haf-
vle Jordan than anything that was
proved on me by that scribbler who
signed himself 'Farmer.' But I notice
thut llarvle Jordan Is, not resigning
anything to relieve the Cotton Associa
tion of embarrassment. (Great laugh
ter and applause.)
As I said, 1 do not know whether It
would be best for you for me to be
come u member of your association.
Possibly I can serve you better from
the outside, Just as 1 did In the days
of tlu* Alliance. Be sure of this: That
w hutever It Is In niy power to do will
be done, without* a thought of self-
aggrandizement. (Applause.) If I
should enter your order, or If I should
Join your noble-hearted president In
holding great juasa meetings through
out the South to arouse the farmers
and call upon them to enlist under
your banners, I here and now pledge
yoiLmy sacred word of honor that It
would he done without the slightest
idea of becoming a candidate for any
office under the sun. (Cheering.)
"Upon the question of my eligibility,
no local union will be asked to pass.
If you who are members of any local
union think that I can best serve you
by becoming one of you. 1 will ask that
you tuke that question up with your
state and national leaders and let those
who are high In authority In your
union decide whether It Is better for
me to become one of your members or
liether 1 am eligible to become so.
But whether I am eligible or not, you
can rest assured of this fact: That my
heart Is with you. that I have the ut
most confidence In your leaders, that
onsider your cause noble and just,
CONSIDER
That the South Sends Each Year
$60,000,000
To the East in Life Insurance Premiums.
WHY NOT KEEP THIS AT HOME?
Strength,
Integrity.
“Equal and Exact
Justice to All,
Special Privileges
to None.”
010 HICKORY
We issue all approved foi-ms of policies, participating and non-participat
ing, straight life insurance, without board contracts, stock schemes, or other
questionable methods of securing business.
GOOD OPEN TERRITORY FOR REPUTABLE AGENTS
the Volunteer State
Insurance Co.
Life
Z. C. PATTEN,
President.
Home Office,
CHATTANOOGA.
State Agents===COLLIER & AKERS-Atlanta, Macon.
CLOSES INCIDENTS
thought more of in#* and my services that I want to *e« it moye forward to
thun lit* did of the anonymous news-1 glorious success; and whenever you
»*•»**»»i- Mcribbler. lie promptly accepted I think I can nerve you In any way,
the rexlKnntlon, und ao I fell out of the 1 count on me."
Two Inquests were held Christmas after
noon by Coroner Thompson, iiu the renult
of the double tragedy of ('brl^fsis* eve at
144 Himklll street.
The first luqtiest waa held In the un
dertaking parlor* of Barclay »v Brandon
• the iMMly of Beanie Jones. The Maine
Jury adjourned to the undertaking par
lors of Hall k Bond, where the body or
Walter Hightower wan viewed.
The verdict of the Jury wiim lit effect
that Hightower klll«*d Bennie Joiien and
then committed suicide.
GEN HA R VE Y H. HA NNA H
IS VISIT OR to A TLA NT A
Adjiitaiit-Geiieral llarvey II. Hannah, of
Tennennee. in in Atlanta, where hi* I* visit
ing 4'aptuln and Mrs. !■'. M. Stock*, hi* r#*Iu
the*, at i*3 Nelson street, lie will In* III
rnl day
Few wen In
Hum llarvey tlNiiunli. I'foi
tary to tin* governor In* row
general of the state troop*.
JtiMl tlnUhed a N|M*etaeiilar i
> belli
prlvi
kno
_ .. will n**lliue the dtltlen
new office on January
|Ht*t Mcverui mouth* General
flying colors.
hi* new offli - . ..
For the |M»*t several mouth'
llniiuah mid Senator elect Bob T:iyl<
been stumping the mountain* and valley*
of Tenne**ee together, llarvey would *llr
them up and scratch them d«*#*i», while "Our
Bob" Would follow him with till* healing oil
of hln humor. Tin* two were a great couibi
nation. Fiery bod v know* how Bob Taylor
u sway the people, nud llarvey 11 .-in null
oltnldered
Ih*mi III Tei
SCOLDS THE WINTER GIRL
I lltl.S, this is going to be a scold*
T}A A n g m ing. so you may ns well prepare
rCUAU. to take it like good little girls
tin at count of Fhrlstma* holidays, | and promise to do better In the fu-
tlcket* will be sold at all points south | lure
'* a scolding about shoes and the
ff the Ohio and Potomac end east
the Mississippi »1ver, Ht. I*oulx. .W.. , .. w.ie
Included, at rate of one and one-thlrdK w,tfU,rtU " UH> 1,1 HhUh > ,,u > our
first-dess fare, plus 25 cents, for the f feet.
round trip. I Yesterday, as you know, was N the
Tickets on sale at all stutiona De-! coldest day of the winter so far. I
ember 20 to 23. 3u. 31 and January 1
KILLED TWO MEN
IN DRUNKEN DOW
ON CHRISTMAS EVE
8p#*elnl to The Georgian.
Huwklnsvllle, Gs., Dec. 26.—At Coch
ran Monday Gordon McDonald shot and
killed Herxhal Burns and Coley Cheney
at the home of Tony Burns.
So particulars have been ascertained,
except that they were drinking and
McDonald shot the two men down and
then attempted to shoot the elder
Burns.
McDonald Is a son-in-law of Burns.
Heraha 1 Burns is a son of Tony Burna
and Cheney Is his stepson.
TO RELIEF OF POOR,
SUFFERING WOMAN
Several day* before Christmas
Georgian published a patbetlc etory nf
a poor woman In Aebbjr etreet wlio waa
without resource* beyond eld given by
the Salvation Army. The etory brought
a number of responses.
The Georgian ha* received checks (nr
(lve dollar# and one dollar, reepectlvely,
from. D. P. Byere, of Chariot le, X.
and Edward W. Johnion, of Snead-.
Ela. Thoee have been forwarded i»
the eu(Turing woman, who le now at
the.Home for the Krlendle**, and whom
future le brighter for the thoughtful-
ness of aeveral reader*.
DIXIE WOOLEN CO,
TO
'll** *‘!iatuber «f commerce Wedprtiay
ruing began moving its quarters from
bankruptcy, Hi** city ball to the fifth floor of the Km
An Involuntary petltiou In
wo* filed Monday afternoon In the bank-1 pi re building.
itiptcy division of the Fnlted Htnte* court j All the rooms of the fifth floor, facing
by the Itoxelsud Manufacturing Font pa ny ] Marietta street, have been secured for the
and others ngalnxt the Dixie Woolen Font-' headquarter* of the ehninber and the chain-
pany. The petition claimed that the firm i ber of commerce market exchange, end the
wax bankrupt, and naked that n‘ receiver | office fixtures will In* Installed, It Is
be appointed. Flnims were filed by the j thought, by Thursday.
Georgia Hallway and Kleetrh* Company, j The Atlanta freight bureau may mov
the American Pipe Bending nud
t'oinpuny nud Kowcliiud Mnuiifnctiirlug
4'oinpnny. aggregating IKs.62.
, A PHONY TENNYSON.
Break, biesk, brenk
My phone connections—see?
And I would that my tongue could ut-
won’t make you look pretty, my dear
underneath." y " U "" ,,r ' ,pfr)y ‘' lo,hr<1 The though!, that arise in me.
Wat in undergarments are far more J .. - _ th# irlrl
important than an oxtrich feather on _.. r \ .TJ
final limit January
For further information apply to any
ticket agent, or
A. G. JACKSON, C. C. M’MILLIN,
6. P. A. A. G. P. A.
Augusts, Gs.
BRAIN DUST.
It’s an ill fungus that tells no good.
Never Judge yourself by the faults
of your nelghtiors.
You can lead some men to the bar.
but you can't make them refuse a
drink.
walked d.»
feather on
hat. Serviceable boots are more
im|N>rtant than beads and chiffons.
1 know It is a great temptatltm to buy
the pretty things, the things that make
a show; but the point is thut those
things wouldn't make the most heautl-
t ful person In the world look pretty If
tt Broadway st Hie hour; she were blue and shivery.
That she's only In reach of tny shout;
well for the manager, too.
That his Ilea cannot be found out.
idlier rooms in the Km pi re building noon.
THE MIRAGE IN EGYPT.
Beneath the sand-storm, John the pil
grim prays; *
But when he rises, lo! an Eden smiles,
Green cedarn slopes, meadows of cham
omiles;
Flaspt in a silvery fiver's winding
maze,
"Water, water! Blessed be God!” he
says,
And totters gasping towards those hap
py Isles
hen most of you were going to bust*
ness.
The wind came tearing #*ver from the
west, biting Its cruel way througn even
the warmest garments.
I was horilfled to see that about
one-half of the girls I met wore low
shoes. Their necks gere swathed In
furs and most of them curried muffs,
hut. oli. how cold their ankles must
have been!
With many of them It was not be
cause they could not afford to buy
boots, for they wore hats elaborately
trimmed with feathers, flowers, etc
one iff the quickest of all ways to
catch cold Is by having the ankleit un
covered. Some foolish girls even wear
thin, openwork stockings. Could there
be a better bid fyr pneumonia und c
sumption?
Added to everything else. It is poor
style. Good dressing Is suitable dress
ing, and by no stretch of imagination
can any one suppose that low shoes are
proper for winter wear.
What you need is a pair of stout,
neat boots. Slippers and low shoes are
very pretty for house wear, but they
! look very badly In the street at this
They did not look pretty. How could I time *>f year,
they with pinched cheeks and ret! I I noticed one girl In particular yes-
noses? They were dressed for show j terday. Hhe wore a gay little red feath-
and not for comfort or health. t ered hat. a dressy coal, a pretty set of
All the smart furbelows in the world squirrel furs, a short skirt and high-
And the damnable breaks go on.
To the ruin tff business hopes; j
But O. for u Chance to revenge myself
on the telephone »*entra! tlppex!
Then all Is fled! Over the sandy piles
The bold-eyed vultures come and stand
and gaxe.
"God heard me not," says he; "blessed
^ I- be God."
B A»d I rat.* rn'i-'t (N.ttle„lw! j An ‘ l Bllt a! ' h « ntar * '>>« pearly
But the tender grace of a placid mind 1 strand.
Will never come hack to n;e. • Heav’n’s outer coast where waiting an-
—New York Mad, : gels stand.
1 He looks below. "Farewell, thou hooded
heeled low shoes. Her face was blue» clod.
with the bold, and I am quite sure she Brown corpse the vultures tear on
rauKltt full]. I don't *ee how «he could ; bloody -and.
hvl|> It. ", "God ht.-iid my prayer for lift*—hi. lined
Poor little. Hilly Kir!! I felt *o »»rry be <‘od!"
for her with her mistaken Idea* of the i —Theoilore Watti-thinion.
..nee and fltnem of thing*!
Take ihljr little avoiding to heart.'
girl*, and do drew yournelve* properly. ,
Show t-ommon «en*e and buy neceoitary j Not even a profenor of mathematic*
clothing bsfore pretty, uaele** frill* I* competent to solve the woman prob
and fluff*. lem.—Chicago Sew*.
Gave Himself Away.
Mr*. Qulxzem—My brother ti lil
thl* morning that he wanted to get »
typewriter. Whet’* the be«t kind'.'
Mr. Qulisem (ab»ently)—I like ••
with light hair and blue eye*.
Rival Bard*.
“Can»t match our Burn*?" Inquired
the Scot. "I'm very sure that ye run-
not."
The Xoracman *mlled and murmured
low: "We had our ancient Skald*, ••• u
know."— Pittaburg Po*t.
"Thackeray probably thought Idn-
•elf original when he produced a »"'»i
without a hero."
"Well, can you beat him?"
"Eo*y: a novel without a con-ora
tory!"—PlttMburg Pc*t.
A woman doe»n’t care much what *^*
buys, provided »he gets It at a bar*»»>.
Under the Improved Condition,.
At the "passing of the rable”
They all rejoiced, .’.lack!
They are walking now and wishing
They had the cable back.
—Chicago Tribune.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA., and
RETURN.
Account ANNUAL CON
FERENCE SOUTHERN
COTTON ASSOCIATION.
For the above occasion the Ge- ‘
railroad will sell round trip ,i K '‘
from all points on Its line to Diniun*
ham and return, at rate of «»n»* >•
class fare plus 25 cents.
Tickets on sale January 15 an ' * *
1907. limit January 22, 19«7.
For further information, apply n >
ticket agent, or
C. C. M'MILI.IN. A. G. P
G. JACKSON. O. P. A.
Augusta. Gs-