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THE ATLANTA GLOLULLN, HhU.NL.'iuai, , CPU rflDAKPR I WILL TRY A YEAR’S SEPARATION JLH. I Ullni\LIl TQ DETERMINE THEIR EUTURE puns FIGHT Brands as Silly Story About Presi dent. GETS EVIDENCE FOR HIS SPEECH Letters Written by Wives of Army Officers to Figure In Debate. Washington, Dec. 26.—"I think that the atory about what the president in tends to do is too silly to talk About, and you must excuse me from discuss. In* it.” Senator Foraker made this state ment when his attention was railed to the published stories of President Roosevelt's determination to resist con gressional action looking to the resto ration of the discharged negroes of the Twenty-fifth Infantry as a result of the Brownsville riot, to the military serv ice, even to the extent of welcoming Impeachment proceedings against him. Foraker 8eeks Evidence. The senator returned yesterday from New York, where he has been two or three days on business, which, accord ing to the understanding in Washing ton, was connected with the case of the discharged negro aoldiers. It Is said that the aenator conferred with officiate 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 those of the president and Secretary Taft. Letters To Be Submitted. It la understood that some of the new evidence which Senator Foraker will cause to be‘presented to the 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 form of letters written 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 to that time. The writers of these letters are said to have asserted. In effect, that the peo ple of Brownsville were of such a char acter as to make it necessary for the women of the post to practically make themselves prisoners In tlielr quarters, • because they feared to go about tile streets of the town. CONSIDER That the South Sends .Each Year $60,000,000 To the East in Life Insurance Premiums. WHY NOT KEEP THIS AT HOME? (Copyright, 1906. by W. R. Hearst.) Mrs. Corlnne 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 pn>ce»s. The Kei- seys have been murried for 10 and recently have come to the conclusion that they may not be as happy as they should' be. They have, therefore, agreed tn*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 u great deal of interest by tljelr friends. KEPI IN FITTING Colonel Peel Believes That Policy-Holders Will Lose. JORDAN SHOULD RESIGN MR. WATSON MAINTAINS IN ADDRESS TO FARMERS IVel of the Mnddo oiiqmiiy. of Ailuiitn, tin I'reslilent W. Hacker Blinking who wits a citiiilldnt Imhird or directors of the Mill mil Life Imuir mice Com puny on the policy-holders ticket, ally returned from New York, where lie wns on heeeiuher IS, when the hnllotlng losed. Wednesday nfternooli Colonel I*t»e| Mid Hull the Impression prevails that the "ml- mliilstrnlloii” ticket would win. which means Hint the organ la/.Hon of the com puny will remain prnelleiilly ns nt pre Is There ' should will.” said : company has foi that ticket "Twenty different times I have wit nessed the observance of Christmas In Atlanta, and Christmas this year was the quietest and most orderly of them all." This statement was made Wednesday morning to a Georgian reporter by Chief of Police Jennings, as he ex pressed his Intense pleasure at the derly manner In which Christum* celebrated In Atlanta Tuesday. "Christmas, 1906, 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 w remarkable and 1 think the jieople of Atlanta should feel proud. The police all did good work, the i»eople of the city showed no desire to disturb th peace and serenity of the occasion, an. all In kll It was a sublime celebration of a beautiful holiday.” Chief Jennings was determined that the day should not be marred by dis order and he and his men were on th** alert to prevent any poeslble outbreak. But there was none. It was a day of peace and quiet and plenty—more like Hunday than the ordinary observant of Christmas In previous years. But One Accident. Another striking feature of the ncca slon is the fact that but one Christmas accident of any character was reported to the police or at the Grady hospital. This single instance was the deplorable tragedy of Christmas morning, when Miss Tymna Freeman, the 16-y stenographer, was fatally shot by her uncle, E. 8. Larrimore, at .18 Strong street. The wounded girl was taken to the hospital, where she died shortly after noon. The corps of hospital physicians are usually overworked at Christina*, at tending to accidents of various kinds and people shot and cut In fight* and brawls, but this year they weie given a rest, due to the surprising luck of dis order and accidents. At the police station a total of ulio'it 176 cases were docketed between Mon day noon and Wednesday morning. Tills Is considered light police business R*i Christmas. Police officials and the recorder at tribute tills unusual condition to the fact that the saloon* were closed in the afternoon of Christmas Eve. It In esti mated that fully 100 more rase** would have been made had the saloon* been open Christman Eve night. COX COLLEGE AND CONSERVATORY, College Park, Georgia. i -..lon.-l I 1 . Him lieeii Ih'IiiIlug every ......... i-ial, sending tlinii*:iinlN of ngents lulu the Meld, ill eter.v country cross mini. In tin* effort to get the supporl of Hu* policy ladder*. My understanding In Hint tin* counting «.f Imlfot* Is to licglii to day, aial 1 do nut think this work will he cniil|deled for seveinl weeks.” Aside from Colonel Peel, the only other Moilllieril lllell oil die pulley holders ticket are Coiigressinnu \\. I*. I.annir. of Florida, and Allen Canerlou Braxton, of Itleluunud. president of the Virginia State Bar A*No«-ia- tIon. The Southerners on the administration ticket lire l«en»y Springs, of South t'nro lllin, lllid t'ololiel A. M. Shook, of Nashville. Two Nashville Mon. t'ololiel A. M. Shook, or Nnsbviil oleeted a iiieiuhor of ihe board of directum of the Muiiinl Life lustiniiue Company in Hie recent election of Hint company. Major K. B. Stithlmnti, id Nashville, was elected Oil the New York Life lickel. Colonel Shook, who is a liicllllier of the Intel national I'o I Icy holders’ A shim Inlion, had Ills iitimc placed on the administration ticket without Ills consent mill over Ills protest after lie hud learned of flu* ruse emido.visl h.v Hie administration ticket. But it lias lieeii held that Ills iinme could hot he tnkeu off legally. Major Sinhlmnn was on both the admliil* t rat ton mid the policy luddem’ tickets, so ills elect loll I* assured. Colonel Shook holds Hint the election will he very .lose mol gives It iis Ids opinion that the lealnsly trick ticket will he thrown out and the international policy-holders’ ticket placed In charge. BALLARD BIFOCAL. A revelation to glass wearers, does away with two pairs *»f glasses, both reading and walking vision In one frame, and looks like one glass. It has proven the most successful of nl) the advertised Invisible bifocals. They are being sold by all the leading houses In America and abroad. Our oculist’s prescription department Is the most perfect nystem ever Inaugurated In this country. Not how cheap, hut how well we can serve you. Ask the oculist about us. Walter Ballard Optical Company, 61 Peachtree street. HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS VIA GEORGIA* RAIL- i S|M*clal to The Ueorglmi. • Thomson, Oa., Dec. 26.—In his speech before the recent meeting of the Farm ers' I’nlon In McDuffie county Hon. Thomas R Watson, who was one of the principal speakers, gave the union his heftrty support, and took occasion, to criticise Harvle Jordan, of the .South ern Cotton Association, anil demanded to know why Jordan did not resign the office he holds. . In concluding his address, Mr. Wat son said: "Harvle Jordan contends that lie will bring spinner and grower together. I would like to know* how he can do It. If the spinner Is so anxious to come Into the union of the cotton grower, why dues not the spinner tuke the cot ton grower Into his associations? (Ap- pluuse.) That Is a question which I venture to say Harvle cannot answer, Just as I have asked him some other questions, you know, (loud laughter),, which he has not been able to answer.” Mr. Watson, continuing, suld that when he was a younger man he had the young man's natural ambition for of fice, but thut was u long time ago and he no longer wanted any office under the sun. lie had found other work that suited him better. "When I came buck from New Or leans. where ! had gone to assure the farmers of the South of my earnest de sire to co-o|>erate with them for the Imnrovemem of their condition, a newspaper writer, signing himself ’Farmer.' began to clamor for my res ignation. saying thnt my connection with the Southern Cotton Growers’ As sociation wns an embarrassment to It. This continued until I felt the embar rassment, and I passed tny resignation up to Harvle Jordan to give him the chance to say whether or not he thought more of me and my services than he did of the anonymous news- I »* i**er scribbler. He promptly accepted I think I the resignation, and so I fell out of the I count on me, farmers’ movement. "I notice thut Harvle Jordan Is be ing criticised In the newspapers ten times more severely than that anony mous Hcribbltr who signed himself 'Former' criticised me. The Southern Cotton Growers' Association Is Im mensely more embarrassed by the thing* thut have been proved on Har vle Jordan than anything that was proved on me by that scribbler who signed himself 'Farmer.' But I notice that Harvle Jordan Is not resigning anything to relieve the Cotton Associa tion of embarrassment. (Great laugh ter and applause.) As I suld. 1 do not know whether It would be best for you for me to be come a member of your association. Possibly I can serve you better from the outside. Just as I did In the days of the Alliance. Be sure of this: That whatever It Is In my power to do will be done, without a thought of‘ self- aggramllxeinent. (Applause.) If I should enter your order, or If I should Join your noble-hearted president in holding great mass meetings through out the South to arouse the farmers and call upon them to enlist under your banners, I here und now pledge you my soared word of honor that It would be done without the slightest Idea of becoming a candidate for any office under the sun. (Cheering.) 'Tpon the question of my eligibility, no local union will he asked to pass. If you who are members of any local union think that I cun best serve you hy becoming one of you, I will ask that you tuke thnt question* up with your state and national lenders und let those are high in authority in your union decide whether It li better for me to become one of your members whether I am eligible to become But whether I am eligible or not, you can rest assured of this fact: That tny heart Is with you. that I have the ut most confidence In your leaders, that 1 consider your cause noble and Just, that J want to see it move forward to glorious success; and whenever you >*e you In any way, Strength, Integrity. “Equal and Exact Justice to All, Special Privileges toNone.” We issue all approved forms 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 Life The Volunteer State Insurance Co. State Agents ss =COLLIER & AKERS s =-Atlanta, Macon. Z. C. PATTEN, President. Home Office, CHATTANOOGA. J CLOSES INCIDENTS GEN. HARVEYH. HANNAH IS VISITOR IO ATLANTA ‘AtljiitniiUltfiiernl Harvey II. Hannah. of Tentipsscc. In in Atlniilii. whore lie I* visit ing <’ii|>tiilu und Mrs. I*. M. Storks, Id* rela tive*. nt S3 Nelson street. lie will he 111 the rlty several days. Few* mew In Tennessee nre better kmmu ilent llarvey llniinnli. I'ruiii privnic »«*<• ro tary to the governin' li • rose to In* adjutant go lie it 11 of the state troop*, and now lie lias Jn*t till I sU**» | n *|»oetnetilur rare for railroad «uiunl**loiier. in which lie off with til Uig colors, lie will Hssimie the duties of III* new offlee on .Inunary 7. For the pn*t several month* 4 So input Hannah und Senator-eleot Boh Taylor .have been stumping the niouiitHlns und valleys of Tennessee together. Ilariey would *tlr them up nod mrutrh them deep, while ***»«r Boh” would follow him with the healing oil of his humor. The two were a great tiuulil- nntloii. Kveryltody know* how Hob Taylor run sway Hie |»eop|o. und llnrvey tlniinnh is eonsblereil next l»est in Tennessee. SCOLDS 'IHE XVINlER GIRL vo lnqne.t. won* held Christina. sfter- i by Coroner Thom|w»ii. a« Me result of thr tlollhli- tragedy of Chrl.tlllil, eve lit Ht tiaaklll (ttrepf. to Unit tuqueat war liehl In tlip un dertaking psrlnrs of Ban-lay A Brandon r thr Iwdy of Urmia Jonrn. Thr aaitir jury adJourON] to thr undertaking par lor. of Hall & Bond, where thr liotly of Wiiltrr Hightower war viewed. The vrnllrt of the Jury mu In elfret that Hightower 'kill—<1 Braalr June. and thru rollimlttrd .ttlrhlr. T DIXIE WOOLEN CO KILLED TWO MEN IN DRUNKEN ROW Oil CHRISTMAS EVE Sjmm'IiiI to The Georgian. Hawkinsvllle, Oa., Dec. 26.—At Coch ran Monday Gordon McDonald shot and killed Hershal Burns and Coley Cheney at the home of Tony Burns. No particulars have been ascertained, except that they were drinking and McDonald shbt the two men down and then, attempted to shoot the elder Burns. • McDonald Is a son-in-law* of Burns. Hershal Burns Is a son of Tony Burns and Cheney Is his stepson. SEVERALCONTRIBUTE TO RELIEF OF POOH, FI Severe! day* before Chrletmna The Georgian published a pathetic atory nt a poor woman In Ashby street who i witbout resources beyond aid given by the Salvation Amy. The story brought a number of responses. The Georgian haa received checks for five dollars and one dollar, respective!). from D. P. Byers, of Charlotte, >.. t.. and Edward W. Johnson, of Sneads Fla. . These have been forwarded w the suffering woman, who l» now at the Home for the Friendless, und wtos* future is brighter for tho thoughtful ness of several readers. Thr rhatulirr of eouilltrrer Wrdll4-JT.ily j morning began moving Its quarter* from Alt Involuntary petition In bnnhrnptry thr rlty hull to thr dftli door of the Em us tilr,I Monday afternoon hi the bniik-1 plrr I,till,ling, ntplry division of the l ulled Htatei: eoart i All thr rooms of thr dfih door, faring by thr Itnselnnd Manufacturing Company I Marietta turret, bare been secured for the and others ngalnat the Mile Woolen Com-1 headquarter. of the elutinhor and thr rhnin- istny. Thr iietltloii rlsltnrd that Hie drnt wa. bankrupt, ami asked that n rare Ivor lie appointed. Claims were I'll.-I by the tiiHirgla Itullway and Electric Company, Mr Ainerienn I’lpr Bending und Mneblne Company nml Itusolnnd Matiafarttirllig Company, aggregating frGs.fiy. A PHONY TENNY80N. ROAD. On account of Christinas holidays, tickets will 1h* sold at all points south of the Ohio and Potomac und east of j * j . the Mississippi river. Si. Louis. Mo.. ! Included, at rate of one und one-third naicub G IRLS, this I* going; to lie a scold ing, so you may as well prepare to take It like good little girls and promise to do better in the fu- tcoliling about shoes and the way In which you dress your first-class fare, plus 26 centf, for the round trip. Tickets on sale at nil stations De cember 2d to 26, 20. 31 und January 1. final limit January ?, 1907. For further information apply to any ticket agent, or A. G. JACK80N, C. C. M'MILLIN, G. P. A. A. G. F A. Augusta, Ga. BRAIN DUST. It's nn Jll tongue that tells no good. Nffver Judge yourself by the faults of your neighbors. Kterrltra will I*, resumed nfb-7 Hie bull days mi January z. Parents wishing to en- ■■ should apply at uvit for ter their •lnuglifei iKSmatiuti ul rst It was baseball, then football- now It's congress. You can lead some men to the bat;, but you can't make them refuse a drink. feet. Yesterday, as you know, was the coldest day of the winter so far. I walked down Broadway at the hour when most of you were going to busi ness. The w ind came tearing over from the west, biting its cruel way through even the wannest garments. 1 was horrified to see that about fine-half*of the girls 1 met wore low shoes. Their necks were swathed in fur* and most of them carried muffs, but. oh. how cold their ankles must have !>een! With many of them It was not be- won't make you look pretty, my dear girls, unless you ate properly clothed underneath. Warm undergarments are far more Important than an ostrich feather on your hat. Serviceable boot* are more Important than beads and chiffons. I know It Is a great temptation to buy the pretty things, the things that make a show; but the point Is that those things wouldn’t make the most beauti ful person In the world look pretty If she were blue and shivery. One of the quickest of all ways to catch odd Is by having the ankles un covered. Some foolish girls even wear tljln. openwork stockings, t’ould there be n better bid for pneumonia and con sumption? Added to every thing else, it is poor style. Good dressing Is suitable dress ing, and by no stretch of imagination cun any one supooiKb that low shoes are I proper for w inter wear. What you need Is a pair of stout. cause they could not afford to buy • neat hoot*. Slippers anil low shoes are they wore ' ■ I trimmed with feathers. They did not look pretty. How could ! time of year, they with pinched cheeks and red j I noticed one girl In particular yea- noses? They were dressed for show ) terday. She wore a gay little red feath- and not for comfort or health. i ered hat. a dressy coat, a pretty set of All the smart furbelows in the world squirrel furs, a short skirt and high- Break, bieak, brei.k My phone connections—see? And I would that tny tongue could ut ter The thoughts that arise In me. O well for the telephone girl That she's only In reach of my shout; O well for the manager, too. That his lies cannot be found out. And the damnable breaks go on. To the ruin of business hopes; But O, for a chance to rcvence myself on the telephone centra! dopes! Break, break, break And 1 rave most boltlesslee! But the tender grace of a placid Blind •Will never come back to me. —New York Mail. I>er of commerce market exchange, nml the offh-e fixtures will l»e Installed, It Is thoughr. by Thursdny. The Atlanta freight bureau may move to other rooms In the Umpire hulldlug soon. THE MIRAGE IN EGYPT. Beneath the sand-atorm, John the Pil grim prays; But when he rises, lo! an Eden smiles, Green eedarn slopes, meadows of cham omiles; Clasp! In a silvery river's winding tmue, "Water, water! Blessed be God!" he ' says. And totters gasping towards those hap py isles. Then all Is fled! Over the sandy plies The bold-eyed vultures come and stand and gaxe. ’’God heard ine not." says he; "blessed be God." And dies. But ns he nears the pearly strand. Heav’n's outer coast w here waiting an gels stand. He looks below. "Farewell, thou hooded clod. heeled low* shoes. Her face was blue j with the cold, and I am quite sure she - Brown corpse the vultures caught cold. I don’t see how she. could help it. Poor little, silly girl! I felt so sorry fitness of things Take this little scolding to heart, girls, and do dress yourselves properly. Sh »w common sense and buy necessary clothing btfore pretty and fluff*. tear on bloody sand. "God heard my prayer for life—blessed be God!” —Theodore IVatta.Bunion. . . Nol even a itrnfenor 6f inatlieuin"e* tuelew frill- l« Oonuietem In aolve the Homan uiob- lem.—Chlracu New*. Gav, H imielf Awny. Mrs. Qutsxcm—My brother ti Id this momlnr that he wanted to in; 1 typewriter. What's the best Kind. Mr. Qulxxem (absently)—I llKe with light hair and blue eyes. Rival Bards. . “Canst match our Burns?" Inquired the Scot. "I’m very sure that ye not." . The Norseman smiled and murmured low: "We had our ancient Skal.K r know."—Pittsburg Post. • ''Ttmrkeray probably thounht My self original when he produced u n.o without n hero." "Well, can you beat* him?" "Easy; n novel without a cn tory!”—Plttnburg Pest. A woman doesn't care much »hm buys, provided she gets It at a bantaia Undtr the Improved Condition*. At the “passing of the rable" They all rejoiced, /-lack! They are walking now and alahlnk They had the fgfclg* Tn „„„ BIRMINGHAM, ALA., and RETURN. Account ANNUAL CON FERENCE SOUTHERN COTTON ASSOCIATION. For the above occasion the railroad will sell round trtl» ,|1 . ‘ from all points on its line t«» *•. .. ham and return, at rute of on*- class fare plus 25 cents. ^ . Tickets on sale January aK 1907, limit January 22, 190•- For further Information, appb 3 ticket agent, or C. C. M'MILLIN. A. <i •' w A. U. JACKSON, G. P. A-. Augusta, Ga-