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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
WKDNE8DAT. JANUARY J. ISO
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THE GKOItoiAN print* no uoalaao
ar objartlonahla advertising Neither
does It print whisky or aoy liquor ada.
OUR PLATFORM.—Tbs Georgtso
stands for Atlanta* owning Ita own gaa
and oloctrlc light planta. at It now
owna ita waterworks. Otbar alt Ira do
tbla nod gat gaa aa low aa CO ranta.
with a profit to tba city. Tbla aboiHd.
Iw dona at onra. Tba Gaorglan tie-
bora: - Bui' wa do not believe tbla aao
ha dona now. nod It may ha aoma yaora
ioforp ready fur ao Jdg an un- .
•tartaking tittti Atlanta should aat Ita
far# lu tbit direction NOW.
With nil of tin* nhontlim In Kent tick v
not n colonel hits betqt lont'
Persia him a fount It nt Ion. Wlilrli b
mtnrthim;- tttttrr—than tit* nhtili-- bm»,
Since hi* is a mighty kirk man.
Th«* Now York World han an t*ii
rial on honest crimes. Must In*
kind In which the aherUTii grip
eluded.
Mayor Dunne, of Chicago. I* con
atantly appreciating In IiIh own cntl
mate. The latent evidence. of thin Ih
hla proposition to the city council to
make hla salary $25,000 n year.
I)r. Madison Deters savs the pulpit
la "A Cownrd*n Castle." so he resigned
hla charge and will preach In it then
;ter. Probably he also thinks he can
'#•1- better audiences.
A scientist says w
will have no
btowlx ltt year*. No use to worry
yet. Resides the art of mnmtfactttr
Ing peroxide is not likely to Im-coiiic
a lost one.
• If Curtis Jett ill the Keutllek) Jail
maintains his Streak of I»eii!leiie«> he
la likely to confess to half of the mur-
tiers that*,have stained Kentucky for
fifty yearn.
A New York physician prescribed a
porous plaster for an Italian without
directions as to Its use. The Italian
promptly ate the plaster, am) It is
needless to say that* he will stick to
the remedy.
At a banquet In tlcrlln one of the
speakers said: The future belongs to
Germany' and the I’nlted States." We
trust that this paragraph will meet
the eye and approbation of public
men In Great Britain und Japan.
Society women of Ausoula. Conn..
have resolved to try the "Silence
Cure" and are expecting marvelous
results. /\tlnntu is full of fads, but If
there Is any movement to establish
this nuo ta«rt\ i lu'iv will !»■ no public
or private protest that we Know of.
The Now York Kyenlng Post, refer
rlliK to a complaint lij an American
correspondent of I.omlon Notes nml
Queries to the effect That American
newtpapera. seUlom quoted the a|»
IlieRtiis of K>lro|ieaii rulers, remarks;
"l*erha|>s It Is InTause they have no
room alter prtuttiiK the words of wls
dom—40.000 a week—of their own ml
•r." \Vlieretl|H)n The \Yashlngtuii Post
read* a Inna and scrhais lecture to
The New York Post uikiii the use of
the word "ruler" by the New York pa
per.
Senator Philander Knot, of Penn
•ylvanla, whom President Itmsevclt
denominated as the greatest lawyer
In the republle. stated a few days aao
that of all the arauments made In
COnaress on the trusts and related
themes, those presented !>v the lute
Senator Georae, ttf Mississippi, were
the atronaesl, the most lucid and the
most enllahlonltiR. "Senator ’Georae."
•aid he, "mult have h^en a lawyer of
•xeeptlonal ahllity and Industry." tiro
»er Cleveland once declared that Sen
ator Georae was the arestest const 1
tutlonal lawyer the republic ever pro
duccd. Hai Mississippi shrined this
groat publicist In a form to carry his
and esample to her younger
?
tutlot
duccd
great
IF'
JUST “STAND PAT.”
No dramatic, Incident of the council chamber should bo pcrmltttd to
obacurt the burning Issue of ooundpollcy and aafo conduct In overrid
ing the mayor*# veto of tho liquor llctnioa.' •
Alderman Key hss called hla honor a "liar" and a "corporate flunkey"
and the mayor hee retorted "you are another." v
Alderman Key hee charged, from the recorde, just aa Colonel Clif
ford Andereon charged, that Mayer Woodward holding tho office of may
or wee yet In the pay and under the. domination of a corporation aiklng
favor* of tho city. Mayor Woodward has also dtnlad these allegations,
end the air is so thick with rumors and strong language that the very
least that can be said It that the mayor retiree from hie office In a storm,
and without the approval of tho majority of hio fallow eltlzone.
But all these personalities are minor mittera aa compared with the
proposition that the council should sustain Its own overwhelming' vote,
end aeve the city a eerloue and bitter wrangle, by the more rigid liquor
regulation which tho community demands.
Neither Mayor Woodward nor Colonel Kay weigh In the scale
against this public and frosting necessity of this proposition.
We have argued to the council clearly and wt trust convincingly
that the individual integrity, lelf-retpect and consistency of each of that
majority of seventeen, demands that this vote should bo repeated un
changed aa a tidal wave to overwhelm the mayor’e veto. The public be
lieves this. The friends of the seventeen councilman believe It. There
is not e fair-thinking men In Atlanta who does not know that any eoun-
oilman who changea hla vote now. after all this discussion, and In the face
of thil aroused public opinion, will be suspected by the public, and there
fore stained to e greater or smeller degree by the political somersault.
Once more we aek the council to consider thle.
We ask the council further to consider the conditions which make
thr thinking public of Atlanta 10 aager to have thle liquor question set
tled now. We are fronting e new and peaceful year, after, e long' and
•tormy period of wrangle and division. "This ie the only shadow that rests
upon the peaceful prospect of the proeperout year.- It has been settled
by a splendid and all-sufficient majority of the council- It requires no
further wrangle. It need Involve no more debate. It requires only a
moment of time.
The public does not ask the council to do anything. It only aika the
body to sustain what It has already done. It does not aek the council to
enact any leglalAtion or add any amendments. It only oaks the council
to “stand pat" on the righteous ballot It hot already cast.
If tha seventeen councilman will only vindicate themeelvee, the city
will rejoice, and the peace belle may ring prophetic over the opening
year of 1»07.
-HO. JAPAN DOBS NOT WANT TO FIGHT US.
Tin- forward looking |**oplt* of thr t'lillril Kiai-a nml loir no sleep
over the apprehension nf u war with Japan.
To hi'Kln with. Jaimn la now In debt over a billion Uollurs with no
place lo borfiiw more money, and Is not" III n position to ro to war with
anyhod) Jupan’a navy, when you nnalyte It. Is not, nearly so good or so
strong as the American navy. And the proposition of Japan's hrlnalua a
futeo of. i.l r„ to rto-ain-parUcutar damage 7,U0t>-mllm la so grotesque an
apprehension llini ll dis-s not need to be answered.
If Jaitaii should,seise a |sirt either iiiani the Alaskan or the Pacific
coast, the l ulled Slates would speedily Ret II liaeK again and the experi
ment would cost Japan as many lives as she has to ttpare.
It is also a preiaisteroiiH Idea "that Knglaud would assist Japan In
an assault o|hiii the fulled States. Knaland, It Is true, has uii under
standing with Japan on inatlera relating to the Pacific ocean and the
Par Hast, hut Knsland's friendship with America is a thing of blood und
history, and stretches hark more years than we have known Japan.
If such a thing were possible, neither Knglaud nor Japan could make
uu> Impression upon the real isirta of the flitted States, and If they
sbuiild, and should bottle up our commerce for a time hv Knglaiid s au-
la-rlor navy. Knglund would ut the same time cut off from herself a very-
large piujsnlInn of her own food supplies. .
And the flitted States In that contingency could easily maintain a
placid existence with a siege oa Its own coasts because ll Is sufficient
unto Itself and produces within Itself everything that It needs lu the wide
world of trade or comfort.
Then. !<s>. the fulled States could lit short order run nit army Into
Canada and take possession of the choicest bit of property that Eng
land has outside of Its own "light little Isle."
Japan to thoughtful men docs not present the nppearance of tielna
anxious to light anybody Just now. Ih r pphltc debt Is almost If not quite
as large as that of the United Stales and her basic territory Is about
ns Idg as the state of California.
It Is nil very Interesting for newspaper men to gossip over possibili
ties like these, hut nobody in this generation Is likely to see a war be
tween America und Japan.
If It docs rouie Japan will have serious and terrible cause to re
gret It.
TWO PROPHETS OF PESSIMISM.
In the dispatches of Hceeiiiltet T2. John I). Rockefeller, the foremost
financial II git re of the world. Is quoted as follows:
"\\'e are regardless of the present, blind tn the fn
tore, nml disaster will he the check rein unless a temiierale spirit
replaces llte prodigal Impulses now prevailing In the nntlouul
life.
"Wo are nalttg tip the resourcea nt a tremendous rate, hut
that Is inti our chief dung, r now. Our peril lies, tn our parting
with the resources we hate, and we are likely to find ourselves
In need In the future fur litis very reason. In my opinion we aie
lieatleil toward a panic of vast proportions."
Singularly enough, In I ho dispatches of tho sumo day, the Ihm.
I.esllo M. Slmw. secretary of the treasury. Is quoted In tho KtjWlug
lugubrious atrntn:
"Secretary of "the Treasury I a* si It* M Shaw, who receuilt
sung hla 'swan souk' as a member of llte cabinet, In a speech
before a gathering of rich manufacturers el Washington, tb-
I-hired that wo should pray heaven to sate the nation frotil Its
prosperity, and Him complete disaster can only follow a run
tliniunce of the present uitparallolod conditions.”
Now to- casual mid ordinary thinkers these remarks would seem to
furnish a conclusive ground for apprehension of a speedy financial col
lapse.
Here Is the great financial nulmli of tho world upon the (Me hand,
master of affairs, monarch ttf husltieess, a person of "Infallible" Judgment
anti of the most comprehensive sources of Information, predicting great
disaster.
And here on tho. other hand Is the secretary of the t'nited States
treasury, the ottlclal head of the finances ttf the country, with the reports
of llte government In Ills hands- with vast and varied sources of tutor-
ntalhni. practically repeating the cry.
Surely It would he difficult lo find lwo more authentic nml Impressive
prophets of disaster than these.
And yet there are one or two considerations which ..erve to- lessen
any violent apprehension which these expressloits utlgl.i create.
The dispatches a few- days previous to the utterances of the secretary
nf the treasury announced that main his retirement from.,the eshlnet
of President Roosevelt, the lion I.esllo Shaw would assume tin tnuior-
tant and profitable financial arrangement with the Standard Oil Com
pany.
This fart gains some additional significance from another fact that
several of the preceding aeeretarhis of the treasury have been duly
and regularly taken care of by the Standard Oil Company at the expira
tion of their tefuts of nfflrv
Now then let us note nuother fact: The Standard Oil Company and
Mr. Hockefelh-r have Ismalit up pretty nearly all the property they can
secure tt anything like reasonable prices In the country und have In
vested millions of dollars in stocks at the present time, ll Is (tflflrrrtt"tn~-
thls iterlod of prosperity for them to buy any m-ito stocks or prnpcrtlea
because of the high llaurejLat which these stocks and properties ire
held.
Hut let us suppose that a panic should *val’.y come—that a cata
clysm of finance should Involve the republle und that money .hould be-
ciynu- dear and glow dearer every day.
In such a period ns this stocks would tumble, shares would fall
from the skies to the bottom of the sea, and properties would shrink in "
values In the starving point
L’ndct these conditions the vast revenues of she Standard Oil Com-
1-auy might Dud It easy lo reach uut tutu tho shaking and tottering wmId
of trmde and scoop In aucb additional propertlea ajd "ouch added ebarea
cad aucb desirable clock* aa they might wish to Join to their Hat In c-r-
dor to compute the power and pre-eminence which la just now almost
but not quite perfect.
We would not be so Impolite a* to charge upon Air. Rockefeller and
Secretary Shaw aucb a monstrous motive ■■ to precipitate a panic In
order to secure a wide and splendid opportunity to manipulate and pur
chase some desirable slocks, bonds and properties. Hut we do not deem
It any violation either of elblcs or of the proprieties to remark. Inciden
tally, of course, that perhaps no two people In tbe world could iiroeper
more upon a panic or bare a larger Interest In precipitating one, than the
coloeaua of finance who la at the bead of the Standard Oil Company, and
the present secretary of the treasury, who by tbot Unto would be his
lieutenant and co-operator.
So, that, taken altogether, wt- do not hesitate to sprinkle s grain
of salt upon tbe lugubrious statement of Croesus Rockefeller and Ms
prospective lieutenant. I/eslle M. Sltaw. Sound business men who have
no baneful Interests at stake, fall to see upon tbe horixpn any signs of
any great disaster or collapse, or to have any (ear of the Imminent wan
ing of tbe splendid prosperity of the present day. , ,
One of the few ways In wlilrli a panic could be precipitated would
!»- by prophesying Its Imminence from high sources, and lu preparing
the people to expect It, and to help It along by destroying In part the
splendid confidence whtchj-ulea the realm of trade.
It Is a safer and more wholesome thjng to liellave and to say that
“,7n prosperity' Is" based upon larg- ainr"whble«onir foundartomr-and-le-
likely lo continue, and In this cheerful note of hopefulness and of con
fidence to per|ietiiate the conditions tinder whlr'i we are nil prospering
In thla golden era of otir life.
We refuse to be frightened by Hie cry ral ted by the Standard Oil
t'umpany and the Federal treasury,and we Insist upon living In the sun-
shine and resting ii|srn the solid hnindallons o[ this hapoy day.
Georgia and Alabama Develop
ment.
I'lugla and Alabama begin llte
New Year with the moat promising
proN|a-ets of unprecedented Industrial
development and' upbuilding, accord
Ing lo the Georgia and Alabama In
dtiKlrlu! Index, which says In Ita reg
ular weekly Issue:
' The reotgnlllon of the possl-
• bilitles of the vast and varied re-
sources of the favored states of
Georgia and Alabama, resulting
In industrial Investment and de
velopment, has not reached Its
high tide by far. but the begin
ning of 1907 finds It stronger and
more substantial than ever be-
h-tt* tn the- hist,my -of—the—two—
stales. I.arge undertakings in
volving the outlay of great strata
ami smaller enterprises arc lu
prospect for the first part of the
New Year, lo north Georgia a
water power property was sold
last week, to lie followed Imme
diately by the generation of elec
trical energy which will he fur
nished to manufacturing plants.
In Aliiltamn a section Is to he de
veloped by the building of a rail
road extension, lo be abont fifty
miles In length. lu Montgomery
there has been furnished au ex
ample of what Is In prospect In
construction progress by the
awarding of a contract for a mod
ern. 13-atory office building and
the iwrfectlng of arrangements
.for erecting a Dstory business
building. "In Georgia work la soon
to begin upon the erection of
buildings for eleven state agricul
tural colleges. In tho (wo states
about a score of Federal litilldlnga
arc to he erected, the uccetary
appropriations having been made.
"Among other things The Ihdex
reporta tills week: A $200,000 na
val stores, mining and lumber
company, concrete block plant,
furniture factory, ginnery" $75,000
Ice plant extension, "saw mills,
"marble yard, two churchea. $10,-
000 and $l.*,000, respectively, ho
tel. $30,000 Masonic temple. $17.-
000 school auditorium, theater,
courthouse, river steel bridges
and eight new corporations."
MAGDALEN.
Take her by the hand, my brothers;
I.lft Iter front the dust;
Hpeak to Iter to loving klndm-ss
Words of hope anil trust.
In the night of stn no longer
l.et her footsteps roam.
To the tight of love und virtue
I.ead Iter gently home.
Bee her tn her woman's anguish.
Kite,-ling humbly there—
Every glattee n cry for mercy—
Every tear a prayer—
And If manly hearts are tn you.
Noble, loyal, brave.
With the shield of your protection"
Guard her now and stive
Ye with mothers, wives and sisters
True ami pure amt good.
Spurn her not—though Stajned, yet holy
Is Iter womanhood.
Smite Iter not with your reproaches!
S|ieuk hot of her shame'
Hot from scorn of men defend her,
lit the Savior's name.
Tenderly an erring sister
Hill K to V It tile guide
Holler work your hands ton do not
lit tills tinIstittastlde.
Tutu Iter from the lost tv of sorrow
She tins darkly trial.
Amt In mercy lend the wanderer
Home to peace trail God.
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION
REPLIE8 TO E. A. 8ILVA
REGARDING C. E. LOOMIS.
To the Kill tor of The Georgian:
In yeNterday'H Und* of. The Georgian
there appeared a card from K. A. Bllva,
an Inmate of the Boldiern* Home, In ref
erence to the treatment of Mr. <\ K.
Loomis, who committed suicide Satur
day night. .Mr, Hllva aakti the qUeetlon
it the management of the home ktnd'.y
treated thla old veteran who fought for
the Confederacy. Ah to that we do not
deidre to enter any comment. Rut <n
hla card he maken use of the following
language:
"HomelcNw, moneyieiw, friendIohk (you
may say beyond humanity's reach), the
old man ww hin beet chance wan to
take chancen In the realm of futurity,
"Like Chrlat, the old veteran didn't
have a place to lay Iifx head, and con
eluded that he would cron» over th<
dver and rent under the-elia«le^»f-4)ie-
tree#, and. truMlng In the boundles*
mercy of God, hla noul from Itn clod
fled to Ita God, who gave, and reeuim
It he must."
Thin part of the inter Is what we
taki* exception* to. Of enurae we real
ise the fact that .Mr. Silva wn* going >n
the Idea that the Soldlera' Home wun
the only friend that Mr. Lonmin had
Rut in thl* he I* mlHtnken. Mr. Loom I«
wa* one of the moat respected member*
<»f Atlanta Typographical Union, and
that union hnM been pent Inning Mr.
Lonmin for practically three yearn, giv
ing him money each month to provide
gome of the necennltleH of Itfq thnt were
not permitted hltn at the home. Since
his dlemlBsul from the home, our union
bad been allowing him money suffi
cient to keep him well provided for
each day, and hud It not been for hi*
untimely end would have continued t*
do eo. After hi* death the union pre
pared the body for burial and had the
remulnn nhlpped to hla brother, In
Aiken, 8. aa requested by him.
Even If the grand old ntate of Georgia
had turned thl* old hero of the nlxties
mt-of-ber -home for <m- Infraction
rbw rule* (and tre do not mean to criti-
■Inc the management of- the home for
enforcing discipline), jrv think It only
ju*t that the public ehmild'-know thnt
the Atlanta Typographical Union atuck
by him to the lant, and, regnrdle*H of
hln fault* (If faultM they bo), haw to It
that he was well provided for. and after
death given a proper burial.
MARK P. HARDING,
President Atlanta Typographical Union.
KARLK E. GRIGGS,
Chairman Relief Committee, Atlanta
Typographical Union.
COST OF DENATURED ALCOHOL.
At present we munt look to molaaHe*.
potatoes and corn. In the order named,
ah the producer of cheap alcohol. Al-
»hol produced flint cost at 15 centH a
gallon will prove u sharp competitor of
ganollne and kenmone. Thu govern
ment Mamin all cost of nupervlMlon;
therefore, the only burdens that de
natured alcohol will rnrry Into the mar
ket will bed he cost of flu* ethyl alcohol,
the labor Incident to dcnaturatlon and
the cost of the denaturing agent. The
denaturing agents will be efficient both
as denaturants and In the use to which
the alcohol In put; therefore the cost if
dcnaturatlon will be reduced to u mini
mum. The tlrst cost of denatured alco
hol with ethyl alcohol at 15 cents a
gallon will be about 2»t cents u gallon.
Adding 5 cents a gallon ;»«* profit for
the distiller and the middleman, the
best that can lie expected with ethyl
alcohol at 15 cents a gallon first cost
will be 25 cents a gallon. Actual ex-
pertinent has shown that ethyl alcohol
as a producer of light has. twice the
value of kerosene. Denatured alcohol
at 25 cents a gallon 'could therefore
compete with kerosene as a producer
of light ut 12 1-2 cent* a gallon |», t .
Id A. Gates. In The World Today, f..r
THE DICTIONARY
OP MISINFORMATION
By WEX JONES, Lexicographer.
APPLE—The fruit for which man
kind exchanged Eden, and the only
fruit that could have made the ex
change fair.
Pippin—(1) A .variety of gpple; (I)
. JuJu or pearherlna.
Applejack—The eaeence of the or
chard and the inspiration of New Jer-
••y.
CRITIC—A person who tells a sharp
shooter whether he's hit or missed the
target.
Critic—That was a rotten book of
yours, old chap.
Author—It sold.
Critic—Well, you know what the
public Is—made up of fools.
Author—Uut I wrote the book to
•ell. and It's selling.
Critic—Well, It’s punk; the public
buys only punk.
Author—And If I write a good one—
Critic—The public won't buy It.
Author—Thanks, but I've too big an
appetite to do anything but write
things that will be read.
GIFT—Something one person gives
-rrf-hbi g-“Mlntsii tn atiiM* 1 ** 1 '
<»lft, Christ mas—Hornet hlng'oibrprn-
?on exchanges with another.
'How* did you come out on Christmas
gifts?”
"About even; I gave twenty-four
caning sets and was given twenty-
."—Dialogues of the Day.
cktuil
the
rJunuury.
MI8TM2TOE-A
bashful.
A little plere of mistletoe;
A very little light;
A little pouting mouth
And eyes ns bright as bright—
That’s Jill beneath the mistletoe.
She doesn't know It's there—
(of course not!) Jack has kltsed her,
And what does either care!
—Washington Roosevelt Irving.
PSALM OF LIFE—A poem by Hen-
Wad Longfellow. Many versions
have been printed of the "Psalm," but
Mr. Isongfellow has specially authorised
the following for the Dictionary;
I»o not stand there like a mummy.
Hut get out upon the Job;
Do not let your clothes get slummy.
No one wants to hire n slob.
Don't repine because your wages
Ain't ns big as Hilly Wood’*; •
You'll c atch up In rapid stages
By delivering the goods.
GOSSIP
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York, Jan. I.—Mrs. Pott.,
Palmer's residence, at 100 Lake Bhur,
drive, Chicago, will be put to a new
qse January 12, when Its doors will
open for a unique conference on th*
labor question.
Mrs. Palmer heard several days ago
that the Notional Civic Federation pro.
posed to hold an Industrial conform.«
In the city. She understood that labw
leaders as well aa employers were to t.«
Invited to participate. Accordingly ah,
sent word to August Belmont, president
of the body, In New York, offering ih«
use of her home for the purposes of the
meeting.
on tnc condition that Mrs, pstm.f
hot self should art as hostess and tent,
porary chairman of the gathering Mr
Iteimont promptly accepted the Invita
tion. He received tho Idea aa a happy
■one. • : —c-
"Where the Oeurtria Delegation
Live in Washington.
SENATOR3.
Augustus O. Bacon. 175? Ofegon ave
nue.
A. 8. Clay, the Normandie.
CONGRESSMEN.
W. C. Adamson, the Oxford^' ,
u. L. Bartlett, the Hhoreham.
Thomax M. Bell, the Iroquois.
W. O. Brantley* the Chapin.
T. W. Hardwick, the Shoreham.
W. M. Howard, the Bancroft.
Gordon I^ee. the Hnurehnm.
E II. leewis. the Metropolitan.
J. W. Overstreet, tbe Metropolitan.
L. F. Livingston. 1916 Blltmore street
J. M. Grlgga, the Metropolitan.
.corking.
like
fun—
When you're
blazes—
_AYliun A’dU-UUlL voiLil_KflJVTi
Let the boss see nothing fates,
Nothing halts you till you're done.
Fill your job for nil that’s In you—
When you come to lie h boss
You won't want tbe nien tlmt skin y
Ho get In and dig. old boss.
ENFORCE VAGRANCY LAWS.
There has been much told about en
forcing vagrancy laws in the South as a
remedy for the Idle negroes who Infest
our towns and cities, but the time has
come for less talk and more nothin In
the matter.
There Is no work that the Southern
Immigration and Industrial Association
under Its new regime can perform that
4t#ar$t more directly on the welfare of
the South than to Mecure concert ut m
tlon on this subject. As preliminary t
bringing in larger numbers of imml
grants It Is essential that these Idle ne
groes should’be put to work or made to
get nut. They are bringing reproach
the good negroes, and we wish to d
criminate between the goml and the
bad since there are good anil bad In
both races. Ho It Is distinctly a benefit
tn the-well-disposed negroee--to--have
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
JANUARY 2.
k, of
state.
IW—Equestrian slnfue of George TV set is
Trnfnlirnr Ho wire, Liudon
1MJ1- Frederick William IV, of PruMl*. died.
lUirn October 15, 1796.
1888-Governor Flanders, of IriMilsIsnn. re.
signed, nnd JoNbun Baker fip|Mdnted hit
1878— Ifeiumsl of Temple Bar, oue of tb4
four city gate* of Lindon. begun
«lcnemt Tom Thumb, fntnons dwnrf
18*8-Wagner's "Die Metsterslncer?
sung for first time lu Amerlen nt Mft
C<*t M *111<• ti opera bouse
liftli Avenue theater, X*
strayed by tire.
1892- Women admitted to dlploms
York.' da*
at th#
Itrlttidi Roynl College of Nurgeot
1KM— Massacre of CntboTles by Cossack sol
•Hers ut Kr»*chc. Itussln.
J!*»-Secretary Hay ntinouiie.il success o|
"open door" |wllcy In Chinn.
Sb)I—1.nrd Rol»erts made Knight of the Cnr
ter by tpiPC4/ Victoria.
CHIEF OF THE SECRET 8ERVICE
Ther* Is nothing In the manner nr
appearance of John £. Wilkie, chief o!
tbe United State* secret service. In the
J«*nst_degree suggentlve of the detec-
ihe-HiS* onpVpuV tn while it ttst-l Dilia lhat ol the quiet
ders conditions more favorable for lin-
migrants and removes the apprehen
sion regarding race troubles which bns
operated as u barrier to Immigration
to the Rnuth
Viewed In any light that we may take
It, there I* much to gain nml nothing to
lose front n atria and generul enforce
ment of vagrancy laws In the South
It is not an extravagant statement to
say thnt there lire it million Idle negr
In tills section who live on some «
Ise’s labor, and If thnt number can
made producers to any extent Instead
of consumers ns at present, there will
be such a gain In the productive ca
parity of tbe South as will make Itself
felt In every department of Industry,
but more especially In that of ngrtcul
tyre where the deficiency Is now tin
greatest.
It should lie Inline in inlml. however,
that this general movement for the en*
rcement of vagrancy laws should be
comtutnieil by new policies as to
treatment and remuneration to negroes
If the benefits ure to be made perma
nent from thnt movement. The Trades
man has pidnted nut repentedl}' th.lt
the exodus of negroes from the farms
to the towns and cities was only a
natural one. as they found by expe
rience that they could work less and
get more in tbe urban Mian In tin* rural
life, besides better living accommoda
tion*. We believe H "square deal" will
make the negro more satisfied to re
main on the farm, but that he must
have If his condition as n laborer Is to
be Improved and bis efficiency In*
reaaed. It would be well to have all
hese things In mind when the South
ern immigration anil industrial Asso
ciation begins Us campaign for u gen
eral enforcement of vagrancy laws —
The Tradesman.
MTKHARY NOTES.-
POLITICS AND
POLITICIANS.
A BIT O’ NEW YEAR SENTIMENT.
I Kt seems t* be titer custom
! «>f th* folks *t sit erbout,
on New Year’s eve, to watch the chick
j And see the old year out,
To make merry of bis go’ln
l An«l never heave a sigh,
i As outsacrost the shadder Unv,
They see the old year die.
I An* maybe there’s nothin' In it.
It,, NVw York Birrs I.l t. ssthurilg fJ, « u * " J
tit*- statement Mini t*euntor Thomas c. Like some old friend had headed
Visit Is to teslgu soim) after the . ini .»f the For his eternlt\;
'I*"’" >™stfiW M3 0IU1 lourliln 1
mmiiMo** Is liny. In tu m>nnIoii a lively i-outest j In the partin’ with the vear.
for th* senator s sent will rusttr If It I" Although a new ..ne t ikei’hu
lHH.tps.toil until lifter tbe lecuirtture In- Hit I ne ,
Mimed then Governor lloabet will make The old one was mi dear,
the upiHiutuietit.
ll*a had its ups and downs, lt*s true,
Like the others gone before;
Disappointments, loss and pain,
tv Niiii'oaeor of Hensior J. Frank Alien l»l Home tsars been shed, some heart-
gtir.letl ns vertnlu. J been tore;
m will be turned toward Au-iiiijVet tho#e et bulk with lifted eyes
i«- IMnwsre fc.Minlortat iltuntiou In- do
I 11 self to Aiieh $$N extent flint tin* elee
«*f .India* Jnmea pennon 111. of |htv<
airh the tWvelnpn
the Toxm« sewn torts I contest, when
Bn I ley will hsve the tight of hln
I lire le ole, tlon lie will proh
tu tho end. Slid if lie <|«n>n lie
tlmt the exposure
•ndutldr win •«
tlintik i
rein it,.
lloyomt fh." strife th. 0b.v» hnvc amt.
Will skim th. J.iy from sorrow a broth
Anil bl.sa th. great Umnlpotrnt.
Another stale when*
lively fltfht for N
In Ml. hlmiti. The
til Hint Ntate today
wtill-the gt.niilard oil crowd did not come '"V’IL’i ."'J'’,
,,,,,, h, »iKlllaiSw fit
fur another term , | !l(lg , h ^ vhamdtig
t j t« Niicce*i| Mr.
• Ml rhul^Krevwire^ Yw-K «r th. mum.rn hod b^n' TrtihrelSd i'ivin JL T^SSTSIS'oSlJSr
M. Paiterwni lu tbe l ulted state* Mbate. uu$u WU.Um Akleu Hiuitb lead tbe running, away. Afterwards I typewrit# "hn haur.” * ■ qukrtar ot ai
tueeti ...
! haa the ch«v4M»lug of a t'nited Static seuutn.
j to Niii*esti| Mr. Alger. Hcveral ;t-plrttnl-
Frnndscarts are llmllng quite as
much fact as fiction In Geraldine Bon
ner’s new novel, "Rich Men’s Uhlldren,"
and are viewing, some with umusement.
home with consternation, the non-
• haiant manner In which she pries open
the closets of Nob Hill mansions and
rallies the skeleton bones. Into cold
type goes the damaging statement tlmt
the wealthiest woman In t’.ilifornlu
rnb«a»dub»dubbed the shiits of Neva
da miners In early poverty-stricken
davs. though now she In mistress of a
magnificent palace and a leader of to
tal aristocracy. In cfld type, too, t*
the assertion that the wife of another
bonanza king had In her girlhood been
the prettiest waitress In tbe Yuba ho
tel at Marysville, when her under
ground miner husband married her.
For all this plucking of the gilt from
UallfornlH gingerbread,- Miss Itonner
shows with remarkable force the qual.
Itles of power which made these same
bonanza kings And their wives real
leader* among men and wotpen.
Harold MucUrath. whose new story.
"Haif a Rogue," |* being very generally
rend, gives thv following description *of
the way he writes his novels:
"I map out the first two or three
chapter* In my mind and then the
ending of the story', I don’t bother
with what I* in between until l get to
work on the story Iteelf. I write it
out first In lead fienclt on cheap pn|>er—
any old wav. While I am nt work on
the story I make notes about it on
backs of envelopes that I happen to
have In my pockets. 1 tried carrying
around a formal not# book orwe. but
found that by the lime I got that out
and ready to use ray precious thought
GEORGIANS IN OOTIIAM.
New York. 4*n. 2.—lien* nn* some of tli«
visitors In New York today:
—ATLANTA—!L N. Herat, ii, U. M. Miller,
G. W. Itowley. W. H. TVll tin tu. C. 4*. Bowl
ing. K. \lnlo*$e. \V. F. Redw«md.
AUGUNTA—Dr. w. C. C leek lor.
MAfON-W. J. Jiljinn.
self-contained business man. practicu
and prosaic. He discourages theatri
cal display and fiction of all sorts. Tho
headquarters office Is commonplace
the casual eye. Nothing In sight could
possibly raise a suspicion of the sensa
tional and dramatic records locked
away In the cabinets. Visitors, with
nn awesome preconception of mystery
and melodrama, tiptoe Into the .room*
expectant of thrilling experience, nn 1
depart perplexed and disappointed; for
the police station of a petty precinct
affords more satisfaction to the chance
sensation-seeker than the headquarter.*
of the secret service of the (Tnlttd
States.—V. H. Forbes*Lindsay, In Tin-
World Today, for January.
MICE STRIKE MATCHES
AND BURN WARDROBE*
Hpes'lsl t$> The Georgian.
.Macon, Go., Jun. 2.—While the fam
ily were all ut supper yesterday even
ing tire broke out on the sfcoild Hour
of the Turpin residence, at the corner
of Second and Oak streets.
The fire had originated-In a ward
robe filled with clothing, which wn*
destroyed. The only way the fire can
be Accounted for Is that It was cause.!
by mice striking mutches which were
In the pockets of s,mie of the articles
of clotfilng.
it a i iiit«-
rouml %V
valuing.
Mui re vv
GanN"
All'll
in n viirr Idg crowd, most
vv tilting for sum rider to fall
brake Ills neck, but nobody fell III the r.
bin Join of |w|iiil fell for the race,
the tint i'. in|\i day race huh when Ad;
trying to git nuuy frotu K
$ dlN4 ovcr«il, In her hand wa* n ap|»et <•«
••moil or miiin such fruit A she wanted
linnd It to our iNt father, thnt noal»d
man In wlmse likeness vve are tiinde. 4
long da.VN A nllcN mIic that
scil At Inst I have von
ii nlic handed fitui M"
i nr whatever It wan .V
A tinnllv idle
tty club It. the
great
It h
f Sll perfill i
' dn
•e of t hem
Mill liven
n In the
■cp ahead
In Ne
folk* •
• Itubhel .
• linker - iy ■
ie I'andlentlek Mnker.
I’u kinqiN ahead prltty Well iH-ckaul
s vary fast runner, with sum *d
. epul my I’n Uent having n «i day
race at all, lie Is 8 mlxi luniitliH ubeud.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
MMirlfy high Ntriuigt
• lUled v
1 string Isn’t
to keep cool w
Arc*
• s tiling of hennty. but
fault.
llfTleIII! f,
he In lietween tvv
Truth Isn't nlwit
It Isn’t th«* truth'.
nliudow «f nunidehm often teiullf
from the ow*tIng of rent *Himo*.
When isdltlenl grafters fall out, hoiieni
newn|Ni|»«>r men get n lot of nitty.
The girl who I* chummy with her fstliei
nml brothern hasn't nnieh to fear fmii
other men.
Rad weather often proves n lilennlug lo
ilfagiilni* l>y nfronllug itaople something tc
talk about.—Uhhago News.
manuscript ami correct It some more
I find that I cannot do as well by let
ting some one else copy It on the ma
chine as by doing It myself, becaus*
so many new Ideas come to me durlnf
that part of the work. With "Hal
a ifogue" it wait entirely tmpomilbit
for a time to do any typewriting, am
some of my manuscript must hsv*
