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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
rniDAi. January i vn.
TIE ATLANTA 8EOR6UN
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FokHshsd Every AftsrneS*
tExeept Bsbdaft
my rue qeohoian company.
At S Wot AlaUrot »t . AflikU. O*.
Subscription Rilaa.
8*tee~! at tb* Atlanta l'o«t**lc* aa
4-Ham mall utter.
TaWiwwio e»« *•.-«■* *lf d»**rt«n*t»
L*agdl*Un«-*.ci«ln*li.
Mai It b A Tbrnapara. aittrrttalaa »
rreeafatlre* far all trrrttor/ otitaTd. af
•Irargta.
fblraatt Gffta* Trtbna* Md*
F«w York Office Potlrr llldg
dMMousftmse
¥l blnaittlia tkat
Ryarggfi
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doaa It pftll whlaky at any Hqnor aila.
1 Ita w*t*n»orkn Otbar rlllra da
and get aaa aa low aa 40 real*.
with a prallt to tb* etty. Tula ahotild
ba Aaaa It ooc*. Tba Oaorjlao be-
Ultra that If atrart railway* ran ba
aaaratad aneeaaafully by Ksropaaa
aa, aa tksy aro, there la oa toad
•aa arby tbry rannot ba ao operated
a. But we do not hallrra thla raa
•oar nr. anil It may be aotna inn
(re tra Ira re»d» for ao Mr in re
taking. Still Atlanta -abottld aat lit
a in till atrarttan Now.
John P Rockefeller atiyb ho fool a
kindly Inward nil mankind. Sllll,
6U doita about tho name aa uaual.
THE SPIRIT OP REFORM.
....... Tho Now Year, young na It la. la already battling with great quea-
Two women * ollt *" * ur ; al n * Ilona, Involving the Imntedlala and future welfare of American cltlien-
wph r, ny more of-. —jjmy—Men of unto lirtlnrTnmnmrrtat life of tha country arsiTredtcttfir
ton women, ao theroa nothing in the . . .. . . . . . ., . t ' . ...
Incident tu marvel aliout.
Mayor Mark Pagan, of Jeraey City
haa cinched the hold on hla Job. II,
gave Jeraey City wlvci pucketbraik* ni
new year preaeiil*.
A I’hlludcliihla paper has n ooluuin
telling how not to wear nut your
shoes. Any farmer boy In (leorgla can
gnawer that by allowing you the cal-
.loused bottoms of hla bare feet.
Well, It thla Isn't rubtdng It In! An
Englltli paper spells It "Rttifelt.”
Even Mr. Hlnttlaay never went to that
Mtrrntr.
John Sharp Williams haa taken
time by the forelock. Ha haa declined
the presidency before It was offered
him. *
- Bim. Cairo haa bren‘ fined 12.408
In Parts for displaying her temper.
What a luxury that she can afford tl.
After enjoying a raat during the hob
idaya the bard-worked Inaurractoa in
Cuba are onre more Inaurrectlng.
Colorado haa contributed her rlchait
mao. Simon Ouggenhelm. to the "Mil
lionaire Club,*' sometimes called the
United Statea senate.
Coal operator* will get an advance.
So will the conaumer. In all probabili
ty. to pay It.
Safe crackers robbed a Rome gro-
eery store of a box of crackers. That's
• cracking good atory!
The rajah of Ooa has'gout to hla
fast.
'Correspondent—No. the new pure
(Cod law does not “tone down" the
MMt of llmburger.
Ooa by one the privileges of the
aotamon people go. New Orleans haa
abolished lagnlappe.
Jones tot 16 egga for St cent*, but
tba grocar did not guarantee them.
ff you b»e any radium In your house
all you have tu do la to put the house
In a crucible and reduce It until'you
find the radium. At leaat that’s what
a Chicago sciential aaya.
Three Pittsburghers died from tak-
lug a bath. Ita only fair, however, lo
■ay that It was a hot-steam bath.
Well. Governor lllgglna got his ova
tton all right. It came when he left
Albany an oa.
A Texas man declined an Invitation
to take a drink and was promptly
shot. Texana are resentful of any In-
fractions of time-honored customs.
The American ambassador to Ger
many ought lo be a Tower of strength
to thla country.
Once more the domestic triumph of
the broom. Man and wife dctslned
In a Vermont Jail eseatied by making
a wooden key from a broom-handle.
One would think the Parisians could
aot ba Shocked, but the Marquise do
Moray managod to do It.
Up In SUssacbuM-tts they take their
poBtiea too seriously. A Boston man.
defeated for office, shuffled the mortal
coll.
-According to statistics in.MOT ha-
Sic* were bora In New Yoiit last year.
Thai lusy account fnt the neglect of
Ifcr stork In some other sections uf
the country.
THAT FRAUD ORDER CASE.
Charges of fraud which bars been preferred against the New York
Cotton Exchange by Hon. Leonidas Livingston, representative In con
gress from the Fifth Georgia congressional district, and President Har
ris Jordan, of the Southern Cotton Association, and which have been
filed with Poetmaater General Cortelyou In Washington, are likely to
bring out many facta regarding exchange quotations that will prove of
Interest lo cotton growers throughout the South.
The application for the fraud order baa been turned over to As
sistant Attorney General Goodwin, of the pnatofflee department, and
Henry Taft has been retained by the cotton exchange to represent It In
whatever proceedings may grow out of the tight Inaugurated by Meaar*.
Livingston and Jordan.
We era Informed by the press dispatches that the ordinary course of
procedure In a case like this will be that Inspectors of the poatofflee de
partment will make an Investigation of the chargea. and the hearing. If
any la held, will be baaed upon their report In connection with the
chargea Died. It Is understood there la to be no delay In this Cate, and
that every effort will bo made to dispose Of It at the earliest possible
moment
Thla la aa It should Ire. Nothing can be gained by sllhar aids by.
having the charges hang Are for ao Indefinite period. If the cotton ex
change la at fault, the fact should be brought out and the error recli
ned at once. On the other haud. If It la not at fault, that fact too.
should be determined with, dispatch and the exchange relieved of the
chargea.
In making the allegations against the exchange, Moaars. Llvlngaton
and Jordan requested that the poatofflee department Issue a fraud order
against tho officer* and members of the exchange to bar them from
lie use of the Pulled Stales mill* Tirironductlng what are termed friUd-
ulenl practices. It Is charged that the New York cotton exchange haa
developed Into a purely speculative or gambling exchange and that the
grades of cotton shipped to Now York anil teoderable on the contracts
under the rules of the New York cotton exchange cannot be used for
commercial spinning, and That such grades are used solely to depress
the price of aplnnable grades In the.-South : : —
About fifteen years ago an agitation somewhat similar to the pfea-
cnl one ana stirred up against the exchange. A committee Investigated
the question whether or not the contracts ought to be changed so as to
exclude the delivery of low grades of cotton. Tho committee reported
against the promised change and declared the contract waa adopted In
order to give tho producer an opiwrtunlty of securing a price aatlifactory
to him for hla growing crops, and It enabled hint to deliver all mer
chantable grade*. It waa declared by the committee that to restrict the
delivery to a grade tint below low middling would do the producer great
Injury. . ^
The case will Interest the business man quite na much aa the plant
er. and action on the part of tho poatofflee department will doubtlaaa be
watched with considerable eagerness.
a check upon -the present wonderful prosperity, which ha* made possible
tho vast expenditure of money In pc monel Indulgences, as well as In
the surprising extension of all Industrial' development In every section of
tho republic.
Men of equal opportunity nnd of equal financial success, combat
these pessimistic predictions, giving hopeful reasons for their encour
aging view of tho continuation of the present prosperous conditions.
These varying prognostications are worthy of more than passing
comment; representing as they, do the expression of a public sentiment
which divides tho musses of thinking American citizens, who keep In
touch with the different phases of earnest thought. It Is evident to alt
persona who seriously compare existent business conditions with those
of a comparatively few years ago, that any sudden, disastrous business
upheaval Is almost an utter impossibility. The financial failure, of any
Individual. In these days of many men, with many million*, cause* hut a
slight, Inappreciable ripple In the sensitive money markets of the world.
The death of no cnptaln of Industry, no matter how uieful and poten
tial hla life had been, can atop only for a moment the turning of tho
great wheel* of commerce, or of development. The stock market Is un
affected by either death or failure In these latter days. The power of In-
divlduatlam haa ceased to be a menace to the good of the people at large,
because of the marvelous development, In every line of American en
deavor Noon* man and no set of men are essential to the well-being
of the country, now that the entire nation Is awake to the matchless pos
sibilities of the Immediate present and of the coming years.
But the pessimistic utterances of such men aa Stuyvesnnt Fish nac-
essarlly call attention to the wild and reckless expenditure of great
wealth, which la always tho moat significant feature In the decline of any
Iteople and of any nation. Tho records of the Journals of today Impresa
upon every thoughtful reader the Incontrovertible fact that the spirit of
reform la abroad tn the land, and touches American life at every asnil-
tlvo point. '
Tho conservatism of public aentlaienl—that matchless power which
haa kept allvo the glory of American Independence—making possible
all consistent and worthy American living—has begun to take part In tha
regulation of hurtful and dangerous excesses, whether existent tn the
business or the social llfo «f the country.
The New Year holds within Its hidden tuyitcrlcs the fulfillment of
many tremendous prophecies for the good of the republic, and there
seems little cause tor alarm nr anxiety, with the nervous pessimist.
Thla country will go steadily forward In Ita marvelous develop
ment and In Ita wonderful Individual and national achievement, but In ao
doing It will rise to a higher, loftier plane of living and of achieving, for
the spirit of reform, like an evangel of light and ho|s>. will lead to nobler
heights, and will lift the people out of the questionable patha of iicrsonal
and corporate excesses, up to that desirable level where great wealth
and great succcaa shall redound to the universal welfare of American
dtlsenahlp.
OUR CITY FEELS RELIEVED.
it Is a source of great relief and satisfaction tn the aerlotts and
responsible heads In thla enmmunlt.v that council has. although slowly,
yet surely and decisively risen tn the occasion, and that we at last hnve
the assurance that the maynr'a veto shall ho overridden.
Councilman Curtis' announcement of his decision lo vote to override
the veto Is Just what haa been expected of him. and we all feel grate
ful for It.
Now. what aImut It?
Some may disagree with us Instiling that the serious and responsl-
lib- bends In the community, with good cause, feel relieved. Let us
Po you know of many. or. In fart, of any who are. successful and
rrnpeeted aicrcluiiita or lawyers, or men In any other walks of life who
feel a share of the weight of rr*|miinihility for the welfare of our city on
their shoulders and who have Rone through Ita trials, who believe It any
thing but for the heat that the (2.0A0 license law lie passed Some erf ihe -
best friends of prohibition—even such man as Dr. John White, and Mr.
George Muse and others who are known lo the public aa supporter* of
the cause—say they believe at this time that It would not be wise lo go
into an election If the desired regulation can lie secured.
On the other hand, some of-the best rltltens w ho do not believe In
prohibition at all agree that the (V.000‘license should be a law. They
find fault with certain other features of the ordinance, but theae can
be remedied later. The problem now la, to settle the controversy w-s
are In and to get bark to peace nnd quiet and stop anything that would
ever create or permit a repetition of the disgraceful scenes we have
witnesses recently In our municipal legislative body.
The Georgian Is grateful for the assurance that the (2,000 license la
to become a law. and It la glad that those friends who have seen no re
lief hut a prohibition election In the event of failure to override the veto
ore uow to witness the triumph of their cause. We are sure they will
not feci the* need itf further agitation.
On the other hand, we say to the Liquor IValer*' Association and
to those who have opposed the ordinance that they certainly will work
to their own hurt If they do not ccnso agitation after the veto la over
ridden. for If they should lie the exuac or a prohibition election, and It
should prevail, they niual lose all, while If such au election should fall.
the trouble, strife and bitterness that would be created would cause
such a prejudice against them tbat even greater hardships may fall to
their lot than will be the case If the present ordinance becomes a law.
The enactment of the ordinance will be the beat we can get tor both
aides, and we shall all be glad when we aettle back to our usual
quiet and Industry.
None of us evar gets thing* exactly as ba wants than. This will
be no exception.
Let's aft steady tn the boat.
A BRIGHT SPIRIT OOM1 TO BIST.
Much more than casuaj Interest attaches to the tatiaiely death of
a bra vs, bright spirit who passed away yesterday In the noontide of his
youth. In the revolving cycle of events ire are called upon to record
many melancholy Instances In which young manhood is blighted in Ita
prime, and the promise of a rich maturity is frosted by tke breath of
fate.
But rarity ever before have we ad literally written of one we knew
and loved, whom we honored and esteemed ao literally with the Wood
of our baart. *
Nature was In her kindliest mood when the made "Joe” Hitt. It
waa by thla familiar diminutive that he was generally known, and. It
Is a tribute to hta comradely companionship tbat no more pretentious
name would have apptopriately become him.
Hff was all aunihtne and courage. He laughed all along down the
highway of llfs. gnd If be gathered flowers from the bedge-rows by whleb
he pasted. It waa to scatter them with prodigal profusion further on.
Perhaps it sounds tike extravagance, and yet tt ia a simple state
ment of the truth, that this broad land ha* osier
i ally gifted BeutCer ot tne Fourth Estate. He was a born newspaper
man. and those who wear the harness of th* catling know that the best
exemplars are born—they cannot be mad*.
He had an Instinctive discernment of the development, the value and
the proportion of newa. Tho beagle who scents his quarry never knew
more unerringly where It'lay and how to And It than "Joe" Hitt knew
the quality and the hiding place of that elusive abstraction which is
known fn the vernacular of- newspsperdom as “a story."
And over It all ha threw a literary charm, a distinctly* originality
which cava It compelling force and exquisite grace. He knaw the world
of letter* as well a* the world of men. He knew the ponderous truths
of social snd political economy as well aa the imponderable fancies
with which poets wing, their words. There was no need for him to ap
pend his namo to anything he wrote. All through tt, the Image and the
superscription were bis.
Hit heart was all gold. The bubblint mirth which broke from his
buoyant soul beaded tho profoundest depths of human feeling. He
knew the frailty and the native selfishness of the tons of Adam, but he
condoned them and took mankind at Its best.
Thus It was, that the circle of his acquaintances was the circle of
his friends. To aay that. In-turn, none knew him but to love him would
be but A trite recital of the truth.
Affliction laid Ita hand upon him while he wAs yet In his youth, and
for many years ha has been struggling with the destroyer against fear
ful odds. Ha muat have known ilffrwt tho moving Unger had written his
fate, and yet there came from him no plalntive word, no syllable of doubt
or fear. .
He goes to his long home In the bright morning of young man
hood. crowned with the benediction of all whom he bad touched with t^o
tenderness of his own gentle nature. He Is dead thus early, because ot
hi* devotion to the calling on which hla heart was centered.
He It the “(truck eagle stretched upon the plain,” whose own pinion
Impelled the Heel..
It Is Impossible for those who knew him, and were so long accus
tomed to listening to his cheery greeting, to realise that he le gone, but
nothing could kindle wltbln them firmer hope and confidence of
an eternal meeting when the day breaks and the shadows flea away.
COTTON CONVENTION
PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
Meeting in Birming
ham, January 17,
18 and 19.
Governor Itoke Smith, of Georgia:
Governor Heyward, of South Sarollna:
Governor Comer, of Alabama, and
Mayor Ward, of " Birmingham, have
been Invited to participate In the pro
gram and will deliver addresses at the
third annum convention of the South
ern Cotton Association, which meet*
In Birmingham January 17. 18 and It.
The session* wilt be h*ld In the new
auditorium.
The official program follow*: .
Thursday, January 17, Morning Ssssion
Welcome to Birmingham — Mayor O.
P. Ward.
Welcome Alabama Division 8. C. A.—
'. H. Seymour, Montgomery.
Response* tn Address of Welcome—
M. I.. Johnson, president Georgia di
vision.
Annual Address—lUrvle Jordan,
president Southern Cotton Asoctatlon.
Afternoon Station.
Average Cost of Producing a Pound
of American Cotton—W. L. Foster,
(throve port.
How to Secure Systematic Organisa
tion of Cotton Growers—c. C. Moore,
Charlotte. N C.
Relation of American Cotton t« the
Civilised World—R. R. Dancy, Hous
ton. Tex.
Night Session.
Marketing and Financing American
Cotton Crop by Growers—L. B. Irwin,
Stillwater, Okl*.
Friday, January Iff—Morning Altaian.
Practical Means of Making Lint Cot
ton Bring tho Farmer a Just Price—
Hoke Smith, governor of Georgia.
How «b»IF W* Finance the CtHteh
Crop?—F. H. Hyatt, Columbia. 8. C.
Probable Profits to Stockholders tn
Corporation to Buy and Sell Cotton and
Brat Plan tn Operate On—8. A. With
erspoon, Meridian, Miss.
Afternoon ffaaalan.
Beit Method of Obtaining Necessary
and Desirable Immigration to the
South—D. H. Heyward, governor of
South Carolina.
What Have W* Accomplished ?—
Walter Clark, Clnrksdale, Miss.
Night 8*ssion.
Cotton the Boat* of Southern Pros
perity—H. D. Smith, Columbia, 8. C.
What the Southern Cotton Aaaocla-
tlon Means to the Snath—H. M. Jack-
oway. Dardanellc. Ark.
The Evils of Speculation In Cotton
Futures—J. It. Connell, Dallas, Tex.
Saturday, January IB.—Morning 8*s
sion.
The American Cotton Crop—B. B
Comer, governor of Alabama.
The Modern Cotton Warehouse: Con
struction and Economy of Operation—
W. D. Nesbitt. Birmingham, Ala.
Relation of Houthern Bankers tn tha
Colton Crop—John D. Walker, Spar
ta, Oa.
Afternoon Session.
The Men Necessary to Handle th*
Colton Crop Through the Southern
Cotton Association—John P. Allison,
Concord. N, C. -
.The Be»t Medium or Reaching and
Educating the Cotton Growers to the
True Vaiue of Their Staple Crop—B.
H. Burnett. Chirkalah, Ark.
Higher Trice* for the Grower* of
American Cotton—T. G. Bush, Birm
ingham.
Night Saasien.
Final report of committees.
Adjournment. -
Brief News Notes
While Mr. Merrlman. of Ocean Point,
went to borrow a gun to nhont a hawk
that had been making trouble among
hi* hen*. Mr*. Noursr, aged M. hi*
housekeeper, hearing the hen* making
a gree! noise, ran out, threw her apron
over the hawk and choked him to
death.
Th* payroll of the city of New York
for i»0« was I4M7S.1SI o4. This It
more than In teas.
Long lines of people of every degree
are honoring the philanthropist. Bar
onet* HuTdett-Cnutt*. by viewing her
body la a catafalque In her late resi
dence tn London.
King Oscar of Sweden I* so de
termined to live till Tv. that today ha
wa* apparently overcoming his sever*
Hines*.
Fire among" the ramp equipment
■tore* on Gun wharf. Portsmouth. Eng
land. caused damage ot tl.tSn.ooo. The
entire equipment of kn army corps w as
destroyed.
Henry M. Flagler, owaer of—Ihe
Florida East Coast railway, employing
several thousand men. gave all hi* em
ployee* * 7 per cent Increase In wages
for a New Year's gift.
SwiUtrUnd baa accepted the Invi
tation of Spain th nominate under the
terma of the Algeelra* convention, an
Inspector general of the Moroccan In
ternational police.
A 10-foot hronge statue of the late
President McKinley for Somerville, N.
J.. by the Sicilian sculptor Trentacos-
t*. Waa cast successfully at the Cello
foundry at Florence, Italy, in th* pres
ence of the American consul and oth
er*. The work la regarded aa a mas
terpiece.
SENTENCE SERMONS.
Greatness 1* revealed in gentleness.
Every soul either serves or shrinks.
This Is a sad World to him who looks
St It with sour eyes.
A man must be Judged not alone by
his attainments, but by his Ideals.
The eermon of the Man la mightier
than even His sermon on the mount.
Every time you do a worthy thing
you make It easier for others to be
worthy.
Man wa* not made for Ihe sake of
morals, but morals for ihe making of
the perfect man.
Small wonder some go to heaven
slowly when they are crawling there
aa “aronua of the dust-' -
Army-Navy Orders
MOVEMENT OF VESSELS.
Washington, Jan. 4.—Th* following
army and navy orders have been Is
sued:
Army Order*.
Retirement of Major Oeneral Jess*
M. Lee announced.
Naval Orders.
Commander A. Sharp, to navy yard.
Washington. ..
Uautanant Commander J. V Cha*e,
detached Vesuvius, resume duties at
naval torpedo station at Newport.
Lieutenant Commander N. E. Irwin,
from naval hospital Mare Island, home.
Lieutenant J. F. Marshall. Jr., rest*,
nation acoepted.
Lieutenant J. P. Jackson, detac hed
Lancaster, to office of naval Intelli
gence, navy department.
Lieutenant J. F. Marshall. Jr., do-
tarhed Paul Janes to home.
Lieutenant E. B. Lnrlmer. detached
Philadelphia, to command Paul Jones.
Lieutenant J. R. DeFresse to com
mand Vesuvius.
Assistant Surgeon E. R. Marshall,
detached Monongahela, resignation ar-
i*ayms*trr J. D. Robnett, detached
navy department, to naval station, rtan
Juno. March 25,
PijrmuttrG. P. Dyet Jo bureau #
ment.
Pay master F. G. Pyne, to nenerul
hospital. Fort Bayard.
Pasted AMletant Paymnuter F. I*,
(’olby, detached naval station. Han
Juan. home, aettle account*, wait or
der*.
Movement! of Vtatalt.
The foltnwtnir movement* nf vessels
have- been reported to the bureau of
navigation:
BAILED—January 2. Maine. Ken
tucky, Missouri. Kenraurge, Alabama,
Illinois. Indiana and Iowa, from Hamp
ton Roads for Guantanamo; Morris
from Norfolk for charleston: West
Virginia. Maryland. Colorado and Penn
sylvania. from Hongkong for Cavite;
Chattanooga, from Chefoo for Cavite;
January S, Wilmington, from Hongkong
for Cavite.
NEW JERSEY AND DRYDEN.
Is New Jersey wholly servile? Is there
i innnllneM In Its citizen*? I* Its press
M'llured Iffjr the revenue from Mr. Bryden'f
I'riidentlsi advertisement!*? A little vlgl-
Uince, prompt pressure nt the right time—
these cnii uinke out of the present New
Jersey legislature h body uf record-break-
log useful ness. For a generation It has
bsen the easy-yielding handmaiden to Mr.
liryden’s purposes. It passed the Inw that
ennldod him to roh the pottryholdem of
their surplus. Twelve years Inter It par
od a law to legaltse-thsC eotdterv.—Wh
other states, protecting tlmlr own imor.
condemned Mr. Hrvden’s practices ami
Mr. Itrydep n retaliatory
to Intimidate them. It passed n law
which the effect was thus described by the
Insurance cfinunlsalnner of Massachusetts:
If Massachusetts should refuse a license
to the Prudential. New Jersey could re
fuse to every Insurance company whose
home la In Massachusetts tha right to do
business tn New Jersey. Never waa the
dignity of a commonwealth so degraded to
the purposes of a predatory corporation.
Islature Is one of better promise. 1 render
ship and pressure of public opinion at the
proper time will cause It to make a be
ginning In undoing the generation of leg-
UlatKe Iniquity which has made Mr. Dry*
den strong. First of these things should
lie the rejection of this dangerous man as
representative of his state at Washington.—
From ('outer's for January 5.
A COURTMARTIAL
IS NOT FINAL
GOSSIP
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
Near York, Jen. 4.—Many of my
friend, are In Cuba or anting nut for
there, anti probably other people'*
friend* aro doing IlkawMa. From Ha-
vnna 1 learn that there I* eomethlng nf
an American tourtet Invasion and that
the weather ha* been delightfully cool
"More hlenketa" Itea been the favor
ite call of Ihe touriat thla week. Th*
cold weather hung on until the day
after Chrietmae. American realdeni.
and tranelrnt vlaltora enjoyed the alight
reminder nf Yuletld* at home. It wa.
Juet enough to add xeat t • «lght-»eelng
Grand opera a: the National theater
Increnee* the enjoyment of the holiday
Hea.oit. the Italian company opening
with "tot Snnnambula." Succeak of the
oeinmn of twenty weeaa la alretdy a*.
eured.
The city le well off for amueement.
At tho Payret. Mr. Novell!, an Italian
tragedian. I* drawing good hnutea. hut
will anon give way to th* BarBM Opera
Company. The Zaurela Company
nightly All* the Albleu. Eden Garden
attract* thane who like vaudeville In
the day time Paletlrio park afTorde lot.
of fun with It* wild weet ehow nnd
other ill traction*, nnd there ere ball
gntnea between all-American and Cu-
dnrez park.
(in one of the fast ocean liner*, tvii,
llam B. Leeds, millionaire tin plate
manufacturer and railroad man. t* be.
Ing hurried to Part* for an operation,
which. It I* hoped, will aav* him from
death by a second stroke of paralyai-
hYcnch specialist* have been warned to
expect him and to be ready to apply
their treatmant without a moment*
delay on hi* krrlval In the French capi
tal. Should hi* death r**ult from tin.
attack there will be two women In
volved In a bitter legal fight about lu<
million*. /
There I* one Mr*. Leeds In Rich
mond, Ind., who waa paid 11,000.004
four year* ago when »h* obtained a
Dakota divorce from him. She has
two children for whoae Interest* she
will light to the laat ditch. The aecond
Mr*. Leed* and har child are with
Leeds on tha flying ehlp.
Thoee who toll In the I of to of Park
Row were treated to a ahoWer of colne
a* they were going home-late yeeter-
day. But only their eye* got the bene,
tit -Three employee* of the New York
Coin Handling Company were taktr*
120.000 of th* Interborough Rapid
Transit company-* extra heavy collec
tion o» nickel*, dimes,' quarter* end
naiVM from the lntortiorough railway
office* on the fifth floor. The baga of
money were npread over the platform
of the elevator.
Two bags, containing 1600 in quar
ter*. fell over the nldee of the lift and
broke Into a silver shower. The crowd*
of office worK,er* caught a glimpse of a
glittering stream that aped past them.
There wa* a nnh of frenxled financiers
to the basement. But the elevator men
and the three employe*! of the Coin
Handling Company, armed with broom*
and shovel*, surrounded the pile at th*
bottom of the ahaft before th* Invader*
could arrive. Many of tha quarter#
were bent and twisted.
Ran Antonio, Texas. Jan. 4—Judge T.
8. Maxey ha* rendered a dlelelon hold
ing !h*t a Judgment rendered' by a
United Stales court martial I* not final,
but la revlewable by the courts of the
land.
The decision was In a criminal action
brought by the Federal government at
the requeat of Judge advocate nf the
military department nf Texan against
Otto Praeger, now of Washington,D.
a newspaper man. for declining to dis
close the authorship of an article print
ed In a Salt Antonin paper.
CHILD LABOR LAW
IS BEING OBEYED.
dpectal to The Georgian.
Griffin, Gn., Jan. 4.—The owner* of
the six cotton mill* In Griffin are exer
cising precaution not to violate the
child labor Inw. The mill people com
pos* a large portion or Griffin * popu
lation and a* labor ha* been scarce
during the past year It ta probable that
children have been employed na opera
tives who cannot now come within
compliance of the law.
JORDAN NOT PRESENT
AT CHARLESTON MEETING.
Special lo The Georgian.
Charleston, 8. t'„ Jnn. 4.—The meet
ing of the South Carolina Sea Island
Cotton Heed Association wn* held
yesterday. Editor Schell, of Florida,
and Dupe, of Georgia, weie here repre
senting the association* of Florid* and
Georgia.
Harvte Jordan wa* unable to come.
The object of the meeting wa* tn con
sider the question of the long staple,
planters crushing their own seed pro.
duce of Jnn.uoo bushel* a year, more
than needed for planting, ttnlv ihe
soil »f the Islands off this state will
reproduce a permanent qunllly of this
cotjon.-
TIE VOTE RECEIVED:
MAYOR HOLDS OFFICE.
Special to The Herrinn.
Doerun. Gn.. Jan 4.—The election for.
mayor and alderman nnd three mem
ber* of the board of education wa* held
Wednesday, resulting In a tie for mny-
The candidates were W. W. Wil
liams nnd <'. R. Strange.
As Ihe charter of the town lx silent
In such n case, the former mayor. D.
Fain, will hold over for another
year.
Mme. Josef HnfTman. wife of th*
pianist, haa aold her eatate at Newport
on Eustl* avenue, conalallnff of two
house* and a *table, t6 Mr*. Henry S.
Redmond, of New York.
At Palm Beach the weather Is won-
derfully Ilk* summer, and I hear that
eurf bathing la on* of th* chief p**-
ttmes of each day. The bearh waa well
lined with bather* on New Year 1 * day,
and dally a well-defined addition to th*
coterlo of. enlhu»l**t» i» promised.
Among prominent parson* eweeted
soon t* Mr. Anderson Phelpe stokes, -
who will occupy the Ocean front villa
In Wnihlngton 8ool*ty. •
Mr*. Root opened Ihe houae of the
secretary nf state Wednesday for her
first official reception of the ee*»on.
She was unassisted. -
Secretary and Mr*. Taft gave a din
ner Wednesday night, entertaining th*
Austrian ambassador. Senator Kean.
Ml** Kean, Mr. and Mr*. Laughltn. of
Pittsburg, and Ml»* Herron, of Cin
cinnati. ... . _ ,
Mr*. Metcalf, wife of the aecretnry «f
the navy, waa at home to official aocle-
ty Wednesday afternoon.
Senator and Mm. Lodffe gave, a
luncheon Wedneaday In honor of Am-
hnaaador and Mm. Whltelaw Reid. At
torney General and Mm. Bonaparte ami
Hear Admiral and Mra. Cowlea were
RlNo mieete. ....
Tho marrtajre of Mia* Lucia London,
daughter of the late Captain Hobet*
London. U. B. A., to Hannon Moore, of
lift* Angelee. nt tho WaaMngton hon -
of the bride'* uncle. Captain Clark
Smith. V. S. A., wai attended by many
Ruestx from various parta of the coun-
Btieaker Cannon and Repreaentativa
"Nick” Long worth hHd been In a long
conference with the president.
-Nothing hut pereonal and remind•
crnccM." exclaimed the apeaker after
the talk. "Wc Junt ewapped aide-bet*
op ntoriea and talked."
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
JA-NUARY 4.
1717—The Hague allinnrc signed. -
17X4—Trent.v nf I’nrl. rstltted by American
1X41—Hummer Th.unca. from Dublin to )•*'-
crponl, wrecked off «t. Inw M Hv«
l«:-\Vo«t India rasll ttesuuhlp Aron n
burned *t sen: le: lives lost.
ISM Allied Heels entered the Bl.ck *e.r
l*x—Mile. Hsetiel. celebrated nctrets. died.
ISTS-Illnnibii Walsh. American ietre-'.
l*oru.
1W .president proolnlroed I lab * •Ub'
IS*:—4 Si meg le Imdltnflon Incorporated " 11
I miller r. Gllmna »» president.
1»M- rolled Ht*b'» supreme court decided
Porto mentis arc oot aliens.
NAMES WERE ALIKE
V BUT MEN DIFFERENT.
HpCfbll to The licvrsl.l,
Norfolk. Vn.. Jnn., 4.—When con
fronted her* yesterday with the
direct telegraphic charge from St.
Lout* that ho had married here yes
terday Ml** Florida Murthn. who came
to Norfolk from St. I.nulx, especially
tor the wedding, when he had nn until-
vnreed wife In 8t. Louis. George F. Au-
bertlne made a flat denial lie said he
remembered serlng in ihe 8t. Louis
directory the n*me of another Identi
cal with hi* own and another coinci
dent was thnt the other mint In St.
Louts mi of the same pr ,fce:.i ,n a*
himself.
i arre«t has been made.
Normal Sehsol Re-optns.
R|ntIaI to The Ge«*rptan.
Douglas, On., Jan. 4—The South
ern Normal InMitute ha* again aliened
Its door*, after th« holidays, with a
full attendance. Profrasor J. Waller
liendrlvk* !> president ta charge.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM
New York. Jnn 3.-Hera lira
ill.- v|nlii.in In New York tmlny:
ATLANTA-!’. W. I'rawfont. M.
Illrnuh. F. I*. Mlnrrjr. J. A. Wot too.
At’Gt'STA—I*. It. Ijimar.
Where the Gyorgin Delegation
Dive in Washington.
SENATORS.
Augustus O. Bacon, 17(7 Oregon •»••
nue.
A. S. Clay, th* Normandie.
CONGRESSMEN.
W. C. Adanroon. the Oxford. L\
c. L. Bartlett, the Shorcham: r
Thomas M. Bell, the Iroquois. \
W. G. Brantley, the Chapin.
T. W. Hardwick, the Shorehtun.
W. M. Howard, the Bancroft.
Gordon l-ee, the Shureham.
E. B. la-wls, the Metropolitan.
J. W. Overstreet, tire Metropolitan.
I- F. Living,ion, ltl* Blltmore *tr**t
J. ?!. Griggs, th* Metropolitan.
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