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MONDAY. DECEMBER 31, If/W.
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OUR PLATFORM,—The Georgian
stands for Atlanta's owning Its own gaa
tad electric light plants, te It now
owns lie waterworks Other cities do
this and get gee no low ee 99 cents
with n prodt to tho city. This should
be done st ones The Georgian he-
(ace In
Oeorglaa
Uwnye can „
by European
as they art. there Is no good
cannot bo so operated
* not heller# this can
: may he some years
ao ua-
est lie
cities as mey are.
reaieo why they cat
Jura. But we do n
be done now, aad It
it direction
‘now! 3
Representative James Wadsworth
refused to let the date go on the label
on canned goodi. So the votera of hfa
district pnt the date on Mr. Wada
•worth’s label. It la March 4, 1907.
Senator Foraker's name baa been
mentioned at a prealdentlal posslblll
ty. So far the mention baa been only
In the deaf and dumb language.
New York didn’t get what It wanted
Boat In Ha stocking—the resignations
of Depew and Platt.
Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania,
ia the biggest man In the senate—In
avoirdupois.
What’s this? A whisky truat In At.
lants? Lots of fellows hereabouts*
would wslcome a "whisky trust”
Representative John Lacey, of Iowa,
la the author of the song-bird protec
tion law, Mr. Lacey's swan-song la
Mt for'March 4.
Hu fry up and g.t a transfer for
1907.
In union there la strength—and
sometimes divorce proceedings.
A Washington man complained that
the noise of a beef-chopping machine
waa not ’’heavenly.’’ It would be
"heavenly" to hear a machine chop,
ping on somo of the beef served in
boarding houses we know about.
Six thousand miles of new railroad
traoka wore laid In 190S, and still
trains are late.
Texas may force the Pullman Car
Company to reduce rates, but It would
help more to compel the porter to
forego his tip.
A convention le In session In New
York that will talk a month. How
can John Weiley Gaines stay away?
The only amatore who do not think
themselves presidential timber are
Nelson, Pattarson and Millard, and
they were born abroad.
An Arkansas expressman has been
missing several weeks Probably on
a delayed train.
With James J. Hill anxious to re
tire, J. Plerpont Morgan on the verge
of collapee and George W. Perkins
under Indictment. It la a sorry time
for the toff one*.
Henry Watteraon eats a hearty
meal juat before retiring. Tnat may
account for how he discovered the
“gray wolves of the senate."
As man to man. have yon smoked
the cigars yonr wife gave you Christ
mas?
Secretary Taft coyly confesses that
be will lead hla party In 1908, If the
other fellow doesn’t beat him to It.
The exact results of the recent In
surance elections will probably be
known by the time the next election la
to be held.
Two Missouri brothers killed each
other over a 76-cent dog. Dogs mutt
ba valuable out there.
Ilaron Schllppenbach. Russian con
sul In Chicago, achlipped-up on Identi
fying Nicholas de Raytan.
"Mme.Oould moat help pay Bool’s
debts." reads a dispatch. Erase “help"
and It win be more nearly correct.
"Battling" Nelson has gone abroad.
Its to be hoped be hasn’t the return
oovpon.
Spencer Blackburn, North Carotl-
■ only Republican congressman,
d«*e«ed for the sixtieth congress,
serves notice of -contest—not much In
““hope of winning, but he probably
■ ■ the money allowed for such
'era.
needs t]
h.
THE HONOR OF THE COUNCIL.
The events and comments of the past few days have erected
an emergency in which the consistency and integrity of seven
teen members of the city council are distinctly at stakel .
Seventeen members of the city council after due deliberation,
voted against two dissenting members, to'decrease the number of
saloons and to raise the license of the saloon keeper to $2,000.
They did this as an expression of their civic judgment in a serious
civic emergency, and were encouraged to do this by the almost
unanimous sentiment of the conservative citizens that it was the
wisest thing to do.
1 The mayor after some hesitation and delay, vetoes the action
of the council and defies the better sentiment of the community.
Whereupon there are people in Atlanta who say, and some
who actually believe, that the seventeen members of the city
council will back down from their previous votl, and swallow the
convictions which moved it, and timidly follow the mayor.
To us such action seems not only improbable, but impossible.
When did Mayor Woodward’s opinions grow so omnipotent
among the members of the council? When did the estimate of his
infallibility set in as an epidemic in the council chamber? When
did the city council cease to be a free thinking, free voting body of
Atlanta citizens, and become a mere company of truckling de
pendents upon the mayor's superior wisdom?
We decline to accept such an idea- of the caliber of the
council.
Seventeen councilmen voted for the $2,000 license. Two
voted against. The majority was sweeping, overwhelming. It
was practically unanimous.
Now the same conditions which moved the convictions of
these seventeen councilmen on the evening of the vote are the
conditions of today. The conditions have not changed. The situa
tion is the same. The emergency is unbroken.
What explanation can be given by these seventeen citizens
representing Atlanta, or by any one of these seventeen for alter
ing his convictions and somersaulting on his vote?- How can it
be justified?
Will any one of them say that the mayor’s position has
convinced them? That won’t do. The mayor's position was
known before. His views were no secret. Besides, Mayor Wood
ward has not been in the habit of carrying the council’s majority
vote in his vest pocket. . *
What can explain this first vote if those who cast it go back
on it? ' •
Dr. Broughton says the council voted the increased license
against their real views, and just to win popular favor because
they knew the mayor would veto the vote.
If this it true it would staiq the pnblio and private honor
every councilman who voted so.
But tfo do not know this to be true. Dr. Broughton himself
says if the counoil Will only sustain its own position, and be loyal
to its own vote, he will apologize from his pulpit to each of them
by name. But the charge and the suspicion makes an issue of in
tegrity.
Mayor Woodward flings the council in general a serious re
flection in the charge that some of its members were influenced in
voting by a fee from liquor dealers at interest. The fact that the
charge is indefinite makes it general, and while Councilman James
L. Key assumes in today's Constitution that the charge is point
ed at him, because of his opposition to the Georgia Railway and
Electrio Company (who are Mayor Woodward's friends), the re-
flection is seriouB upon the integrity of the entire council.
Wherefore, it would seem clear that tho council after this re
flection is not only under obligation to vindicate its integrity
by a consistent vote, but that it iB also under no obligation of
courtesy to a mayor who has seriously impugned each of them.
It will be impossible for the seventeen members of the council
to explain to the satisfaction of the citizens a complete reversal
of the ballot which they are supposed to have sincerely'and con
servatively cast as an expression of conviction. To somersault
upon this ballot now may demonstrate political activity of the ac-
robatio order, but it will utterly fail to vindicate political Integrity.
To take water now upon a ballot of seventeen to two in a
civic measure will mean one of two things.
Either the seventeen councilmen voted insincerely and
against their convictions in the foreknowledge of the mayor’s
veto.
Or the seventeen conncilmen are too vacillating and
changeable to be trusted with the serious interests of the city.
Surely the seventeen councilmen must realize how deeply
their honor and consistency is at stake in this issue.
We confidently believe that they will fully vindicate them
selves when they
Override the mayor’s veto.
RECORD OF WHAT A YEAR HAS WROUGHT
Notable Events During 1906 in the Principal Lines of Interest
rilllard match of GOO points
!'■ chntupfonabfn Von hr
of Now York, against
ATLANTA A METROPOLIS OF INSURANCE.
The Imposing array of insurance news and statements In The Geor
gian of today will Justify a few words of pertinent comment.
John C. Calhoun, the South Carolina statesman, more than sixty
yenrs ago, put hla finger upon the little spot on the map subsequently
called Marthasvllle and now known as Atlanta, and remarked that by alt
the laws of geography and resource, this little terminus of the Georgia
railway ought to be one of tho greatest financial and political centers of
the South.
The descendants of John C. Calhoun have lived to see that prophecy
fulfilled In more than a score of ways. Atlanta Is today the railroad cen
ter of the South, ft la the political center of the South, and there la no
bettor time or place than this to stress the fact that It la also the great
est Insurance center not only of the South, but one of the createst In ‘
the republic and In the world. * v
Few of our people engaged In other vocal Iona In life have ever known
or realised the magnitude of thl* branch of Atlanta's commercial life.
To these It will be a startling statement that there la more Insurance
buslneaa transacted within the compass of Atlanta's elty limits than there
Is In almost any other city In the republic, saving only New York and
Chicago. There are more premiums paid to the general agency, depart
mental offices, and state agencies having headquarters In Atlanta, than In
any other city of the 8outb. In tble one line of commercial activity there
is no doubt or questlqn anywhere of Atlanta's supremacy, among all her
slater cities of the 8outh, and of he* stately equality with the great cities
of the republic.
By the records of the comptroller's office there are In Atlanta 61 Ore
companies, 41 life insurance companies, 20 assessment companies end 68
miscellaneous companies. One of our fire companies baa a department here
that manages' the business of 13 atatea. Another handles the business of
11 states, end another of 7 states. There are between 6,000 and 10,000
people of Atlanta who depend upon Insurance for their support. There
are more than 610,000 In licenses paid every year Into the city treasury
from our iu.arance companies. Beyond this matter of license there la a
special premium income tax that will carry Into other thousands the rev
enue that comes to the city and the state. And to these may be added
municipal license, agents' license, municipal special tax, personal tax of
each agent, manager and all their employees, and we shall gather aome
comprehension of tho vast meaning of Insurance to Atlanta.
Suppose further, taking these 6,000 people dependent upon Insurance
(and 6.000 Is a low estimate of the n umber), that each one of them spends
SPORTING.
January.
112— Los Anxele*. Cat.—Herera knocks out
Young Corbett In tbe fifth ro
-Pirls—First billiard match of
/Of tm world
Willie Hoppe,
Maurice Vlroatix, of Paris.
12— Han Francisco—Joe flans knocks out
Jllke HtiUlran after fifteen rounds. Mil
waukee—Charlie Weary win* the decision
orer Andy Bezenah after eight ^rounds.
Akron, Ohio—Cnrly Smith, of ^Boston,
wins the championship of the United
State* nt roller skating by defeating
Kd Hagenhocber, of Cleveland.
13— Ormond, Fla.—World's automobile rec
ord for a mile twice broken by Fred
Harriot's clgnr-shaped motor; best time,
26—Ormond, Fin.—Harriot again lowers the
mile automobile record, *2814.
37—Ornfond. Fin.—Clifford Karp, In sn Eng
lish car. breaks the 100-inlle automobile
record In 1:!S:<9 2-6. with one tire off
before half the distance Is made. New
York—Melvlll<> Sheppard, of Philadel
phia. established u new Indoor mile
I running record of 4:251-5.
29-Gnnoud, Fla.—Victor Demogeot, of
France, drives his gasoline car 2 miles
in :M44.
Young Erne
—j fifth round
. — — Jimmy Gardner.
9— Los Angeles, Cal.—Herrera and Herman
fight n twenty-round draw.
12-Ornnd Rapids. Mich.—W. A. Tewes, of
~Chelsen, Muss.—Abe Attell, of Han Fran
cisco. retains the featherweight cham
pionship. receiving the decision over
Jimmy Walsh, in the eighteenth round.
York. 100 yards In :58; 75 yards lu :413-5,
nnd 80 yards In :44.
23—Ht. Inoiils— Americau wrestling clinm
plon, (Jotch, defeats Charles Hxcken
the decision over Marvin Hart,
twenty rounds.
20— Boston—T. D. lln ugh ton. of Boston,
wins the national r -■* .
hr defeat!ug Paul __
York. Kansas City—Gotch wins two
straight falls In a wrestling match with
Jim Parr, of England.
28—Han Frnnclsoo-Frnnkle Nell wlna the
American bantamweight championship
by knocking out Harvey Tenney In four
teen rounds; Tenney dies next day.
March.
2—New York—Irving Brokaw wins the na
tional amateur skating championship.
7—Chicago—Two world's howling records
broken; the Howmds roll 1,207; Ray
Htolcke averages 2611-3
Pittsburg—Nortel Baptle. of St. Paul,
lowers the skating record for 50 yards
to 5 2-5 seconds.
14—Philadelphia—Nelson has the best of
six round bout with McGovern, but no
decision Is rendereil.
-National
Edward
19—Chicago—National billiard championship
Gardner, of Passaic,
23— Asheville, N. C.—Gotch retains the
heavyweight wrestling championship by
defeating Charles Olsen, winning first
nnd third fulls.
77—Chlcgigo—Hoppe wins n championship
billiard game with George Hlossou.
April.
9—New York—Worlds championship bil
liard tournnincnt opVns.
viuwuu.ui me iJiumrii luuriiiiim-ui.
30—Ogden, Utah—Dick Hyland whips Young
Corbett In fire rounds.
May.
3—LottitrfUe—Sir Huon wins the Kentucky
derby. ,
19—New York Metropolitan handicap won
by Grapple; one mile in 1:39.
11—Chicago— In a game of billiards Hoppe
breaks the world's record, making “
run of 907. lt-lnch balk, two In.
18—New York—Gan* outpoints Willie
M Lewis In a slx-iound bout.
21—New York—Tokalon wins the Brooklyn
J handicap: VA miles In 2:06 8 5.
28—New York—Jcrotue D. Trarora wins the
Metropolitan Golf Association champion
ship by defeating Kben N. Byers.
-Harrisburg, Pa.—Gorernor Pra ay packer
order* the state constabulary to prerent
the .aropoeetl Borus-Fltzsimmons flirh*
lu Delaware county. New York—Me
Govern has the better of a ten-round
draw with Britt. %
* June,
16— Philadelphia—Gnns wins a six-round
1loot with Lewis.
18-Wimbledon, Euglnnd-F. R. and U. L.
Itftherty successfully defend their title
to the Dwight F. Davis International
tennis challenge cup, defeating the
American challengers. Holcombe Ward
nnd Raymond p. Little.
17— Vincennes, France—Frank Kramer,
American.*wins the City Of rsris bicycle
* rnnd nr! ze.
ew \ork—Suburban handicap Won by
Go-Betweent* P4 miles In 2:06H. Phila
delphia—II. II. Dewhurat ttndjT U. Car
penter defeat XI. J. Kendle ami II. L
Marsh for the fawn tennis champion
ship of Pennsylvania, In doubles.
23—Brookline, Mass.—T. F. Klely, of Ire
land. wins the national all-round cham
pionship of the American Athletic Union
with 6,274 points, breaking two weight
records.
28—New London, Conn.—Harvard wins the
'varsity boat race against Ysle.
July.
4—Loa Angeles, Cal.—Abe Attell success
fully defends hla title to the feath
erweight pugDhtJr thMmpionMhlp
twenty rounds against Frankie Nell.
10—Chelsea, Mss*.—Joe Walcott retains the
world's welterweight championship by
■ knocking ont Jack Dougherty lu the
eighth round.
14—Englewood, N. J.—E. M. Dyers wins the 1
national amateur golf championship, de
feating George f>. Lyon, of Toronto.
18—Philadelphia—Jack O'Brien bests
Berger In a six-round Jtout.
-Dover, Englsnd—Owing to an
to hla leg. Jibes Wollfe falls to
across the English channel.
23—Senttle, Wash.—Joe Gans Is awarded the
decision over Diva Holley after a twen*
a -round bout.
•eton Wo,Ms, N. C.—Glldden cup auto
touring contest won by Philip 8. Pllnn,
of Pittsburg.
August.
the
standing broad Jutny record; 11 feet 6
Inches.
23— Butler, Pa.—John G. Jennings reduces
the world's mile automobile record fob
a half-mile track; 1:37. *
—Chicago—Mrs. C. I. Dering retains her
title of woman’s Western golf cham
pion by defeutlng Miss Frances Ever
ett.
September.
1—Boston—Bostona and Athletics, Ameri
can Baseball League, play s twenty-
four-inning game.
3-Goldfield, Nor.—Battling Nelson loses
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
1 on n foul,
9—Putney, ■atlanrL—-CambelSfn. defeat,
Hnrvari! In a (rent boa. race.
4-qUeip-ffi 1. Ftanunril makes n new
record for trap shooting; xw I
wu 14.
without
Little nn.. ... ...... v
automobile record from New York to
Han Krn io’Isoo to twcnlC-fnm- ibis
eight hours and furty.ftve minutes. In-
eluding stops.
32-—Kyr/icuee, s. Y.—Sweet Marie trota the
fastest mile of the year In 2:03%.
14—Mew York—Yacht cup valued nt 310,009
offered by Commodore Pnniel O. Reed,
of the‘Atlanta Yacht Club, won by
Roger .Maxwell's queen.
1C— Grand Rapids wins the Central League
baseball pennant.
*0—i’nrl.—Sixteen bntlnous begin a race:
won next day by l-'rnnk It. Lalim, of
Canton, Ohio.
October
3— Cblengo elub clinches the American
League bnsehall pennant. Crepilmoor,
L. —Rngllsb silver challenge shield for
marksmanship won by the Seventh reel-
ment. antlonnl gtmrd. of NFw York,
-ugntant the English challengers.
4— lamg Island—tamls Wagner. In a Par*
raci| car. representing i-ranee, wins the
Vanderbilt auto cut
X^rtitcsro—Chicago t
I.'•nttne. wins the world's baseball ebain-
plnnslilp by defeating the National
League champions,
19—T./ml, Or nn any—International military
Imllnoti race won br the "Krast.” of
Rerlln. smallest of the seventeen start*
era; distance MO miles; grentest dls.
tnnee. 256 miles, made by the "Robnft,,"
of Munich. New York—1>. C. Johnson's
Iloseben makes a new world’s turf rec
ord for 7 furlongs, Itfi. ChelBen. Muss.—
Mellody wins the decision over Wolcott
after fifteen rounds.
—I’ltt«burg— La star play, twenty-six sl-
' mtdtanenus gnmos or chess, winning
tweutydwo. drawing two nnd losing
two. Hasten—K. M. tlyers. nntlonnl
•nmnteur champion, badly defeated at
golf by Walter J. Trnyts. (I up and S
firms
fer. m |*6 to Its.* In inrty~scvi-n Innings.
Philadelphia—Metlovern nnd Y'oang Cor
bett fight n six-round draw.
14-New York—Hutton wins the world’,
championship nt lit bntk lino billiards
uy defeating Sloeoon.
2J—Milwaukee—Joe Gina, lightweight pn-
glliitlc champion, decides tn relinquish
Tho welterweight championship.
SI—Han Francisco—A1 4 Kaufman whip.
Ham Berger In ten round,.
Novombor.
9— Lnnchster, Pa Jack Jobnaon has the
better of Jim Jetforda Id a slx-ronnd
bout. _ . , .
■H defeat!
foot-
17—University of, Pennsylvania d<
Michigan at football, 17 to 0.
tj—Yale victorious orer Ilarmd at
■will. 4 to 0.
-Princeton, N.
collegiate cross-country
1nt»| Indlvldua'
JoneS. of Pent
'Irani,, boa An
cles. Cal.—Jack O'Brian and Tommy
urna fight a twenty-round draw.
Dacmbar.
V-Football eenson eloaea with Annapolis'
victory over Weat Point.
tobaon.
25—.Vew York-Columbln wlna the intercol
legiate cheae championship.
only 9500 a year In tbU city? Then you see that they add to the business
of Atlanta not less than |3,000,000 annually.
And beyond the material consideration, this preat business of Insur
ance contributes to Atlanta some of Its finest and'noblest cltlrenshlp. The
men who preside over these Institutions are almost without exception
men of superior Intellect and social standing. They are leaders In the
social circles, In financial circles. In politics. In legislative halls. In coun
cil chambers* and In the boards of trade.
It Is therefore gratifying to note from the statements appearing tn
these columns today how large a prosperity abides with this great and
beneficent element of our business life.
Tho Insurance companies of America have passed within the last
twelve months through a period of heroic trial tad of actual tragedy.
The electric glare of publicity has been shed upon the Inner manage
ment of several of t)te great companies doing business In New York, and
It has been found that bere, as In all other departments of human endeav
or. there havo been sheltered reckless managers and even dishonest offi
cials. There were those of the pessimistic breed' who prophesied that
these troubles would leave the life insurance companies of the country
crippled In confidence and practically destroyed In prosperity. But no
prophecy has ever been more speedily dwereuiimi tiiau tills, Tub (luiiuies
of the past fifteen months have been found to be much more a disturb
ance about life Insurance than a disturbance of life Insurance Itself.
For the largest fact revealejj—a fact not yet brought to the public at-
tcntlon—is not that these great institution! involved aome human frail
ty, but that they presented an untmpregnable strength. Not one company
has been disturbed from Its base. The financial solvency of every single
company was triumphantly demonstrated, and life Insurance was sb.own
to be the most Indestructible Institution In tbe country—scarcely leas
solid In fact than the government Itself. It was not shown that a single
death or endowment claim had ever been unpaid, but it was shown that
life Insurance to the widow and orphan was recorded without a single
loss. Men who felt that tho life insurance companies of the country ware
forever stained or discredited forgot the fact that Just preceding the sen
sation In New York, the country was filled with the story of frauds In the
federal postofflee at Washington. Politicians were convicted and the noise
was great, but the fraud did not affect the Integrity of the postofflee ser
vice In the slightest. Our malls went right along with their accustomed
regularity. There was never a doubt of the fundamental correctpess of
tbe department, and tbe postal service Is today one of the most trusted and
highly Indorsed of those which control the postal Intereats of the country.
It has been stated upon authority that the business of the old line Insur
ance companies is managed with as exact Justice toward each and every
policyholder as any branch of the national government.
• It Is absolutely certain that life Insurance and fire Insurance have re
acted superbly from the stormy discussions of the past fifteen month*, and
with the error* In life Insurance corrected, and tbe solidity of the great
life and fire Insurance companies magnificently demonstrated, the abso
lute necessity of these great Inatltutlona la more folly understood than
It has ever been before In the history of the country, an’d confidence In
them Is not diminished nor has their prosperity been curtailed.
There could be no sense of safety or of comfort for men of family or
men of property In this country without insurance. The republic could
not afford to lose its faith In these great Insurance companies, and no
man can afford to live without the protection which this great enterprise
furnishes to the property of the country and to tbe widows and orphans
of men who pass away.
It is more likely that instead of a calamity tbe investigations and
developments of the post fifteen months will be a great and essential ben
efit to the insurance companies; that there will he along every line a re
naissance of faith in their fidelity and a larger conception of their Indispen
sable usefulness to the times.
We congratulate our friends, tbe representatives and employees of
the local companies, upon the brilliant promise of prosperity and popu
larity with which they front the Issues of the coming - year.
GROWTH OF LIBRARY
SHOWN BY REPORT
The annual report of tho board of trna-
teea of tho Carnoflo library, of Atlanta,
will show great growth by that Institu
tion In MM.
Miss Wallace, tho librarian, It now pre
paring tho report, which will be compre
hensive and exhaustive. The advance
•heels tell, In a leas detailed way, of tho
work and condition of the library. Tho
following from the sheet contains some
Interesting Hgnrei;
•The city of Atlant* ipproprlated dur
ing the year 919,900 for the support of
the library, which le lees then 91 per capita
for the number of people tiring the library.
The total rr(titration to date ahowe that
19,004 tmrrower* are taking out books for
home use.: There were added during the
year 3.S3 new members. The attendance
In the reference end reading rooma show,
an IncretM ef nearly 90,000 persons over
tho year previous. The atteadance In the
reading room alone amounted to 95,010.
During tbe year 1904 the library circulated
102,144 volumes among tbe homes of At
lama. During 1900 the number of volumes
(imitated was 114,100, an Increase of over
1,000 per month. The tersest deity cir
culation was June IS, when 191 volumes
were leeaed. There Is so avenge dally
I«suc of 900 volumes.
•’At tbe hoglnnlng of the year there were
tn the library ^7,US volumra, cliaaldcd,
catalogued and In good condition. During
tho year IMS, 9,902 volumes were added by
purr base nnd by gift. After dednetldg tbe
numtier of volumes which have been worn
outaml lost, there nre lu tho library today
91,971 volumes.
SECRETARY BONAPARTE’S SMILE.
Rome is after her street tax de
faulters. First ones bit were a police
man and a newspaper man, who ate
the pavements more than anybody
else.
A man named Crook is opposing
8enator Joe Bailey, which leads The
Houston Post to the observation that
that entire family seems to have
united along this line.
* Infant of Mr. and Mrs. R. Puckett.
The Infant of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Puckett died Hunday morning at the
family residence. 39 Reinhardt street,
and funeral services were conducted
Jdonday morning in the chapel of
Q recti berg. Bond A Bloomfield Com
pany. The Inurment was In Weetvlew
cemetery.
Haglehurat, Ga.. JVc. II.—Rev. W.
P. Cox. Baptist minuter here. U at the
point of death, and'has wired for hU
relatives to come to bU bedside.
Charles J. Bonansrte cSn he the ausveet
n»!> In nil erestlos-smlllng ao sweetly
vhlle he talked, more of that smile euon-
thst they hare gone nwsy quite paeillrd
and never realised till after It was done
that he had rimnly and rslmty gone ahead
and done precisely what he proposed to do.
To return to that smile: It Is to like the
I***., Xo. one ever saw Donaparte who
could think of much else. True, the drat
•kings one sees on meeting him la the bullet
rouiHl-hetd-the Kaprimn brarl-wlth Its
bold forehead Juat twirl enough to make It
yet liolder. Then one notes the nose. •
dominating sose. and the ret! eyes lietwren
henry eyriirows and a short, thick mus-
•»che. then tbe am tie. It starts with the
eye* drops to one corner of tbe month, slips
ever to the . other, then becomes audible
!Ski*K q,, 'r r v W,,d °f chuckle lu tke throat,
which shakes an Increasingly prominent
doulde ekln. The npper <-bln (a very timid
nnd retiring, lint there’s a dimple In It
whjch works In wonderfully with that
*dVa'e'er'wV^S57
!(<» trill cut your tbront with i feather
while he chneales and silk**I? y«'S^
not mtMnl with Ml* thus frrariousljr
bebrntlnl and auawer Inch, you’ll fliul an
adept at aarcaam ao.l Irony ualn* i ni-
knife. U you atlll ret*!, th* next you know
fcpstff n«t S3 w'm T Z
COAL SUPPLY 8HORT,
COLLEGE OPENING POSTPONED.
Now York, Dec. 31.—While the fata
of the Martha Washington—the only
really truly woman’s hotel—la hang
ing In {he balance. Its many friends
are mourning the death of the Idea
that gave It birth.
Probably the poor old Martha Wash
ington has got to go. After as gallant
nnd heroic a struggle aa history re
cords. it lias been forced to hang out
the white flag of surrender. But none
can find cause for disgrace In the ca
pitulation. It was almply because the
struggle was fought for an Impoasi.
bflity.
The hotel was founded with the Idea
of separating women from men. In the
beginning the sanguine promoters were
filled with the philanthropic spirit that
does great things for a suffering world
It wns. no doubt, their belief that
the* were filling n long-felt want. Since
time began women havo been pleading
for a refuge to escape from ubiquitous
and ever-present man and the promo
ters thought their sighs were on the
level.
An experienced man (an experienced
man Is said to be one who has mode at
least two laps around the altar or ona
who has lived with the same wife for
ten years without being assisted by the
police) could have told them otherwise.
Tho only time a woman wants to get
away from men Is when she feels she
wants the excitement of watching them
pursue her.
On a recent visit to the South Mrs,
Donald McLean, of tho Daughters
of the Revolution, saw an old spinning
wheel put to a poetic use. Varnish and
paint could hide Its notched edges, but
the owner prised It too greatly to con-
sign It to the attic; so. In a moment of
Inspiration, she began to train window
Ivy around tho wheel and battered dis
taff. It worked Ilka a charm. The
vino covered all the unsightly spots
nnd made a graceful frame.
Tuxedo Is on tho social map again.
Scores, arrived Saturday to pass the
wtek’s end. House parties at nearly
all the cottages were begun and were
followed by large dinners at night. The
sports on the Ice attracted many.
Thomas Pettit, former tennis champion
of tho world, arrived from Lakewood,
and Joshua Crans, Jr., of Boston, ar
rived for practice on the courts.
There Is not a vacant room st any of
tho club houses, and many have been
unable to obtain accommodations.
Scorning the edict from Paris that
plaids srs "It" for the promenade, sev
eral leaders of fashion In Washington
hsv* token to stripes.
A symbolist might shudder at tho
Ides, In view of tho danger some
Washington men run of wearing simi
larly barred garb. Several of tht
Christmas gowns were of stripes In
woolen and silk.
Mrs. Depew has a remarkable look
ing gown of dark green and pale blue,
with w{:!ch she wears silver fox furs.
The Edith Walker, the American
singer, who was reported to have com
mitted sulcldo because of unrequited
love, is In ths best of health and Spirits.
Miss Walker has been a member of
ths Hamburger Stadt theater for the
past three ye/ire. n;i-l on S/itur-'. y
peared In a new opera In which she
scored a decided success Miss Walker
says sho has no love affair and has no
Intention of committing sulcldo.
William B. Coroy, it waa learned to
day, sailed under an assumed name for
Europe December 22. Tho multi-mil
lionaire took evory precaution for se
crecy before bo sailed, even to going
under an assumed name, and at the
offices of the steel trust all information
concerning him Is denied,
"Well, I am here, and before I Issvo I
Intend to dig out all ths rottenness In
this most corrupt town. The saltation
that will follow my visit will be such
as the city has never known and will
arouse the people to tbs wickedness of
Washington as never before."
So spoko Mrs. Carrit A. Nation,
hatchet fame, upon her arrival In the
national capital.
‘‘Before I leave,” sho said," I am go
ing to give you reporters something to
write about. I generally do that, you
know, everywhere I go, and In Wash
ington, this hot bed of vice and crime
and Immorality, my opportunities are
such as they never have been before.
■T have come especially to show up
the perfidy of the high postofflee of-
Delate and learn why they have aeen fit
in their sovereign reign to exclude from
the malls the July Issue of ray Hatchet,
alleging that It was obscene. It It
true that I treated some forms of Im
morality In that lisoe, but I did It In a
chaste, pure manner, and I shall de
mand an audience with Cortelyou while
In Washington and defy him to show
me one obscene line. I want you re
porters to go with mo when I call on
tbe postmaster general."
to The Georgian.
Clemsun College. 8. C„ Dec. 31.—The
opening of Clemson College has been
postponed on account of a shortage In
the coal supply.
Dr. Men has been In telegraphic
communication with the offlrUls of the
Southern railway In Washington, bnt
be doea not hope for coal before the
V th - The foal companies say that It Is
Impossible to get cars.
Mr. V. H. Cllnkicek, received a car
of coal this week which was due at
palhouD but August.
Where the Georgia Delegation
Live in Washington.
8ENATOR8.
Augustus O. Bacon, 1717 Oregon ave
nue.
A. 8. Clay, the Normandie.
CONGRESSMEN.
W. C. Adamson, the Oxford.
C. L. Bartlett, the Shoreham.
Thomas M. Bell, the Iroquois.
W. G. Brantley, the Chapin.
T. W. Hardwick, the Shoreham.
W. M. Howard, tho Bancroft.
Gordon Lee, the Shoreham.
E. B. Lewis, the Metropolitan.
J. W. Overstreet, the Metropolitan.
L. F. Livingston, 1916 Blltmore street.
J. M. Griggs, the Metropolitan.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
DECEMBER SI.
19i6—Montgmnerjr kilted In bnttle of Qn^*
U0OxHnniut*l Dexter, of Mneraefcwetu, be-
raw* *4*rrewry of tke• ti*««ury.
1818—Emile Lonbet. ex-president of Fr*c«f.
1851—Austrian emperor reroked constitution
' of March 4. 180. _
1862—Battle of Mnrfreetbora. or Btooe rD^
UOt—General Hberldan raptured tke ln !! -
efclefa, taattnt* and Lone *olf. _
UC-Lrrm Oambetta. rx-dictator ot France,
died. Bora U9S.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New Y*»rk. l»ee. SI,—Hen* nre aome ci
the rUitf»m In New York today:
ATLANTA-E. V. Uwpirt, «*. »*- *jg**J~
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