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THE ATLANTA. GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
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TK ATLANTA ffiOMUN
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JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES. Editor.
P. L. SEELY, President
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“Private" John Dalsell baa atarted
an andleu chain presidential boom tor
8anator Scott, ot West Virginia. I.lnks
In that chain will ba forged all right
Tom Dixon'e press agent bas appa
rently overplayed the agitation game
with “The Clansman." It seems to
have been barred almost everywhere
Paragraphor Nevln, ot The Wash
Ington Herald, hai developed a mean
disposition since he left Georgia. He
predicates all hla stabs at poets and
poetesses by quoting from those of his
native state. Isn't Colonel John Joyce
■till In Washington?
If tha directory don't give out be
fore the election, tome of the local pa-
para will name tha right man for chief
of police.
The Bishop of London says bache
lor* are much more moral than mar
ried men. The bishop Is probably a
bachelor.
' New York gobbles up another cabi
net officer In Secretary of the Trees-
nry 8hs«. Will hive enough of those
fellows In Gotham pretty soon to form
a society.
Even the schoolboys In Missouri In-
alst on belne shown. Expelled from
school g lad shot the teacher, be
cause he would not ahow him any
Baiting their own aalarlea made
the national lawmakers so generous
that they have pulled the treasury
open tor e huge deficit.
Still, pitchforking has Its compen
sations. Senator Tillman's lecture
contract for the next several months
calls for 143.000.
If silence really I* golden, that ac
counts for the scarcity of the metal
among the fair sax.
In Mrs. Blla K. Parley'* One poem,
“In the Beginning" the line which
read “aa he turns the hands on the
dial of Ume and aun and his laws tin
deratood." should read "as be turned
the hands on the dial of time, all na
ture hit'laws understood." We make
this paragraph correction because
.poets BDd.poetesses neither like nor
deserve to have their poems mutilated
fey ao untuneful or Indifferent line.
This "brain atorm" Idaa promises to
feacome common as a |i|ea before (he
axagtatrate next day for some of the
$•* old boya.
Whenever Senator Platt's family
troubles simmer down enough to per
mil him a alight breathing spell. Mae
Wood breaks In and musses up bis
peace ot Btnd-
JAOOF 8CHUBMAK AMD HU DBPXMDXS8.
A few day* since The Oeorglan followed A natural Impulse In resent
ing the suggestion of Jaeob Behnrman that the Rockefeller donation
might be relieved of iu taint If It was consecrated to th* "ctvtUsaUon of
th* South." \
•* And Immediately the newspapers of New York City aad stats. The
Herald, Times, Tribune, Bun, Brooklyn Eagle and the real, rose to a de
fense more or less passionate, of Jacob Bcburman and hla nttoranoas,
and tc a criticism of Th* Georgian for answering him.
When a college president and a loader of thought In New York and
the East levies a reflection upon an entire region of the country, thee*
newspapers, by Implication at Jpdat, demand that Southern voice* should
be silent an'd let It pass.
But when the region Of country reflected upon sees At to answer In
impulsive warmth the serious reflection upon Its own, by an Individual
citixen. these newspaper* rise to hla spirited defense.
Strange consistency this! An Individual may attack a state or sec
tion of country and Ite representatives must be silent. But If a citixen
of the assaulted section criticise* a leader of thought or a teacher of
youth In the North, the criticised leader must be promptly and almost an
grily defended, W* cannot subscribe to th* estimate of representative
duty Imposed In this line of policy.
And why should these newspapers ao eagerly defend Jacob Bcbnr-
man In his reflection upon the South? Is It because they agree with the
written estimate In which he hold* this region of the country, or Is It be
cause In answering the aspersion which ha cast upon Southern civilisa
tion. The Oeorglan has touched the shield ot those vriios* lances are
nearly always leveled to tha depredation of tho South? .
And yet without exception th# whole troop of them, ‘Tray, Blanch
and Sweetheart." unite In a chorus of harking against the principle that
frankly and reasonably defends Its own.
There Is no newspaper In th* South and no editor. If we may say
It modestly, whose ientlments are more national than those of The Geor
gian and of the pen that guides its editorial page- In saaaon and out of
season, at home and abroad, we have stood always and everywhere for
the obliteration of sectionalism, for the love of oodutry, of the flag and
of the Union as It stands to bind a reunited country.
And we do not for on* moment believe that tha people of the North
Indorse the sentiments of critical depredation which their newspapers ao
frequently voice. It la not the people,,blais you, for the Northern people
really love the South and truat It and admire It, but It la the newspapers
edited by doctrinaires who do not mingle with the people whom they rep
resent but from their sanctums voice opinions that have come down to
them by heredity and tradition.
And it has bean all too much the habit of Northern newspaperi and
Northern public men to speak In terms of condescandlug approval or In
direct depredation of the South. Born of th* complacency out of which
the Northern section of this country came victorious from the civil war.
and amplified by the prosperity that was bullded while the South was
draggling out of Ita ashes to the miracle of recuperation which haa glorl-
fled Its people, thas* Northern pans and Northern tongues have been too
much given to the habit of thinking and. of saying things Thar reflected
upon the civilisation, the .culture and the lawfulness of the South.
It la this spirit which has always aroused our resentment and which
stirred the protest against a comment In the temper and terms employed
by Jacob Schurman, of Cornell. Here is this man foreign born, and not
even native to the soil, but yet A college president, a man of education
and supposedly of travel and of observation and one at least who
ought to know the meaning and significance of words, who proposes In
specific terms to fumigate or to purify the questionable millions of Rocke
feller In ‘‘dvillilng the South."
8urely If Jacob Schurman Is fit for his position he ought to know
that when he propoees to "civilise" a country It Implies directly the sug
gestion that the country has no civilisation and that In greater or leas
degree U to uncivilised. There to no other way In which hla language
can ba construed by any outsider or by any citixen who does not know the
facta but as a reflection upon an entire section and an entire people.
Looking at hla statement as tranquilly and aa reasonably as we can.
we can only explain It upon the theory that Jacob Schurman remembers
the Atlanta riot and takes thit Incident as a type of this people and seeks
to rebuke Tham for that amir ~6y An lttipUtHton upon their entire civilise-
If Jacob Schurman meant thto. he ought to know at an Intelligent and
reading, man that never in any section of the world ha* any Incident of
lawlessness received a more prompt, a mere sweeping end a more em
phatic condemnation by tho whole representative element of a people than
the Atlanta riot received from Atlanta and from tho state and from the
8oulh. He ought to realise If he keeps In touch with current literature
that the whole spirit of Atlanta and of the 8outh spoke In denunclatlbn
of this lawless time. He ought to know If be reads the New York pa
pers which are now so eagerly defending him, that by their own state
ments the city of Atlanta haa. by withdrawal of patronage, put out of ex
istence a newspaper which I* supposed to have encouraged and precip
itated thto riot of last September.
Why. then, should Jacob Schurman direct the questionable millions
of Rockefeller to the "clrillxatlon" of the "Bouth?" Why should he not
address bis nasal philanthropy to region* nearer home? Did not Wilming
ton. Delaware, bum a negro at the stake under conditions as monstrous
aa were ever stirred by the worst of the fearful provocations of the South?
Did not Leavenworth and Topaka. Kan., do the same? Were any sweep
ing resolutions pasted by th* people ot Wilmington, or Topeke, or Leav
enworth against these crimes? Wat any newspaper put out ot existence
In these regions as an expression of the public disapproval ot thoae ‘'civ
ilised" regions for their part Id thto lawless era? Then why not direct
the Rockefeller Civilisation Fund to Wilmington and Topeka and Leaven
worth?
Did not Pans and Cartersvllle. In llllnoli, lynch three negroes In a day,
and did not Evansville, Ind.. In a aweeplng and destructive mob put out
the lives ot aa many more? Then why not clvlllxu Danville. Ills., and
Evansville. Ind ?
I,et Jacob Schurman come nearer home. Did not (be city of New
York, the metropolis of the republic and the ctaiter of that boasted
"civilisation" of which Jacob Schurmnn to a noble even If a'nasal expo
nent. produce a tnoh which from Thlrty-aocond street to Forty-third street
turned the renter of New York Into a reeking shambles ot broken headed
and bloody negroes In a riot as fierce and aa blttar and aa murderous In
Its racial prejudice aa any that ever stirred the South? Why should not
Jacob Schurman'* magnificent philanthropy begin at home? And why
should not this great "dvlllxer" of Cornell begin hla charitable work
with hla own people?
If It be the pereeotage of Illiteracy In the South which stirs Jacob
Schurman to philanthropy, why ahould he not be wise enough to remem
ber thnt our percentage of Illiteracy to based upon the negro whom the
North and hla own people have made our pressing and,surpassing prob
lem? Why should he not recall the fact that with no means of thalr own
this unfortunate people la carried aa a burden upon (he taxpayers of the
South, and that their education prhgresses out of the revenues of n peo
ple whose means have been exhausted because their territory was the
theater of a destructive and devastating conflict?
And why In the memory of these things which are of open and of gen
eral repute should this man who to a master of language, and should be a
master of manners and of tact, use a term which by Implication at least
reflects cruelly upon the South and arouses the resentment of Its people
toward him and toward the voices for whom he thinks and for whqnt
he speaks.
These are the considerations which stir th* South and those who
love llrio resentment and to Its expression.
We know as well aa Jacob Schurman or St. Clair McKelway or any of
the troop of Northern apologists that the 8outh I* not perfect, any more
than they are perfect. We know that this region haa Ita faults and that It
commits Its errors and that It has Ita lawless element Just as the North
ern states have theirs even In greater and more menacing numbers and
proximity.
But wc have never yet heard from Jacob Schurman and hi* friends any
proposition to "clvlllto" the region In whch they live, or to reflect upon
tho general and representative culture, customs and manners of the en
vironment which supports them and and does them honor
Alt that we ask In these matters Is that the South which I* doing
Its glorious best and haa attained even by tbelr own concession to glori
ous results, shall not be reflected upon, and that particularly those who
know the meaning of words and the significance of terms shat' not print
for the reading of the world, propositions which shall east a shadow upon
a Utilization whose men and women lu antebelluu time# were ike envy
of the republic—whose magnificent emergence from rain and disaster to
Independence aw! prosperity has elicited the admiration of the world; and
whose representative spirit today In eondejn nation at lawlessness and In
progress)vanes*. Ir educations' matters, Ir. conservatism of statesmanship,
and In the supremely representative Americanism of Its population, to en
titled to a recognhced equality with the beat development and the beat
civilisation of 0m times In which we live. ’
THE SOUTH OAROLJNIANS IN NEW YORK AND ATLANTA.
The jgouth Carojlna Society of New York to preparing to celebrate lu
coming anniversary with a program which promises some more than ordi
narily intonating speeches. v
The South Carolinians of New York hold their banquets on March
the 8th, which to the birthday of John C. Calhoun, whom Carolinians with
one accord regard aa the greatest statesman of American history.
Mr. W. A. Barber, ex-attorney general of South Carolina, to president
of the society, and Mr. John C. Calhoun to th# vice president. The din-
ner.wtll be given In the ball room of the Waldorf-Astoria, which will be
decorated with. Palmetto trees and other emblems of the state.
The chief glory of the dlnner.will be the program Which consists
or four speeches.
In the first of those the Hon. Grover Cleveland, of Princeton, N. J.,
will respond to the toast “The Nation."
The second toast of the evening will be by Woodrow Wilson, presi
dent of Princeton University, and will be an estimate of John C. Calhoun.
The third toast will be “Our Native State," and this will be answered
by' Governor Ansel, of South Carolina.
Th* fourth and last toast will be "Our Adopted 8tate," and thto will
be responded to by Governor Hughes, of New York.
It .Is very rarely that so notable a list of speakers have appeared at
any banquet, and when tbls'featlval occasion touches ao attractive a per
sonality as that of the Palmetto State, the "Harry tiotapur of the Confed
eracy," and the progressive commonwealth which vies now In manufactur
ing progress with Massachusetts, wa may be sura that there wHI be
thloge to be said that are worthy to bo heard by the sons of South Caro
lina In every state and in every section, and worthy of tha consideration
of Intelligent and thinking people In every section of tha republic.
On the aau* evening tha South Carolina Society of Georgia will cele
brate Ita annual banquet with a notable list of speakers and with their
todies In attendance.
. A DREWSOME RECORD.
The New York Tribune ban been at pains to compile the list of rail
road accidents which have shocked the last six months of the national
life. Exclusive of the recent New York Central disaster the list as aa
follows:
Date. Railroad. Killed. Injured.
Army-Navy Orders
MOVEMENT OF VESSEL*.
Army Orders.
Washington, March 1.—The follow
ing orders have bass Issued:
Captain Jams* D. Taylor. Jr., Eight
eenth Infantry, from army hospital, at
Hot Springs, to proper station.
Private Dennis M. Mason, from Com
pany E. Fourth Infantry, Fort Thomas
to Thirteenth cavalry. Fort Bill.
Private Edward BUsatar. hospital
corps, to general hospital, Fort Bayard.
Private W. Finn, from Troop K.
Tenth cavalry, central hospital. Fort
Bayard, to Troop M, Tenth ■ cavalry.
Fort Riley.
ordnance Sergeant C. W. Brooks
from general hospital Fort Bayard, to
Qalvtaton. relieving Ordnance Bar*
gaant Donald Cara well, who wnt pro
ceed to Fort Mlchle.
Naval Ordara.
Chaplain H. H. Ctark, placed on re
tired list.
Chief Gunner T. B. Watson to naval
torpedo station. Newport.
Me Venturis *f Vassal*.
ARRIVED: February IT, Mayflower
at Palm Bmch.
BAILED: February 37. Tacoma,
from ctenfuegoa for Guantanamo;
Mayflower from Palm Beach tor Port
Royal: Oaorgta. from Bradford, for
Tompklnsvllle: Eagle, from Guantana
mo, for surveying duty; Marcellu*.
from Guantanamo for League Island;
8tartlng, from Guantanamo, for Phila
delphia; Pmlrie, from Havana, for
Santiago d* Cuba. February Jg—Bal
timore. from Colombo for Aden; Chat
tanooga from Cavite for Shanghai.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
Aug. 19—Pennsylvania
Aug. 2.V*-Malne Central
sept. 12—Canadian Pacific
Sept. 18—Rock Island
HcplJH—8L lxiuls and San Francisco
7
1
... 12
10
0
sir
Oct. 28—Pennsylvania
20
Nov. 12—Baltimore and Ohio
... 47
38
Nov. 29.—Southern
7
11
Dec. 23—"8oo" Line
... 16
31
Dec. 30—Baltimore and Ohio
... 69
60
Jan. 1—Oregon Short Line
l
2
Jan. 2—Rock Island
... 3*
46
Jan. 3—Union Pacific
1
1
Jan. 0—Southern Pacific
2
0
Jan. 12—Buffalo. Rochester and Pittsburg .....
i
» 0
tiSrt- Bank of Penneylrenle. (tret In the
Untied Ktetne, chartered.
ITXO-Ari ordering h United btiitee <-*n»u«
lltl-ffeSecrV..f 0 the"S*melukr* at Cairo.
1817—Alabama territory formed.
lsr-WllUam Dean Howetle. American no-
thor, t*on». „ ... • _
1M4-Mta L. U. N. lltDT#n*. C. T. t.
lender. born. . . ,
1967—NVliraskn proclaimed a by tho
1172—^•llowatoup Notion*! Park ••UblUhrd.
I©".'—Supreme court nlNnuml cooitltutUHi-
•Illy of the McKinley tariff act.
1294—f’rudtnte Mtrare elected prreldwrt of
Brasil.
1897—Jip*u Adopted * gold *t*nd*rd.
WILL NOT ACCEPr
CALL TO TEXAS
■lan. II—CentYal New England.
Jan. 13—Rock Island
Jan. 15—Rock Inland
Jan. 16—Nickel Plate
Jan. 16—Reading
•Inn. 16—Lake Shore
•Ian. 19—"Big F\iur"
Jan. 19—"Big Four" ..’
Jan. 19—Indiana Harbor
Jgn. 19—Great Northern f.
Jan. 19—Atlantic Coagt Lino
Jan. 19—Atchlaon
JgTL Ift^Nsw Orleans and Northwestern
| M fri rtraraAiaara
•»*»»• *V 'limBliqr • i 7
Jan. !0—Baltimore and Ohio
Jan. 20—Nickel Piste *
Jan. II—Lake Shura
Jan. 31—Atlantic Coast Mao..... ...........
Jan. 22—Southern Pacific;. .T.“.'".
Jan. 22—New York Central
Jan. 24—Baltimore and Ohio ."T.
Jan. 27—Erl*
Jan. 28—Northern Pacific ...'.
Jan. 29—Boston and Maine
Feb. 2—Baltimore and Ohio
Feb. 2—Pennsylvania
Feb. 7—Chicago Great Western
Feb. S—New York Central..
Feb. 10—Boston and Maine
Feb. 12—Lehigh Valley
Feb. 13—Ontario and Weatern
Total 351 474
To this appalling enumeration add the New York Central disaster In
which there -were 27 killed and 139 Injured, and we have the total of
378 killed and 603 Injured.
When we remember that this list or nearly 1.000 victims to nearly
three times as large as the total of accidents In Europe In a year, we
cannot escape the conclusion that there are some fatal and almost crimi
nal defects In our American railway system which ehould be, and must
be, cured In the Interests of safety and life.
It to not profitable to spend time and breath In denunciation of the
railroads for faults that are now generally acknowledged, but It I* the
wiser thing to prod the men who control these great corporations until
they put Into effect In this country aome of the rales and appliances
which combine to make travel so much safer In the old world.
Surely we have the genius In this great and Inventive republic to safe
guard railroad travel as effectively aa^an England and the continent,
and If we have not tho Initiative to develop a system of our own. then In
the name of common sense and of humanity, let ua Inllate the syitem
which work* »} well scrota the seas.
The railroad that can do this, and doesn't do It, should, by tow, be
compelled to do It. '
Ret. 11 L Motley, pastor of the Central
Baptist ,-blurb, will not leave Atlanta.
Recently he received n moat Battering call
to the leading rburrh of El Paan, Tex. After
. nnalilerlng It mine weeha. Mr. Motley lie-
•-tried to decline the offer, amt remain lu
Atlanta. Mo haa been h«V etfht yaora.
Employee It Bealdtd.
While engaged In repairing ao engine
Thtiraday morning In the Georgia railroad
ronntlhouao Charlie Parrla, «n employee,
wee badly Injured aa the result of the ex
ptaalaa at « gaeottno fit ,
Fgrria was scalded ao badly be bad to lie
taken to the Elkledtoldeealth eaollnrluui.
The geeollee tank wee being need In the
repair of the locomotive.
Pullman Car Cate.
Argument In the salt of Ur*. Sadie
>n the Catted * le tea atrcelt -mart. will a rob
ably lie Xatehed Friday end the cnee will go
to the Jury. Mrs. Cllnte anee for the racer-
—y of tfcao alleged'damages «*WI
ejected from e sleeper lu Memphis six
years ape. .. . -
RETIRING CABINET MEMBERS
ARE QUESTS OF ROOSEVELTS.
Washington, March 1.—President
and Mrs. Ronaavalt gave h dinner last
night In honor of the retiring members
of the cabinet. Secretary Bhatv and
Becretary Hitchcock. The dinner also
marked the first appearance officially
of Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce.
FREE SCHOOL MOVEMENT
INDORSED BY JR. 0. U. A. M.
Special to The Georgian.
Decatur, Ala, March 1.—Winona
council. No. 3, Junior. Order United
American Mechanics, haa adopted reso
lutions Indorsing Lieutenant Governor
Henry G. Gray In th* position that h*
haa taken for better education In Ala
bama, and especially Indorsing hie ac
tion In voting for free school books for
the poor children of Alabama when a
vote on th* bill resulted In a tie In the
atate senate. A copy of th* resolutions
haa been forwarded to the lieutenant
governor.
WORK SOON TO BEGIN
CONSTRUCTING RAILROAD.
Special to The Georgian.
Hiintsvllt*. Ala, March 1.—T.
Pratt. Madison county director for pic
Nashville and Huntsville Railway Com
pany, has Just relumed from New
Tork and Mates that the American
Construction Company la ready to go to
work shortly, and that th* new road
will be under way In good ehape with
in a satisfactory time.
With the Elect
Would Bo BulK. All Right
Th* president's epigram,, ("ba dear*
rather than critics* of tha deeds others
do," may tempt some audacious engi
neer to tall him to go ahead and build
hto own canal.-)-Washington Bur.
On* Exoeptisn.
Th* 3-cam rat* bill haa been
squashed tn the South Dakota legisla
ture ao far aa tbs present session at
least la concerned.—Portland (Me.) Ex
press.
Net Folk's Way.'
Th* Missouri state house has been
fumigated because of a smallpox scare.
Governor Polk, It may be r* mam be red,
smoked tha legislators out on a previ
ous occasion,—Providence Journal.
Tower's Opportunity.
If Ambassador Tower survives the
the kaiser—Boston Record.
— Boosting Hi* Boak.
A fey more challenge! to duolt will
put Kuropatkln'a book right up among
the six beat sellers.—Boston Herald.
Explained.
Opposites a iways attract. Cortelyou
success In Ilf* I* said to be due to hi*
habit of listening to everybody and
never saying a word hlmaalf. Now.
does everybody see why Mr.
Roosevelt haa been so very, vary kind
to Oeorge?—Richmond Tlmes-Dlspatcb
Moon-Shine.
Now that Congressman Moon, of
Tannaaae*. Is after the minority lead
ership It looks as If John Sharp Wil
liams' sun has sat.—Washington Post.
Headline*.
Th* “Actress-Averts-Panic" headline
seems to b* getting every bit as com
mon ae th* "Russian-Off leer-Aasasil^
noted" headline or the “Many-Pertsh-
In-Wreck” headline.—Baltimore Ameri-
Anti - Expansionists.
"The peopl* of Georgia era nominat
ing Hoke Bmlth for president," says a
contemporary. Didn’t they nominee
him for shah of Persia, also?—Charles
ton News and Courier.
Diaelaimt Responsibility.
"Shall none but millionaires run the
government?" sake Senator Beveridge.
t_bava no «av so tn the matter,
senator, you will slIB Be able to take a
small share In th* lob.—Columbia
•State.
Well, Liateir to Thiel
The Atlanta Georgian thinks
that “Vice President Fairbanks
would be a warm proposition In kilts."
We ahould say h* would be a cold onr,
and would be liable to arrest for go
ing about without visible means of
support.—Montgomery Advertiser.
BOY DIES FROM BURN8
RECEIVED AT OPEN ORATE.
Special to The Georgian.
8partanbnrg. 8. C., Mardh 1.—Dixon
McCravy, ageiTflve yeart, Is dead at
the home of his mother, Mrs. Mattie
McCravy, as the result of burns ha re
calved last Tuesday morning. The boy
was standing near a fir* and his cloth
ing csiugbt on fire and before steslet-
burned -about tbs face and sack.
UNIVERSITY 0LEE CLUB
WILL MAKE TOUR OF SOUTH.
Special to Tb* Georgian,
Athena, On. March 1.—Th* Univer
sity Glee Club, about forty strong, will
make a tour of a number of Southern
cities tn April, visiting and appearing
In concert at ^Athens, Macon, Atlanta,
Savannah. Augusta, Jacksonville and
other points.
SHOT BAD NEGRO TO DEATH,
THEN GAVE-HIM8ELF UP.
DIFFICULTIES OT THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
On my coming tn Florida this win
ter. one of the Itret newspaper articles
to attract my attention, was on the
had spelling of th# present day. The
author said, the purest English was
spoken tn the South Atlantic states of
America. 1 would like tn afld to this,
that It Is also thn most grammatical
and the moat distinct.
A few weeks ago 1 heard a tnurlat
say that after spending a winter South,
and getting accustomed to the soft and
distinct Southern speech, he found It
hard to understand hts own family,
on his return North.
Yet even In the South, as tn all the
states, you find difference* of expres
sion and pronnunclatlon that are aec-
ttonal—local Idioms—certain phrases
and words that originate and are used
among the moat highly educated.
We gel the name England from
Anglklalul. the home of the Angles and
Saxons, and from It we get the world
English The Saxon language was one
•*f monosyllables, and with but few
exceptions, our only remaining Saxon<
words are those of one syllable.
The Norman Conquest brought In the
French, and the Roman Conquest
brought In the lattln. A tittle Greek
and Danish came In with com merer
The Latin style remains for all
legal terms ttre In !.atln. all
.medical terms are In l-*riln,.wlth a lit
tle Greek, and -leu our botunbal words, atop,
By TOURIST.
are. In Latin. Indeed, any of our old
time professor* would say that It la
Impossible to be a good English scholar
without a knowledge of Latin.
Fifty years ago French was th* court
language or Europe, and today English
Is the polite language or the world—
certainty of the commercial world, and
It Is the moat copious and the most
difficult
With regard to bad spalling. It has
been complained of for several yaara,
and Is universally ascribed to th*
modern method of teaching It. Th*
pupil le seldom mkde to pronounce
each syllable, and by sound as wall as
memory, make the word. Instead of
thle, he la made to call out the betters
In n tine, and then pronounce th* whole
word, thus depending on memory atofl*
to recall the right letter*.
The difficulties of the English lan
guage lie In Its spelling. Its pronouncla.
tlon. Its accent, Ua us*. . There are so
many wonts spelled differently, the
meaning different, yet pronounced
alike, as funeral rite wheelrtte. tn
p* right, to write with pen; an many
words spelled nltke. pronounced alike,
end meaning different, aa board, a
plank »l w-nod. tn board, to pay for
abetter, and food, board of trade, to
board a vessel, an many Worde spelled
alike, yet wlih a different accent mak
ing a different meaning, ae Invalid, a
transaction of no value. Invalid, a sick
person: eo many words spalled alike,
>ur | pronounced alike, yet with a different
our j use. making a different meaning, ae.
them go.
There are so many mispronounced
letters which w# get from the Hanes,
aa "C" pronounced "K." and "th." pro-
nounetd "f" aa In cough.
There are also the many illent letter*
to which our president so much ob
jected, that he gave order* to the Whit*
House officials to leave them out of 100
words.
There are our peculiar uxe of nu
merals which the author chevlntx
French say*, le a relict of the Nor
man*. We eay a herd of cattla, but
we do not say. a herd of ho roes I W*
aay a drove of horess. a flock of aheap.
XT# aay calf when alive, and vast when
dead. Uow. w hen alive, and beef when
dead. Sheep when allvs and mutton
when dead. Why la all of this? No
reason but that usage requires It.
These are only a few of th* many
thing* which make our language so
difficult tn forelgnere.
With regard to our prnnoundation,
the best le eald wherein E. I- Babin
Bake, why w* do not make, "Break to
rhyme with freak, sew to rhyme with
few. shoe to rhyme with foe, bos* to
rhvm* with dose and lose?"
The vagaries of our language are
well and amusingly lllusirated in the
follow ing taken from St. Nlchotae:
“Know won knead weight toe ba*
tolled the weigh toe do ao. A rile eutta
Utile won. the aun of a grate kernel,
flue up the rode, and after a rhyme,
stopped at a blew house, and wrung
the belle. • Hie low hurt hymn, and
Ind up our buslneea to make It he kneaded wrest " ,
and wind up our watebea to make These .word! ait all spelled uiiea-
Speeltl to Th* Georgian.
Athens. Oa.. March 1.—Teaterday
evening In the yards of tho Central of
Georgia railway, Jim Simms, colored,
ahot and killed Ctfarlle Drake, a bad'
negro. They had fought earlier In the
day and threats had been made. _ The
negro coolly shot twice, the second
shot piercing th* heart ot Drake. Wltb
the smoking pistol tn hla hand, Simms
quietly gave himself up to the officer.
GORDON M’OONALD ON TRIAL
ON DOUBLE MUROER CHARGE.
Special to The Georgian.
Hawklnavlllr, Ga, March 1.—Supe
rior court to In session, having con
sumed two weeks, and will probably be
continued through next week. Two
caaea are being heard against Gordon
McDonald, charged with killing Csley
Cheney and Herechal Burns on Decent-
bar XI. Many witnesses are present,
and It la expected that th* trial will
last several days.
The case ot Scab Hunt, who will be
tried on the charge of assault with In
tent to murder Bart Hendley, will ba
tried ntxt. Roswell Denial, aa princi
pal In this case, was aoqulttad at th*
last session of court.
ly. .pronounced correctly, and used
wrongly.
Il la not Infrequent to meet parsons
ho pride themselves on their educa
tion. fall In their spalling, and often
meet people, apparently wall educated,
yet who make mistakes In thalr gram
mar. aad this jars dreadfully on th*
■enaea!
TV# do not Ilk* our president'* "de
formed spelling," ae soma on* calls IL
and quite agree with the congressman
who said, that "Webster was a greater
man than Roosevelt”
Our language as now used, cannot b*
Changed, sgoepf by th* gradanl changes
which have mad* It what It to.
It haa not bean vary long alnc# honor
was spelled honour, labor spelled
labour. Such changes com* Imparcept-
■bly. Other changes are now taking
place, and that U the dropping of capi
tal lettare Used tn distinguish word*
spelled the same end thd meaning dif
ferent. For some time, ns we pa per*
have bean spalling. Firm, a company
of capitalists, with a small f; th'
Spring of the year with a small ", and
th* Fall of the year with a small f
There seems no ranaut for the**
change*, and they are somanme* very
confusing.
We have acquired a mastery of nut
present oithography and polite ussc*
sanctions It. so we are unwilling t<
acquaint ourselves wltb any au-calM
Improvements
Lake City, Florida.