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eW: r ■I'BE ATLANTA OEORgMn Ajfo NEWS. aOMDAT. MARCH 4, MR. 7?«£3 ATLANTA IE0M1AN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, Pretident. Published Evsry Afternesn (Except Sunday) By THE QEORQIAN COMPANY, At:: ffm AUUuii *t.. Att«»t». am. Subscription Ratfl* .. M» Fix Month. 7hre* Months Ily Carrier. Per Week .. 2^2 ... ... .!• Entered (It the Atlanta Foxtofflcn aa Refund-flat* mall mat tar. Telephone* rasseettnx •»» depertsteats. - Lone dlttanre terminal* Mltb * Thompson. adrertlalo* rij- nMlnlIrn for all territory ouUlda of Georgia. , Chlreon office.! Tribune PMc Xew York office Poller Si'll. It eon here nny 1reaMe.*eltt*x THH GEORGIAN AND NEWS' telephone the Cl re* lotion Deoertment nnd h*»e u penointlr remedied. Telephone*. Bell 4KJ Mein. Alien!* MB. It I* dedralile (het nil eotataanle*. • Ion* Intended for noljHentlon In TIIE GEORGIAN AND NEWS he limited t* INI word* In Irnith. II I* lim>*r*tl»e Hut they Ik tinned. «• nn erldenre of pood rattle. Rejected mnnuaerlpt* wl'l net he returned unlee* »mmp* nr* *•■! for *lhe purpo«e. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS print* nn unelren or,objectionable ad- terllelnc. Nellher do** It print nrblEjr •r nnr Itqwr ad*. Of It PLATFORM.—Tbs Oeorfltb and News elnnd* for Atlnntn'* ownlnc Its own St* »nd electric llfht plant*, nn It now own* II* waterworks Other rltle* do Ibl* nud tel to* s* low MR rente, wllh n profit lo Ibo rile. This should he (lose nt one*. The (leor*len end Newt Iwlleee* Hist If street rid I- erayn rnn he opented sucretefullf by Europe*!) cities. nn they nre. them In ■o (owl rr.mon why they rnn not Ik to operated here. But we do not bell*** thin ms bo done now. soil It tuny b# tome yror* Iwfore we nre ready for to bis an oodertnklo*. Still Allnntn nbonld win lit face lo that direction NOW. NOTICE TO 8UB8CRIBERS AND ADVERTISERS. On February 2 Th* Georgian pur- chomed th* ntmt, good will, franchisee, •dvnrtiting contract* and subscription list of Th* Atlanta News, and Th* New* la now published at a part of Tht Qoor- (Ian. All advartining under eontroot to appear in The Now* will bo printed in The Georgian and Nowo, without inter, raption, except such a* it debarred by The Georgian's established polity to | exclude all objeotionable advertising. Subscribers to The Newe will rooeive i The Georgian and News regularly. All tubaeriptiene paid in advance to The Georgian and to The Newt will be ha- tended to cover the time paid far to .both newspapers. „ Should you new be reoeiving two copies of The Georgian and New*, your name appear* on both subscription lists. As aeon as these list* can ba combined you will receive only one copy regu. larly. , f Abide from - certain sphere of tine- A fulness an a meal ticket, hired man v and purse-holder, many husbands And - a widened sphere of handiness In sub bing for the nurse when she decides * .that Ahc In not ntron( enough to work Jj on Sundayn. Membership In the.Lame Duck An. itlon In being robbed of Itn terror. Representative McCIcary, of Mlnneno- ta, who had his Job jerked from under Urn. In to be made second maintain postmaster general. Oongresa redeemed It^plf by turn- ins down that ship-subsidy grab. The members have earned their Inereaar In salary by that one art. It somebody don’t hurry up and * ill that Washington llern.d man the plu ral, of grapefruit he la tolng to tave "brain storm." No, no, no. We don't know the answer: ** Looks like Secretary Taft pulled ahead a few laps on the presidential §ekl by that real shoveling stunt. * Representative Stiller, of New York, •ays the t'ntted States senate ought to be abolished, lie ought not feel that way about the entire body just because hit state has I’latt and Dopes-. ... At any rate W. .1. Oliver's troubles may serve lo bring "whamidoodlv" Into the dictionary. Washington proposes to widen lien- Bing road. Say. Is the rush to lion- Bing track that fierce? ;' The astute paragrapher of The At- Georgian, who took occasion to nment on The Tribune's reference to the tax on bachelors, might profits bly spend some uf his span* time re- 3 fleeting on his own narrow cxenpe I from prominent membership In that Ctoas.—Rome Tribune. Still, he "e* eaped " Don't get peevish. Itrother • Rowell. Even as old a man ns you might "land" If you wouldn't give up that way. [ In the fret and worry of the Thaw trial, railroad wrecks, sea disasters, etc., wa have rpthcr lost sight of the "gefiEiaphlcalUatlon" bualnes* of those $3.'» a> dgy Inaurancc vote tmin Ure. Counted any yet. bore" The poatofflee has Issued fraud or dent against the deo|M ranee fraud Order ought to be Issued at one , bring Secretary Shaw out of that | Idealist trance Idea of his. Walker, the milling banker, was last beard of In Oregon, fie eeemi lo be leisurely touring the country to give needy correspondents a chance to 'pad out the airing." “ THE SOUTH IN- THE SENATE. With the clow of the short aeitlon of congrew tjjlay, the Demo cratic representation In the United 8tfit*s senate reaches the lowest point lo numbers since tbe readmlsslon of the Southern States to the privilege of national representation after tbn dote of the civil war. At the Iteglnnlng of tbe second Cleveland administration there was a Democratic majority In the wnate. There wae an overwhelming majori ty In the house, coming fre»h from tbe people..who bad give* their com mand for a reduction of tariff tasea In no unceitaln tones. ' liut meantime the distracting and decWve. free '»llvtr Usue bad emerged. It was perhaps a tactical mistake that Ml 1 .' Cleveland did not lake the course of conferring wllh the leaders of tbe Democracy with re gard to the preparation of a tariff bill during the abort session of con gress and then calling an extra session on March f. IMS. for the speedy passage uf the tariff act. But the coinage question had frwwii *u acute that when the extra session was called It was to meet the condition caused by the purchase of silver under the Sherman silver act. and while Mr. Cleveland had his way In this Important matter, and, as wa believe, did a service lo the nation which will never be forgotten, be did It at the uc- riflee of Democratic harmony even on the tariff question. Tbe house passed tbe Wilson bill and. with the senate majority so small that every Democratic vote was needed, the big four, wllh Gor man In (ho lead, so changed the Wilson bill as It earns from the hpuw that th* president refused lo sign it'as. a Uriff measure. .Then came the Republican victory that wreatad ‘ congress from the control of the Democracy, and now, with (he alow outworking of political results In the long-term senate, there will lie, tomorrow) bnt twq Democratic senators front outside the South—Teller, of Colorado, and Newlands from Ne vada. who aligned themselves with the'Democracy on the silver question. In brief, the Democratic part of the senate Is the Southern part of the senate. Hut in (he house, llje turn of the tide hl^ already come, and the out look for the enactment Into national law of ffemocratlc policies Is not so gloomy as one might think. The sights, all point to Democratic victory In the next presidential, race In spite of tM feeling that If Mr. Roosevelt could be Induced to run he would prove' Irresistible. His popularity la largely due to the advocacy of those policies that were writ large In the Democratic platform and were wholly omitted from the Republican. It la an open secret In Washington that tbe Republican leaders expect Mr. Hryan's nomination and election In 1908. And Republicanism finds It self divided ns tho Democracy was in 1894. Its admirable party discipline . lias thus far prevented an open breach. Hut the G. O. I*, faces an unescap- able dllentmn. If It nominates an antl-Rooaevelt Republican for president, then It loses a large part of the popular vote that has been held to Republicanism by tho Democratic policies of Mr. Roosevelt. If It nomi nates a man after Roosevelt's heart. It loaea tbe support of "the Interests," and It la not too much to say that Republicanism despairs of carrying tho country without the "munitions of war" In unrestricted plenitude. And with a Democratic victory In the house and the election of a Democratic president, Ihe country will not need to wait until a Democrat ic senate In also elected to sec Us policies carried out In great part. Just as Mr. Roosevelt has found Democratic allies In the senate In the fur therance of his plans for the good of the whole people, so a Democratic president would find lit the Republican senate a number of (he newer members, especially those from (he West, who have been tho hearty sup- imrlers of the Roosevelt program, and will continue to give their votes for those policies which their own people elected them to carry out. lie Is bllud to the signs of the times who does not recognise this division In Republicanism nnd sec what It moans for the Democ racy. A party so long "held together by the cohesive power of public plunder" cmnot withstand the revolt of conscience from within Itself. Massachusetts nttd Iowa are demanding tariff revi sion. Hcverldge and l-aFollette ere standing with the Democracy on the control of the railroads and the corporations generally. The country Is tired of graft, even the kind Hint appropr.ates publlo money for the per petuation of Ratty power. The cost of living Is turning the attention of the peoplo generally to the tariff as the mother of the trusts and the grandmother of high prices and extortionate practices. It it well within the probabilities that the next edngresa, with more than a two-thirds Re publican majority lu ihe senate, will witness ihe eleo- .tlon of a DeBWcrallsjjrciWioLawl.a.pemKratl.o hpure toe VegJjjpjng of a long er* of Democratic control, with the afatn orTrlVIlege, the tie- lease of Ojuiprtuntt/ and the guarantee or Kqual flights to ^|l. •* * • ■ 4 ' A ~ *■ " J ■* ‘ and the most diligent phase of their Industry will be to task* tbl: equip- thent of bur Armory-Auditorium sure. , 1 _ , . ' If they fall in thlc, they fall In all things. For what <s an auditorium unless It Is an auditory? What is aa atjdltorium but s .place to hear la? The paople of Atlanta will forgire tbe bulldars of the auditorium all otbar faults sooner than tbe crime against the ear. The architects of the auditorium hare a chance for fame and fortune It they give ns a hall In which we can bear as well as the people of Salt Lake City or tbe peoplo of Macon. to i ■£ * —■-rr+~r-r r—* g ft t AN AUDITORIUM IB A PLACE TO “HEAR. 1 Now that all the preliminary details of the Armory-Auditorium arc cleared away for action, we have approached tho time for the dlnctisMou if the most ImiiortHttl Item In Its construction. The one supreme consideration In tho construction of this Audito rium-Armory Is (hat Its acoustics shull lie so carefully studied and ar ranged that: the orators on the platform can be heard by the people lu every |»rtlon of the house. If this Is not done Ihe Auditorium Is a .failure from the beginning. For whether Its mltimnn he tinted or atralght. whether Its architecture be Gothic or Doric or Ionic, whether Ita atat:ly front shall please the eye and Its ample proportions shall seat Ihe'multitude, whether Its seats be of velvet or of cane, and whether Ita proportions offer hospitality to 6,000 or to 10,000, It Is all at sounding brass and tinkling cymbal unless the people who go there to hear caq hear and understand the people who go there to speak. ' It Is not leas amazing Hiatt It Is sorrowful how many great halla lu this country are ruined by poor acoustics. Our state eapltol In Atlanta is a iierfect (allure In armistle effects nnd the choice eloquence of our statesmen and distinguished visitors Is demoralised and deteriorated by the Jumble of Bounds which the human tongue makea In that unfortu nately constructed hall. We have another public building In Atlanta net to public entertain- menta that Is beautiful lit exterior and Interior, but nn one will ever know how much of enjoyment In public entertainments la lost to Atlanta by the poor acoustic of tils famous hall. In Macou. on the othqr hand, there la m theater whose acoustics are the Joy and delight of all who enter there. Preachers and ■ teachers, siatesmen slid lecturers and Hteatr'ccl eompnnles all go away with a Imiicdictlnn on the Macon o|>cra house because of the admirable acoustics which make ept xl.lng a pleasure and hearing a Joy. Architects hive agreed tlSlt the principle of acoustics III publics halls hits never yet been reduced to an absolute certainty anywhere, aud they cite the fact tbn*. halla constructed with n direct and due regard to their hearing qualities have frequently been found to be failures In spite of the precautions taken about them. The t.cmvx Lyceum, In New York, was built for a great place of con- certs nnd public speaking* Its fnllure was lamented by all connected with H. All the resource of science wns set to remedy Its detects. Wires were strung from wall to w-all and from celling to floor to break tbe echoes. A sounding board-tvs* placed on the platform, bnt no human device could ever redeem the Imperfect acoustics of Lenox Hall and It has either been deserted or forgotteu. Tbe natlonnl house of congress larks much of hclug a success In Ibis particular, and the rbaitel of the University of Georgia Is one of the least , effective halls to speak In In the state. No human (wing can estimate what has been lost to oratory, to niusir and In statesmanship by the Imperfect acoustics of our public halls. Men who might have blossomed Into successful speakers have been dis couraged and disrredlitai hv poor acoustics, and some of the loftiest of sentences and the noblest of sounds have been carried debilitated and de moralized lo the ears of the people. If. however, science In our architecture has not yet discovered a Iierfect plan by which the hearing qualltlt* of public balls can be guaran teed. It can at least as nearly as pussltle Imitate the construction of halls in which tin- acoustics have boon a great success. The great Mormon Tabernacle at Salt Lake City, which acats 10.000 people, is so 'perfect In acoustics that the lightest word from the platform can be heard to the furthest seat In the house. On the uther hand, the Coliseum In 8t. lamia. In whirl the last Democratic convention was held, was so wretch ed in acoustical effects that William J. Bryan waa Ihe only man of tbe thousands who could be henrd with clearness and effectlvenesr through its tinfonuuate echoes. . Wo sincerely trust that the architect* who have been Intrnated with tbi- building of the Atlanta Auditorium will realise tbslr tremendous re- simnslblllty lit thlc particular, that they will study tho Mormon Tabernr- cle In Salt'l,ikc City: that they will study the Grand opera bunas of ot r next duor neighbor at bacon and that the very beet ot their 1*0103 The Labor Paper on Sam Spencer The Journal of Labor paye a high compliment to Samuel Hpamfer'e In variable courtesy and consideration to the expreeaed desires and memo rials of tbe working men, and hearti ly Indorse* the appointment of Mike Riley and J.' L. Jones, employee* of the Southern railway, to travel Ita ayatem In tba Interest of the great Spencer Mon ament which la to be erected Id the plaza of our Terminal etatloo. Tba Journal of Labor also expressed great pleasure In the feet that telegrephets of the Western Un ion and the Poetal and the Associated pres* have received an Increase of from 10 per cent to 18 per cent shove tbe scale of their old salarlee.4 The Journal says that this will help to pay the extra 50c which la now baring to ba paid for a pair of shoes, the extra 5c on a pound of bnttar, tha extra dime for a hair cut. tbe extra 5c on a sack of flour, tbe extra half a dollar on a hat and tbe extra little 10 per cent or 20 per cent on everything the working' man hat to buy. “SAID ALEX STEPHENS TO ROBERT TOOMBS 99 To the Editor of The (seorslan: Tour editorial on the above caption shows how easily great Georgia dallies, edited by men me well Informed as any who straddle the tripod, which concur In picturing, a quarrel between Ste phens und Toombs that never happened and could not have happened in tha very nature of the two ntsn. The alleged retort of Mr. Stephens wee not addressed to Mr. Toombs, but It tvae said to have transpired In the' lamentable quarrel between Mr. Ste phens nnd Judge Francis Cons—a quarrel that Is historic, although near ly forgotten. One day I asked Mr. Stephens If that passage of wit ever actually occurred: He broke out In a cheerful laugh. 'Oh, no." said he. "no such exchange of words between Judge cone and myself OOODDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDOOa O O o THANKS FROM THE WOMEN. O O O O To the Editor of The Georgian-: O O It *eem« to me that every pure O O woman In America who loves her Q O country and lu noble memories. O O from Plymouth Rock down, would O O Indorse your magnificent editorial, O D "Delphlne Delmas’s Second Oppor- O O tunlty." O O . The Georgian has bed many O Q elaaslc editorial*, this being per- Q O baps the greateit. Very truly O O yours, O O JULIA O'KEEFE NEL80N. O O Atlanta, Feb. 35. O O O OODOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ooaooooooooaoDooDaDOooooog O THANKS FOR OUR O DEFENDING THE SOUTH. O o . . o a Tw tbe Editor of The Georgian: -O O Allow me to tliank you for your O O- forceful - an(* timely -editorial In O O Friday's Georgian, nnd to express O o the hope that you will find time O O always to lift the pemdo-phllan- O O throplc drapery commonly used O O by the army of Bherntan to dla- O O tori ond defame the truthful con- O O dltlona In the South and the law- O O abiding temper of our pCople. O O Thanking you again tor your O O admirable and convincing answer O i the charges of Jacob Schur- O inn and bT* Journalistic Indors- O O ers, t remain, yours truly. O O J. F. BURKE. O O Atlanta, March 3. " O O O aooooooooooooooaoooooooooo ever orArred. Home one Invented the atory doubtless Imputed thereto by the f*et that Judge Cone was a very large man, aa you doubtless remember, end I a very small man, aa you aee.. Rut the expression attributed to me la old." And Juat here my memory limps a little, and I have no bonks at baud to refresh my memory, but my recollec tion J* that Mr. Htephenn said that the IlMR speech attributed in him was made by the dwarf, Blr Joeffry Hud son, In the rourt of Charles II, to either Marlborough or Buckingham, who had towered his noble dignity to quarrel with tbe court Jester. I do not recall that Mr. Stephens gave Blr Walter Scott as authority. Of course. If It occurred In the court of charlrs II It waa not recorded In Kenilworth. If It actually anpears In a dialogue In Kenilworth, then It antedates Sir Joef fry Hudson by a hundred years. J. L. T>. HILLYER. NOMINATES CLARK HOWELL FOR CHIEF OF POLICE. To the Editor of The Georgian: While nominations are still in order for chief of police, I will name Hon. Clark Howell. lie la also a nice man. nnd a good citizen and a successful public man. lie would understand the Ins and uuts of elty politics, and Is so clear In his onjvusltlon lo graft and In temperance tliai he would he an Ideal man In that department. His vigorous convictions on public order and morali ty and alt public queatlona would also strengthen bint for this important po sition. He Is the build for the place. N. G. THORNBURT. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. MARCH 4. 1SC6—TlinniN* .1 cfTrruoti tnaucurated for th# Rpciiiiil time prcsUleut of tho rolled MUles. lnt-rrem-h'defeated by the allies In bat- vie <4 Cvoyea. Itn- Mr. Abbigton. the orlglaal lady IBO-Vvllls&i cJitnti 'established his' shlp- vnrds at Ittlladelnbla. 1151—.lames j Itlclmnlsui). explorer ot tbe SMlinra, died. IWl-Ahrnbani Lincoln Inaugurated preat- dent of tbe United Bute*. . laso— Klrtti of Forth bridge, near Edin burgh. laanngtirateil. IMS—Wedding of Anna llould ta Count De cn.lellane In New York. 1897—Fifty person* killed suit Injured by explosion of ga* mnln* to Boston. 19(V»-The.hlore llooaerelt Inaugurated pre* Idem of the fatted fit ate* With the Elect PENSHOTS By Graham Cgarton. Liatan at Him Raval Is all very well for dtatlnauluhtd RlIcnlRts dla*ul»ed aa newspaper men deliver opinions concerning The Washington Herald and thla plural-of- grape-frutt butlner*; but what's the answer?— 1 Washington Herald. Only Too True. A mandat'd brad In the daily newn: "Another Flyer Wrecked.’’—Philadel phia Telegraph. Ste Horsts. marine hns been arrested for tbe theft of n horse, probably from a de sire tu lift the humble horse marine from the realm of fancy.—Philadelphia Public Ledger. But Can't Bs Wsrss. A ’’mollycoddle’’ 1* just another name for a • sissy.*' but It looks more terri ble.—Nashville American. Nailing an Ananias. Might believe the statement by The . Louis tllobe-Detnocrat that a gray wolf ran wild In the streets of that city, but Isn't It taxing credulity to ask folks to swallow the story that the brute succumbed to the prowess of three stone-throwing women there?— New York Herald. Now, You Bs Good. a>s General del ('astlllo: "I feel contempt every time I see an A inert- an.” No doubt self-contempt due to omparlson and contrast.—Richmond News Lender. Doss Sound Fishy. Naturally the scientist who claims that uhst a man eats becomes a pari of his genius finds It hard to explain how the poetr> of Longfellow and other New England bards was a development from cod fish—Birmingham News. Never Mind—Peek Barrel’s Ssfs. Ve do not believe In cruel and In humane treatment of t'nlted States senators, but won’t somebody In Wash ington kindly bind and gag Tom Tar ter for the next four days?-— Houston Post. Thoy Ars All Ovor Hors. The only country that American newspaper* have never threatened to go to war with Is Ireland.—Charleston News and Courier. Different. The Pullman Car Company Is being sued In Atlanta tor hot furnishing food to passengers, while not long ago the company was Indicted for furnishing too much formaldehyde food tu r«rs.—Wilmington if*. C.) patch. THE BIG STICK’S HOME COMING ‘•('blckeos will come home to roost!” Yst, when n large portion of this coun try was applnudlng Theodore H«*c*evelt** hotter-Ih» good little bojs attitude toward tbe kindergarten republics of the Western Hemisphere, not even the most pessimistic ever dreamed that the ”hlg stick” would some day be detailed to police doty here nt home. The country mold not--nt any rnte. did not-foresee that the bullying hnhlt sc- iptlred by n lordly |*ntrol of fentrol and Month America would ever And occasion for home exploitation, to*the eitent of med dling with the rlchis of sovereign stutc M and Interfering with local self-guvermucnt. Yet. the president’s course lu connection with the Jap Frisco w-htn.l muddle Niiggesia the thought that Ihe "Idg stick’’ doc* not ran* particularly whose Head Is whacked. Just so P m kept, busy teiupt for amh ”khl glove” Mitsui* the drum mnJor’* Imiilde Slid the Ih*JcwcI- ed ampler of effete monarchy! This tweutteth century bludgeon of In ternntloiiiil utility glories rather that lu Iim fibrous • economy there exist lo hnppll.v btrioliHl Mralii* the virtues of ihe school muster's ferrule with those of the Nub of Hercules, tlie one compelling by constant threat, obedience, and sometimes Inflicting w hnlciMinic I'hnstlaciuent. a ml the other <*n|Mihle of crushing slid nnnlhllntliig every semldsncc of physical resistance. To n w oniHtn boasilng such Illustrious nn cestrv. activity Is life Itself! Idleness Is lint s synonym for dry rot nnd decay. If Its usefulness abroad Is temporarily su perfluous. It Is Imperative to Its continued healthy existence that It fluil cot.gcul.il ex ercise nt home. Of carrying u ••Idg stick” to hrotdc revolutions. In fad. force them to choose 'Twin peace nnd a good drubbing. We'd no cause to suppose Thai stick he'd soon be rubbing I’mler our sPirtlcd nose! Yet. so versatile Is Teildr. When he finds no need to do Ills “Idg slid.” stunt for Fhlle, Yeneaueln. or IVru: Ktgblug for worlds to conquer! I.eat business gets to alack At Frisco's schools he elms n blow And lands s sounding whack* BURGLAR LEFT BIO WAD. BUT TOOK SMALL AMOUNT. Hpeclnl to The Georgian. Asheville, N. C.. Marth 4 —The Ray-, sor Company’s drug store, on Patton avenue, was burglarised nt an early hour Hat unlay morning, an entrance being effected through a basement door In the rear. The gttentlon'of tha night watchman was attracted by a light In the basement and ha then observed that the rtar door waa open. As far aa known tha burglars only secured tu. overlooking bills to the amount of S?00, which was intact In another compart ment of the safe. AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BARRETT Hun. Chart*, B. Barrett. President Farmer*' Union. Dear Sir: I learn from th* public print* that yuu are thinking uf going abroad In the Intereat of cotton. As a friend to the Farmers' Union, ae * cot ton grower and aa a Southern man who loroa more or leee every Inch of th* Southern soil, 1 take this public means or earnestly asking you not to go, for th* following reasons: Th* demand for ootton and'cotton product* le now growing ae rapidly a* the aupply le Increaalng. Without en larging the Idea, the world must come to u* for good cotton, whether they wllh to or not. Even should the figtton business need urging, some on* else might look after It a* well or po.alhly better, but your level bead, forcible pen. goqd counsel and 'strong hand would be absolutely necessary at home. Secondly, ae Ihe preachers nay. th* greatest strength ot the Farmer*’ Un ion llo* In Texas. .That iliM mad* It* biggest cotton crop* lest year, which they have sold, or will sell, at a fin* price. It le nothing but natural, there fore. that the people should be well- nigh wild on the subject of cotton. They have had sn unusually mild, dry win ter. This, without the Intervention of a miracle, will result In one of two things—either a very dry year or a wet, cold spring, followed with u wet nummer. The winter ha* hr»n so mild that the boll weevil has been taking catnaps, A wet summer would wake him up by an overwhelming majority. Either the drought or the rain*, there, fore, would be likely to bring to Texas abort cotton crop*. If you, by your counsel, can persuade the farmev* of Texas to reduce their cotton crape, you will In all probability save them from great Ions. The corn state* (Sat year hod Ideal weather and produced, there for*. the largest crop evor known. This they ox* not likely to repest this yean If Texa*. therefore, anil plant a big corn crap. It may' become our Egypt. . In this way you* good counsel might give them financial profit. Thirdly, and moat Importantly, con gress ho* ordered an Investigation of tho Farmer*' Union by a commission appointed by th* .secretary of com merce. Mv observation of men 1* thet In almost every men there la a piece of human nature about os long *• he Is. Secretary Straus I* a New Yorker. A recent writer has said that to the New- Yorker the sun rises In East river end set* a little west of Harlem river. There Is a little more land which mutt be considered because It supplies New York. The same commission which Investigates the Farmers' Union Is Charged wllh the Investigation ot tbe South's great arch enemy, the New York Cotton Exchange—the devil with out horn* pitchfork or forked tall, but Mfo,;rcSfe^JU-STBSaffi! when he generally reals, end hie wife goes lo church, Th* secretary of com merce Is a Republican, a party which by Ita acts, whatever Ita wood, may be, constantly eeeke to degrade and Im poverish the South. Dressed tip, there, fdre, under the guise of superior wis dom. greater financial knowledge and "combine" virtlie. s commission Wilt probably be appointed that will sugar- coat the medicine for the New York Cotton Exchange "Instead iA giving them th* areenlc that they deserve, and will seek to give the Farmers' Union knock-out drppt. when they should come, as did 1th* prophet of oM. with the horn of oil In the house of Jesse, and anoint the Southern people to-be as God has directed, the ruler over Hi* special heritage. OEORjJB IV- W. STONE. Oxford. Os.. Feb. *8. 1907. ‘ 7HE GEORGIAN'S EDITORIAL GOES STRAIGHT 70 POIM Mr. Hugh F. McEIrny, of Edward Moyee A Co., cotton brokers. New York, writes ax'roflow* In reference to a recent editorial In Th* Georgian: I New York. Feb. 3», 1407. r. Joseph B. Lively, care of Atlanta Georgian. Atlanta: \Ve had occasion to note a couple of days ago h brief but shoulder-hitting edltorisl nn the tendency toward "Leg islation Inimical to Cotton.” In a let ter received today from Mr. Stanford he mentions the fnct that you are the author of the editorial referred to. W* trust you wilt not take It amiss If we tell you what we have already 'ex pressed here, namely, that the article In question goes straight to the point, and Is the most convincing w« have so far read. In It* appeal to the legis lators who have proved deaf to all arguments advanced heretofore. No doubt the fact that other argument* were put out by Interested parties and were, therefore, largely, more In a way of aelf-defense than In the farmers' oc buyers' Intereat, caused them to pass unheeded. Ae Colonel Hester tersely put It, there li grave danger to the le gitimate cotton Interest In the present agitation. It n'lll, op course, be diffi cult to convince the farmer who holds hie cdtton. even after he le offered a price showing him a substantial profit, that he ta deliberately speculating for a rise. He has done this so often that It has become second nature and tbe ele ment of speculation In the holding pris-eis ha* been overlooked. "The merchant, however, who. In the course of trade, buys the cotton which the rarnter brings to town, knows full well from experience—possibly from and experience—that when he cnrrl** 100 or 300 bales of cotton front one dav to another, or one week to another, without eelllng futures agalnet It, lie is a genuine speculator. The merchant who sells future* against every toil bales of cotton which he has on hand Is taking no risk and Is therefore doing an absolutely legitimate business. The, principle underlying the system of tell ing futures to hedge, la to provide against a decline and the consequent lose which It might entail. The mer chant who hedges Is not seeking a prof it; he Is limply seeking to avoid lose. If prices should decline and the spot cotton on hand be sold for leee than !t cost, the decline at the same time In th* futures sold as a hedge, will be sufficient to make up the lots on the epot cotton, eo that the net reeult to him is satisfactory. On the other hand should prices advance the apparent loss on the future hedges sold will be .fully made up by the advance In the price of the spot cotton on hand. Thus you se* that the system of hedging In the future markets la one to avoid speculation In the strictest sense, by removing;the risk or hqiard attached to carrying Cotton In Ihe ordinary course of buelneee. We did not expect to write more than a few tines to pay our devoirs to the writer of the pointed and sensible editorial, but the subject Ik such an Interesting one that we trust you will forgive the length of this discussion. Very truly youre, EDWARD MOY8E & CO. “LITTLE BREECHES." (The Famous Poem of sx-Hecretery J. flay.) "I don't to much on religion. I never ain't hod no show: But I've got s middlin' tight trip, sir, And free-will, and that sort of thing - But I twite ve lu tied and the nngele. Ever since one sight last spring. "I route Into town with some turnip*, And mv little Gsbe route alone— No four-yeer-old tn the ronntry I went In for n Jug of moles And left the tesni nt the door. Thee neared nt something nnd itsrted- I heard nnr title sqlisll. And hell-to split over Ihe prairie Went team. Little Hreerhes nnd all. "Ilell to tpllt over Ihe tuelrle: I wa* almost froze with sheer; Bnt we rnnated up noise torehe*. And seerrhed for 'em f«r nnd ne«r. At last we atruek hn**e* nud wagmi, Snowed under n soft white mound. Yrwot. dealt Inwl-hiil of little ilaho Vo bid# nor bnlr 1 And m»* nnd Urul Furr Went off for ■oiiu* wood to n nlifv|>-fold That hi* nil id wnn aomewbar tbar. "Wo found It nt hint, nnd a llttla ali#«l Whore tliev iihut up tb# lainha nt night. We lo4i!»f*i| lit. nnd m**ii th#m huddled thnr, Ko wm in nnd nleepY nud white. And thnr not Little llreeehra tod chirped Am penrt nn ever you aee, •| wont a elmw of terlmeker. Aud thnt's what't the mntter of tye. “How did be git Ihar? AngeU. lie rould never have walked lu that atortn. Ther Jeet acooped down nnd tmed him To nhnr It waa anfe and warm. And I think that aavlng n title child And Wringing him io hin own. BOBBIE’S ESSAYS. By WILLIAM F. KIRK. IIF.R0K8. Herne* |g men that emu to New York X then git married on the taint talary tbay bad when thay were Mingle. Tint la the greateat kind of heroea. tbare were tnativ other kind* In the good old dty». But thay wera not to t*m!v at tha Net York hero#*. Among the old btroon waa n Miron.* tnnn nalmed llerkulcM. lie fraa taller tbau any of na X wider than the wldcMt poltreiunu you ever «aw. lie waa bratv lieekmia he had the alte to In* lire I v A to lie didn’t rmlr* he waa a* Idg that when he got «P In the Ml. Fart eight Hi ladlea eml down, hut he waa n hero ao he dhlent git up. he nlwitya m*iI that nobody lift u hero rtid atay In hi* aent wbtn eight ill la dlea waa nt.inding up looking at him act* ting down. A other grate hero In tha old tltnea waa Alexander the »»mte. he waa a fine nte| wt«h licked all the aoljera on tbe other Hide X iwd Hhow me a other workl. I have jeat ln>guu lo Ate. Put he bad to die jeat the aalm «a all tbe real of ua. lit la deal now. A other grate hero waa l>avld wleb fought tbe Giant* lie aed to tbe Giant w |eU waa nainnt tSnltatk fnro on. you big four <4i fluaber. I ant waiting far thee, then Goliath ealm on ft UntU bit htm In the foarbead with n rock nm, went write thro GoCatht bralu 4 then Ihg :ml« war waa «w, Army-Navy Orders MOVEMENT OF VESSELS. Washington. March 4.—The follow ing orders have been Issued: Army Orders. Captain Moor N. Falls. Twelfth In fantry. detail quartermaater's depart ment. vice t'aplaln C. F. Humphrey, Jr. quartermaster, who Is assigned to the Twelfth Infantry. Retirement of Brigadier General Ste phen P. Jocelyn announced. Second Lieutenant Raymond 8. Bam berger. Seventh cavalry, to signal schoql. Fort I^avenworth, August 15. Naval Ordsrs. Lieutenant J. t>. Gay. detached Cleveland to hnnte and awali order*. Midshipman E. I-ando, en route tn Asiatic station. Paymaster W. T. Camp, detached Hi. Louts, home and await orders. Movement of Vessels. ARRIVED—February 28, Mayflower, at Port Royal: March I. Mayflower, at Charleston; Wasp, at New Orlean*. HAILED—March 1, Mayflower, from Port Royal for Charleston: Den Moine-. from Havana for Guantanamo; March 2. Scorpion, from Monte Crlstl for Guantanamo. A SONO FROM THE 80UTH. Come away front the North. Wlter* the winter wind blown: Come Houth, Where the gold-hearted vtolet grows. Where the air Ih sweet Wllh the hreath of the rAee. Crtnte wander with me By the rippling stream, Willi your hand In mine We will dream's dream— A dream of the love The mocking bird sing*. When she tells my heart Unutterable things. come sway from the North. Where your heert has grown chilli Conte South, Where the window* With Jessamine are filled Where your wish In nty with, ‘ And your trill It my will. Come walk life’s way With your tut ret In mine, Anri t will pledge My love In wine. No other heart I crave than thine. My life I* your*. If youre It mine. 4 • M. O. JONES. Will Address Odd'Fellow*. - g Special tn The (leergt**. Staron. Ga.. March.4.—There will be a member nf the Sovereign Grand lodge of Odd Fellows at Franklin (*odge No. 3 next Thursday night who will deliver an adffre*a on Oddfellow- shlp? He wttl also vlrlt W. E Mum- ford Lodge Wednesday nigh:, where he will deliver an address to the member ship *4 that Lodge* <