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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. | The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. ■C Telephone Connection!. Subscription Rates: One Year $4.50 Six Months 2.50 Three Month, 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sundty by THE GEORGIAN CO. M 25 W. Alabama Street, Atlanta, Ga. ~jr Fnt.-.cl at second-cl*** matter April 25. We. at the PoHolflee-at Atlanta, lln.. under act of sosgress of March S. 1579. Unless thou find occaafon, hold thy tongue; Thyself or others eareleaa talk may wrong. —Sir John Denham. The True Basis of “Independence.” The questions of Sir. Jordan with regard to "non descripts’’ and ’’Independents" In present day politics are of peculiar Interest and application to the times In which wc live. We are acting upon the presumption that Mr. Jordan la an earnest and thoughtful dtlzeif and desires enlight enment and counsel rather than partisan rancor and mem bitterness and factional taring. If Sir. Jordan Is satisfied with the definition of ‘‘Independent’.' as a "Mar- erlcl,.” or as a "Wild As*'with a wealth of*cheek and a lot of lost motion of the Itmgs,” we fear we have noth- g to offer to his consideration, but upon the other resumption—of serious and earnest citizenship, we feel that the question which our correspondent asks Is ons thut touches profoundly the duties and responsibilities of citizenship In our. present time. Once more we lay down thin essential proposition: Political parties were formed for the aucceaaful consum mation of political theorist and policies of government. The organizations which support these parties were en tered Into by individuals for the single purpete of pro tecting in legislation and In government tho theories and principles In which theta Individuals believe. They were formed for no othar purpose, they were framed for no other reason, and they ought to be held together under no other consideration. It might Indeed be possible that certain combina tions of men should gather and form themselvea Into ( .organised bodies for tbe express puriMM of dividing out the iiolitlcal offices among themselves, or of carrying Into effect certain lawa designed to foster and snpport certain Interests In which they were directly or Indl- r> ■< tly interested, or which they- wore paid In money or in s[-oils to represent. If It ever develops that political partlea or corpora tions fall to be loyal to tbs principles and pollclea upon which they were founded and for which they organized, then the fact of organized dliloyalty eancols every ob ligation resting upon tho Individual member, and leaves that member free to follow hit own convictions and to champion hit own principles In any other combination or organization which mors nearly carries them out. No larger theory of citizenship has I-ecu preached In the state of Georgia within theae twenty yeara than this, and the sooher the principle aud the practice of citizenship revolves ground this loyalty to principle and to policy of government alone, the sooner this people will be free, fortunate and well governed In the cities, the counties and tbe etate. There was never a stronger illustration of this senti ment than In the greatest statesman that the South has over known—John C. Calhoun. He flung Into tho face of his party leaders hit stern and virtuous protest against the - polls system and with Iron logic and unabackoled ImU'pcndencehe fought for the principles of his con- victim everywhere without regard to the selfishness of individuals or the chicanery of tings and cliques and oirsniiadoni. We have before alluded to the fearless courage with which Alexander Stephens, Georgia’s greatest construct in' statesman, challenged tho Integrity of citizens and of pai'ttos, and. threatened to ‘‘tote hts own skillet" alone unless he oould carry It In honor and In loyalty to his principles. William J. Dryan, ss the evangel and apostle of s Brent id, a. held that Ides shove political factlons'and ^Tdr'ii. - and was loyal to his party only as It carried In integrity and In consistency the principles In which lit- l-ltered and to which the party Itself had been com muted He flung Into the face of Democratic leaders the protestation that ha would not support any platform that was disloyal to the pledges It had previously main tained. or to the great principle to which he had given hts life, refused the nomination of the Kansas City ennicntloti unless It reaffirmed the Chicago platform, and tin- very strength and majesty of his freedom com- trailed,the truckling legions of partisan! until he Is today once more being enthroned In the confidence sad faith of his fellow cltlsens because of the fearless liberty of conviction which no narrow and foolish partisanship could coerce. He was fearlessly snd Independently true to the principles which he entered the organisation to achieve. The men In these organizations were of minor imi-orlancc. l.et us consider, for Instanco, the caae of Mayor Weaver of Philadelphia. 8uppoee. like the servile snd truckling partisan, whose breed Is exploited in some sdihII and foolish pipes of present politics, be had gone to accept unbroken the continual edict of hi* party par tisan- who condoned or endorsed the Iniquities of Re publican Philadelphia. It hs had done so the third city in the republic might till have been within the grasp uf iniquities ss monstrous ss those which have defamed any phase of modem politics. If every Republican In the city of Cincinnati had followed the timeserving snd truckling pigmies who nlicied every chirp of party spoilsmen, Hoes Cox today would be still the master of Cincinnati, snd his iafa- muus ballots and dishonored and discredited laws would Mill be the dominant factor In the Queen City of Ohio. If LaFotlette, In Wisconsin, had been tbe proto- t>P« of tbe meek and obedient slaves who obey every i.. h and dictate of party, the state of Wisconsin would have lost the mightiest railroad reformer of the time, and the republic one of the ablest and moat fearless of tbs defenders of popular rights and liberties. If Folk, in Missouri, had tsken tbe advices of hfs party bosses snd hit party friends, the stale of Missouri and the city of 8t. Louis might still be synonymous of politics! corruption, and tbe finest epic of cleansing that the decade has known would have been lost to the mili tant West. And the president of the United flutes, criticise m as oftan. and as strongly, and as Justly ss we uy In aom eof the phases of his political life, has yet wn to national end to International influence sad mlirity by tho simple reason of bis superb lndepend- f party tyrannies and of party selfishness In the I Interest of the people. No sterner and more rugged figure stand.* for de mocracy in this republic today than Benjamin Tillman of South Carolina, and Tillman, speaking In tbe senate, said that while the rate bill was not all that It should be, that It was Infinitely better than nothing at all, nnd that there would have been no such wholesome Jegivla- tlon but for the courage and Independence of Theodore Roosevelt, the Kepubllcsn president of the United States. 1'Jgmles and time-server* there are In tho politics of this great and eventful age. who would counsel or compel strong men and free men to lie down and let cabal* or cliques. In or out of party, rids rough shod afove them. It la the duty of erery citizen first of all to establish within bis own mind the political principles and tbe po litical platforms In which he believes, and when he has writ upon the Integrity of his own convictions the faith which representi hla conscience and hla Intelligence, It Is hla duty to determine that party or that faction which sUnds most nearly for the things In which he believes. When this Is done It Is not Ipss hi* duty than bis right to see that the factions which represent bis faith shall be faithful to tbe things that they had pro fessed. , If they are faithful to tbe things that they have professed they are faithful to him, they are faithful to party, they are falthflil to liberty, and are worthy of heroic snd consistent support. Rut If they are fslse snd treasonable to the creeds which they have promulgated and to the platforms Which they have laid down, they nre false to him, foist to party, fslse to his conceptions of popular liberty and the falsity and treason of tho organization absolves the honest citizen from tbe allegiance which was pledged to principles snd not to. men. Upon this platform we are willing to take our place through the decades of political life that are coming In the South. They lire broad enough, and brave enough, and true enough to bold all men who love truth above shame, liberty above servile subjection, and popular rights above cowardly compromises and betrayals. We who write these lines nre Democrats by tra-' dltlon and Inheritance. But we are Democrats by con viction, which la better itlll. We nre Democrats because we believe that the safety of the government and the welfare of the people are wrapped In these principles and policies which came down to us from Jefferson nnd Cal houn. We are willing to Join ourselves to any organ! satlon designed to carry out these principles, and we will be loyal to this organization to the last limit of Its loyalty to these principles snd policies. But not beyond. There can be no better snd braver sight than a true and honest citizen who, having fixed hla faith In certain political creeds and chosen tho party which promises to carry them to a cosummatfon, stands unshaken and un- terrified through evil and through good report by the organisation which Is loyal to Its platform and loyal to the faith of Its founders. That man, upon tbe other band, la every whit aa true, and every whit aa brave, and every whit ai nec essary to tbe tlmee and the truths of hla generation, who, when he finds that hla* party has passed Into the hands of selAsh schemers and the principles upon which he staked hie faith are betrayed, atandi up without fear In the Integrity of hla manhood and his principle and flings down the gauntlet to self Interest and to snarling criticism, and stands for the truth against faction snd for principle shove profit. school, and later of the Technical Department of Cornell I'nlverslty. He Is the son of Hr. and Mrs. J. B. S. Holmes, of this eltv, and has speedily won his spurs In the busi ness world, holding at present the responsible position of chief engineer of the United States Brick Company, of Reading, Pa. Mr. Holmes haa been since the beginning of his pro fessional career a continuous and progressive success, winning both influential position and the confidence and respect of tho great corporations which have employed him. He brings home to Georgia now and then a de lightful hostage of the unity of sections and the frater nity to country, as pledged In the person of one of the most (harming daughters of Pennsylvania who Is his bride, and The Georgian alwayB welcomes hack to Geor gia the young men who refloct credit upon her In other sections, and win laurels for her civilization and her ed ucatlonal institutions. There are still a few newspapers In this country which have not written a special editor!*] otf the Juno bride. What are they waiting for.? The Beef Trust’s House Cleaning. The effort! of the beef trust to lock the (table, now that the horse Is gone, and thus to convey tha Impression that they have always been above criticism, would be lu dicrous If they were not pathetic. There was a rustling In the valley of dry bones as soon as the first Intimation was given that the govern ment had some Information up Its sleevo that would create consternation. First It was decided that the Bev eridge ' bill, providing for rigid government Inspection, should be allowed to pass pracUcally without opposition If the president would not make public the special mes sage which hs had prepared to transmit to congress. But so soon as It became known that tbero was such a message, and that startling Information was In hla pos session on which he had baqed this message, there was a general demand from all over tbe country that tho pub lic should know all the facts. The reenlt of the special commissioners depuUsed to sxamtno the conditions of the packing bouses was given out, snd thq worst fears of the general public were more than realised. After that came the deluge. Not In the history of this country, perhaps, has there been such general Indignation over corporate abuses. The evidence began to accumulate from every quarter that the facts had not been exaggerated, and on demand, the report was officially given to congrees, accompanied .by the special message of the president. The packers waked up to the seriousness of tbe sit uation and Immediately began a campaign to neutralise the effect of these disclosures. Simple denials were forthcoming In abundance, as was natural to be expected. But the most amusing part—that Is to say. If It were not pathetic—Is the effort at hoOse-cleanlng made bj tbe packers during the post few days. It Is said that sani tary conditions and cleanliness were Improved 60 per cent within the first 24 hours. Tbe floors have been scrubbed, the diseased cattle have been eliminated, dain ty little placard! have been printed and posted recom mending that employees shall keep their hands washed and their clothes claen. Then the doors were flung wide open and the gen eral public was invited to come in and take a look around. It was explained that of course "tender-hearted people,” who were not accustomed to the sight of blood, would naturally be shocked, and due allowance waa re quested for this fact. But what does It all signify, at last? Not qpe thing. ' We have no doubt that tbe packing houses are as near perfect now as It has been possible to make them within so short a time. But this does not alter the main fact that such conditions did exist snd It Is equally cer tain that unless drastic measures are taken to Insure the continuance of this regime of cleanliness, the beef barons will revert to their old ha hits as soon as the storm Is over. They have deceived no one by this sudden spasm of virtue. On the contrary It ha* only gone to oonflnh the fact that there were unspeakable evil* to be remedied, and It Is high time the reform waa made permanent. Atlanta welcome* oack today one of her young men who contributed to the prosperity and development of other sections of the country. Mr. Algood A. Holmes Is a native of "ome, Ga., a graduate of the Technological Stones From a Glass House. A gentleman of southern birth who has recently been convicted of homicide In the Cook county criminal court bitterly regrets that he ever left his sunny homo and ventured Into this bleak and Inhospitable Northern clime. "If this thing had occurred south of Mason and Dixon’s line.” he declares, "I would not have been com pelled to spend as much as a week In jail." As It Is, he Is going to the penitentiary for twenty years. TIiIb seems to teach ua that persons of a hasty disposition with a tendency toward manslaughter would do well to seek a residence "south of Mason and Dixon's line" In order to avoid possibly disagreeable consequences. Thefe hns been a suspicion to this effect previously. The number of newspapers, full of bile and prejudice against the South, Is so rapidly growing small by degrees ami beautifully less that we would have found no difficulty In ascribing the foregoing paragraph to Johtt Walsh's Chicago Chronicle, even If we had casually come upon It In tbe anonymous driftwood. For aomo reason, best and exclusively known to Itself, The Chronicle refuses to he reconciled to the South and never misses an opportunity to mako some spiteful and petulant little fling at this section of our common country whenever It gets a chance. It has not kept pace with tbe times. In any senso of the word, and while the balance of the North pnd West has long since outlived Us narrow prejudices, we find the organ of dlsgruntlement' tagging a sneer at tho South upon everything It writes, as Cato concluded every speech with "Carthage must be de stroyed." We have grave doubts as to whether there really was any such Incident aB that recorded by The Chronicle, and we doubt very much—granting that the remark was made —whether the man who made it had over been south of tho Chicago river, much less Mason and Dixon’s Hne. But the point, after all, la the monumental Impudence of a Chicago paper making any flings at any other section of tho country as to the lightness In which human life Is held. If there Is any one city on the fsce of the earth—not I excepting the Whitechapel district of Ixuidon or the pur- J Ileus of Paris—-that can show a more reckless disregard I for human life than that same city of Chicago, we would I like to hear from It. The newsttapers of that city have become a kind of Newgate Calendar, reeking with blood and slaughter and 'all manner of assaults. I That the better element of the city deplore them and 'chafe under the continuance of such lawlessness there can ] be no doubt. Hut nevertheless it does not lie in the prov- i ince of any organ of the Windy City to play the Pharisee j and undertake to lecture or speak lightly of the South so I far as Immunity from punishment Is concerned. ! The half-penny-a-llner who penciled that paragraph 'should keep lu closer touch with the news columns of his •own paper. On the first page of The Chronicle of that date, and In the first column, there are two Btorles of crime committed the day before. In one Instance a re spectable woman, going to a laundry,to carry a bundle of clothes, was set ut>on, at an early hour of the evening, by tho Chinaman In charge, brutally assaulted and the ar tery In her arm so severely cut that she may not re cover. Tbe Chinaman who did It did not even think It worth while to leave hls place of business, and tho officers found him there, cool and undisturbed, when they arrived to place him tinder arrest. Earlier In the day, In broad daylight, a painter made an attack upon a young woman who was walking alone In the streets, almost tore her clothing from her aud oth erwise Injured her before two brawny policemen could rescue her fronrthe clutches of tho monster. The assailant was arraigned and—sentenced to Joliet? Not a bit of it. He was not even detained from bis busi ness. If he-had any, for any considerable length of time. He merely paid a fine of $85 nnd went hls way. The "consequences" of these crimes are never very "disagreeable” for the 'criminals In Chicago. The fact elicits our sympathy rather than anything stronger, for no doubt there are a few Just men in Sodom. But such com ments as that from The Chicago Chronicle are almost aB nauseating ns the Windy City’s great underground system of beef Industry. "Of all the fools that walk the earth,” remarks an exchange, ' the man who rocks tl a boat Is the prixe one.” The moral Is good, but It Isn't the man who walks the earth that rocks the boat. * THIS DATE IN HISTORY. JUNE 7. ■ 1099—Klege of Jerusalem begun bvth. Crusader* - 1329 Robert Bruce, king of Scotland, 1628—Petition of Right passed 1 i : ;’“ m.. XIV ki ’ n * <* 1770— Kail of Liverpool, minister to : n - bl,,n: dkd December 1776—Richard Henry Lee offered hi, famous resolution In the Conti- nental ( ongress, declaring the colonies fret* and Independent- seconded by Johq Adams. ’ 1795—Luxemburg surrendered to th* i French. 9 . 1798—Hattie of Antrim, Ireland. ■ 1832—First English Reform Act pa«*M 1840—Accession of Frederick MRSK I\ of Prussia. ! 1852—Rev. Hoses Hallou died- ho™ April 80, 1771. ’ 01 11854—Treaty ot Washington signed 1855—Capture of Mameloa earthworks at Sebastopol, by the French 1864—.Morgan, with 3,000 men, com menced hls daring raid through Kentucky. 1866—Proclamation by President John son against Invasion of Canada by Fenian*. 1878—Colliery explosion In Lancashire. England: 240 persons killed 1886—Home Rule bill defeated In oar. II ament. 1893— Edwin Booth, actor, died: bora November 13, 1833. 1894— Mulev Hasson, sultan ot Moroc co, died. 1899—Augustin Daly, theatrical man- tiger, died. 1905—Norway dissolved union with Sweden. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. The London Lancet Issues a warning that It Is dan gerous to lick postage stamps. It will be dangerous even to try It when John Paul Jones gets hls picture on them. The Pennsylvania employees find bllndman’s graft a more absorbing game than bridge itself. The real read letter day In congress was when the president's special message came In. Just Understand. To the Editor of The Georgian: Dumb animals are beginning to step on the heels of our knowledge. There Is a horse In Germany that Is master ing arithmetic. But have you hoard of the frog that does hls croaking business In a well oyer In China? Ho ha* never been out of the well, but In some mysterious way he knows all about the world. He has written a book about London, proving there la no London. He ho* never seen any London. He also knows there is nothing In tho world but a hole In tho ground with water In It. nnd the philosophy of life la to keep from getlng whacked on the head with a well bucket. Can’t we frogs climb out of the well and take a look at the big world that God ha* made. People nr.- i.icg.-i we think they are. Let’s be big enough to understand them! We are greater than we think we •TO! 'God Knows It. And suincllnu-s we meet a friend who knows It, too; and the God vision In the friend-eyes gives us wings, wings above the doubt: wings above the bleeding path; wings to a sunny clime where the frost kills not the bloom; wings nway from the cruel discords, above the fretful busl- neas strife, into the golden portals of peace, where God ever stands calling us up to His power, Into Ills glory; where we learn, like the Christ Brother, that Our Father has nothing too good for HI, own children. Andrew m. McConnell. The Interchangeable Mileage Book. To the Editor of The Georgian: As a member of the Travelers' Pro tective Association I wish to thank you for your editorial In behalf of the Association's efforts to get an Inter changeable mileage book of 3,000 miles forMO. It Is a business proposition which the railroads adopt tn a different way of selling tickets to bnseball clubs nnd opera troupe at 3 cents per ml|e, and at less than 1 cent per mile on ex cursion trips sometimes. In common justice and as a business proposition the commercial men who furnish business for the read*, and any one who wishes to Invest $40 tn a 1000 tmlt .it,-.' book should get It at 2 cents per mile. The railroads were given until the SOth.of last month In which to agree to place this book on sale, but If they have done so I have not henrd of It. Other plans will be adopted that will bring results but It will stop a hard fight for a 2-cent flat rate In the entire South If this book Is pieced on sale now. It’s a 2,000 Interchangeable mile age book for 140 or a 2-cent fiat rate tn the entire South. truat that the press of Georgia will lend Its aid to this work. Respectfully, W. W. HYATT. fltlanta. Ga., June 2, 1(06. Porter Hate Endorse* and Dissents. To th* Editor of The Georgian: * I knew of course that The Georgian under your leadership would be a great paper, but I must confess, tny friend, that with alt my confidence In your ability you have fur siirpa«*ed my greatest expectation*. The Georgian was a full-fledged man's atae" paper from Us drat Issue, and Is undoubtedly the beet paper from a news standpoint published In tbe South, while It* editorial page I* a dally treat, but. my friend, 1 must take Issue with your editorial of Tues day 22. a* to Roosevelt-Jeff Davis- Broom, et sL I do not believe very many thinking people In the South care whether Roosevelt apologises or not. I certain ly do not. and would attach no more significance to hts apology than I did to bis first cowardly slander. By the way, when did Commander James D. Bulloch become an admiral and the grandfather of President Roosevelt? I may bt mistaken, but I have al ways undeistood that Commander James Dunwoodte Bulloch was Mr. Roosevelt’s uncle. At ahy rate, I will thank you to aet me right about this Important matter of history. Sincerely your friend. L>. I*. HALE. THE GREAT WHITE CROP By D. PRESTON PARR. * NO. 1. I harp plucked bolts In Africa from n ton tree thirty yenrs old. The tree was plnntcd when ii rcvlvnl <*f Interest In tho textile wn* being sought In tbe sorcntlen. I have talked rotton with n colonial min later of agriculture and rouged cooreraa tlonally among African formers, when It wns n common topic of talk. I wn* In Africa jyhen certain agricultural reserve* were leased In Zulaland In snppqrt of a recent attempt to retire.Intereat In cotton - 'Hinrc I'm \ on rs I ha\9* I « !-»hc enough to agriculturists of tho eub-cont! nent, Ilocrs as well as British, to acquire a substantial basis of Judgment as to their and studied film and hls wires and hla progeny In the light of a lifelong contact with hls American ecu ulna, who plant and tend the crops of our own contributions to tbe world • greatest textile staple, and when the Industrial supremacy of tho Amcrlcnn cotton belt Is challenged I am thoroughly convinced no black or brown man will sound the dell. Nay, the note found on otUier coast. I do not liar any area of the dark conti nent, not Kgypt or the Sudan, not the Nile or the Congo, or nny province above or below the tropic*. whether mastered by Kuropenn rncog or not. Cotton may sft king upon hls present throne "till Gabriel blows hls t ruin net In the morning," r*. gnrdless of Iuifflr labor, ss far ss I can see. Nor do I overlook the white races that may be directing the Kaffir snd drill ing the In1*or out of hls kranl. The Span ish and the Portuguese have long Muce militarism. tho Rrltlsb are hau-L ______ by red tape and an outgrown social sys tem. As an agricultural loader the Her Is best of them all. but for the present he Is submerged. Of Hrltish element* the Boot la best an<l he tends most rnnlllr to affiliation nnd nmnlgnnintlnn with tbe lloer. The Irish hriTc energy snd Inltlntlrs power, liutlnaserldent conihluntlon of ndmlnlstrt* tlve force and ludutlrlAl native lnl(or do see n large reward for the hopes of the cotton for British mills. For rears past tbe association has de voted Its energies to tho renaissance of Indian cotton rnltsrc with true ltrltlsh mr niMsirMKH n'lnj-eiij m ivijmimI* K">>1<? snd Injected preservatives Into the llnger- life of island cotton culture, while It steadily widen*) Iti urea and pushed Its boundaries well up against tho frost line, where tbe boll weevil and the British nrv MU tiwaammae. It has as steadily grown the staple for (jiacsshlre and meanwhile fed and fostered ymr own mills aud kptiiilles. whether In Dixie or Near Kng land, till we. too, are nunilirrcd among tbe world s foremost producers of cotton fabric*. It may he held, too. that the Unt of our licit la practically of American variety, rntanihu* found the wreed growing here and there aeema to be ao reasonable douht that It waa aUke of Island amt mainland production. It seems that Iadla enjoys tho prestige of antiquity In cotton production, bwt Egypt In also aiooa* tbe old time growers and there Is lltle reason to doubt that even liefore the dawn of history cot- tan was knowa to all part* of Africa. Hot- aulsts differ aa to the aamher of distinct •peelea of mttoa lu existence, but prae- tl«*al growers, themselves Imtaalst*. sectn fairly well agreed to red ore the ewltlvated aorta to four primary epectea of Coeryplaut. Among these the sort they have suln aaosed "Barbntlrnaa" I* tbe parent of the S HI Island stn«k. while from the IVrtj- ant— * * •oon got accustomed td them. Lint "cot ton" is unknown snd a "Cracker" would smile perhaps to bear It alluded to as "cotton wrood." The tree I have mentioned as ''thirty years old Is growing in the "gaol com pound" at Pietermaritzburg. It Is shrub- shnped, about twenty feet blgli and has lived, as I learned on good authority, sluce >1871. lu Mnrltzhurg there nre only two seasons, wet nnd dry. and I am told this shrub j«)e« on blooming anil hearing bolls from oT>out Christmas well up to May, In every year. In tho habits of this "tr**" and the Ori ental peoples. I find ample support for the prediction that Africa is not qualified to challenge American supremacy in tbe pro duction of cotton. Cotton trees grow whore there are no winters nnd the yenrs lap Into one another at both ends. That which uisy always be done never does get done. Where there are no "flushes" one may go out Into the garden and pick cotton most function snd offer every year a shortened crop of Inferior bolls. Out of n hundred sample bolls from these perennial tree* I never came upon one that wns perfect In short Texas, the texture wns short, .•»- flber was not _tenacious or silky nnd the If farming tl down the Hulks said plow'and pulverise the land when you hare crop* grim Inc si- resdjrl ..Why esronrace yoor crop to bloom and boll In "15il.hr*, ,T „„ it will path you from the planting nnd tha plowlnx, Into the vhopiilnc ont nml on Into the caltlratlou nnd rash yow thrmich tbo plrklnc to the ImIIdb, all the while burdened with more work tlmn you run ever Ret to the end oft *'l,ailii you only hare four wire* In yoor •hr**!.'' nnd half * dozen plckantu*. why work Ibn -kin off your Iranr, drtvlnc yonr wire* mol children In Ihl* buMUnjr fhahloa. when yon mtcht rest In the kranl while the cotton trees bloom nml rrult nnd , ." rk JJ./T 'I’ 1 . 1 * , OTt “f th* «sr«Ien erery any till the Job t* ended J Mureorer. renrs tfiic theae that lap In labor, lap/also In true* and loruat, and cnt*.hopper* and weed. Yon are not ont of one Imnch of Inralde, till yon are planted Into the next. The object of Inlxir la to economlae exertion, not to multiply It, Anidh-r conaldcmtlon: Amerh-iiu eotton la baaed on n "nlitcer nod cotton would only evolves hlmaelfA"to TSe* crade’of effijjeney repretenled m th- mate at a •riirn yoor Briton loose and free, na Fate nd 9ortune ranted our father*, and those _/ ear rare In Anatmlla. and th' Interest. ener»y and nerre nf the race will tell na the problem* of eren rnrk-rlhhed Africa. But ahaekled with red tape, Borerued by youocrr eons from home, tempted with JemlaJ (vwxaws and aerve.1 by Indentured ■'■I***- •»» ran the Brltlah am-a-bitlou rather the Ball to list Ua- raahlrv money on hla Afiienu ,-otiou erop! I>. PRRSTON l-Altlt. la thr variety la rant,. Another Oriental variety, the “Arbor am. Is no 4nnbt responsible for the a* ■Hen "rotton tree*" alluded to In Ike vulnr of tkls aril. le. I sappoee ala* some Pjanta I hare aeea la North Carotin* are of this atork. Bad It la quit* probable pi*atlas* of this variety were nude in l,oul.Ur.' dart nit French ownership. To hear folk, apeab of “rotton trees'- wn* s surprise to in Afn *. tut as I never heard "cot-on plant" or eren ao mark of a jonresaleu a* cotton bu.h," | The Horticultural Society. To the Editor of The Gqorrtan: Would It not be a food time to re organize the old Atlanta Hortlcural Society? A great amount of good waa accomplished In the past by that or ganization. We have better facilities > l J*n«v* r to make a very desirable and highly Interesting,'aa well as profitable, association out of the material we have In our community non-. Respectfully, „ ’ „ . SAMUEL HAPE. HaptvHle, qa, June l, i»o*. . Question,. To the Editor of Th* Georgian': If millions of people are to go to hell and are tormented forever, can the existence of the universe and ot God be successfully defended? , H one of the meanest persons Ir, the world goes to bell and sufferr the "tor ments" of hell for an eternity, can the exigence of man, of the universe, and 0, ,92f Si defended? Will Dr. Torrey show how he can successfully defend the above ques tion*? .. -m. A. A. BELL. Madison. Co. By Private Leased Wire. New York. June 7.—Here nre ,om# of the visitors In New York: ATLANTA—S. S. Alexander, Mist Alexander, J. R. Castlelanos, H. Hals M. Rogers, E. K. Van . Winkle. E. An- draws, H. Bleckley, F. J. Coatlemos, F. I* Engrain, G. C. Walters, Mrs. J. w. Wing, hire. C. Daniel, W. H. Druid, Mrs. M. C\ Harden, J. T. Wlinblsh. AUGUSTA—P. B. .Farrell. SAVANNAH—C. H. Stony, Jr., M Gordon. IN PARIS. Special to The Georgian. Paris. June 7.—Mrs. C. nnd Mis* Knowles nnd Miss Jennie English, of Atlanta, registered at the office of the Euronean edition of The New York HrriiKi tuduy. The Proapeetlve Primary, To the Editor of The Georgian. Can I vote at the approaching pri mary? I am not an organized Democrat. No one ever organized me, end I never organized myself. I was Just born a Democrat. . I cast my first ballot for J. B. Gor don for governor at the time that Fed eral bayonets forced - Bullock on the state. Those who voted In that elec tion know what it meant. I have kept strictly In line ever since, though It has sometimes been hard to tell which faction bore the genuine trade mark. I'hsve stuck to tho party, not for fenr of the party lash, not because I had sold tq>’ 80u l t0 th® party bo*,e*, but because I approved of the princi ples and considered .the organization and policy of the Democratic party to be the only salvation of the South. I love the stale more than the party. The party should be the servant and not the master of the state. I ntn willing to pledge myself to vote for tho nominees In this election, but t cannot, nnd will not, bind myself to al ways vote for any man who may get a Democratic nomination by fair mean* or by foul. I will not put on a blind bridle and promise to always follow whoever may snatch the lines. If 1 hnd never had such thoughts be fore, the action of the committee In prescribing thelrTule, would be enough to make me take tills view. 1 do not see how any man of Intelli gence and honor enn take this pladge. It Is nn outrage nnd Insult to the peo ple ,,r Hi,- Mule. They should rl«* against It nnd declare that they are the masters and -not (It* slaves of the executive committee. If theso rules are strictly enforced the truest and best Democrats mu»t cell their souls to the bosses or be dlSf franchised. White men of Georgia, will you sub mit? ARCHIBALD SMITH. Roswell, Ga. Lanier Superior to the Bird. To the Editor of The Georgian: I should like to reply to Mr. Ed wards, of Macon, In regard to changing the mockingbird’s name to “Lanier, and If you will give me the space I wilt appreciate It. First, we shoqld never think of com paring Kidney Lanier to B mere sing ing bird. It Is true that the mocking bird gives out a melody that attract* one’a attention, even In the stlllnef* ot night, nnd In endnefs the bird com forts us. but when hls music cease* we drift buck Into that same old chan nel of sadness. j Read one of Sidney Lanier's poem, (■ aaflaess or happiness, and you m« feel better. We should never think that Sidney Lanier only did what tn* mockingbird doe*—gave muklc. ana that la all. The mockingbird was created to sing, and. In my Imaginary fancy, I can hear the other birds enif him, an hls music echoed end re-echoea on the desert nlr at the birth of time- I can *ee Adam weep «* b 1 * *' ,2 of music sound* and reeound* In tn* dead hours of. the night. I also hear the bird give to Adam an extra »tra«> of music ss the great God gave a help mate. I see the first msn and woman alt In Innocent glee and llaten to w* songs, and then I aee Adam toro C Eve and say: "Eve. God created thri bird to sing the songs of all. V* **“ onII hlin mockingbird." . Change not the name of this eira. He was born to sing. Sidney Lani was born to think, nnd made him** what he was. If music was all *« * out of Sidney Lanier’s would die before the sun went doww It Mires knowledge to make life, either In poetry rr prose. There must o» something In them beside* music sustain them. . , Go and rap at the tomb of flaw Lanier and Bay to him that Ingblrd will take Ills name In hi* ru membrance, hls spirit would sh*^ ^ V%iy tomb at such hlmpto toffr. quick response would come:, w all I accnmplfflhrd on enrth- that?" and then I see hls »oul ”7 * r space aft»*r apace, and In eome rora of eternity weer. and weep ever. THOMAS E- M Af Atlanta. May 31. 1906. Redd—The prospects of Mrikinff North Pol# begin to look brighter ' Greene—I * that a faetl ~Te*. I automobile It.—Yonkers Statesman. » that a fact? ee they are bulldln* *3 for use In trying ^ ^