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THE ATOCSTf HEOBHIAN.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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Untcsa thou And occaalon, hold thy tongue;
Thyself or others careless talk may wrong.
—8lr John Denham.
The True Basis of “Independence.”
The questions of Mr. Jordan with retard to "non
descripts" and "Independents" In present day politic* are
of peculiar Interest and application to the timet In which
»p live.
We are acting upon the presumption that Mr. Jordan
Is an earnest and thoughtful cltlxen and desires enlight
enment and counsel rather than partisan rancor and
more bitterness and factional raving. If Mr. Jordan is
ssilsfled with the definition of “Independent” as s "Mav
erick,” or as a "Wild Asa with a wealth of cheek and a
lot of lost motion of tke lungs," we fear we hare noth-
Inc to offer to hie consideration, but upon the other
nr, sumption—of serious and earnest cltlxen ship, we feel
than tho question which oua correspondent asks la one
than touches profoundly the duties and responsibilities of
ciiir. uahlp In our present time.
Once more we lay down this essential proposition:
Political parties were formed for tha auccataful consum
mation of political thtorlaa and policies of government.
The organizations which support these parties were en
tered Into by Individuals for the single purpose of pro
tecting In legislation and In government tho theories
and principles In which these Individuals believe. They
were formed for no other purpose, they were framed
for no other reason, and they ought to be held together
under no other consideration. t*
It might Indeed be possible that certain combina
tions of men should gather and form themselves Into
organlMd bodies for the express purpose of dividing out
tin. political offices among themselves, or of carrying
Into effect certain laws designed to foatar and support
certain Interests In which they were directly or Indl-
reel I y interested, or which they were paid In money or
In -polls to represent.
If It ever develops that polltfcal parties or corpora
tions fail to be loyal to the principles and policies upon
which they were founded and for which they organlxed,
then the fact of organized disloyalty cancels every ob
ligation resting upon the Individual member, and leaves
that mepiber free to follow hie own convlctlone and
to champion hie own principles In any other combination
or organization which more nearly carrlts them out.
No larger theory of citizenship has been preached
In the stale of Georgia within these twenty years than
this, and the sooner the principle and the practice of
citizenship revolve* around this loyalty to principle and
t,i isillcy of government alone, the sooner this people
will he free, fortunate and well governed In the cities,
the counties and the state.
There was never a stronger Illustration of this senti
ment than In the greateil statesman that the South has
ever known—John C. Calhoun. He flung Into th* face of
his pnrty leader* his stern and virtuous proteat against
the spoils ayatem and with Iron logic and unshackeled
Ituh-pcmlencehe fought for the principles of his con-
vtrtlon everywhere without regard to the aelflshnesa of
individuals or the chicanery of rings and clique* and
organization*.
« » have before alluded to the fearless courage with
which Alexander Stephens, Georgia’s greatest construct-
lie statesman, challenged the Integrity of Cltlsens and of
parties, and threatened to “tote his own aklllet” alone
unless ho could carry It In honor and In loyalty to hla
principle*.
\\ lillam J. Bryan, aa the evangel and apostle of a
great Idea, held that Idea above political factions and
parties and was loyal to hla party only as it carried
In Integrity and In consistency the principles In which
he iielleved and to which the party itself had been com-
mined He flung Into the face of Democratic leaders the
protestation that he would not support any platform that
was disloyal to tho pledges U had previously main
tained, or to the great principle to which he had given
his life, refused the nomination of th* Kansas City
convention unless It reaffirmed the Chicago platform,
and the very strength nud majesty of hi* freedom com
pelled tho truckling legion* of partisans until ho I* today
once more being enthroned 111 the confidence and faith
or tils fellow cltlsens because of the feariaaa liberty of
conviction which no narrow and foolish partisanship
could entre*. He was fearlessly and Independently true
to the principles which he entered the organisation to
aehlctc. The men In these organlsitlons were of minor
Imisotance. •
Let ua consider, for Instance, the eaae of Mayor
Weaver of Philadelphia. Suppose, tike'the servile and
truckling partisan, whose breed la exploited In some
am.,11 and foolish pipes of present politics, he had gone
to »o,*pt unbroken the continual edlet of hla party par
tisan* who condoned or endoraed the Iniquities of Re-
publican Philadelphia. If he had done eo the third city
In th.. republic might till have been within the grasp
<>r iniquities as monstrous aa those which have defamed
nn> phase of modern politics.
if every Republican In the city of Cincinnati had
follow ert the time-serving and truckling pigmies who
obcicg every chirp of party spoilsmen, Boss Cox today
would be still the master of Cincinnati, and hla Infs-
mous ballots and dishonored and discredited laws would
still be the dominant factor In the Queen City of Ohio.
If LaKolletto, In Wisconsin, had been the proto-
t>pe of the meek and obedient slaves who obey every
la-h and dictate of party, the state of Wisconsin would
hat.- lost the mightiest railroad reformer of the time,
and the republic one of the ableet end moat fearless of
th. defenders of popular rights and liberties.
If Folk. In Missouri, had taken the advices of hla
party bosses and his party friends, the state of Missouri
and the city of St Louis might still be synonymous of
political corruption, and the finest epic of cleansing that
th. decade has known would hare been lost to the mill,
lar.t \Ve*t.
And the president of the United States, criticise
as often, and aa strongly, and as Justly as w*
JU Its «om sol the phases of hi* political Ilfs, has yet
to national and to International Influence and
by th* simple reason of his superb independ
ence of party tyrannies and of party selfishness in the
iuierest of the people.
No sterner and more rugged figure stands for de
mocracy In this republic today than Benjamin Tillman
of South Carolina, and Tillman, speaking In the senate,
said that while the rate bill was not all that It should
be. that It was Infinitely better than nothing at all, and
that there would have been no auch wholesome legl da
tlon tiut for tho coorage and Independence of Theodore
I Roosevelt, the Republican prealdent of the United States
Pigmies and tlmc-servora there are In the politics of
I tbia great and eventful age, who would counsel or compel
strong men and free men to lie down and let cabala or
cliques. In or out of party, ride rough Bhod above them.
It Is the duty of every citizen firs* of all to establish
within Ills own mind the political principles and the po
litical platforms In which he believes, and when he has
writ upon the Integrity of bla own convictions the faith
which represents bis conscience and bis Intelligence,
it la hla duty to determine that party or that faction
which stand* moat nearly for the things In which he
believe*. When this Is done It Is not leas hla duty than
bis right to see that the factions which represent'bis
faith shall be faithful to the things that they had pro
fessed. If they are faithful to the things that they have
professed they are faithful to him, they are faithful to
party, they are faithful to liberty, and afe worthy of
heroic and consistent support.
But If they are false and treasonable to tho creeds
which they have promulgated and to the platforms
which they have laid down, they are false to him, false
to party, false to hla conceptions of'popnlar liberty and
the falsity and treason of the organization absolves the
honest citizen from the allegiance which was pledged to
principles and not to men.
Upon this platform we aro willing to take our place
through the decades of political life that are coming in
the South. They fire broad enough, and brave enough,
and true enough to hold all men who love truth above
Shame, liberty above servllo subjection, and popular
rights above cowardly compromises and betrayals.
We wbo write these lines are Democrats by tra
dition and Inheritance. But we are Democrats by con
viction, which la better still. We are Democrats because
wo believe that tho aafoty of the government and tho
welfare of the people are wrapped In these principles and
policies which came down to us from Jefferson and Cal
houn. We are willing to Join ourselves to any organi
zation designed to carry out these principles, and we will
bo loyal to this organization to the lost limit of Its loyalty
to these principles and policies.
But not beyond.
Thdfe can be no beiter and braver sight than a true
and honost citizen who, having fixed hla faith In certain
political creed* and chosen the party which promises to
carry them to a cosummation, stands unshaken and un-
terrifled through evil and through good report by the
organization which is loyal to Its platform and loyal to
Ithe faith of Its founders.
That man, upon the other hand, I* every whit aa
true, and every whit as brave, and every whit as nec
essary to the times and the truths of hla generation,
who, when he finds that hla party ha* passed Into the
hands of selflah acheroers and the principles upon which
hie staked hla faith are betrayed, stands up without fear
In the Integrity of hla manhoqd and hla principle and
flings down the gauntlet to self Interest and to'snarllng
criticism, and stands for the truth against faction and
for principle above profit.
There atw still a few newspapers In this country
which have not written a special editorial on the June
bride. What are they waiting for?
The Beef Trust’s House Cleaning.
Th* effort* of the beet trust to lock the stable, now
that th* horse Is gone, and thus to convey the impression
that they have always been nbovo criticism, would be lu
dicrous If they were not pathetic.
There was n rustling In the valley of dry bones na
soon a* the first Intimation was given that the govern
ment had some Information up Its sleeve that would
create consternation. First It was decided that tho Bev
eridge bill, providing for rigid government Inspection,
should be allowed to pass practically without opposlUon
If the president would not make public the special mes
sage which ho had prepared to transmit to congress.
But so aoon as It became known that there was such
a message, and that startling Information waa In hla pos-
session on which he had baaed this message, there was a
general demand from all over the country that the pub
lic should know all the facta
The result of the special commissioners deputised
to examine the conditions of the packing bouses waa
given out, and the worst fears of th* gqneral public were
more than realised.
After tiiat eame the deluge.
Not In the history of this country, perhaps, ha* thera
been such general ludtgnaUon over corporate abuaea
The evidence began to accumulate from every quarter
that the facta had not been exaggerated, and on demand,
the report waa officially given to congress, accompanied
by the special message of the prealdent.
The packers waked up to the seriousness of the sit
uation and Immediately began a campaign to neutralise
the effect of these disclosures. Simple denial* were
forthcoming In abundance, aa waa natural to b* expected.
But the mo*t amusing part—that Is to say. if It were
not pathetic—I* the effort at houie-cleaning made bj
the packer* during the pait tew day*. It 1* said that sani
tary condttlonc and cleanliness ware Improved 50 p*r
cent within the first 24 hour*. The floors have been
aerubbad, the diseased cattle have been eliminated, dain
ty little placard* have b«en printed and posted recom
mending that employee* shall k*ep their hand* washed
and their clothe* clean.
Then the door* were flung wide open and the gen
eral public was invited to come tn and take a look
around. It waa explained that of course "tenderhearted
people,” who were not aceuatomad to th* sight of blood,
would naturally be shocked, and du* allowance was re
quested tor this tact
But what doe* 'It all signify, at last?
Not one thing.
We have no doubt that the peeking houses are as
near perfect now aa It has been possible to make them
within eo abort a time. But this does not alter the main
fact that inch conditions did exist end 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 habits as soon aa the
storm Is over.
They have deceived no one by this sudden spasm of
virtue. On the contrary it has only gone to confirm th*
tact that there were unspeakable evil* to be remedied,
and It Is high time the reform was nude permanent.
- Atlanta welcome* oack today on* of her young men
who contributed to the prosperity and development of
other sections of the country. Mr. Algood A. Hqlmes is
a nativa of "ome, Ga.. a gradual* of the Technological
school, and later of the Technical Department of Cornell I excepting the Whitechapel district of London or the pur-
I'iilverslty Ho Is the son of Dr. and Mr*. J. B. S. Holmes, | Heus of Paris—that can show a more reckleas disregard
of this city, 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 has been since the beginning of his pro
fessional career a continuous and progressive success,
winning Ixith Influential position nnd tho confidence and
respect of the 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 charming daughters of Pennsylvania who. Is his
bride, and The Georgian always welcomes back to Geor
gia the young men who reflect credit uj>on her In other
sections, and win laurels for her civilization and her ed
ucational Institutions.
Stones From a Glass House.
A gentleman of southern birth who has recently
been convicted of homicide In tho Cook county criminal
court bitterly regrets that be ever left his sunny home
and ventured into this bleak and Inhospitable Northern
clime. "If this thing had occurred south of Mason and
Dixon's line,” ho declares, ”1 would not have been com
pelled to spend as much as a week In Jail.” A* It is, ho
Is going to the penitentiary for twenty years. This seems
in teach us 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 possltdy disagreeable consequences. There has
been a suspicion to this effect previously.
The number of newspapers, full of bile and prejudice
against the South, I* so rapidly growing small by decrees
and beautifully less that we would hare found no difficulty
In ascribing the foregoing paragraph to John Walsh's
Chicago Chronicle, even If we had casually come upon It
In the anonymous driftwood.
For some reason, best and exclusively known to Itself,
for human life than that same city of Chicago, we would
like to hear from It.
The newspapers of that city have become a kind of
Newgate Calendar, reeking with blood and slaughter and
all manner of assaults.
That the better element of the city deplore them and
chafe under the continuance of such lawlessness there can
be no doubt. But nevertheless It does not He In the prov
ince of any organ of tho Windy City tc play the Pharisee
and undertake to lecture or speak lightly of the South so
far as Immunity from punishment Is concerned.
The half-pcnny-a-llner who penciled that paragraph
should keep In closer touch with the news columns of his
own paper. On the first page ofThe Chronicle of that
date, and In the first column, there are two stories of
crime committed the day before. In one instance a ro-
apectable woman, going to a laundry to carry a bundle
of clotbes, waa set upon, at an early hour of tho evening,
by tho Chinaman In charge, brutally assaulted and the ar
tery In her arm so severely cut that she may not re
cover. Tho Chinaman who did It did not even thlnlc It
worth while to leave hla place of business, and the officers
found him there, cool and undisturbed, when they arrived
to place him under arrest-
Earlier in the day. In broad daylight, a painter made
an attack upon n young woman who was walking alone
In the streets, almost tore her clothing from her and oth
erwise Injured her before two brawny policemen could
rescue her from the dutches of the monster.
The assailant was arraigned and—sentenced to Joliet?
Not a bit of It. He was not even detained from hla busi
ness, If he had any, for any considerable length of tlnje.
He merely paid a fine of 285 and went his 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-
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
JUNE 7.
1099—Siege <.f Jerusalem begun bvts.
1 ‘'rusaders. 3 n *
13 29—Roben Bruce, king of Scotland,
. 1628—Petition of Right ptnfH
j 1554 Louis xiv crowned k ,n, „ f
j France. • 01
; 1 770—Earl of Liverpool, minister
Georae IV. burn: died December
j 1776—Rli-huril Henry Lee offered his
famous resolution In the Com -
nental Congress, declaring th.
colonies free and Independent*
seconded by John Adams '
1795—Luxemburg surrendered to the
11798—Hattie of Antrim, Ireland
1832—First English Reform Act passed
18.40—Accession of Frederick William
IV of Prussia. «imam
1852—Rev. Hosea Ballou died- ho—
April 30, 1771. ' oorB
1854— Treaty of Washington signed
1855— t'apture of Mumelon earthworks
nt Sebastopol, by the French
1864—Morgan, with 8,000 men, com
menced his daring raid through
Kentucky,
1866—Proclamation by President John-
son against Invasion of Canada
"hy Fenians.
1878—Colliery explosion In Lancashire.
England: 240 iterson* killed.
1886—Home Rule bill detested In oer-
liuinent.
1893— Edwin Booth, actor, died: bar.
November 13, 1831. ™
1894— .Muley Hassid, sultan of Moroc
co. died.
1899—Augustin Daly, theatrical man
ager, died. v
1905—Norway dissolved union with
Sweden.
nauseating as tho 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 t boat Is tho prize one.”
The moral Is good, but It Isn't the mnn who walks the
earth that rocks the boat
Tho Chronicle refuses to be reconciled to the South and .. _ , .
never misses an opportunity to make some spiteful nnd lhat from Tho Clllcag0 Chronicle are almost as
petulant little fling at this soctlon of our common country
whenever It gets a chance. It has not kept pace with tho
times, In any sense of tho word, nnd while the balance
of the North and West has long since outlived Its narrow-
prejudices, we find tho organ of dlagruntlemcnt tagging a
sneer at the South upon everything It wrlteB, as Cato
concluded every speech with "Carthage must be de
stroyed."
We havo grave doubts as to whether there really was
any such Incident as that recorded by The Chronicle, and
wo doubt very much—granting that tho remark was made
—whether the man,who mado It had ever been south of
tho Chicago river, much less Mason and Dixon's line.
But tho point, after all, Is tho 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 ahy one city on the face of the earth—not
The London Lancet Issues a warning that It Is flan-
gerouB to lick postage stamps. It will be dangerous even
to try it when John Paul Jones gets his picture pn them.
Tho Pennsylvania employees find bllndman’s graft, a
more absorbing game than bridge Itself.
Tho real read letter day in congress waa when the
president's special message came In.
Just Understand.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Dumb animals are beginning to atep
on the heels of our knowledge. There
Is a horse In Germany that Is maatar-
Ing arithmetic.
But have you heard of the frog that
does hla croaking business In a well
over In China? Ho has never been out
of the well, but In some mysterious
way he know* all about the world. Ho
has written a book about London,
proving there Is no London. He haa
ima IT Been liny London.
Hi- Ills,. know* there In nothing In
th" world hut a hole In the ground
with water In It. nnd the philosophy of
life Is to k'.p from get ins whacked on
the head with a well bucket.
Can't we frogs climb out of the well
anil take a look at the big world that
God hns made. People aro bigger than
we think they are. Let’s be big enough
to understand them!
We are greater than we think we
are! God knows It. And sometimes
gives us wings, wings above tho dou
wings above the bleeding path: wings
to S sunny clime where the frost kills
not the bloom; wings away from th*
cruel discords, above the fretful busi
ness strife, Into the golden portals of
peace, where God ever stands calling
ua up to Hla power, Into Hla glory;
where w# learn, like the Christ Brother,
that Our Father haa nothing too good
for Hla own children.
andrew m. mcconnell.
—1 .
Th* Interchangeable Mijeag* Book.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
As ■ member of the Travelers' Pro
tective Aaaoclatlon I wish to thank
you for your editorial In behalf of the
Aaaoclatlon'* effort* to get an Inter
changeable mileage book of 1,000 mile*
for 240.
It la s business proposition which th*
railroads adopt In a different way of
selling tickets to baseball club* and
opera I roup* at I rents per mile, and
at jess than 1 cent per mile on ex
cursion trip* sometimes.
In common Justice and as a business
proposition th* commercial men who
furnish business for the roads, and
any one who wishes to Invest }<o In a
3,000 mileage book should get It at 3
cents per mile.
The railroads were given until the
30th of last month In which to agree
to place this book on sale, but If they
have done ao I have not heard of IL
Other plans wilt be adopted that will
bring reaulta but It wilt atop s hard
light for a 3-cent list rats In tha entire
Routt It this book la placed on sal*
now. It's a 3,000 Interchangeable mile
age book for 310 or s 3-cent flat rate In
the entire South.
I trust that the press of Georgia will
lend Ita aid to this work.
Respectfully,
W. W. HTATT.
Atlanta, Oa., June 3, IK*.
Porter Halt Endorses and Dissents.
To tha Editor of The Georgian:
I knew of course that The Georgian
tder your leadership would be a mat
papar, but I must confess, my friend,
that with all my confidence In your
ability you have far surpassed my
greatest expectations.
The Georgian was a full-fledged
"man's *!**“. paper from Ita first Issue,
and la undoubtedly the best paper from
a newa standpoint published In th*
South, while Its editorial nags la a
dally treat, but. my friend, I must
take Issue -with your editorial of Tues
day 33. aa to Rooaevelt-Jeff Davis -
Broom, et al.
I do not believe very many thinking
■ople In the South car* whether
maavelt apologises or not. I certain
ly do not, and would attach no more
significance to hla apology than I did
to hla lint cowardly slander.
By the way, when did Commander
James D. Bulloch become an admiral
and th* grandfather of President
Roosevelt?
I may be mistaken, but I have al
ways understood thnt Commander
Jamas Dunwoodle Uull-vh was 3lr.
Roosevelt's uncle.
At any rat*. I will thank you to set
me right about this Important matter
of history. . .
Sincerely your friend.
D. P. HALE.
THE GREAT WHITE CROP
By D. PRESTON PARR.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
NO. >.
I hnv* Jilurknl bolls In Afrlm frmn n rot
ton tree thirty year* old. The tree was
planted when n revival of Interest In the
tettllo wiis being nought in tho seven ties.
I have talked eotton with a colonial min
ister, of agriculture and ranged conversa
tionally among Afrlrnn farmers, when It
was n common topic of talk. 1 was In
Africa when certain agricultural reserves
were leased In Znluland in support of a
rui-Piit attempt t«» revive Interest In cotton
culture. Por years I have •b«*cn close
enough to agriculturists of the sub-contl
nent. Doers ns well as British, to acquire
a substantial basis of judgment os to their
qualifications and limitations. In the same
years I Imre passed the Kaffir under view
nnd atndied film nnd Ills wives nnd bis
progeny in the light of n lifelong contact
Wtta tua American cousins, who plant and
tend the crops of our own contributions
to the world’s greatest textile staple, nnd
when the Industrial supremacy of the
American eotton belt Is chalteofad I am
thoroughly convinced no black or brown
man will sound the deft. Nay, the note
will not even come from Africa, whether
from tho slllclous slope of the veld, tho
meadows and marshes of Jungle land, “ •
coast flats or the levels of ailurtui t
marge the fow nnd meager dettns to
fovmd on either coast.
I do not lmr any area of tho dark conti
nent, not Egypt or the Hiulan. not the
Nile or the Congo, or any province above or
below the tropics, whether mastered by
Kuropenn races or not. Cotton may pit
king upon his present throne ••till Gabriel
blow*
gnrdl
mar be directing th
lug the labor ont «>f fclaffM
NU and the Portuguese have hmg
x _i|ir
kraal. The Bana
lities
retired from the colonising buslnes*; It has
l*roa»« too strenuous for their Isslucos and
love of laxary. The German Is spsdlt by
militarism. The British are handicapped
by red tape ami aa oatgrown f —
tem. As aa agrlcqltaral leader
l« aolftnerged.
Hoot la beat an..
affiliation and small
five force and Industrial native labor do
1 nee a large reward for the hopes of the
British association, whose very motive of
existence la aa adequate supply of British
cotton for British mills.
For yearn past the aswwlatloa haa de
voted Its energies to the rvaalaaai
)•:«;. l
MS
otton eniinro with true British
d perarveraare. Incidentally It
rtted Africa mid anbaldtgod expor-
KgypUaai
4yt*d up to
,
(mental plantations and bribed
tern with premiums and pit,-, „
Khodesiaa company's corporate game
Hbodesiaa company's corporate game
and injected preservative* Into the linger
ing life of Island cotton culture.. while It
aat on the market ami playfully gamed
with the American product for price* low
Sunchester ***** * spinning margin for
la the face of the British ssaoclstloa and
Ita devices the A uteri run cotton belt haa
steadily widened Ita urea and pushed Its
boundaries well up against the frnat line,
where the bell wrevtT and the British are
It haa as steadily grown
__ jmraimr. is ana sa sirauiij RU'«u
.tapir for lasrasblre amt mraawkllr
end fostered w owe mill, sad
spindles. wkrtSer la Mil* nr New Eng-
lauil. tUI wr. too, are n.mt>rrr<l aiaouc
tS" work]', foremost producer, of cotton
fgtotfa,
jSt __ __ _ _ „
limJwtlon. It ms tkat India enjoys IS*
e wers nnd there la Utie reuse* to doubt
t even before the dawn of hutory cot
ton waa known to all parts of Africa. Rot
anlsta differ aa to tho W—‘ ‘
number of distinct
■nrta to four primary qiwiei of Oooeyplum.
Among these the sort they have aal>-
named ••Bsrtttdenor" la the parent ttf the
Hen Island atoelc. while from the IVm-
vlanum" Is derived our nplund varieties,
which grow as far north as Virginia. The
••Indlenm," know n «!►•* sa **Uerbareum."
la the variety from which the Indian crop
la grown.
Another Oriental variety, tke **Arbor-
“ *a ao doubt reopen did* for the so-
Vottoa trees" alluded to (a the
SB*
tef
_ .. thin variety were made in
im during rrrach ownership,
hear folk* spraW *»f *vottoa trees'*
was a surprise to me In Africa, hut as I
•ever heard "rottoa Jdaat" or even ao
much of a concession as "cotton bush," 1
•cotton wood.
The tree I have mentioned aa thirty
years old Is growing In the “gaol com
pound" nt Pietermaritzburg. It la shrub-
shaped, about twenty feet bigh and has
** “ ns I learmM on good authority, since
In Maritxburg there are only two
id
1871. in Marttzburg There are onl’
seasons, wet and dry, and 1 am told this
shrub goes on blooming and b4>nrlng bolls
from aiioat L'brlstmaa well up to May, in
erery year.
In the habits of this “tree" and the Ori
ental peoples. 1 And ample support for the
prediction that Africa Is not qualified to
challenge American supremacy in the pro
duction of cotton. Cotton trees grow where
there nre no winters and the years .Inn
Into one another at both ends. That which
may always lie done never does get doue.
Where there am no “flushes" one may go
ont Into tha garden and pick cotton most
any old d-- —
and _ . ^
while the neglected trees deteriorate In
function and offer uvery year a shortei
crop of Inferior Mia. Ont of a hund
never came upon one
form ami product. \
mpoured up to the staple length even of
short Texas, the texture waa short, the
flher waa not tens cions or silky and the
color suggested that of “atalns* r that had
been picked in wet weather nnd neglected
In bousing and drying.
The native Inhorer fairly matches bis
crop. An Oriental never doea anytblug to
day that enu Ik* put off till tomorrow. Cul
tivation th* — r
plants Imcc
«r firming
down thn atalka and plow and pulverlM
the land when yon have crops growP
ready? Why encnarsge ypur crop to
and boll In “ffnahea,^ ^ If wilt pash yon
from the plsaUng and Urn plowing. Into the
cbmiptng out snd on Into the cultivation
ami rash yim throagh the picking to the
haling, all the while hardened with more
work than yon can ever get to the eml of?
Hnppone jrou only have four wives In'
yonr “kraal." and half a doten plrkaulns.
why wprk the skin off yonr Imnes driving
your wires and children In this bustling
wS»i when, yon might rest In the kraal
Ir *** Noom ami fruit sud
S ** k <*»t of the garden every
ajr till the Job Is ended?
Moreover, years like these thft lap In
labor, lap also In bmp and locaata ami
grasshoppers sml weeds. Yon are not out
of one bunch of trouble till yon are plunged
Into th« next. The object of lalior Is to
economise exertion, not to multiply It.
Another consideration: American cotton
U basod on a “nigger amt a male." African
eotton would only have the combination of
e "kufrtr im a roar" to Hr on Krrn
should Arxratlna rootrlbutr th* uulr. hnw
men. xroMnllmi. most rr* welt till th*
KafRr rtolrra bltnarlr up to tbr *rad* of
efOrijncj repmentod bp the luulo es n
Turn your Briton loon end fm>. sa Flit*
and Fortune tartml our fatb-ra. aud thoM
ot our re** la Australia, nod th- lutrrrat.
*«w*7 •»<» «tt* of tho r,** a III toll oa
HIT. ’’Ci'ff! U, ..-T*n. rock-ribbed Afrlra.
But .hackled with red Up*, zoromed hr
TO«D**r sou from, horn*. t*wpt*d with
*5525* «-»*»»• *»d served by ladeature.1
polycamoM slavery, how ran the Rritl.h
aeaortatlnu father the nail to l>et Ijin-
cashlre money oa hla African cotton **,»>]
I>. PR—TON I'AIIK.
Th, Horticultural Socitty.
To the Editor of Th* Georgian:
Would it not be • good time to re
organize the old Atlanta Hortlcural
Socitty? A great,amount of good waa
accomplished In the past by that or
ganisation. W* have better factlltlrs
15*?. ,0 m .* ke * r * r> ' de,| raW# and
highly Interesting, as well a* profitable,
aaaoclatlon out of the material we have
tn oar community now. *
Respectfully,
u ... SAMUEL HAPE.
Hsprvllle, Oa, June 1, 19M.
—r—
Quotiona.
•To the Editor of The Georgian:
If million, of people are tc go to hell
and are tormented forever, can the
existence of the universe and of God be
successfully defended?
If one of the meanest persons In the
world gore tc hell and suffer, the "tor
ments of hell fer all eternity, can the
of the universe and
0, .9£?' "uccTMfully defended?
»111 Dr. Torrey show how he dan
■ucceaafully defend the above ques
tions?
Madison, Ge
A. A. BELL.
By Private Leaaed Wire.
New York. June 7.—Here are some
of the visitors In New Y*k:
ATLANTA—S. S. Alexander, Mis,
Alexander, J. R. Caatlelanos, H. Hal*
M. Rogers, E. K. Van Winkle, E. An
drews, H. Bleckley, F. J. Coatlemos, F.
L. Engrain, G. C. Walter,, Mrs. J. W.
Wing. Mrs. <’. Daniel, W. H. Druid.
Mrs. M. <?. Harden, J. T. Wlmblih.
AUGUSTA—P. B. Farrell.
SAVANNAH—C. H. Stony, Jr., H.
Gordon. >
IN PARIS.
Special to The Georgian.
Pari,, June 7.—Mrs. C. and Miss
Knowlea and Mlsa Jennie English, nf
Atlanta, registered at the office of th,
European edition of The New York
Herald today.
The Prospective Primary.
To the Editor of The Georgian.
Can I vote at the approaching pri
mary?
I am not an organized Democrat. No-
one ever organlxed me, and I never
organlxed myself. I was Just born a
Democrat.
I coat 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 elnce, though It
has sometimes been hard to tell which
faction bore the genuine trade mark.
I have stuck to the party, not for
fear of the party lash, not because I
hnil sold my soul to the party bosses,
but because I approved of the princi
ples nnd considered the organisation
nnd policy of the Democratic party to
be the only salvntlon of the South.
, I love the state more than the party.
The party should be the servant and
not the master of the state.
I nm willing to pledge myself to vot,
for the nominees In this election, but I
cannot, nnd will not, bind myself to al
ways vote for nny man who may get a
Democratic nomination by fair mesas
or by foul. I will not put on a blind
bridle and promlso to always follow
whoever may snatch the lines.
If I had never had such thoughts be
fore. the action of the committee In
prescribing their rules would be enough
to mnke me take this view.
1 do not see how any man of Intelli
gence nnd honor can take this pladge.
It is an outrage and Insult to the peo
ple of th* state. 'They should rise
agalnHt It and declare that they are
the masters nnd not the slaves ot th,
executive committee.
If these rules are strictly enforced
the- truest and best Democrat" hh)" 1
sail their soul* to the boo*** or be dis
franchised. •
White men of Georgia, will you sub
mit? ARCHIBALD SMITH.
Roswell, Ga.
Lanier Superior to the Bird.
TP the Editor of The Georgian:
I should like to reply to Mr. Ed
wards, of Macon. In regard to changing
th«r mockingbird's name to “Lanier,
nnd If you will give me th* spare *
will appreciate It.
Ftret, we ehould never think of com
paring Sidney Lanier to a mere sin#"
Ing bird. It Is true that the mocking
bird gives out a melody that attracts
one's attention, even In the stillness ot
night and In aadneaa the bird com
forts us, but when his music ceases
we drift back Into that same old chan-
net of aodncjiit.
Read one of Sidney Lanier's poems
In sadness or happlneae, and you must
feel better. We should never think
that Sidney Lanier only did what In*
mockingbird does—gave music, ana
that Is all. The • mockingbird w«*
created to sing, and. In my Imaginary
fancy, I can hear the other birds envy
him, aa tils music echoed and ra-ecnoM
on the desert air at the birth of time.
1 can see Adam weep as his strain*
of music sounds and resounds In tn*
dead hours of the night. I also
the bird give to Adnni an extra strain
of music as the great God gave a help
mate. I see the first man and woman
alt In Innocent glee nnd listen to hi*
songs, and then I see Adam turn
Eve and say: "Eve. God created lb'*
bird to sing the songs of all. W® *
call him mockingbird.” • ...
• ’hnnge not the name of this him. .
He was born tn -Ing. Sidney tAhlr
waa born to think, and made hlnisei
what he waa. If music waa all wa ge*
out of Sidney Lanier's poems, l“V
would die berore the sun went do»m
It takes knowledge to make life.
In poetry rr prose. There must do
something In them besides music
sustain them. . .
Oo nnd rap at the tomb of Sidney
Lanier and say to him that the mock
Ingblrd will take his name In hi* r
membmnre, his spirit would shake ^
very tomb at -uch simple folly, ana
quick response would come: "I* I"*,
all I accomplished on earth? J-r:
that?" and then I see his soul fly »»
space after space; and In some corn
of eternity weep and weep tofevef*
er. THOMAS & M’AFEE.
Atlanta. May 31. 1906.
Redd—The pgo.pect* '»f striking th*
North Pole begin to look brighter
Greene—Is that a fact?
"Yes. I see they are bulldl.ng thrt«
automobiles for u»- In trying to “mm
It.—Yonkers Statesman