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THE ATOCSTf HEOBHIAN. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Telephone Connection!. Subscription Rites: One Tesr $4.50 Six Months ..••••• 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By Csrrler, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sundsy by THE GEORGIAN CO. it 25 W. Alabsmt Street, Atlanta, Ga. En term) u second-elsss matter April S, ISOS, at the Poatotnea at Atlanta. Oa.. ander act of congrese of Ifarelt Z. 1*19. 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