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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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Entered at second-cltaa matter April %, 1906, At tbe PottolTlce at
Atlanta. Ga.. under act of coniret of March S. 1879.
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i THE GEORGIAN COMES TO
j GEORGIA. AS THE SUNSHINE
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Giving Wings to Our Immortals,
It la too much the tendency of this .commercial ace
to magnify material things and to subordinate the arts
and the expressions ot ganius.
There Is no tendency against which thoughtful and
cultured men and women In a great metropolis should
more diligently protest than this. After all, the glory
ot a nation Is not In Its wealth, or tts temples, or its
trade, but In Its monuments, Its sculptors, Us artists, Its
painters, its poets and Its eloquence and sonts.
Wo ot the South more particularly have at stake
iRiuek of surpassing moment We are a land of sent!
ment, or a land at leaBt In which sentiment was once
the ruling force. The beauty ot our women, the elo
quence of our sons, the charms ot our poets and the
g.sry of our sentiments fllV the world. The war swept
ur from our moorings of ancestral tradition and forced
us Into the stern and narrow channel of necessary
trade. Within this line we have prospered mightily.
Our coffers are bulging, our Helds are white or gold with
clthor harvest, and our fullness goes through the valleys
rejoicing like a song.
But lebabod will be written above our civilisation If
wo forget the glories of the Immortal mind and of the
immortal soul. Music, art, painting and eloquence are
the crowning glories-that encompass a people's life, and
whenever and wherever In our municipal struggles tha
forces so oager and so strenuous are halted by a siren
strain ot music or a silver chime ot eloquence or a ra
diant touch of color. It is at .once an Instinct and a duty
to halt and reflect upon the real-glories of a people and
ujxir. the high privileges of wealth.
The best power of money Is to foster genius and to
encourago art The noblest Impulse of wealth Is to de-
vclop and to reach down Into the ranks ot the strug
gling and with Its strong arm to lift up the singers, the
painters, the sculptors and the speakers whose works
and words and sounds are to delight the world.
. This duty rests with Atlanta as with other cities, and
wc aro rich enough and great enough now to speed our
struggling Immortals to their predontlned- goal. In the
musical circles ot this city there has been found a boy
with the stamp of genius on bis brow and the touch of
genius on his Ungers on the violin, and Herbert Dlttler
si-i ins to be at the present moment, Atlanta's best and
newest hope of an artist ot International fame.
Herbert Dlttler, violinist, has met and plastered all
tho lessons that could oome to him from great artists In
this city and on this side of tho water. Masters ot the
violin In Atlanta and In New York have told him that they
have taught him all they know, and these samo masters
have counseled him to cross tho ocean to tho seroner
and statelier masters ot the old world's music to furnish
his fingers with that consummate skill and to touch his
soul with that mare ancient Are that'has made the mas
ter violinists of the wo'rld.
And so some friends of Herbert Dlttler In this goodly
city ot Atlanta are now preparing to give him a benefit
performance at which the'appreciation of the city for the
genius of Its sons will not only be expressed In clapping
hands and waving handkerchiefs, but also In that larger
way In which money pours Into the pocket of the artist
to equip him for that higher and final study In which
Ills genius shall roach Its best expression and In which
Herbert Dlttler shall bi;lng home International laurels to
Atlanta, the city ot his birth.
There Is a rehearsal of the critics tonight over the
merits and graces of this brilliant child of genius. When
ihctr verdict Is rendered It will be given to tho people,
and then Atlanta will be naked to rally In thronging and
, - a 1 hu elastic numbers to give the nld that shall waft Her
bert Dlttler to the more perfect school ot music where he
Khali seek the skill and the Inspiration which shall light
ldm to enduring fame.
We trust that the people of this goodly city will keep
their eyes aud ears Intent that when this occasion is an
nounced the hall of hearing will be throngod with the
spirit of culture and the spirit of philanthropy which will
help budding genius to simply help Itself.
Mrs. Burns At Court.
- That was a notable occasion at the court of St.
James the other day when John Burns, the labor leader
in the House of Commons^ together with his wife, were
presented to the king and queen.
It was. as the cables expressed it, probably the only
time In the history of that august court, that a woman
who swept her own floors and cooked the meals of her
husband and herself, was accorded such an honor, and
the fact that she waa thus presented marked a distinct
• ix>-:h In the progress of democracy and labor In Eng
land.
Not since the days of Chartism, sixty years ago, has
there been anything like a violent agitation In favor ot
the amelioration of the conditions of labor. And It la
probable that there will never be tiny repetition of that
revolutionary period, but the leaven of labor haa been
w-orklng ateadlly and atrongly and when the recent
upheaval came, hurling the Conservative* from power
an,! restoring the Liberals, It was found that the labor
Iiarty had flfty representatives In the lower bouse.
John 'Burns was mads the leader of this party, or
furtlon. Only a tew years ago he was working on the
I Hindoo docks as s common laborer and all his life has
had to eat his bread tn the sweat of his brow.
But he studied and Improved his mind and at the
same time be devoted bis tremendous energies to the
esuse of the working man. He became a strong factor
In the agitation for better conditions for the working
• ':i:-aes and when the tidal wave ot liberalism swept over
the country he was chosen for a seat In the house of
commons and for a portfolio In the cabinet of the new
government.
The butterflies of fashion—the duchesses snd other
ladyships of all degrees together with the untitled no
bility of England—stared at the daughter of the people
who, by a strange turn of the whirligig of time, had
found herself In the limelight Bat In that brilliant
aggregation there waa no one of them all who conducted
herself with greater poise and decorum. In the midst of
flashing Jewels and brilliant gown* she wore no Jewels
whatever and otherwise was quietly and becomingly
attired. Tho king and queen made It a point to be par
ticularly gracious to Mra. Burns and the Impression Bhe
created was entirely favorable.
Tho democratic tendencies of tho king are well
known, but strictly ss a mater of policy It was well
that he was gracious to Mrs. Burns. The labor move
ment In England Is gathering force with each succeed
ing year. It came ns a surprise to tbe entire country
that flfty representative# of' that movement should havo
been chosen to a sent In parliament, and the whole atti
tude of the country has been altered.
The good sense shown by the woman who can cook
her busband'e meals and yet conduct herself with punc
tilious propriety In tbe drawing room of BL James w
go a long way toward giving prestige to the labor
movement In Great Britain.
and animals, but Mr. Truitt Is absolutely sincere and
consistent in his opposition to every form of cruelty to
orders rtf life, and if we had a Society for
He has almost completed his circuit of the world. He has
broadened and deepened as a result of his experiences.
He Is more than ever entitled to the respect and admira
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals we should unhesi
tatingly nominate Mr. Truitt sb Its honored and useful
president
Ex-Governor Northen has received a letter from Rev.
J. Wilbur Chapman, the celebrated revivalist who did
such excellent work In Atlanta some time ago,
noundng that he baa recovered from hla recent severe
lllneaa. Mr. Chapman was one of tbo ablest speakers
and most lovable men Atlanta has ever bad the honor
of entertaining and the news of hla Illness carried genu
ine regret to the hearts of bis many friends bore. It la
very gratifying Indeed to know, therefore, that he la
well again and will aoon contlnuo the noble work in
which he la engaged. /
A Charmed Life
That the man who is born to be hanged will never
be drowned la undoubtedly true, and that some men are
deatlned to escaped all accident* by land and sea seems
equally certain.
8t.. Louis boasts of a roan who haa had more hair
breadth escape* than any cnaracter In Action. As re
lated In a recent telegram to The New York Herald he
was driving tn Penroie street, near Obear. when the
horses became frightened and ran away. Reis was
hurled under the hones' feet. Horses and wagon passed
over him and he escaped with a bruised right shoulder.
Misguided his wheel In riding the chutes at Grand
avenue and Herbert street. In 189C, and was hurled to
the ground while bicycle was making a speed of forty-
live miles an hour. Left arm broken.
tn diving from a One hundred foot pedestal at the
Lagoon, In Cincinnati, In 1895, he misjudged the tank
below and his body was hurled violently against the eide
of tbe receptacle. His body fell In tho tank and be was
dragged out unconscious. Left shoulder bruised, other
wise not Injured.
In an attempt to ride backward down the chutes at
Grand avenue and Herbert street his wheel roared
to the side and he was thrown to the ground. His right
arm and one rib was broken.
While riding n bicycle In Case avenue; near Jeffer
son avenue, In 1899, he was unable to stop his wheel
and ran headlong Into a westbound Cass avenue car.
Ills right wrist was sprained and his fade bruised,
While riding n wheel with great speed on Grand
avenue, near North Market street, he sighted a street
car, but was unable to stop. He plunged forward, his
wheel rolling over the fendor of the car. Reis was not
scratched.
In a street light Reis was shot at close range, but
the bullet only grated the lobe of the right ear.
As a member of tho Morgan-Wright bicycle team In
1696, he figured In over twenty "spills," but escaped
without aerlous Injury. .On one occasion, at Louisville,
he was guiding s squad In a ten-mile handicap on tho
three lap trqok at Fountain Ferry Park. On tho last
turn Reis was unable to guide the macblno around tho
bend snd the quadracycle, making a speed of nearly a
mile a minute, dashed over a twenty-foot embankment
and sailed In the air for a distance ot fifty feet None
the riders was Injured.
In 1903 Rele attempted to loop the loop at Suburban
Park. His wheel lqft the mark and the rider was hurled
the air several feet. He was picked up unconscious
and hardly recognisable. Hla face and body were bruised
and cut and seventy-two bones were found to be broken.
He was taken to the Missouri hospital and recovered,
after lying In bed eighteen weeks. More than two hun
dred stitches were taken by the surgeons In tholr effort,*
save his life.
In IJghtlng s gas machine la his bowling alley. No.
3500 Cass avenue, a year ago, he Ignited four gallons
gasoline, which exploded with such great force that
buildings for blocks around felt the shock. Although
Reis stood within a few feet of the exploelon, only the
hair on the back ot hla head was scorched. The build
ing in which the explosion occurred was wrecked.
It will be Interesting to wstch the subsequent career
Mr. Reis. It Is presumed that he still wears bis ver
miform appendix, so he haa not yet passed the ordeal
having that removed. He has been a principal and
not an "Innocent bystander” In all the accidents which
have come to him. He haa never been caught rocking
the boat. He does not presumably dally with the toy
pistol and thereby court tetanus.
There sre many untried avenues of death and the
manner of his final taking off will be well worth chrot*
Idlng.
A Synonym.
It Is Indeed a mad world, my masters; - .
And the mad men are oft the masters.
We once heard that the gallant Stoeasel, who fought
ojren unto tbe last ditch at Port Arthur, was to die for
dereliction, and now comes word that Rojeatvensky
may be executed for failure to win In the great naval
battle ot the sea of Japan. Other officers are under In
dictment, aid so It merrily goes.
Scapegoats are necessary for lax bureaucrats at the
helm ot state, and If the people demand cause ot failure
properly equipping army and navy—why not lay blame
upon tbe valiant men who bore the brunt ot battle. *
With the douma recalcitrant, the peasantry In revolt,
the harried landowner* refusing to be further taxed,
mutiny on land and sea, anarchism everywhere active,
and a deep dissatisfaction throughout the exar's domin
ion—
Russia and revolution are synonymous.
In point-ot fact tbs Yeomen of the Guard have
always reseated being called ''Beet-eaters,.*
Tbe Pennsylvania clerk who “saved* $100,000 out of
salary of $1,500 a year doesn’t need any leaeone tn
thrift from Mr. Rockefeller or Mr. Anybody else.
Our esteemed and always humanitarian friend, Al
fred Truitt, who moved so vigorously during the last
session of tbe Legislature for a prohibition against the
nicking" of tbe bone's tall and the overchecking of hla
rein, is now concerned to prevent chicken peddlers from
tying chickens In bunches and carrying them with thetr
heads oownwsrd. This last Item may appear to be going
somewhat Into detail In the matter of cruelty to fowls
Bryan “Not Known” in Dresden.
A noble lord, addicted to poetry, has declared that
fame "Is but to have one's name misspelled In the ga
zettes."
But tho friends of Mr. Bryan havo received even a
greater shock In learning how Insularly Ignorant are the
people of continental Europo of the distinguished Ne
braskan who has recently been In tbelr midst
On Saturday The New York World sent a cablegram
to Mr. Bryan, at Dresden, Informing him that several
state conventions had recently endorsed him as a candi
date for the presidency In 1908. The cablegram was re
turned to The World with the formal notice from the
cable company: "Your cablegram addressed to William
Jennings Bryan, Dresden, not delivered. Party not
known.”
Tho smug citizens of the tidy little center of com
merce were too busy making cblnaware and admiring
their old masters to pay attention to the fact thrl one
of the leading figures In the political movements of the
day was either present with them or speeding toward
them. They were content to Bmoke their pipes and sip
their beer or stroll along the Buhl terrace of an after
noon to give beed to tbe fact that p man who may yet
become tbe chief of 90,000,000 people was lingering for
awhile on the solf of Saxooy.
"Party not known!"
What, In the estimation of Dresden, Is essentliY to
make a man known f Mr. Bryan Is an orator and a
statesman. He has been In the public view for fifteen
years. He la singularly free from the petty vices which
so frequently contaminate public men. He la a scholar
and a gentleman. Recently he haa become a traveler.
tlon of mankind. And yet—
"Party not known!"
Even If ho were not known, the Dresden operator
might have taken it for granted that a man who
being prominently spoken of as a probable candidate for
the chief magistracy of this great country was something
more than an ordinary citizen.
Was it courteous to refer to him as a "partyp”
A man once referred to Grover Cleveland as a "per
son" and Mr. Cleveland never forgave him.
What must be Mr. Bryan's feelings toward the Dres
den telegraph office?
A New L.L.D.
Our esteemed friend, the Hon. W. L. Scruggs, ex-
minister to Venezuela, has Just received from Furman
University at Greenville, S. C., the distinguished and
well-merited honor of the degree of L.L. D. Colonel
Scruggs 1b eminently worthy of the distinction confer
red upon him by this famous and well-reputed Institu
tion of learning. He is a scholar In politics, studious,
careful, thoughtful, a master In International law, an
expert In the difficult and delicate questions which con
cern the relation of nations with one another. Too
many of these college degrees are carelessly and Im
properly conferred—sometimes for political, and at oth
er times, for personal reasons. But In thlB case the com
pliment of the university falls upon a gentleman who
through long years of effort and endeavor along high
lines has fitly won and will wear. worthily the honor
conferred by an Institution of dignity and repute. Furman
University wa's named for the revolutionary hero Rich
ard Furman. No college In South Carolina has grown
more rapidly In merit, equipment and financial strength
within these recent years than this splendid |chool of
the Carolina mountains.
We congratulate Dr. Scruggs upon the well-deserved
honor which hns come to him.
SOME GOOD LOSERS.
"The lamentations of a German
butcher In one of the markets who put
a bet on my old horse, Paul Clifford,
one of those days at the
Bennlng meeting when Paul forgot to
bring tbe kale home, caused a lot of
fun to the people who overheard the
sad-souled Teuton,” said John Pan
gle, the Washington owner of thor
oughbreds, at Baltimore recently,
days ago.
The'German butcher waa standing
dole to me, at the end of the stam
on that day. When the horses finished,
noticed that be ground the huge
knuckles of his right hand Into his
right eye, and begnn to moan guttu-
rally. Then he pulled a big bandan
na from hla coat pocket and started In
to weep bitterly.
"’I blay dot Baut Clifford mit
awancy-flm tollar, all vat J malg In a
veeg out of my mead shob, und he
ged pead a plock, no?' he said, and
then he rocked to and fro and blub
bered.
'Aw, give him a rookie,’ the bunch
who were listening to hla lamentations
Jeered at him, but he was past feeling
the sting of nny Jeering, and went right
on weeping disconsolately.
•That was the first case of tho weeps
that I'd seen on a rare track In a dog's
age, and tho Incident started me to
thinking of how gamely most big play
ers of tho horses take their losses when
the big wallops come their way.
happened to bo present at tho
breaking of a Kentuckian who had
■•win'd a half Interest 111 "tn- of til"
finest thoroughbred farms In tho blue-
grass country, and bad for several
ears raced a big string of good
orses of his own and his partner's
breeding. He was too keen to bet on
his horses, though, and that was what
spiked him, as It spikes all of ’em In
time. i
"First, he had to sell out his Inter-
t In the thoroughbred farm to his
conservative non-betting partner.
Then all of the big horses of the string
reverted In the same direction, and
finally ho got to playing the horses
from the ground with a few thousands
that he had saved from the wreck.
On the day that the great but erratic
May Hempstead was beaten by Rush,
when May was at 1 to 8 In ths bet
ting, my friend, the Kentuckian, bod
hla whole faggot, a pat $8,000, on
the May girl. Ho thought that Mice
Hempetead would Just waits home.
"I waa leaning on the fence alongside
of him when Rush cantered home,
kicking mud In May Hsmpetead's re
proachful eyes. I knew that he was all
n financially, and I suppose that 1 had
» conslderable-alsed frog of sympathy
In my throat for him.
" 'Oh, well.’ I said to him, with a grin
that 1 felt looked like something enam
eled, the peach blossoms are out, any
how, and there'll be fruit pretty soon
for tha askliur.'
"He looked perfectly perky and
cheerful; and It wasn't any upstage
Imitation work either with him. He
pulled three *10 gold pieces from hts
pocket and studied them humorously.
•"Well, I know what I'm going to
do,’ he sold to me, as he Jingled the
gold coins; 'I’m going to buy a couple
of nanny goats and-sell ths milk to
Invalids. I’ve got to be In the stock-
raising business In some old way.
•There wasn't any slow-muslc busl
ness In that kind of a finish, because
he wasn't any slow-muslc kind of a
man, snd two years later his color*
were flashing again on the southern
tracks, with his own good horses to
carry the boys wearing them. You
can't keep a beaver up a tree, you
see.
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"Eddie MeAvoy, the runt of a lad
from Elkhart, Ind„ who, when he was
something under eighteen, ran a bean-
bag up tn $18,000 at the Hawthorne
track In Chicago In 1897, went broke
as gamely as any trick I ever saw for
his age, or any other age, as tar os
that’s concerned. '
"Eddie began on the Hawthorn*
track as a newsboy and gum seller,
and one day he put over a 200-to-l
shot, with * four-bit piece that he
had deposited with s handbook man
outside the gote. Then Eddie spiraled
right along to tbe cone without a mis
take, ss they say In Joplin. He dljln t
take anybody’s picks, tips, handicap#
or suggestions,, but Just clung unto
the running animals doped out snd
figured as winners by one E. MeAvoy.
Esq. The result was that Just three
weeks after he'd slid hts 100-to-l thing
ovsr he'd combed the pile up to 818,-
000.
Then, of course, his minute to
make a mistake henved along, as tt
nearly always does. He thought that
Mary was a good horse. Macy may
have been a good horse In spots, but hs
was a polka-dotter, and the spots ware
hard to pick. Eddie MeAvoy one day
put hi* whole 818.000 on Mary to heat
;he great old mare Imp, snd Macy felt
before that race was over as If the
lady mare had Just gone away and
hid from him out of pure hide-and-seek
devilment.
"I wss standing dose to Eddie Mc-
Avoy when Mary failed to connect.
The quiet youngster spat reflectively st
the grass, and then he trotted over to
the stand of the boss gum man.
“ 'Gimme a couple o’ boxes o' gum
on tick,' eald Eddie to the boss gum
man, and then he began to circulate
among the throngs, politely Inviting
them to purchase pepsin gum from him
at the uniform rate of 5 centa the
package. I guess that wasn't the
spirit of the men who are now- going
to rebuild Sen Francisco!
‘Then,I well remember the curious
case of a man who only thought he
wae broke—Frank Boland, the Montana
plunger. Boland was broke a good
•many times during Ills career against
the faro bank and the horses, but ho
was always so unctuous about tt that
you’d have thought that he really en
joyed going broke, and he wasn't Just
throwing on the dog In the matter,
either.
‘‘This time, when he thought he got
a big bump at St. Louis, was a sure-
enough entertaining incident. Frank
bad etarted In at the old fair grounds'
track In St. Louis with a 8100,000 wad
that ha'd hoed out of the Hot Springs
pool rooms during the winter.
"But tho fair grounds' game whang
ed him good. He got the cross-cut and
tho whipsaw- from the running of the
Inaugural haadteap, am) every time for
tho high thousands—Boland didn't
know how to spell the word 'piker.'
The boys on the high chairs had Bo-
Jand rocking long before tho mectliu?
began to draw to a close, but Frank
went right ahead with the grin that
couldn’t be erased. One day tho
bookies noticed that Boland wasn't
playing 'em at all, and they joshed him
about tt. Ho didn’t play on the next
day. either, nor for the next five days.
He Just strolled around with his hands
In his pockets and permitted tbe Josh
Ing bookmakers to offer him the loan
of a chew of tobacco or tho prlco of
a bottle of pop. On the sixth day, Mr.
Boland became suddenly busy. There
was a good old campaigner In one of
the races, named Siva, and Siva was
an even-money thing. Boland had
twenty |1,000 bills as the remainder of
his package, and he’d been waiting for
the race and for Siva. He traipsed
around ths ring and got the even-
money price against Siva for $80,000.
Then he leaned against a stanchion,
shucked peanuts and watched the race.
Siva ran second. The bookies crowded
around Boland with hoarse hoots of
merriment—his personality made him a
favorite all over the West—but be
brokt through the gibbering cordon
and raced like a deer for the gate.
There happened to be a truck-garden
er's cart passing Just as Boland got
outsld-
'How about a ride Into town, mate?*
Boland ssld to the -driver, snd when
the startled driver of the truck cart,
noticing Boland's fine raiment, nodded,
Frank jumped Into the cart and took a
seat alongside ths driver. The scene
was visible from tha back of the
grand-stand, and a roar went up from
the men In the stand who were Bo
land's friends.
'Hey, wait a few minutes, Frank,'
one of them yelled to the Montana
plunger, 'and HI carry you to town In
my trap.’
•T’ve don* bean trapped,’ Boland
called back, and then the truck cart,
piled high with cabbages and things,
turned a corner, with Boland In good-
natured and Interested conversation
with the driver.
•'BoUnd didn't find out till he reach
ed a St. Louis ticker that. Instead of
being broke, he was worth Just |40,-
000, for the horse that best Sirs—a
thing called Cnngallop—waa disqual
ified on account of the rider's rough
riding and Boland’s pick was placed
first. He got back at the books from
then on and chaaed some of th*m aa
fur ss tbe Arkansas river and be
yond."—Washington Star.
THIS DATE IN niSTORY.
JUNE 12.
1488—James HI of Scotland died.
1665—New York city Incorporated.
1689—London deprived of It* charter
and
by Charles II.
172G—Treaty between Denmark
Sweden.
1734—James, duke of Berwick, killed
before Phllllpsburg.
1776—Declaration of Rights adopted by
the Virginia convention.
1786—Treaty of Hopewell with the
Chlckaaaws.
1806—John A. Roebllng, builder of the
Brooklyn bridge, born. Died July
23. 1849.
1816—General Pierre Augereau, Due de
Caatlgllonl, died.
1846—St. Johns, Newfoundland, burned.
1846—Louis Napoleon elected deputy to
French National Assembly.
1881—Paper duty tn Great Britain
abolished.
1864— Battle of Cynthlans. Ky.
1873—William Cullen Bryant died. Born
November 3. 1734.
1865— James H. Rutter, president of
New York Central railroad, died.
1*91—l iar of Russia presented mineral
collection to Leland Stanford
University.
1897—Disastrous earthquakes to Cen
tral India.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New York, June 12.—Here- are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—A. F. Alford, M. C. Far
rar, J. W. Hoyt, L. S. Collier, W. M.
Timmons and wife, W. R. C. Smith, M.
H. Sullivan and wife, O. Wiedemann.
MACON—M. Waterman.
SAVANNAH—W. J. Derrlme, Miss
A. Derrlme, W. W. Derrlme, D. B. Hull,
N, E. Solomon.
Lightly Viewed From Washington,
From The Washington Post.
Those deluded souls who have cher
ished the notion that either Hoke Smith
or Clark Howell would be the next
governor of Georgia have another guess
coming, according to authentic infor.
mutton from that glorious common
wealth. "Plain Dick" Russell la coming
to the front like an ambulance wagon,
bringing his remedies with htm. "Farm
er Jim" Smith, of Oglethorpe, forces a
sob of sympathy from every fanner
In the state. Colonel EstlU’s myste
rious Fabian policy puzzles and af
frights hla more showy antagonists. So
tho plutocrats of Peachtree have mu
tual foes to fight, In addition to tho
agreeable task of wiping each other off
the earth.
It would be highly, agreoable to re
count tho reasons why Farmor Jim, of
Oglethorpe, ts popular with his compa
triots. and the recital of "Colonel Es-
tlll’s campaign plans would be delecta-
blo to tho world; for the present, the
candidacy of plain Dick Russell en
gages our attention. On tho authority
or our estsemod contemporary. The
Toccoa Record, tt Is declared that every
word of Plain Dick's "comes fresh from
a great big heart whose pulsations are
with love for the common people of his
beloved state.” He goes fearlessly from
county to county, "meeting tho peuple
face to face. Impressing them singly
and collectively with his eternal faith
In the Integrity and virtue of the peo
ple." Nothing daunts him.
'Plain Dick has kept everlastingly at
It, going before the people day after
day and week after week, undaunted
by weather or vituperation by the big
papers, and with no help but his own
* rt U; * He did tt with a
■mile on hl» strong bronzed foca; no
SHft *^n!ng, no hesitating there,
A h0 ®*X*W* r that he 1*. he
a *• - -a- made of paper
charged the forts
money."
Th'e first battle cry of Plain Dick
A 3“ r ' D«»! and a Full
Meal!" Thl* awept tha red hills like
a prairie fire. Then he challenged
Hoke Smith and Clark Howell to mo™
tal wit combat. Howell artfully side
stepped. Hoke fell Into the trap. They
wrestled at Montlcello, and the result
was a dogfall. They clinched at Deh-
loncgu, and Hoke counted time. The
death struggle ensued at McDonough'#
gory field, where Plain Dick clapped
hla wings and erew, while Hoke waa
withdrawn for repair*. Hoke's friends
refused to permit him to go up against
P aln Dick at Toccoa, and thenceforth
Plain Dick waa forced to face the peo
ple all alone, but still, unterrined.
An Impassioned Georgia poet has
Immortalised Plain Dick In verae, set
ting forth a part of his platform. No
form or verse yet Invented can em
blazon this platform In tts 'Entirety, of
course. But an Inkling of the good
things In store for Georgia when Plain
Dick Is sleeted Is conveyed by the
laureate. He begins-
Heard on the Corn
er
Apropr,
Treat’s Treatment.
of the presence t n
Of Mr. Treat, the following ."on
Th<? N * W YorK World ’ ’* oFtauJ!
In to
“Complaints came pouring
Chari*.-* H. Treat, treasurer oW!
I nlted States, that one of hi. nee™
m*Mt«ara waa so cros. and u*lv .tl'
nobody could get along with him »
w as alleged to .Mr. Treat that thi. L 11
nger snapped
spoke to him. and" th« hi taLJr.™
of people who had bu.l» M , m ™
treasurer s office was scandalous th
.iTi eat , ca ^ th® messenger
ugly that nobody can get along with
you? What a the matter with yout
Dont you know that tt Is your bui’
ness to be polite to everybody'
•"las sir. Mr. Treat,’ said theme.
senger T suttlnly doe. know dat but
I caln t be pollto nohow—I Jlst riarh *
erally caln t. J nacti "
■"What'* the matter with
'• 'Mr Trno t .. * .. . * .
"Mr. Treat, I's got de Index',
bad I cain't be pleasant wfr“ U ”
se'f.’
'Indigestion? Why don't yon
something for itr . “ ‘ you do
1 spends all 1 km afford on met.
ielne but they ain't nothin' “S,
reaches It. You see, Mr. Treat, I alnt
got no teef an’ I cain't chew nothJ
In’.'
chew noth-
Let m*
. Th ® m ~? Pnser opened a cavernm,,
mouth. There were but two stuniM
of teeth in it.
■' ‘Here,’ said the treasurer, puffins
out a nice new *10 bill with hi* name
on it, 'take this and yet youmeif a
of teeth made. I don't blame you. but
tt has got to be stopped.' "
Pursued In An Auto.
A young couple from Marietta, who
had Just been married, left for th*
east on the noon tram recently, and
■khllo at the terminal station their
friend*, who had preceded them, mad*
their wait for the delayed train any
thing but pleasant. The "send-off-
lasted from the end of the Marietta car
line on Marietta street until the couple
reached the station. It seems that
the couple, after being married, had
endeavored to elude their friends by
coming to this city on the electrlo
car, but four of their friends secured
an automobile and arrived ahead of
them. The young bride and groom
entered a cab, which was awaiting
them at this end of the Journey, and
that was where their troubles began.
Old shoes, rubbers, rice and other mis
siles followed the happy couple to th*
station. The coachman received many
of the missiles on the starboard car,
but be didn’t seem to mind tt a lit
tle bit, driving his precious charge*
through the streets with a good-na
tured grin which showed his appre
ciation of the circumstances.
MEN AND WOMEN.
tbo most scholarly men of Ronton, at the
go of 80. lives a simple life In a small
t tic room, surrounded by hla books.
Asa Deklugc, who ha* been chosen chief
of the Apncho Indians to succeed (Jeronimo,
Dr. Lynn, of Pana, 111., the oldest phy
sician In 'that state, baa Juat celebrated
bis one hundred nnd first birthday. More
•rnl J. C. Jomlaon, a Mfaaourlan of
—mteet bird lover In
home, la advocating
the adoption of the «tndy of
their protection la the public seb
Dr. Geonro A.- Kotchum, dean of ths
faculty of the Medical College of Alabama
nnd one of tho best-known medical men In
tho country, died on Tuesday. lie wsi
one of the organizers of the Medical college.
Hon. Thomas W. BuckneU, of Providence,
R. I., /* known a« the ••champion monument
raiser," having started more monument
funds and assisted at more i
Claude Kemper, wboae father la i vkt
admiral of the Rritleh navy, haa anUaM
tho United States Marine corps and li
m«»v stationed nt the Norfolk navy yard.
IIo la 2» years old and aaw hard ■errtce
the Boer war.
Sir Pardon Clarke, director of the Met
ropolitan Museum, will sail
day and while abroad will make arrang
inenta to got copies of certain masterpieces
which the museum may never hope to op*
haa*dedded to «»ncl Ma Mska***
frinci
to show
Hsu nanMMMni
for this country Juno 18.
Lanin, ss spocitl *nroy to Am.rlc*
r Imperial concorn for ths
ranclsco esrthqnake. He will aw*
THE PROTEST.
"Two-cant-a-mll* passenger fare he
advocates,
Others deal In generalities tn railroad
rates.
And continual
"Ho advocates removing a tax burden
that stings
By exempting three hundred dollar*
ot household things."
And code:
•You eee his platform deals with que*
tlon# much bigger.
While others devote all their time to
the nigger."
Let Hoke's friends shout and Howell’*
henchmen return the cry; they cannot
any longer deceive the country. The
geaches .» Georgia Jo no! *■> grow j n
ths
Peachtree street Plain Dick
hit square deal and square meal, hla
eternal love of the people, and the
poetry he has Inspired must air be
reckoned with.
REFLECTION.
(By Ell* Angtta Verne.)
Css one of Earth', mortals afford to
WhK°Uf. »*• bc*t endowment* obtain?
Ah, do! T Yo«r tomorrow may hold but a
■brood-
Vainglory egb soon tern to petal
J “t l5JJ p ,hc ***” *” U * wl,h n 4l*nt
Amt eternally bear this la mind.
That oa Eapth—quite a* sure t* i
above—
There’s a Heaven la Jut being kind:
(By KUu UTieeler Wllcox.l
Snld the groat machine of Iron tnawoot
•■Lo, I om n crenture meant for good.
But tbe criminal clutch ot Oodlejs freed,
Hu made me n monster thst *«*tt*ra
And went nnd hunger wherever I go.
I would give them leisure to Inngh In thl
If mined by the mnny-lnstetd of the on*
"If owned by tbe people the whole wta
earth
►l
Should learn my pnrpoee nnd know mj
I w" ildVlou the chum tbut yewn* In oui
*oil
TwTxt unearned riche* and ffi-P* l ‘ , , ?|{^ (
No man nhonld hung-' »nd no man uw»
No man nhould hunger, sno no m«u
To Ml the pnroe of tn Idle nelghMr,
And each man ahoold know when hi* tori
Were** rtmrod by the Meny-not owned bj
•I em forced by th* few, with thetr freed
for gain.
To forge*for the many new fetter* f*£[
Yet thl* is my purpose, znd ever wm
To aet th* * laves of the wort«hop^ ,rM -
Uod hasten th* day when, orerior"'. .
That desperate host of the
Shall hear my meewjre and
And hall me friend In an opulent UnL
IF YOU LOVE ME, DARLING,
TELL ME WITH YOUR EYES
Thro' the gloaming chUly
Fall* the silent *now,
Like n shattered Illy
V 8umtner*dre*m»' jjjjjj"
%£,«««h.:
Flames that reek ana not.
Boot) to s«h*«JE<>;
Lips that move net ofte*
When they Im, ere'si**.
If you love me. darling.
Tell me with yoor eye*.
There ere noee.to listen.
Yet why ‘
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