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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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The Atlanta Georgian.
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SP, l| THE GEORGIAN COMES TO
A« |j GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE
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Giving Wings to Our Immortals.
It It too much the tendency of this commercial ago
to magnify material thing! and to subordinate the arta
and the expreaalona of genius.
There Is no tendency against which thoughtful and
cultured men and women In a great metropolis should
more diligently protesb than this. After all, the glory
of a nation la not in its wealth, or Itr temples, or Its
tritde, but In Its monuments. Its sculptors, Its artists, Its
painters, Its poets and its eloquence and songs.
We of the South more particularly have at stake
!« nos of surpassing moment We are a land of sent!
wnit, or a land at least In which sentiment was once
the ruling force. Tho beauty of our women, the elo
quence of our sons, the charms of our poets and the
K>'<ry of our sentiments fill the world. The war swept
ur from our moorings of ancestral tradition and forced
uk Into the stern nnd narrow channel of necessary
U; de. Within this lino we have prospered mightily.
Our colters are bulging, our fields are white or gold with
cither harvest, and our fullness goos through the valleys
rejoicing like a song.
But Ichnbod will bo written nbovo our civilisation It
we forget tho glories of tho Immortal mind and of the
Immortal soul. Music, art, painting and eloquence are
tho crowning glories that encompass a people's life, and
u henover and wherever In our municipal struggles the
f :ees so eager and uo strenuous are halted by a siren
t .-.in of music or a silver chime of eloquence or a ra
dii nt touch of color, It :• at once an Instinct and a duty
to halt and reflect upon tho real glories of a people and
upon tho high privileges of wealth.
The best power of money Is to foster genius and to
encourage art Tho noblest Impulse of wealth Is to de
velop and to reach down Into the ranks of tho strug
gling and with Its strong arm to lift up the singers, the
t alntors, 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
wo are rich enough and great enough now to speed our
struggling Immortals to their predentlned goal. In the
musical circles of this city thore has boon found a boy
with the stamp of genius on his brow and the touch of
rcnlua on his Angers on the violin, and Herbert Dlttler
hcems to be at tho present moment, Atlanta's best and
newest hope of an artist of lnternatloanl fame.
Herbert Dlttler, violinist, has met and mastered all
tho lessons that oould come to him from great artists In
this city and on this side of the water. Masters of the
violin tn Atlanta and In New York have told him that they
have taught Jilm all they know, and these same masters
Iinvo counseled him to cross the ocean to the serener
and statelier masters of the old world's musle to furnish
Ms Ungers with that consummate skill and to touch his
soul with that more ancient fire that has made the mas
ter violinists of the world.
And so some friends of Herbert Dlttler In this goodly
city of Atlanta are now preparing to give him a benefit
performance at which the appreciation of tho city for the
r enlus of Its sons will not only bo expressed In dapping
hands nnd waving handkerchiefs, hut also In that Isrger
way In which money pours Into the pocket of the artist
to equip him for that higher and final study In which
his genius shall reach Its best expression and In which
Herbert'Dlttler shall bring homo International laurels to
Atlanta, the city of his birth.
Thero Is a rehearsal of tho critics tonight over the
merits nnd graces of this brilliant child of genius. When
their verdict Is rendered It will be given to the people,
i nd then Atlanta will be asked to rally in thronging and
* nthuslastlc numbers to give the aid that shall waft Her-
I ert Dlttler to tho more perfect school of mnsic where he
shall seek the skill nnd the Inspiration which shall Mght
him to enduring fame.
We trust that the people of this goodly city will keep
their eyes and ears Intent that when this occasion Is an-
i.nunced the haH or hearing will be thronged with the
> plrit 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 tbs court of 8L
James tbe 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
tims tn tha history of that august court, that a woman
who swept her own floors and cookod the meals of her
Im band and herself, wss accorded such an honor, and
tin- fact that she was thin presented marked a distinct
epoch tn the progress of democracy and labor la Ear
laud.
Not alnce the days of Chartism, sixty years ago, has
there been anything like a violent agitation In favor of
the amelioration of the conditions of labor, and It la
probable that thero will never be any repetition of that
revolutionary period, bnt tbe leaven of labor has been
working steadily and strongly and when the recent
upheaval came, hurling the Conservatives from power
and restoring tho Liberals, tt was found that the labor
party had fifty representatives In the lower house.
John Burns wss made the leader of this party, or
faction. Only a few yearn ago ho was working on the
London docks as a common laborer and all bla life has
l ad to eat his bread In the sweat of his brow.
But ha studied and Improved his mind and at the
tame time ho devoted his tremeodous energies to the
cause of the working man. He become a strong factor
:a tha agitation tor batter conditions for tbs working
classes and when tho tidal ware of liberalism swept over
tho country ho was chosen for a seat In the house of
commons and for a portfolio In the cabinet of tbe new
government.
Tbe butterfllea of fhahlon—tha duchesses and 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 Ume, had
f'oind herself In tho limelight. But tn that brilliant
aggregation thero was no one of them all who conducted
herself with greater poise and decorum. In the midst of
flushing Jewels and brilliant gowns she wore no Jewels
whatever and otherwise was qulotly and becomingly
attired. The king and queen made It a point to be par
ticularly gracloua to Mrs. Burns and the Impression sbe
crested wss entirely favorable.
The democratic tendencies of the king aro well
known, but strictly as a mater of policy It was well
that he was gracious to Mrs. Burns. The labor mon
ment In England la gathering force with each succeed
ing year. It came as a surprise to tho entire cou|itry
that fifty representatives of that movement should havo
been chosen to s seat In parliament, and the whole atti
tude of the country has been altered.
The good sense shown by tho woman who can cook
her husband's meals and yet conduct herself with punc
tilious propriety In the drawing room of St. James will
go a long way toward giving prestige to the labor
movement in Orest Britain.
Ex-Governor Northen has received s letter from Rev,
Wilbur Chapman, the celebrated revivalist Who did
such excellent work In Atlanta some time ago, an
nouncing that be has recovered from hla recent severe
Illness. Mr. Chapman was one of tbe 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 his many friends here. If Is
very gratifying Indeed to know, therefore, that he Is
well again and will soon continue tho noble work In
which he Is engaged.
A Charmed Life.
That the man who la born to be banged will never
be drowned Is undoubtedly true, and that some men are
destined to escaped all accidents by land and sea seems
equally certain.
8t. Louis boasts of a man who has had more hair
breadth escapes than any cnaracter In fiction. As re
lated In a recent telegram to The Now York Herald he
was driving In Penrose street, near Obear, when the
horses became frightened and ran away. Reis was
burled under the horses’ feet Horses and wagon passed
over him and bo escaped with a bruised right shoulder.
> Misguided his wheel In riding the chutes at Grand
avenue and Herbert street, In 1896, and wss hurled to
the ground while bicycle was making a speed of forty-
flvo miles an hour. Left arm broken.
In diving from a one hundred foot pedestal at the
Lagoon, In Cincinnati, In 1895, he misjudged the' tdnk
below and his body wss hurled violently against the side
of the feoeptacle. His body fell In the tank and he was
dragged out unconscious. Lsft shoulder bruised, other
wise not Injured.
In an attempt to ride backward down the chutes at
Grand avenue and Herbert street bis wheel reared
to the side and he was thrown to the ground. Hla right
arm and one rib was broken.
While riding a bicycle In Casa avenue, near Jeffer
son avenue, In 1899, he waa unable to atop his wheel
and ran headlong Into a westbound Cass avonue car.
His right wrist wss sprained and hla face bruised.
While riding a wheel with great speed on Grand
avenue, near North Market street, ha sighted-a street
car, but was unable to atop. He plunged forward, hla
wheel rolling over the fender of the car, Rel* was not
acratched.
In a afreet fight Reis was shot st close range, but
tho bullet only grated the lobe of the right ear.
As a member of tho Morgan-Wrlght bloycle team in
1895, he figured In over twenty ''spills,'' but escaped
without serious Injury. On one occasion, nt Louisville,
he waa guiding a squad In a ten-mils handicap on the
throe lap track st Fountain Ferry Park. On the last
turn Rets was unable to guide the machine around the
bend and 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 of fifty feet. None
of the riders was Injured.
In 1908 Rela attempted to loop tbe loop at Suburban
Park. Hla wheel left the mark and the rider waa hurled
In the air several feet. Ha was plckod up unconscious
and hardly recognisable. Hla face and body were bruised
and out nnd seventy-two bones were found to be brokon.
He was taken to tbe Missouri hospital and recovered,
after lying In bed eighteen weeks. More than two hun
dred stitches were taken by the surgeons In their efforts
to save hla life.
In lighting a gas machine In hla bowling alley. No.
3500 Casa avenue, a year ago, he ignited four gallons
of gasoline, which exploded with such great foroe that
buildings for blocks around felt the shook. Although
Rets stood within a few feet of tho explosion, only the
hair an the back of hla head waa scorched. The build
ing in which the explosion occurred was wrecked.
It will be Interesting to watch tha subsequent career
of Mr. Rela. It Is presumed that he (till wears his ver
miform appondlx, so he has not yet passed tbe ordeal
of having that removed. He has been a principal and
not an "Innocent bystander" In all the accidents which
have come to htm. Ha haa never been caught rocking
the boat. He doea not presumably dally with the toy
pistol and thereby court tetanus.
There are many untried avenues of death and the
manner of hla final taking off will be well worth chron
icling.
A Synonym.
It ta Indeed a mad world, my masters:
And tbe mad men are oft the masters.
We once heard that tha gallant Stoeasel. who fought
even unto tbe laat ditch at Port Arthur,^was to dte for
dereliction, and now comes word that Rojeatvensky
may be executed for failure to win In tbe great naval
battle of the sea of Japan. Other officers are under In
dictment. and so tt merrily goes. ,
Scapegoats are necessary for lax bureaucrats st tbe
helm of state, and tt tho people demand cause of failure
of properly equipping army and navy—why not lay blame
upon the valiant men who boro the brunt of battle.
With tho douma recalcitrant, tho peasantry In revolt,
the harried landowners refuting to be further taxed,
mutiny on land and tea. anarchism everywhere active,
and a deep dissatisfaction throughout the ctar'a domin
ion—
Russia and revolution are synonymous.
- In point of fact the Yeomen of tbe Ouard have
always resented being called "Beet-eaters."
The Pennsylvania clerk who “saved" $104,000 out of
a salary of $1,500 a year doesn't need any lessons in
thrift from Mr. Rockefeller or Mr. Anybody else.
Oar esteemed end always humanitarian friend, Al
fred Truitt, who moved so vigorously during the last
session of the Legislature for a prohibition against the
"nicking" of the hone's taH and the overcheeking of hla
rein, is now concerned to prevent chicken peddlers from
tying chickens In tranches and carrying them with their
beads downward. This last Item may appear to be going
somewhat Into detail In the matter of cruelty to fowls
and animals, but Mr. Truitt Is absolutely sincere and
consistent In his opposition to every form of cruelty to
tho lower orders of life, and If wq had a Society for
tbe Prevention of Cruelty to Animals wo should unhesi
tatingly nominate Mr. Truitt as Its honored and useful
president.
Bryan “Not Known” in Dresden.
A noble lord, addicted to poetry, has declared that
fame "is but to bare one's namo misspelled in the ga
zettes."
But the friends of Mr. Bryan have received oven a
greater shock In learning how Insularly Ignorant are the
people of continental Europo of the distinguished Ne
braskan who has recently been In their midst
On Saturday The NCw 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.”
Tbe smug citizens of tbe tidy little center of com
merce were too busy, making cblnaware and admiring
their old masters to paj^ attention to the fact tlirj one
of the leading figures In tho political movements of the
day was cither present with them or speeding') toward
them. They were content to smoke their pipes snd sip
their beer or stroll along the Buhl terrace of an after
noon to give heed to the fact that a man who may yet
become the chief of 90,000,000 people was lingering for
awhile on tho soli of Saxony.
"Party not known!"
Wbat, In the estimation of Dresden, is essential to
make a man known? Mr. Bryan la an orator and a
statesman. He has been In the public view for fifteen
years. He Is singularly free from the petty vices which
so frequently contaminate public then. He Is a scholar
and a gentleman. Recently he has become a traveler.
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 the kale home, caused a lot of
fun to the people who overheard the
sad-souted Teuton." said John Pan-
gle, the Washington owner of thor
oughbreds, at Baltimore recently,
days ago.
"The German butcher waa standing
close to me, at the end of the' ntand,
on that day. When the horses flnlfhed,
I noticed that he ground the huge
knuckles of bis right hand Into his
right eye, and began to moan guttu-
rally. Then he pulled a big bandan
na from his coat pocket and started In
to weep bitterly.
" 1 blay dot Baul Clifford mlt
swnncy-ftm tollar, all vat I malg In a
veeg out of my mead ehob, und he
ged pead a- plock, nor he said, and
then he rocked to and fro and blub
bered.
'Aw, give him a cookie,' the bunch
who were listening to his lamentations
leered at him, but he waa past feeling
he sting of any Jeering, and went right
on weeping disconsolately.
"That waa the first case of the weeps
that I'd seen on a race track In a dog's
age, and the. Incident -started me to
thinking of how gamely most big play-
era of the horses take their losses when
the big wallops come their way.
"I happened to be present at the
breaking of a Kentuckian who had
owned a half Interest In one of the
finest thoroughbred farms In the blue-
grass country, and trad for several
-ears raced a big string of good
orses of bla 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.
"Firet, he had to sell out his Inter
est In the thoroughbred farm -to his
conservative non-betting partner.
Then all of the big horses of the string
reverted In the ssme direction, end
finally he got to playing the horsea
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 the bet
ting, my friend, the Kentuckian, had
his whole faggot, a pat 88,000, on
the May girl. He thought that Mies
Hempstead would Just wait* home.
"I was leaning on the fence alongside
of him when Hush cantered home,
klrklng mud In May Hempstead's re
proachful eyes. I knsw that he was all
n financially, and I suppose that I had
i considerable-sued frog of sympathy
In my throat for him.,
" 'Oh, well,' I said to him, with a grin
that I felt looked like something enam
eled, ‘the peach blossoms are out, any
how, and there'll be fruit pretty soon
for the asking.'
"He looked perfectly perky and
cheerful: and It wasn't any upstage
Imitation work either with him. He
pulled three 810 gold pieces from hie
pocket and studied them humorously.
"•Well. I know what I'm going to
Jo,’ he said to me, as be Jingled the
gold coins; Tm going to buy a couple
of nanny goats and self the milk to
Invalids I've got to be In the stock-
raising business In some old way.'
•There wasn't any slow-muslc busi
ness In that kind of a finish, because
he wasn't any slow-muslc kind of a
man, and two years later hts colors
were flashing again on the southern
tracks, with his own good hones to
carry the boys wearing them. You
can’t keep a beaver_np a tree, you
*' • > • • •
"Eddie McAvoy, the tjtnt of a lad
from Elkhart, Ind, who, when he was
something under eighteen, ran. a bean-
bag up to 819,000 at the Hawthorne
track In Chicago In 188T, went broke
'as gamely as any trick I ever saw for
his age, or any other age, as far as
that's concerned.
“Eddie began on the Hawthorne
track as a newsboy and gum seller,
and one day he put over a 100-to-l
shot, with a four-bit piece that he
had deposited with a handbook man
outside the gate. Then Eddie spiraled
right along to the cone without a mis
take. ns they say tn Joplin. He didn't
take anybody’s picks, tips, handicaps
or suggestions, but Just flung unto
the running animals doped out and
figured as winners by one E. McAvoy.
Esq. The result was that Just three
weeks after he’d slid hie 800-to-l thing
over he’d combed the pUe up to 818,-
000.
“Then, of course, hie minute to
make a mistake heaved along, as It
nearly always does. He thought that
Macy was a good home. Macy may
have been a good horse in spots, but be
was a polka-dotter. and the spots were
hard to pick. Eddie McAvoy one day
put hie whole 818.000 on Macy to beat
the great old mare Imp. and Macy felt
before that race was over as If the
lady mare had Just gone sway and
hid from him out of pure hide-and-seek
devilments
I waa standing doee to Eddie Mc
Avoy when Mecy tolled to connect.
The quiet youngster spat reflectively at
Ho has almost completed his circuit of the world. He has
broadened and deepened as a result of his experiences.
Ho Is more than ever entitled to the respect and admira
tion of mankind. And yet—
"Party not known!**
Even if be were not known, the Dresden operator
might have taken It for granted that a man who was
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 bo 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 Juit received from Furman
University at Greenville, 8. C- the distinguished and
well-merited honor of the degree of L.L. D. Colonel
Scruggs Is 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 this case the com
pliment of tho university falls upon a gentleman who
through long years of effort and endeavor along high
lines has fitly won and will wear worthily tho honor
conferred by an Institution of dignity and repute. Furmnn
University was named for tho 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 school of
the Carolina mountains.
We congratulate Dr. Scruggs upon the well-deserved
honor which.has come to him.
Heard on the
Corner |
the grass, and then he trotted over to
the ntand of the boss gum man.
“ ‘Gimme a couple o’ boxes o’ gum
on tick,’ said Eddie to the boss gum
man, and then he began to circulate
among tho throngs, politely Inviting
them to purchase pepsin gum from him
at the uniform rate of 6 cents the
package. I guess that wasn't the
spirit of the men who are now going
to rebuild Son Francisco!
. . . . e
'Then I well remember the curious
case of a man who only thought he
was broke—Frank Boland, the Montana
plunger. Boland was broke a good
many times during his career against
the faro bank and the horses, but he
waa always so unctuous about It that
you'd have thought that he really en
joyed going broke; and he wksn’t just
throwing on the dog In the matter,
either.
"This time, when he thought be got
a big bump at St. Louis, was a sure-
enough entertaining Incident. Frank
had started In at the old fair grounds’
track In St. Louie with a 8100,000 wad
that he’d hoed out of the Hot Springe
pool rooms during the winter.
“But the fair grounds' game whang
ed him good. He got the cross-cut and
the whipsaw from the running of the
Inaugural handicap, and every time for
the high thousands—Boland didn't
know how to spell the word 'piker.'
The boys on tha high chairs had Bo
land rocking long before the meeting
began to draw to a olose, but Frank
went right ahead with the grin that
couldn't be erased. One day the
bookies noticed that Boland wasn’t
playing 'em at all, and they Joshed him
about It. He didn't play on the next
day, either, nor for the next five days.
He Just strolled around with hie hands
In his pockets and permitted the josh
ing bookmakers to offer him the loan
of a chew of tobacco or the price of
a bottle of pop. On tbe sixth day, Mr.
Boland becams suddenly busy. There
was a good old campaigner In one' of
the races, named Siva, and Sira Was
an even-money thing. Boland had
twenty 81,000 bills as the remainder of
hie package, and he’d been waiting for
the race and for Siva. He traipsed
around the ring nnd got ths even-
money price against 8lva for 880,000.
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—hie personsllty made him a
favorite all over the West—but he
broke through the gibbering cordon
and raced like a deer for the gate.
There happened to be e truck-garden
er's cart passing Just as Boland got
outside.
■How about a ride Into town, mate?
Boland said to the driver, snd when
tho startled driver of the truck cart,
noticing Boland's fine raiment, nodded,
Frank jumped Into the cart and took a
scat alongside the driver. The scene
wae visible from the back of the
grand-stand, and a roar went up from
tho 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 I'll carry you to town In
my trap.*
'"I've done been trapped,' Boland
called back, and then the truck cart,
plied high with cabbages and things,
turned a corner, with Boland In good-
natured end Interacted conversation
with the driver.
"Boland didn't find out till he reach'
ed a St. Louie ticker that. Instead of
being broke, he was worth Just 840,.
000, for the hone that beet Slve—i
thing celled Cengallop—was. dlsqual
tiled on account of the rider's rough
riding end Boland's pick wae pieced
first. He got beck at the books from
then op end chased some of them as
for os the Arkansas river end be
yond."—Washington Star.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
JUNE 12.
1405—James III of Scotland died.
1065—New York city Incorporated.
1683—London deprived of Its charter
by Charles It
1720—Treaty between Denmark and
Sweden.
1734—James, duke of Berwick, killed
before PhUllpeburg.
1775—Declaration of Rights adopted by
tbe Virginia convention.
1700—Treaty of Hopewell with the
Chlckoaawe.
1805—John A. Roebllng, builder of the
Brooklyn bridge, born. Died July
. 38. 1819.
1115—General Pierre Augereeu, Due de
Casttgltbnl, died.
1040—8L Johns, Newfoundland, burned.
1045—Louis Napoleon elected deputy to
French National Assembly.
1051—Paper duty In Great Britain
abolished.
1064—Bottle of Cynthtena. Ky.
1075—William Cullen Bryant died. Born
.. November 3. 17*4.
1185- 'James H. Rutter, president of
New York Central railroad, died.
1801—< «ar of Russia presented mineral
collection to Leland Stanford
University.
1107—Disastrous earthquakes In Cen
tral India.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New York, June 19.—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, G. Wiedemann.
MACON—M. Waterman.
SAVANNAH—W. J. Derrlme, Mies
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 inter-
matlon from that glorious common
wealth. “Plain Dtek" Russell Is coming
to tho front like an ambulance wagon,
bringing his remedies with him. "Farm-
er Jim" Smith, of Oglethorpe, forces a
sob of sympathy from every farmer
In the state. Colonel Estlll’s myste
rious Fabian policy pussies and af
frights his more showy antagonists. So
the plutocrats of Peachtree have mu
tual toes to fight. In addition to the
agreeable task of wiping each other off
the earth.
It would be highly agrccablo to re
count the reasons why Farmer Jim, of
Oglethorpe, Is popular with hit compa
triots, and the recital of Colonel Ks-
tlU’s campaign plane would be delecta
ble to the world; for the present, the
candidacy of Plain Dick Russell en
gages our attention. On the authority
of our esteemed contemporary. The
Toccoa Record, It 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 the peonle
fare to face. Impressing tbem singly
and collectively with his eternal faith
In the Integrity and virtue of the peo
ple." Nothing daunts him.
"Plain Dick haa kept everlastingly at
It, going before the people day after
day and wesk after week, undaunted
by weather or vituperation by the big
papers, and with no help but hie own
strong arm. • • • He did It with a
■mile on his strong bronzed face; no
tear, no fawning, no hesitating there,
but, like the cavalier that he le. he
charged the forte made of paper
money."
The first battle cry of Plain Dick
J*** "4.. 8<,uar * D** 1 »nd a Full
Meal!" This swept the red hills like
prairie fire. Then he challenged
Hoke Smith and Clark Howell to mor
tal wit combat. Howell artfully side
stepped. Hoke tell Into the trap. They
wrestled, at Montlrello. and the result
was a dogfall. They clinched at Dah-
lonega, and Hoke counted time. The
death struggle ensued at McDonough’s
tory field, where Plain Dick clapped
his wings and crew, while Hoke was
withdrawn for repairs. Hoke's friends
rofuaed to permit him Co go up against
Plain Dick at Toccoa. and thenceforth
Plain Dick was forced to face the peo
pie all alone, but (till unterrifled.
An Impassioned Georgia poet has
Immortalised Plain Dick In verse, set
ting forth a pert of his platform. No
form of verse yet Invented can em-
blsson this platform In Us entirety, of
course. But an Inkling of the good
things In store tor Georgia when Plain
Dick Is elected Is conveyed by tbe
laureate. He begins:
"Two-cent-a-mlle passenger fere be
advocates.
Others deal In generalities In railroad
rates." -
And continues:
"He advocates removing a tax burden
that stings
By exempting three hundred dollare
of houeehold things."
And ends:
"You see his platform deals with ques-
- tlons much bigger.
White others devote aU their Ume to
tbe nigger.”
Let Hoke's friends shout end Howell’a
henchmen return the cry; they cannot
any longer deceive the country. The
peaches •% Georgia do not all grow In
Peachtree street Plato Dick Russell,
HU square deed and square’ meal, hie
eternal love of the people, and tha
poetry ha has Inspired must ell be
reckoned with.
Treat's Treatment
Apropos of the presence In Atlanta
of Mr. Treat the following atory told
by The New York World, is of inter
est: r
"Complaints came pouring in tn
Charles H. Treat treasurer of the
United States, that one of bit negro
messengers was bo cross and ugly ths-
nobody could get along with him it
was alleged to Mr. Treat that this me.
senger snapped at everybody vho
spoke to him, anil that hie treatinent
of people who had business in 'h«
treasurer's office woe scandalous
“Treat called the, messenger In
" 'Here,' ho said, 'what Is all this I
hear about you being oo cross and
ugly that nobody can get along s-tih
you? What's the matter with you?
Dont you know that It Is your bust,
ness to be polite to everybody'
'"Tas sir, Mr. Treat.’ sold the mes-
senger, 'I suttlnly does know dat, bit
I caln't be polite nohow—I Jtat nsch
erally cnln't.' n * cn
“ 'What's the matter with you’*
‘"Mr. Treat, J's got de Indeeestum
»n f bad I caln't be pleasant 4?f my”
•Indigestion? Why don't you do
something tor Itr 0
•' 'I spends nil I km afford on med
icine, but they ain't nothin' that
reaches It. You eec, Mr. Treat, I ain't
got no teef an' I caln't chew noth-
“’Haven’t got any teeth? Let ms
"The messenger opened a cavernous
mouth. There were but two etumiie
of teeth In It. **
"'Here,' said the treasurer, pulling
out a nine new $10 bill with hie name
on it, 'take this and yet yourself a set
of teeth made. I don’t blame you. but
It has got to be stopped.' ”
Pursued In An Auto.
A young couple from Marietta, who
had Just been married, left for ths
east on tho noon train recently, and
while at the terminal station their
friends, who had preoeded them, made
their wait for, the delayed train any
thing but pleasant. The "send-off’
lasted from the end of the Marietta car
lino on Marietta street until the couple
reached tho 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 the
station. The coachman received many
of the missiles on the starboard ear,
but ho didn't aeem to mind it a lit
tle bit, driving his precious charges
through the streets with a good-na
tured grin which showed hla appre
ciation of the circumstances.
MEN AND WOMEN.
ago of 80. lives a simple life la s kiw
sttle room, surrounded by his boobs
Ass Pckluge, who has been chosen chief
of tho Apache Indians to succeed Geronlmo,
s a graduate of tbe Indian school nt Csr-
lisle snd has great Influence with hts tribe.
Dr. Lynn, of Pans, 111., the oldest phy
sician In that ststo, has Just celebrated
Ills one hundred and first birthday. Mere
than 1.000 persons attended a reception
glvon In his honor.
General J. C. Jamison, s Mlssourlsn of
the old school, the greatest bird lover In
Oklnhnmn. bis present home, Is advocating
tho adoption of the study of birds and
their protection In the public schools.
A3T& tfcdS! c Coflcgo of Alabama
and one of the best-known medics! men In
tha country, died on Tuesday. He wss
one of the organisers of th* Medical college
Hon. Thomas W. Backnell. of Providence,
R. I., Is known as ths "champion monument
reiser," having started more monument
tends and assisted nt morn monument dedi
cation* than any other nun In the conntry.
lit Is S years old and saw hard service
In tbe Boer war.
Sir Purdon Clarke, director ofthe Met
ropolitan Museum, will sail for Europe tt-
day snd while abroad will make arrange
ments to got copies of certain mnuterptece*
which the museum may never hope lo ob
tain possession of. i - ,
.'* reported from Japan
perer has decided to send his hlXhneM,
Prince Lenin, as special envoy to Ataeriej
to show Imperial concern for the dtaa«troua
Man Francisco earthquake. He will utt
for this country June 88.
THE PROTEST.
REFLECTION.
(By em Anglin Verne.*
Css one of Earth's mortals afford to he
WbftelJte's best endowments obtain? '
Ah. no! hour tomorrow may hold but a
Vainglory can soon tarn to pela:
Jost keep the heart gentle with radiant
Said the greet machine of Iron snd wi
"1.0, I am a creature meant ter good.
ite.
If owned by the many-lnstesd of the one.
"If owned by the people the whole wide
8ho«fid* h |eern my pnrpoee and know my
I wonkl'cloee the chaam that yawns In oul
soil
'Twist unearned riches and
No man ahoald hungsr. and no man i»«■
To fill the pur*# of tn Idle neighbor. k
4ml e*ch man should know when Me work
Were*! shared by the Many-not owned bfi
ODO.
"I am forced by tho tew, with their g«*3
To forge‘for the meoy newfetters ef^sial
Yet this le my P nipper, and everwm^,
To set tho slaves of tho wockshon rrc.
God hasten the day when, overjoyed.
That desperate best of the u n D 'Ki"Iod,
Mhsll beer mvmeesege snd nnd«.tsno,
And hall msfrlcnd In an opulent isno.
IF YOU LOVE ME, DARLING.
TELL ME WITH YOUR EYES
Thro’ the gloaming chilly
Falls the silent snow,
WSSUL
3# DO I *
It Iff I
3UHMA
gooa to ashes gp:
Up. that more met often
when they love-BreWls..
If you love me. dsfUwg.
TVU me with poor eyes.
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