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TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
TUBgDAY. JUNE t*. W*.
The Atlanta Georgian.
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THE GEORGIAN COMES TO II (JP, ,
GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE || /SB
God's goodness hath bean great to thes;
Let never day nor night unhallowed paso.
But ttill remember what ths Lord hath dons,
—Shaksspssrs.
An Historical Nicety. Big Trusts and Little Ones.
In another column this afternon we publish a com-1 In another column we publish today comments from
munlcatlon from Mr. A. A. Allen, publisher of The Fulton The Charleston Post and The Nashville American on the
Enterprise, at East Point, Ca.. In which ho good-natur-1 subject of the recent Indictment by the federal govern-
edly undertakes to correct what he regards as a historical
Kentucky and Other State Pride.
Our neighbor. The Constitution, Is pleased to Intimate
that there Is a charm attaching to the name and tradi-
tlona of Kentucky which scarcely belongs to any other
Mate, and that no people ding aa fondly and dumbly aa
Kentuckians to the suggestions and memories of their na
tive commonwealth.
Stripped of the comparison this Is a just and merited
tribute to the Blue Oran State and to Us loyal people,
it la a great atate and a great people, rich In heroic
in, mories and rich in loyal sons and lovely daughters.
But there are other states, with traditions as thrilling,
with people as loving and with history aa eventful and
compelling.
We shall halt here to bring the question home to
(Icorgis, which has held and bolds yet tho dominant
I :.icc among Southern commonwealths and- hat won
tho title of the Empire State of the South. There does
not live on the globe a people who respond more tender
ly and proudly In every land to the name and the claim
of Georgia. ' ,
And there Is South Carolina, the Harry Percy of the
Union, gallant, warm and chivalrous,'pulsing a deathless
pride and devotion to the Palmetto 8tate and Its splendid
lino of statesmen and Ita majestic sweep of .tradltlohs.
The esprit du corps of tho South Csrolinan- was never
hirpassed by Kentucky.
And Virginia—the Old Dominion, Mother of Prasl-
dents, and mother of Kentucky. The atate pride of Vir
ginians has passed into a byword all over the world, and
no history Is more glorious and Inspiring than her splon
did annals.
If you want to aee the warmth and the glory of Ken
tucky's Home Coming week surpassed, just wait until
"Ole Virginity” summons her children to a great reunion
week around the Immortal memories of Jamestown and
Hampton Roads.
Then you will see the trooping of a mighty multitude
with their hearts In their throats paying tribute to the
old mother with a fervor and devotion which neither
Kentucky, nor France, nor England, nor even Japan can
outmesiure. ,
The fact is the love of homo Is universal, patriotism
Ib local as well aa national. Every human bosom within
which beat* the right sort of a human heart. Is thrilling
with loyalty and love, epoken or unspoken, td the spot or
the country that gave him hlrth. <
The peculiar producti of Kentucky have made It fa
mous and the breed of Ita enjoyments bring It more fre
quently to the lips of men. Uut In the heart of Its people
there Is no more of love, of prldef of loyalty to the ab
stract state than that which pulses freely snd finely in
tin- bosoms of Georgians, and Carollnans. and Virginians,
and all the elder states.
It Is not so much what our states have done, or dared,
or suffered, but It Is In the fact that they gave us birth
and growth, and stirred our hopes snd fears and atrug-
tint and ambitions that we are always and everywhere
ready, like brave men and patrlota, In peaco or war, to
1-1- 'Ige them our Uvea, our futures and our sacred honor.
The question of the hour for the president Is whether
V 'Mgreaaman Wadsworth keeps a scrap book or not
Atlanta’s Crying Need.
Interest In the suggestion that Atlanta should pur
chase a number of sites for small parka la the congealed
Mu ttons of the city and place them under the control of a
1 ermanent park commission, chartered by the legislature,
14 growing every day, and it la evident that the people will
not be satisfied until something Is done along this lino.
The plan, first suggested by Mr. J. G. Hossman, has
been discussed very generally and thoroughly during the
past few weeks snd so far as we have been tnformod It
has literally met with no opposition.
Our park system Is excellent aa far as it goes, but
what we need Is s supplementary system of small breath
ing spaces In the heart of the buster and more congested
M-ctlons of the city. Here public conveniences, the lack of
which entails no smait amount of Buffering, particularly
to visitors, could be installed and we would add another
feature to the city as a hospitable and Inviting place for
the excursionists.
It Is not only Important that steps should be taken
(or establishing these parks, but It should bo done at
nnco. The price of real estate Is advancing every day.
Property which could have been purchased for park pur
poses a few years ago la now held at almost prohibitive
prices or else has already been occupied with permanent
buildings. It Is no argument to’ say that the requited
property would come high, for it la an all-sufficient an-
tw, r to aay that It will be considerably higher In a few
'ears more, snd the time to set Is now, before all thaae
i»> tibia breathing spaces have been occupied or else ad
vance to such a figure that the city cannot afford to buy
them.
The Idea of creating a permanent park commission,
chartered by the legislature, Is an excellent one. It would
• .courage the donation of land and the endowment of
parka by philanthropic cltlsens for them to feel that this
land could never be alienated by the city, but on the
<-ther band would be held In perpetuity by the commission
for the use of the people, as Is the case with Boston's
celebrated play ground, the Common.
This good work should receive the active and bsarty
cooperation of all good cttliena. The generations that are
to come, after us, enjoying the provisions we have made
for these lungs of a city, at the same time that wa are
building our sky-acrapere. will rise up and call us blessed,
and the time to begin to earn that benediction Is the liv
ing present.
The lock type of canal will suit us as well as any
[her. so tong as the United States keeps this key.
inaccuracy In our editorial of yesterday on the Repub
lican party's birthday.
In the course of this editorial we stated that while
the first Republican convention was held In Philadelphia
on June 17, 1556, "a state organization embodying Its
principles and first assuming Its name was perfected In
the state of Michigan.”
Our correspondent asserts that "the state organiza
tion In question was formed at Rlpon, Wls., in the year
we mentioned, and not In Michigan.
We beg to take Issue with our correspondent on this
nicety of political history.
The fact Is that as early as February 28, 1864, a mass
meeting of Whigs. Democrats and Free Boilers did as
semble In Rlpon, Wls., and resolved that if the Kansas-
Nebraska bill should pass, they would “throw old party
organizations to the winds and organise a new party-on
the sole Issue of the non-extension of slavery."
Three weeks later, local organization was effected
and the name ‘‘Republican” was suggested as the one
which the party should, and probably would, adopt.
It la to be borne tn mind, however, that this was but
a local organization and an expression of what would be
done In the event of the passage of the Kansaa-Nebraska
bill. It was not a state organization, and we cite as an
authority Mr. George Henry'Haynes, the distinguished
educator, publicist and author of the article on “The Re
publican Party,” In the New International Encyclopedia,
for the statement that “It was In Michigan, however, that
the fusion of-the opponents of the extenlson of slavery
first completed a state organisation and formally adopted
the name, July 8, 1864.
Our correspondent will see that we are entirely cor
rect In our contention that “a atate organisation was first
perfected In Michigan.” In a certain sense, the mass
meeting at Rlpon, Wls., was the first important Impetus
given to the organisation, and aa stated before, local or
ganisation was perfected, but the finality and cohesion of
a atate organisation was not'attained until It was perfect
ed by the atate of Michigan.
Incidentally It may be aald that on the day after the
passage of the Kansas-Nebraska bill, thirty members of
congress held a meeting, In which they decided upon an
organized opposition to the extension of slavery, and
chose the word "Republican” for the name of the pro
posed party.
We are glad to bear from our correspondent on this
Interesting question, however, as we are always open to
fair criticism and dlacusslom
Tbo man who kidnaped the little Muth boy should
be searched further. Perhaps he also rsn away with
Harry Lehr.
Death of Governor Pattison.
The death of Governor John M. Pattison, of the state
of Ohio, occasions sincere regret throughout the country
and In his untimely passing sway the Democratic party
loses one of Its staunchest friends and aupporters.
Ills selection to the office of chief executive of the
Buckeye State was a tremendous testimony to his person
al popularity, as he was the first Democrat to the elect
ed governor of that state since 1890. He bad but re
cently reached his fifty-ninth birthday, and his life had
been a particularly useful and active one.
He entered the Union army while yet a mere' boy.
After graduating from Wesleyan university he was ad
mitted to the bar In 1872, and tho following year was
elected to the state legislature. lie was chosen for
seat tn the atate senate tn 1880—the same year which’
aaw the Democratic candidate, James E. Campbell,
elected governor—and was then elected to a seat In the
fifty-second congress.
He was a man of Irreproachable character and was
warmly esteemed by all who knew him.
Lieutenant Governor Andrew Llntner Harris will
fill the term of office expiring two years hence.
Rag time Is going too far. In tho opinion of a number
of cltlsens up Boston way, when George Cohen sings a
song In which hs refers to our national ensign as “a
grand old rag,” and the matter la being brought to the at
tention of the federal authoriUea. In the meantime the
musical comedy which contains It will become the very
“Jungle" of music.
“Denatured Alcohol.”
Atlanta, June 18, 1906.
Editor of This Georgian:
What la "denatured alcohol” and when will the law
making It tax free go Into effect? Yours truly
T. F. B.
The name "alcohol” la composed of two Arabic
words, ”al kohl," meaning "the dtvli,” which goes to
show that the Arabs knew a thing or two.
"Denatured alcohol,” as the further name somewhat
vaguely Indicates, means alcohol which has been put
through a process by which it Is rendered poisonous,
and hence unfit for use as a basis for Intoxicants or for
use In patent medicines.
The removal of the Internal tax on the making of It
reduces the price of such denatured alcohol from $2.60 to
26 cents a gallon, and Is done In the Interest of the arts
and sciences, particularly with a view to furnishing
cheaper light, fuel and transportation.
The advocates of the measure have predicted many
marvelous things for the future under the new regime. It
Is contended that Its use as a substitute for gasoline will
reduce the cost of running automobiles to a very large
extent; that It will supplant kerosene for lighting pur
poses; that It will be used for heating our houses; that
it will revolutionise the making of smokeless powder, etc.
This Is but n casual list of the many thing* which It
I* expected will be accomplished by the general use of
denatured alcohol. A redaction from $2.64 to 26 cents
a gallon la quite a slump and It Is easy to be seen that
It will readily come Into vary general use for the purposes
to which It Is adapted.
The new law goes Into effect with the beginning of
the new year.
A gray wolf has been spreading consternation In the
neighborhood of Wellesley college, Unas. Perhaps he waa
trying to make bts way to the state oapltol.
The output of the beet trust ts advancing tn price, but
down In this neck of the gastric vineyard we survey
the abundant supply of blackberries and rest In peace.
It would be a good Idea for somebody to go over and
win n baseball pennant from England before she gets any
more familiar with the game.
Wouldn't It be nice if we had about half a doxen
small parks throughout the city during the present
heated term?
meat of an alleged Illegal combination of fertilizer facto
ries In the state of Tennessee.
We hare no desire to anticipate the verdict of the
court, nor any Inclination to defend the companies if they
are indeed operating under a combination In restraint of
trade.
But It strikes us that the government Is out gunning
for jack rabbits when It would do well to concentrate all
Its energies and resources on lions and tigers of the un
holy menagerie.
When the government succeeds In convicting some of
the beef barona and sending them to the penitentiary;
when It has brought Standard Oil and the rebating rail
roads to their knees; when, in short, It has made a whole
some example of some of the real trusts which are noto-
riotialy and flagrantly guilty. It will be time enough to
start out after the little fellows. If Indeed they are to be
classed as trusts at all.
The fertilizer people strenuously deny that they are
In any conspiracy In restraint of trade, and certainly it Is
true that they are confining their business operations to
the territory right here In our midst
There should be no wearying In well doing, but we
would like to see some material and substantial results
from the larger crusades before the government starts
out after the little fellows who are hardly known to be In
existence.
MASONS OF ALABAMA
A
THREE DAYS' SESSION AT BIR.
MINGHAM BEING LARGE
LY ATTENDED.
A part of the population Insists upon suspecting
Senator Dupont ot a gun-powder plot to blow up our
house of parliament.
THE G. O. P. BIRTHDAY.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
In your very Interesting and Instruc
tive editorial of yeaterdaY, entitled
•The Republican Party's Birthday,"
you are guilty of an historical error,
which I beg leave to correct. You say,
"the fact Is that two years before the
convention of 1156, a atate organiza
tion embodying its principles and first
assuming Ita name was perfected In the
state of Michigan.” The state organi
zation In question was formed at Itlpon.
Wls., In the year you mention, and
while on a visit to that city a few years
ago, the house In which this histori
cal event took place was pointed out
to me. This same house was after
ward occupied by George W. Peck, who
tn the later 50's conducted a Republican
paper at Rlpon. The young editor, who
nfterward became the great humorist
and governor of Wisconsin, was shown
the error of his way, and changed his
politics, becoming a staunch Democrat,
which he has ever since remained.
Oeorge W.' Peck afterward removed
to Lacrosse, Wls., where he conduct
ed what he himself has characterised
as a "very weekly paper.” In the city
made famous by Brick Pomeroy. Peck
did not flourish financially, though he
was honored with the appointment of
chief of the fire department. Leaving
Lacrosse, he went to Milwaukee, Where
he “struck his gait,” and became fa
mous as the editor of Peck's Sun. But
I did not start out tn tell you about
George W. Peck. I only wanted to tell
you that the Republican party was
torn In Wisconsin, not In the state of
Michigan. A. A. ALLEN.
Publisher Fulton Enterprise.
East Point, Ga.
CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER
O
Gossips About People,
and Other Things
By CHOLLY KNICKEIWOf KEIL
O
THE FERTILIZER BUSINESS.
We publish this morning an editorial
from The Evening Post of Charleston,
S. C., on the fertilizer situation, which
makes a clear presentation of tho con
ditions which Induced the administra
tion to attempt to make an example
of a handful of Southern fertilizer man
ufacturers. There Is not a millionaire
In the list of those manufacturers.
There has never been any complaint
anywhere throughout the South that
we have ever heard of, or that we have
ever teen mention made of It, that the
price of fertiliser 'wus not a fair and
reasonable one. When It Is borne In
mind, too, that the business In which
the men are engaged has only a brief
life, comparatively speaking, possibly
not as much as twenty-five years, It Is
well understood why the sympathy of
the whole Southern country, apparently,
has gone out to them since the admin
istration has begun Its prosecution qf
them on the technical ground of having
formed a trust.
The opinion of eminent lawyers Is
that the Indictment will amount to
nothing, but with this, of course, we
are not concerned, as It Is a matter for
the courts to decide. The political
phase of the mafter, however, we are
nterested In, nnd cannot help but ex
press the opinion that It Is, so far aa
we can see, not only a gross Injustice,
this taking up an Industry which Is
comparatively weak, holding up as a
horrible example to the country a few
Southern Democrats whose product Is
used almost entirely In the South, and
concerning the price of which there
has never been complaint, but has the
appearance also of a last effort to save
the fall of the administration In Its fu
tile efforts to Interfere with or convict
the big trusts which everybody believes
exist.—Nashville Banner.
Trust Hunting In the South.
Having made a Platonic demonstra
tion In the case of the Northern Se
curities Company, and given an Im
munity bath In advance of prosecution
to the beef packers, the Roosevelt ad
ministration Is looking for new trusts
to conquer. Carefully threading Its
way through, the thickest of oppres
sive eomblnsttona In front of Its doors.
It seeks to the open field of the South
and stalks the fertiliser Industry In
this section. The oil trust, nnd the
copper trust, and the sugar trust, and
the tobacco trust, and the railroad
trust, draw no fire from the mighty
hunter's gun. Their habitat Is rather
densely populated with friends of and
contributors to the Grand Old Party
which he represents and which has car
ried him so far. There Is game and
good hunting only tn the outlying
wllda of the South, which never votes
the Republican ticket and gives to the
campaign fund only through the Insur
ance companies unlawful contributions.
Bo the department ot justice has made
a raae of conspiracy and restraint of
trade against fertilisers manufactories
and selling agents throughout the
South, and tho grand jury which Is
meeting at Nashville ts to be asked to
bring Indictments before the federal
circuit court, and the department of
justice will make a great effort to con
vict the Individuals named as conspir
ing to oppress the people.
Just who are the complainants In
this action Is not yet apparent. The
farmers of the South ran scarcely be
the suffering victims, for tht farmers
are the richest people In these parts
lust now. and there'seems to be no
limit to their possibilities of wealth.
Besides, the farmers are doing a right
smart bit ot combination on their own
account to the excellent purpose of
forcing a high price for their cotton.
A more effective or beneficial trust
than that which has been organised by
the cotton planters In the South has
not yet appeared. Thera Is nothtifg
concealed about Its operations, and It
ts supported and encouraged by the
tress and public opinion generally, and
t has brought great enhancement of
values to this prosperous section. The
farmers who have perfected that or
ganisation are not llkaly to question
the right of the fertiliser men to the
application of a like method to their
business. The fertiliser men and the
farmers seem to be of one mind and tn
close sympathy tn their movement to
raise the price of cotton, and the far-
New York, June 19.—In the death of
William Thompson, Banker and phil
anthropist, the country loses a man
who has done a great deal of good In
a quiet, unostentatious way.
Mr. Thompson came here from Pitts
burg where he was a prominent figure.
His body will be sent back to hla old
home today.
He died suddenly In W. T. Bull's pri
vate hospital from pneumonia, follow
ing an operation for organic trouble,
and today his body Is to be taken to
his old heme In Allegheny. Mr.
Thompson was a son of the Rev.
Thompson, a missionary. •
Duchess Sidesteps Newport.
I learn that the Duchess of Marl
borough will not be at Newport this
season. Her grace will come to this
country, but will spend most of her
time with her mother on Long Island.
Doesn't Blame Brlde-to-Bs.
John Konn Is a wealthy coal opera
tor of western Pennsylvania, and a
philosopher. When his bride-to-be left
practically at the altar to go away with
an old sweetheart, Mr. Konn said:
’If he Is her old time sweetheart,
and she loves him best, she has not
made a mistake. It Is better that she
should leave me before than after mar
riage."
The bride-to-be was Miss Annie Per-
rot, and the wedding was to have taken
place In Yonkers.
"Homely Women Are Good,”
"Only homely women are good, and
that Is because they are homely,”
This Is an assertion made by Dr.
Bell, the fashionable dentist, according
to the testimony of Miss Rachel Ran
ter, of Chicago, In the' trial of her suit
against the dentist for 125,000 damages
for alleged breach of promise of mar
riage, which was resumed today be
fore Justice Haskall, of the city court.
Miss Kanter, who Is pretty, said Dr.
Bell mado this remark to her when he
was courting her In 1901.
Rttcues Cat and Kittens.
Answering Mrs. Yetts Matter's ap
peal to save "Molllp and her babies"
rrom a fire at 350 East Fifteenth
street, “Dashing Dick" Burns, driver of
Truck No. 7, rushed Into the flames and
rescued Moltle (a Maltese cat) and five
kittens.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, June 19.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—L Bacon, A. D. Forest,
C. P, Howland, J. D. Little and wife, A.
C. Mitchell, Mrs. F. M. Stewart.
AUGUSTA—J. W. Clark, J. E. Hitt,
W. E. Bush.
MACON—G. W. Gorton.
SAVANNAH—H. H. Bradley, C. C.
Martin, P. Miller, 8. Ross.
“SHOW YOUR TICKET8.”
An Interesting lawsuit la In progress
In Georgia. In order to escort an el
derly woman relative aboard a train
on the Georgia Central Railway an At
lanta man bought a ticket to the first
station out ot the city and thus passed
the gsteman. The ticket bore on Its
face the statement that It would be re
deemed If not used.
After hla relative had been eafely
packed away In a good seat and tbs
train had started on Its way the man
went back to the ticket office and
baked that his 18 cents be returned.
This the company refused. He prompt'
ly sued and was awarded II cents and
costa. The company appealed and took
the casd to the superior court. Here it
lost again, and has now announced that
It Intends to carry the case to the
highest tribunal In order that the prin
clple Involved may be definitely set
tied.
There Is justification for the general
rule requiring that's ticket be shown
before any one Is given access to the
train, but It Is a rule which deserves a
liberal Interpretation. There are cases
where Ita strict enforcement provokes
angry feallnga. The subject Is a sore
one with the commuters who pass
through the Grand Central station,
where the gate ruls Is enforced In a
most Irritating way by fits and starts.
Commuters who have been traveling
through the gates for twenty years on
monthly tickets are held up and to all
Intents and purposes searched several
times a month tn the hope, apparently,
that they have forgotten their tickets
on this particular day and an extra
fare can be gouged out of them. RegU'
lar travellers well known to the gate'
men are refused permission to put aged
friends or relatives aboard the cars of
another line, nr even on those of
through train of their own road. And
railroad managers often wonder why
the public judges them so harshly.—
New York Globe.
ir people have generally contribu
ted quite liberally to the fund of the
Southern Cotton Association The In
terests of the two Industries are mu
tual, and doubtless the cotton growers
ere quite ss well saxleged With the
prices of fertilisers as the fertiliser
manufacturers are with the price of
cotton. It Is hardly likely, therefore,
that the cases against the fertiliser
companies are paid by the farmers, for
It It should develop that there la an
agreement among Individual manufac
turers to hold the market to certain
figures, snd conviction should follow
such proof, the government would
reach next after the cotton growera for
Uh,
TUI
LOOKING BACKWARD
AND FORWARD
A. M. Stead.
Into the pest we go, we go;
llark of the ttuee we know, we know;
Back to the Croee ot the Christ rruown.
There to lay our bunlene down:
e
Into the future we so. we go;
the mount of the drifted snow
cleansed from el a oar souls remain
I see our Christ as he cornea again.
re behold him now,
roes, with a crtmsoi
m descend hts thron
And come to the world to Halm hts own.
We hear the praises ne'e dally given
By oar tared ones we see In Ills glorious
heaven:
And oar votcee sound with s clear a-men!
As we look at the Cross and the Christ
again.
And we the songs ot the angels stag—
'The Cross, the Christ, sod oar living
King”—
As we look to the fatnre we see Him come
And give ss each with Himself a home.
combining to advance the price of their
product.
The whole proceeding ts evidently
planned to demonstrate the adminis
tration's alleged antagonism to the
trusts by experiment In the pert of the
country where friends are not abund
ant. It would bo good for display pur
poses If tha administration could beg
a trust In this Democratic section and
show It about the great West to satisfy
the clamor of that section for some re
sults of tho valiantly exploited pro-
r m of trust destruction set forth
the Roosevelt books. And there
would be chuckling and safety In the
haunts of the creature where Republi
can campaign funds abound.—Charles
ton Evening Post.
.Parts soon will have , ,
£"»“ •» Wied oTsbut
by tbs “fate'' pressing the but too.
ansont rubs, the
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
JUNE 19.
1312—Piers Gaveeton, favorite ot Ed
ward II, executed.
1666—James I of England bom. Died
March 27, 1825.
1623—Blaise Pascal born.
1786—Major General Nathaniel Greene
died. Born May 27, 1742.
1794— Richard Henry Lee died. Born
January 20, 1732.
1795— James Boswell died. Bom Oc
tober 29, 1740.
1819—Assent ot Massachusetts to the
separation of Maine.
1834—Rev. Charles H. Spurgeon bom.'
1858—Gwatlor retaken by Sir Hugh
Rose, and Slndla reinstated.
1862— Slavery prohibited In the terri-
torlee by act of congress. ■■
1863— West Virginia admitted as a
state Into the Union.
1864— Alabama sunk by the Kearsarge
off Cherbourg.
1867—Execution of Emperor Maxlmll-
,lan at Queretaro.
1872— Expulsion of Jesuits by German
relchstag.
1873— Susan B. Anthony fined for vio
lation of election laws In New
York.
1878—Schooner Eothen sailed from
New York to search for remains
of Sir John Franklin.
1888—Hobart Pasha, marshal of Tur
key, died.
1891—John Moot, anarchist, sentenced
to one year's Imprisonment in
New York.
1896—Kate Field, journalist, died. Bom
In 1840.
1902—King Albert of Saxony died.
Bom April 23, 1328.
Special to The Georgian.
Birmingham, Ala., June 18 Masons
of Alabama arc gathering In Blrmlng.
ham today for the big reunion of the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
.Masons, which convened In the Masonic
temple at 9 o'clock this morning. The
business will comprise degree work
from the third degree up to the high-
est. The reunion will last today, to-
morrow and throughout Thursday and
Thursday night. There are many can
didates hero from Montgomery, Annls.
ton. Gadsden, Tuscaloosa, Blocton De-
mopolls. Talladega and many other
places.
The degree work today was under
the auspices of Birmingham Lodge of
Perfection, No. 2. There was a general
reception of visitors at 9 o'clock, after
which candidates were put through ail
degrees from the fourth to fourteenth
Inclusive, lneffnble degree work will
continue tonight.
The first thing on the program to-
morrow Is a business mestlng at »
o'clock. The morning will be devoted
to the branch known as Birmingham
chaptsr, of Rose Croix. No. 2, which
confers degrees up to and Including the
eighteenth. Phlloeopbic and chlvalrtc
degrees, nineteenth to thirtieth, will be
conferred In the afternoon by Birming
ham council of Kadosk, No. 2, anil the
Alabama consistory will have charge of
the work Thursday. The morning will
be devoted to the Inspector-Inquisitor
of the thirty-first degree, and In the af
ternoon the consistory will work out
thirty-second degree Maeons, “master
of the royal aecret."
OF
SCHOOL
PROSPECTS MOST FLATTERING
UNDER STRONG CORPS
OF INSTRUCTORS.
MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE.
Bjornstjerne BJornson, the Scandinavian
ithor, began his literary career liy writing
hymns. It was Intended that he ehould be
come s farmer.
Syria, and bring
John Redmond, leader of the Irish parlia
mentary party, makes s practice of twins
within the prrclnrts of the house of com
mons from the moment the speaker takes
the chair until the proceedings terminate
st night.
John Sharp Williams employs his vaea-
at reading In his library, which Is one of
the finest tu the state. His chief outdoor
lobby Is hts t
keep In order.
hla rose garden, which be helps
to spend for the college an hn
i'romlneqt members of the class ere Hens-
tor Penrnee, of Pennnylvesla; Professor
Holfe. of the L'alvrrelty of Pennsylvania,
and Henry Norman, M. P.
..It In said that the resignation of Dr.
Minot J. furage from the pastorate of the
Church of the Messiah, In -Vew Vork, was
the outcome In large measure of hts belief
la end advocacy of the claims of spirit-
Mtlsru. He went mnch farther In that he-
let than his Unitarian brethren were will
ing to follow.
The Duke of Wellington, who wee spe
cially Invited guest to the royal marriage
at Madrid, Is by Inheritance a grandee ‘f
Spain and n guest who hears s name which
most ever be sacred to the Boarhoae of the
penhsenlsr. It ta not generally known that
the Insignia of the Golden Fleece conferred
upon Wellington wan that actually worn by
Columbus. and as a tyeclal mark of Spain's
gratitude this Insignia win nude heredi
tary, eo that the present dnke Is the proud
Possessor of the star worn by the discov
erer of America.
Call the Violin “Lanier.”
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I have taken quite a deal of interest
In regard to changing the name of the
mocking bird to Lanier.
Would you pardon me for making the
suggestion of calling the violin Lanier,
In honor ot the greet Georgia poet?
It would be hard to find anything
that would express the thoughts of a
great poet more aptly than the violin.
The fact remains that music (hts
flute) was bts lifetime companion.
That la one reason why I suggest aa
above. Very truly,
DUDLEY FAIRMAN.
Atlanta, Ga, June 17, 1908.
Aleohol le to be made from la tuna, a
fruit whir* grown on the cartas. An the
rectos grows wild and nourishes best am
barren ground that cannot tie cultivated
tn advantage, tho expense for tha raw ma
terial wilt tw Insignificant.
By Private Leased Wire.
Knoxville, Tenn, June 19.—The fifth
annual session of the Summer School
of the South, opened at the University
of Tennessee today under the most
promising auspices. One hundred and
fifty courses have been arranged this
year, and they embrace every phase
of school work from the kindergarten
to the college.
The list of Instructors likewise Is ths
largest and most notable In the history
of the school.
Included among the number ere Dr.
Thomas Hums, of the University of
North Carolina; Dr. Charles IV. Kent,
of the University of Virginia; Dr. Rich
ard Jones, of Vanderbilt university;
President Lincoln Hulley, of John B.
Stetson university; Professor Emllle
W. McVea, of the University of Cin
cinnati; pr.‘ Ed« |n. E. -Sparks, of the -
University of Chicago; Professor Lucy
M. Salmon, of Vassar college; Super
intendent Lawton B. Evans, of Au
gusta; Professor P. P. Claxton, of the
Jnlverslty of Tennessee, and Mrs.
Elisa Josephine Harwood, ot the Bos
ton School of Expression.
CHILdImIIl
TO BEJTBODUCED
IT WILL BE A PROVISION OF COM
PULSORY EDUCATION
BILL.
Special to The Georgian.
Thomasvllle, Ga„ June 19.—A bill will
be Introduced at the coming session
of the general assembly calling for
compulsory attendance of children at
public school, snd Incorporated In the
bill will be a measure preventing the
employment of children under four
teen years of age by any mercantile,
manufacturing or Industrial Institution.
The author of the bill -Is Hon. J. H.
Merrill, and he will request Represen
tative Fondren Mitchell, of Thomas
county, and Senator S. S. Bennett, of
Quitman, to Introduce It In the senate
and houee, respectively.
Mr. Merrill la a prominent member
of the Thomasvllle bar. He has made
a close study of the child labor and
compulsory education questions.
The proposed bill calls for every child
between the ages of seven and fourteen
to attend school, and every child be
tween fourteen and sixteen, unless he
be at work. For each week that a
parent keeps a child of school age out
of school there Is a separate fine, of
not more than 85. If It appears that
any parent Is financially unable to pro
vide suitable clothing to send a child
to school, the county or city authorities
shall provide such clothing ss Is neces-
“Huifilt In the bill, which will connect
It with the famous efforts of last ses
sion, Is a provision that no child under
fourteen shall he employed In any me
chanical, mercantile or manufacturing
establishment. Thin paragraph conta ns
ths gist of the “child labor Ml whka
came so near passing.
CROP OF TOBACCO
REPORTED UNCERTAIN
By Private Leased Wire.
Washington, June I9.-OB account of »»•
favorable weather for planting totwero due-
Ing Hit month (May) throughout a
section of the tobacco growing area ot t»»
United mates, the department of tgricni-
tare ehnoaocea that It Is Isjpomlble
give aa accurate report of what this
acreage will be. July 10 the president,^,
publish atatiatlcu showing the acjesxe ld- 1 '^
ed this year, compared with that plj“™
Lst year; nnd also The average coodltlfu Of
SAILORS ARE SAVED
FROM SHIP AGR0U>'3
By Private Leased Wire.
Xew York. Jane tS.-Owtng to the f»«
that tbs position of the stranded I Ism*
steamer Vtnceuo liana no. which we«
aground on Fire Ialrnd daring » M S
bj tho life Mvlrn: crow,. wWU* Ike other*
got off the wreck *n the BA bo*ta