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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
WEDNESDAY, JT’LY 4. I**.
Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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] Connections
j Wllllnm. presented Garcia with the old gold medal for
science.
Garcia was also the recipient of a portrait of him
j self, painted by John S. Sargent. Most of the noted to
enlists of modern times were his pupils at one time or
another.
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THE GEORGIAN COMES TO
GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE
8ummer friendahlp,
Whoae flattering leavea that shadowed ua In
Our prosperity, with the least gust drop off
In th’ Autumn of adversity.
—Philip Massinger
Atlanta’s Prosperous Banks.
Th* statement of the condition of the banka of At
lanta, published in The Georgian on yesterday, Is a gratl
lying algn of the prosperity which the city now enjoy*.
Without exception tho officer* of thee* benka an
nounce that their banks have declared large semi-annual
dividend*, reaching as high as 5 per cent, and have fur-
thitnnore carried a handsome sum to the surplus ac
count.
The amount of money turned loose In dividends dur
ing the past few days by these prosperous banks
amounts to hundreds of thousands of dollars, while the
-atplus put sway goes to establish still further the sta
bility of the various Institutions.
As an indication of the general prosperity of the city
thi'M statements are particularly gratifying. The banka
themsalrw could not prosper unless the various lines
of industry and commerce were also prospering, all of
which merely comet as a confirmation of the heelthy con
ditions which were already known to exist. With our bank
clearances growing every week at a prodigious rate and
the dividends end surplus accounts Increasing, there Is
every reason for us to feel proud and happy.
This perhaps would be a fitting time to express an ap
preciation of the high data of bank ofllclali In Atlanta
v ho have the management of these essential Institutions
in charge.
Wo willingly challenge comparison with the bank
officials of any other city In the United ’States, with con-
lidence that ttie estimate of our own will be confirmed.
They know how to enjoy life, as Indicated when they met
here recently In their annual convention, and In bus!
nous hours they know how to conduct their business with
a due regard for the beat Interests of the people and the
Institutions themselves.
Their record thus far this year la highly gratifying,
and la but an earnest of what they are yet to do.
The Fourth of July odltlon of The Undalo Free
I-amo, consisting of thirty-two page* In red. white and
blue, ia one of the moat excellent special numbers of
the present summer- It 1* profusely Illustrated and con
tains a number of special articles setting forth th* pros
perity of that community and of the state at large. Th*
Free Lance la as full of enterprise as dynamite le of
danger.
The Death of Manuel Garcia.
The death of Manuel Garcia, which occurred on th*
first day of the present month, at hla home In London,
removes one of the most remarkable men of the present
century. H
He was born In Madrid on March 17, 1805, and so
waa more than 101 years of age.
It la to the family of which he was a member that
ws owe the Introduction of Italian opera to this country.
Senor and Senora Garcia, their daughter Maria (the
Mattbran). CrtveHl, Angrtsant, Barblert and Roalch, and
young Manuel Oarda, the subject of this notice, and tb*
basso of the troupe left Liverpool on a packet boat In
Augnat, 1816, and after five weeks reached New York,
lb -re the first Italian opera troupe was organised, and
from November 88 or 89. 1885, until September 30, 1880,
gave performances In the Park and Bowery theaters of
the then dayi.
A theatrical notice which tetli much of the Oarcla
family aa It was In the days of long ago follows:
In the year 1885, on November 89, et the old Park
theater In New York, there oeourred one of tho most
memorable operatic performances ever known, namely,
the first American production of Roeslnl'e “Barber of 8e-
\ 111*,” by the celebrated Garcia family. No less than
four of the principal rolea were sung by members of
th Ik remarkable family of vocalists, Senor Garcia, th*
fat Iter, one of the greatest tenors that ever lived, tak
ing the pari of Count Almavlva; Senora Garda, the
mother, a superb contralto, that of Dr. Bariolo's house-
keeper; Maria Felldta Garda, th* divine songbird who
was soon destined to attain world-wide fame as Mate.
.M.iiti-ran, that of Roelna, while her brother, Manuel Gar
rlu. a magnificent barytone, took th* pari of the wily
harbor. Figaro. ■■
Garcia sung In tho troupe for several year* In this]
country nnd In Mexico, and then returned with hla fa
ther and the other lingers to Europe; In 1989 he re-
tii.il from the stag* and took up the profession of a
teacher of music and alngtng.
He went deeply Into the subject he was to teach,
lit- attended hospital teats and examined In the body the
Inner layers of the abdominal musdei and the Inter
costal system, so as to get at the mechanical breathing
operation In connedlon with dlaprSgmatlc action.
He analysed tho ‘three-tone properties—pitch, timber
and Intensity. He defined resonance as "the reinforce-’
mont of a tone by a quality of confined air, the rate of
vibration of which Is the same as that of the tone rein-
forced
Tho culmination of his studios was the Invention
of the laryngoscope, sa Instrument for the Inspection of
the larynx.
Garcia's hundredth birthday waa celebrated last
year, when he waa decorated by King Edward, Emperor
William and tbe King of Spain. King Edward received
him In Buckingham Palace and bestowed on him the
enmmandcrahip of tho Victorian Ordor.
Later he attended a reception held under tb* aut-
l-lcea of the I-aryngologlcal Society, where he received
an enthusiastic welcomo from e number of distinguished
person.. During the reception the Spanish charge d’af-
lain-a the Marquis lo Vlllalobar, Invested him. In behalf
ot King Alfonso, with the Royal Order of Alfonso XII,
while I’rof. Fraenkel, of Berlin, representing Emperor
r
The Lindley Murray of Park. Row.
We pause In tbe busy routine long enough tb direct
public attention to this choice buneb of words uttered by
the great Galahad of "English undeflled," that very Zollus
of parts of speech, the New York Sun:
"Slssdwatb, King of Cambodia, Is now visit
ing France, accompanied by some ot Ills "balle-
rlnl," than whom there are none In the world so
remarkable for sumptuous attractiveness."
We have long boon persuaded that Tbe Sun waa tbe
Great Cham of dally literature "than whom” there “are'
no one In the world "so” remarkable for sumptuous
beauty and recondite learning, but this new combination
of alngular plurals and mlsmafed comparatives takes tbe
worn worsted off the underbrush. It Is a combination. If
not a form divine, calculated to make latter-day Quin
Uliana stare and gasp.
Tbose "ballerinr—to use the soft Tuscan term In
which The. Sun delights, whet) It Is discussing a Siamese
subject In Sanskrit—may be very remarkable, but when
the chief atomiser of pelucld speech reaches up Into the
head waters of the Castallan spring and brings forth a
calabash of sparking word-drops, wo needs must recog
nise him as an adept "than” whom there "are" no one
'so" remarkable In all tho cosmogony of tongues.
We would never know when the old rules of gram
mar were amended or repealed If .The Sun Itself did not
sit like a sentinel on tbe wateh-tower and give notice
when some butcherly scribe committed a solecism, split
ting his Infinitives, mayhap, with an abandon which Indi
cated that be ought to bo splitting wood. But Tbe Sun
voluntarily maintains Its place on this commanding emi
nence and keeps wetcb end ward over the world of letters.
W* may wake up in tbe night with a sickening sense that
somebody Is taking liberties with Lindley Murray or
using the tempered stylus ot Cyrus Townsend Brady for
a can-opener; but a moment later we reflect that The
Sun's young men "than" whom there "are" no one In
the world "so" remarkable by reason of very brightness—
are, like Achates, faithful to the tomb, ao we turn over
and go to sleep again.
The benofleent labors of The Sun do not end here,
It keeps ua In touch with the beat poetic thought ot the
day. Like tbe proprietors ot Warren's blacking, “they
keeps a poet of their own," who dashes off little pieces
for the paper as easily as “Big Tim” Sullivan makes n
speech or "Little Tim" applauds It. But to add variety to
the column ot poems really and truly worth reading It oc
casionally goes out Into a neighboring garden and plucks
a little nosegay like this, for Instance:
"We walked the blossom maxes dreamily.
What lime the day had reached Us crimson close,.
When she, with gracious smile, bestowed on mo
A wondrous flower, the garden’s fairest rose.
My wish—she might have read It in my eyes—
Was not for worldly power or place or pelf,
But that she would bestow, In kindred wise,
On me th* fairest rose ot maids—herself"
Lest anyone should be misled, this little boutonniere
Id entitled "Bestowal'' and bears a name which soured hu
morists occasionally Insist on spelling "Collard*”—which
the same Isn't bis name at all.
But over whatever name or under whatever title It
might appear, there could be no doubt of the originality
of the Idea. There Is.' to be sure, an obscure little Jingle
about “queen-rose In the rosebud garden of girls” which
used to be current a number of years ago, and there la a
lumbering line of more ancient date about Proserplm
whoever she was—"gathering flowers, herself a fairer
flower."
She was merely picking blackberries, compared to
the consummate art with which Tho 8un's moat dainty
Ariel gathered this duster of Malmalsons.
The Grub street bard waa a piker from Pike county
compared to the Hafls of Manhattan.
Thus It Is that The Sun keeps the world of letters
from lapsing Into, primeval night by holding for our
guidance the flambeaux ot literary trutfi and beauty In
tbe foggy era of Billy Baxter and Chlmmio Fadden.
Let ua spread out our prayer rug and be thankful
for the light of The 8un ‘‘than" which, among all the
luminaries, there "are” no one ao remarkable In all tho
twelve houses of the Zodiac.
Honors for John Bible.
We are Indebted to our contemporary, the South Ful
ton Enterprise, for tho story of the remarkable success
and growth which has come to a young dtlsen of Fulton
county In the state of Michigan.
John F. Bible wee a mere boy when he located at
Bait Point twenty-eight year* ago. Young as he was, he
mad* upon the Beat Pointer* an Instantaneous impres
sion tor manliness, high character, quick decision and
alert Intelligence. These qualities so Impressed his fellow
cltlsens that the young man waa Intrusted with the deli
cate work ot writing the charier tor East Point, and
the charier, juat aa written by hla hand, peaaed the
Georgia legislature and became the law of the town.
Mr. Bible we* one of the first members ot the city
council, end when th* city council wee elected, the first
mfyor becoming Incapacitated from service, John F.
Bible was elected as hie successor. No undertaking was
too great, no detail too trifling tor thli Indefatigable
worker In behalf of hla-community and hla friend*.
From a responsible position with one of the large
manufactories et East Point, he yet found abundant time
to help develop th* Ilfs and tho laws of th* little city
In which he lived, nnd when he left East Point no
man’s departure waa ever more regretted and no man's
character left more durably In the respect and confi
dence of his fellow cltlsens.
Mr. Bible went fropi East Point to Ionia, Mich., and
that Republican stronghold speedily and twice In suc
cession elected him Us Democratic mayor by over
whelming majorities.
Two years later he was chosen president ot tbe
League of Michigan Municipalities, giving five years of
splendid service to good government end to th* prin
ciples of tbe Democratic party.
He wa* honored shortly afterwards with the nom
ination for lieutenant governor on the Democratic ticket
of that state, and a well founded rumor comes back
to Oeorgla that at the next state convention, the Mich
igan Democracy will Indorse John F. Bible, late of East
Point, tor vice president -a* tbe running mate of Wil
liam J. Bryan.
Rarely among tbe young men who have gone out
from this community, have character, decision, energy,
Integrity and fine, alert Intelligence been more atflfUy
and more substantially rewarded than In this young
Georgian who now represents our commonwealth In the
distant slat* ot Michigan. s
Greetings to the Rural Carriers.
Tho Georgian extends Its heartiest greetings to the
rural mall carriers who havo assembled In annual con
vention from all over the atate In Atlanta today.
Tbe program outlined for them during this patriotic
birthday of the nation combines bualness and pleasure
and promises to be one long to be remembered.
This Is as It should be. Tbe gentlemen composing
the roster of rural njall carriers of the state of Georgia
are among the most progressive, Industrious and Intelli
gent to bo found In any walk of life and they are con
tributing more and moro every year to tbe growth and
prosperity of the state.
It would be difficult to overestimate the Importance
of the rural free delivery system throughout the country.
It has succeeded In bringing the country nearer to the
city nnd thus has contributed In no Inconsiderable degree
toward the dissemination of Information and tlje pleasures
of country life. Tbe day of Isolation and tbe limited op
portunities for keeping abreast of the times Incident to
tbe old system are already a thing of the past. Tho
country gentleman may now enjoy all the advantages of
rural life'and at the same time keep closely In touch
with tbe outside world. He bss bis dally paper, hlr dally
letter*, and his mall order purchases from the larger
centers, all of which make him Independent and happy-
far happier, perhaps, than bis brother In the crowded
cities.
The rural carriers are, of course, Important function
aries In this system. They discharge their duties not
only with fidelity, but with a keen Intelligence and a do-
sire to be of genuine aervice to the people whose wants
they supply. They are mighty factors for the upbuilding
of the country as a whole and they are entitled to their
full share of praise.
We trust that their stay In the city will be pleasant
and that they will enjoy every moment of the day as
outlined In tbe general program.
The army of Georgian carrier boys, on their Fourth
of July outing, were one of tbe notable features of tbe
day. If there Is anybody on earth who can get enjoy
ment out of a holiday it Is a healthy, hefty ypung Amer
ican, and he waq in his element today. .
MESSENGERS.
(Love's boldness Is Its own excuse:
And Sincerity ne’er sues for pardon.)
Ah Roses, rare and pink, tbou art ever dear to me;
Are, my purest gift from God's bright realms above;
Then con.) thou near—I've a secret to impart thee
Entreating that thou bear It hence to her, my Love.
O come, tbou. nearer still nnd raise thy lips to mine.
That, In one dear moment of sweetest, wildest bliss,
My heart's puro love may flow Into the depths of thine
And, departing, may thy petals bear the Impress of my
kiss.
Thence to her. betake thysolveB, on pinions light and swift
Delaying not till Into her sick-room thou art borne;
Then, close beside her cheeks thy drooping heads uplift,
And, whispering, breathe thy heart's sweet secret unto
her alone.
—CALVIN F. CARLTON.
WAT80N AND CARTER,
To tb* Editor of The Georgian:
There seems to be a general disposi
tion running through the human fam
ily to "tatty" a fellow more, when you
want him to do something. We are
always reedy, I suppose It Is human
nature to be encomiastic when we have
i "ax to grind."
This Is not my purpose whtfn I say
th«t the columns of no psper In the state
of Georgia, or In the South are more
Just In their Intelligent expression of
opinions than The Geoaglan. It stands
out superbly, magnificently and alone.
Now, there le no necessity for my
championing the cause of the Hon.
Thomas E. Watson, the most gifted
historian In the South, a gentleman
whose escutcheon Is unspotted, whose
Integrity Is conceded, even by hts in
telligent opponent.
Now In the days when he was lead
ing the Populist party, he was the
great Jupiter. In those stormy days
that tried the souls of splendid m|i,
there tv-re a lot of small satellites that
twinkled around and about him. They
were failing over each other, eager to
touch the honest hems of hts clean
garmentr Some of them, while this
eloquent tribune was touring the state
rediscovering the old landmarks of
Jeffersonian Democracy, attained some
political distinction. There Is one case
about which I desire to speak. It was
In the Thirty-first senatorial district,
the Hon. Yancey Carter was the Popu
list nominee for the senate in that dis
trict. He would never have been elect
ed had It not been for the fact that
this gifted orator, this polished publicist
delivered two noted speeches In his
district This, I believe, waa the first
time Mi. Carter waa ever a candidate
for a public otrice, and he waa elected
as a result of Mr. Watson's logical
exposition of Populistic principle*.
Then Mr. Carter tried It alone. He
quit the party that he once loved so
dearly, and went back to the Demo
cratic party, sought the nomination
tor the legislature In the Democratic
-primary nnd was disastrously and
overwhelmingly defeated..- From that
time on, down until the time that Mr.
Carter became a candidate for sheriff,
he was considered a Democrat. In
this county's primary, for county of
fices, he wss again overwhelmingly de
feated, falling to carer his own home
precinct. Mind you he was In this
primary aa a Democrat.
When the Populist party men. In ex
ecutive session In Atlanta, at the
Kimball House, In room No. 4, he
there meets with them to woo and love
again hts old Populist sweetheart.
The Indications were that the fair
maiden refused to flirt with him. Hav
ing been repudiated by the Democratic
tatty, and falling to be made one of
ts leaders, he seeks now to reorgan
ise the dlslntegnated remnants of the
Populist party. No. longer than yes
terday I was asked:
"Hairston, are you going to Join the
Yancey Carter wing of the Populist
party?" This wing I* noted only
or IU fragility. The Populist party
has st last been absorbed by the fol
lower! of the Immortal Jeffersonian
principles, and those who have strayed
away have returned home, and not
even can Yanoey Carter lead them
astray. Nobody knows better than
Captain Carter that he could have
never been elected without the match
less advocacy of the peerless Watson.
Let ua be fair: the Interest of the
people It at stake, the rights of the
masses are In Jeopardy, the ambition
of no one man should come between
the masses and their unalienable
rights
Watson, during the recent Populis
tic campaign battle, was Its great cus
todian, and many of the little stump
speakers would read the People’s party
paper and charge their pop guns and
go to the militia district court ground
to defend the cause they loved ao well;
Carter used to do this himself.
Nearly all the literature we had-In
oa* days waa furnished by Thomas
_ Watson. Now, If Mr. Carter love*
those principles and -wishes to see them
triumph,- why does he not proceed to
affiliate with th* most available man?
The milk of the cocoanut la: Mr. Car
ter hates Tom Watson. Now, this, I
believe, to b* th* correct solution ot
Mr. Carter's attltud* In the campaign.
In conclusion, when th* little fel-
Csrter's History Reviewed.
To the Editor of Tho Georgian:
Sir: I see you give W. Y. Carter
apace to try to make the Hon. Thomas
E. Watson look like thirty cents, so
please allow me space to say a few
words In his defenss, not but that be
can defend himself, but there are a
few things that must be sold. Yancy
begins by working himself Into a fren-
sy because Tom did not ask his and
the other boys’ permission to make that
famous speech of tbe 1st of September,
1(04. But It seems that he made the
speech and It was well received; he
(Carter) then goes Into spasm* be
cause Mr. Watson oxpected all Popu
lists who then Indorsed him to stand
by him now, and asks will they do It.
which, I think, they will, as they are
very much given to doing the thing
that they Indorse, and also the other
things that he said that coincides with
tholr Idea of right, and I know he would
have them do no more.
As to Mr. Watson's remarks about
the crowd that led t)ie fight for tbs
Pop convention on July 4, next, he can
not be far from the track. I know
Yancy Carter; he Is a special personal
friend of mine, and it Is a source of
genuine regret that a circumstance
should* rise wherein I am called upon
to call hts attention to some things
about his recent movements Yancy, I
did not knojv, neither do you, that Tom
Watson knew what your political faith
was when you first began to perform
tho revenue stunt In these parts; most
psople Just knew that you held an ap
pointment under Buck, and you have
no right to exclude Thomas from tho
list. But we do know that some time
after that you were a Democrat, and
after that a Populist, running for the
Georgia senate, and got elected by a
small, very small, majority, and after
Yes, Yancy, Tom Watson made two
speeches In your senatorial district, and
set forth th* principles of Populism as
only Tom Watrfon could, and without
which your name would have been
Dennis, while we will agree that ho
did not point .you out and call *you by
name, he built the stair by which you
went up. He explained th# principles
and platform'ot Populism, and you
were elected on this same platform;
therefore, you owe your election to
Tom Wataon more than any on# man
In Oeorgla; and remember you were
elected on the Populist platform—anti-
barroom plan. Not one voter In ten
knew that you objected to the anti-
barroom plan. I did not, and I was
much closer to you than the average.
Now, after you were elected, what sort
of service did you give? The echo
answers what sort? It Is no part of
my business to criticise your service In
tbe Georgia senate. The voters have
placed their criticism and sealed It
with their disapproval, and that must
be final. You offered for the legisla
ture In 1(01, and was turned down.
You offered In 1(00 for sheriff, and
was overwhelmingly turned down, fall
ing to carry a single district Now, as
appears on th* election returns of May
10. 1(00, you could not get elected
bailiff to th* Justice court In your
home district. Now, if this doesn’t
convince you that you are dead, you
would not believe that you were dead
If your bead was chopped off. Your
tired legs had nsted scarcely a week
from your disastrous ract In the Dem
ocratic primary until you were tearing
down to the-elty of Atlanta and getting
yourself Interviewed and saying that
there would be a full Populist ticket
tows who are trying to traduce Mr.
Watson, and malign hit spotless name
spoil .
—when they have plaited their crown
of thorns and placed them as they
think upon nls brainy head—when hla
persecutors are gone and forgotten—
his name will loom up In history as
ons of th* greateet historians and
statesmen that th* world has ever pro
duced.
With two years' service In congress
h* gave us the R F. IX, and forced the
railroads to place upon every box car
an automatic car coupler—no man has
ever don* more than this In a two
years' congressional term, eatabllshlng
th* fart beyond cavil, that he Is pre
eminently a statesman of th# ftrat wa
ter. There are a .great many things
that w* differ with Mr. Watson about,
but notwithstanding this fairness
forces us to concede hts unsurpassed
ability, his boneety and unstinted love
for the tolling mosses from Alaska’s
Icebound shores to Mexico’s tropical
clime, and we halt him as a great com
moner. Respectfully.
W. M. HAIRSTON.
THE TORREY DISCUSSION.
To the Editor of fair Georgies:
I here read with considerable Interest
log pKmo my vtiwp«4at there la
merh difference between th* severs! dls-
potssts as to the result.
fUWUmeatsl prlsctple Involved. as
I tee It, Is this:
Query—list toy organisation Bare a
scriptural rhnrch anv seriptoal authority
to prrceh th* goapetf
I oesgeot that the Rev. W. L. Ilnohlentt
teed lo the discussion ted ex-Gorereor
North** follow.
Some, Gs, Job* ». UOS
hear of you exclaiming with the
eloquence ot Demosthenes that It was
not a question ot votss but a question
of princlpl*. Oh, th* dear old Popu
list party must be saved! My son,
about seven weeks ago you were mak
ing a noise Ilk* It was awfully a ques
tion of votes; now, Yancy, you blow up
so much hot sand about Tom Watson
boys whether It would do. Whom did
you ask about this state Populist tick
et business other than Julian MoCurry?
I heard on Monday, the llth Instant,
that you (to us* your own simile)
were In th* bed and under th* "klver”
with Julian preparing this tirade
against Tom Watson, and when I look
over It I see very much the favor of
both Its father and mother. Now, It
seems that your humbts correspond
ent was big enough to be consulted In
the matter of your race In th* Demo
cratic primary for sheriff; In fact, you
consulted all ot us boy* often and ear
nestly, but since th> 10th of May you
don't seem to consult anybody. Her*
Is the Fourth ot July right on us. No
county convention called. In fact none
wanted. Carter is going to represent
this county, In fart Carter la the whole
show. Well, all right; you go on to
tb* convention Just by your lonely self,
and then you won't be bothered with
dissenting voices, and put out a ticket
and by all means you are th* man to
run for governor, as you have nothing
to lose, so what you gain will be all
clear grin. There are several Democratic
papers that will blow your horn until
the lid of August, hut after that you
and your state ticket wlU be heard
from no more. Now, Yancy, you have
a perfect right to do all these thing*
if you want to; but you must allow
th* people to think Just what they
pitas* about It, and don't you forget
they are thinking!
F f M. JOHNSON.
Bowervllle, Oa, June II.
TIIE HUD—THE ROSE.
(Apotoglre to Ethel Morrison Lackey.)
Vets Coquetry, tboe art the tender bod.
Leer Lore, tbou art tbe full-Mows res*.
And thy twenty , .___
Of the kmg night's fondest dream.
,-U.VIV l- <UBM
MY ANCE8TOR8.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Being a plebeian, I sm rather sensi
tive when the question of ancestry Is
discussed. Once upon a time a lady
boasted In my presence that she was
descended from William the Con-
quoror. "Please don't mind that;
replied with dll the saccharine bitter
ness I could Infuse Into my tones.
"Please don't mind that; I've had some
disreputable ancestors myself.” >
Desiring, like most men, to trace my
Uncage from some distant even though
disreputable source, I was pleased
when Herbert Spencer Informed me
that he was In doubt os to whether
man Is descended “from soft-bodled
worm or a crustacean having an exte
rior skeleton."
But, alsa! a reverend writer on evo
lutlon In Saturday's Georgian shatter*
my pride, for he tells us that “Those
who speak of man coming • • • from
any lower species of life do not under
stand what evolution means.” As Her
bert Spencer, Lamarck, Darwin and
some ten thousand othsr men o
science. Including Huxley and Tyn
doll, do not know what evolution
means, and the reverend gentleman
evidently does, I suppose that
The grand Old Gardener and his wife
Smile at (my) claims of long descent;
JAMES J. DOOLING.
15 W. Georgia Avenue.
P. S.—Lord Averbury on "Huxley's
Life and Work." Popular Science
Monthly, February, 1(01: "Many of
bur countrymen and countrywomen
not only do not accept, they do not
even understand Darwin's theory.
They seem to suppose him to have
held that man was descended from
on* of the living apos. This, of course,
Is not so. Man ts not descended from
gorilla or any orang-outang, but
man, the gorilla, the orang-outang and
other antnrophold apes are descended
from some far-away ancestor.”
Advlco to Populists.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Because of your broad-mindedness
and your willingness to serve the peo
ple, I will ask space In your paper to
express a few thoughts on the political
situation aa regard* what I believe to
be tbe duty of the Populist party, with
regard to the action to be taken on the
Fourth of July.
First, I think If there are any Xu-
thorixed representatives of the party
home, for It would, In my Judgment,
very unwise to put out a ticket at this
time, for the party Is disorganised and
cannot possibly be organised In six
months, and It would not only Insure
the Populists' defeat, but It would ac
complish what th* Democratic commit
tee Intended by their drastic actions,
vis: the defeat of th* people and the
lie In tl
perpetuation of ring rule In this state.
Let me say Just here that Democratic
committee ought to be photographed
and the picture hung up In the state cap-
Itol, that future generations may look
back and see how corrupt political
parties can become and bow much
brass a political ring can take on. 1
know there are some good men on It,
but to think of such a thing as the
political lobbyist of a trust and a lot
mors of railroad or trust attorneys
being put on a committee to' represent
the people Is enough to bring blushes
to the face of a bras* monkey. I do
hop* that no such committee will ever
be elected again.
But back to th* Populists
I think I am as true a Populist- as
ever lived, and I think any man that
was ever a Populist from principle Is a
Populist still, and my Idea of the duty
of th* Populist now Is to go ahead and
vote for the man In this contest that
comet nearest representing their prin
ciples. There are two Issues tn this
campaign—the people vs the railroads
and rings and white supremacy vs.
negro domination.
Now, the first of these has been one
ot the Populist demands ever since the
tarty was organised. Now, for the
’opulltt* to fall to vote their convic
tions is strange to me. Borne excuse
themselves by saying they do not be
lieve In Hoke Smith. Sincerely, they
apeak of hts past opposition to th*
party and hts connection with the
rusts etc. To this I would say If he
had never been allowed to enter the
sanctum sanatorium of tb* ring he
perhaps would never have known ot th*
corruption of th* ring. In conclusion,
I say to my brethren, the Populists
lets all vote for Hoke Smith, because
of the principles he represents burst
up the ring In Georgia, then organize
the Populist party In every county,
not to act In a separate capacity, but
to hold th* balance of power, and never
let another ring man be nominated for
any office tn tbe stats
J. H. MADDOX.
FOR THE PEOPLE. f
To the Editor of Tbe Georgian:
V commend too for the manly stand
bar* taken b this gubernatorial cam-
’e kaow from year utterances you are
Ike people and for the people, and ere
sSi sjt
OTis"
we know that Mr.
net Jnat what we would have
roof, he 1* far lietter than any
other candidate la tbe held. If we did
STrenS «;■ »«|th •
1 act that the Hoe. Thoroaa R. Wataon an
dornea Us Ur. Watwm la sodonbtadly one
of the brainiest asd one of the moat fear
lent and honest awn tn America today.
Wataoo le nnpopnlar not among the maaees.
bet esaoog the classes. He Is aura noagb
to tell them where they art at. The work
ing people of Georxla ind the wbr-le reus-
«re t -Inc awakened and ere becoming
g sr educated an the • elltira! sttnsttoa.
thne le now ripe for the worktop
men to go to tbe pole# and can their tnl-
... lot as oa* mao for Ubcratloo and fr—-lain
CALVIN y. CARLTON. 1 from ring ruts. A VQTEB,
Chclly
Knickerbocker's
GOSSIP
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, July 4.—John D. Rock*,
feller has been to the races This Is
news for his good Baptist brethren In
this country. Mr. Rockefeller not only
went to the races, but Jnjoyrd every
one of them.
Here Is how he acted during one race,
acocrding to a veracious chronicle:
''There, look! My conscience," was
his favorite exclamation. “What speed.
See, mother, how beautiful they are
a.a they come around the turn. How
beautiful! Magnificent! Oh, but that's
cruel to whip the horse when he Ih do
ing Ms best. Ah, Mon Blue win*. I
thought he would all the time.”
Mr. Rockefeller was on his feet with
the rest of the* crowd, his face eager,
his eyes snapping. He was greatly
amused at a Japanese who bet on all
five race* and loit. When Invited to
bet he said:
"No. thanks; to see Is enough for
It Ir premature to Intimate that the
oil king Is to acquire a racing stable.
Cornelius Vanderbilt Is to be a mem
ber of the Society of the Cincinnati.
This will blight tne ambition of Reg
gie, who was desirous of becoming a
member of tho order. Under Its laws
two brothers may not become members
of the society, ,
Samuel Floyd, a pyrotechnic expert.
Intimates that the Fourth Is being made
glorious today at an expense to the
United States of 510,000,000.
Wholesale dealers and makers of fire
works were completely taken off their
feet by this year’s demand. Many
large orders for public displays,
amounting to from 58,000 to 55,000 each,
were declined, so that there might be
no cutting .off of the supplies of the
retail trade and curtailing of the Joys of
the younger generation.
Manufacturers report that their sales
Increased 50 per cent One dealer on
Park row sold 51,000 worth ot fire
works In small packages within an
hour. Another disposed ot sixty tons
ot rockets and crackers In Manhattan
and Brooklyn on June 10, and kept up
the pace to the very end.
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr„ Alfred a,
Vanderbilt, Mrs. William G. Rockefel
ler, Warren Delano, George J. Gould
■Cl, If BltOII A^HMIV; WCWgO tf> UUUIU
and Mrs. William Walter Phelps are
among those who have obtained large
displays for their country places.
Scranton, Pa., has th* distinction of
haring the longest string of firecrack
ers ever brought to the United 8tates,
for It contains 100,000 of the beat Chi
nese brand and Is 70 feet In length. It
Is made in the form of a dragon.
Some hard things have been said
about the cigarette, and doubtless most
of them have been deserved, but Ed
ward Pago Gaston went adrift too far
when be declared to a committee of tbe
British bouse of lords that American
cigarettes are worse than American
canned meats. Even the cigarette Is
not quite below calumny.
Close upon the wedding last week of
David Huyter Gaines, ot Manhattan, to
Miss Florence Streuber, of Erie, Pa.,
BUM A’ UH CIILC Dll CUUCI, Ul UIIC, A •».»
came the announcement today of the
engagement of Mr. Hurler’s former
fiancee. Miss Elsie Marlon Farrell,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin
Farrell, of Antonia, to Georg* A. Dors,
son of Mr. Chauncey Goss, of Water-'
bury. The Antonia heiress' fiance wa*
graduated from Yale In 1(05, In the
same class with Gaines, Miss Farrell's
brother, Franklin Fnrrcll, Jr., and the
brother of the former SI tea Streuber.
While at Yale Goss played on the foot,
ball eleven.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
JULY 4.
1530—Marriage of Francis I with
Eleanor, of Austria.
1601—Siege .of Ostend by Archduke Al
bert.
1775—Declaration of Independence of
the United States.
1778—Wyoming Valley massacre.
1789—First tariff act signed by Pres
ident Washington.
1804—Nathaniel Hawthorne born; died
May X, 1854.
1807—Oulsseppe Garibaldi, Italian pa
triot, born; died June 8, 1518.
1817—Construction of Erie canal be
gun.
1828—Stephen Foster, author of "My
Old Kentucky Home,” born; died
January IS, 1564.
1828—Thomas Jefferson, third presi
dent ot the United States, died;
born April 5, 1745,
1828—John Adams, second president of
th# United States, died; born Oc
tober 51, 1755.
1831—James Monroe, fifth president of
the United State*, died; born
April 28, 1768.
1848—Peace proclaimed between th*
United State* and Mexico.
1857—Pierre Loti, French writer, born.
1883— Vicksburg surrendered to General
Grant
1868—Burlingame treaty between th*
United Bute* and China signed.
1870—Spanish crown offered to Prince
Leopold of Hohentollern-Bigmar-
Ingen.
1884— Prohibition law went Into effect
In Iowa.
1891—Hannibal Hanlln, . former vice
president of the United States,
died; born 1809.
1894—The Hawaiian. Republic pro
claimed.
1898—French steamer La Bourgoyn*
collided with British sMp Cro
marty off Sable Island; 680 lives
lost
DIRECT LEGISLATION.
To tbe Editor of Th* Ororgtan;,
In view of th* dlffenst statement! of
the papers championing th* different can
did* tee for governor of Georgia. It seems
BttVMUSAITnS
mid understand. The* these would be
as technical points to hang a taw eultoa
and th* week of the courts would be COO-
IhSCf *bandsrd°of Wi!
sak- of clean government nnd honest nd-
.{nuirauon, w - fi&sr
Valdosta, Os., Jniy L DA