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THE GEORGIAN COMES TO
GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE
"Porteus, then li a proverb thou ihouldit read:
‘When flitteren meet, the Devil goes to dinner.”
—Peter Pindar.
Mr. Seely’s Return.
After ilx weeks of sbsence and aetioui Illness, Mr.
Fred L. Seely, pmldent and publliher of The Georgian,
returned to tho offlee for the flret time on Saturday eve
ning.
The universal expressions of pleasure and of affec
tion lavished upon him by every employee In the offlee,
greet and amall, waa the beat proof of the aolld and no
ble baala upon which Mr. Seely Is building hla bualneaa
career. To be loved by those who are neareat to us and
know ua best, Is. after all, the beat of tribute* to a man's
life and a man's moUvea.
And menmred by this high standard, tha president
of Tho Georgian Company has unusual reason to feel
happy and satisfied with the foundation he has laid.
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A Freak of the Record.
Those who came Into poeseaslon of a certain copy of
Tha Congressional Record recently printed In and limed
from the government bureau, sat up and rubbed their
eyes hard and wondered What they could have been doing
tho night before.
In a conspicuous place In Its pages there appeared
tho most marvelous speech that ever adorned that In-
tcroatlng periodical. It dealt with the present admlnla
t ration and tha work of the first session of tho Fifty-
ninth congreis, but It was the mopt amaxlng commentary
on that work over read by the people who devour The
Record with more or leas avidity.
It set forth that this was tha moat economical ad
mlnlstraUon and the most thrifty session of congress the
country has known In years. The numbers of the house
and senate had handled the money of the people ns
If It bad been their own. Rnssell Bage could not have
been more prudent and cautious In his expenditures
than the appropriation committee had been.
At tho same time It waa pointed out In the same
apcech that congress had been spending money like a
drunken sailor. The member* of the houao and senate
had been digging Into the publlo treasury and throwing
tho contents thereof at the very bird*. Jimmy Hasen
Hyde couldn't have been more prodigal of hla wealth at a
chorus girl dinner than the representatives of the people
liad been, and the flrat sesilon of the fifty-ninth congress
would stand out as a monument of extravagance.
With these adjustable views expressed In the same
apcech act forth In The Congressional Record In all due
form. It Is not to be wondered at that those who peruse
Its piquant columns every day were wondering what had
happened and to whom It had happened.
It would be unnecessary to keep our own readsra
In ausponae, for they would never guess It
It Is known of all men that at the end of a session of
congress the chairman of the appropriations committee—
who, of course. Is a member of the party In power—
makes out a case for that party In a little speech where
in he shows that the greatest wisdom and economy have
been exercised In disposing of the people's money, while
tho ranking mam her of the opposition—a Democrat, of
course. In this administration—shows that tha party In
powor has been reckless In Its extravagance.
In the session Just closed It wss Chairman Tawney
who mndo the hallelujah speech, and our own Lon Liv
ingston wlyi gave out the Jeremiad.
Now, by some freak of the printer the two speeches
got Into The Congressional Record as being one and the
came, and thousands of copies of The Record were print
ed and mailed before the blunder was discovered.
Then there wae a rattling In the valley of dry bone*.
We are not Informed which of the two gentlemen
was given credit for making this bl-partlsan speech, for
onr copy was not one ot the number which succeeded
In getting through the mails before the error was discov
ered. But we can well Imagine what must have been
tho feelings of either Mr. Tawney cr Mr. Livingston
when he saw such contradictory sentiments attributed to
him by tho official record.
It would have been worth tho price of admission to
study the expression ot countenance on the face of either
one of them when he came across that number of The
Record.
But some sleuth finally caught the mischievous blun
der, If not tha mischievous blunderer, and the dual mind
ed Record was suppressed.
The County Patrol Bill.
We are on record hero as In favor of the county pa
trol blit Introduced by Repreeentatlve Blackburn, of Ful
ton.
The merits of such a bill scarcely need to be ar
gued. The conditions of society In tbs rural and agri
cultural regions of the state are sufficiently welt known
to all Intelligent people to make manifest the reasons
for an enlargement of police protection In the country
districts of Georgia.
We suppoee that It any members of the state legisla
ture have an objection to this bill It must be based upon
rssaoisble grounds, and we feel sure that the author and
the friends ot the bill ought to be able to meet this ob
jection with equal reason and logic, and to make any
amendment* and corrections which may be rendered nec
essary by constitutional criticism or objection.
It would seem to be likely that one of the results ot
this heated and unfortunate state campaign would be
in even greater unrest and uncertainty among the ne
groes of the rural regions than we have bad before, and
In this view It would seem to be entirely clear that n wise
and prudent legislature should prepare In advance for the
protection and guardianship of our fellow cltlsens In the
Interior all the safeguards which wisdom and generosity
can lay around this element of our population.
The Forces That Have Fought For the
Children.
In dlstrlbuUng congratulations on Saturday among
tha factors who had been effective In the promised final
triumph of the child labor bill, we did not propose at one
Ume to compass the enUre list of the valiant and useful
friends of that great reform.
On Bsturday onr felicitations were extended to those
who took pert In the active battle of the last legislature
and were moat prominent In the spectacular debate which
enlivened both houses upon this question.
The Georgian realizes, however, that back of this
fight were the earlier and the more strenaoas battles
which made the present victory possible. The vital
and Insistent attack upon public opinion on this question
began long ago in Georgia, and It la only fair to say that
perhaps tha earlfast and moat stalwart friends of this
child labor bill have been found among the representa
tives ot the Federation of Labor and of organized labor
In general. No man has aver fought harder or done more
In this cause than Mr. C. T. Ladaon. the attorney of the
FederaUon of Labor. Time waa, and there were many
times, whan this forlorn leader of a forlorn hope march
ed to the capltot at.the head of hla helpless but heroic
followers to 'present the cause and to advocate the claims
of the children In the workshops.
For nine years the organlzaUons of labor In Georgia
have been. In season nod out of season, the persistent
friend* and tireles* advocates of this cause. They have
fought its battles when Its friends were few, and no ele
ment of our Georgia population has a better or larger
right to rejoice In the triumph of the measure than the
sons of toll, who have never wavered In their allegiance
to the principle jvhlcb It carries.
There are some good women, too, of the Georgia Fed
eration of Women’s Clubs and of other organisations,
who havs done heroic and effective work In building up
the public opinion which will triumph in the final pas
sage of this measure. The agencies are numerous and
multiplied that have had a heart and a hand In thla gbod
work, and It I* the desire of The OeorgUn to rejoice
with them all In tha trinmph of a righteous measure
which marks the higher civilization and the higher hu
manity of this great state.
To all of these, and to all others who are working In
good causes, we send the message ot cheer which the
history ot thla .reform hat written. The thing that Is
right must ultimately triumph, the principle that Is Just
must win If It takes years to accomplish It, and the dy
namic fodcc ot a good and noble Idea will ultimately de
stroy all opposition and break down all barrier* to 'It*
trinmph and establishment.
Dreyfus’ Moral Grandeur.
This morning the Judges of the supreme court of
France began their dellberaUona on the case of Captain
Dreyfus, who, through his counsel, has asked that the
verdict of the Rennes court martial, confirming the pre
vious verdict of guilt, ahohld be merely quashed without
a retrial. The Indications are that the decision of the
Judgea will be banded down by the middle of the, week.
Thus the closing scene of this most remarkable case,
which has been going on for thirteen years, Is rapidly
approaching, and the distinguished military officer, who
baa been the victim of the moat atrocious plot ot modern
times, Is about to be restored to his rank and honors.
This closing scene Is worthy of the splendid courage
and patience of the victim, for he rises to a height of
moral grandeur which few men In a similar sltuaUon
would assume. He has absolutely refused to accept any
pecuniary damagos for the Injuatloe he haa suffered or
to be n party to any prosecution ot those who have
wronged him. He contends that all he wants or will
aocept Is the restoration of his rank and titles, and from
this determination hla counsel cannot persuade him,
It la a foregone conclusion that ho will be acquitted.
As pointed out In these column* tome time ago. It
comes as a surprise to the general public, perhaps, that
Captain Dreyfus has never boon acquitted. In spite of
the overwhelming evidence of fraud, forgery and conspir
acy, entered Into by hla enemies, the verdict ot the
Rsnnea court martial was ‘‘guilty,” and he escaped fur
ther punishment only by n pardon.
But he has not been satisfied with a pardon. Noth
ing but n verdict ot acquittal would serve hla purpose,
and he haa been laboring to that end for sis years. The
confession of Count Esterhasy that he forged the bor
dereau on which Dreyfus waa convicted should have set
at rest all controversy, but the army was not willing to
assume the odium ot having to far violated every princi
ple of Justice aa to connive at fraud and forgery and to
aave Itself It repeated Its verdict ot guilty.
Great mischief has been wrought at best. The
French army stands condemned before thq civilised world
as It Is, and the finger of scorn Is pointed at It from all
over tho world.
But Dreyfus himself was not willing to force the
army to Incriminate Itself by another court martial, re
versing Its previous verdicts, and merely asked that the
civil oonrt should quash the Rennes verdict. He haa done
more, It aeema. Few men would be willing to pass over
the damages and the prosecution ot the enemies who
wrecked hi* life. But this Is the mors* ground on which
he has planted himself, and the Indication: aro that tho
quashing ot the verdict and the consequent acquittal of
the Injured man will end the great drama which at one
time convulsed alt Europe.
He has had his revengo In great measure, for many
ot those who testified against him are In a suicide's
grave and others are In disgrace.
It will be a long Uuie before the French army will
recover from the odlnm It has brought upon Itself, but
when the history of this great event Is written Dreyfus
himself will stand out not only as tho most unjustly
persecuted man of the century, but will occupy a posh
tlon of honor and dignity and self restraint which will
give him an abiding place In the world's great hall of
honorable fame.
ullets cenprally d|<j their full duty In 1S96. Did the
chairman of the national Democratic party do his? Did
ho lire tip to hl« agreement? If he did not Is It not possi
ble that he Is the one to blame?
Next ho goes for Hoke and Watson on account of
Hoke's record. It appears to mo that Hoke made a
great deal of that record, some years ago Inside the dear
old party amid the plaudits of all good organised moss-
back Democrats, and It waa all O. K. and Hoke waa a
great man until lie got on the people's side. Now Is it
not true that If anybody would be justified In kicking
at Hoke's record that It would be the Populists? I am
Inclined to think that good old moss-backs who ap
proved of Hoko's acts at the time should be estopped
from attacking him at thla late day.
However, It appears to me that Mr. Carswell has
taken up considerable space and possibly considerable
time, and when you come to the gist ot the article It
could be expressed In about two sentences: First, he Is
an enemy of Tom Watson; second, he Is a friend and
supporter of Clark Howell and as a matter of course
he has a very unpleasant Job on both sides. For In
stance, when be attacks Watson, the only charges he
can bring are that he defeated Bryan and caused the
nomination of Parker In 1904. Even the most kinky-
headed negro In Georgia knows that there Is no founds-'
tlon In fact In his charges against Watson. But when
be undertakes the pleasant Job of defending his friend,
Clark Howell, no doubt he finds it almost as difficult
to say anything good of Clark as It was to say anything
bad of Tom. I shall not undertake to defend Mr. Wat
son, as ho has a record back of him of which any citizen
U'l'-I till- sti.is arid *r!; • lulclit he justly proud; h-
has already carved his name high up In the sacred
halls of fame. Ho has so deeply Impressed his life and
actions upon tho hearts of his countrymen that gen
erations cannot efface it. Mr. Carswell will pass away
In common with the rest of us, but Watson's name and
fame will lire on as long ns time lasts..
SETH W. EVANS.
Thomson, On., July 5, 190®.
NOT TEACHING CHILDREN TO HATE GOD.
To tho Editor of The Georgian:
In the morning edition of Tho Georgian of July 3
wo find an article from the pen of J. C. C. Carlton under
the caption "Teaching Children to Hato God.”
In said nrtlclo the writer takes George A- Beattie
to task for teaching In the Sunday school lesson that
there Is a place or condition In the future world known
as hell. He says all those who teach and believe
such a doctrine are “deluded, blinded, Ignorant, misrep
resenting God as a cruel, fiendish monster so repulsive
to the nature of a child as to make them shudder and
turn In horror nwny from said 'monster' rather than
tarn to Him and embrace Him aa a loving heavenly Fa
ther.” Mr. Carlton doesn't believe there is a place or
condition ot eternal retribution, therefore he seems to
conclude that some of the wisest heads of any age have
missed the mark by far when they differ with him and
goes so far ns to use those strong adjectives. We feel
sure he wrote hastily. He seems to know all about the
Greek words and how they were translated. The great
demand ot the people today Is plain English. But It 1*
ARGUMENT AGAINST EXCHANGES.
REPLY TO MR. CARSWELL.
To the Editor ot The Georgian:
I note In The Georgian of the 4th Instant an article
over the signature ot one P. W. Carswell, and It li In
reply to that article that I desire to make a few com
ments.
Mr. Carswell says that he thinks that Mr. Watson
waa partly responsible for Bryan's defeat In hla race*
for president and gives as ground for hla opinion that
McDuffie and several other counties where Wation'i in
fluence controlled went for McKinley. To me the above
reason U the moat far-fetched statement for any one to
base an honest opinion on that has ever come under
my observation. Did not Watson work day and ntghL
and apeak through the Booth and West until he almost
wrecked hla constitution In the Interest of Bryan's can
didacy? Did not Watson, together with the other Pop
ulist leaders, pledge the support ot the Populist party
to Bryan? Did not Bryan receive over one million
Populist votes In ISM? Did not Bryan develop consid
erably more strength in 18V< when Watson gave him
his support than be did In 1M0? Did McDuffie and
several other counties go for McKinley when' Bryan
ran lust? According to the logic of Mr. Carswell Mr.
Bryan should by all means have been elected In 1M0
when the counties In which* Watson controlled went
for Bryan.
Tha truth of the matter la that Watson and the Pop-
To the Editor of The Georgian:
There are so few people who know
the reel character of the buelneee done
on the New York Cotton and Stock Ex
changee that It le not eurprlelng that
you ahould be deceived Into giving edi
torial eanctlon to them as "legitimate
exchangee.”
It le true that In a sense the gamb
ling In futures on margin le “legiti
mate,” In that It le allowed by law, but
It la to render Illegitimate, so far aa the
people of Georgia are concerned, the
rambling done In these places that the
eglelature and the business men are
now at work. A few years ago it was
"legitimate'' In this country to do busi
ness with the Louisiana Lottery, but
ascertainment of the truth, Mr. Editor,
will lead you to boldly declare that all
the lotteries, faro banks, poker joints
and horse races pale Into Insignificance
before these two Institutions which yon
have unwittingly In your editorial* In-
dorsed. -
You sesk to draw a distinction be
tween these “exchanges” and bucket
shops. The exchanges are big bucket
shops, while the bucket shop* are little
bucket shops, and this Is the first dif
ference—a difference without distinc
tion. This Is not however, exactly cor
rect, for a bucket shop Is honest with
you, and you do stand soma show for
your money, while, with your so-called
exchange house, you have none at all.
Let ue see how this Is: You make a
bet with a bucket shop that the price of
cotton will go up or down, according to
the figures that will be ground out
by the New York Cotton Exchange
machine; you ar* both on the outside;
neither one of you have anything to do
with the making ot the figure on which
you bet, and at this game you stand
about as good a show at the guess as
he does; but suppose you bet with the
exchange Itself and eee how you come
out. In that rase you put your money
Into the hands of the exchange; It
knows Just how much you have up and
the machinery In operation on the
Inside proceeds to make tta quotations
so as to fit your pile and scoop It In. If
you ever did play In a game where
the cards were marked and stacked
against you, you are In It with mar
gins up on the New York Cotton or
Stock Exchange.
With a bucket shop you are dealing
at arm's length; the shop le honest
with you; tha man who runs It ts after
your money and telle you so. But the
exchange member you look_upon as
your agent, he represents himself aa
such, but procedt* to play the cards
against you. To illustrate: Broker A
has bought for fifty of his lambs Scat
tered over the country ten thousand
bales of cotton at 10:50. Brokers B. C
and D have each done the same thing.
They all get together and figure out
that an average decline of 40 points
will clean up the margins of these cus
tomer*. and so down goes cotton to
10:10, the slate has been wlpqd off and
they proceed to work the example over
again. Of course this le all against
those very ''strict and stringent” rules
of these so-called “legitimate ex
changee.” The public would never tol
erate a game that didn't have rules.
We wouldn't go Into a game that didn't
have a rule against marked cards or
loaded dice.
But you say these exchangee must
exist In order that the manufacturer of
cotton may protect himself against
fluctuations of the market. That la
very much like saying that a man -who
had become addicted to morphine must
continue to use it In order to keep
stive. It speculation on margins on
the exchanges te wiped out, then wild
fluctuation will end and the manufac
turer will have no need in this way to
protect himself. Now. do the facts
ahow that anything but gambling le
carried on on your “legitimate ex
changes?” Take our crop of cotton,
which last year amounted to about
elevn million bales: turn to the records
ot the New York Cotton Exchange alone
and you will And that durlug the past
year about two hundred million bales
were bought on margins. Now, how
many of these bales were bought on
thla so-called “legitimate exchange”
With the remotest Idea In a single In
stance of ever taking a single bate of
this cotton? I do not believe that there
are t per cent of the people In Georgia
who have made trades In the past ten
years on margins on the New York
Cotton Exchange who will rise up and
say that they expected at the time of
making the trade to take a single bale
or the cotton. It would be Interesting
for your so-called "legitims” ex
change" to explain on any basis pf
legitamacy how It te at this time that
July options on the New Orleans Cot
ton Exchange are quoted a cent a
pound higher than the same July cp-
sometimes necessary to go hack to the original tongue.
J. C. C. C. can do away with Gehenna and eheol all
right. Gehenna was a garbage valley, be says, and this
Is what onr Saviour meant In Matthew 10:18 where He
say* “Fear Him who Is able to destroy both soul and
body In Gehenna.” hell. If hell was this garbage vajley.
and had only a transient duration then you make Jesus
Christ a liar. Indeed there might have been such a
thing as this garbage valley at one time, but Is It
there now? We don't think It Is. In Mark 9:43 you
hear these words coming from the lips of Jeans himself:
"If thy hand offend thee, cut It off; It Is better for thee
to enter Into life maimed, than having two bands to go
Into hell. In to tho fire that never shall be quenched.”
Yon ought to read on from the forty-third to the forty-
eighth verses. You won’t find this to n.-an a gat base
valley. When He says Are which never shall bo quench
ed, He means it won't be quenched at all. but will burn
all the time—eternally. “Never” means a continuation,
nothing transitory. In Revelations It Is referred to as
the ' lake of fire.”
How some people can take God's Word and add to
it and diminish from It, accept Its teaching^ of heaven
and refuse Its teachings of hell. Is more than f can un
derstand. Such knowledge and practice I* too wonderful
for me; It is low; I cannot descend unto 1L It Is past
finding out. Mr. Carlton doesn't want tho children
frightened. He Is a most unselfish man. bnt I feel
sure he doesn't want his own peace and ease disturbed.
Christ says "If you love me, you will keep my com
mandments.” and this Is what God requires at our hands.
If we do this we will escape eternal perdition. If we
keep God's law as a rule and guide for our faith and
practice In this present world. In the world to come our
lota will bo peace, ease, comfort, pleasure, luxury, bliss,
joy ami Impptm-s* ami it shall 1 ti-rnal. but If w<- at-
defiant and rebellious toward Ood, hard-hearted and stiff
necked, walking not after tho ordinances of God, but
following the dictates of the world, the flesh and the
devil, then our part will be In the "fire that never shall
in- qin-nclicd," or the • lake of fir.-," and thin means r-tcr
mil. If I am obedient God will save me from this terri
ble eternal punishment; If I am disobedient be will
damn my soul In an eternal helL So also Is It with Mr.
Carlton and everybody else. Selah.
CHESTER E- JOHNSON.
Bonlfsy, Fla., Jnly 4, 1908.
AN APPRECIATIVE LETTER.
To the Editor of The Georgian;
I hive reed your editorial today In reply to the ques
tion by Tho Macon Telegraph and The Columbia, 8. C.,
State, t have taken The Georgian since Its beginning.
I was not going to vote for you for tho senate, not be
cause I had any objection to you. but that I had always
voted for Senator Bacon, and was satisfied with what ho
hail done. And now, since I ant taking your paper, I M
that It would have been a distinct loss to tho people of
Georgia had you been electee? senator, not that you would
have fallen short of the measure of your position, but
that Journalism would havo lost one of It* ablest and
cleanest writers, and the people lost, In a field where he
could best serve them, a fearless and able champion.
Respectfully, T, M. McINTOSH.
change. Again, It would be Interesting
for them to show what per cent of
these two hundred million bales of last
year's crop bought on the New York
Cotton Exchange on margins were ac
tually delivered^ and then some fact In
support of the legitimacy ot these
transactions will begin to find Its way
to light. .
Let me say In conclusion that there
would be no need, so far as a few peo
ple are concerned, for a law In Georgia
against carrying pistols, shooting craps,
playing poker, or rambling In futures;
but laws are mad* for th* good and
protection of the greatest number. If
the legislature of Georgia-will go to the
root of the matter and strike down
margin trading on the so-called "legiti
mate exchanges" and every other state
will get In line the bucket shops that do
nothing more than feed upon the
crumbs that fall from their master’s
table will make their own exit. Wall
street Itself will go to pieces snd In s
country like ours there will be no occa
sion In the future for hard times, no
•queesee In the money market and no
need for Thomas W. Lawson to fur
nish the country with any other remedy
for “Frensled Finance." L. 8,
PHILISTINE AND PHARI8EE.
From The New York Globe.
Naturally Elbert Uubhsrd. writing eon
.trains e little journey to Concord, N. ft.,
the shrine of Eddytoin, drops Into some-
tnlg like fennlno admiration. Uay not
one pose admire
May not the
n °ltt
amateur “gtycet" look tip to the finished
"yessmsnV’ May not Philistinism, with
s food hank account, see the good quail-
... . ...— ■— with one Infinitely
•t hear the suspire-
... arts of Fra Albert no.
In hie anxiety to work one side of the
“it, did bo not also uverlook the greater
t that welted to be garnered »u the
other? lie has harvested somewhat from
hlallttle cult, but what, after ell, la East
Aurora to Concord? What ts the Income
derived from Osbby hook covora compared
to the steady return from Science sad
Health-copyrighted, tnrsrti
In on* respect, however,
K r. llnbbsrd's prowling sboet.
its news vtlne. Mrs. Eddy lives.
saw her; was so near her that dismissed
Is to be th* theory that * lay IIsure, with
waxen features modelled end colored to
Imitate the departed urlrlusl, ts paraded
shout In s earrings to Tool the faithful
pilgrims He beheld a creature of fleet
end blood step Into the welting hsroachr,
to bo driven off by the coachman who
shares to the extent of MO e week In the
good buslnri* hie mletreae haa built up.
The eyes were undlmmed, the face un-
wrlnkled, the farm that ot Berabardt; the
dress wee of white eetln, such aa e girl
wears when going to * hall; the bet e
milliner's dream; * richly emhrolderM,
white rloek (coat MOO, the profit on belt
■ay copies) tree esrrlesely on one
In the bands e big spray of apple
ms and os the face the half-smile
of satisfaction—the smile of Pens Leo
XIII. Th* prleeteee, however she may
disbelieve In the materiality of the body,
believe* In th* materiality of pretty thlur*
—the woman haa triumphed ovar tho
ropheteaa, vanity hat held her r'
pit* the oneleugnt of philosophy.
Serene, her mind unruffled by thought
1 th* three husbands that were Item deed
nd one divorced). Mrs. Mary Raker Glover-
Mudd-Eddy he* conquered peer*-sweetly
supported by the eootelooeneas that aha
owns aa beautiful a monopoly au tho world
has ever teen; that bualneaa wot never
better: that never ware there eo many
answers .to her inessase, ‘.'Come Onto m*|
foe lit
y trotted
answers to her meatsge, "Come ui
•II je that are heavy laden, and
five you a book bound In doth
calf, 15, and levant* U; with
nta ftvtnt Inatrnetlona at the rata of
per courae to all inio ~ “
wf thdir aMl,"
perfect their aoela."
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WESLEY AND EVOLUTION.
To th* Edltoe of Th* Georgia*:
The rommnnlretles of th* Rev.
W. lee to The Georgian of gun* SO tram Its
title, -John Wesley Held Theory of Evo
lution Long Before Darwin Wat Born.”
and from Its enheeqoent eltsaioo* to Wee-
ley’s views apon the phenomena of life,
tends to prod nee the Imprest! on that Wet-
ley forecast the theory promulgated by
Darwin, and In tame oberare way It
titled to the credit of priority.
It ran not be that the reverend doctor
Mlberately chargee the foander ot Meth
odism with entertaining views la accord
with Darwin's conclusions drawn from
tyatrmatltutlon of the vast store of facta
collected under the title, -Origin of Spe
ctra," or that he la prepared to ay that
Darwin's l '—
bratlona on phytlral metamorphosis ta-l the
like! And yet he isp "
Darwin wet horn.
yet he tags, somewhat with as
lease or of trtamidi. “John Wes-
a book In two volume* on the
thirty foor year* before
L ana etghty-fonr years
before Darwin pnhllshed kit celebrated
work on -The Origin of Rperlra!'"
It la not quite evident wkat good parpen*
to to lie achieved I* enotraatTag the nat
ural philosophy of Wesley and Darwin, or
In seeking to establish an s priori rata-
tloashlp between them. That John Wee-
ley beM to t theory of evolution would
avan-ely shake the haM ef Darwin on the
srlentlhe world, neither woald It he eope-
clally gratifying or pleasant for Methodists
to reflect that Wesley was h Darwinian In
In* th* term In ill broad sens* of unroll
ing or unfolding as applied to both Inor
ganic and organic bodies) readily discovers
that the theory of descent to a very an
cient onr. Its conception la aeld to '
originated with Empedocles, and this ...
centloa waa elaborated by Artototle (II, C.
forma, end who believed In heredity, mu
tilations and nverslona. .Saint Augustine
(A. D. 350 and Thonuu Aquinas (1328) held
that th* creation of thlur ■—
series of cause*. Lelbnft* i
In the connection or ape...
beings and the continuity
waa the author of the form
farlt oaltura. Button (1707-17M), the arcs
soologlst, held that animals were derive-
from s single type, observed the effects of
uae and dtouts and recognised changes due
to climate, environment and food.
These references, though by no means
exhausting the list, may suffice to demon
strate that some conceptions on tbn sub
ject of th* origin of specie* were enter
tained long before the time of Wealey.
and that, therefore, Ids mantle of priority
over Darwin moat fall from the shoulder*
of Wesley, to bo lost In the solitude of the
1 Tetley was doubtlssa Influenced by the
writings ot .Bonnet,, whose works, "Con-
teinpletlon de la Nature knit I'ailngene-
' rhlloaophtqoe on 1-lees onr I'etot posse
et Hnr L'Etat dea Etros Vlrants. He-
cherches Pbllqeophlqoet enr tes^rreuves Ue
referred te quite i
,hh- —*
-men epenevr -- ,vi<—.,
Evolution to an Integration of mstter
and s concomitant dissipation of motion,
during which the matter payees from *
relatively Incoherent homogeneity to a rela
tively definite coherent heterogeneity, and
during which tbs retained motion (energy)
undergoes a parallel transformation."
In other words, than to In the ori
world s continual change from the b
geneoua to the heterogeneous or from th*
S nerallsed to tha speclslltsd. Bonnet's
rro erolutlou had reference to successive
unfolding (#. out—volvere, to roll) of pre
formed germs, the metamorphosis ' '
and butterflies, and to quite dtotl
that defined by Herbert Spencer.
The evolutionary tree to the wi
genealogical tree of Lamtrck (1744-MS), the
founder of organic evolution and of Inverte
brate paleontology, and It may or may not
bars been hnown to Wrslrr.
That Wesley was the founder of th#
Methodist church to sufficient to fig hto
name and fame forever, hut that he was
the forerunner of Darwin, or that the crude
platitude* quoted from hto -Philosophy-
may b* Interpreted as In any sens* com
promising the magnificent resnlta of Dar
win, or of famishing working material for
M apoch-maklng contributions to modsra
ence Is. to say the lean, overstating the
css*. I am, your* sincerely,
BERNARD WOLFF.
Atlanta, Ga„ Jnly 5.
FAVOR8 A PERMANENT
PARK COMMISSION
with the one Inclosed. No donbt my list
lot wss the on* yon bad rrfreue* to a few
days ago, snd I admit -being on th*
wrong ride,” after reading all articles care
fully. Converted, I drop th* "muulelpsl
ownsrahlp" Mss, snd remain yours truly,
Atlanta, Ga., July B, INC ** LEVI80&
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
JULY 9.
1553—The Elector Maurics killed at
bsttls of 8lsverahsusen.
1578—Ferdinand II of Germany born,
Died February 15. 15*7.
1686—League of Augsburg formed
against Franc*.
1734—Dantalc surrendered to the Rus
sian*.
1755—General Braddock’s expedition
against the French In Canada
defeated.
1782—Peter III of Russia deposed
and succeeded by Catherine II.
1797—Edmund Burke, Irleh orator,
died. Boro January 7, 1710.
1119—Ellas Howe, inventor of the saw
ing machine, born. Died Octo
ber S, 15*7.
1*34—Earl Gray' and Lord Althorp re
signed.
1850—Zachary Taylor, twelfth presi
dent of United States, died. Born
November 24, 1714.
19*0—Prince of Wales sailed for
- America
1998—General Total offered to surren
der Santiago if his troops were
allowed to march out with their
arms.
1904—Alton B. Parker nominated for
president by Democratic con
vention at 8L Louis.
Rev. J. R. Most, of Mouessen. Pa., bss
- ■reu som. *11 of them clergymen, five dif
ferent denomlnuttooe Mug represented
smMg the young men. Nos* of theta has
evsr heard any of the others presell. They
sm sister, who Is surrtod to a
By Prirste Leased Wire.
New York, July 9.—Waldorf Aitor Is
a British subject and while he will oc
casionally honor thla country with hto
presence, he has no Intention of giving
up hto citizenship In the adopted land
of hto father.
The young man and hi* bride, who
tvas Mrs. Nannie Langhorne-Shaw, one
of the Virginia sisters famous for their
beauty, stopped In New York after
landing Just long enough to breakfast
at the Holland House. Then they took
a train for Isteboro. Maine, where today
they occupy the Charles Dana Gibson
cottage. They expect to remain there
several weeks
Before leaving this city Mrs. Astor
remarked to a friend that sh* waa very
happy.
'I really didn't Intend marrying
again," ah* said, "until I met Waldorf.
He is a very nice young man.”
The young heir to William Waldorf
Aster's great estates In England and
Manhattan was asked:
'‘What are your plana during your
stay In this country?"
I don’t think my plans ar* of suf
ficient Importance to Interest the pub
lic,” he answered, still smiling. "W*
shall go to Maine, and then to Vir
ginia, wherd w* shall visit Mrs. Astor'*
relatives. I don't know whether th*
place Is near Richmond or noL I havs
never been there.”
"Will you visit Newport?”
"No, we are not going to Newport, f
don't know how long w* shall be In
this country."
"Are you. to take charge of your
father's affairs In this country?"
“That doesn't Interest the public,” h*
said. ”1 shall be back and* forth.”
”Mr. Astor, are you an American
citizen?* h* was asked.
“I believe not," he replied, laughing.
T live In England and have no Inten
tion of returning to this country to
live at any time.”
The young man said that he and
Mrs, Astor had met Congressman and
Mrs. Longworth once before they left
England.
Frank J. Gould, who waa hurt In an
automobile accident at Norwich, haa
been brought to hto home in‘this city.
He has a fractured rib. Tbs automo
bile was upset by'the chauffeur In or
der to avert a collision with a wagon
which bad been driven directly across
the road.
The purchase by Lyman J. Gage, for
mer secretary of the treasury, of th*
Prospect Cotege, adjoining the prop
erty on which stands the temple pre
sided over by Mrs. Katherine Ttngley,
the “purple mother” of theosophy, at
Point Lomax, coupled with the fact
that he haa resigned the presidency of
the United States Trust Company, Is
taken by Mr. Gage's friends here at
proof that he has permanently given
up the prominent position be held In
the business world, and will devote hto
life to the study of the mystic phil
osophy of the followers of Mms. Blav-
ataxy.
A long course In th* occult studies
that Is declared to have been handed
from the earliest philosopher awaits
the former banker bofore he can con
sider that he has mastered even th*
fundamental principles of the theory.
A business career would be Incom
patible with hto work, and the tenets ot
th* system ot thought that he Is about
to absorb do not leave room for active
dealings with the work-a-day world.
The former cabinet officer to the
greatest convert that th* mystic cult has
ever received from the publlo life of
this country,
A marriage of unusual romance has
Just been disclosed, when It was known
that Wellington Corlet, a son or Mrs,
John N. Tisdale, of 52 West Thirty-
second street, had sloped with and
married Mis* Loretta Jefferson, ol
Bustards Bay. the favorite grand
daughter of Joseph Jefferson.
Th* young man, who was graduated
from Harvard on June 22, thought that
a marriage llcena* was of more Im
portance than a "ahespsklo." and to
yrove tt he quietly slipped away from
ila alma mater, and from hto own
mater for that matter, and married the
B glrl on June 8 In Bustards Bay,
en daya before he waa gredu-
atsd. . . _
Nobody but a college chum and a
minister witnessed the simple cere
mony. but the marriage waa approved
of by friends ot both families as soon
as the news reached them of the event
John Are. 82 years old, who says he
fought under General Robert E. Lee,
ts at Bellevue Hospital, where he was
sent In a starving condition. He haa
applied at the municipal lodgltut house
He said he had ridden on freight trains
and walked from Wilmington, N. C.. ts
New York In search of work. He to I*
serious condition.
Even the Adirondack deer have de
clared war against th* automobile
speeder. William E. Snyder, a trat-
ellng man, tells a remarkable stoiy of
an attack mads upon an automobile l"
which b* waa riding by a giant burn
deer. The rear lamps and on* of in*
tire* were demolished, h* says. •*»
deer got away.
Because a woman neighbor. Just for
- Joke, told Mr*. Irene Duff, of
Veet Thirty-fifth street, that the lat-
tor’s husband had died. Mra. Duff 1*
In Bsllsvu* hospital today with» **?5
across her throat which she lnfili'''^
upon hsreslf with a butcher knife. Hb”
scarcely had finished her ”}
suicide when her husband reached
horns. She went Into hysterica *n<l
became uncontrollable. 31 hsn Mdtea
to Bedevil* It was necessary to restrain
her.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
3
By Private Leased Wire. ,
New York. July *.—HAe sre some -t
th* visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—T. H. Brannsn. B. Dil
lingham and wife. J. 8. Hamilton. M. N
Roberts, Miss Stephens, Mrs. N. St**-
art. Miss L. Street Miss M. B. "h"'
aids, A. D. Jones. E. L. Morris. E ».
Robinson and wife.
MACON—S. B. FIsIdlns.B- B.
4ng, Jr.. M. Hnpp and wife, J. Morris,
SAVANNAH—j! W. Schley. A. D««
bsllmont, T. McCarthy.
Hick*—What do you think of th*|
llveralty making Dumlsy a doctor
Wicks—Oh. well, the universities d>
very rrasy things sometimes. ,
Hick#—Ye*, and yst thsyfir* »'* *”
supposed to b* In possession of ine “
faculties.—Catholic Standard.