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THE ATLANTA OEOROTAN. MONDAY. JI'LY 9. 1!W». The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Subscription Rites: One Tear ,.. 54.50 Six Months ....... 2.50 Three Months..... 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c Published Erery Afternoon Except Sundsy by THE GEORGIAN CO. it 25 W. Alibsmi Sheet, Atltnti, Gi. Kntrr.il a. second-clsss matter April 28, ISM, at tba rnptofflcs it Atlaeti. Go, uader set of cootreaa of tfarcb 8. ISIS. Sk, | THE GEORGIAN COMES TO ®x to j GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE TO "Porteus, thin It a proverb thou thouldit read: ‘When flatterers meet, the Devil goet to dinner.'” —Peter Pindar. Mr. Seely’s Return. After alx weeki of absence and serious illness, Mr. Fred L. Seely, president and publisher of The Georgian, returned to the olDce for the Brat time on Saturday eve ning. The universal expressions of pleasure and of affec tion lavished upon him by every employee In the offlefc great and small, was the best proof of the solid and no ble basis upon wjileh Mr. Seely Is building bis business career. To be loved by those who are nearest to us and know us best. Is, after all, the best of tributes to a man’s life and a man's motives. . And measured by this high standard, the president of The Georgian Company has unusual reason to feel happy and satisfied with the foundation be has laid. A Freak of the Record. Those who came Into possession of a certain copy of The Congressional Record recently printed In and Issued from the government bureau, sat up and rubbed their r yes hard and wondered what thly 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- i (-resting periodical. It dealt with the present adminis tration and tho work of the first session of the Fifty- ninth congress, but It was the most amatlng commentary on that work ever read by the people who dovour The Record with more or less avidity. It set forth that this was the most economical ad ministration and the most thrifty session of congress the country has known in years. The members of the house and senate had handled the money of the people as ir It had been their own. Russell Sags could not have been more prudent and cautious In bis expenditures than the appropriation committee had been. At tho same time It was pointed out In the same speech that congress had been spending money like a drunken sailor. Tbo members of the house and senate had been digging Into the public treasury and throwing tho contents thereof at the very birds. Jimmy Haxen Hyde couldn’t have been more prodigal of his wealth at a chorus girl dinner than the representatives of the people had been, and the first session of tho fifty-ninth congress would stand out as a monument of extravagance. With these adjustable views expressed In the same apccch sot forth In The Congressional Record In all due form. It la not to be wondered at that those who peruse Its ptqunnt columns every day were wondering what had hnppencd and to whom It had happened. It would bo UBBoeottary to keep our own readers In suspense, 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 ease for that party In a little speech where in ho shows that ths greatest wisdom and economy havo boon exercised In disposing of the people's money, while tho ranking member of the opposition—a Democrat, of course, In this administration—shows that the party In power has been reckless In Its extravagance. In the session just closed It was Chairman Tawney who mado the hallelujah speech, and our own Lon Liv ingston who gave out the Jeremiad. Now, by some freak of the printer the two speeches got Into The Congressional Record as being one and the asms, and thousands of coplea of The Record were print ed and mailed before the blunder was discovered. Then there was a rattling In the valley of dry bones. We are not Informed which of the two gentlemen wns given credit for making this bl-partlsan speech, for our copy was not one of the number which succeeded in getting th^pugh the malls before the error was discov ered. Rut 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 the official record. It would have been worth the price of admission to study tho expression of countenance on the face of either one of them when he came across that number of The Record. But some aleuth finally caught the mischievous blum der, It not the mischievous blunderer, and the dual mind ed Record was suppressed. The County Patrol Bill. We are on record here as In favor of the county pa trol MU (Introduced by Representative Blackburn, of Ful ton. The merits at such a bill scarcely need to be ar gued. The conditions of society In the rural and agri cultural regions of the state are sufficiently well known to all intelligent people to make manifest the reasons for an enlargement of polios protection In the country districts of Georgia. We suppose that If any members of the state legisla ture have an obJacUon to this bill It must be based upon reasonable gronnds, and we feel sure that the author and the friends of the bill ought to be able to meet this ob- JecUon with equal reason and logic, and to make any nmcndmenta and corrections which may be rendered nec essary by constitutional criticism or objection. It would seem to be likely that one of the results of this heated and unfortunate state campaign would be an even greater unrest and uncertainty among the ne groes of the rural regions than we have had before, and In this view it would seem to be entirely clear tbat a wise and prudent legislature should prepare In advance for the protection and guardianship of our fellow dtlaena 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 distributing congratulations on Saturday among the factors who bad been effccUva In the promised final triumph of the child labor bill, wo did not propose at one time to compass the entire list of the valiant and useful friends of that great reform. On Saturday our felicitations were extended to those who took part In the acUve batUe of the last legislature and were most prominent In tho spectacular debate which enlivened both bouses upon this quesUon. Tba Georgian realises, however, tbat back of this fight were the earlier and the more strenuous batUes which made the present victory possible. The vital and Insistent attack upon public opinion on this quesUon begah long ago In Georgia, and It Is only fair to say that perhaps the earliest and most stalwart friends of this child labor bill have been found among the representa tives of the Federation of Labor and of organised labor ral. No man baa ever fought harder or done more cause than Mr. C. T. Ladson, the attorney of the FederaUon of Labor. .Time was, and there were many times, when this forlorn leader of a forlorn hope march ed to the oapltol at the head of bis helpless but heroic followers to present the cause and to advocate tho claims of the children In the workshops. For nine years the organisations of labor In Goorgla have been. In season and out cf season, the persistent friends and tireless advocates of this cause. They have fought Its battles when Its friends were few, and no ele ment of our Georgia populaUon 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 tba principle which It carries. There are some good women, too, of the Georgia Fed eraUon of .Women's Clubs and of other organlsaUons, who have done heroic and effecUve work In building up the public opinion which will triumph In the final pas- sage of this measure. The agencies are numerous and multiplied tbat have had a heart and a hand In this good work, and It Is the desire of The Goorgian to rejoice with them all In the triumph of a righteous measure which marks the higher civilisation 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 of cheer which the history of this reform has 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 force of a good and noble Idea will ultimately de stroy all opposition and break down all barriers to Its triumph and establishment Dreyfus' Moral Grandeur. This morning the Judges of the supreme court of France began their dellberaUons 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, should be merely quashed without a retrial. The Indications are that the decision of the Judges will be handed 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 has been the victim of the most atrocious plot of modern Umes, is about to be restored to hts 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 situation would assume. He has absolutely refused to accept any pecuniary damages for the Injustice he has suffered or to be a party to any prosecution of those who hava wronged him. He contends that all he wants or will aocept Is the restoration of his rank and titles, and from this determination his counsel cannot persuade him. It Is a foregone conclusion that he will be acquitted. As pointed out In these columns some time ago, It oomes as a surprise to the general public, perhaps, that Captain Dreyfus has never been acqulttod. In spite of the overwhelming evidence of fraud, forgery and conspir acy, entered into by his enemies, the verdict of the Rennes court martial was "guilty,'' and he gscaped fur ther punishment only by a pardon. Rut he has not been satisfied with a pardon. Noth ing but a verdict of acquittal would serve his purpose, and he has been laboring to that end for six years. The confession of Count Esterhasy that he forged the bor dereau on which Dreyfus was convicted should have apt at rest all controversy, but the army was not willing to assume the odium of having so far violated erery princi ple of Juettce ae to connive at fraud and forgery and to save Itself It repeated Its verdlcrof guilty. Oreat mischief has been wrought at best The French army stands condemned before the civilised world as it Is. aild the finger of scorn is pointed at It from all over the world. Rut 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 court should quash the Rennes verdict. He has dono more. It seems. Few men would be willing to pass over the damages and the prosecution of the enemies who wrecked his life. But this la the moral ground on which he has planted himself, and the Indications are that the quashing of the verdict and the consequent acquittal of the Injured man will end the great drama which at one time convulsed all Europe. He has had his revenge In great measure, for many of those who testified against him are In a suicide’s grave and others are In disgrace. It will be a long time before the French nrmy will recover from the odium It has brought upon Itself, but when the history of this great event Is written Dreyfus himself will stand out not only as the moat unjustly persecuted man of the century, but will occupy a post tlon of honor and dignity and self restraint which will give him an abiding place In the world's great‘hall of honorable fame. '(lists generally did their full duty in 1596. Did the chairman of the national Democratic party do his? Did he live up to hid agreement ? r lf he did not Is It not possi ble that he is the one to blame? Next he goes for Hoke and Watson on account of Hoke's record. It appears to me that Hoke made a great deal of that record, some years ago Inside the dear old party amid the plaudits of all good organized moss- back Democrats, and It was all O. K. and Hoke was a great man until he got on the people's Bide. 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 Hoke's acts at the lime should be estopped from attacking him at this 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 of the article It could be expressed In nbout 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 n very unpleasant Job on both sides. For in stance, when ho attacks Watson, the only charges he can bring are that be defeated Bryan and caused the nomination of Parker In 1904. Even the most kinky- headed negro In Georgia knows tbat there Is no founda tion In fact Ik Ma dhargea against Wotaota. Bgt WhaaJ he undertakes the pleasant Job of defending his friend. Clark Hpwell, 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 •e.'I'-i the stars and strip- ■< ' ' proud; he has already carved his name high up In the sacred halls of fame. He has so deeply Impressed his llfo and actions upon the hearts of bis 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 live on os long as time lasts, SETH W. EVAN8. Thomson, Go., July's, 1906. REPLY TO MR. CARSWELL. To the Editor of The Georgian: I note In The Georgian of the 4th Instant an article over the signature of one P. W. Carswell, and It ta In reply to that article that 1 desire to make a few com ments. Mr. Carswell says that he thinks that Mr. Watson eras partly responsible for Bryan'a defeat la hts race* for president and gives at ground for hie opinion that McDuffie and several other counties where Watson's In fluence controlled went for McKinley. To me the above reason la the most farfetched statement for any one to base an honest opinion on that haa ever come under my observation. Did not Watson work day and night, and apeak through the South and West until he almost wrecked his constitution In the Interest of Bryan's can didacy? Did not Watson, together with the other Pop* ullst leaders, pledge the support of the Populist party to Bryan? Did not Bryan receive over one million Populist votes in 1896? Did not Bryan develop consid erably more strength in 189t when Watson gave him his support than he did lu 1940? Did McDuffie and eeveral other counties go for .McKinley when Bryan ran last? According to the logic of Mr. Carswell Mr. Bryan should by all means have been elected In 1900 when the counties In which Watson controlled went for Bryan. The trnth of the matter Is that Watson and the Pop- NOT TEACHING CHILDREN TO HATE GOD. To the Editor of Tho Georgian: In tbo morning edition of The Georgian of July 3 wo find nn article from the pen of J. C. C. Carlton under tba caption “Teaching Children to Hate God.” In eald article tho writer takes George A. Beattie to task for teaching In the Sunday sehopl lesson that there It a place or condition In the future world known hell. He says all thoee 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 away from said 'monster' rather than turn to Him and embrace Him as a loving heavenly Fa ther." Mr. Carlton doesn’t believe there is a place or condition of eternal retribution, therefore he seems to conclude that somo of the wisest beads of any age havo missed the mark by far when they differ with him and goea so far as to use those strong adjectives. We feel sure he wrote hastily. He seems to know all about tho Greek words and bow they were translated. The great demand of the people today la plain English. But It Is ARGUMENT AGAINST EXCHANGES. To the Editor of The Georgian: There are so few people who know tho reel character of the buelnesa dene on the New York Cotton and Stock Ex changee that It la not eurprlslng that you should be deceived Into giving edi torial eanctlon to them as “legtUmate exchangee." It la true that In a aenee the gamb ling In futures on margin it ••legiti mate,” In that It la allowed by law, but It Is to render Illegitimate, eo far as the people of Georgia are concerned, the eglalature nnd the business men are now at work. A few years ego 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 race* pale Into Insignificance before these two Institutions which you have unwittingly in your editorials In dorsed. Tou seek to draw a distinction be tween these “exchanges" and bucket shops. The exchanges are big bucket shops, while the bucket shops are little bucket shops, and this Is the first dif ference-^ difference without distinc tion. This Is not, however, exactly cor rect, for a bucket shop Is honest with you, and you do stand some show for your money, while, .with your so-called exchange house, you have none at all. Let ue see how this le: You make a bet with a bucket ehop that the price of cotton will go up or down, according to the figures that wilt be ground out by the New York Cotton Exchange machine; you are both on the outside; neither one of you have anything to do with the making of the figure on which you bet, and at this game you Hand about as good a show at the gueas ae he dose; but suppose you bet with the exchange itself and see how you come out. In that case you put your money Into the hande of the exchange;' It knows Just how much you have up and the machinery In operation on the Inside proceeds to make Its 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 8tnck Exchange. With a bucket shop you are dealing at arm's length; the chop la honest with you; the man who rune it le after your money and tells you so. But the exchange member you look upon as your agent, he represents himself as such, but precedes to play the cards against you. To Illustrate: Brakes A has bought for fifty of hts lambs scat tered over the country ten thousand bales of cotton at 10:80. 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 tomers, and so' down goes cotton to 10:10, the elate has been wiped off and they proceed to work the example over again. Of course this le all against thoee very "strict end stringent” rules of these so-celled "legitimate ex changes.” 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 o( 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 alive. It speculation on margins on tha exchanges Is wiped out. then wild fluctuation wilt end and the manufac turer will have no need In this way to protect himself. Now. do the facte show that anything but gambling le carried on on your "legitimate ex changee?” Take our crop of cotton, which last year amounted to about elevn million bales: turn to the records of the New York Cotton Exchange alone and you wilt find that during the past year about two hundred million bales were bought oa margins. Now, how many of these bales were bought on this so-called "legitimate exchange" with the remotest Idea In a single In stance of ever taking a single bale of thie cotton? I do not believe that there afb t per cent of the people In Georgia who have made trades In the poet 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 of the cotton. It would be Interesting for your to-colled "legitimate ex change" to explain or. any basis of legltamacy how It is at this time that July options oa the New Orleans Cot ton Exchange are quoted a cant a pound higher than the same July op- sometimes nece«aary to go back to tho original tongue. J. C. C. <\in do a»a> with Gehenna and shcol all right. Gehenna was a garbage valley, he says, and this Is what our Saviour meant In Matthew 10:25 where He says “Fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.” bell. If hell was this garbage valley, 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, hut is It there now? We don't think it Is. In Mark 9:43 you hear these words coming from the lips of Jesus himself: "It thy hand offend thee, cut It off: It Is better for thee Id enter into ilfe maimed, than having two hands to go Into hell. In to the fire that never shall be quenched." You ought'to read on from the forty-third to the forty- eighth verses- You won't find this to' mean a garbage valley. When He says fire which never shall bo quench ed. He means it won't be quenched at all, but will burn all tho time—eternally. "Never” means a continuation, nothing transitory. In Revelations It is referred to as the "lake of fire.” How soma people can take God's Word and add to It and diminish from It, accept Its teachings of heaven and refuse Its teachings of lieu. Is more than I can un- derstand. Such knowledge and practice Is too wonderful for me; It Is low; I cannot descend unto It. It la past finding out. Mr. Carlton doesn't want the chlldi-ti frightened. He Is a most unselfish man. but I feel sure he doesn't want his own peace and case 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 oscape eternal perdition. It 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 lots will lie peace, ease, comfort, pleasure, luxury, bliss, Joy and happiness and it shall be eternal, but If we are defiant and robcllloua toward God, hard-hearted and stiff necked. walking not after the 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, Bhall be quenched.” or the "lake of fire," and this means' eter nal. If I am obedient God will save me from tills terri ble eternal punishment; If I am disobedient ho will damn my soul in an ctornal hell. So also la It with Mr. Carlton and everybody else. Selah: CHESTER E. JOHNSON. Bonlfay, Fla., July 4, 1906. AN APPRECIATIVE LETTER. To the Editor Of Tha Georgian: I have read your editorial today In reply to the ques tion by The Macon Telegraph and The Columbia, S. C., State. I havo taken The Georgian since lta beginning. I was not going to vote for you for the senate, not be cause I had any objection to you. hut that 1 had always voted for Senator Bacon, nnd was satisfied with what he had done. And now, since 1 am taking your paper, 1 feel that It would have been a distinct loss to the people of Georgia had you been elected senator, not that you would havo fallen short of the measure of your position, but that Journalism would have lost one of Its ablest and plennest writers, and the people lost, In a field where be could best. serve them, a fearless and able champion. Respectfully. T. M. McINTOSH. change. Again, It would be lnMrestlng 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 of these traneactlons will begin to find Its way to light. Let me say In conclusion that there A-ould be no need, eo far as a few 1 peo ple are concerned, for a law in Georgia against carrying pistole, shooting craps, playing poker, or gamollng Ip futures; but laws are made for the good and protection of the greatest number. It 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 then . feed upon the crumbs that fail from their master's table will make their own exit, Wall street Itself will go to pieces and In a country like ours there will be no occa sion In the future for hard times, no squeeses In the money market and no need for Thomas W. Lawson to fur nish the country with any other remedy for “Frensled Finance." L. S. PHILISTINE AND PHARI8EE. From Tin- New York Globe. Naturally Elbert liubbard, writing con cerning s little tourney to Concord, N. II., tho sbrlne of Eddylsm, drops Into some- tblg like genuine admiration. May not — admire soother! May not tho profit tlixt waited to be garnered on the other? Ho hee harvested mmewhat f his little cult, but what, efter ell, le ' Aurora to Concord! What Is the Income derived from Bobby book corers compared to the eteady return from Science and Health—copyrighted. Invariably In advance? In one respect, however, the mulls of Mr. Hubbard's prowling about Concord havo ntwa value. Mrs. Eddy llvaa. Ue saw her; wea so near her tbat dismissed la to be the theory that a lay Bgnre, with wazen features modelled and colored to Imitate tha departed original, la paraded about In a carriage to fool the faithful n s. He beheld a creature of flesh xxl step Into tho waiting barouche, to be driven off by the coachmen who aha re* to the oitent nf IS) a week In the good bastneas hla mlstrraa baa built up. The eyea were nndlmmed, the face an- wrinkled, the form that of Bernhardt; tha disbelieve In the materiality of the body, believes In the materiality of pretty things -the woman haa triumphed over the iropheteaa, vanity haa held her place de pile the onslaught of philosophy. Serene, her ml ad unruffled by thoatkt f the three husbands that were (two dead end one divorced), Mrs. Mary Ilaker Glover- Mudd.Kddy haa conquered peace—sweetly supported by the eonsrlouanros tbat aba owns as beautiful a monopoly as the world baa ever seen; that business was Barer better: that uersr wars there ao many answers to her meaeege, "Come onto me, all ye that ere heavy laden, end I will give you a book bound In eloth for S3: ralf, B, and levnnt, IS; with my trustee ISO of unroll- both Inor- discovers very an. In*.or unfolding as applied to I S ole *nd organic bodies) readily it tbe theory of descent Is a .... cwut one. Ita conception la aald to bare originated with Empedocles, and this con- option was elaborated by Arlatotle <B. C. 384-4Z2) who, aa an anatomist, conceived of a genetic succession from lower to higher forma, and who believed Jn heredity, mu tilations and reversions. Saint Augustine (A. D. 164) and Thomas Aquinas (1226) held that the creation of thlnga was due to a series of causes. Lelbnlts (164€*1716) believed In the connection of species, a chain of beings and the continuity of nature and waa the author of the formula Natura noa faclt aaltuni. Button (1707-1781). the great zoologist, held that animals were derived from a single type, observed the effects of firaie inai some conceptions on the sub- iecr of the origin of species were enter tained lone before the time of Wesley, and that, therefore, his mantle of priority oyer Darwin must fall from tha shou“ of Wealsy» to be lost in the aolltude o was doabtleaa Influenced by the writings of Bonnet, whose works. ? *Con* temptation de la Nature nnd Pallngene- ntSP des Etres Vlvants. lie- \ uriauaiiiauie, ne, according 10 ur. l-see, translated Into English In an abridged form In 177s. If Wesley’s views on species, types and animal forma were based solely upon Information gained from Bonnet, they referred to quite a different evolution from that considered by Darwin In the descent J ‘*“ *“ ern sente by WE8LEY AND EVOLUTION. To the Editor of The Georgian: The communication or the Rev. J. W. lie# to The Georgian of June 86 from lie title. “John Wesley Held Theory of Evo lution Long Before Darwin Was Born,'* titled 1 It ei deliberately chargee the founder of Math odtsa with entertaining vtewa la accord with Darwin’s conclusions drawn from systemstUattoo of the vast store of tecta collected under the title, "Origin of 8pe des,” or that he Is prepared to say tbat Darwin's researches were merely a reper cussion or amplification of Wesley's lucu- tuitions on physical metamorphosis and the like! And yet be as vs, somewhat with an air of challenge or or triumph. “John Wee- lev wrote a book la two volumes on the origin of species thirty-four years before Darwin waa bora, end eighty four years before Darwin published hla celebrated work on *The Origin of Socctee!' 1 ' It le not quite evident what good purpose Is te be achieved In contrasting the nat ural philosophy of Wesley and Darwin, or In seeking to establish aa a priori rela tionship between them. That John Wee- fey belli to a theory of evolution would scarcely shake tbd bold of Darwtn on tho Scientific world, neither would It be espe cially gratifying or pleaaaat for Methodists to reflect that Wesley waa a Darwinian In during which the retained motion (energy) undergoes a parallel transformation." In other words, there Is In the organic world a continual change from the homo geneous to the heterogeneous or from the generalised to the specialised. Bonnet's term evolution had reference to successive unfolding (e, out—volvere, to roll) of pre formed germs, the metamorphosis of frogs and butterflies, and la quite distinct from that defined by Herbert Hpencer. The evolutionary tree la tho well-known genealogical tree of leatnarck (1744 182k), the founder of organic evolution and of Inverte brate paleontology, and It may or may not have been known to Wesley. Tbat Wealey was the founder of the Methodist church Is sufficient to flx bis name and fame forever, but tbat be was the forerunner of Derwln, or that the crude platitudes qudtod from bis "Philosophy" may be Interpreted as in any sense — promising the magnificent results of Win, or of furnishing working material for his epoch-making contributions to modern science Is, to say the least, overstating the case. I am, yours sincerely. ItKltNAIlb WOLFF. Atlanta, Qa„ July 8. FAVORS A PERMANENT PARK COMMISSION To the.Editor of Tbo Georgian: Kindly cancel former ballot and replace with the one Inclosed. No doubt my bal lot was the one you had refrence to a few day* ago. and I admit "being on the wrong aide," after reading all articles care fully. Converted, I drop the “municipal ownership" Idea, and rental^ yours trvlir, Atlanta, Oa.. July 5, ISO! A ‘ 8 ’ THIS DATE IN HISTORY. JULY 9. 1553—The Elector Maurice kilted nt battle of Blaverebauaan. 1578—Ferdinand II of Germany bom. Died February 19, 1617. 1688—League of Augsburg formed •gainst France. 1734—Dantxic surrendered to the Rus sians. 1788 General Braddock's expedition against the French In Canada defeated. 1782—Peter III of Rusala deposed . and succeeded by Catherine II. 1797—Edmund Burke, Irish orator, died. Bom January 7, 1710. 1919—Ellas Howe, Inventor at the saw ing machine, bom. Died Octo ber I, 1847. 1934—Earl Grey and Lord Allhorp re signed. 1889—Zachary Taylor, twelfth presi dent of United 8tales, died. Bom November 24, 1714. 1880—Prince of Wales sailed, for America. 1899—General Torel offered to surren der Santiago If his troops were allowed to march out with their arms. 1904—Alton B. Parker nominated tor president by Democratic con vention at 8h Louis. Bev. J. It. Muer. of Mooessen, Pe., bo* fere* soot, all of them clergymen. Are dlf- fere at denomination. Mug represented ■stoof the young men. Nose of (hem hee ever heard any of the others preach. They bare one sister, who Is married te a pro. cher. liy I'riTflte Lee«cd Wire. New York, July 9.—Waldorf Astor It a British eubject and while he will oc casionally honor this country with his presence, he has no Intention of giving up his citizenship in the adopted land of hla father. The young mnn and hi* bride, who was Mrs. Nannie Langhorne-Shaw, on* of the Virginia sisters famous for their beauty, .-topped in New York after landing just long enough to breakfast at the Holland House. Then they took a train for Isleboro, Maine, w here 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 the waa very happy. "I really didn't Intend marrying again," she sold, “until I met Waldorf. Hq Is a very nice young maa" The young heir to William Waldorf Astor*# great eatatea In England and Manhattan was asked: "What are your plana during your stay In this country?" "I don't think my plans are of suf ficient Importance to Interest the pub- he answered, still smiling. “We shall go to Maine, and then to Vir ginia, where we shall visit Mrs. Astor's relatives. I don't know whether the place Is near Richmond or not I have never been there.” Will you visit Newport?” No, we are not going to Newport. I don't know how long we shell be In this country.” "Are you to take charge of your father's affairs In this country?" ‘That doesn’t Interest the public,” he said. “I shall be back and forth." "Mr. Astor, are you an American citizen?' he was asked. “1 believe not," he replied, laughing. "I live In England and hava no Inten tion of returning to this country to live at any time.” The young man said that he and Mrs. Astor had met Congressmen and Mrs. Longworth once before they left England. Frank J. Gould, who waa hurt In an automobile accident at Norwich, has been brought to hla home In this city. He has a fractured rib. The automo bile waa upset by the chauffeur In or der to avert a collision with a wagon which hod been driven directly across the road. The purchase by Lyman J. Gage, for mer secretary of the treaaury, of the Prospect Cotage, adjoining the prop erty on which stands the temple pre sided over by Mrs. Katherine Tlngley, the "purple mother" of theosophy, at Point Lomax, coupled with the fact that he has resigned the presidency of the United States Trust Company, is taken by Mr. Gage's friends here ss proof that he has permanently given up the prominent position he held In the business world, and will devote his life to the study of the mystic phil osophy of the followers of Mme. Blav- atsky. A long .course In the occult studies that Is declared to hava been handed from the earliest philosopher awslts the former banker before he can con sider that he has mastered even tha fundamental principles of the theory. A business career would be Incom patible with bis work, And the tenets of the system of thought that he la about to abeorb do not leave room for active dealings with the work-a-day world. The former cabinet officer Is the greatest convert that the mystlo oult has ever received from ths public Ilfe of this country. A marriage of unusual romance has Just been disclosed, when It wns known that Wellington Corlet, a son of Mrs. John N. Tisdale, of 88 West Thirty- second street, had eloped with and married Miss Loretta Jefferson, of Bussards Bay, tha favorite grand daughter of Joseph Jefferson. The young man, mho was graduated from Harvard on June 22, thought that a marriage license was of more Im portance than a "sheepskin," and to prove It he quietly slipped away from his alm& mater, and from his own mater for that matter, and married tho pretty girt on June 8 hi Bussards Bay, fourteen days before he was gradu- •ted. • ■ Nobody but a college chum and a minister witnessed the simple cere mony, but the marriage was approved of by friends of both families as soon os the news reached them of the event. John Are, 82 years old, who says he fought under General Robert E. Lee, Is at Bellevue Hospital, where he was sent. In a starving condition. He had applied at the municipal lodging house. He said he had ridden on freight train* and walked from Wilmington. N. C.. |" New York In search of work. He Is In a serious condition. Even the Adirondack deer have de clared war against the automobile speeder. William E. Snyder, a trav eling man, tella a remarkable atoiy « on attack made upon an automobile in which he was riding by a giant buck deer. The rear tamps and one of th« tires were demolished, he says, and the deer got away. Because a woman neighbor. Just for n Joke, told Mrs. Irene Duff, of -•* West Thirty-fifth street, that thf *■*" tee’s husband had died, Mrs. Duff le In Bellevue hospital today with a gash across her throat which she Inflicted upon hareelf with a butcher knife. She scarcely had finished her attempt «j suicide when her husband reached home. 8he went Into hyoterlcsi and became uncontrollable* When taken to Bellevue It was necessary to restrain her. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. By Private Leased Wire. New York, July Here are some ot the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—T. H. Brannen, B. Dil lingham and wife, J. 8. Hamilton, M. 8- Roberts, Miss Stephens, Mr*. N. Stew art. Miss L Street, Miss M. B- White- side, A. D. Jones. E. L. Morris. E «• Robinson and wife. MACON—8. B. Fielding. 8. B. F1«W Ing, Jr, M. Happ and wife, J. Morris. E. H. Pope. A. Tift. SAVANNAH—J. W. Schley. A. De- bellmont, T.JIcCarthy. Hicks—What do you think eC »kat university making Dumley a doctor * “wfckg—Oh. well, the universities do very craty things sometimes. Hicks—Yea, and yet they're always supposed to be In possession of thstr faculties.—Catholic standard.