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The Atlanta Georgian.
THE ATLANTA GEORG IAN.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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The Forces That Have Fought For the
Children.
In distributing congratulations on Saturday among
tbe factors who bad been effective in the promised final
triumph of tbe child labor bill, we did not propose at ono
time to compass tbe enUre list of tbe valiant and useful
friends of that great reform.
On Saturday our felicitations were extended to those
wbo took part In tbe acUve battle of tbe iaat legislature
and were most prominent in tbe spectacular debate which
enlivened both houses upon this question.
The Georgian realises, however, that back of this
fight were tbe earlier and the more strenuous 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 is only fair to say that
perhaps the earliest and most stalwart friends of this
child labor bill have been found among tbe represents-
Uves of tbe FederaUon of Labor and of organized labor
"Porteus, there is a proverb thou shouldst read:
‘When tlatterere meet, the Devil goea to dinner.’'
—Peter Pindar.
Mr. Seely’s Return.
After six weeks or absence and serious Illness, Ur.
Fred L. Seely, president and publisher of Tho Georgian,
returned to the office for tbe first Ume on Saturday eve
ning.
The universal expressions of pleasure and of affec
tion lavished upon him by every employee In the olllce,
great and small, wss the best proof of the solid and no
ble basis upon which Mr. Seely Is building his business
career. To be loved by those who are nearest to us and
know us best, la, 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 foundaUon he has laid.
A Freak of the Record.
Those who came Into possession of a certain oopy of
The Congressional Record recently printed In and Issued
from tho government bureau, sat up and rubbed their
eyes hard and wondered what they could have been doing
tlic night before.
In a conspicuous place In Its pages there appeared
the most marvelous speech that ever adorned that In
teresting periodical. It dealt with the present adminis
tration and the work of tho first session of the Fifty-
ninth congress, but It was the most amaslng commentary
on that work ever read by the people who devour 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. Tbe members of the house
and senate had bandied the money of the people as
If It had been their pwn., Russell Bage could not have
been more prudent and cautious In his expenditures
than tho appropriation committee had been.
At tho same tlmo It was pointed out In the same
apeech that congress had been spending money like a
drunken sailor. Tho members of tho house and senato
.had been digging into the public treasury and throwing
the contents thereof at the very birds. Jimmy Hazen
Hyde couldn't hare been more prodigal of his wealth at n
chorus girl dinner than the representatives of the people
bad been, and tho first session of th*e fifty-ninth congress
would stand out as a monument of extravagance.
With these adjustable views expressed In the same
speech set forth In The Congressional Record In all due
form. It Is not to be wondered at that those wbo peruse
Ita piquant columns every day were wondering what bad
happened and to whom It had bappenod.
It would be unnecessary to keop our own readers
In suspense, for they would never guess It
It Is known or all men that at tho end of a session of
congress the chairman of the appropriations oommlttee—
■ who, of course, is a member of tbe party In power—
makes out a esse for that party In a little speech where
in be shows that the greatest wisdom and oconomy have
been exercised in disposing of the people's money, while
the 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 made the hallelujah speech, and our own Lon Liv-
- lngston who gave out tbe Jeremiad.
Now, by seme freak of the printer the two speeches
got into The Congressional Record as being one and tbe
anme, and thousands of copies of The Record ware 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
was given credit for making this bl-partlsan speech, for
our copy was not one of the number which succeeded
In getting through the malls before the error was discov
ered. Rut we can well Imagine what must have been
the feelings of either Mr. Tawney cr Ur. Livingston
when he saw such contradictory sentiments attributed to
him by the official record.
It would have been worth the pries of admission to
study the expression of countenance on tbe face of either
ono of them when be eame across that number of The
Record.
Rut some sleuth finally caught the mischievous blun
der. It not tbe mischievous blunderer, and tba dual mind
ed Record was suppressed.
The County Patrol Bill.
We are on record here as In favor of the county pa
trol bill Introduced by Representative Blackburn, of Ful
ton.
The merits of 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 police protection in the country
districts of Georgia.
We suppose that It any members of the stata legisla
ture have an objection to this bill It must be based upon
reasonable grounds, and wo feel sure that the author and
the friends of the bill ought to he able to meet this ob
jection with equal reason and logic, and to make any
amendment* and correction! which may be rendered nt -
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, end
la this view It would seem to be entirely dear that a wise
and prudent legislature should prepare In advance for the
protection-and guardianship of our fellow dtlsans In the
interior all the safeguards which wisdom and generosity
can lay around this element of our population.
Federation of Labor. Time was, and there were many
times, when this forlorn leader of a forlorn hope march
ed ht the capitol at tbe head of hfs helpless but horofc
followers to present the cause and to advocate the claims
of tbe children In tho workshops.
For nine years the organizations of labor In Georgia
havo been. In season and out of season, the persistent
friends and tireless advocates of this cause. They havo
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 alleglanco
to the principle which It carries-
Thore are some good women, too, of the Georgia Fed
eration of Women's Clubs and of other organizations,
who have done heroic and effoettvo work In building up
tbe 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 this good
work, and It U the desire of The Georgian to rejoice
with them all In the triumph 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 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 deliberations on tbe case of Captain
Dreyfus, wbo, 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. Tbo 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 dlsUngulshed military officer, who
has beon the victim of the most atrocious plot of.motjero
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 situation
would nssume. He has absolutely refused to accept any
pecuniary damagos for tbe Injustice he has suffered or
to be a party to any prosecution of 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 his counsel cannot persuade him
It Is a foregono conclusion that he will be acquitted,
As pointed out In these columns some time ago, it
oomes as a surprise to tbe general public, perhaps, that
Captain Dreyfus has never been acquitted. In spite of
the overwhelming evidence of fraud, forgery and conspir
acy, entered Into by bis enemies, the verdict of the
Rennes court martial was “guilty,” and he escaped fur
ther punishment only by a pardon.
Rut be has not been satisfied with a pardon. Noth
ing but a verdict of acquittal would servo bis purpose,
and he has been laboring to that end for six years. The
confession of Count Ksterhaxy that he forged the bor
dereau on which Dreyfus was convloted should have set
at rest all controversy, but the army was not willing to
assume the odium of having so far violated every princi
ple of Justice as to connive at fraud and forgery and to
save Itself It repeated Us verdict of guilty.
Great mischief has been wrought at best The
French army stands condemned before tbe civilized world
as It Is, and the finger of scorn Is pointed at It from all
over the 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 court should quash tbe Rennes verdict He has done
more, it seems. Fow men would be willing to pass over
the damages and the prosecution of the enemies who
wrecked his life. Rut this is 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 hts 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 army 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 most unjustly
persecuted man of the century, but will occupy a posi
tion of honor and dignity and self restraint which will
give him an abiding place In the world's great hall of
honorable fame.
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REPLY TO MR. CARSWELL.
To the Editor of The Oeorgtan:
I note In Tbe Georgian of the 4th instant an article
over the signature of one P- W. Carswell, and It Is In
reply to that article that I desire to make a few com-
moots.
Mr. Carswell says that he thinks that Ur. Watson
wss partly responsible for Bryan's defeat In his races
for president and gives as ground for his opinion that
McDuffie and several other counties where Watson's in
fluence controlled went for McKinley. To me the above
reason Is the most farfetched statement for any one to
base an honest opinion on that has ever come under
my observation. Did not Wstaon work day and nlghL
and speak through the South and West until he almoat
wrecked his constitution In the Interest of Bryan's can
didacy? Did not Watson, together with the other Pop
ulist 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 189* when Watson gave him
his support tbaa he did la 1900? Did McDuffie and
several other counties go for McKinley when Bryan
ran last? According to the logic of Mr. Carswell Mr.
Bryan should by all meana have been elected In 1900
when the counties In which Watson controlled went
for Bryan. •
The truth of the matter Is that Watson and the Pop
ulists generally djd their full duty In 1896. Did the
chairman of the national Democratic party do hla? Did
he live up to hie agreement? If be did not Is It not possl-
ble that he Is the one to blame?
Next he goes for Hoke and Wstaon 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 tho 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 side. Now Is it
not true that If anybody wu-iM In- Justified In kicking'
at Hoke's record that It would be tho Populists? I am
Inclined to think that good old moss-backs who ap
proved of Hoke's actB at the time 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 tbe gist of 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
ho has a very unpleasant Job on both sides. For In
stance, when he attacks Watson, the only charges he
can bring are that he defeated Bryan and caused tbe
nomination of Parker In 1904- Bren the most kinky-
headed negro In Georgia knows that there Is no founda
tion In fact In his charges against Watson. But when
ho undertakes the pleasant Job of defending his frlond.
Clark Howell, no doubt he finds It almost aa 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 he has a record back of him of which any citizen
under tho stars and stripes might be Justly proud; ho
has already carved hlB name high up hi the sacred
halls of fame. Ha has so deeply Impressed his life and
actions upon the hearts of bis countrymen that gen
erations cannot effneo it Mr. Carswell will pass away
In common with the rest of us, but Watson's name and
fame will live on as long as tlmo lasts..
SETH W. EVANS.
Thomson, Go., July 5, 1906.
NOT TEACHING OHILDREN TO HATE GOD.
To tbo Editor of Tho Georgian:
In the morning edition of Tho Georgian of July 3
we find an article from tho pen of J. C. C. Carlton under
tha caption “Teaching Children to Hate God."
In said article the writer takes Ocorge A- Beattie
to task for leaching In 111- Sun-lay -.rhnol lesson that
there Is a place or condition In the future world known
hell. He says all those who teach and hcllcvo
such a doctrine are "deluded, blinded, Ignorant, mtsrop-
reaentlng God as a cruel, fiendish monster so repulsive
to the nature of a child as to make them ihudder and
turn In horror away from said ‘monster’ rather than
turn to Him and embrace Hlfh as a loving heavenly Fa
ther.” Mr. Carlton doesn't believe there Is a place or
condition of sternal retribution, therefore he seems to
conclude that some of the wlaest haada of any nfte have
missed the mark by far when they differ with him and
goes so far as to use those strong adjectives. We feel
sure he wrote hastily. He seems to know all about the
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
the real character of the business done
on the New Tork Cotton and Stock Ex
changes that it is not surprising that
you should be deceived Into giving edi
torial sanction to them as "legitimate
exchanges.”
. It is true that In a sense the iamb-
ling In futures on margin Is "legitl-
mate,” In that it is allowed by law, but
It Is to render illegitimate, so far as the
people of Georgia are concerned, the
(ambling done In these places that the
eglslature 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 lend you to boldly declare that oil
the lotteries, faro banks, poker Joints
and horse races pale Into Insignificance
before theae two inatltutlona which you
have unwittingly In yoWr editorials in
dorsed.
You seek to draw a distinction be
tween theee “exchanges” and bucket
shops. The exchanges are big bucket
shop*, while the bucket shops are little
bucket shops, and this la the flrat dif
ference—a difference without distinc
tion. This la not, however, exactly cor
rect, for a bucket shop Is honeat with
you, and you do stand some show for
your money, while, with your so-called
exchange Mouse, you have none at all.
Let us 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 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 stand
about as good a show at the guess as
he does; but suppose you bet with the
exchange Itself and see how you come
out In that caae 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
Inelde proceeds to make tte quotations
so as to fit your pile and scoop It In. M
you sver did play in a gams when
the cards ware marked and stacked
against you, you are In It with mar
ina up on the New York Cotton oi
lock Exchange.
With a bucket shop you are dealing
at arm's length; the shop Is honeat
with you: the man who runs It Is 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: Broker A
has bought for fifty of his lambs scat
tered over the country ten. thousand
bales of cotton at 10: U. 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 tha margins of these cus
tomers, and so down goes cotton to
10:10, the slate ho* been wiped off and
they proceed to work the example over
again. Of court# thla te ail against
thoea very "strict and stringent” rules
of these so-called "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 dies
But you say these exchanges must
exist in order that the manufacturer of
cotton may protect himself against
fluctuations of the market. That Is
very much like saying that a man who
had become addicted to morphine must
continue to use It In order to keep
alive. If speculation on margins on
the exchanges Is wiped out, then wild
fluctuation will end and the manufac
turer will have no need In tbla way to
protect himself. Nqw, do the facta
show that anything but gambling la
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
of the New York Cotton Exchange alone
and you will And that during the put
year about two hundred million bales
were bought on margins. Now, how
many of these bale* were bought on
this so-called "legitimate exchange”
with the remotest Idea in a single In
stance of ever taking a single bale of
thla cotton? I do not bellave that there
are 1 per cent of the people In Georgia
who have made trades In the put ten
years on margins on the New York
Cotton Exchange who will rise up and
uy that they expected at the time of
making the trade to take a slagle bale
of the cotton. It would he Interfacing
tor your so-called "legitimate ex
change” to explain on any basts of
legttamocy how It is at thla time that
July opttoss on tbe New Orleans Cot
ton Exchange qre quoted a cent a
pound higher than the same July op.
sometimes necessary to go back to the original tongue.
J. C. C. C. can do away with Gehenna and sheol all
right. Gehenna was a garbage valley, be says, and this
Is what our Saviour meant in Matthew 10:28 where He
says "Fear Him who Is able to destroy both soul and
body In Gehenna." hell. If bell waa 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, but 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:
"If thy hand offend thee, cut It off; It Is better for thee
to enter into life 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 tho forty-
eighth verses. You won't find this to mean a garbage
valley. When Ho says fire which never shall be quench
ed, He meanB It won't be quenched at all, but will burn
all the time—^itarnally. "Never” means a continuation,
nothing transitory. In Revelations it is referred to as
the "lake of fire."
How some people can Lake God's Word and add to
it and diminish from it. accept its teachings of heaven
and refuse ita teachings of hell, 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 Is past
finding oul Mr. Carlton doesn't want tho children
frightened. He is a most unselfish man. but I feel
sure he doesn't want his own peace and ease disturbed.
Christ H.-IJ-H "It you love me, you will I i-.-p my com
mandments," and this Is what God requlr- s a' our hands.
If we do thlK we will escape eternal perdition. If we
k, , p Cod's law as n rule and guide for our fulfil and
practice in this present world, in the world to come our
lots will be peace, ease, comfort, pleasure, luxury, bliss,
Joy and happiness and it shall bo eternal, but if we are
defiant and rebellious toward God. hard-hearted and stiff
necked. walking not after the ordinances of (hid. hut
following the dictates of the world, the flesh and the
devil, then onr part will be In tbe "fire that never shall
be quenchod," or the "lake of fire,” and this menus eter
nal. If I am obedient God will save me from this terri
ble eternal punishment; If I am disobedient lie will
damn my soul In an eternal hell. So nlso Is It with Mr.
Carlton and everybody else. Selnh.
CHESTER E. JOHNSON.
Bonlfay, Fla., July 4, 1906.
AN APPRECIATIVE LETTER.
To tho Editor of The Georgian:
I havo read your editorial today In reply to the ques
tion by Tho Macon Telegraph and The Columbia, 8. C.,
State. I have taken The Georgian since Its beginning,
t was not going to vote for you for tho senate, not be
cause I bad any objection to you, but that I had always
voted for Senator Ilacon, and was satisfied with wbst he
had done. And now, since I am taking your paper, I feel
that it would havo been a distinct loss to the people of
Georgia had you been elected senator, not that you would
have fallen short of tho measure of your position, hut
that Journalism would have lost one of its ablest and
cleanest writers, and the people Jost, In a field where ho
could best serve them, a fearless and able champion.
Respectfully. T. M. McINTOSH.
change. Again, 1t would be interesting
for them to show what par 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
transactions will begin to And Its way
to light.
Let me say in conclusion that there
would be no need, so far aa a few peo
ple'are concerned, for a law in Georgia
protection of the greatest number. __
the legislature of Georgia will go to the
root of the matter and strike down
margin trading on the ao-called "legiti
mate exchanges" and every other state
will get In Une the bucket shops that do
nothing more than feed upon the
crumbs that fall from their master’s
table will mako their own exit, Wall
Street Itself will go to pieces and in a
country like ours there wHI 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 "Frenaled Finance.” L. S.
PHILISTINE AND PHARI8EE.
From Tte New Tork Globe.
Naturally Elbert Uubbard. writing con*
corning a little journey to Concord, N. ll.»
tte ohrlne of Eddyiatn, drop# Into aome*
thlf like remain* admiration. Hay not
one poee admfre another? JfaJ not the
amateur "nycat” look up te the flntibed
**yeffman? T ' May.not rblltatlnlsm, with
a good bank account, eee the good quail-
tlea of Pharisaism with one Infinitely
forger? Ope can almoat hear the auaplra*
tton of regret In the words of Pm Rlbertna.
In bis anxiety to work one side of the
street, did he not also overlook the greater
profit that waited to be garnered on the
other? He baa harvested somewhat from
hla little cultTbut what, after all, la Eaat
.’oncoril? What la tbe Income
a flabby book covers compam
idy return from Science am
rrighted, Invariably In advance
Ing the term In Its broad sen so of unroll
ing or unfolding aa applied to both Inor
ganic and organic bodies) readily discovers
that the theory of descent la a very an
cient one. Its conception la aald to have
originated with Empedocles, and thla con-
ceptlon waa elaborated by Aristotle (B. C.
S84-42?) who, aa an anatomist, conceived of
a genetic ancceealon from lower to higher
forms, and wte believed 7 In heredity, mu-
ttlationa ind reversions. Saint Augustine
(A. D. tt4) and Tbomaa Aquinas (12») held
that the creation of things waa due to a
series of causes. Lelbnlts (1C4C1716) believed
In tte Connection of species, a chain of
beings and tbe continuity of nature and
exhausting the Hat, may suffice to demon-
atrate that some conceptions on the sub
ject of tbe origin of species were enter*
talned long before the time of Wesley,
and that, therefore, his mantle of priority
over Darwin must fall from the shonlden
of Wesley, to be loat in the solitude of the
weale;
— — Influenced by the
writings of Bonnet, whose works, ,4 Cou*
temptation de la Nature and Pallngene-
lealtb-copyrfghted, Invariably In adran
In one respect, ’however, the results of
Iubbard'a prowling about Concord
news value. Mrs. Eddy Uvea.
BS.
paw
la to be the theory that a lay figure,
waxen features modelled and colored to
Imitate tte departed original* la parad*
about In a carriage to Tool the faithful
He beheld a creature of flesh
atop Into the waiting barouche,
to be driven off by tbe coachman wbo
•bares to tbe extent of 160 a week In tte
good business bis mistress has built up,
Tbe eyes were uudtmmed, tbe face nn-
wrinklcd, tte form that of Bernhardt; tbe
dress was of white aattn, snch as a girl
wears when going to a ball; tbe hat a
milliner'a dream; a richly embroldartd.
it WOO, tte profit —
> waa carelessly
Tf IL — — — w w
i In tha materiality of pretty things
—the woman has triumphed over the
rophetess, vanity baa belli her place tie-
rite the onslaught of philosophy.
Serene, her nrind unruffled by thought
of tte three husbands thnt were (two dead
and one divorced), Mrs. Mary Baker Olover-
Mudd-Eddy baa coaquered peace-ewcetly
supported by the conactousncoa that she
owns as beautiful a monopoly •• tte world
baa ever sees; that business waa never
better; that never were there so many
answers to her message. “Come unto me,
all ye that are heavy laden, am! I will
gtva you a book bound In cloth for 93;
calf, 96, and levant, W; with my trusted
agents giving instructions at tte mts of
9100 per course to all wbo wish further to
perfect their souls."
WE8LEY AND EVOLUTION.
To tbe Editor of Tte Georgian:
Tte communication of the Rev.
W. Lee to Tbs Georgian of June 10 from ___
title, “John Wenley Held Theory of Evo
lution Long Before Darwin Was Born/*
It ean not be that tbe reverend doctor
deliberately charges the founder of Meth*
im with entertaining views In neconl
th Darwin's eoucluriona drawn from
systematisation of tte vast store of facta
collected under the title, “Origin of Une-
eies,” or that he Is prepared to say that
tlr of challenge or <
ey wrote a book I
.jfigln of species tl ...
LKnrwin was bora, and eighty-four years
before Darwin publish*! hla celebrated
work on Tbe Origin of species!'"
It la not qalte evMent what good purpose
la to be achieved In contrasting the nat
ural philosophy of Wesley am* Darwin, or
In seeking to establish an a priori rela
tionship between them. That John We*
Iey held to n theory of evolution would
scarcely shake the hold of Darwin on the
scientific world, neither would It be espe
cially gratifying or pWaaabt for Methodists
to reflect that Wenley .was a Darwinian In
pouna fligner \nmn inw -iuj up. P< 3It aside from thin, tte moet casual
tiong on tho New Tork Cotton Ex* Inquiry Into tte Uterstum of nrotution to*
et 8ur I/Etat des Btres Vlvnnts.
churches Phllosophiques sur lea Preuves do
Chrtatlanlsme," no, according to Dr. Lee,
translated Into English In an abridged form
In 1775. If Wesley’s views on .species,
types and animal forms were baaed solely
upon Information gained from Bonnet, they
referred to quit# a different evolution from
that considered by Darwin In tte descent
of man. and defined In Its modern sense by
lleriwt Spencer aa follows:
“Evolution Is an Integration *of matter
ana a concomitant dissipation of motion,
during which tho matter pamea from a
relatively Incoherent homogeneity to a rela
tively definite coherent heterogeneity, and
during which the retained motion (energy)
undergoes a parallel transformation."
In other words, there la In tte
world a coatlnual change from tbe homo
geneous to the heterogeneous or from the
generalised to tte specialised. Uonnet’a
term evolution had reference to successive
unfolding <e. out—volvere, to roll)'of pre
formed germs, tte metamorphosis of frogs
and butterflies, and Is quite distinct from
that defined by Herbert Hpepcer.
Tbe evolutionary tree la tbe well-known
Methodist church Is sufficient to lx
name and fame forever, bat that he waa
the forerunner of Darwin, or that the crude
platltodea quoted from bis "Philosophy"
may be Interpreted aa In any aense com
promising tbe magnificent results of Dar
win, or of fnrnfohlag working material for
his epoch-making contributions to modem
science is, to say the least, overstating the
case. I am, youra sincerely,
DEUNARD WOLFF,
Atlanta, Ga. t July I.
FAVORS A PERMANENT
. PARK COMMISSION
To tbe Editor of Tbe Georgian:
Kindly cancel former ballot aod replace
with tbe one Inclosed. No doubt my bal
lot wu the one yon had refrence to a few
days ago, and I admit “being on the
wrong aide," after reading all articles care
fully. Converted, I drop tte "municipal
.w»«a.p" Sea. .nd temalnye^t^
Atlanta, Ge„ July 4. UOt
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
JULY 9.
1553—Th, Elector Maurice kilted at
battle of Sieverehausen.
1673—Ferdinand II of Germany born.
Died February IS, 1337.
1886—League of Aug, burs formed
against France.
1734—Dantzlc surrendered to the Rus
sian*.
1785—General Braddock'a expedition
against the French In Canada
■ defeated.
1782—Peter UI of Russia deposed
and succeeded by Catherine II.
1797—Edmund Burk*, Irish orator,
died. Born January 7, 1710.
1819—Ellas Howe, inventor of the saw
ing machine, born. Died Octo
ber l. 1807.
1834—Earl, Gray and Lord Althorp re
signed.
1550—Zschary Taylor, twelfth presi
dent of United States, died. Born
November 24, 1714.
I860—Prince of Wales sailed for
America.
1898—General Torai offered to surren
der Santiago If his troops were
allowed to march out with their
Arms.
1904—Alton B. Parker nominated for
president by Democratio con
vention at St. Louie.
hrtS“rep5i.tin
.. . tS
here sm sister, wbo Is ewrrled to a
preecher.
Bj Private Leased Wire.
New York, July 9.—Waldorf Aslor la
a British subject 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 his father. ,
The young man and his bride, who
was Mrs. Nannie Lnnghorne-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 Isleboro, Maine, where today
they occupy the Charles Dana Gibson
cottage. They expect to remain there
several weeks.
Before leaving this city Mrs. Aetor
remarked to a friend that aha was very
happy.
"I really didn't Intend marrying
again," she said, “until I met Waldorf.
He Is a very nice young man."
The young heir to William Waldorf
Astor-s great estates in England and
Manhattan waa asked:
"What are your plans during your
stay In thla countryT"
"I don't think my plana are of suf
ficient importance to Interest the pub
lic," he answered, still smiling. "We
shall go to Maine, and then to Vir
ginia, where we shall visit Mrs. Aator's
relatives. I don’t know whether the
place Is near Richmond or noL I have
never been there."
"Will you visit Newport7”
"No, we are not going to Newport. I
don't know how long we aboil be In
thla country.”
"Are you to take charge of your
father's affairs In thla country?"
"That doesn't interest the public," he
aald. "I shall be back and forth."
"Mr. Aetor, are you an American
citizen?' he waa asked.
"I believe nob" he replied, laughing.
"I live in England and have no Inten
tion of returning to this country to
live at any time."
The young man earn tlyvt he and
Mrs. Aator had met Congressman and
Mrs. Longworth once before they left
England.
Frank J. Gould, who was hurt in an
automobile accident at Norwich, has
been brought to hla home In thla city.
He has a fractured rib. The automo
bile was upset by tbe chauffeur In or
der to avert a collision with a wagon
which had been driven directly across
the rood.
The purchasa by Lyman J. Gage, for-
mer secretary of the treasury, 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 lie has resigned the presidency of
the United States Trust Company, is
taken by Mr. Gage's friends here as
proof that he has permanently given
up the prominent position he held In
the buelness world, ahd will devote hla
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 have been handed
from the earliest philosopher awaits
the former banker before he can con
sider that he has mastered even the
fundamental principles of the theory.
A business career would be Incom
patible with his work, and the tenets of
the system of thought that he la about
to absorb do not leave room for active
dealings with the work-a-day world.
The former cabinet officer is the
greatest convert that the mystlo cult has
ever received from the public life of
this country.
A marriage of unusual romance has
Just been disclosed, when it waa known
that Wellington Corlet, a son of Mrs.
John N. Tisdale, of 32 West Thirty-
second street, had eloped with and
married Miss Loretta Jefferson, of
Buszarda Bay, tha favorite grand
daughter of Joseph Jefferson.
The young man, who wu graduated
from Harvard on June 22, thought that
a marriage license waa of more Im
portance than a "sheepskin," and to
n it he quietly slipped away from
ma mater, and from his own
mater for that matter, and married the
pretty girl on June 3 In Buxsards Bay.
fourteen days before he was gradu
ated .
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
i the news reached them of the event
John Are, 82 year* old, who says h*
fought under General Robert E. Lee-
la at Bellevue Hospital, where he was
sent In a starving condition. He had
applied at tte municipal lodging house.
He said he lad ridden on freight train!
and walked from Wilmington, N. C-. to
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. 8nyder, a trav
eling man, tell* a remarkable store of
an attack made upon an automobile!"
which he was riding by a giant buck
deer. The roar lamps and one of the
tlree were demolished, he say*, and the
deer got away.
Because a woman neighbor. Juet for
a Joke, told Mre. Irene Duff, of
Weet Thirty-fifth street, that the let
ter's husband had died, Mre. Duff I
In Bellevue hospital today with ai P*
across her throat which ahe Inflict”
upon herself with a butcher knife, ,8hs
scarcely had finished her attempt *
suicide whan her husband reachch
home. She went Into ireateric*
became uncontrollable, when takes
to Bellevue It waa necessary to restrain
her.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Lresed Wire. ,
New York, July 3.—Here are aome ot
the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—T. H. Brennan, B. Dil
lingham and wlfa, J. 8. Hamilton. M. »•
Roberta, Miss Stephen*, Mre. N. 81#*-
arb Mlsa L. Street, Mlea M. B. B hH£
side, A. D. Jonea. E. U Morria, E- »
Robinson and wife.
MACON-8. B. Fielding. 8. B. Field
Ing. Jr, M. Happ and wlfa, J. Morris
E. H. Pope, A. TtfL . n*.
SAVANNAH—J. W. Schley, A. D*
bellmonh T. McCarthy.
Hick*—What do yon think of tf**
university making Dumley a doctor
'* Wlcka—Oh, wall, the -universities do
very crazy things sometimes.
Hick*—Yes, and yat tha/re s!*^;
supposed to be In possession of “t*
faculties.—Catholic Standard.