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The Atlanta Georgian. THE ATLANTA GEORG IAN. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Subscription Rites: One Year $4.50 Six Months 2.50 Three Month* ..... 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sundsy by THE GEORGIAN CO. it 25 W. Alsbtms Street, Atiints, Gs. Eot.rM sscodS-cIsm matter April S, ISOS, at tba rostofle* st Atlanta. Oa.. under act or eoDiraaa or Marrb A IS7S. THE GEORGIAN COMES TO vJj) GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE 7» 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. I: - ca 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.