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TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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The Atlanta Georgian.
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Envy, to which th' Ignoble mind's s Slavs
la emulation In the learned or breve.
—POPE.
Welcome, Mr. Jerome.
The presence In Atlsnts of William Travers Jerome,
district attorney of New York county, together with two
of his assistants, Francis P. Garvan and Almnth C. Vandl
ver. Is an event of more than passing Interest and Impor
tance.
Among all the champions of reform no one stands
out mors conspicuously in the public view than Mr.
Jerome. The energy and fearlessness with which he has
gone out after offenders against the law and has pursued
crime In high places have challenged the admiration of
the whole country. Long ago he won the reputation of
being a man who "would not flatter Neptune for his tri
dent nor Jupiter for the power to thundor." -ils personal
and political courage bare become proverbial and are
well Illustrated whenever the occasion demands.
Mr. Jerome Is yet a young man. He Is only In his
forty-seventh year. But be has been a hard student and
a hard worker. Through the Influence of his father he
secured an appointment In the district attorney's office
under John R. Fellows, one of the ablest officials who
ever occupied that responsible position, and events have
shown that he profited to the fullest extent by his tute
lage.
After a term of service In this position he was se
lected as a justice of special sessions, discharging the
duties of that office for seven years.
In 1901 he was chosen to the position of district at
torney, and last year was reelected by an overwhelming
majority. This last contest was one of the most strenu
ous and dramatla In the history of New York politics. He
refused to be tied up by pledges to Demoorets or Repub
licans and made his race as an Independent, with no
other platform than his own past achievements.
ft was a whirlwind campaign. Mr. Jerome la a graph
ic and forceful speaker, and he did not hesitate to hurl
deflnnco at his critics In unmistakable terms. It was on
the strength of his own vigorous personality and bis
reputation for Incorruptible Integrity tha\ he won one
of the most notable victories In the history of the city.
To those who could only reason according to the
logic of machine politics, his election was something of
a surprise, and yet those who knew the men and his
methods—his honesty, sincerity and energy—the result
wns very much what they had anticipated.
Mr. Jerome comes South to address the Bar Assocla
tlon of the state of Georgia, which has postponed the date
of Its meeting ten days In order to suit his convenience.
That ho Is one of the busiest men In the state of New
York goes without saying. Just at this time he and his
assistants are busy with the case of Harry Thaw, who
will soon be brought to trial for the murder of Stanford
White. The Bar Association and the people of Georgia
are therefore fortunate In being able to secure hts at
tendance and that of his able assistants, at this juncture.
Ills address nt Warm Springs will be one of the most
notable In the history of the organisation.
No man of so positive and Independent a character as
Mr. Jerome could fall to make many and bitter enemies.
Ho is criticised for not prosecuting the men who are al
leged to have been guilty of malfeasance In oonnectlon
with the Insurance exposures, but he takes the ground
that while they are morally guilty, the technical proof to
convict them Is wanting and a case has not been mado*
out against them. Again he Is criticised for not hasten-
tng the prosecution of Harry Thaw, but he replies that
there are nearly a score of murder cases which have
precedence of that of Thaw and that the richest man In
the country would have to take hie turn before the bar of
justice.
In fact he Is a storm center In certain quarters of
New York, but he maintains a serenity which only exas
perates his enemies.
He and his assistants are heartily welcome to Atlan
ta Every man who loves the cause of reform feels a
personal Interest In his visit and looks forward with the
keenest pleasure to what he may say before the Bar As
sociation of the state.
As to Mr. Jordan’s Letter and the
Bucket Shops.
We of course have noticed with considerable Interest
Mr. Jordan's letter In Sunday’s Atlanta Journal referring
to editorials which have appeared In The Georgian. We
regret that Mr. Graves has been suffering from a bron
chial attack and that It became necessary on Friday tor
him to go to the seashore for the benefit of his health.
Naturally Mr. Graves is tbs proper one to reply to Mr.
Jordan's letter. If he chooses. We have not heard from
him concerning the letter, but can safely promise to
print a reply at an early date.
AS PUBLISHER OF THE GEOROIAN I DESIRE TO
ASSURE HON. HARVIE JORDAN AS PRESIDENT OF
THE SOUTHERN COTTON OROWERS' ASSOCIATION,
l HUGH WHITE. AS PRESIDENT OF THE AT-
L CREDIT MEN'S ASSOCIATION. AND OUR
•MB THAT THE GEOROIAN HAS NOT ENCOUB
AOED, DOES NOT AND NEVER WILL ENCOURAGE,
COUNTENANCE OR INDOR8E GAMBLING IN ANY
8HAPE, MANNER OR FORM.
F. L. SEELY, Publisher.
JUDGE RICHARD B. RUSSELL
ON THE HUSTINGS AND A THOME;
A PICTURESQUE PERSONALITY
The laundry trust out In Ohio raises the question If
cleanliness under all circumstances Is related to godll
ness.
If Mr. Bryan lingers In England much longer he will
be suspected of having designs on parliament, with possi
bly a seat in the cabinet
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The Death of Alfred Beit.
Tho richest man In the world passed away today.
Alfred Belt himself would have had soma difficulty,
perhaps. In making a reasonable estimate of hla own
wealth, but It Is generally conceded that bis fortune was
something like a billion doUars, and that It exceeded that
of any other man then living.
He was comparatively a young man. being but little
more than 53 years of age at the Ume of his death.
Ono by one the men who made South Africa what
she is are passing to the great beyond. Barney Bernato
was tho first to go. He eras the most picturesque and
perhaps the most daring of them all. From a clown In
a circus—so tha story goes—he rose to be one of the
i-owers In the De Beers Mining Company, and with all
his wealth he never eAUrely lost some of the attributes
of a harlequin until that fateful day when he jumped
overboard In midocean on his way to England from the
Cape.
That strange mixture of dreamer and man of action,
Cecil Rhodes, was next to go, leaving behind him an Im
mense fortune and a name for achievement which will
not die for many a year to come.
And now we are called upon to chronicle the death
of another of the famous company. Alfred Belt, like
Bernato and Rhodes, died a bachelor, and it is not known
what will become of bis Immense property Interests. It
is only known that with all his wealth he bad to pay tha
Anal debt of nature, and once more we realise that
“If health were a thing that money could buy
Tba rich would live and tha poor would die."
Eugenie’s Closing Days.
A few days ago an aged woman—one who bad pnssed
her eightieth year—wrote to the Emperor Francis Joseph
that she felt the near approach of death and wished to bo
near him once more.
This agod woman was none other than tho former
Empress Eugenie, once the Idbl of the French and tho
beauty of Europe. That she la still living w|U come as
something of a surprise to those who do not keep Inform
ed of the world's affairs with the steady regularity which
the shifting kaleidoscope demands, and Indeed she Is a re
minder of a past which has receded so far that It Is as
If she came from another world on those rare instances
when she makes her appearance among the people of any
of the various countries where she is always welcome.
There Is no more pathetic figure In all Europe except
her sister In misfortune, the ex-Empress Carlotta, tho un
fortunate wife of the Emperor Mxamllian. She, too. Is
bowed with the weight of age and cares and Is living out
something more than tho Psalmist's span In the retire
ment of an asylum. Since that far-off day when, kneel
ing before the pope, begging that ha would Intercede In
behalf of her husband, her mind suddenly gave way,
there has not been is ray of reason to visit her melan
choly mind. She has stood as a pathetlo figure, a me
mento rnort of a regime which has long since passed
away.
There is in these two pathetlo figures a lesson be
yond all the power of words. They stand as living exam
ples of the evanescence of human greatness and power,
and the thought of either of them always summons a
world of melancholy reflections
It may be true that the Empress Eugenie Is correct
It may be that sho Is hearing the end of her long
and eventful career. Some premonition that such Is the
case seems to have entered into her mind and heart and
Impelled her to seek the old friend who has stood by her
so loyally for alt these years. It reminds one of the
words of Woolsey-to the effect that "an old man bowed
with years has come to beg a little earth for charity."
She is rich so far as this world's goods go. But the
friends of her youth have passed away. Few of the
reigning sovereigns were on the throne when she was
forced to lay aside her trappings of state. In a short
time more tho curtain will fall on this great drama of her
life—one of the most vital and Important in the history
of the world- She will go to her last reward and lay
aside all the sorrows thjkt environed her.
No life In its meridian prime was more brilliant than
hers and In Its evening shadows none Is more pathetic.
It this demoralising hunt for chorus girl witnesses in
connection with the Thaw case had occurred In the win
ter season, it would hardly have been possible for the
managers to get a solo together.
The correspondents who are with Mr. Rockefeller as
sure us that he does not even look under the bed before
he goes to sleep at night
The spirit of Zola must have looked down with sat
isfaction abd approval on the Court of Cassation when It
acquitted Dreyfus.
A straight line used to be the shortest way between
two points, but the nearest way to death, these days. Is
to loop the loop.
If the beef barons Insist on being bull-headed they
will have trouble In saving tha rest of their anatomy
from slaughter.
The marriage of Mrs. Leslie Carter leads to the Inter
esting Information that she Is thirty-three entire years
old.
Platt and Odell have burled the hatchet-
a broad-mo for the common enemy.
and dug up
It seems like old times In Savannah to hear Tom
Morgan's voice abroad In the land.
AFTER.
By Wax Jones.
The family Is feeling fine,
The Fourth has woeless gone,
Sava for the rocket that misfired
And took an eye from John.
The day went off without a hitch,
And all was bright and fair.
Although there waa a Catherine wheel
That burned poor Nellie's hair.
And Mommer said she liked the fun—
"I'm not too old, I guesc”—
But what a change when Willie's bomb
Burned through her party dress!
We ell look back upon the Fourth,
Without a face that’s glum.
Though Uncle’sjrather sensitive
Since Bud blew off his thumb.
Why even Popper, on that day,
Lit bombs and yelled and cheered.
But my! He looks so comic since
A cracker singed his beard.
And Auntie Toodles (she's got coin)
Was ssked to spend the day—
A cracker fastened to her skirt
Cut short her quiet stay.
The family is feeling fine.
If one or taro are i
Great Reception Ten
dered Him at
Winder.
HUNDREDS DO HONOR
TO HIS HOME-COMING
Faith in His Cause, Confi
dence in Its Success, His
Most Striking Quali
ties—Has Never
Considered
Defeat.
By SELENE ARMSTRONG.
"Three cheers for Oovtrnor Dick!"
"Hurrah for our own Dick Russell!"
"All aboard for Winder, the next
capital of Georgia!"'
• Hello. Dick!" and W. L. Hewlett, for
sevon years court bailiff under Judge
Russell at I-nwrenoevllel, threw both
arms around him and klsed him right
fervently. *
Howdy, governor!"
Hurrah I” "Hurrah!" "Hur -r a
h!"
This story begins with a brass band
and over 200 enthusiastic Gwinnett
county voters who joined Judge Richard
B. Russell at Lawrencevtlla Saturday
and accompanied him to Winder, where
he epoke for the first time since enter
ing tha gubernatorial race. It waa hla
home-coming after five months upon
the hustings, nfter a campaign which
must be recorded as one of the moat
audacious and picturesque ever made
In the elate, and Winder and adjoining
towns had closed their stores and other
places of business In order to show how
a prophet may be honored In his own
country.
Reception at Winder.
The train bearing Judge Russell and
the Gwinnett county voters waa met
at Winder by a still larger throng and
by still another brass band. Through
the crowd marched Sheriff R. T. Mar
tin and ex-Tox Collector A. W. Moore,
of Gwinnett, carrying a huge banner,
which bore. In splsndld red and blue
lettering, the words, "Gwinnett will
give 1,000 majority for her own Judge
After morl hurrahing, which waa
of Wli
thla time a combination -
Inder and
We had a happy, peaceful Fourth,
And hops for many more
Gwinnett county enthusiasm, and after
a general handshaking, Judge Russell
reached the carriage which had been
sent to meet him.
With tremendous puffs and snorts,
the north-bound train etarted on lta
way.
"Good-bye, Clarke!"
"Good-bye, Hoke!"
"Good-bye, Jim Smith and Eatlll!
"Good-bye to the whole lot of yert"
yelled small boys In derlalon, and with
mock groans of pity ss if the depart
ing train were bearing Into oblivion
four dafeatad candidates.
Through tha atreata of the little town'
the procession wended Its way to the
Winder Academy, It being found necea-
aary, because of the threatening
weather, to hold the speaking Indoors.
Rlchsrd B. Russell, the Man.
Thla Is hot a political tale, it does
not aim In any sense Whatever to pro
mote any political Interests. Its pur
pose la to portray aomsthing of a per
sonality which has asserted Itself ao
forcefully In two recent Georgia cam-
and to give a brief outline of
the moat uniquely Interesting
reoea ever made In thla state for the
office of governor.
What Is It In "Plain Dick” Russell,
the man, that made poealble two years
ago hla remarkable race for chief jus
tice of the supreme court, when in
forty-one days he polled (1,000 votes
against the late Chief Justice Simmons,
who had held the office eighteen years 7
What characteristics have enabled him,
without money, without Influence, with
out the support. In the beginning of the
gubernatorial race, of a single news
paper, to hold hla own against candi
dates who control, in a large degree, all
iese forces, to win to hla suppor
thirty-two Georgia newspapers, and t<
so lay hold upon the hearts of the peo
ple that hie chances for the gover
norship are conceded by discerning pol-
■tlctans to have assumed serious pro
portions?
Does the power of the man lie In hla
'rsonallty, or In hla platform? Or In
ith?
These are questions which have
forced themielves upon the attention of
the people of Georgia, and which the
writer bore constantly In mind during
the day spent with Judge Russell upor
the platrorm and In hla home at Wind-
First Impression Disappointing.
The first Impressions of Judge Rua-
sell were distinctly disappointing. He
waa not so ugly as I had a right to
aspect to find him, and Inetead of farm
er's jeans, he wore an eminently re
spectable Prince Albert coat and
creased trousers. Even these, however,
detracted nothing from the'glory of his
home-coming, and when he enterefi the
densely packed auditorium of the Wind
er school building the men who have
known him longest and beat cheered
him as with oneTusty voice. From sev
eral hundred people on the outside, who
could not find seats In the auditorium,
the applause wae .as strong.
Judge Ruatell wae Introduced by
W. H. Toole, prealden of the Winder
Savings bank. On the platform aat
many prominent clttsens of Gwinnett,
Walton and Jackson counties.
Prominent Supporters.
A few who were on the etage from
Gwinnett county were: C. M. Moor
cock, editor: Major W. E. Simmons, T.
A. Haslet, farmer; R. T. Martin, aher-
Iff; Judge J. P. Webb, ordinary; A. M.
Moore, farmer; Captain W. J. Bore,
Dr. M. A. Born. C. C. Wall, blacksmith;
C. U. Bora. Colonel F. F. Juhan, W. P.
Williams, farmer; W. J. Tribble, farm
er, and C. D. Jacobs, termer.
Some who were on the stage' from
Winder were: R. H. Cannon, merchant;
Rav. H. N. Rainey, Rev. J. H. Wood.
W. H.
termer, and Hon. Pear— Now-
Judge
Lowry, I
ell, of Monroe.
Ur. Toole'a Introduction of
THE RUSSELL HOME, . AT WINDER.
Though of one story, the house is deep and a side view would show it
ample for its task of sheltering so large a family.
Cottage In front of Jlldgo Russell's homo, which he has given for public
On the front porch are shown several bales of cotton
Russell waa followed by brief speeches
from J. A. Perry and Walter Brown, of
Atlanta. *
In the opening words of hla speech,
"Plain Dick" Russell thanked hla fel
low townsmen for the welcome they had
given him. Hie words bore an unmis
takable stamp of sincerity and convic
tion. It Is the Intensity of the man
that Impresses you first, and It was
the earnestness of his nature that
made me, when I Intended asking if he
really seriously hopes to be elected
governor, modify my question and say,
"If you are defeated, Judge, will .you
run again?"
Has Nsver Considered. Defeat.
With characteristic energy, he re
plied, "I have never considered being
defeated.”
It was eaay to kae that Judge Russell
Is making tha Identity of hla Interests
with those of the masses the Issue of
hts campaign. And from the enthusi
asm which this Identity of interests
calls forth, It Is evident that he plays a
strong hand. Hla appeal, direct, pas
sionate, la to the common people. Un-
S latakably he feels that he Is one of
era-their cause hla cause.
And when the voice of the sover
eign people It heard at the ballot,
Georgia will see that the common peo
ple remembered their 'Plain Dick'Rus
sell," he declared confidently, amid
cries of “Yea, yea, Dick,” and “Three
cheers for 'Plain Dick' Russell.”
He never uiee the pronoun “I," but
always the word "our." The Iseues of
his platform upon which he dwells:
longest are the Issues that seem to
touch vitally the masses. His language
la a simple tongue; hts Illustrations
are the homely ones of every-day life.
Believes In Hie Cause. '
With an Impassioned conviction of
tha rightaousneaa of hla cause, with a
faith In the common people that Is as a
sacred trust given Into their keeping,
and with an Inborn kinship to their
Joys and sorrows “Plain Dick" Russell
stands unique In his aspiration to
fnake manifest In deeds the faith that
Is In him.
The most readily recognised factor In
Judge Russell's popularity as a speaker
has not, aa yet, been mentioned. This
Is his. ready humor—certainty the most
valuable asset of a public speaker. He
haa a never-falling fund of anecdotes
and telling witticisms. He wields with
deadly effect the weapon of ridicule,
yet when hla enemies sleep soundly In
-the absurd little graves to which he
consigns them, one realises that hla
wit has been without venom.
Main Issues of His Platform.
The main Issues of Judge Russell's
platform, aa outlined In hla speech at
Winder, are as follows;
1. Equalisation of taxes, by which
the burden of the tax-payer would be
reduced SO per cent.
2. The extension of the state road to
,.je coast aa the only i
fair adjustment of frelgl
2. Local option.
4. Nine months' school term in the
rural districts, and equitable school
taxes.
6. Reduction of railroad fare to 2
cents per mile and use of Interchange
able mileage books.
(. The election of railroad commis
sioners by the people.
Judge Russell devoted some length of
time to the Issue of disfranchisement,
showing that since the disfranchise
ment act must receive the sanction of
ballot box. It does not, as an Issue, af
fect the governorship.
He opposes all corporate Influence.
He believes that railroads should be
taxed on the market value of their
•took. but that they, Jn turn, are entt-
tied to honest dividends on their prop-pfie?
erty.
JUDGE RICHARD B. RUSSELL.
Candidate for Governor of Georgia.
An Arduous Campaign.
During hla picturesque campaign of
five months Judge Russell has can
vassed ninety-seven counties, often
speaking six and eight times In a single
day. With an Indefatigable energy, be
has electioneered on trains and on the
country roadways. The most striking
feature of hla campaign, and one of
which'he does not boast. Is the econ
omy with which It has been conducted.
•It was hard for me to decide to en
ter the race," he told me, "because
there are iny children, and 1 did not
know whether It would be right to
them to give up the judgeship and
stake so much time and effort on the
race. Finally my wife decided for me,
and neither of us haa ever been sorry
of her choice."
Makes Many Sacrifices.
During these months of continual
travel he has never taken a berth In a
aleepar, and hla friends declare that
hla limited campaign funds hart called slsed up
for Spartan sacrifices of hla health and
of personal comfort. He la the only
candidate who, until recently, haa em
ployed no stenographic service what
ever. hla correspondence being largely
looked after by Mrs. Russell herself.
With a manliness and courage that
must commend, themselves to all,
"Plain Dick" Russell has fqught single-
handed a fight which is recognlsad aa
one of the bravest ever waged In Geor
gia politics.
"Romancers and Statesman."
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I have read with much concern your
very able and conciliatory editorial on
Romancers aa Statesmen.” I quite
agree with you that the successful and
famed author of 'The Jungle" made a
mistake when he consented to run for
congress on a Socialist ticket.
' Now, what I want to know Is, have I
arty valid reason for coinciding with
you, and let me ask, have you any
great and good reason for saying that
Mr. Upton Sinclair made an error In
accepting a Socialistic nomination?
Now, I know there le a "thing,” and
by the courtesy of fair play I may be
permitted to call It a reason, and thla
reason or "thing." If you please. Is the
only why. 1 concur with you In saying
that the noted thinker went wrong In
going out of the political school, to
which he formerly belonged, and tak
ing up abode with the Socialists. Is
the prejudice of the common people
against Socialism? Can you give any
other reason. If by a stretch of mag
nanimity you can call this a reason?
Webster defines Socialism as meaning:
"The science of the reconstruction of
society, communism," and he defines
communism aa meaning "a state of
having all property In common. Social
ism." The question arises now, do
you, or rather do me, object to "the
science of the reconstruction of socie
ty?*' Are the conditions surrounding
society today satisfactory? If ao, why
all thla unrest? Are we opposed to "a
state of having all property In com
mon?" Do we not generally dissent to
this last Idea, upon the ground of Its
Impracticability, that It Is just atmply
too good a state of affaire to be possi
ble? Do we not often. In replying to
those defending the principles of So
Ily 1’rltate Leased Wire.
I New York, July 16.—The venerable
senior senator from New York. Hon.
Thomas Collier Platt. celebrated his
73d birthday yesterday by holding a
reception at his summer home, the
Manhattan Beach hotel, which was at
tended. by many politicians from all
sections of the state.
In speaking of the event. Mr. Platt
had this to say;
"Yes. 1 kivm I am 7:! vcaia \| .
I know It only as a matter nt simple
fact, not because l feel that old or that
young. To be 73 years old feels Just
like being 70. In other words, i feel
Just the same as I did three years ago.
Just the same as 1 did yesterday.
"Politics? I know nothing of politics.
It Is oil a blank to me. I am a nega
tive proposition, a looker-on."
From the "leaderB" who gathered
about hint the last declaration of Sena
tor Platt may be taken In a Pickwick
ian sense.
There Is a great deal of discussion In
art nnd antlqujrlan circles as to
whether J. P. Morgan has secured the
greatest of all art treasures, or In the
vernacular has been ''hnnded the most
gigantic lemon” on record.
Mr. Morgan has paid a fortune for
what he has been assured are tha gold
and silver ecclesiastical vessels of the
early Christian church nnd were burled
In the Isle of Cyprus In the seventh
century'. How long they had been In
existence before they were burled can
only be guessed at, but It la known that
Christianity drove out Paganism from
the isle very early in the beginning of
the era, so that—on the assumption that
thess vessels are authentic—the date of
their making would run back 1,(00
years or so.
The story of the dealers Is that thess
sacred vesstls were burled when the
Moslems Invaded Cyprus and the factj
of their discovery do not seem to be
exactly understood.
Friends of Cornelius Vanderbilt have
Just learned that his steam yacht, the
North Star, flagship of the New York
Yacht Club, with Mr. and Mrs. Van
derbilt and their two children, narrowly
escaped disaster on a mysterious ob
struction which the vessel struck while
on her way Into Bar Harbor, Me., on
Wednesday night.
It waa very foggy and tha North Star
waa proceeding under one bell, at quar
ter speed. -The pilot could not “pick
up” any of the harbor buoys and was
feeling his way to an anchorage when a
jar was felt that caused the yacht to
tremble from stem to stem.
■ The shock awakened every one below
decks. Mr. .and Mrs. Vanderbilt ran
on deck and the nurses followed with
their two children, Cornelius, Jr., and
Grace Vanderbilt. The children were
tig In fright.
_.ie vessel waa not seriously Injured,
however, and proceeded on her voyage.
Wet times are ahead for the planet
Venus, according to Professor Johann
Relm, of tha royal observatory at Ber-
** n- i* ' ' . • 0 f - y ■ ■ • •
Professor Relm, who Is one of Ger
many’s greatest meteorologists, de
clares that between 710 and 1,170 inches
of rainfall caused the great flood about
12,000 years ago, and that this down
pour marked the rhango between the
rule of the earth’s Internal heat and the
heat of the sun. Jn support ot his
theory he calls attention to the present
condition of Venus, a spectral analysts
of which ahows tha planet surrounded
with an atmosphere heavily saturated
with moisture.
"Thousands of years ago," hs says
that was precisely the condition ol
this earth. In consequence of the in
tense Internal warmth enough water
waa vaporised to form a thick veil ot
heavy clouds. The aun’a rays could
not penetrate thla vail of clouds, but
these waa enough warmth In the earth
to produce a mild climate and rich veg
etation.
‘The moisture aoaked atmosphere In
creased the atmospheric pressure from
three to four times what It la now. and
the gradual lessening of the heat from
the earth brought about a lower tem
perature. With the colder temperature
the lower strata of clouds became too
heavy to remain In position, and, de
scending, caused fearful cloudbursts,
causing what ta known aa tha deluge.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
ever come to pass? Understand me,
I am not advocating Socialism or com
munism, but In these tranquil, piping,
peaceful, good old summer times, I
would like to read from your forensic
and Intrepid pen an edltortaL brilliant,
aa you usually write them, a definition
of Socialism. This la a good time of
year to think and to give latitude to
our thoughts. The people now. more
than ever, love bold, fearless thought,
and liberality affords excellent season
ing on all occasions for Intellectual
thoughts. Thanks In advance far the
editorial on Socialism.
W. M. HAIRSTON.
Blberton. Ga, July 12, llOt.
.Brewerton’s Fine Eye.
(Oglethorpe Cltlxen.)
The Atlanta Georgian's cartoons con
tribute greatly to the gayety of the
‘■■•leal circus, now on the boanlx
Georgian's artist seems to have
the situation with a One eye.
By rrirste Leased Wire.
New York, July If.—Here are some
of the vleltora In New York today:
ATLANTA—Mr*. J. N. Moody, Miss
C. Sheehan, Mm. E. Sheehan, W- g.
Alexander, Miss I. Alexander, F. B.
Baldwin, A. P. Coxe, Mies M. Fugat-
iL J. C. Oavan and wife. Misses Green,
J. E. Ley, N. K. Lave, G. S. Rapier,
P. A. Rich, J. P. Riley, N. M. Ropft
H. A. Simmons.
IN PARIS.
Special to The Georgian.
Paris, July lg.—Wlllla Ragan, of At
lanta, Ga, registered at the office of
the European edition of The New York
Herald today.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
JULY 18.
1545—Anne Askew buret In London.
1779—Stony Point taken by the Amer
icans.
1786—Treaty of peace between Moroc-
co and the United State*.
1829—Directors of the Bank of the
United States declared dividend
of 21-2 per cent.
1843—S. C. F. Hahnemann, founder of
homeopathy, died. Born April n.
17BI.
1852— Louis Kossuth, the Hungarian
patriot, ended American «*«•
and sailed for home.
1853— United State* ship Wyoming «•
feated Japanese In naval b» ,u *
at ShlmonoaekL ,
1885—Freedman's Bureau bill vetoed
by President Johnson.
1882—Mary Todd Lincoln, widow of
President Lincoln, died “
Springfield, III.
1891—Manthester ship canal opened
1894—Yale team defeated In athletic
contests in England.
1898—Admiral Cervera and officer* or
Spanish fleet reached Annapon*
aa prlsonere ot war.
1903—Cuban senate ratified treat?
granting United States naval *na
coal in* itatlons.
1905—Peary sailed from New York oo
North Pole expedition. —