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6 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Subscription Rate*: One Year $4.50 Six Month* . 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by THF. GEORGIAN CO. at 25 W. Alabama Street, Atlanta,* Ga. Entered ■■ aerond-ctsaa muter April 3, 1IOC, at th. PoitotTlee at Atlanta. Ga.. under art of concrete of March t 1*12. THE GEORGIAN COMES TO 1 GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE A man may well bring a horae to the water. Bqt he cannot make him drink without he will. ' —Heywood. Reform the Slaughter Houses. The revelations made boforo the apeclal committee of council on Tueaday afternoon ae to the Inefflclency of meat Inapectlon, the quantity of diseased meat offered for sale, and the unsanitary method* of slaughter, have sent a shudder through the people of Atlanta, and crys tallized the determination that something shall be done to improve existing conditions. It was through the columns of The Georgian that the attention of the general publle was flrat called to the out rageous condition of affairs existing here. It wae Infor mation received In this office and published on July 4 which first opened the eye* of the people to the tact that they were baying meet which was totally and flagrantly unfit for consumption. It Is greatly to the credit of the authorities that they promptly took up the matter. Council appointed a ape clal committee, headed by Mr. W, L. Taylor, to Investl- gate the situation and make such recommendation* as it saw proper. The bearing* before this apeclal committee on Tuea day more than confirmed The Georgian’s reports that dis eased cattle, slaughtered by unsanitary methods, were being aold to the peopto of Atlanta. The whole affair, as It now stands exposed, smells to heaven, and the moat drastic measure* should be adopted at once to protect the people of Atlanta. There la no charge against the inspectors except that they have moro work to do under the present system than they can pos sibly attend to. It is the system which Is fundamentally wrong, and It Is the system that should be enUrely re formed. Now that the evidence, abundant and complete, has been furnished by men who are beat qualified to know and to speak on the subject, the agitation must re sult In reforms that are thorough and searching. The consensus of opinion seems to be In favor of the establishment of a central abattoir, through which all meat for consumption in the city must pats, after a close and adequate Inapectlon. If It Is Impracticable to havo but the one central slaughter house, then let the number be reduced to three or four, and the number of inspectors so Increased that they can properly Inspect every ounce of meat sold to the people of this city. The demand for aome such arrangement comes, not merely from the consumers, but from the meat deal era of every class who have the interests of the trade and of th* people at heart. When It is officially announced that only three of the fourteen slaughter house* In and around Atlanta are in good sanitary condition, the crisis seems to have been reached, and no time should be lost in making an abso lute and thorough reform. I themselves Introduced this bill will go back on their own I signed agreement. But The Georgian hates to see the manufacturers put themselves In this false position and this unfavorable light And we desire, respectfully, to submit to them the following additional consideration*. Do they recall that the present bouse voted #1 to 70 for an amendment forbidding any child under 16 to work more than eight hours a day? Have they recognised the fact that two-tbirds of the members of the next legislature have been nominated on a strong child labor platform? Can they not see that In the present temper of the house and of the people of Oeorgla on this ques tion, If the present bill is weakened by amendment In the senate, It may be defeated In the house on the ground that a more drastic bill will certainly pass the next legislature? And that If the pending measure Is de feated, the criticism of press and people on its defeat last year will be as the gentle summer breese to the storm of Indignation and of condemnation that will break upon the head of every one responsible In any way for Its de feat? . The manufacturers of Georgia are wise men- We be lieve they can road the sign* of the times. A Friendly Word to the Manufacturers. The legislature of 1900 had before It a child labor hill which received but SS votes In the house. A better blU received 75 votes in the house of 1901. The present house, la 1901, gave 101 votes to th* Bell bill, a majori ty of 41. A few days ego the house voted tor an Im proved bill by a majority of 111, the vote standing 115 to 2. That accurately represents the progress of this re form Li Oeorgla. The senate last summer defeated the boose bill by s vote of IS to 17. When the senate met this term, the following gentlemen signed and Introduced a bill whose terms bad been agreed upon In conference: Senators Hand, Candler, Miller, Bunn, Hogan. 8trange. Bond, Ben nett. McHenry, 8teed, Wheatley, Birmans, Carlthers, Foy, Woodworth, Westbrook, Adams, Crum, Peyton, Foster. Furr, Lumaden, Qrayblll, Copslsn and Carswell—twenty- five In ad, two more than the constitutional majority. It was ascertained that at least.five other senators favored the passage of the bill. Of course It Is granted that this bill should have taken the orderly procedure of pasting the senate and being offered to the house. Instead of that a transcrip tion made a slight difference between the house and the senate committee, which almply carries out the Intent of the original senate bUI. The Georgia Industrial AssoclaUon at Ita recent meet ing agreed among themselves that they would offer no opposition to the passage of the Bell bill of last sujnmer. We' wish to point out that the pending measure and the Bell bill differ In only two particulars. The senate bill, being more carefully drawn, I* a more effecUve measure, and surely no one wants such a law to be another dead letter statute. The other difference Is a provision giving an opportunity for children of school age to attend school twelve weeks In the fifty-two, and to make this opportunity available, the bill forbids a child nf school age to work one year unless the child shall have attended school the preceding year. This la not even compulsion, but an Inducement to send the child to school. And now It Is said that the manufacturers are op posing this humane measure, one In the Interests of edu cation. The senators have been bombarded with tele grams and a bearing has been ordered tor those opposing the bill. We desire to say that In view of the claims, many of them well-founded, that these manufacturers are th* patron* of education, the builders and supporters " schools, they cannot afford to put themselves In this ttltode of opposing this reasonable educational provis ion for their own employees. W* are unwilling to believe that th* senators who The Pan-American Congress. Early tomorrow Secretary Root will arrive at Rio do Janeiro, and the Pan-American congress, which has adjourned to that date, will take up the more Important measures which are to come before It. This Is the third session of this congress, which was set on foot by James G. Blaine, the first aesalon having been held sixteen years ago In Washington when he was secretary of state, and the second session In the City of Mexico In i901-2. At the latter aesalon a great deal was done In the Interest of the Pan-American republics, Including a de cision that these aesalon* should be held thereafter every five years, Instead of ten, and It It In pursuance of this determination that the present congress Is being held In Rio. Seventeen republics of North, Central and South America will be represented, and because of the trade relations between the South, at least through our South- ern porta, It may be regarded as having a special Interest for the people of this section.. That It may ba made a power for good la our com mercial relations, which find a natural expansion with the countries to the south of us, goes without saying, but It la agreed that the moat Important question to be dis cussed by the present session of the congress Is the Drago doctrine, which la sometimes called a corollary of the Monroe doctrine. This principle was enunciated by Dr. Ix>uls M. Drago, a learned publicist of Argentina, and takes the position that foreign countries hare no right to secure the set tlement of debt by force. It will be remembered that considerable excitement prevailed In 1892 when the fleets of three foreign pow ers—Great Britain, Germany and Italy—arrived in Ven- esuelan waters with the avowed purpose of forcing Ven- ezuola to require certain citizens to pay obligations ow ing to the subjects of the three powers of Europe. Argentina was the flrat South American country to raise a note of protest, which was embodied In the doc trine enunciated.by Dr. Drago, then minister of foreign affairs for Argentina. The sentiment became so strong that the three foreign powers were glad to avail them selves ot the good offices of the United States and with draw their fleets on the understanding that the matter be’ left to The Hague tribunal, fearing a consolidation of the western hemisphere on the Idea that such debts coull not be collected by force. It will be remembered that the award of The Hague tribunal was against Venesuela, which Immediately raised the cry that the tribunal was packed by European credi tor nations. There have been suggestions that The Hague tribunal be asked to decide whether force should be used In the collection ot debts, as an International proposition, and It so to what extent In view ot the decision of the tribunal In the Venesuela case, the suggestion of submit ting the question to The Hague Is opposed by some of the South American republics, and this Is one of the most important questions to be decided. President Roosevelt has gone very far toward establishing the precedent that such force can be used. It li pointed out that this government forced the settle ment of the Salvador Improvement Company's claim against Salvador and la again pursuing the same course toward Venesuela In the matter ot the asphalt claims. The occasion acquires a unique Importance by reason of the presence and participation of the secretary of state of this country, a higher dignitary than has ever before represented-the United States on a similar occasion. While this Is one ot the most Important features of th* program, It la by no means all, and the special In terests of the South may be regarded as safe In the hands ot Hon. Vsn I,eer Polk, of Tennessee, and Hon. A. J. Montague, of Virginia. yoke It, and when Disraeli attempted to flout It ho was swept from power. It looms always in the background like “the pestilence that walkcth In darkness and the destruction that wasteth at noonday.” Englishmen know that the one overmastering am bition of the Russian empire la to secure a southern outlet and that the Invasion of India Is liable to occur at any time. Then, too, they remember the blood that has been spilled for which Russia was responsible. In all the military annals of Great Britain for a hundred years abe has never como out of any conflict with less glory than she did in the Crimean war, and the consciousness of the fact still rankles In her heart. The ties of blood which bind the English sovereign to the czar, the love of peace which is the Inspiration of the present Interparliamentary conference are all very well In tbelr way. But the people of England do not conceal the fact that they And comfort and hope In the Impending change of the form of Russia’s government It la not to be wondered at, therefore, that they ap plauded the vigorous words of the liberal leader In the conference yesterday, when he shouted "The douma Is dead; long live the doumB." CHANGE THE TIME FOR ELECTIONS. To the Editor of The Georgian: Several years ago fife time of meeting of the legisla ture was changed from fall to summer, but the elections continue to be held In October. It may be remarked that there are only fire state* that do not begin their leg islative sessions In January. Granting that th# summer suit* us best, there are, however, objections against our present system of primaries and elections. In the first place nearly all the county primaries are held after a legislator has served only one of the two legislative sessions for which he was elected. His record Is passed on before it is only half made up. Again, our present method works badly In the elec tion of senators. Senator Bacon's term will expire March, 1907. The law of the United States directs that hla successor shall be elected by the legislature “which Is chosen next preceding the expiration of the time for which he was elected.” This legislature will be elected In October. It will not meet till June. Senator Bacon's time la out remember, in March. The law does not seem to contemplate special sessions of the legislature for the election of abnators, but If this were allowable It would cost several thousand dollars. If no special session la called the governor would appoint a senator that would hold the place till the legislature should meet In regular Houston and elect a successor. And this would occur twice every six years. Another objection to our present system relates to the matter of gubernatorial succession. If Governor Tcf- r-il sliould 'll-, resign nr heroine disabled during tl.-■ eight months between the election In October and the meeting of the legislature In Juno there would not be any legal successor ready to take his place. The con stitution says that the speaker of the senate shall suc re,-l tl,-* governor Imt tin- sei.aV would no' have m--t and of course It would not have any speaker. These objections would be avoided If we should bare —ir as. as w.- ur, ,1 to do. two weeks 1 r• • the meeting <■’. the legislature. Under the old regime there were none of the above objections to arise. Legislators were not selected till after their two terms of session. The time ot expiration of one senatorial term found a successor duly and regularly elected, and the president of the senate was elected at practically the same time when the governor was inaugurated. There are difflenj- tles and complications In the way of making such a change, but I will not dlscuaa them now. According to the constitution the time for the election of members of the legislature as well as the time of meeting can be changed “by law,” so It seems that a constitutional amendment would not be necessary. Oxford, Ga. EDGAR H. JOHNSON. II Kni- Cholly ickerbocker’i GOSSIP CHIPS OFF THE OLD BLOCK. To the Editor of The Georgian: “Father,” said the Trusts to their venerable sire, the Tariff, "father we have been Indicted for 'consplrttcy In restraint of trade.'” ' “Oh! boys, how could you be so naughty!” exclaimed Papa Tariff In pained surprise. “Nonsense, my dear Tarry,” Interposed Mrs. Tariff (nee Selfishness), “I really am surprised at you blaming the dear children for taking after their own father. Why, you dear, expensive old humbug, what on earth would you have amounted to 1? you hadn’t been a restraint of trade yourself?" FREE TRADER. SPLINTERS. (Translated and Repeated by A. L. A.) That Is the beauty of child and flower, That both don’t know their charming power. What religion I belong to? To none. Why? On aqcount of religion. Live, like you, when you dlo, you’ll wish you would have lived, That lust la the curse of the bad deed, that It con tinually nfust create bad deeds anow. SCHILLER. SUN, AIR AND EARTH, GOD’S GIFT TO ALL By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX. The Charleston’s Dimensions. The trip of Secretary Root on the cruiser Charleston round South America baa created an Interest In the pub lic mind to know all about her. Will you please publish In The Georgian her dimensions, and the also ot her bat tery. I hear It la light—not heavier than six-inch guns. Remember, this I* the second cruiser of the name; the flrat waa wrecked on the coast of the Island of Luson November 7, 1899, without loss of life. Yours truly, Rome, Ga. • M. F. GOVAN. The armored cruiser Charleston, built in 1901-2, haa a displacement of 9,700 tons, carries 14 6-Inch guns, has two torpedo tubes, 21,030 horse-power and develops a speed ct 211-2 knots She Is of the same class as the St. Louis and Milwaukee. England’s Support of the Douma. One can well Imagine the peculiar delight with which Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the premier of Great Britain, glorified the Russian douma, members ot which were at the moment sitting In the Interparlia mentary conference being held at Westminster, and in the warmth of hla seal shouted, "The douma la dead; long live the douma!” v There was an answering about from the members present. Indicating clearly the attitude of the friends of representative government, and not the least from the English members themselves. Before the shouts had died away the members of the douma sorrowfully an nounced that Inasmuch as the Russian parliament had been dissolved, they would be compelled to withdraw from the conference and return to their homes, nor could they be dissuaded from their purpose. How England must view the present crisis In Russia can only be understood In the light of the long history ot Russian and English hatred. Like the negro question In the South, the "Russian question" baa always been a name to conjure with on the part ot British statesmen. Liberal or conservative, no matter which party may have been In power, the mention of danger from Rus sia was aufficlent to unite the government on anything which might otherwise Imperil the unity and solidarity of th* ministry. Mr. Gladstone waa accustomed to In- Copyright, 1906, by American-Journal- Examiner. How aurely and beautifully this world move* toward higher knowledge of truth and kindness! Never waa there such promise of the hoped for millennium as now. Yes, now, while the air la full of re ports of evil, of robbery and bribery and crime of all kinds, does the dawn of the greatest spiritual era ot our earth seem near. Only a hundred years ago our poor Insane Invalids were Incarcerated in dungeons and- subjected to most cruel treatment. Science and humanltarlanlsm have progreased to a wonderful degree In the last hundred years, and now comes a mo*: humare proposition from Mr. Oeorge Sanders, of No. 1866 Pacific street, Brooklyn, as follows: After consulting with friends, doctors, nurserymen and others, I have been moved to submit to the state board of commissioners on lunacy a plan for developing ten here* or so ot land belonging to each state hospital Into a fruit garden. This gardent would supply the. hospital with a large quantity i and variety of frulte and also prove of great value to the many patients who could be employed In the gar den, thus giving them outdoor ex ercise which would prove so Inter esting that It would be the means of restoring many a mind to Its normal condition. A STEP AHEAD. The Idea Is admirable. I hope It will meet with encouragement and assist ance from every state In the union. From dark dungeons and chains, neg lect and abuse, out to heaven's sun light, with nature and medical science to assist In their restoration of the mind; aurely this shows progress In our Idea ot duty toward the Insane since the days of our great grandfath ers. Now let the same methods be applied when possible to the other Invalids of the land—the criminally Insane. For all crime Is some phase of In sanity. No man who has committed a crime will be reformed and made Into a sane, moral and law-abiding citizen If he Is shut In for years between cold walls, away from all contact with nature, and given the association of other unfortu nates for companionship. SUN, AIR AND EARTH. Sun, air, earth—they are three great ministers tor sick and diseased eouls and bodies. They will do more toward reform ation and restoration- than the cell, sol itary confinement and the lash. More d> than pills and' powders and opiates. More than preachers and sermons. Heaven speed the -day when all the ments, when weary mothers and worn out workmen will have the benefit of God’s beautiful earth and the sunshine and the fresh air a portion of every here Is room for all; the blessed trolley llnee are making transportation possible at email cost, and the time Is coming when our congested cities will, and must, empty out their fetid alleys and give the unconscious prisoners of toll better conditions. When this Is done, then will insanity and crime be lessened and the need of asylums and prisons reduced to a mini mum. The sun, the air, the earth! They are God's gifts to all men. No system of government Is right or just which takes these things from any class and compels It to exist without thsm. About I People J Dy Private Leased Wire. New York, July 25.—The twins of Joseph Clement, who resides In Cam den, X. J, are still bowling for a lost or stolen nanny goat. A general alarm ha* been sent out by the police of that city, with directions to arrest both the goat and the person who stols her. Clement bought Nanny to supply nu trition for hjs twins, who will not touch cows' milk nor th* canned varieties and balk at patent food*. They want •oats' milk, and they are letting their wants be known In the best manner they know of. They are blessed with two pairs of good lungs and their throat outfit Is In good working order Nanny's absence has become a neigh borhood concern and \he hue and cry after Nanny Is general. Wall etreet was put In a flutter yes- terday just after the Stock Exchange closed by the announcement that a forged Union Pacific railroad certifi cate for fifty shares of common stock had been discovered. The Information was made publle after bankers and brokers had locked up their securities for the day, making It Impossible for them to learn until this morning whether any of them have been bitten by forgeries. Miss Maude Pellem, of Penxance, England, arrived In this country on th* steamer New York, and now she la the wife of Frederick Phillips, a well- to-do carpenter of Montclair, whom Miss Pellem had been brought up with In the Cornish fishing village. Phillips left hts sweetheart nearly three years ago, promising to send for her when In a position "to buy a coop to put her In.” A few weeks ago he wrote to her to join him. Phillips met his sweetheart at the dock and took her to Montclair, where they were married by the Rev. Alan- son Q. Bailey, assistant rector of St. Luke Episcopal church. The Rev. John M. Thomas, pastor of the Arlington Avenue Presbyterian church. East Orange, has caused com ment by praying for the ice man. O, God, the Father of all men, we pray for those who are compelled to abor on Sunday,” was what he said. “For men on trains and those serving on street railways; for servants 'In hotels and small boys on golf courses; especially are we minded at the pres ent to pray for the poor fellows now engaged In delivering lees and Ice cream to our homes for our enjoyment of the Sabbath." Mrs. Esther Evans, a little woman with gray hair and atsbl-blue eyes, caught her fifth burglar within a month yesterday, and turned him over to the police. She Is Janltress in th* apartment house at No. 128 East Twen ty-ninth street. , She rushed upstairs In her own house and pounced upon a young man who stood In the third floor hall. She seized the burglar by the lapele of his coat and pushed him Into'a comer. To her Intense surprise there was no fight In him. Instead of trying to escape, the burglar, who waa young and well dressed, burst Into tears and pleaded to be let go. She turned him over to the police. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE. Profetsor Oscsr Jtekitotn.of^th# cherals- c**of ■r nrsaieiu, ui eases visw.w.w of the Unlr*r«Jtjr of Cbl- Doattion with ‘ Peking, China. Ttj, Hal ini ’’ . . u * wl 7 * ul ‘ Y.7 Jr Ore., to continue bis work oo the blsek sands of the I’tclfle eosst. Oeorse se Matin Haven Putnam wss tb# only John Nicholas Brown, six yetr* old, and tbs wealthiest boy In hi* own right In — bis srin st ourth, while the country, fell end broke his. arm. st Newport, It. I., .on tho F< of Yale. will lecture In Berlin In tbs "Inter ol next rear In connection with the. neberoe of exrb*nyln|y>rofef*oe* States. t between Germany Ilev. Idtwls Tyle Mercer, president of th* Urban* (O.) Unlrermltv of the New Jernsulcin church, who dton suddenly last week at bis home In Cincinnati, waa f iistlrs of Kcnhctt Square, Chester county, I’n. Netlsud, In Freemont Morse sntl — . charge of the Alaska Boundary rouimlsrioD, bare left Seattle for Yakuts! Imy. Where the party will be divided, each body of nine men to nunrey a strip of tb* boundary. General William J. Pstroer. of Colorado ••Togs, one of the founders of the city ml of Msutou. ba* done m ‘j’h’oec’ U e* sud of’ Msutou. ba* done the municipal Improvement* — than has any other mas In the I nltsd mates for bis borne city. He has five* Jo Colorado Boring* * system of parks *ml Itoulevards that would have been impnaalbl* as a public enterprise, The uestor of rural journalism In Illinois Is Colonel John 8. Harper, now Bring In retirement at bis home city of Lsroy. IB. He holds the* remarkable reronl of having Iteen the publisher of so leaa than newspapers, * JournsBsrie record which has no parallel. It la doubtful If spy, one Its} come half way up to the old man n record In thin direction. Th* Anti Saloon League. To the Editor of The Georgian: The state legislature has hod more criticism than co-operation In the en actment of good and wholesome laws. It has needed tbe co-operation and per haps deserves much of the criticism that It has received. By It* enact ments st previous sessions counties that enjoyed prohibition had thrust upon them, without their consent, one or more dispensaries for the sale of spir ituous liquors. In the case of Randolph county, which was prohlblttoned, a bill was passed submitting th* question of dispensary or no dispensary to th* people, and aft er a vigorous campaign the prohibi tionists ot the county, notwithstanding the large negro vote, defeated tbe other side. Th* good people thought, there fore, that the question waa practically finally settled. It now turns out that the representative from Randolph In troduces s bill providing for the estab lishment of s dispensary In th* city of Cuthberi, tho county alto. This measure was referred to the judiciary committee and received recommenda tion for Its passage by s majority vbte. It Is positively known that certain members of the judiciary committee from the dry counties were opposed to the recommendation, and It Is under stood that they will file the minority report. This measure waa recommend ed by representatives from the wet counties, one of Fulton's representa tives voting In favor of It. These are facts which can be proven beyond the question of a doubt. It strikes me, therefore, that It Is utterly unfair for the Georgia legisla ture to have the power to thrust a dis pensary, for the sale of Intoxicant liq uors, on a county or. In a town- where the people, by the exercise of their franchleement, have said they do not want IL It is bad enough to have the question reopened, and bring about the campaign for and against prohibition in a given county, but It Is nothing short ot a burning shame, after the people have said by their votes that they do not want the dispensary for the leg islature to thrust It upon them whether or no, and It Is all the more so since the recommendation for the passage of the bill came from the judiciary, a majority of whose members are from wet counties In the state, such as Ful- ITEMS OF INTERE8T. Boston Beciproclty League, Is In Berlin studying tbe reciprocity situation from tbe German standpoint. Fir* broke out In a shop In I*arla owing to tb* ann'a rays passing through a burn ing glasa bung In the window and falllug on some celluloid combs A rope that bad tad been/used by tb* pub- In tbe bahglng of several sold at auction In London lie szecntloner murderer! was tbe other day and Brought 11.3. in* th* i_. la t Ion, . _ ly Indian blood In bla velna. . remote ancestors was s noble red man. ton high time that the cltlsens In this free republic were entering a pro test. A. C. WARD, Secretary Georgia Anti-Saloon League.' _ Belgian lunatic asylums there are aeeorely looked Iwzea In which any In mate tnsy deposit letters of complaint. Thorn letters are collected three times weekly by outside officials, who Investigate every case, and If o person asserts that he Is not Insane, a prompt examination en sues by medleal experts Small protulierence*. like drops of melted metal, hare been noticed by N. Orloff on tbe surface of an alsmlnnm plate that radium bromide, ludlatlous from tbeoe protuberance* showed no lesoeulng after six months, and It la Interred that particles nf radium accumulated around alight nu clei aluminum to form a stable alloy. How did you and your wife first meet?” “We didn't meet,” replied the meek, little man; "she overtook me."—Judge. Major Blubtud—Well, suh. and what are your habits, suh? Daughter’s Lover—Well, Major, I gamble occasionally, play the races and drink whisky. Major Blublud—M-m-m!- And bsv* you any bad habits, suh?—Lit*. It It an odd fact that Booth Africa owes Industries, Andrsdl* that of trades* ' A wealthy company of Mexicans I* do- revor' ■ -*-v - — toot — — _ — shafts have booh aunr. Tho company haa bnllt 30 houses for Its employees and la eoastructlng 100 coke ovens. Among the wilder tribes of the Csl„ .every child la taught to oar the daager almost aa soon aa he can walk. The chll- — — > water without uceasant practice dren first learn to stab water without making a splash, and by Incessant practice acquire an extraordinary command of the weapon. never b*ra *iritrded, teeflOM no icdv h«» h**n dlacorercd. It la easy ugh to kill the peat with a poisonous sjiray, but that asms spray kills (he grapo There were M.000 paying visitors _ Shakespeare's bouse at 8tratford-on-Avon last year, many more than In any prevtosa year. Seventy nationalities were repre sented. More than 1S.000 persona visited payment Anne Hathaway's cottage. “Th* Jungle” Was a Hit (Covington Enterprise.) The Atlanta Georgian Is to be com mended for Its serial publication of "The Jungle,” by Upton Sinclair, tha book which has led to such a stir In the beet trust scandals. The book Is doubt less the most widely read of any other at the present time, and,while expo sure of the packing house'methods Las been praised. Ita plea for . socialism has been criticised, as marring lu effect as a work of art However that may be. It Is a great book, and Incalculable good has resulted In Its starting a cru sade against a business that Is nothing short ot munlcr. By Prirste Leased Wire. New York, July 25.—Here nre some of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—Mis* Armstrong, J. C. Flynn, Mias Shea, E. C. McQarrlty, S. G. Van Dyke, W. T. Colquitt. AUGUSTA—A. W. Batty, C. G. Lamback, S. Tannahlll, Jr. SAVANNAH—R. H. Knox, N. Long, W..B. Stillwell, A. Bond and J. L. Hammond. IN WASHINGTON. By Private Leased Wire. Washington, July 26.—These South erners are at Washington hotels: GEORGIA—J. T. Wiley, Atlanta, at Rlgg*. ALABAMA—J. H. Plant, Edith Plant. Birmingham, at the St. James. FLORIDA—Ethel Mahone and Mrs. N. E. Mahone, Jacksonville, at th* St. James. NORTH CAROLINA—Mr*. R. O. Gregory, France* A. Gregory, B. H. Gregory, Jeanette C; Gregory, Oxford, at the St. James. SOUTH CAROLINA—M. L. Middle- ton and wife, Allendale. TENNESSEE—W. T. Buchanan, Newport, at the Raleigh; H. L. Baker and wife, Knoxville, at Rlgg*. IN PARI8. Special to Tbe Georgian. Paris. July 26.—Miss Etta Mill Blanchard, of Columbus, Go.; Mrs. Rita Willingham and Mr*. Willingham, of Macon, Go., and Mrs. Vida Chisholm, of 8avannah, Go., registered at the office of the European edition of The Neig York Herald today. VACATION DAYS. By WEX JONES. City life le galling, Oh, for country joys! Hear tbe country calling Through th* dty's nous. Hear the I Lisp of wo Think of shady i . On thee* sultry day*! ■•Chase ho bustnees bubbles,” •^TV r J.n h lS:W$roub.. Likewise lose year dough. IN GEORGIA, Freed from tbe bonds of labor. From fsctory'a dirt end din. Pure childhood le protected From tb* larking germs of sin. Innocence reclaims her own. And clasp* them to her bn Tb* Monster Greed baa ill.. And cblldbood'a realms are bleat No more tnnaturel burden* . Will children's shoulders stoop. with amok* Eventide will not find Blackened sad besmirch—• - For shackles which hare, bound them By righteoe* law* are Merciless wheels of commerce Will not grind them 1st* gold, ienrgla's future commonwealth Georgia's future comaioawralu Win not be h--a«ht and anjd- „ or y BESSIE DENTON WHITTLESET.