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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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The Atlanta Georgian.
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JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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'! GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE
A man may well bring a horse to the water.
But he cannot make him drink without he will.
—Heywood.
Harvie Jordan’s Unworthy Criticism.
The editor of The Georgian returns to hla desk this
morning from the aeacoast of North Carolina to read the
article and the malevolent cartoon prepared and signed
by Mr. Harvie Jordan, of the Southern Cotton
Association. We accept without heeltatlon the gauge of
credit and of fact which Mr. Jordan flings down upon the
head of one of the beat friends that the Southern Cotton
Association has ever known, and we promise to render
this episode one of the moat Interesting that Mr. Harvie
Jordan has ever experienced In hla politic and ambitious
career.
It may be well to any In the beginning that which we
r hnre said before, that The Georgian baa not been the
advocate and the champion of the exchangea, and that
WE HAVE BEEN AND ARE NOW THE UNHESITAT
ING OPPONENTS OF THE BUCKET 8HOP8.
We have grown up by environment and by general In
vestigation under tho Impression that there wasavastand
vital difference between tho legitimate exchanges and tho
bucket shops doing business In the country. We hare
been confirmed and strengthened In this Impression by
the frequent public.nnd specific advocacy of many of the
first business men of Atlanta. And under these clroum*
stances, when this great question came up as a fresh
and vital Issue-before the Georgia legislature, we did not
hesitate as a prudent and conservative organ.of public
opinion to present to that body our own view of the dif
ference between the legitimate exchango and the bucket
shop, and to urge upon the members of the legislature
a very fair and free consideration of these distinctions
before entering upon any radical action that might at-
feet the serious public Interests of the city and of the
state. Beyond this we did not go and shell nd| go.
Our single Idea was to Invoke for this question the
clear and full understanding and the unbiased decision
of tho law-making bodies In order that Justice might be
done and conservative action might be reached. We
have never for cne moment put oureelvea beyond the
plane of conviction or beyond the right to alter our opin
ion upon this question. Wo have vast respect for the
opinion and for tho Judgment of the Credit Men's
soelatlon, and we do not hosttete to say that the Credit
Association has made a full statement of Its views and
that these views haro Impressed themselves upon our
own. We are absolutely free In this matter, absolutely
without obstinacy, and we are not built of the stuff that
would make us adberq to a more private opinion simply
because It had once been expressed.
But wo cannot fall to express our surprise that the
Hon. Harvie Jordan, who represents himself, The Cot
ton Journal and the Southern Cotton Association In that
splendid organization, formed to advance the Interest!
of the cottoa planter, should go far out of his way to
father and to frame an attack upon so good and so loyal
a friend to the cotton planter and grower as we have
been.
Within the past year, the editor of this-paper, with
out money and without price, at his own expense and In
his own time, has. at the request of various county as
sociations of the cotton growers, gone to them to speak
In earnest and ardent advocacy of tha alms. Interests
and plans of the association. We have given freely of
whatever brains and Information we have had to the In
terests and advancement of this cause. We have receiv
ed the thanks of some twenty or thirty cotton growers'
associations assembled In Georgia for the purpose of
hearing these speeches made In their behalf, and
have received more than once and In most emphatic
fashion, the hearty commendation and expressed grat
itude of Mr. Jordan himself for the nature and effective
ness of these speeches mtde In behalf of this association.
It may be said here that In not one ot these speeches
haTe we ever remotely or directly referred In any de
gree, to any private Interest or any public Candidacy
which the editor ot thla paper may have had at any time
toward any office In the state or In the United Stales.
It may be Imagined then how great was the surprise with
which we have received the ungenerous and unworthy
stab which this man Harvie Jordan has dealt to a friend
and a co-operator whose service he has so frequently and
gratefully approved.
Now, supposing for the sake of argument, that the
editor ot this paper was mistaken In hla analysis of the
difference between the bucket (hops and the legitimate
' exchanges? We submit the question that It this be true,
no man in Georgia should have been more charitable and
more cons'lderat# toward any possible mistake In Judg
ment than thla complacent politician who has been
chosen as the head of the Southern Cotton Association.
Why, the echoes have scarcely died at yet upon the
shibboleth ot "Harvie Jordan and 15c cotton!" Into tjiat
splendid promise his strong cocksure assertions led us
all. We followed fast In the wake of his superior wis
dom, his professional Information and his “duty-to-kuow.”
At Atlanta, at Asheville and at New Orleans, the South
ern farmers either fell or were whipped Into line be
hind Harvie Jordan’s war cry until finally over the pro
test and Judgment of many thoughtful men. It became
almost positive treason to differ wlt£ the Bose on thla
question. But, alas for Jordan, alas for hit cocksure
view, and alas for the cotton planter*! There are hun
dreds of thousands of dollars that might be In the pock
ets of the Southern farmer! now If Harvie Jordan had
not made that foolish mistake Into which we so blindly
fall and of which through reliance upon hla superior op
portunities tor Information, we became earnest advo
cates. There are few who have openly rebuked or criti
cised Harvie Jordan for his egregious error Id this matter.
They have covered hla foily with charity.
And yet this same fallible Harvie Jordan, staggering
under's weight of foolish Judgment that cost hundreds
of thousands of dollars to the Southern farmers, Is the
first to rise In criticism, against the motives of a faithful
friend who has fought the farmers' battles with pen sad
tongue without money and without price, and has bad
m
Harvie Jordan's own official “well done" stampod upon
(be unselfish work.
There are thousands upon thousands of Southern
farmers who will recall In this connection that a man
whose Judgment la as hasty or as bad as Harvie Jor
dan's, ought not to be the first to throw a stone at the
friends of the cotton planter under any circumstances.
Whatever may have been hla motive, whether loyal or
disloyal, whether good or bad, Jordan has undoubtedly
led the Southern farmers Into the mire. He has kept
thousands of dollars out of the pockets of the people
and he ought to be modest and kindly In his estimate
of the Judgment of other men.
There Is a mean and little sting left In the combina
tion of cartoon and controversy Into which Harvie Jor
dan has projected himself. Some small and unworthy
soul, either hla own or another’s, has been moved to aug-
geat that the editor of The Georgian was Influenced In
his earlier comment by the fact that a family connection
was an employee in a brokerage offlee. That was low and
utterly unworthy. It stamps Jordan as malicious and
ungrateful. We have ho need to answer so small and
unworthy a measure of speech as that If there Is any
body Id Georgia who would believe that Infamous reflec
tion, we do not know him. If there I* anything In the
record of The Georgian or Its editor to Justify such an
Ill-bred assertion wa must confess that we have lived In
vain.
The opinions that we have entertained and expressed
upon this question have been thoso held for many years.
As we have said before, we are not obstinate In their
possession and not committed to their advocacy. All
^hat we want In this or any other matter Is to see the
right and the Just thing for Georgia and for her people,
and we may be trusted when we see It to do the light
thing over our pre-formed opinions and over our financial
Interests. This we have already made manifest In two
conspicuous Instances to which the public has been the
witness.
So much for this phase ot the controversy.
Arc the Cotton Officials Speculating ?
The remarks made upon the floor o( the house ot
representatives by Mr. Anderson, of Chatham, on Tues
day clearly develop a serious crisis In the affairs of the
Southern Cotton Association.
Mr. Anderson It a gentleman of the highest standing,
both In polttlci and In business. Ha la a descendant of
Thomas Jefferson and la a representative of the second
city and county of the state. His remarks were definite,
clear and startling In their suggestions, and they must be
definitely and fearlessly probed for the honor and for
the safety ot thla great body ot cotton grower* who have
organised for their mutual profit and advancement
The Georgian is far above making this Incident the
occasion of any reprisal for an unworthy attack made by
an officer of that association upon this paper. There Is
not In our rtcorda a Hue In which we have ever re
venged any private wrong In our public comments or car
ried the remembrance of a personal controversy In a con
slderatlon of tha affairs of state.
And we oome to this question now clearly, resolute
ly and absolutely without prejudice In the single Interest
of the Southern Cotton Association to whom we have dem
onstrated our loyalty In no uncertain way. The whole
force of editorial advocacy and of news exploltaUon has
been freely given through The Georgian to every Interest
ot this splendid body of our Industrial life. The editor
of this paper has at hla own expense, of time and labor,
made from fifteen to thirty speeches for as many county
associations of the state cotton growers' association, and
has received from those associations, and from the presi
dent of the state association, and from Mr. Harvie Jordan
himself, various cordial expressions of appreciation for
services which they were pleased to deem "most valua
ble and effective." There la no one thing In Georgia to
which The Georgian It more pledged by past loyalty of
service and by future Intention of cooperation, than
to the farmers and the cotton growers and to every other
organisation that la honorably conducted to their profit
We are so vitally near to t'hcao men and realise so
clearly their vital meaning to the prosperity and welfaro
of the state, that we should be false to them and recreant
to our duty If we did not urge that the present shadow
now retting upon the Bouthern Cotton Association shall be
analyzed and sifted to the complete satisfaction of the
entire body and of the state.
In brief, then, the reflections made by Representative
Anderson, ot Chatham, leave upon the public mind the
Implication ot serious official misconduct, which, In be
half ot the farmers of Georgia, we Insist must be Inves
tigated to the last limit of truth and Justice.
First, there la a general Implication that somebody
high In station In the Bouthern Co'.ton Association hat
been not only using his private Inside Information ac
qulred through the Bouthert Cotton Association, to spec
ulate In cotton to hit own profit through the local ex
changes, but that this same someone has also gone to the
extent ot taking stock In a recently organised bucket
shop known as the Piedmont Brokerage Company, and of
engineering personal dealings through that agency, act
ing In another name than his own.
This It a serious Implication and If It can be demon
strated will be damaging beyond measure to the further
usefulness of the present official life ot tho association
Individuals have a right If they choose to deal In cot
ton on margins to long at It maybe legal to do so, and to
■peculate In futures to the extent which the law permits.
Whatever we may think of auch transactions, there are
a few who criticise to any severe extent the private Indi
vidual who takes part In such transactions. But, It It
should be true that a great and beneficent organisation
formed and supposedly administered for the exclusive
purpose of advancing the price ot cotton for the growers
ot the state and of the 8outh, had In Ita high official life
a man using It* private Information ond possibly Indulg
ing himself In private and dealing under a fictitious
name to gamble and speculate In, cotton and In
futures, then the confidence ot the cotton growers In their
organization is likely to be destroyed, and the men who
Indulge In such practices are not worthy of the confidence
of their constituents or of a future official life In the
organisation. This proposition no man can deny.
The clrcnmatances surrounding this charge of Mr.
Anderson with certain specific statements made by repu
table men and. worthy and prominent dtlsens, have
seemed to fasten suspicion In this matter upon Mr.
Richard Cheatham, secretary, and the Intimate personal
friend ot Mr. Harvie Jordan, president of the Southern
Cotton Growera' Association. Theae statements of the
dally witnesses are as follows:
First come* B. C. Cothran, himself the man
ager of a local brokerage offlee, who testifies
freely over hla own signature that he waa approached
by those who are organising the Piedmont Bucket Shop,
with a request that he take stock In that enterprise, and
that upon bis refusal to do so It waa further argued to
him by the promoter that Mr. Richard Cheatham, secre
tary of the Southern Cotton Association,- waa an eighth
owner In the Piedmont Brokerage Company, and that If he
with his environment, could take stock In the enterprise,
there was no reason why Cothran should not Mr. Coth
ran also further testifies that be himself has frequently
seen Mr. Cheatham In the offlee of th* Piedmont Bucket
Shop and In close association with Its former manager,
Mr. Hotze.
Mr. Love, the prevent manager of the Piedmont Buck
et Shop In his conversation with our reporter practically
states that about the same time that he bought tho stock
of Dr. Crawford In that enterprise be also bought the
stock of Mr. Fairchild. And Mr. Fairchild is an employee
of the Southern Cotton Association, and is written In the
directory as manager of the bureau of publicity and pro
motion. This Is claimed as startling testimony.
From statements that have been put Into our pos
session It looks very Hkely that Mr. Anderson will be
likely In hla testimony to present strong evidence that Mr.
Richard Cheatham, secretary, baa speculated In cotton
margins frequently In a local brokerage company.
It Is stated by another legal witness, and this one,
one oi the most prominent citizens of Atlanta, who frank
ly and straightforwardly confesses himself a stockholder
In the Piedmont Brokerage Co. that during his connection
with It It was alwny| bis Impression that Mr. Cheatham
was also a stockholder and Influential factor In the Pled
mont bucket shop, and that he has frequently discussed
transactions of that enterprise wfth him upon the basis of
co-membership and co-direction and has not had any de
nial or protest from Mr. Cheatham of the assumption Im
plied by the nature of those conversations, ft Is also
stated by this reputable cltlsen, who Is no lens than
Dr. J. M. Crawford, tbe famous specialist of the Pruden
tial building, that several conversations have occurred
between officers of tbe Piedmont bucket shop which.
If he Is requested to do so, he will cheerfully testify
to In public, which leaves upon his mind the. definite Im
pression that Richard Cheatham, through hla agent and
employee, Mr. Fairchilds, was an owner and. a controller
of the Piedmont Bucket Shop. It was also stated by Dr.
Crawford that a circumstantial evidence which confirms
him In this impression of Richard Cheatham’s cooper
ating with him in this bucket shop, was the-fact that a
check for an additional assessment made by Mr. Cheat
ham’s employee, as we remember, Mr. Fairchilds, was
held over under circumstances Which would Indicate that
It was necessary for Mr. Cheatham to pass upon It
These with a number ot other Incidents and circum
stances seem to make up the bnlk of the evidence which
will bo submitted whenever It may be demanded, to Jus
tify the Implication which Representative Anderson, of
Chatham, boldly stated upon the floor ot the house.
Wo submit to the people of Georgia that the Cotton
Association cannot afford to carry for a day longer than
may bo necoasary tbe burden of this alleged connection
of Ita high official life with the bihlnesa of speculation,
and of bucket shop gambling which it Is now so vigorous
ly denouncing through the columns of the daily press
and The Cotton Journal.
We have no desire to say, and we do not say that
these charges are true. Investigation may prove them to
be true or Investigation may prove that they arp entirely
false. Mr. Jordan and Mr. Cheatham both deny them
personally. «
For ourselves, there remains no other duty than to
urge that this Investigation Into these matters shall be
begun at once before the state legislature adjourns and
that It shall be absolutely free and fair and absolutely
without fear—that there shall be no white-washing done
by any partial friend of any party concerned, that the
Investigation should be public by a full representation of
tbe membership In this and other states—that ihe farmers
of Georgia are entitled to know and to understand the
truth fully aud perfectly and Just what connection, If any,
their high officials may have had In private with this
Iniquity which they are so loudly condemning In public.
Mr. Cheatham la secretary of the Southern Cotton
Association. More than this ho Is the Intimate and per
sonal friend of Jordan, the president. There are
those who know them both who say that of the two men
Mr. Cheatham Is tho shrewdor and more capable and that
be exercises a very large Influence upon the mind of his
friend and superior officer. This we do not know. But
we do know that th* public will find It hard to understand
how between two friends so close and so Intimate and so
constantly In conference upon the possibilities ot the
prices of cotton, Mr. Cheatham could have been engaged
In these transactions In such a way as to conceal It from
the knowledge ot hit friend and fellow officer.
There Is enough In the air of doubt and of apprehen
sion and of auspiclon to Justify us In saving that until
these charges are thoroughly and bravely sifted, and the
atmosphere completely and finally cleared, the present
usefulness and effectiveness of the officers of this associa
tion are seriously endangered, and that these Interests
which should be always subordinated to the vastly greater
Interests of tbe Southern cotton growers, will themselves
demand the fullest and promptest and most public action
to find the truth and to tell it
A new hotel has has been erected In New York for
the accommodation of working girlB, from which women
'over 35 years of age” will be debarred. The expert on
age limits Is In for a stormy time.
Republicans Passing the Plate.
The Republican party Is passing tho plate.
Gentlemen who have affiliated with that party In
times past, down In this section ot tbe political vineyard,
have been receiving touching little communications ask
ing that they contribute tho sum of one modeBt dollar to
defray the expenses of the 0. O. P. In the congressional
campaign which Is gathering strength tor the fall elec
tions.
Some of them have responded, but some of them
have not .
The party of loaves and fishes Is no more prodigal of
contributions Just at present than the occasion demands,
and Chairman Sherman la reported to be in a state ot
mind.
This effort to make tbe campaign contributions popu
lar In their character looks very well, from a superficial
point of view, but the people would be much more will
ing to take It seriously If the present congress, at Ita
late session, had passed the law prohibiting, corporations,
from making contributions to campaign funds.
It was rumored at one time that the express compa
nies were to be exempt from the operation of the rate
bill, but tbe pressure was too strong and they had to
be Included. The program was, so the story goes, that In
consideration of their exemption tbe express companies
were to foot the bills for the congressional campaign,
but now they very naturally decline to come across.
The congressional committee had to look elsewhere
for campaign funds.
Perhaps It was only a coincidence that the bill
prohibiting corporations from contribuUng to the yellow
dog budget was not passed. Hence these tears—and the
passing of the plate.
Tbe Republican party on the whole seems to have
made a mess of It from a strategical point of view.
They have offended the reform element of the country by
refusing to pass the law preventing these contributions
from corporations, and at the same time they have offend
ed the corporations by the provisions of the rate bill.
They are now making a heroic effort to pitch the
fight on a policy of "Roosevelt and stand pat,” but there
are growing evidences that the country will Inject a re
duction of the tariff In the discussion, and the latter prop
osition Is meeting with a great deal of -favor. Tbe pro
tected Infanta have not only grown so large, but have
become so wayward, that the sentiment of the country
Is slowly but surely becoming aroused, and it seems clear
that tariff reform will have a place very near the center
of the stage, not only In the congressional but in the pres
idential election. '■*
The whole community has become thoroughly aroused
on the subject of Imperfect meat Inspection and the de
mand Is Imperative that radical reforms shall be Insti
tuted at onee. -
The position of lord high executioner In Russia Is,
still vacant The chances are that It will have to be
come a kind of syndicate.
Recent dispatches speak ot a leper In Elkins. W. Va.
Wasn't It named tor one?
Russell Sage's grave la to cost 522,000. He will prob
ably turn over in it ,
The Indigestible Philippines'are benevolently assimi
lating very slowly.
Growth and Progress of the New South
Un £*£. lb J # h . wld w, J l VIS".*®* to ***»• Information Illustrating th#
IniiMenMon ® ou * b de##rre# something mor# than pau*
Southern Labor and Its Price
"I rejoice In the present scarcity of
labor and the high prices which all
Claeses ot laborers are now securing,"
■aid one of the foremoat manufacturers
of the South, a man of broad business
life who has been Intimately identified
with the best development of this sec
tion. And he woe correct. There wee a
time when many people in the South
boasted of cheap labor, but that did not
mean prosperity nor general advance
ment. Cheap labor Is not generally
low-coat labor. It Is true that In the
changing conditions which are tak
ing place In the South higher wages
are for the time being producing very
unsatisfactory results Negroes, and
to somt extent whites. In the South,
as well a* elsewhere, content, as they
have been, to live on a low plane of
creature comforts, find that by work
ing two or thVee- days a week they
can make as much as they formerly
made working nve or six days, and
therefore they loaf half their time.
To these people higher wages has not,
on this account, for the present made
much Improvement In their financial
condition. It has, however, retarded
the operation of manufacturing en
terprises, and to some extent has been
an Injury to the people themselves by
making them mor* slothful than In
tlmss when stress of circumstances
forced a daily routine of work In or
der to secure the necessities of life. But
looking at the question from the broad
■tandpolnt of the whole South's best
Interests, this Is a temporary condi
tion, and the disadvantages are tem
porary.
are being paid there will come con
ditions making Immigration possible.
and we believe conditions which will
eventually result In making more effi
cient the negro labor of the South. It
It difficult to see any slgq of the lat
ter at present. Rather we now see al
most chaotic conditions among a targe
part of the negro population of the
South, but we believe that the Incom
ing Immigration made possible by
higher wages will make the South leas
dependent on negro tabor, and, there
fore, prove to ‘he negro’s advantage.
So long ss the negro feels that the
South to of necessity dependent upon
his labor, so long will he be Indiffer
ent, shiftless, drifting from place to
place, wlthmit steadiness of purpose
and without the development of the
qualities which are essential for hie
advancement.
Erie Dlreotore Didn’t meet.
New York, July 24.—It 'was stated
at the general offices of the Erie yes
terday that there wee no meeting of
the bdard of directors and that the
question of building Into Pittsburg or
changing existing conditions had not
been considered.
jews Asked for Warships.
Paris, July 24.—An appeal has been
made to the government by the In
ternational Israelite Alliance to send
French warships to Odessa to stop
Jewish massacres which private re
ports say still are In progress. It Is
Impossible to comply with the re
quest.
By Prlrate Leased Wire.
New York, July 24.—Cupid got It In
on the wires when Kilward Nugent, the
son of a wealthy hotel man In the
Bronx, got to talking over the tele-
phone to Miss Dorothy Gore, a pretty
"hello" girl, and that's the reason they
are In Port Chester today on their
honeymoon.
The young people disappeared on
Saturday. James Nugent, the father
reecelved the following telegram yes.’
terday:
-"Dottle and I were' married Satur
day. “EDWARD."
He threatens to disinherit hie eon.
Held tightly In a plaster of Paris
jacket at Bellevue hospital, today la
Jocko, «ths mascot monkey of H. H
Rogers' yacht Kanawha. Jocko was
fussing about on the yacht, which was
at anchor off Twenty-third street
when a hatch was blown upon his
thigh, fracturing It
Tenderly the crew picked up the
whimpering animal and carried It over
to Bellevue. Jocko fussed and fumed
while Drs. Holbrook, Kemps and Mil-
bank donned their white aprons and
the nuraes moved noiselessly about the
strangs patient
They gave Jocko chloroform. At flrst
he made wry faces and chattered like
a rapid fire gun. but finally he seemed
to like It and drifted placidly off Into
the land of Nod, white the surgeons set
the bone and treated Jocko to a coat of
plaster of Paris.
The operation was successful.
At a meeting of the telephone girls In
the Bronx. Bryant, Gramercy and Or
chard exchanges a strike was threat
ened In consequence of the manage
ment's new system of having Inspectors
follow the girls home.
The girls allege that for some time
men have followed them home and tried
to flirt with them. Some of the girls
recognised the men as inspectors of
the telephone company.
A Committee has been appointed to
present the girls' grievance to the
proper official!.
If Seaman A. A. Eckdahl, of the
Cleveland, does not get a high rating
as a petty officer now, and a warrant
later, It will be strange. Eckdahl at
Bar Arbor rescued from drowning the
10-year-old grandson of Admiral Rob.
ley D. Evans, who was In a row boat
with his -father and fell overboard.
Fighting Bob" knows how to show
hla gratitude.
GEORGIANS IN-GOTHAM.
By Private Letted Wire.
New York, July 24.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—J. A. Mahoney, A. Arm
strong, S. C, Elbatts, W. R. Nervlns, G.
X. Bchadewell, C. A. Wlckersham.
MACON—C.- L. Allen, W. F. Buch
anan.
SAVANNAH—P. J. O’Connor, Miss
K. fe. Qulnan, Miss J. J. Stafford, Mrs,
J. R. Forrest, H. F. Fraln, J. F. Sum-
van.
IN WASHINGTON.
By Prlrste Leased Wire.
•Washington. July 24.—The following
Southerners are at Washington hotels:
FLORIDA—Mrs. J. DeCaredene. of
Jacksonville, at Ebblt: J. W. Hyde
and wife, Jacksonville, Raleigh.
NORTH CAROLINA—H. L. Mlllner
and daughter, Morganton; Mrs. 8. B.
Alexander, Jr., and Miss V. G. Alex
ander, Charlotte, at St. James; 8. W.
Battle. Asheville, at New Willard.
SOUTH CAROLINA—J. R. DsCara-
dene, Charleston, at Ebblt.
IN PARIS.
Special to The Georgian.
Paris, July 24.—Isidore Hlrsch, of
Macon, Ga.; Isaac May, of Rome, Ga.;
Joseph May. of Atlanta, Ga, registered
at the office of the European edition
of tho New York Herald today.
ALL LOOKED ALIKE TO HIM.
certain learned professor In New York
s wife end fatally, but. professor-like,
I. thoughts are always with Ids books.
One* evening his wife, who had been oat
tor some hours, returned to find the house
remarkably qnlet. Hho bad left the chil
dren ‘
their own land and
R nleners. florists and seedsmen, according
Sir Thomas El"—
*■11* J tjutc*. UUU ,v * *
playing about, 'but now they were
nowhore to be #e«n.
Hho demanded to l>« told what had be
come of them, and tbe profeaeor esplaliml
that. «a they had made n good deal
polne, ho had put them to bed without
waiting for her, or calling it maid. tt
"I hope they gavd you po trouble, »be
**'-Xo," replied the professor, "with the
.xreptlon of th. on. In th. cot here. I j.
objected a good deal to my undressing him
and putting him to lied.'
The wife went trfTuspect * he cot
"Why," she exclaimed, “that's
Jobnuy Green, from next door. -Humaa
life.
So long as labor ot all kinds receiv
ed low wages In the South this sec
tion could never hope to be an active
itltor with the West and the.
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compel j
North for the better class of Imml
gratton, but with advancing wages It
will be possible to turn southward a
class of population which ws never
could have secured under lower wages.
This In Itself Is a very* great advan
tage to this section and will counter
balance tbe disadvantages under which
farmers and manufacturers alike are
now working. But mors than that.
It Is possible that sooner or later high
er wages will stimulate the* negroes
to better mbthods of living, to more
systematic work and to an 'apprecia
tion of what can tie accomplished by
faithful, honest labos, with the result
that out of the present conditions of
unrest and thrlfttessaMS and laziness
will come Improvement. And out of
these disadvantages which bave been
produced by the higher wages which
Under the old conditions of low
wages any great broad advancement of
the South was not possible. We
could, It la true, have attained to the
^ nt stage of development, but this
ly the very* beginning; the thresh
old of -the great work of Southern
upbuilding. What we are now doing
is so smalt as compared with what the
South must and wtU do within the
next 10 or 15 years as to seem but
child's play compared with the limit
less possibilities of the future. With
an area and with resources capable.
If no more thickly settled than Mas
sachusetts, of supporting 240,000,000
people. It Is not conceivable that this
section should not continue In Its ad
vance without any material halting un
til In papulation It rivals, In propor
tion to area, the density of the New
England 8tates and In wealth exceeds
New England In proportion as Its pop
ulation and Ita natural resources ex
ceed those ot the latter section.
The trials and troubles of the South
ern manufacturer and the Southern
farmer due to scarcity of labor are for
the time being very perplexing, but
out of evil good will edme, and the
Bouth may well afford to rejoice that
Increasing employment and Increasing
prosperity are bringing about' a rate
of wages which will make this section
a tempting field for the activities of
the laboring element o4 the world.
Trinity Cotlege. Cambridge, pmsrsers s
fatuous portrait of Baroa. which wm» shown
to th* Genusa editors os their visit to the
university. Dr. Butler toM them that
wtaea the gnat historian Mommsen saw
the picture some years sen he stood with
folded anas Is front ot It sad observed:
"So, It I* you who guv* us Lady Macbeth
and Fslstsff,"
Mr. Mail Order Man,
Here’s One for You!
In no other way can you
reach aa large a number of
reader* at to low a rate as by
using the classified advertis
ing columns of The Georgian.
The circulation Is large.
Rates are low. Results are
Immediate. 8!nce tbe advsnt
of the rural routes th* news
papers are being used by mall
order advertisers with
splendid results. The cost In
The Georgian Is a trifle—one
cent a word—and
((
They Do the Work. ”