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r THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. MONDAY, JULY jn. 1WZ The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Telephone Connections. ■ Subscription Rates: One Year.... Six Months . . . ... 2.SO Three Months . ... 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sundsy by THE GEORGIAN CO. st 25 W. Alsbsms Street, Atlsnts; Gi. Entered second else. natter April S. ISOS, at the Postofflea at Atlanta, Ca.. nnder act of congress of March A 111*. [ A man may well bring a horaa to tha water. But he cannot make him drink without he will. —Heywood. Let the Southern Cotton Executive Committee Be Judge. t We take It for granted that the investigation com-' mlttee called by Mr. Harvle Jordan to examine the sus picions against his administration can scarcely saUsfy Mr. Jordan himself, and we are perfectly confident that It will not begin to saUsfy the great body of the cotton association and the vast number of people who are Inter ested In the affairs of the organization. Whatever position we have taken In this matter has been based upon tbe conception that the Southern Cot- ton Association Is In every sense the greatest and most Important organization In the South. There Is no other organized body in these Quit and Southeastern states that compares In Importance or In meaning with the Southern Cotton Association, or carries with it so much of the prosperity and development of the South. Farmers' associations have been formed for these many years iuut In these Southern states and have all been Inaugurated with noble alms and lofty purposes, looking to wholesome development and fair prices for the products of the farm. Moat of these organisations In time past have fallen to pieces through politics, through corruption, or through the graft and Incompe tency of their leaders. It would be fatal beyond measure If this great body of cotton growers and agricultural men should share the fate ot| previous organizations. To avoid this catas trophe It Is eminently necessary that the lives of the of ficials of the associations and tbe executive beads of the organizations should be absolutely free from any culpa ble or dangerous connection, and as absolutely free from even the suspicion of wrong-doing or of evil associations. It was for these reasons and tor these reasons alone that The Georgian has led the fight for a thorough, fear, less, and sincere investigation Into the reflections which have been urged upon certain officers of the cotton as sociation. Feeling that Mr. Harvle Jordan’* administration was under Investigation, and that that administration mint bo like Caesar's wife, "above suspicion," we felt sure that tbo first Impulse which should have moved Mr. Jor dan would have been to provide the largest, the com- pletest and the most satisfactory court of Inquiry which could be secured to pass upon 'these affairs. We cannot sco how Mr. Jordan or Mr. Cheatham could be satisfied for a moment, or expect the public to bo satisfied with a committee selected as this has been. We do not think It ethical or proper for Mr. Jordan or for Mr. Cheatham, ' who are both officers, not of the Georgia association, but of the entire Southern association, to throw the respon- nihility of their trial upon two members of the Georgia association, however excellent and clean are these mem bers. We submit not only to Mr. Harvle Jordan, but to the general intelligence of the farmers and cotton growers of the South, that the most natural and reasonable court of Inquiry that could have, been summoned to pass upon these Issues would have been the general executive com mittee of the Southern Cotton Association. This would have brought Into the court, men Impartial, men remov- ed from Mr. Jordan and his administration, men whose verdict could not be by any stretch of suspicion, view ed as an Interested verdict, and men, more especially, who were entitled to hear and to past upon these charges which affected their Interests and the general association of which they were the guardians. What right has Georgia alone to try an officer of the entire Southern association? What right baa a general officer of the association In summoning a court and a jury, to 6mlt from that court and Jury those who had an equal right to participate? We did not attach, and we do not think that the pub lic will attach, any degree of Importance to the court of Inquiry called for session on Monday morning. We are thoroughly convinced that It President Jor dan. of the Southern association, and President Johnson, of the state association, and Committeeman Peek will lay their heads together, they will promptly adjourn this small court of Inquiry and refer this question to the gen eral executive committee of the Southern Cotton Asso ciation. which can be called together by the president to meet and to hear the evidence upon every aide which touches the charges against the present administration. This la what can be done and It Is what by nil means should be done. The reader will understand that the officers of the Southern Cotton Association, through their reports and correspondence, have the Hhole cotton situation of the country at their flngor tips. If. then, there could be add ed to this great equipment the facilities of a modern bucket shop, the opportunities for making money would have been superb, magnificent, charming. . The temptation was Indeed great Let us trust and believe that the future wilt develop the fact that the Honorable Harvle Jordan and the equally Honorable Richard Cheatham, did not yield to this temptation, and that the Honorable A. A. Fairchild waa not really a scapegoat, hut was. In point of fact, and beyond his own confession, the only sinner In this transaction. The columns of today’s paper will Indicate that many thoughtful newspapers and periodicals throughout the state and throughout tbe South Indorse The Geor gian's demand for an Investigation Into the charges which affect the official life of the Southern Cotton Association. The Savannah Press. The Albany Herald, The Mobile Register, all published In the great cotton centera of the country, are among tbe number of news papers calling for an Investigation. The Cotton Trade Journal, of Savannah, one of tbe best reputed and most respected cotton and trade Journals of the South, pub lished In the great port of Southern shipments, has com ments to make which are exceedingly Interesting as In dicative of public opinion, and should be Instructive and enlightening to Hands Jordan In the present emergency. “Mike O’Grady’s” Confession. Notwithstanding the statement of the Richard Cheatham, made through The Constitu tion a few dava ago. that he knew nothing of the “Mike O'Gradv” in whose name some officer of the cotton association was suspected of having traded in cotton through a brokerage firm. “Mike O’Gradv” turns un in the flesh, and confesses that he placed monpv in the hands of Richard Cheat ham. secretary of the Southern Cotton Association, and authorized hifa to speculate for him on his (Cheatham's) own judgment. The confession scarcely needs comment. The fact is established at last that Richard Cheatham, secretary of the Southern Cotton Asso ciation. has been’ using the advantage given him bv his position, to speculate in cotton futures, even though for the beneficial interest of his friend. Alike O’Gradv.” If Mr. Cheatham wishes to anticipate the judgment of the members of the Southern Cotton Aasociation. in whose interest he has been Waging warfare against gambling with one hand while he himself was nlaving the market with the other hand, he will resign at once. an approaching contest, and runs through a chasm whose ! dwelt among the rocks and under water falls; that they ' walls, about two miles In length, are for the most part were the enemies of the Cherokee nation; and they knew Hon. perpendicular. After making five distinct leaps, as the - that these little folk had decoyed the missing hunters chasm deepens. It settles Into turbulent and angry mood, i to death In the waters of Tallulah. In view of this le- and so continues until It leaves the gorge and regains *'gend. It Is worthy of remark, that the Cherokees, be lt* wonted character. The total fall of water, wlfhin the ; fore departing for the west, alw ays avoided the falls two miles mentioned, has been estimated at 400 feet, and , of Tallulah, and were never found hunting or fishing In the several falls have been named Ladore, Tempesta, ] their vicinity. Oceana, Hurricane and Bridal Vei The New Mr. Rockefeller. It Is a new Sir. Rockefeller who has come home from France to meditate among his millions. It Is a case of “bless thee, Bottom, thou art trans- Ihted," when the New York newspapers refer to him as jolly John D.,” and In other terms of kittenish en dearment But the fact seems to.be that his liver Is working exceedingly well and he Is bubbling over with good hu mor. He was the most popular man on board the steam er In which he rsturqpd to the United States. He met the newspaper men at the dock with a hearty hand shake and opened up freely when they wanted to Inter view him. He even Invited them to come out to bis country place and play golf with him. He was a new and a better John. It Is a great pity that ho didn’t see the error of his way long ago. He would not have been pictured so often as a sort of ogre, and he would not have Incurred tbe odium of shutting himself up lu his hermit estate, snarling at his fellow man. Another sign of Improvement Is that he has author ized hlz attorney to accept service for him In the case soon to be tried In-Ohio against the Standard Oil Com pany. He places hrmself In a much more' dignified posi tion than by attempting to dodge the process server for an Indefinite time, as some of his associates hare done. There Is no rsason why the Standard Oil Company should not come Into court and explain why It has done certain things which, to put It mildly, look very much like a conspiracy In restraint of trade. There Is no rea son why Mr. Rockefeller himself should not come Into court and tell what he knows about 1L But It Is this change of heart which Interests the people particularly at this time. The sun and the good, warm air of France seem to have done the work for him. Ho has shown that hts fellow millionaire, Mr. Sago, was wrong—radically wrong—and that n vacation la a good thing for any man. It has given him n saner and healthier view of life and he must feel like n very dif ferent creature. His conduct In the future, and particularly In the trial which will soon .take place at Findlay, Ohio, will be watched with considerable Interest. Wbnt It h« should loosen up and tell all he knows? It Is nothing less than just to say that the refusal of Hon. John D. Walker, of Sparta, Go., to serve upon the Investigation «. immlttee, did not contain any sug gestion of a lack of confidence or regard for Mr. Jordan. Mr. Walker declined because of pressing engagements elsewhere, and there was no moaning to hts refusal be yond the one which he assigned. Howevor, our congrat ulations to him .upon getting out of It were based upon our own view of the situation and not on Mr. Walker's, which we did not know. Mr. Walker Is clean, capable and above suspicion, and we feel sure that however little ho may have been willing to shirk the responsibility, from our own point of view he I* fortunate In not being able to serve as a member of this committee. Tallulah Falls a State Park. Nothing Is more apparent than that Georgians are attending strictly to the material upbuilding of Georgia and not at all to the beautifying of any part of the com monwealth and the enhancement of the pleasure of the people. , Prosperity makes mankind desire other pleasures and other recreation, and there Is nothing which would add more (o the Innocent pleasures and commendable pride of Georgia than the ownership by the state of an Immense park of mountain landscape at Tallulah Falls with the great cataract s'et as a gem in Its center. Geor-, gla Is able to purchase. Improve and beautify this natural ly beautiful and romantic section. It could be used tor encampments of our soldiers both state and national— an Ideal training camp In time of war; for vast gather ings of the people and for Chautauqua purposes, tt would In time of peace become the favorite Mecca for the pleasure seeker, the tired American worn down with hard work and threatened with nervous prostration and also tor tbe coavalescents; a pleasant resort and sana torium for all daases and peoples. A chain of hotels would dot the greensward; happy children plsy under the trees and drink in the Invigorating osone, which would make of them stalwart men and handsome wo men. That Georgia had such a playground would at tract visitors from other lands, and these visitors might become citizens, colonists with money to pay for lands and houses In our favored dime. All Americans glory In the possession of Yellowstone park and speak with pride of Niagara Falls, especially when their feet press foreign soil. . Virginia has Its Otter Peaks and Natural Bridge; Oklahoma Its Wichita mountains; Kentucky Its Mam moth care, California Its Yosemtte. Georgia should preserve the falls of Tstlulsh ss a monument to Its sen timent of the beautiful and grand! . The following description of Tallulah Falls, taken from "Our Native Land,” la generally regarded as one of the most exquisite erer written; Nowhere In Georgia can there bfe seen such a nov elty of mountain scenery as Tallulah chasm. In the northeastern part of the state. This Cherokee name means the terrible, and was originally applied to the river on account of Its magnificent falls. It runs through s mountain land, and Is narrow, deep, clear, cold and subject to every variety of mood; During the first half of its career It winds .among the hills In uneasy joy, and then, for several miles. It wears a pladd appearance and you scarcely bear the murmur of the waters. 80on tiring of this peaceful course, however. It narrows Itself for At these points the I stream Is exceedingly winding, and the granite cliffs on either side vary In height from 600 to 900 feet, while I the mountains which lrnck the cliffs reach an elevation of 1,600 feet. Many of the pools are very large and deep, and tbe walls and rocks are everywhere covered with tbe most luxuriant mosses. The vegetation of the whole chasm Is In truth particularly rich and varied; for you may find here not only the pine, but specimens of every variety gjf the more tender trees, together with lichens snd vines, and flowers, which would keep a botanist em ployed for half a century. Only four paths have been discovered leading to the margin of the water, and to make either one of these descents requires much of the nerve and courage of the sapphire gatherer. Through this Immense gorge a strong wind Is ever blowing, and the sun never falls upon the cataracts without forming beautiful rainbows, which contrast strangely with the surrounding gloom and horror, and the roar of the water falls, perpetually ascending to the sky, comes to the be holder with a voice that bids him wonder and admire. With regard to tho more striking feature of the chasm next to the falls may be mentioned the Devil's I'lilplt. -the Devil'.- Dwelling, the Kagle's Nest, the Deer Leap, Hawthorne's Pool and Hank's Sliding Place, whoso several names convey an Idea of their character istics or associations. After emerging from Its magnificent chasm, the Tat- lulah river runs, quietly through a beautiful vale, which Is so completely hemmed In with hills ns to be quite Inac cessible to a vehicle of any description. In this narrow valley standB a solitary cabin, which though now desert ed and forlorn, was once tho happy home of Adam Van diver, the hunter of Tallulah. In politics, which he de spised, he went for men, not principles, and from tho time that he fought under General Jackson In tho Creek war until hlfs death, he continued to vote for him for president at every subsequent election. Many generations ago, according to the Cherokees. It so happened that several famous hunters, who had wandered toward the Savannah river, never returned. The fears of the nation were excited, and they sent a delegation or medicine men to find the hunters. When they returned, they reported that they had dis covered a dreadful chasm In a strange part of the country. They said it wns n very wild' place. Inhabited by a race of little people, who PARK. TALLULAH FALLS FOR To the Editor of The Georglnn: Aware that The Georgian takes the lead In advocat ing those things which tend to the welfare, the pride and tho pleasure of Georgians, I may be pardoned for directing attention to a subject In which the people of the dear old commonwealth are greatly Interested. 1. e., the permanent establishment of ample recreation spaco at Tallulah Falls for the enjoyment of present and future generations. That this Niagara of the South should -bo developed and utilized for mere money making and that the hills and della should be occupied by a population devoted to earning a scant subsistence as mill opera tives. grates harshly upon the finer sensibilities of a largo percentage of the Inhabitants of the state. That It shall be used by the Empire State of the South ns a pleasure ground for its people has taken shape by the appoint ment of a committee to acquire It by the senate and bouse at the session of lUUa. The patriotic chairman of the combined committee is thoroughly Imbued with tbe spirit of preserving unimpaired nil the grand scenery’ and great water falls for the delight of the sons and daughters of Georgia. Yet efforts are afloat to establish electric power plants and pulp mills at Tallulah Falls. That roaring Tempesta. raging Hurricane, seething Oceana and the milder Bridal Veil shall bo harnessetl to turn the wheels of manufactories, muffling their loud voices and hiding their grandeur forever; that the grand chasm shall become a stagnant lake, and the rugged handiwork of Nature when at her best shall be obliter ated that a few capitalists may add moro millions to their riches, is vandalism pure and simple. Georgia will not stand for It. But before the committee acts some one of the many Individuals and corporations who have an eye only to their material advantage, may acquire possession of the property and thus render the acquirement by the state more difficult or perhaps Impossible. I am reliably Informed, howevor, that If the committee Is ready to act, that conditions are such that the state may acquire cer tain portions of the falls nnd lands which would give it the key to the position and preclude the development of tho water power for manufacturing purposes. Quick ac tion Is necessary, however, nnd cannot be urged too earn estly by press and people. RABUN. lly Private Leased Wire | New York. July 3C,- side SOUTHERN PAPERS DEMAND A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION Speculating Officials, From The Memphis Commercial-Appeal News dispatches state that It has been charged upon the floor of the Georgia legislature that certain officers of the Southern Cotton Association are stockholders and'sharers In the profits of a large brokerage firm, chiefly en gaged In the handling of cotton futures. This In Itself Is not an offense per but In view of the fact that the asso ciation has been most active In efforts to suppress all forms of future con tract trading In cotton the thing. If true, Is most culpable. Immediately upon hearing that such charges had been made. President Harvle Jordan appointed a committee of three from among the officers of the association to make an Investigation and report on the matter. The cotton growers should unite In demande for. the strictest Integrity of conduct by their officers, who are paid and supported by a tax levied upon the products of the tollers. The associa tion's members ore moro than stock holders In an institution; they are In effect citizens of an economic body, a body entrusted with their financial wel fare. The demand Is for men of probi ty and Intelligence to guide IL The charges may not be sustained, but It behooves the association at all times to look closely after Its own and to punish with severity malfeasance In office, abpuld there be ouch, conse quently President Jordan's act provld Ing an Investigation cannot be too highly commended. The aseoclatlon has been a power In the cotton market at times -Ince Its organisation. That power cannot be maintained It the-suspicion gains cur rency that those In command are us ing the wide Influence of the organ ised growers for selfish and speculative purposes. There should be absolute di vorcement of the personal Interests of officers and the conduct of Its public policy. Standing in With Buekst Shops. From {The Bavannah Press. We truet that the Investigation or dered by Mr. Harvle Jordan will be thorough. If any official connected with the Bouthern Cotton Association has' been Interested In bucket shops or has been engaged In speculating In fu tures the facts should be known. No one believes that Mr. Jordan {tlntaelf has been Implicated, but there were rumors associating some one In. his office with this kind of practice. Now this la the very thing for which the Southern cotton growers have been expoetng the statlzttcal bureau , In Washington. Such a thing Is Intolsra- ble and should not be covered up by technlcallty. We see it stated that the association has no power to send for witnesses or to administer oaths. This would create a bad impression. One man has already acknowledged that he owned an eighth Interest In a bucket shop, hut says that he has let It go. Another man answers that all charges that he was speculating In cotton fu tures was "hearsay." The whole thing came out during Mr. Anderson's speech against Mr. Boykin's futures bin. A cotton jour nal, said to be the organ of the Cotton Growers' Association, vigorously sup ported the Boykin bill and viciously attacked the opponents of that bill. It waa then that Mr. Anderson was sup plied wlttKlnformatlon which he used on the floor.of the house that certain parties connected with the association were said to be speculating In futures under an assumed name, and that one of them was actually Interested In a bucket shop. Just how far the facta will sustain the charges wlU be proven In the hearing If a full and free hear ing Is had. Mr. Anderson claims to have the documents and says he will be able to show that some of the men who have lined up so strongly for the Boykin bill were living In glass houses Trade Journal "Not Surprised.” From Savannah Cotton Trade Journal. We are not entirely surprised that attention has been attracted to the con duct of officers of the Southern Cotton Association. The Cotton Trade Journal called attention to a number of things done on the part of President Jordan himself, which were tending to Impair his usefulness os the association's ex- eruttve. notwithstanding they Involved nothing more than getting Into com pany with hla official name where he did not properly belong. It was not thought wise for him to become the toot of promoters of this and that con cern, In New York as well as tbe South, as director or otherwise, an<! then per mitting the parading of the associa tion’s head as an Indorsement for pat ronage among Its members. Unsolicit ed Jetters of approval of The Journal's position which came from nil over the cotton belt was a sufficient assurance that the people were opposed to such alliances on the part of their president. When the association's officers wish to embark In enterprise! that may In volve a withdrawal of confidence In their fidelity to their trust, they should be able to see what Is ahead for them, and acting for Its welfare, retire In favor of others without such entagle- ments. ' "Will Havs a Tims Explaining.” From The Mobile Register. Ths Southern Cotton Association of ficers will have a time explaining Sec retary Cheatham's connection with the Piedmont Brokerage Company, a buck et shop of Atlanta. Cheatham has been systematically bulling the market for a year or more, persuading planters to hold their cotton for a price that was never realised. Meantime, so says a stockholder In the bucket shop, he has bead giving tips on the market, making money on the side. These are the same men who propose to Southern people to put up several millions of dol lars to make paper out of cotton stalks —a neiv way to manufacture sunshine from cucumbers. THE MULBERRY SELLERS OF THE COTTON FIELDS Is the Cotton Stalk Products Company, headed by tbe Hon. Harrle Jordan, and heralded throughout the South during the past few weeks, calculated to deceive the unwary and Inveigle the farmers of the South Into taking stock In a visionary and Impracticable scheme? The Chattanooga Tradesman baa taken up the matter, and sounds a note of alarm. In the Issue of July 15, The Tradesman says: The character of Colonel Mulberry Sell era, so graphically depicted In Mark Twnln’s book, “The Glided Age," was taken from real life snd has Its counterpart In many persons of the present day. It la the rallying cry of Wall street In every new enterprise that Is launched In that realm of gilded allurements: “There’s million* in It. and almost everywhere else, snd In behalf of every conceivable scheme, no matter how visionary. It la the aame old song of Mark Twaln'a hero, **There’s mil Ilona .In It!" Colonel Mulberry Sellers had discovered an eye water that was a certain remedy for tore eyes, and he wanted to take this to the detilxens of darkest Africa to treat the afflicted there at $1 per eye. He ex- plalnted that there were a million of them who bad sore eves, and that, would be a million dollars, but aa these had two eyes each It would double thin aum, and so be exelaltned exultlngly, by Irresistible log ic. “There’s millions In It/' Hut since Colonel Hallers' dsy, others have exploited various schemes, on paper, claimed There' ra|iiuiini lariutia r uruira, uu |mz|tci. were equally as clear, and they all ed by a similar process of reasoning, re’s millions In if." With one It “Was tbe making of paper from swamp grasses; with aaothsr ft was gtsut powder from corn stalks Into cellulose . _ , nets, and behind this there were actually “millions”—lu stocks of questionable value. Still another was going to atart a monkey farm In Florida, aud use these In the cot ton fields to displace the negro lu pick ing cotton, while still another was going to corral the Ore-flies snd do away with gas or electric plants for lighting towns —“ -- nn a manjr snd cities. In all >thera of similar cl..... ’There’s millions In It!' these, ter, th But there I eently been organised a company that for elaborateness of exploitation and extensive ness of claims lays it over all others ever ed to a gullible public. Colo- Sellers would turn green with envy. If he were alive and could bear .jys it before presented to a , nel Mulberry wbnt tbta company proposes to accomplish. It Is called ’The cotton Stalk Products Company," and waa organised under the lawa of Maine with a capitalisation of $15,000,000, and Its business will be to make paper and denatured alcohol out of cotton •talks. Just listen to some of tbe many things It Is going to aebltTe, as announced by its S rombtera: It will enhance the value of t»e cotton crop 1100.000,000 (???l; It will rev olutionise (?) tbe handling of the cotton crop and save |».OiX*.000: It will cheapen the price of paper (?) and save millions more: It will kill the boll weevil and save 175,004,000 to the farmers that Is now lost by that pest (???). . It will grow the material for the paper mills—and three will l*e established every 5 miles through the cotton bett-at the back door* of these mills, and this will save Ita transportation. Iicstdea patting put of bust- nesa the 7S0 paper mills novp In operation, snd transfer their annual Income of $300,000,- 000 to the South!!! It will save tbe foreete of tbe northwest, now being denuded for .... , par ton. Thin must mean the price In the Held aa they stand, otherwise It would require a two- mute team, driver and hauls to load and unload with a delivery of mju t to the nearest mill, nnd that would entail an actnal loss In cost of lal»or alone ut that price. Besides. It Is barely possible that the crop »f stalks will equal In tons the I per rent into aleo- mg vo ?ne claims made. This would give <,2SS.W0 too• of paper, about enough to supply the dally papers In a few of our metropolitan cities, and yet this company Is going to put all the other paper mills of the country out of business!:' • Hot this Is not all of tha results, by spy means, whirb are to follow from the opera tion of this Mkhw mlmde-produelng com pany. There will be • per cent of alcohol obtained, ami this will so cheapen this ar ticle that Internal enmbuetlou^engines will errryu-here appear, and the horse will go out of bnalnesa. Why. It Is told in till announcement that In l»W there will be 580,- 000 of such engines In dally use!!! These engines, of come, must be supplied with alcohol from tho mills of this com pany, which will render good roads evury- where prevalent, and the railroads will be like tho horse, relegated to non-use, snd the rate question will be a thing of the past. Yet tho crowning achievement to resnlt from the production of this alcohol In these mills Is to bo the running of tor pedo boats with a speed equal to the fastest express trains of the country!!! Mlrahlle dlctu! ss the old professor of Latin used to express. It. and thla would work a com plete revolution In the construction of tor pedo boats, which would then settle the qaustlon forever of which was the strong est-nary In the world, since these torpedo boats could dear tbe seas of battle ships before they could get Into action or even turn around. The public Is further Informed that this gigantic conception came from one master mlud, which now rules the destinies of the Honthern Cotton Aoooclatlon, but this is past liellef. It sounds like the Corn Htnlks Company promoters, the old Routhern Cot ton Corporation nnd the 15-Cont Cotton Trust all combined. .It is worthy of these and a half dosen Colonol Mulberry Sellers thrown In for good measure. Of course, such a company with such un limited possibilities before,It has no stock for sale! Away with such a base sugger It msy be well for the public, tbe dear cotton planters of the Bouth, to read and ponder over tbo following letters from two of tbe directors of this company, snd compare them with the foregoing claims put forth on the authority (»f the reliabletow York Commercial and swallow ed, twit. hook, line and pole, by some of theleadlng dally papers of the Bouth: '‘Birmingham. Ala., Jnne 30, 1906,—The Tradesman. Chattanooga, Tens.—Hear Sir: Roose velt. while n member of the Reformed church. Is no bigot In the matter of re ligion. He attended the Presbyterian church at Oyster Bay yesterday, the anged specially for listened to an np- and joined heartily services being arr his edification. lie proprlate sermon, in the singing. News reached me from Hanover, Mjinj*., that .limit's A. CjiiiW-M, u h- been dangerously ill from an attack of pneumonia, has rallied somewhat, and now has a good chance for recover/. There should be an Inspiration to the young men of the naval academy In their new training ship, The Olynfpla, from whose bridge Dewey fought the battle of Manila Ray, and demonstrated to the - world that the American navy, Iri a generation of peace, had lost none of the efficiency from the time Paul Jones made It the most effective fight ing machine which sails the seas. The famous ship Is to be 4ised for the gen eral instruction of future Deweys, SchleyB and Sampsons. The Lord’s day observance commit tee of the Massachusetts legislature sent to Coney Island to glean Ideas for some new blue laws, sat In Magistrate Voorhles* court this morning to see what fish were caught In the legal net of the resort yesterday. They had done the whole island the day before and .found the fun so Inno cent and wholesome that they de clared they would frame a very mod erate law when they got home. Noth ing happened in the police court today to change the Impression their Sun day's Jaunt had made. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. By Private Leased Wire. New York, July SO.—Here are zome of the vlsltora In New York today; ATLANTA—T. Abbott, C. B. Bed- well, A. Bluetentha], H. S. Cole, A. Diaz, Jr„ M. W. Gray, F. P. Hayes, I A. O. Morris, TV. R. Norrlz, F. W. Patterson, C. P. Phillips, W. H. Rozer, T. J. Wee- ley, C. Blosser, EL J. Dickey, F. M. Kaufman. AUGUSTA—Miss A. L. Branch. MACON—R. S. Krause, J. M. Min- ter. IN PARI8. Special to The Georgian. Paris, July 30.—Mr. and Mrs. David H. Keefe, of Atlanta,' Ga., registered at the office of the European edition of The New York Herald today. aake enr eta ment a, to the feasibility of tbe manufi. tore for commercial purpose* of paper, jlc- until ml alcohol end pther by-product, rrein cotton .talk., I hare seen «omr very aalla- factory sample, and bare received ...nr- nnce* from W. W. Gibbs and M. W. Mara- de», of Philadelphia, who claim that thee* product, can be manufactured from cotton •talka at an low a coat aa to make the pro cess a. commercial sueceaa. '-The understanding, however, upon which I authorized the no of my name a, n direc tor la distinctly that only an much of the •lock, probably about IMkOOO, .hull tie of fered for sale at pmrnt ea may he users- •ary to build, eqnlp and flmmee one mill, to he located, at some eligible point, and that future stock offering, to ike public are to he bused entirely upon the actual reaulta obtained by thla mill. "While the enterprise appear, to be an Important one, the proceaa ahould tie given a thorough, practical teat before atock la sold and plant, eetabllehed on n large •cale. W. P. O. HARDING, * "Preeldeat Ft rat National Bank.” "Birmingham, Ala., June », IKS—The Tradesman, Chattanooga. Term. I hare your favor of May St. qulry In regard to the company organized to utilize cotton atalka of the South. "I do not know that I can give yon th. Information that yon desire, and, fer yon to W. W. Glliha, Penn- Hdtng. Philadelphia, who con- rnt. -aa appealed to me for two rea ls a wos’ khoy n fufft fiat tha ■r pulp la gradually Increaatng r. and that the price of |—per i very bnrdenaome to large con- It would be n atrictly South- ae and one that ought to ap- Investors of the South. -. one ran never tell what tha ralue of a proposition tike thla itU a fair trial baa tieen made wale. The experimental plant i have been a great anecraa, but y other condition, might arlar acturlng on n Urge arale. The the corn pour at present U to into one pUnt. and If thla ta o Introduce them all over the ■lllse a product which haa here- watted and burdensome to dla- . W. II. HAMINOML lent Republic Iron and Hteel .OST IN EXPERIMENTS. >man haa made aome Inuulrle, he Msradcn t'.uflpunjr, of Pbll- der the patent, of which' It limed the Cotton Hulk Prod- ly would operate. Ho far aa •crrtalned. thla company haa • pUnt that haa le-en operated la! reaulta. and thla la heated ".Ky.. amt the following let. reliable tourer In that city to aan has thla to aay reganliag den Company, af Philadelphia. hullt and equipped a Urge plant In tha city of Owensboro for t ho manufacture of ; corn pith cellulose. The plant waa oper ated for a number of yearn, the company buying corn atnlkB from the farmers at from J1 to $6 per ton. The company I-ought nml worked up nn enormous amount of corn atalka, but the great difficulty they R -erlenced wrs In getting nullable ma ttery for extracting tho pith from the atnlk. They apent a largo amount of money ling, and replaced the machinery I three or four tlniei, at a tre mendous ontlay of caab. “ — ‘ don the farmers, but tile writer la not Yamlllar with the price pnltl for the pith alone. It must have been a losing venture, as they finally aava up tho manufacture of eellu- far* entirely, and the plant Is now being for manufacturing n special stock feed made of corn nnd nlrnlfn. It teems thnt the plant at thin time la being operated by an entirely different company, as It Is known aa the American Milling Company, and wo do not know what disposition was eror made of flio Marsden Company. It Is estimated thnt they spent anywhere from 11,000,000 to }2.0u0.000 In Owensboro since the business wns first started.” COTTON STALIKPRODUCT8 CO. Editorial from Tbe Tradesman. A few years ago, a company was organ* tied In Philadelphia to make celluleee and other vatnanle products from corn stalks, nnd grent claims were made by Its pro* motors nn to tbo benefits the farmers of the conntry would receive through the conversion of a waste product Into a source of wealth. The com Into tbe ml... v ». «. — r —. Inent In tbe financial and business world were named as Ita officers ami directors. Numerous factories were to be Immediately erected In various portions of the corn raising sectlou. and to give greater weight to the lnuurblng of the company It was allowed to get out that there would be a tremendous demand for the product or these factories for the lining of, navnl vessels, throngb which they would be come practically safeguarded from danger, In that the elasticity of this material waa auch that all holes from shot or shell would Immediately be closed. . . Under such announcements and claims large blocks of stock were marketed, and commercial |>o(llca opened up extended cor respondence with the company for the Iocs* ITTU llllTiarj, till I / UMB limui *— - ed, aud tbe stock of the company went to pieces, the last reported ooles being st l%c on the dollar. „ . _ When tho. announcement of tbe Cotton Stalk Products Company first there was so much In It that bors ilBilarlty to tbe original corn stalk concern, that wj felt Instinctively there was a connection !*• tween them, ami sure enough It Is the pat ents and processes of tbe latter which the Cotton Stalk Products Company are to uat*. Ami then when a farther Investigation was Isstltuted by The Tradesman such a dis crepancy was found to exist b*t55f n * !h f statements accredited to the president of the new company and one of Its mo« prominent directors, ss set forth In an arti cle found elsewhere In our columns, that The Tradesman, by virtue of Its Jens E?Tnu'a-.triWiL to aoand a aotr of caution regarding It No one queattoua llwt pa|”-r can uo man, from cotton atalka. aa It can lie from corn fttnlka, ami n great many other araate ptwi- ucta, but when the attention of cotton raise re wna acemlnglj sought for the new enterprise hr the statement that the «<[• striirtion of the boll wfecll would fol- loar Ita operation, aa a certalntjr, IMawa* so utterly alwnnl that we were anrpruen to flinl thoughtful publishers rpirqdurhif It. foe cotton atalka are now regnUrty horn ed In the Hekla where grown, and thl, should certainly bare more effect toward destroying the bell Weevil than^ would ra* arent- should certainly bare more effect destroying the boll weevil than w anlt from a mere remoral of them. natured nleohol, • per cent, obtained In th, proceaa would lie able to do In the opera tion of tnrjtedn I—ale. when I here *re wo- merous other anlwtanrea that yield '“.nt* returns of nleohol; so much ao-that ltl» wore, than aliannl to Imagine there could lie a revolution In torpedo I-oat propui; •ion on aeeoont of the small supply of denatured aleobnl to bo obtained from thla cotton stalk conversion. . . _ These statrmeate. together with otter* equally extravagant and Irrelevant, mom to Indleate that there la a atoek-Johbtni aeheroe tiehlnd It, In whlek tie chief pro moters are more Interested than la anv K -llde lienMta to the farmers of tho th. If aaeh experteieotal resell, havs been aerotnpllsbed. as one le led to Infer from the announcements made, why do not these gentlemen pat their own money Into the enterprise} S'o one will rejoice ne-re over their aoeeeaa than mill Th- Trade*- mas. I-at until tke enterprise ran be dem onstrated possible and eommerehilly pr ,,B 1 t ' •hie w>- advise letting the n- l severely