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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN-
TT'ERPAY. JTT.Y 31. IfWC
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPL? GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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A man may well bring a horse to the water.
But he cannot make him drink without he will.
• —Haywood.
Turn on All the Light.
The confession of Rlchsrd Cheatham, secretary of
the Southern Cotton AssocUUon, that be baa been Bpecu
la tins In cotton futures will not be palliated, in the mind
of the general public, by the alleged fact that he wae act
ing for the beneficial Interest of a friend.
Following close upon the heels of the confession of
anothor salaried officer of the Southern Cotton Associa
tion that he himself was until recently a stockholder In
a bucket shop, the circumstances are such as to de
mand a searching Investigation of all the facts by the en
tire executive committee of the Southern Cotton Asso
ciation.
This Is entirely aside from the representations mpde
to another stockholder that Cheatham was one of the pro
prietors of the Piedmont Brokerage Company, and that
this was told him as an Inducement to get him to take
stock—entirely aside from the confidential conversations
betwsen Cheatham and this second stockholder on the as
sumption of the latter that they were Joint proprietors ot
the Piedmont Bucket Shop.
The known and acknowledged facts are sufficient to
demand a thorough Investigation by the executive com
mittee as a whole.
On September E—less than six weeks from now—the
annual meeting of the members of the Southern Cotton
Association will be held at Hot Springs, Ark. When that
meeting Is held the executive committee should be In a
position to place all the facta before the general body,
that they may be able to act Intelligently In choosing
their officers for another year.
A man of mooe delicate sensibilities than Cheatham,
proven to have utilised his Inside Information to specu
late In futures—for the benefit of at least one friend—
would tender his resignation at once, while a man of
greater teal than Harvle Jordan, with the facte at pres
ent before him, would exert every energy to turn on all
the light possible.
The people of the whole South are aroused over the
revelations already made, and they are not going to be
satisfied with anything less than a remorseless and un
compromising exposure of the whole muddle.
The Georgian has already reproduced aome of the
opinions of the press, and they have but begun to dis
cuss the matter.
There te no way to smother or whitewash thle thing,
and the beet way out of It la to call that meeting of the
entire' executive committee.
The beat Intereete of the farmers of the South de
mand thle. The Southern Cotton Association la too good
a body of men and has too many possibilities for good, to
be discredited by the misconduct of one or two men,
though thsy be the highest officers In the organization.
Who Paid for Those Advertisements?
The members ot the Southern Cotton Association
have a right to know It their money Is being used to ad
vertise The Cotton Journal, of Atlanta, which Is the per
sonal property ot Harvle Jordan, Richard Cheatham and
their associates.
- Ths officers of the Southern Cotton Association are
paid handaome salaries by the farmers of the South to
look after the Inteiesta of the saaoclatlon. It the or
ganization la to have an official "organ" the proflta of
It should go Into the common treasury, and not Into the
pockets of Jordan. Cheatham, et al.
mi-—i. At any rate the people want to know whoso money
»'•* Is paying for Jte advertisements scattered throughout
’ tbo South, announcing that the Information collected by
the Southern Cotton Association will be given out through
Jordan and Cheatham's Cotton Journal.
The demand will not be etlfled, and It will not be
side-tracked In the midst of other charges, thongh each
and every one ot them deserves a searching Investigation.
WHO PAID FOR THOSE ADVERTISEMENTS OF
THE COTTON JOURNAL?
Cotton Association, we are Inclined to think that the go- throughout the South, who want to know how it Is that
nlus of Harvle Jordan for "not knowing things," whether ; one of their salaried officers has been denouncing spec-
It be the price of cotton or the gyrations of his subordl- I elation while he played the marketa himself on Inside In-
nates, la about as wonderful as anything else In his mete- jformation
oric career.
And the farmer feeds them all.
Truth Above Temper.
When your adversary loses his temper he Is also likely
sometimes to lose his brains—and that Is distinctly the
case with Harvle Jordan.
The bitter and scurrilous diatribe which he flung the
other day against the editor of The Georgian, reeking
with trivial, abaurd and' Inconsequential personalities,
might much better have been devoted to u study of his
own case and to an Investigation into the attitude ot the
people toward him. ,
The letter which we have quoted today from Mr.
Mnrpbey Is from a man whose honesty and Integrity new
er has been and can never be questioned In Georgia.
And the facts stated by Mr. Murphy are ot such a
nature as will Instantly Impress themselves upon the
public because they are tacts. They are almost axioms
because they are self-evident fact*.
The truth Is. Mr. Jordan, you ought not to permit
yourself to. become so violently sensitive over a legitimate
inquiry Into the fidelity and capacity of your administra
tion. This la an age of publicity and an age of investi
gation. The probe l« being inserted everwbere by
thoughtful people who are interested In the public's wet-
fare, and the searchlight of investigation la being turned
upon public organisations and public officials, and you
who are public official!, and by whatever methods you
have obtained the places that you occupy for the time be
ing, are under a very great responsibility.
It Is no primary evidence of hostility that a public
newspaper which has been and I* now one of the' beat
living friends of the Southern Cotton Asosclatlon, at
tempts to apply to the business and deportment ot the
cotton 'association those same probes and searchlights
which are visiting every other responsible station, and
which no honest end capable official has a right to pro
test or to fear.
YOU may rely upon It, Mr. Jordan, that The Georgian
Is above the smallness of personalities In this matter, and
though you have been most vilely and vulgarly offensive
to this paper, we are perfectly capable ot considering you
abstractly and without reforence to your offensive and
arrogant personalities, but with the single reference to
what you have done and are now doing In the Interests
of the great body of people In whom we are Interested
and for whose Interests we propose to fight Just so long
as wo know how to fight and have the pen and tongue
to fight with.
Your administration Is up for trial and Investigation
before the people whom you represent, and this people Is
not only the people who live In Georgia, and their Inter
ests are not only Georgia's Interests, but those of the
entire South, and the Interests of the cotton associations
of all of these states.
All that we ask, and this we not only ask but de
mand, Is that this Investigation be, as Representative An
derson, of Chatham, suggests, not “a whitewashing pro
cess," but that It shall be from first to last a sincere,
straightforward and complete trial before a Jury of- your
Bill association and held In such a place that all things
distinctly tearing upon these matters may be easily ac
cessible to those who are seeking light and Information.
As we have said before, we say again, that, disdaining
your vulgar and foolish personalities, we will accept the
verdict of this Investigation, when It becomes n fair In
vestigation, and will give you full and unstinted credit
you are vindicated of the suspicions which now cloud
your administration.
And, we promise you upon the other hand, that if
you are not fully vindicated we shall use our full en
deavors to protect and befriend In a reasonable and hon
orable way the great organisation which has given you o
measure of. confidence In full proportion to every service
and every merit you have ever shown.
The Court of Appeals.
'.Myself and Rosey are willing to be governed by
your Judgment and will trust to It to make us both rich."
—Mike O'Orady to Secretary Cbeatbam.
A sorry spectacle, Indeed, wben such communications
are being sent to, and acted upon by, an officer of tbe
Southern Cotton Association, whose Inside Information,
collected at the expense of the people and for their bene
fit, Is used for the benefit of a friend who "can afford to
gamble.”
"These conditions he"—who?—“believes will have a
tendency to force an advance In the price of May and
July, and ho thinks we”—what we?—"should take advan
tage of them."—Mike O'Grady to Secretary Cheatham.
There Is nothing In the letter which Indicates who
the mysterious "he” Is, but when one man writes to an
other nnd suggests that WE should do a certain thing,
what la the Inference?
THEY ARE NOT WITH YOU, MR. JORDAN,
Barnesvllle, Ga., July 30, 1906.
Editor of The Georgian: I notice that Harvle Jordan
charges you with being "absolutely Ignorant" as to
what hla advice to farmers has cost them in the
price of cotton.
Fact i.—Let me give you a few facte. In the
fall of 1904 Harvle Jordan advised the fanners to
hold their cotton when the price ranged from 9 to 10
cents. Many of the farmers In my section took his
advice and were compelled to sell their cotton In the
spring of 1905 from 7 to 8 cents—a clear loss of
2 cents a pound, not Including storage. Insurance and
shrinkage.
Fact 2—In the fall of 1905, Harvle Jordan ad
vised farmers to hold cotton for 13 to 15 cents. Many
hald and some nre still holding and are compelled to
take from 10 to 11 cents, when they could have sold
for 12 cents
How Harvle Jordan can figure out that his advice
has saved the farmers $200,000,000, I am unable to
Cholly
Knickerbocker’s
see.
Now while 1 am a lawyer, I am also a farmer. I
hare adjoining my city homo about twenty acres and
also have a farm that I rent outside of the city and
raise cotton on both places. T differ with Mr. Jordan
In his claim that the farmers are satisfied with his
advice. I have heard many express themselves oth-
- r-A Is,-. I In-Id my cotton. nut Ijw.-iiihc I l» Ii.-v.--l that
Harvle Jordan's advice was good, but I wished to aid
my farmer neighbors in their laudable endeavor to
get better prices for their cotton.
Now, Mr. Editor, let mo congratulate you upon
the bold stand you nre taking* In demanding a full
Investigation of tbe charges made by Representative
Anderson, of Chatham. A. A. MURPHEY.
We recently assured Mr. Jordan that so far from
feeling that be had saved them $200,000,000, the farmers
ot the South held him responsible for tremendous losses,
as the above card from one ot the leading citizens of the
state conclusively proves. We are confident, Mr. Jordan,
that a cloud of witnesses are ready to rise up and con
front you in this matter, and to Impeach the advice you
have given them.
THE PRESS DEMANDS A
THOROUGH INVESTIGA TION
Cotton Association a Bucket 8hop.
From the New Orleans Item.
It haa been charged before the Geor
gia legislature that the officers of
the Southern Cotton Association are
connected with a bucket shop at At
lanta and are giving out tips derived
from their knowledge of the cotton
crop. The association denies the
charge and. has appointed a commit
tee to Investigate the matter. It would
seem that the committee. should be
appointed from ths outside and not
by those who are accused. Represen
tative Anderson, of Chatham, brings
the charges and asks for a legislative
Investigation. The Item falls to see
what the Georgia legislature has to do
with the matter. . It la more properly
an affair for the courts.
Dr. J. M. Crawford, who holds stock
In the Piedmont Brokerage Company,
which Is nothing but a bucket shop,
states In a card that the concern w-as
promoted- by Secretary Cheatham of
the association, who frequently gave
him tips on the market. Messrs. Jor
dan and Cheatham deny that the as
sociation has any connection with the
bucket shop, but they have not thus
uuvnoy nil t/jy, UUI llicjr llUVt! JIUL IIIUI
far denied that officers of the associa
tion have an interest In ths bucket
shops. This Incident, If not clearly
shown to be unsupported by foots,
will go far to damage the association
with cotton planters, who as It la ars
beginning to have grave doubts wheth
er the nostrums of Jordan & Co. have
any effect upon the quantity and value
ot the cotton crop. It will ba remem
bered how Jordan clamored last year
for 15-rent -cotton, and how planters
held back their cotton to await the
coming of the waters. They failed to
}ush the price up to 15 cents and keep
t there as they promised, and lost
much money by withholding their crop.
Grasping at the shadow they lost the
substance, and now thsy are ready to
believe Jordan end Cheatham to te
charlatans who are seeking to manipu
late price* for their own Interest. Ths
result of the Investigation Into the
bucket shop business at Atlanta may
be of signal benefit to the farmers.
They will now- know what confidence
to repose In Jordan's novel teaching of
political economy.
The Defense of Cheatham.
If we were a lawyer, ss we are not, and If we were
the prosecuting attorney, as we are not, in the case of the
cottpn association scandal, what a delicious and entranc
ing work ot-srt It would be to analyse and to rip to rib
bons tbe wonderful defense of Mr. Richard Cheatham.
But we are not a lawyer, neither are we the prose
cuting attorney and our only attitude In this case le one
ot tbe most profound concern tor the cotton association,
and of unselfish desire to see its Interests protected and
tbo integrity of Its official life maintained.
But Mr. Cheatham's pies Is something so humorous
"that we almost covet a lawyer's chance to review this
defense, so tearfully and so wonderfully made.
From the attitude of Mr. Fairchild. Innocent Iamb
and underling that he Is, on down through the marvelous
nnd miraculous "re-appearance" of the Mike O'Grady
whose "name was new and never known before,” to the
elaborate and fine spun effort to explain tbe original inter
view In Tbe Atlanta Constitution, there has never been
so delightful a subject for the lawyer with a sense o(
humor as the defense of Richard Cheatham.
If we were to call upon the people In Georgia who
have read It to express thetr belief by bolding up tbelr
right hands, there would not te a right-hand digit lifted
In the Impartial rank of the entire state.
We are not going to prosecute Cheatham, for It la not
our business, but we cannot fall to thank Mr. Cheatham
for a defense in which the eagerness of excuse Is so tre
mendously permeated with the humor of Inconsistency
and an extravagant Improbability, that It adds an element
of opera bouffe to tbe entire cotton scandal.
The marvel ot It alt is how these things could go on
and on and on through the Innocent Fairchild and the
• exceedingly sudden Mike O'Grady'' to the detectable
end Irrepressible Cbeatbam himself—all In a little room
10x12—all intimate friends—without the far-seeing eye of
that Incomparable leader, Harvle Jordan, having some
knowledge of the entire facts.
Really, gentlemen of the jury, and of the Southern
The house nnd senate hnvo practically agreed on
the measure providing for an election to amend the con
stitution so that s court of appeals may be established
for the purpose of affording relief to the supreme court.
The Georgian was first to champion this necessary
measure ot relief and has been the steady and consistent
advocate ot It ever since. It Is peculiarly gratifying,
therefore, to find It so near to actual achievement. We
anticipate no trouble whatever In the approaching elec
tion. It Is proposed that the new court shall consist'of
three members to serve, at first, for two. four and six
years, respectively, the various terms to be chosen by lot
by tbe successful candidates.
The work ot the supreme court has increased to such
an extent that It Is a physical Impossibility for the mem
bers of that body to discharge the onerous duties Impos
ed upon them.
Georgia stands out conspicuously in contrast with
other states, where the process of appeal to tbo court of
last resort is burdensomely expensive. It Is the policy
ot this state to mote out equal Justice to every man with
out regard to his financial means.
But It Is impossible to go on as we are doing, and
the happiest solution seems to te. not to make the pro-
cees ot appeal restrlctlvely expensive, but to establish
this new court, which will relieve the supreme court of
much of the work now Imposed upon It by the Increased
number of courts nnd the greater volume ot business.
Tbe people will vote solidly In favor of the amend
ment tor the constitution, and the new regime will soon
be an accomplished fact.
On# of Them Smoksd Out.
From the Cordele Rambler.
It looks like J. Randolph Anderson
knew what he was talking about when
he said there was gambling among the
Southern Cotton Association. It does
took llko graft gets Into almost every
thing. When Mr. Anderson made the
statement aome people thought that
he was talking too much with his
mouth, but Mr. A. A. Fairchild, pub
lishing manager, comes up and ac
knowledges the corn.
"My Dear Dick: Your telegram came duly to hand
nnd It lends the writer to suspect that there will be
■smethlng doing In the epeculatlve market.”—Mike
O'Grady to ( Secretary Cheatham.
Nothing like standing In with the powers thst te
when there Is likely to be "something doing in the spec
ulative market.
“My Desr Dick: What about cotton? To a man up
s tree," etc.—Mike O'Grady to Secretary Cheatham.
Just at present Cheatham's reply might read some
thing like this: “My Desr Mike: I appear to te the man
up tho tree."
"Hoping thst everything Is working smoothly and
favorably with you," etc.—Mike O'Grady to Secretary
Cheatham.
Thank you, Mike, but things are not working “as
smoothly and favorably” jus$ at present as a great de
fender of the people against tho evils of speculation
really deserves.
Thomas Qulnney Is still hopeful that he will get bet
ter prices for the cotton held under the advice ot Hsnrle
Jordan, but he has some very decided views on speculat
ing In futures, and has grave doubts whether a speculator
can ever get to heaven. Has he heard the news from
Cheatham?
"Your Uncle Michael would like very much to hear
from you."—Mike O'Grady to Secretary Cheatham.
And so would several thousand farmers scattered
How It Is Viswsd By a Lssding Trade
Ptpsr.
From the NeW Orleans Trade Index.
On the 17th day of last month The
Cotton Journal, of Atlanta, made Its
bow to the public, and furnlehed a fair
Idea as to the lines It has elected to
follow in advocacy of measures calcu
lated to benefit ths Southern Cotton
planter. And, on the whole, we must
say that ths initial effort to put forth
a Journal devoted to the Interests of
the farming element has proven meas
urably creditable to the publishers In so
far ss the typographical, general farm
ing and business departments of the
Journal are concerned; -but to that ex
tent only, since It Is clearly apparent
that the controlling spirit dictating the
editorial policy of the publication Is
lamentably Ignorant a* to the value ot
tribdern methods employed In handling
the cotton crop, and strikes blindly at
a system the abrogation of which
would mean an Immeasurable calamity
tu the peoplo of the entire cotton bett.
It was perhaps, pnfortunate for the
cotton planters of the South that thetr
organised effort to control the produc
tion nnd marketing of thetr chief sta
ple crop should have been allowed to
pass so completely Into the bends of
the gentleman whose name figures as
"Editor-In-Chief of The Cotton Jour
nal. and whose personal opinions, as
oxpressed In future In the columns of
that publication, must now be accepted
ns n mere reflex of those entertained
by the class he Is supposed to repre
sent In a Journalistic capacity. We
write tilts with the best feeling In the
world for Colonel Hsnrle Jordan, of
whose nblltles ss an orator end tender
of men we have the highest opinion.
But we know, as does every man at all
familiar with the cotton trade ot the
world who has listened to his ad
dresses delivered before the conven
tions of the Southern Cotton Associa
tion, that hla grasp of conditions af
fecting the movement of cotton from
the field to the loom la by no means
perfect, nnd that, were bis advice to
be followed, and all terriers between
plnnter and spinner swept away, the
trade of the world In the South's great
staple would be thrown Into a state
of chaos from which tt could not pos
sibly recover ere the present prosper
ity of the South should have become
legend.
The unfortunate circumstance* con
nected with the position of Ths Cotton
Journnt rests In the faJt thst Its ed
itor la unable to differentiate between
the modern, and absolutely necessary,
method of buying and selling cotton
for forward delivery and the pernicious
system of gambling In "Futures" thst
Has developed during recent years,
given rise to. the horde of bucksrshop* Innui
with which the country t» SKIw cursed, duced to
This lack of understanding on hts part teen touched.
has already served to place the Jour
nal In a position of violent antagonism
to ths legitimate future contract
branch of the cotton trade, and, as
well, to ths banking Interests of the
Southern Interior, upon which, when
all Is said, the continued prosperity of
the cotton planter depends. The pub
lication of the cartoon in the Initial
Issue of the Journal depicting "An
other Eruption," wherein the burning
lava of "Just Prices" Is shown over
whelming the legitimate contract trade'
and bucket shops alike, can be viewed
only In the light of a grntltultous Insult
to the entire memberships of the New
York and New Orleans Cotton Ex
changes, Institutions whose benefit
rule* control the movement of the
American crop and make It poalible
for the planter to receive a commen
surate return for the fruits of his la
bor. Just what Ths Journal expects to
accomplish by thus viciously attack
ing the cotton trade In one of Its most
vitally Important branches Is beyond
our comprehension, but upon this point
It may feel assured: Its appeal to Ig
norant prejudice Is being directed to a
class of men who ere well Informed,
as a yule, concerning trade methods,
and Is not apt to meet with approval
on the part of those Upon whom It
depends for material assistance In the
work of building up the publication.
Apart from Its antagonistic attitude
toward the cotton exchanges of New
York and New. Orleans, and more par
ticularly toward that element In thetr
memberships representing the future
contract trade. The Cotton Journal ap
pears to be nn excellent publication,
the only feature to detract from Its
generally favorable appearance being
the too frequent Inclusion In Its
pages of half-tone portraits of Its Ed-
ltor-ln-Chtef, not less than three of
which were contained In the Initial
number.
Our newly launched contemporary
has the best wishes of The Trade In
dex for Its future prosperity, though
we earnestly hope It will yet see the
error of Its way and become a friend,
Instead of an enemy, to the best In
terests of the cotton planters of the
South.
“Wants Friendly Investigation.”
From the Moultrie Observer.
Harvle Jordan Is by the Southern
Cotton Association as the Republicans
nre by the tariff. He thinks It should
be Investigated by Its friend*.
Growth and Progress of the New South
Under this head will appear from time to time Information Illustrating ths
remtrknlils development of ths Booth which deserves something more thnn pass
ing attention.
Observations of Northern Friends With a Local Friend’s
Comment.
GOSSIP
About [
People
By Private 7-easel Wire.
New York. July St.—Twice has
Brigadier McLcer. of Brooklyn, visited
the battlefield of Bull Run. There wilt
be no third time, ho declares. The
time of his first visit he had a little
argument with Stonewall Jackson. It
was back In '61, and as a result of
that, General McLeer had an arm and
a leg shattered by the arguments used
by the men. He afterwards became fa
mous as "Jackson's foot cavalry."
Last week with Mrs. McLeer and
members of the Fifth, Tenth and Four
teenth regiments of Brooklyn the gen
eral visited the battle ground to help
select sites for monuments to the ex-
Union dead. His horse shied at a new
plank In a bridge and the phaeton
went down a 15-foot embankment
Captain Rounds and James G. Rakln.
of Brooklyn, who escaped by jumping,
picked up General and Mrs. McLeer.
The general was badly shaken up,
the old wound was reopened and his
face was lacerated. Mrs. McLeer was
Injured on the side and arms. He now
declares he has had all ot Bull Run
he wants.
Disquieting reports come from
Southampton, L.' I„ where the vener
able Cardinal Gibbons, head of the
Catholic church In America, Is spend
ing the summer. Hts eminence Is suf
fering from overwork and his condi
tion Is giving hla friends serious con
cern. He has recently celebrated his
72d birthday and while he appears to
be suffering from no organic trouble,
he Is very feeble.
Undaunted by malaria, fever or mos
quitoes, Cupid Is doing business on
the Isthmus of Panama. Announce
ment tg made here of the marriage at
Panama, July t, of Dr. Samuel Fau-
cett, of Stamford, Conn., and Miss
Catherine Conners, a trained nurse, of
New York. Dr. Faucett was a govern
ment surgeon, and fit the hospital at
Ancon he met Miss Conners, whose
handling of yellow fever cases had
made her famous. The marriage took
place at Cristobal, where the couple
are spending their honeymoon, fight
ing an epidemic of smallpox.
The surgeons and nurses at Bellevue
Hospital are on the point of mutiny to
day because of an order allowing but one
face towel snd one bath towel a week
to each. The supply of soap also has
been cut down to one cake a week.
Superintendent Armstrong has been
petitioned to nnnul lhe new order.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
When persons from other" parts of
the country become enthusiastic over
the progress of the New South, Is It
not time for us to sit up and take no
tice? Seine Gothamite, signing him
self “Yankee,” writes as follows to
The New York Sun:
"I note that In a quarter of a cen
tury the assessed value of the South
has Increased from about $5,000,000,000
to $6,600,000,000, or $3,500,000,000 In
>5 year*—$158,000,000 a year. This
Is getting rich about the rate of $2,500.-
000 a week or nearly $800,000 a day,
or $16,000 an hour every hour of eveiy
day of every week for twenty-five
years, no Intermission for holidays or
Sundays. This Is not so bad. Is It, for
a section of our glorious land which
forty years ago was worse than bank
rupt financially, and was facing a so
cial problem upsetting all the tradi
tions of a people? Which shows what
the trtfiy American spirit can do when
It loosens up and goes In to win.
Hooray for Dixie and her dollars.''
Handsomely said. Equally nice are
the extracts below from a letter by
Cincinnatian to his local paper. The
Commercial-Enquirer:
'Having lately returned from the
land of cotton, that monarch that holds
sway all over the world, without whose
dictum the wheels of the earth's pro
gress would stop, I am moved to say
that with each visit I make to the
White Country' I am more deeply Im
pressed with the stupendous growth of
that section. Its power and glorious fu
ture.
" 'Keep your eye on the South,’ Jsy
Gould said fi quarter of a century ago.
'It Is a new country, an Et Dorado of
riches.' He was not more prophetic
than time has proven. It Is computed
that more than $300,000,000 of' money
has been added to the wealth of the
South In the last two years. If any
part of the United States has raune for
pride In the census returns of the past
twelve months It Is that section.
Providence has been kind throughout
Its entire domain.
"Glancing backward, during the
jertod between the years 1880 and 1*00
the capital Invested In the cotton belt
was Increased from 8181,417,000
8370,407,(15, or 106 per cent.
Southern Cotton Growers’ Association
Is an organisation with more poser
than Wall street. It literally holds the
money poser In the hollos- of Its hand.
"The result of Its conference on Jan
uary 11 had a significance of national
Import. And yet a few words might
tell the tale of the result. ‘Hold for 15
cents, encourage the cultivation ot less
acreage and larger crops.' Cotnn need
fear no rival, knowing that tt pro
duces. In value, more than Iron and
stsel combined. Let the cotton crop
material Is being sent to other sections,
fashioned there and shipped back to
Atlanta and other Southern cities for
consumption or use In our own manu
factures. Is not this condition an un
pardonable Indifference to nature's
gifts? The South has not done much—
though with a proper expression of the
New 8outh (Atlanta) spirit. It eventu
ally will—with the finer grades o.
goods, or with the qdds and ends of
every-day demand by the people.
In regard to Southern progress, es
peclally Atlanta for tho future, the out
siders are all "Missourians"—we shall
“have to show them.” Just such an
exposition as planned to be held In At
lanta In 1(10 Is needed,- and will be
broadly Illuminating as to what tho
New South has done and what It Is
capable of doing with her matchless
resources.
If you believe In tne New South (At
lama) Spirit be consistent, show your
colors and wear the official Atlanta
1810 button or pin. If the cxpoilttun Is
wanted act os If you wanted It. Ac
tions speak louder than words. These
copyright buttons and pins are on sale
and for every one bought the United
Sales Agency will contribute 1 cent to
the 1(10 Exposition fund. There are
150,000 people In Atlanta and If every
true Atlantan will wear a pin or button
the Exposition fund will be enriched to
the extent ot $1,000, and it will cost you
but 10 cents to make this assured.
found a new meaning. It wou!
quire a brain omniscient to compre
hend the vastness of the product of the
past year.
"So, today, forty years after the sur
render of the gallant remnant of the
Confederate army at Appomattox, we
see old Dixie rise from the ashes ot
desolation, s conqueror of conquerors,
showing such mighty recuperation ss
history does not record of any other
section of the earth under like condi
tions. It would be Impossible to con
ceive of anything of'which the South
could be deprived and suffer to any
large extent. All the products of all
generous lands are hers, whether cere
als, fruits, vegetables nr minerals, not
to mention her world power, cotton.”
Thcsi observations made by our
friends ot the North are full of sug
gestion for ths future. It Is trqe thst
the South has performed wonders In a
manufacturing way during the post fif
teen or twenty years, yet but s begin-
has been made in that direction,
line* that might be pru-
Two Proposed Laws.
To the Editor of The Georgian
from The Georgian of July 26
that two bills have been Introduced by
Senator Crumm, one to require license
and bond given to authorise one to
carry a pistol; the other to make the
payment ot poll tax optional.
I do not know Mr. Crumm. and cer
tainly have no III feeling against him,
and what I say her* Is purely as a
cltlsen, and as, I believe, for the good
of the state.
First. I do not think that the senator
has carefully considered the pistol bill.
He may have framed It upon a similar
act of force In Florida, and which,
when passed, 1 then residing In Flori
da, thought and now think an outrage.
To carry such s weapon Is clearly a
constluttonal right, ana tt seems ridic
ulous to require one to pay an ordi
nary $6 bill to procure a license to
eserclse a constitutional right. Again,
The I to require bond In such caae results
*' - In class legislation, because one man
may be able to give.the bond, aye put
up the rash. If necessary, and hts
neighbor, although muchly needing a
pistol to protect him from threatened
or anticipated bodily harm,
lark of money and ability to give the
bond Is dented his right. The right to
have, keep and bear arms Is secured by
the constitution ot the United States, os
well as state, and with the present
law of concealed weapons might be
welt let alone. Another reasoff why
even the existing law should be re-
K aled Is that experience teaches us
enforcement, and obedience there
to by law abiding people simply puts
them at the mercy of the lawless, who
do not trouble themselves about what
the law la. Again, we hardly ever
pick uft a newspaper without finding
where some villain haa assaulted a
white woman.. If our women would
learn to use the pistol and never go
about alone without it, these assaults
would cease, to a great extent. If not
entirely. Ladles would not like to go
about with a pistol carried, so every
body would see It, but they would not
hesitate to conceal the same about
Eytl
They would not like to appear
upon the county records as a licensee
Were 1 In either house I would moat
certainly not only vote against ths
Crumm bill, but Introduce a bill to
repeal the present law.
Second. His poll tax bill Is unwise
and equally as unlust. If the payment
of the poll tax Is simply a condition
precendent to voting, the effect la that
many n good nnd true cltlsen of Geor
gia, who would never cut a vot*
By Private Leased Wire. ,
New Yorit, July 31.—-Here are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—E. P. Ansley, A. H.
Baucker, H. Block, H. B. Cantey, Miss
A. Knock, M. L. Richter, Jr.,' J. M.
Slmonton, J. L. Amsden, O. P. Crocker,
G. B. Reed, W. 8. Stevens, Mrs. C. K.
Benton, W. F. Benton, B. E. Dryden,
W. R. Kimball, R. R. Otl*.
AUGUSTA—H. W. Wallace, M. Wal*
ter.
MACON—R. E. Sharp.
SAVANNAH—W. Hunter, W. F.
Tottenall, W. D. Brtmer, W. W. Mack-
all, W. A. Overton.
IN PARI8.
Special to The Georgian.
Paris, July 31.—Willis E Ragan, of
Atlanta, Ga., registered at the office of
the European edition ot the New York
Herald today.
A 80NG WITHOUT NOTES.
(About Atlanta.)
When yon come across s town
Where the streets run all around,
Why of course It's certainly bound
To be Atlanta.
When you hear s person say,
"Give me a rnon-role right nway,
•Tm In a hurry, anyway,”'
You know you're fn Atlanta.
Whsre the bulkllnga are so high
That they penetrate the sky;
You needn't bother asking why—
Because, you see, you're In Atlanta.
When upon the corner yon stay.
, „ , lee that way,
And you stand there 'moai all day,
Then you know you're In Atlanta.
for'another In every nook
ig f _
And corner lu Atlanta.
If she finds one, the won't stay.
About the people and 9L.
I am certainly always going Co stay
In Atlanta.
-Frederick Bchrelber.
McGarvIn, what aort of house ar*
you building down there on the boule
vard?”
"Oh, the usual sort. It rests on a
foundation of debt and Is topped with
a mortgage.”—Chicago Tribune.
against her Interest, If permitted to
vote, and yet Is too proud to 1st an
other pay hts tax for him. In by reason
of hts poverty prevented from voting,
snd Georgia loses a voter true and
tried, perhaps one of her old soldiers,
whom she pensions, who Is ever dear
to her, and she Idolised by him. Don t
you see, It Is after all putting a prop
erty qualification on the voter? De
nying the right to vote to a good man
because of poverty, giving It to as,
consumste a villain as the earth ever
spewed up. It Is bad for this.
Again, our tax payers are complain
ing now long and loud and Justly of
the burden laid upon them by (he ed
ucational tax—the pall tax—every ef
fort should be used to compel the pay
ment of this tax, at least by every
man subject thereto, regardless of who
he la, just so long as he resides In
Georgia, regardless of whether he hod
ever cost or Intends to cast a vote.
Would It not te better to require
every man within the ages of poll tax
to register during the first fiscal month.
If he failed to do so. prosecute him and
Impose a fine of not less than $20, for
the benefit of the school fund. After
registering, payment of the pall tax
within the next thirty days, and If not,
the same procedure. This would dou
ble your school fund, and there need
be no growling about scarcity of funds
and the negro getting the benefit of
education without contributing. For
these reasons It apepars to me that the
two bills had better te voted down or
withdrawn.
FRANCIS II. HARRIS.