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The Atlanta Georgian. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. Tnrn«r>Av. aiovst i>. ire. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, Prealdent. Subscription Rules: One Yeir........ $4.50 Six Months 2.60 Three Months ..... 1.25 Ry Csrrler, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by THE GEORGIAN CO. It 25 W. Alsbsms Street, Atisnts,* Gt. Entered ns sscosd-elats mstter April 21, IMS. tt the Psatoffte* St Atisnts, Os., osder set of congrva# of March *. UTS. Fairbanks Glorifying John Brown. Three weeks from today the rice president of the United States and presiding officer of the upper house will participate in the glorification of a man whose crowning work was thus characterized by a select com mittee of the United States senate, appointed at the time to Investigate It: “The Invasion (to call It so) by John Brown and *h!s followers at Harper's Perry . . . was simply the ' act of lawless ruffians, under the sanction of no public or political authority—distinguishable only from ordinary felonies by the ulterior ends con templated by them." Until these historic words, signed by a majority of that select committee, are expunged from the flies of the Congressional Globe, and the truth of history Is offi cially mads a lie, the vice prealdent of these United S’utss, who a& recently was the recipient of Southern hospitality, might be doing something better than thus entering Into fellowship with treason and felony and stirring the slumbering embers of a sensitive sectional ism. That John Brown, of Osawatomle, was a felon and a traitor no sane ntan can deny In the face of the ver dicts of the courts and the summary punishment vis ited upon him for his crimes. It Is not a matter of opinion. It la a fact of official record. In the opinion of a more tranquil and conservative posterity bitterness has In a large measure given plaoe to a cynical pity tor his civic obliquity, compounded as It was of malice and madness. He Is looked upon by the. dispassionate thinkers of today as s .dangerous Don Quixote whose self-imposed and chlmerlcst task ended In his own undoing as the Inevitable consequence of his fanaticism and folly. < The rancor with which his name was once dla- cussod has passed away, but his wisdom and foresight have not grown upon the world. That he was a madman and a firebrand, and that he Jirought reproach upon the honest and well meaning people who differed politically from the South Imme diately before the war, stands undisputed and Indis putable. Three weeks from today will be the fiftieth nnnl ▼emery of that military nstlcult known a*“ “the battle of Osawatomle." On the twenty-first anniversary of (hat event ,a monument wns erected on the scene of the contest, out there on the plains of Kansas. In the dedicatory speech of that occasion the orator of tha day declared that John Brown "dared to be a traitor to the government that he might he loyal to humanity." Hla loyalty to humanity consisted In part In (he cold blooded murder of five men who dared to differ with him and hla followers as to the form of government which the state of Kansas ahould adopt. His treachery to the government Is not denied. We might well Imagine that some such sentiment as "treason to the country that they might be loyal to humanity" would have risen spontaneously to the lips of August Spies, Adolph Fisher, George Engel and Al bert Parsons as they walked to the gallows 20 years ago for their part In the slaying of seven policemen and wounding of twanty-aeven more because those officers of the law had attempted to disperse an anarchist meeting In the Haymarket square of Chicago. They were glorified enough, Ood knows,.and nothing they could have said for themselves would have sounded more grandiloquent than "treason to the government and loyalty to humanity." It would have been a reign of anarchy. Indeed, If John Brown and his misguided followers had succeeded In acquiring any momentum when they captured the government arsenal on that Sunday night of October, 1859. It would have set a precedent for murder and as sassination Infinitely worse than organised warfare. The determination to make a hero of thla shiftless, thriftless fanatic—the unsteadlest product that ever came out of the “I.and of .Steady Habits”—has Inten sified the bitterness between North and South a thousand fold more acutely than the meeting of brave men on the battlefield, where each rendered willing tribute to the skill and courage of the other. has brought forth more bomb-proof rodomontades and cor ner grocery bitterness than Gettysburg and Manassas. It has been the text of a world of "envy, malice and alt uncharitableneaa" which North and South alike would do well to forget John Brown la dead, and hla soul, so far as there is any satisfactory evidence, has long since censed to go marching on except to stir up occasionally, even as It did when It Inhabited the flesh, needless rancor and recrimination. At any rate the Idcular Mr. Fairbanks, who Is at present Important chiefly because he Is vice president of the United States, could be engaged In many things, or even anything, more timely and In better taste, than participating In the glorification of John Brown and hla guerrilla warfare of treason. Ings regularly appointed where the public and Interests parties may be assured of an attentive hearing. Third, the committees of the bouse and of the senate should have regularly appointed days and hours of meet Ing from which there should be no variation except by public notice backed by substantial icaaons. It Is an expense and an annoyance to the public end those inter ested In special legislation to have to visit the capltol and wait for a hearing. Fourth, the rule covering committee meetings should be such as to secure the attendance of all of tbs mem bers of these committees unless there be a valid excuse for not doing so. Fifth, the chief reason for the so-called lobby Is In the fact that unlasa matters of great Importance are pre sented to members with a personal Interview and within a limited time, they will be delayed and quite often legislation Inimical to the beat Interests of the state may be enacted. The legislature will do a wise thing In passing this bill. There has been loo much lobbying and too much of personal intersat of an unworthy kind. But no body of honest legislators can forget that commercial and personal Interests bava a right to be heard fully and freely on all aides of every public question, and that It la a duty to avoid a one-sided or prejudiced bearing of public questions. It Is very dear that only by the most liberal treat ment of public and private Interests along thaaa lint*, and by the putting up of the most careful safeguard! for the proper hearing of advocates, can tfie legislature justify the admirable reform Instituted In the Wright bill: ' ' The rush of the Roosevelt renomlaatlon Is not so vlolsnt as It way a month ago. Has Taft, who "sat on tha lid,” now also blocked tbs llha? /— 1 ” 1 Curb the Lobby But Be Fair to Vested Interests. Perhaps no bill passed by the present legislature will meet with more general Indorsement and approval than the anti-lobby bill presented and advocated by Hon. Seaborn Wrlgbt, of Floyd. It Is yet to be taken In hand by the senate and there can scarcely be any doubt that the senate will pass It aa emphatically aa the house baa done. The public will applaud this bill In every section of the state. It Is aimed at an eril which has too long •xlsted, and which has for many years been a source of annoyance and IrrttaUon to the voters of the state. But If the legislature passes this bill there will de volve upon that body certain self-imposed responsibili ties to the large vested Interests which are represented In legislation throughout the state. In the first place as tt appears to a newspaper seek ing only the right thing. It should be the duty of the members ot the legislature to personally investigate all the bills they vote upon. In the second place, the committee having In charge legislation ot an Important character ahould have hear- We Join the Red Cross Society. Surely there ought to be some one In this time of bitterness and trial to play the part of peacemaker and to moderate so far as possible the bitterness of tha ballot. ' In every war there follows after the mailed battal Ions of the werrior the ambulance and the Red Cross brigade; And In this wild war of words where missiles of discussion fill the sir with their mission of III the civilisation about us ought to furnish some element of reconstruction, of reorganisation and of healing. Ae The Georgian Is a non-combatant In this strife of citizens, we propose to join the Red Crose brigade of relief and so far as In^us lies to heat the wounds of the battle and to preach the peace which ought to follow ee He aftermath. Men all over Georgia Are thanking Ood today that this bitter and remorselets campaign Is drawing to Its close. It has been without a parallel In the history of the state, and Its casualties In character and In repute will outnumber the actual destruction wrought among the combatants most nearly engaged. For Naims come to pass that not only do the candl lntes thetnselvos through their organs belabor each other with unceasing venom, but If a citizen of any age or any station or of any character, sees fit to exerelse his civic liberty In declaring In public for one or for another of these candidates, he becomes the Instant target for the abuse and malediction ot the organs bf the other side, and every small and trivial criticism that has been mado In the past Is Instantly raked from the record* of other yeers to reflect upon him and to prejudice , public eentl ment against his Influence and. hi* name. No part of this campaign Is more lamentable than this. Surely men without malice who entertain and ex press their preference* for one or another of the op posing candidates In this election, ere not the legiti mate targets for the crltlelsms and the abuses of the organs of the candidates opposed. In moat Instances these men who take a stand for one or the other of.the aspirants for gubernatorial honors do so holding In their minds and In their hearts the kindest feeling for the others, and the decision of the ballot Is reached In most Instances purely on public and economic reasons and with no personal discrimination between the various gentlemen Involved. And yet for this simple exercise of personal and civic right these men are criticised and assailed at vio lently as are tho candidate* themselves. So that out of the nols^ and the buetle of the pen* and the papers, the tongues and the tempers, the com mittees and the caucuses, the methods and the mass meetings, the air Is thick with arrows, each with a pois oned tip, and the hospitals of our fair repute are filled with the wounded whose minds are sore and whose characters are aspersed. Surely the time he* come for the relief corps of the hospital and for the evangels of peace. Aad so, without any other than a aelf-appolntment and with no commis sion beyond the Impulse of general good will. The Oeot- glan has pinned the Red Cross upon the arm tljat moves the pen and we will seek so far as In us lies from time to time to soften the asperities of a malignant war with the mission of relief. We will seek to show that many of the men whose hands are now at each others' throat* are not natural enemies and may yet be friends. We will seek to show that many of the eminent Georgians from whose garments drip the Ink and mud of opposi tion camps, are neither traitorous nor dishonored. And, that within six weeks from this blessed day, when the storm Is stilled and the tempest Is over, they will each and aH abide once more along the tranquil waters of a serene end placid period enjoying Ibe rest #nd receiv ing the blessing end the salutation ot their fellow men. Unless all precedents are broken, unless all tradi tions ere destroyed, end unless history for the first time refuses to "repeat Itself,” the next six months must and will record not only the rehabilitation of character, but the restoration of the entente cordial between the fierce end heated combatants who now have the etate In a ■team and the people In a stew. Pave Peachtree Before the Fair The whole community It becoming thoroughly ■roused over the delay In repaving Peachtree afreet. There wea every reason to hope that this work would be taken up and authorised by the last session of council, snfi It is putting It mildly to say that there waa a general feeling of disappointment when this we* not done. There are e hundred good reasons why this work should be hurried to completion end not one. eo far ae we ere aware, why the delay should bb continued. One of the strongest considerations I* that the State Fair will be held In this city next Qctober. That time It rapidly approaching. Little more than two months now remain before the gates are thrown open to the public. There will be visitors In the city not only from ell over the state, but from the country at large. It te a matter of some Importance that this leading thoroughfare ot the city should not be found In Its present condition when those visitor* come. They will be disposed to Judge Atlanta aa a whole by the condition of this chief high-1 reTlablV'statlsticiT were^o'btsi'nabteai way, and In that event, unless something Is done, we will not create a very favorable Impression. And yet this la not perhaps, after all, the strongest reason to be advanced for hastening this work. The condition of Peachtree I* undoubtedly a. menace to life and limb as It now stands. The holes and abrasions make travel a positive danger and very far from a pleasure. The effort to secure united purpose on the part of the abutting property owners an<^ the street railroad was regarded In advance as a difficult undertaking, and. In point of fact. It was not easy to accomplish, but this co-operation has long since been secured. Those In terests are agreed, and the amount -which the city will be called upon tfl pay Is very small. Under these cir cumstances there seems to be no good reason why the work should be further delayed. It Is conceded by all concerned that the present asphalt Is actually and hope lessly worn out It would be Idle to talk further of re pairing It or adopting any kind of makeshift. Give Peachtree a new pavement, and let us have It completed before the State Fair begins. The official police of the Jameston Exposition will be called the "Powhatan Ouard.” Oood. Now see to It that the uniform I* either Indian or Colonial, and that the taciturnity of the Indian 1* freely Relieved by the friendliness ot the Colonial, and a wholesome willing- ness to surrender Information. Growth and Progress of the New South tender tbla remark*hie tie log attention. How Southern Spindles Multiply The song of the looms and spindles In the South already Indicates that this section of our common country Is enjoying a Urge degree of pros perity, and the rapidity with which those vehicles of Industry are multi plying give* great promise for the future. Everybody thought the Bodth was doing remarkably well when 190,- 000 aplndlea were added or contracted for In Southern mills during' the first quarter ot the present year, but (he second quarter did even better, for It brought out the announcement that a still further number of 111,- 000 aplndlea had been added or contracted for during that period of time. It Is-even predicted by thoee who are In the best position to know that the Increase in the number of cotton - aplndlea In the Booth during the present year will amount to practically one million. Georgia U holding her own In this Increase. That excellent trade pub lication, "Cotton," In presenting' the figures, soys that North Carolina’s enterprise la easily first this year, her additions In April, May-and June aggregating 167.280 aplndlea and 2,210 looms. South Carolina comet next with 101,104'Spindles and 1178 looms, and Georgia follows with 44,600 spindles and 170 looms. Mississippi added during the eecond quarter 9,000 spindles, and Virginia Installed 6,Oil spindle*. Alabama hat a record In the second quarter of 4,082 eplndlet and 24 looms, thug outdoing Tennessee and Texas. The new aplndlea In Ala bama ere to be placed, not In new mills, but In old mills at Bylacauga'and Girard. In the Bylacauga mill 2,188 spindles are to be placed, In the Olrard mill 8S8 spindles. In this connection we reprodude the following timely and Impressive paragraph from The Cleveland Leader; Whep the veteran editor Henry Watteraon delivered an address be fore the etudents of Brown university at Its commencement exercises he advised the young men who were seeking for opporluntles to go South. He knew whereof-he apoke. The land beyond What waa once Maeon and Dix on's line haa^at last awakened Industrially and the people are beginning to gather In the fruits. In New Orleans the building under way represent* 810.000. 000. During the laet year the building Improvements In San An tonio, Tex., coat tl.021,000. The year's record for Chattanooga Is about 81.600.000. During the same month for Loulevllle, Ky., they cost 2496,000; for Atlanta, Oa., 1687,000. A significant feature of this rncorS IB the fact that soma of the best new buildings are railroad stations. Atlanta.has a line new paeeenger depot and Birmingham, Ala., Memphis, New Orleans and Little Rock will soon be almllarly provided. The Southern etatee are eurely coming Into their own. COMMENT OX REVELATIONS IN COTTON ASSOCIATION WHAT IS THE DESTINY OF THE NEGRO RACE? EXTINCTION By DR. WM. EDWARD FITCH In the working out of the problem of the survival of the Attest the handi cap Imposed by nature upon the black race Is slowly, but surely, telllnr agalnat the negro. His little knowl edge and his Indifference to the re qulrementa of sanitation compel him to suffer the Impost of a heavy penalty In the form of disease engendered by hla surroundings. Torn from hla moorings by the tide of war, the negro In America la drifting steadily toward oblivion and will eventually disappear below the soolologlc horlxon, following, but more slowly, the North American Indian Into extinction. The race prob lem will eventually solve Itself, pos- elbly In less than a century, for the negro In America haa served hla ptfr- pose and must now move on to give place to the resistless Anglo-Saxon, whose manifest destiny Is to control the world. The coming of the negrq to America waa the result of the needs of condi tions then existing nnd the necessity for their fulflllment In the develop ment of the country, and particularly of the southern half. With the termi nation of these conditions by war, a new era In the development of the Southland was Inaugurated In which the dark-skinned rare Is but little available and aa a free agent the ne gro Is left to work out his own des tiny. That he will play any part of Importance In the future development of his adopted country la Improbable, and aa an eeonomlo factor may be Ignored, for as a rare he has fulfilled the object which made his presence neressary, and Is now a discarded bit of the mechanism ot ths world's ad anrement. Their gregarious tendencies have caused them to gather Into towns and wlllagea In large numbers and to exist there under conditions far less favor- ana to their existence than In the country districts. The urban life of this hapless race la accurately de scribed by Dr. Beale Harris, of Ala bama, In American Medicine, who states that "they are poorly fed. Im properly clothed, and their homes are located on the low-land* In the suburbs of the towns, where the dampness of the atmosphere predisposes to tuber culosis and where all the ftlth and Im purities of the towns drain directly nto their wells and atreams, contami nating their only source ot water sup ply." Harris further adda that "with auch surrounding* and an utter lack of re gard or appreciation for the laws of health, they become very susceptible to all forms of disease, particularly typhoid and malarial fevers and tuber culosis; and for ths same reasons their tissues, having less powers of resist ance to the ravages of disease, they fall easy victims to the fell destroyer." Hybridisation among the negro race an Interesting subject from an anthropological standpoint. It Is a well-known fact in horticulture that If, for Instance, cantaloupe and pome granate seeds sre planted side by side they will hybridise, and the fruit borne on the respective vine* will not be either a Juicy cantaloupe or a fra grant pomegranate, but a hybrid par taking of the nature of both, and unlit for use. Seed* taken from the fruit each vine and replanted will pro duce a fruit of an Inferior quality, the seeds after being planted again will fall to germinate and the hybrid be comes extinct. We have an Illustra tion In animal life that hybridisation leads to extinction. The ass crossed with the horse produces an animal which la neither horse'nor ass, but a mongrel hybrid—the mule; which Is Incapable of procreation. An Interesting side-light could be thrown upon the general question of the Increase In the negro population. If to the numbers of full-btooded negroes and the numbers of mulattos*. An at tempt was made. In the census of 18S0, to classify the negroes In proportion to the purity of their blood, but the results obtained were so unsatisfactory that nothing of ths kind was done when the last census was taken. About ten years ago Professor Bloomfteld, of Johns Hopkins Univer sity, wrote a remarkable series of ar ticles, In which he discussed the race question from ths standpoint of a naturalist and anthropollgtst and reached the conclusion that the per centage of full-blooded negroes was gradually decreasing. Professor Bloom- Held believed that the Darwinian law of natural selection was working In the negro race, and that In accordance therewith there waa a constant ten dency on the part of both men and women to mate with those of lighter color than themselves. As tar as there may be fresh Infusions of white blood Into the race, the bleaching out pro cess would be accelerated, but, of course, It would require many cen turies to so far eliminate the nsgro blood as to make the rice as a whole lose the distinctive characteristics ot the negro. One who has observed the negro face In the South must admit that It Is ths tendency of both sexes to mate with mulattoes lighter In color than them selves. The fruits ot such marriages Is small families—two, three, or perhaps four, children, whereas In the full- blooded black families from ten to sixteen children are common. In order to give our reader* the status of the death and birth rate of the negro race, we quote from the last census report: If this Is true, there Is no doubt that the negro population of the cities. If not recruited by flew arrivals from the country, would rapidly diminish. Out of Afty-slx cities reported by the census, In all part* of the country— North, South, East and West—the death rate among the negroes Is found to be greater than the birth rate In Afty cities. The remaining six cities are nearly all places with very small negro populations, where the small *x- cess of the birth rate reported might be accounted for by an accidental fall ing off in the death rate for that par ticular year. There la no part of the country In which the registration of vital atatls- tlcs la so nearly perfect as In New England. For this reason the Agure* for Boston are particularly Interesting. They show that during the census yesi there were 81,991 births and 11,277 deaths among the white population, making an excess of 2,714 births. Among the negro population of Bos ton In the same year the births num bered 240, and the death* 227, making the exrese or death* 27. Greater New York there were 98.164 births and 70,229 deaths among the white population, making the ex cess of births 16,935. Among the ne gro population there were 1,970 deaths and 1,420 births, making the excess of deaths 640. In Buffalo there were *,- 227 births and 5,167 ‘deaths among the white population, making the excess of births 4.070. Among the negro pop ulation there were 29 birth* and 50 deaths, making the excess of deaths 21. Ii» Chicago there were 41,098 births and 27,582 deaths In the white popula tion, mak'ne an excess of births 16,626. Among the colored population there were 889 births and 87* deaths, making the excess of deaths 290. In St. Louis there were 13,980 births and 10,220 death* among the white population, making the excess of births ",840. Among the colored population there were 6*4 birth* and 1,165 deaths, making the excess ot deaths 5*1. In New Orleans there were 5,224 births among the while population and 4.817 deaths, making the excess of births 247. Among the colored population there were 1,725 births and 2,110 deaths, making the excas* of death* 1,876. lAr, Jordan cn Future*. From The New York Journal of Com merce. There is nothing strange In the fact that Mr. Harvle Jordan, prealdent the Southern Cofton Association, sup ports with auch vigor as he Is capable of the bill which has passed the lower house of the Oeorgla legislature pro hibiting contracts for the s*te and fu ture delivery of cotton, grain, provis ions and other commodities, or stocks, bonds and other securities, or what la commonly known aa "dealing In futures." Mr. Jordan haa shown pn so many occasions hla limited know! edge and understanding of commercial and economic principles, and auch an Incapacity for clear reasoning that any vagary Is to be expected of him. The only thing that makes what' he says upon such a subject of the least con sequence Is the position he holds as the head of the Southern Cotton Associa tion and editor of what assumes to be th* special organ of the cotton Industry and trade of th* 8outh, and the oppor tunity thla gives him to mislead the minds qf those whose understanding may be no batter than his own. What Is to be regretted le that the leglelature of any state should at this late day be misled by the fallacious arguments used against speculative dealings on tho regular exchange* In commodities or representatives of value for whlnh systematic distribution and stability of market price ran be established and maintained In no other way. Mr. Free man. whose reply to Mr. Jordan's At lanta article we published yesterday, put the general, case forcibly: but the matter needs to be pressed home espe cially to those the market for whose product would be constantly In confu- stoh except for dealings In futures upon the cotton exchanges. Cotton Is a product with which the advantage of ronatant buying and sell ing on contracts for future delivery Is especially conspicuous and easy ot comprehension. It Is a commodity of which about three-fourths of ths world's supply Is produced In our Southern states and two-thirds of our product It sent to foreign markets, takes half the. year to prepare the crop for the harvest that begins about September 1, and the natural tendency would be for It to pile Into the market In about three.months after that date, though the demand for It la a contlnu ous one throughout the year and year after year. Efforts to adjust supply and demand at a fair price for producer and consumer le a difficult one at beet on account of the uncertainty of the crop, owing to climatic and other con dition*. But whatever may be the re sult of such efforts, so far aa a season') output Is concerned, the value will be determined by the relation of supply to demand. The most Important thing Is so to distribute the marketing and da tively of the product over the year as to have that value represented for sell ers and buyers by a price as nearly uniform and stable aa it can be mode. The effect of wide Auctuatlone will be disastrous to selling producers and buying consumeYs alike, and proffta- bio only to middlemen and speculators for Immediate taking and delivering, which need not be simultaneous or In close succession. When the product comes Into the market under such con ditions competition to sell will depress the price and men with capital may capture much of the supply to hold for higher prices, and aplnners cannot tell what to calculate upon. ' Ran With Hare and Held With Hounds From The New Orleans Item. The committee of Ave who have been Investigating the charges made In the Georgia legislature, to the effect that Richard Cheatham, secretary of the cotton association, has been dealing with bucket shops, report that the charges made against him are true. He owned stock In what Is known as i bucket shop. He bought and sold un der assumed names, nnd he often signed "secretary” after hla own name, to give credence to the Idea that hla operations were for the association, whsreas they were exclusively for him self. The committee, while admitting that there Is no law against buying and selling futures, condemn Secretary Cheatham for using his official position to speculate In a bucket shop, a part of the stock of which he was ah owner. That Cheatham knew that he waa do ing something Improper Is shown by the fact that he opened accounts In Actttlous names. This report will be forwarded to “Preiident Jordan and acted upon by the executive committee, which meets Sep tember 6, at Hot Bprlnga. A singular feature of this affair Is that the charges against Cheatham were made by bis bucket shop associates, who discovered that Cheatham was using his InAuence before the legislature to secure the passage of antt-bucket shop measures. When a man runs with the hare and holds with the hounds, he Is apt to be caught. The wrong In thfs ease was that Cheatham made use of his knowl edge of the condition of the cotton crop to bull or bear the .market at pleasure for his own proftt. He did exactly what he ao vehemently denounced gov emment offtclals for doing. 8hould Probe Further. Frqm The New York Commercial. The Investigation of the’affairs of the Southern Cotton Association should not stopped where It is. There Is a whole lot of things yet to be brought out, and the probe should be sent to the bottom. There was a great chance ot a great deal after that famous New Orleans meeting, but unfortunately there was a mlscue somewhere. Short on Past, But 8trong on Futures. From The Amerlcus Times-Recorder. Secretary Cheatham may not deal largely In the past, but he Is certainly there with the goods when It comes to dealing with the futures. Living Down His Namt. From The Rome Tribune. “My Dear Dick" Cheatham was, per haps, merely trying to live down his name. Has Earned a Rett From The Amerlcus Tlmes-Recorder. The Hon. Harvle Jordan has gone to New York upon a pleasure trip. Th# mixing of that barrel of whitewash. By Private Leased Wire. New York, Aug. *.—John D. Rocke- feller’s fondness for oil has at last tri umphed and he haa given his consent to have hi# picture painted, wig and all. Nerval H. Hussy is the artist who Is to go into the history of American art aa the only man who ever “done John D. Rockefeler In oil.” It waa a portrait of Samuel T. Todd, the retired general solicitor of the Standar Oil Company, don* by Mr. Buiey, which gave Mr. Rockefeller the Idea of having hi* wig painted. After easing the portrait of Mr. Dodd, he call ed at the Bussy studio and asked th* artist how he thought a portrait of him wearing a wig would look. The artist with supreme frankness replied: “It would be a great Improvement Your expression would not be so stolid and hard.” "Well, suppose you begin right away," aald Mr. Rockefeller, and Mr. Bussy began. The famous portrait will ba ready for an admiring world before long. The strenuous highway comlsslonera of Oyster Bay have been foiled, for a time at least. In their crusade agalnat the encroaching piers which they de sired to clear away. An aged lady, Mrs. Frederick R. Coudert, put a stop to their work of demolition. When Commissioner Hawkhuret led a gang of men and began to tear down th* pier, Mr*. Coudert. who. Is 72 year* old, ran out from the house and order ed them to etop. They paid no atten tion to her and ripped a few planks from the structure. Then the old lady rah out on the pier and dared them to pull It down and let her drown. She was Joined by Mrs. E. C., Whitney, a friend, and the two women defted the commissioner. Sirs. Coudert ordered her servants to bring camp chairs and the women made themselves comfortable. Com missioner Hawkhuret called for them to come down, but like Cassablanca, she refused to leave her post of duty. Hawkhuret Anally turned on hla heel In disgust and went away. "No, 1 don't Aght women," said he aa he went. Then gathering hla men together,, he told them to follow. As they turned the bend of the beach they saw two women standing on the pier. One was waving a handkerchief. ' Hungarians In New York are prepar ing today to select a committee to at tend the unveiling at Budapest, on Sep tember 16, next, of a monument to George Washington. The movement for the monument waa started several) year* ago by Hungarians In America. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. New York, Aug. 9.—Following are among the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—Miss Dubois, W. M. Richards, R. B. Sey, S. L. Leers, Mrs. Rosenbaum, A. Wellhouse, R. O.’Camp- bell. AUGUSTA—b. L. Green, P. F. Mc Carthy, J. J. Tarletoh. SAVANNAH—Mr*. Fltxgerald. W. P. Powers, J. P. Lyons. H. Small. ' MACON—J. H. Crandall, Jr, J. C. Holmes. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. AUGUST q, I 1631—John Dryden, poet, horn. Died 1701. 1672—New York ittrrendered to the Dutch. 1767—Fort William Henry surrendered to Montcalm 1809—Non-Imports tlon set proclaimed by President Madison, tin— Bottle of Htnnlnglon, Conn. 18K-Lonls Phlllppo proclaimed king of ranee. 1841—Steamer Erie burned on Lake Erli; 176 lire* last. vee-Mrs. Charles Matthews, setreis, died. 1882—President Lincoln called for 360,600 men for nine uiontha. 1871—Celebration of the Sir Walter Scott eentensry at Edinburgh. 1888—Dynamite conspirators at Liverpool sentenced to penal servitude tor lire. 1893—Hevere earthquake ahocka lu Califor nia. 1804—The yacht Britannia best the VlfAsnt at Cowes. 1899—Hurricane In West Indies; 2,000 drows ed. 1904—E aonrl, died. Born December 6, 1810. Th* Aasoeiation Must AoL From the Charlotte Chronicle The Oeorgla legislator certainly made good his charges ot bucket shop ping against Messrs. Cheatham and Fairchild, two oAtclals of the South ern Cotton Asoclatlon. M r. Fair- child lost no time In resigning. Mr. Cheatham holds on under censure. This may, be well. The Chronicle Is not one of the papers that calls for his resignation, It la perhaps best for the whole matter to go to the executive committee and from that body to th* association Itself. About the best thing that could come to^paaa would be for the association to take account of af fairs, which It probably will do at Its next annual meeting. Wants th* Whole Truth. From the Washington Gaxette. They are shilling Harvle Jordan hip and thigh on the bucket chop and cotton future business. We have a very high regard for Mr. Jordan and hop* he will come through without the smell of Are about his garments, but nevertheless w* want to see the whole truth com* out no matter who It may hurt. - No Explanation - Will 8atlsfy. From The Marietta Courier. It seems that Mr. Cheatham, of the Southern Cotton Growers' Association, has gotten himself Into a very embar- raslng position. No explanation that he can make will satisfy the public. Jordan’s Poor Selections. From the Waycross Herald, The Southern Cotton Association seems to have received n black eye. Mr. Jordan doe* not seem to be Im plicated, but he should have been more careful In selecting his associates. Th# Psoplt Pay th# Penalty. From the Ellsvllle New*. It actually looks as If the Southern Cotton Association had gone Into the gambling business. Away goes another reform move In the Interest of the dear people, and money was the cause of l« aa