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v THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN". A WEEKLY FORUM FOR CONTRIBUTORS OF THE GEORGIAN FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF BILL • By MRS. E. C. CRONK The soul of poor little Bill OI.cn was heavy within him. ■pew and full of trouble” had been (h, years of his life. But never be fore had such trouble as this come. A s he sat with hla mother at the break- fest table the various periods which he regarded as crises In his life came before him. There las the time when 0ey had come to the now country In the big immigrant ship. There was oie lime they had moved from New fori' to Atlanta. There was the time »hen his mother was so sick she could sol go to work, and he had bought his llrst supply of papers and tried to get »orK every moment he was not selling papers. Hath one of these tlithgs, he remem bered, had brought some Joy with it, but this last—there could be not the slightest element of Joy in that. To be set out on the pavement—that rfas shat the man who owned the old shell of a house hud told them would happen tomorrow If they did not pay some thing on the rent. Once or twice Bill bail really seen such a thing done. In imagination now he aaw the few urtl- cles of furniture they still owned piled up on the pavement. Krom the top of tae pitifully small heap he saw the enlarged photograph of his father linking at him with eyes full of re proach, which said: -Oh, little Bill, little Bill, Is this the way you are liking care of mother ;” Big tents filled his eyes. His throat sas full of dry sobs. A bitter resent ment came over him. "Mother. J don't believe In Qpd." 'Oh, you must not say that little BUI'' -Well, you say He loves us, and I've believed It. Anti you say Ho could open the windows of heaven untl show er money down, or send ravens with bread, before He would let the people that love Him and believe Him suffer. And 1 have loved Him nml I have be lieved Him. But I don't any more, because He Is' letting us be put out on the street. I have worked as hard as 1 could, and you can't help It; but He could If He wanted do, and 1 don’t be lieve Him.” At the shattering of his faith little Bill broke Into sobs. it will alt come right, Billy, dear. It's poor faith we have, If we oan't trust Him' as much with the beautiful roof of the sky over our things as with this poor crumbling one of shingles, u i to work. Who knows w at may . tw[pen before tomorrow morning.' Stbuil wonder "*at the soul of Bill tilsm \va, heavy -• hln him ns he went out.' Tie clay wore on. The pennies came In .-lowly. The heap of furniture sit ting out on the street was ever before his eyes. Aid then it happened. ID was standing on Peachtree street f»v tie viaduct. The sun poured down wlthi all the force of an August after- no oft "Here’s your Atlanta Georgian, The Journal and The News,” bravely shout ed title Bill. Hi heard a shrill whistle from one of tlie offices high up the Fourth Xnttmal Bank building. He held up a paper Inquiringly, as did the other tooya i»rouad. A package was thrust out of the window and fell rapidly to the mould. Just before it struck the Kround the wrapping broke and scores of strife!I coin went rolling down the street. In in Instant the pavement •was alive with , boys. They laughed and shridted with delight as they rolled over each other In their eagerness to gnthtr up the coins. Color distinc tions were forgotten, and black and whit* scrambled together. Heads ^re thru* out of windows in every tory of the buildings around. Another zhowfr of coins came down. The boys threw themselves before street cars, and fii front of carriages, reckless of MR. VfAT80N’8 FRIEND To the .Editor of The Georgian: 1 no Ice In The Georgian of July one So h W. Evans attempts th answer the article I wrote in reply to Mr. Wat ion. Mr. Evans does not deny that Mc- Duflle <nd several other counties where Watson’s Influence controlled, went for McKInhy In 1896. But because I said* that Mr. Watson helped to defeat Mr. Bryan, ic says: “Even the most kinky- headed negro In Georgia knows that there ir no foundation In fact in his charges against Watson." If Mr Watson’s Influence controlled those (••unties he evidently controlled them Dr McKinley and ngalnst Mr. Brvon. Surely Mr. Evans is not so •lull as to fall to see that to control several counties and deliver a majority Uf their votes over to McKinley In 1896 was to that extent helping to defeat Mr. Hr van. Mr. Evans asks: "Did not Watson, together with other Populist leaders, pledge the support of the Populist par ty to Bryan?" , / „ 4 The only support that the Populists gave Mr. Bryan that counted for any thing in 1896 was through fusion. The two piuties fused In 28 states and In this way thousands of patriotic Popu lists voted for Bryan and Bewail, but this was done over Mr. Watson's pro test. Watson fought fusion to the bit ter ond, and It Is too Inte now for him or his friends to claim credit for the 8*v>d that was done by the fuslonlsts. Mr Evans asks: "Did McDuffie and several other counties go for McKinley "hen Bryan ran last?" Yes. McDuffie and eleven other coun ties in Georgia went for McKinley rh'ynn ran last. Wat noire breaking himself down •peaking for Bryan and Watson was realty against Mr. Bryan, and Watson knew it. He knew that, every voter that ho could persuade to vote for Bryan and Watson was Just that much tost to the regular Democratic ticket. Be knew that the president Is elected by electors chosen by the states, and not by popular vote. As :t result of Mr. Watson’s "wreck- tog his constitution” we find that l r »O f - ono votes were cast for Bryan and Watson. * N '"W. when we remember that 45,000 properly distributed among the ck«o states In 1896 would have elected Mr. Pryaii It strikes me that Mr. Wnt- *° n - by diverting those 150,000 votes ‘ r °ni the regular Democratic ticket, certainly had a great deal to do with Mr, Hr van's defeat. . Mr. Evans asks If the chairman' of danger In the prospect of acquiring sudden wealth. Smiling policemen, wno had once been boys themselves, used their clubs with gentle force to prevent accidents. Street cars, car nages, automobiles and pedestrians stopped to see the fun. A thousand people soon witnessed the merry strug gle. Men forgot their own more sober struggle for the same thing, and laugh ed as heartily as did the boys. Women forgot the heat of the day, and the round of struggles In their own lives, as they eagerly watched the sport. The coin throwing mania spread like on epidemic. Frqm windows all around the shower came down. Many pieces of silver and a few of gold joined the cop per and the nickel In their haste to reach the ground. * "Look at that little fellow yqnder," said one man to another. "You might suppose from the look of grim deter mination on his face that he was go ing to make a plunge into Wall street." But Bill was unconscious of the throng of spectators ami their lighter. He saw only the shining coins and the reproachful eyes looking at him from his father’s enlarged portrait. His hand closed over one of the gold pieces that fell. He was sure th^t he must have at least 92.50 by this Jlme. V the precious shower kept up only a lit tie while longer, he would have $3.50, and $3.50 would pay the rent for anoth er two weeks. A fifty-cant piece fell In front of him. He threw himself on It. A policeman pulled him off of the car track as the car moved forward, but he had his fifty cents. Surely he could not expect It to continue much longer. The intenseneta of the climax filled him. Never a charioteer on the last stretch of the chariot race strain ed his every nerve with more eager ness. His eyes were bright, his throat was parched and dry- Life had been real, intensely real, to little Bill Ol sen. To the other boys the struggle was full of merriment, but it was not simple victory that he worked for. It was for hls home, it was for Ms mother, It was to get rid of the reproach , in hls fa ther’s eyes, it was for the restoration of hls faith. Ext^a policemen were called on duty. Extra'bicycle men came out, but the crowd refused to move as long aa the unusual shower continued. It was not until the patrol wagon began to be loaded with offenders that order was again restored. Then Bill Olsen counted hls gain. He had $4—the rent and fifty cents more. The Atlanta papers had Interesting stories about the incident of the falling coins which they likened to showers of manna. In many circles it furnished the topic of conversation for many days. Many youngsters realized the ambi tion that had been theirs. One emp tied every chewing gum machine In hla block. Another saw every' show at Ponce DeLeon, and rode on everything that offered a ride to the boy that had money. Bill Olsen laid hls money in hls mother’s lap that evening. "He didn’t open the windows of heaven, mother, but somebody certain ly opened the windows of that old sky scraper.” After he had finished hla story, hi went around touching each article of furniture lovingly. .’’I guess you will stay Just where you are for a little while anyway," he said. Then he looked at the picture over the mantel. The eyes held no reproach, but looked clown on him with loving pride, which said, "So, this Is the way you care for mother, little Bill." That night as he lay In his bed, he looked the blue sky, and the stars, feeling lyit above them all was God, he whispered confidingly, "And I do believe You." J on the morning of the day In which Mr. Bryan was nominated. My Impression Is that you will find these telegrams In The St. Louis Republic of July 25, 1896. This would seem to me a reasonably clear statement of the facts In connec tion with the case. Yours very truly, JAMES K. JONES. THE CHILDREN ON THE STREET. the national Democratic party did hls duty In 1896. Then he says: "Did he live up to hls agreement?" In regard to this matter, I will let Senator James K. Jones speak for himself. The published letter from him shows that, as chairman of the Demo cratic national committee In 1896, Mr. Jones made no promise about putting Watson on the Democratic ticket and there was no agreement made about Watson with the Democrats at that time. I hope The Georgian will pub lish this letter to set at rest all that talk about Mr. Watson not being treat ed right by the Democrats In 1896. Respectfully. * F. W. CARSWELL. Hephzlbnh, Ga. The letter from Senator Jones re ferred to by Mr. Carswell, follows: Chairman Jones’ Reply. July 14, 1906. F. W. Carswell, Esq., Hephxlbah, Ga. My Dear Sir: Yours of the 10th Inst. Is Just received. You say that the statement is made "In The Atlanta Georgian of July 9. In substance that the chairman of the Democratic na tional committee failed to do hls duty by falling to have Tom Watson put on the Democratic ticket In 1896 with Bryan.” You further say, "Did you, as a representative of the Democratic parti' or otherwise, make any promise to Tom Watson of this kind? Please write me the facts about that agree ment between the Populists and Dem ocrats In 1896." In reply I have to say that men differ ns to what my duty was as chairman of the Democratic national committee In 1896. I did not think It my duty to have Mr. Watson put on the ticket with Mr. Bryan and had no such power or authority. Besides. I did not favor such a course personally, and never mV/ocated It. I made no promise to Mr. Watson at any time, or to any one for him In this connection, and I know of no agreement made be tween the Populists and Democrats in 1896 with regard to Mr, Watson. While the Populist national conven tlon was In session In St Louis In 1896 1 was In that city. When the Populist convention adopted a resolution to nominate the candidate for vice presi dent before they nominated the candi date for president, I wired Mr. Bryan as follows: "Pops nominate vice president first. To the Editor of The Georgian: I have read tho articles published about the Memorial Orphans’ Home, and your editorial on the same subject, and I believe injustice is done to two of God’s chosen people, us well as to the orphans under their care. I am in no way connected with the home, ain not related to Mr. and Mrs. Harwell, am pastor of a church lrt a different denomination from theirs, and hence I believe I am In no sense prej udiced in their favor. I have visited the home on a .number of occasions, have held services there, have had the children in my church services, have watched the religious training, and examined Into the discip line employed, and unhesitatingly say It Is one of tho best governed institu tions that I know of. Jf my cbJJiJren were left orphans, I would as soon have them In this orphanage as any I know' of. The home is run on the faith line, It is true; but the greatest orphanage I ever read about was conducted on tho same principle. I refer to Mr. Muller, who resolved In the outset to never ask help of a human, but made hls re quests known to God. He first rented a home for orphans that accommodated only thirty. At last he built a home, then another and another, until he completed five nt a total cost of $576,- 000, accommodating 2,050 orphans, with a yearly expenditure of over $100,000. What If the children are taught to pray and testify? I was taught the same thing by a godly mother who id now' In heaven, and I will never cease thanking God for such teachings. I teach the samg to my children, and have a little tot Just 3 years old who carries to God in prayer all her little troubles, and even prays Him to heal her body when she is sick, and He does It. In this particular she has far outstripped myself, for I cannot always have so much faith. Bible history and secular history Is full of direct answers to the prayers of children barely old enough to lisp the name of God. God has not gone out of business and the Christ put him self on record In no unmistakable lan guage as believing in the religious faith of the children when He said: “But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe In Me, It were bet ter for him that a millstone were hang ed about hls neck and that he w'ere drowned in the depth of the sea.” There have been some real bad boys, orphans, gathered from the streets of the cltv, who have been converted In the home, and are truly little ministers in telling how Jesus has saved them. It may not be Just the proper thing to carry the children on the streets at night, but I cannot see why there is not as much fresh air In a street meet ing as in a play on the streets where there is danger of being run over by cars and ntitos. If Mayor Woodward is so anxious to have children in bed at night why does he hunt up a score who are in compa ny with proper guardians and singing and praying, and leave alone the hun dreds who are without escort and go ing to the devil by falling into At lanta’s many pitfalls? ... If you and the mayor wish to do At lanta real good, devote your attention to the saloons which are drawing on the boys nt the rate of 100.900 every Klu* appeals to intelligence. Touches the string* of the heart, Pays ou the chords most vibrant, Music *» sweet to Impart. Her pen bus much influence, Many are her admirers Where’er her (khmiis art* rend. With food that’s always wholesome, Her renders are richly fed. ’Twos straight from the hand of God That the poet gift was given. For her soul Is pure and lofty As the stnr-plcrccd walls of heaven. —Bessie I>ent<ui Whittlesey. Beyond the meadows where tnll pines Shadow's east o’er woodlands gray, Deep lu the dank and \lnrk morass Serpents hiss nml creep at will, And lurking In the shady grass, Ambushed III the twllglit still. A brook beyond, with silvery hands. Swoop* Its lied ’tween banks of fern, Where flickering over pebbly sands lMm lamps of the firefly burn. But far from where the serpents creep And hiss with venomed tongue Lurk shadow's far more dark and deep Thau from dank morass e'er sprung. .Shadow* of hate that fill with fear As a fiash that flumes the sky, Hugh mining lives, all scorched and sear, Dark uuu deep as they draw uLtlt. AL’Ut’HTA WALL. Atlanta, Uu. THOSE EYES. hod a fountains In Atlanta, selling drinks mixed with whisky: to the res taurants, where women drink intoxi cating JJqqors; to the property owners in this city, who are renting houses for traffic in girls. You and the mayor know that these things arc being run in Atlanta In open defiance of law, yet they are allowed to continue, and you They may talk alwnit the if __ .... far lamed In song; Itut give me the .girl with black, snappy eyes,. \ And i will rub along. ! lore the girl with eyes that talk. When eyes like that have pierced my brain, I just would not do wrong— I would live ou the firs that they fanned so TRUTH UNCHANGEABLE! Truth forever more Is the sntne Truth evaded is still the Truth, I'uchniiglng ns the mind of Ood— *... suffering there Is a cause. And you must bear It all alone. Truth Is sometimes by clouds •filed. dark ns the starless iiignr. But st Inst she will be revealed, riisullled, majestic, pure and bright. —Bessie Denton Whittlesey. REJOICE, MY HEART. By A. L. A. BeJolw, toy heart. I»e glad nml happy, too, The time Is coming fast when all of us are being welt to do And |HTfect yet nt Inst. We have the right, and hold If in our hand, me wj" ...- — - *We do It with a pen. year to manufacture drunkards: to the 45VII make n law-let It forever stand- y ■ntifncr Ami then, and then, and then, If not Bewail, what shall wh do? I favor your declination In that case. Answer quick. James K. Jones, Chair man National Democratic Committee." 1 Immediately received from Mr. Bry an the following: • •i entirely agree with you. With draw my name if Sewall Is not nomi nated. W’rn. J. Bryan.” When this telegram was received E l . . j from Mr. Brvnn I requested Senator nglisn Lnina j william j. Stone, of Missouri to take Th. r , e „t vogttc for English Chin* j ^^onvim.on SSTSf him‘«S • amm.v mot In our charming collee- £ to tl)C eonvpm i nn . The chair- 1 Dinner and Tea services. acta of; m0[) dPC n nP( i t„ ,jo so. I liatl no other odd piece,—all In patterns of j mP an, of getting the telegram before ■no-' artistic typo. the members of the eonventlnn except _ . , to have It printed In the paper,, which IViftlOY* Ay AD did. and ns I remember, every paper I’icLiei CL Demeie ^ a , Loul. Printed the** telegrams 1 In your editorial lament the fact that there la no law at present to reach children conducting divine service, on the street. Respectfully, OH’BN A. BARBEES, Pastor United Brethren, Tabernacle. R E LIE F "aTh AND. To the Editor of The Georgian: Only a few dnyp for the mud-»ltng- Ing candidate, for governor remain, and the good people of this state will bring a long sigh of relief. I do not wish to convey the Idea by this that all the candidates are guilty: no, far from It. I am glad that three out of the five have conducted themselves In such n manner In this campaign as not to bring reproach upon themselves or the high office which they aspire to. I heard a speaker say: "If all the things said by Hoke Hmlth anil t'lark Howell about each other were true, neither of them would be tit to be gov ernor of Georgia.” I am of the same opinion. I think the better class of people all over the state have grown Indignant In the way they have con ducted themselves, and will show them at the polls tin the 22d of this month, I thought foi a long while the race was between Howell and Smith; they had good following In this section; but they have Iohi ground rapidly In the Inst few weeks, nnd 1 hope this la the case In every section of the state. I attribute it all to the way they have conducted themselves toward each other and the other candidates in this race. Let the people show these men that they will not vote for any candi date that will lower himself below the dignity of the high office to which he aspires. 1 am confident that Judge Dick Russell will carry this (Jefferson) county. J. A. S., FAIR PLAY FOR MR. JORDAN. To the Editor of The Georgian: I did .«ot see the Credit Men’s car toon nor did I see the editorial In The Georgian that it evoked, but both must have been spicy by the results. 1 think Mr. Jordan’s reply was hasty and unworthy of him, and It is a pity any of them were ever published, think Mr. Jordan has made several graves mistakes, but fulr dealing re quires thut he. have due credit for good work, as' well ns blame for errors, and if this Is done he will still rank as the greatest living benefactor of the South. He has been the chief promoter of the Cotton Association. Hls advice and work has done much to hold up the price of cotton. Hls effort to bull cot ton to 15 cents seemed unwise and proved u failure, but without hls ef forts, would It have even reached the H-cent price for which he Is now- blamed? . . , . Much allowance should be made for the conditions under which Mr. Jordan had to operate. He had to ratty a badly demoralized army and charge through thick woods and It 18 no wonder that his camp at this state of the campaign Is not as prim as a cemetery lot nor his forces like a dress parade at West Point. . t _ Do not cashier the general because after the charge some of the army fall to pass Inspection. V ARCHIBALD SMITH. LaGrange, Go. .. . all others, . This cotton hujliiR-sHIInu luis to atop, These traders make Hindoo. In consequence, the railroads have to go, .We’ll stop them, to Ih* sure; No wrecks for us, no law suits any more, No Injuries occur. Ami suicide and murder wail prevent. As easy as a pie; To mtiklug gnus we simply don’t consent, And |M»t*«us, by and hr. Moil prohibit all curds and piny lug schemes— All gauililltig Is cut out. And Certainry there’ll be no topic-themes In any way allowed. If I’ncfe Ham, or those of Interstate, Should try to prohibit It— Weil build a wall, uiid so close up the To Interfere A law nil) stop your talk. YOUR FOUR - LEA V ED~CLO V E R. t»o search tor your fonr-J If the way Is dark with Its ninny fears. Anil strange forebodings hover, Dispel the mood, restrain the tears, Uoiueuilierlug that you have n four-leaved clover. Lef us iook the meadow over and over— Ve could happy be If we only knew. For wre all have a four-leaved clover. —L. L. beautiful valley from the mountains to the sea. The agricultural Interests are nourishing and all crops are excellent. Besides these natural advantages, the people w'ho possess and live in this grahd section are the descendants of Scotch, Irish and Huguenot antece dents, who settled here In colonial days, and noted In history as lovers of liber ty, truth and virtue. The Calhouns, McDuffies, Nobles and a long catalogue of honored names that will never die; are still represented in this God-favored valley on the Caro lina side, while many are scattered throughout the world. By the way, this Is the boyhood home of the editor of The Georgian— of Calhoun blood and characteristics, and of whom we are justly proud. I must tell the readers of The Georgian an amusing story of Its edi tor when he was a boy. It Is not a story either, but It Is told by the good old Presbyterian truth-lovers around Wllllngton as a fact. One of the good old Christian moth ers there related It to me In languago like this: "Yes, I knew Johnnie when he was a little boy. He was brought up here by hls grandmother—a good woman. who watt exceedingly anxious to raise and train Johnnie right. He was al ways In some mischief and could not be still. One day he was out In the back yard with some little negroes, and one of them gave him some Insolence nnd Johnnie took the battling stick that the old -negro washerwoman used In beating the clothes, nnd struck the little negro senseless. He fell over as if dead. The old washerwoman raised a yell and said: ’Now, Jus* look at dat bad boy. You done kilt little Jim. Ise gwfne in an tell ole misses, an' she gwlne to skin yo’ for dls.’ “Johnnie became alarmed and hast ened into the house find to a seat in hls grandmother’s room, and said nothing. The grandmother was busy reading, but after a little time, she no ticed that Johnnie waH unusually quiet, nnd ah® looked over her glasses nnd said: ’Johnnie, Nvhat makes you so quiet, my son? Are you sick, dear?’ •No, grandma, I was Just meditating on the great love and goodness of God.’ “She was-so delighted nt hls pious thoughts that she threw aside her book, took Johnnie in her arms and caressed him and kissed him, and praised him for hls good thoughts—but Just then the old mammy washerwoman, In great excitement, appeared nt the dogr, nnd In alarm, said: ’Ole misses, dat bad boy dun kilt little Jim wld u stick; he dun died.’ •“The grandmother turned Johnnie loose, nnd, gathering the camphor bot tle, hurried to the back yard to rub the little negro back to life. When that was done, she came back in and gave Johnnie two whippings In one— first, for striking the little negro, and second, for deceiving her with hls as sumed piety.” If this Is not a true story, the old people over here would like to hear the editor of The Georgian deny it. H. G\ FENNEL. Lowndesvllle, 8. C. Bennett's Blast From the Mountains To the Editor of The Georgian: From this serenely cool summer rest ing place, permit me. If yon please, a parting ward u/ton the Georgia guber natorial race to your highly Intellectual constituency. From the depths of my soul I be lieve that the election of Hoke Smith— after the bitterness attending It shall have passed away—will mark a per manently new and better era in politi cal conditions In Georgia. has become of untold benefit to the great West and the country at large. He saves the tax-payers many, many millions by hls correction of abuses In the pension bureau—and the South, which pays its full share oL the ex penses, but draws no pensions, was by far the greatest gainer thereby. He showed himself the true friend of the weak by giving a square and gen erous deal to the Indians and defending them from the encroachments of cor porations nnd private land grabbers. He reorganized the census bureau, changed It from political to businei i .K n changed it from political to business J fear that in the midst of fmineas- management, waved $100,000 In the cost LOVE’S SUFFICIENCY. Dive, whether In high nr lowly burn, In ■omctlitiiK not to Ih> iIpkiiInimI; Whether given l»y man or by benst. Whether by the urea test or the least— Love should \te highly prized. The heart of every pinn require* love, But some live only oil the entmliN, Contented with out a miser’s fcnn|. Counting themselves rieb in earthly good. Which souietlufes love fieiintuli*. Lure for the whale of humanity— for the great nnd the small, Kiirieiies the giver, soften* hearts. The greatest Joy of life imparts, For ’Move Is all I PROSPEROUS SOUTH CAROLINA. To th« Editor of The Georgian: It In time that your readers were hearing from thin Hide of the river. And It seems that Atlanta and most of Georgia might hear the blasting that Is being done on Savannah river, at Gregg shoals, by the Anderson Power Company In building the great dam fdr the electric plant to be established there. It in Intended to furnish power to run cotton mills at Anderson, Jva, lowndesvllle, Calhoun Falls, Abbeville and Klberton, besides giving light these cities. Thin Is a grand enterprise, and la to bring large results to Georgia and Mouth Carolina. This whole Savannah valley will, In n few years, be dotted with cotton mills and oil mills nnd other progres sive industries on both sides of the river, from Augusta to the mountains. It ought to be so, and should have been so long ngo, because the gregt Creator has never made a river with so many magnificent and mighty water faJIs us the Savannah. We are just now beginning to see ft, after so many years of idleness and waste. Nor has lie ever made a section of country with suc'x Inviting enticements in pure water, productive soil and | healthy climate as Is found in this To the Editor of The Georgian: Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 18.—Under the headlines, "A Typical Incident," the Cotton Journal of Atlanta last week published the following Item, which lms caused considerable comment In this city: "The Atlanta Georgian and the Ma con Telegraph publish with glee a let ter from J. A. Mpurlfn. chemist of the Little Rock board of trade, to the ef fect that paper cannot bo made from cotton stalks. This was done as n thrust At the Cotton Stalks Product Company. "On July 11 Mr. Hpurlln wrote the Cotton Stalks Products Company In dicating hls desire to become connected vith that concern. "Can it he thHt this letter was the ebullition of n disappointed seeker nf- ter place? It does look suspiciously that way. The Little Rock board of trade also has some members very hostile to Mr. Jordan, nnd this also smells of ’the nigger Jn the woodpile,’ ’’ This Item was shown to Mr. 8pur- lin today, at which time he said: "Yes, I (lid write to the Cotton Stalks Products Company. But I asked for Information. I have looked into the matter of making paper from cotton stalks, and together with other chem ists have decided that It could not be done. It is understood that a process has been discovered that would make the work practicable. But the follow ing Is a copy of the letter, and If Mr. Jordan can get any satisfaction out of It, f am willing: "LITTLE ROCK, July 11, 1906. "Hon. Harvle Jordan, President Cot ton Stalks Products Company, lanta. On.: "Dear Hlr—I have noted with interest thnt there has Just been formed a com pnny with you at the head, to manu facture products from cotton stalks. I would he very much obliged to be en lightened as to the purpose and extent of this company, ns you see that I .am n chemist. Also I have had an exten sive experience In th® cotton seed oil Industry, notably with the American Cotton Oil, the parent of the Georgia. If there Is a prospect that this new concern Is to be a sueress then I would entortnln a proposition for em ployment. At present I would not re llnqulsh my place here, but do not con elder that I nm wanted as yet. My interest Is one of lively curiosity, so find stamp for reply. Yours, very re spectfully, ”J. A. SPUR LIN. I did not know that an effort would be made to make paper. It was my un derstanding thnt denatured nlcohol was to be the product. I did not ask for employment, the Cotton Journal to the contrary notwithstanding. •We would like to have Mr. Jordan explain to the people Just what hls con nectlons with Mr. Marsden were, and hat he expects to do with the Cotton Stalks Products Company. He knows ns well as I, or anyone else, that the plan to make [taper from cotton stalks In commercial quantities and nt com mercial prices, Is an Impossibility. There Is about 2 per cent of alcohol ureable torrents of baseleHH vltupera tlon some good people will lose sight of the tremendous personal moral force of the concededly leading candidate and the real Issues of the campaign. Is it not most significant that not a single attack has been made upon the honesty, the couruge, the merit, Yhe virtue of Mr. Smith’s ofilclal career? And that the puerile nonsense about hls appointments as secretary of the interior was never heard of until the desperate stage of the pending cam paign? From absolute knowledge of the facts, I declare that In not one of hls appointments, from General Wade Hampton, eonfmjssjoner of railroads, to Mrs. Margaret J. Hampton to a po sition In the census, an long as it was possible to keep her, was there any thing whatever subject to the slightest Just criticism. Sever was an administration assailed more fiercely by Republican and Demo cratic papers than the last administra tion of Grover Cleveland—nor more undeservedly—but there was not a line printed anywhere that touched the In tegrity or the conspicuous ability of the administration of tho Interior depart ment. The worst thing that even The New York Sun, ablest of Mr. Smith’s enemies, said about him consisted In delicious humor upon hls name, which it coupled with Dink Bolts, Pod Dls- mukes, Potsdam Hams and other com binations of fact and fancy. The Atlanta Constitution, which loved him then no less than now, and which put forth Its best efforts to em barrass him, found nothing to assail In his conduct of the department nnd uttered not one word of criticism about hls appointment of a few negroes to positions suited to them. As secretary of the Interior he estab lished the forest reserve system, which of running It, and closed Its 'work two years before it would have been closed had it continued to run along at the l>ace at which he found It. He changed the geological survey from u theoretical to a strictly practi cal basis, and turned Its activities from New England and the picturesque West which had had more than their shnre of the attention, to the South, which had had no attention at all. He made equally conspicuous ana beneficial improvements in the conduct of the land office, the patent office and the bureau of education, whose able chief, Hon. William T. Harris, told Robert J. Guinn, the assistant state school commissioner of Georgia, that Hoke Hmlth was the most useful and efficient secretary that the interior de partment had had within i^s knowl edge. He effected a complete reorganization of the secretary’s office force and meth ods whereby he came into porsonal association with all his bureau nnd di vision chiefs, and aided them In their work nnd established bonds of co-oper ative sympathy between himself nnd them. There Is not an Interior depart ment official w ho served under him who does not now speak of him with respect and admiration, and whose heurt Is not with him in hls present fight. Hon. Josephus Daniels, of North Carolina, who was hls appointment clerk and afterwards hls chief clerk, and very close to him, used to say: "Mr. Smith is the honestest man I ever saw." I «m writing hurriedly—a canoeing purty Is waiting for me. I have omit ted much, but this will do. "By their fruits ye shall know them.** And Georgia will not put- aside the opportunity to secure the service of such a man as governor. CLAUDE N. BENNETT. Riverside Inn, Kennebunkport, Me. fellow, the secretary, but as secretary for a farmers’ association—ye gods! The investigation nt Atlanta last week showed that Cheatham was trading In cotton futures In the nfmes of other people while the association and hls palter, Tho Cotton Journal, was fight ing the future proposition. The state ment of the Farmers’ Union of Arkan sas, by Secretary Ben L. Griffin, puts a quietus on the Jordan-Cheatliam crowd in this state. Recently The Cotton Journal published a statement to the effect that the board of trade broker, Major Claude Sayle, had been indicted for gambling, nnd running a bucket shop—a statement not borne out by the facts. The board of trade broker Is a broker and In no sense op erating nor connected with a bucket ■shop. Farmers’ associations are all right when they devote their attention to the objects for which they arc creat ed—but the Southern Cotton Associa tion—needs a change." The publication of the Item In The Cotton Journal Is considered here to be an untvarranted and ungentlemnnly at tack both ufam the board of trade and Chemist J. A. Hpurlln. It is known that President Jordan has censed to nestle the board of trade to hls bosom since the business men of the city showed Theodore H. Price the courtesy of entertaining him while In this city, the early part of the present year, and while there Is considerable regret ex pressed thnt he should thus attempt to vent hls spleen through the columns of The Journal, said to be the official or gan of the association, It has caused, little If any surpfrue. J. L. CARRAWAY.. City Editor Arkansas Democrat. Little Rock, Ark. In cotton stalks, and It can be extract ed, but-not at a pric® which will Justi fy Its distillation. "We would like to know what went with the Corn Mtalks Products Com pany and to have Mr. Jordan set hls record before the public In nil hls deals In the Southern Cotton Association. M> record Is clear, nnd hls Intimation that f am a 'sore-head’ from the fact that he refused my request for employment !s all rot. He did not answer the let ter, and I presume still has the 2-cent stamp which I Inclosed for a jeply to mv Inquiries." The reference to the hoard of trade was shown Hon. George R. Brown, the sccretnry. He dictated the following statement: "Ton can say for me that I nm de cidedly hostile to the Routhern Cotton Association's being manipulated by Harvle Jordan nm! Dick Cheatham. The history of the Cotton Btnlks Prod- utc Company Is about ns rlear ns muff even though It has $!capital and Harvle Jordan la Its president, nnd we all know Dick Cheatham, a clever THE B. R. T. EJECTMENT8. To the Editor of The Georgian: In regard to the ejectment ncenen on the Coney Island electric car lino as stated In The Georgian- Let us consider this matter In a ra tional manner. The suggestion of horror, which the Incident stirs up, Is of such a nature as to obscure any other consideration. We have been trained to deal with effects, and herein lies our weakness In coping with the affairs of life. We need to be educated to deni with causes to successfully protect pur- selves. The cause of the trouble on this cur line was the smnll sum of 5 cenfs. This 5 cepta represented pro fits nnd dividends. The profits or dividends Involved In the matter was then the cause of the trouble. The Inciting pretext to the exhibition of the scenes, and thnt which brought the profits or dividends so prominently five or profit system, and they are, at the same tlme.^lts most tealous de fenders. This occurrence Is the logical result of a divided authority or Interest and shows that state or government con trol can only be In the nature of an In- termeddler, or a factor In confusion and disorder. These car line owners consider that they have the right to rxact whatever profit or dividends from their property. Just as a merchant does, nnd that the stnte has no more right to interfere with them than with the other. Logi cally they think they are right, and their acts in this case are through this logic. These owners do not concede that they have . done any wrong, and tho logic of their stand must and will find Its Justification In the competitive state or profit system. This forces the people to seek relief from tho condition of private owner ship of nubile utilities by taking over these utilities ns the property of the state, In which there will be no divided interest or responsibility. For the state or city to take over theae public utilities, and run them for gain or tux money, will not relieve the people from paying whatever the pro fit doctors desire and which profit en tered into Judgo Gaynof's decision. It is necessary to get rid of every element which entered Into this un fortunate occurrence, and every ele ment which entored Into (t was the profit or dividends. That the owners will never consent to any interference which reduces their capital or dividends Is a self Interest proposition. What we need then is the cultivation of self Interest, or selfishness In every person to the end that each and all will refuse, Just as theae car people did, to give up their capital or labor power to the dictation of capitalistic domination. This con only be done through such public ownership as makes those who ride the owners and controllers. The action of these car line owners is simply notice to those who ride thnt they must not presume to pay atten tion to opinions nr orders from Judges, officers «;f the law or any other out side Intermeddlers, but must submit to the will of the owners or be ejected. This Incident Is nothing more start ling than hair happened before, and it Is sure that It will not be the last un til the people themselves own and oper ate these things as the sole owners. Selfishness Is n virtue, uhen it Is practiced by all alike, but Is distorted into an evil when Its practice Ih de nied to or educated out of another. In the absolute monarch we find sel fishness enthroned in all of its hld- eousnesa, und In the serf and slave forward was the decision of Judge witness the lowest depths of degrade* Gaynor, of the supreme court of the tlon because these have been made state of New York, that this car line eunuchs* to selfishness through its could not lawfully collect this 5 cents, emasculation In them. Yes. seifish- Thls decision gave the passengers the ness fully developed in all will bring lawful right to.refuse its payment. (all to the dead level of manhood, and This decision was the exercise of; manhood will not permit such *js this state or government control, nnd was j street car affair, ineffectual, and not only so, but It was' W. A. JOHNSON. Injurious to the passengers. Atlanta, Ga.. Aug. 15, 1906. This matter was a conflict or battle (In The Georgian of August 11 . between the stnte and the profit sys tem, and Is effectually Illustrated by the fable of the blacksmith and the adder. The contest was not between the passengers, officials and others ns men, women nnd children, but was simply n sort of a volcanic eruption of the profit system, which never fails to* burst forth on provocation. - The people have organized them selves Into a state and placed If In charge of a lot of officials who fc»c empow'ered with a cure aif authority, but these official D. D.’s, M. D.’s or LL. D.'s, whichever you choose to call them, like the people, have only grad uated In the school of effect, and are •totally ignorant of the system of cause, and will tie until the people establish the school of cause and place only the graduutes of It In office. We will then abolish effects by cur ing causes. Normally then# men would not have, thus treated any one, hut ns one’s mor als arc based upon the way they earn their clothing, food, shelter, etc., the fathers of these ejected people would have acted Just as these ejectors did If they had been employees of tho car company, or had been the owners cf the car line. Occupation, then, Is the standard of morality, und whatever happens through occupation Is moral to the oc cupation. The owners of this car line do not allow their families to ride In these cars, but have their private con veyances for them, and It thus happenM thnt the great body of the common people are the victims of the compel!- advertise." Correspondents’ page, the article "The Bible," was credited to W. A. Thomas. It should have been credited to \v. A. Johnson, the writer of this article.— Editor.) A FABLE FOR THE FOOLI8H. once upon a time there was a Jack asm. This same Jackass went walfeln through the woods and fell Into a hok After making a few weak attempts t< free himself, he sat down thinking tha someone would come and help him ou| A short time later a fox passed by am the jack asked him to take him out o the hole. "I am too small and m*t *tmm onough," replied the fox, "but an He phant resides a short distance awn; and when you will call him I am oulti sure that he will pull you out." The Jackass veaiootd, though, that I was the duty of the strong to help th< weak and that It was not hls term t« call the elephant, nnd sat down i waiting. The fox on hls way home again passed the spot and looked into thi hole and noticed thnt the jackass hac died. • If It Is true that the soul of nn anb tnai passes Into A human being.** the fox reasoned with the phlloeoper. "ll Is certain that the soul of this Jackan at those merchant/ waiting and do noi