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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
SATURDAY. Al tSVST IS,
'i A WEEKLY FORUM FOR CONTRIBUTORS OF THE GEORGIAN
FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF BILL
By MRS. E. C. CUON’K
The soul of poor lit tie BUI Olsen wan
heavy within him.
■yew anti fuJI of trouble" had been
the year* of hi*. Ilf*. But never be
fore had such trouble as tills come.
AS he sat with hi* mother at the break
fast table the various periods which
he regarded a* crlse* in hi* life came
before him. There wa* the time when
they had come to the new country In
the big Immigrant ship. There was
the time they ' had moved from New
York to Atlanta. There was the time
when Ids mother was so stek she could
not go to work, and he had bought his
first supply of papers and tried to get
Kotli every moment he was not selling
Ut4>t l - *.
Each one of these things, he remem
bered, had brought some Joy with It,
but this lust—there could be not the
slightest element of joy in that. To
be set out on the pavement—that was
w hut the man who owhed the old shell
of u house had' told them would happen
tomorrow If they did not pay some
thing on the rent. Once or twice Bill
had really seen such a thing done. In
imagination now he saw the few nrtl-
th .s of furniture they still owned piled
up on the pavement. From the top of
the pitifully small heap he saw the
enlarged puotograph of his father
looking at him with eyes full of re-
proach, which Hald: -Oh, little Bill,
little Bill, j I# this the way you are
taking care of mother ?”
danger In the prospect of acquiring
sudden wealth. Smiling policemen,
wno had once been boys themselves,
used tneir clubs with gentle force to
prevent accidents. Street cars, car
riages, automobile# 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 Jn tlielr own lives,
a» they eagerly watched the sport.
The coin throwing mania spread like
an epidemic. From windows all around
the shower came down. Many pieces of
sliver and a few of gold joined the cop
per and the nickel In their haste to
reach the ground.
“Look at that little fellow yonder,**
said one man to another. "You might
suppose from thb look of grim deter
mination on his face that he was go
ing to make a plunge Into Wall street/*
But BUI was unconscious of the
throng of spectators and 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 that he must
have at least $2.50 by this time. If
the precious shower kept up only a lit
tle while longer, he would have $3.50,
and $3.50 would pay the rent for anoth
er two weeks. A flfty-cent piece fell
on the morning of the day In which Mr.
Bryan was nominated. My Impression
Is that you will And 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 8TREET,
lilg tents filled his eyes. Ills throat | {** He threw’ himself on
full of dry sobs. A bitter resent
ment came over him.
• Mothfr, I don't believe In God."
•oh, you must not say that little
BJJ)."
"Well, you say He loves us, and
I've believed It. And you say He could
open t/te.windows of heaven and show
er money down, or send ruvehs with
bread,/,before He would let the people
, have loved Him and 1 have be
lievifi Him. Hut 2 don’t any more,
because lie Is letting us be put out on
tin* street. I have worked as hard as
1 could, and you can't help It; but He
could If He wanted do, and I don’t be
lieve Him/’
At the shattering of his faith little
Hil! broke Into sobs.
it will all come right, Billy, dear.
It'* poor faith we have, If we can’t
trust Him as much with the beautiful
n*of of the sky over our things as with
this poor crumbling one of shingles.
Go to work. Who knows w at may
hapi>en before tomorrow morning'. *
Small wonder 4,, at the soul of Bill
olsen wa* heavy *** hin him as he went
ojut.
The day wore on./ The pennies came
;n slowly. The heap of furniture sit
ting out dh the street was ever before
tils eyes.
And then It happened
He was standing on Peachtree street
by the viaduct. The sun poured down
with all the force of an August after
noon.
"Here’s your Atlanta Georgian, The
Journal and The News,” bravely shout>
cd little Bill.
He heard a shrill whistle from one
of the offices high up 91 the Fourth
National Bank building. He held up a
paper inquiringly, ns did the other boys
around. A package was thrust out of
the window and fell rapidly to the
ground. Just before It struck • the
ground the wrapping broke and scores
of small coin went rolling down the
street.
In an instant the pavement was alive
with boys. They laughed nnd
shrieked with delight as they rolled
over each other In their eagerness to
gather up the coins. Color distinc
tions were forgotten, and black and
white scrambled together. Heads were
thrust out of windows In every story
of the buildings around. Another
shower of coins came down. The boys
threw themselves before street cars,
and In front of carriages, reckless of
A policeman pulled him off of the
car track as the car moved forward,
but he had his fifty cents. Surely ho
could not expect It to continue much
longer. The Intenseness of the climux
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
his home. It was for his mother, It was
to get rkl of the reproach In his fa
ther’s eyes, It was for the restoration
of his faith.
Extra policemen were called on duty.
Extra bicycle men came out, but the
crowd refused to move as long as the
unusual shower continued. It was not
until the patrol wagon began to be
loaded with offenders that order was
again restored.
Then Bill v 01sen counted his 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 his
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 his money In ht»
mothers lap that evening.
“He didn’t open the windows 1 of
heaven, mother, but somebody certain*
ly opened the windows of that old sky
scraper/’
After he had finished his story, he
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 down on him with loving
pride, which said, "So, this Is the way
..a.. ,«nrrt ... rt f U n t' tit tin Ttfll '*
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I have read the articles published
about the Memorial Orphans’ Home,
and your editorial on the same subject,
and 1 believe Injustice is done to two
of God’s chosen people, us well as to
the orphans under their care.
1 am In no way connected with the
home, am not related to Mr. and Mrs.
Harwell, am pastor of «o church in a
different denomination from theirs, nnd
hence I believe I am In no sense prej
udiced In tlielr 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 the best governed institu
tions that I know of. If my children
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 the
same principle. I refer to Mr. Muller,
who resolved In the outset to never
ask help of a human, but made hts re
quests known to God. He first rented
a home for orphans that accommodated
only thirty. At Iasr he built a home,
then another and another, until he
completed five at a total cost of $575,-
000, accommodating 2,050 orphans, with
u 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 Is
now In heaven, und 1 will never cease
thanking God for such. teachings. I
tench the same to my children, and 1
have a little tot jus? 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 prayer#
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 rellglous falth
of the children when He sold: "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 bis neck nnd that he were
drowned In the depth of the sea."
There have been some real bad boys,
orphans, gathered front the streets of
the city, who have been converted in
the home, nnd 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 sec 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 %utos.
A TRIBUTE TO ELLA
WHEELER WILCOX
Hhe appeal* to ItitelllgiMin*.
Townes the strings of the heart,
Pays on the chords most vibrant,
Music *o sweet to impart.
Her pen Jims much Influence,
An ever widening neo|s\
To heart* most disconsolate
Hhe has given sweetest hope.
Many me her admirers
Where’er her poems are read.
With food that’* always wholesome,
Her readers are richly fat.
'Twas straight from the hand of God
That the (met gift was given,
For her soul Is pure mid lofty
As the stsruderced walls of heaven,
—Bessie Denton Whittlesey.
SHADOWS.
Beyond the meadows where toll pines
shadow* cast o’er woodland? gray.
Where sunbeams linger inld thu vines—
Kisses of the dying day.
you care for mother, little Bill/
That night as he lay In his bed, he
looked at the blue sky, and the stars,
feeling that above them all was God,
he whispered confidingly, "And I do
believe You/*
MR. WATSON'S FR. E ND N6wEREa
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I notice th Tlio Georgian of July 9
one Seth W. Evan* attempt* to answer
the article I wrote In reply to Mr. Wat
Ion.
Mr. Evans does not deny that Mc
Duffie and several other counties where
Watson’s Influence controlled, went for
McKinley In 1896. Rut because I said
that Mr. Watson helped to defeat Mr.
Brvan, he says: "Even the most kinky-
headed negro In Georgia knows that
there Is no foundation in fact in his
charges against Watson/’
If Mr. Watson’s influence controlled
those counties he evidently controlled
them for McKinley and against Mr.
Brvan. Surely Mr. Evans Is not so
dull as to fall to see that to control
several counties and deliver a majority
«>f their votes over to McKinley In 1896
was to that extent helping to defeat
Mr. Bhyan.
Mr. Evan# ask#: "Did not Watson,
together with other Populist leader#,
pledge the support of the Populist par
ly to Bryan?”
The only support that the Populists
gave Mr. Bryan that counted for any
thing In 1896 was through fusion. The
two parties fused In 28 states and in
this way thousands of patriotic Popu-
lifts voted for Bryan and Bewail, but
this wa# done over Mr. Watson’s pro-
tot. Watson fought fusion to the bit
ter end, and It Is too late now for him
or his friends to claim credit for the
good that was done by the fpsfonlsts.
Mr. Evans asks: "Did McDuffie and
several other counties go for McKinley
when Bryan ran last?”
Yes, McDuffie and eleven other coun
tie* in Georgia went for McKinley
when Bryan ran last.
Watson'# breaking himself, down
spenktng for Bryan nnd Watson was
really against Mr. Bryan, and Watson
knew it. He knew that every voter
that he could persuade to vote for
Bryan nnd Watson tv## Just that much
lost to the regular Democratic ticker.
H«‘ knew that the president Is elected
hy electors chosen by the states, and
not by popular vote. ,
As a result of Mr. Watson’s "wreck
ing hi* constitution" we find that 150,-
"flfi votes were cast for Bryan and
Watson.
Now, when we remember that 45,000
votes properly distributed among the
Hose states in 1896 would have elected
Mr. Bryan It strikes me that Mr. Wnt-
*on, by inverting those 150,090 votes
from tlte regular Democratic ticket,
certainly had a great deal to do with
Mr. Bryan’s defeat.
Mr. Evans ask# If the chairman of
English China
The present vogue for English China
i* amply met In our churmlnfc collec
tion Dinner and Tea*»ervlces, sets of
Plates, odd pieces—all In patterns of
tnost artistic type.
the national Democratic party did his
duty In 1896. Then he says: “Did he
live up to his agreement?"
In regard to thl# 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 Democrat* 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.
Hephsibah, Ou.
The letter from Senator Jones re
ferred to by Mr. Carswell, follows:
If Mayor Woodward is so anxious to
have children in bed at night why doe#
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 pitfall#?
If you and the mayor wish to do At
lanta renl good, devote your attention
to the saloons which are drawing on
the boys at the rate of 100,000 every
year to manufacture drunkards; to the
soda fountains In Atlanta, selling
drinks mixed with whisky: to the res
taurants, where women drink Intoxi
cating liquors; to the property owners
In this city, who arc renting houses
for traffic In girls. You and the mayor
know that these things are being run
In Atlanta In open defiance of law, yet
they are allowed to continue, and you
In your editorial lament the fact that
there Is no law at present to reach
children conducting divine service# on
the street. Respectfully,
OWEN A. BARBEE,
Pastor United Brethren Tabernacle.
And larking in the shady grass.
Ambushed In the t\vlight still*
brook beyond, with silvery hands.
Kwoops Its bed 'tween banks of fern.
Where ttlekeriug over pebbly sands
But far from where the serpents creep
And hiss With vetiouied tongue
““*■ * dark and deep
" “’*••* sprung.
Shadows of hate that till with fear
'A* a flash that flames the sky.
licit nud sear,
they draw ulgh.
AtGlHTA WALL.
TH08E EYES,
They may talk alrnat the eyes of blue,
'those eye* far famed In song;
But give me the girl with black, snappy
eye*,
And 1 will rub aloug.
And thrill your very, mail with the thought
That there’s something that Is true.
When eye* like that have pierced my brnlu.
five on the tire that they fanned i
well—
You bet I’d rub along.
—A. Lee Short.
TRUTH UNCHANGEABLE!
Truth evaded Is still the Truth.
tiichnnglng as the mind of God--
There’* a path to her shrine and youth
May follow* where wise men hare trod.
If yon brenk one of Nature’s law#
The truth or God 1* quick!y shown,
For suffering there Is a cause.
And you must War It ull uione.
Truth 1* sometime* by cloud* concealed,
timid* that are dark a* the starles
night.
But At last she will be revealed.
liiHullled, majestic, pure and bright.
—Bessie Benton Whittlesey.
REJOICE, MY HEART.
By A. L. A.
UcJolce, my heart, be glad ami happy, too,
..The time Is coining fnst
RELIEF AT HAND.
Chairman Jonas’ Reply,
July 14,
1906.
F, W. Carswell, Esq., Hephsibah, Qa.
My Dear Sir: Tours 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 Ids duty
by failing to have Tom Watson put on
the Democratic ticket In 1896 with
Bryan." You further say, "Did you,
os a representative of the Democratic
party or otherwise, make spjT promise
to Tom Watson of this kind? Plense
write me the fncts about that agree
ment between the Populists and Dem
ocrats In 1896.” In reply I have to say
that men differ as 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,
anil never nif/ocated It. 1 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
tion was In session In St. Louis In 1896
I 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
ns follows:
“Pops nominate vice president first.
If not Bewail, what shall *we do? I
favor your declination In that case.
Answer quick. James K. Jones, Chalr-
v*ti n nni rw>,r»/w’r:«rle Pmnmlttpo ”
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Only a few days for the mud-sling
ing candidates 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, fur
from It. I am glad that three out
of the five have conducted themselves
In such a manner Jn 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 Smith nnd Chirk
Howell about each other were true,
neither of them would be fit to be gov
ernor of Georgia." I urn 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 on the 22d of thl# month.
I thought for a long while the race
was between Howell and Smith; they
had good following in this section; but
they have lost ground rapidly In the
last few weeks, and I hope this Is the
case In every section of the state. I
attribute It ail 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.
When nil of u* tire being well to do
Auil |K*rfect yet at last.
Wo have the right, and hold It In uttr baud,
Wo do It with a pen.
Weil make n law—let It forever stand—
We’ll s/op them, to Ik* sure;
No wrecks, for us, no law suit* nujr wore,
beautiful valley from the mountain# to
the sea. The agricultural Interests aro
nourishing and all crops are excellent.
Besides these natural advantages, the
people who possess and live In this
grand section are the descendants of
Scotch, Irl#h and Huguenot antece
dents, who settled here In colonial days,
and noted in history a# lover# of liber
ty, truth and virtue.
The Calhouns, McDuffies, Nobles and
it long catalogue of honored names that
will never die, are still represented in
this God-favored valley on the Caro
lina side, while ninny are scattered
throughout the world.
By the way, this Is the boyhood
home of the editor of The Georgian—
of Calhoun blood and characteristic#,
and of whom we are justly proud.
I must telL the readers of The
Georgian an amusing story of Its edi
tor w hen 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 language
like this:
"Yes, I knew Johnnie when he was a
little boy. lie was brought up here
by his grandmother—a good woman,
who was exceedingly nn::lous to raise
and train Johnnie right. He was al
ways In some mischief and could not
be still. One dayche was out In the
back yard with some little negroes, nnd
one of them gave him some Insolence
and Johnnie took the battling stick
that the old negro washerwoman used
in beating the clothes, and struck the
little negro senseless. He fell over as
If dead. The old washerwoman raised
a yell and said: 'Now, Jus’ look at dnt
bad boy. You done kilt little Jim. Ise
gwine In an tell ole misses, an’ she
gwlne to skin yo* for dl#.'
"Johnnie beeame alarmed and hast
ened Into the house nnd to a seat In
his grandmother's room, and ‘said
nothing. The grandmother was busy
rending, but after a little time, she no
ticed Chat Johnnie wa# unusually quiet,
nnd she looked over her glasses and
said: ’Johnnie, what makes you «o
quiet, my son? Are you sick, dear"'
‘No, grandma. I was Junt meditating on
the great love and goodness of God.’
"She was so delighted at hln pious
thought# that #he threw aside her book,
took Johnnie In her arm# and caressed
him nnd kissed him, and praised, him
for his good thoughts—but Just tfien
the old mammy washerwoman, In great
excitement, appeared at the door, nnd
In alarm, said: ‘Ole misses, dnt bad boy
dun kilt little Jim wld a #tlck; he
dun died/
"The grandmother turned Johnnie
loose, and, gathering the camphor bot
tle, hurried to the back yard to rub
the little negro back to life. When
that was done, she came buck In nnd
gave Johnnie two whipping# In one—
first, for striking the. little negro, and
second, for deceiving her with his as
sumed piety.”
If this I* not n truo story, the old
people over here w outd like to hear the
editor of The Georgian deny It.
H. C. FENNEL.
Lowndesville, 8. C.
THE COTTON 8ITUATION
A8 SEEN IN LITTLE ROCK.
t A* ensy n* it pie;
... ..nr
if I'ticfr Hilm.
Should try
toplr-theiii
those of Interstate,
And murk my word.
Interfere
Weil meet ut
ry—
A line win atop your talk.
YOUR FOUR-LEAVED CLOVER
When Fate serin* unkind nnd hope I* dyln#.
Go seurrh tor your fmir-lonveit clover.
If the wiiy Is dark with Its many tears.
And stinner foreboding* hover,
hispid the mood, restrain the tears,
Remembering that you have a four learetl
clover.
Ho with n tireless step nnd n faith that Is
look the meadow
. _ „ >ver nud over—
iinibl happy be If we only kit
r»r we all have a f - * '
LOVE’S SUFFICIENCY.
Love, whether In high or lowly ftorif,
I* somethliiK not to lie dennlned;
Whether given by man or by ls»a*t.
?r by t * ’ *
Whether by the arm tent or the leust-
I*ove should lie highly prized.
The heart of i
fin
every man refafreeJtve,
e iiiify on th# crumbs,
'on tell ted with nut u miser'* food,
<’Hunting flieniMidve* rich In earthly good,
Wtileh sometime# love beiuiinb*.
J. A. 8.
National Democratic Committee.'
I Immediately received from Mr. Bry
an the following:
I entirely agree with you. »lth-
drnw my name If Hawaii I* not nomi
nated. Win. J. Bryan.’
When thl* telegram *n* received
from Mr. Bryan I reoumted Senator
William J Htone. of Mirkourl, to take
the telegram to the chairman of the
Populist convention and n*k him to
rend It to the convention. The chair-
man declined lo do *o. I had no other
menn* of getting the tflegmm before
the member* of the yartventlon except
have It IM-Intcd In thl paper*, which
Maier & Berkele In* 1 St. Louis printed these telegram#
FAIR PLAY FOR MR. JORDAN.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I did not see the Credit Men*# car
toon nor did I see the editorial in Th?
Georgian that It evoked, hut both
must have been spicy by the results.
I think Mr. Jordan’s reply was hasty
and unworthy of him/nnd it Is a pity
nny of them were ever published. 1
think Mr. Jordan has made several
graves mistake#, but fair dealing re
quires that he have due credit for good
work, as well as blame for errors, and
If thl# is done he will still rank as the
greatest living benefactor of the South.
He has been the chief promoter of the
Cotton Association. His advice and
work has done much to hold up the
price of cotton. His effort to bull cot
ton to 15 Cents seemed unwise and
proved a failure, but without his ef
forts, would It have even reached the
11-cent price for which he Is now
blamed ? ^ „
Much allowance should be made Tor
the conditions under which Mr. Jordan
had to operate. He haa to rally a badly
demoralized army and charge through
thick wood# und It Is no wonder that
hf# Vamp at tbb* ***** of * hc campaign
I# not n» prim as a cemetery lot nor
hts force* like a dress parade at West
Point. .
Do not cashier the general because
after the charge sonte of the army fall
to pas# Inspection.
ARCHIBALD SMITH. |
LoG range, Gu.
Love fnr tin- whole of humnutty—
Yes. love for the groat nnd the suinll,
Eiiiiclie* tlii* giver, softens heart*.
The greatest Joy of life Imparts,
I test Joy or ...
e Is nil Ill all."
—Bessie Denton Whittlesey.
PROSPEROUS SOUTH CAROLINA.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
It is time that your reader# were
hearing from this side of the river.
And it seems that Atlanta nnd 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 for
the electric plant to be established
there. It Is Intended to furnish power
to run cotton mill# at Anderson, Ivu,
Lowndesville, Calhoun Fall#, Abbeville
and Elbert on, besides giving light to
these cities,
This Is a grand enterprise, and I* to
bring large results to Georgia and
South Carolina. *
This whole Savannah valley will. In
a few ■ years, be* dotted with cotton
mills nnd oil mills and other progres
sive Industrie# on both sides of the
river, from Augusta to the mountain#.
It ought to be #o, and should have been
so long ago. because the great Creator
ha* never made a river with so many
magnificent and mighty water fall# as
the Havnr.nnh,
We are Just now beginning to see It,
after so many years of Idleness and
waste.
Nor has He ever made a section of
To the Editor of The Georgians
Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 18.—Under
the headlines, "A Typical Incident," the
Cotton Journal of Atlanta last week
published the following Item, which
bn* caused considerable comment In
this city:
"The Atlanta Georgian nnd the Ma
con Telegraph publish with glee n let
ter from J. A. Bpurlln. chemist of the
Little Rock hoard of trade, to the ef
fect that paper cannot be made from
cotton stalk*. This was done as n
thrust at the Cotton 8talk# Product
Company.
"On July 11 Mr, Hpurlln wrote th#
Cotton Stalks Products Company In
dicating his desire to become connected
with that concern.
"Can It be that thl# letter was the
ebullition of a disappointed seeker af
ter place? It does look suspiciously
that way.
"The Little Hock hoard of trade also
has some members very hostile to Mr.
Jordnn, and thl# also smell# of ’the
nigger In the woodpile/*'
This Item was shown to Mr. Spur-
Jin today, at which time he said:
"Yes, I did write to the Cotton Stalks
Products Company. But I asked- for
Information, f have dunked* Into tit-
matter of making paper from cotton
stalk*, and together with other chem
ists have decided that It could not be
done. It I* understood that a proves#
has been discovered that would make
the work practicable. But the follow
ing I# a copy of the letter, nnd If Mr.
Jordan can get any satisfaction out of
It, I nip willing:
"LITTLE ROCK, July 11, 1906.
"Hon. Harvle Jordnn, President Cots
ton 8talk« Products Company, At-
Inntn, Gn.:
"Dear Hlr—I have noted with Interest
that there Im# Just been formed n com
pany with you at the head, to manu
facture product# from cotton stalks. I
would be very much obliged to be en •
lightened ns to th# purpose and extent
of this company, as you nee that I am
chemist. Also I have had an exten-
re experience In the cotton seed oil
Industry, notably with the American
•otton Oil. th# parent of the Georgia.
If there Is a prospect that this new
oncern I# to be a success then I
would entertain a proposition for em
ployment. At present I would not re
linquish my place here, but do not con
sider that I am wanted ns yet. My
Interest I# on# of lively curiosity, so
find stamp for replv. Yours, very re
spectfully,
To the Editor of The Georgian:
From thl# #erenely cool summer rest
ing place, permit me. If you please, a
parting word upon the Georgia guber
natorial race to your highly Intellectual
constituency.
From the depth# of my sou I 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 batter era in politi
cal conditions In Georgia.
I fear* that in the midst of Immeas-
ureable torrents of baseless vltupera
tlon some good people will 6ose 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 courage, the merit, the
virtue of Mr. Smith’s official career?
And that the puerile nonsense about
his 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
his appointments, from General Wade
Hampton, commissioner of railroad#,
to Mrs. Margaret J. Hampton to u po
sition In the census, a# long ns It wa#
possible to keep her, was there any
thing whatever subject to the slightest
Just criticism.
Never was an administration assailed
in ore fiercely bv Hcpubllran and Demo
crat! c papers than the last administra
tion of Grover Cleveland—nor tyore
undeservedly--but there was not n line
printed anywhere that touched the In
tegrity or th® conspicuous ability of the
administration of the 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 his name, which
It coupled with Dink Botts, Pod DIs-
inukes, Potsdam Hams nnd other com
binations of fact and fancy.
The Atlhnfu Constitution, which
loved him then no less than now, nnd
w hich put forth Its best efforts to em
barrass him, found nothing to assuil
in his conduct of the department and
uttered not one word of criticism about
his appointment of a few negroes to
positions suited to them.
As secretary of the Interior he estab
lished the forest reserve system, which
J. A. 8PURLINV’
‘T did not know that an effort would
b# mad# to make paper. It was my un
derstanding that denatured alcohol
fellow, the secretary, but os secretary
for a farmers' association—ye gods!
The investigation at Atlanta last week
showed that Cheatham was trading In
cotton futures In the nvmcs of other
people while the association and his
paper, The 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-Cheatnam
crowd In this state. Recently The
Cotton Journul published a statement
to the effect that the board of trade
broker, Major ClnUrin Suyle, had been
indicted for gambling, and running a
bucket shop—a statement not borne
out by the facts. The board of trade
broker Is a broker nnd 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 ore creat
ed—but the Houthern Cotton Assocla
tlon—needs a change."
The publication of the Item In The
Cotton Journal Is considered here to be
an unwarranted and ungentlomanly at
tack both upon the board of trade and
Chemist J. A. Hpurlln. It Is known
thut President Jordan has ceased to
nestle the board of trade to his boenm
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 1m considerable regret ex
pressed that he should thus attempt to
vent hi# spleen through the columns of
The Journal, said to be the official or
gan of the association, It has caused
lltlJo if nny surplrse*
J. L. CARRAWAY.
»ity Editor Arkansas Democrat.
Little Rock, Ark.
has become of untold benefit to the
great West and the country ut large.
He saves the tax-payer# many, many
million# by hi# correction of abuse#
In the pension bureau—and the South,
which pays Its full share of the ex
penses, but draws no pensions, wa# 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 Indian# and defending
them from the encroachments of cor
porations and private land grabbers.
He reorganized the census bureau,
changed it from political to business
management, saved $100,000 In the cost
of running It, and closed Its work two
years before It would have been cloned
had It continued to run along at the
pace at which he found It,
He changed the geological survey
from a theoretical to a strictly practi
cal basis, and turned Its activities from
New England and the picturesque West
which had had more than their share
of the attention, to the South, which’
had had no attention at all.
He made equally conspicuous and
beneficial improvement# in the conduct
of the lnnd office, the patent office nnd
the bureau of education, whose able
chief, Hon. William T. Harris, told
Robert J. Guinn, the assistant state
school commissioner of Georgin, that
Hoke Hmlth wa# the most u.^eful nnd
efficient secretary that the interior de
partment had had within hi# knowl
edge.
He effected a complete reorganization
of the secretary’s office force and meth
od# H'hereby h# came Into personal
association with all hi# bureau and di
vision chiefs, anil aided them In their
work nnd established bond# of co-oper
ative sympathy between himself and
them. There I# not an Interior depart
ment oflliial who served under him who
does not now speak of him with respect
and admiration, and whose heart Is not
with him In his present fight. Hon.
Josephus Daniels, of North Carolina,
who was his appointment clerk and
afterward* his chief clerk, and very
close to him, used to say; "Mr, Hmlth
I# the honestest man I ever saw.”
I am writing hurriedly—a canoeing
party Is waiting for me, I have omit
ted much, but thl# 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.
THE B. R. T. EJECTMENTS.
To tho Editor of The Georgian:
In regard to the ejectment scone#
on the Coney Island electric car line
( stated In The Georgian-
Let us consider this matter In a ra
tional manner.
The suggestion of horror, w'hlch the
incident stirs up, Is of such a nature
as to obscure nny other consideration.
We have been trained to deal with
effects, and herein lies our weakness in
coning with the affair# of life.
“ need to be educated to deal with
causes to successfully protect our
selves. . The cause of the trouble on
this cur line was the small sum of 5
ents. This 5 cents represented pro
fits and dividends.
The profit# or dividends Involved In
the mutter was then the cause of the
trouble.
The Inciting pretext t»> the exhibition
if the scenes, and that which brought
the profits or dividends so prominently
forward was the decision of .Ridge
Qaynor, of the supreme court of thn
state of New York, that this car line
could not lawfully collect this 5 cents.
This decision gave the passenger# the
lawful right to refuse its payment.
This decision wa# the exercise of
state or government control, and was
Ineffectual, and not only #o, but It was
Injurious to the passengers.
This matter was a conflict or battle
Id tie the product. I did not a*k b , t ween tho state and the profit «y»
fur employment, the ftotton .hiurnn! , e|tlj nnil |„ effectually Illustrated by
country with such Inviting enticement*
In pure water, productive soil and
healthy climate u* I* found la thl*' we all know Dick Cheatham, a clever
to the contrary notwithstanding.
”\Ve would like to have Mr. Jordan ! n( j|j rr
explain to the people Ju»t what hi* con
nection* with Mr. Marwlen were, and
what he ex,iect* to do with the Cotton
Rtnlk* Product* Cnmtmny. II* know*
a* well a* I, or anyone else, that the
plan to make pnper from cotton stalk*
In commercial iiuantltle* and nt com
mercial prices, I* an Impoiudblllty.
There I* about 2 per rent of alcohol
In cotton stalk*, and It can be extract
ed, but not at a price which will Justi
fy It* distillation.
••\Ve would like to know whnt went
with the Corn Stalk* Product* Com
pany and to have Mr, Jordan *et tils
record before tbe public In all hi* deal*
in tbe Southern Cotton Association. M»
record 1* clear, anil hi* Intimation that
I am a ’sore-head’ from the fact that
he refused mv re.meet for employment
I* all rot. lie did not answer the let
ter. and I presume still ha* Ihe 2-rent
stamp which 1 Inclowed for a reply to
my Inquiries."
The reference to the board of trnde
was shown Hon. George If. Brown, the
secretary. He dictated the followtpg
statement:
"You can say for me that I am de
cidedly hostile lo the Southern Cotton
Association’s being manipulated by
Harvle Jordan and Dick Cheatham.
The history of the Cotton Stalk* Prcd-
ulc Company Is about »* clear aa mud
even though It has UMOO.Oon capital
and Harvle Jordan I* It* president, and
fable of the blacksmith and the
The contest was not .between
the passengers, officials and others us
men, women nnd children, but was
simply a sort of a volcanic eruption
of the proltt system, which never falls
to burst forth on provocation.
The people have organised them
aelvcs Into n state and placed It In
charge of a lot of officials who are
empowered with a cure all authority,
but these official D. D.’e, M. D.’s or
1,1,. D.’e, whichever you choose to call
them, like the iieople, have only grad
uated In the school of effect, nnd are
totally Ignorant of the system of cause,
and will be until the people establish
the tehool of cause and place only the
graduates of It in office.
We will then abolish effect* by cur
ing causes.
Normally tho*e men would not,have
thus treated any one, but a* one’* mor
als are based upon the way they earn
their clothing, food, shelter, etc., the
father* of these ejected people would
have noted Just as these ejector* dltl
If they had bean employees of the car
company, or hud been the owners of
the car line.
Occupation, then, Is the standard of
morality, and whatever happens
through occupation I* moral to the oc
cupation. The owners of thl* car line
do not allow their families to ride In
these car*, but have their private con
veyances fnr them, und it thus hapiiens
that the great body of the common
people are the victims of the competi
tive or proflt system, and they are. nt
the same time, Its most xealous de
fenders.
This occurrence It the logical result
of a divided authority or Interest und
show* that state or government con
trol ran only be In the nature of an In
termeddler, or a factor In confusion
und disorder.
These car line owners consider that
they have the right to exact whntever
proflt or dividends from their property,
Jui|t ns a merchant docs, nnd that the
state ha* no more right to Interfere
ti lth 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 Him
they have done nny wrong, and ib-
loglc of their stand must ami will
find Its Justification In the competitive
state or proflt system.
This forces the people to se' k relief
from the condition of private ownei-
slilp of public utilities by tnklny nor
these utilities ss the property <•l ih«
stale, In which there will be no divided
Interest or responsibility.
For the state or city to take over
these public utilities, and run them for
gain or tax money, will not relieve the
people from paying whatever the pro
fit doctors desire and which proflt en
tered Into Judge Uaynor'a decision.
It I* necessary to get rid of every
element which entered Into this un
fortunate occurrence, und overy cle
ment which entered Into It was the
proflt or dividends.
That the owners will never consent
to nny Interference which reduces their
cnpltnl or dividends Is a self Interest
proposition,
IVhnt we need then Is the cultivation
of self Interest, or selflshne** In fvet/
person to the end that each and all
will refuse, just as these car people
did, to give up their capital or labor
power to the dictation of capitalistic
domination.
This can only be done through such
public ownership os makes those who
ride the owners and controllera.
The action of then* car IJne owners
Is simply notice to those who ride that
they must .not presume to pay atten
tion to opinions or orders from judge*,
officer* of the law or any other out
side Intermeddler*, but must submit to
th* will of the owpers or be ejected.
This Inrldent le nothing more start
ling than ha* happened before, and It
is sure that It will not be the laat un
til the people themselvee own end oi*r-
nte these things ns the sole owner*.
Holflshness I* a virtue, when It le
practiced by all alike, but Is distorted
Into an evil when Its practice Is de
nied to or educated out of another.
In the absolute monarch we And sel-
flshness enthroned In all of It* hld-
eousness, and In the serf anti rlavc we
witness the lowest depths of degrada
tion because these have been made
eunuchs to selflshne** through Its
emasculation In them. Ye*, seltlsh-
nes* fully developed In ell will bring
all to the dead level of manhood, and
manhood will not permit such j’s thla
street car affair.
W. A. JOHNSON.
Atlanta, Oa„ Aug. IS, lima.
the
(In The Georgian of August 11 on i
Correspondents’ page, the article “1
Bible,” wa* credited to \V. A. Thom
mas.
It should have been credited to
Johneon, the writer of thle article.—
Editor.)
A FABLE FOR THE FOOLISH.
Once upon a time there was a Jack
ass. This same Jackass went walklnt
through tho wood# and fell Into a hnlu.
After making a few week attempti to
free hlm«elf. he *at down thinking that
aomenne would come and help him out.
A *hort time later a fox passed by nml
the Jack asked him to take him out of
the hole,
'T ain too small and not strong
enough," replied the fox. "hut un ele
phant resides a short distance an ay
and when you will call him 1 am uulie
sure that he will pull you out.”
The Jarkass rcasoneil. though, that It
was the dutiwof the strong to help the
weak and that It waa not his term to
call the elephant, and sat down a
waiting.
The fox on his way home again,
passed the spot nnd looked Into thf
hole and noticed that the jackass had
died,
"If It I* true that the soul of an ani
mal passes Into a human being," the
fox reasoned with the phtlosoper, it
Is certain thut the soul of this Jackn*>
will go Into one of those merchants
who arc always waiting and Jo no!
advertise." A. L. A.