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FROM THE VIEWPOINT- OF BILL
By MRS. E. C. CRO.VK
The soul of poor little Bill Olsen was
bevy within him.
"Few end full of trouble" had been
t,e years of his life. But never be-
tre had such trouble as this come.
j, he sat with his mother at the break.
ist table the various periods which
e reforded as crises In his life came
efore him. There tins the time when
hey had come to the new country in
.he bl« immigrant ship. There
the time they had moved from New
Vork to Atlanta. There was the time
v hen his mother was so sick she could
not go to work, and he had bought his
first supply of papers and tried to get
work every moment he was not selling
papers.
Kuril one of these things, he remem
bered, hud 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 was
what the man who owned the old shell
or a 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 arti
cles of furniture they still owned plied
up on the pavement. From the top of
the pitifully small heap he saw the
enlarged photograph of his father
In .king at him w ith eyes full of re-
rrmteh, which said: "Oh, little Bill,
little Hill, Is this the way you are
t.t King care of mother?"
gig tears filled his eyes. His throat
was full of dry sobs. A bitter resent-
miltt came over him.
'Mother, T don't believe In Ood."
"Oh, you must not say that little
Bit."
"Well, you say He loves us, and
l'e believed It. And you say He could
own the windows of heaven and show-
c money down, or send ravens with
tread, before He would let the people
i pt love Him and believe Him suffer.
Aid I have loved Him and I have be-
Uved Him. But I don't any more.
danger In the prospect of acquiring
sudden wealth. Bmlling policemen,
who had once been boys themselves,
used their clubs with gentle force to
prevent accidents. Street cars, car
riages, automobiles and pedestrians
stopped to see the fun. A thousand
people soon witnessed the merry strug-
on the morning of the day In which Mr.
Bryan was nominated. My Impression
Is that you will llnd them telegrams In
The Ht. Louis Republic of July 23, 1S9G.
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.
gle.
Men forgot their own more saber
struggle for the same thing, and Inugh-
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
an epidemic. From 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 hasto to
reach the ground.
"Look at that little fellow yonder,"
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 Blit was unconscious of the
throng of spectators and their jLVghtcr.
He saw only the shining coins ahd the
reproachful eyes looking nt him from
his fnther*s enlarged portrait.- Ills
hand closed over one of the gold pieces
that fell. He was sure that he must
have at least 12.50 by this time. If
the precious shower kept up only a lit
tle while longer, he would have 13.50,
and 22.60 would pay the rent for anoth
er two weeks. A flfty-cent piece fell
In front of him. He threw himself on
It. A policeman pulled him otf of tlje
benuse He Is letting us be put out on
ilb street. 1 have worked as hard as
l’ould, and you can't help It: but He
culd If He wanted do, and I don't be-
llvc Him."
At the shattering of hta faith little
1111 broke into sobs.
■it will all come right, Billy, dear.
Cs poor faith we have, If we can't
rust Him as much with the beautiful
oof of the sky over our things as with
his poor crumbling one of shingles.
So to work. Who knows w at may
tappen before tomorrow morning'. ’
Email wonder ‘hat the soul of Bill
Olsen wa, heavy -• hln him as he went
out.
The day wore on. The pennies came
In slowly. The heap of furniture sit
ting out on the street was ever before
his 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
ed little Bill.
He heard a shrill whistle from one
of the offices high up n the Fourth
National Bank building. He held up a
paper Inquiringly, as 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 and
shrieked with delight as they rolled
over canji other In their eagerness to
gather up the coins. Color distinc
tions were forgotten, and black and
while scrambled together. Heads r -re
thrust out of windows In every tory
of the buildings around. Another
shower of coins came down, fhe boys
threw themselves before street cars,
and In front of - carriages, reckless of
car track as the car moved forwa
but he had his fifty cents. Surely he
could not expect It to continue much
longer. The Intenseness of the climax
tilled 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, Ills 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 rid 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 Olsen counted his gain.
He had It—the rent nnd fifty cents
more.
The Atlanta papers had Interesting
stories about the Incident of the falling
coins which they likened to showers of
■nanna. In many circles it furnished
the topic of conversation for many
days.
Many youngsters realise^ 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.
BUI Olsen laid his money In his
mother's lap that evening.
"He didn’t open the windows of
heaven, mother, but somebody certain-
Iy opened the window# of that old eky-
scraper."
After he had finished his story, he
went i|round touching each article ot
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
you care for mother, little Bill."
That night as he lay In his bed. he
looked nt the blue sky, and the stars,
feeiing that above them all was God,
he whispered confidingly, "Anti I do
believe You."
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I notice In The Georgian of July, 9
one Seth W. Evans attempts to answer
the article I wrote In reply to Mr. Wat
son.
■Mr. Evans does not deny that Mc-
Dullle and several other counties where
Watson's Influence controlled, went for
McKinley In 1896. But because I said
that .Mr. Watson helped to defeat Mr.
Ilrvnn, he says: "Even the most klnky-
lieadcd 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.
Bryan. 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. Bryan.
Mr. Evans asks: “Did not Watson,
together with other Populist leaders,
pledge the support of the Populist par-
<!' to Bryan?”
The only support that the Populists
gave Mr. Bryan that counted for any
thing In 1696-was through fusion. The
two parties fused In 28 states and # in
this way thousands of patriotic Popu
lists voted for Bryan and Sewall, but
this was done over Mr. Watson’s pro
lest. Watson fought fusion to thp 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 fuslonlsls.
Mr. Evans asks: "Did McDuffie anil
set oral other counties go for McKinley
when Bryan ran last?"
Yes, McDuffie and eleven other coun
ties in Georgia went for McKinley
when Bryan ran last.
Watson's breaking himself down
speaking for Bryan and WatBon w*as
realty against Mr. Bryan, and Watson
knew* It. He knew that every voter
that he could persuade to vote for
Bryan and Watson wns Just, that much
lost to the regular Democratic .ticket.
Be knew that the president Is elected
by electors chosen by the states, and
no- by popular vote.
As a result of Mr. Watson’s "wreck-
lof bis constitution" we find that 159.-
“0) votes were cast for Bl*yan and
AVatsou.
Now, when we remember that 46,000
votes property distributed among the
ilose states in 1896 would have elected
Mr. Prynn It strikes me that Mr. AVat-
son, by diverting those 150.000 votes
Iri'in the reguiar Democratic ticket,
certainly had a great deal to do with
Mr. Bryan's defeat.
Mr. Evans asks If the chairman of
English China
The present vogue for English China
!« amply met In our charming collec
tion Dinner and TCa services, seta of
pines, odd pieces—all in patterns of
most artistic type.
Maier & Berkele
the national Democratic party did hi*
duty In 1896. • Then he says: “Did he
live up to hln agreement V*
In regard to thl* matter, I will let
Senator James K. Jones apeak for
himself. The published letter from him
shows that, as chairman of the Demo
cratic national eomlnlttec 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 ut that
time. I hope The Georgian will pub
llsh this letter to set at rest all that
talk about Mr. Watson not being treat
ed right by the Democrats In 1896*
Respectfully, .
F. *V. CARSWELL.
Hephslbah, Ga.
The letter from Senator Jones re
ferred to by Mr. Carswell, follows:
Chairman Jonas' Reply.
July 14. 1906.
I«\ W. Carswell, Esq., Hephxlbnh, Oa.
My Dear Sir: Yours of the 10th Inst,
is Just received. You say that the
stJitement Is made *1n The Atlanta
Georgian of July 9, in substance that
the chairman of the Democratic na
tional committee failed to do his 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
party 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 1S96.” In reply I have to say
that men differ os to what my duty was
ns 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 ppwer or authority. Besides. I
did not favor huch a course personally,
and never mlocated it. I made no
promise to Mr. Watson nt any time, or
to any one for him In this connection,
nnd 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 Sewall, what shall we do? I
favor your declination In that case.
Answer quick. James K. Jones, Chair
man National Democratic Committee.”
I immediately received from Mr. Bry
an the following:
"I entirely agree with you. With
draw my name If Sewall Is not nomi
nated. Wm. J. BryHn.”
When this telegram was received
from Mr. Bryan I requested Senator
William J. Stone, of Missouri, to take
the telegram to the chairman of the
Populist convention and ask him to
read It to the convention. The chair
man declined to do so. I had no other
means of getting the telegram before
the members of the convention except
to have It printed In the papers, which
I did, and as I remember, every paper
In St. Louis •printed these telegram*
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, as well as to
the orphans under their care.
I am in no way connected with the
home, am not related to Mr. and Mrs.
Harwell, am pastor of a church In 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 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 1 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 his re
quests known to God. He first rented
a home for orphans that accommodated
only thirty. At last he built a home,
then another nnd another, until he
completed five at 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 is
now In heaven, and I will never cease
thanking God for such teachings. I
teach the same to my children, nnd
have a little tot Just 3 years old who
carries to God In prayer all her little
troubles, and even prays Wm 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 his neck and that he were
drowned in the depth of the sea.”
There have been some real bad boys/
orphans, gathered from the streets* of
the city, 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
nob 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 autos.
If Mavor Woodward is so anxious to
have children In bed nt night why does
he hunt up n score who are in compa
ny \wlth 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 nnd the mayor wish to do At
lanta real 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 ore renting houses
for traffic In gltls. You nnd the mayor
know that these thing* are being run
In Atlanta,In open deflance of law, yet
they arc allowed to continue, and you
In your editorial lament the fact that
there Is no law at present to reach
children conducting divine services on
the street. Respectfully,
OWEN A. BARBEE.
Pastor United Brethren Tabernacle.
Hlu* appeals to Intelligent^*,
Touches the strings of the heart,
Para on the chorda most vibrant,
Music so sweet to Impart.
Her pen bns much Influence,
Au ever widening snipe.
To honrts umst disconsolate
She bus given sweetest hope.
With fotal that’s always wholesome.
Her renders are richly fed.
'Twit* straight from the hand of God
That the poet gilt was given.
For her soul is pure nnd lofty
As the stnrqdemil walls of heaven.
^-Bessie Benton Whittlesey.
Beyond the meadows where tall pines
Shadows cast o’er w*oot|inndf gray.
Herpents hiss and creep nt wll
And lurking In the shinty grass.
Ambushed III tho twllght still.
A brook bej-ond, with silvery hnudfe,
Swoops Its IhhI 'tween bunks of fern,
There flickering over pebbly sands
Him lamps or the firefly burn.
Ilut far from where the serpents creep
And him with veuoined tongue
Lurk shadows far more dntk and deep
Thau from dnuk morass e’er sprung.
Shadows of hate that fill with feur
As n flash that flames the sky,
Engloonilng lives, all scorched and sear,
THOSE EYES. .
They may talk iMt the eyes of blue,
Those eyes Inr lamed in sung;
But give uie the girl with black, stuippy
eyes,
And I will rub along.
I love the girl w*!th eyes that talk.
When eyes like that have pierced my brain,
1 Just would not do wrong—
I wotibMIve ou the tire that they fnuued so
You bet I'd rub along.
—A. Lee Short.
TRUTH UNCHANGEABLE!
Truth forever more Is the same
Truth evaded Is still the Truth.
riicbnuglng as the mind of God—
There’s n path to her shrine and youth
May follow where wise men have trod.
If yon break one of Nature’s law*
The truth of God Is quickly shown.
For suffering there is n cause.
And you must bear it nil alone.
Truth Is sometimes by clouds concealed,
Clouds that are dark ns the starless
night,
Fusullled. majestic, pure and on K ni.
—Ilessle Denton Whittlesey.
RELIEF AT HAND.
To tho Editor of The Georgian:
Only a few days for the mud-frilng-
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, far
from It. I am glad that three out
of the live have conducted themselves
in such a manner in this campaign as
not to bring reproach upon themselves
or the high office which they aspire to,
I hoard a speaker say: "If ill It he
things said by Hoke Smith and Clark
Howell about each other were true,
neither of them would be fit 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 on the 22d of this month.
I thought for a long while the race
was between Howell and Smith;*they
had good following In thl* 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 all to the way they have
conducted themrelves 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.
REJOICE, MY HEART.
i By A. L. A.
Itejolce, my heart, Im* glut! nnd happy, too,
The time Is coming fast
When all of us are l»elug well to do
Ami perfect yet nt Inst.
To have the right, am) h *
We do It with n pen.
We’ll make u law—let It forever stand—
And then, ami then, and thru.
Because n few nru gambling In n shop
We’ll close all others, too—
This cotton huylng-selllug has to stop,
These traders make skldoo.
in eon non lienee, the railroads have to go.
We’ll sftqi them, to lie sure;
No wrecks for ii*. no law suits any more,
No Injuries occur.
And suleldo spd murder we’ll prevent.
As easy ns a pie; ,
To making guns we simply don’t consent,
And tmlHons, by and by.
Well prohibit all cards aud playing
beautiful valley from the mountains to
the sea. The agricultural interests are
flourishing and all crops Are excellent.
Besides these natural advantages, the
people who possess and live In this
grand 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 tho 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 when he was a boy. It Is ndt a
story either, but it Is told by the good
old I'resbyterlan truth-lovers around
Millington os 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. He was brought up here
by‘his grandmother—a good woman,
who wns exceedingly anxious to raise
and train Johnnie right. He wns al
ways In some mischief nnd could not
be still. One day he was out in the
back yard with some llttlo negroes, And
one of them gave him some Insolence
and Johnnie took the battling- stick
that the old negro washerwoman used
In boating the clothes, and struck the
Utile negro senseless. He fell over os
If dead. The old washerwoman raised
a yell and said: 'Now, Jus’ look at dot
bad boy. You done kilt little Jim. Iso
gwlne In an tell ole misses, an’ she
gwlne to skin yo* for dls.’
"Johnnie became alarmed and hast
ened Into the house and to a seat In
his grandmother's room, and said
nothing. The grandmother was busy
reading, but after a little time, she no
ticed that Johnnie was unusually quiet,
nnd she looked over her glasses nnd
said: 'Johnnie, what makes you so
quiet, my son? Are you sick, dear?
•No, grandma, I was Just medltuttng on
the great love and goodness of God.’
"She wns so delighted at his pious
thoughts that she threw* aside her book,
took Johnnie in'her arms nnd caressed
him and kissed him, and praised him
for his good thoughts—but Just then
the old mammy washerwoman, in great
excitement, appeured at the door, and
In alarm, sold: ’Ole misses, dnt hud boy
dun kilt * little Jim wld u stick; 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 hack In and
gave Johnnie two -whippings in one—
first, for striking the little negro, and
second, for deceiving her with his 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. C. FENNEL.
Lowndesvllle, 8. C.
THE COTTON 8ITUATION
A8 SEEN IN LITTLE ROCK.
schemes—
All KiiiulitltiR Is cut nut,
And certainly there’ll he no toplc-theuies
In any way allowed.
If tJueiH Hum, or those of Interstate,
Khotild try to prohibit it—
We’ll build a wall, and so close up the
state
With one door for exit.
And mark my word, if uuy one will try
To Interfere or balk,
We'll meet at once, too late will come your
cry—
A law will atop your tnlk.
YOUR FO U R • LEAVED~SLO V E R.
When Fate seems unkind and hope Is dying.
As you think It over and over;
Instead of regretting, des|mlriiif, sighing.
Go search for your four-leaved clover.
If the way Is dark with Its many fears,
Aud struuge foreliodliig* hover,
IHspel the mood, restrain the tears,
Ueuiemtiering that you have a four-leaved
Let us look the meadow over and over-
•ouhl Uni
we all I
LOVE’S SUFFICIENCY.
Love, whether In high or lowly born,
Is something not to l»e despised;
Whether given by nmu or by Iwnst,
Whether by flu* greatest or the least—
Isovo should t>e highly prised.
J. A. 8.
FAIR PLAY FOR MR. JORDAN
To the Editor of The Georgian:
J did not see the Credit Men's ct
toon nor did I see the editorial In The
Georgian ' thnt It evoked, but both
must Imve been spicy by the results.
I think Mr. Jordan’s reply was hasty
and unworthy of him, snd It Is a pity
any of them were ever published. 1
think Mr. Jordan has made several
graves mistakes, hut fair dealing re
quires that he have due credit tor good
work, as well as 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. His advice and
work has done much to hold up the
price of cotton. His effort to bull cot
ton to 15 cent* seemed unwise and
proved a failure, but without his ef
forts, would It have even reached the
ll-cent price for which he is now
blamed?
Much allowance should be made for
the conditions under which Mr, Jordan
hud to operate. He hao to rally a badly
demoralized army and charge through
thick woods and It Is no wonder that
his camp at this state of the campaign
Is not ns prim as u cemetery lot nor
Ills forces like a dress parade at West
Point.
Do not cashier "the general because
after the charge some of the army fall
to pass Inspection.
ARCHIBALD SMITH.
LnGrange, Ga.
Hut some
t’ontonte<| with
Counting fluMiisiiv
tho crumbs,
miser's food,
i rich In onrtiiiy good,
times love fteiiumh*.
Live for the whole of humanity—
Vos. love for fho groat nnd the small,
Kit Holies tho giver, softens hearts.
The greatest Joy of life Imparts,
For "Jove Is all In wll."
-Bessie Denton Whittlesey.
PR08PER0U8 SOUTH CAROLINA.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
It Is time thnt your readers were
hearing from this side of the river.
And It seems thnt Atlanta and moat
of Georgia might hear the blasting that
In being done on Savannah river, ot
Gregg shoals, by the Anderson Power
Company In building the great dam tor
the electric plant to be established
there. It Is Intended to furnish power
to run cotton mill* at Anderson, Ivn,
Lowndesvllle, Calhoun Falls, Abbeville
and Elberton, besides giving light to
the»e titles.
This Is a grand enterprise, and Is to
bring large results to Georgia and
South Carolina.
This whole Savannah valley will, in
a few years, be dotted with cotton
mills and oil mills and 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 ago, because the great Creator
has never made a river with so many
magnificent and mighty water falls ns
the Savannah.
We are Just now beginning to see It.
after so many years of idleness and
waste.
Nor has He ever made a section of
country with such 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
has caused considerable comment In
this city:
'The Atlanta Georgian nnd the Ma
con Telegraph publish with glee a let
ter from J. A. Spurlln, chemist of the
Little Rock board of trade, to the ef
fect that paper cannot be made front
cotton stalks. This was clone as u
thrust at the Cotton Stalks Product
Company.
"On July .11 Mr. 8purlln wrote the
Cotton Stalks Products Company in
dicating his desire to become connected
with that concern.
"Can it be that this letter was the
ebullition of a disappointed seeker af
ter place? It does look suspiciously
that way.
"The Little Rock board of trade also
has some members very hostile to Mr.
Jordan, nrtd this glso smells ot 'the
nigger In the woodpile.”'
This Item was shown to Mr. Spur-
Ifn today, at which time he said:
"Yes, I did write to the Cotton Stalks
Products Company. Rut 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 ft could not be
•lone. It Is understood that a process
has been discovered thot would make
the work practicable. But the follow
Ing Is a copy of the letter, and If Mr.
Jntdnn can get any satisfaction out of
It, I am willing;
"LITTLE ROCK, July 11, 1966.
'Hon. Hnrvle Jordan, President Cot
ton Stalks Products Company, At
lanta, Oa.:
••Dear Sir—I have noted with Interest
that there has Just been formed a com
pany with you at the head, to manu
facture products from cotton stalks. I
would be very much obliged to be en
lightened ns to the purpose and extent
of this company, as you see that J am
a chemist. Also I have had an exten
sive experience In ti e cotton seed oil
Industry, notably with the American
Cotton Oil, the jmrent of the Georgia.
If there is a prospect thnt this new
concern Is to be a success then I
would entertain a proposition for em
ployment. At present I would not rc
llnqttlah my plfice here, bu^ do not con
sider that I am wanted as yet. My
interest Is one ot lively curiosity, so
find stamp for reply. Yours, very re
spectfully,
"J. A. 8PURLIN."
I did not know that an effort would
be made to make paper. It was my un
derstanding thnt denatured alcohol
wns to be the product. I did not ask
for employment, the Cotton Journal
to the contrary notwithstanding,
•*\V> would like to have Mr. Jordan
explain to the people Just what his con
nections with Mr. Marsden were, nnd
what he expects to do with the Cotton
Stalks Products Company. He knows
as well as I, or anyone else, that the
plan to make paper from cotton stalks
In commercial quantities nnd at com
mercial prices, is an Impossibility.
There Is about 2 per cent of alcohol
In cotton stalks, and It can be-extract
ed, but not at n price which will Justi
fy Its distillation.
"We would like to know* what went
with the Com Stalks Products Com
pany and to have Mr. Jordan set his
record before the public In all his deals
In the Southern Cotton Association. M)
record Is clear, nnd his Intimation that
I am a 'sore-head* from the fact that
he refused my request for employment
Is all rot. He did not answer the let
ter, nnd I presume still has the 2-cent
stamp which I Inclosed for a reply to
my Inquiries.”
The reference to the board of trade
was shown Hon. George R. Brown, the
secretary. He dictated the following
statement:
"You can say for me that I am de
cidedly hostile to the Southern Cotton
Association’s being manipulated by
Harvte Jordan nnd Dick Cheatham.
The history of the Cotton Stalks Prod-
utc Company Is about
To the Editor of Tho Georgian:
From this serenely cool summer rest
ing place, permit me, If you pleas*, a
parting word upon the Georgia guber
natorial race to your nlghly 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.
I fear that in the midst of Immeas-
ureable torrents cf baseless vitupera
tlon some good people will lose sight of
the tremendous personal moral force
of the concededfy lending candidate and
the real Issues of the campaign.
Is It not most significant thnt not a
single attack has been mode upon the
honesty, the courage, the merit, the
virtue of Mr. Smith's official career?
And that the puerile nonsense about
his appointments bh secretary of the
Interior w-as never heard of until the
desperate stage of the jtendlng cam
paign? From absolute knowledge of
the fncls. I declare thnt In not one of
his appointments, from General Waile
Hampton, commissioner of railroads,
to Mrs. Margaret J. Hampton to a po
sition In the census, as long as it was
r possible to keep her, wns there any
thing whatever subject to the slightest
Just criticism.
Never 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 llnfe
printed anywhere that touched the In
tegrity or the conspicuous ability of tho
administration of the Interior depart
ment. The worst thing that even The
New York Sun, ablest of Mr. Smith’s
enemies, said about hlnj consisted In
delirious humor upon his name, which
It coupled with Dink Botts, Pod DIs-
tnukes, Potsdam Sams nnd other com
binations of fact and fancy.
Tht Atlanta Constitution, which
loved him then no less than now*, and
which put forth its best efforts to em*
burrass him, found nothing to assail
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
fellow*, the secretary, but as secretary
for a farmers' association—ye gods!
The investigation at Atlanta last week
showed that Cheatham was trading In
cotton futures In the names of other
people whtye the association and his
f taper, The Cotton Journal, was’ flght-
ng the future proposition. The state
ment of the Farmers' Union of Arkan
sas, by Secretary Ben L. Griffin, puts
a quietus on tne Jordan-Cheatlmm
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, and 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 ult
right when they devefte their attention
to the objects for which they are creat
ed—but the Southorn Cotton Associa
tion—needs a change.”
The publication of the Item In The
Cotton Journal Is considered here to be
on unwarranted and ungentleinanly at
tack both upon the board of trade and
Chemist J. A. Spurlln. It Is known
that President Jordan has ceased to
nestle the board of trade to his bosom
since tho business men of the city
show'ed Theodore IL 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 his spleen through the columns of
The Journal, said to be Uie official or
gan of the association, It has caused
little if uny surplrse.
J. L. CAURAWAY,
City Editor Arkansas Democrat.
Little Rock, Ark.
THE B, R. T. EJECTMENTS.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
In regard to the ejectment scene*
on the Coney Island electric cor line
ns stated In The Georgian-
Let us consider this matter In a ra
tional manner.
The suggestion of horror, w*htch the
Incident stirs up, Is of such a nature
as to obscure any other consideration.
We have been trained to deal with
effects, nnd herein lies our weakness In
coiing with the affairs of life.
we need to be educated to deal with
causes to successfully protect our
selves. The cause of the trouble on
this ctor line was the small sum of 5
cents. This 5 cents represented pro
fits and dividends.
The profits or dividends Involved In
the matter was then the cauae of the
trouble.
The Inciting pretext to the exhibition
if the scenes, and that which brought
the profits or dividends so prominently
forward was the decision of Judge
Oaynor, of the supreme court of the
state of New York, that this car line
could not lawfully collect this 6 cents.
This derision gave the passengers the
lawful right to refuse Its jmyment.
This decision was the exercise of
state or government control, and was
ineffectual, and not only so, but It was 1
Injurious to the passengers.
This matter was a conflict or battle
bctw'cen the state and the profit sys
tem, and Is effectually Illustrated by
tho table of the blacksmith and the
adder. The contest was not between
the passengers, officials and others as
men, women and children, but wo*
simply a sort of n volcanic eruption
of the profit system, which never fails
to burst forth on provocation.
The people have organised them
selves Into a state and placed It In
charge of a lot of officials who*are
empowered with a cure all authority,
but these official D. D.’s, M. D.’b 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 be until the people establish
the school of cause and place only the
graduates of It in office.
We will then abolish effects by cur
ing causes. ,
Normally these men would not have
thus treated any one, but as one's mor
als are based upon tho 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 employee* of the car
company, or hod been the owners cf
the car line.
Occupation, then, Is the standard of
morality, nnd whatever happens
through occupation Is moral to the oc-
The owners of this ckr line
has become of untold benefit to the
great West and the country at large.
He saves the tax-payers many, many
millions by hi* correction of sibu^s
In the pension bureau—and the South,
which pays Its full share of 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 and private land grabbers.
He reorganised the census bureau,
changed It from political to bustni ss
management, saved $100,000 In the cost
of running It, and closed Its work two
years before It would have been closed
had It continued to run along at the
pace nt which he found 1L
He changed the geological survey
from a theoretical to a strictly practi
cal basis, and turned Its activities from
New* England nnd the picturesque Went
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 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. Oulnn, the assistant state
school commissioner of Georgia, that
Hoke Smith was the most useful and
efficient secretary that the interior de
partment had had within Ms knowl
edge*.
He effected a complete reorganisation
of the secretary's office force and meth
ods whereby he' came Into personal
association with all his bureau ami di
vision chiefs, nnd aided them In their
work nnd established bonds of co-oper
ative sympathy between himself and
them. There Ih not an Interior depart
ment official who served under him w ho
does not now speak of him with respect
and admiration, and whose heart l« not
with him in his present fight. Hon.
Josephus Daniels, of North Carolina,
who was his appointment clerk and
afterwards his chief eterk, and very
close to him, used to nay: "Mr. Smith
ts the honestest man I ever saw."
I am writing hurriedly—a, canoeing
party 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 liln, Kcnnebunkport. Me.
The Jack!
was the dut\* of th
weak and that it
call the elephant,
waiting.
The fox on Ills way h
passed the spot and lookt
hole and noticed thnt »ho
died.
"It It Is true that the sou
inal passe* Into n human
fox reasoned with th»* phi
Is certain Chat the soul of t
will go Into one of those
— -W 1—. .— - , who are always waiting i
we all know Dick Cheatham, a clever people are the victims of the competh advertise.”
cuiMitlon
I do not allow* their families to ride In
these cars, but have their private con
veyances for them, and it thus happens
that the great body of the common
tlve or profit system, and they are, at
the same time, its most xealous de
fenders.
This occurrence Is the logical result
f 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 exact whatever
profit or dividends from their property,
just ns a merchant doe.a, and that the
state has no more right to Interfere
with them than with the other. Logi
cally they think they ar% right, and
their acts In this case are through this
logic.
These owners do not. concede thnt
they havo done any wrong, and the
logic of their stand must and will
find Its justlficktlon In the competitive
state or profit system.
This forces the people to seek relief
from tho condition of private owner
ship of public utilities bv taking over
theegs utilities as the property of th*
state, In which there will be po 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 tho
people from paying whatever tho pro
fit doctors desire and which profit en
tered Into Judge Gaynttr's decision.
it Is necessary to get rid of every
clement which entered Into this un
fortunate occurrence, and every »*lo-
ment which entered into It was the
fit or dividends.
hat 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 nnd all
will refuse, Just as these car people
did, to give up their capital nr labor
power to the dictation of capitalistic
domination.
This can only be done through such
public ownership as makes those who
ride the owners nnd controllers
The action of these cor 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 of 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 haw happened before, and it
Ih sure that It will not be tho Inst un
til the people themselves own and oper
ate these things as the sole owners.
Selfishness is a virtue, when it is
practiced by all alike, but Is dlHtorted
Into an evil when Its practice is de
nied to or educated out of another.
In the absolute monarch we find hH-
fishness enthroned in all of Its hld-
eouKness, and In the serf and slave we
witness the lowest depths of degrada
tion because these have been made
eunuchs to selfishness through Its
emasculation In them. Yes, HelfiHh-
ness fully developed In all will bring
all to the dead level of manhood, nnd
manhood will not permit such as this
street car affair.
-W. A. JOHNSON.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 16, 1906.
(In The Georgian of August 11 on th«
Correspondents' page, the article “Tb«
Bible," was credited to \Y\ A. Thomas.
It should have been credited to \v. A.
Johnson, the writer of this article.—
Editor.)
A FABLE FOR THE FOOLISH.
‘ Once upon a tithe there was u jack
ass. This same Jackass went wa!ktn|
through the woods and fell Into a hole.
After making a few weak attempts to
free himself, he sat down thfnkmg that
someone Mould come and help him out.
A short time'later a fox passed by nnd
the Jack asked him to take him out ol
the hole.
"I am too small and n?»t strong
enough," replied the fox, "but an ele
phant resides a short distance away
and when you will call him I am quit!
sure that he wnrftull you out.”
L though, that It
rung to help the
not his term to
it do
being.” tht
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