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“— mmmmm THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. _ s.vTfr.DAV. Arot’ST is, im wnsamm 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 SB ■■I