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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. WEDNESDAY. SETT EMBER 12. 1900. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor, f. L. SEELY, President. Telephone ~v Subscription Rales: Published Every Afternoon One. Year $4.50 Except Sunday by Six Months 2.50 THE GEORGIAN CO. Three Month• 1.25 at 25 W. Alabama Street, By Carrier, per week 10c Atlanta, Ga. entered ss second-class matter April SS, ttOt. it the Pott office at Atlanta. Ge.. ander aet of eonrresa of March *. ITS. /*■ ■ —=ge=^==g=^===^= " Subteribara failing to raeaiva THE GEORGIAN promptly and regularly, and raadera who can not purchase tho paper where THE GEORGIAN should be on sale, are requested to communicate with the Circulation Manager without delay, and the eom- plaint will receive prompt attention. Telephoned Bell 4927 Main; Atlanta 4401. J An Appeal to Our Contemporaries. We cordially Invite the cooperation of our esteemed contemporaries of The Journal and The Constitution In the light which we are malting In behalf of the people for cheaper gaa and better service on the street railroads and In our electric lights. The Journal has declared Itself to be a friend of the people and every public Interest In which the people are Involved. We have great regard for The Journal, and ' barring some slight and occasional -lapses from the high lines of courtesy and fairness, we believe It to be a great and useful newspaper. We are quite sure that The Jour nal could not devote Its energies and Its Influence to a better cause and to one In which tho people are more vitally Interested than In this light for the essential com modities of lighting and of transportation. What railroad transportation rates and passenger tariffs are to the people of the state, street railroad trans portation Is to the people of Atlanta, and The Journal, which ought to be as true a friend of Atlanta as It Is to the state, can scarcely refuse with consistency to stand by the people of Atlanta as It has so often professed Its loyalty to the people of the state. Now, then, here Is a case where the citizens of At lanta, rich and poor, and more particularly the people who use gas and electricity, are profoundly concerned both In their pockets and In their prosperity tor the Is sue which has been raised. We should be particularly pleased If The Journal would Join The Georgian In its effort to secure for the people of Atlanta cheaper gas and a more honest and equitable estimate of the amount of gas which they actually consume. If The Journal will Join us In this eminently necqssary and public spirited effort In behalf of the people, we promise The Journal in advance that there shall be no wrangling over the credit due for the success of the work. If the effort shall be successful, we shall not at any time remind The Journal that we were tho first to start It and shall not . seek to absorb any greater degree of credit than la our due. And the same assurances we cheerfully offer The Constitution In this matter. The Constitution Is a paper with a great and honorable record. It Is the oldest paper In the fftty nnd'one of the oldest In the state. Wer have never believed that It was less than true to the city or to the people, and If The Constitution will lond the weight of Its name and of Its Influence In this struggle, we shall be only too happy to Indulge In mutual felicita tion If the three of us shall be able to accomplish this good work for the people of the city which Is dear to us all. We are quite confident that If The Constitution and The Jouran! will Join with The Georgian In this fight which they know to be right and which they know to be necessary, that we shall In our combined strength be able to effect a very desirable reform and a most necessary saving to the people who so largely support us with their subscriptions and with their advertising cards. We are not In this light for any particular prestige which It may bring to The Georgian. It la our desire to serve the people of Atlanta, and If we can best serve the peo ple of Atlanta by marching shoulder to shoulder with our Influential and always esteemed contemporaries, there shall be no heart burnings or bickerings or small envy- Inga as to who has been the most Influential or the most effective when the fight Is over. And so, once more, we cordially and heartily Invoke the cooperation of our able and esteemed contempora ries In our effort to secure for the people of Atlanta cheaper gas and a more considerate handling of the great question of urban and suburban transportation. The Y. M. C. A.’s Great Work. The current Year Book Issued by ths Young Men's Christian Association shows that the organisation, dur ing the past two years, has Increased In numbers equal to the total membership of the association thirty years ago. It Is always gratifying to the friends of moral and uplifting Influences to know that the association Is flour ishing and the figures Just Issued bear out the hope In every particular. The total world membership Is now 406,789, which, ns we have said, Is an Increase of 32,000 In two years. The report for 1901 showed an Increase of 118.000 since 1900, while the figures for 1906 Indicated as great a growth In the five years then ending aa had marked the 47 years gone before. It may be true, as Is sometimes contended, that church attendance Is falling off. but the country cannot wholly go to the bad so long as this noble work Is kept up. A large measure of Its success Is attributable to the fact that the Y. M. (. A. has been constantly broaden Ing Its scope. Its educational efforts. Its social features, and perhaiw more than anything else the opportunity it affords for physical development have all contributed toward bringing Into membership thousands of young men every year who are thus trained, mentally, physical ly and spiritually, tq the most delightful and yet ever uplifting environment It Is a significant and pleasing fact that In the 466 gymnasiums, In the swimming pools, the athletic Selds and the bowling alleys conducted by the association more than 163,000 men and boys are now taking regular and . systematic exercise. There are nearly 40,000 enrolled students In the educational classes. It was a noble mind In which the Idea was first bom to establish this great work, where good training might be bad under Christian Influences, without giving any austere aspect to religion. Atlanta Is particularly proud of her own Y. M. C. A. Its officers and directors are doing a great work and the membership* represents the best In the young man hood of the city. We trust that It will grow and prosper with eaqh succeeding year. Bryan and His Sunshine Friends. It is interesting to note the gyrations of poli* ticians, journalistic and otherwise, around the for* tunes of William J. Bryan. And it is not inspiring to one’s admiration for his fellowraen to observe the eagerness with whieh the most of theso fellow saeclaim Bryan when he is riding the crest of the wave, and how timorously they shrink away from him whon any consecutive criticism is leveled at his utterances. There have been many such ebbs and flows in the tide of the great Nebraskan’s fortunes. Just before the national convention of 1904, and im mediately following upon the triumph in the pri maries of that great mistake, Alton B. Parker, the popularity of William J. Bryan was in a very dis tinct eclipse. The papers even of the South were saying some very unkind and disrespectful things about him, and among the dailies of derogation were some into whose windows we could throw a stone from our own roof without regard to comers. The scrapbook which contains these interesting ef> fusions is not yet in demand. When the “Great Commoner”—every whit as great then os now—visited Atlanta during this po- riod, it was Borrowful to see how the leading politi cians got away from town, and but for gallant and loyal young Democrats of the Young Men’s League, the greatest of Americans would have had a cold reception in tho capital of Georgia. And hero a few weeks ago, when the Princess Irene was steaming across the seas bearing its illus trious freight to a world-beating welcome, the very sir was thick with the adulations and the protesta tions of “Democrats in our midst” who had been in the ice box in 1904. It was a race to lead the procession Bryanward. And now upon the breath of a few criticisms from the ultra conservatives of the party upon ut terance in the Bryan speech, these timid time-serv ers are once more shrinking into their stalls and seeking cover in case of a possible rain of corporate protest Among the thousand faults to which we plead guilty the sin of the turn-coat ia not among them if wc know it. Time of all times when we were truest and most loyal to Tom Watson was when he was at the heighth of hia unpopularity with the party To whioh wo belong.' ^ We were -his friend when he needed friends, and his defender at a time when some of his “friends of the hour” were prick ing him with pens and insulting him with cartoons. The time of all times when we were most loyal to the fortunes of Bryan was in that period pre ceding and following the St. Louis convention, when he was the target for the malevolent and un grateful paragraphs of those who had split the air with his praises in the senith of his popularity. It was just then in that hour of shadow and eclipse that we wrote tho prophecy which Augustus Thom as recalled as fact in' his speech of introduction in Madison Square, that “if Bryan lived for twenty years and maintained the levels of his present integ rity, that he would stand to this country as Wil liam E. Gladstone stood to England aud to the world—as tho Great Commoner of his time.” It has come sooner than we thought, but we al ways knew it would come. Let me whisper to you esteemed contempora ries of a timid mind toward greatness one sub stantial fact: This great man of Nebraska is here to stay. He may bavo his ups and downs in the agreement and dissent of the public with his views. But he will not fade upon the canvas whereon his generation has limned hi mas a great man. Chief among his achievements is the fact that he has convinced his countrymen and the world of his sincerity. They believe in his truth, and they trust his integrity. Then, too, in every advocacy that he fathers there is a high, clear moral note which has ahvaff's ruled and will always rule, and should always rule the world. Bad as men may be, they turn to goodness ns the meadows to the rain—the flowers to the sun. And Bryan is a fixed star in the political con stellation of tho times. You may as well remain on tho Hrayn band wagon, our timorous friends. He may or may not be president, but he will never be less than a vast potential force among the parties Bnd principles of the American government while he lives. The Jubilee edition of Tho Baltimore American It one of the handaomeat special numbers ever laaued In the South. Its forty |>ages reflect the magnificent achieve ment of the city, particularly since the disastrous Are. It la rich In Illustrations and on the whole la highly creditable to The American and to Baltimore. The circus season reminds us: Isn't U about time for Johnny Lowlow to die again? McLendon of Thomas. The volets of Georgia will rarely have bad an op portunity to vote for a Georgian of the highest, gentlest and cleanest type than in the candidacy of the Hon. Guyt McLendon for railroad commissioner In the Octo ber election. The editor of The Georgian has known Mr. Mc Lendon for more than thirty years of personal Intimacy. We knew him In the flush of his vigorous youth when the great Ben Hill pronounced one of hts speeches In the legislature of 1880 to be the ablest legislative utterance of the year. We knew him during the long years of his connection with the great railway aystema of the South west, out of which he came without criticism and with out stain. We knew him, too, in the period In which health was stolen from him by overwork, and we re call how In those shadowed years that must have com passed such wealth of suffering and disappointment and Imprisoned ambition, he bore himself unfailingly with the gentleness, the cheerfulness and the unselfish courage which stamps the truly great, and has come out of them, tempered as by fire to clear Ideala, to crystal comprehen sion of affairs, and to the largest and moat substantial equipment for service to the state. No man who offers for an office this year In Georgia Is better equipped and qualified to All It with character and attainment than the convention's candidate for tho railway commission. We have no criticism to make of Mr. Thomas Cren shaw. He has a right to run as a Democrat or as an In dependent for any office that he seeks. But knowing McLendon, of Thomas, as we know few men, and knowing the caliber of his attainments and the purity of his character, we simply congratulate the voters of Georgia upon the opportunity to stamp the seal of their approval upon a public and private character so clean, so capable and so loyal as his. The Tabernacle Lyceum Course. There can be no good reason why the people of At lanta should go without amusement and instruction when such an array of talent Is offered at a nominal coat as that which will make up the Tabernacle Lyceum course for the coming season. The announcement of this list has been made, and season tickets are now on aale for all eight of the at tractions at a cost of one dollar. The Tabernacle Lyceum has been a gfeat success In' the past and has had a generous patronage, but the program for the coming season will be. still more attrac tive and the Indications are that the attendance will be the largest In the history of this excellent organization. This course, which comprises Music, oratory, wit. hu mor and the whole gamut of entertainment, would easily be worth live dollars, but by purchasing tickets within the next three days they may be had for the nominal sum stated. When fifteen hundreds tickets have been sold, two additional attractions will be secured, making ten in nil. As an educational Institution, the Tabernacle Lyceum is In the very forefront and It Is growing In favor every year. It richly deserves the patronage of the people and we have no doubt that It will be accorded It In liberal measure. All dates for the entire season have already been fixed and will be printed on the ticket. A ROUND OF GEMS BY GRACE KIRKLAND 1,4 !!' 'il • THE RECKONING. One shall judge, when the dsy ts over; What though some finite law delay! Tarry not now to carp or wonder,— There shall tie One to balance and weigh! lias any wrong been yony soul's undoing. Or an Idol too swiftly returned to clay! Soft; 1st It puss. At the Inst reviewing. There shall lie One to balance and'weigh! Ia there some secret, dark traaagreaalon Conscience would bring to tbe light of dayl Weak la the Impnlae for confeaelon! There ahall be One to balance and weigh! Mourn yon, too late, an Indlacretlon That changed tba gold of aome life to gray? Still the remnrae: In that llfe'a completion, There ahall be One to balance and weigh! One ahall Judge when the day 1 !a over, "Vengeance la mine. Yea, I will repay!" What will the teat of the acalea dtacorer, When there ahall be One to balance and weight 8EVERED. How may love apan. If the Croae divide? Fruitless tbe tongtiig. ever: Cruahed, In the shade that It caata, 1 hide, For the light gllnta all on the other able; . O tba Blender Cross, tbnt la yet an wide That naught may bridge It over! Fare forth, beloved. In the heaven-sent light. Nor pause at my parting moan; Where tbe ibndow fnlla tbnt baa made my night, 'Neath a dual Croaa'that ran Ideaa or blight. Let me ahrlnk Jnat now from your pitying aliht; * Fare forth, while I weep, alone! PATIENCE. Ye who wotdd squeexe line wine from out the pnss, Learn that long years of nurture mast precede The vintage that shall tempt the Ups' ca ress; A wanton simmer day matures the weed. ? ' . ‘if i Growth and Progress of the New South Cedar this head will appear from time to time Information IllnatraUng the remarkable development of the South which deserves something more than pass ing attention. Increased Consumption of Cotton. Secretary Heater, of the New O rleans cotton exchange, announces that the South’s consumption of cotton during the flecal year, which ended with August, wae over 2,874,000 bales, which waa an Increase of practically 200,- 000 bales over the year before. This ia a substantial Illustration of the rapidity with which the cotton Industry of the South ts expanding and fires ua a clear Idea that wtthln the next few years the supremacy which la so rapidly tending In thli di rection will be complete. But while the number of bales consumed In the South le Increasing year after year. It etlll remains true that our export of raw cotton la Increasing— In fact, that the total amount of raw cotton exported last year passed the •400,000,000 mark, and by far exceeded the value of any other merchandise sent out of the country- The exports of breadstuffs of all kinds aggre gated 3186,000,000, those of provisions but 82X1.000,000, and those of Iron and steel manufacturee but 8101.600,000. Within the past half decade, the value of cotton exported has grown from 1300,000,000. to 3400,000,000, an Increase of 33 per cent. The advance In the price of the staple has had much to do with thja, for In 1(06, 700,000,000 pounds leas cotton was .shipped ■broad than In 1906, and yet Its value was 321,000,000 more. The American Cotton Manufacturer, of Charlotte, commenting on this, says: The greater part of this cotton, of course, went to Great Britain, Germany and France, Recently, however, there has entered the msrket for American cotton a new customer, who bids fair to play no Inconspicuous part In the future. Japan’s taking of the raw product la growing rapidly, her manufacturer* having expressed a decided preference for the Ameri can staple. The record of growth In exportation of raw material has been main tained In the department of manufactured products. In 1906, $63,000,000 worth of goods was shipped abroad, as against 150,- 000,000 worth In 1006, and 130,600.000 worth In 1004. China ta the principal customer of American manufactured product*, taking In 1900, 129,041,000 worth of cotton cloths, which waa 12,000,000 worth more than the year previous. There la every reason to believe that the trade In American manufac tured cotton products abroad, will Increase at a rapid rate In the next few years. The department of commerce and labor In Washington Is exerting Itself ae It has not done In the past. Special agents are being sent Into South America, Into Turkey, India, China and elsewhere, seeking Information that will aid American manufacturers In developing new trade territory. In ad dition to those already In the field, two experts of recognised worth were recently dispatched abroad for special work. A spirit Is beginning to man ifest Itself which Is making for larger and better things. While the record for the paat year In manufactured cotton products was good. It Is but a pointer to what Is to follow In the development of American textile trade abroad. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. New York, Sept. 12.—Here are eome of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—C. B. Brldwcll, Mrs. H, Ouse, C. C. Nichols, R. E. Park, J.'H. Reynold*, J. A. Riley, J. W. Russell, K. O. Stathsm, Mr*. W. H. Wlggs, W. E. Christian, Miss W. E. Payne, Sira. J. C. Paine, Mias E. Russell, S. V. Selver, W. R. C. Smith, M. A. Blue, C. L Chosewood, H. S. Courtney, Jr., G. R. Hurt, W. C. Lewis, E. F. McGahee. Mrs. J. D. Patterson, Miss L. Klrkcsl- die, E. F. MacAuley, E. Perklnson, F. H. Shumate, Mr*. J. Patterson, M. B, Yates, P. A. Allen, C. Parker. AUGUSTA—J. A. Clark, Mr#. M. L. Clark, Mr*. E. Jack, Miss A. Kreln, W. L. Boyce, A. H. Merrick, Mrs. S. Moore. L. Smith. SAVANNAH—A. O. Guerard, R. F. Kennedy, L. Meyer, J.'C. Posted, J. P. Williams. MACON—L. W. Little, L. P. Scho field. IN WASHINGTON. Washington, Sept. 12.—The follow ing Georgians are registered at Wash ington hotels: J. F. Oovyun, of Augusta: Miss Sa rah Holt, J. M, Sewell, Mrs. Senell, of Columbus; W. A. Wlnburn, J. G. Cor bett, of Savannah, at tho New Willard; R. S. Anderson and wife, of Macon, at the Riggs; Mr. unit Mrs. Perkins, of Atlanta; J. B. Legators, of Macon, at the St. James; W. M. Hoke, of At lanta, at the National; Thomas R. Wright and wife, Mlsi Ohrm, of Au gusta; W. A. McGregor, of Atlanta, at the Raleigh. Modern School vs. Old School. Of course, whatever may be estab lished with reference to the Intellec tual product of the old schools of for mer days, a door will still be open for those who mourn the decline of morals and the disappearance of “old-fash- loned honesty" from the Innd. Just now we are right In the midst of lam entation* of this sort. Those who In cline to optimism have newspaper and frensted magnilnes thrust before their eyes to be converted by reports of In vestigations Into various forms of "graft." We are told that men occu pying positions of trust and honor have been found wanting In the vir tues which are the very root of man liness and righteousness. All these things are true, ulae! But arc they the products nf the modern School. Look at the men at whom an Indignant public Is pointing the Unger of scorn. Their hair Is white, their eyes- have long lost the brighines of youth, their step Is tottering: they were trained in the "thorcug!" schools of the past, where the achi».loia»tar’s word waa law, where "lickin' nn' I'arnln'” went hand In hand, where the three Rs were the supreme anxiety. The In vestigators of these men who have brought disgrace upon this country— they are the products of the modern achool. Philadelphia was redeemed from polltcat slavery by the young men of the city. Almost everywhere the warfare upon "graft" has had Its be ginning In the rang* nf young men, most of them graduated from college within the last ten or twelve years. These'young men had Ideals and could not stand Idly by while monstrous evils were threatening to corrode the very foundations of democratic Insti tutions. These young men founded good government clubs, not minding the scoffs of their cynical seniors. They organised vigilance committee* to bring to task the betrayers of pub lic trusts, whom a diffident generation had lifted Into power.—Forum. Tho Brighter Sid*. It le best not to think too much of the horrors of the San Francisco earth quake and Are. The great catastrophe Itself Is beyond the comprehension of all save Its living victims. The work of the human annuls nnd the fate meted out to them, the trenohes filled with unrecognizable bodies, tne ghastly remnants lying among twisted steel and crumbling atone, should be forgot ten. As for the rest, all wilt come out right. A little story which comes over the wires undoubtedly applies to hun dreds nf coses In Son Francisco,' and pictures one aspect of the situation there. Justice Shaw, of the California, supreme court, hurried to San Fran cisco upon receiving news of the earthquake. The apartments In which hts Wire had been stopping were burn ed. AU the Information be could ob- THI8 DATE IN HISTORY. SEPTEMBER 12. 1803— Henry Huit*oii Iwgnii hi* vny:ij;p up the rlror which l»cnrn lit* nmne. 16S5—TurkUh iiruiy route*! Iicforc Vlcimn hr uHim miller columnti<! of Johu Hohlmkl II 11(1 the duke of laorniliic. 1776—\VnmIiIncton nml bin army entered Philadelphia nfter the defeat nt Itrnii- dr wine. 1812—General Hnrrlnon compelled the In- diniii* to raise the *l»*gu nt Fort Wnjrne. 1829—Hpn tilth nr my nnr rendered to the Mex icans under Mnntn Atm nt Tnmpl- 1850— Fugitive nlnvc Idll pnn*i>d by hounc of ivpnwntntlvf*. 1852—11. II. Awiulth, Itritlnh ntntmmnn, horn. 1862—t’liloii* nnd fonfeileritten enjrnffcd In light nt Middletown. Md. 1872—ticnernl B. 8. McCook n*Kr*ft<dtinted hr I*. 1*. Wluterninte nt Yankton. Dnk. 1878— t'lcopntrn*n needle m»t up on the Thitiuen einhnnkment. 1953— I’nlted Staton crulner Maryland launch ed nt Newport News* Vo. Kindergarten Optnt. Special to The (icorjtlan. Athens. Oa., Sept. 12.—Mins Carrie Walden opened her kindergarten and primary nchool this morning at her home. 93 Hull Rtreet. The opening was Indeed flattering. tain waa that *he had been Keen mov ing with the crowd of refugees on the street!. For three day« and nlghta he searched among the frtghtende throng* In the park** now on foot nnd now in what vehicle* he could obtain. Once he heifrd that ahe had been neen In one of the parka. He went there, but could not And her. Rick nt heart, he hurried to Los Angelea for money and clothing. There the atorv end*, but doubtle** he ha* found hla wife ere now. To them will come aa a com- pen*atl<»n a closer and dearer tie. born of their grief and anlxety. In the •ame way, the aufferlng and terror will make atronger the wedding Imnds formed within the glare of the burning city, when *corea of young women put themaelvc* under the protection of the men t? whom they wera be trothed.—Cleveland Leader. Nooks and Corners of American History The New York Tea Party. By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY. By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY All the world haa heard, over and over again, of the Boston Tea Party-! the famous function which came off ™ tho 10th day of December, .1773. Not eo extensive, by any means u the fame of the New York Tea Part, which waa planned on the very day 0 ! the Boston function, but which, owing to no fault of the New Yorkers, ,n for eome little time delayed. John Flake, In his "American Revo, lutlon,” aays of the Boston Tea Party that It was "an event so great that American historians have general!, failed to do It Justice." The New York Tea Party was | n every sense of the word as great aa ths Boston affair, and the same may ba said of the-tea party held on the 24th of October, 1774, by the women <,» Edenton, North Carolina, and yet ther are ecareely mentioned, save 'by loci historians. . So soon os the bill putting the ta on tea had passed the British parlls- ment, the people of New York passed the following ringing resolution: "Resolved, That whoever shall aid or abet,'or In any manner assist In the Introduction of ten from any place whatsover Into this colony, while It le subject, by a British act of parliament, to the payment of a duty for the pur pose of raising a revenue In America, shall be deemed an enemy to the liber ties of America.” On the 10th of December—the very day of the Boston Tea Party—the New York Bona of XJberty met In City hall and ewore by their homes and fire, sides, by their wive* and children, by the country that they loved and the lib. erty for which they were ready to die that not nn ounce of tea should be landed In New York. This patriotic oath was taken upon hearing that the ship with the hated tea was nearing the port and might be expected at any hour. It was a false alarm, and it wan not until the fallowing spring, April 11, 1774, that the Nancy, Captain Lock- yer, arrived oft Bandy Hook bringing the tea destined for New York. Captain Lockyer very naturally wanted his ship piloted up the harbor, but no pilot could be found who would render the desired service. The cap. tain then asked that he be permitted to go up to the city to see hla con signee. This was granted upon the understanding that he was not to go near the custom house. The consignee when seen positively refused to touch the tea, and advised the captain to take It right bock to England. In the meantime the committee of vigilance took possession of the Nan cy's beats to prevent the escape of her crew. A few day* after hla ar rival Captain Lockyer, being a level, headed, aenalbl* man, and taking In the situation Just aa It was, wisely con cluded to take his tea back to Eng land. He was escorted to the foot of Wall street, by the Sons of Liberty, who fired a salute aa he left them at the water’s edge on his wqy to the Nancy. A guard from the vigilance committee remained with the ship until she had got several miles beyond San dy Hook. • Captain Chambers, of the London, denied that he had tea on board hie ship, but finally confessed that he had a certain numoer of casks of hla own, with which the East India Company had nothing to do. But the Son* of Liberty were oppoeed to tea about that time on general prin ciples, and they Immediately withdrew for deliberation to a coffee home at Pearl and Wall streets. The result of the deliberation waa to the effect that the tea should be de stroyed. By a unanimous rote the tea was confiscated, and by resolute hands was taken out of the ship's hold, the cheats broken open and the contents scattered upon the waters of the river. There was no loud noise, no violence. It was the cslm, deliberate, determined atclon of men who had sworn that they would not be.taxtd by an assembly 1a which they had no representation. Such waa the New York Tea Party- an event which. In the language of John Flake, "hlstorlana'have generally failed to do Juetlce." Street Railway for Amerieus. Sport nt to The Georgian. Amerieus, On., Sept. 12.—A petition has been placed before the city coun cil by Northern parties for the privi lege of lights and street railway for Amerieus. So far nothing definite has been done by the council on the peti tion. To Build An Auditorium. Special to The Georgian. Madleon. Ga.. Sept. 1J—citizens held a mass meeting here yesterday and adopted resolution* asking the mayor and city council to make tha county commissioners an offer f"r the old court houae nnd lot, with the view of erecting a nice auditorium on It wj the use of the county In general, and all large gatherings, which will OH 1 long needed want here. 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Tby crystal stream, Afton, bow lovely And wlnos by tbe cot where toy Itow ’wanton tby waters her snowy ft** As, gathering sweet flowerets, she stem* tby clear navel Flow gently, sweet Afton. nninng tliy - rv ’ 3 Flow'gently. aweet river, tbe theme of my My Mary's asleep liy tby mnrmortnl Ptow’gently, aweet Afton, dlatnrb n"l dicam.