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BILL ARPS’ LETTER William Had Heart Trouble and Thought His Tim3 H\d Dome* TOOK MORPHINE, DEEMED DREAMS -A, An Hallucination He Cuotea Jingling Poetry—Say* H e Will Survive the Wreck of Matter and the Craeh of Worlds. m anyone else was concerned I would not write this side letter, but it may benefit others who are similar ly affected. ~ I have been a very sick man and hardly expected to see my next birthday, but I have scuffled through and am now on the upgrade. One of my far-away boys wired to me -to work on 'my stomach and I would get well. He might as well have wired: "Keep on living and you will keep living on." Mo, it wasn’t my stomach. It was higher up, where the left ventricle of the heart had got walled in and the trouble was what the doctor calls the angina pectoris, and my left arm was helpless. For two days and nights I suffered more real agony than I ever suffered in aU my life. Our doctor boy was here from Florida, and knew ex actly what was the matter, and I took all his medicine, but got little relief, and I was willing to die to get out of pain. Finally he gave me morphine in both arms and I went off to sleep and rest'. Those morphine dreams and visions are always a miracle .to me. I thought that in his -talk about my trouble he called it angellna pec toris, for I don’t hear well now, and I got the refrain on my mind, that pretty verse from Ooldsmlth’s “Her mit.” “Turn, Angelina—ever dear— My charmer turn to see, Thine own, \ thine long-lost William here, Restored to heaven and thee.” ’ - . Ever and anon I could hear It rain ing on the tin roof, but it didn't rain a drop. All night long I was mumur- lng, “Turn, Angelina, dear." I couldn't stop it, nor think of anything else to say, but I wasn’t restored—next day I got some better, and as I hadn’t taken any nourishment for three or four days I craved something acid, and like a foolish boy eat a small piece of huckleberry pie for supper, which they told me not to do. That set the dogs to barking about mld-nlght and set me back just where I had been, and the doctor’s work all had to be done over again. Emetics and hot baths and hot water bags and more mor phine finally brought relief. That' night after supper the young people had the dining room table cleared off and were playing that pretty little childish game called ping pong or ding dong or Hong Kong, or some.out landish name with Its tinkling balls, and so I got another refrain and wad murmuring ping pong, ding dong and ding dong bell all night. One of my boys, who Is always punning, told his mother that huckleberry pie business was simply a case of too much pie- eaty, and they (tried to make me smile, but they couldn’t. I was past all wit and humor and puns and jokes. But I am done with huckleberry pie and huckleberry cordial and Huckle berry Finn and any other huckleberry. Only last Saturday my only brother died suddenly of heart failure away off from home. His time was not out, for he was nearly twenty years young er than I am, and now, alas! I have no brother, and he was always a good brother to me. But almost everybody Is threatened with heart failure now, and so I am looking out for it, but don’t want it to come along the Ange lina line. The heart Is the most won derful and mysterious organ of our anatomy. It is called the seat of af fection, the desires and the emotions. The organ of love and hate and joy, but it Is not. It Is mentioned in the Bible more than six hundred times, and always in connection with our good or bad traits, but It has nothing to do with feeling or emotion or character. It Is nothing but a fleshy ,pulpy organism, a mechanical contriv ance, ..and has to be carefully nursed or It will rebel. It is the engine that drive's the whole anatomical machine, ii overworked, or overfed with ice or tobacco or anything else it will work on faithfully until it can’t work any longer, and then gets discouraged and dies suddenly at its post. The book says that but little was known to med ical science concerning the heart until the eighteenth century, and that with in the last fifty years many books have been written, and now no part of the Human system Is better understood or more satisfactorily treated. The disease called angina pectoris Is de clared to be the most dangerous to which It is subject because of its dis tressing pain and a sense of impend ing death. If I had read that while ! was suffering I should have surren dered, but the doctor wouldn’t tell me nor let me read it. He says it Is to minify rather than to magnify the apprehensions of his patients. But the young people ought to be told, told often and earnestly, that they cant fool with the heart. A boy who smokes cigarettes on the sly is storing up trouble that will surely come home and sap his manhood and shorten his his life. This is so well known now that good men will not employ boys dren is their disobedience to their parents dnd it Is most generally the mother's fault. They will do things that are forbidden, but she overlooks their disobedience and so when they get sick they will not take the physi cian’s medicines without force or struggle, and If the doctor Is not there to force it the mother lets fhe lime pass rather than hear the screams or cartes of the child. Not half the pa rents enforce obedience from their children. Prompt and willing obedi ence should be. the first lesson taught a child.' Their happiness depends up- who smoke. One vice calls for an- . other and a news manager told me the other day that one of his news boys skipped some of his patrons every week so as to have a paper or two to Sell and get money to buy ci garettes. Of course he discharged him. It is pleasant entertainment to lis ten to a doctor tell of his varied expe riences and this one uttered a truth the other day that ought to provoke serious thought in every parent’s bo som. He says that his greatest foe in the treatment of diseases of chit on it and so does the mother’s peace. We old-fashioned people have but little patience with a generation that is trying to reform the world with new methods—abolishing the ways of their forefathers—raising children on love Instead of discipline and filling a., the schools la the land with athletic sports and Intercollegiate contests. Wlhat honor, what manliness Is there in kicking a ball or batting one or wrest ling or rowing a boat? These sports have*gotten to be the most Important part of the curriculum and fill the dally papers with pictures ana thrill ing reports of the games.' It is all an “Ignis fatuus” that fools the boys and make them think they have ac quired an education. When they went to college their parents had fond hopes of them—when they came out that hope is gone, tof they are unfit for business or the duties of life. While I was half recovering from the morphine state I got to ruminating about the value of things and I com pared good health and domestic hap piness and the love and devetlon of wife and children with fame and pow er and wealth and ambition and the very thought of them sickened me. I wouldn't give a good shower of rain just now for Roosevelt and all he has got or ever expects to be. But I love Roosevelt because he hates Miles and I love Miles because he hates Roosevelt, and I despise them both— “Turn Angelina”—ping pong. And last of all came Satan. They are for war. They kill a thousand negroes to our one. They make a land desolate and call it peace. They have trampled the love of liberty In the dust and all for lust of power and place. A woman from Kansas City sends me a paper with a speech of a Grand Ar my of the Republic orator on Deco ration Day, In which he states that he wishes every Confererate monument was buried in the bottomless ocean, and other vindictive things, and she wants me to .answer it. No, it Is no use. That Grand Army of ihe Repub lic 1b full of just such contemptible creatures, and I can’t answer tbem all. It Is a standing curse to the peace of the land. Let the ball roll on. Turn Angelina—ping pong, ding dong, ding dong bell. We will survive the wreck of matter and the crush of worlds. And so I went off to sleep murmur ing, there Is no Grand Army. It is a two for a nickel or four to one con- .cere. If I couldn't fight better than that. I'd apologise and hide out Some of them down -here In Atlanta would like to make friends, but they have never apologized and the way they do romlnds me of the old couplet: “I know that you say that you love me. But why did you kick me down stairs.” Ping—pong—ding—dong—Turn. An gelina—Wish I was well enough to work in my garden.—Bill Arp, in At lanta Constitution. < , | GEORGIA. { ««««««« INSISTS ON KKIN.Vf Al'KMENT. ■ 1 ‘ >" ■ , Miss Taylor Writes Letter of temand to the President. Miss Rebecca J. 'Taylor, the. clerk In the war department, who was dismiss ed for public criticising the adminis tration's Philippine policy, has written to the-president and secretary of war demanding reinstatement in office within three days, falling which she says she wlli take the necessary legal steps to secure her rights. Brief Summary of Doings Throughout the States Kick on the Elkins Bill. Resolutions have been passed by the Atlanta chamber of commerce and by the Atlanta freight bureau con demning in strong terms the Elkins kill to legalize pooling by railroad com panles, now pending In the United States senate. *• • Mills Will Nqt Consolidate. Carrollton oil mills, Mandevllle cot ton mils and Free State Fertilizer works, owned and operated by local capitalists, which recently made appli cation for charter of consolidation, have withdrawn the same and aban doned the project to consolidate with in the-past few days. * • * Reduced Rates Wanted. Chairman E. T. Brown, of the state executive committee, has applied to the railroads of the state for a reduced rate for delegates to the state conven tion, which meets in Atlanta on July 2d. It is very probable that the rate will be granted as it has been tjie cus tom of the railroads to give reduced rates to the state convention for sev eral years. • * • The Marietta Chautauqua, The Marietta Chautauqua will open June 29 with the brightest prospects of any year since its organization. The utmost care has been exercised by the management In the selection of lecturers and other attractions. The Crescent City band, of New Or leans, under the leadership of Profes sor Carl Leake, will furnish music dur ing the week. • • • Central's Highest Trewtlo Burned. One of the highest trestles on the Chattanooga division of the Central railroad, located at the foot of D^g- down mountain, between Felton and Youngs stations, about 9 miles south of Cedartown was destroyed by fire last Saturday morning. The origin of the fire is unknown, but It is supposed to have caught from sparks from an engine passing. • * • Rural Delivery for Carroll. Carrollton and Carroll county are to have three free rural mall delivery routes on July 1. One has been In operation since January 1st This one to the northeast in a populous and thriving district, serving 475 people. Another one will go to the south, by Bonner’s mines and Lowell, serving 425 people, and still another to the southeast serving 425. Two special box delivery star routes have also been provided for the county this sea son. » * * Nature Study Recommended. Chancellor Hill In his annpM report to the board of trustees strongly rec ommended several very Important changes in the agricultural course of the University of Georgia. He recom mended a course of nature study which will place the student in closer contact with all forms of vegetation and animal life. ( Another Innovation in this course, he suggested a correspondence course with the young farmers of the state who are unable to go to college for their Information yet. are anxious to farm on scientific principles. The third and most Important rec ommendation in this course was for a shorter term In the agricultural course. • • # — Will Not Resign 8oon. It Is now stated that Justice Hal T. Lewis, of the supreme court, will not send in his resignation to the governor before the meeting of the state con vention on July 2. Should Justice Lewis determine to resign later, on, the question will arise as to whether the present governor or his successor will have to make the appointment. This, of course, cannot be determined until the contingency presents Itself. At all events, the fact that Justice Lewis will not resign before the meet ing of the state convention, makes It impossible that that body should have anything to do with the matter. As a result the race for the position which has so suddenly sprung up is necessa rily all off; and thersome ten or a dozen candidates will have to . await another time to make an effort to se cure supreme court honbrs. « • • Editors to Meet In Quitman. The 16th annual meeting of the Geor gia Weekly, Press Association will be held in the city of Quitman on the 15th and 16th of July, and from there the party will go to Tybee for a week's outing at the coast. President W. S. Coleman, of the Ce dartown Standard,.Is arranging an In teresting program for the meeting In Quitman, and the hospitable people of the town are making extensive prepa rations for the entertainment of their guests. Quitman is a great convention city, and the 125 editors and their la dies will receive a genuine Georgia welcome from this south Georgia city. The presence of the ladies at the meet ing and at the seashore will add much to the pleasure of the annual gathering and outing. All those who desire transportation to the meeting in Quitman and to Ty bee should write President Coleman at once so that their requests may be filed immediately with the roads. No delay should be made by any who wish their applications to receive at tention by the roads. • • • s Augusta 8trik e a Fiasco. In more respect's than one the strike of the textile workers of Augusta, which is now practically ended, has been a most peculiar one. It hps not been declared ended officially and probably never will be, but more than half of the strikers have returned to work and-the probability is that all will go back' except a few irreconcll- ables. The mill has practically all the help Its needs, and even an overplus In some departments last week. There was no concession made by the mill management, and the strik ers returned to work just as they had quit it. But It was a costly lesson to learn that a strike ordered by an out side party where the workers con cerned have no grievance and where arbitration Is rejected, cannot succeed. ' The mills were ldfe about six weeks, entailing a weekly wage loss to the operatives of about 935,000.. The mon ey sent from Fall River to the strik ers amounted to about 96,000, which, of course, was all lost. * * * S Can Find No Authority. Unless Col. J. H. Estlll, of Savan nah, can show Chairman- Edward T. Brown, of the state democratic com mittee, some law or party precedent or submit some good, sound reason which would indicate, the committee has no authority to order a recount of the counties named by Colonel Estlll In his protest, there will be no rqcounf of the votes In the counties mentioned by the defeated Savannah candidate in forma! appeal to thS'state committee. Chairman Brown-replied to Colonel Estlll’s letter requesting a recount, ex plaining neither he nor the commit tee as he understood the situation had authority on which to order a recount The letter is practically the same as a declination on the part of the state committee, and.lt Is now up to Colonel Estlll to show precedent by which the committee can be guided, or some law under which they can proceed. Hon. Dupont Guerry, of 1 Macon, judg ing from a telegram which he sent to Colonel J. H. Estlll Saturday, evident ly desires a recount of the votes in certain counties., Several days ago, when Colonel Es tlll made his protest to Chairman Ed T. Brown, cf the state executive com mittee, Mr. Guerry, In an Interview, stated that he did not have sufficient Information, to approve or disapprove of Colonel EsttU’s course. Saturday, however, the Atlanta Journal received the following telegram from Mr. Guer-.- ry: *’ “Macon, Ga., June 14. “I have, on my own motion, wired Colonel Estlll as follows. T consent to a recount in every county you may name.’ DUPONT GUERRY.” • • • Diggers and 8to *ne Indicted. The grand jury at Atlanta, Ga., Sat urday morning indicted both Willis Blggers and H. I. Sterne for the mur der of William H. Simpson, United States mail carrier. The bills contain two counts. In the first both Blggers and Sterne are Indicted tor murder In the first de gree, both as principals. In the second count Blggers is indicted as princi pal for murder In the first degree, and Sterne Is indicted as principal in the second degree for being present, aid ing and abetting. Charges against Mrs. Claude Goza, Mrs. Willis Blggers and S. H. Craig as accessories were not considered by the grand jury, and they were later released from jail. WALLKll “DlllJirr SAY IT.” Major. Denlo* Sou Francisco Interview Crediied to Him. As has been the custom In the case of very officer of the navy to whom have been attributed utterances which the navy department considered out side the pale of professional discretion, Major Waller, of the marine corps, who recently returned from the Philip pines, has received an inquiry from the secretary of the navy as-to wheth er the published statements concern ing the campaign In Samar were au thorized by him. Major Waller has re- pli'td that when asked for interviews by press representatives he declined to oblige them. This explanation, it is understood, is satisfactory to the officials, and it is stated at the navy ’ department that the case is regarded as closed. , -L-Lrfi.fLfti f Tt f L a, TTTTTTTTI Cream of News. : Brief Summary of Most v Important Events of Each 'Day. —Governor Candler, of Georgia, has received a letter from President Spen cer, of the Southern railway, and will call the Atlanta depot committee to gether in ten days. —Comptroller General Wright, of Georgia, rejects tax returns of West ern Union and Postal Telegraph Com panies. —Tuesday was alumni day at the Georgia State university. Miss Lollte M. Smith had the honor of being the first woman to participate In com mencement exercises. —The Interstate convention of Vir ginia, North Carolina and Georgia bankers opened in Savannah Tuesday. —A cotton factory and mill village to cost 91,250,000 will be erected dur ing the next year near Greensboro, N. C. It will be the largest plant of the kind in the world. —The mammoth mall ship Korea started Tuesday for a trip around the Horn. It Is believed she will' make record time from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. —The annual state educational con ference of Alabama was opened Tues day in Birmingham with the largest at tendance In the history of !he body. —No mention Is made of the Kansas City platform or of Mr. Bryan in the resolutions adopted by the Illinois democrats. Carter Harrison was beat en by Hopkins In the fight for control of the organization. , - —In an address at the University of Chicago Charles Francis Adams, of Boston, eulogized General Robert E. Lee as the highest type of man-and urged the erection of a statue to him at Washington. —It Is alleged that a plot to assas sinate'King Edward has been discov ered In London. It Is said that the king feigned Illness in order to with draw from public functions owing to discovery of the plot. —It is stated In London that King. Edward has decided to pardon Mrs. Florence Maybrlck during coronation week. The report is confirmed by Mrs. Maybrlck’s relatives at Mobile, Ala. —United States grand jury at Atlan ta, Ga., investigates charges against railroads of violating the anti-pooling clause of the Interstate commerce act. —President Egan, of the Central, says that road wlli move from south Georgia nearly 1,400 cars of peaches, or about 200 more than last year. —Severe wind, rain and electrical storms were experienced in several parts, of Georgia Monday. One man was killed at Richland. Crops were greatly damaged. —Mrs. Louis Westrope, of Copiah county, Mississippi, in a fit of Insanity killed her six .children, burned her home and fled. She was pursued and when found shot herself with the rifle previously used In committing the murders. She may recover. -‘-The recent Illness of Mrs. Roose velt was more serious than reported, ff’here will be no Interesting event at the white house. —The statements made by Major Waller In his San Francisco interview have angered the president, and the chances are that the major will face another courtmartlal. —The race trouble at El Dorado, Ills., continues. The homes of negroes are stoned and warnings sentto occu pants to leave.) —The bodies of seven American soldiers recently captured In the Phil ippines have been found hewn limb from limb. The bodies were so muti lated as to be unrecognizable. * —The health of King Edward Is so precarious as to cause grave anxiety. There has been an advance In the pre mium on the chance of bis being crowned. —President Roosevelt’s answer to the Thurber disclosure regard Wood Is a message to congress urging Cuban reciprocity. The message has anger ed many of the republican senators. —The melon crop In south Georgia is reported to be very large and the fruit fine. ’ Shipments will begin next week. —The house has passed the Irriga tion bill, which commits the govern ment to a great water works scheme in the west. —Major Waller, who made a howl ing wilderness of Samar, has reached San Francisco. He makes sensation al statements regarding affairs in the Philippines. He says hell is wintry compared to Samar. —The supreme court of Mississippi decides that tbo Noel primary law Is constitutional.