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PROGRAM FOR CHAUTAUQUA The Third Annual Assembly of Newnan Chautauqua Association Promises to be Interesting and Inspiring. 10:30 A. M. 11:30 A. M 8:00 I*. M 8:30 I* :00 I 8:30 ] SUNDAY, JULY 20. —Music, Mr. Abe Kronfeldt, soloist, ami Otterbein Male (Quartette. —Sermon, Rev. R. r L'. Duncan, D. D.. of Birmingham, Ala. Song service, Otterbein Male Quartette and Mr. Howard Davis. M.-Sermon, Rev. R. T. Duncan, D. 1). MONDAY, JULY 30. M.—Open Air ('oncert by 1’. S. Marine Uaifd. M.—Grand Concert bv Otterbein Male Quartettee. the government protect each per son in the enjoyment of his earn ings. “In 1S96 the party lost many Democrats and was recruited bv a through the latter became public. No shamefaced outcast ever sank so deop Justice to Senator Ingalls’ memory demands that this narrative shall But yet might rise and bo again a man ! thy lost youth all be kept in the record.” It would not be difficult to be- great many who had been Repub- lieve that the talented Ingalls licans up to that time and we wel- meant what he wrote when he gave coined them. In 1900 some came these beautiful lines to the world, back who were against us in 1896 and we did not shut the door against them. I have no idea that the party will require tickets of ad mission in the coming campaign. Usually, parties are so anxious to secure recruits that past differen ces are not emphasized it there is He was not the only one in his time, prior to his time and since j his time,who has taken the gloomy view that there is a “master of hu man destinies" who knocks but - once at every gate and forever af ter turns a deaf ear to those who then failed to heed him. A greater 8:00 I’. M.—Music, l' 8:30 I’. M.- Malc Quartettue, Mr. Abe Kronfeldt, Mrs. Willa Holt Wakefield and C. S. Marine Hand. TU USD AY, JULY 31. 10:00 A. M.—Music. U. S. Marine Hand ami Otterbein Male Quartette. 10:30 A. M.—Lecture, “True Nobility,” Rev. William Spurgeon, of Cardiff, Wales. S. Marine Hand and Mr. Abe Kronfeldt. soloist. Impersonations by Miss Clestelle McLeroy. Lecture, “Politics and Politicians,” Morgan Wood, of ,< Cleveland, Ohio. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1. 10:00 A. M.—Music, U. S. Marine Hand. Otterbein Male Quartette and Mr. Abe Kronfeldt, soloist. 10:30 A. M.—Lecture, “Is Life Worth Living,” Rev. William Spurgeon. 8:00 P. M.—Otterbein Male Quartette, U. S. Marine Band, Mr. How ard Davis, soloist, and Mrs. Willa Holt Wakefield. 8:30 1’. M.—Lecture, “Song and Story,” Luther Mahsbip. , THURSDAY, AUGUST 2. 10:00 A. M.—Music, U. S. Marine Band and Otterbein Male Quartette. P. M.—Lecture, “Is the World Growing Better?” Morgan Wood. . M.—Music, U. S. Marine Band, Otterbein Male Quartette, and Mr. Abe Kronfeldt, soloist. M.—Songs, readings and impersonations, Mrs. Willa Holt Wakefield, of New York. FRIDAY, AUGUST 3. 10:00 A. M.—Music, U. S. Marine Band and Otterbein Male Quar tette. 10:30 A. M.—Lecture, “Mistakes of Life Exposed,” R. S. Seeds, of Pennsylvania. 8:00 P. M.—Music, U. S. Marine Band, Otterbein Male Quartette, Mr. Abe Kronfeldt and Mrs. Willa Holt Wakefield. 8:30 P. M. Humorous lecture, Ralph Bingham. a sincere agreement on present is- than Ingalls took a mighty gloomy sues. I do not know that we can adopt a better plan than the Bible plan, which admits the eleventh hour comer to a place in the vine yard, and to share the reward with those who began earlier. "I think this sound politics as well as sound religion, provided the new recruit comes to work and not to interfere with the other la borers. But, of course, when an overseer has to be selected, expe rience cannot be left out of con sideration. “The worker who came late would, if honest, be too modest to assume an attitude of superiority over those who bad toiled during the earlier hours. While the ques- 10:30 8:00 P 8:30 P tion is one of purpose a man who watchman. O11 other men's dures it knocks an’ runs away, an’ on th’ dures iv some men it knocks an’ whin they come out it hits thim over th’ head with an ax. But ivery wan has an opportunity.” The “one time and out" idea on the opportunity question has been all too persistently cultivated. Neither is it difficult of cultivation in this day of conspiracies in re straint of trade and conspiracies against the lives of men. Now that man-made law would relegate to idleness and obscurity the man recognizes the dangers that threaten our country and is anx ious to avert them, will not find it difficult to establish friendly re lations with those who saw the dan gers at an earlier date. “If the differences between the sincere and the protended friends of reform cannot be discovered be fore, they will become apparent when the platform is written; for, it present indications count for anything, that platform is likely to be so plain that no one can mis take it and so strong that no ene my of Democratic principles will be drawn to the party. “I will discuss the trust, tariff, railroad and labor questions, im perialism and other issues at length when I reach America. WILLIAM J. BRYAN NOT “CONSERVATIVE” Probable Democratic Nominee for President Announces No Change in His Polit ical Views. London, July 13 —“I am more radical than I was in 1896, and I have nothing to withdraw on econ omical questions which have been under discussion.” and urged the free coinage of sil ver as the only means then in sight for securing it. The produc tion of gold has brought in part the benefit we expected to secure from the restoration of silver. “The per capita volume of money in the United States is almost 50 pe* - cent greater now than it was in 1896, and the benefits brought by this increase have not only vindicated the quantitive theory of money, but have proven the bene fits of the larger amount of money. No advocate of the gold standard In these words William Jennings can claim the triumph of his logic. Bryan who papers in the United | “I believe in bimetallism, and I States'declare will be the Demo-j believe that the restoration of sil- cratic nominee for the presidency ver would bring still further pros- in 1908, set at rest all rumors that I perity, besides restoring par in ex- he has’changed his platform on j change between gold and silver public questions or moderated his using countries; but I recognize, epposition to corporate aggrandize-1 as do all other bimetallists who I have met abroad, that the unex- ment. THE MASTER OF HUMAN DESTINY’ “Dost thou behold aghast? * Dost reel from righteous retribution’s blow? Then turn from blotted archives of the past And tind the future’s pages white as snow. "Art thou a mourner? House thee from thy spell; Art thou a sinner? Sins may be for given ; Kncli morning gives thoe wings to flee from hell, Knob night a star to guide (by feet to heaven?" It was Robert, Hruee who, rest ing in 11 ruined hut in the forest and considering whether he should continue the strife to maintain liis right to the Scottish throne, ob tained inspiration from a spider. The spider was trying to lix its web on the rafters, and was swing ing itself from one cave to another, ll had tried six times to reach one place, and failed. Suddenly the thought struck Rrnce, "I have fought six times against the enem ies of my country.” lie resolved that he would be guided by the failure or success of the little in sect. The next effort of the spider was successful, and Bruce then de termined that he would make till seventh attempt to free his coun try. The most inspiring tales an those that have not been written; the most heroic deeds are those that have not been toldjthe world’s greatest successes have been won in the quiet of men’s hearts; the noblest heroes are the countless thousands who have struggled and triumphed, rising on “stepping stones of their dead selves to high or things.” What is opportunity? It is life. In the language of Bishop Spald ing: “Our house, our table, 0111 who has reached his fortieth year, our Hooks, our city, our country, our language, our busi ness, our profession—the people view when he wrote: “There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, J, taken at the Hood leads on to for tune; omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries; and we must take the current when it serves or lose our ventures.” Also: “Who seeks and will not take when once ’tis offered, shall never find it more.” Going from the sublime to the ridiculous, Mr, Dooley framed a companion piece for the Ingalls classic when he wrote: “Oppor- chunity knocks at ivery man’s dure wanst. On some men’s dures it hammers till it breaks down th’ dure an’ thin it goes in an’ aflher- ward it wurrks f'r him as a night it would not be strange if the In galls verse should appeal to a man who, although at the very threshold I who Um . „' s am i those who hate Mr. Bryan has been reading pected and unprecedented increase what the American press has had to say about him recently, and the foregoing expression was made af ter he had found he was being de scribed as “conservative.” “I always have been a conserva tive,” said he. “The Democratic policies are conservative in that they embody old principles applied to new conditions. There was nothing new in principle in either of the platforms on which I stood. We were accused' of attacking property, when, in fact, the Demo cratic party is the defender ot property, because it endeavors to draw the line between honest ac cumulation by honest methods on the one side and predatory wealth and immoral methods on the other. “It is to the interest of every honest man that dishonesty should Edmund J. James, president of the University of Illinois, rendered a distinct service to society when, in his baccalaureate address, he paid his respects to John J. In galls’ famous poem, saying: “I do not believe that there is an equal number of beautiful lines in the English language which contain more unmitigated nonsense than Ingall’s ‘Opportunity.’” President James told the graduating class that opportunities come in never ending procession.” As a result of his protest Ingalls’ verse has been widely discussed. The discussion will be helpful because of the necessity for stamping out the disposition to look on the dark side ot things. The lines to which President lames referred follow: » ! J “Master of liainan destinies am I! Fame, love ami fortune on my footsteps wait. Cities and fields I walk ; I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and palace—soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate. If sleeping, wake—it' feasting.rise before I turn away. It is the boar of fate, And they who follow uie reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save deatli; but those who doubt or hesitate, Condemned to failure, penury and woe, Seek me in vain and uselessly implore: I answer not and I return no more.” Although for years these lines have been made conspicuous in every publication of Mr. Ingalls’ writings, it is claimed by some of his friends that he never intended of life, finds his way to livelihood barred by the absurd decree of a system that treats man as a lemon to be squeezed and thrown away. But this man-made law can not long prevail if the greed and dishonesty to which it owes its origin are frowned upon by intelligent men, and the system by which it is en forced is stamped out of existence. In the meantime, the efforts of men and women who understand that they owe a duty to society can not be employed to better pur pose than in an effort to persuade men to remember that the sun is ever shining behind the clouds. The newspaper poets are giving the shade of Ingalls something to think about these days. in gold production has for the present removed the silver ques tion as an issue. “While the money question has waned in importance, other ques tions have been forging to the front, and to these questions we must apply the same principles we applied to the money question and seek to secure the greatest good to the greatest number by legislation which conforms to the doctrine of equal rights for all and special privileges for none. “On the new question many will act with us, who were against us on the money question; for, not withstanding the discussion of that question, millions did not under stand it and were frightened into the verse to be taken seriously. A opposition. We cannot expect the | writer in the Dubuque, Iowa, Tde- ‘Senator In bringing hope to the hopeless by writing in pleasing verse the truth about opportunity. S. E. Kiser writes for the Chi cago Record-Herald: Master of human destinies am I! Fame, love and fortune on my foot steps wait. they who help and they who op pose—what is all this but oppor tunity?” What is opportunity? Ask who wrote the classic bearing that ti tie and you will he told that it was the work ot the talented Ingalls who represented Kansas in the United States senate. But who can tell the author of that little verse: “If at first you don’t suc ceed, try, try again?” Yet the one who gave that fine note to the mu sic of the world rendered service greater than any given by Ingalls; for where the author of “Opportu nity” killed hope, the author of “Try, try again” revived it; where the one stood for the doctrine of They are | f ] ea th, the other stood for the gos pel of life; where the one who be lieves that opportunity knocks and (lees, wrote a classic that, while adding to his fame in literary cir cles, contributed to the world’s woes, the other penned a homely verse that gives hope and courage to the sons of men—a verse that Cities and fields I walk, I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and passing by \ hns inspired the children of many support of anyone who is interest- graph-Herald, says: rTxoosed ^nd"punished; other-1 ed in taking advantage of the peo- galls himself recognized the poem th- deserving are apt to suf- pie, either through trusts or any as sophistical. He was a man of W ' S f th undeserving. . other illegitimate form of business, great talent and dashed off the fC “The only question we discuss-1 Our efforts should be to distin lines one day while at his desk in 1 gqg U pon which there hasguish between those corporations the senate chamber. Impressed CC m 1 9 apparent change is the i which are legitimate and those ag- with the * ‘ . r-v C u.anlfV. MiKtr'Vt O 1-0 f\T _ iripO Hovel and palac I knock a million times at. every irate. If sleeping sleep, if feasting feast, there fore: Don’t think my call portends the hour of fate; I'll come again, whatever he your state; I’ll give you strength to conquer every foe Save deatli. And if you doubt or hesi tate You may expect me in a day or so To call again and hammer at your door. I'll come a million times and then some more." Walter Malone, another well known newspaper poet, writes this: “They do me wrong who say I oome no more When once I knock and fail to find you in; For every day I stand outside your door, And hid you wake, and rise to fight and wiu. pressed untruthfulntss of the been any been'a change"in the advocates of j gamzed for purposes of public | once at every door, he threw the Bimetallism, but in conditions. , , “We contended for more money.'those only who are willing to have jit was rescued by id that has not gregations of wealth which are or- idea that opportunity knocks only gamzed for purposes of public once at every door, he threw the plunder and appeal for support to poem into the wastebasket,whence a page and “Wail not for precious chances passed away, Weep not for golden ages on the wane! Each night 1 burn the records of the day; At sunrise every soul is horn again. “Laugh like a boy at have sped, To vanished joys be blind and (leaf and dumb; My judgments seal the dead past with its dead, But never bind a moment yet to come. “Though deep in mire, wring not your hands and weep; arlv, also late— generations and that yet service to the world. Wnat is opportunity? Bishop Spalding says: “Wo find ourselv es where we 3eek ourselves—in matter or in mind,in the low world of mere sensation and base desire, or in that where souls are trans figured by truth and love. Nothing touches the soul but leaves its im press and thus, little by little, we are fashioned into the image of all we have seen and heard, known and meditated; and if we learn to live with all that is fairest and purest and best, the love of it will in the end become our very life." What is opportunity? Some one has said: “Occasion may be the bugle call that summons an army to battle, but the blast of the bu gle can never make soldiers or win battles,” and the man who makes the soldier and win-, the battle of against a stone. This so encour aged the student that wedding pa tience and energy he became one f China’s greatest scholars. What is opportunity? Michael Davitt, one of the world’s greatest figures, died recently. In all his life he had never known, what real comfort was. So far as money was concerned, he was born poor and died poor. As a lad he saw his widowed mother evicted from her small holding. At the age of ten he lost his arm in a cotton ma chine while earning a livelihood for his mother and her family. At the age of twenty he joined the Fenian movement and for his ac tivity therein was, at the age of twenty-four, sentenced to fifteen years penal servitude. After seven years of imprisonment, during which he was treated to all man ner ot indignities, he was released uid began the work which culmi nated in the Irish Land League. At various times he suffered im prisonment. As one writer says: •Every moment of his life was de voted to the redemption ot his peo ple, to their material and intellec tual advancement, and through years of painful suffering, impris onment, contumely and degre- ation, he wrought courageously, unceasingly, for the creating of better conditions in the storied land that was the idol of his hopes mil dreams." Where was Michael Davitt’s op portunity? When did he grasp it? How did he realize upon it? His whole life was one of service to his fellows and sacrifice to their cause, and when he died he left a will concluding in these words: "My diaries are not to be pub lished as such, and in no instance without my wife’s permission; but on no account must anything harsh or censorious written in said diaries by me about any person, dead or alive, who has ever worked for Ireland, be printed, published or used so as to give pain to any friend or relative. To all my friends I leave kind thoughts; to my enemies the fullest possible fotgiveness, and to Ireland the un dying prayer for the absolute freedom and independence which it was my live’s ambition to try and obtain for her." Surely “opportunity” fairly bat tered down Michael Davitt’s doors, so anxious was it to be grasped by that fathful soldier ot liberty. No need to say that with all its sor rows, its privations and its sacri fices, Davitt’s life was a success; and no wonder that when he died men of every race and creed paid loving tribute to his memory. It was eminently fitting that this man who lived for his fellows should die with a message of love and lib erty upon his lips: to his friends, kind thoughts—to his enemies,for giveness—to his country, inde pendence! What a bountiful be quest and what a precious legacy! Dying as he had lived that testa tor seized his opportunity. During all his career he seemed destined to give where others seemed des tined to receive. Service was his heritage—even as it is the heritage of all who would win from life its greatest prize. “ Rost) - wear*) r and rose (river, We meet them both today: One gathers joy, oue scatters it, Along the trodden way. Which are you, little maiden? The flower-crowned lass is fair, But the oue who scatters roses Is the oue we cannot spare." Riohard L. Metcalfe, in The Commoner. Rose on an Apple Tree. One of the most remarkable freaks of nature that one could see, was being shown by Dr. R. H. Jenkins Monday. It was a genu ine rose, double and coned in the center, which was found blooming on an apple tree in his yard. The fe, follows the example of An- j rose, was pink in color, about an plunders that; drew Jackson, who was known a “the boy who would never stay throwed,” as inch across, and with a hue per fume. fust how this strange hybrid was What is opportunity? In a story produced would take a better na- of Chinese life we are told that a turalist than we are to state, but Chinese student was attracted to the efforts of a woman who was trying to make a needle from a I lend my arm to all who say ‘I cau!’ | r °d ot iron, by rubbing tne rod the fact is that the rose grew on an apple tree. The tree is now nearly full of mature apples.—Hogans- ville N jws.