About Twice-a-week telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 1899-19?? | View Entire Issue (June 11, 1907)
1 THE IUCOH TREGRAPH PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING AND TWICE A WEEK BY THE MACON TELEGRAPH PUBLISH ING COMPANY. 563 MULBERRY STREET, MACON. GA. 0. B. PENDLETON, President sons op the presidents. R la »ftan remarked that the zons of groat men era a disappointment to their friends. This partly because too much la expected of them from the outset and they are extinguished rather then distinguished by She fame of their •Ires. Facts recently brought to light regarding the aons of our Presidents •boor that In many oases they have really given a good acoount of them selves. and that In some they might erven have been called great but for the overshadowing reminders of their fathers. Tt appears that six Presidents— Washington, Madison, Polk, Buchanan (a bachelor) and McKinley—left no children. Two—Jefferson and Monroe —left daughters only. Johnson's two sons died before he was President The sons of Cleveland and Roosevelt are still too young <to be taken Into account Sons cf the Presidents not named have reached man's estate, and they numbered twenty-one In all. We are told that nine of the twenty- one "have bulked large In the public eye on tbelr own account** and that Rail but one or two of them have been solid, substantial cltlzsns." The prom tnent nine are John Quincy Adams, President diplomatist and Representa tive; Charles Francis Adams, publicist and statesman; Robert Tyler, Register of the Confederate Treasury: Richard Taylor, who served with distinguished gallantry on tihe Confederate side of the Civil War; John Van Burcn, prom Inent In State politics and Just enter ing national politics when he died; Robert Todd Lincoln, Cabinet Minis ter, diplomatist and president of a world-famous corporation; Frederick Dent Grant, diplomatist and general In the army: Henry A. Garfield, lawyer, banker and professor of politics In a great university, and James R. Gar field, State Senator and United States Civil Service Commissioner and Com missioner of Corporations In the De partment of Commerce and Labor, now In the Cabinet. There is also mention of John Scott Harrison, who ‘‘made good” by being the son of one Presi dent and the father of another. It la gratifying to -know that "prac tically all of the Presidents’ sons who hare grown to man’s estate have beon good citizens; their lives have been clean, wholesome and a credit alike to their parentage and their country, while ten of the twenty-one have won unusual distinction.” THE TEMPER OF THE JAPANESE. It ha*. been known for some time that thore were newspapers and poli ticians In Japan disposed to stir up trouble between that country and the United States, employing the race troubles In California as a means to that end. Recent cable dispatches have suggested conditions so threatening as to cause American newspapers to print them beneath the caption—"Japan on Verge of Break Wlth^ Us." According to a Toklo dispatch of June 5, Foreign Minister Hayashl, la replying to the deputation of Progres sives who called on him and asked for an explanation of the Government's apparent Inaction and want of effi ciency in the presence of grave diplo matic questions, both with China and the United States, Informed his vis itors tt at the Government was taking every measure necessary In regard to diplomatic problems In connection with both the countries named. The dls patch states further that the Japanese authorities are apprehensive of the fu tore relationship between Japan and the United 'States If the racial preju dices evinced ait San Francisco con tlnuo. * And yet the recent attack on a Jap anese restaurant by hoodlums In San Francisco has been described In the report of both the chief ot the San Francisco police and the Governor of California as a mere outcome of labor trouble*. There Is probably more In It than this, as race friction on the Pa cific coast is manifest, but the disposi tion of the authorities is not such as to give the Japanese an excuse for taking offense. The facts seem to indicate the exist ence of & powerful party In Japan that would welcome a rupture between that country and the United States. It Is not unlikely .that large numbers of the Japanese, Intoxicated by the Issue of the conflict with Russia, have become victims of the love of war and the lust of conquest. The cooler heads sur rounding the Mikado may earnestly desire to avoid going to war without Just cause, but at the same time the Japanese Government Is seemingly preparing for a groat conflict that Is expected In the not distant future. According to the Toklo correspon dence of the New York Herald, "that hor navy shall he more than double the size and strength it was at the out break of the war with Russia, and -that her army shall be capable of muster ing upon first call no less than one million trained soldiers, this Is the military program upon which Japan has set out and to the consummation of which all <the resources of the island empire are being marshaled.” That there is need for this country to look after its defenses requires no argument. Especially Is this true of the Philippine dependency, our only real weak point. If we are to hold that costly and danger-freighted possession, a prompt completion of the Panama canal—enabling a more rapid concen tration of our fleets—is highly desir able. MAYBIRD8 IN MAINE. Early In the spring we had some thing about Mayblrds, giving their mi gratory habits, and stating that they were variously known as the bobolink, the liceblrd, the recdblrd and the May- bird, according to changed latitudes and changed plumages. Some of the readers of The Telegraph questioned the accuracy of our history of the fam ous little bird—a songster In the North and a game bird In the South, like the robin. The Bangor. Maine, News, In a re cent Issue, welcomed to that section the tourist from the South. It said; "The arrival of the darling of the sum mer fields in Malno was not delayed by cold weather or adverse winds or ■pasms of colic or strikes. It Is sel dom that the bobolink comes to east ern Maine before May 15, and In this | cratlc Institutions,” cold and belated year of 1907 there j "Something Against were two rollicking and mad male bob olinks rattling off their drunken mel odies In the cold fields of "Brewer In J Fifteenth Century," "Liquid Air," **Ed- the middle of a cold and windy fore- ' ucatlonal progress In the United New York school children have the young bespectacled Apostles of Emer son In Boston distanced In the educa- tlonel race Judging from some of the subjects assigned to girls and boys of twelve and fourteen years to dis course on. Among them are the fol lowing: "The Influence of the United States upon the World's Diplomacy,” "Daniel Webster’s Speeches," "The Constitu tion of the United States,” "Resolved, That any infringement upon the dual Interpretation of- the Constitution of the United States should be regarded as a menace to the stability of demo- State Rights," National and I State Sovereignty,” "American Coln- ■ ! age " "Trade In the East during the Caught on the Wing By JOHN T. BOIFEUILLET. On the walls of the office of the Commissioner of Agriculture at the capltol in Atlanta hangs a picture of Hon. A. O. Bacon. I was asked a fe days ago why It was that the portrait of Senator Bacon occupies the place it does. Instead of being In the library or In or.e of the Judicial rooms as the gentleman Is a lawyer by profession rather than a farmer. The placing of his portrait where It is was a special mark of appreciation of his valuable services In helping to establish the De partment of Agriculture of Georgia. In 1874 Mr. Bacon was Speaker of the House of Representatives. A hot figh was made In the Legislature against the creation of the Department of Agriculture. Speaker Bacon favored the proposition. When the vote was taker, in the House there was a tie. The decision then rested with tH^ Speaker. He voted for the measure, and thus by his vote the department was created. In this connection It might be well to call attention to the fact that In a Legislature, the majority of whose members were farmers, the vote that established the department which was Intended for the benefit of farmers was cast by a lawyer. This explains why the portrait of Mr. Ba con adorns the office of the Commis sion of Agriculture. The picture rep resents Mr. Bacon with a magnificent flowing beard. I guess it has been nearly thirty years since Mr. Bacon has worn a beard. On February 20. 1874, Gov. James M. Smith approved the act creating the Department of Agriculture, and on August 26, 1874. he appointed Dr. Thomas F. Janes State Commissioner of Agriculture the first gentleman to hold the office. In numerous other ways than by his advocacy of the Department of Agri culture has Mr. Bacon, during his long public life, exhibited great Interest In the promotion of agricultural affairs. Some time ago, and perhaps It Is so today, but I cannot positively say, there were also In the office of the Commissioner of Agriculture pictures of Thomas Stocks. Mark A. Cooper and Benjamin C. Yancey, former presidents of the Georgia State Agricultural So ciety. The portraits were the prop erty of the society, according to my recollection. Mr. Stocks was a resi dent of Greene County, and was the second president of the society, if I am not mistaken, having been elected on August 7, 1846. Mr. Cooper was the first president. He was a prominent political figure In Georgia for many years. In 183S he was elected to Con fess. and re-elected in 1S40, but re signed before the expiration of his term to run for Governor in 1813 ainst George W. Crawford. Mr. Cooper was defeated. Mr. Yancey was of Floyd County. Ho was a brother of the distinguished William L. Yan cey, of Alabamg. It may Interest some to learn that on December 6, 1810, the Legislature passed an act incorporat ing the "Agricultural Society of Georgia." Later. In 1846. another or ganization was perfected, and called the "Southern Central Agricultural Society," and in December, 1860, the name was changed to the "Georgia State Agricultural Society,” the pres ent organization, under whose auspices the State fairs are given. The society has had two presidents to become Gov ernors—Alfred H. Colquitt and Wil liam J. Northen. Former presidents who went to the national blade was broken, his left elbow crush- d. his right col’ar-bone broken, and :is head very badly cut, so that for : while there was serious apprehen- lon that his .skull had been fractured. \Ir. Stephens received letters of sym 'athy from prominent men all over fie country. That famous statesman, rator and author, Edward Everett, Vrote as follows from Boston. June 17, S63: “I have been much concerned to •ee by the papers that you have suf fered severe injury by a railroad acci dent. Newspapers bo often exagger- ite, that I cannot but hope It is not so bad as represented. If not too much rouble, pray - et me have a line from -.-ourself, containing authentic informa- ib.-i. With much regard, faithfully •••ours." Mr. Stephens was Injured Tune 9, and In the fall of the same year he was very 111 with an abscess of the river. which was a repetition of former attacks. His weight then wag about righty pounds. Only a few years be fore tho railroad accident Mr. Steph ens had been stabbed with & knife eighteen times In his famous rencontre with Judge Cone. In later years he re ceived a severe fa'l upon the ice In Philadelphia, and was under medical care a long time In consequence. He was repeatedly stricken down wl*U desperate Illness and excruciating suf fering. It was remarkable that he should have lived beyond man’s allot ted three score years and ten. I have again wandered from my theme of the pictures at the capltol, and as my space for today is ex hausted. I will have to revert to the subject at some other time. It Is a fruitful topic. In addition to the por traits mentioned by me In my article yesterday, and today, there are pic tures of various men who were Gov ernor of Georgia, and members of the United States Senate and House. There Is a picture of George Washing ton. in an elegant frame, the whole costing. It is said, several thousand dollars. The last time I noticed the portrait It was showing the bad effects of time. There Is a rare old painting j the resolution which reduces to the ranks all brave men who belong there. Probably the vicinage never under stood the embarrassment to which Us various promotions exposed humble delegates to the annual convention, who, being addressed by their titles, had to explain the Innocent deception to the real generals and colonels who led them Into battle. Peace hath her sufferings no less than war. We commend the moral heroism of the Confederate veterans to the sur vivors of the conflict on this side of the Mason and Dixon line, for It is be yond cavil that there have been a good many unauthorized promotions among admired veterans of the Union armies. The Loyalty of James Jones. From the New York'World. James Jones, the old negro who was once the bedy-guard and valet of Jef ferson Dayls. has again refused tq give up the secret of the hidden great seal of the Confederacy. The piece of silver was intrusted to Jones Just before the evacuation of Richmond. The valet was cautioned never to tel? what he did NOTES FROM THE LABOR WORLD. 1 Recent news from Germany points | to the certainty that 197 will be the year of great lockouts In that country. ! The International Photo-Engravers’ | Union has signed a five-year arbitra tion agreement with the National Pub lishers’ Association. It is officially announced that tho total cost of the American Federation of Labor's political campaign. last fail in the congressional contest was *8.147.19. Preparations are being made for the seventeenth annual convention of the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters, to be held at East Liverpool, Ohio, next month. There Is at present a great dearth of telegraph operators throughout the West, and a number of the railroads have established employment agencies In an effort to secure men. The dally return fare for 31 miles paid by a workman in Belgium Is 7*i cents, and fares for shorter or longer distances are proportionately cheap. As with it, and now, after more than forty | a result, 100.000 Industrial workers years, he says: "I will carry the secret live In the country, alt to my grave.” In the circumstances the loyalty of Jones to his old promise Is unreason ing. It Is nevertheless Impressive. Such devotion to the wish of a master long dead Is remindful of the most cheerful side of the industrial situation prevailing In the South before the war. The precaution of conoealment pre vented the capture of the seal by the Federal troops. Undoubtedly that was the purpose In view. If the instrument were to be discovered today there would be no authority for regarding It as a national trophy. What th eSouth and Its surviving veterans desire is that the seal shall be found and placed In the Confederate Museum In Rich mond.’ Very probably the former Pres ident of the 'Confederacy would him self favor this Idea, but his wish rules | as a national trophy. Whatithe South a living South may Imagine It. James Jones -has expressed the hope of Lafayette, taken from a family por- I that he may not be asked again, for a trait and entirely different from the 1 price or otherwise, to perform what he likenesses we usually see of the great , feels would be the betrayal of his Frenchman.' There are fine pictures of master. His. wish Is likely to be re- Benjamin Franklin, Andrew Jackson j speoted. His loynlty ranked by no and other eminent Americans. A pic- means least amon? the manifestations ture of Oglethorpe represents Geor- ■ of dedication day Monday about the gia’s first Governor looked at a map of the State. Tho face is very unlike the one that Is generally seen of him. I wonder what has become of the pic ture of a woman that used to adorn the office of the Secretary of State, many years ago. It has not been seen In a long time, I am told. Nathan Bar nett said that when he first became Secretary of State, In 1843. he found the portrait in the office, but he could never learn whom It represented, and how It happened to be there. I do not think the present Secretary of State ever saw It. The portrait disappeared before his Incumbency. I was In formed once that it had drifted some how Into a plunder room. I have heard Jefferson mond. Davis monument at Rlch- The Anglo-Saxon In the South. From the New Orleans States. Mr. E. N. Vallandigham has con tributed to the Atlantic Monthly an article In which ho deals with the In fluence of semi-tropical conditions In the Southern States on people of English stock than exists elsewhere outside of Great Britain, and they present the only Instance In history of , people of that race dwelling contln- that It was the only picture of a wo- i uously for six or eight generations be- Anglo-Saxon blood. He points out i that In the region between Mason and j Dixon’s line and the Gulf of Mexico j there Is a larger population of pure apalis, has been made special woman hough omployed in the towns. A plan which contemplates supplant ing negro plantation laborers In Lou isiana with State Imported white im migrants has been announced by Charles Schuler, State Commissioner of Immigration and Agriculture. The National Fanners' Education and Co-operative Union has organized its first branch in Oregon, in tho Hud son iBay country, with a membership of 14. It Is expected to organize unions In various other parts of the State in the near future. The Governor-General of the Baltic provinces has received from Russian colonists In Brazil a letter complaining of the difficult position of the colonists and the unfair treatment of them by the Brazilians, and asking him to pro hibit further emigration to the South American republic. There Is a feature of the British workmen’s compensation act, which Is to come into force July 1. that shows the thoroughness of the legislation se cured through the efforts of the labor members of Parliament. Not only does the act provide for the payment of Indemnity to mechanics and laborers In cases of damage by accident, but domestic servants also are Included In the protected classes. The engine drivers and firemen on the Great Western and Argentine rail roads. who for a long time pa*t have been making futile demands for In creased pay and better conditions of work, recently went out on strike, and the engineers and firemen of all the other railroads In the republic decided to go out in sympathy. Mrs. Berry Starkweather, of Minne- man that ever found place In the cap- ! j ow the thirty-ninth parallel of lati- itol at any time In the history of the j tude Government. It has been thus descrlb- j Mr. Vallandigham being an lntelll- ed: "The face Is that of a cultured i gent student and observer his views of and refined woman apparently about J our people are rather Interesting. For 45 years of age. She has brown hair and eyes. The hair Is parted In the middle and combed smoothly. She wears a white lace cap, the strings of which are tied uner the chin. She wears a plain cape, covering the shoul ders.” Now let the historians tell whose picture tt Is. Perhaps some de- liehtful romance Is connected there with. No Need For Revision. The Macon Telegraph suggests that when President Roosevelt gets through with the fake nature writers, he might Congress Jump on the fiction authors also. We were Mark A. Cooper, Thomas Harde- : respectfully make the additional sug- man and Leonidas P. Livingston. Another president, D. W. Lewis was a member of the Confederate Congress. The presidency of the Georgia Stato Agricultural Society was regarded for a long time as a good political stop ping stone, especially to the Governor ship and Congress. 'A short time ago, when Hon. Pope Brown was the, presi dent of the society he was looked upon as excellent Gubernatorial Umber, and his successor to the presidency, Hon. Dudley Hughes, was viewed in the same light, but he got Into the Con gressional game Instead. But let us gat back to the subject of has warrant In believing that his the pictures of porminent Georgians at ,“I* as being correct, the capltol. Have you ever noticed the Dublin Courier-Dispatch. one of John Clark? The last time I ;aw the portrait It was dingy with age and needed a touching up with the painter’s brush. Do you remember the gent'eman? He-firoke bhe wrist of the great statesman. William H. Crawford, with a pistol hall fired In a duel. He From the New York Sun. Every observing visitor to the South has been struck by the abundance of officers of high rank who served in the Confederate armies; no crossroads is entertained deep (personal and political ; without its general, and colonels are example he asserts that the South erner have acquired as the result of his living In a semi-tropical climate some of the qualities of Southern Eu ropeans. while retaining his racial characteristics. "He Is both fire and snow,” says the writer. “He Is ardent in love, but he at least equals tho Englishman at home In Jealous regard for the purity of his women and sur passes him in his romantic devotion to the other sex. He is of soft speech and amiability itself, except when his honor is assailed. He is polite, hos pitable, unsuspicious.” 'This is a very fair picture that Mr. Vallandigham draws of the South erner, but the New York World under takes to Improvo it by adding some touches of Its own. It says: “Phvsi- cally also the Southerner Is an Eng lishman of the Midi. He retains the tall stature of his race, but Is apt to be dark and slender rather than fair and large.” If the World were better Informed It would know that the Southerner who Is dark complected is one who has in his veins the blood of the Latin race, and that the people of the South of pure Anglo-Saxon stock are just as fair as tho people of the same stock who live in England or the Northern States and average up to the same size. Indeed It may he said that the Southerners raised in the mountain regions of Arkansas. Ala- liama, Georgia. Kentucky. Tennessee, A Readjustment of Rank in the South, ; North Carolina and Virginia are larger 'men than the native Englishmen. In discussing the social and politi cal conditions of which he took note In the South, Wr. Vallandigham Is in clined to the belief that the Southern er has suffered to some extent bv rea- labor Inspector for Minnesota. Tho position was provided for In a bill passed by the last Legislature. There are 80.000 women employed In shops and factories In Minnesota, and Mrs. Starkweather's task will bi to look , - out for their welfare. She was largely ; didate for any office when she fee s responsible ftor the creation of the ' s ”® has a man or men proper for the The South With a Candidate. i To the Editor of The Te e^raph: j Has not the time arrived when the > South should Insist ujron having a rep- } resentatlve upon tho Presidential ! ticket. If not first place, the second. We have delayed this move long ; enough. It should have been done years ago. The South has been the nest part of the Democratic party for the past 40 years, and yet she has had to : play second fiddle to every other see- ' tton all those years. All we cou'-d do | was to support the candidate chosen by the Northern and Western wings of the party. Have we not been made a cat's paw tong enough? Is not the time ripe for making the Initial move for a Just and proper claim to have one Southern statesman recognized as proper candidate for nomination to one or the other place on the presidential ticket. There is better material in the South for the purpose than In any other section. Will the South any longer 'tolerate the Idea that a third rate Western State contains tho only man worthy of being spoken of In thi« connection? The Southern people have been * asleep over their political rights and It is hlsh time they were waking up. The Initiative should be made now. however poorly It may turn out at first. Tho Lord help us If we could not In a very short while offer names for can- elderatlon at least the equal of the Taft. Roosevelt. "Bryan, Root, Fora ker and like worthies. Southern political leaders have had little opportunity as yet to demon strate their capabilities. They have hardly had Inventive to show their capacity for executive and administra tive position. They have been kept In •the back-ground all those years until they have lost all spirit, seemingly. The pure American citizenship of tho South should exert Itself and should make Itself felt In the future. It was once powerful and must be so again' soon or later If wo do what we ought to do. The only reason we have no H*ll or Toombs or Stephens, or Johnsons, or Yanceys to contend In the political arena today Is slmp’y because Shere has been little opportunity and Incen tive for Southern men and we accepted the situation altogether too meekly. Have wo not? We made a mistake In not making the Initiative 10 or 20 years ago. The South should drop Rryan. We‘ ^ have had enough of him. He Is really \ no friend of Che Southern white. Never | has been. The South has little In common with Kansas and the Northwest anyway. Our Interest must lie with all that other section of one country east of the Mississippi river rather than with the far West. If the South Is to maintain the party lines of tho past and continue solidly to affiliate with tho Northern Demo crats it should be understood that she shall claim tho right to present a can- office. having drawn up the bill and worked for Its passage. place whatever It may be. No doubt It Is very dlstastfu! . _ I large number of Southern Democrats. ^ J aH «»**»• born Americans or nearly so. ge*tion that he then enter the field of fake history and give that a raking. And to mako a thorough Job of_it. It might be well for Mr. Roosevelt to start with bis own work In that line.— Augusta Herald. Yes, he might revise his dictum that Jefferson Davis was a traitor, since he has come to see that Southern men fought for the right as they saw it.— Macon Telegraph. Perhaps President Roosevelt. In view of the fact that there are so many men In the South and tn Georgia who are ndw toadying to him. sees no necess'ty to revise his statement. He certainly noon. They were In full wedding cos tume. and as they flitted from dead weeds to tree tops, one could fancy thzt some of the wedding rice was still adhering to their feather*. •'However much the rice planters of South Carolina may complain about the ravages of bobolinks among their crops, here In Maine these birds are Inoffensive end more beneficial than otherwise. Though a seed-eater when gathered In flocks, the bobolinks at breeding time are Insectivorous In the main, and work much benefit to ag riculture by destroying moths and worms. Such seeds as they may eat are taken from the heads of dead pig weeds. golden,rods and other harmful plants. “The laws of Maine, which give con tinuous protection to bobolinks, are wise and should be enforced. There Is no more sociable and delightful bird comes to Maine than this reedblrd of Louisiana, rlceblrd of the Carollnas and bobolink of Maine. May they be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth.'• States from the Civil War up to the present time,” "Economic development cf the United States from the Civil War up to the present time.” “Early Roman Law,” and “Was Brutus justi fied In killing Caesar?” That Is truly a remarkable victory Governor Hughes has achieved over the Legislature in New York with Its member* falling over each other to pass anything he dictates. It shows that a really honest, earnest man with the people behind him Is a power after all. Somebody has made the claim that the hen makes more money for the American people than the cotton crop, but the statistics for the year 1900 place tho value of the > cotton crop at SS2S.7St.171, and that of the poultry and •Kg crop at 1281,070,69S. What Is the use In so much spec tacular trust-busting and regulating If prices are to continue going up? ‘‘The advance,” sadly notes Thursday’s Phil adelphia Record, *1n the prices of all packing-house products In Chicago from one to three cents & pound on Tuesday was reflected by the addition of & like amount per pound yesterday to the retail prices of beef and mutton. Twenty-eight cents for ohops, un trimmed, which not long ago could be had for twenty cents a pound, trimmed, and corresponding advances for other meat, will soon compel people of ordi nary means to take to beans and rice for their regular diet.” animosity toward Crawford, and chal lenged him. Clarke was efected Gov ernor In 1819 and re-elected In 1821. Various military, civil and political of fices were conferred upon him. He was son of the celebrated General Eli jah C'arko. after whom Clarke County, Georgia, was named. John Oarke was born In North Carolina In 1766. and came with his father to Georgia when he was about ten years old. At fne age of sixteen he was aprrolnted a lieuten ant In the Continental army, and wts soon promoted to contain. He fought at the sieve of Augusta under the com mand of his father, and 1787. distin guished himself at the battle of Jack’s Creek In Walton County. Later, the Legislature of Georgia elected him brigadier-general, and then major-gen eral. In toe war of 1S12 with Eng’and John Oarke was placed In command of all the forces assigned for the pro tection of the searnast and Southern part of Georgia. Ex-Governor Clarke died In Florida on October 15, 1832. The next day a large number of Georgians met in Milledgeville and passed eulo gistic resolutions on his life and ca reer. which a r so exnre*sed deep sor row at h's death. Here are a few lines taken from the resolution: "Hts mem ory will long live In the hearts of ibis countrymen, and his example will light them to the paths of honor and patriot ism. In the preen davs of his un- ripened boyhood, wo honor that ardent courage rrhloh promoted him to en counter the danger.s of battle, and that unshake:. -nnstancy which sustained him in enduring the hardships and pri vations of the camD. In his- mature years, we admire that Integrity of heart, fibat warmth of affection, and I fixedness of purpose, which marked ' him as an upright man. a disinterested | patriot, a generous and constant friend, a pure energetic, and conristent states man. We revere that unalteraVe reso lution and Inflexible virtue, which never | yie’ded to an enemy which never for- I sook a friend, which never swerved England. Japan. Franca and Russia ££!**£*meemeat have entered Into an alliance to main tain She present state of affairs in Asia, to guarantee to «ach country what It now possesses In the Eastern Hemisphere, and to prevent any nation from extending lte dominion there. The agreement Is described os a Monroe doctrine for the far East. The United States and Germany are the only two flrst-claes powers with Eastern pos sessions that are hot Included. Some of us would be better satisfied if the wore crape on the !»ft arm for thirty davs. in token of their grief and In honor of his memory. Side by side I have seen at the efi®!- tol the pictures cf Herschel V. John son and Charles J Jenkins. One of the warmest fights ever made in Georgia for tibe Governorship weg between these two eminent Georgians, in 1853, Johnsen ran as a Democrat and Jenk ins made the race as a Wh'g. Toombs and Stephens were among some of. the great men of th“ State who supported Jenkins. Mr. Stephens took a very active part in the canvas*. The fights was exceedingly c'n*e. and an official United States were also left out of the j count was recessary to determine the list of the powers that hold Eastern possessions. If he does run for President, my, won’t he r result. After severer davs of anxious waiting J->hn*on was declared tibe win ner bv less than five hund-ed maturi ty. During this cawoslvo Mr. Stephen* came verv rear being killed In a ra'l- road accident, near Macon, while en route to this city. His right shoulder i thick at way stations. This Is not said in disparagement of the Confederate soldier: no braver man ever shouldered a musket, and if he was not always a general or a colonel. In most cases he deserved to be. ‘ "We take pride in the reunion at Richmond: in the enthusi asm of the spent and maimed veter ans: In their devotion to their heroic womenfolk: In their sturdy faith In the Lost Cause: for of such stuff are made the Americans who will save the re public from civil enemies and defend it against the insolvent foreign Tot*, and no Americans are more loyal to tffs flag of a reunited country than the Confederate veterans and their sons, as was proved by the sacrifices they made in the Spanish war. If we speak of. the profusion of regi mental and brigade commanders In the B’uth and the dearth of company offi cers and privates, we have warrant for It in the resolution adopted at the con vention of Confederate veterans In Richmond which provided that here after no survivor who did not win the rank of general by services performed during the war should be recognized as an officer of that rank. There may continue to be colonels who were, pri vates In the conflict, but the line is drawn at musket bearers who call themselves general. An explanation of the condition which the convention had to take cognizance of and to remedy Is offered by the Baltimore Sun. whose devotion to* them who were the gray cannot be questioned. Tt seems that when the war endied regimental rosters contained so many blanks that promotions were obvious and rapid; privates 'became lieutenants end captains, and company officers looped into the command of skeleton brigades. On returning home the sur vivors could give but a lame account of their regimental rank, and the temptation to exalt It could not always he resitted. In the procesz of hero worship high privates wore promoted, nolens volens. to the command of brig ades. and It was an undersized or humble veteran who was net addressed as colonel. Tn some cases plain men pro’e’ted. hut were overruled. They went Into the war privates, “fit” hard In the ranks and came out genera! offi cers and co’onels. according, to local tradition. This story of a sad case of reluctant distinction is told by the Baltimore Sun: ‘‘An honored veteran from Maryland, now a co’one], and a Kentnckv general met in Richmond la-st Sunday and opened their hearts fo each other. The'r titles have never been impeached at home. But thev deemed It sufficient glorv to have fought a* private soldiers throughout the conflict. The colonel disclaimed the right to any title, while the general was eoually emphatic In proclaiming himself a private.” The convention seems to have bean full of such valiant and honest gen tlemen. and under the lead of the'r old rorrr“ande-s thev rose In rebellion ! ’ '■>! rrodtflnn. even against npfl nas*e8 eral Government at the suggestion of the National Civic Federation to In quire into the extent and menace of child labor has organized with the fol lowing officers: Chairman. Ellison A. Smyth, of Pelzer. S. C.. president of tho Southern 'Cotton Manufacturers’ Association: vfce-presldent. Mrs. Sa rah S. Platt Decker, of Denver, presi dent of the General Federation of Wo men’s Clubs; secretary. William B. Wilson. Congressman-elect from Penn-* svlvanla. and secretary of the United Mine Workers of America. A number of other men and women equally well known are included among the mem bers of the executive committee of the commission. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. son of his political isolation, though theoretically the Union is rpw intact politically, and as a result "the South remains in some measure provincial.” But it is well to remark that the Southerner Is content with his pro vincialism. if it be such. He prefers the ideals, the customs, the rules of conduct and tastes of the South to those of the more progressive North from which Is fast disappearing the Americanism and Anglo-Saxonism which It once possessed In equal measure with the South. However. Mr. Vallandigham Is Im presari bv tho fact that the Southern er—the Englishman of the Midi as he terms him—has gained more than he has lost by his long sub-tropical resi dence. for ho has acquired “a warmth and color from the genrou3 sack of his own sunshine ” which the thrlftv Northerner lacks, yet this friendly and admiring observer ventures the opin ion that the future of the Southern er will best be promoted if he will “break the bonds of isolation, rid him self of the itvovinelalism and enter In to eve-y field of endeavor In friendly competition with his brother of the North for the promotion of national progress—becoming not alo 1 ** politi cally, but Intellectually and spiritu ally one with the rest of the Union.” So far as ‘‘the field of endpa-vor” Is concerned, the Southerner is already ve-y much In evidence thece if we may Judge from the remarkable record o,f progress the South is making In ag riculture, mining and manuf 0 during, and the enormous wealth It Is amass ing. In regard to the question of political Isolation the South has no vain Illusions. It Is fully awre that It is In the Union, hut not In the Gov ernment—a condition In which Its Northern .Republican brethren have placed It and In which It is their de sire and Intention It shall remain as long as thev have the power to keep It there. But to this the Souherner has no objection to make, but accepts it as the fortune of war. He knows that to the great masses of the North ern people, his section of the country Is as much a province as though It were Brazil or Paraguay, hence we long ago ceased to look for or expect sympathy or unde'standlng. He finds, however. Intense satisfaction In the knowledge that the province In ■which he lives Is growing rich rapidly and with wealth will be coupled power to bring the South Into her own again. Proper Footgear. For a clergyman—Cloth. ; For a tourist—Ruber. For an explorer—Arctics. For a Caucasian baby—White kid. For a negro baby—Black. For a milkman—Pumps. ■For a book agent—Canvas. For a waiter—Tipped. For collector of the port—Custom- made. For country lovers—Over-gate-ers. For a cheeky person—Bronze.—June Bohemia®. From the New York Press. A woman expeects her own faith in It to convince others of her beauty. The average girl's reason for not marrying a man is because ho doesn’t ask her. Men would rather always have hot water for shaving than brains In a wife. The girls that read the prize essays at the commencement exercises don't read the most love letters afterward. A woman couldn’t really have a goofi time away on a visit unless sho could worry about how the children are at home. Somehow children make you think of eating their way Into heaven. Girls’ handkerchiefs are almost as big as their shoestrings for their pumns. When a man writes a girl a love let ter she knows he means It and he thinks he dees. A woman likes to think her husband could be a bad man If he didn’t love her so much. Most men make more fuss over hav ing their wives sit In their lap than over heavy dumbbell exercise. It’s Just human nature to get a strong affection for a suit of clothes your wife is ashamed to have you wear. to have to affiliate with such a body of men as compose the rank and file of tho Democratic party of the North. But "politics must make strange bed fellows.” The better social element ef the North are Republicans. North of tho Mason and Dixon line the Democratic party is composed of a very mixed ele ment. mustering *n Its rank nearly all of the more vicious foreign class that are in politics for tibe money and know no’hlng of principles for which the Southern white contends. The fact of it is politically the South Is in a hole. She Is in a quandary. Srie ju*t doesn't know what to do to make things right. But let us make a be ginning. There Is one man at least that the South can well afford to make It with —let the other be whoever he may, whether from Georg'a or Alabama or South Carolina, or Texas, or Virginia, the mother of Presidents, the land of battlefields. Sacred to every Southern State, has the man for the occasion and his name Is Senator John Warwick Daniel. A Warwick to the rescue' The name Is significant. It Is a good one to be gin the fight with. Who known! It mav be the very opportunity for bhe "broken sword.” For It is the broken sword that the Democratic mrtv ho’ds. It is only a Southern Warwick,” that mleht win with it. He can at least win our »'ght to competo for all things henceforth. S. A. COOK. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. Any man can marry an heiress—In a novel. It’s hard for the diffident lover to sav soft nothings. Bookkeepers for Ice companies make a lot of cold calculations. Marv a bad man has been cowed by the milk of human kindness. Give some men bread ’today and they will expect pie tomorrow. When an awkward man lends a hand he’s apt to put hi* foot In it. The Joke is usually on those who marrv at leisure and repent in haste. Happiness Is often nothing but con ceit. . And It Is better to be a has-been than a never-was. ! It takes a mighty good Christian to J pray for the Ice man. Admiration Is a woman’s first love and devotion is her Ia e t. One can’t always judge a woman’s truthfulness by what she says. Many a man’s empty pockets are due to his wife’s fondness for change. When a man starts to blow In his money his friends like to get wind of It. An Appeal to tho Whitee. Mr. Editor: As the negro Baptist | convention Is In session In this great city where the relations between the : races are tho best in all tho South. I i beg that you allow me to say through ! your paper to our white friends, and ! especially the Christians, that there j will bo a special service held In tho city auditorium Sunday at 4:30 p. m. I in the interest of the orphanage oper- | ated on the Wilborn land purchased by this convention. I am endeavoring to make out of the Inmates indus trious and useful citizens and those that attended the negro fair saw our agricultural exhibit. I hope to estab lish a laundry next year. We want the co-operation of the white people. These Inmates are the grand and great grand children of the old ne groes that guarded your wives and children during the Civil War. Its for these I am pleading. I hope that you will attend this meeting. Your pres ence will greatly help us. GAD S. JOHNSON THE GARDEN OF 1REM. A Huxley Anecdote. A Huxley anecdote from John Fiske’s essays recently issued Is Interesting. The author says. I never knew (not being Inquisitive) Just when the Huxleys began having ttelr "trj'l tea*” on Sunday evening; but during their first winter I seldom met anv visitors at their house, except once or twice Ray Lankester and Mich ael Foster. Afterward, Huxley with his wife, on their visit to America, spent a. few summer days with my famllv at 'Petersham, where the great naturalist learned for the flrst_ time what a tin dipper Is. Once. In London. In speaking about the starry heaven. T had said that I never could make head or tail of any constellation ex cept the Dipper, and of course every body must recognize In that the re semblance to a dipper. To my sur- Yo know Sheddad, the son of Ad, Who In the dessert’s dusty space, A sudden wondrous vision had Of A1 Jannat—tt j holy place. And how its beauty drove him mad. So that the splendor-, many walled. He strove to cop- in the plain: And Trem’s Garden there installed. That made the waste to flower again. Saffron and mu.ri: and em-rald. But Allah saw: his rr.lghtv frown Upon Its domes and walls he cast: And sent the rains of heaven to drown. And all the winds of heaven to blast. So that !‘s triv.i rs went toppling down. But sometimes. In the desert haze. The thirsty waif sees Bheddad's dream. And Trem’s opal fountains blaze In the pearl gardens, all agleam: " ‘Tis only sand and sun.” he says. —London Chronicle. Orchard and Hi* Thrilling Story. Boise Dispatch to New York Times. Orchard spoke in a soft, purring voice, marked by a slight Canadian ac cent, and except for the first few min utes that he was on the stand he went through his awful story as undisturbed as if he were giving the account cf a May day festival. When he said ‘‘and then I fhot him,” his manner and tone were as matter-of-fact as If the words had been "and then I bought a drink." There was nothing theatrical about the appearance on the s’and of this witness, upon whose t< mony the whole case against Hat \. d. Mover. -Hm one of the tour* ladies asked, f and the other 'eaders of the Western ” * . _ .. a.i nr^ - C* A. _ i T - - r, * I-, n If Vic Co.] <*) n 1V* What is a dipper?” My effort at ex- Tfanation want far enough to evoke the Idea of a "ladle.” but with that approx imation I was fain to let the matter rest until that August day In New Eng land. when, after a tramp In the wood*, my friend quaffed cool mountain wa ter from a dipper, and I was told that Federation of Miners is based. Only once or twice was there a dramatic touch. It was a horrible, revolting, sickening story, but he told it as sim ply as the plainest narration of the most ordinary incident of the most humdrum existence. He was neither a braggart nor a sycophant. He neither not only the name, but the thing, Is a boasted of his fearful crimes nor sniy- — - I eied in mock repentance. Tanked notion.
