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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. rniruT. APitir. w, THE ATLANTA (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon, . (Except Snndayl By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At S West Alebema Et. Atlsat*. Ga. Subscription Rites: "tie Tear 7. *4.«* JJl Months 7iM l»r Carrier, Per Week ., to Smith A Thompson, advertising rep- nsMHIW for ell territory outside of If yon hire any trouble retting Til* OKOKGIAN AND NEWS telephose the circulation deportment end bore MET&IT8& ♦«? It Is desirable that nit esmmnnfea- tlons Intended for publication In TUB OEORiilAN AMI NEWS hn limited,to HO words la Isofth. It Is Imparities that they be sinned, is an erldence of food faith. Rejected msnuaerlpta will not he returned unless stamp* are sent for the purpose. ' any Tlqoor ads. IAN A> or objee r does It t .JtD NEW* lectlonsble ad- print whisky sod News stands for Atlanta* f IIS own fas nnd slectrlc llfht plants, as It now owas Its water works, other cities do this and ret fan ar low aa f> teats, with a profit to the city. This should he done at once. The Georgian sad New* holleeea that If street rail- waye rt* he operated aoceeesfully hr Bafopeaa cities, as they are, there Is ao rood reason why they can not be so tied here. But wo do not belief# caa bo done now, and It may h* sons years before we are ready for ao Mt aa andartahlaf. Still Atlaata should set Its fac* la that dlractloa NOW. Georgia’s Real Capitalists, Walter 8. Coleman, president of tho Georgia Weekly Preae Aeaoclatlon since the memory of man runneth not, has Issued an official pronunclamcnto call ing the Knights of the Washington Hand-Press together in Sanderavllle, June 6. Knight of the W. H.-P. doesn’t hold good In many Instance* now, however. Most of the Georgia editor* have per fecting presses and linotype machines, and have risen to the dignity of neap capitalists. President Coleman It one of the most, opulent ot the lot. With K. I). Russell, he owns The Cedartown Standard, one of the best weeklies In the South. Sanderavllle will stagger along with tho odltors until June S, on which day the whole crowd will embark In Pull mans and a few ordinary coaches for Atlanta, from whero they will bee-line to Jamestown, arriving In time to boost Georgia Day along In great slmpc on June 10. Sandorsvllle. hospitable and historic, expects to slip the halter off for the event of the editorial vlaltation. Know ing somewhat of the editorial habit the Sanderavllllana prefer to tske the Ini tiative, conscious of the feet that the editors would take the halter off any way. Going to be gay times mixed In with the hard, common sense of the meeting. The boys know how to work aa well as have a good time. Besides most of them will have wives or sweethearts along. It la necessary for Mrs. President Coleman to attend all the meetings to see that President Coleman's jocund humor does not over- reach. No program has been announced officially but In order to relieve Preal ,<b-nt Coleman of a great deal of worry over It, the following outline la pre sented: Experiences as Head of the Georgia Press Association Through a Decade- Waiter 8. Coleman. * A Hundred Years of Weekly Journal. Ism In Georgia—Dick Orubo, Darien Gazette. Tho Best Town In Georgia to Run a Weekly thavtng tried all of them.)— Jack Majors, In Xewnan last week. Some Political Recollections of the I-ast Fifty Years—Trox Bankston, West Point News. Reminiscence* of a Reformed Week ly Editor—Hooper Alexander. A Sign of the Times. That the present era ot prosperity Is still running flood tide In Georgia I* proved by the new bank* that ar* being started all over the state. Mr. J. C. Evan*, for fourteen years clerk of the Warren superior court, was In Atlanta from Warrenton Thursday and brought news of the most recent development of this kind. This new hank In Warrenton will bo known aa the , Planter* and Merchants' Bank and It Is now Only waiting the com pletion of Its home,'* new building In course of construction. Mr. L. O. Denton has been named president of the new Institution, and Mr. Evans will be cashier. Most all ot the stock Is held in Warrenton and Warren connty, and the new bank affords ev ery assurance of success. While this mean* two banka for Warrenton, the wealth of botj the town and county lias Increased very rapidly, and bank account* now take the place of mort gages. This Warrenton enterprise, started by many of the best planters and business men of old Warren, has the best (Fishes of The Georgian, along with Ita boat of friend* and admirers throughout the state, where almtlar projects have been, launched with sig nal success. THE LIGHT AND POWER ISSUE UPON US NOW. The light and power issue is at hand. President Arkwright has stated frankly and squarely to the city that he will not re duce the price of lights and power from the Georgia Railway and Electric Company, and that he has no competition to make with any other line. This is boldly spoken, as President Arkwright has the right to speak if he so desires. But the frank statement puts the city upon ita metal, and if anything is going to be done, it should be done at once. It is clear that the North Georgia Electric Company can come into the city and pupply ita needs through the ducts and conduits of the Atlanta Telephone Company. Here, then, the issue comes to a point, and the real battle begins for cheaper lights and power. General Warner, of the North.Georgia Electric Company, is as confident and ns- aured as President Arkwright, of the other company. He has his work in hand and his tranquillity is assuring. If we can make our contract with him we shall get lights 25 per cent cheaper than we have had them for years before, and the saving will be as timely as the sense of liberty will be most agreeable. Some weeks ago The Georgian urged an editorial plea that the city should enter into negotiations with the Atlanta Telephone Company by which, at a comparatively small expenditure, that line, with the franchises which it holds, might be taken into the possession of the city and become once more a tower and bulwark of our system of municipal ownership. That plan now would consumo more time than the present situation could afford. But we can at least marshal our triuniui- pal forces, and with a front as resolute as the front of any other party at issue in this earn*, we shall go right forward to enter into the contracts which will make us in these commodities at least richer and freer than we have been before. of verdicts aro given from heart failure lo ever/ other trouble. But quick luncbltls Is toe real ntilady. Fortunately, or In tho light of modern science and its many theories, perhaps unfortunately. It Ib not a germ disease. Many blamo the Greeks for tho Atlanta epidemic. If so, wo can agree with a certain warrior of classic fame, and by transposition as well as translation, also say: “We fear the Greeks even when bearjng ham-ands and half oyster stews.” WE LAMENT CONTEMPORANEOUS STRIFE. We note with something more than passing regret the “acerbities of the season" now being Interchanged between our contemporaries ot the morning and of the evening Held. The casua belli Is tho simple statement of our famous governor-elect that President Roosevelt was tho most popular and Mr. Bryan the next moit popular man lo all the country's length. We are at a loss to understand the sudden severance of soft relations between these plumaged birds who have been billing and cooing since the October Incident ot our state campaign. In fact, the offensive and defensive alliance between theae ever gen tle and gracious gentlemen, which began upon the soft Atlantic when they ■wept with President Atkinson through tho Florida Keys to the metropolis of Cubs, has left The Georgian In a state of splendid Isolation, which* like tho voices of the past, has been both pleasant and mournful to the soul. Our fond friends and near neighbors of tho pen do not discuss their differences In the better spirit which should movo great editors In thla larger day. Our vla-a-vis across the street Is at heart a pink of amiability, but la not above the substance ot a sneer encssed In kindly words. Ho sometimes hits by Indirection and publishes from reprint naughty things about his neighbors which ho does not care to exploit as his own. ( The other "oracle" who haa trailed behind our virile governor-elect Into fame, has never learned at one and the same time to be severe and parliamentary. Ho does not handle his point olther with grace or esse. In fact, tho "point” Is not his weapon but the ax, and wo xometlmex ques tion whether ho himself can comprehend the awkwardness with which It swings. He says things that are harder than tho cause demands. He Is not unwilling to leave a sting that la deeper than Ita provocation. But withal he makes so many errors that perhaps we should forgive him this. Meanwhile, we commend our unhappy friends to patience and to courtesy. They are neither as bad as tho other thinks. In fact, wo think better of both of them than they aro thinking and saying of oach other. We feel sure that with the passing of this stormy April, tbclr ruffled spirits will grow still, and that In the softer summer that Is coming on. they may each of them fall back Into such gentle and such pleasant converse that they may In their stretches of new charity havo a little more of good will for us. They are really fine fellows ot The Journal and Constitution. May we not persuade them to believe that It Is so? And shall thoy not at last let this restless winter of their discontent pass Into summer with the suns of May? THE PEOPLE AND THE PRESS Comment on the Bryan-Graves Discussion • Tho letters are ao many and so fully and the editorials so numerous and ao lengthy, that it ia only poasible to give tho brief aalient extracts from letters and editorials. Party Less Than People. Hob, John Temple Ora res* Atlanta. Os. Dear Hir: \Ve have read what jrou had J®.«ay In year Chattanooga n. and we thluk end honestly believe to be the beet Interests ot the people. We only wish wo bed more men like yo“ — 1 Southland. We hope to see th* day when people will take pride In 8**rvltitf their rountry and ■tate Instead of following along nfter per* tyleui. Wishing you nod The Georgian much eucceea, we remain yon re very " „ 0RA8ELTON II Braeelton, Gn„ April If, 1307. A Side Lick at Judgment. The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot: One of the chief eccentricities of Genius Is unreliability. Brilliant aa lightning, fas- which beam so close TO THE "GOOD OLD DINNER-TIME”—GOODBYE. That Indigestion la the great national dlseaae Is generally conceded. And now, unless all signs and Indications are wrong, Atlanta promises to develop a particularly acute form of municipal Indigestion on | Aor own account as well aa suffering from the common national malady. Time was, and not more than two or three years ago at.the moat, when with the blowing of the noon whistle, or an hour later, Atlantan* wero accustomed to leave their office* and trolley homeward for tho enjoyment of the mid-day meal. There was the usual table talk, bearing about the doings of the neighbors for the morning or discussion of some of the thou sand and one domestic questions which, like the poor and the servant problem, are always with us. All of which offered relaxation from buxi nes* cares and an aid to the digestion ot the home-cooked food. But now prepare for tho soft jlggory kind of music and the “twl- llghty” glim ot the footlights that announce the approach of the villain. 8ome one started a "Quick Lunch Cafe" In Atlanta. Instantly the epidemic apread throughout the Gate City until there was not a hole In the wall but waa tilled with tho odors of “quick cook- lug" and the very walla re-echoed tho gladsome message "ham and eggi; - two’ to"come." Many claim they were Greeks who descended upon Atlanta for the de struction ot her digestion as surely as the Gotha descended upon Rome. - Whoever they were, they were Philistines. In a month or two Atlanta's dinner hour os an Institution passed Into that great collection ot memories ot by-gone days and customs. In the down-town office*, hurried hubbies called up their loving wives. "Hello, dearest, that you? Just called up to say I'm awfully rushed and can't possibly get out. Yes, so am I, terribly disappointed. IVbat's that? Sweetbreads? You’re the sweetfullest, thoughtfullest little girl In the world. Yea, you are, too. I'm terribly sorry. Be sure'n save me some. Bye-bye.” The telephoning stopped long ago. The average Atlanta man would feel about as awkward and self-conscious at his own luncheon table these days a* at a special bargain matinee. He no longer thinks of 'phoning home. The one-time noon hour has been reduced to lowest farms. Th* "good old dinner time” has given way to the modern luncheon bolt This in turn consists of a dash from the office to the nearest hole-ln-the-wall—always one or more to every Atlanta business block—the grabbing and swallow ing whole of a sandwich or some one of the quick, "always hot” orders, a cup of coffee''and a piece of pie.-The last mouthful of this latter dell, caey Is generally masticated while oa the way to the cashier's desk or en route to the office again. And all to save time. Many accomplish this entire luncheon process In S.021-4 and some even in twoflnlnutea flat. It la a contest waged dally and almost all Atlanta may be seen at any noon kour rushing like mad In an attempt to lower the record—and save time. And what are the consequences? Men are beginning to know their stomachs, their location and many other vital statistics. Healthy Atlantans formerly did not know they had any—which 1s the normal condition. The stomach Is the boiler room of the human system. In It Is stored all of the power for energy and re serve strength. But you can't run a heavy plant day and night with a one-horse power boner, no matter what the slse of the ambitious or nervous energy engine. All this terrible driving Is a fearful strain on the rest of the machinery. Perhaps a stimulant Is thrown down Into tho holler room just for encouragement. But It doesn't fool nature, the fire man. Indigestion In weakening the system Invites every disease from stomach-ache to the bubonle plague. It Interfere* with the heart machin ery and every other organic department And then the cod. All kinds I . . cUsilKH «•] of mini], to tnidne._ ,— dsxxln (bo Imagination .ml confine tbo Judgment of (be popnl.ee It one could cal- eulnte when and where It would (trike. Never traveling on (be elrenlar line, wbleh are the hlghwiiya or Iti-uson, Genius de- llxbl. In tangent* and rig-saga, leaps from "eras to eras «f startling suggestion to tbe In-low the stratum or rtirruac.tloii snd of era.b, startling tbe dweller* In tbe lower level, rblefly Try tbe mystery In tbe far off pyrotechnics and the note of danger Hounded by tbe detonation, of colliding cloud.. The eye. ot tbe travelers In tbe uetber world are blinded by the sudden (loam which, passing, leave, hi. pathway wrapped lu double gloom. One tiny atar of .ober common sense would be ■ safer S ide. No, dropping ambitious metaphor, ulus Is tbs Jack-o'-Lantrru and Talent tbe sol-er Sign I'oet of practical, every-day life. Oenlua tempt, the unwary to tbe morass and qnlckund against wbleh Talent would warn. Gentu. lovea tlie perilous and the Impracticable; Talent .bow. tbem a. pestilential. Genius rides upeu the whirl wind : Telrnt rune s league to eocspe "a f ile.’’ Genius despise, chart and compos.; alent never Mil. without them Ixith. Ge nius Is the Ntren enticing the mariner to shipwreck among tbe rocks sod breakers; Talent Is tbe Light House which tells tbe pilot where be must not steer. Genius I. sublime Infatuation wltb a single Ides; Tal ent Is the methudle sense of proportion. Genius Is ■ poet: Talent o mathematician. Genius acts on Impressions: Talent by con viction and estcofatlon. Goals* sees but one thing at a time and deems the universe well lost for that; Talent survey* the wbole Held at action and seeks to attain all good things without aacrlflee of auy. Genius Is John Temple Graves. Talent Is two hope) the leadership of th* Demo cratic party. A Grandly Sensational Thing. The Chicago Daily Post: Uut. as to those chicken, of Colonel Bry- », which havo lieon driven home to roo.t on bl. chair *t a banquet. Colonel Graves I. more than half right In aaylng that Pres ident Roosevelt h«» been dido* pretty much what Mr. llryan and Mr. Hearat have bedu proml.lng they would do If they had tha chance. lie has the money derll- of there le s meney derll—holding himself to keep from falling to pieces after the ter- rifle thumping that has been .given by th* *’■* stick. He his the rich men conspiring to dispose of him. He *• cbarging the trusts With hla lusty .peer. If we might he permitted to say It. be Is raiding hell generally and with true delight, and the People seem to like what he Is doing. Colo- nel Bryan could do no more to worry the wealthy than Colonel Roosevelt Is doing, unless he took a lunge at the tariff, ami the president may do that In his nexl round. Host of Colonel Bryan's paternal •tic Mess are Mr. Roosevelt's daily prac tices. Colonel Rrysn ha* himself Idenflfled * lot of his principles nt the white bonse under the present administration. If hr would stand up and shout for the presi dent In Inld tones, he rould probably unload a few more of them at tho hack door of •no executive mansion, anil the peoplr would have them lost as much as If tbej went In arrneo tbe pqrch. . ..And It would he such s grandly sene*- tlonal thing If Colonel Bryan should offer Colonel itnosevelt lo the Democrats, In sol- nun coarlave assembled to choose a can didate for president. It would be worth tho price of a ticket to the convention city to see Ben Tillman, at tbe head of the Houtb Carolina delegation, catch the drift of tho remarks. It would he worth while making S nomination If TUIman should be sp ited chairman of the delegation to notify president. We have bad a good deal of ran under the Roosevelt administration, but we oan have more, and this would be the best fan of *11. Bat. seriously, what could Colonel Bryan OrsTeIf n n,t ’“ e ,u 0fl*stlon of Colonel Hardly Practicable Now. The Savannah Press: There la no doubt that Mr. Bryan has ■e courage and magnanimity to act upon is suggestion of Colonel Graves If he loughl It the proper thing to do. Mr. Bry- n has shown (hat be Is very much of * pa- lot and that bo places bis principle* far above hla desire for the presidency. He I* a clean man with high purposes and ‘he undoubted strength of hla convictions. Mr. Bryan state.! distinctly that "wltb th* present lights before him" he did dot propose to support Mr. Roosevelt nr to name him for tho nomination. Mr. Rrynn especially with such an unprecedented del pasture. If 'Mr. Bryan want* to he n Warwick and If he does not thlok that be can be elected himself, why doesn't he work for the nomination of some Southern man? The (tomb supported Mr. Bryan loyally I with times. He could Unit some Nouthern candidate who stood upon bis platform. This la assnnilng that Mr. Bryan desires to Influence the party nomination, which we are not prepared to neeept. We do not think that Mr. Roosevelt will be a candidate for the thli.1 term, or that his nomination would he happily received. He baa Informed hie Republican friends that he would not accept the nomi nation. We hardly think he will take It at the hands of tbe Democrats or that he would he Induced to reconsider hi* present decision, cyan though both parties supported him. We do not know what Is- sne may grow up In the meantime, hut nt the preeent the anggeatlon of Mr. Graves does not strike us ns practicable. We realise that the orator Is high-minded and sincere, nnd that the man to whom be aria la quite eapahle or making any aae- r. of mounting nny pedeatnl: hut hla fellow.Democrata -would hardly rail upon Mr. Bryan to make this kind of departure j4re You Going Abroad? To those who contemplate a trip abroad during; the Summer we can issue Letters of Credit and Circular Notes or Messrs. Thos! Cook & Son, payable in all parts of the world. We especially recommend these as the most convenient and satisfactory way to carry your expense money. Information gladlv furnished. MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO., Atlanta, Ga. Army-Navy Orders CHINESE DIFERENCES, Ills compass points south. In saluting you, h* puts on his hat. Walking with you, he keeps out of stop. He shskes his own hand. Instead of yours. Ho says east-south, Instead of southeast. and cats Its see His women often wear trousers, whli* ha wssra s gown. He presents coffins to his friends, as you present cigars or books.—Minneapolis Jour- nal. PUNISHMENT OF CRIME BY FINE IS WITHOUT AVAIL. To the Editor of Tho Georgian: In those dnys ot prosecution of trust organisations In this country, and where there are convictions, a money penalty being Imposed as punishment, proving utterly how abortive Is the ef fort to girevent such unlawful combi nations. the query, "Do the people know the logical effect of a fine os punish ment for crime?” ha* repeatedly aug gested Itself to my mind. Of course the same unfortunate conditions exist here In Georgia In attempting to punish for the commission of crime. What I mean Is the effect of such a punish ment when the condition In life of the criminal Is considered. In short, hts wealth or poverty. Ill* ability or In ability to pay the tine and court cost. Let me Illustrate: Two men combine and commit n crime against the mlademeanoy laws of the state. They are equally guilty: no extenuating circumstances In favor of either, and hence the identical punish ment In Justice should be Inflicted on each criminal. The jury convicts and the Judgment of the court Inflicting the penalty la next In order. One of these men la wealthy, and the Infliction of the extreme limit of the tine—*1,000— and coats of court la all that can be given him. The other la a .poor man. who earns hts money by the sweat of his face; moreover he Is the bread winner of a needy family. Now. mark the Inequality of auch a pernicious system of punishing crime. The wealthy man pay* the money. Is discharged from custody and goes hts way, and, so far as fear of punishment Is concerned, commits the like crime on the day of hts discharge. Money penalty does not affect him. The penalty was simply that he work on the chain gang for twelve months, to be discharged any time on the payment of the line and cost. Of course he pay* It. Now, In flict the same punishment upon the other criminal, and mark tbe result. Because of hts poverty he Is unable to pay the line and cost, and consequently, not because of crime committed, but because of poverty, he Is put upon the chain gang of the county. But It may be said that tha Judge could and would take Into consideration the ability of the two men to pay the tine and Im pose sentence accordingly. Conceded that he would do so,, and yet the same state of affair* continues. Who la ao Ignorant as not to know that the value of money. In amount, to the one and to the other, t* established by condition: that 10 cents,may be—aye. often I*—if more ronsequence to the extremely poor than the thousand dollara ta to tha wealthy man. nnd Indeed In these days of colossal fortunes and dire poverty, —shall I say ltl-T-corrupt system vir tually punishes the poor man and ex cuses the wealthy man. (There are many crimes that men of wealth com mit and will continue to commit as long as thla system continues In force, re gardless ot the present penalty, be cause they know It will be an alterna tive sentence, and that they can pay out. It stands confessed by all men of experience and observation that justice can only bo done by punishing nil criminals of the same class alike ay putting them In Jail or on the chain gang; thus only can you punish' th* rich and poor alike. Would you deal Justly with the people and the criminal, be he rich or poor? Then equality cf punishment Is the remedy, and It can never be reached by the fine system. Permit me to say to the reader that I have practiced law as a means of sup port since May, 1S74; hitherto my ex perience In criminal cases has been un- precedeutly large. I once held the of fice of judge of the county court of Glynn county, although my earned title "Judge" Is never given me for soma reason best known to the people here, and during the time 1 held that office I saw tha Injustice of the system. I see It now, and hence my conclusion Is drawn from experience of all these long years, that It may well be said that this system gives rise lo the opinion that law* are made to punish the poor and shield the rich. Look at the brazen violations of law today by multi-mil lionaires. The court Imposes a fine and they continue to violate the law by reason of their wealth. Send a few to the penitentiary and watch the effect. Crime, so far as thty are concerned, will diminish If not cease entirely. FRANCIS H. HARRIS. Brunswick, Go. MOVEMENT OF VESSELS. Army Orders. Washington, April IS.—First Lieuten ant Charles E. Todd, retired from Pea cock Military School, San Antonio, May 10: Private Arthur Snyder. from Six teenth recruit company, recruit depot, Jefferson barracks, to Thirtieth Infan try. Fort Crook. First Sergeant Edward F. Doll. Com pany A. Seventh Infantry, Fort Wayne, transferred as private to general serv Ice, Infantry, to recruit depot. Jefferson barracks; Private (flrkt class) Joseph H. Grayson, hospital corps, from recruit depot. Jefferson barracks, to depot of recruits and casuals. Fort McDowell, thence to Philippines. Private Horace T. Rutherford, from Fifteenth recruit company, recruit de pot, Jefferson barracks, transferred lo Fifty-fourth company, coast artillery (depot torpedo company), Fprt Totten. Recruit Lloyd L. Warden, cavalry, re cruit depot. Jefferson barrack*, trans ferred to signal corps as private to Fort Omaha. Naval Orders. Captain C. E. Vreeland, detached of fice assistant secretary of the navy, navy department, to command Kansas, when commissioned. Cable from Rear Admiral J. H. Day- ton. commander-ln-chlef Pacific fleet, Olongapo, April 18; Lieutenant J. T. Tompkins and Ensign E. C. 8. Parker, detached Rainbow, to West Virginia, for staff duty. Midshipman H. H. Max- son, detached West Virginia to home. Movements of Vessels. ARRIVED—April 17, Chattanooga at Chinklang. Arethusa at Norfolk. Morris at Port Royal, Abarenda at Newport News, linens at Hampton Roads, Leba. non at Lambert Point. 8A1LED—April 17, Minnesota from Norfolk far a cruise, Arethusa from Hampton Roads for Norfolk, Morris from Port Royal for navy yard. New York; Hunnlhnl from Philadelphia for Hampton Roads, Lebanon from Norfolk for Lambert Point, Dixie from Clen fuegos for Havana. SUWANNEE. From sinuous cypress n river runs. Gaunt and dead with setting suns, Whose brightness evermore repines. With shadows of Death's outlines. t* The water's motion has no glow Of life's sweet hopes In peaceful flow; But wandering slow In undertone It speaks of mystery alone. Down darkling slopes nnd rocky bounds The currents lull enchanted grounds; And strange folk ply their wondrous trade. Where daylight ne'er has chance to fade. 8ENTENCE 8ERM0NS. There la no God ia jove. ‘but” to the truth that The only religion a man ha* Is that which he gives away. The music of thll world comes from lives vocal with love. It will take more than singing “The Sweet By and By" to bring the right now and here. THE DICTIONARY*” OF MISINFORMATION. DICE-Brick* for Natan's furnace. FIANCEE—Sweetheart In (InseL ' OOP—A dlaghat’s alec*. I'll VflK’IAN—One who rhsrges you tz for ■-oaflrmlag your belief that you don’t feel well. tbe proposition Is absolutely correct. POOL-A gam* la which sue man pock- The sequence I* that thla unfortunate ets tho ball* tad the nosey. * t The trees bend o’er In wild embrace, And wood and water Interlace; The branches bear few bloisoma dear, For Death's own finger holds them sere. The gayer ones of Nature's bom Wilt hardly those banks adorn; But easing through the placid ways The wlxard aaurlon croon* hip laya. 'TIs Time entombed that's slumber ing there; TIs lovers who have lost their Fair, And resting for a little while Beneath the Suwannee's sullen smile. —CHARLES A. NIXON. Oxford^ Ga. “The Rose That All Are Praising.” In the summer of 1**0, while out of health, I waa visiting friends In Rhode Island, on Narragansttt Bay. In the evenings six ladles and gentlemen gathered on the plazxa and sang songs. One of these was “The Rose That All Are Praising." I never heard It before nor alnce, and have never neen the lines In print—excepting that In a volume of "Single Poem Pbeta," I found the flrat verse only. What I send Is copied from memory. The tune was very agreeable. The recollection I* pleas ant, saddened only by the reflection that all of those good friends have passed away, while I, then an Invalid, am atlll upon the stage, with that song resounding In my memory. I have n tender feeling for It, and should be glad to see It In print that It may float, as a waif, upon the current of poetic lit erature. The rose that all are praising la not the rose for me; Too many eyes are gazing Upon that costly tree: But I've a rose In yonder glen That shuns the gaxe of other men. For me Its blossom raising— O, that's the rose for me, O. that's the rose for me. O, that’s the ruse for me. The gem that king's may covet Is not the gem for me; O, who would seek to have It Save that the world might see? But I've a gem ot purest ray. And next my heart worn every day. So dearly do I love It— O, that’s th* rose for me. o. that’s the rose for me, O, that's the rose for me. Gay bird* In cages pining Are not the birds for me; Their gaudy plumage shining I care not thus to see; But I'v* a bird which sweetly slnga— Though free to roam she folds her wing*. For me her flight restraining— O, that's the rose for mu, O, that's the rose for me, O, that’s the rose for me. INDORSES THE PROPOSITION FOR NEGRO REFORMATOY. To the Editor of The Georgian- 1 am glad to see that Dr. Lee and others have taken up the question of extending the benefits of the Fulton county reformatory to the negro boya We have either got to train these boys to work or we have got to build larger Jails nnd multiply our police force greatly. The slave negroes have never given the South much trouble. The young negro has caused all the disturbance and has caused our women thetr great fear. These have come up without fa- (her and practical!y without mother. The mothers are In no condition *i train their children after they have worked at our homes all day and Into the night, cooking for us. They can only give tho broad they take from our homes and the clothes which our worn- en give them. They have no oppor tunity of training their children, and their boys can grow up to be menaces to the women and property of the com munity. Many of the negroes have caught some Idea of training their children and are staying at home trying to train them, but there are numbers of boys who are under no control and are grow. Ing up to be the terrors of the South. They will hate the whites because of our neglect of them, and our Southland will be tilled with murders and arson and nameless crimes. It will be very wise for us to take the neglected boys from our streets and put them undrr lock In our reformatories, where such men as Professor Means can change the trend of their lives and help to train them, so that they In turn will help to Influence others and so begin 'o permeate tho worst class of the negro race with respect for law and womrn and humanity. If the Southern people could have, seen the danger of turning over negro education to the negroes nnd to the noble-hearted missionaries who did not understand the negro or the South and who unintentionally has made our bur- den heavier by creating a barrier be- tween the races: had we taken this ed- ucatlon upon ourselvea, we could havo saved a large part ot the trouble we now have. If we will look at the negro youths today and realise that they are but the saml-savage children of seml-savagea and train them to work as the slave owners tralned-them In other days. «» will avoid n San Domingo In the year, to come. If we do not take upon our selves this burden while wc can. there will grow up a mass of colored youths nnd men who will And their chief de light In damning our land and making It hideous to our women. It- la pitiful that Southern women do not dare to live unprotected around th* city of Atlanta. We are being banished from our own land and from the Joys and pleasures of our Southland. Wo must stop thla, and there ts no way to do It except to buy a.large farm and teach these neglected ones of the negro race systematic work and keep them from damning us and damning th* better qualities of their own race. It la true we can not deal with all of them, but every one we reach will b» an Inspiration to the others who only become Industrious and the leaven will have lls Influence. We must not say that because we can not reach all we will leave It alone; thla Is one problem that we can not leave alone, for our Southland will be rillned to us and tho Immigrants and will be largely deso lated. , Let the county officer* buy this farm, and have It large, and let u* show to other countries snd other cities a sane, wise way to deal wKhtM. qnestlom X. Y. POLICE ARREST ITALIAN MURDERER o. NEW MEXICO’S GOVERNOR RESIGNS Washington. April Heeretaiy Loeb an nounced yesterday that Governor Gaerman, of New Mexico, bad Informed the president that he will send In bln realgnatloa. The aoni _ g* province, l-hltlpi. New Mexico In fl It la understood (he governor was mixed up In u New Mexico arrap concerning s loan deal lavelTlag 7,OK terra. New-York. April 1».—In raiding a basement yeiterday for foreigners carrying concealed, weapon* the pollco found an Italian who Is said to ho wanted In Italy for participation In at least twenty-live yiurders. He Is Enrl- oc Alfono. Alfono was Identlfled by the Bertlllon system as the man for whose arrest the Italian consul general had asked some time ago. REV. T. S. HAMLIN DIED THURSDAY New York. April 19.—Tho Rev. T. S. Hamlin, pastor of the Presbyterian church of the Covenant of Washington, died yesterday morning In the Hahne mann hospital. He waa vice president of the Memorial Asioclatlon of the Dis trict of Columbia, president of th* board of trustees of Howard Universi ty. trustee of the United Society "I Christian Endeavor, visitor to the gov ernment hospital for the, Insane, a member of the American Historical A*; noclatton and Archaeological Society 0 America. Negro Minstral Stranded. Special to Tbe Georgian. Charlotte. N. C.. April 1».—The Hono lulu Minstrel, a colored aggregation from Atlanta, making their way hy alow stage* to the Jamestown Exposi tion, Is stranded here. After exhibit ing In the Academy of Music Monday night the treasury reported virtually bankrupt. . Big Demurrage Claim. The 177,000 demurrage claljn of th# Pennington & Evans Lumber Company, of Barfilld, against the Douglas. Au gusta and Gulf railroad was heard be fore the railroad commission Thursday. The lumbermen ana represented by Judge Spencer Atkinson, who Hied <h« claim with tha commission. This Is •“* largest single demurrage claim filed In this state. After hearing from both sides, th* commission took the matter under advisement for a decision later. Twelve Year* for Nsgro. Special to The Georgian. Athens. Ga- April 1».-T**t*rd*7 morning Judge Brand sentenced Jim 81ms. the :*-year-old negro who charged with the murder of Charts' Drake, who was Monday found guilts by th* Jury of voluntary manalaught'-- The term given him was twelv* ye«"