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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
MONDAY, MAY 20. 1M7.
TUB ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
.'OHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
Published Every Afternoon,
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"Uncle Itemus” Is Here.
Uncle Remus's Mugazlue, judged by
an advance copy, fulfills the best ex
pectations of Its thousands of admir
ing well wishers and friend**.
From Its rich and attractive outer
psge with the historic rabbit skilfully
worked In the Initials of Joel Chandler
Harris, through a long list of brilliant
and carefully selected contents and
beautifully set advertisements, Uncle
Remus will be voted an Immediate aud
gratifying success.
Those who expect to be patrons of
this popular magailne should not fall
to read the flrst page which seta forth
the principles and scope of the tuaga-
slne.
Mr. “Billy Sanders, of Shady Dale."
occupies a position of honor In two
whole columns of exquisite humor and
common sense combined, and the Ed I-
tor-ln-Chlef makes his salutatory under
the thoroughly human and altruistic
headlines "On Knowing Your 'Neigh
bors."
In this Initial editorial perhapa
there Is the best possible key-note
to the spirit and view of the rnaga-
sins, for It Is large, liberal and hu
man, rich In tender phlloeophy,
bright In Ita optimism and charming
In Ita charity which we are assured
la to pulse the pages of our new liter
ary light In the South.
Mr. Harria has a new atory called
"The Blahop and the Uooger Man,"
which la up to the high atandard of
the author, and a new Uncle Remua
Story on “(low Brer Rabbit Saved Brer
Bar'a Life."
Don Marquis, always thoughtful ami
scholarly, oceuplee tba position of hon
or In tha flrst Issue next to Joel Chand
ler Harria blmaelf, and bla two artl-
cles -on "The Wild Hards of Blll-
vllle," and "A Glance In Passing," vin
dicate tba line critical and literary
taita and judgment which he haa es
tablished In dally Journallam.
Mrs. Thsddeus Horton has an Inter
esting article describing the letters of
Henry Clay to Mmc. Le Vert.
Mr. M. A. Lane, of (he Microscopical
Society, discusses ‘-five Men Who
Made Epochs.'
Harold Boyce has an Interesting
page on "World Movements aa
Viewed from the Metropolis.'*
Paul Ttetjens discusses America's
moat remarkable theatrical season,
and Mrs. Lundy H. Harris and Miss
Annie McFarland hava a delightful
aeries of book reviews, while Mrs
Mary E- Bryan conducts the Open
House.
Among the notable ’flcUcm ot this
brilliant opening number besides Mr.
Harris' atorlts, la one which Mr. Har
ris declares to be the beat short atory
ha blmaelf baa read In the decade,
"The Schooner Mary EL Foster,'' and I*
by John Fleming Wilson, a Western
author, who Is just rising Into lame.
Maarten Maartens baa a tragical farce
colled ‘The Divine, the Avenger," Il
lustrated by R. F. James. CbarloA
Fredrick Holder.has a Story on “The
Maddening of Smith," and Owen Kll
dare tells a bright tale under tho
headlines of "The Point of View.”
The merit of the opening number
fully satisfies the people of the South
and of tho country that Uncle Remns
is to "be in every respect a magaxlae
of,the .first class. Neither sectional
nor narrdw, neither provincial nor
prejudiced, out a large American peri
odical published In the South with tha
Southern pulse flowing In national car-
rents, and with a purse large enough
to command contributions from the
best writers of the North ai well as of
the South.
Typographically the magaxlne, print
ed as It Is In Atlanta, will be a glory
to the art of the printer and to the
presa which brings It forth, and Its en
tire makeup stamps it from the begin
ning as a winner which richly deserves
to win.
We do not know a happier and
more fortunate crew than that which
mans the life voyage of Uncle Remus.
Everybody wishes them well. -Nobody
has either Jealousy or III will toward
the magazine or any man on Ita staff.
Ita only danger la In tho warning of
the Scriptures: “Woe unto you when
all men apeak well of you,” for Uncle
Remua starts in life amidst tho uni
versal good drill of the whole people
of the South and of the country.
It Is a magazine without friction,
without foes and with thousands ot
earnest and sympathetic friends.
With all Its heart The Georgian
wishes It bon voyage over prosperous
seas with fair breezes and with well
filled sails to happiness and success.
THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT OP SCHOOLS.
Prof. W. M. Slaton haa Just cause to congratulate himself upon his
selection aa superintendent of the Atlanta system of public schools,
Pfofessor Slaton haq been for a quarter of a century tho diligent and
effective principal of ttie Boys' High school In this capital city of the state,
and under his guidance and administration there have gono out Into the
universities and 'subsequently Into the active world a troop of young men
whose talents and energies are now a part of the vital ilfo and progress
of the Empire State. ,
It has been for many years the laudable ambition of Professor Slaton
to succeed bts distinguished father when that eminent educator felt called
‘upon to lly down the administration of the superintendence.
f This ambition within the legitimate lines of a profession to which he
haa been copslatently loyal, is now fulfilled. In the caucus action of the
board of education. And the frlebds of Professor Slaton In extending to
him their heartiest congratulations upon his achieved ambition will also
accompany It with their heartiest good wishes for a wise, prudent tactful,
unselfish and lofty administration of the most responsible public function
which Atlanta has to bestow upon a citizen. Tho system of education In
this county and trf some extent In this section of the state revolves around
the superintendent of the Atlanta Public Schools. He has It In his power
to promoto harmony, to establish Justice, to develop efficiency, and to cre
ate a fine active co-operatlvo spirit of fellowship and helpfulness among
'the teachers of the chief city.iof the South.
Professor Slaton Is a gentleman by birth and by training, a scholar by
attainment and a teacher by long yeara of patient and Industrious service.
We sincerely trust that In this new and responsible position he will
meet In full the expectations of his friends and demonstrate by a series
of tactful, lofty and magnanimous years of service the wisdom of those
who have fulfilled his life ambition and placed blm In this lofty station
of responsibility and trust.
We congratulate the new superintendent of the Atlanta public schools
and Invoke for him the co-operation of the people In all the high ends ot
service which he may plan.
THE CITY OFFICES AND THE PEOPLE.
Council meets this (Monday) afternoon Iqpa session which will In
clude the discussion of the mayor's suggestion to taka tho election of the
city engineer and the commissioner of publle works from the people and
commit It to the power of tho city legislature.
Very powerful opposition has been developed to this suggestion which
should, and doubtless will, have Its due weight with the decision of the
city council.
The Georgian voiced the flrst protest with an editorial last week
which was followed by a similar protest from The Journal ot Labor, and
subsequently several organized bodies have expressed their disapproval
of the plan.
Our own opposition was hosed upon the vlow that the people had
none too much of power committed to them at the present time In the
choice of their public servants, and that It was neither politic nor oppor
tune to take away from them any of the privileges which they enjoyed.
Further than that, we believe that the occasional scraps between the
officials, which was the basis of the mayor's suggestion, are wholesome
rather than objectionable In that they keep tho public Informed as to the
condition of the departments whose occupant* keep a close watch upon
each other.
We sincerely trust that the city council wilt recognise the force - of
these objections and the expressed will of so many ot the people, and
that It will announce Itself In favor of continuing In the people the elec
tive power which they now enjoy.
IS THIS TOTALtlEPRAVITY?
Nothing has ever pained Tho Oeorgtan more than the spirit with which
certain members of tbu.cult of parggraphera have met our Juat and natu
ral query as to the ultimate fate of that clan.
In tho main, Tho Houston Post has shown an utter and Incompre
hensible abandon as to any fato that might overtake It for paragraphic
sins. Tho Washington Herald gives us especial distress over Its position.
Not many months ago that able exponent of tabloid comment departed
Georgia for the national capital.
Ills descent Into the abyss ot total depravity baa been all but ap
palling, when ono considers Ills years of pious conduct In the state ot
his nativity. Pampered on Trenton flavored shad—The Houston Post as
serts that It can furnish affidavits that It Is really Mullaney herring—
Paragrapher Nevln hides behind tho flimsiest quibbles In an effort-to hol
ster up a forlorn cause. ,
Ills latest pltlfnl effort to make out a tenable ground of hope for after
’ beatitude la hinged upon a half-column treatise on the pronunciation ot
' hla professional name. What differ* It whether It la pronounced "para
grapher" or "pa-rag-rapher?" Tho real Issue ts as to what the final de
cree will be aa to the hereafter of the “para-grapher" or the "pa-rag-
rapber." No snch' aide issue can move us from the steady and Inexorable
demand to know—"What will be the fate of the paragrapher hereafter?"
At first blush The Houston Post man evidenced a blithe Indifference
to the whole subject of hts future state. Almost he waxed profane in hla
comments on the subject—the profanity of utter abaudon. But a change
is coming over the spirit of his comment. Even a diet of year-round
strawberries, rabbit-fattened baas and such delicacies has jiot made him
without a remnant of conscience, however submerged It may be. Liaten
to this we* cry of an awakened better nature:
"The Atlanta Georgian declare* that it la easier for a camel to
go through the eye of a needle than for a paragrapher to go t6
heaven.' The Bible declares that It la easier for a camel to go
through the eye of* needle than for a rich man to enter the king
dom of heaven. We are broke and standing pat on the Bible
theory.”
The Georgian feels that It haa performed a great service to the coun
try in arousing the cult of paragrapher* to some -tens* of responsibility.
In beginning this discussion we were not unmindful of the fate of the
great editor of The Louisville Courier-Journal some yeara agb, when the
paragrapher* ot the country drove him crushed and beaten from the field.
That knowledge did not deter ua from a strict line of duty.
Finally, The Georgian opened up Its butteries on the more lumlnou*
light* of the paragraphic school, but It*Is pleasant to know that tome of
the lesser lights have evidenced a stirring conscience. The Rome Trib
une Is among this number, but until we have settled the Issue with the
more abandoned members, we cannot afford to discuss it with others. Af
ter all, the paragrapher of The Tribune does not yet belong to the totally
abandoned lisL
THE RENAI8SANCE OF TEMPLAT MASONRY.
There are evidences of the most gratifying nature that there Is to be
a distinct and notable revival of Interest In Templar Masonry all along
the Jlne In Georgia.
Time was when the Knights Templars, with, their gallant bearing,
their splendid charities, their superb uniforms crested with white plumes
and flanked by shining swords, were the most popular and spectacular part
of the noble order ot Masonry.
In th^lr annuaj conventions. In their triennial conclaves and In their
street parades on public occasions they were the admiration of all ob
servers, and Impressed tho glories of Masonry In a most especial way.
Then came the rare and radiant Shriners Into being, and the fun and
frolic, the generous human nature of the Shrine, subordinated for a time
the glory of tho "Temple."
But tho spirit of the Templars ts awaking ngaln to the beauty and
the nobollty ot a ritual which In expression and In action Is without a
superior among tho secret 'fraternal orders of thfl world. „
The Templar degree is tho New Testament of Maaonry, and follows
fast and fine upon the noble fellowship ot tho Old Testament Masonry
which flows through the Blue Lodge to the Chapter.
Tho great Templar parade which marked the recent corner stone lay
ing of tho new Masonic building, was a revelation of the numbers. Influ
ence and spectacular glory of Templarlsm, and from that occasion devoted
followers of this degree have been' actively stirring themselves to revive
enthusiasm In Its work. *
, Several Sir Knights have made of themselves evangels to secure a
larger attendance at the regular meetings and a greater xeal In the pub
lic work and the parades of the Temple.
« Tho Atlanta commandery meets on this Monday evening at 7:30, and
It Is thought that an unusually large and active attendance will be present
to suggest a Joint reception with Coeur de Lion commandery and to pro-
vldo for some new occasions and methods by which to crystallise the loy
alty and zeal of Knights In this superb and beautiful order.
You Should Have a Bank Account, Because:
It will grow.
It helps your credit.
It stimulates your courage. •
It guards against extravagance.
It protects you against loss by robbery.
It helps to hold you up while you arc out of work.
It creates business habits that Will Increase your sayings.
It furnishes the best receipt for all tho money you pay out
It makes you able to run your business, Instead of your business
running you. /
Army-Navy Orders
MOVEMENT OF VESSELS.
“Superintendent Blaton” ha* a famil
iar sound.
The namo of Taft presents some
serious obstacles to the political
rhymester. For that matter Bryan or
Gray woufd carry the poet vote over
whelmingly.
Coventor-elect Hoke Smith has been
in physical .training for his strenuous
life, and Is as fit as a fiddle for the
atatehouse.
Freight by the "air line" la no longer
an Idle dream, if Graham Bell bo wor
thy of belief.
the Solid south
Let ^jj* W*tk be solid, as sbs has ever
But not for sny psrty, nor any set of men;
Not against Ion subtle North, nor yet
agaluat the West,
But solid for those measures which she
conceives the best
To pronwiO' her Interests ms tbs times may
And nShrjt'o that standard with all the
seal of are.
Let her. of her statesmen, select the truest
of the true.
Who will light the people's battles against
the favored few;
BrlD^tbeO'to^othrr la council to formulate
‘lllcal plntft
demnudi;
'm tbroil*
them nt tin* duL,
HI the 01*1 Machine Khali tremble sveu at
the ••bub/’
Let tbe Mouth he solid, but kill all the
••yellow dogs;**
I'tn all tue “Dario Joneses,” the '‘devils”
mid the “hogs.”
Let tb^e South be solid upon tbe South's de-
Then sb«* wields an Influence In the nation's
mighty jdsus.
Let the South 1* solid—solid for her right*.
IrresgKtlvc^of psrty, fai she wljii lu all
She holds tbe balance of power; her votes
are now respected,
For stio has brokru tba party yoke, and no
party can he elected
Without drat complying with most of her
demands,
Dy adopting In their platforms and exe
cuting their plans.
|o||, -
for Its “yellow dogs,” regardless of
the right.
To me is the shades of folly as dark as tbe
shade# of ulgbt.
Why not he mugwumps like old New York
stat#?
With her, thirty-six party votes she makes
tbe parties quake.
tIkod will nt
will;
New Y
tbe South. It foot*
ot the
HHPthWttlKBP
Throw party spirit to tho skies and let rea
son begin to reign?
With a leverage constitutionally given one
hundred and atxty-slx voles strong
Why uot use It tin the name of heaven!), so
as to lieneUt therefrom?
Yea, let the South be solid, but solid for
the right.
Regardless of men or party, then she will
win the tight.
Yea, let the South be solid, as I have tried
Then tbe North will respect ua, the negro
then must go;
No longer will be dominate election or eon
rent Ion,
Ills political Influence then will end, the
farm will get hla attention.
White men then will All the places no mat
tar which
to lie n Hoi ..
longer lie s sin.
Then let the Month lie solid, but solid for
her measures. .
Regardless of men or party. If she would
h|w|) her *
she wool .....
and the “robber tariff* —... , .
And on the North she'd turn the joke and
her Southern treasuries fill;
Then she could regulate the money. Increase
products, and lay a
surplus oy.
In a thousand other things tbe 8outb could
'profit well
If solid -not for party, but aolld for prlncl
pie;
Let her round! be a caucus, nothing more
Klimt natlt!*"doubtful measures; being solid
on the rest. t t . .
Tut all tbe polittdans out; put only true
uien In. , , t „ _
Burk as Watson. Smith snd Graves, and
South Carolina's Ilea.
Yardatnan.' of Mississippi, snk Bryan, of
LaKollette. 1 Volk. Rooaarelt. Hearst. sad
all the rest t ... . _
Of thoue fighting the people's battles In the
Agates?tt°dlsr£IndnatIng laws In both the
nation ami tbe state.
Thea we win the victory-then our strength
Is shown:
Thfn sir want* giro respected aa soon as
they are known.
Then why should we wear the party yoke,
and grovel In the dust. ...
When through tbe newer of our electoral
rote we room ttarot* 1 * ”
ry clique sn»l c«»inb
Against tbe South;
Not by sword and musket, but by pen an.l
word of month.
Then why not l*e a patriot, tbe wheels of
party spirit clog—
Naming tho Stars.
From time Immemorial tbe heavens have
been an object for luvestlgatlou aud amaze
ment of the luhiildtsuts of tho globe; and
to the student of astronomy nothlug Is more
Interesting than the great similarity of tbe
stories tbnt hire grown up about the stars
among the most widely scptirated peoples 1
Tbe constellatlou which today Is rolled
the Milky Way wus known to the primitive
Indians anti to tbe African husbmeu as the
Ashen Path, the cinders of which were con-i
reived to lie hot and glowing. The ancient
tbe Matllngs.
To the casual eye the gulf between the
highly civilised, ancient Greeks and tbe
American Indiana Is well nigh Impassable,
let tho constellation known cotloqnlally to
star on the end as s pot In which they
wart to cook their victim. In England
Great Rear Is known aa Charles' \
and It Is Interesting to note In this con
nectlon that Dickens mentioned them In
“Hard Tlmea” as the names of two differ*
ent constellations.
The sborignsl Inhabitants of Australia
showed nu Ingenuity almost equal to tbnt
of the Greeks In nnmlug tbe plnneta. The
constellation of. tbe Deludes, which Is fora
(Muted of seven Stars, was considered by the
Greeks to be a band of maidens, lu ex
planation of the dloiness of the seventh
star, they said that one of the innldeus
fell In love with a mortal, and thereafter
hid her light through envy of her sisters,
who were beloved of tbe ginls.
To the Australians, on the other hand,
they were known ns a queen with her six
attendants. Like the Greeks, the Auatrn
Mans also sought to account for the dim
star, and so the myth grew that tbe queen
bad lieen stolen by n neighboring constel
lation, tbe crow*.
-IL C. NEWTON.
Baxley. Ga.
"THE 6KELETON" WANTED.
To the Editor Of Tbe Georgian.
Will yon kindly ask your readers to send
for reproduction litoor splendid paper, a
Short poem celled •'The Skeleton.” an an«u-
ymous production found planed to a hrt-
man skeleton lu some college In Scotland
or England some fifty or moreeesrs ago.
and ftv the antkor a aum of (ISO was of
fered, but It was isver claimed. _
POESY.
A wholesale druggist said of the late Wll
am WUIteler, London's •'universal prot *
..m “Mr. Whlteley bought lota of drugs
from ike. and we were very good friends.
We often dlued together at the Savoy
during hit summer tours. The man was
an optimist, save on one point—marriage.
was continually relating an , Incident
concerning marriage 1 tliat hud lnwpeued to
medical friend of his In DorsmT
'•out ' walking one summer evening, this
r iiyslclan saw a cotta ter eating his si
■Hanlons oti the sidewalk before his
•• ’Why, Jinx' ho stlt). 'what are you eat
lag out here 7or?*
" 'Kr—chimney smokes, air,' the man
stammered.
“The physician was practical, a handy
ujan. a Jack of nil trades;
*)'.*'* 14 tbnt chimney,
Jim.' lie tnld.
•'And he opened the door, and—bang!
a broomstick fell on hla shoulders, snd a
wotniin a voire shrieked In the gloom:
'\/ ,n . ck again, are you. you old rascal?
Well, Just.clear out again! Clear out with
you. or III—*
‘‘The physician retreated haatllp. Jim
sat on the curbstone, shaking^his bend ‘
sorrow and embarrassment. Tho pbvsldi
bent over hliu, and laid his band In kiodly
fashion on bis nrtu.
” •Jim/ be said, 'our chimney smokes
sometimes, too.' "-Los Angeles Times,
A Pointer for Playwrights.
IMyde Fitch, at one of hla fpmous re-
eptlons, talked engagingly of play-
wrjtlng.
"To write u successful play," he end-
td, "it ia not enough tf be an artist,
jven a great artist. It la naccasary,
too, to be a student of audiences. If,
for Instance, one were writing a melo
drama for a 10, 2o and 30-cent house,
ono should continually beur In inlnd the
well-known dialogue between the mis
tress and the maid.
'"Well, ffusdn,' said the mis
press-—she had given Susan a ticket
for a matinee—‘how did you like the
performance V f
'"Oh, It wux splendid, mum/ aald
Susan. 'Yer Jest ought to have heard
how In the tboyd ack a servant gal
sassed her missus/”—Los Angeles
Tlmea
She Meant a Mantle.
Thomas A. Edison was discussing at
Atlantic City the various devices for
Increasing the brilliance and diminish
Ing the cost of a gas Jet.
"Many of these devices have for
base a mantle,” he said. "You know
what a mantle looks like? Then you’ll
appreciate a remark 1 overheard In a
hardware dealer's.
"A young woman entered the shop
and said:
" 'Have vou got those things for tm
proving a gas light?*
” 'Yen, madam.' said the dealer. 'Here
Is a complete set, fittings, chimney and
mantle, all for—'
" ‘Oh, 1 don't want the set,' said the
young woman. 'I’ve got the metal part
and the chimney, but the little white
shirt Is busted. It’s only one of them
1 want/”—Los Angeles Times.
It Varitd.
Edwin Markham aald of child labor,
at a dinner In New Y’ork:
‘And where we have a fair child-
labor law, It Is too often made null
through N the lies that the children's
parents make them tell.
A Norristown mlnfsteV asked a poor,
thin, i>allid bobbin boy how old he
was.
"It depends," the boy answered cau
tiously.
"•Depends?* said the minister. De
pends on what?*
"'If I’m goln* on the train. I'm under
12; but if I’m lookin' for a Job I’m over
14."—Los Angeles Times.
Woman's Way.
rare woman who ran bare _
headache from enfln* cake at an afternoon
party, without rivliic the immv* -
she tt* ii ii
—AtckbH
Washington. May 20.—Tho following
orders have been l9supd:
Army Order,.
Flrat'fclaes Private Alvin R. Hack
erd. hospital .corps, Fort Meade, dis
charged from the army. Sergeant
Charles A. Helvtrsen. signal corps,
from Fort Leavenworth, report chief
signal ofilcer. Washington.
Naval Orders.
Lieutenant C. T. Jewett, detached
Army War College, Washington,
Naval War College, Newport: Lieu
tenant W. K. Riddle, detached Naval
Academy to Rhode Island; Lieutenant
J. F. Hellweg, detached MacDonough
to command Btewart; Ensign E. C.
Frted'rlck, detached MacDonough to
Stewart: Ensign A. C? Pickens, to navy
department: Paymaster’s Clerk M. P.
Coomb*, appointed for duty on Arkan
sas.
Movement, of V«ii*t,.
ARRIVED—May It, Ajax, at Baltl
more; May It, Uncos, at Portsmouth,
N. II.: May 17, Georgia, at League
Island; Buffalo, at Sausallto; Chatta
nooga, at Chlnklang; Torktown, at
Punta Arenas: Coat* Rica Helena, at
Swaton^ Whipple, Hull, Truxton and
Hopkins, at North River.
SAILED—May If. Georgia, from
Hampton Roads for League Ieland;
May H, Tennessee, from Hampton
Roads for Boston; May 17, Wasp, from
Ngw Orleans for Mobile; Buffalo, from
Mara Island for Sauaallto.
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP
AND NATIONAL BANKS.
To the Editor of The Georgltn: •
Wbnt I, the difference between notion
al ownership and control of railroads, as
proposed by Mr. Farrar, of New Orleans,
snd our present national banking system*.
Tbe national government makes the mon
ey and lets Ihe capitalists have It at aliont
ouc-lialf per cent. The capltallela let It to
the people nt an average of not lees than
t: per cent per annum. Constitutionally
tbl, money, already belonga' to tbe people,
and should hare been let to the people ot
1 per cent. The people could have given
no doubt a good msn. a wetl-
n, but surely he haa missed
It on the railroad question. Government
control, which carries with It government
responsibility. Then tbe government re-
turns tho rondn bock to the owners with
all their proatn. thereby avoiding taxa
tion by tba atates and counties through
which they rnn. We do not need that
kind of railroads. We bare reached out far
governmental,' state and municipal rati
roads, and we are going to bare them.
Already we have one short road In Gear-
la that pays over fpo.ooo a year Into our
late trraanry. and we ere going to length-
u this road ami have as many more ae
e want until they pay the enilre tax of
our state. Make up yonr mind, to re
ceive this ownership, for tt I, coming.
W. J. Bryan I, right on the railroad
question. Also on tbe Initiative and refer
endum. We are reedy far It, and will
ote for It.
With heat wishes for The Georgian and
praise fur John Temple Graves, who are
tight lug the battles of tha people, I sub
scribe my unme,
SATURATED WITH OIL
GIRL FIRjSjLOTRING
Runs to Neighbor’s Home
Enveloped in Flames
and Soon Dies.
Special to Tho Georgian.
Dallas, Tex., May 20.—Mr*. Albert
Green, a. yflung woman living near
Mount Pleasant, yesterday afternoon
saturated her dress with coal oil anJ
then set fire to the drees and ran 2(i
yards to a neighbor’s house, during
which time all of her clothing burned
from her body..
She died several hour* later.
CREW WEEK WITHOUT
FOOD IN MIDOCEAN
V . I
New York, May 20.—Captain Claren.
don Maxwell, with a crew of six tren
of the schooner Everett Webster, were
brought here today on the Philadelphia,
having been received by a French chip
after suffering without food or water
for six days In mid-ocean.
The-schooner ran Into gales off Cap#
Hutteraj and the crew were forced te
lash themselves fadt to keep from being
washed overboard. The sea washed
away the only barrel of biscuit. The
men were dellrouv after five days. The
captain signalled a passenger steamer
with his coat and all were rescued and
landed In Rouen.
COMMENCEMENT SERMON
AT PELHAM SCHOOL
Dallas, Ga.
WILLIAM U'OBAYKU.
SLEEP.
At night within the realm of qnlet sleep.
There alwsye do I Und with Joy my own.
The hopes eed Meals that with day had
flown.
There pendent hark to my lioiora creep.
There bright up nrlent (kite of slumber
•teep.
alone,
Sweet songs come dropping from the baldric
deep
■ vara, lei on i .
catch with baled
feet
press, usurping In II, bourne of death.
The poii^ip and tbe vatu clrcniuatanee of
—Edward Wilbur Maun, In the National
Magazine tor Mny.
SPARTA RIFLES COMPANY
WILL GO TO JAMESTOWN
Special to The Georgian.
Sparta, Ga., May 20.—The Sparta
Rifles, the local military company, lias
decided to attend the Jamestown Expo
sition In a body durlpg the early part of
next July. In order for It to be poaal-
ble for the company to take the trip,
a fund of about 2*00 will be raised by
the men. In this little difficulty will be
encountered, as the citizens of the town
have already shown a disposition to
help the boys by contributing llberally
to the fund to be raised. Captain John
D. Walker hqa contributed 2100 to the
fund and the other officers of the com
pany have contributed liberal amounts.
The Traditional Men in tho Moon.
In our Infmiey there was minted out to
ne tbl- mysterious man lu Ihe moon, wbu
looks solemnly down from hi, perch In Ike
sky. No doubt we have made many a
rbllillxh epeeiilntlmi concerning tbla grave
peraonuge, who has been watching the sue.
eesslve generations on the earth route ami
a fur centuries, and wondered how he
ramo to lie away up there In tbe moon an
many miles from ua.
Well, he waa lent there hecauae he Wes
naughty fellow, n wicked imiu. who
Picked np tome stick, jhat did uot belong
to blm on tfunday. Tbe And mention of
tbla I, In the Bible, where It la tobl dint a
certain Individual waa put tr death for Jast
such a proceeding.
From tbla Bible atory originated one of
the greatrat anil moat nnrirnt auperutltlona
—that of the mnn In rite uuant. The man
u tbe iiinou la known to every nation, nuil
a pictured ua leaning on n.fork on which
he i-arriea a handle of thmiia or lirnah-
wood which be was caught stealing on tbe
Raldiath day; and aa a punishment be waa
eondned In tbe moon. The dark Hues
and apots which i-oiupoae the futures of
tbla tradltbiu.il nun are In reality the shad
ows of latwr mountains on the moon.
Quite Civilized.'
The prefer! of Bilk chime has earned the
title of "Prefect af the Wine Bottle" be-
cense of his preferem-e for this Instead of
kls real dnties.-Korea Dally News.
Special to The Georgian.
Pelham, Ga., May 20,—Rev. Uharle,
R. Jenkins delivered the commencement
sermon here Snuday at the close of th,
public schools of the city. Monday
evening will witness the primary de-
partment's exercises, consisting of mu
sic and recitations.
Tuesday morning Hon. W. B. Merrill,
state school commissioner, will make
the literary address. The graduating
exercise will take'place Tuesday even
ing. Profeesor T. H. Wilkinson ha,
been re-elected as principal of the
schools.
IMMIGRANT CARGO
FOR NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleane, La., May 20.—Colonel
Charles Schuler, commissioner of ag
riculture and Immigration for Louis
iana, has sailed for Havre, en route to
Trieste, from which port the Austrian
and American Steamship Company will
send the steamer Gerty direct to New
Orleans with a cargo of Immigrants fur
Louisiana, on July 2. Colonel Schuler
Intends to make a trip through Austria
and Hungary Explaining the many ad
vantages which Louisiana In particu
lar, and tho South In general, offers lu
Immigrants.' He le confident that the
Bteamshlp company. If It finds this ex
periment promises good results, will es
tablish a regular line for the trans
portation of paasengers between Trieste
and New Orleane.
Originality vs. Plagiarism
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY
Henry Clows, Jr., und a • rrencbma*
twined Bernard srs st dssgeri* points over
tbe question of tbe sutborshlp of ft certain
book.
The l»ook. "The Province of Wcbe», *ritl
published recently with Mr. Clews' niimft
on tbe title page, nnd now comes Mr.
mint, swearing tbst the Ideas «et forth
the work hail their origin
Iimln. rather tlwu lu tbnt ot'Mr. Clews. a»w
that the sou of the fatnmtft New \ork hn«*
er must own up to bis plagiarism or st.ina
What folly It sll Is! Both Mr. Bernsri
and Mr. Clews hive undoubtedly had ms
very bright Ideas, but they ■hottld hjjr n
mind the fact that neither of them hftjug
shadow ot a right to tbe claim of orlgf
""Tile ancients here stblen sll of our beff
thoughts!” exclaimed some lltersiy * >*•
nnd the pleasantry was nolle other mis
the solldest of solid truths. ' «
The flrst thinker, whoever he was. tjos
the wind out of all our wills, nnd *'r.1
simply been repenting that first thlukvrs
thoughts after him. . , , _ . vh ;i #
The great tioothe declared one day,■ * t
talking upon the subject of orlgjntlltf.
were all that be bad taken from’Ucrs
subtracted from his works be would no*
hnre sixteen pages left. -MKIIlt fhie f
Shakespeare was the most srrout tmej
that ever ,-xme down the Hlerarj C. ’ r,
‘ itntgne we* forever "loochln,
of I ho aiii-lont, end modern, sub ■
be --niuo In routert. _ fr „ m
Htcrno stole from Burton. Burton i
fintnnli und flnurrh from some Mrll “
'’oubSil* the mime of medflet'l'rlfj 1
volition there Is not tn sll the worM
•lay ,n origin,! thought. Art. *
Ineopbr. theology, ethic*, ocou.inil'«. '» •
Ie*on ihroxlfed ever for thous»ii;ls '.f .x-> rl J
and the -emart Alec" who ihlnk.hcMJ
found aome new Me* need, lint * n . , t ,
hi, knowledge ■ little Mt In order,to h*
'MW/®';:;!
plicate It over ami over again. , c *
The twentieth century rcpeat« th .
teenfh. the nineteenth the eighteenth.
Bent on down the ftgsa to VfeUfr
Burton writes his "Auatoinr pn>
choly.” and Hferne e©me* swig ana r v
dnm It *11 In bts ••gentlniei t«l
nor" and "Tristram khsudr
eetaes the echo** that, strike him. *
llerln-rt Hpeneer, nnd IHtrwIn. sao ^
man*, and Fl.ke repeat whst has air
l*een said by fbe tblnkerf of Ath
Home nnd Alexandria. . i- (3 *a
ft nett being the esse, the tnsylgjj* t(
If ought In no sens*' to a**!?. *nef
ns that Hesry Clew*. Jr..'^ awl Mr |tf
mini should dnd tbwwsIvssnwUlo#
similar Intellectual Impressions-
