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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
| The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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Atlanta, lln.. under act of sosgress of March S. 1579.
Unless thou find occaafon, hold thy tongue;
Thyself or others eareleaa talk may wrong.
—Sir John Denham.
The True Basis of “Independence.”
The questions of Sir. Jordan with regard to "non
descripts’’ and ’’Independents" In present day politics are
of peculiar Interest and application to the times In which
wc live.
We are acting upon the presumption that Mr. Jordan
la an earnest and thoughtful dtlzeif and desires enlight
enment and counsel rather than partisan rancor and
mem bitterness and factional taring. If Sir. Jordan Is
satisfied with the definition of ‘‘Independent’.' as a "Mar-
erlcl,.” or as a "Wild As*'with a wealth of*cheek and a
lot of lost motion of the Itmgs,” we fear we have noth-
g to offer to his consideration, but upon the other
resumption—of serious and earnest citizenship, we feel
that the question which our correspondent asks Is ons
thut touches profoundly the duties and responsibilities of
citizenship In our. present time.
Once more we lay down thin essential proposition:
Political parties were formed for the aucceaaful consum
mation of political theorist and policies of government.
The organizations which support these parties were en
tered Into by individuals for the single purpete of pro
tecting in legislation and In government tho theories
and principles In which theta Individuals believe. They
were formed for no othar purpose, they were framed
for no other reason, and they ought to be held together
under no other consideration.
It might Indeed be possible that certain combina
tions of men should gather and form themselvea Into
( .organised bodies for tbe express puriMM of dividing out
the iiolitlcal offices among themselves, or of carrying
Into effect certain lawa designed to foster and snpport
certain Interests In which they were directly or Indl-
r> ■< tly interested, or which they- wore paid In money or
in s[-oils to represent.
If It ever develops that political partlea or corpora
tions fall to be loyal to tbs principles and pollclea upon
which they were founded and for which they organized,
then the fact of organized dliloyalty eancols every ob
ligation resting upon tho Individual member, and leaves
that member free to follow hit own convictions and
to champion hit own principles In any other combination
or organization which mors nearly carries them out.
No larger theory of citizenship has I-ecu preached
In the state of Georgia within theae twenty yeara than
this, and the sooher the principle aud the practice of
citizenship revolves ground this loyalty to principle and
to policy of government alone, the sooner this people
will be free, fortunate and well governed In the cities,
the counties and tbe etate.
There was never a stronger illustration of this senti
ment than In the greatest statesman that the South has
over known—John C. Calhoun. He flung Into tho face of
his party leaders hit stern and virtuous protest against
the - polls system and with Iron logic and unabackoled
ImU'pcndencehe fought for the principles of his con-
victim everywhere without regard to the selfishness of
individuals or the chicanery of tings and cliques and
oirsniiadoni.
We have before alluded to the fearless courage with
which Alexander Stephens, Georgia’s greatest construct
in' statesman, challenged tho Integrity of citizens and of
pai'ttos, and. threatened to ‘‘tote hts own skillet" alone
unless he oould carry It In honor and In loyalty to his
principles.
William J. Dryan, ss the evangel and apostle of s
Brent id, a. held that Ides shove political factlons'and
^Tdr'ii. - and was loyal to his party only as It carried
In integrity and In consistency the principles In which
lit- l-ltered and to which the party Itself had been com
muted He flung Into the face of Democratic leaders the
protestation that ha would not support any platform that
was disloyal to the pledges It had previously main
tained. or to the great principle to which he had given
hts life, refused the nomination of the Kansas City
ennicntloti unless It reaffirmed the Chicago platform,
and tin- very strength and majesty of his freedom com-
trailed,the truckling legions of partisan! until he Is today
once more being enthroned In the confidence sad faith
of his fellow cltlsens because of the fearless liberty of
conviction which no narrow and foolish partisanship
could coerce. He was fearlessly snd Independently true
to the principles which he entered the organisation to
achieve. The men In these organizations were of minor
imi-orlancc.
l.et us consider, for Instanco, the caae of Mayor
Weaver of Philadelphia. 8uppoee. like the servile snd
truckling partisan, whose breed Is exploited in some
sdihII and foolish pipes of present politics, be had gone
to accept unbroken the continual edict of hi* party par
tisan- who condoned or endorsed the Iniquities of Re
publican Philadelphia. It hs had done so the third city
in the republic might till have been within the grasp
uf iniquities ss monstrous ss those which have defamed
any phase of modem politics.
If every Republican In the city of Cincinnati had
followed the timeserving snd truckling pigmies who
nlicied every chirp of party spoilsmen, Hoes Cox today
would be still the master of Cincinnati, snd his iafa-
muus ballots and dishonored and discredited laws would
Mill be the dominant factor In the Queen City of Ohio.
If LaFotlette, In Wisconsin, had been tbe proto-
t>P« of tbe meek and obedient slaves who obey every
i.. h and dictate of party, the state of Wisconsin would
have lost the mightiest railroad reformer of the time,
and the republic one of the ablest and moat fearless of
tbs defenders of popular rights and liberties.
If Folk, in Missouri, had tsken tbe advices of hfs
party bosses snd hit party friends, the stale of Missouri
and the city of 8t. Louis might still be synonymous of
politics! corruption, and tbe finest epic of cleansing that
the decade has known would have been lost to the mili
tant West.
And the president of the United flutes, criticise
m as oftan. and as strongly, and as Justly ss we
uy In aom eof the phases of his political life, has yet
wn to national end to International influence sad
mlirity by tho simple reason of bis superb lndepend-
f party tyrannies and of party selfishness In the
I Interest of the people.
No sterner and more rugged figure stand.* for de
mocracy in this republic today than Benjamin Tillman
of South Carolina, and Tillman, speaking In tbe senate,
said that while the rate bill was not all that It should
be, that It was Infinitely better than nothing at all, nnd
that there would have been no such wholesome Jegivla-
tlon but for the courage and Independence of Theodore
Roosevelt, the Kepubllcsn president of the United States.
1'Jgmles and time-server* there are In tho politics of
this great and eventful age. who would counsel or compel
strong men and free men to lie down and let cabal* or
cliques. In or out of party, rids rough shod afove them.
It la the duty of erery citizen first of all to establish
within bis own mind the political principles and tbe po
litical platforms In which he believes, and when he has
writ upon the Integrity of his own convictions the faith
which representi hla conscience and hla Intelligence,
It Is hla duty to determine that party or that faction
which sUnds most nearly for the things In which he
believes. When this Is done It Is not Ipss hi* duty than
bis right to see that the factions which represent bis
faith shall be faithful to tbe things that they had pro
fessed. , If they are faithful to tbe things that they have
professed they are faithful to him, they are faithful to
party, they are falthflil to liberty, and are worthy of
heroic snd consistent support.
Rut If they are fslse snd treasonable to the creeds
which they have promulgated and to the platforms
Which they have laid down, they nre false to him, foist
to party, fslse to his conceptions of popular liberty and
the falsity and treason of tho organization absolves the
honest citizen from tbe allegiance which was pledged to
principles snd not to. men.
Upon this platform we are willing to take our place
through the decades of political life that are coming In
the South. They lire broad enough, and brave enough,
and true enough to bold all men who love truth above
shame, liberty above servile subjection, and popular
rights above cowardly compromises and betrayals.
We who write these lines nre Democrats by tra-'
dltlon and Inheritance. But we are Democrats by con
viction, which la better itlll. We nre Democrats because
we believe that the safety of the government and the
welfare of the people are wrapped In these principles and
policies which came down to us from Jefferson nnd Cal
houn. We are willing to Join ourselves to any organ!
satlon designed to carry out these principles, and we will
be loyal to this organization to the last limit of Its loyalty
to these principles snd policies.
But not beyond.
There can be no better snd braver sight than a true
and honest citizen who, having fixed hla faith In certain
political creeds and chosen tho party which promises to
carry them to a cosummatfon, stands unshaken and un-
terrified through evil and through good report by the
organisation which Is loyal to Its platform and loyal to
the faith of Its founders.
That man, upon tbe other band, la every whit aa
true, and every whit aa brave, and every whit ai nec
essary to tbe tlmee and the truths of hla generation,
who, when he finds that hla* party has passed Into the
hands of selAsh schemers and the principles upon which
he staked hie faith are betrayed, atandi up without fear
In the Integrity of hla manhood and his principle and
flings down the gauntlet to self Interest and to snarling
criticism, and stands for the truth against faction snd
for principle shove profit.
school, and later of the Technical Department of Cornell
I'nlverslty. He Is the son of Hr. and Mrs. J. B. S. Holmes,
of this eltv, and has speedily won his spurs In the busi
ness world, holding at present the responsible position of
chief engineer of the United States Brick Company, of
Reading, Pa.
Mr. Holmes haa been since the beginning of his pro
fessional career a continuous and progressive success,
winning both influential position and the confidence and
respect of tho great corporations which have employed
him. He brings home to Georgia now and then a de
lightful hostage of the unity of sections and the frater
nity to country, as pledged In the person of one of the
most (harming daughters of Pennsylvania who Is his
bride, and The Georgian alwayB welcomes hack to Geor
gia the young men who refloct credit upon her In other
sections, and win laurels for her civilization and her ed
ucatlonal institutions.
There are still a few newspapers In this country
which have not written a special editor!*] otf the Juno
bride. What are they waiting for.?
The Beef Trust’s House Cleaning.
The effort! of the beef trust to lock the (table, now
that the horse Is gone, and thus to convey tha Impression
that they have always been above criticism, would be lu
dicrous If they were not pathetic.
There was a rustling In the valley of dry bones as
soon as the first Intimation was given that the govern
ment had some Information up Its sleevo that would
create consternation. First It was decided that the Bev
eridge ' bill, providing for rigid government Inspection,
should be allowed to pass pracUcally without opposition
If the president would not make public the special mes
sage which hs had prepared to transmit to congress.
But so soon as It became known that tbero was such
a message, and that startling Information was In hla pos
session on which he had baqed this message, there was a
general demand from all over tbe country that tho pub
lic should know all the facts.
The reenlt of the special commissioners depuUsed
to sxamtno the conditions of the packing bouses was
given out, snd thq worst fears of the general public were
more than realised.
After that came the deluge.
Not In the history of this country, perhaps, has there
been such general Indignation over corporate abuses.
The evidence began to accumulate from every quarter
that the facts had not been exaggerated, and on demand,
the report was officially given to congrees, accompanied
.by the special message of the president.
The packers waked up to the seriousness of tbe sit
uation and Immediately began a campaign to neutralise
the effect of these disclosures. Simple denials were
forthcoming In abundance, as was natural to be expected.
But the most amusing part—that Is to say. If It were
not pathetic—Is the effort at hoOse-cleanlng made bj
tbe packers during the post few days. It Is said that sani
tary conditions and cleanliness were Improved 60 per
cent within the first 24 hours. Tbe floors have been
scrubbed, the diseased cattle have been eliminated, dain
ty little placard! have been printed and posted recom
mending that employees shall keep their hands washed
and their clothes claen.
Then the doors were flung wide open and the gen
eral public was invited to come in and take a look
around. It was explained that of course "tender-hearted
people,” who were not accustomed to the sight of blood,
would naturally be shocked, and due allowance waa re
quested for this fact.
But what does It all signify, at last?
Not qpe thing. '
We have no doubt that tbe packing houses are as
near perfect now as It has been possible to make them
within so short a time. But this does not alter the main
fact that such conditions did exist snd It Is equally cer
tain that unless drastic measures are taken to Insure
the continuance of this regime of cleanliness, the beef
barons will revert to their old ha hits as soon as the
storm Is over.
They have deceived no one by this sudden spasm of
virtue. On the contrary It ha* only gone to oonflnh the
fact that there were unspeakable evil* to be remedied,
and It Is high time the reform waa made permanent.
Atlanta welcome* oack today one of her young men
who contributed to the prosperity and development of
other sections of the country. Mr. Algood A. Holmes Is
a native of "ome, Ga., a graduate of the Technological
Stones From a Glass House.
A gentleman of southern birth who has recently
been convicted of homicide In the Cook county criminal
court bitterly regrets that he ever left his sunny homo
and ventured Into this bleak and Inhospitable Northern
clime. "If this thing had occurred south of Mason and
Dixon’s line.” he declares, "I would not have been com
pelled to spend as much as a week In jail." As It Is, he
Is going to the penitentiary for twenty years. TIiIb seems
to teach ua that persons of a hasty disposition with a
tendency toward manslaughter would do well to seek a
residence "south of Mason and Dixon's line" In order
to avoid possibly disagreeable consequences. Thefe hns
been a suspicion to this effect previously.
The number of newspapers, full of bile and prejudice
against the South, Is so rapidly growing small by degrees
ami beautifully less that we would have found no difficulty
In ascribing the foregoing paragraph to Johtt Walsh's
Chicago Chronicle, even If we had casually come upon It
In tbe anonymous driftwood.
For aomo reason, best and exclusively known to Itself,
The Chronicle refuses to he reconciled to the South and
never misses an opportunity to mako some spiteful and
petulant little fling at this section of our common country
whenever It gets a chance. It has not kept pace with tbe
times. In any senso of the word, and while the balance
of the North pnd West has long since outlived Us narrow
prejudices, we find the organ of dlsgruntlement' tagging a
sneer at tho South upon everything It writes, as Cato
concluded every speech with "Carthage must be de
stroyed."
We have grave doubts as to whether there really was
any such Incident aB that recorded by The Chronicle, and
we doubt very much—granting that the remark was made
—whether the man who made it had over been south of
tho Chicago river, much less Mason and Dixon’s Hne.
But the point, after all, la the monumental Impudence
of a Chicago paper making any flings at any other section
of tho country as to the lightness In which human life
Is held.
If there Is any one city on the fsce of the earth—not
I excepting the Whitechapel district of Ixuidon or the pur-
J Ileus of Paris—-that can show a more reckless disregard
I for human life than that same city of Chicago, we would
I like to hear from It.
The newsttapers of that city have become a kind of
Newgate Calendar, reeking with blood and slaughter and
'all manner of assaults.
I That the better element of the city deplore them and
'chafe under the continuance of such lawlessness there can
] be no doubt. Hut nevertheless it does not lie in the prov-
i ince of any organ of the Windy City to play the Pharisee
j and undertake to lecture or speak lightly of the South so
I far as Immunity from punishment Is concerned.
! The half-penny-a-llner who penciled that paragraph
'should keep lu closer touch with the news columns of his
•own paper. On the first page of The Chronicle of that
date, and In the first column, there are two Btorles of
crime committed the day before. In one Instance a re
spectable woman, going to a laundry,to carry a bundle
of clothes, was set ut>on, at an early hour of the evening,
by tho Chinaman In charge, brutally assaulted and the ar
tery In her arm so severely cut that she may not re
cover. Tbe Chinaman who did It did not even think It
worth while to leave hls place of business, and tho officers
found him there, cool and undisturbed, when they arrived
to place him tinder arrest.
Earlier In the day, In broad daylight, a painter made
an attack upon a young woman who was walking alone
In the streets, almost tore her clothing from her aud oth
erwise Injured her before two brawny policemen could
rescue her fronrthe clutches of tho monster.
The assailant was arraigned and—sentenced to Joliet?
Not a bit of it. He was not even detained from bis busi
ness. If he-had any, for any considerable length of time.
He merely paid a fine of $85 nnd went hls way.
The "consequences" of these crimes are never very
"disagreeable” for the 'criminals In Chicago. The fact
elicits our sympathy rather than anything stronger, for no
doubt there are a few Just men in Sodom. But such com
ments as that from The Chicago Chronicle are almost aB
nauseating ns the Windy City’s great underground system
of beef Industry.
"Of all the fools that walk the earth,” remarks an
exchange, ' the man who rocks tl a boat Is the prixe one.”
The moral Is good, but It Isn't the man who walks the
earth that rocks the boat. *
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
JUNE 7.
■ 1099—Klege of Jerusalem begun bvth.
Crusader* -
1329 Robert Bruce, king of Scotland,
1628—Petition of Right passed
1 i : ;’“ m.. XIV ki ’ n * <*
1770— Kail of Liverpool, minister to
: n - bl,,n: dkd December
1776—Richard Henry Lee offered hi,
famous resolution In the Conti-
nental ( ongress, declaring the
colonies fret* and Independent-
seconded by Johq Adams. ’
1795—Luxemburg surrendered to th*
i French. 9
. 1798—Hattie of Antrim, Ireland.
■ 1832—First English Reform Act pa«*M
1840—Accession of Frederick MRSK
I\ of Prussia.
! 1852—Rev. Hoses Hallou died- ho™
April 80, 1771. ’ 01
11854—Treaty ot Washington signed
1855—Capture of Mameloa earthworks
at Sebastopol, by the French
1864—.Morgan, with 3,000 men, com
menced hls daring raid through
Kentucky.
1866—Proclamation by President John
son against Invasion of Canada
by Fenian*.
1878—Colliery explosion In Lancashire.
England: 240 persons killed
1886—Home Rule bill defeated In oar.
II ament.
1893— Edwin Booth, actor, died: bora
November 13, 1833.
1894— Mulev Hasson, sultan ot Moroc
co, died.
1899—Augustin Daly, theatrical man-
tiger, died.
1905—Norway dissolved union with
Sweden.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
The London Lancet Issues a warning that It Is dan
gerous to lick postage stamps. It will be dangerous even
to try It when John Paul Jones gets hls picture on them.
The Pennsylvania employees find bllndman’s graft a
more absorbing game than bridge itself.
The real read letter day In congress was when the
president's special message came In.
Just Understand.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Dumb animals are beginning to step
on the heels of our knowledge. There
Is a horse In Germany that Is master
ing arithmetic.
But have you hoard of the frog that
does hls croaking business In a well
oyer In China? Ho ha* never been out
of the well, but In some mysterious
way he knows all about the world. He
has written a book about London,
proving there la no London. He ho*
never seen any London.
He also knows there is nothing In
tho world but a hole In tho ground
with water In It. nnd the philosophy of
life la to keep from getlng whacked on
the head with a well bucket.
Can’t we frogs climb out of the well
and take a look at the big world that
God ha* made. People nr.- i.icg.-i
we think they are. Let’s be big enough
to understand them!
We are greater than we think we
•TO! 'God Knows It. And suincllnu-s
we meet a friend who knows It, too;
and the God vision In the friend-eyes
gives us wings, wings above the doubt:
wings above the bleeding path; wings
to a sunny clime where the frost kills
not the bloom; wings nway from the
cruel discords, above the fretful busl-
neas strife, into the golden portals of
peace, where God ever stands calling
us up to His power, Into Ills glory;
where we learn, like the Christ Brother,
that Our Father has nothing too good
for HI, own children.
Andrew m. McConnell.
The Interchangeable Mileage Book.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
As a member of the Travelers' Pro
tective Association I wish to thank
you for your editorial In behalf of the
Association's efforts to get an Inter
changeable mileage book of 3,000 miles
forMO.
It Is a business proposition which the
railroads adopt tn a different way of
selling tickets to bnseball clubs nnd
opera troupe at 3 cents per ml|e, and
at less than 1 cent per mile on ex
cursion trips sometimes.
In common justice and as a business
proposition the commercial men who
furnish business for the read*, and
any one who wishes to Invest $40 tn a
1000 tmlt .it,-.' book should get It at 2
cents per mile.
The railroads were given until the
SOth.of last month In which to agree
to place this book on sale, but If they
have done so I have not henrd of It.
Other plans will be adopted that will
bring results but It will stop a hard
fight for a 2-cent flat rate In the entire
South If this book Is pieced on sale
now. It’s a 2,000 Interchangeable mile
age book for 140 or a 2-cent fiat rate tn
the entire South.
truat that the press of Georgia will
lend Its aid to this work.
Respectfully,
W. W. HYATT.
fltlanta. Ga., June 2, 1(06.
Porter Hate Endorse* and Dissents.
To th* Editor of The Georgian: *
I knew of course that The Georgian
under your leadership would be a great
paper, but I must confess, tny friend,
that with alt my confidence In your
ability you have fur siirpa«*ed my
greatest expectation*.
The Georgian was a full-fledged
man's atae" paper from Us drat Issue,
and Is undoubtedly the beet paper from
a news standpoint published In tbe
South, while It* editorial page I* a
dally treat, but. my friend, 1 must
take Issue with your editorial of Tues
day 22. a* to Roosevelt-Jeff Davis-
Broom, et sL
I do not believe very many thinking
people In the South care whether
Roosevelt apologises or not. I certain
ly do not. and would attach no more
significance to hts apology than I did
to bis first cowardly slander.
By the way, when did Commander
James D. Bulloch become an admiral
and the grandfather of President
Roosevelt?
I may bt mistaken, but I have al
ways undeistood that Commander
James Dunwoodte Bulloch was Mr.
Roosevelt’s uncle.
At ahy rate, I will thank you to aet
me right about this Important matter
of history.
Sincerely your friend.
L>. I*. HALE.
THE GREAT WHITE CROP
By D. PRESTON PARR.
* NO. 1.
I harp plucked bolts In Africa from n
ton tree thirty yenrs old. The tree was
plnntcd when ii rcvlvnl <*f Interest In tho
textile wn* being sought In tbe sorcntlen.
I have talked rotton with n colonial min
later of agriculture and rouged cooreraa
tlonally among African formers, when It
wns n common topic of talk. I wn* In
Africa jyhen certain agricultural reserve*
were leased In Zulaland In snppqrt of a
recent attempt to retire.Intereat In cotton
- 'Hinrc I'm \ on rs I ha\9* I « !-»hc
enough to agriculturists of tho eub-cont!
nent, Ilocrs as well as British, to acquire
a substantial basis of Judgment as to their
and studied film and hls wires and hla
progeny In the light of a lifelong contact
with hls American ecu ulna, who plant and
tend the crops of our own contributions
to tbe world • greatest textile staple, and
when the Industrial supremacy of tho
Amcrlcnn cotton belt Is challenged I am
thoroughly convinced no black or brown
man will sound the dell. Nay, the note
found on otUier coast.
I do not liar any area of the dark conti
nent, not Kgypt or the Sudan, not the
Nile or the Congo, or nny province above or
below the tropic*. whether mastered by
Kuropenn rncog or not. Cotton may sft
king upon hls present throne "till Gabriel
blows hls t ruin net In the morning," r*.
gnrdless of Iuifflr labor, ss far ss I can
see. Nor do I overlook the white races
that may be directing the Kaffir snd drill
ing the In1*or out of hls kranl. The Span
ish and the Portuguese have long Muce
militarism. tho Rrltlsb are hau-L ______
by red tape and an outgrown social sys
tem. As an agricultural loader the Her
Is best of them all. but for the present he
Is submerged. Of Hrltish element* the
Boot la best an<l he tends most rnnlllr to
affiliation nnd nmnlgnnintlnn with tbe lloer.
The Irish hriTc energy snd Inltlntlrs power,
liutlnaserldent conihluntlon of ndmlnlstrt*
tlve force and ludutlrlAl native lnl(or do
see n large reward for the hopes of the
cotton for British mills.
For rears past tbe association has de
voted Its energies to tho renaissance of
Indian cotton rnltsrc with true ltrltlsh
mr niMsirMKH n'lnj-eiij m ivijmimI* K">>1<?
snd Injected preservatives Into the llnger-
life of island cotton culture, while It
steadily widen*) Iti urea and pushed Its
boundaries well up against tho frost line,
where tbe boll weevil and the British nrv
MU tiwaammae. It has as steadily grown
the staple for (jiacsshlre and meanwhile
fed and fostered ymr own mills aud
kptiiilles. whether In Dixie or Near Kng
land, till we. too, are nunilirrcd among
tbe world s foremost producers of cotton
fabric*.
It may he held, too. that the Unt of our
licit la practically of American variety,
rntanihu* found the wreed growing here
and there aeema to be ao reasonable douht
that It waa aUke of Island amt mainland
production. It seems that Iadla enjoys tho
prestige of antiquity In cotton production,
bwt Egypt In also aiooa* tbe old time
growers and there Is lltle reason to doubt
that even liefore the dawn of history cot-
tan was knowa to all part* of Africa. Hot-
aulsts differ aa to the aamher of distinct
•peelea of mttoa lu existence, but prae-
tl«*al growers, themselves Imtaalst*. sectn
fairly well agreed to red ore the ewltlvated
aorta to four primary epectea of Coeryplaut.
Among these the sort they have suln
aaosed "Barbntlrnaa" I* tbe parent of the
S HI Island stn«k. while from the IVrtj-
ant— * *
•oon got accustomed td them. Lint "cot
ton" is unknown snd a "Cracker" would
smile perhaps to bear It alluded to as
"cotton wrood."
The tree I have mentioned as ''thirty
years old Is growing in the "gaol com
pound" at Pietermaritzburg. It Is shrub-
shnped, about twenty feet blgli and has
lived, as I learned on good authority, sluce
>1871. lu Mnrltzhurg there nre only two
seasons, wet nnd dry. and I am told this
shrub j«)e« on blooming anil hearing bolls
from oT>out Christmas well up to May, In
every year.
In tho habits of this "tr**" and the Ori
ental peoples. I find ample support for the
prediction that Africa is not qualified to
challenge American supremacy in tbe pro
duction of cotton. Cotton trees grow whore
there are no winters nnd the yenrs lap
Into one another at both ends. That which
uisy always be done never does get done.
Where there are no "flushes" one may go
out Into the garden and pick cotton most
function snd offer every year a shortened
crop of Inferior bolls. Out of n hundred
sample bolls from these perennial tree* I
never came upon one that wns perfect In
short Texas, the texture wns short, .•»-
flber was not _tenacious or silky nnd the
If farming tl
down the Hulks said plow'and pulverise
the land when you hare crop* grim Inc si-
resdjrl ..Why esronrace yoor crop to bloom
and boll In "15il.hr*, ,T „„ it will path you
from the planting nnd tha plowlnx, Into the
vhopiilnc ont nml on Into the caltlratlou
nnd rash yow thrmich tbo plrklnc to the
ImIIdb, all the while burdened with more
work tlmn you run ever Ret to the end oft
*'l,ailii you only hare four wire* In
yoor •hr**!.'' nnd half * dozen plckantu*.
why work Ibn -kin off your Iranr, drtvlnc
yonr wire* mol children In Ihl* buMUnjr
fhahloa. when yon mtcht rest In the kranl
while the cotton trees bloom nml rrult nnd
, ." rk JJ./T 'I’ 1 . 1 * , OTt “f th* «sr«Ien erery
any till the Job t* ended J
Mureorer. renrs tfiic theae that lap In
labor, lap/also In true* and loruat, and
cnt*.hopper* and weed. Yon are not ont
of one Imnch of Inralde, till yon are planted
Into the next. The object of Inlxir la to
economlae exertion, not to multiply It,
Anidh-r conaldcmtlon: Amerh-iiu eotton
la baaed on n "nlitcer nod
cotton would only
evolves hlmaelfA"to TSe* crade’of
effijjeney repretenled m th- mate at a
•riirn yoor Briton loose and free, na Fate
nd 9ortune ranted our father*, and those
_/ ear rare In Anatmlla. and th' Interest.
ener»y and nerre nf the race will tell na
the problem* of eren rnrk-rlhhed Africa.
But ahaekled with red tape, Borerued by
youocrr eons from home, tempted with
JemlaJ (vwxaws and aerve.1 by Indentured
■'■I***- •»» ran the Brltlah
am-a-bitlou rather the Ball to list Ua-
raahlrv money on hla Afiienu ,-otiou erop!
I>. PRRSTON l-Altlt.
la thr variety
la rant,.
Another Oriental variety, the “Arbor
am. Is no 4nnbt responsible for the a*
■Hen "rotton tree*" alluded to In Ike
vulnr of tkls aril. le. I sappoee ala* some
Pjanta I hare aeea la North Carotin* are
of this atork. Bad It la quit* probable
pi*atlas* of this variety were nude in
l,oul.Ur.' dart nit French ownership.
To hear folk, apeab of “rotton trees'-
wn* s surprise to in Afn *. tut as I
never heard "cot-on plant" or eren ao
mark of a jonresaleu a* cotton bu.h," |
The Horticultural Society.
To the Editor of The Gqorrtan:
Would It not be a food time to re
organize the old Atlanta Hortlcural
Society? A great amount of good waa
accomplished In the past by that or
ganization. We have better facilities
> l J*n«v* r to make a very desirable and
highly Interesting,'aa well as profitable,
association out of the material we have
In our community non-.
Respectfully,
„ ’ „ . SAMUEL HAPE.
HaptvHle, qa, June l, i»o*. .
Question,.
To the Editor of Th* Georgian':
If millions of people are to go to hell
and are tormented forever, can the
existence of the universe and ot God be
successfully defended? ,
H one of the meanest persons Ir, the
world goes to bell and sufferr the "tor
ments" of hell for an eternity, can the
exigence of man, of the universe, and
0, ,92f Si defended?
Will Dr. Torrey show how he can
successfully defend the above ques
tion*?
.. -m. A. A. BELL.
Madison. Co.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York. June 7.—Here nre ,om#
of the visitors In New York:
ATLANTA—S. S. Alexander, Mist
Alexander, J. R. Castlelanos, H. Hals
M. Rogers, E. K. Van . Winkle. E. An-
draws, H. Bleckley, F. J. Coatlemos, F.
I* Engrain, G. C. Walters, Mrs. J. w.
Wing, hire. C. Daniel, W. H. Druid,
Mrs. M. C\ Harden, J. T. Wlinblsh.
AUGUSTA—P. B. .Farrell.
SAVANNAH—C. H. Stony, Jr., M
Gordon.
IN PARIS.
Special to The Georgian.
Paris. June 7.—Mrs. C. nnd Mis*
Knowles nnd Miss Jennie English, of
Atlanta, registered at the office of the
Euronean edition of The New York
HrriiKi tuduy.
The Proapeetlve Primary,
To the Editor of The Georgian.
Can I vote at the approaching pri
mary?
I am not an organized Democrat. No
one ever organized me, end I never
organized myself. I was Just born a
Democrat.
. I cast my first ballot for J. B. Gor
don for governor at the time that Fed
eral bayonets forced - Bullock on the
state. Those who voted In that elec
tion know what it meant. I have kept
strictly In line ever since, though It
has sometimes been hard to tell which
faction bore the genuine trade mark.
I'hsve stuck to tho party, not for
fenr of the party lash, not because I
had sold tq>’ 80u l t0 th® party bo*,e*,
but because I approved of the princi
ples and considered .the organization
and policy of the Democratic party to
be the only salvation of the South.
I love the stale more than the party.
The party should be the servant and
not the master of the state.
I ntn willing to pledge myself to vote
for tho nominees In this election, but t
cannot, nnd will not, bind myself to al
ways vote for any man who may get a
Democratic nomination by fair mean*
or by foul. I will not put on a blind
bridle and promise to always follow
whoever may snatch the lines.
If 1 hnd never had such thoughts be
fore, the action of the committee In
prescribing thelrTule, would be enough
to make me take tills view.
1 do not see how any man of Intelli
gence and honor enn take this pladge.
It Is nn outrage nnd Insult to the peo
ple ,,r Hi,- Mule. They should rl«*
against It nnd declare that they are
the masters and -not (It* slaves of the
executive committee.
If theso rules are strictly enforced
the truest and best Democrats mu»t
cell their souls to the bosses or be dlSf
franchised.
White men of Georgia, will you sub
mit? ARCHIBALD SMITH.
Roswell, Ga.
Lanier Superior to the Bird.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I should like to reply to Mr. Ed
wards, of Macon, In regard to changing
the mockingbird’s name to “Lanier,
and If you will give me the space I
wilt appreciate It.
First, we shoqld never think of com
paring Kidney Lanier to B mere sing
ing bird. It Is true that the mocking
bird gives out a melody that attract*
one’a attention, even In the stlllnef* ot
night, nnd In endnefs the bird com
forts us. but when hls music cease*
we drift buck Into that same old chan
nel of sadness. j
Read one of Sidney Lanier's poem,
(■ aaflaess or happiness, and you m«
feel better. We should never think
that Sidney Lanier only did what tn*
mockingbird doe*—gave muklc. ana
that la all. The mockingbird was
created to sing, and. In my Imaginary
fancy, I can hear the other birds enif
him, an hls music echoed end re-echoea
on the desert nlr at the birth of time-
I can *ee Adam weep «* b 1 * *' ,2
of music sound* and reeound* In tn*
dead hours of. the night. I also hear
the bird give to Adam an extra »tra«>
of music ss the great God gave a help
mate. I see the first msn and woman
alt In Innocent glee and llaten to w*
songs, and then I aee Adam toro C
Eve and say: "Eve. God created thri
bird to sing the songs of all. V* **“
onII hlin mockingbird." .
Change not the name of this eira.
He was born to sing. Sidney Lani
was born to think, nnd made him**
what he was. If music was all *« *
out of Sidney Lanier’s
would die before the sun went doww
It Mires knowledge to make life, either
In poetry rr prose. There must o»
something In them beside* music
sustain them. . ,
Go and rap at the tomb of flaw
Lanier and Bay to him that
Ingblrd will take Ills name In hi* ru
membrance, hls spirit would sh*^ ^
V%iy tomb at such hlmpto toffr.
quick response would come:, w
all I accnmplfflhrd on enrth-
that?" and then I see hls »oul ”7 * r
space aft»*r apace, and In eome rora
of eternity weer. and weep
ever. THOMAS E- M Af
Atlanta. May 31. 1906.
Redd—The prospects of Mrikinff
North Pol# begin to look brighter
' Greene—I * that a faetl
~Te*. I
automobile
It.—Yonkers Statesman.
» that a fact?
ee they are bulldln* *3
for use In trying ^ ^