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Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TFVP1F. GRAVES, Fduor. F. L. SEELY, President. Some-Spbf* on TfielS^" Th nrrnl public finds Itself unable to determine York Sun Is an Institution 01 — i Connections. I 3 Subscription Rates: Published Every Afternoon jOnc Year . . $4.50 Except Sunday by HSix Months .... . . 2.50 THE GEORGIAN CO. ■ Three Month* . . .. 1.25 at 25 W. Alabama Street, 1 By Cirricr, per week 10c Atlanta, Ga. . J' as seroad-rtsss matter April J6, IK*, at tbs Poatotrtca at ■ ula. Oa_ aa*ar act of congress of Marrk 1 in. Unless thou find occasion, hold thy tongue; Thyself or others careless talk may wrong. —Sir John Denham. A Curious Political Rumor. There la a curious story afloat lo political circles to which wo cite currency here for the simple purpose or discrediting It and to point the moral which such stories carry. It comes to The Georgian from an out-of-town poll- tlclan that certain Influences bars been brought to bear anuing the moet stalwart men of the Populist party to put into ‘he Held a straight Ucket for gorarnor and state h'Hi ! olflcers in the coming November election, and that Ju'icn Hines has been netted to lead, and baa consented to Ifud this forlorn party In tbe campaign, a Our informant goes on to say that this movement has fts foundation In the belief that tbe present campaign betsfaen the Democrats In Georgia had reached such proudk-tions of bitterness and division tbat an Independent ticket might have a strong support In the general elec tion. and might possibly be supported by one or the o't.er of the factions at present sUrring In our public life The theory of our Informant was that the Itopullst parly should nominate this ticket, that the Republicans should either publicly ot privstsly endorse It and give their full strength to It In tho general election as an effort to break up the solidity of tbe Democratic party. Itchlnd the conversation ran also a veiled suggestion that in castfof this division the negroes who have been nifatly exercised In this campaign could be brought In a solid body to tbe polls and with their strength Joined to Hitch strength as might oome from tho Democratic dis a fleeted, that tbe Independent Populist ticket might be triumphantly returned la the general election. Ibis story Is so full ot Improbabilities that It only Med* to be told to be dlsoredlted. In the Drat place we do not believe that there Is aay coiiHldcrable portion ot tho Populist party that la In favor or putting out a Populist ticket In the present campaign. In tho second place we believe If such a ticket were pm out that put of 23,000 Populists who voted for Toth Watson In the presidential campaign not more than two or three thousand at the outside would support It, as the Populists have pretty well made up their minds and thflr ballots tor thq forthcoming struggle In AugusL Again, It Is entirely ont of the line of probability that Judge Hines would accept a nomination for governor at this time, and under such circumstances. It Is under stood that Judge Hines himself Is formally committed in the gubernatorial race and has given such assurances of support as he could not probably cancel at this time. The most Improbable of all Improbabilities Is that the lv-mocratlc party Is likely to sutler any serious split from the action of the primaries In August. The Demo cratic peoplo of Georgia have divided under the banners of the different candidates who are running for governor lo this cnmpalgn, but we do not hesitate to express tbs conviction that when the convention assembles and ths nomination Is made, that an unbroken rank of Democrats will follow the nominee to a triumphant eleo tlon. We are not going to have any division after the pre liminary battle Is over. There Is no likelihood of a split In tho Democratic party at tbe end of this campaign, sml wo are surs that all classes of our people will be Find no matter how It ends, to close up the bitterness end division of tbege unfortunate daye, and week*, and months, and to unite once more without faction and without anger In the work of building up tho state. The only thing In the entire rumor which bears a shadow Is the mere ■uggettlon that In any possible con- tmvsney the negro vote should be brought In to decide tin vital Issues uow pending between white men In Georgia. Tbe mere bint and rumor of such a condition, vague sad - hadowy aa It la, will tltnply serve to emphasise cm4 more In the strongest way the necessity of putting stirh po islbtlitle* out of aalstence forever by statute and legislation. A Woman Whom Woman Lovs. Tbe Dally Tribune of Ualnbrtdge published on June 6th a beautiful picture of Mrs. John E. Donald- H >n president ot the Bolnbrtdge chapter ot United l’.fighters of the Confederacy, and formerly known sml loved la Atlanta and throughout the state aa Mrs. Loulle M. Gordon. Under the cut appeared the names of 16 veterans upon whom she conferred <T"»es of Honor amidst Impressive exercises held at the eonrthouse and presided over by Colonel John E. Donaldson .as master of ceremonies. In speaking of the scene, The Tribune says: "It would have been hard to tell who got the moet piritaure out of It. the veterans in receiving the ctoksea, Mrs. Donaldson In conferring them, or tbe Hiidlrnce In witnessing the exercises.” Mrs. Donaldson Is always oae of tbe useful and efi. stive women of the state. Her services In causes public and private that relate to the development and happiness of the people of Georgiaptv* always been • ■f such a marked and notable character that this no- Me and gifted woman richly deserved to rank among tbe moat appreciated factors ot our present day civ. Ulzatlon In Georgia. Perhaps the highest tribute that can bo paid to Mrs. Donaldson Is to say that ahe Is s woman whom all women lore, and whom all men admire, and she has been In all her life time so helpful sod thoushtful to other women that she richly deserves the uni versal popularity which she enjoys. A Chicago man who had not been able to utter a word for twenty-one yean, suddenly walked up to bis brother, the other day, and asked. "Is it hot enough for you?" As soon as be has been Interviewed on “What do you think of Chicago?" be will bo free to enter Into g.iieral conversation. vhothc | habit. There are times when we are Inclined to regard It as on institution No paper In tbls country ever carried the personal equation farther than did Tho Sun when It abone for all under the editorship of Mr. Dana. He was a man of strong personality, extensive In formation and a particularly graphic style. He gave a vigor and apiigbtllncss to tho editorial page which had never been enjoyed by any newspaper. Tho Sun became the arcbhlerophant of pure English and strict accuracy. It was in Its native clement when It was dis coursing on the Greok dithyramb and Its relation to Rotcoc Conklin'* curl; the comparative utility of the jinricksha and the gin rlckey, or tbe essential beauty of esoteric Duddblstn. It knew more about a greater number of things than any newspaper In tbe country. And aome of It was true. Then there were other traits In Its nature. It was fond ot bear stories, fish stories and Georgians. A vein or delightful drollery rau through all Ha utterance*— something between Indulgent patronage and open ridl cole. It was a great paper. The present editors realise that It was a great paper In those earlier and better days and they make a distinct effort to conduct It along the old familiar lines. But there Is a conspicuous absence of the vanished hand, and tho once melodious note* "on half-strung harps whine mournful to ths blast." The Lucifer of letters has fallen from his high estate and we And The New York Sun among the moat notable sinners against the primary rules of grammar. For Instance, In a recent Issue we find the state ment tbat one John Rowlen wont "from Worcester to Brockton on Saturday, presumably to attend the boll day.” Now, wc have nothing whatever to say as to the motives of Mr. Ilowlcn. Ha la at perfect liberty to go where be pleases, so far as we are concerned, and we bave no doubt that he had earned hla holiday. If be la one of those subscribers who have been reading The Sun for twenty-seven or eight years ho waa entitled to a holiday. y But we submit that be did not go to attend the holi day. He may have gone to attend tho festivities of the holiday. He may have gone to attend bis best beloved to the merry-making Incident to the holiday. But Tbo Sun does him a grievous wrong to Intimate that he weDt for any such abstract purpose as to "attend a holiday.' Perhaps we are hypercritical In our view of the great fountain of criticism, and, digging a pit, bare fallen In It. So wo will paaa on. Discussing the embalmed beef eruption, The Sun say* the question Is, "whether tho federal lospectiona of cattle and hoga has been lax or not." Now, we cannot say for certain whether the Inspections "has been lax” or not, but we are quite confident thet some of The 8un's bright young men, who are rattling around In the Dana ahoes, are distinctly lax. Soma of their views ‘has been" aa lax as their perts of speech, all of which becomes cumulative evidence that Tbe Sun Itself is a "has been," and "Icbabod" Is written on Its phylac teries. Perhaps It will be claimed that the bright young man who confused his parts of speech was late for his appointment at the rathskoller, or that the printer, who Is tbe convenient and conventional scape-goat ot errors, was not slngalarly awake when he came to those plural Inspections, so we wilt call another witness, who testi fies. In reviewing a recent book, that the author caused his (lady) detective to "fall In love with the man who, upon pain of dlimlsial. her chief has commissioned her to arrest.” The man ''who" she waa commissioned to arrest may have been a very bad man, but we are sure he would not have murdered the King’s Engllih like tbat, evan under tbe severest provocation. But enough Is aa good as a whole barbecue, so we rest the case. It all goes to show the wisdom of the old Scotch woman who explained tbat tha streets of the New Jeru salem were so clean because everyone "swept before his sin door." These observations are made In excellent good bu- mor, and yet we cannot say that we bave been drawn Into them from entirely Impersonal considerations. For some several waaka Tho Sun has been “excerpting"—as The Sun Itself would say—Isolated sentences from these columaa as texts for more or leas pungent raillery at The Georgian. It hasn't hurt any, wc protest, and we even know papers which The Sua does not stop to read at all. I^But when we pause to weigh tbe quality ot the wit and drollery for which we are taken aa an excuse, wa naturally ask the question with which we began, Is The 8un an Institution or a habit? f|lta attempts to continue Daaaeeque long after the master hand Is still would Indicate tbat It Is merely an Institution—an Impersonal personality, so to speak— kandod down like the demise of the crown. Out the reading of It and the acceptance ot It as a fountain ot wisdom or humor Is merely s habit which such of Its readers a* ding to It have acquired by years of application. It was the Duke of Wellington who said that "h."Mt Is ten times nature," Instead of second nature, and tbe place which Tbe Bun occupies In the world of Journalism goes to confirm that view. Incidentally It may be noted tbat The Sun of the present day does not ridicule or assail such editors as support tbe Illustrious highwayman who la reputed to own The Sun. It prints no bear stories when Mr. Morgan Is on tbe bull side of the market. ^§And the name explains the milk In the cocoanut and the hair on the ontslde, too. *'I 1 MpWWWniifflM of MW present and will be more and more a necessity for the weep. -' 7\ t future that Atlanta should have a market, a great central Mr. Stuart appears to have had but little reputation niarke t. 'in polltfral Circles He got his training In an old book In one or two great buildings, such as other cities store and afterwards became somewhat prominent In have, all the meat shops and the vegetable and trucking the Young Men's club organised to secure the election stands of the city might bo concentrated. This would , of Garfield. Since that time he has served one term Inure first to tho convenience of the shopper, without | as mayor of Philadelphia. But no one appeared to know having to go from street to street and from section to sec* GBOMlISF nT GOTHAM.' It's warm already, but Just Uriuk of that auditorium. Atlanta Needs a Market. The horrible disclosures In the great meat packing establishments of the country have created a proround Impression In Atlanta. We are perhaps as little touched here aa In any part of the country by the personal hor ror and danger of this situation, but at tbe tame time Ve are more exempt than other cities and other eectlona and state* In the distribution ot tbla poisonous and dt- caylng meat. Suggestions of many klnda are pouring in upon tbe newspaper* In reference to the conditions created by there exposures. Atlanta is fortunate la the possession of dtlteaa dealing In this great commodity of meat, who In Ume past and at present are above the suspicions ot any unsanitary or dishonorable dealings wltb their customers. But there It one thing which, without reflection upon anybody, can be done and ought to be done In tbe tlon of the city. Housekeepers could And under one roof an opportunity to make a aeleetton from the supplies kept on hand by a score or more of these smaller merchants. In the second place this arrangement would Inure essentially' to clennllneas and to health. With all the meat shops and vegetable stands kept under one roof the inspection by the city could be more careful and com plete than It could under present conditions. The entire sanitary system of our market region could be under official supervision and kept to the highest standard of cleanliness and wholesomeness, not only wltb regard to the meat* and vegetable*, bat with regard to the surroundings, which sometimes, by neglect, come to be a menace to health.- Under these conditions, too, of cloae personal con tact, competition and the comparison of stalls and stands would unquestionably raise the standard of the supplies kept and sold. For these three amply sufficient reasons Tbe Geor gian Is earnestly In favor of a market for tbe city of At lanta, and we believe that we express the voice and pref erence of the groat majority of those who Ilvo here when we say that public approval would rest like a bened/rtlon upon any official or private sources that would set to work at the earliest moment to establish such an Insti tution for Atlanta. ' . A New LL.D. At the recent commencement ot the University of Alabama, tbo degre of LL.D. was conferred upon the Rev. M. B. Wharton, D.D., now of BufaUla, Ala. Dr. Wharton waa for many years pastor of the First Baptist church of this city, and Is known, and loved by many friend* In Atlanta, who will find pleaauro In this recognition accorded to hla talents and attainments. Dr. Wharton Is now filling the pnlplt of the Bap tist church at Eufaula, whose membership I* one ot the largest In the state. The Pennsylvania Machine. The Republican party ot Pennsylvania has adjourned after nominating Edwin S. Stuart for governor of the state. The carrying through of the slate Is regarded as a distinct triumph for the Republican machine; with Senator Penrose at Its head, and It Is generally conceded wbat manner of man be was. Few members of the con vention bad ever seen bint and they knew but little of hla caliber or convictions. But he was put forward bV the Penrose machine, and that seemed to be enough for the faithful henchmen of the autocratic senator. Penrose '.a the creature of "Boss" Quay. Just aa Pennypacker was, and he seems to have studied the game of practical politics at tbe feet of the former bosB with fine effect. He is a cold, satur nine, calculating sort of man, who goes In to win, and the immediate object In view was to secure the nomina tion of a machine candidate. . But he has not done so without creating consider able discontent The Lincoln faction of the party waa strong enough to cast nearly a quarter of a million votes in the last election. It la a faction to be reckoned with and they were determined to have some kind of recog nition on the slate adopted In the convention. The machine gives It out that the wishes of the Lin- colnltes bave bden met and that harmony prevails, but tbe leader of the faction hastens to announce that such was not the case by any means. The present Indications are that he Is going to flgbt. In fact bo gives It out tbat be will malts an ap- pcal to the Democrats to Join him In tbe effort to defeat Stuart, and a merry war will soon be on, Thero can be but little Interest In the matter down this way oeyond the fact that all lovers of good govern ment would like to see the final and absolute defeat of tbo old machlno which was built up by tbe unscrupu lous methods of Quay. Truo It seeniB that Penrose has been successful, but we opine that It tbe former boss were alive and had been at that convention he would have fourd a way to placate tbe Llncolnltes. And then, too, It must be remembered that tbe wavo of reform has been ^weeping over Philadelphia rather strongly of late. Mayor Weaver's successful resistance of the machine In Philadelphia gave the reform element heart of grace, and they bavo been carrying the cam paign Into the state at large. Tbe very fact that Stuart Is the nominee of the ma chine will militate against him, and a combination of tbe Llncolnltes and Democrats, If It is formed, will giro him some uncomfortable quarters of an hour. Hy Private Leased Wire. New York. June 8—Here are some of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—J. H. Allen, C. M. Coyne. T. W. Gathrlght, W. P. Jones! W. E. Wllmerdlng, J. H. Boynton F w. Freeman, A. K. Silvers. A. H. EwJ SAVANNAH—Mis. E. Alcott. G. E Alcott, At. ). Alcott, J. Rosenhel'-i C. A. McCarthy. F. O. Doyle R W Doyle, C. F. Powers. IN PARI8. Special to The Georgian. Paris. June 8.—Mrs. .Mary Grant Dickson, Mrs. Belle Robinson, Miss Alice and Mrs. Aaron Barr Steele and Ml ia Louise Dubose, of Atlanta, and Miss Augusta Wood, of Savannah, rag. Isterd at the office of European edition of The New York Herald today. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. The public has begun to realize that "potatoes and Ashes are very good dishes" to have on almost any -old morning, . THE GREAT WHITE CROP By D. PRESTON PARR. NO. 2. As ths cotton crop of 1*0* Is about being pitched for the American belt, It may be said we approach a stage In the Industrial development of our coun try and the world, the like of which has never been eeen before. The co operative attempt of planters to limit the acreage and constrain Its bounda ries may have lte effect, but that this Will diminish this year's crop aa com pared with last, to the extent planned for. Is little likely. It Is easier to re- solvd an a reduction of 36 per cent In acreage planted than It Is th effect It. Agriculturists ate not Drone to association of effort, and their train ing nnil experience lends little force against their natural go-aa-you-please Individualism. Even though the planters themselves may have contributed and may still be contributing to the present high price of cotton, an encouraging market con dition prevails, and we all know the ncrenge pitched Is largely determined by the price of cotton at planting time. Despite the enormous crops of 1»»4 sad 1*08. tho manufacturing world etill hungers tor cotton, end there are only about 6,600,606 belea visible In the world, or to put It exactly, accepting Secretary Heater’s February statement, we have 1,133.*?* bale* tn all the world to last ua tilt the new crop comee In. The Indies, the Braille and Egypt are credited with 1,616,000) balsa of this stock on hand, while the American total la 8,747,*?* bales. In continental Europe and Great Britain therp are *,040,000 bales of this stock, mostly thought to be owned or controlled by spinners, while In the elates there are 1,637,000 all told, whether controlled by spinners, factories or planters ladle alUl hold# less then a million bates, *66,000, while Egypt has In (tore less then 200,000, a peltry trifle of 1*1.000 bales. Fer a euetelnlng balance beyond, the Oriental crops are even now almost available, hut 1 fear Lancashire oper ations may fall upon another season of that terrible heart-sickness which en sues upon hope deferred. If their re liance must rest In any great part upon the cotton crops of Asia and Africa for 1*0*. Indeed, aa conditions now extet, the eyea of the world turn naturally In our direction for raw ma teriel to supply their looms and spin ning jennies. So It Is like to be for years to come, but that does not Imply there will be no change In conditions end that we will be permitted to retain the supremacy we have achieved with out a contest. The law of life Is change end the price of prosperity. Uke llwt ot liberty, ts eternal vigilance. Cetton and Democracy. Almost coeval with our growth In prosperity, political prestige, popula tion end power, production of cotton has breasted the front ranks of our in dustrial progress. A halt a dosen years before our revolution we were culti vating cotton and the sleepy arts of peace, taken over from the east. That war wee barely over when American genius Inaugurated on Industrial revo lution even more far-reaching In lu sweep. Hit Whitney, of Mass.-ichusetts. Invented the cotton gin In Georgia end oome unsung genius In South Carolina started the American longrow method of annual seeding end cultivation. tn 1770 the American output of cot ton wee 2,000 pounds, none exported. Even e year teter, when British In dustry had enlisted the loom ot Arit- Iht end Hargreaves' spinning jen ny, not a pound of American cotton found Its way Into English mills. One year after Whitney's gin was perfected (17*4) 4*7.400 pounds of American cotton, equal to about 1.0OC bales, found Its way Into British mills. Even then Lancashire waa all our market and In average years the Amer ican cotton belt was supplying her spinners with about oae-stxth of their raw material. Ia one hundred and ten yearn we ran the American product from a bare thousand bates to dtteen million. Tha development drove British Islands, provinces and colonies out of the cut- Jvatlon, cut African bopee clear of tbe problem and left the India empire high and dry among the derelicts of the has-beens. If to the fittest survival Is voqchssfed, we msy reasonably expect to reside on our demonstrated qual ifications, but thet does not mean we may pause In the race and rest on our oars. Having led the manufacturing world to Its present high point of at tainment In the growth and manufac ture of cotton, are we safe tn curtail ing tha area of cultivation, while we seek to enhance the planter's share of gain? Are we right In dl-cmiruglng the fruitfulness of the earth, combining end co-operating to diminish demand by decreasing supply, relying upon pre cepts nnd practices common In the commercial world but heretofore doubt ed and divided In the domains of pros ductlon, agricultural and mechanical? I do not think we are myself* but then not being a planter, I am perhaps not altogether quellfiet| to stand at the planter's point of view. ever socially ostracised. The public must not too tenderly deal with these unmitigated fiends. They are worse than professional thieves and highway men—the veriest outlaws. Brewerton's cartoon In I eat even ing's (Wednesday's) Georgian, "The Insolence of Crime," Is an educator. He Is a genius, end his works will live after him. You. Brother Graves, are engaged In a Mighty work, defending the rights of the masses against the classes. Contlnu-- -log i.rlvm- and public wrongs and commending clean, just, honest living, aa you have been, and you will bave the commendation of the beet element among mankind. Thanks for your courage and Inde pendence, and long life and unlimited success to The Georgian. J. W. COLLETT. Marietta, Ga, June 7, WOO. Not Fair to Mr. Rockefeller. Rome, Ga, June 6, 1*06. To tho Editor of The Georgian: I notice that the papers avail them selves of every opportunity to say un kind and cutting things of Mr. Rocke feller, and Tho Georgian Is no cxcep- tlon of the rule. They never say any- ■ - ■... I do maintain, thing kind of him; thay never mention however, that it la the planter who l* the fact that at home he Is a good cltl- stlfitng hie point of view and thereby xen. Is moral and upright, Is a deacon lowering his standard. in a church and upholds morality, gives return to “cotton tress” In the liberally to charity and ha* given mtl- “ Hons to th* cause of education and garden and “rattooulng" the patch might be a more radical way of reduc ing production, but It would he scarce ly more un- American than abandoning those calls for efficiency we have Im posed In this country upon labor and Invention. Across the pool I have been wont to tell my British friends that the American dutifully followed the scrip tural Idea nf earning hla bread In the sweat nf hla brow, while th* English man always wanted to earn hla In the sweat of aome other fellow's. In crease of output In proportion to cost missions, who stands well at home. At one time kerosene off sold nt 75 rents a gallon. After he ggt control of It. It sold as low as 16 cent* at retail, and now at 20 cents. They never mention that the poor as well as the rich are benefited by this. There are supposed to be eighty millions of people In this country; fully 76 per cent of them are benefited by this 65 cents on each gallon sold, and It amounts to millions. My son, Fred Goran, who Is now of reduction li .« P sSiS8in Rnt22 «»»ocUte editor of the New Orleans SLPSSn Hem, has written a very sensible artl- }n *thlf*?hufn* TSX 'haS^urt 'huan c,e on thU "“W* 0 *- If Y° u will publish ~:."g , .? ot .-P*gllt I will aend It to you. It expresses Coroperillon *la a“l thfllta of £«& ^ » d “^ 0 " th « ”»** ”“«* widened now to International Held* of J. MkUTo contest, and still It commands efftcUn- J”®I ...i°if* all devslopment must, undsr the i f , » Ion of tbat very law which Dro-1 * trying to do right It ts the duty -" - ■ > - - 1 of every good cltixen to help him, give him every encouragement we can. Tour* very truly, operation of that very law which pro vldet for the survival of tbe fittest. There Is no halt tn the process, no side stepping In the march. To pause ts to turn back and lend our competitors a lift In the race, and this advantage Americans have never willingly con ceded to competitors. To combine by agreement, tn dqflance of natural law: to limit Individual freedom by stress of co-operattva compulsion, Is rather more radical socialism than we of the States have ever committed ourselves to, to far, and frankly, I don't be lieve we are going that road, even though we should "resolute till the cows come home," Now, If wa were In Great Britain wa might count on an act of parliament perhaps to help us along. Over there government does not hesitate to stand In with those who would build special privileges Into or ganic law. over here we etill stand out theoretically agalnat that sort ot legislation at any rata. True, we have an Internal revenue tax on tobacco, and a customs tariff, too: but we have nothing to match that act of parlia ment which forbids the growing of tq? barco In Ireland, so the Imperial gov- ernmtnt may enjoy the widest oppor tunity of profit possible under a three- shilling customs duty on tobacco. Onq may safely conclude we are not apt to enter upon any such chapter of leg islation, and that being the case, one may be permitted to doubt If the Amer ican cotton belt can be reduced by resolution, even as much as tlx Inches, as long as the price of lint yields cost of production and a modest profit on the grower's capital amployed. Th* Georgian's Cartoons and Editorials Marietta, Ga., June 7, 1*06. To Jhe Editor of The Georgian: Tour editorials, "The Beef Poison ers Worse Than Morales" and "A Rockefeller Mystery," In Tuesday's Georgian, should commend you to the everlasting gratitude of all well-wish er* of humanity. You cannot too fiercely and drastically treat such sub jects These detestable villains de serve the execration of their fellows; should spend the remainder of their days In solitary confinement, fed on stale bread and their own putrid beef preparations, and their families be for- M. F. GOVAN. Rome, Go.. June 6, 16*6. THE VIOLET. ' By William Wetmore Story. Another seieotlna from this author, hi* wrtrslt. tetogrsph and him bare already been printed I faint, delicious. This odor. Ilhe a Turns noiselessly In memory's wards to let A tboujtht ot Borrojr free. The breath of distant Helds upon ay brow Bkma through that open door Tha sound of vlul borue belle, mere sweet and low, And sadder than of yore. It comes efar, from thet Moved place. And that beloved hour. When Ilf* hung ripening la lore's golden A spring gees slaying tfcmegb Its reedy grass; ..The lark slag* o'er my head. Drowned In the thy—O, paaa, y* visions I would that 1 were deed:— to,bhW « d ~' °Let’i*y < vei*d "* ~ ~“ O violet! thy odor through my bmln Hath searched, and stung to grief This sunny day, If a corse did stain Thy velvet leaf. Returns Thanks. To the Editor of The Georgian: Will you pleas* allow me, as chair man of tbe monument committee, to express through the columns of your coper my sincere thanks to th* fol lowing Atlanta friends for their gen erous aid In contributing to the Con federate monument, which was un veiled tn Palmetto June l: Governor Joseph M. Terrell R. F. Maddox, of M addox-Ruckcr bank: James Floyd, Atlanta National book: Charles Wlckereham, president Atlanta and Went Point railroad: C. H. Arnold, Arnold Hat Company; J. K. P. Cart- JUNE 8. 1772—Robert Stephenson born. 1776—Committee appointed by Conti nental congress to draw up Dec laration of Independence. 1809—Thomas Paine, author of "The Age of Reason." died. Born Jan uary 29, 1787. 1815—Germanic confederation consti tuted by treaty of Vienna. 1828—Russian forces passed the Dan ube. 1831—Sarah Slddons, celebrated Brit- . Uh actress, died. Born Julv 6 1756. r ' 1840—Treaty for annexation ot Texaa rejected by United State* senate. 1845—Andrew Jackson, seventh presi dent of United states, died. Bom March 16. 1765. 1857—Douglas Jerrold died. Born 1801. 1859—Napoleon and Victor Emanuel entered Milan. 1862—Battle of Cross Keys, Va. 1807—Francis Joseph of Austria crowned king of Hungary. 1869—Colonel Crane, U. S. A., killed by Colonel Yerger at Jackson. Miss 1873—Resolution proclaiming the fed eral republic passed the Bpantsh cortas. 1877—Business portion of Galveston, Texas, destroyed by fire. 1881—Eighteen hundred buildings were burned In city of Quebec. 1885—Archbishop Bourget died. 1892—Bob Ford, murderer of Jess* James, shot at Creeds, Colorado. 1905—Dissolution of union of Sweden and Norway proclaimed by Nor wegian parliament. Th* Beef Question. To the Editor of The Georgian: The expose In the meat packing In dustry Is Incomplete, alnce the Investi gation does not extend to this busi ness In all of H* phases and ramifi cations. To have good beef, a good ox Is the starting point. How are we going to have a' good ox? As^lt Is, this ox Is raised by a far mer. What does this farmer know about the kind of food the ox ought to hnve In order that the ox be fit for building the body of man In a healthy condition? Does the farmer raise the ox for food first, and money second; or for money first, and last and all the time? Who ought to or has the great est Interest In the ox as food, not os money—the farmer who raises the ox or the public who eats the ox? Is the farmer examined as to hie fit ness to furnish food for the public, as the teacher Is exnmineit as to his or her fitness to tench the public? How about the Illness and qualifica tions of the men who handle the ox while on the trains or on the roed to the packing house? Where are the pocking house men to get the clean, tidy, dainty people needed to make the packing house business an Ice cream parlor con cern? The men, women and children needed In this business are drawn from the public, and are just what the publle or consumers furnish. Since the public do not educate and train people for this business, how can they expect the packers to get them? The packing house people might be empowered by lew to establish such schools, and the people thus educated would be entitled to better compen sation than tho*e at present employed. This extra expense would Increase the price of beef, which tho public would kick against. In fact, the public Is not able to pay for beef If properly handled, limply because of the profit which te exacted, first by the farmer, then by the railroads, the stock yard companies, the packers and the retail ers. This profit exceeds the original cost of the ox. The public demands cheap things and the pecker* are simply trying to comply With their demands. , No law can anpply the public with good beef, except a law which raises the ox and educates Its handlers In th* form of beef to the people. Here'we have a business which tha public, by common consent, have placed In tbe hands of a class who are I known not to be and are not expected to be equal In personal cleanliness and In scientific attainments, such as wa find In the employees of our first fam ilies and flrat-class hotels. What we need Is a law to supply the packers and the ox-ralser* with th* cleanly and scientific help needed to fneure good food; and which will compel the packers and farmers to em ploy such help and pay the wages needed to keep such help in a clean, healthy condition. This sounds Ilk* slavery, but It 1* not. It Is scientific freedom, for It shows that all Industries need clean, scientific help, and that It will take the wealth and the powers of government to secure It In this packing house matter, we see the supreme need‘of the training, *t public expense, of all tabor, and Its compulsory employment. Our public school system needs to be enlarged and extended so aa to take In all trodts and occupations, thus ex cluding women and the unfit from all occupations which Mr* Injurious to them physically and morally. Thus th* public wtU hare first in spected the labor, and this labor will Inspect the packer and the meet. ■The moral* and the physical clean liness of the hands which feed, rlotj]* and house u*. I* but a reflex of public morals and cleanliness. W. A. JOHNSON. 586 Whitehall Wrest. Atlanta. Go.. June 5, 1*06. { „ iMm It l Amu la the world, so It Is carried W**'™ as soon ** It Is bora. In ease there sr* nu stairs, the nurse mounts a table er chair with the Infnnt. ton, commission merchant; Professor J. A. Richardson. T. E. Zellars, Orant- vlll* Banking Company: Dr. Edward Lyndon? Lyndon Manufacturing Com pany) Miss Cliff Lyndon. Respectfully. MRS. R M. DEAN. Chairman Monument Committee Palmetto, Ga , June 4, 19U6.