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The Atlanta Georgian.
Some Echoes from the Crusade.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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There are some echoes from the pending crusade j tails are about perfected,
against corruption and unlawful combinations of capital With Mr. Wellman, beside Major Horsey, will be Her
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THE GEORGIAN COMES TO
GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE
Ood’s goodness hath been groat to thea;
Let never day nor night unhallowed pass.
But still remember what the Lord hath dona.
—Shakespeare.
The Trained and Equipped Teacher.
The value of training and equipment In our modern
educational system has never been better and more hap
pily Illustrated than In the case of President M. M. Parka,
of the Glrla’ Normal and Industrial School at Mllledge-
vllle. ~\
The rapid and splendid advancement of this young
teacher from the staUon of an assistant In the Savannah
public schools to the honored presidency of the Normal
school at Milledgevllle Is a history of the methods which
command success.
' Prof. Parks Is a graduate of Emory college. Upon
his graduaUon day he determined to devote hi* life
nnd talents to the cause of teaching. He planted this de
termination upon the purpose to be worthy and well
equipped for the work to which he had committed hla life.
Carrying high honors from Emory, he went Immediately
to the University of Chicago, where In special studies
along the lines of English and literature he carried off
tho highest honors and Commendation* of that department
In bla class.
From Chicago he went to Harvard University,
whose professor of English and literature has glvon him
the most glowing testimonials of faithful study and high
attainment.
From Harvard he went to Europe, where in the
schools of the old world he prosecuted these studies In
which he had determined to make himself proficient to
the last degree.
-Returning to this country Professor Parka devoted
himself with singular assiduity and success to the work
of teaching In the public schools, and tho vacation^ of
this young teacher, spent by so many In enjoyment and
In holiday, were cohsecrated by him to study and Improve
ment In the summer schools of the University of Chicago
nnd Harvard, and of the great, chautauquaa of the country.
At the time when the trustees of the Normal and
Industrial College at Mllledgevlllo called Professor Park*
to the acting presidency of that institution he was, pec
haps In culture, In attainment and In experience, the
lo st equipped young man In the educational life of the
atate.
tils connection with the Milledgevllle school has been
a triumphant procession of noble and applauded achieve
ments. He hat lifted the standard of scholarship In that
Institution to a higher station than It has over enjoyed
before. He has brought consummate order and harmony
out of comparative confusion, and has established at the
Milledgevllle school perhaps the moat harmonious faculty
of working and effective teachers gathered together In any
Institution of learning In the state.
As successful as has been the career of Professor
Parka, as a atudent and a scholar, It has boon even more
successful In an administrative capacity as president of
one of the great schools of the atate, as a subsequent
summary will show.
The last Issue of Tom Watson’s Magatlne has a re
view of the recent article contributed by Professor Parks
to a national educational periodical. In which our great
Southern publicist and thinker pays tribute to Prolessor
Parka aa-one ot the ahledt and moat progressive thinkers
In the educational life ot the 8onth and the country.-
And for all else we can oommend this tireless teacher
to the grateful appreclatlpn of the people ot Ocorgla In
tho record ot the Georgia Normal and Industrial College
under his administration during the past year. These
aro In brief the Item* of his achievement:
First: The collega baa had the largest attendance In
Its history, enrolling forty-seven more than last year, and
turning away one hundred and thirty for laok ot accom
modations.
8«cond: It hat Installed a new chemical laboratory
of fine equipment and has secured new piano# and the
Internal equipment has been Improved.
Third: The dormitories have been run at one thou
sand dollar* below the estimated coat, and each atu
dent who had paid In advance was refunded four dollars
nt the end ot the year.
Fourth: Several new scholarship* have been secured
for the Institution, among them a donation ot five bun
; died dollars from William J. Bryan Irom the Philo Sher-
man Bennett fund.
Fifth: The annual Income of the college has been
I Increased twenty-one hundred dollars.
\ Sixth: An appropriation of <25,000 was secured last
£ August from the legislature for the Industrial building,
[ which Is now In course of construction and promise* to
| be one of the most beautiful college buildings In the
| South, as It certainly will be the best equipped of them
| fill.
Seventh: By diligent correspondence President
K: Parks has secured an offer from Andrew Carnegie ot
E <15,000 for a library building, provided an equal amount
K Is raised by the friends of the college.
Eighth: The commencement just passed Is pro-
| nonneed on all sides to be the most brilliant the college
I has ever known in Its history.
Ninth: The faculty Is harmonious and enthusiastic,
spirit of the student body Is fine, nnd tho caliber and
^^adaptability of the teachers Is notable smong the lnstlu-
tlons of the state or the 8outh.
And there Is good, genuine teaching in that school
• every day of the year.
Surely a young man, not yet thirty, who has done
F; such a work In the educational rank of the state, Is wor-
I. thy of the commendation of the press and of the public,
| and ot any honor which our educational system can givo
, him.
But the university need not cast a sheep’s eye upon
r ’ him during the present summer, for the trustees and the
■ - mate need him as yet to complete the splendid work
li^hlch he U doing at MllledgevUl*.
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which should not pass unnoticed.
They come from various sections of the country and
lend genuine encouragement to the friends and defenders
of better methods In the conduct of commercial and In
dustrial affairs.
Jt will be remembered that Chancellor Day, of Syra
cuse university, made a holy abow of blmaelf on Sunday
when In the course of hla baccalaureate address he took
occasion to denounce President Rooaevalt and all tboso
who have been criticising and exposing tha.beef barons
and tb* oil trust. Hon. Leslie M. Shaw, whom Atlantans
know and hold In high estesm, waa to have delivered
the commencement address, but because of the Intem
perate terms In which the college official referred to the
president, he has cancelled his engagement, and Mr. Day
will have to get along as best he can.
On the same day the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion announced that the president of the Pennsylvania
railroad and other officers* high In authority would be
Invited to appear before the commission and make any
statements they might see lit, but that there was to
be no "Immunity bath" about the matter, and they
would have to take the consequence* ot the Investiga
tion, whatever It might be, regardless of their testimony.
And again on the same day it was announced tlyrt
the Illinois Central railroad, which owns large Interests
In‘coal mines, had taken alarm at the thorough probing
going on In Philadelphia and had decided to get rid of Its
holdings. At least they are to be consolidated and placed
under a new and Independent management. Nobody sup
poses for a moment that the railroad la feally going to
part with Its property, but It will trump up a plausible
Action to evade the law, and all will go well.
The only bncoursgement to be derived from the
latter Incident Is the fact that the railroads recognise that
the Interstate Commerce Commission means business,
and that It Is time for them to flee the wrath to come. If
we can but keep them In this wholesome fear and dread
they may ultimately become tired of duplicity and evasion
and In reality sell out their coal and oil stocks, which
will be a long step toward the abolition of rebates, by
which Independent shippers are discriminated against.
The heathen may rage as furiously as he likes, but
the sentiment of this country Is becoming thoroughly
aroused. There Is a deep-seated determination on the
part of the people that some ot the abuses which have
been so mercilessly exposed shall be remedied, and there
will be no halting until this has been accomplished.
The Humane Society.
Our apologies are due and hereby tendered to the At
lanta Humane Society for an editorial paragraph which
seemed to Ignore the existence of that line and effective
organization.
Tho Atlanta Humane Society has been organised since
1873 and was Incorporated In 1893. Its officers are J. F.
Burke, president; John F. Barkley, vice president; Orr-
vltlo It. Hall, secretary; J. L. Panchen, treasurer; Linton
C. Hopkins, counsel, and Drs. W. E. Carnes and H. O.
Carnes, agents.
The society has done many good and excellent things
for the prevention of cruelty to children and animals, and
Its work has been done as much by persuasion and by
moral Influence as by an appeal to the restraining powers
of the law.
A Word to Our Contributors.
The Georgian')* ,n the accepted* sense an open forum
of discussion.
Our columns are always open to any view, whether
consonant or dlsaonant with our own opinions, provided
that view be expressed In courtesy and In decency, and
la n6t prejudicial to the morals and manners of the times.
We desire to Impress upon our correspondent! one
Important fact Our columns are always crowded. We
leave out nearly as much news as we publish. We
have columns of matter which never get Into print and
consequently our space Is Immensely valuable to our
aelvos and to our readers. We delight to hear from our
friends and are always glad to be the medium through
which honest men and women expreia their opinions upon
the doings ot the great world.
We must urge, however, upon our correspondents the
absdlute necessity of brevity. We simply cannot afford
to give ao much of our apace to lengthy communica
tions. Elaborate essays should be reserved for the maga-
slnes, and parties who have facts upon current questions
must learn to express them briefly and succinctly. In or
der that they may be read, and read In this newspa
per.
Our good will toward our friend* la large, but our
space Is limited, and the bulk of It belongs to our read
ers who prefer the news to opinions. We welcome the
communications of our friends and we urge them to con
tinue the expression of these opinions whenever the spirit
movoi them, but we present to their Intelligence the’fact
that a communication expressed In one-fourth of a col
umn, or one-half of a column, would be read by twenty
times as many people a* a communication expressed In
an entire column.
So, If you would roach the ear and the attention ot the
people, write briefly. Write briefly for your own sake,
write briefly for our sake, and write briefly for the sake
of those who would like to read your oplntona and to
weigh your views. '
The Georgian will be compelled hereafter In self
protection to decline communications which are not of a
reasonable length.
vier, the famous French aeronaut; Mr. T. J. Smith, the
wireless expert, and M. Paul Colardeau, who Is to engi
neer the stately craft. •
Remembering the mad adventures and fate of those
who have sailed Into the polar region, never to return
from the land of Ice and perhaps snow, we may now
look for some surprising am. tragic denouement
The Divine Sarah’s Farewell.
The Divine Sarah has left us.
She sailed on yesterday for her own sunny France,
and If she keeps to the determination expressed when she
ftrst arrived she will not give us the opportunity of see
ing and hearlng.ber again on this side of the big swim.
Her tour of the United States was one of the most
remarkable ever made by any artist In any- country, and
the fact that she succeeded In drawing large crowds
wherever she went and In whatever kind of auditorium she
might appear was an impressive tribute to her genius and
power of attraction. The people who went to witness her
performances, such as in Atlanta, for Instance, knew when
they went* that there was little satisfaction to be derived
except to feel that they were seeing a great artist—that
all the charm that comes from magnificent stage set
tings and delightful surroundings would be distinctly
wanting.
But they were willing to pay their money even for
this privilege and It Is safe to say that In the main they
were not disappointed.
Her tour of Texas was In a tent. It waa like harking
back to the early days of the drama when the Thespian
wain was at orice the palace car and the grand opera
house. It was something of a tortoise sort of perform
ance—she carried her house with her. In some In
stances the storms came and the rains beat upon It and
there was Imminent danger that audience and actors
would be overwhelmed, but all this acemed but to give a
special plquance to the show and It was not only enjoya
ble but actually exciting.
In one Instance her train was delayed to such an ex
tent that she must have missed the performance entirely
unless she was willing to begin It at 11 o'clock at night,
but this she did, and for three hours she spoke and acted,
according to her own account, as she never had before.
There were no Intermissions. It was a continuous per-
formance—perhaps the only Instance on record of a
continuous performance of a play so tense and exhaust
ing as “Camille.”
. This was but one of the many unique Incidents of
that remarkable tour, which extended from ocean to
ocean and practically took In every city of Importance In
the United States. She traveled like a queen and Indulged
all the whims and Idlosyncracles for which she Is famous.
But now It Is over and she goes home for a brief
rest, after which she will make a tour of Spain.
The American public has no very abiding confidence
in farewell performances. The call of the almighty dol
lar la strong, and the best laid plans for retirement some
times go amiss, when the great artists get a twinge of
covetousness. So It Is impossible to say whether she will
ever come back to us. However this may be, It cannot
be denied that she proved herself once more the great
est artist since Rachel and her tour was one ot the most
remarkable In the history of the stage.
! Heard on the Conic A
AS TO IMMIGRATION.
A Polar Flight.
Within a month or so. If all the arrangements are
perfected. Walter Wellman will make his sensational and
daring dash for the pole.
An especially built airship Is being constructed for
the wild venture and the expedition la being financed by
Mr. Lawson, of the Chicago Record-Herald.
Leading scientific men are In hearty accord with Mr.
Wellman's plan and project
He will be accompanied by Major Heraey, of tht
National Geographical Society.
M. Godard, ot Paris, la making for Mr. Wellman the
largeat dirigible balloon ever built.
The start Is to be made from Spitsbergen and under
the most favorable conditions proximity to the pole may
be reached in about thirty hour*.
If the winds are advene and untoward it may take
one hundred and fifty hours to get within hailing distance
of the long sought region of Ice and mystery.
The ship will be able to remain In the air from twelve
to twenty days. It will carry five men, food, fuel, motor
sledges, repair material and all apparatus and necessary
equipment.
The expedition Is one that excite* imagination, and
the progress of the startling event will be eagerly watch
ed by the curious world. Many lives have been lost,
vast sum* have been spent In the endeavor to do what
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I with pleasure read your able and
elaborate editorial 'of- tpe 5th Inst., on
th* question of Immigration.
Tou canvassed the subject pretty
thoroughly, but it <ls so many sided
much remains to be written and
spoken.
It la by no means a new question
for debate In (Teorgla. The history of
the discussions had on the subject, re
peated efforts on the part of the legis
lature successfully to grapple It. the
Interest which ao many of our people
have manifested In It, all unite to show
how Important It Is, and with what
edre It should bo handled.
Immediately after the war, when
chaos reigned almost supreme, when
the conditions as to labor seemed to be
absolutely beyond control, the public
mind turned to Immigration as the
only possible remedy.
At this date, grave aa Is the labor
situation, we cannot recall, with any
degree of clearness, the serlotis char
acter of labor conditions from May,
1885, to 1870.
Under an act approved December 3,
1868, relief waa believed to be obtain-
able. This act provided for a commis
sion house and land agency to be es
tablished In tho city ot Augusta, under
the direction of William Schley, Robert
Schley and James Gardner.
The Idea was to negotiate with pos
sible Immigrants and sell lands In
ismatl acreage or In large bodies.
The act of March 8, 1870, which be
came a law without the approval of
the governor—five days lapse—pro.
tided that the legislature In Joint sen
non should elect one domestic and on<
foreign Immigration commissioner—
the former to be paid a salary of 32.-
000: the latter a salary of 13,000.
Th l.li < iyiM8 ttn| f circulars
The del carried an appropriation of
*»,**»; - ■ - *
The foreign commissioner was
S rfd to be abroad no( less than on*
ror more than threq years, adver-
ng Georgia's advantages and send
ing Immigrants direct to the state.
The domestic commissioner was ex
pected to exert himself with a view to
Inducing Immigration from the East
ern and Western, states. '
Doubts arose In tha public mind, op
position sprang np, and October 18,
1870, the art was repealed.,
Practically speaking, tha att never
got' Into the statute books. It was
annulled before It reached the hands
of the public printer.
But the necessities of the rase would
not down. They continued to cry
aloud for relief. And they are crying
aloud today.
February 22, 1373, an act was ap
proved, incorporating the Southern
Land and Immigration Company and
the Georgia Land and Immigration
Company.
Among th* Incorporators of the first-
named company were Herschel V.
Johnson (former governor), Martin J.
Crawford. B. F. Lockhart, H. W. King,
T. J. Jtotderneaa, E. Platt. Charlea Mc
Calls, M. B. McMahon. John S. Bet-
tesa and J. M. Calhoun.
Among the Incorporator* of the sec
ond company were Campbell Wallace,
Wade 8. Cothran and W. T. Wofford.
A joint resolution was passed In
M arch, 1875, authorising the governor
to negotiate with Editor I. Sterne, of
The Abend Zeltung, Savannah, with a
view to directing attention to the
thousands of opportunities and ad
vantages held out by Georgia to the
energetic and the thrifty among the
denizens of the old world.
Under an act approved October 17.*
1878, the governor was authorized to
appoint a state land and Immigra
tion agent, with headquarters In the
capitol.
This officer, with a high-sounding
title, had liberty to list land for sale
nnd out of fees from that fruitful
source compensate himself and pay for
circulars, pamphlets and year-books
sent out in the state's Interest.
The legislature quietly, but summar
ily, repealed that "ample provision" of
linmmlgratlon legislation September 26,
1881.
After th* passage of the repealing
art of 1881, nothing along the Immi
gration line was attempted till 1816,
when the Fogarty bilk which made the
commissioner of agriculture ex-olficlo
commissioner of Immigration, was
passed. The Fogarty bill or law,
amended In certain particulars, will be
brought before the legislature at the
approaching seaston at the instance ot
an Immigration conference recently
held In this city under the patronage
of the committee on. Immigration of
the Chamber of Commerce.
From first to last, the subject of Im
migration has proved to be a subject
abounding in difficulties.
Existing conditions In Georgia and
throughout the South make Immigra
tion an exceedingly practical question.
It Is far more difficult than any of the
questions with which tb* people's
mind* or the legislative mind have had
to deal.
West, the railroads—rich In land—
have done more than all other agencies
to flood that section with a splendid
farming population, domestic and for
eign.
Southern railways could do a* much
for tho South, but they have not the
land.
Immigration needs to be freely, dis
cussed, calmly discussed.
My own thought la to Induce clever,
thrifty people to come to Georgia from
the New England elates. Invite, go
In search of those who are able to buy
James,
, ..ire and fortune on uiy foot*
Cltl*»*)Tnil W flrlds I walk, I penetrate
Deserte tnd aese remote, end passing lijr
Hovel and mart and pelacu soon or
late
■ knock unhidden once at every gate!
If Bleeping, wake; If frastlng-rlse before
I turn un-ay. It Is the hour of fnte.
And they who follow me reach every
state
Mortals desire and conquer every foe
Bare death; but those who doubt or
benltate
Condemned to failure, pennry and woe
Heck mo lu vein nnd uselessly Implore
I answer uot, und I return uo more!
In bis Imeeslnurente address to the gmduntlng class President James, of the
University of Illinois, declared that no cqunl nninlier of lines In the English lan
guage contained more unmitigated noneenae than Ingnllid "Opportunity.” lie uultl
If Jeba were taken up u* they came, opportunities would come and not bava to
lie nought.
Opporchunity knocks at lrery mun'u
dure wnuut. On some tuen’n dures It
hnmmcre till It tirenka down th* dure
an' thin It goen In an' wakea him up If
he's asleep, in' nftherwsrd It wurrks
f'r him as s night watchman. On other
men's dures It knocks nnd runs sway,
an’ on tb' durea tv some men It knock*
an' whin they come oat It hlte thlm
over th* bend with an ax. liut Ivlry
wan bus an opporchunity.—Mr. Dooley.
purchasing, small farms. Secure this
claun of people. If they should be
pleased with our state and people,
others will follow In thotr footsteps.
These will prepare the way for farm
laborers, etc.
Do not lose sight of this Important
fact: Before desirable white help,
whether as farm laborers or as do
mestics, can be Induced, or Indeed an
effort made to Induce them to come,
we must make ready for them In point
of dwellings and In point of wages.
It Is for this reason 1 have suggested
the Idea of first Inducing the farmers
to come Into bur midst. f
Again, if « colony be sought, and
that la an excellent Idea, you must first
have an eligibly located, well-watered
body of lend at command, divided Into
farms of 60, iOO, 200 acres and ao on,
to be sold at a reasonable price per
acre on reasonable terms.
Observe: I am not discussing the
question of Immigration. I am trying
to contribute a few facts which may
aid in the discussion which should be
full and free.
MARTIN V. CALVIN.
Augusta. Ga.
"GOVERNMENT INSPECTED."
lying fait and loom*.
Aa they bare been of yore.
The tailor's goose Is not prescribed
As dangerous to eat.
Anil we sre glsd tho car-bog In
An yet not patted meat.
The jnrknu and the mnttonhend,
Tho lobster and the clam,
Are Inst to easy aa they were
Before the Sinclair damn.
The mule that spinners use Is ntfe;
Tho donkey on the ship.
And eko the clothenhorse have escaped
The aansnge-rutter's nip.
rae mins, me into mn*c.
The steer which guides the boat aright.
Are spared the mucker’s mke.
We're pleated to note we Mill have got
Tbnnk heaven there In left to us
Krone memories still tweet:
And In a sense or justice done
We murmur. “It Is meet."
—W. J. lampton In New 1 ork World.
THE EFFECTIVE 8PEAKER.
To the Editor of The Georgia a:
Of coil rae I get jour paper regularly, and
I am free to aay tbat I look upou It aa
lielng the beat paper printed In Atlanta,
although there are aereral printed there,
none ef which la poor. Hut It la not
paper printing, but speech making In our
country of which ! wlah to apeak. First
cornea the political, atate
navlors, nml to look at It
ferent standpoints, we cone
"i MU
dlf-
heae
and
from
hip-
neat
►pre-
all
tic*.
!ui*I
&
their pictures All the
•paces. * ..
Next cornea our religious
Renting denominations., ill
thing* pertaining to mode
except probably In that c
collection. They *11 seen
on that |iolnt. When yon
rot! are apt to conclude “unless I chin
n lively, and rhange my present course, i
am surs to land la a torrid country, where
palmetto fans would be worth a dollar
each, and Ice cold soda water a dollar per
giaas.*' They, too, are highly lauded, and
their pictures cover prominent apace.
Then we meet oar railroad convention
nd stockholder and manufacturing mag
nate and speaker. They bold a fee sim
ple right and title to the most powerful
and best equipped thumb screw machine
that ever manipulated an assemblage nf
lawmakers or Investigators. FoUtlrs. re
ligion. legislation, newspapers, courts of
Justice, farms, trains and steamboats, are
all expected to ran solely fa their Interest.
Their Hamp McWhorter* are abroad In
the land, “from Maine to t*allfomln.“ They
ran the charity baxars through the people's
nocket book and claim great hooor there-
her people and her Insritatlona, those wb
spoke liefore Demosthenes, Cicero or
Brutus did. those wbo*e speerhes sre aim
words, nnd whose platform Is the cnrtb.
Shall I give you n synopsis of one of those
speeches of so few words and so much
meaning? Well, here goea: "Won, haw,
clang, gee, I any, git np there. Hike."
Now the above frtnss of speakers have lieen
speaking in the Interest of the human
family, for lo! these ninny years. And will
contlnne to spenk In the Interest of hu
manity as long as the world Is fed nnd
clothed by agriculture. Ever hear much
cheering when one of the above speakers
sneaks'/ No. Do their speeches ever ir “
the people to war nnd bloodshed?
But they feed armies. Do they l»eg
trlbutloua? No. What do they ask for?
Duly for equal rights under law. Do they
get It? They never have. Wlmt should
they do? Demand their rights at tho bal
lot box Instead of by petltlou. Do many
of them visit the health resorts of Europe?
No. Many monuments erected In their
honors? No. Are they not lauded by the
pn|H*rs nnd do their pictures not occupy
prominent place* therein? Not much. How
ilo they compare with the man with the
hoe? Very favorable. In fact, they nre
jr praises
they §o faithfully serve.
J. B. HOWARD.
THE~OL[TtIME NEGROES.
Editor of The Atlanta Georgian:
I have read with Intense Interest the
communication of Mr. II. II. Drown In
your first of all Issues—Juno 6—on the race
question. Then I hnve read a thousand
uud one of the fallacies of Bishop Turner.
1 am sure If Turner could consummate hla
reheme of transportation of nexroes In the
Mouth to Africa It would/be the (reutest
calamity that could Itefull them, but that
lu another Impoaalhlllty.
While It lu true that there sre some vi
rions negroca—a* u rule they are not a
find people, If kept out of pollUcu-cauld
xrndusl emancipation bare been adopted nil
nook] hnve tiers well nnd the South would
todnr hare the lient system of labor on the
rontlneut und one better adapted to ant-
cultural needu. nnd eren an It Is we will
me the dnjr when we ezchange them for
any, otheru-ln right-on oar firms. The
Italians will not compare with them as
waahera of tha family clothing. No ma
chine has yet bean Invented that can com
pare with a good negro woman. An house
servants they salt aa better than any yet
tried, aud In a doten other ways they suit
us, and that la enongh.
Again, we can nerer forget their faithful-
neoa during the war. 1 won lu eastern
Texas hundreds of miles from the soldier*
of elthrr army. I.lke Mr. Brown. 1 went
uto the army about u year after tha war
I’ritan. I left my wife, a frail little woman,
with two little uafilcn 6 awl 3 yearn old. It
charge of two plantations fifteen mile,
apart. At tha home plaea she had a
young negro 1. years old to manage, tor
her. and at the plantation fifteen mile,
away aha had a solid, reliable negro man X
years old- Both of them pledged me their
sacred ward of honor that they would man
age the negroee on each place as the
minus directed, aud they would sure take
good cure of her and the lialden. and I
must ny If ever mortal man kept bis
prendre to me they did. My wife'* report
when I came back was that every negro on
earh place had always treated her and the
children with the utmost respect. When
emancipation ram* I called them up at each
place and told them that tbny were free,
could go wherejbey pleased or could stay
there ami g~
I would pa
or could stay
d house It and
portion of It
i* next year 1
them and they
tork nuiler my
i 1 had always
m* awl every-
rd of the crop,
at X ream u
to their satls-
luntatlona and
vre. In Texas,
mill with aw-
intents. Three
wife of one of
:ke home place
d many of the
Inalljr sold tha
■ and her bus
ily of children
ter wau grown
■uteynn Female
r brother, who
rhood. paid us
laughter to go
tree daughters,
homestead waa
my brother's
i on Saturday
PA&jE
IVostt
& isra
t Thsy VMt,
hat It was tbs
taatsd. After
nt to a llttli*
UttU* brother*
. _ of a traam
grevo aroaml thr boss*. \\> bad left
litt»r grave* with nothing hat a good,
I * **■ * * * -
This tbry i
made thr a
nil agreed t
direction. I
done, and 1
thing and i
We sold th
non ml. I •
faction and
went west
and put up
mill and at
of the your
them went
to a widow,
negroes for
place to oui
band. Tbej
aud soon p*
When my
•ml had gra
College at i
•till lived k
a vlatt, and
home with I
The negro f
still doing
family and
evening to
to come ami
okl homesti
them **a go
to get V
and she Inal
best baked
dinner they
cemetery, s
in search of thos# who are able to buy pi* ami plain ami are surrounded In no aalwtantlal fence around them; but, to her
or who prefer to lease with a view to mysteries nor clothed with meaningless great attoalakmeut, aka found them ear-
*L
When He Nipped an Ear.
A well-known railroad official of
Atlanta ha., rec ently returned from th.
North, where he enjoyed * trip over
the handsome Twentieth Century Llm
Red train of the New York Central
line*. He was telling of the tram
6*6 Mff HjlB*,nt to some df his br,,.v,
er railroad men In the Transport^ El
Club the other night, and among othre
matters referred to the complefe har
Ihe Worth. maln,alned on ‘ h e train, of
"I was told by one of the most ...
pertenced of railroad barbern u,,
never In hit long experience In shavbS
the public on trains traveling *? ?!
rate of 70 mllea an hour, more or ie„
has he had any serious accidents " »'
marked the official. "The nearest hi
ever came to ruffling the temper of an
occupant of hla chair, he said, w a »
day when hi* razor nipped off a * m »u
portion of the customer's ear Just a.
wreck " Jumped the ,rack ln a railroad
Was Going to Bo a Sport.
A youngster, eating a big order nf
ice cream In a Whitehall ztreet More
the other day, was the eight which at-
traded considerable attention amnnr
the fashionable female patrons of ih.
establishment. The kid waa all nmllr.
"Gee,” he said to an Inquisitive ladv
who was watching his enjoyment of the
feaet, "I h«d 15,cent* crowded on me
today, and I'm going to be ■ sport if t
upend the whole of It." 1
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, June 15.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—E. H. Carman, 8. A.
Duncan, H. Kaufmann. L. Sims, H H
Pierson, F. P. Pierson, W. D. Mnrden'
S. C. McCall, H. C. Mitchell.
MACON—S. J. Ferguson.
SAVANNAH—B. F. Dullard, D. H
Teaadale, A. E. Kalne, T. s. Wielly. J
Hull, Jr., W. K. Pearce?
IN PARI8.
Special to The Georgian.
Paris, June 16.—Mrs. W. A. and
Mis* 8. Speer and Mrs. John Hllvev, of
Atlanta, registered at the office of the
European edition of The New York
Herald today.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
JUNE 15.
1215—Magna Charts signed by King
John.
1381—Wat Tyler, insurgent, slain at
Smlthfleld.
1467—Philip the Good, of Burgundy,
died.
1805—Thomaa Randolph, English poet,
born. I
1775—Title of "Twelve Confederate
Colonies" adopted.
1808—Siege of Saragossa begun by tht
French.
1826—Rebellion and massacre of the
Janissaries at Constantinople.
1836—Arkansas admitted to the Union.
1846—Treaty of Washington for set
tlement of the Oregon boundary.
1849—James K. Polk, eleventh presi
dent of United States, died: born
November 2, 1795. .
1864—Confederates captured Winches4
: ter, Va.
1877—Nez Perces Indian war broke
out In Idaho.
1884— Grand Duke Sergius and Prin
cess Elizabeth, ot Hesse, mar
ried.'
1885— Prince Frederick Charles, of
Prussia, died: born March 29,
1828.
1888—City of Vancouver, B. C., nearly
destroyed by fire.
1888—Mies Mary N. Prescott, au
thoress, died.
1891—"Fritz" Emmet, actor, died.
1899—Richard P. Bland, free sliver ad
vocate, died.
1904— General Slocum disaster In East
river. New York; 1,000 lives lost.
1905— Mayor Weaver began a munlcl-
pal reform movement ln Phila
delphia.
A “BEEF" FROM BILLY.
Everybody's ducked the beef trust!
Father eats finked bay.
Mother sticks to hen fruit.
Brother gobble* cluy.
Eren baby haiku ut
Milk drawn from a ran.
Everybody'* quit the beef trust
But my dog Dan.
Teddy'* gone und done It—
Shot 'em full of hole*.
We dauaeut eet a beefsteak
To amve our starving souls.
Auntie live* on chocolates.
So doe* sister Ann. •
Everybody howls for Roosevelt
Bnt my dog Dsn.
Walter, bring uom* onions,
• Cabbage, lettuce, tool
Got to Bit up uomehow—
Hunger make* me blue.
Damn It! Change that order,
Hrtug me half * hot*!
I'm going to Mt *til>it*ntlal,
Like my dog Duu. . „
TRAGEDY.
Tto night, tnd eloaely over nil
The ilurkneua throw* Its sable pall.
'Tts peaceful, silent, nil I* stm
No feeling of Impending fit .
Hut hurk* A pistol shot, a scream.
Is It reality or dream) , .
Swift, ha nut, usteady'rieps d»»h V;
’Tl* he who reared that Ik**”"*, JJL*
wh/S
He h ihot hJ? u^Tli"
They're gone. Another rilenc fe b
of
And once again the night nM ^
137 Gordon utreel. Went End, Atlanta, o*-
"What make* you so sure
. college man? He never quotes irom
he classic*." ,.. hn |.
-No. But he know* every
callty that pertain* to athletic
Washington Star..
mounted «
very nicely
feet btfh,
negro f«i
grove tl
of little
of thl* ■
hat a ifell •
the father*
rr* of —“
lag*
With a beaatlfal rione mcn'im«nt
ly dressed and some seven or s
.j nil the volonury work * , h
4hJ,-.ussr-'Swss
r readers to Jedge v.v
when this was told to me- t , ft
■. could tho negro hey’ 1 '^' ,
*»d theSo.!!her. pe-O'te
m nf the “nreeamen " .. .
T -_- were .
Mr. Editor.
to htnuelf std the swtsrri i—t;
Intrrveatkm at the Trardoses 1
agent* and the "csrpet-basr-r*-
question woo id new h*v* tweo * I
of half the. magnitude It to [.no.
1 hare handled lOU aegrecs ou » ■*,
aud. the aametramberra ^.^irraA
they make *"4
negro preachers were "ths
jTkL ajU tfce negro editor* ^
ZU^T , S e %lS!%r^te*t miwblef now f ,
