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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
FRIDAY. JI NK IS, w*.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES, Editor.
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THE GEORGIAN COMES TO
GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE
God's goodness hath boon great to thee;
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
i 'l (rational system has never been better and more hap-
plly illustrated than In the case of President M. M. Perks,
of the Girls' Normal and Industrial School at Milledge
vine.
. The rapid and splendid advancement of-this young
i- .ichor from the station of an assistant In the Savannah
public schools to the honored presidency of the Normal
k bool at Mllledgcville is a Elstory of the methods which
command success.
}'■' Prof. l4rks la a graduate of Emory college. .Upon
lii- graduation day ho determined to devote hi* life
and talents to the cause of teaching. He planted this de
termination upon tbo purpose to bo worthy and well
i -j apped for the work to which ho had committed h|s life.
Carrying high honors from Emory, he went Immediately
to the University of Chicago, where In special studies
nlong the lines of English and literature he carried off
the highest honors and commendations of that department
In his class.
From Chicago he went to Harvard University,
whose professor of English and literature has given him
tin- 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
ulilch he had determined to make himself proficient to
tlio last degree.
Returning to this country Professor Parks devoted
himself with singular assiduity and success to the work
of teaching in the public schools, and the vacations of
i Ills yonng teacher, spent by so many In enjoyment and
in liollday. were consecrated by him to study and Improve
ment in the summer schools of the University of Chicago
n ad Harvard, and of the great Chautauqua* of the country.
At the time when the tru*tee* of the Normal and
Industrial College at Mlllcdgevllle called Professor Park*
to tho acting presidency of that Institution he was, per-
hap* In culture, In attainment and In experience, the
beat equipped young man In the educational life of the
state. ,
His connection with the Mllledgevlll* school has been
n triumphant procession of noblo and applauded achieve
ments. He has lifted the standard of scholarship In that
institution to a higher station than ft ba* ever enjoyed
before. He has brought consummate order and harmony
<"it of comparative confusion, and has established at the
Mllledgcville school perhaps the moat harmonious faculty
of working and effective teachers gathered together In any
Institution ot learning In the state.
Aa successful as has been the career of Professor
I'srks. as a student and a scholar. It has been even more
miccessful In an administrative capacity aa president of
one ot the great schools of the state, aa a subsequent
summary will show.
Tbo last Issue ot Tom Watson's Magaslne has a re
view of the recent article contributed by Profeaaor Parks
to a national educational periodica., In which our great
southern publicist and thinker pays tribute to Professor
l srks as one of the ablest and most progressive thinkers
In the educational life of the South and the country.
And for all else we can commend this tireless teacher
to the grateful appreciation of the people bt Georgia In
the record of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College
under his administration during the past year. These
are In brief the Items of his achievement*.
First: The college has hod the largest attendance in
Its history, enrolling forty-seven more than last year, and
turning away one hundred nnd thirty for lack of accom
modations. *.
8econd: It has Installed a new chemical laboratory
of fine equipment and baa secured now pianos and tbo
Internal equipment has been Improved.
Third: The dormitories have been run at one thou
sand dollars below the estimated cost, and each stu
dent who had paid In advance was refunded four dollars
it tho end or the year.
Fourth: Several new scholarships have been secured
tor the Institution, among them a donation of five huo
ih- I dollars from William J. Bryan from the Philo Sher
matt Bennett fund-
. Fifth: The annual Income of the college hat been
In- iwaned twenty-one hundred dollars.
Sixth: An appropriation of 126,000 waa secured last
August from the legislature for the Industrial building,
winch Is now In course of construction and promises to
lx- one of the most beautiful college buildings in the
Smith, aa It certainly will be the beat equipped of them
all. »
Seventh: By diligent correspondence President
I'.- -ks ,h*a secured an offer from Andrew Carnegie ot
I IT.,000 tor a library building, provided an equal amount
Is raised by the friends of the college.
Eighth: The commencement Just |issued Is pro
nounced on all sides to be the most brilliant the college
ha- ever known In Its history.
Ninth: The faculty Is harmonious and enthusiastic,
the spirit of the student body It fine, and the caliber and
adaptability ot the teachers Is notable among the lnstlu-
tions of the state or the South.
And there le good, genuine teaching in that school
erery day of the year.
■ Surely a young man, not yet thirty, who has done
such a work In the educational rank of the state. It won
thy of the commendation of the press and of the public,
and f any honor which our educational system can give
him ' .
But the university need not cast a sheep’s eye upon
him daring the present summer, for the trustees and the
state need him a* yet to complete the splendid work
which he i» :uln« at Jdlllcdgevlllw.
Some Echoes from the Crusade.
There are some echoes from the pending crusade
against corruption and unlawful combination! of capital
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 affair*.
It will be remembered'tbat Chancellor Day; of Syra
cuse university, made a holy ahow of himself on Sunday
when In the course of hie baccalaureate address be took
occasion to denounce President Roosevelt and all those
who have been criticising and exposing the beef barons
and the oil trust. Hon. Leslie M. Shaw, whom Atlantans
know and hold In high esteem, was to have delivered
the commencemeot address, but because of tbe Intem
perate terms In which tho college official referred to the
president he has cancelled his engagement, and Mr. Day
will have to get along as best be can.
On the aame 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
statement! they might see fit, but that there waa to
be no "immunity bath" about the matter, and they
would have to take the consequences of the Inveatlga-
tlon, whatever It might be, regardless of their testimony.
And again on the same day It was announced that
the Illinois Central railroad,’ which owns large interests
In coal mines, had taken alarm at the thcrough probing
going on In Phlladelphlf and bad decided to get rid ot Its
holdings. At leut they are to be consolidated and placed
under a new and Independent management- Nobody sup-
prises for a moment that tbe. railroad Is really going to
part with its property, but It will trump up a plausible
fiction to evads the law, and all will go well.
The only encouragement to be derived from tbe
latter Incident la the fact that the rall.-oads 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 bo a long step toward the abolition of rebates, by
which Independent shippers are discriminated against.
Tbe heathen may rage as furiously as he likes, but
’the sentiment of this country Is becoming thoroughly
aroused. Thqre Is a deep-seated determination on tbe
part of the people that some of the abuses which have
been so mercilessly exposed shall be remedied, and there
will be no halting until this has been accomplished.
Mr. Wellman now confidently hopes to accomplish.
Tbo alrsblp Is nearing completion and the final de
tails are about perfected.
With Mr. Wellman, beside Major Hersey, will be Her-
vler, tbe famoua 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 -tho land of Ice and perhaps snow, wo 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
first arrived sbp will not give us the opportunity of see
ing and bearing her again on this side of the big swim.
Her tour of the United States was one ot tbe most
remarkable ever made by any artist In any country, and
the fact that she succeeded In drawing large crowda
wherever she went and In whatever kind of audltorlumzhe
might appear was an Impressive tribute to her genius and
power of attraction. The people who went to witness her
performanriss, 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 coma* from magnificent stage set
tings and delightful surroundings would be distinctly
wanting.
But they ware willing to pay’their money even for
this privilege and It la safe to aay that In the main they
were not disappointed.
Her tour ot Texas was In a tent It was like harking
back to the early days of the drama when the Thespian
wain was at once the palace car and the grand opera
bouse. It was something of a tortoise sort of perform
ance—she carried her house with her. In sonio 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 seemed but to give a
special plquance to tbe show and It was not only enjoya
ble but actually exciting-
In one Instance her train was delayed to such an ex
tant that she .must have missed tbe performance entirely
unless she was willing to begin It at 11 o'clock at night,
but tbla 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 ot a
continuous performance of a play so tense and exhaust
ing as "Camille.’’
This was but one of the many unique tncldenta of
that remarkable tour, which extended from ocean to
ocean and practically took In every city of Importance In
tbe United States. 8he traveled like a queen and Indulged
all the whims and ldlosyncracles for which she Is famous.
But now If la over and she goes home tor s 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 tbe 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 wilt
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 of the most
remarkable In the history ot the stage.
Heard on the Corner
AS TO IMMIGRATION.
The Humane Society.
Our apologies are due and hereby tendered to the At
lanta Humane Society tor an editorial paragraph which
seemed to Ignore the existence of that fine and effective
organization.
Tho Atlanta Humane Society has been organized since
1873 and was Incorporated In 1893. Its officers are J. F.
Burke, president; John F. Barkley, vice president: Orr-
vllle H. Hall, secretary; J. L. Pancben, treasurer; Linton
C. Hopkins, counsel, pnd Drs. W. E. Carnes and II. Q
Carnes, agents.
The society has done many good and excellent things
for tbe 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 tbe law.
A Word to Our Contributors.
The Georgian is ,n the accepted sense an open forum
of discussion.
Our columns are always open to any view, whether
consonant or dissonant with our own opinions, provided
that view be expressed In courtesy and In decency, and
Is not prejudicial to the morals and manners of the times.
We desire to Impress upon our correspondents one
Important fact. Our columns are always crowded. We
leave out nearly as much news as we publish. We
hare columns of mattsr which never get into print, and
consequently our space Is Immensely valuable to-our
selves and to our reader*. We delight to hear from our
friends and are always glad to be the medium through
which honest men and women express their opinions upon
the doings of the great world.
We must urge, however, upon our correspondents the
absolute necessity of brevity. We simply cannot afford
to give so much of our apace to lengthy communion,
tlons. Elaborate essays should be reserved for the mag*
tines, 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 friends la Urge, but our
space Is limited, and the bulk ot 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
moves them, but we present to their Intelligence the fact
that a communication expressed In one-fourth ot a col
umn. or one-halt of a column, would be read by twenty
tlmea as many people as a communication expressed In
an entire column.
So, If you would reach the ear and the attention of the
people, write briefly. Wrtto briefly for your own sake,
write briefly for our sake, and writo briefly for the aake
of those who would like to read your opinions and to
weigh your views.
The Georgian will be compelled hereafter In self
protection to decline communications which are not of a
reasonable length.
A Polar Flight.
Within a month or ao, If all the arrangements are
perfected, Walter Wellman will make hla sensational and
daring dash for the pole.
An especially built airship Is being constructed for
the wild venture And the expedition Is being financed by
Mr. Lawson, of the Chicago Record-Herald.
Leading scientific men are In hearty accord with Mr.
Wellman’s plan and proJecL
He will be accompanied by Major Hersey, of the
National Geographical Society.
M. Godard, ot Paris. Is making for Mr. Wellman the
largest dirigible balloon ever built.
The start Is to be made from Spitsbergen and under
tbe most favorable conditions proximity to tbe pole may
be reached In about thirty hours.
If the winds are adverse and untoward it may take
one hundred and fifty hours to get within halting distance
of the long sought region of Ice snd mystery.
Tbe 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.
Tbe expedition is one that excites Imagination, and
the progress of the startling event will be eagerly watch
ed by the curious world. Maay live* have been lost,
vast sums have been spent In Uw endeavor to do what
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I with pleasure read your able and
elaborate editorial at the Sth Inst., on
the question of ftnmfgration.
You canvassed the subject pretty
thoroughly, but It Is so many sided
much remains to b* written and
spoken.
It Is by no means a new question
for debate In Georgia. Tho 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 so many of our people
have manifested In It, all unite to show
how Important tt 1s, and with what
care It should be handled.
Immediately after the war, when
chaos reigned almost supreme, when
the conditions aa 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 serious char
acter or tabor conditions from May,
IMS, to 1870.
Undsr an act approved December 3,
1800, relief waa believed to be obtain
able. This act provided for a commis
sion house and land agency to be es
tablished in tbe city of Augusta, under
the directloh of William Schley, Robert
Schley and James Gardner.
The Idea was to negotiate with pos
sible Immigrants and sell lande In
small acreage or tn large bodies.
The act of March 8, 1870, which be
came a law without the npproval of
the governor—live daye lapse—pro
vided that the-legislature In Joint ses
sion should elect one domestic and one
foreign Immigration commissioner—
the former to be paid a salary ot <8,-
000; the latter a salary of $8,000.
Tbe limit, to. printing and circulars
was Used at 18,000 a yean
The act carried an appropriation of
$10,000. ’
The foreign commissioner was re
quired to be abroad not less than one
year-or more than three years, adver
tising Georgia's advantage* and Send
ing Immigrants direct to the stale.
The domestic commissioner was ex
pected to exert himself with a view to
Inducing Immigration from th* East
ern and Western'slates.
Doubts arose in the public rttind, op
position sprung up, and October’ Is,
1870, the act was repealed..
Practically speaking, the act never
got Into the statute .books. It was
annulled before It reached th* hands
of th* public printer..
But the necessities of the case would
not down. They continued to cry
aloud for relief. And thsy are crying
aloud today.
February 88, 1878, an act was ap
proved, Incorporating the Southern
Land and Immigration Company and
the Georgia Land and Immigration
Company.
Among the Incorporators of the first-
named company were Herschel V.
Johnson (former governor), Martin J.
Crawford. B. K. Lockhart, II. W. King,
T. J. Holderness, K. Platt. Charles Me-
Cal la, At. B. McMahon, John S. Bet-
tess and J. 31. Calhoun,
Among the Incorporators of the sec
ond company were Campbell Wallace,
Wade B. Cothran and w. T. Wofford.
A Joint resolution was passed In
March, 1876, authorising the governor
to negotiate with Editor 1. Sterne, ot
The Abend F.eltung, Savannah, with a
view tn 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 authorised to
appoint a state land and Immigra
tion agent, with headquarters In the
capitol.
This officer, with a high-sounding
title, hnd liberty to list land for sale
and nut 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 thst "ample provision" of
Immmlgratton legislation September 2*.
tilt.
Good!
After the passage of th* repealing
act of 1881, nothing along the Immi
gration line was attempted till 1814,
when the Fogarty MIL which made the
commissioner of agriculture ex-offlclo
commissioner of Immigration, wsa
passed. The Fogarty bill or Uw,
amendea In certain particulars, will be
brought before the legislature at tbe
approaching session at the Instance ot
an Immigration conference recently
held In this city under tbs patronage
of the • committee on Immigration of
the Chamber ot Commence.
From first to last, the subject of Im
migration has proved to be a subject
abounding In difficulties.
Existing conditions tn Oeorgla and
throughout the South make Immigra
tion an exceedingly practical question.
It le far more difficult than any of the
questions with which the people's
mlnda or the legislative mind have had
to deal. _ . . , .
West, the railroads—rich In land-
have done more than all other agencies
to Hood that section with a splendid
tanning population, domestic and for
eign.
Southern railways could do as much
for the South, but they have not th#
land.
Immigration needs to be freely dis
cussed, calmly dtamiaaed.
My own thought Is to induce clever,
thrifty people to coma to Georgia from
" w England state*. Invite, go
pee who are able to buy
OOOOOOO
Jngatls, James. j&ooley
Master of human destinies sm I
Fame, love snd fortune on my foot-
If sleeping, wake
eUte
Mortal* desire amt conquer every foe
8 * T< heeltet' but U* 0 ** * rt, ° doubt or
Condemned to folium, penury nnd woe
Meek me In rain and uaelensly Implore
I answer not, nnd I return no more!
tn hla bnrcalnurente oddreu to tho graduating class President Jsmee, of tbe
L’nlromlty of Illinois, ilerlsred that no equal iiunilter of lines In the English lan
guage contained more unmitigated nonsense than Ingalls' "Opportunity." He said
If Jobs were taken up an they came, opportunities would come nnd uot have to
be oought. , *
Oppnrchnntty knocks tt Irery mnn'n
dure wanst. On some men's dares It
hammers tilt It breaks down th' dam
on' thin It gasn In in' wnkts him up If
bn's asleep, an' nffherwtnl It warrkt
f*r him ns a night watchman. On other
men's dures It knocks and runs away,
an’ on th’ dnren tv some men It knocks
an' whin they rtne out It bltn thtui
over th’ bead with an nx. But tvlry
wan baa an opporchuulty.—Mr. Dooley.
purchasing, small farms. Secure thin
class of people. If they should be
pleased with our state and people,
others will follow In their footsteps.
These will prepare the way for farm
laborers, etc.
Do not lose eight ot thla Important
fact: Before desirable white help,
whether as farm laborers or aa do
mestics, can be Induced, or Indeed an
effort made to induce them to come,
we must make ready for them In point
ot dwellings and In point of wages.
It Is for this reason I have suggested
the Ides of first. Inducing the farmers
to come Into our midst. *
Again, If a colony be sought, and
that Is an excellent Idea, you must first
have an eligibly located, well-watered
body of land at command, divided Into
farms of 60, 100, 800 seres and so on,
to be sold at s. reasonable price per
acre on reasonable terms.
Observe: I am not discussing the
question of Immigration. I am trying
to contribute a few facte which may
aid In the discussion which should be
full and free.
MARTIN V. CALVIN.
Augusta, Ga
‘‘GOVERNMENT INSPECTED,'*
Thank goodness there Is left to us
Heme things for dally use,
Although Hie stockyard exposes
Are Bytag fiat and loose.
The fence ntnke still le Just as good
A* e'er It waa before.
- on
yore.
The tailor's goose le not proscribed -
A* dangerous to cut.
And we err glad the car-hog Is
As yet not potted meat.
The Jackass sod the muttonbead,
' Tbe lobster and tbe clam,
Aru Just as easy at they were
Before the Hlnclalr damn.
The mule that spinners nee I* safe;
The donkey on tho ship,
And eke the clotbroborae barn escaped
Tho sausage-cutter’e nip.
The chops of axe and hatchet stand;
The built the trlih make.
The eteer which guides the boat aright,
Are spared Ike mucker's rake.
We're pirated to note we atilt here got
The same old Well street lamb,
And Ihn* far we hare seen no tale
Of canned hydraulic ram.
Thank hraren there le left to ns
Home memories >1111 sweet;
And In a sense of Jnellee dona
We murranr. "It Is meet.”
—W. J. Lampion In New York World.
THE EFFECTIVE SPEAKER.
word*, and whose platform tn the earth,
Shall I give you a synopsis of one of those
speeebe* of so few words and so much
, w ta
re. Hike.' 1
... penkera have been
speaking In the Interest of the human
family, for lo! these many years. And will
rontluue to speak In the Interest of hu
■lirtTiifs wi ihi jrw ntinii ami p
meaning? Well, here goes: "Wo
S lung, gee, t say, git ap them,
ow the shore clan of npeaken ha
, Krer hear
they beg
• is S,
sve.
’ rig
L_,—, .. _iy pettu .
of (hem visit the health rraorts of Europe?
No. Many monuments erected In their
honors? No. Are they not landed by the
papers and do their pictures not occupy
prominent placet thrrelo? Not macb. How
do they, compare with the men with the
hoe? Very favorable. In fact, they are
along the asms lines, except the one Is n
speaker while the other la a silent toiler.
Both go down In hletory without honors,
‘ mb " c wb0 “
J. B. HOWARD.
THE OLD-TIME NEQROE8.
To the Editor of The Georgian: •
Of course I get yonr paper regularly, nnd
I sm free to nay that I look apon It tt
being the best paper printed In Atlanta,
although there are nerenl printed there,
none of which Is poor. But It In not
paper printing, bnt speech making tn oar
country of which I wish to speak. First
comes the pollttral. stele and national
saviors, and to look at It from their dif
ferent standpoints, we conclude only those
fellows and Ibelr deeds of patriotism tad
nnnrISsb devotion kept oar country from
going l» destruction and breaking the hip-
straps, backing bark Into bartarista. And
tbe papers land them to tha skies, and
their pictures dll the most prominent
Next .comes oar religious speakers, repre
senting denominations, different tn all
things pertaining to mode* and pnctlee,
exrept probably In that of taking np n
rolleetlon. They all seem to harmonise
on that point. When yon listen to them.
f ou ore apt to rooclade “unless I chip
n lively, and change my present coarse, I
am sun- tn land In n torrid country, where
palmetto fans would be worth n dollar
each, and Ire raid satin water a dollar per
glass." They, too. are highly landed, and
their pictures cover promlncut spore.
Then we meet oar railroad convention
and stockholder snd uanataetartag mag
nate and speaker. They bold a fee sim
ple right and title to Ike moot powerful
and best equipped thumb screw machine
that ever manipulated an assemblage of
lawmakers or lavrettgators. PoHtles. re
ligion. legislation, newspapers, roans of
Justice, farms, trains and steamboats, are
•» expected to ran solely tn their Inteerat.
Their llaasp Mrtt hotter* are abroad In
the lend, "from Milne to rallfornla.'' They
ran the charity haiam through the people’s
Pocket bonk sed claim great honor there-
fur- Thelr ldttaret. too. get la the papers
alongside ktngtlaga and divine right era!
And now we come to another set of speak
ers. Those who really beaelt the roantry.
her people and her Institutions, those trite
H>ohc before Demosthenes. (Vera or
Editor of The Atlanta Georgian:
I hare reed with Intense Interest the
communication of Mr. B. H. Brown Iq
yonr best of nil Issues—June t—on tbe rare
question. Then I have read a thousand
snd one of the fallacies of Bishop Turner.
1 am sure If Turner could consummate his
scheme of transportation of negroes In the
South lo Africa It would be the greatest
calamity that could liefaU them, bat that
la another Impoaslhlllty.
While It Is tree that then are tome rl
clous negroes—aa a rule they are not a
hnd. people. If kept out of polltlcn-conld
gradual emancipation hare heea adopted all
ould bare Iren well and the Houth would
muum omis, auu even as It Is WO Will
rue the day when we exchange them for
any otbrrs-ln algbt-oo our farms. The
Italians will not compere with them as
washers of the family clothing. No ma
chine hn; yet lieen Invented that ean eom-
pare with a good negro woman. An house
servants they suit ns better than any yet
tried, and In a dosen other ways they salt
us, and that Is enough.
Again, we ean never forgot their faithful
ness during the war. 1 was In eastern
Texniq hundreds of miles from the soldiers
of either army. 1-Ike Mr. Brown. 1 went
uto Ike army shout n year after tbs war
began, t left my wife, a frail little woman,
trilh two little (table* « nnd 8 years old. In
I’SlT *X° Isolations sfteen miles
apart. At the home place she hnd a
young negro U yearn old lo manage for
her. and at the plantation fifteen miles
away she had a solid, reliable negro man IS
years old. Both of them pledged me their
•acred wotvl of bonor that liter would man
age the negroes nn each place'as the
inlnnus directed, nnd they would sure take
good rare of her and the babies, and I
mast any If ever mortal man kept bln
promise to me they did. My wife's'report
when 1 came bark wan that every negro on
each place had always treated her and the
children with tha utmost respect. When
emancipation rame I railed them up at each
place and told them that they were free,
could go where they pleased or coaid stay
there and gather the crop and hones It and
'would pay them n certain portion of It.
Thin they agreed to do. The next year i
made the name trade with them end tber
e l agreed to It end did the wort un“ r my
direction. 1 feeding them, as 1 tad always
done, end furnished **— —
ihcthia nnd sold the~lwn ""plantation*”"*'!*!
went went of the Banos rirer. In Texas!
•ml put op n Btoam flouring mill with ■■
mill and shingle mill attachments. Three
of the young men and the wife of one of
tS*? 1 .*■ >0 * l> ***• home place
to a widow. Hbe hired e good many of tbe
negroes for boom years and finally sold the
(’*»'■# toeur old cook wunue and her tins-
bend. They had e large family of children
end soon paid for the place.
When my 4-yrarold daughter was grown
and bed graduated al ike Wesleyan Female
I nllcgr at Staunton. Vs., my brat her who
still fired to the old DrighhitaSr^iJS
■ visit, and would have my danghter to go
home with hlra ta tMi hi* three daughters.
The negro family at tbe old bome«tru.i •!»
the trashing ttoETto&J?!
ramify and when they rame on Satorday
evening to bring.the washing they went
wiki over my daughter and Anally pre-
ppnw hot and her eonalna to promise
?■* ‘he. thla day that It was the
best lathed tarkey she ever tasted. Arter
dinner they took a strati out toitttb.
ce»»t"T. "h«e two at hoc little brother*
r herted. Is one earner of a ten nera
grave around tbe boose. We hod left
Bttle graven with nothing bat a good,
fence around them: bet. to tor
Whtn Ho Nipped an Ear
A well-known railroad official
Atlanta ha. recently returned from th.
North, where he enjoyed a trip ovra
the handnome Twentieth Centum-
Bed train of the New York Central
lines. He wo. telling of the ZZ n
and Ita equipment te gome or hla broth
er railroad men In the Transport*/-
Club the other night, and amon* ot'i n
matter, referred to the comp|"fe‘^! r
tto Norft. rn ‘ lnttt,ned °“ ‘ he
“J wa * ‘“Id by one of the most ,,
perlenced- of railroad barber* ,^!
never In hie long experience In ihavi*.
the DUblc on trains i»„ti.. . 'W
the public on trains traveling at h!
rate of-7° mile' an hour, more or ie»
ha * he h » d any serious accident*.- £
marked the official. ‘The nearest hi
ever came to ruffling the temper of aS
occupant of hta chair, he said, was ora
day when his rasor nipped off a *m»n
portion of the customer’s ear Ju*r*.
wreck " Jumped th ® track ln a railroad
Wa* Going lo Be a Sport.
A youngster, eating s big order of
Ice cream In a Whitehall street «t or ,
the other day, wan the eight which at-
(? C V Kl hl :0n *i?* r f bl * at ‘ e »‘l'>n among
the fashionable female patron* of tra
establishment. The kid was all *mllea
"Gee,” he said to an Inquisitive ladv
who was watching hlq enjoyment of the
feast, "I had 16 cent, crowded on m*
today, and I’m going to be a sport If i
spend the whole of tt." ^ 1
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, June 16.—Here are ram,
ot the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—E. H. Carman, B. a.
Duncan, H. Kaufmann, L Sima, H. H
Pierson, F. P. Pierson, W. D. Morden.
S. C. McCall, H. C. Mitchell.
MACON—S. J. Ferguson.
SAVANNAH—B. F. Dullard, D. H
Teasdate, A. E. Kalne, T. 8. Wlelly. /
Hull, Jr., W. K Pearce.
IN PARI8.
Special to The Georgian.
Paris, June 16.—Mrs. w. A. and
Miss S. Speer and Mrs. John Bllvey, of
Atlanta, registered at the office of the
European edition of The New York
Herald today.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
1 JUNE 15.
1215—Magns Charta signed by King
John.
1381—Wat Tyler, Insurgent, slain at
Smlthfleld.
1487—Philip the Good, of Burgundy,
died.
1606—Thomas Randolph, English poet
born.
1775—Title of "Twelve Confederate
Colonies" adopted.
1808—Siege of Saragossa begun by the
French.
1826—Rebellion and massacre of the
Janissaries at Constantinople.
1836—Arkansan admitted to the Union.
1848— Treaty of Washington for set
tlement ot the Oregon boundary.
1849— James K. Polk, eleventh presi
dent of United States, died; bom
November 2. 1795.
1884—Confederates captured Winches
ter, Va.’
1877—Nez perces Indian war broke
out'In Idaho/ •
1884— Grand Duke Sergius and Prin
cess Elizabeth, of Hesse, mar
ried.
1885— Prince Frederick Charles, of
Prussia, died: born March 20.
1826.
1888—City of Vancouver, B. C„ newly
destroyed by fire.
1888—Mies Mary N. Prescott, au
thoress, died.
1891—'"Fritz” Emmet, actor, died.
1899—Richard P. Bland, free silver ad-
vocate, died. _ .
1904— General Slocum disaster In Esat
river. New York: 1,000 lives Inst.
1905— Mayor Weaver began a munici
pal reform movement In Phila
delphia.
A “BEEF" FROM BILLY.
Everylwdy'e ducked the beef treat!
Father rata flaked hay.,
Mother stick* to hen fruit.
Brother gobble* day.
Even baby hoiks at
Milk drawn frotn/a,can.
Everybody’s quit tbe beef trait
But my dog Dan.
Teddy'* gone and done It—
Shot 'em full of hole*.
We daaaent cel n lieefitesk
To save our starving souls.
Auntie Urea on chneolnlea.
Do does alsler Ann. '
Everybody howl* for Rooaerclt
Bnt my dog Dan.
Walter, bring aome onlona,
t'nhbnge, lettnce, too!
Got lo fill up somehow—
Hunger inskra me blue.
Dniun It! Change that order;
Bring me half a -ham!
I'm going lo rat substantial.
Like my dog Don. |-
TRAGEDY.
The ilnrkneM throw* lt« mMe va.1
•Tts peaceful, silent, nil ta eUll-
No feeling of Impending Hie ,
Bnt bark* A pistol shot, a scream,
s It reality or dream? h .
Which.' from 1 bln rlcrim.'hear iSra fleet
' pause; two women P**o, and any-
icltedly. “He went thls wsy!
Oh! It wn* awful, aay, the ...
[e shot her down Jon like a ben*:
• hey're gone. Another silence tv'•
Then steady steps, a tinkling bell
A guardian of pence. In quest
Of him who bn* distorted our ro*b .
O, Murder! thou boot worked thy **'"•
And once again the night lajJ'ljj- J|att
127 Gordon street. Went End, Atlanta, oa.
"What ntakta you ao sure Bllgglu*^
college man 7 He never quotes from
the classics." ,.chnl-
"So. But he knows even,
callty that pertain*
Washington Star.
athletics."—
mounted with etoaot fol *touc“ouanwnt
very nicely dressed and some wv,«
faet btah. all the voluntary_wort “t
xas feerlvrr
‘iir ssn.ary.^;
fig *to, , d ! SKSI^x?' r b 72!:
era ot yonr renders to Jndge whst in) i s>
Ingg were when thla was told to nte- t rt
Mr. Editor, roe Id the negro hare
to hhaoelf «*d t to Hoot torn praplc
Intervention of the "freedroen * „
agents and tto “rarpet-baggera.
fanm
*’The negro prraehefn were »J.w*/a •
of trouble, nnd the negro edlttws are
annrre of tto grrates^ “^argluALI.
DeLand, 4:a.
