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THE GEORGIAN COMES TO
GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE
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God’e goodness hath been groat to thee;
Lot nover day nor night unhallowed pas*.'
But atlll rsmsmber what th* Lord hath done,
—8h*kotpeare.
: The Trained and Equipped Teacher.
The value of training and equipment to our modern
educaUonal system has never been better and more hap
pily Illustrated than In the case of President M. M. Parks,
of the Girls’ Normal and Industrial School at Hllledge-
vilie.
. The rapid and splendid advancement of this young
teacher from the station 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.
v' Prof. Parks la a graduate of Emory college. Upon
Mm graduation day he determined to devote his life
and talents to the cause of teaching. Ho planted this de
termination upon the purpose to be worthy and well
equipped for the work to which he had committed ills life.
Carrying high honors from Emory, he went Immediately
to the University of Chicago, where In special studli
along the lines of English and literature he carried off
tho highest honors and commendations of that department
in his class.
Flom Chicago he went to Harvbrd University,
whose professor of English and literature has given him
tho most glowing testimonials of faithful study and high
attainment -
Fran 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
tho 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
this young teacher, spent by so many In enjoyment and
In holiday, wpre consecrated by him to study and Improve
ment In the summer schools of the University of Chicago
and Harvard, and of the great cbautauquas of the country.
At tho time when the trustees of the Normal and
Industrial College at Milledgevllle called Professor Parks
to the acting presidency of that Institution he was, per
baps in culture. In attainment and In-experience, the
best equipped young man In tho educational life of the
state.
His connection with the Milledgevllle school has been
a triumphant procession of noble and applauded achieve
ments. He has lifted the standard of scholarship In that
Institution to a higher station than It has ever enjoyed
before. He has brought consummato order and harmony
out of comparative confusion, and has established at the
Milledgevllle school perhaps the most harmonious faculty
of working and effective teachers gathered together In any
Institution of learning In the state.
Ae successful as has been the career of Professor
Parks, as a student and a scholar, It has boon even more
successful In an administrative capacity as president of
ono of the great schools of the state, as a subsequent
summary will show.
The last Issue of Tom Watson’s Magaslne has a re
view of the recent article contributed by Professor Parka
to a national educational periodical. In which our great
Southern puhllclst and thinker pays tribute to Professor
Parks as one of the ablest and most progressive thinkers
In tho educational life of the South and the country.
And for all else we can commend this tireless teachor
to the grateful appreciation of the people of 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 had the largest attendance In
its history, enrolling forty-seven more than last year, and
turning away one hundred and thirty for lack of accom
modations.
Second: It has Installed a new chemical laboratory
of fine equipment and baa secured new pianos and the
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
at the end of the year.
Fourth: Several new scholarships have been secured
for the Institution, among them a donation of live hun
dred dollars from William J. Uryan from the Philo Sher
man Bennett fund. *
. Fifth: The annual Income of the college has been
Increased twenty-one hundred dollars.
8ixth: An appropriation of )25,000 was secured last
August from the legislature for the Industrial building,
which Is now In course of construction and promises to
be one of the most beautiful college buildings In the
8outh, as It certainly will be the heat equipped of them
all.
Seventh: By diligent correspondence President
Parks has secured an offer from Andrew Carnegie of
515,000 for a library building, provided an equal amount
Is raised by the friends of the college.
Eighth: The commencement just passed Is pro
nounced on all sides to be the most brilliant the college
has ever kQown In Its history.
Ninth: The faculty Is harmonious and enthusiastic,
the spirit of the student body la line, and the caliber and
adaptability of the teachers Is notable among the Instlu-
lions of the state or the South.
And there Is good, genuine teaching In that school
•very day of the year.
Surely a young man. not yet thirty, who has done
such a work In the educational rank of the state. Is wor
thy of the commendation of the press and of the public,
, and of any honor which our educational system can give
him.
But the uolverslty need not cast a sheep's eye upon
ldm during the present summer, for the trustees and the
state need him as yc* to complete the splendid work
be Is doing at MllledgeviU*.
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.
The Atlanta Humane Society has been organised since
1873 and was Incorporated In 18B3. Ha officer* aro J. F.
Burke, president; John F. Barkley, vice president; Orr-
vllle H. Hall, secretary; J. L. Panchen, treasurer; Linton
C. Hopkins, counsel, and Dr*. W. E. Carnes and H. G.
Carnes, agents.
The society has done many good and excellent things
for the prevention of cruelty to children and animals, and
Its work hoi been done as much by persuasion tnd by
moral Influence as by an appeal to the restraining powers
of the law.
Some Echoes from the Crusade.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
. There are some echoes from the pending crusade
against corruption and unlawful combinations of capital
which ahould 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.
It will be remembered that Chancellor Day, of Syra
cuse university, made a holy show of himself on Sunday
when In the course of his baccalaureate address he took
occasion to denounce President Roosovelt 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 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 fl^ but that there waa to
be no “immunity bath" about the matter, and they
would have to take the consequences of the lnvektlga-
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 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 Is really going to
part with Its property, but It will trump up a plausible
fiction to evade*the law, and all will go well.
The only encouragement 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. It
we can but keep them In this wholesome fear arid dread
they nmy 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 aro discriminated agalnat.
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 tome of the abuse* which have
been so mercilessly exposed shall be remedied, and there
will be no halting until this has been accomplished.
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 destre to Impress upon our correspondents one
Importsnt fact. Our columns are always crowded. We
leave out nearly aa much news as we publish, we
have columns of matter which never get Into print, and
consequently our space Ip Immensely valuable to our
selves and to our readers. Wo 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 gmt world.
We must urge, however, upon our correspondents the
absolute necessity of brevity. We simply cannot afford
to give so much of our space to lengthy communica
tions. Elaborate essays should be reserved for the msga-
sines, 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 Is large, but our
space Is limited, and the bulk of It belongs to our read
ers who prefor 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 faefi
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 as a communication expressed In
an entire column.
So, If you would reach the ear and the attention of 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 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 so. If all the arrangements are
perfected, Walter Wellman wilt make hla sensational and
daring dash for the pole.
An especially built airship Is being constructed for
tho 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 project.
He will be accompanied by Major Heraey, of the
National Geographical Society. /
M. Godard, of Parts. Is making tor Mr. Wellman the
largest 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 hours.
If the winds are adveree and untoward It may take
one hundred and fifty hours to get within balling distance
of the long sought region of lee and myitery.
The ship will be able to remain tn 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 excites Imagination, and
the progress of the startling event will be eagerly watch-
by the curious world. Many Uvea have been lost,
vast sums hart been spent In the endeavor to do'what
Mr. Wellman now confidently hopes to accomplish.
The airship Is nearing completion and the final de
tails are about perfected.
With Mr. Wellman, beside Major Herssy, will be Her-
vler, 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 tho laud of Ice and perhaps snow, we may now
look for, some surprising anc.tragic denouement.
The Divine Sarah’s Farewell.
The Divine Sarah has left us.
She sailed on yesterday for her own sunny France,
and It she keeps to the determination expressed when she
first arrived she will not give us the opportunity of see
ing and hearing her 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 the ancceeded In drawing large crowds
whferever she went and In whatever kind of auditorium she
might appear was an Impressive tribute to her genius and
power of attraction. Tho 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
thla privilege and It is safe to say that in the mata they
were not dlsappolnied.
Her tour of Texas was tn a tent. It was like barking
back to the early days of the drama when the Thespian
wain was at once the palace car and the grand opera
house. It was something of a tortolso sort of perform
ance—she carried her bouse 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 bo'overwhelmed. but all this.seemed but to give a
special plquance to the show and It was not only enjoya
ble but actually exciting.
/ In one Instance her train waa 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 bad 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 exhauat-
Ing as ’’Camille."
This was but one of the many unique fncldents 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 whltps 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 Is 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 ssy whether she will
ever come back to us. However this may fie. 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 of the stage.
AS TO IMMIGRATION.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I with pleasure read your able and
elaborate editorial of the 5th Inst., on
the question of Immigration.
You canvassed. the subject pretty
thoroughly, but It. In so many sided
much remains to be written and
spoken.
It Is by no means a new question
for debate In Georgia. The history of
the discussion* 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 It Is, and with what
care It should be handled.
Immediately after the war, when
chaos reigned almost supreme, when
the conditions as to labor seemed to be
absolutely beyond control, the public
tnlnd turned to Immigration as the
only possible remedy.
At this date, grave as Is the labor
situation, we cannot recall, with any
degree of clearness, the serious char
acter of labdr conditions from May,
1885, to 1870.
Under an act approved December 8,
1888, relief was believed to be obtain
able. This act provided for a commis
sion house and. land agency to be es
tablished In the city of Augusta, under
the direction of William Schley, Robert
Schley and James Gardner.
The Idea waa to negotiate with pos
sible Immigrants and sell lands In
small acreage or in large bodies.
The act of March 8, is;n, which be
came a law, without the approval of
the governor—Iflve days 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 of 82,-
000; the latter a salary of 88,000.
The limit to printing and circulat'd
waa Aged at 18,000 a-year.
The act carried an appropriation of
810,000.. ....
The foreign commissioner was re
quired to be abroad not less than one
year or more' than three years, adver
tising Georgia’s advantages and'send
ing Immigrant* direct to the state.
The domeetlc commissioner was ex-
Meted to exert himself with a view to
ndurlng Immigration from the East
ern and Western states.
Doubts arose In tha public mind, op-
KMltlon sprung up. and October 18,
.870, the act was repealed.
Practically speaking, the act never
got Into the xtntute books. It was
annulled before It reached the hands
of the public printer.
But the necessities of the case would
not down. They continued to cry
aloud for relief. And they are crying
aloud today.
February 22, 1878, an act waa ap.
iroved, Incorporating the Southern
.anil and Immigration Company and
the Georgia Land and Immigration
Company.
Among the Incorporators of the first-
named company were Herechel V.
Johnson (former governor), Martin J.
Craw ford. B. F. Lockhart. H. W. King.
T. J. Holderness, E. Platt, Charles Mc
Calls, M. B. McMahon, John 8. Bet-
teas and J. M. Calhoun.
Among the Incorporators of the sec
ond company were Campbell Wallace,
Wade 8. Cothran and W. T- Wofford.
Joint resolution waa .passed In
March,‘1875, authorising the governor
In 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
denlsens of the old world.
Under an act approved October 17.
1878, the governor waa authorised to
appoint a state land and Immigra
tion agent, with headquarters tn the
rapltol.
This ofilcer, with a high-sounding
title, had liberty tn list land for sale
and out of fees from that fruitful
source compensate himself and pay for
circulars, pamphlets and year-booki
sent out In the state's Interest.
The legislature quietly, but summar
ily, repealed that “ample provision" of
Immmlgratlun legislation September 28,
1881.
Good!
After the passage of the repealing
act of 1881, nothing along the Immi
gration line was attempted till 1884,
a hen the Fogarty Mil, which made the
commissioner of agriculture ex-ofilcto
commissioner of Immigration, was
passed. Tho Fogarty bill or law.
amended In certain particulars, will be
brought before the legislature at the
approaching session at the Instance of
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 dllficultle*.
Existing conditions tn Georgia and
throughout the South make Immigra
tion an exceedingly practical question.
It la far more difficult than any of tha
questions with which the people's
minds or the legislative mind have had
to deal.
West, the railroad*—rich In land-
have done more than all other agencies
to Rood that section with a splendid
farming population, domestic and for
eign.
Southern railways could do as much
for the South, but Gray have not the
nd.
Immigration needs to be freely dis
cussed, calmly discussed.
My own thought Is to Induce clever,
thrifty people to come to Georgia from
the New England states. Invite, 'go
In search of those who are able to buy
OOOOOOO
cSngaUs, James t JDootegp
Master «f human destinies in I
Fanis, lore nnd fortune on my foot
steps wait.
Cities nnd Heidi I walk, I penetrate
Deserts and sens remote, nnd passlug by
Hovel and mart nnd palace soon or
late
I knock unhidden once nt every gate!
If sleeping, wake; If feasting rise before
In hts baccalaureate address to the graduating class President James, of the
University of Illinois, declared that no equal nnuilier of lines In the English Inn-
S nago contained more unmitigated nonsense than Ingalls’ “Opportunity.” He said
1 jobs were taken Up ss they came, opportunities would come and not bare to
tie sought. -
Opportunity knocks at (very man’s
dure wnnst. On some men’s dures It,
hammers till It breaks down th’ dure
an’ thin It goes In an’ wakes him up if
he's asleep, an’ nftherwsrd It wurrks
ft him ns n night wntcbmnn. On other
Inca's dures It knocks and runs sway,
nn' on th' dares Ir some men It knocks
purchasing, small farms. Secure thla
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
laborer*, etc.
Do not lose sight of this Important
fact: Before desirable white help,
whether aa 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
of dwellings and In point of wages.
It Is for this reason I have suggested
the Idea of first Inducing the farmers
to come Into our midst.
Again, It a. colony be sought, and
that Is an excellent Idea, you must first
have an eligibly located, well-watered
body of land aX command, divided Into
farm* of 60,. 100, 800 more* and so on,
to be sold It's reasonable price per
acre on reasonable terms.
Observe: I am not discussing the
question of Immigration. I am trying
to contribute'* few facts 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 ua
As e’er It was
And pigs of lead or Iron remala
As they bars been of yore.
The tailor's goose Is not proscribed
As dangerous to rst.
And wp are glad the ear-bog Is
As yet not potted meat.
•ss and the mut.
•ter nml the clam.
Are lust at easy ss they were
Before the Muclslr damn.
The muls that spinners nse Is nsfs;
The donkey on the ship.
And pku the clotheshorso have escaped
The asuaags-entter's nip.
The rhnpa of axe and hatchet stand;
tVe're pleased to note we still have got
The same old Wall afreet lamb.
Amt thua far we have seen no asm
Of canned hydraulic ram.
Thank hearts than Is left to ns
Home memories still sweet;
And In s sense of justice done
We mnrmar, “It la meet.”
—W. J. 1-ampton In New York World.
THE EFFECTIVE 8PEAKER.
wonts, nnd whose platform Is the rsrtb,
Khali I give you n synopsis of one of those
•IM-eches of so few words nnd so much
meaning? Well, here goes: “Wos, haw,
(Thing, gee, I say, gtt up there. Hike."
Now the aliove class of speakers have liPcn
speaking In the Interest of the human
family, for lo! these ninny years. And will
continue to speak In the Interest of hu
manity ss long as the world Is fed and
clothed l»y agriculture. Ever hear much
cheering when ouc of the aliove speakers
sneaks? No. Do their upeeches ever Incite
the people to wsr aud bloodi'
hoy feed r
■ - No.
daheilT
people to
But they feed . __
trlhutlous? No. Whnt do they sal
Only for egnel rights under Inw. Do they
' equal
They ___
hey do? Demand their rights at the bah
lot box Instead of by petition. Do many
of them vlalt the health resorts of Europe?
No. Many monuments erected In their
honors? No. Are they not landed by the
papers and do tbrlr pictures not occupy
prominent places therein? Not much
do thrv compare with "
war
own
, praises
they so faithfully serve.
Jo the'
hoe? Very favorable. In fact, they are
along the same lines, except the one Is a
sneaker while the other Is a silent toller.
Both go down In history without honors.
J. B. HOWARD.
THE OLD-TIME NEQR0E8.
To (ho Kdltor of Tbo Georgian:
Of cotirw* I got jour paper regularly. and
I run free to aaj that 1 look upon It aa
twlug the l»eat paper printed In Atlanta,
although there are aeveral printed there,
none of which la poor. But It
paper printing, but speech making In our
country of which I wlab to apeak. Flrat
cornea the political, atate and national
■avlora, nml to look at It from their dif
ferent standpoint*, we conelnde only theee
fellow* nnd their deed* of patriotism and
miMdflah devotion kept our country from
going to destruction nml breaking the hip-
straps, tucking bark Into barbarism. And
the paper* lam) them to the skies, nnd
their picture* dll the most prominent
spaces. /
Nest comes our religious speakers, repre
senting denominations, different In all
things pertalutug to modes and practice,
except probably In that of taking up a
collection. They all seem to hsrmonlga
on that point. When you Natrn to them,
you are apt to conclude '‘unless I chin
In lively, and change my present course. 1
am sure to land In a torrid country, where
palmetto fans would be worth n dollar
each, and lee cold sods water a dollar per
glass." They, too, are highly landed, and
their pictures cover prominent apace.
ami best equipped thumb screw machine
that ever nasuipnlsred an assemblage of
lawmakers or Investigators. Politics, re
ligion. legislation, newspapers, courts of
Justice, firms, trains and steamboats, are
all expected to run solely In their Interest.
Their Ilainp McWhorters are abroad tn
the land, "from Maine to raltfernla." They
sjhsqitewawS
for. Thrtr pictures, too. art la '
alongside klsgBsgs sad diets* i
Am bow w- romr to another •
th* papers
lighters.
»*t of speak-
wink* lwfor* Demosthenes, licere
Bratus <114. thoa* whoa* ap***hrs art aim
pi* aM plain and are surroun'tnl la m
Editor of The Atlanta Georgian:
I have road with Intense Interoat tho
communication of Mr. It. II. Brown In
your boat of all laaurs—Juno »—on the race
qnratlon. Thru I hav* road a thousand
and ono of tho fallacies of Bishop Turuor.
I am aura If Tumor could consummate his
scheme of transportation of negroes tn the
Koutb to Africa It would he tha greatest
calamity that could hefsll them, but that
Is another Impooalhlllty.
While It la true that there are aomo vi
cious negroes—a a a rule they aro not a
had people. If kept out of pollttrs-cuuld
gradual emancipation have been adopted all
would have tieeu well aud tho South would
today have the lieat system c *
continent and one tietter ad
cultural needs, and even as
me tho day when we exchai
any others-ln stght-on our farms. Tbs
Italians will not compare with them as
washers of the family clothing. No ma
chine has yet been Invented that can com
pare with a good negro woman. As house
servants they suit ns tietter than any yet
tried, and In a'doseu other ways they salt
us, aud that Is enough.
Again, we ran never forget their faithful
ness during the wsr. 1 was In eastern
Texas, hundreds of miles from the soldi™
of cither army. Mke Mr. Brown. I went
Into the army slaiut a yeur after tho war
'■rean. I left mv wife * frail Utile woman,
with two little balilca 6 and 8 years old. In
charge of two plantations fifteen miles
charge of two plantations
npart. At the home pine
t negro 18 years old t
anil at the plantation fifteen miles
Heard on the
CorneA
When He Nipp,d an Ear
A well-known railroad official
Atlanta ha* recently returned from the
North, where he enjoyed a trip over
the handsome Twentieth Century Llm
Ited train of the New York Central
line.. He was telling of LtSK
and Its equipment to some of his broth
cr railroad men In the TransnortoM^
Club the other night, and among'orh.I
matter, referred to the co^Tpiefe
thJ Nor?S. ned °" th * ‘«*n. of
J w “. tol< 2 b,r one ot the most cx
perienced of railroad barbers
"• v « r In 111* long experience In sha'in,
th, public on tralna traveling at ,5J
r»‘« of 2° jnHea an hour, more or i„„
h *» he had any serious accidents.”
marked the official. “The nearest h.
ever came to ruffling the temper of an
ocoupant of hU chair, he said, was one
day when his raaor nipped off a amah
portion of the customer’s ear Just i,
the car Jumped the track In a railroad
Was Going to Bo a Sport.
A youngster, eating a big order of
ice cream In a Whitehall street store
the other day, waa the sight which at-
traded considerable attention amon*
the fashionable female patrons n? thl
establishment. The kid was all smile,
“Oee,“ he said to an Inquisitive ladv
who waa watching his enjoyment of the
feaat, "I had 15 cents crowded on me
today, and I’m going to be a sport if I
spend the whole of it.”
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, June 16.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today
Atlanta—E. H. Carman, s. A.
Duncan, H. Kaufmann, L. Sims, H. H
Pierson. F. P. Pierson, IV. D. .Vorden
8. C. McCall, H. C. Mitchell.
MACON—8. J. Ferguson.
SAVANNAH—B. F. Dullard, n. H
Teasdale, A. E. Kalne, T. S. Wlellv, j,
Hull, Jr., W. K. Pearce.
IN PARI8.
Special to The Georgian.
Paris, June Jl.—Mrs. W. A. and
Miss 8. Speer and Mrs. John Sllvey, nt
Atlanta, registered at the office of the
European edition ot The New York
Herald today.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
nwuy she had a solid, rellaldc negro man'll
years old. Both of them pledged me their
■acred word of honor that they would man*
as* the negroes os each place •■ the
missus directed, and they would sure take
good enre of her and the Iwhlcs. and 1
must say If ever mortal msn kept hts
promts* to me they did. My wife’s report
when I come bock waa that every negro on
each place had alwnya treated her and the
children with the almost respect. When
emancipation came I called them up nt rack
place and. told them that they were free,
eoold go when they pleased or cos hi stay
there and gather the crop and house It and
I wonld pay them a reSeti pSrttoi if It
Thla they agreed to do. The next year I
“fd* the “tn* trade with them and they
all agreed to It and did tbs work under my
direction. I feeding them, aa 1 had always
dope, and furnished the teams and overa-
thing aud gave them one-third of the crop.
Be soM that crop of cotton at 86 rents a
pound, t -settled with them tn their satis
faction and sold the two plantations and
went want of the Berso* river, In Texas,
and put up a ••ram flouring mill with saw
mill sad shingle -mill attachments. Thro*
of the young men and th* wife of on* of
them went with ns. I sold the home glare
to a widow. Bhe hired a good many of the
n»*T»*e for aomo years and finally sold th*
P**" '* <« r COok women and her hue-
bend. They had a large femUy of children
endjmon paid for the pile*.
if 4-year-oW daughter wiyrosn
home with him to vlalt hie three daughter*.
Th- negro family at Uw old homestead was
atlll doing the washing for my brother’s
family and when they ram* oo Saturday
—..—- - —41 oat
cemetery, where two of her tittle brothers
were hartrd. la one corner of a ten-acre
ooad the boose. We had left
vea with nothing bat a good.
in eearen or tnooe wno ere aoie ro ouy pie sa<l plain and are samxraded la o* eabetantlaf’ivera sroead them; hot. lo ker
or who prefer to lease with a view to myatrete* nor clothed with brass Isgtcss great astonishment, she found them tor-
JUNE 15.
1215—Magna Charts signed by King
John.
1381—Wat Tjrlar, Insurgent, slain at
Smlthfleld.
1467—Philip the Good, of Burgundy,
died.
1805—Thomas Randolph, English poet,
born.
1775—Title of "Twelve Confederate
Colonies" adopted.
1808—Siege of 8aragoasa begun by the
French.
1826—Rebellion and massacre of the
Janissaries at Constantinople.
1836—Arkansas admitted to the Union.
1840—Treaty of Washington'for set
tlement of the Oregon boundary.
1849—Jamea K. Polk, eleventh presi
dent of United States, died: born
November 2, 1785.
1864 Confederates captured Winches
ter, Va.
1877—Nex Percea Indian war broke
. out In Idaho.
1884— Grand Duke Sergius and Prln-
csss Elisabeth, o( Hesse, mar
ried.
1885— Prince Frederick Charles, of
Prussia, died; bom' March 20,
1828.
1888—City of Vancouver, B. C„ nearly
destroyed by fire.
1888—Miss Mary N. Prescott, au
thoress, died.
1891—“Frltt" Emmet, actor, died.
1899—Richard P. Bland, free silver ad
vocate, died. . _ _
1904— General Slocum disaster In East
river. New York: 1.000 lives lost.
1905— Mayor Weaver began a munici
pal reform movement In Phila
delphia.
A “BEEF” FROM BILLY.
Everybody’s ducked the beef troitl
Father cats finked bar.
Mother sticks to ben fratt.
Brother gobbles day.
Even hahy balks at
Milk drawn from a ran.
Everybody's qnlt tho beef trust
But my dog Dan.
Toddy's gono and dons It-
llhot ’om fall of holes.
We dissent sat a .beefsteak
To sav* onr starving souls.
Anntt* live* on chocolates,
8o does Sister Ann.
EverjrtjMij ^bowbs^for Booserctt
Walter, bring some onions.
Cabbage, lettnce. too!
Got to fill up somehow-
Hunger make* me bloc.
Dntnn It! Change that’order;
Bring me half a ham.
I'm going to cat substantial.
Like my dog Dan. w
TRAGEDY.
»t, and cioaeiy over
ness throws Its sable psll.
•efnt. silent, all Is ■ttfl-
•Tls peaceful, silent, all Is
WkldL Sjg®
A pans*; two women pa**, nnd «•'!>
Excitedly, ’ ll* went this tray.
"Oh! It w»t awful, osythe 'T'.Vo"’
He ahot her down Jn*’ Ilk*
187 Gordon street, W»*t End, Atiauta. tie.
“What makes you so aura
* college man? He never quotes rrora
the classic*.” __ ,„hnl*
“No. But he know* even ^™.
entity that pertain* to athletics.
Washington Star.
mounted with a beaatlfnl ,,OB '“ or S,t'
very Blcely dressed end epme **''') ' f tb»
feel high. *U the votontsry 'so'j' nf , b#
negro family. In another roraer ‘ nrM
grot* there were a dq**" " r rehttlvre
5f tittle aegroe*. the chlhlrcn
of this some family. They ban ” „
hat a rail fence around them. I jwj hrolb .
the fathers and mothera. rtf'" - feel
ers of yonr reader* to Jmbre
Inga were when thla waa told to [eft
Mr. Editor, eoold the negro hav' 1
to ktmaeif aad tha Hoqthcra pcof>'
Intervention of the■“frecdmcii* -,r.
2mSi7UrnS-mira-. Ittowy.■ ftrau
lave handled 10* negroee ou t i,«
tSserffrtrJKgsw 1 ®
some* of the "il STEAUAU*
DeLaad, Fla.
