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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1904. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. P. L. SEELY, President. Subscription Rates: Published Every Afternoon One Yesr . $4.SO Except Sunday by Six Months 2.50 THE GEORGIAN CO. Three Months 1.25 st 25 W. Alabama Street, By Carrier, per week 10c Atlanta, Gi, r i- - rpCtNd a* second class AtVota. Ga.. unde | 1 — matter April !8, 1833, st the Toitones st set of congrats of Mtrrb 8, 1*71. fig. 1 THE GF.ORGIAN COMES TO M (I GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE % Cod'* goodness hath been great to thee; Let never day nor night unhallowed paet. But atfll remember what the Lord hath done. —Shakespeare. Kentucky and Other State Pride. Our neighbor, The Constitution, Is pleased to Intimate that there Is a charm attaching to the name and tradl lions of Kentucky which scarcely belongs to any other cute, and that no people cling as fondly and durably K ontucklans to the suggestions and memories of their na live commonwealth. Stripped of the comparison this Is a Just and merited tribute to the Blue Grass State and to Its loyal people. It Is a great state and a great people, rich In heroic momorles and rich In loyal sons and lovely daqghter*. But there are other states, with traditions as thrilling, with people as loving and with history as eventful and compelling. We shall halt here to bring the question home to Georgia, which has held and holds yet the dominant place among Southern commonwealths and has won tho title of the Empire State of the South. There does not live on the globo a people who respond more tender ly and proudly In every land to the name and the claim of Georgia. And there Is South Carolina, the. Harry Percy of the Vuioh, gallant, warm and chivalrous, pulsing a deathless pride and devotion to the Palmetto State and Its splendid line of statesmen and Its majestic sweep of traditions. The esprit du corps of the South Carollnan was never surpassed by Kentucky. And Virginia—the Old Dominion, Mother of Presi dents, and mother of Kentucky. The state pride of Vir ginians has passed Into a byword all over the world, nnd no history Is more glorious and Inspiring than her splen did annals. If you want to see the warmth and the glory of Ken tucky's Home Coming week surpassed, Just wait until “Ole Vlrglnny" summons her children to n great reunion week around the Immortal memories of Jamestown and Hampton Roads. , - Then you will see the trooping of a mighty multitude with their hearts In their throats paying tribute to the old mother with a fervor and devotion which neither Kentucky, nor Prance, nor England, nor even Japan can outmeasure. The fact Is the love of home Is universal, patriotism Is local as well as national. Every human bosom within which beats the right sort of a human heart, is thrilling with loyalty and love, spoken or unspoken, to the spot or tho country that gave him birth. The peculiar products of Kentucky have mado It fa mous and the breed of Its enjoyments bring It more fre quently to tho lips of men. But In the heart of Its people there Is no more of love, of pride, of loyalty to the ab stract state than that which pulses freely and finely In the bosoms of Georgians, and Carollnans, and Virginians, and all the elder states. It Is not so much what our states have done, or dared, or suffered, but It Is In the fact that they gave us birth and growth, and stirred our hopes and tears and strug gles and ambitions that we are always and everywhere icndy, like brave men and patriots. In peace or war, to pledge them our lives, our futures and our sacred honor. The question of the hour for the president Is whether Congressman Wadsworth keeps a scrap book or not Atlanta’s Crying Need. Interest In tho suggestion that Atlanta should pur i )>aae a number of sites for small parks In the congested sections of the city and place them under tho control of a permanent park commission, chartered by the legislature, is growing every day, and It Is evident that tho people will not be satisfied until something Is done along this Uue. The plan, first suggested by Mr. J. G. Rossman, has In-cn discussed very generally and thoroughly during the past few weeks and so far as we have been lufortned it has Hterally met with no opposition. Our park system Is excellent as far as It goes, but w hat we need la a supplementary system of small breath ing spaces In the heart of the busier and more congealed M-ctlons of the city. Here public conveniences, the lack of which entails no email amount of suffering, particularly to visitors, could be Installed and we would add another feature to the city as a hospitable and Inviting place for tho excursionists. It Is not only Important that steps should be taken for establishing these parks, but it should be done at once. The price of real estate Is advancing every day. Property which could have been purchased for park pup pom* a few years ago Is now held at almost prohibitive prices or else has already been occupied with permanent buildings. It Is no argument to say that the required property would come high, for it Is an all-sulllclent an swer to say that It will be considerably higher In a few > -tars more, and the time to act Is now, before all these iKu-i-ible breathing spaces have been occupied or else ad- vanoe to such a figure that the city cannot afford to buy them. The Idea of creating a permanent park commission, chartered by the legislature. Is an excellent one. It would encourage the donation of land and the endowment of parks by philanthropic dtliens for them to feel that this land could never be alienated by the city, but on the ut her hand would be held In perpetuity by the commission fur the use of the people, as is the case with Boston's celebrated play ground, the Common. This good work should receive the active and hearty I cooperation of all good citizens. The generations that are E to come after us, enjoying the provisions we have made L for these lungs of a city, at the same time that we are V\bailding our sky-scrapers, will rise up and call us blessed. ‘ the time to begin to earn that bonedlctlon Is the liv ing present. The lock type of canal will suit os as well as any [k other, so long aa the United States keeps the key. w An Historical Nicety. In another column this aftemon we publish a com munication from Mr. A. A. Allen, publisher of Tbe Fulton Enterprise, at East Point, Ga., In which ho good-natur edly undertakes to correct what bo regards as a historical Inaccuracy In our editorial of yesterday on tho Repub lican party's birthday. ' In the course of this editorial we stated that while the flrst Republican convention was held In Philadelphia on June 17, 1856, “a state organization embodying Its principles and flrst assuming It* name was perfected In the state of Michigan.” Our correspondent asserts that “the state organlxa- -tlon In question was formed at Rlpotr, WIs., In the year we mentioned, and not In Michigan. We beg to take lesue with our correspondent on this nicety of political history. The fact is that as early as February 28, 1864, i meeting of Whig*. Democrats and Free Boilers did as semble In Rlpon, WIs., and resolved that If the Kansak Nebraska bill should pass, they would “throw old party organization! to the winds and organize a new party on the sole Issue’ of the non-extension of slavery.” Three weeks later, local organization was effected and the name “Republican” was suggested as the one which tbe party should, and probably would, adopt. It Is to be borne In rolnd, however, that this was but a local organization and an expression of what would be done In the event of tbe passage of the Kansas-Nebraska bill. It was not a state organization, and we cite as an authority Mr. George Henry Haynes, the distinguished educator, publicist and author of tbe article on “The Re publican Party,” In the New International Encyclopedia, for tbe statement that “It was In Michigan, however, that the fusion of the opponents of the extenlson of slavery first completed a state organization and formally adopted the name, July 8, 1864. Our correspondent will see that we are entirely cor rect In our contention that “a state organization was first perfected In Michigan.” In a certain sense, the mass meeting at Rlpon, WIs., was the flrst Important impetus given to tho organization, and as stated before, local or ganization was perfected, but the finality and cohesion of a stato organization was not attained until It was perfect ed by the state of Michigan. Incidentally It may be said that on the day after the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska bill, thirty member* of congress held a meeting. In -which they decided upon an organized opposition to the extension of slavery, and chose the word “Republican” for the name of the pro posed party. . We aro glad to hear from our correspondent on this Interesting question, however, aa we are alwaya open to fair criticism and discussion. The man who kidnaped the little Muth boy should be searched further. Perhaps he also ran away with Harry Lehr. Death of Governor Pattlson. The death of Qoveruor John 61. Pattlson, of the state of Ohio, occasions sincere regret throughout the country and In his untimely passing away the Democratio party loeea one of Its staunchest friends and supporters. Ills selection to the office of chief executive of the Buckeye State was a tremendous testimony to his person al popularity, as he was tho flrst Democrat to the elect ed governor of that state since 1890. He had but re cently reached his fifty-ninth birthday, and his life had been a particularly useful and active one. He entered the Union army while yet a mere boy. After graduating from Wesleyan university he was ad mitted to the bar In 1872, and tho following year was elected to the state legislature. He was chosen for a ■eat In tbe state senate In 1890—the aame year which saw the Democratic candidate, James E. Campbell, elected governor—and was then elected to a seat In the fifty-second congress. He was a man of Irreproachable character and waa warmly esteemed by all who knew him. Lieutenant Governor Andrew Llntner Harris will fill the term of office expiring two years hence. Rag time Is going too far. In the opinion of a number of cltlxeni up Boston way, when George Cohen slnga a song In which he refers to our national ensign as "a grand old rag," and the matter la being brought to the at tention of the federal authorities. In the meanttmo tho musical comedy which contains It will become the very ‘Jungle” of music. — ““ — ~““““ 11 “Denatured Alcohol.” Atlanta, June 16, 1908. Editor of The Georgian; What la "denatured alcohol" and when will the law making It tax free go Into effect? Yours truly T. F. B. The name “alcohol” Is composed of two Arabic words, "al kohl," meaning “the devil,” which goes to show that the Arabs knew a thing or two. Denatured alcohol," aa the further name somewhat vaguoly indicates, means .alcohol which has been put through a process by which It la rendered -poisonous, and hence unlit for use aa a basis for Intoxicants or for use In patent medicines. The removal of the Internal tax on the making of It reduces the price of such denatured alcohol from $2.50 to 25 cents a gallon, and la done In tbe Interest of the arts and science*, particularly with a view to furnishing cheaper light, fuel and transportation. The advocatos of the measure have predicted many marvelous things for the future under the new regime. It Is contended that Its use as a substitute for gasoline will reduce the cost of running automobiles to a very large extent; that It will supplant kerosene for lighting pur poses; that It will be used for beating our houses; that will revolutionize the making of smokeless powder, etc. This U but a casual Hat of the many things which it Is expected will be accomplished by the general use of denatured alcohol. A reduction from $2.60 to 26 cents gallon la quite a slump and It Is easy to be seen that will readily come lnth very general uae for the purposes to which It Is adapted. Tbe new taw goes Into effect with the beginning of the new year. A gray wolf ha* been spreading consternation In the neighborhood of Wellesley college. Mess. Perhaps he was trying to make his way to the etate capitol. The output of the beet trust Is advancing In price, but down In this neck of the gastric vineyard we aurvey the abundant supply of blackberries and rest In peace. It would be a good Idea for somebody to go over and win a baseball pennant from England before she gets any more familiar with the game. Big Trusts and Little Ones. In another column we publish today comments from The Charleston Post and The Nashville American on the subject of the recent Indictment by the federal govern* ment of an alleged Illegal combination of fertilizer facto* lies In the state of Tennessee. We have no desire to anticipate tbe verdict of the court, nor any inclination to defend the companies If they are Indeed operating under a combination in restraint of trade. * . / But it strikes us that the government Is out gunning for Jack rabbits when it would do well to concentrate all its energies and resources on lions and tigers *of the un* holy menagerie. When the government succeeds in convicting some of the beef barons and sending them to the penitentiary; when it has brought Standard Oil and tbe rebating rail roads to their knees; when, In short, It has made a whole some example of some of the real trusts which are noto riously and flagrantly guilty, it will be time enough to start out after the little fellows, If indeed they are to be classed as trusts at all. The fertilizer people strenuously deny that they are In any conspiracy In restraint of trade, and certainly It Is true that .they are confining their business*operations to the territory right here In our midst. There should be no wearying In well doing, but we would like to see some material and substantial results from the larger crusades before the government starts out after the little fellows who are hardly known to be In existence. MASONS OF ALABAMA A THREE DAYS’ SES8ION AT BIR. MINGHAM BEING LARGE LY ATTENDED. A part of the population Insists upon suspecting Senator Dupont of a gun-powder plot to blow up our house of parliament. 1 THE G. O. P. BIRTHDAY, To the Editor of The Georgian: In your very Interesting and Instruc tive editorial of yesterday, entitled The Republican Party's Birthday," you are guilty of an historical error, which I beg leave to correct. You say, "the fact Is that two years before the convention of 1868, a state organiza tion embodying Its principles and first assuming Its name was perfected In the stats of Michigan.” The state organi zation In question was formed at Itlpqn. WIs., In the year you mention, and while on a visit to that city a few years ago, the house In which this histori cal event took place was pointed oat to me. This same house was after ward occupied by Georg* W. Peck, who In tha later 50's conducted a Republican paper at Rlpon. The young editor, who afterward became the great humorist and governor of -Wisconsin, was shown the error of his way, and changed his politics, becoming a staunch Democrat, which he has ever since remained. George W. Peck afterward removed to Lacrosse, WIs, where he conduct ed what he himself has characterized as a “very weekly paper." In the city made famous by Brick Pomeroy, Peck did not flourish financially, though he was honored with the appointment of chief of the fire department. Leaving LaCrosse, he went to Milwaukee, where he "struck his gait," and became fa mous aa the editor of Peck's Bun. But I did not . start out to tell you about Georg* W. Peck. 1 only wanted to tell you that the Republican party was »ta In Wisconsin, not In the state of Michigan. A. A. ALLEN, Publisher Fulton Enterprise. East Point, Ga. CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER O Gossips About People and Other Things. By COOLLY KSICKEBBOUOBL o Wouldn't It be nice If we had about half a dozen small parks throughout the city during the present heated term! THE FERTILIZER BU8INESS. We publish this morning an editorial from The Evening Post of Charleston, S. C., on the fertiliser situation, which makes a clear presentation of the con ditions which Induced the admlnlstr*! tlon to attempt to make an example of a Handful of Southern fertilizer man ufacturer*. There Is not a millionaire In the list of those manufacturers. Thsre has never been any complaint anywhere throughout the South that we have ever heard of, or that we have over seen mention made of It, that the price of fertilizer was not a fair and reasonable one. When It Is borne in mind, too, that the business In which the men are engaged has only a brief life, comparatively speaking, possibly not as much as twenty-five years. It Is well understood why'the sympathy of the whole Southern country, apparently, has gone out to them since the admin istration has begun Its prosecution of them on the technical ground of havltfr formed a trust. The opinion of eminent lawyers Is that the Indictment will amount to nothing, but with this, of course, we are not concerned, aa It Is a matter for the courts to decide. The political thase of the matter, however, we are nterested In, and cannot help but ex press the opinion that It la, so far as we can see, not only a gross Injustice, this taking up ap Industry which Is comparatively weak, holding up aa a horrible example to the country a few Southern Democrats whose product Is used almost entirely In the South, and concerning the price of which there has never been Aimplalnt, but has the appearance also of a last effort to save the fall of tho administration In Its fu tile efforts to Interfere w|th or convict the big trusts which everybody believes exist.—Nashville Banner. Trust Hunting In the South. Having made a Platonic demonstra tion In the case of the Northern Se curities Company, and given an Im munity bath in advance of prosecution to the boot packers, the Roosevelt ad ministration Is looking for nsw trusts to conquer. Carefully threading Its way through tbe thickest of oppres sive combinations In front of Its doors. It seeks to the open field of the South nnd stalks the fertiliser Industry In this section. The oil trust, nnd the copper truat, and the sugar trust, and the tobacco trust, and the railroad trust, draw no fire from the mighty hunter's gun. Their habitat Is rather densely populated with friends of nnd contributors to ths Grand Old Tarty which he represents and which has car ried him so far. There Is game and good hunting only In the outlying wilds of the South, which never votes the Republican tlrket nnd gives to the campaign fund only through the Insur ance companies unlawful contributions. 8o the department of Justice has made a case of conspiracy nnd restraint of trade against fertilizer* manufactories snd selling agents throughout the South, and the grand jury which Is meeting at Nashville Is to he asked to bring Indictments before the federal circuit court, and the department of Justice will make a great effort to con vict the Individuals named as consplr- ng to oppress ths people. Just who are the complainants In this action Is not yet apparent. The farmers of the South can scarcely be the suffering victims, for the farmers are the richest people in thcie parts lust now, and there seems to be no Unit to their possibilities of weslih. Besides, the farmers are doing a right smart hit of combination on their own account to the excellent purpose of forcing a high price for their cotton. A more effective or beneficial trust than that which has been organized by the cotton planters In the South has not yet appeared. There Is nothing concealed about Its operations, und It Is supported snd encouraged by the ureas and public opinion generally, and it has brought great enhancement of values to this prukperous section. The farmers who have perfected that or ganisation are not likely to qnestton the right of the fertiliser men to the application of a like method to their business. Ths fertiliser men and the farmers seem to be of one mind and In close sympathy la their movement to raise the price of cotton, and the fer tiliser people have generally contribu ted quite liberally to the fund of the Southern Cotton Association. The In terests of ths two Industries are mu tual, and doubtless the cotton growers are quite as well satisfied with the prices of fsrtlllsen as the fertilizer manufacturers are with the price of cotton. It la hardly likely, therefore, that the cases against the fertiliser companies are paid by ths fanners, for If It should develop that there'Is an agreement, among Individual manufac turers to hold the market to certain figures, and conviction should follow such proof, the government would roach next after ths cotton growers for New York, June 19.—In the death of William Thompson, banker and phil anthropist, the country loses man who has done a great deal of good In a quiet, unostentatious way. Mr. Thompson came here from Pitts burg where he wss a prominent figure. Hla body will be sent back to his old home today. He died suddenly In W. T. Bull’s pri vate hospital from pneumonia, follow ing an operation for organic trouble, and today his body Is to be taken to his old home In Allegheny. Mr. Thompson was a son of the Rev. Thompson, a missionary. Duchass Sidesteps Newport. I learn that the Duchess of Marl borough will not be at Newport this season. Her grace will come to this country, but will spend most of her time with her mother on Long Island. Doesn't Blame Brlds-to-Bs. John Konn Is * wealthy coal opera tor of western Pennsylvania, and a philosopher. When hla bride-to-be left practically at the altar to go away with an old sweetheart, Mr. Konn said: 'If he Is her old time sweetheart. and she loves him best, she has not made a mistake. It Is better that she should leave me before than after mar rlage.” The bride-to-be was 9Ilss Annie Per' rot, and the wedding was to have taken place In Yonkers. "Homely Women Are Good.” "Only homely women are good, and that Is because they are homely.” This Is an assertion made by Dr. Bell, the fashionable dentist, according, to the testimony of Miss Rachel Ran ter, of Chicago, In the trial,of her suit against the dentist for 826,000 damages for alleged breach of promise of 'mar riage, which was resumed today be fore Justice Haskell, of the city court Miss Kanter, who Is pretty, said Dr. Bell made this remark tor her when he was courting her In 1903. Rescues Cat and Kittens. Answering Mrs. Tetta Matter's ap peal to savo "Moltl# and her bablea” from a fire at 850 East Fifteenth street "Dashing Dick" Burns, driver of Truck No. 7, rushed Into the flames and rescued Mollle (a Maltese cat) and five kittens. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. By Private Leased Wire. New York, June 19.—Here are some of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—L. Bacon, A. D. Forest C. P. Howland, J. D. Little and wife, A. C. Mitchell. Mrs. F. 81. Stewart. AUGUSTA—J. W. Clark, J. E. Hitt W. E. Bush. MACON—G. W. Gorton. SAVANNAH—H. H. Brgdley, C. C, Martin, P. Miller, S. Ross. "SHOW YOUR TICKETS." An Interesting lawsuit Is In progress In Georgia. In order to escort an el derly woman relative aboard a train on the Georgia Central Railway an At lanta man bought a ticket to the flfot station out of-the city and thus passed the gateman. The ticket bore on Its face the statement that It would b* re deemed If not used. After his relative had been safely lacked away In a good seat and the rain had started on Its way the men went back to the ticket office and asked that his 18 cents be returned. This the company refused. He prompt ly sued and was awarded 18 cents and costs. Ths company appealed and took the case to the superior court. Here It lost again, and has now announced that it Intends to carry the case to the highest tribunal In order that the prin ciple Involved may bo definitely set tled. There Is Justification for the general rule requiring thnt a ticket be shown before any one Is given access to thp train, but It Is a rule which deserves a liberal Interpretation. There are cases whero Its strict enforcement provokes angry feelings. The subject Is a sbre one with the commuters who pass through the Grand Central station, where tho gate rule Is enforced In a most Irritating way by fits and starts. Commuters who have been tnwellng through the gates for twenty years on monthly tickets are held up and to all Intents and purposea searched several times a month tn the hope, apparently, that they have forgotten their tickets on this particular day and an extra fare can be gouged nut of them. Rsgu- Inr travellers well known to the gate- men are refused permission to put aged friends or relatives aboard the cars of another line, or even on thoso of through train of their own road. And railroad managers often wonder why the public judges them so harshly.— New York Globe. LOOKING BACKWARD AND FORWARD . times we know, we know: Hark to the Cross of the Christ renown. There to liy oar burdens down: Into the future we so, we go; tp to the mount of the drifted snow Where cleansed from sin onr souls remain, TUI we nee onr Christ as he comes again. With the eye of faith we behold him now, la the pest, on the Crass, with s crimson brow; In the future we see him descend his throne And come to the world to claim his own. We hear the praises He's dally siren By onr lorrd one* we see In His ftortoa heaven; And our rolcet sound with a clear a men! As we look st the Cross and the Christ again. nag”— As we look to the future we eee Him come. And give us each with Himself s home. combining to advance the price of tbelr product. The whole proceeding Is evidently planned to demonstrate the adminis tration's alleged antagonism to the trusts by experiment In the part of the country where friends are not abund- ant. It would be good for display pur poses If the administration could bag a trust In this Democratic section and show It about the great West to satisfy the clamor of that section for some re sults of the valiantly exploited pro gram of trust destruction set forth In the Roosevelt books. And there would be chuckling and safety tn the haunts of the creature whtre Republi can campaign funds abound.—Charles ton Evening Poet. . Parts mob will have hansom cabs, the fronts Of Which will be opened or shut by the “fare'' pressing the button. THIS DATE IN HISTORY.- JUNE 19. 1312—Piers Gaveston, favorite of Ed ward II, executed. 1566—James I of England born. Died March 27. 1626. 1623—Blaise Pascal born. 1786—Major General Nathaniel Greene died. Born May 27, 1742. 1794— Richard Henry Lee died. Born January 20, 1732. 1795— James Boswell died. Bom Oc tober 29, 1740. 1819—Assent o( Massachusetts to the separation of Maine. 1834—Rev. Charles H. Spurgeon bora. 1858—Gwatlor retaken by Sir Hugh Rose, and Sindla reinstated. 1862— Slavery prohibited In the terri tories by act of congress. ‘ 1863— -West Virginia admitted as state Into the Union. 1864— Alabama sunk by the Kearaarge off Cherbourg. 1867—Execution of Emperor Maximil ian at Queretaro. 1872— Expulsion of Jesuits by German relchstag. 1873— Susan B. Anthony fined for vio lation of election laws In New York. 1878—Schooner Eothen salted from New York to search for remains of Sir John Franklin. 1884—Hobart- Pasha, marshal of Tur key, died. 1891—John Most, anarchist, sentenced to one year's Imprisonment In New York. 1896—Kate Field, Journalist, died. Born In 1840. 1902—King Albert of Saxony died. Born April 28, 1828. MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE. them to this country. iiuuuii, iimuit oi mu inun parun* ... . arty, makes a practice of being within the precincts of the house of com mons from the moment the speaker takes the cbslr nntlt the proceedings terminate at night. John Sharp Williams employs bis raeac on dsys In Mississippi almost all the time at reading In his library, which Is one of the finest In tbe state. Ilia chief outdoor lobby I* his rose garden, whleh.be helps keep tn order. Governor Guild's class of Harvard—1831—Is to nreseut President Eliot with a 8130,000 fund to spend for the college as hr oei-s fit. Prominent utenilwra of tbe class are Sena tor Penrose, of Pennsylvania; Professor ltolfe. of the University of l'ennsylrsnta, and Henry Norman, M. P. It It tald that the reatsnatlan of Dr. Minot J. Hartgr from the iwatorate of the t'liureh of tbe Messiah, In New York, waa tbe outcome In large men an re of his liellef In and advocacy of the claims of spirit- natlam. He went much further In that lie- lief than his Unitarian brethren were will- tug to follow. The Duke of Wellington, who was spe cially Invited gucat to the roynl marriage at Madrid, la by Inheritance a grander of Spain and a gnest who licora a name which must erer he sacred to the llottrlioua of the penlusulsr. It Is not generally known that the Insignia of the Golden Fleece conferred upon Wellington was that actually worn by Columbus, and as a special mark of Spain’s E atttnde this Insignia was made heredi ty, so that the present dake Is the proud possessor of tbe star worn by tha discov erer of America. Call ths Violin "Laniir." To the Editor of The Georgian: I have taken quite a deal of Interest In regard to changing the name of the mocking bird to Lanier. Would you pardon me for making the euggestlon of calling the violin Lanier, In honor of the great Georgia poet? It would be hard to find anything that would express the thoughts of a great poet more aptly than the violin. The fact remains that music (his flute) was hts lifetime companion. That Is one reason why I suggest as above. Very truly. DUDLEY FAIRMAN. Atlanta, Go, June 17, 1*08. Alcohol Is to be nude from Is toss, a fralt which grows on the cactus. As tbe esctus grows wild and fion.lshra best oa barren ground that ran sot be cnlttvsted to advantage, the ciscnac foe the raw ma larial wilt be Insignificant. Special to The Georgian. Birmingham. Ala., June 19.—Maaone of Alabama are gathering In Blrmlng. ham today for the big reunion of the Ancient and Accepted Scottlah Rjt e Masons, which convened In the Masonic temple at 9 o'clock this morning. The business will comprise degree work front the third degree up to the high, cst. The reunion will last today, t u . morrow and throughout Thursday’ and Thursday night. There are many can didates here from Montgomery, Annls. ton, Gadsden, Tuscaloosa, Blocton De mopolls. Talladega and many other places. The degree work today was under the nusplces of Birmingham Lodge of Perfection, No. 2. There was s general reception of visitors at 9 o'clock, after which candidates were put through all degrees from the fourth to fourteenth Inclusive. Ineffable degree work will continue tonight. The flrst thing on the program to. morrow Is a business meeting at 0 o'clock. The morning will be devoted to the branch known as Birmingham chapter, of Rose Croix, No. 2, which confers degrees up to and Including the eighteenth. Philosophic nnd chlvalrlc degrees, nineteenth to thirtieth, will be conferred In the afternoon by Birming ham council of Kadosk, No. 2, and the Alabama consistory will have charge of tho work Thursday. The morning will be devoted to the Inspector-Inquisitor of the thirty-first degree, and In the af ternoon the consistory will work nut thirty-second degree Masons, "master of the royal secret.” OF SUMMER SCHOOL PROSPECTS MOST FLATTERING UNDER STRONG CORPS OF INSTRUCTORS. By Private Leased Wire. Knoxville, Tenn., June 19,—The fifth annual session of the Summer School of the South opened at the University of Tennessee today under the most promising auspices. One hundred snd fifty courses have been arranged this year, and they embrace every phase of school work from the kindergarten to the college. The list of Instructors likewise Is the largest and most notable In the history of the school. Included among the numfier are Dr. Thomas Hume, of the University of North Carolina; Dr. Charles W. Kent, of the University of Virginia; Dr. Rich ard Jones, of Vanderbilt university; President Lincoln Hulley, of John B. Stetson university; Professor Emllle W. McVea, of the University of Cin cinnati; Drl Edwin E. Sparks of tho University of Chicago; Professor Lucy M. Salmon, of Vaszar college; Super intendent Lawton B. Evans, of Au gusta; Professor P. P. Claxton, of the University of Tennessee, and Mrs. Eliza Josephine Harwood, of the Bos ton School of Expression. CHILD LABOR BILL TO BE IT WILL BE A PROVISION OF COM- PUL80RY EDUCATION BILL. ' Special to The Georgian. Thomaavllle, Ga., June 19.—A bill will be Introduced at the coming session of the general assembly calling for compulsory attendance of children at public school, and Incorporated In the bill will be a measure preventing the employment of children under four- teen years of age by any mercantile, manufacturing or Industrial Institution. The author of the bill Is Hon. J. H. Merrill, and he will request Represen tative Fondren Mitchell, of Thomas county, and Senator 8. S. Bennett, of Quitman, to Introduce It In the senate and house, respectively. 81r. Merrill Is a prominent member of the Thomaavllle bar. He has made a cloee study of the child labor ana compulsory education questions. The proposed blit calls for every child between the ages of seven and fourteen to attend school, snd every child be tween fourteen snd sixteen, unless he be st work. For each week that s parent keeps s child of school age out of school there Is s separate fine, of not more than *6. If It appears that any parent Is financially unable to pro vide suitable clothing to send a child to school, the county or city authorities shall provide such clothing as Is neces- * a Z’llnk In the bllL which will connect .. with the famous efforts of last fu sion, I* s provision thnt no child under fourteen shall be employed In any me chanical, mercantile or manufacturing establishment. This paragraph contains the gist of the “child labor bill. »hies came so near passing. CROP OF TOBACCO REPORTED UNCERTAIN By Trieste Leased Wire. Washington, June l*.-On account of un favorable weather for planting tobacco Jar- Ing last month (Mayl throughout s larx* section of the tobacco (rowing area of t»s United States, the department of **rW‘' tore announces thst It give sn accurate report of what this jejj » acreage will he. July 1# the president publish statistics showing the acreage p sn' Sd this year, compared with that nlJJ'™ last year, and alto tbe average condltlfu J SAILORS ARE SAVED FROM SHIP AGROUND By Private Leased Wire. New York, June l*.-Owlng to the fs« that the position of the stranded «*“»» steamer Ylneeaso Bantno, which aground as Fire Island during a fog J 1 ! 10 ' by tbe life aavlng .rear, wbtle tbe otbert got off tbe wreck fa tbe lUt boat.