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TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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THE GEORGIAN COMES TO
GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE
God's goodness hath bean great to thee;
Let never day nor night unhallowed pass.
But etlll remember what the Lord hath done.
—Shakespeare.
Kentucky and Other State Pride.
Our neighbor, The Constitution, la pleased to Intimate
that there la a charm attaching to the name and trad!
ii'ma of Kentucky which scarcely belongs to any other
ruin, and that no people cling aa fondly and durably aa
Kentuckians to the auggeatlona and memorlea of their na
live commonwealth.
: Stripped of the comparison this Is a Just and merited
tiiiiute to the Blue Graaa State and to Its loyal people,
it Is a great state and a great people, rich In heroic
tin morles and rich in loyal sons and lovely daughters.
lint there are other states, with traditions as thrilling,
with people as loving and with history as eventful and
mmpelllng.
We shall halt here to Bring the question home to
Georgia, which has held and holds yet the dominant
plat" among Southern commonwealths and has won
the title of the Empire State ot the South. There does
ttni-iivo on the globe a people who respond more tender
it and proudly in every land to the name and the claim
of Georgia.
And there is South Carolina, the Harry Percy of the
Union, gallant, warm and chivalrous, pulsing a deathless
pride and devotion to the Palmetto Btate and Its splendid
lino of statesmen and Its majestic sweep of traditions.
Tho esprit du corps of the South Carollnan was never
Mir poised 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, and
no history Is more glorious and Inspiring than her aplen-
did annals.
It you want to see the warmth and the glory of Ken
tucky't Home Coming week aurpaaied, just wait until
"Ole Vlrglnny” summons her children to a great reunion
week around the Immortal memorlea 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
nltl mother with a fervor and devotion which neither
k > ntucky, nor France, nor England, nor even Japan can
iiutmeaaure.
The fact la the love of home la universal, patriotism
la local aa well as national. Every human bosom within
which beats the right sort of a human heart, Is thrilling
" Ith loyalty and love, spoken or unspoken, to the spot or
tho country that gave him birth.
The peculiar products of Kentucky have made It fg
nous and the breed of Its enjoyments bring It mors fro-
•iitcntly to the lips of men. But In the heart of Its people
tlnre Is no more ot love, of pride, of loyalty to the ab-
a trnct state than that which pulses froely and Dnely In
tin’ bosoms of Georgians, and Carotlnans, and Vlrgtntana,
it ml all the elder states.
It Is not so much what our states havo done, or dared
or suffered, but It Is In the fact that they gave ua birth
ami growth, and stirred our hopes and fears and atrug-
plan and ambitions that we are always and everywhere
ready, like brave men and patriots, In peace or war, to
i Inigo them our lives, our futures and our sacred honor.
The question of the hour for the president Is whether
Cot . resaman Wadsworth keepe a acrap book or not
Atlanta’s Crying Need.
Interest In the suggestion that Atlanta should pur
chase a number of sites for small parka In tha congested
Me, (tons of the city and place them under the control of a
permanent park commission, chartered by the legislature,
is growing every day, and It la evident that the people will
not be satisfied until something la done along this line.
The plan, flrat suggested by Mr. J. G. Rossman, has
1- tn discussed very generally abd thoroughly during the
past few weeks and so far as we have been Informed It
lms literally met with no opposition.
Our park system la excellent aa far aa It goes, but
* hat we need la a supplementary system of small breath
lug spaces In the heart of the busier and more congested
Ilona of the city. Here public conveniences, the lack of
which entails no amatl amount of suffering, particularly
to vUitora, 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 la advancing every day.
Property which could have been purchased for park pup
i» aes a few yearn ago la now held at almost prohibitive
prlees or else has already been occupied with permanent
buildings. It Is no argument to say that the required
property would come high, for It la an all-sufficient an-
*» or to say that It will be considerably higher In a tew
>« ara more, and the time to act Is now, before all these
po talble breathing spaces have been occupied or else ad
vance to such a figure that the dly cannot afford to buy
them.
The Idea of creating • permanent park commission,
chartered by the leglslatnre. Is an excellent one. It would
encouraafe the donation of land and the endowment of
parks by philanthropic dtlaens for them to feel that this
land could never be alienated by the city, but on the
other band would be held In perpetuity by the commission
for tha use of the people, as Is the case with Boeton's
celebrated play ground, the Common.
This good work should receive the ectlve end hearty
cooperation of nil good citizens. The generations that are
to come after us. enjoying tha provisions we have made
lor these lungs of a dty, at the same time that we ere
building our aky-ecrepera, will rise up and call us blasted,
and the time to begin to earn that benediction Is the liv
ing present
The lock type of canal will salt ns as weU as any
siher. to long aa the United States keeps the key.
An Historical Nicety.
In another column this afternon we publish a com
munlcatlon from Mr. A. A. Allen, publisher of The Fulton
Enterprise, at East Point, Ga.. In which ho good-natur
edly undertakes to correct what he regards as a historical
Inaccuracy In our editorial of yesterday on the -Repub
lican party's birthday.
In the course of this editorial we stated that while
tho first Republican convention was held In Philadelphia
on June 17, 1856, **a state organization embodying Its
principles and first assuming its name was perfected In
the state of Michigan."
Our correspondent asserts that "the state organiza
tion in question waa formed at Rlpon, WIs., In the year
we mentioned, and not In Michigan.
We beg to take Issue with our correspondent on thla
nicety of political history.
Tho fact ts that aa early as February 28,1854, a mass
meeting of Whlgi, Democrat and Free Boilers did as
semble In Rlpon, WIs., and resolved that If the Kanaaa-
Nebraska bill should paaa, they would “throw old party
organizations to the wind* and organize a new party on
the sole Issue of the non-ex tension of slavery."
Three weeks Ia^cr. local organization was effected
and the name “Republican" waa suggested as the one
which the party should, and probably would, adopt.
It Is to be borne In mind, however, that this was bnt
a local organization and an expression of what would be
done in the event of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska
bill. It was not a state organisation, and we cite aa an
authority Mr. George Henry Haynes, the distinguished
educator, publicist and author of the article oil “The Re
publican Party," In the New International Encyclopedia,
for the statement that “It waa In Michigan, however, that
the fusion of the opponents of the extenlion of slavery
flrat completed a atato organization and formally adopted
the name, July-6, 1854,
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 maaa
meeting at Rlpon, WIs., waa the first Important Impetus
given to the organization, and as stated before, local or
ganization was perfected, but the finality and cohesion ot
a state organization was not attained until It waa perfect
ed by the state of Michigan.
Incidentally It may be said that on the day after the
passage of the Kankas-Nebraska bill, thirty member* of
congress held a meeting. In which they decided upon an
organized opposition to the extension ot slavery, and
chose the word "Republican" for the name of the pro
posed party.
We are glad to hear from our correspondent on this
Interesting question, however, as we are always 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 Pattison.
The death of Governor John M. Pattison, of the state
of Ohio, occasions sincere regret throughout the country
and In hla untimely passing away the Democratic party
loses one ot Ita staunchest friends and supporters.
Hla selection to the office of chief executive of the
Buekeye Btate waa a tremendous testimony to hla person
al popularity, aa he waa the first Democrat to the elect
ed governor of that state since 1890. He had but re
cently reaehed hla fifty-ninth birthday, and hla llfa bad-
been a particularly useful and active one.
He entered the Union army while yet a mere boy.
After graduating from Wealeyan university he waa ad
mitted to the bar In 1873, and tho following year was
elected to the state legislature. He waa chosen for
seat In the state senate In 1890—the same year which
■aw the Democratic candidate, James E. Campbell,
elected governor—and was then elected to a seat In the
fifty-second congress.
Ho waa a man of Irreproachable character and was
warmly esteemed by all who knew him.
Lieutenant Govomor Andrew. Llntner Harris will
fill the term of ofllco exqjrlng two years bonce.
Rag time la going too far, In the opinion of a number
of citizens up Boston way, when George Cohen lings a
■ong In which he refers to our national ensign as "a
grand old rag.” and tha matter Is being brought to the at
tention ot the federal authorities. In the meantime the
musical comedy which contains It will become the very
"Jungle" of music.
“Denatured Alcohol."
Atlanta, Jana 16, 1806.
Editor of The Georgian:
What Is "denatured alcohol" and when will the law
making It tax free go Into effect? Yours truly
T. r. B.
The name “alcohol" la composed ot two Arabic
words, "al kohl" meaning “tha devil," which goes to
■how that the Arabs knew a thing or two.
"Denatured alcohol," aa the further name somewhat
vaguely Indicate#, means alcohol which has been put
through a process by which It Is rendered poisonous,
and hence unfit for use aa a bails for Intoxicant* or tor
use tn patent medicines.
The removal of the Internal tax on th* making of It
reduces the price of such denatured alcohol from 83.60 to
38 cents a gallon, and Is done In the Interest of the art*
and sciences, particularly with a view to furnishing
cheaper light, fuel and transportation.
The advocate* ot the measure have predicted many
marvelous things for the future under the new regime. It
Is contended that Us use as a substitute for gasoline will
reduce the coat of running automobiles to a very large
extent; that It will supplant kerosene for lighting pur-
; that it will be used for heating our house*; that
It will revolutionize the making of smokeless powder, etc.
This Is but a casual list of the many things which It
expected will be accomplished by the general use of
denatured alcohol. A redaction from 83.80 to 36 cents
gallon Is quit* a slump and It Is easy to be seen that
It will readily come Into very general uze for the purposes
to which it Is adapted.
The new law goea Into effect with the beginning of
the new year.
A grey wolf has been spreading consternation In the
neighborhood of Wellesley college, Maas.* Perhaps he waa
trying to make hla way to the state capitol.
The output of the beef trust la advancing In price, but
down In thla neck of the gastric vineyard w# survey
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 wo publish today comments from
The Charleston Post and The Nashville American on tho
subject of the recent Indictment by the federal govern
ment of an alleged Illegal combination of fertilizer facto
ries du the state of Tennessee.
We have no deBlre to anticipate the verdict of the
conrt, nor any Inclination to defend the companies If they
are Indeed operating under a combination In restraint of
trade. •
But It strikes ns that the government la out gunning
for jack rabbits when It would do well to concentrate all
Ita energies and resources on Hons 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 the rebating rail
roads to their knees; when, in short, it has made a whole
some example of aotno 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 oil.
The fertilizer people strenuously deny that they are
In any conspiracy In restraint of trade, and certainly It Is
true that they ere confining their business operations to
the territory right here tn our midst.
There should be no wearying !□ well doing, but we
would like to tee some material and substantial results
from the larger crusades before the government starts
out after the little fellowa who are hardly known to be In
existence.
A part of the population Insist! upon suspecting
Senator Dupont of a gun-powder plot to blow up our
house of parliament.
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 tact Is that two years before the
convention of 1858, a state organisa
tion embodying its principles and first
assuming Its name was perfected In the
state of Michigan.” The atate organi
sation In question waa formed at Rlpon.
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 out
to me. This same house waa after
ward occupied by George W. Peck, who
In the later 60'a 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 aver since remained.
George W. Peck afterward removed
to LaCrosse, WIs., where hs conduct
ed what he himself has charactsrixed
as a “vary weekly (taper." In the city
made famous by Brick Pomeroy, Peck
did not flourish financially, though hs
was honored with the appointment of
chief of the fire department. Leaving
I-SCroase, he went to Milwaukee, where
he "struck hla gait,” and became fa
mous aa the editor of Peck’s Sun. But
did not start out to tell you about
George W. Peck. I only wanted to tell
you that the Republican party was
born 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
Hv <T|U|.I.\ KNH’KHKIWM KHll.
o
Wouldn't It be nice If we had about half a dozen
smelt perks throughout Ua city daring Uo present
heated term?
THE FERTILIZER BU8INESS.
We publish this morning an editorial
from The Evening Poet of Charleston,
8. C., on the fertiliser situation, which
makes a clear presentation ot the con
ditions which Influced the administra
tion to attempt to make an example
of a handful of Southern fertiliser man
ufacturers. There le not a millionaire
In th* list of those manufacturers.
There has never been any complaint
anywhere throughout the South that
we have ever heard of, or that we hove
ever seen mention made of It, that the
price of fertiliser was not a fair and
reasonable one. ' When It Is borne In
mind, too, that tha bustnopa In which
the men are engaged ha* 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 Ita prosecution of
them on the technical ground of having
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, as It Is a matter for
tha courts to decide. The political
>hase of th* matter, however, we are
ntereated In, and cannot help but ex
press the opinion that It la, so far aa
w* can see, not only a gross Injustice,
this taking up an Industry which Is
comparatively weak, holding up as n
horrible example to the country a few
Southern Democrats whose product Is
used almost entirely In the South, and
concerning th* price of which there
ha* never been complaint, but has the
appearanre also of a last effort to save
the fall of the administration In Its fu
tile efforts to Interfere with or convict
the big trusts which everybody believes
exist—Nashville Banner.
Trust Hunting In the South.
Having made a Platonic demonstra
tion In tho rase of th* Northern Se
curities Company, and given an Im
munity bath In advance of prosecution
tn the beef packers, ths Roosevelt ad
ministration Is looking for new truets
to conquer. Carefully threading Iti
way through th* thickset of oppres
sive combinations In front of Its doors,
It seeks to the open field of th* South
and atalka th* fertiliser Industry In
thla section. The oil trust, and th*
copper trust, and th* sugar trust, and
the tobacco trust, and the railroad
trust, draw no lire from tho mighty
hunter’s gun. Their habitat Is rather
densely populated with friends of and
contributors to the Grand Old Party
which he represents and which has car
ried him so far. There ts game and
good hunting only tn th* outlying
wilds of the South, which never votes
the Republican ticket and gives to the
campaign fund only through the Insur
ance companies unlawful contributions.
So the department of justice has made
a case of conspiracy and restraint of
trad* against fertlllaere manufactories
and selling agents throughout th*
8outh, and the grand jury which Is
meeting at Nashville la to be aaked to
bring Indlctmenta before th* federal
circuit court, and th* department of
Justice wilt maii* a great effort to con
vict th* Individuals named as cotuplr-
"ng to oppress the people.
Just who are th* complalnauts In
thla action la not yet apparent. Th*
farmers of the South ran scarcely be
the suffering victims, for th« farmers
are the richest people In these parts
just now. and there seems to be no
limit t* their possibilities of wealth.
Besides, the farmers are doing a right
smart bit 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 organised by
the cotton planters In the South has
not yet appeared. There le nothing
concealed about Ita operations, and ii
la supported and encouraged by the
were and public opinion generally, and
t has brought greet enhancement of
values to this prosperous section. The
farmers who have perfected that or
ganisation are not likely to question
tho right of ths fertiliser men to the
application of a Ilka method to their
business. The fertiliser men and th*
farmer* seem to be of one mind and In
close sympathy tn their movement to
raise th* price ot cotton, and the fer
tiliser people have generally!, contribu
ted quite liberally to the fund of the
Southern Cotton Association. The In
terests of the two Industrie* are mu
tual, and doubtless th* cotton growers
are quite as well satisfied with th*
price* of tertUlaere aa the fertilizer
manufacturers are with the price of
rollon. It Is hardly likely, therefore,
that th* cases against the fertiliser
companies are paid by the farmers, for
If It should develop that there ts an
agreement among Individual manufac
turers to hold the market to certain
figures, and conviction should follow
auch proof, the government would
reach next after the cotton growers tor
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Ne.w York, June 19.—In the death of
William Thompson, banker and phil
anthropist, the country loess a man
who haa done a great deal of good In
a qulat, unostentatious way.
Mr. Thompson came here from Pitts
burg where he was a prominent figure.
Hla body will be sent back to hla old
home today.
• He died sudden!? In W. T. Bull's pri
vate hospital from pneumonia, follow
ing an operation for organic trouble,
and today hla body la to be taken to
hla old home In Allegheny. Mr.
Thompson -was a son of the Rev.
Thompson, a missionary.
Duchess Sidesteps Newport.
I learn that tbe Duchess of Marl
borough will not be at Newport this
season. Her grace wilt come to this
country, but will spend most of her
time with her mother on Long Island.
Doesn’t Blame Brld*-to-Be.
John Konn Is a wealthy coal opera
tor of western Pennsylvania, and a
philosopher. When hi* bride-to-be left
practically at the altar to go away with
an old sweetheart, Mr. Konh said:
If he Is her old time sweetheart,
IHHMIMUUMHHHMC
and she loves him best, she haa not
made a mistake. It Is better that she
should leave me before than after mar
riage.”
The bride-to-be was Miss Annie Per
rot, and,the wedding waa to have taken
place tn Yonkers.
"Homely Women Are Good."
"Only homely women are good, and
that Is because they are homely."
This I* an assertion made by Dr.
Bell, the fashionable dentist, according
to the testimony of Miss Rachel Ran
ter, of Chicago, tn the trial of her suit
against the dentist for 838.0*0 damages
tor alleged breach of promise of mar
riage, which was ‘ resumed today be
fore Juatlce-Haskoll, of the city court.
Mias Kanter, who Is pretty, said Dr.
Bell made this remark to her when he
was courting her In 1908.
Rescues Cat and Kittens.
Answering Mrs. Yetta Matter’s ap
peal to save “Molll* and her babies”
from a fire at 350 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.
Naw York, June 19.—Here are some
of tha visitors In New York today
ATLANTA—1„ Bacon, A. D. Forest,
C. P. Howland, J. D. Little and wife, A.
C. Mitchell, Mrs. F. M. Blewart.
AUGUSTA—J. W. Clark, J. E. Hitt,
W. E. Bush.
MACON—G. W. Gorton.
SAVANNAH—H. H. Bradley, C. C.
Martin, P. Miller, S. Roas.
"SHOW YOUR TICKETS.”
An Interesting lawsuit Is In progress
In Georgia. In order to escort an el
derly woman relative aboard a train
on th* Georgia Central Railway an At
lanta man bought a ticket to tile first
station out of the city and thus passed
th* gateman. Th* ticket bore on Its
fac* th* statement that it would be re
deemed If not used.
After his relative had been safely
tacked away In a good seat and the
train had started on Its way the man
went book 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. Th* company appeal *d and took
the case to th* superior court. Here It
lost again, and haa now announced that
It Intends to carry the case to the
highest tribunal In order that the prin
ciple Involved may be definitely set
tled.
There la Justification for the general
rule requiring that a ticket ha shown
before any one I* given access to the
train, but It Is a rule which deserves a
liberal Interpretation. There are cases
where Its strict enforcement provokes
angry feallngs. The subject Is a sore
on* with th* commuters who pus
through tho Grand Central station,
whore th* gat* rul* Is enforced In a
most Irritating way by fit* and starts.
Commuters who have been traveling
through the gates for twenty years on
monthly tickets are held up and to all
Intents and purposes searched several
tlmuamonth In th* hope, apparently,
that they have forgotten their tickets
on thle particular day and an extra
'are ran be gouged out of them. Regu-
ar travellers weU known to the gate-
men are refused permission to put aged
friends or relatives aboard the care of
another line, or even on those 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
A. M. Stud,
nto tbe pest we go. w* go;
lark of th* times w* know, ws know;
lark to tbs Croat of tbo Christ renown,
Then to lay our burden* down:
ato tbs future we so, w* go:
n to.the mount of tbo drifted snow
Where cleansed from sin our souls remain.
Till we see our Christ as he comes agala.
We hear tho pratsos He’s dally given
By onr^torei ones w* tee la Ills glorious
And our voices sound with a clear a-men:
As we look at tha Cross and th* Christ
again.
And we the conge of tho aagol* slngr-
•Tbe Croea, the Christ, and oor tiring
As we look to the future we see Him come.
And (Ire ua each with Himself a home.
combining to advance the price of their
product.
The whole proceeding la evidently
planned to demonstrate the adminis
tration’* alleged antagonism to the
trust* by experiment la the part of the
country where friends are not abund
ant It would be good for display pur
poses It th* administration could bag
n trust In thla Democratic section and
show It about the great West t» satisfy
the clamor of that section for some re
sults of the valiantly exploited pro
gram ot trust destruction set forth
In the Roosevelt hooka And there
would be chuckling and safety In the
haunts of th* creature where Republi
can campaign fund* abound.—Charles-
ton Evening Poet.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
JUNE 19.
1312—Piers Gaveston, favorite of Ed
ward II, executed.
1666—James I of England born. Died
March 37. 1*25.
1623—Blaise Pascal born.
1786—Major General Nathaniel Greene
died. Born May 37, 1743.
1794— Richard Henry Lee died. Born
January 20, 1722.
1795— James Boswell died. Born Oc
tober 29, 1740.
1819—Assent of Massachusetts to the
separation ot Maine.
1834—Rev. Charles H. Spurgeon born.
1858—Gwatlor retaken by Sir Hugh
Rose, and Slndla reinstated.
1862— Slavery prohibited In th* terri
tories by act of congress.
1863— West Virginia admitted ai
scat* Into tbe Union.
1864— Alabama sank by tbs Kearaarge
off Cherbourg.
1867—Execution of Emperor Maxlmil
Ian at Queretaro.
1872— Expulsion ot Jesuits by German
1873— Susan B. Anthony fined for vio
lation of election laws In New
York.
1878—Schooner Eothen sailed from
New York to search for remains
of Sir John Franklin.
1886—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 23, 1323.
MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE.
BtornsUarnt BJornson, th* Scandinavian
uthor, began bis literary career by writing
yams If was Intended that be should be
ns* a farmer.
Through Ih* work of Homer Davenport,
th* cartoonist, the sultan of Turkey hat
B rated him permission, to purchase s num-
r of mares In Beirut, Hyrta, and bring
them to this country.
John Rtdmond, leader of the Irish perlla-
tentary party, makes s practice of being
within tha precincts of the house of com
mon* from the moment the speaker takes
the ehalr until the proceedings terminate
•t night.
John Sharp- William* employs hla vaca
tion day* In Mluteetppl almost all the time
at reading la hla library, which la one of
the Boost In the atate. Ilia chief outdoor
lobby Is hla i - - -
keep la order.
MASONS or ALABAMA
A
THREE DAYS’ 8E88ION AT BIR.
MINGHAM BEING LARGE
LY ATTENDED,
Special to The Georgian.
Birmingham, Ala., June 19.—Masons
of Alabama are gathering In Birming
ham today for the big reunion of the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Hite
Masons, which convened In the Masonic
temple at 9 o’clock this morning. The
business will comprise degree work
from the third degree up to the high
est. The reunion will last today, to
morrow nnd throughout Thursday and
Thursday night. There are many can
didates here from Montgomery. Annis
ton, Gadsden, Tuscaloosa, Blocton, De-
mopolls. Talladega and many other
places.
The degree work today waa under
the auspices of Birmingham Lodge of
Perfection, No. 2. There was a 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 first thing on the program to.
morrow la a business meeting at 9
o'clock. The morning will be devoted
to the branch known as Birmingham
chapter, of Rose Croix, No. which
confers degrees up to and Including the
eighteenth. Philosophic and chlvalrlc
degrees, nineteenth to thirtieth, will he
conferred In the afternoon by Birming
ham council of Kadoek, No. 3, and tha
Alabama consistory will have charge of
the work Thursday. The morning will
be devoted to the Inspector-Inquisitor
of the thirty-first degree, and In the nf-
ternooh the consistory will work nut
thirty-second degree Masons, "master
of the royal secret.”
OF SUMMER SCHOOL
PROSPECTS MOST FLATTERING
UNDER STRONG CORPS
OF IN8TRUCTOR8.
By Private Leased Wire.
Knoxville, Tenn., June 19.—The fifth
annual session of the Summer 8chnn|
of the South opened at the University
of Tennessee today under the moat
promising auspices. One hundred and
fifty courses have been arranged this
year, and they embrace every pha.-e
of school work from tho kindergarten
to the college.
The list of Instructors likewise Is the
largest and most notable In the history
of the school.
Included among the number are Dr.
Thomas Hume, of the University of
North Carolina; Dr. Gharles W. Kent,
of the University ot Virginia; Dr. Rich
ard Jones, of Vanderbilt university;
President Lincoln Hulley, ot John ft.
Stetson university; Professor Etnllle
W, McVett, of the University of Cin
cinnati; Dr, Edwin, K. Sparks, of the
University of 'Chldafeot Professor Lucy
M. Salmon, of Vassar college; Super
intendent Lawton B. Evans, of Au-
l rusts: Professor P. P. Claxton, ot the
Jnlvsraity of Tertnessee, and Mrs.
Elisa Josephine Harwood, of the Bos
ton School of Expression.
CHILD LABOR BILL
10 BEJTRODUCED
IT WILL BE A PROVISION OF COM-
PULSORY EDUCATION
BILL.
la hi* roe* gardes, which he kelp*
spend for th* college ss he secs'fit.
Prominent i*etnt»era of the class are Mena-
tor Penrose, of Pennaylraala; Professor
Bolfe. of tig lplrcr. tr of Pennsylvania,
and llenry Norman. M. p.
J* “M that tbo resignation of Dr.
Minot J. garage from the pastorate of the
trhoreh of the Messiah, In New York, waa
the outcome tn large measure of hla belief
In and advocacy of the claim* of spirit,
uallam. Hr went much further In that te-
Th* Dob* of Wellington, who waa spe
cially Invited curat to the royal marriage
at Madrid, la by Inheritance a grandee of
Hpnln and a gneat who bear* t name which
mist erer be tarred to the Bourbons of th*
— —.. rally known that
Fleece conferred
Special to The Georgian.
Thomaavtlle, Ga., June 19.—A bill wilt
be Introduced at the coming session
ot the general assembly calling for
compulsory attendance of children at
public schooL and Incorporated In the
bill will bo a measure preventing the
employment of children under four
teen years of age by any mercantile,
manufacturing or Industrial Institution.
Tha author of the bill la 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 tn the senate
- and house, respectively.
Mr. Merrill la a prominent member
of th* Thomasvllle bar. He has made
a clot# study of the child labor and
compulsory education questions.
The proposed bill calls for every child
between the ages of seven and fourteen
to attend school, and every child be
tween fourteen and sixteen, unless he
be at work. For each week that a
parent keep* a child of school age out
of school there Is a separate line, of
not more than 35. If It appears that
any parent la financially unable to pro
vide suitable clothing to send a child
to school, tbe county or city authorities
shall provide such clothing aa la neces
sary.
A link In the bill, which will connect
It with the famous effort* of last •«-
alon, la a provision that no child under
fourteen shall be employed In any me
chanical, mercantile or manufacturing
establishment. Thla paragraph cents n*
the gist of the “child labor MIL whlca
came so near passing.
Faria soon wlU have hansom cabs, the
front* * which 0-1U be opened dTaUi
by th* "fare” press! eg the hot ton.
tary. *o that the present duke Is the prend
possessor of the star worn by tbo dTarev-
erer of America.
Call th* Violin "Lanier.”
To the Editor of The Georgian;
I have taken quit* a deal of Interest
In regard to changing tha name of the
mocking bird to Lanier.
Would yon pardon me for making th*
suggestion ot calling the vtolln Lanier,
In honor of tha great Georgia poet?
It would b* hard to find anything
that would express the thoughts of a
treat poet more aptly than th* violin.
The fact remains that music (hla
flute) was bis lifetime companion:
That Is on# reason why I suggest as
above. Very truly.
DUDLEY FAIRMAN.
Atlanta. Ga., June 17, 1996.
Alcohol to to he made from to tons, a
frnlt which grown os the carta*, ii tho
cactoa grew* wild and flonrl»br* best on
barren ground that cannot he coltlvated
to arivantare. th. nr-n-
terra! mil ho laeignl!
CROP OF TOBACCO
REPORTED UNCERTAIN
By Private Leased Wire.
Washington, Jon* 19.-0» aeeoont of un
favorable weather for planting tobacco dur
ing te“ month (May) throughout t tent*
section of tbe tobacco growing are* of th*
United States, th* department of agricul-
SSBST .2!!a& E&x
ed this yrer, compared w«tl
test jmr, sod also the srersfs comlUllu uy
states.
SAILORS ARE SAVED
FROM SHIP AGROUND
By Private Leased Wire. .
Xew Tort. Jaae U.-Owtag to the f*«
Uat the position ef the stnoded Italian
atcamer Vincenzo Baaaaa. which w*°«
naround oa Fire Island daring * ft*
day night, became daagrroa* late y»*t**d*r
by the life savin j* crew, while the ether*
off the wreck lu the life boat.