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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
WEDXEBnAT, JUNE 27. «*
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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I THE GEORGIAN COMES TO
!| GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE
"It la Indeed a dealrable thing to be well do-
acended, but the glory belonga to our anceatora.”
—Plutarch.
The Governor’s Message.
The annual message of the governor to the state
legislature which la presented In our columna today will
apeak tor Itaelf. Ita view of public affair* In Georgia la
wide and aweeplng. Ita recommendation* are Intelligent
and timely, and It will doubtleaa be held by the legisla
tive body aa a helpful and Inaplrlng line of auggeatlon
to their aerloua and Important deliberation*.
The meaaage of the proaldent or the meaaage of
the governor la-generally apeaklng a very fair summary
of the history of national or atate event* for tbe year
preending, and a forecast of legislation for the year
which la to follow. Such papers are worthy of preserve,
tlon for the Information and forecast which they contain,
and tho message which the governor sends to the'leg!*-
latum today Justifies upon a hasty glance the comment
thnt It Is an able, fair and Interesting document.
No part of the governor’s message la more Interest
ing than the two opening paragraphs, the first of which
la a recital of the prosperous condition of the state In
all Its sections and In all It* lines of Industry*, and the
second a brief discussion of that time-honored principle
that public office Is a public trust.
The first of these paragraphs Is In the hlghost tie-
greo suggestive of gratitude and encouragcmont The
second Is In Its nature and essence an Injunction to good
government, which tbe two factions In our atate politics
Hill doubtless construe In their separate ways nnd to
their separate Internals, but the general principle Is cor
rect, and cannot be too often Impressed upon tbo public
or too profoundly regarded by tho legislators nnd all
others of authority.
What a happy ^and golden thing government would
bo if every man who boro a part In It bold himself su
premely loyal to tho principle that public office Is a pub
lic trust
The Congressional Wordfest.
Tbo first session of the Fifty-ninth Congress, now
drawing to a close, will go down In history ns remarka
ble for many thlngB, but In nothing will It stand out as
more unique than for the nmaxlng amount of "words,
.•words, words" uttered during tho past seven months.
Never before In the history of tho world, wo nro told,
has so great n volumo of speeches been taken down
In shorthand nnd recorded In printed form as during
this present session, and tbe end Is not yet Tbo Con
gressional Record Itself will run to nearly 10,000 pages,
for which thero has never been anything like a parallel
since the Fifty-first congress, which sat until October,
nnd besides Tbe Rocord wo must take Into consideration
the number of committee hearlffgl-
Tho bouse contributed the greater amount of talk,
but tho senate had a debate of seventy days on tbo rate
bill and thla swelled tho volumo considerably.' The
official reporters say that Tho Record hat often shown
sixty columns of printed matter as tho result of a six
bourn debate, which means an average of 105 word* a
minute during tbe entire time. While there are some
deliberate speakers In the lower house who do not In
dulge In such rapid oratory, there are others like Lacey,
Hull and DeArmond who more than establish the aver
age. speaking as they do at the rate of at least two
hundred words a minute.
The number of hearings before the various com
mittees has.been enormous. At times there were six or
seven committees In session at the same time and at
one time there were eleven. These hearings not only
required the constant attendance of the regular corps of
stenographers, but It was even necessary on several oc
casions to go outside to employ official reporters.
Taking the session as a whole It la estimated that
to.noo.ooo words were spoken and retarded.
Sbakeepeare la said to have had the most exhaus
tive vocabulary of any man who ever employed the Eng
lish language. He had a range of 16,000 word a The
membera of the bouse and senate have therefore spoken
what would be equivalent to the entire English language
something like 2,600 times. In fnct, we know that on
several occasions a single member baa exhausted the
English langusge and then found himself unable to make
himself understood or persuasive aa be would wish.
This la all very Interesting, but It Is not merely the
amount of words expended by the Fifty-ninth congress
which occasions alarm. It Is conservatively estimated
that when It comes to n close It will be found that It ban
also spent $2,000,000,000 of the people's money, which Is
of considerably more Interest and Importance to the aver
age citizen of the United States.
The Primrose Path.
Tragedies such aa that which has Jnst stirred New
York carry their own melancholy comment.
The Immediate merits of the case—the degree of of
fending for which the dead man was responsible, the
weakness of his slayer, the passion, {he Impulse, the
emotionalism—are all apart from the overshadowing, the
Indisputable facts. •
The Cl recall charm of a life where the sanity and
Debility of nature were blasted la the crimson glare reaps
tb. .harvest It hsd sown.
Monday night It sent a distinguished artist In wood
amt mono to a dramatic death In a pleat in garden.
Hundreds of years before It "burned the topless towers
of Moo" and strewed the gulf of Actlum with thetfleet
of Antony. It sullied the names of Goethe and of Wag
ner and clouded the elating years of Parnell. It blasted
the fame of Aeron Burr asd brought reproach upon An
drew Jackson.
It It a waste of words to sermonize upon It. It Is
but tbe same rehearsal of the peat: "Can a man take
are la bis bosom and not be burnedr’
Tbo primrose path Is broad and pleasant, but “the
end thereof Is death.”
The Deadly “Toy” Pistol.
Wednesday of next week will bo the birthday of tl
nation, the "glorious" Fourth of July.
There has been an earnest effort during the past fe
years to reform tho celebration of this occasion by ellne
lusting the noisy nuisances which have become A part of
the celebration, and the agitation la growing every year.
Fortunately tbe use of fireworks on this day ha
nover been so frequent In this section of the country aa
It has been In the North. Wo reserve our fireworks
for Christmas—a season, by tho way, which Is not one
whit more appropriate for such nuisances. But we should
be thankful that we aro comparatively free, from the
reign of the fireworks, except of the oratorical variety.
This Is not entirely true, however, for the uso of
fireworks and tho deadly toy plBtol Is not altogether un
known, even down here, and we are not sure but what
it Is becoming oven more general.
It Is a statistical fact that five thousand pople were
killed or wounded by the use of fireworks and toy pis
tots during the Fourth of July celebration last year.
This Is a fearful harvest of death and demands the most
carnost consideration of tbe general public.
Id spite of tbe repeated warnings of tbe press every
year, the harmless looking paper-cap pistol continues
to get In Its deadly work. Tbe vast majority of cases
of lock Jaw which develop at this season are directly due
to the toy pistol. The fact is that, measured by its ulti
mate results, tbe paper cap pistol Is one of the deadliest
weapons we have. Tho difference 1b that the Injury Is
to tho youngster who shoots it and not to thoso against
whom It Is aimed. But os'an engine of destruction It has
few equals.
This Is not some “old wife’s tale.” to frighten young
America from the enjoyment of his legitimate sport It
Is not far-fetched or hysterical. It is a cold fact, and, as
we have pointed out. Is well sustained by tho record of
five thousand accidents, mostly fatal, last year.
It Is hoped that the public will frown upon the prac
tice thla year. It Is hoped that parents will wake up to
a realizing sense of the* danger Involved In the use of the
toy pistol and will keep it out of reach of tbe small boy,
who has a special fondness for It If this simple rule Is
observed all over the country It will savo the lives of
thousands of bright boys who aro annually offered up as
a sacrifice to this terrible Uoloch of tho July colebro-
tlons.
And the time to pass along the warning Is now.
The New Orleans Baseball Issue.
It Is not often that-the editorial column Invades the
affairs of tho sporting page, and only unusual clrcum.
stances should Justify It.
The charges which have been formally made by the
Atlanta baseball club and other clubs of the Southern
Leaffuo against the New Orleans club for the use of dis
honest balls. Is a much more serious matter than has
been made of It up to the present time.
We are not prepared to. say that the charges against
the Ndw Orleans club are true. They may be true or they
may be based upon error, and with tbe matter of fact
wo havo nothing to do.
Bat wo do not hesitate to say that since these
chnrges have been made against the New Orleans club,
they ought to be sifted to the very bottom and the truth
should be ascertained In the Interest of fair play and In
the Interest of legitimate sport throughout the country.
Not only tho Atlanta/lub, but every other club In tbe
Southern League, and tho whole spirit of Southern sport
has a vital lntorcst In the Investigation 9t this matter.
Baseball Is tho national game of America. It enlists
tho onthuslasm nnd attention of nearly every full-blooded
man and of two-thirds of tho ladles of this republic. It
Is as popular In the South as In any section of the re
public, and Its dally exhibitions In this and In othor
cities draws day after day the largest and most enthu.
elastic audiences which are gathered In loyalty to any
form of public amusement In this country.
And, becauso baseball Is our national game and
ranks first among our national sports, It Is to tbo last
degree Important that honorable conduct and fair play
should distinguish all those who are engaged In It The
spirit of fair play Is a principle that comes down to this
poople from our Eugllsh ancestry, and It Is au Indispensa
ble requisite to honorable enjoyment and to the honora
ble conduct of every American sport Whether ama
teur or professional, tho spirit of honor must prevail In
this above all other games of our American people, be
cause It Is the typical and national game. There Is no
pleasurs In going to see any game that Is not played upon
tbe square, and under any other policy, audiences will
very speedily fall off In numbers and In enthusiasm, aa
they seem to have done In New Orleans, under the rumor
of this unfair and dishonorable conduct
It New Orleans has been guilty of this unprofes
sional and dishonorable conduct toward a visiting club,
whether that club be Atlanta’s or any others, then It Is
to the last degree necessary that the fact should be defi
nitely ascertained and definitely published, and If It be
true, the whole spirit of Southern sports will rise In the
demand that a club, whether that of New Orleans or any
other city, which seeks to win la an honorable contest
by dishonorable means, ought to be either sternly re
buked or entirely removed from the association and
competition with other honorable dubs In the Southern
League.
In the death of W. P. Burt on yesterday, Atlanta
lost a valuable cttlsen and bis friends a loyal and genial
comrade In every sense of the word. Dr. Burt, whether
aa a soldier, a citizen, or as a friend, retained to the last
day of his life the respectful confidence of his- fellow men.'
SUMMER DREAMS.
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
(Copyright, 1600, American-Jonrntl-Eiamlner.)
When the Summer sun Is shining.
And the green things push and grow.
Oft my heart runs over measure.
With Its flowing fount of pleasure,
As I feel the sea winds blow;
Ah. then life Is good, I know.
And 1 think of sweet birds building,
And of children running free;
And of glowing sun-kissed meadows.
And of tender twilight shadows,
And of boats upon the sea.
Oh, then life seems good to me!
Then unbidden and unwanted.
Com? the darker, sadder sights;
City shop and stifling alley,
Where misfortune's children rally;
And the hot crime-breeding nights.
And tho dearth of God'e delights.
And I think of narrow prisons
Where nnhappy songbirds dwell, *
And of cruel pens and cage*
Where some captured wild thing rages
Like a mad man In his cell.
In the Zoo, the wild beasts’ helL
\
And I long to lift tbe burden
Of man’s selfishness and sin;
And to open wide earth’s treasures
Of God's storehouse, fun of pleasures.
For my dumb and human kin.
And to ask tbe whole world In.
T. P. A.'S TURNED DOWN.
To tho Editor of The Georgian:
If we get a correct Idea of the remilt of the request
made to the Southeastern PaKaenger Association by the
T. P. A.'s of Georgia and other states at their late meet
ing in Atlanta, they failed completely to grant the re
quest which has been pending for these years before
this association. The T. P. A.’s asked for a 2,000 mile 2c
Interchangeable mileage book good on all roads, which
they, as I had expected (though a reasonable and Just
request), would reject.
The railroad people are not In tho habit of granting
reasonable requests until the)- have to. They remind me
of an o'possum who gets sullen with his tall wrapped
around a limb of the sapling he Is up In. You may-
use all mild means you can to get him to let loose with
his tall, but he holds It the tighter till he Is forced down.
When Pope Brown proposed a 2 cent flat rate for
Georgia, tho T. P. A. state convention at Macon voted
against helping him In thiB move for a 2-eent flat rate
upon the plea by Mr. Max Krauss and others that the
railroads would grant their request quicker If they didn’t
do so. Tho national convention met In Savannah and had
some of tbe leading railroad people there to talk the
matter over. Another state convention rolled around and
not n thing had been done toward granting the T. P.
A.’s request except fair promises. The matter of this 2-
rent 2,000-mtle Interchangeable book good on all roads
was up before tho state convention at Albany and was
discussed ably and freely and It wns practically decided
If this request of the T. P. A.’s was not granted It would
be the duty of all the T. P. A.’s to use a part of their
valuable time In bringing tbe matter ‘before boards 8f
trade and merchants as well ns all the people all over
Georgia, and secure tbelr Indorsement for a 2-cent flat
rate and go before the railroad commission nnd legtsla.
turo at Its next session and get a law passed making a
2 cent flat rate for Georgia. In our opinion they will get
relief quicker In this way, and now let the railroad
committee of the T. P. A.’s of Georgia and tho special
committee appointed at Albany to co-operate with tho
railroad committee, get up forms of petitions and memo
rials nnd put Into tho hands of every T. P.- A. man In
Georgia and let them go before the boards of trade and
merchants and get their Indorsement of a 2-cent flat
rate for Oeorgla and tho legislature will put It into law
while (he railroad people are making fair promises nnd
doing nothing, The passenger association, as we have
understood It, agreed to two mileage books, and the
rate 21-2 cents per mile remaining the same It has
been all the while, which Is practically no concession to
the T. P. A.’s, for with two mileage books wo could trav
el most of our territory before and at the rate of 2 1-8
cents, which Is the same as before. Yours truly,
J. T. DAVENPORT. '
Post A, Savannah, Oa.
competition and some independence to the citizen and
good to the state may result. If we must have factions
may tt not be well that each faction In its turn should
take a rest? These questions are merely Incidental,
have opinions on Issues but no preference as to factions
but look rather to what each faction stands for, and
having no favors to ask speak untrammelcd In open
meeting my opinions.
Concluding, I notice that one white man was dls
franchised In the valley of Virginia- This may be true
If so, It is an isolated case. Conclusive evidence that
even with Its "understanding clause" the Virginia law la
fairly administered among white men. The ninth dls
trlct In the mountains has a majority of white Repub
licans who were not disfranchised. Few negroes In It
Very truly yours. C. C. BOWLING.
Atlanta, Ga., Juno 22, 1906.
THE NEGRO DISFRANCHISEMENT.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I have decided to avail myself of your general Invi
tation to your readers to contribute their views on public
questions. I offer this letter to The Georgian because
The Georgian, while neutral as to the contending fac
tions In the Democratic party, Is outspoken as to Is-
sues.
The freight rate question Is of vital Interest to the
business Interests and consumers, the whole peoplo of the
state. Thero are other questions of Interest, but that
which overshadows nil others Is the disfranchisement of
the negro by constitutional amendment.
So many personalities are being indulged in by
those who oppoao negro disfranchisement that we aro In
danger of losing sight of tho morlts and demerits of the
proposition. It Is true that there are some obstacles
In tho constitutional road to tho disfranchisement of
ih,. negro. The principal obstacle seems to be Just now
the opposition of tho heretofore dominant wing of the
Democratic party.
Tho claim Is made by those who appose negro dis
franchisement that It should not have become an Issue
In a general election. This may be true, theoretically.
But It Is an Issue, whether It should be or not, and
the poople of tho state (If they can get a fair chance)
have got to vote on this issue along with others; and It
becomes tbe duty of every white citizen to contribute
what he can to a patriotic and wlso solution of this ne
gro suffrage question. <
Any Important political question; whether dealing
with economics or the suffrage, may bo farced before
Ihi" people when II inn not otherwise be settled. And
unless we hud the 'initiative and,referendum" ail such
questions must of necessity become confused more or
less with personalities anil with other issues. Who are
most to blanto for tbe presonce of this suffrngo question
today In Georgia? Who are most to blame those who
bellcvo In constitutional disfranchisement nnd have so
declared, or that dominant faction In tbe legislature
which has heretofore, defeated the disfranchisement res
olutions, or tbe faction at present opposing disfranchise
ment before tho peoplo? Why blamo cither vttujierous-
ly? The Issue Is here ind cannot bo settled by porscnnl
abuse of.those who advocate It, nor by general abuso of
all of uiose other noble and honorable Southern states
which have adopted constitutional laws disfranchising
the negro. .. .
I wae born In another one of those 8outLern states
(though I am now a Georgian) and It Is a base slander
on the whole South to state that the vast majority,
nearly nine-tenths of tho negroes cannot be disfran
chised by legal and honorable constitutional mothods.
This unblushing Impudence on the part of those who
oppose negro disfranchisement here Is not only an In
sult to other Southern states, but a reflection on the In
telligence of Georgians. For, If a question of honesty Is
to be considered, let us compare the most questioned of
all the constitutional methods In the different states
with the old method of all the Southern .states, but now
In use only In Georgia and a few -others where negroes
are not so numerous as here. The most questioned
of the constitutional methods Is the "understanding
clause," under which simple questions of the constitu
tion can be submitted by the registrars when they wish
to enfranchise a white man; or a complex and abstruse
question can ,be submitted when they wish to disfran
chise a negro.
■■Much can be said even for this method, though It Is
distasteful; but It even this method as odious as the
old method to which I refer of keeping the negro away
from tbe polls by physical force, stufllng the ballot box
or throwing out his vote and Intimidating tbe white elec
torate with his threatentug power?
Under the suffrage laws of Mississippi, Alabams,
both the Carolina* and Virginia the negro has been effec
tively disfranchised by slightly varying laws, and It I*
not true that any considerable number of white men
have been disfranchised by these law*. I travel all of
those states except one, and am well acquainted with
their people; and cannot help feeling resentment against
the slanderers of their people.
Tho white people of those states are now Indepen
dent voters and can divide on public questions accord
ing to their bellpfs. ae can tho voters of sections of the
Union where the negro la not a menace; but formerly
this was not so. Tne claim that those who advocate ne
gro disfranchisement wish to Impair the supremacy of
the Democratic party Is false and ridiculous, for the
Democratic party Is sjill supreme In every Southern
state where the negro has been disfranchised. The
Democratic party of Georgia can best Insure Its per
petual supremacy by serving the true Interests of all the
white people of Georgia and not dividing them into fac
tions and parties. The claim that the triumph of negro
disfranchisement would enthrone a permanent political
machine Is equally false. Can you Imagine a more ob
noxious political machine than, exists now In Georgia?
Both factious of Democrats In Virginia have triumphed
under the new law In different elections If we must
have machines le. us have a number of them, so that
THE RU8SIAN MA8SACRES.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I read of tbe murders and outrages of the Rus
sians agalnBt the Jews as portrayed In Tho Georgian
yesterday, with feelings of horror and regret.
I have no commission from the Hearst or any other
news service, but here 1b a story, graphic and hideous,
told by SL Matthew, commissioned by God. the Holy
Ghost, of Jesus Christ, the Jew, conceived by the power
of the Holy Ghost; horn of the Virgin Mary, to save Ills
people from their sins; who grew to manhood, was bap
tized by John the Baptist, attended by the witness of
God the Holy Ghost, and the approval of God the Fa
ther, namely, "This Is my beloved Son In whom I am
well pleased." Who lived through tthree years of public
ministry, and upon the Mount ol Transfiguration again
hail the approval of God the Father, namely: "This Is
my beloved son. Hear him.” And again, had His appro
val when In answer to the prayer of Jesus, the Father
spoke to him saying, “I have both glorified thee and
will glorify thee." And sonic of those who stood by
and heard the voice said It thundered.
There was a meeting, not of tbe dourna, but of tho
sanhedrin, tho Jewish supreme court. There was
hasty decision rendered that .testis must be put to death.
He was hurried before the Roman officer, who alone
could pronounco the death sentence. Under the pres-
sure of tho opinion of that mighty mob, crying crucify,
crucify, the Roman officer took water and washed his
hands and said, 'J am Innocent of the blood of this Just
person. See yo to It.” Again the cry—essentially of
ficial: "His bicod be upon us and our children." Per-
secuted, afflicted and tormented, has been the history
-if the Jewish race front that day until this. Truly his
blood has bcon upon them and their children from gen.
(•ration to generation in answer to their prayer. And
It will follow any other nation who tramples under foot
the Son of God;,who counts Hts blood an unholy thing,
and who does desplto to the Spirit of Grace.
"God rules and tho government at Washington still
lives." “God rules among the armies of heaven and the
Inhabitants of earth, and none can stay His hand or say
unto him, what doest Thou." "The Lord God omnipotent
ruleth."
The word of God came not at any time by the will
of man, but holy men of God spake, moved by the Holy
GhoBt. The Apostle Paul—the apostlo to the Gentiles,
himself a Jew—moveij by the Holy Ghost, says: “Breth
ren. my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel Is
that they might be sived." Again, "Hath God cast away
His people? His chosen and peculiar people." "God
hath not cast away his people whom Ho foreknew."
“But bllndnevs In part bath happened unto Israol until
the fulness of the Gentiles tduill be brought In." So they,
when the fulness of the Gentiles shall nave been brought
In; when God’s covenant unto them, to remove the
blindness which has happened unto them In part, to
take away their sins, shall bo fulfilled, then will the
Jews be mighty upon this earth, and again, Indeed and
In truth, they shall be his chosen, his peculiar people.
And what Bhall then happen to the Gentiles? ;
LEMUEL D. KINO.
Covington, Ga., Juno 22, 1906.
A Word From Mr. Floming.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I Intended to write you a note
thanking you for the broad-minded
ness exhibited In your editorial of last
Baturday, and I find In your paper
which reached me this morning, that
I am under etlll further obligations to
you for your defense against the criti
cism of our mutual friend, Hon. Hooper
Alexander.
I do not tee that you have left any
thing for me to say on this subject. I
can only tell you that there were men
In the audience who were Just as much
attached to the Untvereltr as Mr. Alex
ander. and men who were Just as well
qualified to pace upon the propriety of
my address aa Mr. Alexander la, and
these gentlemen were outspoken *~
LET THE LADIES SHOP EARLY. • .
TO tho Editor of The Georgian:
May I ask the privilege cf a small space In your pa
per? I notice an article In Friday’s' Gtorglim'lh Which a
gentleman deplores the fact that the men of today, and
especially the young men, keep their seats In a crowded
cur nnd allow the ladle.v to stand. "While 1 agree' with
tho writer of this article that it Is ungcntlemanly In any
Ilian, whether young or old. to allow a lady to stand nnd
swing to a strap when he bas'd seat and'dohltT Offer'll
to her, I would like to present another side of his mat
ter which Is greatly responsible for the existing condi
tion of ladles having to stand While m£H 'keep 'their
seats In crowded cars.
There Is a great number of ladles who have no
household cares to worry' them While* at home.’ These
ladles mnko It convenient to go calling In the fore
noon, go homo to lunch and rest and cool from their
morning exercise, then lnte In tne hftbrti'oOA gb 'shepplilg
nnd stand In the stores "bargain hunting" until tbe
stores are closed at 6 o'clock, when thero Is about as
many shoppers ns there are clerks to be turned out of
the stores Into thj cars. This Is Just tho time that 90
per cent of the working men of Atlanta are going horai
from their dally toll; men who have been on their feet
from 9 to 12 hours nnd a great many of them are very
tlrod nnd worn out at the close of day, while the lady
shoppers aro fresh from their dally "nap" before going
shopping. But, of course, this makes no difference (to
tho ladles), no matter bow bad a man feels he Is no
gentleman (In tho lady’s eyes) If he kcops his scat and
allows her to stand. I am a working man myself and
speak from personal observation. Some days I bave
gone home and felt as though a seat would be worth 25
cents, but have had to stand because there were too
many bundles and lady shoppers on tho car to allow a
gentleman to sit, although It has been after thinking
twice before I gave up my seat
If all the ladles who go shopping would mako It
convenient to do so early enough to get home before tho
working class start homo thero would not be so much
room for complaint about ladles having to stand while
men keep their seats In trolley cars, and I hope that
those who read this will exert tbelr efforts to do so.
If the men who have wives and sisters that make
a practice of late arternoon shopping and calling would
explain to them how a man feels who has worked and
been on his feet all day, and how much ho enjoys a
seat when be gets nn a car and starts home. 1 am sure
many of the ladies will change their hours of going
home on the cars. Very respectfully,
J. R. WOOLLY.
Atlanta, Ga., June 24, 1966.
COL. LUCIEN C. BOWER.
(From The Balnbridge Tribune.)
The many friends of Col. Lpclen C. Bower are pleas
ed to see him back in Balnbridge after quite an absence
due to hie attending the "Varsity” at Athens, whero he
has been taking a special course In modern languages.
Like his brothers, the Colonel Is an attorney at law, hav
ing been admitted to practice a yeer ago last December.
Cloonel Bower, however, has another year to spend at
the ‘varsity before he gets his degree, and It Is said by
(ome of his intimate friends that he will likely forsake
the bar for the Urlted States diplomatic service.
A gentleman of pleasing appearance, a brilliant con
versationalist, of wide travel, and a master of Romanic
languages, the colonel would do Ms native city and state
great credit no doubL In any foreign post that Secretary
Root might place him.
The demand for American consuls, who can speak
fluently the language of the country In which they are
located, has become almost Imperative, and Mr. Root
to said to have decided to require consular aspirants to
show themselves competent linguists before tbelr appli
cations for diplomatic posts will be even considered.
they endorsed my addrese In full, but
they also approved heartily of tbe pro
priety of making It.
One dletlngulahed gentleman, whose
name I do not care to mention, and
who standa ae high 'oa any man In
Georgia for good Judgment and good
taste, and who Is in no way connected
with active politics so far ss I know,
said to me: "I endorse everything you
said In your speech: moreover. It was
an academic) Impersonal discussion of
a great public question, and was en
tirely proper."
I merely applied proven principles of
law and morals to an admitted state of
facta
8o far from having Injured the uni
versity by my speech. I shall consider
that 1 have done It a great benefit. It
their statement to me, not only that my course shall have contributed any
thing toward making the Athens plat
form on alumfil day the place for the
free expression of honest thought. We
will then get some life Into the oc
casion, and put an end to mere oratori
cal stunts on glittering generalities and
dull common places. ,
1 presume Mr. Alexander’s criticism
written before he had an oppor-
tunlty to read my speech In full aa I
recently m *** *’* ro * c,|> f until quite
If any of your friends or the readers
of your paper desire to Investigate the
subject further. I wrfl send them upon
request a printed copy of my speech
so that they may Judge for themselves.
Thanking you again. I remain.
Yours truly, i
\VM. H. FLEMING.
Augusta. Ga , June 2*. 190«.
Cholly
Knickerbocker
Gossips About
People.
By Private Leased Wire.
New 3 ork, June 27.—There may be
happier men about New York today
that General Horace Porter, former
ambassador to France, but It would be
hard to And them. He hex Just re
ceived a cable from Parle announcing
that he fa now “Grandpa” Porter. A
fine daughter has been born to his
daughter, Elola, now Mrs. Edwin
Mende, of Paris.
There la consternation today In the
colonial white house, Riverside Drive
nnd One Hundredth atreet, managed
by Mina Mary Twombly, over the al
leged discovery by Dr. William B.
Coakley, one of the boarders, that
strychnine had been served to him In
a gfaHK of milk at the table. Dr. Coak
ley cam* from Chicago, about a year
and Is one of the students in the
Hudson Street Hospital.
When seen Dr. Coakley refused to
discuss the poison story, saying:
”1 am about to publish a scientific
work, and the notoriety which would
follow the publication of any state
ment by me regarding this matter
would be very detrimental to my in
terests.”
American army tailors may now see
for themselves. George T. Winters,
the English army tailor, has ar
rived to revise and modify the paterns
for American soldiers’ uniforms to
"make men In the ranks to look like
officers and officers to look like gen
erals.”
In order to prove his pet theory that
the sting of the bee Js a sure cure for
rheumatism, Frank McGlynft, of Phila
delphia, has permitted hfmtfclf to be
stung by a hundred of the Insects that
had previously been stirred up to a
frenzy.
His back looked as though It had
been freshly tattooed, but with nn air
of satisfaction McGlynn declared the
benefits would come. Henry Twining,
a veteran aplculturlst, who Is a con
vert to the McGlynn theory, and who
also suffers from rheumatism, permit-
ter r swarm of the insects to sting him
on the arm.
Medical men and apIculturlBts are
watching the experiment with interest.
Heard on the Corner
Polysyllable Vsrblsgs. -
If a man should hand you hts card
with tbo following appearing on It,
what would you do to Him?
“Crtntculturat abscission and cranlo-
loglcal tripsls, phrenological hair cut-
and hydropathlcal shaver of
boards. Work phyalognomlcalty exe
cuted.”
man with evidences of rural ex
istence clinging about hlB person
climbed* Into-that -fellow's chair the
other day, and one of the cards was
passed to him. The visitor, from
ttquasb Jiollpw.qpplJqd.lt all out cqre-
fully. and then squirmed from under
the razor and reached for' hts coat
and hat. ^ ■
"Pfidrter, • I*m * tt 'pretty *fatr sort of
man In my deestrlck, but I’ll be hom-
Hwoggleil If you nor eny other man
e’n-oatl. mo. names. Ilka that without
me resentin’ It.”
And wiping the lather from his chin,
he walked out of the shop.
Toueh and Go.
For some minutes, a well-dressed
citizen stood on tho corner of Alabama
and Pryor streets, watting for a car,
then Impatiently took several turns up
nnd down the latter-named street.
Ill* eye being arrested by 1'nrle Si"
.recruiting office sign, ho looked up at
the window; then at the empty tracks.
A smile broke over his face. For a
moment he hnltated, pulling his long
white beard, then entered.
*Td like to enter tho army,” sstd
the Joke-Inclined citizen.
One of Captnln C. P. George's ser
geants looked up from the work of fill
ing out application blanks. Then he
turned hts eye again to the form on
the desk.
"Sorry,” he said, after a moment,
"hut you'll have to get the permleston
of your parents."
The elderly citizen caught the next
car.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Prirste Leased Wire. ■
New York. June 27.—Here are eoipe
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—K. O. Bonke, J. A.
Ruchannn. G. W. Collier, R. Collier, E.
Jacobs, D. MacDougnll. A. MacDougtH.
J. ,\ Williams nml wife. H K ’ -
B. Simpson and wife, Mrs. C. C. Cox,
Miss Cox, C. C. Clay, W. J. Loweneteln.
F. E. Lowensteln, H. J. Scales, J. D.
Wing, Jr., C. K. Adams, W. S. Rick
and wife, A. C. Drughn, Dr. J. D. Cro
mer, SI. E. Turner.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
■ JUNE 27.
1462—King Louis XII of France bom.
1550—King Charlc* IX of France, bora;
died May 30, 1574.
1650—Jean Rotron. French dramatlet,
died.
1682—King Charles XII of Sweden
born.
1720—The "Mississippi bubble” burst-
1777—Dr. William Todd executed »t
Tyburn.
1832—Cholera appeared In New York.
1844—Joseph Smith, founder of Mor-
montsm, killed by mob at Car
thage, 111.
1862— Le* defeated McClellan n- b.v*
of Gaines’ Mill, Va.
1863— General Meade succeeded Gen
eral Hooker In command of army
of tho Potomac.
1864— Confederates victorious at bat
tle of Kennesaw Mountain,
1874—Henry Ward Beecher requested
Plymouth church to appptot »
committee to Investigate the Til
ton charges.
1885—James I). Fish, bank defaulter,
sentenced to prison for 10 y«*r»
In New York.
1891—Nineteen victims of the Samoan
disaster burled at Mare Island-
1904—Steamer Norge lost off Scottish
coast and 648 persons pertshea.
1906—Mutiny broke out on board Rus
sian battleship Knlax Potemkin*
at Odessa.