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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. WEDXEBnAT, JUNE 27. «* The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Telephone Connections. Subscription Rttcs: One Yesr $4.50 Six Months 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by THE GEORGIAN CO. at 25 W. Alabama Street, Atlanta, Ga. ■atereO ss second-class matter April 3, 1»'«. st the roetorice at Atlanta. Ca.. under act of consreaa of March I. in. 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.