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HE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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THE GEORGIAN COMES TO
GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE
“It la Indeed a desirable thing to be wall de
scended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors."
—Plutarch.
What Congress Has Done.
The first session of the Fifty-ninth congress, after
sitting since early In December of last year, adjourned
shortly before midnight on Saturday and the members
haro gone to their respective homes to look sfter their
fences.
In many respects this eras one of the moet remark
able eeealoni of congreas ever held. It wae notable
both In achievement and In the amount of discussion In'
duiged In on the subject of the various measures brought
up for action. The Congressional Record will reach 10,000
pugea and the number of worda taken down by tbo ofll
rl.nl stenographers reach the tremendous total of 40,000,
000.
There can be no doubt that the nature of the Im
portent legtsiaLon adopted haa carried the government
further'toward centralization than It haa ever gone be
fore. but It haa all come legitimately within the range of
the constitutional provision which gives congress the
right of regulating Interstate commerce, and the laws
themselves were so salutary and eo essential that there
hns not been the slightest apprehension on the part of
tho South.
indeed, the entire work of reform has been so dis
tinctly In line with the policy which the Democratic par
ty haa been endeavoring to secure for a weary while that
tho Republicans themselves recognise the'fact, and It'bM
been one of the humiliating experiences of the session
that they have had to stand for the charge that they
cribbed D....acral t thunder In working out reforms
which they could no longer Ignore.
The most Important measures were the adoption
of a law regulating railroad rates; one providing for a
rigid Inspection cf meat and meat products; the adop
tion of new laws relating to naturalisation; the reorgan
Ixatton of the consular system; the enactment of pure
food regulations; the establishment of national quaran
tine; the admission of Oklahoma and the Indian Terri
tory ns the forty-sixth state In the union, with the pro
vision that Arliona and New Mexico shall vote separate
ly on the proposition to be admitted as one state; the
removel of V. > internal tax on denatured alcohol, and
Anally the adoption of the lock type of canal acroee the
lathmue of Panama.
Twenty-one thousand bills were Introduced In the
house, while 0,500 were offered In the eenate. Four
thousand of these measures were enacted ' Into laws,
of which three hundred were of a pubtlo nature.
The entire attitude of the Fifty-ninth congress was
one of strict crltlclam of the corporations, and one of the
measures which promise to be most Important during
tho daya to come la the resolution directing the Inter-
Htate Commerce Commlslaon to Inquire into the relations
of the common carriers with the great coal and oil pro
ducing Industries.
Host of the Important legislation haa revolved about
tho functions of the commission, and the. railroad rate
legislation was, of course, the moat notable. This act In
creases the membership of the commission to seven, snd
Increases the salary of .acb member to 510,004 a year.
The new law broadens the term "common carrier" to
Include express and sleeping cars, aa well as railroad
urn! boat lines under a common management. It broad
ens the term “transportation” to Include private car
lines, elevators and all other means for the shipment of
commodities. It provides that the rates shall be "reason
able." It gtvee the Interstate Commerce Commission
full power, upon complaint and after a hearing, to fix "a
reasonable and -ist maximum rate," which shall take ef
fect thirty days after the Issuance of the order, and re
main In force two years unless changed by the commie-
elon or. after review by the courts, la set aside. Appeals
by either party may be taken dlroct from the lower
federal courts to the supreme court within thirty daya.
The commission !■ to haro aeceas at all times to the
n cords of the common carriers.
The law Is to taka effect on August 38.
The bitterest Aght In congress perhaps was over the
meat Inspection measure, but out of the turmoil has coma
n bill which la fairly satisfactory. There la some regret
that the packers are not required to pay the expenses of
loapectlon, hut thl* Inspection will be thorough, at all
hours of the day or night. On the whole It will he a great
Improvement over the existing lewe.
The pure food law la another piece of wboleaome leg
islation. It provides a penalty for adulterated or mis
branded food, supplementing the pure food lewe of the
various states. The bureau of chemistry of the depart'
meat of agriculture Is required to make examinations of
food and drug* suspected of being adulterated or mis
branded, ana when such la found to be the case tbs
secretary of agriculture la authorised to certify the facta
to tbo Ualted States district attorney for the district In
which the violation Is alleged to have occurred.
The new naturalisation law provides that no alien
can become a cltlten unless he Is capable of apeaklag
tho English language. A bureau la to be established for
tho registration of a description of every alien entering
our ports, and the law forbids tho naturalisation of any
one who la an anarchist or advocates lawlessness or
polygamy.
The provision that all quarantine stations shall ba
placed under the control of the secretary of the treasury
also provides tor the transfer of state or local control
of quarantine stations to the federal government, which
i-hall have the right to establish other quarantine sta
tions by condemnation or otherwise. Half a million dol-
lar m la appropriated for carrying out this provision.
The commercial world haa been particularly Interest
ed In the repeal of the tax on denatured alcohol. This
will reduce the coat of each alcohol—made nnflt fur
use as a beats for beverages W patent medicines—
from shoot 52.50 to 55 cents a gallon, and It will make It
imeslble to use It for fuel and Illuminating purposes- It
Is thought that this will deal a heavy blow to the 8tand-
lard Oil and to all gat* rinmupollofl and materially reduce ! Goaf ?"
the cost of all forma of trnnaportatlon and Illumination.
This Is but a hasty review of what haa been accom-
pllehed by tho Aral seaalon of the Fifty-ninth congress.
Its enactments will go a long way toward ameliorating
tbo condition of the peoplo and tho practical operation
of tho lows will bo watched with considerable Interest.
The County of Ben Hill.
The Georgian understands that a strong offort will
be made In the present legislature to create the new
county of Ben Hill, and The Georgian li frankly and un
hesitatingly In sympathy with the movement.
The legislature last year left Its work only two-
thirds done when It named two of Its new countlss after
two of the great Georgia triumvirate, but omitted the
third, and perhaps the greatest of the three. It was a
splendid act of recognition to create tho counties of Bob
Toombs and Alex Stephens, but the patriotic work was
Incomplete and almoat slurred when the law-givers of
Georgia forgot tomdd the name of Ben Hill.
Alex Stephens was the great constructive statesman
of his period. Benjamin Hill was tbo greatest orator,
the finest analyst end the greatest leader of opposition
that Georgia ever produced. Robert Toombs stood be
tween the two with some of the qualities ot each, and
with some qualities which neither of his great contem
poraries possessed, but there was do greater Georgian
than Benjamin Harvlo HIM. His speeches are the classics
of Georgia oratory 1 ,.bis courage Is a part ot tho heroic
history of the commonwealth, and bis logic and Indlvldu-
allty will be remembered In Inspiration by the genera-
tlons to come. The nomenclature of our stato divisions
la Incomplete when It Includes a Toombs and a Ste
phans, unless It should also add a Bsn HIM to the roster
of Its county names.
There seems to be no reasonable basis of objection
!o this excellent bill. The citlxena of Irwin county liv
ing In and around Fltigerald are asking the legislators
to amend the oonatltutlon by creating 1 this county of Ben
Hill. Senator! and representative! of both the new
county and the territory taken from the old counties
affected by the legislature are not only In favor of the
measure but enthusiastically its advocates.
■■The county seat of Irwin Is the little town of Irwin-
vtlle, 11 miles from Fltxgsrald, which It a city of«8,000
to 10,000, and the people who And It necessary to visit the
court house are without railroad facilities of any kind,
while the hotel facilities In Irwin are wholly Inadequate
to accommodate thoae who attend the regular sessions
ot tho superior court. -
This measure was up before the last legislature and
lacked only a single vote of passage. Under all these
circumstances, It would seem to be a plain and easy map
ter for the legislature to see Its way clear to gratifying
and convenlenclng a large number of Georgia people,
while at the same time they do tardy Justice to the mem
ory ot one of the greatest and moat llluabioua Georgians
of his own and of other times.
We sincerely trust that the legislature may see this
question In this way, and that one name, at least, and
that the name of Ben HIM, ahall be added to the lllua-
trioua Mat an the laat of the new counties to be created
by tho state.
We Omit a Communication.
There are few men In Georgia for whom wc have a
higher personal regard than Judge Enoch Calloway, ot
Augusta, but we simply cannot And It good newspaper
policy to give live and a half columns of our space today
to the renewed expressions of Judge Calloway's opinion
or Mr. Hoke Smith.
Some weeks ago we published a three column article
of Judge Calloway’s upon this theme and were glad to
give it apace In our paper, aa Judge Calloway himself
had recently been under Are ee a member of the state
executive committee.
To this article Mr. Hoke 8mlth bee never replied. If
ha had, we should feel under some obligation to give Ave
and a halt columns more to Judge Calloway, but In
view of the faot that this la simply a renewal of criticism
In anawer to Mr. Smith's criticisms upon the stump,
end In view ot the feet that it covers so much of old
matter along with the new matter which It Introduces, we
Just simply cannot believe that the readers who pay for
our paper would prefer to read five and a half columns
ot Judge Calloway’s opinion of -Mr. Smith In these politi
cal Qmea, rather than Ave columns of news and telegraph
ic matter whleh we would be compelled to omit tn order
to make room for Judge Calloway's comments.
And eo, we believe that we do our best duty to our
thousands of readers when we decide this question In
favor of Ave column* ot new* and telegrams which
come In conflict with Judge Calloway's always Interest
ing opinions.
Of cobrse. It Is a matter of regret to ne at any time
to omit anything which Judge Calloway may offer to
the public, and he may rest assured that any articles
of hla which oome at reasonable length will have a wel
come place In this paper es long re It Is published, but
we submit to him and to our readers that we are doing
the Journalistic end the proper thing when we choose live
columns of news In preference to flvo end a half col-
umns of opinion* which almost any man can forecast be
fore they are read.
We trust sincerely that we shall hear from Judge
Calloway at another time, and upon another subject
which doee • t engage to exhaustively the processes of
hla mind.
Very much like the old minister I onre heard
or. who went Into a groat free church to preach. Thin
brother and that brother went to him with the request
that he would not touch upon such and such questions
because they were acute Issues In the church. At laat
the old minister In dosperatlon asked. What shall I preach
about? One old brother says. Give the Jews hell, there
are none here
No. Mr. Alexander, that was not your reason for
criticising Mr. Fleming and The Georgian. What was It?
Where Is the trouble? No man. says Mr. Alexander, can
discuss In June, 1508, acute and momentous Issues with
out being partisan, and Mr. Fleming's discussion of
the question was wrong, because by a literal technicality
be called no man's name In bis discussion. Thereupon
Mr. Alexander removes the technicality and discloses the
secret of his trouble by calling a name. From your logic,
Mr. Alexander, It acorns tn me that free must tint
bo partisan and that no man can discuss acute and mo
mentous Issues without being partisan, therefore none
but partisans should discuss this Issue. From my view
point your trouble seems to be that Mr. Fleming dis
cussed, from your standpoint, the wrong side of tho ques
tion.
Upon this subject I say Mr. Fleming had the right
to discuss disfranchisement, or freight rates, If you please,
from the university rostrum, from his standpoint, for I
do not think Mr. Fleming la responsible for these Issues
being partisan and I bellevo they would he more Intelli
gently discussed and decided If they had been kept out
of the piano of partisan politics. It seems to me the hon
or of disfranchisement being an Issue ought to belong
to the editor of The Georgian, for from what Information
1 have lu- was the first and most < mislMi'ii’ .. . .f
the Ihsuc In Georgia. I will leave the elon of how It
came to bo a partisan political latue to the Judgment of
Mr. Alexander. Mr. Alexander says Mr. Fleming made
Just as good an argument on the subject as can bo made,
ami that It la not likely to In'ire the ruuw I," u"arked
Well, then, what barm has his choosing disfranchisement
for a subject, and his argument of the question done?
Mr. Alexander further says he knows the minds of the
peoplo of Georgia, and that they are going to eliminate
tho negro as far as possible, from politics, and os far as
that question la concerned he cared nothing about Mr.
Fleming's spoech. Well, why did you go to the trouble
to write a two-barreled column to The Georgian against
It? If you will prove to the readera of The Georgian
that you care absolutely nothing about it, then I will eat
crow. In conclusion, Mr. Alexander lays it Is bis love
for the university and free speech that prompted him to
make this protest.
Well, 5Ir. Alexander. If your eritlclama of Mr. Flem
ing were all true, and If Mr. Fleming did blunder, there
are Juat lota and lots of people In Georgia whom the
university and Its speakers does aot directly affect, but
there arp very few people In the atate that our news-
papera ao not affect, and I trust The Georgian will con-
tlnuh ' ‘
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differently from Ms editor, for only from a view of both
sides of a question can readers Intelligently decide
what Is right. LEMUEL. D. KING.
Covington. Ga-. Juno 26, 1906.
within the reach of the tenement districts, and It Is quite
interesting aa to the manner In whleh the New York
public play grounds are conducted, as the children have
the privilege of voting on a mayor and council among
their own number to have general supervision of their
respective parks.
These public play grounds could be very easily estab
lished around tho city of Atlanta and with very little cost.
Yours truly. W1LMER. L. MOORE.
TEACHING CHILDREN TO HATE GOD.
Editor of The Georgian: •
I am Inspired to write this article from having read
Brother George A. Beattie's Sunday school lesson In Tho
Oeorglan of the 23d. It is remarkably strange that pro
fessing Christians are so deluded and blinded to the
truth—as It Is revealed In tho Word of God—by the god
of this world, the devil, as to misrepresent tbo Divine
Character by holding Odd up to the minds of the young
sb a God of hate and vengeance Instead of a God of love,
by teaching the everlasting torment of tho wicked In a
place or condition called hell. Even the childish mind
would naturally rebel against the worship of such a cruel
Acndlsh monster as the Lord's dear people, many ot
them. Ignorantly claim him to he. by tho preaching and
teaching of such unscrlptural doctrine*.
I only wish to call attention to the latter part of the
Sunday school lesson by Brother Beattie, where ho
speaks of “Hell Fire." He says truly that "Gehenna"
was a valley Just outside the walls of the City of Jeru
salem, where all tbo flltb, garbage, etc., ot the city was
consumed, destroyed, burned up. not preserved In any
way. He says "we are not to understand that Christ
intended to teach that there Is a literal hell Are where
the Si.uls of the lost .'tie b'lrtli'd." Correct. “He llsea
It only os a type or symbol of the sufferings they will
endure." With all duo respect to the opinion ot Brother
Beattie and all who believe as he docs, I must say that
fhls last statement IS altogether unscrlptural. Cod dis
honoring anil as false as the devil himself who origi
nated It. Everything that wont Into Gehenna—tho val
ley of Hlnnom- wan destroyed, not tormented, not pre-
served la any sense. Hence our Savior used It as a
symbol of destrucUon and not as a symbol of tormont
or misery. Our Ixjrd used the same word. Gehenna, as
a symbol ot destruction tn Matthew 10:28. whore ho
says "Fear him who is able to destroy both soul and
body In Gehenna," hell. Anything that is destroyed
can't suffer. If man was Immortal then God could not
detdrov him. ln-causo Immortal means death proof, and
trie .Scriptures plainly teach us that "Cod only hath Im
mortality.” Hence every being in the unlrOro*. BOB an
gels and devils, are mortal, otherwise they would be
equal with God, as Satan made Eve believe she would
be by eating tho forbidden fruit. The fact that tbo
devil le to be destroyed (Heb. 2:14) proves that angels
are mortal, because he was once chief amongst them.
" uu iifji an* ri, ana i imii ino ucorsian wm con* qti *•»« ... j_, nn laLflA #». _t__„
to give UK In Its editorial, the truth, aa deduced I .'■.^ e ^ hurc . h '..^..^.?°» 1,h ^ to ,_ ^^ * Ior > r
farth oven If It Ik from a standpoint that bellevt 1 •‘•rnal 111*. .Why seek f*v J* -
inti V frnm If a aH I Ins fne nisi w from a vlaw nf Vinlh *' * * MI® Dll UP,
A PRACTICAL BREATHING 8POT.
To the Editor of Tho Georgian:
I note that an effort Is being made by a committee
connected with the Atlanta Charitable Association, to use
the ground surrounding tho schools for the purpose of
public play grounds.
This Is not an experiment In other cities and la not
altogether a new thing In the city of Atlanta. For tbs
past twelve months on the Marietta road,'adjoining the
property of the Exposition Cotton Mills, has been located
a public play ground' under the management of the Ex
position Mills Sunday school. Those Interested In this
movement operate on the following plan:
Tho lot is the property of the Georgia Railway and
Electric Company and was vacant, not being used. Con
sent was obtained from tho president of this company to
nis the ground end Improve etme, with the underetand-
tng of course that at any time the company might wish
to Improve It they bad tho liberty to take possession.
Through the asslatanco of the cotton mill and also
friends of tbo Sunday school, the ground! were Inclosed
In fence and apparatus purchased and constructed. There
Is a good ball park, also swings, joggling boards and
merry-go-round, and In connection with this Is the use
of a house In which the apparatus Is stored, rings,
trapeze, boxing gloves, otc., etc., when not In use.
This ground Is under the chargo of a committee of
tbreo men residing In the neighborhood and also three
boys. These boys through their Interest In the grounds
and also lnduenco which they have over the chlldreh,
prevent any rowdyism, boisterous actions and destruc
tion of apparatus.
Your Journal could use Its Influence to excellent ad-
vantage If they would encourage the establishment ot
these play grounds throughout the city, especially In the
factory district! where the poor people reside, ay they
are unable to obtain tho advantages ot Grant' park,
owing to the fact that their work hours are long, and
they have not the necessary fundi to pay car fare to
and from this park.
If any of your readers wish to see these little folks
enjoy themselves to tholr utmost capacity, they should
visit this play ground some Saturday afternoon.
Many cities are going to very large oxpense In the
establishment of thoso public playgrounds to place them
the lamb’s wife, will ever attain to the divine Immortal
nature, which Is the reward of the church, and Paul
tells ns we get it In the Arat resurrection—Cor. 15:63.
God has nowhere at any time promised eternal life
to the wicked anywhere In any condition, not even In
a hell of torment; and If the wicked are to be preserved
anywhere In any kind of torment eternally they would
necessarily hare to bo made partakers of the divine nn
ture, which la Immortality, and an all-wise God could
never be guilty of bestowing a part of hla own nature
upon thA wicked In order that he might torment that
part of his own nature In n hell of misery. Oh how com'
pletely Satan baa blinded the eyes of those who profess
to be servants of the living God and believers In Hie
word. Hell Is described In the context aa a place
of darkness instead of a place of lurid damn of Are. In
another It Is described aa a place ot forgetfulness, where
there Is no knowledge or wisdom. Instead of a .place of
walling and gnashing of teeth. In fact, the word* which
translate our English word hell have a directly opposite
meaning to that given them; they do not haro the aig-
ntAcance of torment In the remotest degree and cannot
be made to have such a stgnldcance by translating them
Into English.
But let ue suppose that the doctrine ot the eternal
torment of the wicked la true, what Is going to become
of them when the devil and hell are both destroyed?
That the devil Is to he destroyed Is clearly taught In tho
Bible cannot be denied, as we read in Heb. 2:14, and
others. Then In Hoeea 13:14, wo rend "O grave 1 will
be thy destruction.” The word rendered grave here Is
the Hebrew word sheol, and sheol, no matter what sheol
la, or what sheol means, sheol Is to be destroyed, and
sheol Is rendered hell thirty-one times tn tho Old Tes
tament Scriptures-
The doctrine of eternal torment should never be
taught to children, or any one else, for It Is altogether
unreasonable, unscrlptural, God-dlshonorlng and blas
phemous, waa originated by the devil la the dark ages,
promulgated by the apostate church and handed down to
tho Protestant denominations as a legacy. The Immor
tality of man (the old lie with which Satan deceived
Eve In the garden of Eden) upon which the doctrine
of the eternal torture of the wicked was founded, are
the two principal foundation stones of tho apostate
church and all thoso who come out of her. Hence they
are doctrines of anti-Christ, the doctrines of devils. I
challenge any one to refute a alnglo statement I have
made tn thin article. J. C. C. CARLTON.
College Park, Ga. ->
MEN ADMIRE NEATNESS IN
WOMEN.
MR. FLEMING'S ADDRESS.
To the Editor of The Georgian;
I do not agree with your position a* regards the
disfranchisement of the negro, but I assent to your posi
tion In regard to Mr. Fleming's speech lest Tuesday—I
do ao with respect for you and for Hon. Hooper Alexan
der. whose letter, critlclalng Mr. Fleming, and your edi
torial, appeared In the Georgian yesterday. A* for Mr.
Fleming’s good taste tn chooelng a subject, I am willing
to leave that to the Judgment ot the late and lamented
Walter Hill, who had such decided convictions upon
questions that he would not vary from them to be gover
nor ot Georgia.
As to the question beck of good taste, which affect*
the rights of every cltlxea of Georgia—the alumni of
the university, namely. Mr. Fleming’s right to speak
upon—the queetlon that la acute In Georgia politics
(although ao far as I am Informed Georgia la the only
state that has made tbli great question a political
Issue), any cltlxen. says Mr. Alexander, has the right to
express hla views. In hla own time and place. But when
be la given the eole opportunity to speak It Is wrong to
promulgate views which cennot be answered upon equal
terms, and The Georgian was equally guilty bueauae Its
editorial Indorsed Mr. Fleming'* right thus to speak end
i. Why wee It wrong? Because, says Mr. Alex
ander, the university rostrum ought to be one ot the
great free platforms of the state, end in the very next
sentence tells us that In the very nature of things It It
Impossible to give a hearing to both tides upon each an
occasion. Therefore to make an address upon such en
occasion for or against any vital Issue Is a suppression
of fm speech.
Pitiable university rostrum! Pitiful free speech!
According to Mr. Alexander. Ur. Fleming should have
chosen a subject that would have renewed the Altai
and fraternal memories of youth. Yes, something like
How Old Ann Waa" or "Which Is Ur* Bntt End of a
A young man has written asking my
advice as to the wisdom of breaking bis
engagement.
He rays that he loves hla sweetheart,
but that eh* te to distressingly untidy
that he fears he could never live hap
pily with her. He haa spoken to her
time and again about thle serious fault,
but with no good result.
I cannot advise him to marry her, for
know that no girl who Is untidy about
her person and tht house could make a
good wife. She could not make a man
comfortable, and ho man's love Is proof
against discomfort.
Untidiness also means axtravaganca,
and an extravagant wlfa Is a drawback
to any man.
This young man dlffera In nowise
from hla fellow, men. There le ne man
living who data not dtallka slovenli
ness and untidiness In a woman.
er '
If aha la untldy
from her beauty.
Tha plain girl, of course, ran still
leas afford to be untidy, but aha neea
have no qualms about being pleasant to
look upon If aha keeps herself exqui
sitely neat and dainty, for neatneaa and
daintlnres have a beauty all their oa-n.
Many a man's Interest
been checked because,ha
ba untidy about her home.
In a town where I used to visit there
lived a family of charming girls.
They were pretty and bright, and al
ways surrounded by young men. But
they did not seem to marry.
Other girls leas attractive married,
but thee# three pretty girls, though ap
parently treat belles, remained sin
gle.
1 asked a young man friend what tha
cause of It was, end he raid that all
tha man were afraid to marry any of
them because they were so notoriously
untidy.
"They are pretty and Jolly," he raid,
“but they are untidy personally, and
tha house le abominably untidy. I do
not believe the wlndoa- curtains have
been washed in years, and there are
duet end dirt In every corner. No man
would rare lo true! hit future to such
shiftless extravagance and discomfort."
So you see, girts, good looks and good
manners are not the only qualities req
uisite in the winning of a husband.
man looks for a girl
good wife aa well aa a
charming companion.
Neatness la tha foundation of good
style In drees.
A gown may ba absolutely up to date
la every respect, but It It it put on In
a slovenly fashion the wearer will have
MANY IMPORTANT BILLS
A RE PA SSED B Y CONGRESS
President Roosevelt Says the Session Dis
played Good Statesmanship—Much Money
Appropriated for Various Undertakings.
By Private Leased Wire.
Washington, July 3.—President
Rooeevelt eaya that the Arat session of
the Afty-nlnth congress, which came
to a dose Saturday night, did more
substantial work along the lines of
“real constructive statesmanship" than
has been accomplished at any eaulon
of congress with which he Is familiar.
Chairman Tawnay, ot the house ap
propriation committee, rays that the
total appropriations made by congress
for the fiscal year 1807, Including those
carried In the regular appropriation
acts, all deAdenclea, miscellaneous
matters and permanent-annual appro
priations aggregate 51(0,183,301.
What Congress Did.
Here are some of the measure* con
gress enacted Into law:
Railroad rate bill.
Pure food bill.
Meat Inspection bill.
A uniform and more strict method of
naturalising aliens
The Immunity of witnesses from
prosecution who give testimony before
government tribunals, the bill express
ly staling when such Immunity ob
tains and whan otherwise..
Leek Type ef Canal,
bill removing tha internal reve
nue tax on denatured alcohol.
The lock type waa selected for the
Panama canal, and 838.000,000 for the
year waa set aside for the work.
It was required that material for tbs
canal ba of American manufacture,
unless tha president And* the price ex
cessive. In which case he Is given au
thority to purchase abroad.
The consular service was given a
complete new legal statu*, which will
permit an entire reorganisation.
For Public Buildings.
Of the appropriations made, 838,000,
000 will go Into now public buildings In
various sections of the country.
“The largest battleahlp aAoat" was
authorized, but before bids for Its con
struction can be submitted, congress
must have approved the plana at Its
next teiaton.
The annual appropriation for tha
stale militia was doubled and hereaft
er 82.000,000 will ba spent from tha
federal treasury for tha purpose of
keeping the state military organisa
tions In touch with the regular army.
Congress gave great care to the draft
of a hill Intended to preserve the scenic
brauty of Niagara Falls, and the meas
ure was passed. .
For Jameetown Exposition.
The tariff to be collected by the Phil
ippine government on goods entering
the Island trade was revised.
A measure of Importance to railroad
and ether employees engaged In haz
ardous employments, known as tha
employers' ilablllty bill, became a law.
The government will participate In
the Jameetown Ter-csatennlal Exposi
tion and 81,8X5,880 waa auUtorttedex-
pended out of tho Federal treasury for
that event.
Speedy appropriations for the San
Francisco sufferers resulted from re
quests by the president. Two and a
half million waa donated directly and
supplies from tha store* of tha govern
ment nearly equaled that amount.
Private pension legislation for the
beneAt of the old soldier who Is unable
to receive a pension under the statute
laws kept up Ita usual hravy pace.
o style.
Untried
honed shoes or worn-out glove
Angers will spoil ths smartest costume.
No hat can look pretty when perched
on an untidy heal.
Never neglect your personal appear-
ance. girls: take pains to make your
selves aa neat and dainty aa yon can.
It will add 10 per cent to your attract-
Irrneaa.
In Mississippi things are shaping
themselves for a warm race for the
United States senate. Alignments have
already been mad*, and partisans of
both Congressmen John Sharp Wi
liams and Governor James K. Varda-
man are daily telling stories of the
merits of their respective favorite/
By Prlrntn Lon.-I wire.
New York. July 2.—A feature season
Is booked at Newport, with the Van
derbilts ox head-llnere. Never since
the fabled days of entertaining at Mar
ble house a decade ago has there been
a Vanderbilt reunion like the one
vouched for this season.
To Miss Gladys Vanderbilt and her
mother, who have been traveling
abroad, have gone forth summer plans
and Invitations from Newport that
have proved the snare they were in
tended to be, and word comes back that
Miss Gladys and her mother have de
cided that Europe would prove alow.
Indeed, compared with Newport dur
ing the summer season. Hence their
early return may be looked for. They
will occupy the Brokers.
The Duchess of Marlborough may
come with them.
Commodore and Mrs. Cornelius Van
derbilt are Installed In the Waldnrf-
Astor villa on the Cliffs. The rommn-
dnre likes the location of the Astor
place and haa been thinking of pur*
chasing the villa for his very own.
Mr. and Mrs. Reginald C. -will soon
be back from their hurrjed trlp abroad
and to this gladsome mid-sumnief
gathering of Die Vanderbilt clans the
George Vanderbilts will lend their pres
ence for a visit.
Tho concerted supplications of tha
reinforced Vanderbilts to William K.
Vanderbilt, Sr., In Paris, to "come on
over," have been met by a letter, not
devoid of hope. Mrs. Vanderbilt la
most anxious to see again the social
whirl of Newport at Its height. Effort
Is now being made to fan her desire to
the point of a trip over.
I hear from London that Wlllinm
Waldorf Aator, who hns been ailing for
several weeks, Is now admitted to
ba seriously 111. Hla doctors having or
dered q change of sc«ne he haa been
mmovat* tnv**M — ——* from
Cliveden. IBs usual plana for sum
mer entertainments have been aban
doned.
Fully 1.800 persons were present at
religious services held In the betting
ring of the Morris park race track. The
revival was held under tho auspices of
the evangelical committee of New
York. Rev. P. C. Warren, of the
Centenary M. E. church, aald he re
joiced that a place consecrated to sin
had como to be used for holler pur
poses.
Picking up a lighted cigar which
Joseph Grasse, of South Brooklyn, hnd
thrown Into the cage, a big ape In the
Bronx zoological park rammed It Into
the hay and In a moment the cage was
ablaze. Women and children In the
place ran In terror. The monkey
screamed and dodged In the Ames.
Grasse was arrested.
Consy Island’* police are chagrined
over their seeming lack of legal power
to arrest a band of conAdence men
who have descended upon the resort
with several new gambling devices.
The "canary bird wheel of fortune” Is
one of the moat daring of t!?e Imposi
tions upon the public. Each revolution
of th* wheel nets the gnmblers 31.50
and the guesser of ths lucky number
win* a canary bird worth 30 cents. In
asmuch as the backcre of the games
h.-m- ntilotnf'il permits from the bureau
of licenses, the police reruse to Inter
fere.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, July 2.—Here are soma
of the visitors In Nsw York today:
ATLANTA—W. E. Austin, J. R.
Boyd, L. C. Bulltnton, M. D. Candler
iin. 1 wife. It, A. I'urrnn, F. It. Gsyne.
and wife, W. R. Jennings, Mrs. H. s.
Levy, J. C. Mlllchap, J. L. Montlflre, R.
R. Otts. E. Baperateln, J. B. Thomas.
E. J. Walker and wife, A. M. Wynne,
Miss C. Wynne, J. O. Wynne and wife,
A. Wynne.
AUGUSTA—C. E. Brown. J. EL Kav-
anaugh, R. B. Taut, R. J. Watson.
MACON—W. F. Buchanan. C. H.
Roberts.
SAVANNAH—B. C. Cooper and wife,
N. P. Corlsh, J. M. Schwab and wife.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
JULY 2.
1644—Battle of Marston.
1770—Battle of Long Island.
1800— Act passed for leglslatlvs union
of Great Britain and Ireland.
1821—Sir Charles Tupper, Canadian
■Uteaman. born.
1832—Acre taken by Ibrahim Pasha.
1843—H. C. F. Hahnemann, founder of
homeopathy, died. Bora April 10,
1716.
1850—Sir Robert Peel English states
man, died. Born February 5,
1788.
1801— Battle of Falling Waters, Va.
1858—Milan Obrenovtch proclaimed
prince of Berrla.
1875—Jury In th* Tllton-Beecher cate
disagreed and were discharged.
1881—Assassination of President Gar
field.
1881—King Milan of Servla applied for
a divorce.
1003—Peary's vessel Falcon railed from
New York for the Arctic re-
1897—Coal miners In Ohio, Pennsyl
vania and West Virginia went
on strike. t
1888—No newipapere published In Chi
cago owing to strike of print-
DINKENSPEIL'S EPPY GRAMS.
Temptation alraya rears rubber tboee usd
apeak* mlt a slaper.
■ran Bias rbeaerally haa a meat title
it mosey.
Rometlmea It rae more trouble lo aweM
trouble dea It ras to let der trouble ralk
la sad get yen
If at tret you doand aaeeeed. efery *dd£
fallen is der trorld rill begin to talk s bee Id
yen.
If at Iret you do aaeeeed, der fallsre*
rill 1.1k .bold FV'BSfeutrtKI,
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