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THE ATLANTA OEORfiTAN.
WEDNESDAY. JT'LY 1 lJOt.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
1 William, presented (Jfircla with the old gold medal for
science.
Garcia wna also the recipient of a portrait of him*
K«*lf, painted by John 8. Sargent. Most of the noted vo
calists of modern times were hfs pupils at one time or
another.* *
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ond*r!a«fl matter April 25. IMS. at the Poe fogies at
soder set of coogreM of March t, 1179.
THE GEORGIAN COMES TO
GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE
Summer friendship,
Whose flattering lesvee that shadowed ue In
Our prosperity, with the least gust drop off
In th* Autumn of adversity.
—Philip Massinger
Atlanta’s Prosperous Banks.
Th« sutomont of the condition of the bank* of At'
Innta. published In The Georgian on yesterday, I* a grati
fy I nt: ilcn ot tho proa parity which the city now enjoy*.
Without ezcopUon the officers of theeo bank* an'
nounco that their banks have declared large eeml-ennua!
dividends, reaching aa high as I per cent, and hare fur*
thorinore carried a handsome aum to the surplus sc-
count
The amount of money turned loose In dividends dur
ing the poet few days by theae prosperous bank*
amounts to hundred* of thousand) of dollars, while the
surplus put away goes to establish still further th# sta
bility of the various Institutions.
As an Indication of the general prosperity of the city
these statements are particularly graUfying. The banks
themselves could not prosper unless the various lines
of Industry and commerce were aleo prospering, all ot
which merely comes as a confirmation of the healthy con
dltlons which were already known to exist With our bank
clearance* growing every week at a prodigious rate and
the dividends and surplus account* Increasing, there Is
every reason for us to feel proud and happy.
This perhaps would be a fitting time to express an ap
preciation of the high elate of bank officiate In Atlanta
v ha have the management of these essential Institutions
In chargo.
Wo willingly challenge comparison with the bank
ofilelnla of any other city In tho United States, with con
fidence that tho oitlmate of our own will bo confirmed.
They know how to enjoy life, at Indicated when they met
hero recently In their annual convention, and In bush
ness hours they know how to conduct their business with
a due regard for the boat interests ot tho people and the
Institutions themselves.
Their record thus tar this year la highly gratifying,
and la but an earnest of what they are yet to do.
Tho Fourth of July edition ot The Undale Free
lattice, consisting of thirty-two pages In red, white and
blue, la one of the moat excellent special numbers of
the present summer. It la profusely Illustrated and con*
tains a number of special articles setting forth the pros
perity ot that community and of th* state at large. Th*
Free Lance Is as full of enterprise as dynamite Is ot
danger.
The Death of Manuel Garcia.
The death ot Manuel Garda, which occurred on the
first day ot the present month, at hla homo in London,
removes one of the most remarkable men of the present
century.
Ho was born In Madrid on March IT, 1805, and so
was more than 101 years of age.
It Is to th* family of which he was a member that
«c owo the Introduction of Italian opera to thli country.
Senor and Senora Garcia, their daughter Marla (the
Mallbran), Crivelll, Angrisanl, Barbleri and Rotlcb, and
young Manuel Garda, the subject ot this noUce, and tha
basso of the troupe left .Liverpool on a packet boat In
August, IMS, and after five weeks reached New York.
Hero tho first Italian opera troupe was organised, and
from November 21 or 20, 1825, until September 30, 1820,
yaw performance* In the Park and Bowery theaters ot
the then days.
A theatrical noUc* which telle much ot th* Garcia
family ns It was In the days of long ago follows:
In tho year 1825, on November 29, at the old Park
theater In New York, there occurred one of tho moat
memorable operatic performancea ever known, namely,
the first American production of Rossini's “Barber ot Se
ville ' by the celebrated Garcia family. No less than
four of the principal role* were aunt by members ot
this remarkable family ot vocallata. Honor Garda, the
rathei. ono of the greatest tenors that ever lived, tak
ing the part of Count Almavlva; Senora Garcia, the
mother, n snperb contralto, that of Dr. Bartolo's house
keeper; Marla Felldta Garda, the fllvlne songbird who
waa s<*>n destined to attain world-wide fame aa Mme.
Mallbran, that of Rosins, while her brother. Manuel Gar
cla. a magnificent barytone, took the part of the wily
barber, Figaro.
Garcia aung In th* troupe for several years In this
country and in Mexico, and then returned with his fa
ther and the other singer* to Europe, In 1829 he re
tired from the stage and took up the profession of a
teacher of music and singing.
He went deeply Into th* (Object he was to teach,
lie attended hospital teeta and examined In the body th*
Inner layers of the abdominal musdee and the Inter
costal system, ao at to get at the mechanical breathing
operation In connection with dlapragmallc action.
He analysed the three-tone propertlee—pitch, timber
and Intensity. He defined resonance aa “th* reinforce
ment of a tono by a quality of confined air, the rate of
vibration ot which Is the earn* aa that of the tone rein
forced."
The culmination of his studies was the Invention
of the laryngoscope, an Instrument for the inspection of
the larynx.
Garcia’s hundredth birthday was celebrated laat
year, when be was decorated by King Jtdward, Emperor
William and the King of Spain. King Edward received
hint In Buckingham Palace and bestowed on him the
commauderahlp of tho Victorian Order.
Later he attended a reception held under the aus
pices of the Laryngologies! Society, where he received
un enthusiastic welcome from a number of dlstlugulihed
persons. During the reception the Spanish charge d'af
faires. the Marquis de Vlllalobar, Invested him, in behalf
of King Alfonso, with the Royal Order of Alfonso XII,
Prof. Fraenkel, of Berlin, representing Emperor
The Lindley Murray of Park Row.
We pause In the busy routine long enough to direct
public attention to this choice bunch of words uttered by
the great Galahad of “English undeflled," that very Zollus
of parts of speech, the New York Sun:
“Blssowath, King of Cambodia, la now visit
ing France, accompanied by aome of his ''balls.
rlnl,” than whom there are nono In the world so
remarkable for sumptuous attractiveness.’’
We have long been persuaded that Tho Run was the
Great Cham of dally literature “than whom” there “are'
no one In the world “so” remarkable for aumptuou*
beauty and recondite learning, but this new combination
of singular plurals and mlsmated comparatives takes the
worn worsted off the underbrush. It Is a combination. If
not a form divine, calcnlated to make latter-day Quin
tIlians star* and gasp.
Those “ballortnl"—to u«e the soft Tuscan term In
which The Sun delights, when It la discussing a Siamese
subject In Sanskrit—may be very remarkable, but when
tbe chief atomizer of pelndd speech reaches up Into the
head water* of the Castallan spring and brings forth a
calabash of sparking word-drops, wo needs must recog
nize him as an adept "than" whom there “are” no one
’so" remarkable In all tbe cosmogony of tongues.
We would never know when the old rales of gram'
mar were amended or repealed If The Sun Itself did not
tit like a sentinel on tbe watch-tower and give notice
when some butcherly scribe committed a soloclsm, split
ting his Infinitives, mayhap, with an abandon which Indl
catcd that he ought to be splitting wood. Bat Tbe Sun
valantarlly maintains IU place on tbl* commanding cml
nenco and koops watch and word over tho world of letters.
We may wake up In the night with a sickening senso that
somebody Is taking liberties with Lindley Murray or
using the tempered stylus of Cyrus Townsend Brady for
a can-opener; but a moment later we reflect that The
Srin'i young men “than” whom there “are" no one In
the world “so" remarkable by reason of very brightness-
are, Ilk* Achates, faithful to the tomb, id we turn over
And go to sloop again.
Tho beneficent labors of The Ban do not end here.
It keeps nt In touch with tbe best poetic thought of tbe
day. Like tbe proprietors of Warren's blacking, “they
keeps a poet of Jhelr own," who dashes off little pieces
for the paper as easily as “Big Tim" Sullivan makes a
speech or “Little Tim” applauds It. But to add variety to
tha column of poems really and truly worth reading It oc
casionally goes out Into a neighboring garden and plucks
a little nosegay Ilka this, for Inatanca:
“We walked the blossom mazes dreamily.
What time the day bad reached Its crimson close,.
When she, with gracious smile, bestowed on me
A wondrous flower, the garden's fairest rote.
My wish—she might have read It In my eyea-
Waa not for worldly power or place or pelf.
But that she would baatow, In kindred wise.
On mo the fairest rose of maids—herself"
Lest anyone shoiid be misled, this little boutonniere
Is entitled “Bestowal" and bears a name which soured hu
morists occasionally Insist on spelling “Collards"—'which
the same Isn’t his name at all.
But over whatever name or under whatever title It
might appear, there could be no doubt of the originality
of th* Idea. There Is, to be sore, an obscure little Jingle
about “queen-rose In tbo rosebud gardon of girls” which
used to be current a number of years ago. And them Is
lumbering lino of more ancient dato about Proserpine—
whoever she was—‘‘gathering flowers, hsraelf a fairer
flower."
She waa merely picking blackberries, compared to
the consummate art with which The Bun's most dainty
Arial gathered thla clatter of Malmaltons.
The Grub street bnrd was a piker from Pike county
compared to tho Hatls ot Manhattan.
Thus It Is that Tho Sun keeps the world ot letters
from lapsing Into primeval night by holding tor our
guidance the flambeaux of literary truth and beauty In
tho foggy era ot Billy Baxter and Chlmmlo Fadden.
Let us spread out our prajrer rug and be thankful
for the light of The Sun “than" which, among all the
luminaries, there “are" no one ao remarkable In all the
twelve house* of the Zodiac.
Greetings to the Rural Carriers.
the
uf King
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Honors for John Bible.
We are Indebted to our contemporary, the South Ful
ton Enterprise, for the story of the remarkable success
and growth which has come to a young cltlsan ot Fulton
county In tba state of Michigan.
John F. Bible was a mere boy when he located at
East Point twenty-eight years ago. Young aa he was, he
mad* upon the East Pointers an Instantaneous Impres
sion tor manllnctf, high character, quick decision and
alert Intelligence. These qualities so Impressed his fellow
cittsens that the young man waa Intrusted with the deli
cate work of wriUng the chartor for East Point, and
tha charter, juat as written b7 hla hand, paaaed the
Georgia legislature and became the law ot the town.
Mr. Blblo was one of the first members of tho city
council, .and when the city council waa elected, tbe first
mayor becoming Incapacitated from service, John F.
Bible was elected aa hla successor. No undertaking waa
too groat, no detail too trifling for thla Indefatigable
worker In behalf of hla community and hla friends.
From a responsible j position with one of th* large
manufactories at East Point, he yet found abundant time
to help develop th* life and the laws ot the littlo city
In which be lived, and when he left East Point no
man's departure was ever more regretted and no nun's
charactar left more durably In the respect and confi
dence ot hit fellow citizens.
Mr. Bible went from East Point to Ionia, Mich., and
that Republican stronghold speedily and twice In suc
cession elected him Its Democratic mayor by over
whelming majorities.
Two years later he was chosen president of the
Leegue ot Michigan Municipalities, giving five years ot
splendid service to good government and to the prin
ciples of the Democratic party!
He was honored shortly afterwards with th* nom
ination for lieutenant governor on the Democratic ticket
that state, and a well founded rumor comes back
to Georgia that at the next state convention, the Mich
igan Democracy will Indorse John F. Bible, late of East
Point, for vice president a* tbe running mate of Wil
liam J. Bryan. ‘
Rarely among tbe young men who have gone out
from this community, have character, decision, energy,
Integrity and fine, alert Intelligence been more swiftly
and more substantially rewarded than la this young
Georgian who now represents our commonwealth in the
distant state of Michigan.
Tbe Georgian extends Ita heartiest greetin
rural mall rarrlera who have assembled In annual con
vention from all over the state In Atlanta today
Tho program outlined for them daring this patriotic
birthday of the nation combines business and pleasure
and promises to be one long to be remembered.
This Is as It should be. Tbe gentlemen composing
tbe roster of rural mall carriers of the state of Georgia
are among the moat progressive. Industrious and Intelli
gent to be found In any walk of life and they are con
tributing more and more every year to tho growth and
prosperity of the state.
It would be difficult to overestimate tbe Importance
of the rural free delivery system throughout tbs country.
It has succeeded in bringing the country nearer to tbe
city and thus has contributed In no Inconsiderable degree
toward the dissemination of Information and the pleasures
of country life. Tbe day of Isolation and tbe limited op
portunities for keeping abreast of the times Incident to
the old system are already a thing of the past The
country gentleman may now enjoy all the advantages of
rural life and at the tame time keep closely la touch
with the outside world. He has hit dally paper, his dally
letters, and hla mall'order purchases from tho larger
ceotere, all of which make him Independent and happy
far happier, perhaps, than his brother In the crowded
cities.
The rural carriers are. of course, Important function
aries In this system. They discharge their duties not
only with fidelity, but with a keen Intelligence and a do-
servlce to the people whose van's
e mighty factors for the upbuilding
hole and they are entitled to their
sire to he of genuln-
they supply. They s
ot the country aa a
full share ot praise.
We trust that their stay lri the city will be pi
and that they will enjoy every moment of the day
outlined In the genetal program.
The army of Georgian carrier boys, on their Fourth
of July outing, were one of the notable features of the
day. If there Is anybody on earth who can get enjoy
ment out of a holiday It la a healthy, hefty young Amer
ican, and be was In hla element today.
MESSENGERS.
(Love's boldness Is Its own excuse:
And Sincerity ne'er sues for pardon.)
Ah Roses, rare and pink, thou art ever dear to me;
Are, my purest gift from God's bright realms above;
Then come thou near—I've a secret to Impart thee
Entreating that thou bear It hence to her, my Lore.
O come, thou, nearer still and raise thy lips to mine.
That, In one dear moment of sweetest, wildcat bijss,
My heart'* puro love may flow Into the depths of thine:
And, departing, may thy petals bear the Impress of my
kiss.
Thence to her, betako thysclves, on pinions light and swift
Delaying not till Into her sick-room thou art borne;
Then, close beside her cheekz thy drooping heads uplift.
And, whispering, breathe thy heart's sweet secret unto
her alone.
—CALVIN F. CARLTON.
WAT80N AND CARTER.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
There seems to be n general dlepoel
tion running through the human fam
lly to “tally" a fellow more, when you
want him to do something. We are
always ready, I suppose It le human
nature to be encomiastic when we have
i “ax to grind."
This Is not my purpose when I aay
that the columns of no pni>nr In the state
of Georgia, or In tho south are more
Just In their Intelligent expression of
opinions than The Georgian. It etands
out superbly, magnificently nnd nlonc.
Now, there Is no necessity for my
championing the cause of the Hon.
Thomas E. Watson, the moet gifted
historian In tho South, a gentleman
whose escutcheon Is unspotted, whose
Integrity Is conceded, even by hie In
telligent opponent
Now In tho days when he was lead
ing th* Populist party, he was the
great Jupiter. In those etormy days
that tried the souls of splendid m-i>,
there were a lot of email satellites that
twinkled around and about him. They
were falling over each other, eager to
touch the honest hems of his clean
garmentr Some of them, while this
eloquent tribune was touring th* state
rediscovering tho old lnndmrirks of
Jeffersonian Democracy, attained some
political distinction. There le one case
about which I ilrstre to speak. It was
In th* Thirty-first senatorial district,
the Hon. Yancey Carter was th* Popu
list nominee for the senate In that dis
trict. He would never have been elect
ed had It not been for the fact that
this gifted orator, this polished publicist
delivered two noted speeches In hla
district. This, I believe, was tba first
time Mu Carter was aver a candidate
for a public office, and he was elected
as a result of Mr. Watson's logical
exposition of Populistic principles.
Then Mr. Carter tile.I It almii- He
S uit the party that ho once loved so
*|rty, gad want back to tbs Demo-
- rutI. pnrtv, sought Hi-
for tho legislature In tbe Domocratlo
l-rlimiiv ,111.1 wan disastrously ami
overwhelmingly defeated. From that
time on, down until the time that Mr.
Carter became a candidate for sheriff,
lie was considered a Democrat. In
U OOnttfH primary, for county of-
Ilc.-S, he V.IIH ngnln ovi-ruh-liiilngly d-
feated, falling to carry his own homo
precinct. Mind you he was In this
primary as a Democrat.
When th* Populist party men, In ex
erutlve session In Atlanta, at th*
Kimball House, In room No. 4, he
there meets with them to woo and love
agnln his old Populist sweetheart.
The Indications were that th* .fair
mnldon refused to flirt with him. Hav-.
Ing been repudiated by the Democratic
party, and falling to be made one of
ts leaders, he seeks now to reorgan-
ze the disintegrated remnants of the
Populist party. No longer than yes
terday I was asked:
“Hairston, are you going to join the
Yancey Carter wing of the Populist
party?" This wing Is noted only
; tor lta. fragility. The Populist party
has at laat been absorbed by the fol
lowers of the Immortal Jeffersonian
principles, and those who have strayed
away have returned home, and not
even can Yancey Carter lead them
astray. Nobody knows better than
Captain Carter that he could hav*
never been elected without th* match-
lees advocacy of the peerless Watson.
Let us be fair: the Interest of the
people la at stake, the right* of the
masses are In Jeopardy, the ambition
of no one man should corns between
the masses and their unalienable
right*.
Watson, during the recent Populis
tic campaign battle, waa Its great cus
todian, and many nt the little stump
spsaksrs would read the People's party
paper and charge their pop guns and
;|o to the militia district court ground
o defend the cause they loved earstell
Carter used to do this himself.
Nearly ail the literature we had In
those ilnya was furnished by Thomas
K. Watson. Now. If Mr. Carter love*
those principles and wishes to see them
triumph, why does he not proceed to
affiliate with the most available man?
The milk of the encoaqut la: Mr. Car
ter hates Tom Wntson. Now, this, I
believe, to be the correct' solution «f
Mr. Carter's attitude In the campaign.
In conclusion, when the little fel
low* who are trying to traduce Mr.
Wrfleon. and malign nt* spotless name
—when they have plaited their crown
of thorn* and placed them as they
think upon hi* brainy head—when his
persecutor* are gone and forgotten—
its name will loom up In history as
one of the greatest historians and
statesmen that the world has aver pro
duced.
With two years’ service In congress
he gave us the R. K. D., and forced the
railroads to place upon every box car
an automatic cor coupler—no r—n ha*
over done more than thl* I. a two
! mars' congressional term, establishing
the fact beyond cavil, that he I* pre
eminently a statesman of the flfst wa
ter. There are a great many thing*
that we differ with Mr. Watson about,
but notwithstanding this, fairness
forces us to concede hi* unsurpassed
ability, his honesty and unstinted lose
for the tolling masses from Alaska's
tcebound shores to Mexico’s tropical
dime, and we hall him as a great com
moner. Respectfully,
W. M. HAIRSTON.
THE TORREY DISCUSSION.
To t*>e Editor of Tbe Georgias:
I bare read with <-oaa4demble Interest
tho dlormolus going tn yorer iamb en-
teeeieil paper relative fo tbe Torrey meer.
lug. Front uty rletr|M>lut there ta not
E tch difference brtwi-eu tbs asrernl dia-
lanla na to (be reantt.
Tbe fnutlarnesra! principle Involved, as
” Query—tin* any organization nave *
arnptnral rbmrh ana nerlntnal authority
to preach the xosiiel*
I nascent that the II, r. W. I. Ilnnnkntt
lead In the dtnruaaion and ex-Governor
Northen Mtew.
Boa*. Us., Jsae S*. 1M.
Carter's History Reviewed-
To tbs Editor of The Oeorglan:
Sir: I see you give W. Y. Carter
space to try to make the Hon. Thomas
K. Watson look Ilk* thirty cents, 'so
plsase allow m# space to say a few
words In his dtfense, not but that he
esn defend himself, but there are a
few things that must be said. Yancy
begins by working himself Into a fren-
sy because Tom did not ask hla and
th* other boys' permission to make that
famous speech of tho 1st of September,
1904. But It seems that h* made tha
speech and it was well received;'he
(Carter) then goes Into spasm* be
cause Mr. Watson expected all Popu
lists who then Indorsed him to stand
by him now, and oak* will they do It.
which, I think, they will, as thsy are
very much given to doing the thing
that they Indorse, and also the other
things that he said that coincides with
their Idea of right, and I know he would
hav* them do no more.
As to Mr. Watson's remarks about
Hi* crowd that led the fight for tbe
Pop convention on July 4, next, he can
not be far from the track. I know
Yancy Carter; he Is a special personal
friend of mine, and It Is a source of
genulno regret that a circumstance
should rise wherein I am called upon
to call his attention to some things
about his recent movements Tsney, I
did not knojv, neither do you, that Tom
Watson knew what your political faith
waa when you first began to perform
tbe revenue stunt tn these ports; moet
people Just knew that you held an ap
pointment under Buck, and you have
no- right to exclude Thomaa from the
list Hut we do know that some time
after that you were a Democrat, and
after that a Populist, running for the
Georgia senate, and got elected by a
small, very email, majority, and after
that—oh, gracious! My head swims.
Yes, Yancy. Tom Watson made two
speeches tn your senatorial district, and
set forth th# principles of Populism as
only Tom Watson could, and without
which your name would have been
Dennis, while w# will agree that he
did not point you out and call you by
name, he built the stair by which you
went up. He explained the principle*
and platform of Populism, and you
were elected on thla same platform;
therefore, you owe your election to
Tom Watson more than any one man
In Georgia; and remember you were
elected on the Populist platform—anti-
barroom plan. Not ona voter In ten
knew that you objected to the anti-
barroom plan. I did not, and I waa
much closer to you than tha average.
Now, after you were elected, what sort
of service did you gtva? The tobo
answers shat sort? It Is no part of
my business to criticise your service In
the Georgia senate. The voters hav*
placed their criticism and sealed It
with their disapproval, and that must
be final. You offered toy the legisla
ture In 1901. and was turned down.
You offered In 190# for sheriff, and
was overwhelmingly turned down, fall
ing to carry a single district. Now, aa
appears on th* election returns of May
10, 1100, you could not get elected
bailiff to th* Justice court In your
home district. Now, If this doesn't
convince you that you are dead,-you
would not belleva that you ware dead
If your head was chopped off. Your
tired lege had rested scarcely a week
from your disastrous race In tha Dem
ocratic primary until you were tearing
down to the city of Atlanta and getting
youraelf Interviewed and saying that
there would be a full Populist ticket
put In the state after a little while.
We hear of you exclaiming w-lth the
eloquence of Demosthenes that It was
not a question ot votes, but a question
of principle. Oh, the dear old Popu
list patty must be saved! My son.
about seven weeks ago you were mak
ing a noise like It waa awfully a ques
tion ot votee; now, Yancy, you blow up
ao much hot sand about Tom WaUon
making a speech without asking th*
boys .whether It would do. Whom did
you ask about this state Populist tick
et business other than Julian McCurry?
I heard on Monday, the 25th Instant,
that you (to use your own simile)
were In tho bed and under the “klver”
with Julian preparing this tirade
against Tom Watson, and when I look
over tt 1 sec very' much tho favor of
both Its father und mother. Now. It
seems that your humble correspond
ent was big enough to t/e consulted In
the matter of your race In tbe Demo-
MY ANCESTORS.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Being a plebeian, I am rather sensi
tive when the question of ancestry Is
discussed. Once flpon a time a lady
boasted In my presence that she w
descended from William tho Coih
quoror, "Please don’t mind that,"
replied with all the saccharine bitter
ness I could Infuse Into n tones.
"Please don’t mind that; I've had some
disreputable ancestors myself.'
Desiring, like most men, to trace my
lineage from some distant even though
disreputable source, I was pleased
when Herbert Spencer Informed mo
that he was in doubt as to whether
man la descended "from a sufi-bodled
■ -r a < i -i"-a- - an hating an - \t--
rlor skeleton."
But, alas! a reverend writer on evo
lutlon In Saturday's Georglnn shatters
my pride, for he tells us that 'Those
who speak of man coming • • • from
any lower species of life do not under
stand what evolution means.” As Her
bert Spot. 1 tiiai- k, Darwin anil
some ten thousand other men of
science, including Huxley and Tyn
doll, do not know what evolution
means, and the reverend gentleman
evidently does, I suppose that
Th* grand Old Gardener and hts wife I
Smile at (my) clalma of long descent.”
JAMES J. DUOLING.
15 W. Georgia Avenue.
-P. 8.—Lord Averbury on “Huxley’s
Life and Work.” Popular Science
Monthly. February, 1901: “Many of
our countrymen nnd countrywomen
not only do not accept, tbey do not
even understand Darwin's theory.
Tbey seem to suppose him to have
held that man was descended from
one of the living apes. This, of course.
|ls not so. Man Is not descended from
gorilla or any orang-outang, but
man, the gorilla, the orang-outang and
other anthrophold apes are descended
from some far-away ancestor."
Advice to Populists.
I To the Editor of The Georgian: I
Because ot your, broad-mindedness
and your willingness to serve the peo
ple, I will ask space In your paper to
express a few thoughts on the political
situation aa regard* what I believe to
be the duty of the Populist party, with
regard to the action to be taken on thri
Fourth of July.
First, I think If there are any au
thortsed representatives of the party
there they ought to adjourn and go
hdme, for It would. In my judgment, be
very unwise to put out a ticket at this
time, for the party Is disorganised and
cannot poaalbly be organised tn six
months, and It would not only Insure
the Populists’ defeat, but It would ac
complish what the Democratic commit
tee Intended by their drastic actions,
vis: the defeat of the people and the
perpetuation of ring rule In thla state.
Let me aay Just here that Democratic
committee ought to be photographed
and the picture hung up In the state cap-
Itol, that future generations may look
back and see how corrupt political
parties can become and how much
brass a political ring can take on. I
know there are some good men on It.
but to think of such a thing aa the
political lobbyist of a trust and a lot
more of railroad or trust attorneys
being put on a committee to represent
the people Is enough to bring blushes
to the face of a braes monkey, I do
hope that no such committee will ever
be elected again.
But back to the Populists.
I think I am as true a Populist as
ever lived, and I think any man that
was ever a Populist from principle Is a
Populist still, and my Idea of th* duty
of th* Populist now Is to go ahead and
vote for the man In this contest that
comes nearest representing their prin
ciple*. There are two Issues In this
campaign—the people v*. the railroads
and rings, and white supremacy v*.
negro domination.
Now, the first of these has been one
of the Populist demands ever since the
party was organised. Now, for the
Populists to fall to vot* their Convic
tions I* Strange to me. Some excuse
themselves by saying they do not be
lieve In Hoke Smith. Sincerely, they
speak of hla past, opposition to the
party and his connection with the
Itrusts, etc. To this I would aay If he
cratlc primary for sheriff: tn fact, you , had never been allowed to enter the
tly, huj since the 10th of May you
don’t seem to consult anybody. Here
Is the Fourth of July right on us. No
county convention called, In fact none
wanted, carter la going to represent
this county. In fact Carter Is the whole
show. Well, all rlgnt: you go on tn
the convention Juat by your lonely sell
and then you won't be bothered with
dissenting voices, and put ouKa ticket
and by all means you arn the man to
run for governor, aa you have nothing
tn lose, so what you gain will be all
clear grin. There are several Democratic
papers that will blew your horn until
the ltd of August, but after that you
and your state ticket will be heard
from no more. Now, Yancy, you hav*
a perfect right to do all these things
If you want to: but you must allow
the people tn think just what they
please about It, and don’t you forget
they are thinking!
F. M. JOHNSON.
Bowervllle, Os., June 29.
THE HUD—THE ROSE.
1 Apologise to Ktbet Morrltoa Lackey.) ’
Iteveoll
The merest shRPtei
A bewilder!**, vague.
i:,K lo my yes rain*, ardent X Is see
set bint of all Hit hidden hceaty:
Idering. vague, half-blown roam nee.
Dear Lore, than art the full-mown rote,
IVhteh. o'er my pathway, e'er doth leas:
And thy lieaaty It the Itnzertn* realty
Of the long night's fondest dream.
CALVIN y. CARLTON.
perhaps would never hav* known of the
corruption of the ring. In conclusion.
I say to my brethren, the Populists,
lets all vot* for Hoke Smith, because
of the principles he represents, burnt
up the ring lit Georgia, then organise
the Populist party In evary county,
not to act In a separata capacity, but
to hold the balance of power, and never
let another ring man be nominated for
any office In th* state.
J. H. MADDOX.
By Private Lea,“-1 Wire.
New York, July 4.—John D. Rocke
feller has been to the races. This Is
new* for hts Baptist brethren In
this country. Mr. Rockefeller not only
went to the races, but enjoyed every
one of them.
Here Is how he acted during one race,
acocrdlng to a veracious chronicle:
'There, look! My conscience,” wa#
hla favorite exclamation "What speed.
Bee. mother, how beautiful they are
as they come around the turn. How
beautiful! Magnificent! Oh, but that's
cruel to whip the horse when he ts do
ing hi* best. Ah, Mon Blue wins. I
thought he would all the time."
Mr. Rockefeller wa* on his feet with
the'rest of the crowd, hts face eager,
hie (yea snapping He was greatly
amused at a Japanese who bet on all
nve races and lost. When Invited to
bet he said:
“No. thanks; to see Is enough foe
me."
It It premature to Intimate that th*
oil king Is to acquire a racing stable.
Cornelius Vanderbilt It to be a mem
ber of the Society of the ClncInnatL
This will blight the ambition of Reg
gie, who was desirous of becoming a
member of the order. Under Its laws
two brothers may not become members
of the society.
Samuel Floyd, a pyrotechnic expert,
Intimates that the Fourth Is being made
glorious today at-an expense to the
United States of 210.000,000.
Wholesale dealers and makers ot fire
works were completely taken off their-
feet by this year's demand. Many
large orders for public displays,
amounting to from 22,000 to 25,000 each,
were declined, so that there might be
no cutting off of the supplies of the
retail trade and curtailing of the joys of
tho younger generation.
Manufacturers report that their sales
Increased 50 per cent. One dealer on
Park row sold 21,000 worth of fire
works In small packages within an
hour. Another disposed of sixty tons
of rockets and crackers tn .Manhattan
and Brooklyn on June 10, and kept up
the pace to the very end.
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., Alfred G.
Vanderbilt, Mrs. William G. Rockefel-'
ler, Warren Delano, George J. Gould
and Mrs. William Walter Phelps are
among those who havo obtained large
displays for their country places.
Scranton, Pa- has the distinction of
having the longest string of firecrack
ers ever brought to the United States,
for It contains 100,000 of the best Chi
nese brand and Is 70 feet In length. It
Is made in the form of a dragon.
Some hard things have been said
about the cigarette, and doubtlesa most
of them have been deserved, but Ed
ward Page Gaston went adrift too far
when he declared to a committee of the
British house of lords that American
cigarettes are worse than American
canned meat*. Even the cigarette la
not quite below calumny.
Close upon the wedding last- week ot
David Huyler Gaines, of Manhattan, to
Miss Florence Streuber, ot Erie, Pa.,
came the announcement today of the -
engagement of Mr. Huyler’s former
fiancee, Miss Elsie Marlon Farrell,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin
Farrell, of Ansonlo, to George A. floss,
son of Mr. Chauncey Goss, of Water-
bury. The Ansonla heiress' fiance waa
graduated from Yale In 1903, In th*
same class with Gaines, Miss Farrell’s
brother, Franklin Farrell, Jr- and the
brother of the former Miss Streuber.
WbJl* at YaJa Goss played on tbe foot,
bait eleven.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY,
D
FOR THE PEOPLE.
To tbe Editor of The Ueorstaa:
Wr commend yon for tl
yon bay* taken Id this gul
yaifn.
know from year attemscM yon or*
ot tbe people sod for the people, sad are
helping to flsht (heir tattle* against or
ganized wealth. While w* know that Hr.
Smith I* sot Jmt what we wonld have
In s goverwor. be Is far better than say
other mn.n.ute ta the teld. If are AM
not veto for. Mr. Smith for say either
reason, we wonld vote far him front tha
■ (-Lasers. Ue In nuts enough
to tell the*! where they are sL The work-
Ins people of Georgia nail th* whole roan-
try are being nwnkenod and are hrrunuas
hotter edorated on the political situation.
Th* tlsw la now tip* for th* working
men to so to the pole- nn 1 east their haf-
let as one man for liberation sad fr—lorn
ring rale. A VQTEIi.
JULY 4.
1530—Marriage of Francis I with
Eleanor, ot Austria.
1601—Siege of Ostend by Archduke Al
bert.
1776—Declaration of Independence of
the United States. '
1778—Wyoming Valley massacre.
1789—First tariff act signed by Pres
ident Washington.
1804—Nathaniel Hawthorne born; died
May 19, 1804.
1807—Gulsseppe Garibaldi, Italian pa
triot, born; died June 2, 1212.
1817—Construction of Erie canal be
gun.
1828—Stephen Foster author of "My
Old Kentucky Home," born; died
January 12, 1254.
1826—Thomas Jefferson, third presi
dent of the United States, died;
born April 2. 1741.
1826—John Adams, second president of
the United States, died! born Oc
tober 11. 1725.
1131—James Monroe, fifth president of
the United States, died; born
April 28, 1752.
1848—Peace proclaimed between th*
United States and Mtxlco.
1857—Pierre Loti, French writer, born.
1853—Vicksburg surrendered to (tenoral
Grant.
1868—Burlingame treaty between th*
United SUtrz and China signed.
1870—Spanish crown offered to Prince
Leopold of Hohenxollern-Slgmar-
Ingen.
1884—Prohibition law went Into effect
In Iowa.
1891—Hannibal Hanlln, former vie*
president of th* United - States,
died; born 1109.
1894—The Hawaiian Republic pro
claimed.
1896—French steamer La Bourgoynt
collided with British ship Cro
marty off Sable Island; 540 live*
lost.
DIRECT LEGISLATION. •
To th* Editor of The Georgian:
Is view of tbe different statement* ot
the papers rksmploaisx the different rear
didlte* for pirrrsar of Georgia. It
the people ot thl. sf«te direct legislation.
B2 :s3'"i£aiiitss ^waariSft
& ass
?U*of ta .MV » xkjrjz
sis Msr srfLm vac. *:
leratdy '
assy burs already. If we had fewer- aed
and th
W* bare entirely too
‘ wr had fewer act
s higher standard”?! “rttUe^blp. For the
sake of dean government and hooeet sd-
mlnlatratkm. h F» agitate for dlrrji ;-el»-
Utloo. u A. UOBOAM.
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