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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.* * r Connection*. 1 ^ | Subscription Rates: ( Published Every Afternoon |One Year $4.50 Except Sunday by ISix Months 2.50 THE GEORGIAN CO. 1 Three Months 1.25 ■t 25 W. Alabama Street, | By Csrrler, per week 10c | Atltntz, Gs. 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 K 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. Glee JtlJ 1. lJ*4 gXobSSTHt be tavefe